Volume 6: Demons Rise from the East Sea Chapter 343: Exciting Confession
...The prince's delegation was attacked by sea monsters on the way to the Siren Kingdom. Three of the four frigates sank, including the prince.
Although the main ship, the Tianfu, did not sink, it was severely damaged and could not be controlled. It drifted on the sea for ten days and finally ran aground on Gufeng Island.
The generals and sailors on the ship killed each other because of the gambling on Gufeng Island and all died. Only Shen Xingran, the Crown Princess, and the dancers and musicians survived and were eventually rescued by Xu Zun.
Another frigate also survived the Siren's attack. I don't know whether they rescued the prince or whether its hull was damaged like the Tianfu ship.
Anyway, they eventually stopped at a place called Whale Bay and were silenced by an island attack.
As for the two maids, who had been accompanying the prince all the time, they fell into the water, were first stranded on a desert island, and then were kidnapped by pirates, so they also appeared on the pirate ship.
As the timeline becomes clear, new doubts emerge.
Why did the pirates attack the frigate? How did they know where it was?
It is obvious that someone is behind this matter!
Of course, the thing Xu Zun needs to confirm most now is whether the prince is on that frigate?
"...Sir, I'm telling the truth!" said the pirate leader who was being interrogated. "I've revealed Lord Hei Boyu's secret. I can't survive. Can you please give me a quick death?"
"You..." Xu Zun pondered for a moment and asked, "Why did you attack us?"
"Well, oh!" The pirate leader sighed and said in annoyance, "We are also bewitched. We attacked the warship in Whale Bay yesterday and got countless spoils, so... so..."
You already know what to say next without me saying it.
They must have been in a killing spree and thought that Xu Zun's warship was as fragile as the frigate, so they just wanted to plunder more treasures.
However, they didn't expect that Xu Zun's warship was so powerful that it became their doom!
"Hei Bo Yu," Xu Zun asked again, "where is he now?"
"Ah?" said the pirate leader, "I don't know about that. Lord Hei Boyu is elusive, and we can only wait for his carrier pigeon every time..."
As soon as the pirate leader finished speaking, Xu Zun made a gesture to Ashurai.
Ah Xiu understood what he meant, and immediately grabbed the pirate leader's face and cut hard under the corner of his eye...
ah……
Terrifying screams echoed throughout the cabin.
"I say, I say..." Finally the pirate leader changed his words, "We agreed to meet at Niwan Beach the day after tomorrow!"
Mudball Beach?
"Sir," Xiao Zhennan hurriedly explained in Xu Zun's ear, "It's near the main island of the Banshee Kingdom. How strange! Aren't they afraid of encountering the Banshee Kingdom's navy?"
Hearing this doubt, Xu Zun's heart trembled and a vague guess arose.
"Is Heibo Yu coming in person?" Xu Zun asked.
"Should... should be!" said the pirate leader, "The Izumo Kingdom is full of navy, we can't survive there, so we all came to the east. Lord Hei Bo Yu is here too..."
"Okay," Xu Zun thought to himself and said to Ah Xiu, "I'll leave this to you!"
As he spoke, Xu Zun gave Ashizai a look.
Ah Xiu understood what Xu Zun meant and realized that he wanted to interrogate the details himself, and also to ensure the life of the pirate leader. After all, this person was an important witness!
"Hou Zhen," Xu Zun ordered Hou Zhen again, "All other pirates must be interrogated. No matter what method is used, whether they live or die, do you understand?"
"Understood!" Hou Zhen accepted the order.
This method has no limits, no matter life or death, which is enough to show Xu Zun's attitude. It is conceivable how those pirates will be treated?
Putting aside other things for now, the pirates' act of sinking the Daxuan warship was enough to ignite the anger of the Daxuan soldiers.
Therefore, Hou Zhen and others would naturally not let them off easily.
"Sergeant Wu," Xu Zun ordered Wu Yubao again, "Transfer all the items on the pirate ship, including military supplies, to the warship. Make sure to count them clearly."
"Yes!" Wu Yubao accepted the order.
"By the way," Xu Zun reminded, "the women on the ship cannot be released , in case there are pirates or spies among them. They will be temporarily detained on our ship and interrogated slowly later."
"Yes!" Wu Yubao clasped his fists and asked, "What should we do with the three pirate ships?"
"Sunk it!" Xu Zun said without hesitation, "One is to avenge them for sinking our Daxuan warship, and the other is that we can't let Hei Boyu notice it!"
"Oh..." Wu Yubao thought for a moment and nodded quickly, "Your Excellency has considered it carefully. I'll do it right away!"
Indeed, if Xu Zun wanted to capture Hei Boyu, he had to make these three pirate ships disappear.
Otherwise, once seen by Heiboyu's people, it would definitely alert the enemy.
After everything was arranged, Xu Zun, under the guidance of Huo Anu, came to another cabin and met the two prince's maids.
Despite changing their clothes, the two women were still trembling, looking extremely frightened.
From the scars on their bodies, it is not difficult to imagine what they have experienced in the past few days.
Logically, they should be allowed to rest for a while, but Xu Zun still had a few important questions that he needed to ask them.
"You..." After sending everyone away, Xu Zun asked the two women, "Have you seen the sea monster that attacked the prince with your own eyes?"
"Ah? That side?"
Unexpectedly, when they heard Xu Zun's question, the two maids looked at each other and hesitated.
"What's wrong?" Xu Zun also felt something was wrong and asked hurriedly, "Am I asking the wrong question?"
" That thing... is black..." One of the maids answered hesitantly, "It seems... the entire sea surface is covered with it, constantly moving up and down. Why... why does it feel..."
"It's like a piece," another maid added, "a large piece, not just one or one head..."
"Really?" Xu Zun pretended to be surprised and asked deliberately, "Why do some people say that it is a water dragon?"
“Dragon?” The two were surprised again, and one of them said, “I didn’t see it clearly. I just felt the sky spinning and the ship shaking. Then there was a violent explosion and flames shot up into the sky, and our ship sank!”
“Yes,” another echoed, “I remember the soldiers on the ship were shooting arrows desperately, and some wanted to fire cannons into the sea!
"But some older people warned them not to fire, saying that it would only anger the siren, but... it was useless now...
"In less than an incense stick of time, our boat sank into the water..."
Um……
Looking at the expressions of the two men, Xu Zun could imagine that the sudden disaster caught everyone off guard.
"So..." Xu Zun finally asked the most crucial question, "Where was the prince when the ship sank?"
"The prince?" One of them answered quickly, "The prince also fell into the water, but...but..."
Xu Zun's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly, "But what?"
"Not long after the prince fell into the water, he was rescued by a frigate that rushed over!" the maid replied, "We had drifted too far away at the time. Even though we shouted loudly, they still didn't see us..."
"What!?"
This news instantly made Xu Zun excited.
"Are you sure," he asked again, "that the prince has been rescued?"
"Yes!" the maid replied affirmatively, "We saw with our own eyes that the prince was pulled up by the ropes on the frigate!"
"Then..." Huo Anu beside him couldn't help but ask, "What about the Siren? Didn't the Siren attack the frigate?"
"No!" The maid answered with extraordinary certainty, "When the prince was rescued, the mermaid had disappeared!"
