An Shiqi was highly skilled, and Xiao Rui also possessed considerable martial arts skills and had much better eyesight than the average person. Upon hearing this, he looked ahead.
After a moment, Xiao Rui said in a deep voice, "It's him."
"We've run into this old thief by chance, haven't we?" Dark Seventeen chuckled twice, his tone clearly malicious.
Xiao Rui shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to clash with them. The most important thing is to take the things on the ship back first."
Although Su Ziyu is nearing sixty, he is cunning and shrewd, and he will not be so easy to kill. Moreover, they are short-handed right now, and there are so many treasures of the Su family that they dug up from Qingfeng Island on the ship. It would be most undesirable to cause any unforeseen complications.
An Shiqi stroked his chin with regret, saying, "I've disliked this old scoundrel for a long time. I don't know how much money he's plundered from the people over the years. I was thinking that he'd finally fallen into our hands today, and we could finally vent our anger for the people. What a pity, what a real pity..."
Xiao Rui remained silent, but strode towards the bow of the ship, ordering his men to avoid the fleet ahead.
The leader of the Northwest Army was somewhat puzzled and asked, "Why are we deliberately avoiding each other, each going our own way?"
Xiao Rui didn't explain, only saying, "Our task is to get the things back as quickly as possible, so it's best not to attract anyone's attention."
Upon hearing this, the Northwest Army leader stopped questioning and immediately changed the course of the ship, also signaling the following ships to avoid it.
When the Su family fleet approached and saw Xiao Rui and his group making way, some observant people went to inform Prime Minister Su.
Prime Minister Su, with a calm expression, was playing chess alone. Upon hearing this, he said nonchalantly, "We have many ships. It's good that they are so sensible. Give the order to thank them when we pass by."
"Yes, sir." The servant quickly withdrew.
Su Ziyu played chess for a while, but still couldn't calm down. He threw down the chess pieces, stood up, and went to the bow of the boat.
It's clear that his previous calm demeanor was all an act.
In fact, Su Ziyu didn't know why his heart had been pounding these past few days, as if something big was about to happen, and he had even taken extra precautions.
But nothing happened for several days, which made him both puzzled and even more anxious.
"Master." The servant in charge of steering the boat greeted him respectfully upon his arrival.
Su Ziyu responded lightly and looked up to see Xiao Rui and his group's boats.
Upon seeing this, he immediately noticed something was wrong, and asked with a slight frown, "What are those boats in front of us for?"
Why did he feel that the people and flags on the ship were a bit off? It was like... the imperial navy at its most powerful.
No, these ships look more like a regular naval fleet than the imperial navy back then.
"I don't know either," the man scratched his head, "but they seemed quite friendly, and they even made way for us."
Their fleet consisted of more than a dozen ships, all carrying various items that the Su family had accumulated in different places over the years.
Unfortunately, no one knew that although there were a dozen or so ships full of goods, not much of it was actually valuable. It might be enough for the Su family to live a life of luxury for a decade or so, but to think they could use it to recruit soldiers or buy horses was just wishful thinking.
As the two fleets passed each other, Su Ziyu stared intently at the people on those ships, his hands clenched into fists, his palms damp with a thin layer of sweat.
Xiao Rui also stood at the bow of the boat. He looked calmly at Su Ziyu, and even nodded to Su Ziyu when their boats passed each other.
An Shiqi watched in astonishment. His master was indeed his master, able to make such an expression even towards that old scoundrel Su Ziyu.
Seeing that the boat was full of unfamiliar young men, Su Ziyu's heart, which had just been in his throat, instantly calmed down, and he turned and went into his cabin.
He's overthinking it. They've already come this far, how could anything possibly happen?
The Su family's fleet and Xiao Rui's fleet gradually increased the distance between them until they disappeared from each other's sight.
"Speed up, rendezvous with the Prince as quickly as possible," Xiao Rui immediately ordered the leader of the Northwest Army.
Su Ziyu is no ordinary person. Once he returns to the island and discovers that the treasure has been stolen, he will definitely do everything he can to chase after it. Therefore, they cannot go ashore and must leave this area of water as soon as possible.
...
Just as Xiao Rui had predicted, Su Ziyu happened to land in the same spot as Xiao Rui. As soon as he got off the boat, he frowned.
"How could there be traces of ships having been here?"
And they were people who came and went as soon as they saw it.
The Prime Minister's wife—no, she should be called Madam Su now—immediately looked around upon hearing this. "My lord, have you forgotten? Our Yun'er and the others have been here for a while now!"
In her view, it was normal to see traces of boats coming and going on the shore. The thought of seeing her son soon made her hard work and fatigue disappear instantly.
Su Ziyu shook her head, "No, Yun'er and the others won't be leaving the island again."
There are villas on the island, and the villas are self-sufficient, so there is no need to go out and do anything.
"Ah?" Madam Su finally realized, "Then who came to our island?"
This island was bought by her husband, and outsiders are not allowed to approach it.
Unfortunately, Madam Su forgot that Qingfeng Island has not yet established a patrol team, so even if someone comes, no one will know.
Su Ziyu's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately said, "I'll take a few people to explore the island. You all follow the map to the villa first..."
Before he could finish speaking, Madam Su's joyful cry interrupted him, "Yun'er! Mother's here!"
Well, even though he was her own son, Madam Su was still shocked to see Su Zheyun and his entourage dressed in dusty clothes.
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