Fakong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said warmly: "The imperial ship is coming, we can take the opportunity to leave."
Zhou Xiang said: "The imperial court's ship? The imperial court's ship comes often."
Fakong raised his eyebrows and looked at her.
Zhou Xiang said in his heart: "Master, do you think the imperial court doesn't know about this place?"
"..." Fakong frowned in thought.
Zhou Xiang said: "But the imperial ship will leave as soon as it comes. This is indeed our opportunity."
"Has the imperial court known about Bitan Island for a long time?" Fakong pondered for a moment, then asked in her heart: "Or is it that someone in the imperial court knows about it, but not necessarily the imperial court?"
"This..." Zhou Xiang thought for a moment and nodded gently: "Master, I feel something is wrong when you say that."
"Um?"
"It seems that it has always been the same court ship." Zhou Xiang said slowly.
Fakong smiled and shook his head slightly.
The smile was inexplicably sarcastic.
Zhou Xiang said: "Master, is there someone from the imperial court colluding with the Tianhai Sword Sect? So..."
She vaguely felt this way, but couldn't think clearly about it for a while.
Fakong said: "That may not be the case. We should be more cautious and not make hasty judgments. Let's wait and see their reactions, right?"
Under his inner eye, he could see the situation of the White Elephant Treasure Ship.
The White Elephant Treasure Ship is a large ship specially built by the imperial court. The hull is made of iron, heavy and solid, especially the bow has a long trunk, which is very similar to an elephant's trunk.
This long nose has two functions. One is to hit the opposite ship, and the other is to get into the other side's ship through the nose.
In this way, when fighting on the side, you can avoid the opponent's interception and attack midway and avoid casualties.
More importantly, through the expansion of the nose, the sound of the horn becomes louder and brighter, and can be heard far across the sea.
At this time, there were six middle-aged men standing on the White Elephant Treasure Ship, all with serious faces.
Four of them were wearing armor. The armor looked like fish scales, shining coldly in the sun.
The other two middle-aged men carried swords at their waists.
A middle-aged man in armor said in a deep voice: "Brother Mo, this matter is not a trivial matter. Don't take it lightly!"
Another middle-aged man in armor said in a deep voice: "The imperial court has issued an order, which means that the imperial court knows about Bitan Island and also has a map of Bitan Island. This is not something ordinary people can have, right?"
The two middle-aged men wearing swords looked gloomy.
"Master Hu," a middle-aged man wearing a sword said slowly: "Not many people in our sect know the location of Bitan Island. Only a few elders know the specific location."
"Brother Mo, what do you mean by this?"
"Master Hu, I'm afraid the one who leaked Bitan Island is not a disciple of our sect."
"Brother Mo, do you mean there is something wrong with my team?"
"...It's not impossible, right?"
"It's absolutely impossible!" Mr. Hu waved his hand and said solemnly: "Every one of the brothers in my team is my confidant, there is absolutely no way that he would do such a thing."
"It is even more impossible for several elders in our sect."
"You won't have a secret agent sneaking in, right? Didn't you catch someone who leaked the news a while ago?"
"This disciple doesn't know the specific location of Bitan Island, so there's no way it's her."
"If there is one, then there are two. Maybe they are other secret spies."
"Master Hu, this is absolutely impossible!"
"Ahem." A middle-aged man in armor coughed twice, shook his head and said: "We'd better investigate this matter slowly. The most important thing is the imperial court's order. The imperial court asked us to occupy Bitan Island."
"Then just take it."
"Can……"
"Master Hu, just report that it has been occupied. It will take a while for the court to send someone over to verify, right?"
"Brother Mo, haven't you done it yet?"
"I'm afraid it won't happen in a short time."
"Is it possible that you ended up making a wedding dress for the imperial court?"
Everyone fell silent.
"I can only delay it for a month, and it won't work any longer." The middle-aged man in armor shook his head and said, "There is nothing I can do."
"One month..." The middle-aged man named Mo shook his head: "One month is absolutely impossible."
"Then give up." The middle-aged man surnamed Hu snorted: "It will be a waste of effort after all!"
The middle-aged man surnamed Mo shook his head: "This is related to the future of our Tianhai Sword Sect. Give up? How is it possible!"
"Then what do you think we should do?" Hu Junchi, a middle-aged man named Hu, said solemnly: "Are we allowed to fight against the imperial court?"
"It's not necessary to fight against the imperial court, but you can go around in circles with the imperial court to buy time." Mo Yaodong said calmly: "I believe Mr. Hu has a way."
"I can't help it!" Hu Junchi waved his hand directly; "What can I do? If you go against the court, you will destroy yourself!"
Mo Yaodong smiled faintly.
He didn't take it seriously.
The imperial court has a strong ship and strong soldiers, but the imperial court needs to rely on the Tianhai Sword Sect at sea. Without the Tianhai Sword Sect, the imperial court's White Elephant treasure ship will be unable to move forward!
No matter how strong the ship is, it is useless no matter how powerful the weapons are.
"Then tell me, what method should be used?"
"You can report that Bitan Island has been occupied. When the imperial court sends the second group of troops, I will find a way to prevent them from coming."
"Brother Mo, don't do this nonsense!" Hu Junchi's face changed slightly.
He had already heard the implication of Mo Yaodong's words.
This is to intercept the imperial military ship.
This is a treasonous act. I am just greedy for a little money. If I am investigated and punished, I will at most lose my official position. I can still go back to be a rich man, but I don't want to lose my head.
"I won't do anything wrong, don't worry, Mr. Hu." Mo Yaodong squeezed out a smile on his gloomy face: "Please, Mr. Hu, please deal with me for a while."
"...Okay." Hu Junchi nodded with difficulty and sighed: "I have boarded a pirate ship, and I can only walk to the dark side."
Mo Yaodong smiled slightly: "Master Hu is joking, how can we walk into darkness? We are running towards the light."
"Bright? Hey, I hope so." Hu Junchi shook his head.
The White Elephant treasure ship slowly approached the trestle on the island, and then several people got off the ship and came to the island to take a look. Finally, Hu Junchi and the others returned to the ship, while Mo Yaodong and the others stayed behind.
Seeing the White Elephant Treasure Ship slowly leaving, Mo Yaodong narrowed his eyes, and the middle-aged man next to him who had been silent all the time whispered in a low voice: "Senior Brother Mo, they..."
"Well, we really can't count on him. He already wants to quit." Mo Yaodong said calmly.
"Then I..." The middle-aged man put the scabbard on his sword.
Mo Yaodong shook his head: "It's still useful for the time being, so we can't do anything. What's more, he is also on guard."
"So what if you're on guard!" the middle-aged man said disdainfully.
Mo Yaodong glanced at him and said calmly: "Junior Brother Li, have you not seen Master Hu's realm?"
"Isn't he still a great master?"
"He is indeed not a grand master." Mo Yaodong shook his head and said: "But not being a grand master does not mean that he cannot beat the grand master!"
He raised his head and glanced at the distance, which was exactly the north, and said softly: "Don't forget, he was born in Shenwu Mansion."
"Shenwu Mansion..." The middle-aged man's face changed slightly.
They are not so afraid of the officials of the imperial court, after all, they have enough confidence, but they have to be afraid of the Shenwu Mansion.
Shenwu Mansion is very difficult to deal with.
The identity of Shenwu Mansion is unique and weird.
They are both a department of the imperial court and a martial arts sect, possessing both.
If a disciple of Shenwu Palace is killed, no matter whether the court pursues it or not, Shenwu Palace will never give up and must take revenge.
"Let Yangguan Island and Liehuo Island move." Mo Yaodong said softly.
"Yes!" the middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "As soon as their two islands move, the imperial ship will no longer be able to approach here!"
"Block a little longer." Mo Yaodong nodded lightly.
In the evening three days later.
Zhou Xiang got off the White Elephant treasure ship and entered the crowd silently. He met the masters of Can Tiandao who came to meet him and were escorted to Shenjing by them.
Fakong appeared in Li Ying's yard.
The setting sun had not yet set, dyeing the small courtyard a rose color.
Li Ying's white jade-like face seemed to have been smeared with a layer of rouge. She was beautiful and moving, and her eyes were bright and burning. She said softly: "Thank you very much this time."
If it weren't for Fakong, no one could have saved Zhou Xiang this time, and Zhou Xiang had already been reincarnated.
Fakong smiled: "Submitting that news, is this a great achievement?"
Li Ying nodded lightly: "It's a great achievement."
"The imperial court didn't know anything before?"
"According to Prince Duan, the imperial court did not grasp the news. Now that it is known, it takes it very seriously," Li Ying said.
Fa Kong was thoughtful.
He was dubious.
Because of the Kunshan Holy Cult matter, he attached great importance to the secret spies of the imperial court.
Since the Tianhai Sword Sect has secret spies from Dayong Dayun and secret spies from the Demon Sect, there is no reason why they should not have secret spies from the imperial court.
Didn't the secret agent send this news?
It's possible that it wasn't sent.
But it is more likely that it has been sent out and the court just pretended not to know.
Bitan Island is currently consuming a lot of energy, manpower and material resources from the Tianhai Sword Sect.
And progress is slow.
If there is no progress, it means that the fruits are not ripe yet. Of course, there is no need to rush to pick them. It will save worry and effort to pick the fruits when they are ripe.
Judging from this action, the court did not know.
If the imperial court had known about it before, why would it send warships there now that it was known?
But Fakong felt that the court was trying to cover up the fact that it had known the news before, so it sent the White Elephant Treasure Ship.
And only one was dispatched to handle errands.
This can not only cover up the fact that there are secret spies from the imperial court in the Tianhai Sword Sect, but also urge the Tianhai Sword Sect to speed up and make progress as soon as possible.
If this is really the case, then the imperial court has the Tianhai Sword Sect at its fingertips.
But it is also possible that the Tianhai Sword Sect also knew that the imperial court knew about it, and took advantage of it, deliberately pretending not to know that the imperial court knew about it.
In short, it is a scheme within a scheme, a scheme within a scheme, both parties are pretending to be crazy, acting foolishly, harboring ulterior motives, and engaging in intrigues.
The Tianhai Sword Sect dared to engage in such a secret fight with the imperial court without showing any signs of weakness and was confident. It was obvious that it was fully prepared and could withdraw from the inland at any time and enter the islands on the sea to become its own entity.
When Fa Kong thought of this, he felt somewhat complicated emotions.
The Tianhai Sword Sect has demonstrated the indomitable spirit of those in the martial arts who will never be inferior to others, and has accomplished things that countless martial arts sects want to do but dare not do.
How satisfying it is to be independent, free from the control of the court, and free.
This is truly a wonderful day.
Unfortunately, if they do this, the Snow Mountain Sect and Guangming Holy Sect, as well as the Six Paths of Demon Sect and other martial arts sects will have to bear the consequences.
The imperial court will inevitably be more wary of each sect, each sect will be more wary of the imperial court, and the two parties will become more alienated.
If this continues, both sides may suffer.
Fakong shook his head.
What I can do is very limited, and I don’t want to do more.