Volume 6: Demons Rise from the East Sea Chapter 382 Double Standards
At the Banshee Country dock, there were roars of cannons, flames, and screams.
But the naval fleet of the Banshee Kingdom was in disarray, with people and horses stumbling in disarray, in extreme chaos.
They either fired wildly in all directions, or flapped their sails to escape quickly, and some were even hit by their own shells.
The Banshee sailors on the warship were also in chaos. Some were rolling around with their heads in their hands, some were shooting arrows into the sea, and some were jumping into the water directly from the deck.
The sailors all looked terrified, as if they had seen some huge monster.
Among the many warships that fell into chaos, only one warship with black sails remained calm.
On the deck, many Daxuan navy soldiers squatted under the side of the ship, keeping a close eye on every move on the dock through the gun holes.
Before this, they had already loaded the shells and were now holding torches, ready to ignite and fire at any time.
While waiting, occasionally one or two cannonballs would streak over the pirate ship, and one even hit the stern, breaking off a large chunk of it.
Even though some soldiers were injured, no one dared to move without orders from their superiors.
Listening to the shouting and killing outside, Navy Officer Wu Yubao seemed extremely anxious and could not help asking Captain Xiao Zhennan:
"I don't know how long this lemon poison can last. Why hasn't Master Xu come back yet?"
At this moment, Wu Yubao and others were waiting in Heiboyu's captain's room. Through the portholes of the captain's room, they could also see the situation outside.
Xiao Zhennan kept staring outside and did not answer Wu Yubao's question.
"Wait," Han Fei'er answered on his behalf, "According to the pirates who have used lemon poison, the ones we release will be enough to last for two hours.
"It's only halfway through now. Lord Xu and the others will definitely come back!"
"Oh," Wu Yubao frowned deeply, obviously still worried, "What did Lord Xu find out? Could it be that the matter of the envoys is really related to the Banshee Kingdom? But if it is related, why are all these Banshee navy soldiers affected by the lemon toxin?"
"Hey," suddenly, guard Hou Zhen shouted at Wu Yubao, "You talk too much, don't you? Lord Xu's plan is not something you can guess?"
"Oh..." Wu Yubao nodded and lowered his head, not daring to speak any more.
"Is... is it lemon toxin?" However, Shen Xingran on the other side asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Where did we... where did we get the lemon toxin?"
Hearing this, Wu Yubao glanced at Shen Xingran unhappily. What he meant was that since I'm not allowed to talk nonsense, you can talk nonsense now?
However, Hou Zhen was obviously hypocritical and answered Shen Xingran's question politely:
"Master Shen, it's like this. After we put out the fire on the pirate ship, we found dozens of well-preserved lemon water tanks in the bottom warehouse.
"So, Lord Xu did not destroy it, but asked Hei Bo Yu's men for the method of using it."
"Lord Xu is really a brilliant thinker," Han Feier agreed, "and it's just in time to be used now."
"Oh..." Shen Xingran realized, "So, it was us who released those lemons, and then they produced the hallucinogenic effect ."
"Yes," Hou Zhen said, "Now what those sailors from the Banshee Nation see is the giant Siren dragon we saw before!"
"Then...then what are we waiting for?" Wu Yubao couldn't bear it any longer and clapped his hands and said, "Master Xiao, let's take advantage of their chaos and just fire our cannons to sink them, right?
"Otherwise, once the lemon toxin disappears, we will definitely be surrounded by them!"
It turned out that this was exactly what Wu Yubao had been worried about.
"No," Xiao Zhennan turned his head and said firmly, "The situation is unclear now. Releasing the lemon toxin is one thing, but firing the cannon is another!"
"Yes," Han Feier agreed solemnly, "As long as we don't admit it, they can't do anything to us.
"But once the guns are fired, it means war has begun!"
"What should we do?" Wu Yubao said excitedly, "What if... Oh no, Lord Xu hasn't come back yet, or comes back too late, then we can't leave even if we want to!"
"You are so noisy," Hou Zhen grabbed Wu Yubao by the collar and lifted him up into the air, "Are you cursing Lord Xu?"
After saying that, he threw Wu Yubao into the corner with force and threatened: "If you dare to say anything more, I will cut off your tongue, humph!"
“……”Wu Yubao quickly covered his mouth.
"Eh? That's not right?" However, Shen Xingran asked again with confusion, "The sailors were on the deck the whole time, and the warriors went to the palace. How did those lemons... get into the water?"
"..." Wu Yubao glared at Shen Xingran fiercely, meaning, do you want your tongue to be cut off too?
However, the display was slapped in the face again, but Hou Zhen answered Shen Xingran's question with unusual respect:
"It's like this, Lord Shen. In fact, those who changed into sailor uniforms were not warriors, but the pirates we captured from Qizhou, as well as some pirates under Hei Boyu. They were used as cannon fodder!"
"Ah!?" Shen Xingran was shocked. "Really?"
"Hehe," Han Feier laughed like a silver bell, "Lord Xu gave those people ordinary Qi-boosting pills and lied to them that they were poison.
"As long as they obey, they will be given the antidote later, so they just acted in front of Kong Zhen."
"In fact," Hou Zhen continued, "those warriors had already taken the almonds off the ship and released them at the harbor dock area."
"Ah? In that case," Shen Xingran said worriedly, "Jiying, oh, what about Lord Xu? Didn't we plan to have warriors pretend to be wounded and then pick them up?"
"That way we can do it in the open," Han Fei'er said, "but now the warriors are operating in the dark. Wouldn't it be safer to meet Lord Xu this way?"
"Yes," Hou Zhen nodded to Shen Xingran and said, "Don't worry, Lord Shen, Lord Xu and the others will definitely return on time!"
"Oh..." Shen Xingran nodded repeatedly and murmured a prayer, "I hope Jiying can find out everything clearly! I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is okay?"
Unexpectedly, as if it had come true, as soon as Shen Xingran finished speaking, the excited shouts of the sailors could be heard outside:
"Look, that's Master Xu! Master Xu is back, Master Xu is back!"
oh?
Everyone in the captain's room immediately stood up, then quickly rushed out of the captain's room and went outside to greet them.
After a while, they saw Xu Zun appear on the deck first, holding the seriously injured and unconscious Ku Niang.
Next came Zhao Yu, Huo Anu, Ani, Jiang Hua and others, and behind them came the first-rate warriors headed by Zhao Xin.
"Ah?" Han Feier saw Ku Niang in Xu Zun's arms and asked hurriedly, "What happened to Ku Niang?"
As she said that, she took the initiative to take Ku Niang and check her injuries.
At the same time, Ani also put down Queen Kong Zhen, who was also seriously injured and unconscious.
"Hou Zhen," Xu Zun said, "keep her under guard. No mistakes can be made!"
"Ah?" Hou Zhen recognized Kong Zhen and trembled at first, then nodded and agreed, "Yes! Please rest assured, sir!"
After saying this, he went to arrest Kong Zhen.
"Be careful," Huo Anu warned, panting, "This queen also has kung fu skills!"
" Master Xiao !" Xu Zun said to Xiao Zhennan with a cold expression, "It has been confirmed that the attack on our Great Xuan envoys was done by the Banshee King Kong Zhen."
After saying that, Xu Zun turned around, looked at the Banshee warships that were still in chaos, and said coldly:
"Now, we have to sink all the naval warships of the Banshee Nation!!!"
