twin moon

Chapter 83, Scene Nine

As dusk approached, Ding Nu who were working all over the island gathered on the flat martial arts arena in front of the fortress, handed over their tools, and waited in line to receive today's food.The food provided was brown rice buns the size of two fists, which could only be swallowed with cold water, but no one dared to complain.All that can be heard between each other is the sound of chewing.After all, this was the only food the hungry Dinu could get before the next sunrise, and within a short while, they had swallowed the cornbread in their hands whole.

Along with the gathering of the crowd, a large group of sand gulls with red beaks and silver backs gradually gathered in the sky above the fortress, forming a black mass - no matter how careful the Dinu were, there would always be large and small food crumbs falling after each meal.Although the large pieces of debris will be picked up by hungry people together with the sand and stuffed into the mouth again, but for this petite seabird, those smaller debris can already be counted as quite a meal. A hearty meal.

The seabirds called out to their companions loudly, hovered and waited, and their chirping calls resounded through the sky.At the same time, in the dungeon of the fortress, Jiang Yan and Qi Ziyin, who sneaked in during the night, also used the noisy voice as a cover, and anxiously called Ning Yue's name under their throats.

Right now, at the feet of the two of them, the guard who had just been stunned was lying down.Although defenses have been strengthened everywhere on the island, at this moment, when most of the guard posts take turns to eat, it provides an excellent opportunity for the two teenagers to take advantage of the gap.

However, the progress of the matter was not very smooth. The two each took a bunch of keys found by the guards, and searched the entire dungeon separately, except for a dozen or so people behind the closed prison door. Except for the corpse that turned into dry bones, even the shadow of his companion could not be found.

In desperation, they had no choice but to turn back from the prison, planning to find another way.

"Yue'er is not here at all! Could it be that Fan Zhen lied to us?"

The black-eyed boy didn't give up, and was still thinking about where to look for it, but Qi Ziyin carefully took out a few thin and long filaments from his bosom, and stopped him:

"Probably not. I just found this through the half-opened door."

With the light of the fire in the dungeon, Jiang Yan immediately recognized the strands of red hair falling from his companion's head, and his heart beat fast immediately:

"Damn it, it will be night in half an hour, where are they going to take Yue'er? If they dare to hurt her, I will make these bastards pay back ten times, a hundred times!"

Jiang Yan bit the flesh around his cheeks until he felt his throat dry and smoky, but he couldn't think of any other way to do it.However, at this moment, a laughing voice suddenly sounded in the dungeon:
"It seems that this red-haired witch is indeed a high-quality bait, and she actually lured the two of you to show up obediently. But the general wants to see, how do you plan to make me come back ten times, a hundred times?"

The two teenagers immediately turned their heads and saw that it was Yu Li who came in from outside the prison holding Ning Yue's arm.And behind him, a team of armed swordsmen and axemen completely blocked the escape route of Jiang Yan and Qi Ziyin in an instant.

At this moment, the sea snake mask on the young general's face has been removed.He stared at a pair of protruding eyes, and scanned the two uninvited guests who had become a victim with hostility, then pushed the girl towards the armored soldiers behind him, and pulled out his broad-backed saber with his backhand, provocatively stand up:
"What can I do with this little girl? No girl in Tianshui Lane is as juicy as her, and I don't know what is wrong with the two of you to like such a thing!"

"How can Yue'er be compared to those prostitutes in Fireworks and Willow Lane! You rebellious beast, shut up soon!"

Qi Ziyin didn't know that the other party's words were actually implying that Ning Yue was an outlier, so he finally couldn't get angry, and changed his usual gentle and refined appearance and began to curse.But Yu Li just glanced sideways at the young master in front of him, then licked the sharp edge of the knife in his hand with his fingertips contemptuously, and retorted:
"The young master worshiped Xiang Baili as his teacher. Could it be that he only learned how to swear in a few years? Today, the general of Japan does not intend to kill people. If he is sensible, he will surrender obediently and spare you both!"

"I'm defeated! You know you can't beat me, so you use such indecent tactics!" Before Qi Ziyin could say anything again, the black-eyed boy pointed at Yu Li's nose with his eyes so sharp that he could kill someone !
"Don't provoke me, Jiang Yan! Do you still want to ask for a fair duel? It's a pity that there is not so much fairness in this world. People who really want you to die don't care what they use. What means!"

Because of the previous fights, Yu Li was quite afraid of this black-eyed child.At this time, seeing that he didn't intend to give in easily, he raised the saber in his hand and attacked the unarmed general Yan first.

The young man retracted his lower abdomen lightly, avoiding the opponent's momentum.However, at this time, he didn't have any weapons in his hand, so he couldn't fight it at all, so he could only drag Qi Ziyin to dodge left and right, struggling hard in the narrow dungeon.

On Yu Li's face, there was a maniacal smile of winning.Facing his continuous onslaught, the two young men were gradually pushed into a desperate situation. However, at this critical juncture of life and death, the team of knives and axes behind Yu Li seemed to have encountered some terrible accident and suddenly became chaotic. set foot.

"A bunch of trash! Can't even look down on a weak woman?!"

Yu Li was distracted by this, and turned his head impatiently to look behind him, only to see that the soldiers under his command turned around one after another, and started defending towards the entrance of the dungeon.Before he could react, he heard a few "puff puffs", and the soldiers in the first row fell down in response, and died before they could even make a sound.

After that, Yu Lifang vaguely saw a few figures who had entered the dungeon.The other party did not know how many people there were, but they were very brave. They threw the soldiers' corpses across the air, causing the soldiers in the second row to fall to and fro, and the entire unformed defense line was on the verge of collapse.

"Defend the enemy, defend the enemy!"

Yu Li took a hard look at Jiang Yan and Qi Ziyin, who were almost the ghosts of his sword, but he had to let them go temporarily, and turned around to solve the trouble behind him.But the two teenagers who had escaped by chance suddenly recognized those who had entered the dungeon.

What is unexpected is that it is actually Fan Zhen who refuses to agree to help save people during the day!
The young man was both surprised and grateful in his heart, and both of them froze in place for a while.Seeing this, Fan Zhen, who managed to get into the dungeon with great difficulty, immediately yelled loudly: "What the hell are you in a daze for? I risked my life and the lives of my brothers to come to the rescue! Hurry up and take that girl and kill him together!" Go out and talk!"

The man raised his hand again, and threw a rucksack on his back towards the feet of the teenagers.There was a bang, and the heavy package hit the ground and scattered, it turned out to be a bundle of handed over weapons!

Jiang Yan saw at a glance that his diamond-toothed Xiao Tianmo was also in it, and immediately reached out to copy it.Seeing this, Yu Li, who was fighting with Fan Zhen, couldn't help panicking.However, once the Mo Dao came out, it was difficult for anyone to stop it. Before General Ping Hai had time to call for reinforcements, the two axemen beside him were cut in half by the seven-foot-long saber.

Furthermore, the black-eyed boy managed to snatch Ning Yue away in the chaos, and cut the ropes that bound the girl with just a single pick with the tip of his knife, but before he could say a word, he dragged her and rushed out of the dungeon!
Qi Ziyin also picked out two long swords from the package to protect himself, and with Yan, one attacked and the other defended, taking turns to defend against the enemy.Enemy soldiers came in swarms, and after a lot of fighting, everyone's physical strength gradually became exhausted.Fortunately, there were many forks in the fortress. After a stick of incense, they managed to shake off the tail behind them and slowed down a little.

Now, everyone is on a covered bridge hanging over the edge of a cliff.When the sea breeze blew gently, Ning Yue's nose suddenly felt sore, and she burst into tears.Jiang Yan awkwardly supported the girl's shoulders, and nervously asked if she was injured, and what happened to her.But he didn't know that the red-haired girl didn't mention the forced confession by Jinghaihou last night because she was worried that her companions would know the mystery of her life experience.

Qi Ziyin who was standing on the side saw the two friends being so close, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, so he had to avoid his eyes, and asked Fan Zhenlai who was beside him: "Brother Fan, why did you suddenly change your mind and lead someone to help?" us?"

"I didn't come to help you! The reason why I did this was to save myself! Do you think that the surname Lu would not know about your absconding this afternoon? In order to prevent the absconding from being revealed, I had to design to trick him into Killed in the depths of the forest, but also lost two brothers because of it."

Fan Zhen replied, but his tone was full of resentment, "A black ship needs at least ten people to cooperate to steer it to go to sea. Now that the manpower seems to be insufficient, I have to turn around and come back to save you! It's a pity that this impulse was not only caused by myself There is no way to escape, and it is very likely that you will die here together with you two little devils!"

"You actually—are planning to snatch a black boat from the other party and escape?!" Qi Ziyin couldn't help being surprised.

"Nonsense, besides those black boats, is there anything else on this island that can float on the sea? I have ordered the rest of the people to go and grab the boat first, and then we can start after we rescue you. Just one more question, you two Since he is wearing the uniform of the Ye State boat master, he should know how to sail, right?"

Unexpectedly, the other party would only come to ask about such an important point when the situation is imminent. Such a way of doing things made Qi Ziyin secretly smile bitterly in his heart, and then nodded: "Naturally, the two of us are easy to talk about when sailing on a boat."

"Excellent! I made an appointment with my brothers. After we seized the boat, we will wait in a water cave next to the rocky beach under the cliff. The dungeon is not far from the stables of the fortress. Let's go there together and grab some fast horses." Join them!"

As Fan Zhen said, he raised the tip of the knife and pointed at the location of the water hole.But before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard a few thunder-like loud noises from above his head!On the top of the fortress, several powerful cannons were erected at some point, and they were firing salvos at something in the sea!
"broken!"

The man's rough face instantly changed color, and he raised his knife and ran towards the observation deck beside the covered bridge.The teenagers looked at each other, quickly restrained their minds, and followed closely behind him.

What Fan Zhen said was right, the fog on the sea really dissipated after nightfall.After cutting down the guards on duty, they climbed up and looked far away. With a starry moon illuminating the sea, the group of people could clearly see a black ship, sailing clumsily among the densely covered reefs under the cliff, intending to wreak havoc on the strait. Deep dive.

"The tortoise egg that killed a thousand knives actually left me alone! Even if a few of them can set sail and anchor, it will be difficult to control the speed and direction of the boat when sailing in such chaotic rocks!"

Fan Zhen threw the weapon in his hand to the ground in dejection - now there are only six people around him including Ning Yue, even if he can snatch another black ship, it is already impossible to go to sea smoothly.

While cursing, he looked up at the height of the fortress.Under the bleak moonlight, I really saw the black shadow of the artillery on the top of the fortress.While speaking, those shadows erupted into dazzling flames again, and the deafening noise resounded through the sky again!
He turned his head quickly, wanting to look at the black ship that was still struggling to move forward among the reefs.But at this moment of lightning, the ship seemed to be pulled violently by an invisible force, and the speed of its advancement suddenly slowed down.Then, the towering mast and mainsail on the ship began to capsize slowly, falling into the ink-like sea water.

The black ship that lost its power was like a fragile vase. It was engulfed by the waves and pushed hard to the nearby reef. It immediately turned into a messy wreck on the water surface, and then quickly sank to the bottom of the sea!

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