Volume 6: Demons Rise from the East Sea Chapter 342 Maid
Pirate ship.
In the dark and damp cabin.
A mouse squeaked as it crawled somewhere on the ground, and then what reached Xu Zun's ears was the sound of a woman sobbing.
When Xu Zun came to the deep part of the cabin and saw the scene inside the iron cage, he suddenly felt heavy-hearted.
But all the people imprisoned were young women, and even a girl around ten years old.
The women were half-naked, unkempt, and their bodies were covered with whip marks, which was a shocking sight.
One can imagine what these women encountered on the pirate ship.
Glancing among them, Xu Zun saw that most of the women looked like people from various tribes in the East China Sea. Among them were people from the Central Plains and dark-skinned women from Southeast Asia.
I even saw a few tall European and American women with fair skin.
this……
Xu Zun frowned at first, but after a little thought he realized that these pirates specialized in robbing ships traveling to and from the East China Sea. They must have robbed many foreign ocean-going fleets, right?
"My lord, my lord..." At this time, Huo Anu ran over quickly and whispered in Xu Zun's ear, "There are two great mysterious women inside, claiming that they are the prince's maids!"
"Ah?" Xu Zun was shocked and hurriedly followed Huo Anu to the cage inside.
But seeing that the two women had been helped out of the cage by the guards, Shangguan Min and Li Xing quickly took off their clothes and put them on the two women.
These are two very young and thin women.
Although they were horribly ravaged, they could still be identified from their appearance and hairstyle as women of the Great Xuan Sect.
“Wuwu…” Seeing Xu Zun wearing the official uniform of Daxuan, the two women burst into tears, “Sir… please save us, wuwu…”
"You guys..." Xu Zun wanted to ask in detail, but there were so many people at the scene that he couldn't open his mouth.
So Xu Zun gave Huo Anu a wink.
Huo Anu instantly understood what Xu Zun meant, and hurried forward to comfort him: "Don't worry! You are saved, come, follow me!"
The two women wanted to reveal their identities again, but were stopped by Huo Anu, who signaled them not to talk nonsense and then took them back to the Daxuan battleship.
Next, Xu Zun went to another pirate ship and saw many items from the Daxuan Navy.
For example, gold, silver, jewelry, armor, weapons and equipment, etc.
Seeing these situations, an idea formed in Xu Zun and everyone else's mind, that is, these pirates had contact with the prince's delegation, and even fought with them!
These things were most likely looted by pirates.
But...how could the pirates possibly defeat the Daxuan battleship?
Besides, wasn’t the prince’s delegation attacked by a sea monster?
Why did the people and things from the Prince's delegation appear on the pirate ship?
Things became more and more strange, and Xu Zun became more and more eager to know the truth.
So, instead of checking other pirate ships, he returned directly to the warship and interrogated the pirate leader for the second time.
The internal guards were all experts in interrogation. During Xu Zun's inspection, Ah Xiu had already managed to get the pirate leader to confess through harsh interrogations that left him wishing he would die.
At this moment, the pirate leader was hung upside down in a cabin, with bloodstains on the ground and various horrifying torture instruments placed next to him.
"...I..." The pirate leader's head was facing down, his right ear had been cut off, blood kept dripping, "We received news that we were asked to rob a large warship, saying that there were countless spoils on the ship... So, we..."
"Wait a minute," Xu Zun waved his hand and asked, "Who are you?"
"We...we..." the pirate leader replied, "We are pirates from Izumo. We came to the west because Izumo is at war. We...eh? Hey hey hey..."
Before the pirate leader could finish his words, he saw Xu Zun waving at Ashuzai.
Ashurai picked up the knife and cut the pirate's other ear.
"No," Xu Zun waved his hand and said, "Don't cut his ears anymore. He can't hear clearly now! Just cut his eyes. It's useless if he can't see!"
"Yes!" Ash turned and put the knife close to the pirate leader's eyes.
"Hei... Hei Boyu..." the pirate leader shouted in fear, "We are all Hei Boyu's subordinates. Our news was also given to us by Hei Boyu. No, no..."
When Xu Zun saw the pirate leader say Hei Boyu's name, he signaled Ashizai to stop.
"Hei Bo Yu..." Xu Zun frowned and asked, "Why did he ask you to attack the Daxuan battleship? Can you defeat it? Where did you attack? Did you succeed?"
"At Whale Bend," the pirate leader said quickly, "there were not many defenders on that warship. They fired a few shots at us and we captured them!"
"Then...where are the people on the boat?" Xu Zun asked hurriedly.
"Hmm... well... this..."
Seeing the pirate leader hesitate, Xu Zun already knew the answer.
But, you still have to show it.
Ash cut the pirate leader's face with a knife, just a few millimeters away from his eyes.
"Ah... I'll tell you, I'll tell you..." the pirate leader shouted, "We killed all the people, robbed the booty on the ship, and sank the ship in Whale Bay!"
Hearing this, the scene suddenly became quiet.
Xu Zun and others felt that something was increasingly strange and that it did not match what Shen Xingran had said.
"Whale Bay is just off the coast of the Banshee Country," Xiao Zhennan explained in a low voice in Xu Zun's ear, "and it's very close to the sea where the prince was attacked."
oh……
Xu Zun suddenly understood something. Shen Xingran said that one of the escort warships of the Prince's delegation was not attacked by the Siren.
So was it the escort warship that the pirates attacked?
broken……
Xu Zun's mood suddenly became heavy. If the escort warship had not been sunk by the Siren, then perhaps they had saved the prince.
But if the prince is on the boat, this...
"Let me ask you," Xu Zun asked, "who are the people on the warship?"
"Ah?" The pirate was surprised and said quickly, "They are all soldiers wearing the same clothes as you!"
"How many?"
"There are probably only about twenty people!"
Twenty or so?
Xu Zun wondered if the escort warship was also damaged like the Tianfu battleship?
"What..." Xu Zun asked again, "When?"
"A day ago, oh..." the pirate leader replied, "Yesterday!"
What!?
Xu Zun suddenly felt overwhelmed, and couldn't understand why even the time didn't match?
"My lord, my lord..." At this time, Huo Anu hurried over from behind, pulled Xu Zun aside and reported in a low voice, "Those two women have been confirmed to be the prince's maids."
"Oh?" Xu Zun asked, "What did they say?"
"They said," Huo Anu said, "when the prince's delegation was attacked by the sea monster, they followed the prince onto the frigate, and after the attack, they fell into the water.
"Then, they relied on a piece of plank and drifted on the sea for a day and a night. They were rescued by local natives and settled on an unknown island in the Banshee Kingdom.
"Three days ago, pirates robbed the island and took the women on the island, including the two of them, abducted them all onto the ship..."
"Oh..." Xu Zun nodded slightly, and then he sorted out the timeline of the whole incident...
