Chapter 1012

No one approached these buildings, and they were of no importance tonight.

Who would specifically choose these places to explode?

Wanqi Feng closed his eyes and let out a heavy breath: "Island Master He!"

The only one who could do such a thing was Island Master He.

Wanqi Song was lying in ambush on Qingyun Road and could not see the specific explosion site, only thinking that the gunpowder barrels they had buried were detonated in advance; the Beijia people probably had eyes planted here, but they didn't know which warehouses the Bailong people had put the gunpowder barrels in.

How would the Beijia people care about such trivial details?

As a result, the small misalignment in the cooperation between the two groups was utilized by He Lingchuan; once the pier exploded, the entire sneak attack plan was forced to advance.

The Bailong people made their move, and the Beijia people felt there was an opportunity to be exploited, so of course they would besiege the Earth Cave Spider Queen.

Hadn't this series of chain reactions already begun? Wanqi Feng lay on the hilltop, getting rained on while figuring out the key to it.

The confidant was still asking him: "Lord, what should we do now?"

They came through the rain, originally to support their clansmen. But now, there were hardly any clansmen to be seen at the pier, and Wanqi Song's team, which should have arrived earlier than them, was now nowhere to be seen.

The rain was cold, but Wanqi Feng's heart was even colder.

Yes, what should they do now? He hesitated for a while and ordered his subordinates: "Send two people to mix into the pier and find out the whereabouts of our clansmen."

The two hundred people originally sent here shouldn't have disappeared for no reason.

"Find two more fast runners and walk along Qingyun Road."

Uncle should have come but didn't; his heart was full of terrible premonitions.

After another two quarters of an hour, the scouts sent to the pier hadn't returned, but the elites sent to the southwest beach to check the rear returned, bringing him bad news.

"Yin Hui is guarding the southwest beach?" Wanqi Feng muttered, "It seems we fell into a trap long ago. We never got out from beginning to end!"

Yin Hui was there to cut off their retreat! The trouble now was that so many of them were stranded on Suoding Island, unable to return to the mainland or Bai Sha County!

Having run through the wind and rain for most of the night, everyone was wet and cold, and someone sneezed several times in a row.

It looked like the hurricane was heading straight for the Yangshan Archipelago. On a night of wind and rain, they didn't even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Even if these Bailong people were determined, they couldn't help but feel the despair of being at a dead end at this moment.

Wanqi Feng saw the panic and despair in their eyes, his face solemn.

The hurricane would blow for at least seven or eight hours, and these four hundred stowaways couldn't leave without a ship; once discovered by the guard team, Qiu Hu would not let it go.

If Island Master He had arranged the pier explosion to lure the Bailong tribe and Beijia people to act, his subordinates should already be searching the whole island for the Bailong people.

With more than four hundred of them gathered in one place, the target was too big, and they couldn't go to brightly lit places; could they really hide from the opponent's search?

Even if they could, even if the hurricane ended, they couldn't leave without a ship; how would Island Master He deal with them?

Heh, is this what you call catching a turtle in a jar?

Someone suggested: "Young Master, let's go to this pier and grab a ship to go out to sea!"

Even if there were Yin Hui underwater, they wouldn't stare at the ships at the Suoding pier and not let them leave, right?

"Right, as long as the action is fast enough, isn't grabbing a ship a small matter?"

"Before the guard team reacts!" a warrior echoed, "The ships docked at the eastern pier are all large ships; one ship can hold all of us!"

Wanqi Feng said gloomily: "Which of you knows how to sail a ship?"

Once the question was asked, everyone was silenced.

They had lived inland and on horseback for the first half of their lives; wielding blades and shooting arrows were their strengths, but as for sailing...

They lacked learning.

A small boat might be able to try and hold on, but if they had to sail a large ship carrying two or three hundred people, they were completely clueless.

Someone else suggested: "We can go to the southwest beach and find the boatmen."

"Even if there are people who can sail, the large ships that docked have long been parked in the dock; this is hurricane weather! Do you think they are still parked at the pier? The dock has also been sealed with iron chains." Wanqi Feng shook his head, "We can't leave."

Even if they could grab a ship and sail it, encountering the strong winds and huge waves at sea, they would probably be buried in the fish's belly before they could go a few miles.

Otherwise, why did the sea guests all rush to Suoding Island to land? Wasn't it to avoid the wind? Then, then what should they do? Everyone looked at each other, feeling discouraged.

"Negotiate." A flash of inspiration crossed Wanqi Feng's mind, "Find the person in charge of Suoding Island and negotiate!"

"Uh... negotiate with what?" Did they have chips? "The gunpowder barrels at the pier and freight yard are still there!" Wanqi Feng's eyes shone, "As long as the guy surnamed He doesn't want the guests to suffer heavy losses, this is the bargaining chip for negotiation!"

They didn't want to overthrow He Lingchuan, they just wanted to return to the mainland after the hurricane. This request wasn't excessive, right?

Then the next question was who to negotiate with.

If He Lingchuan had arranged all this in advance, then the possibility of Wanqi Song successfully killing him was very small.

Island Master He was still alive, "I have to find Island Master He to negotiate."

Everyone let out an "eh."

At this time, the scout who went to investigate Qingyun Road returned, panting.

They originally planned to ambush He Lingchuan on Qingyun Road, but now people were coming and going, and besides the patrol team members, there were many merchants.

This scout didn't see Wanqi Song or the hundred-plus clansmen the whole time, but accidentally heard passersby talking about "Island Master... Island Master... backgammon."

The Island Master was He Lingchuan; what did he have to do with backgammon? The scout was also shrewd; his eyes rolled, and he seized the gap in the guard team's patrol to slip onto the tree-lined path, patting the two merchants on the shoulder from behind:

"You two!"

The two turned around and saw this tall, strong man wearing a guard uniform smiling at them: "Ah?"

"What did you just say happened to the Island Master?"

"Oh, the Island Master is playing backgammon with someone at the Hot Spring Villa; we watched two rounds in a row."

The scout was terrified: "What, what time?"

"Just now. When else?" The two turned their heads and pointed in the direction of the Hot Spring Villa, "You can see it if you go over."

The scout was stunned when he heard this and hurried back to report to Wanqi Feng.

Upon hearing this, the last glimmer of luck in Wanqi Feng's heart vanished.

Sure enough, Island Master He had been digging pits for their uncle and nephew all along, and Uncle jumped right in.

He didn't know if Uncle was dead or alive now, and Wanqi Feng was not optimistic about his prospects.

He lay on the mountain peak, looking down at the brightly lit pier.

Suoding Island was the most important external port of the Yangshan Archipelago, and Island Master He must not want anything to happen here, so he set off a fake explosion in advance.

From this point of view, Wanqi Feng seemed to have some chips.

He took a deep breath.

Let's go, time to negotiate.

He said to everyone: "You stay here and wait for my signal, no need to follow."

(End of chapter)