However, Zhang Yanling's wishful thinking came to nothing.
After searching the entire pirate camp, the Duke, who was covered in sweat and dust, had a crooked nose.
In addition to finding all the stinky dried fish and some rice grains, some tattered weapons and armor, and some obviously stolen local soil-dyed cloth in the pirate's warehouse, there was no pile of stuff that Zhang Yanling expected to find.
The house was filled with gold, silver, jewelry, agates, gems, corals and tortoise shells.
Climbing up and down, I searched for a long time in the dusty and musty warehouse, but I couldn't find anything valuable. The feeling of being so hot and sweating made Zhang Yanling really angry.
The only thing that could be considered a gain was the ivory chair in the hall, and there was nothing else that Zhang Yanling liked.
On the contrary, he rescued dozens of people imprisoned on the island in the dungeon. They were all young women who were plundered from Southeast Asian countries and were tortured to a terrible state. It was considered a good thing. But the good thing of rescuing people cannot be diluted by the Duke.
The adult's frustration and anger.
So, Zhang Yanling immediately ordered people to escort the prisoners and the Asans on the ship to the open space in front of the hall, and began to torture them. As a result, these guys actually said that Timothy and the others did have a lot of treasures, but they were not hidden here.
They said that every time Timothy came back from robbery, after giving part of the gold and silver treasures to the pirates, most of them were transported to Guri Port. It is said that Timothy and the black dog Modi built a castle in Guri Port and raised many animals.
Women and treasures are also there.
Zhang Yanling refused to believe this fact, so she took it upon herself to beat the guys with leather whips, howling like ghosts, and was even ready to kill a few people to force them to tell the truth. These guys still spoke the same language and said the same thing.
Even Gandhi, who has been doing well recently, said with a sad face: "Dear Duke, please calm down. Timothy and Black Dog Modi are both people trusted by the Francois. They all have real estate and business in Guri Port.
, gold and silver treasures were naturally kept in ancient times
Ligang, there are still Francois protecting it, why would it be placed here? Although this is a camp, Timothy rarely stays here, unless there is business and combat operations, they will come. You just put it here
Kill all these people, and the result will be the same."
Zhang Yanling angrily stopped punishing and persecuting these guys, but in his heart, the boss was unwilling to give in. The soldiers were very happy. There were a lot of coconut trees and banana trees on the island, as well as mountain spring water. These guys were busy picking coconuts.
With Basho, you can load fresh water to the boat, and you can also take a refreshing fresh water bath in the small pool at the foot of the mountain, and drink sweet coconut water. Not to mention how beautiful it is.
The angry Duke returned to the ship. After taking a bath and changing clothes, he sat on the deck to rest. He felt very self-conscious. Catherine fanned him and comforted him softly.
"My dear, don't be angry. Money is not important. What is important is that we found fresh water, destroyed the pirates' lair, and got a lot of coconuts. No one was hurt, and we rescued many women who were killed by them. How good this is
It’s a matter of things. Money is something external to the body, and doing so many good things is something worthy of happiness. Isn’t it?”
Zhang Yanling was speechless and could only nod with a wry smile.
The fleet stayed here overnight, preparing to set off the next day. But in the middle of the night, Zhang Yanling suddenly got up from the bed, hurriedly put on clothes and walked out. After Catherine was awakened, she hurriedly pulled him to ask.
"Honey, what are you going to do? It's already midnight. Are there any enemies?"
Zhang Yanling turned around and rubbed the soft flesh on her chest, smiled mysteriously and said, "I'm going to the island to find Timothy's gold and silver treasures."
Catherine was stunned and speechless. It turned out that the Duke was still unwilling to give up and was thinking about the so-called robber's treasure. I really didn't expect that the Duke was actually a money addict and was still worried about it.
"But……"
"Go to sleep, I can't sleep. If you can't find her before dawn, that's it." Zhang Yanling put on her clothes, kissed Catherine's forehead, opened the door and went out. A moment later, he could hear his voice shouting about the soldiers.
Chen Shiyi and others were woken up by Zhang Yanling in their sleep. When they heard that the Duke was going to hunt for treasure on the island, Chen Shiyi also rolled his eyes.
"Do you think I am obsessed with money and have gone crazy?" Zhang Yanling said with a smile.
Chen Shiyi hurriedly said: "I don't dare."
Zhang Yanling said: "Listen, the more I think about it, the more something is wrong. Timothy and Black Dog Modi put all the gold and silver they robbed in Guli Port? Do they believe in the Francois so much? Timothy is a pirate, and he has no choice but to do it."
When cooperating with the Francois, they are just using each other. Timothy is not
Folangji Ren, he is a pirate who runs rampant on the sea. He will place all his wealth and all the gold and silver treasures he has stolen in Folangjiren's territory with such trust? Why did Folangjiren come? Not at all.
Coming here for the gold and silver treasure, will Timothy trust Fo Langji? Aren’t he afraid that Fo Langji will fall out?"
Chen Shiyi scratched his head and said: "This... seems... there is indeed some truth. If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to completely trust the Fo Langji people. They should be on guard against each other."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "Exactly. Think about it, if you had a large sum of gold and silver, would you put it in someone else's house? Even if that person was your good friend, wouldn't you be afraid that he would fall out and deny him? And you can't beat him.
He, this is the worst."
Chen Shi nodded and said: "It's very bad, it's indeed very bad."
Zhang Yanling said: "So, you will put it in a safe and private place. Isn't the safest place here? This is his lair."
"But haven't we searched and found nothing? We've also asked the pirates. Didn't they say that the treasures they robbed will be transported away by ship? They all saw it with their own eyes." Chen Shi said.
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "You would leave a large amount of gold and silver treasures in the open? These gangs are pirates, and they will fight desperately for the gold and silver treasures. If they know that the gold and silver treasures are on this island, they will not be tempted?"
Timothy could be touched by his hands in his sleep
He cut off his head and robbed the treasure. The best way was to transport the treasure away in front of them, saying that they would transport it all to his castle in Guli Port, and then transport it back secretly.
Hide it somewhere. That way it will be safe."
Chen Shiyi was speechless. He had to admit that although Duke Guo's speculation was a bit extreme, he had to say that it made sense. Although Chen Shiyi still felt it was a bit far-fetched, he quickly figured it out.
thing.
With the wisdom of the Duke, it is not an unfounded conjecture. What he thinks is possible is probably the greatest possibility. After understanding this, I don't have to worry about other things. I just need to follow the instructions.
Just do it. Besides, looking at the attitude of the Duke, he will not give up if he doesn't look for it again.
So Chen Shiyi woke up his personal guards, organized more than a hundred people, and went to the island again with lanterns and torches. The island was only five or six miles in diameter. Everyone took this big island and several very large islands.
All the small islands were carefully searched.
After two hours of tossing, when dawn suddenly appeared in the horizon, the exhausted people all sat on the beach, hanging their heads and losing nothing.
Zhang Yanling stood on the beach with a frown on her face, her clothes soaked through, and her brows furrowed. Chen Shi wanted to say something to comfort him, but he was afraid that Zhang Yanling would think he was laughing at him, so he had to stand aside in a daze.
Hearing this, Zhang Yanling suddenly jumped up, stretched out his hand and slapped himself twice on the forehead. Chen Shi was shocked when he saw this, and thought to himself: It's over, the Duke of Guo has lost his mind and gone crazy.
But Zhang Yanling laughed loudly and shouted: "I am really stupid, what are you looking for on the island? If my predictions are correct, then Timothy will transport the treasure away with great fanfare, and when he transports it back later, it will be...
Come back quietly without alerting any pirates on the island
.Then, it must be close to the seaside, where ships can approach quietly without being discovered, and where their men will not be discovered running around on the island. Where else can meet these conditions? It must be on the south side.
We’re at the bottom of the cliff. Let’s go, get on the boat, and go to the bottom of the cliff in the south.”
While everyone was astonished, Zhang Yanling had already jumped onto a small boat on the shoal. Chen Shi quickly greeted the stunned people and said, "Why are you still standing there? Get on the boat quickly."
The soldiers were speechless, full of complaints but did not dare to vent, so they had to get on the boat one after another. Seven or eight small boats rowed along the edge of the island, and soon came to the bottom of the southern cliff. Although the hillside of the island does not look high,
However, from the perspective of the southern cliff, it appears to be tens of feet tall and extremely steep. This cliff faces the direction of the southern tide, is smooth and slippery, and is covered with a layer of green seaweed, making it impossible to climb. It is definitely a place that is out of reach for humans.
Everyone looked up at the cliff to see if there was any cave or something. According to the Lord Protector, the treasure was hidden in a cave on the cliff.
However, Zhang Yanling stared at the rocks submerged in the sea below the cliff.
"This is it." Zhang Yanling pointed to a black shadow about ten feet wide under the rocks at the bottom of a cliff submerged by sea water.
"...My lord, this is just a crack in the reef at the bottom of the sea. Do you think he hid the treasure in the sea?" Chen Shiyi couldn't help but complain.
"It's so stupid. This is not a crack, this is a cave entrance. Didn't you see that the surrounding rocks have been cleaned up? Are there traces of ax chiseling around the cave entrance? There are also marks on the edge. Have you ever seen such a regular circle?
Is it a shaped reef? By the way, look at the cliff opposite. There is also a mark. Look, it is a circular mark carved on it. This is to prevent you from finding the wrong place. There must be a cave leading into the rock wall below.
Huo Shijian, where is Huo Shijian?"
Huo Shijian promised loudly and steered another boat over.
Chen Shiyi was stunned for a moment. Although he felt that what the Duke said was too ridiculous, he did see that the cracks in the black holes under the water were regular ellipses, as if they were made by man. The reefs in other places were rugged, but the surroundings were very
Smooth. And the most important thing is that there is indeed a circular concave pattern on the cliff about ten feet away. It has been covered with spreading seaweed and short moss, but it can still be seen that it is a trace of artificial carving.
.
Huo Shijian arrived with a boat, and Zhang Yanling said: "You are good at water, dive down and have a look. See if it leads to the inside of the cliff and if there is any space."
Huo Shijian jumped off the boat without saying a word and was about to crawl into the dark hole. Zhang Yanling hurriedly grabbed him and ordered someone to tie his ankles with a rope and tie it in a tight knot.
"I'll give you thirty breaths. When the thirty breaths are up, I will pull you out. If the thirty breaths are not over yet, there is no need to take the risk. The worst is to wait until the tide recedes. If there is a space inside, pull the rope three times after you show your head.
."
Huo Shijian responded, took a few deep breaths, and plunged headfirst into the cave entrance. Zhang Yanling began to count down from thirty. The rope kept pulling in at a very fast speed. This meant that there was definitely a long cave down there. Zhang Yanling kept counting until it reached the end.
Within ten minutes, several soldiers were already preparing to pull the rope. Suddenly, the rope stopped going into the water and was pulled in three times. That was the agreed-upon signal.
When everyone saw this, they cheered loudly.
Zhang Yanling took a long breath and knew in his heart that it was almost the same. The entrance of this cave led to a cave. This kind of terrain is actually not uncommon on the seaside. Zhang Yanling often participated in such cave explorations and explored on the seaside.
I have passed many kinds of caves like this. They are usually covered by sea water, but in fact there is a cave inside. The inner wall of the cliff is because of a certain
There is a hole for some reason, and the passage connecting the outside is submerged by sea water. You need to dive to enter the inside. The most obvious feature outside is that the entrance to the hole is dark and deep, completely different in color from the shallow water of the seaside reef. In addition, when the tide rises and falls, the hole will open.
The water level in the lake fluctuates up and down, and seawater gushes out back and forth, like a spring on the bottom of the sea.
Zhang Yanling just found the entrance of the cave through the gurgling sea water, and also discovered more artificial markers.
When the morning sun rose over the sea, an explosive news spread throughout the fleet. A hidden underwater cave was discovered within the southern cliff. There were countless gold and silver treasures inside.
This news stunned everyone, including the gang, and they realized that they had been deceived by their leader Timothy. It turned out that the treasures were on their island.