Volume 6: Demons Rise from the East Sea Chapter 362 Cover Up
"Hurry, hurry, hurry... over there, over there..."
On the deck filled with thick tar smoke, the sailors were putting out the fire as quickly as possible.
The flames were put out, leaving some charred stains on the deck, but the deck itself was not damaged.
Instead, the fire in the cabin was somewhat out of control, and flames could still be seen. The sailors were pouring buckets of water into the cabin to rescue people.
At the same time, under the control of the captured pirates , the pirate ship approached the Daxuan battleship, the two ships built a wooden bridge, and were transferring personnel and supplies on the battleship.
As the Daxuan battleship was severely tilted, Xiao Zhennan decided to abandon the supplies and transfer the personnel first.
With a dull creaking sound, the Daxuan battleship was about to capsize and was in danger.
But at such a critical moment, Xu Zun took the pirate leader into the captain's room of the pirate ship and continued his interrogation.
There was no time to clean up the bodies in the captain's room, and the strong smell of blood was everywhere, making the little leader tremble with fear.
"I'm not sure about this, I'm just a small leader," the small leader said tremblingly, "I only guessed later that the weakness of the Daxuan battleship might be at the bow."
Regarding this statement, Xu Zun also confirmed it after many times before he figured it out. It turned out that although the Daxuan battleship was known as an invincible battleship, there were hidden dangers in the bow part.
Although the bow is equipped with a thick ram, the waterproof partition inside is not dense because the draft cannot be too deep.
Therefore, once the bow is severely damaged, the entire warship will be in danger of capsizing.
Even if it does not capsize, the battleship will lose the ability to control.
No wonder the Tianfu warship drifted so far on the sea that it got lost on the Gufeng Island.
However, it is conceivable that this is undoubtedly the top secret of the Daxuan Navy, and even ordinary generals cannot know it.
From this, it can be seen that among the masterminds behind the attack on the Daxuan delegation, there must be a senior figure from Daxuan!
"Tell us what happened that day in detail again," Xu Zun ordered. "After the envoys were attacked, where did the rebellious Daxuan warship go?"
"I really don't know about that," the little leader quickly replied, "After the delegation was attacked, Lord Hei Boyu saw that the warships were about to capsize and was worried that someone would see us, so he withdrew in advance.
"We are all wondering, since they attacked the Great Xuan warship, they were obviously after the treasures on the warship, but... but Hei Boyu obviously wasn't going for those things, it seemed like he was attacking just for the sake of attacking...
"Of course," the little leader said again, "Lord Hei Bo Yu may also be worried that the rebellious Daxuan frigate will be harmful to us, right?
"So we quickly withdrew! I don't know what happened next."
"What about you?" Xu Zun asked.
"We?" said the little leader. "We are full of doubts, but the leaders are very tight-lipped. They just told us that after we become rich, we will have mountains of gold and silver, and we will never have to take risks at sea again..."
"So," Xu Zun asked knowingly, "Hei Boyu was also instructed by someone? Do you know who it was?"
"I don't know, sir," the little leader cried bitterly, "I can swear to heaven that we really, really obeyed your orders. We will do whatever you tell us to do!"
"Hei Bo Yu has three pirate ships," Xu Zun asked, "where are the other two?"
"They sank," the little leader said, "When we attacked the Great Xuan Mission, the other two ships were hit by shells and sank!"
"Oh?" Xu Zun asked, "Who hit you?"
"It should be during the attack, the Daxuan battleship fired a few shots at random," the little leader said, "and somehow it hit."
After hearing the answer, Xu Zun thought for a moment and asked again:
"Let me ask you, have you been on this pirate ship for the past six months?"
"Yes," the little chief replied, "There is civil unrest in Izumo, and we encounter official ships every day.
"All our usual bases have been exposed. We can no longer stay in the north, so we came to the south..."
"Then," Xu Zun asked, "have you ever seen strangers on your ship?"
"Stranger?" The little leader tried to recall, then shook his head, "I don't think so?"
"So you went all the way south," Xu Zun asked again, "where did you stop at the shore?"
"Dockage... well," the little leader said, "there are many. We have docked in Fuluo, Sakizuki and Bixian, but they are all private docks. We dare not go to Guandao..."
In this way, Xu Zun asked the little leader many questions again. The little leader answered all of them, but many of his answers were of no value.
Just then, Xu Zun heard several loud buzzing sounds coming from outside the captain's room and hurried outside to check.
It turned out that the Daxuan battleship had capsized, causing a huge whirlpool on the sea!
"Anu," Xu Zun asked hurriedly, "What's going on? Are all the people here?"
"They are coming!" Huo Anu hurried over to answer, "They are all here, but it's a pity that the equipment on our ship is gone, and... there are also several pots of good wine, what a pity!"
"Sir," At this time, with a clear and loud voice, Xu Zun saw Ani running towards him, and asked with concern before she came close, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!"
Xu Zun quickly glanced behind Ani and immediately felt a resentful gaze coming from her. It was the Crown Princess Tian Jing.
It was obvious that the Crown Princess had realized that it was impossible for Xu Zun to reach an agreement with her, so the look in her eyes when she looked at Xu Zun was naturally full of resentment.
Seeing Ani, Xu Zun also asked a few questions with concern, and then did not forget to remind Ani to "take good care" of the Crown Princess.
Ani nodded vigorously and told Xu Zun with a firm look that he didn't need to worry, she would keep a close eye on the Crown Princess.
Next, Xu Zun looked at the deck. Since the pirate ship was a whole circle smaller than the Daxuan battleship, and the interior of the cabin was temporarily inaccessible, the deck was densely packed with people!
He could see that Shangguan Min and others who had fallen into the water due to poisoning had been pulled onto the deck, and their poisoning symptoms had also eased.
However, just in case, Dai Long and others still kept them firmly under control with ropes.
Fortunately, there are some top-notch warriors who know medical skills and are currently examining their pulses and treating them...
At the same time, Hou Zhen and others had searched the cabin and did not find any living people. It seemed that the mysterious killer had already disembarked.
"Sir," Zhao Yu suddenly appeared from behind Xu Zun and whispered in his ear, "I have already questioned other pirate prisoners of war, and their confessions are consistent with that of the little leader. They also saw the rebellious Daxuan frigate.
"However, they didn't know that the frigate was later destroyed by another group of pirates!"
Um.
Xu Zun nodded faintly. The general outline of the matter seemed to have become clear. Hei Boyu was instructed to attack the Daxuan delegation.
Afterwards, he sent people to destroy the rebellious Daxuan frigate.
In the end, he was also silenced by his superiors!
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Cover up again!
It seems that the person who instructed Hei Boyu is undoubtedly the culprit behind the danger of the Daxuan delegation!
So...who is he?
Just as he was thinking about this, Xu Zun saw Captain Xiao Zhennan was the last one to board the pirate ship. He immediately walked up to Xiao Zhennan and said in a serious tone:
"Captain Xiao, organize the men immediately, we need to set sail immediately!"
"Oh?" Xiao Zhennan didn't expect Xu Zun to be so anxious, and asked hurriedly, " Now? Where are we going?"
"Yes, right now," Xu Zun turned to the sea and squinted his eyes and said, "Target - Banshee Country!!!"
