Chapter 107 Are you the father, or is she the father?
“Mother, I also want to see Lanxi, but I can’t!” Shen Congwen explained to his mother with a helpless expression.
Madam Shen didn't believe it: "Go and ask them. Don't they all listen to Lan Xi?"
Shen Congwen explained helplessly, "I've tried contacting them, but they all ignore me!"
Old Madam Shen angrily punched her son twice, yelling, "Are you the father, or is she the father? You can't even control your own daughter! You're driving me crazy!"
The more Shen Congwen listened, the more uncomfortable he felt.
In the following days, Shen Lanxi led the Black Eagle Sea Slaves to conquer several small islands occupied by pirates, including Nanpo Island, Liuxian Island, and Wuming Island.
Once again, he returned from a bloody battle, and without even bothering to wash up, he immediately summoned his men for a meeting.
Liu Yan returned to Wei Dongzhu, Liu Laohu, and the others and looked around, but did not see any pirates.
"We're now just one step away from eradicating the pirates of the Jiaozhou Islands as I promised!" Shen Lanxi stood in front of the long table, holding a long staff.
Liu Yan frowned: "There's no time!"
Shen Lanxi glanced at him; he had misunderstood.
She tapped the ground with her long stick and declared firmly, "I'm referring to Black Hawk Heiner!"
The people sitting in the two rows on either side stared wide-eyed.
Shen Lanxi's eyes were icy: "I've built the Black Eagle Sea Slaves into the largest pirate group in the Jiaozhou Islands. You don't think I'm going to take over the island and become king, do you?"
The group avoided eye contact and remained silent.
Silence means consent!
Shen Lanxi looked at the crowd and said, "I would never stoop to associating with these pirates!"
Cheng Zheng's eyes lit up, and he quickly wrote a few words before unfolding the scroll to read Chen Lanxi's work.
"Use barbarians to control barbarians!"
Writing too much is a waste of time, so Cheng Zheng tries to use simple language to make his meaning clear to others!
Sang Guo's eyes lit up and he began to write. Halfway through, he heard Liu Yan reply, "Support Black Eagle against the Liu family?"
Sang Guo's eyes darkened, and Cheng Zheng glanced at him sideways, then nudged him with his elbow.
Sang Guo slowly held up the paper, which read: "To check and balance, or to borrow... borrow the Liu family to destroy the pirates!"
Shen Lanxi nodded in satisfaction and reminded them, "Don't forget, we've been using Zhou Qiwu's name from the very beginning!"
Liu Laohu suddenly realized: "No wonder I heard Tian Laosan shamelessly asking you to put in a good word for him with the Third Princess. So that's what he meant!"
"I have already ordered people to secretly load supplies onto the ship these past two days. Go back and inform our people to pack their personal belongings, board the ship, and wait for orders. Do not touch anything in the treasure vault, so as not to alert the enemy!"
"yes!"
The treasure vault only contained a few items piled up at the entrance; it had long been emptied. After conquering each island, she would go to the treasure vault, take two-thirds of the contents, and leave just enough to cover her tracks!
Tian Laosan and his gang of pirates appeared respectful on the surface, but in their hearts they were always thinking about the treasure vault.
Seeing that they only took their own things and didn't intend to touch anything in the treasure vault, his smile became a little more genuine.
When they left, they pulled them aside and called them brothers, wishing they could stage a grand send-off ceremony!
Once out to sea and out of sight of the islanders, the ship turned around and headed straight for Xiguan!
When they arrived before, everyone stayed on their own ship; this time, everyone found their own ship.
Once the prisoners were on the ship, they pretended to take out fishing nets and tackle, but none of them went into the hold!
Liu Yanhui and the others watched without saying a word. After killing for several days in a row, their wrists were sore and they needed to rest.
If they're not tired, they can fish in the sea breeze!
The prisoners waited and waited, until it got dark, but no one came to take care of them. They had no choice but to hold their noses, take a rag, and go into the cabin to clean!
"Lord Shen, we've finally seen it! Among everyone here, your family's esteemed person is none other than this one!" The prisoner gave a thumbs-up and smiled ingratiatingly.
“Even the constables listen to him. Since your family is related to him, why don’t you say a few nice words to him? Maybe he’ll be pleased and let you stay in the upper rooms, and then we can benefit from it too!”
"I can see it! There are plenty of empty rooms upstairs, enough for all of us!"
"I'm talking to you, did you hear me? You're not just spouting nonsense, are you? That Young Master Lan isn't even a relative of yours, is he?"
Shen Yuanzhan was kicked by a nearby prisoner and lost his temper.
"Don't talk nonsense, that's me... Waaah..." Shen Yuanjing quickly covered Shen Yuanzhan's mouth.
"Shut up, if you want to get beaten up, then keep talking!" Shen Yuanjing had seen a lot of blood these past few days, and his murderous aura made Shen Yuanzhan tremble with fear.
"Whether we're related to Young Master Lan or not is none of your business. If you dare cause trouble, we'll beat you up!" Shen Yuanjing glared at them with sharp eyes.
Having witnessed Shen Yuanjing kill someone, the prisoner immediately turned away with a sneer and went to lie down and count his money.
Although they were sent to the lower deck, the money they had earned was not confiscated.
Suddenly, a prisoner muttered to himself, "Food can be bought with money, but can lodging be bought?"
After a moment of silence, the prisoners picked up their bundles and ran upstairs.
The Shen family was a beat too slow and were pushed to the very back!
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Liu Yanhui looked at the people holding up silver coins to book rooms, her lips twitched, and she thought to herself: No wonder she was so generous, so this is where she was waiting.
She's been generous with her rewards before, and now she's trying to make money off them. And these people are doing it willingly; not a single one says she's heartless. She understands people's hearts perfectly!
If she were to go into business, she'd definitely be a shrewd businesswoman!
The moon is high in the sky, and the night is deep and quiet.
Two small, dark figures clumsily rummaged out of the box.
"Brother, we escaped!"
"Shh, keep your voice down. Little sister, wait here for me, I'll go get some food!"
"No, brother, I'm scared to be alone. I want to stay with you!"
The little boy hesitated for a moment, then, feeling soft-hearted, he took his sister's hand and quietly slipped out!
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"Why does it seem like there are fewer steamed buns?" the cook murmured in puzzlement.
"What if someone steals some?"
"Who's stealing food? Why would they leave the meat out to steal steamed buns?"
"Won't this attract rats? Our ship is full of grain; we can't let the rats benefit from it!"
"Perhaps you're mistaken. We're at sea, where would we find rats?"
"That's possible!"
At noon, just as Shen Lanxi was about to eat, Chunxue reported: "Young Master, a message came from the ship behind us saying that they caught two children who had secretly boarded the ship and asked what to do with them."
Shen Lanxi happened to be going to that ship anyway, and said, "I'll handle it myself!"
When she arrived, she saw two children, about eight or nine years old, huddled together in fear, surrounded by people on the boat.
Feng Wu: "They are the children of women who were abducted to the island by pirates. They probably hid in the crates and boarded the ship while supplies were being transported!"
Shen Lanxi approached expressionlessly, and the people surrounding her quickly made way.
"You two, are you here to seek revenge?"
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