Volume 6: Demons Rise from the East Sea Chapter 327: Siren
“Ohhh… so… so many people?”
On the warship, when Zhao Yu saw Xu Zun bringing so many people on board, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Old Zhao," Xu Zun's first words after boarding the ship were, "Is everything okay on the ship?"
"On the boat?" Zhao Yu wondered, "Are you okay? Apart from not sleeping all night, I was worried about you guys!"
"Yes," Li Xing next to him echoed, "Lord Zhao is preparing a boat, thinking that if Lord Xu doesn't come back by dawn, he will go look for you!"
"My Lord, my Lord," Zhao Yu asked impatiently, "What is going on? Why are there so many people on the island? They all look like our Daxuan.
"Hey, there are girls too, and..."
Zhao Yu was just about to praise the beauty of those women when he saw a man coming towards him. It was the man with a knife who was fighting in the ring.
Zhao Yu was suddenly stunned, opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out.
At the same time, the man with the knife also saw Zhao Yu. He was surprised and stood there in a daze.
Zhao Yu was holding the Nine-Wheel Soul-Turning Sword in his hand, while the man holding the sword was holding the Gold-Engraved Thunderbolt Sword.
Xu Zun knew that the man with the knife was also a member of the Zhao family in Liaozhou, and was most likely a relative of Zhao Yu. He had wanted to introduce them to each other, but he just happened to run into them.
"Um……"
Unexpectedly, after the man with the knife saw Zhao Yu, he was surprised at first, and then showed an extremely embarrassed expression.
Zhao Yu was the same, as if he was considering pretending not to see it.
However, after a few seconds of stalemate, the man with the knife gave in. He came to Zhao Yu holding his gold-engraved thunderbolt knife and whispered two words:
"Uncle!"
Seeing that the other party took the initiative to talk, Zhao Yu could only respond with a perfunctory "hmm".
Xu Zun finally figured out something. It turned out that the man with the knife was a generation younger than Zhao Yu and was Zhao Yu's nephew.
Besides, their relationship should not be very good.
Sure enough, after shouting "Uncle", the man with the knife turned around and went somewhere else with his companions.
"Old Zhao," Xu Zun asked hurriedly, "What's going on? Why are you still so cold to your nephew ?"
"Well, don't mention it, it's hard to explain!" Zhao Yu said, "In the beginning, it was his father who competed with me for credit, and I defeated him, so I was kicked out of the Zhao family..."
"Oh..." Xu Zun laughed, "You old man, you never tell the truth. Didn't you say that you left the Zhao family because you were not welcomed?"
"It's such a shameful thing, it's hard to explain it!" Zhao Yu explained, "I was telling the truth. If I wasn't unwelcome, I shouldn't have been kicked out even if I broke his father's leg, right?"
"He..." Xu Zun recalled something and said, "He said his name is Zhao Xin. I think he is about your age. His father is your half brother?"
"Yeah." Zhao Yu nodded.
"That's not the point," Xu Zun waved his hand. "What I mean is, Zhao Xin's father should be quite old, right?"
"Yes," Zhao Yu nodded again, "The year I broke his leg he was sixty-eight, and I was twenty-eight."
"..." Xu Zun covered his face and looked at Zhao Yu with contempt.
Zhao Yu wanted to explain further, but suddenly saw Shen Xingran.
"Ah? Oh my!" It turned out that Zhao Yu had also seen Shen Xingran before, and recognized him on the spot, "Isn't this the eldest son of the Shen family? Too... too..."
Xu Zun quickly covered his mouth, preventing him from saying the word "Crown Prince".
At this moment, Xiao Zhennan was also at the bow. Seeing his wife Han Feier get on board, he felt relieved and curious at the same time. He quickly pulled Han Feier aside and asked about the situation.
"This is..." Shen Xingran didn't know Zhao Yu.
So, Xu Zun introduced them to each other, and when Shen Xingran learned of Zhao Yu's identity, he immediately felt very close to him.
"Over in Xinye County, I'm really indebted to Captain Zhao," Shen Xingran said, "I wonder how my father and my younger brothers and sisters are doing?"
Shen Xingran's words made Xu Zun and Zhao Yu's hearts tremble immediately, and Huo Anu, who had just come over, also quickly stopped.
"Oh, right!" Shen Xingran thought of an important matter and asked Xu Zun hurriedly, "I didn't expect that I would miss your wedding date by leaving!
"Xu Zun, should I change my words and call you my brother-in-law?"
"this……"
The more Shen Xingran said this, the more embarrassed Xu Zun felt. For a moment, he didn't know how to tell Shen Xingran what happened at home?
Zhao Yu and Huo Anu looked at each other and also felt it was difficult to speak.
"Brother Shen, let's talk business first," Xu Zun pulled Shen Xingran to a deserted place and asked, "Now you should quickly tell me the details of the prince's distress!"
"oh……"
Shen Xingran is not a fool. When he saw that Xu Zun and others had strange expressions, he realized that something might have happened at home.
However, the most important thing now is naturally to find the prince.
Then Shen Xingran told the details of what happened to the prince:
“The East China Sea Mission has a total of five ships, one of which is the Tianfu giant ship, and the other four are all escort warships.
“Originally, the trip went smoothly. We visited the three countries of Izumo, Bixian, and Qianshi, and exchanged gifts and tokens.
"But I didn't expect that on the way to the Siren Country, we were attacked by sea monsters. Three of the five ships were destroyed, and the Tianfu ship we were on was also attacked, causing the ship to lose control and eventually get lost..."
"Tell me in detail about the upcoming attacks!" Xu Zun asked.
"At that time, the weather at sea suddenly changed," Shen Xingran recalled . "There was a violent storm, and a huge black shadow appeared under the seabed. It was very big, and then our ship was attacked violently, and there was even an explosion!
"Three frigates sank into the water in an instant. We tried to rescue them, but we were also attacked, and the ship sailed away from the scene uncontrollably..."
"Why?" Xu Zun was confused. "Why isn't the Crown Prince on the Tianfu ship? Why isn't he with the Crown Princess?"
"It's like this," Shen Xingran replied, "One of the frigates was equipped with sea fishing equipment, and sometimes it would cast nets. The prince was very curious, and whenever there was sea fishing, he would go to that ship.
"Alas!" he sighed, "Many people on the boat are discussing whether it is because of the sea fishing that the sea monster was angered!"
"Wait," Xu Zun asked again, "You just said that there is another frigate that survived?"
"Yes, yes!" Shen Xingran said, "When our Tianfu ship was sailing away uncontrollably, I saw the surviving frigate ventured to the center of the accident area!
"I guess they went to rescue the prince! I just don't know... whether they succeeded in rescuing him or whether they were attacked by a sea monster afterwards..."
"It sounds so chaotic," Xu Zun said, "The Tianfu ship is so big, how could it lose control just like that?"
"Well..." Shen Xingran replied, "We were all on the deck fighting the sea monster. The one commanding the ship was the General of the Cavalry. My position was relatively low, so I couldn't get close to them.
“However, we have been drifting on the sea for more than ten days, and during these ten days we have been repairing and clearing the water.
"The Tianfu warship was indeed severely damaged. A huge hole was broken in the bow, which eventually led to us being stranded on this unknown island..."
Um……
After hearing Shen Xingran's introduction, Xu Zun fell into deep thought.
"Sir," Huo Anu asked quietly, "everyone has boarded the ship. What should we do next? Should we... search the area where the accident happened? What if there are survivors?"
"Anu, you..." Zhao Yu swallowed his saliva and said, "You say it so easily, aren't you worried at all that we will encounter a sea monster?"
