Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 306
Even if they don't take the initiative to protect Xiang Ling, whatever happens to Xiang Ling will be blamed on them in the end.

It's a pity that it doesn't make much sense now, because Xiao Wu knows that he may not be able to go back alive.

So he didn't say anything, just stood quietly in the corner, watching what happened next.

After Xiangling finished speaking, the pirate waved his hand, and in an instant, dozens of pirates appeared around, surrounding Xiangling.

"Tie it up and take it away!"

After those people heard the order, they immediately went up and tied Xiangling up.

Xiangling did not resist, he knew that if he resisted, the other party would definitely go too far, and facing so many people, even resisting was useless, it would be better to be taken away by the other party honestly, so that there would be no harm. Life is in danger.

Xiao Wu on the side was relieved when he saw that he had nothing to do, because the other party had tied him up, which proved that the other party would not hurt him for the time being, otherwise it would not be unnecessary.

As for what will happen to him later, it doesn't matter.

What made him unbelievable was that the pirates took Xiangling away and then left without caring about him at all. In other words, their goal was Xiangling. Those people will not die.

But if it was like what he thought, then they might have known about Xiangling's existence. If so, why didn't they say it before?

They would not have become what they are now if they had shown their purpose and had fellowship in the first place.

Xiao Wu doesn't quite understand, but he can't think too much now, all he has to do now is to drive the boat back, and then tell His Royal Highness the King of Shu about it.

When Xiao Wu came to the deck, everyone was gone. He was the only one here. He didn't have time to deal with these corpses, so he quickly drove the boat back.

At this moment, Li Ke didn't know what was happening here.

He is still in command of the man-made ships in the shipyard. Since he gave them the blueprints, their speed of building the ships has been very fast. His blueprints are very clear, and they can be made perfectly without much knowledge.

Of course, the workers will still have some questions during this period, because Li Ke is always here, so you can ask him anytime.

Therefore, Li Ke spent these days with those shipbuilding workers. Sometimes he was too busy, and even followed those workers on the construction site directly. Those workers said that His Highness the King of Shu had no airs at all.

Actually willing to be with these workers.

Li Ke just smiled slightly at this. Status was not that important to him, and he didn't think he was anything special.

Just like when he was in war, he still liked to be with his soldiers, and he didn't care whether he was a general or not.

In this way, about four or five days passed, and Li Ke finally realized a problem, that is, the fishing boat had not returned yet.

So he went to ask Zhao Hu, but Zhao Hu didn't think there was anything wrong with the boat not coming back, because this kind of situation happened often.

There may be various reasons, and sometimes they will come back a month after the news is spread, so he is not worried and assumes that the situation is the same as what he encountered before.

It wasn't until Li Ke came to ask that he knew that Xiangling was also on the boat. If Xiangling, those people on the boat would never mess around knowing Xiangling's identity, and it was impossible to delay their return for so long.

So Zhao Hu guessed if something went wrong with them, but he didn't dare to tell Li Ke directly, because after talking to Li Ke, Li Ke would definitely worry about them.

So he can only find a reason to fool this matter, and then he will send some people out to find the boat that went out before.

"It's like this. I've sent someone to check the situation. The sea is not peaceful. There will always be pirates. Maybe they met and fought with pirates, which is why they haven't come back for so long. of."

Li Ke was a little surprised to hear Zhao Hu say that. He had never heard of any pirates.

"Are there pirates in this place?"

Li Ke asked.

"Of course, this sea area is not particularly peaceful, the pirates are rampant."

Hearing Zhao Hu talk about this Li Ke, I remembered what happened before. It is not impossible that they are the so-called pirates.

Of course, the premise is that if there is friction between the two sides, this may be the case.

If the two parties have nothing to do with each other, then probably not.

He felt that he still needed to confirm this matter with Zhao Hu, so he asked.

"Have you had any friction with the pirates here before?"

Hearing Li Ke ask about this account, I thought about it, and then nodded.

"If you say something, it's true, but in fact we are at a disadvantage. After all, it is very normal to encounter pirates at sea, and most of their purpose is to go in. We are just fishing boats, and we are not What money will they bring, their targets are generally merchant ships."

"It's really because of a coincidence that we met them by chance. The most we can do is to give them a toll, and they won't embarrass us. The main reason is that we are very weak at sea. Fighting those pirates may hurt both sides, and it is impossible."

Zhao Hu felt a little embarrassed when he said this, after all, they gave people a particularly weak impression, especially in front of Li Ke.

He didn't want to leave a bad impression on Li Ke, so he explained it.

He believed that Li Ke could still understand them. After all, they would not fight if they could not fight, and they were not particularly good at fighting. If they encountered a particularly powerful pirate, their entire army might be wiped out.

Li Ke just nodded at this.

He probably also understands this situation. Since there are more than one group of pirates at sea, there is nothing wrong with them responding in this way. After all, it is very stupid to confront each other head-on without knowing each other.

And for them, this is not a loss, and the probability of encountering pirates is not high, so no one cares about it.

The reason why he came to ask Zhao Hu was that he was a little worried about Xiangling's safety. Since the other party had already said that there was nothing wrong, he naturally wouldn't continue to ask.

So after saying hello to Zhao Hu, Li Ke left.

After Li Ke left, Zhao Hu immediately sent someone out. He guessed that something happened to the boat that went out.

(End of this chapter)