Jia Dongsheng was stunned and smacked his lips: "Where is the kerosene? How can we have such a valuable thing? Mr. Lin, don't talk nonsense. All the supplies are here, I have shown you, what else do you want?"
Gao Muqing shouted coldly: "Nonsense, I clearly heard that Hai Dongqing asked you to come back and distribute kerosene, oil, ballistas and other supplies to various docks. You are still making excuses."
Jia Dongsheng said in shock: "What did you hear? How did you hear it?"
Gao Muqing sneered: "While you were discussing, I was listening in the side hall next door. You are not honest. Why do you think we are targeting you? It was Hai Dongqing who named you, so we followed.
Otherwise, who would know that you are the leader in charge of this underground warehouse?"
Jia Dongsheng was stunned and speechless. These people were so audacious. When they were discussing matters in the Juyi Hall not long ago, they actually sneaked into the Juyi Hall. This is simply unimaginable.
Lin Jue said coldly: "Boss Jia, it seems that you don't want to cooperate. Head Jia, when we come out to hang out, we all pay attention to mutual communication. You respect me a foot, and I respect you a foot. If you do this,
We are so disappointed.”
Liang Qi said angrily from the side: "What else did Mr. Lin tell him? This kid is full of lies and full of evil ideas. It's better to find a secluded place and deal with him, so as to save you having to talk to him. He is asking for it."
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Jia Dongsheng turned pale with fright, and said hurriedly: "You three, calm down, you three, calm down. I will take you there. The kerosene is elsewhere. Don't kill me."
Lin Jue said coldly: "You still won't lead the way?"
Jia Dongsheng agreed repeatedly and hurriedly led everyone to a dark and remote corner of the cave. Lin Jue and others followed closely, bypassing several piles of stalagmites, and the surrounding light dimmed. There were no torches or lanterns here.
There were only a few wind lanterns hanging on a few stone pillars like ghostly flames.
Several dark figures in front were shaking, as if they suddenly surged out, and a dozen figures appeared from the shadows around them, surrounding everyone.
"Who? You are not allowed to trespass here, don't you understand the rules?" someone shouted.
"It turns out to be Leader Jia. We thought it was other brothers who didn't understand the rules and came here." A thin, hard-working pirate came forward to salute, and the surrounding pirates also saluted.
"Let me take a look at the situation here. This is an important place for kerosene storage, so we can't be careless."
"Don't worry, Chief Jia, there is nothing wrong here. We strictly follow Chief Jia's instructions. No open fires are lit here and no one is allowed to come near. Nothing will happen."
"Very good, I'm going to take a look at the kerosene warehouse. You guys can lead the way."
"Okay, Chief Jia, please slow down. The road here is not easy to walk. It's dark and rumbling inside, so don't bend and fall."
The bandits led the way, Jia Dongsheng, Lin Jue and others followed behind. They walked through the winding path. The front seemed to be a dead end, facing a cave wall with stalagmites and pillars on the left and right. Lin Jue was wondering to himself,
I saw the bandit named Zhao Laoliu give an order, and two minions stepped forward and groped on the cave wall, and then pulled open a straw curtain. Immediately, a tall man appeared on the cave wall.
Regular holes.
Lin Jue suddenly realized that the straw curtain covered the entrance of the cave. The straw curtain and the cave wall were integrated into one, and he didn't even notice it.
Everyone filed in and entered the cave entrance through the dim light. The cave entrance extended diagonally downwards, and soon the area became larger. After a turn, a natural cave appeared in front of them. The cave was not small in area, with two main rooms.
The size of the room was huge, and looking inside, there were piles of round wooden barrels. There was also a pungent smell in the air. Lin Jue knew that these barrels must be filled with kerosene.
With the help of the dim light, Lin Jue calculated the number and found that there were as many as three hundred barrels of kerosene piled here. He couldn't help but be surprised. It should be noted that the refining of kerosene is extremely expensive. Even the Zhou Dynasty could only produce 300 barrels of kerosene in a year.
Refining more than two thousand barrels of kerosene. And most of this kerosene is used by the main frontier troops to play a key role at critical times. The cost of refining one barrel of kerosene reaches hundreds of taels of silver. It is really worth it.
Every drop of gold is precious. And the pirates have hoarded so many of these precious materials, and they don’t know how they got them.
After seeing the kerosene, Lin Jue also breathed a sigh of relief. If this kerosene was used against warships, it would be fatal. This kerosene can burn in water, and rainwater is useless to it. Once it spills on the ship,
The ships will be set on fire and destroyed. Now that they have found them, for Ning Haijun's warships, they are lucky. But for Lin Jue and Gao Muqing, this is a difficult choice.
Lin Jue and others exited the cave and stood in a quiet place to discuss quietly.
"Lin Jue, what are you going to do?" Gao Muqing asked.
"Two choices." Lin Jue muttered: "One, we only destroy the kerosene and leave the rest alone. Maybe we can get out. The other is, we use the kerosene to burn everything in the cave.
But in that case, we probably won’t be able to get out.”
Gao Muqing remained silent for a while. "If we just destroy the kerosene, wouldn't we be able to achieve our goal? Our goal is to burn all the supplies on the island so that the pirates have no supplies to support them."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Yes, this is exactly what I am struggling with. The ants can still survive, but when the situation comes, it is really difficult to make a choice. If there is only one exit, even if the fire breaks out, even if it is not burned to death, it will be difficult to make a choice.
Smoked to death."
The three of them fell into silence. Such a decision was indeed difficult. Jia Dongsheng on the side heard their entire conversation, and his face became gloomy. Unfortunately, he was right in his prediction. Gao Muqing and Lin Jue really made such a decision.
Idea. These three are the real desperadoes. They don't want to live, so how can they expect them to spare their lives? Besides, once he sets the fire, if he doesn't escape, he will probably die here.
Thinking of this, Jia Dongsheng no longer hesitated, rolled his eyes a few times, and suddenly pointed to the side: "What are you doing?"
"What?" Lin Jue and others were startled. They couldn't help but look in the direction of his finger. There was a pile of rocks and nothing. Lin Jue only felt that his arms were empty, and he immediately realized what he was doing. When he turned around to look, he saw that
Seeing that Jia Dongsheng had already escaped a few steps.
Lin Jue subconsciously raised the tortoise box to his back and pulled the trigger. When the gun was fired, Jia Dongsheng's body suddenly disappeared. There was a splash of water, and Jia Dongsheng actually jumped into a stream of water in the shadow.
Lin Jue's shot also missed, and the stalagmites on the opposite side were hit with stone fragments and sparks flying.
"Come quickly, someone with good skills can catch them."
Jia Dongsheng shouted loudly and jumped forward along the ditch. Lin Jue quickly reloaded his ammunition. When he was ready, Jia Dongsheng's figure had disappeared behind the stalagmites along the water flow.
There was no need for Jia Dongsheng to shout. The roar of the gun just now had already alerted the gangsters in the cave. A large group of pirates had already rushed towards us with torches, and Zhao Laoliu and others who were originally guarding here also immediately drew their weapons.
He rushed over first.
Lin Jue smiled bitterly and said: "Don't worry, it seems there is no choice. Brother Liang, go down and carry the kerosene barrels up immediately. Your village master and I will hold them here."
Liang Qi solemnly agreed and dived into the hole in the rock wall to go to the small cave where the kerosene was stored. Lin Jue and Gao Muqing stood side by side at the entrance of the cave to resist Zhao Laoliu and others who rushed up. Lin Jue no longer had any scruples.
, Zhao Laoliu rushed to the front, Lin Jue raised the tortoise box and shot him in the face. Zhao Laoliu and a gangster beside him fell to the ground. When Lin Jue loaded the ammunition, Gao Muqing was already lying on his body.
And Shang started to take action, the steel knife in his hand flashed, killing two people in a row, and the remaining pirates turned around and fled when they saw that the situation was not going well.
However, at the turning point ahead, with the torches shining, countless pirates were already coming, and they would rush forward in a moment. At this moment, Liang Qi came out of the cave with two barrels of kerosene under his arm.
Lin Jue said loudly: "Go and move again."
Liang Qi put down the kerosene barrels and went back underground to carry them. Lin Jue rolled the two barrels of kerosene forward and chopped the barrels with several knives. The kerosene gurgled out from the two barrels and spread along the cracks in the rocks on the ground.
A big piece.
"Mu Qing, you and I may be buried here today, but we can't die in their hands, we would rather be burned to death. I'm going to take action." Lin Jue turned around and shouted to Gao Muqing.
Gao Muqing nodded with tears in his eyes and said: "Husband, you and I can die together. Mu Qing will die with you, and I will come back to you in the next life. It's a pity that we can't destroy all the materials here."
Lin Jue nodded, lifted the tortoise box and fired a shot at the ground. After a loud explosion, stone chips flew across the ground and sparks flew, and then with a bang, the kerosene on the ground was ignited by sparks, and a wall of fire instantly ignited.
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The ferocity of the kerosene fire was breathtaking, and the entire ground soaked in kerosene began to burn. The stones were heated and made a cracking sound. Smoke and dust exploded on the ground, and sparks flew everywhere. The flames jumped as high as a person.
, the heat wave made Lin Jue hurriedly retreat to the entrance of the cave.
Lin Jue did this to block the opponent's attack with a wall of fire and buy himself time. Of course, he could go to the stone chamber below and light a fire directly, but the moment he could survive was only a moment. This is human instinct.
Liang Qi came up with two more barrels of kerosene, and was a little stunned when he saw the fire. Lin Jue said loudly: "Throw these two barrels into the fire as well."
Gao Muqing raised his foot and kicked, and a kerosene barrel flew into the fire. It hit a stalagmite and burst into pieces. With a bang, the flames shot up several feet high. The flames added with kerosene were even more terrifying.
As time passed, thick smoke billowed, and there were fires everywhere. Liang Qi also threw another bucket into the fire, and the flames became a little fiercer.
"Huh? How come it can burn in water?" Gao Muqing suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
Lin Jue and Liang Qi followed her gaze and saw a fire dragon extending forward along the underground river where Jia Dongsheng escaped just now. The kerosene floating on the water did not go out, but instead sprang up several feet of flames.
It flows along the direction of the river.
Lin Jue said happily: "Why didn't I think of this? Come on, let's go carry the kerosene barrel together."
"...Why is that so?" Gao Muqing asked.
"This underground river is spiraling in the cave. We just used this underground river to burn all the supplies. As long as we keep adding fire oil, the fire will spread throughout the cave. Hehe, although we are going to die, it's okay
