The boatman slowly opened his eyes, and he first saw the incomplete roof of the wooden house.
"Dad, you're awake! You're alive again!" The silly guy yelled.
The old shipwright, who was still a little dazed, was startled by the thunderous sound in his ears.
He frowned and yelled: "Shut up, I'm not your father. I don't have a stupid son like you!"
The crew members who heard the commotion came to the wooden house.
Hearing the old boatman's scolding, someone laughed and said, "Come on, you were the only one who didn't want to throw this abandoned baby away when you picked him up. You raised him by soaking him in shit and urine. You are not him.
Dad, who else could it be?"
Another person said: "You were unconscious at the time, so you didn't see it. Your stupid son used his body as a shield to protect you. Otherwise, you would have been torn to pieces by those bat monkeys."
"The big man protects Dad! Dad is not afraid." The silly big man beat his chest hard, making a thumping sound.
The old shipwright looked at the silly big man and snorted coldly: "I am a pure-blooded human race, and I am your adoptive father at the top."
"Adoptive father!" the old shipwright repeated.
His tone was disgusting, but his eyes showed warmth.
Seeing the bandages all over the silly guy, he looked worried again.
"How is your injury? Show me quickly..." The old shipwright waved.
"Don't look at it. If you can walk, then go and see Master Zhenjin quickly."
"Master Zhenjin?"
The crew narrated what happened to the old shipwright.
The old shipwright was shocked, and then he realized that if Zong Ge hadn't stopped the Silver Rhino, he would have died.
He couldn't help feeling scared.
At the same time, he became worried again: "This Lord Zhenjin actually took the initiative to invite Zong Ge and his gang into the camp?"
"He is a Templar, but is he too young?"
"Well, no matter what, let's go see this big shot first."
The boatman was helped out of the dilapidated wooden house.
In the open space of the camp, several bonfires were burning at the same time. Large pieces of lizard meat were being roasted on the fire, emitting an increasingly strong aroma.
There is plenty of drinkable water.
There is even a small bottle of rum in Needle Gold's hand. This is a supply from the crew.
When the shipwright saw Zhen Jin for the first time, he immediately put his hand on his chest, knelt down and paid homage to Zhen Jin.
"Get up." Zhen Jin seemed very happy and smiled.
"I will rely on you more in the future, old shipwright, we don't know how to build sea-going ships." Zhen Jin encouraged.
The old shipwright stood up, but lowered his head: "You must try your best, little man!"
Zhenjin raised his hand: "Go down and eat, take care of your health."
The young knight took the grilled meat skewers in front of him and took the initiative to walk towards Zong Ge.
Zong Ge and others gathered on one side, clearly separated from Zhen Jin and others on the other side.
As soon as Zhen Jin took a step forward, he attracted everyone's attention. Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, Zhen Jin came to Zong Ge and handed him the barbecue.
"Here, taste the lizard meat." Zhen Jin smiled, his handsome face glowing with a dazzling brilliance under the firelight.
Zonge took the lizard meat calmly, took a big bite, chewed it a few times, and then swallowed it.
"This is the green lizard in the desert that can spray acid?" Zong Ge tasted the taste and frowned slightly, "It doesn't seem to be very good. Maybe the silver-level green lizard leader has better meat?"
"I also ate the meat of the silver green lizard, and it tastes similar. If you want to hear it, Zong Ge, I can describe it to you in detail. In fact, exchanging information is good for both of us," Zhen Jin said.
San Dao stared at Zhen Jin with an expressionless expression: "We have heard about Lord Zhen Jin's heroic experience of bravely venturing to the island, showing mercy to the weak, and saving the good."
Zhen Jin smiled bitterly and said: "What kind of hero am I? I tried my best, but I only brought out four companions. On this island, my abilities are very limited."
"Here." Zong Ge took off the meat skewers from the campfire and handed them to Zhen Jin, "Silver bear meat might be more delicious. Hmm... let's call it a bear. Although it has a monkey's tail and an orangutan's.
hand."
"Monkey-tailed brown bear?" Zhen Jin thought to himself, his pupils shrank imperceptibly, the smile on his face did not change at all, and he accepted the bear meat naturally.
"Oh, by the way. This is for you. It can treat your injuries. Use it as soon as possible. Miss Zidi warned me when preparing it. If it takes more than one day, this bottle of medicine will be ineffective." Zhen Jin threw out a bottle of medicine.
Lost it to Zong Ge.
Zong Ge took it subconsciously, and just as he was about to reply, Zhong Jin turned around and left.
After this exchange, Zhenjin and Zongge never said anything else.
After dinner, Zonge and others left the camp and returned to their temporary tent.
"Sir, I have brought you another bat monkey." Bai Ya came to Cangxu's tent carrying a dead bat monkey.
With the supplies brought by Xiaosuo and others, Cangxu finally didn't have to sleep in a hammock. He was specially arranged by Zhenjin to have his own tent.
In addition to the floor bunk, there is a long wooden table in the tent.
There were several lit candles placed on the wooden table. The table was dripping with blood, and the wings, head, and eyeballs of bat monkeys were scattered.
Cangxu, still wearing his glasses with broken lenses, was currently using an iron rod to pry open the throat of the bat monkey, and looked inside carefully by candlelight.
"With such strong vocal cords and supernormal lungs, it's no wonder that it can emit such strong sound waves." Cang Xu murmured in his mouth. He didn't even look at Bai Ya and just said, "Put this bat monkey down."
Bai Ya put down the bat monkey as he was told and was about to turn around and leave when he heard Cang Xu ask again: "Is this bat monkey killed by the goblin with three swords?"
"Yes." Bai Ya replied, "According to your request, I picked it out from the corpses of bat monkeys. It has also been confirmed by others."
Cang Xu stroked the incision on the bat monkey's neck: "It's clean and neat. He is a good hand with a knife."
Bai Ya stood still, hesitant on his face, he opened his mouth, and finally expressed his doubts: "This group of people is very dangerous. Why did Master Zhenjin bring them back to the camp? We shouldn't
To guard against them?"
Cang Xu began to use the knife and continued to cut along the bat monkey's neck: "Do you think it is easier to guard against them, throwing them into the dense forest or putting them under your nose?"
Bai Ya was slightly stunned.
He immediately asked: "Since Master Zhenjin is on guard against them, he must also be suspicious of Zonge. Why not interrogate him directly? Master is a dignified Templar and a nobleman. No one will object to him interrogating an orc."
.Sir, you are so kind."
Cang Xu raised his eyes and glanced at Bai Ya, then turned his attention to the bat monkey corpse on the table.
Cangxu lowered his head and said, "You should have heard other people's reports. Zong Ge, this half-orc... is very powerful."
Bai Ya immediately retorted: "But he was injured."
Cang Xu nodded slightly, pressed hard with his hand, and finally cut off the bat monkey's neck with a knife: "It's injured. But how serious is the injury? Don't look at him. He vomited two big mouthfuls of blood. There may be some drama involved.
ingredients.”
Bai Ya stared slightly: "Is this still possible?"
"How is it impossible? You have too little combat experience, young man." Cang Xu laughed, "And the most important point is that Zonge saved the old shipwright. Without him, the old shipwright would have died.
Zong Ge was injured because of this, and our Master Zhenjin will never take advantage of someone’s situation and add insult to injury.”
"My lord, alas..." Bai Ya sighed deeply.
Cangxu began to use a saw on the bat monkey's head: "Moreover, there were members of the Three Swords mercenary group at that time. These people's fighting power was much stronger than the crew. Once conflicts aroused, a melee would be triggered. Even if you can defeat Zong Ge,
But at the same time, it is difficult to protect Zidi, the old shipwright and others. If we force the other party and someone kills the shipwright, then we will not be able to build a sea-going ship and we will have to leave this island. What’s more?
, Master Zidi was also with you at that time. Master Zidi cannot use magic and can only use medicine to protect yourself. How could you put his fiancée in danger? "
Bai Ya nodded: "It seems that you have thought it over carefully."
Cang Xu has been sawing for a long time, but the bat monkey's head is still strong against the saw teeth.
He stood up and waved to Bai Ya: "Here, help me saw this thing open."
Without any evasion or hesitation, Bai Ya immediately came to the table and took the saw.
He used his broken hand that was still recovering to steady the bat monkey's head, and used his other arm to pull the saw with all his strength.
Cang Xu stood aside, panting, looking at Bai Ya's hard work, and decided to give the young man a few words of encouragement.
After all, Bai Ya saved his life.
Although Cangxu had publicly suggested using the white buds as food, that was a last resort choice when food was too scarce. In this case, Cangxu was even willing to dedicate himself to serve as food for Zhenjin.
In this situation, Cang Xu's attitude towards Bai Ya is naturally different.
Cang Xu said: "My lord, there are actually many benefits to doing this."
"First of all, your Excellency has reserved it and is expanding the possibility of recruiting this group of people."
"Didn't they refuse?" Bai Ya wondered.
"Do they really not want to?" Cang Xu said with a smile, "If you were one of them, would you rather follow Zong Ge or Lord Zhen Jin?"
"Of course it's Master Zhenjin." Bai Ya didn't hesitate.
"Yes." Cang Xu sighed, feeling very emotional in his heart, "Mercenary competition is very cruel, and the several mercenary groups standing on the top of the tower are indeed beautiful. But the Three Swords mercenary group is not."
"The goblin's three swords are just black iron cultivation. His mercenary group is at the middle level at best."
"As a mercenary, how many of them can really get a good death?"
"Young people may be naive, but these mercenaries have been around for half their lives. They have already seen the reality clearly and recognized themselves clearly. What kind of people are they? What kind of blood can they have?"
Cang Xu sneered: "Following Zhenjin is very tempting to them. Because this may be an opportunity to change their entire lives! How great it is to be favored by a big shot like Lord Zhenjin and allow them to follow.
A rare and rare opportunity! They won’t know about it.”
"Then why did they refuse?" Bai Ya asked.
Cangxu smiled and said: "People follow the crowd, and these mercenaries obey the three swords. The inertia is too strong and cannot be changed for a while. Besides, it is the first time for them to meet Master Zhenjin, and they do not understand his nobility. But Zi
Master Di has already planted the seeds of solicitation in their hearts. In the future, when these seeds take root and sprout, Master Zhenjin will personally solicit, and there is almost no possibility of failure!"
"It's necessary to recruit them."
"How dangerous this island is, you have also experienced it."
"So, we must unite anyone who can be united. We must cherish every precious manpower."
"Think about it, maybe in the future, a sea-going ship will be successfully built. We were sailing a sea-going ship, but we got caught in a storm. Because there was a lack of a sailor who failed to lower the sail in time, the ship capsized, and we all died at the bottom of the sea."
"Although this idea is a bit extreme, who can really predict the future?"
"Could you have imagined a shipwreck?"
Bai Ya shook his head.
Cang Xu: "Master Zhenjin has a great advantage in recruiting these people. Zong Ge is just a half-orc, and his identity and bloodline are his biggest flaws. As long as they are in contact for a long time, these people will naturally be
Lord Needle Gold attracts.”
"But Zong Ge is probably the murderer!" Bai Ya shouted in a low voice and stopped the saw in his hand.
"Oh." Bai Ya quickly buried her head in sawing the monkey's head.
Cang Xu looked at the young man working hard and laughed silently: "Do you think Zong Ge is the murderer?"
"How do I know?" Bai Ya shook his head.
"Then do you think it looks like it?" Cang Xu asked in a different way.
"Isn't he the most suspicious? Xi Suo said a lot during dinner..." Bai Ya wanted to recount, but was immediately interrupted by Cang Xu.
"You have to think for yourself, Bai Ya. Think carefully about Zong Ge's behavior before and after. Do you think he is the murderer?" Cang Xu continued to guide Bai Ya.
Bai Ya thought about it seriously this time and said in an uncertain tone: "I feel that Zong Ge is a very arrogant person, and he seems to be unable to assassinate others."
Cang Xu did not comment on Bai Ya's conjecture, but analyzed Zong Ge's behavior: "We can say that Zong Ge rescued the boatman for his own sake. But Sandao and others did not take action against Zhen Jin, Xi Suo and the like.
Isn't it? According to the situation at that time, Zong Ge and his gang had a good chance of killing the big fool and forcibly capturing the unconscious shipwright. But they did not do so."
"Although his attitude towards Master Zhenjin was very disrespectful and could be said to be offensive. But in the end, he did not take action and kept communicating with Master Zhenjin."
Bai Ya thought of something and became very angry: "Is that considered communication? He even dared to ask adults to use magic to prove his identity!"
"Hahaha, I think it was more of a temptation than Zong Ge's actual recklessness. He didn't know exactly how powerful Lord Zhenjin was. After all, divine magic is a power bestowed by gods, which is essentially different from fighting spirit and magic.
Zong Ge is not sure whether divine magic can be banned on this island."
Bai Ya's eyes lit up: "So, Master Zhenjin actually saw it. He scolded Zong Ge, which made Zong Ge fearful of the master, and he didn't dare to take action easily!"
"Yes. It's good that you can think of this. Next, let's talk about the thin rope." Cang Xu said.
"What's wrong with Xisuo? He is a very good person. Although he is the third officer, he has no airs and is very easy-going." Bai Ya said.
"Xinsuo is not simple." Cang Xu pushed up the lens, "If you think about it carefully, the captain is his father. In other words, Xiaosuo is the heir to the sea ship Pig's Kiss. Pig's Kiss is the captain's private property.
, he will definitely be Xin Suo in the future. How do the crew always treat Xin Suo? Even if he is not the young master, he is still the future boss. Xin Suo has been supported as the third mate, and his status on the ship can be imagined. "
"A shipwreck happened, and the survivors came to the beach. The first mate hid a lot of food. As the third mate, do you know?"
"If I were the first mate and acted as the leader of everyone, the first thing I would have to win is the support of the crew. The third mate has a special status in the hearts of the crew. As the first mate, in order to stabilize people's hearts and my own image, I will also speak privately.
Take care of the third mate. Therefore, Xiao Suo is very likely to be the beneficiary of the first mate’s hidden food.”
"However, the first mate was overthrown by Zong Ge. Zong Ge became the leader. Even if the ship was built again, it would have nothing to do with the thin rope. What is even more dangerous is that Zong Ge is a strong man. The longer he has been in the leader's position, the more time he has spent in the leader's position.
The longer it is, the greater the influence. In the beginning, the crew attached themselves and followed the thin rope, but over time, they will follow the Zonge."
"Without the ship and without the crew to follow, what is left of the string?"
Bai Ya was stunned after hearing this.
Cang Xu stroked his white beard: "Let's look at the wounds on the captain's body again."
"The captain's body was discovered after Zong Ge came to power. Coincidentally, there was a penetrating wound on the body, which looked like it was pierced by a spear. What's even more coincidental is that Zong Ge had been there all day long.
He is carrying a pair of short spears, which is very eye-catching."
Bai Ya opened her mouth involuntarily, and the saw in her hand stopped again.