Sail Shadows in the Sea of Fog
Chapter 23 Born Guilty
Chapter 23 Born Guilty
"boom!"
With the second gunshot, the man who had just been shot fell again at the entrance of the alley where Cheng Lang was hiding and screamed, but the thin figure he was pulling was pushed into the alley by him.
"Please take him away."
The man who fell at the entrance of the alley said this and threw the thing in his hand to Cheng Lang.
Cheng Lang took it subconsciously and was shocked. It was a cup of Poseidon's blood.
"grandfather."
The thin shadow who was pushed into the alley turned around and shouted hoarsely, and subconsciously wanted to rush out to save people, but Cheng Lang got there first and held down his thin shoulders.
"Shh-"
Cheng Lang made a gesture to silence, swung the whip and wrapped it around the chimney above his head, while using his other hand to grab the belt of the thin figure.
As the whip tightened, Cheng Lang also pulled the other person off the ground and hid on the outer balcony of a house above the alley, which was full of debris.
Before Cheng Lang could use his whip to pull the other man out, the four guards ran to the entrance of the alley and grabbed the man who had been shot.
Seeing this, Cheng Lang reacted very quickly and covered the mouth of the thin figure next to him.
"You stay and watch him! You two will go after him with me!"
One of them, who seemed to be the captain of the soldiers, gave the order, "Stop shooting! We want to capture him alive. He's the captain's gift to the prince!"
"Yes!"
The other two soldiers immediately put away their flintlock rifles and followed the captain to the other end of the alley.
He once again made a gesture of silence to the little man whose mouth he had covered, until the other party nodded and the other three ran away. Only then did Cheng Lang gently shake the whip and release the chimney of the house.
No matter how subtle the action was, tiny bits of dust and gravel eventually fell to the ground as the whip was "loosened."
This slight movement immediately attracted the attention of the guard who stayed behind to guard the prisoners.
However, before he could see clearly what was above his head, a black, cold, slippery whip like a poisonous snake tightly wrapped around his neck!
Almost at the moment when he subconsciously tried to tear the "rope" around his neck with his hands, the prisoner quickly caught the flintlock he had released.
“Don’t shoot”
Cheng Lang whispered a reminder, and the latter hesitated for a moment, but finally did not pull the trigger.
"Don't just stand there and watch. Take off his clothes and put them on." Cheng Lang reminded.
Reacting quickly, the man stripped off the soldier's clothes and put them on himself, then put his own cloak on the other person.
After a while, the soldier finally fainted from suffocation.
Seeing this, Cheng Lang let go of the whip, wrapped it around the chimney again, and took the little man back to the alley.
"Before they come back, take your captives and requisition a carriage to leave."
Cheng Lang hinted bluntly, and at the same time he took out two elf healing potions he carried with him from the leather bag under his armpit and handed them to the other party.
"Are you the captain?"
The man in uniform endured the pain from his wound, took the two glasses, and hit the injured area directly with them through his clothes.
"That's right"
Cheng Lang shook the Blood of Poseidon that the other party had just thrown to him, "I have already saved your life and given you two healing potions. Now this one is mine."
“We want to go to Pirate City”
As he spoke, he raised his chin towards the thin figure, who immediately stretched a dirty little hand out from under his cloak. In his hand, there was another cup of Poseidon's blood.
"Take us to Pirate City, and this cup is yours too." said the man in uniform.
"make a deal"
Cheng Lang agreed to the deal without thinking. He was going to Pirate City anyway, and there were already two passengers on the ship. With two more passengers, he could get an extra cup of Poseidon's blood. This was definitely a sure-win deal.
As for the opponent's force.
If they really had enough military force, they wouldn't have been chased around the streets like rabbits by those soldiers.
My boat is across from the Xinweng Tavern. I'll have the guards leave and you can find a way to get on board."
Cheng Lang thought for a moment and said, "If you can get on the boat, I can take you away. If you can't get on the boat before dawn, I can't help you."
"Let me see your face, and then tell me the features of your boat."
The injured man said, "Also, I need two healing potions."
“easy to talk about”
Cheng Lang decisively took off the hood of his cloak, allowing the other party to see his hypocritical face. "My ship has a figurehead of a Valkyrie and a crossbow on the bow. I will hang an unlit ship lantern on the arrow shaft of the crossbow."
“We’ll be on board as soon as possible.”
The injured man took the two healing potions handed to him by Cheng Lang and "escorted" another thin shadow out of the deep alley.
Turning his head to look at the soldier beside him who had been stripped of his clothes and fell into a coma, Cheng Lang hesitated for a moment before tearing off the mask on his face, pouring the blood of Poseidon he had just obtained on it, and then sticking it on the other person's face.
After a moment, a look of joy appeared on his face. As expected, being unconscious could be considered as "falling asleep".
Putting on the mask again to restore the face that the two passengers had just seen, Cheng Lang let the whip wrap around the unconscious soldier's neck.
After a brief hesitation, he did not take action. Instead, he put away the whip and pulled out the black elf dagger he got on the Savage Island from his waist.
"It's your bad luck"
As Cheng Lang spoke, he slashed the other person's neck with the dagger.
What he didn't expect was that before he could put away the strange dagger, the soldier's whole body began to fester and emitted a strong stench.
Cheng Lang hurriedly put away the dagger and did not dare to delay. He put on his hood again and left quickly while there was no one on the street outside.
Going all the way back to the street where clothes were sold, Cheng Lang rented a four-wheeled carriage as quickly as possible, purchased various spices, fruits and clothes that he liked, and hurried back to the berth in front of Xinweng Tavern.
"guard"
Cheng Lang, who had already changed into a new set of clothes on the way, waved to the guard who was helping to watch the boat. When the guard came over, he handed him 10 coins and asked, "Did someone steal something from my boat just now?"
"You're really joking."
As the guard took the money, his attitude became much more enthusiastic. "With us guarding here, not even a bird can fly up."
“Thank you for your hard work”
Cheng Lang patted the other man's shoulder warmly and said, "Ask your companions to help me move the purchased items to the deck, and then you can go to Xin Weng Tavern for a drink."
"Don't you need us to guard it?" As the guard spoke, he had already picked up two small oak barrels filled with spices.
"Need not"
Cheng Lang, who also picked up two small oak barrels, said as he walked towards the boat, "I trust the security of Pier 17, and you're in the tavern, right? The sea breeze is so strong tonight, there's no need to guard here."
"You are such a kind captain"
As the guard spoke, he quickly called over the guard standing guard on the other side of the ship to help Cheng Lang move all the purchased items onto the deck. Then, with Cheng Lang's warm blessings, he walked towards the Xinweng Tavern, which was about a hundred meters away.
Almost at the moment when Cheng Lang hung an extinguished ship lamp on the arrow shaft of the crossbow at the bow, a slight knocking sound came from the other side of the ship.
He leaned over and looked out, and saw two people in the water looking up at him.
Looking around, Cheng Lang waved outside and threw the net down. A moment later, the two cloaked men climbed up.
"Come with me"
Cheng Lang waved to them, turned and walked into the dim gun deck, and lit a ship lamp.
After a moment's hesitation, the two men followed him in and obediently followed him all the way down into the cargo hold.
"Ticket," Cheng Lang said as he hung the boat lamp on the pillar and turned around.
"We've arrived at the Pirate City."
"no no no"
Cheng Lang refused without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, "Pay first, then I can take you to Pirate City."
"We're going to plop!"
The old man didn't even finish his words when his body went limp and fell onto the deck.
"grandfather!"
The other thin shadow suddenly panicked, calling out anxiously over and over again with a hoarse voice, while also gently shaking the old man's body.
"Do you need me to save him?"
As Cheng Lang spoke, he had already taken out the six remaining healing potions on him and said, "This is all I have."
"Thank you"
The thin shadow who had hidden his face in his hood from beginning to end reached out to take the glass tubes, helped his grandfather turn over with difficulty, and then hit the glass tubes one by one on the injured parts of his shoulders and thighs.
Then he fumbled in his cloak, pulled out two more glass tubes and slapped them on the man's wounds.
But even so, the man did not wake up.
Seeing this, the little man took out another cup of Poseidon's blood and handed it to Cheng Lang, saying pitifully in a hoarse voice, "Can you give me a few more healing potions?"
"Does this thing work?" Cheng Lang asked.
“I don’t know,” the other person replied, “I don’t know.”
"Stay here and don't run around"
Cheng Lang said this, and quickly ran back to the captain's room, grabbed a handful of treatment test tubes and ran back.
Before a new glass tube was hit on the wound, the old man woke up first.
"No. Don't waste the potion."
The old man said in despair, "The bullet is still in my body. Captain, please send it to Pirate City. You can drop it off at any port in Pirate City. I..."
"Just shut up and save your energy."
Cheng Lang stood up as he spoke. "I'll find someone to help you take the bullet out. Before that, don't move around and cause me trouble."
As he spoke, he had already stepped out of the cargo hold.
Although he had just killed someone, he still insisted in his heart that he was a good person. This was also the reason why he decided to save the grandfather and grandson in addition to the boat ticket.
As for who to ask for help, it was naturally Captain Senfa, whom he had just met during the day. Just like when he had ventured to the island to test the magic mirror, he also wanted to use this accident to test Captain Senfa. This was another reason.
He walked all the way to Xinweng Tavern, where the two guards sitting at the door greeted him warmly. Captain Senfa also responded warmly and chatted with him for a while before going upstairs and knocking on Captain Senfa's door.
However, after a short wait, the person who opened the door was not Senfa, but Mr. Lu Ting who came out from the next room.
"Captain Cheng Lang, what's going on?" Mr. Lu Ting asked. "Captain Senfa hasn't returned yet."
“Something is indeed happening”
Cheng Lang hesitated for a moment and then said, "One of my crew members was shot not long ago. I want to find a doctor who is tight-lipped enough to help him remove the bullet from his body."
"You're in luck"
Mr. Lu Ting said as he walked back to the room, but he did not close the door. "I served as a ship's doctor for more than ten years before becoming captain. If you think I am tight-lipped enough, I might be able to help."
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Lu Ting," Cheng Lang said gratefully.
"Compared to the help you've given us, this is nothing." When Mr. Lu Ting came out, he had a leather shoulder bag on him. "Let's go."
"Come with me"
Cheng Lang breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went downstairs, deliberately keeping a distance from Mr. Lu Ting, and left the Xinweng Tavern one after the other and boarded the deck of the Valkyrie.
"He's in the cargo hold"
As Cheng Lang spoke, he had already picked up a ship lantern, lit it, and walked in front to help lead the way.
Looking around inconspicuously, Mr. Lu Ting secretly raised his vigilance, and held the flintlock rifle blocked by the medicine box tightly, then walked into the empty gun deck where there was not even any strange smell, and then walked into the unusually dry cargo hold. He saw a person lying under the oil lamp not far away, and also saw the broken glass tubes scattered around.
This is for the rich?
Mr. Lu Ting muttered to himself, and walked up to the old man with a normal expression, "Where is your wound?"
"Shoulders and thighs."
The man who had been shot spoke as he struggled to take off his clothes, but he didn't take off his cloak. Or to be more precise, he deliberately used the lifted cloak to cover his face.
Lu Ting seemed not to notice. He opened his bag, took out a glass medicine bottle, removed the wooden stopper, and poured a small amount of clear liquid onto the wound.
Suddenly, thick bubbles gushed out from around the wound, and the man who was shot let out a scream.
Mr. Lu Ting didn't care about that. He took out a pair of long-nosed pliers from his bag, rinsed them with the medicine he had just used, and then inserted them into the wound.
Under Cheng Lang's grinning gaze and amid the old man's screams, the first bullet was successfully pulled out and thrown aside.
Immediately afterwards, he used the same trick to take out the second bullet.
"All right"
Mr. Lu Ting quickly put away his tools and medicine bottles. "If you're willing, give him two more healing potions. If not, he should be healed in about a week."
"Excuse me, Mr. Lu Ting. How much is the consultation fee?" Cheng Lang said gratefully.
Glancing at the man, Mr. Lu Ting smiled and said, "Forget the consultation fee. Captain Cheng Lang, if possible, why not hand over the procurement of supplies for your ship to Senfa? Frankly speaking, we hope to get a lower purchase price through bulk purchases."
"No problem," Cheng Lang agreed readily.
"This is the best news I've heard tonight."
Mr. Lu Ting shook hands with Cheng Lang and said, "From now on, we can just discuss this kind of business at Xin Weng Tavern."
"I made a big deal out of nothing," Cheng Lang said apologetically. Of course he understood the other party's hint. They came here just to discuss the purchase of supplies.
"In that case, I'll take my leave now."
Mr. Lu Ting picked up an oil lamp and said as he walked out, "I will have Captain Senfa visit you tomorrow morning to discuss the purchase in detail."
"Looking forward to meeting Captain Senfa again" became the same as carrying an oil lamp, and sending Mr. Lu Ting off the Valkyrie with serious courtesy.
He watched the other party walk into the Xinweng Tavern, and then watched the two guards come out with beer and food to continue helping him guard the ship. Cheng Lang took off his tricorn hat from a distance and waved as a greeting, then returned to the cargo hold as the two enthusiastic guards waved back.
"Can you tell me who you are now?"
Cheng Lang collected most of the healing potions that the other party had placed on a wooden barrel, leaving only two for him. "At least let me know your names. Also, where is your grandson?"
"Thank you"
As the old man spoke, he tore off two pieces of cloth from his cloak, bandaged the wound, and placed the two test tubes on it, saying, "Yasso, come out."
Before he could finish his words, the thin man who had been hiding carefully pushed open the lid of a wooden barrel and clumsily crawled out.
"My name is Gerta"
As he spoke, the old man who had finished bandaging finally took off the cloak wrapped around his head.
"Tsk!"
Cheng Lang looked at the other person in surprise.
The old man looked to be in his fifties or sixties, with a square and honest face and a head full of white hair tied into a very short braid. But in this head full of white hair, there was a pair of fluffy fox ears!
"Is this true?" Cheng Lang subconsciously glanced at the other person's cheeks, and sure enough, there were no normal ears!
"What did you say? This?"
Gerta pointed to the top of his head, and his big furry ears trembled!
"A paradise for Furui fans! Too bad he's an old man!"
Cheng Lang couldn't help but mutter in his heart, and then he heard Gerta say, "You are not mistaken, I am indeed an orc."
Seeing Cheng Lang subconsciously looking at the thin shadow beside him, Gerta cautiously pulled him behind him and said, "This is my grandson Yasuo. He is shy and has a scar on his face, so..."
"The people who arrested you are the Demon Hunters"
Cheng Lang reminded them, "My willingness to save you shows that I don't care much about the Demon Hunters, but that's no reason for you to hide some hidden dangers and cause trouble for me and my ship."
"We've already paid for the boat trip," Gerta said.
"I also paid enough extra healing potions," Cheng Lang reminded, "and I also killed the soldiers of the Demon Hunter Group."
"Sorry, we'll get off the boat now." Gerta said as he stood up shakily.
"up to you"
Cheng Lang reminded him, "Even if you get off the boat now, I can't refund your ticket. Also, please let me remind you.
If you get off the ship and get into trouble again, I won't help you, even if you can produce another cup of Poseidon's blood."
Is it necessary for Cheng Lang to know the other party’s secret?
Of course it is necessary. He always needs to know how big of a trouble the other person is in. He considers himself a good person, but not a nice guy.
Whether it was a reminder, advice, or even a threat, when this sentence was spoken, Gerta, who had already walked to the stairs, had to stop.
"There's nothing to hide. You must have guessed it." The person who said this was the little man named Yaso.
Before Gerta could stop him, Yaso had already torn off his cloak.
“It’s black hair.”
Cheng Lang immediately noticed the other person's black hair, which was only an inch long. Then he noticed that although the little face was dirty, it was too delicate.
"Are you a girl?" Cheng Lang asked in surprise.
"Yafso is a black elf born with sin."
The girl looked straight at Cheng Lang and introduced herself. "Captain, if you are willing to sell me to the Demon Hunters, I will not resist. All you need to do is swear on your ship's heart that you can send Grandpa Gerta back to the Frost Principality."
Seeing Gerta looking at him warily, Cheng Lang smiled and didn't rush to leave. He sat back on the oak barrel and asked, "Can you tell me why you want to go to Pirate City?"
"Pirate Town is the only place where people with black hair can live honestly"
Yafuso suppressed the trembling of fear and said, "Gerta wants to send me to the Pirate City."
"What is your relationship?" Cheng Lang couldn't help but ask.
He had once heard the magic mirror introduce the situation of the six countries on the continent. The Elf Principality surrounded by the other five countries was a landlocked country.
They support each other and the Frost Duchy in the north, which is mainly populated by orcs, but use laws to prohibit the two races from intermarriage.
This raises a question: what is going on between these two generations?
"Her grandfather and I were very good friends"
Gerta sighed and explained, “Her grandparents died in an accident many years ago, and I was the one who took care of her mother.
Later, her mother gave birth to her. To those pointy-eared drunkards, black hair and pupils, and human ears were taboos.
"So my parents nominally exiled me, but secretly begged Grandpa to rescue me."
Yafuso said, "I have been living cautiously under my grandfather's protection for these years, until someone accidentally discovered my existence five months ago."
"In order to keep her alive, my only option is to take her on a friend's ship from the Extreme Sea north of the Frost Principality and find a way to send her to the Pirate City."
Gerta said tiredly, "A week ago, our friends sent us to the Suzaku Islands. Before we could find a ship to the Pirate City, we were targeted by the crazy demon hunters.
Well, Captain, our story has ended. If you plan to sell Yafusuo to the witcher group, you must step over my body first.
"Final Two Questions"
Cheng Lang asked, "First of all, where did you get your blood of Poseidon?"
"It was left to her by her parents."
Gerta replied helplessly, "What else do you want to know?"
"What are your plans if you send her to Pirate City?" Cheng Lang asked a new question.
"I?"
Gerta smiled and said, "Of course I'll stay in Pirate City. This poor little girl only has me as her family. If I have the chance to go to Pirate City with her, of course I'll stay and take care of her."
"So."
Cheng Lang suddenly asked, "Are you interested in working on my ship? The salary is negotiable."
"What did you say?" Gerta asked in surprise.
"I said, salary is negotiable."
"Previous sentence?" the grandfather and grandson asked in unison.
"Are you interested in staying and working on my ship?" Cheng Lang asked again.
(End of this chapter)
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