Chapter 468: Triumph in the middle of the night
According to legend, there once was a sacred deer in heaven. It stole fairy fruits and spread them in the lower world, so it was thrown into the East China Sea, forming an isolated island in the shape of a deer, hence the name of Dalu Island.
Dalu Island occupies a small area. An ordinary person can circle the island in about 6,000 steps. The island is densely wooded and cool and pleasant in summer. It is actually divided into Dalu Mountain and Xiaolu Mountain, which are separated from the north and south.
They are connected by an isthmus. The beach where small and medium-sized warships can land is also located on the west coast of the isthmus, in the west bay surrounded by the Big and Little Deer Mountains.
As early as when He Jiuling led the Yuhuan villagers to the island, they cut down huge trees and buried a row of wooden piles on the seabed of the West Bay to prevent large ships with deep drafts from entering the West Bay.
On the north side of Dalu Mountain and the south side of Xiaolu Mountain, they also built two arrow towers each.
At first, the arrow towers were used for soldiers to take advantage of their commanding position to shoot arrows at enemies in the bay. After Feng Yeling captured the Sijun, in order to prevent similar types of medium-sized light warships from attacking again, the top platforms of the four arrow towers were added.
A simple slinging device was set up, which could use a lever made of logs and a net bag at the end to throw stones weighing hundreds of kilograms, causing a devastating blow to ships trying to cross the wooden pile obstacle.
Dalu Island was completely silent at the moment. Except for the sentry on the arrow tower waving to them in the moonlight, the people in their dreams had no idea that their "Dragon-Slaying Hero" Sijun would make a triumphant return in such a late night.
The Sijun anchored on the shoals of the West Bay. Feng Yeling and the female warriors boarded three small rafts specially designed for connection and set foot on the familiar land of Dalu Island, or in other words, their new home.
Most of the houses of the islanders are built at the eastern, western and northern foothills of Dalu Mountain, where the mountains are gentler, with layers of thatched cottages or wooden houses stretching from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, connected by mountain roads and trails.
"Basically all the houses here were built by He Island Master and others when they moved here. They are not big and there are almost no empty ones." Feng Yeling explained while leading everyone up the hillside: "There are also others who have come forward one after another.
For those who came to seek refuge from disaster, they built another one on the other side of Xiaolu Mountain."
"It's too late today. Wait until tomorrow, Yu Heng should be able to find a vacant house over there at Xiaolu Mountain." She pointed in the direction of Xiaolu Mountain to the north by the moonlight.
Shen Xinliu chuckled and said, "Little baby, please come with me today and spend the night with me. I will take you there tomorrow."
"Senior..." Chen Yuheng was flattered and bowed deeply to Shen Xinliu, "Junior, I can't thank you enough."
Lan Qiao took the opportunity to look at Feng Yeling, with a subtle and sly smile emerging from the corner of his mouth: "What about me?"
"You are my husband, so you naturally want to come to my house." Feng Yeling saw that the female warriors were all looking at her, and couldn't help but said angrily, "But don't think about how I will serve you. I'm exhausted today."
The female warriors all laughed.
Everyone said goodbye on the hillside and went back to their homes. Feng Yeling's hut was located at the highest point of the house complex in Dalu Mountain. There were two rooms in total. The outer room was a small main room and the inner room was the bedroom.
When Feng Yeling opened the door, the room was dark, but soon he heard a woman's voice in the darkness: "The eldest lady is back?"
Then there was another fumbling sound, and a fire lit up inside the house.
A girl in coarse linen clothes stood in the middle of the main room, bowed slightly to Feng Yeling and said, "I have seen the eldest lady."
She was bleary-eyed, and she obviously got up and lit the lamp when she heard someone opening the door while she was half asleep. Judging from the way she bowed and saluted, one of her legs seemed to be disabled.
"Oh, my uncle is here too." She didn't see Lan Qiao until now, and hurriedly welcomed him into the room, then went to the stove to boil water and prepare to make tea for the two of them.
Lan Qiao was surprised that she actually recognized him as "Uncle", and thought that Feng Yeling was usually called "Eldest Sister", and this girl was the first to call her "Eldest Young Lady".
Is he an acquaintance?
Lan Qiao quickly searched for the image of this Maid girl in his mind, suddenly an idea flashed and he blurted out: "You are a little sparrow."
"Hey, I didn't expect my uncle to still remember me." She rubbed her hands in embarrassment and glanced at Feng Yeling timidly.
"Don't be afraid." Feng Yeling smiled sweetly, gave her a friendly hug and said, "Am I so narrow-minded?"
Little Sparrow was originally a victorious general in Qingzhou's underground arena. In order to earn sky-high odds, Zuo Zhan used Zhu Xuan to trick Feng Yeling into participating in a gladiatorial fight, trying to get Feng Yeling to kill Little Sparrow.
During the gladiatorial fight, Feng Yeling used his internal force to break one of the little sparrow's legs, but instead of killing the little sparrow as Zuo Zhan wanted, he left hand in hand with the little sparrow, completely breaking the rules of his arena.
Afterwards, the little sparrow felt ashamed to stay in Qingzhou, so she took a boat south and became an embroiderer in Wenzhou. Later, the Japanese pirates invaded, and she couldn't walk far on land dragging a broken leg, so she and a few friends took a boat there.
Dalu Island.
They had a similar experience to Lanqiao Chen Yuheng. They were also intercepted by Japanese pirates midway. Fortunately, Feng Yeling's Sijun arrived in time and rescued them.
Reunited in a foreign land, the little sparrow was grateful and in awe of Feng Yeling, so he simply became her maid and took care of her daily life when she returned to the island.
Now the little sparrow has long hair, and her face looks a bit pretty under the light. She looked at Feng Yeling, then at Lan Qiao, suddenly her face turned red, and she whispered: "Miss, if you don't need
I'm here to serve you. I'm going out now."
"Where do you want to go?" Feng Yeling pushed her back to sit on the small bed in the corner of the main room, "Go on to your bed, don't worry about me, and don't hide out."
Feng Yeling's bedroom was separated from the main room by a shabby curtain. In addition to a four-foot-wide wooden couch, there was only a small dressing table with a bronze mirror, and a simple clothes rack made of a few branches.
Of course, what makes Lanqiao feel warmest is the familiar atmosphere.
The breath of Feng Yeling.
This breath was so kind that it almost immediately reminded him of the scene when he first met Feng Yeling and visited Fengzhu Immortal Residence.
Feng Yeling didn't know what he was thinking. She made a bed for him, bandaged his wounds again, and finally said: "Okay, you can have a good rest. I will come back to you tomorrow morning."
Lan Qiao said in shock: "Where are you going?"
Feng Yeling said softly: "I'm going to inspect the arrow towers on the beach. It's not easy for everyone to keep watch."
"Then we have to sleep." Lan Qiao said displeasedly, "Are you trying to avoid me?"
"I'm not avoiding you, I'm just considering the impact and don't want everyone to think anything of us." Feng Yeling sighed softly and said quietly: "There are many women who have lost their husbands and children on Dalu Island. Even if we win today, it will be difficult.
Heal their sorrow caused by the death of their loved ones. Now they are keeping vigil outside, always alert to the incoming Japanese pirates, but I am alone at home, enjoying the tenderness of my husband. If you were them, even if you don't say it with your mouth, wouldn't you think in your heart?
Are you not happy at all? Now that the Japanese pirates are powerful, the most important thing for us is to work together. If I give the Japanese pirates an opportunity because of my indulging in love and tenderness with my husband, wouldn’t it be worth the loss? "
After listening to Feng Yeling's words, Lan Qiao felt both ashamed and admired, knowing that she was no longer the willful young lady in the past.
"You're right, I didn't think carefully enough." He smiled bitterly.
"I feel very lucky to be reunited with my husband today. I am even afraid that I will wake up suddenly and find that everything is just a dream." Feng Yeling stroked Lan Qiao's cheek lovingly, like a loving mother stroking her child,
"Be good, Dalu Island is very small. I can't walk far. If anything happens, just look for the little sparrow."
Whether intentionally or not, when Feng Yeling left, Lan Qiao and Little Sparrow were left alone in the room.
The little sparrow looked very reserved, sitting alone on the small bed in the corner of the main room, lowering his head and not daring to look at him.
Lan Qiao took off the two daggers hidden in the sleeves of his cloak, handed them to her and said, "I know you are good at it. If I go crazy at night and come out to disturb you, you can use these two daggers to stab me awake."
"
The little sparrow said in shock: "How dare you, slave?"
Chapter completed!