Concentricity

After dawn, the wind finally stopped, and the rain stopped. Although there was no sun, the weather was already very good.The sea water is much calmer, the tide is slowly ebbing, and the area of ​​the island is bigger than yesterday.Mo Jinyan hunted two hares with a simple bow and arrow, barely solving the problem of food for the day.

"Where is this, how do we go back? My mother and my brother don't know what happened." Chen Pingsheng frowned.

Mo Jinyan comforted him: "Don't worry, we will definitely be able to go back. I guess this is a deserted island, and there is no one on the island. When the water recedes, let's build a raft and go back."

Mo Jinyan found that the situation was much better than they had imagined. He actually found a rusty hatchet in the woods, which indicated that the island was originally inhabited or someone had visited it.

Mo Jinyan suddenly remembered Nangan Island. Did he already come to Nangan Island?But Nangan Island and Beigan Island are adjacent, so why not see Beigan Island.After the water receded, Mo Jinyan became more and more convinced that this was Nangan Island, because a small island suddenly appeared on the north side of the island.In addition, there are several scattered small islands around.

Last year, I passed by Nangan Island, but I just took a look at it from a distance and left without going to the island.At that time, there seemed to be people on the island, but I didn't see a single person this time, so it can be seen that there are no people living here all the time, and they just settled there temporarily.This place is beyond the navy's patrol line, and there are probably only three possibilities for those who can settle here, except for those who are in trouble like him - pirates, pirates or smuggled merchants.

There is no one on the island, and the vegetation is very lush.Mo Jinyan and Chen Pingsheng cut down a few small trees and prepared to build a crude raft.

Chen Pingsheng sighed while he was busy: "Our boat is too small to withstand any wind and waves. After returning, we have to sail the boat again."

Mo Jinyan's heart moved. Nangan Island is outside the jurisdiction of the officers and soldiers. If a ship can be built here, no one will intervene no matter how big the ship is.What's more, there are a lot of Chinese oaks and catalpas on this island, both of which are good woods suitable for shipbuilding.With a big ship, you can deal with pirates.

Just when I got excited, I thought of another thing. This is not enough. It is not easy to build a boat by myself alone. Even if the boat is built, I can't row it alone, let alone resist the locusts. Pirates.

But once this thought popped up, it couldn't be suppressed: "Brother Chen, how about we build a boat on this island?"

Chen Pingsheng naturally would not have thought that he would make a big ship, or even a warship: "Ah? Although there is wood, but no tools, how can it be built with bare hands? My mother and my brother don't know what happened, so I'd better go back and see Let's talk about it depending on the situation." Chen Pingsheng is a down-to-earth filial son, although his mother and brother have been dragged down for a long time, he has never disliked him.

The raft was quickly tied up, and the two of them planned to delay for another day and prepare some food before leaving.Just before leaving, there were other movements on the island.

First, brother Xu who was on vigil outside gave out a warning sound. Mo Jinyan got up and stopped brother Xu's cry, so as not to wake up Chen Pingsheng.He listened attentively, and heard a different kind of movement, it was the sound of swords meeting, accompanied by a strange "bang bang" sound.

Mo Jinyan got up lightly, walked out of the temporary wooden shed, and followed the sound to find it quietly.

After the hurricane, the weather was clear and the moon was bright and clear. Under the moonlight, Mo Jinyan could see clearly that there were two groups of people fighting on the beach, one of them was the Japanese pirate he had been thinking about day and night, and the other group did not know what it was People, but obviously not officers and soldiers, because there is no uniform dress.In the blink of an eye, Mo Jinyan came up with an idea: Pirates!

Mo Jinyan heard a person roaring: "Brothers, fight with the little Japanese dogs!"

Mo Jinyan took a closer look at the battle situation. There were obviously more Japanese pirates than this side, and their weapons were excellent. In addition to Japanese knives, there was also a weapon that could catch fire.After the sound of that thing, someone fell to the ground, and three or four were quickly brought down.What is that, it is so powerful!Mo Jinyan thought for a moment: Could it be a firecracker? !

Thinking about it, it's terrible, the pirates actually have firecrackers.No matter what the pirates do, as long as they fight Japanese pirates, they are their allies.

Mo Jinyan thought so, and sneaked closer, took off the simple bow and arrow on his back, bent the bow, released the arrow, and shot a Japanese thief holding a firecracker with a whoosh.This arrow was made by Mo Jinyan himself. He cut a very tough branch to make a bow, and the rattan bark was torn off to make a string. Somewhat reluctantly, but better than bare hands.

Mo Jinyan knocked down one, then aimed at the other, and with a whoosh, the wooden arrow flew past his throat.Because bows and arrows are too simple, shooting elsewhere can only cause a little injury, and only fatal positions can be hit with one blow.

Once the pirate's gunners are eliminated, the advantage is no longer obvious.Mo Jinyan dragged a wooden stick with a thick wrist, and rushed into the crowd who were fighting.The hairstyles and costumes of the Japanese pirates are different from those of the people of this dynasty, so they are easy to identify. The long sticks can be picked accurately, and the wooden stick dances like a dragon, beating the Japanese pirates to the ground. Three or four were knocked down in an instant.

With Mo Jinyan's joining, the situation quickly turned around, and the Japanese thief realized that the momentum was wrong, leaving his companion's body behind and ran into the sea.

Mo Jinyan chased after him, but the long stick knocked down another one, and he wanted to catch up again. Someone behind him shouted: "Strong man, please stop, don't chase, we don't have a boat, we can't catch up."

Mo Jinyan stopped his feet and turned around to look at the group of people. They were indeed as wet as water ducks, and they seemed to have swum up from the sea. "Who are you? Why are you here in the middle of the night?"

The leading man was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "We are ordinary fishermen from the same village. We went out to fish, but we didn't expect to run into Japanese pirates and crash our boat. Fortunately, we are close to this island, so we escaped." Come to the sea. Fortunately, the strong man rescued us today, otherwise we would all have to confess here. Dare to ask the strong man's name? I will repay you in the future."

"Repayment is free, it's just a matter of little effort." Mo Jinyan said in his heart, who are you lying to, the court has banned the sea long ago, who has the courage to go fishing now, besides, ordinary fishermen, all of them know kung fu?But he didn't reveal it face to face.The imperial court has always punished bandits and pirates very severely. If one is caught, the whole family will be implicated.

Seeing that Mo Jinyan was very tight-lipped and he was a benefactor, the other party naturally didn't feel embarrassed, so he just asked, "Why did your benefactor appear on this Nangan Island? This island has been deserted for many years, and there is no one at all."

Mo Jinyan said in his heart, I didn't ask you about your origin, you asked me instead, and just said indifferently: "It was blown by a hurricane a few days ago."

As he spoke, he walked to the side of the Japanese thief he had shot, picked up the firecracker on the ground, and looked it over. The moonlight was not too bright, so he couldn't see any mystery.He opened the corpse of the pirate, found a bag of iron sand and gunpowder from him, and searched another firecracker from another corpse, and will study it slowly in the future.Then he picked up a Japanese sword.

Seeing that he had seized the two guns, the group of pirates couldn't help but looked at each other in horror, but they didn't dare to say anything.The leading man bit the bullet and said, "Engong is very skilled, I don't know what he does for a living?"

"Same as you." Mo Jinyan replied.

This sentence shocked the pirates into a cold sweat. Could it be possible that they were caught in a black hole?

Brother Xu fluttered down from the top of the palm tree and landed on Mo Jinyan's shoulder. His two eagle eyes were shining green in the dark night, which shocked a group of pirates again.

"Since the Japanese thief has left, I'll go back to sleep too. Brothers, let's deal with these corpses." Mo Jinyan led Brother Xu through the forest and back to the shack.

Chen Pingsheng woke up a long time ago. Hearing the movement outside, he huddled in the shack and did not dare to come out. Seeing Mo Jinyan come back, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Xiao Mo, what's going on?"

Mo Jinyan put down the blunderbuss and the Japanese sword: "I met a group of pirates and Japanese pirates fighting, so I went to see the excitement."

This was an extremely understatement, but it shocked Chen Pingsheng into a cold sweat: "Then are you okay? What should we do now?"

"It's okay, the pirates are gone, and the pirates shouldn't come to cause trouble. Go to sleep, brother Chen, and I'll be back tomorrow." He yawned a lot and lay down.

Chen Pingsheng couldn't sleep, he almost spent the second half of the night with his eyes open, for fear that the pirates would come and arrest him, but Mo Jinyan slept peacefully and didn't take him seriously at all.In fact, there was no need for Chen Pingsheng to watch the night, Brother Xu was much more vigilant than him.

Early the next morning, Mo Jinyan and Chen Pingsheng took the rations they had prepared the day before and carried the two firecrackers on their backs, and were about to set off for home, but they found that the raft they had spent several days making was missing.

Chen Pingsheng was so anxious that tears were about to come out: "What, what's going on? Where's the raft? Where's our raft?"

Mo Jinyan remained silent, frowned, looked around, and saw two people running from the other side of the beach: "Benefactor, benefactor."

"The person who stole the raft is here." Mo Jinyan said.

Chen Pingsheng shrank behind Mo Jinyan to look at the two pirates, and asked Mo Jinyan sourly, "Little Mo, what did they call you?"

"It's nothing, don't be afraid." He said and greeted the pirates.

The two men ran over, panting: "Grandfather, are you looking for a raft?"

Mo Jinyan frowned: "You stole my raft?"

The man blushed and waved his hands again and again: "No, no, it's not stealing. We just borrowed it and went back to find the boat. We will pay Engong a boat. Our second master saw that Engong went to sleep, so we didn't dare to disturb him. , Let the little ones stay here and spread a message to En Gong, saying that our boat will return by tonight at the latest."

Mo Jinyan snorted coldly: "Don't you know that if you don't ask yourself, you are a thief?"

This group of pirates who have been robbing ships at sea all year round was so ashamed by Mo Jinyan that he couldn't speak a word, and even blushed.

The raft was gone, so Mo Jinyan couldn't leave, so he found a place to sit in the shade.The group of pirates also took the initiative to bring food and drink, so they didn't even have to look for food.

Brother Xu flew to the sky to inspect the boundaries of the land, saw prey on the ground, and swooped down to hunt the prey himself, having a great time.

Only Chen Pingsheng is restless. On the one hand, he is afraid of pirates, and on the other hand, he is also worried about his mother and younger brother. He has been out for several days. He doesn't know if his house will be flooded when the water rises, and whether the food stored at home is enough. .