Chapter 332 The Mysterious Bat Island
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Shaocheng, Zhejiang Province is close to the sea, with dozens of ports and wharfs of all sizes. Although the climate is harsh in winter, the prices of goods are also high, which makes merchant ships travel endlessly. You can still see coolies carrying goods in thin coarse cloth clothes on the docks, and some even don’t even wear coarse cloth clothes, and just carry sacks with their shirtlessness.
On the bow of the boat, Shui Sheng held it and was blown by the sea breeze and sighed: "It's not easy for ordinary people to survive in troubled times."
The guard next to him, Tian Sanniang, smiled and said, "Miss Shui, you have never been to Suizhou. Compared with the previous Suizhou, you can have work here, barely wrap your belly, and survive. Even if it is very good. Of course, under the governance of Chu Shuai, Young Marshal, and Xu Shuai's young Marshal, Suizhou is about to be better than here."
Hearing Tian Sanniang's sincere gratitude and respect for Brother Chu, Shui Sheng couldn't help but secretly look at Brother Chu who was talking to the boss of the ship more than ten steps away, with a gentle look as water.
Chu Zheng felt someone looking at him, and when he turned around, he smiled at her, and immediately turned his head with a red face.
Chu Zheng sighed inwardly and turned back to the boat owner and said, "Please go according to the location I said."
The boss of the boat said with a bitter face: "Young Master, I have never heard of a pier there, and I heard that there are pirates there, which is very dangerous..."
Yang Qing next to him immediately handed over a ingot of silver, and the boss of the ship was still embarrassed.
Chu Zheng comforted: "Don't worry, even if there were pirates there before, we would definitely not have one after we went there."
Yang Qing added another silver ingot.
The ship finally changed its course, bypassed the noisy pier, turned east for nearly an hour before reaching the meeting place Chu Zheng and Chu Liuxiang had agreed.
There was indeed no pier here, but I saw an exquisite three-masted ship parked on the sea, and the white sails had fallen.
Strong, comfortable, luxurious and elegant, this is the first impression that everyone sees this three-masted ship.
Above the bow of the three-masted ship, a man in white robe stood. The cold sea breeze blew his long dark hair, but it could not stop his gentle and elegant smile.
Anyone who sees such a smile can easily feel good.
The ship boss was originally extremely vigilant and cautious, but when the two ships slowly approached and saw the man on the bow of the other side, he grinned and smiled unconsciously.
The two boats slowly joined the side, and Chu Zheng jumped over lightly and looked at the man in white robe and smiled.
"I heard that Xiangshuai has the most comfortable boat in the world, and it is hard to buy a thousand gold coins. Today I saw it, it is true that it is well-known."
This is of course Chu Liuxiang's ship and Chu Liuxiang's home.
The boat was cleaned spotlessly and extremely clean and elegant. Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Since Chu Shuai likes it, you are welcome to come and be a guest anytime." He clapped his hands and turned his head and said, "Tian'er, Hongxiu, Rongrong, Chu Shuai you have always wanted to meet is here."
Accompanied by a cheerful and light footsteps, three pretty young girls emerged from the cabin.
The first thing Chu Zheng saw was a girl with two big braids and a melon-shaped face. Her big and flexible eyes were looking at him with a dripping smile. Her smile was extremely sweet and cute, and she looked at her at most sixteen or seventeen years old.
Following closely behind is a girl wearing a bright red dress like a flame. She is a little one or two years older than the previous girl. Her skin is as snowy as she is tied up at will, and her hair is full of intellectual beauty in her laziness.
The last one was a girl in a soft and wide robe, who looked like she was eighteen or nineteen years old, gentle and quiet, with clear eyes as water, and a slim temperament, but she also had a pity that made people feel weak, which made people unable to have any thoughts of hurting her.
Chu Zheng held the information network of the Young Marshal's Army. He had already learned a lot about Chu Liuxiang's story. He immediately guessed that the first girl with big braids was Song Tianer, the girl with red clothes was Li Hongxiu, and the girl with Wenjing was Su Rongrong, both of whom were Chu Liuxiang's confidantes.
I heard that Song Tianer is very skilled in cooking and has the ability to use hidden weapons to be better than Chu Liuxiang.
Li Hongxiu has a good reputation and is well aware of the masters, martial arts, stories, deeds and experiences of all sects in the world.
Su Rongrong is proficient in all piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is good at medical skills and poison skills. She is known as the unparalleled in the world.
Song Tianer blinked and smiled, "You are so famous and handsome? The young master often admires you. You are more handsome than I imagined!" Her voice was sweet, soft and gentle, and she had a unique charm.
Li Hongxiu patted her head: "Can't you say something others can understand? Chu Shuai doesn't understand your hometown dialect."
Chu Zheng said, "Thank you for Miss Song Tianer's praise, I dare not take it." The last sentence was the same as what the girl with big braids said.
Song Tianer clapped her hands and said, "Okay, okay, finally someone can understand my hometown dialect and can speak. Chu Shuai, are you from the Southern Kingdom too?"
Of course, Chu Zheng is not from the Southern Kingdom. He is just that his mental power is far superior to that of ordinary humans, making him gifted in language learning. After coming to a real civilized society, he mastered several languages without any knowledge by watching TV series and movies alone. Southern Kingdom is one of them.
At this time, Qin Ruyun had already jumped over and stood beside Chu Zheng.
Shui Sheng held Cheng Lingsu and pulled Li Qianshu and walked over slowly.
Ah Fei and Ximen Rou came here at the end.
After everyone introduced each other, Chu Zheng said to Yang Qing who was staying in the original big ship: "You go back to Shaocheng and wait for me. I will stay at Chu Xiangshuai for ten days and half a month. Don't disturb me if there is nothing big. Xiangshuai will send me back to Shaocheng and I will contact you again."
Seeing that Ah Fei and Ximen Rou were still standing on Chu Liuxiang's three-masted ship and had no intention of coming back, Yang Qing vaguely guessed that Chu Shuai met with Chu Liuxiang, a famous thief in the world. He was afraid that it would not be as simple as Xiaozhu, but he knew what to ask and should not ask, and immediately said: "Yes. If the military advisor asked, I will reply truthfully as you said."
Chu Zheng was satisfied with his sense of satisfaction. Yang Qingzhen is worthy of being a secretary-oriented talent and knows how to behave very well.
The ship left quickly.
The girls over there started chatting. Qin Ruyun had returned to the noble and elegant style of a noble lady in the past, and was able to deal with it freely. Shui Sheng could often bring Cheng Lingsu to the topic, and even the most introverted Cheng Lingsu had a slight smile on his face. Only Li Qian, who lost his memory and was most afraid of life, shrank behind Cheng Lingsu and Shui Sheng and did not dare to speak.
Chu Zheng, Chu Liuxiang, A Fei and Ximen Rou entered the cabin and sat down. Soon, the white jade cup with warm wine was placed on the elegant short table.
A Fei and Chu Liuxiang have known each other for a long time. This was the first time that Ximen Rou met the famous thief coach in the world. He was not good at socializing, but Chu Liuxiang was very likely to arouse others' favor and behave properly. Ximen Rou quickly became familiar with him.
Chu Liuxiang laughed and said, "This time I not only received help from Shuai Chu, but also from the help of the Flying Swordsman and the Whip God. My confidence has increased greatly."
Several people exchanged greetings. After three rounds of wine, Chu Zheng said straight to the point: "How much do Xiangshuai know about Bat Island?"
Chu Liuxiang smiled and pondered for a moment before speaking: "It will start two months ago."
It turned out that Chu Liuxiang and his friend Hu Tiehua were rafting on the river one day and accidentally met Master Kumei, the leader of the Qingfeng Sword Sect, who was disguised as a disguised person, and his disciple Gao Yanan. After they met with the mysterious man, they suddenly ignited a raging fire and the man was missing.
Because Gao Yanan and Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua are good friends, in order to pursue Gao Yanan's whereabouts, Chu and Hu secretly searched everywhere, but unexpectedly discovered that Jin Lingzhi, the youngest granddaughter of Mrs. Jin in "Wanfu Wanshou Garden", would actually use the secret "Qingfeng Thirteen Styles" of the Qingfeng Sword Sect.
The two decided to follow this clue and went to the sea to go to sea. Unexpectedly, they experienced a strange sea murder incident. Almost all the people on the entire ship were killed by mysterious people. Later, although Chu Liuxiang found out that it was a killer from a man named Ding Feng, the ship was sunk, but the big ship was sunk. Chu Liuxiang and others all relied on driftwood to ride on the sea. Fortunately, they encountered the passing passenger ship and were able to return to Shaozhou.
And Ding Feng was the man from Bat Island. In order to keep the secret of Bat Island, he killed the entire ship.
The information that can be known at present is that Bat Island is an overseas island with extremely mysterious shopping and sales places. As long as you want to buy, you can buy almost anything there, including martial arts secrets that have been lost for a long time or are secretly circulated by various sects, or some secrets in the world, and even the lives of most people.
Chu Liuxiang even found that important figures from Mongolia and Li family participated in the Bat Island incident.
Chu Liuxiang said as she took out a small piece of paper with a simple map drawn on it.
"This is the clue I have tracked down at the moment. Bat Island should be in this sea area. However, there were too many islands at that time, and there was no way to judge. I had asked my friend Zhang San to prepare a ship and could set out to check the secrets of Bat Island at any time."
After saying that, Chu Liuxiang stopped and continued: "But this operation is extremely dangerous. I guess many famous martial arts masters are involved. If you are not careful, you will become their target for killing people. Therefore, I have never dared to act rashly."
Chu Zheng thought for a while and asked, "Xiang Shuai is going to Bat Island, but to save Gao Yanan?"
"That's right, she is my good friend of Hu Tiehua and I. The mysterious person who met with Master Kumei and Gao Yanan at that time was Ding Feng. As long as you catch Ding Feng, you should be able to find news about Gao Yanan. If I guess correctly, Master Kumei and Master Gao Yanan must have come to the world to investigate for the leak of the secret 'Qingfeng Thirteen Styles' of the sect. The reason why Jin Lingzhi learned 'Qingfeng Thirteen Styles' was bought on Bat Island."
"No useful information is available from Jin Lingzhi?"
Chu Liuxiang shook her head: "She is just an ordinary buyer and doesn't know much."
Chu Zheng frowned slightly. It was so worrying and unconfident that Chu Liuxiang could solve the problem. If you want to find her help, you can imagine that the difficulty of this fourth thing is definitely extraordinary.
"In addition to A Fei and Brother Ximen, I will also go together. As for my senior sister Cheng Lingsu, Miss Shui Sheng and Li Qianshu, I will ask Xiang Shuai's three beauties to take care of them."
Chu Liuxiang said unexpectedly: "Miss Qin also wants to participate?" He naturally could see that although Qin Ruyun's martial arts skills were good, she was still quite far from being a top master.
Chu Zheng sighed: "She has always been passionate about such things, and she is quite familiar with many famous figures in the world, which can also play a certain role." In fact, it is purely because Qin Ruyun is the main leader of this task. If Chu Zheng is not with her or is too far away for a long time, he will withdraw from the team and cannot complete the task together. Even if the Bat Island incident is solved, Qin Ruyun will have a failed mission and will not get the merit points.
To this end, Chu Zheng must be with her until the mission is over.
Chu Liuxiang said happily: "With Shuai Chu here, Miss Qin will not encounter any danger. No matter how strong the enemy is this time, I don't think it will surpass Shangguan Jinhong and Xiaoyaohou, two terrible existences."
He suggested again: "But Shuai Chu, you are so famous. Once you reveal your whereabouts, our actions will be secrets. If possible, it is best to disguise yourself."
This was exactly what Chu Zheng meant, and he said happily: "I heard Xiang Shuai's disguise technique is extremely magical, and I just want to experience it."
Chu Liuxiang smiled slightly, accused Ah Fei and Ximen Rou of guilt, and took Chu Zheng to the cabin on the lower floor.
It seems to be a wine cellar, with large wine cabinets on all sides, filled with various wine jars.
Chu Liuxiang pressed in one of the cabinets, and the cabinet quietly moved away automatically, revealing a narrow wooden door.
Chu Zheng was secretly surprised. It seemed that the ship was full of mechanisms, and it was worthy of being the residence of the thief Chu Liuxiang.
After entering this narrow door, Chu Zheng placed himself in a strange hexagonal cabin. Each wall was inlaid with a bright mirror. Chu Liuxiang lit a torch, and the cabin was refracted by the mirror and it was like daylight.
Along the mirror wall, there are a row of low wooden cabinets with hundreds of small drawers, each with numbers one by one, just like a medicine shop.
Along the mirror wall, there are a row of low wooden cabinets with hundreds of small drawers, each with numbers one by one, just like a medicine shop.
Chu Liuxiang took out one of the drawers, which contained a set of sturdy dark blue clothes. It seemed that it was only 50% new and was not conspicuous. In addition, there were pairs of black cloth boots, a small black bag made of cowhide, a thin paper book, a sword, and an extremely exquisite human skin mask.
"Brother Chu, please see if this human skin mask is suitable?"
Chu Zheng took it and looked at the mirror. He immediately turned into a cold-looking young man, less than thirty years old, with a slim face and a very capable person.
“Good, very suitable.”
He took the paper book handed over by Chu Liuxiang and flipped through it, and saw that it said:
"What? The fourth thing in the jade tablet has been refreshed?"
These treasures may be exchanged for millions of dollars into real-life currency.
But compared to the value in this world, there is undoubtedly too much discount.
You should know that in this world, the thousands of square meters he lives in now, and the large mansions that have entered the courtyards are only 100 ingots of gold, which is equivalent to 10,000 yuan in reality.
For example, go and see how Li Qianshu? By the way, let me tell you something very unexpected. According to Cheng Lingsu, Li Qianshu is still intact. It’s really an accident. Xiaoyao Hou didn’t touch her. Is it because the dwarf’s mentality is not normal?”
"...Miss Qin Er, I found that not only your shamelessness is getting thicker and thicker, but your speaking is also becoming more and more rascal. Do you have the nerve to say about whether a girl is perfect? What about your cultivation? What about your elegance? What about your noble temperament?"
Qin Ruyun's pretty face turned slightly red, but she still smiled and said, "Thank you for your praise. It's all Chu Shuai's words and deeds, which have benefited a lot from my influence."
Chapter completed!