Chapter 52: Bewildered Eyes (Two in One)

Birds don’t understand, but humans can understand this contradictory psychology.

Xu Shanshan said to it: "He saved me only because of his upbringing and chivalry, which made him take care of the weak and pity women and children. His indifference and alienation towards me naturally showed an attitude..."

"Xu Shanshan" does not belong to him and is not worthy of being the mistress of the Wei family.

Maomao seemed to understand, but he only thought of one thing: "I think he is much harder to approach than Jiashan and Chi Jiangdong. How can Shan make him willingly give you the jade ring?"

"There is no rush for this matter. He has a strong character and it is difficult to solve him with any techniques or methods. It is more effective to use a trickle of water to wear away a stone. Just wait for the water to come naturally."

Mao Mao sensed her thoughts at this time, and asked tentatively: "Shan, do you think Wei Canghao is...uncontrollable?"

"Maomao..." She gently stroked its feathers, her voice calm and gentle, "Six of the seven kings are still alive. In addition to the Xie family, there are many people behind the scenes who are all troublemakers. If I want the world to be stable, I have to deal with many people, and there are also many people I need to control."

Maomao tilted his head to look at her. Her gaze was cast into the void, but was lonelier than the moon. Even though she was sometimes surrounded by stars, she was always the only bright one in the dark night.

Maomao said: "The attitude of the Wei family is indeed unclear so far. I don't know which side they will side with in the end, but at least it won't be the King of Jin..."

Jing State gradually split into seven parts. Even if Shan acted quickly, she could only deal with King Chen. She could no longer stop the division of Jing State. Recently, there were vague voices spreading from various places.

The State of Jing will be completely divided. Except for the recently deceased King Chen, the other six kings will soon proclaim themselves emperors in their respective fiefdoms, break away from Emperor Yue of the State of Jing, and become equals to him.

The rumors intensified and had reached a point that could not be ignored. However, the imperial court remained on the sidelines. It was unknown whether Emperor Yue was really too ill to get up, or whether he had lost his imperial teacher and was unable to complete any national policy independently.

"Everything in this world is changing all the time. The Wei family's temporary position does not represent a permanent position. Since the rift between Prince Jin and the Wei family already exists, we should intensify the conflict and make it worse to prevent future troubles."

"But if this happens, wouldn't the Wei family be the only one in charge in Longdong?"

It knew that Shan wanted to deal with King Jin, but once King Jin was gone, the Wei family would be the biggest winner in Longdong, and the remaining forces would be taken over by him. Isn't this just promoting another "King Jin" in disguise?

This is definitely not a good thing for those in power. The Longdong sea area is vast and rich in resources, and has diplomatic relations with small countries. The tax revenue of a region is comparable to that of a small country. Once it is out of the constraints of the regime, the central government will be out of reach.

Xu Shanshan was not worried: "Since I allow him to be the only one in power, I will leave a fuse for his disloyalty and destruction."

"Shan, Wei Canghao has done a good job in governing Longdong in recent years. He built water conservancy projects and dredged rivers. He is more capable and practical than the King of Jin, but he is too upright..."

It hesitates to speak.

"Isn't it good to know how to do practical things?" Xu Shanshan smiled.

Maomao simply said, "Maomao just thinks that Wei Canghao is such an impartial person. After the matter of Black Island is resolved, he will probably keep you and Wei Qiyao in prison and will definitely not let you leave the island to endanger others."

Don't tell me, don't tell me, this is definitely something Wei Canghao could do.

"I am just a person who was implicated and sent to prison. Do you really think I have violated the law? Besides, the Xu family's case must be overturned and retried to redress the injustice."

He knew in his heart that her breaking off the engagement with him was not yet over, and since the Xu family was his in-laws, he could not escape the involvement of the matter both publicly and privately.

"You want him to help you deal with the Xu family's unjust case? This is a great idea. This way, we will definitely be able to find out about the Lei family and the King of Jin behind them."

Won't these new and old grudges lead to a fight?

"So, Wei Canghao can boost my career luck. Cooperating with him will get me twice the result with half the effort. Why not do it?"

After the two chatted about some things, Maomao remembered something else.

"Shan, don't you find it strange? The five fiancés chosen by this fortune teller for Xu Shanshan are truly one in a million, and they perfectly match her fate of five declines. And the fate-changing magic weapon you are looking for happens to be in the possession of three of them, or perhaps more than three. Who knows, the remaining two magic weapons may also be related to your two fiancés."

Xu Shanshan had noticed this matter a long time ago.

The most suspicious thing is that in the original owner's memory, there is no appearance of the divine fortune teller. In her cognition, there is only such a person, but all the information about this person has been erased.

The fortune teller mentioned by others is sometimes a white-haired old man, sometimes a white-haired young man, sometimes a mysterious Taoist priest, and sometimes a middle-aged fortune teller...

She lowered her eyes and smiled softly: "All these weird things are just to hide some unknown truths. Don't think too much. When everything is back on track, the truth will come out."

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The rain stopped and the dark clouds gradually dispersed, but it was already getting late. Misty fog began to invade Black Island. The iron-like ships had already sailed near the dock. The officers, soldiers and prisoners on the coastline were waiting nervously with their weapons on full alert.

Fang Yingjie recognized that this was the Wei family's warship, but the problem was that the Wei family would never launch artillery shells to intimidate Hei Dao, so he also made various speculations and analyses.

But one thing is certain, it is definitely not a good thing.

However, after waiting from dawn to dusk, the other side approached, but the people on the ships did not get off. In the dark night, those ships were like ghost ships, looming in the fog and water, eerie and unpredictable.

"Why hasn't my second sister come back yet? Isn't this the Wei family's ship? Didn't she say that the head of the Wei family is her fiancé?"

Xu Shanshan dug her nails into her flesh, and Xu Shuishui asked worriedly, "Will my second sister be arrested?"

Mo Han was calmer: "I just observed that only seven of the dozen ships came over, and the rest were behind... This is very wrong, like two separate teams. I suspect something went wrong with the Wei family."

Fang Yingjie had just run back from the shore. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and panted, "They didn't land, but I'm getting more and more nervous. I plan to dive up to find out what's going on."

"I'll go with you. I know ducks and water." Mo Han said.

Fang Yingjie refused: "You can't do it. You don't know martial arts. What if you encounter any danger? I'd better pick a few good fighters to go with me."

"Wei Qiyao has a lot of good guys around him. If you tell them about it, they will definitely follow you to save Wei Qiyao." Mo Han suggested.

Fang Yingjie nodded: "Okay, you all hide quickly. If something happens, I have to protect you for Master Xu. Otherwise, I will have a hard time explaining myself when she comes back."

Mo Han looked at him deeply: "People like you... can you really be loyal to one person? If she doesn't come back, all you have done will be in vain."

Fang Yingjie frowned angrily: "Which one am I? I know, you think I am two-faced and fawning on the powerful, right? But in this world, it is difficult for people to distinguish between loyalty and treachery. Only loyal officials are allowed to betray, but evil people are not allowed to be loyal."

Mo Han didn't mean that, he just found it hard to trust people's hearts.

"Miss Xu is a noble lady. I believe she will return safely. You should take care of yourself too." Mo Han said.

Fang Yingjie clenched the hilt of the knife and said, "I have sensed that a disaster is going to happen this time, but I cannot die. I still have one very important thing to do. If I die like this... I will regret it for the rest of my life. Therefore, I am not loyal to Master Xu. I hope that Master Xu can turn the tide and save Hei Dao!"

Mo Han was right. People like him had rotten hearts and lungs and were not good people.

His life was a gamble, and now he placed all his chips on Xu Shanshan. If he won, he would get what he wanted, and if he lost, it was just his bad luck in gambling, and he deserved to fail miserably. ——

Wei Canghao had been sending people to monitor the actions of the ship driven by Liao Wenchang in front, until the other party anchored at the shore but did not go ashore, as if brewing some conspiracy...

He then ordered: "Go around to the rear."

When night fell completely, Wei Canghao still received no news from the hijacked ship.

He had intentionally let his guard down at the beginning because he had received news in advance that someone would take the opportunity to hijack the ship, but he had made preparations long ago and had ambushed a group of people in the hidden board of the ship, waiting for the right time to join forces with him from inside and outside.

However, he had not received any signal, so he thought there must have been some unexpected incident.

"Master Wei, Xiao Cheng and the others have been silent. This is very strange."

Wei Canghao's chief officer looked more worried as time went by.

The ship owner said, "No, what's even more strange is how Liao Wenchang managed to steal our seven ships without anyone noticing. Do you find it confusing?"

The other ship's officers were also puzzled.

There are about dozens to hundreds of people on a ship. If they replace them with their own personnel, the ship will inevitably be overloaded. But if someone kills someone and dumps the body, there will inevitably be a lot of noise, and it is impossible for them not to notice it at all.

But their movements were too small, so small that it seemed as if all the configurations on the ship were still the same, only the control had been changed... But the soldiers on the ship of their Wei family were all picked from hundreds, and in addition to their abilities, their loyalty was also very high, so it was not possible for all of them to be obedient.

"I'm afraid some unusual means were used." Wei Canghao said.

They looked at him suddenly: "What do you mean, Lord Wei?"

"Although we have this guess, is there any way in the world to quietly control the entire ship's people for a short period of time at sea, and not expose them until they step into the territory of Black Island?"

Wei Canghao is not too sure now, but it is also very simple to confirm it all.

That night, he and a team of personal followers sneaked onto the ships where Liao Wenchang and others were. These ships were all built by the Wei family, and they were familiar with their structure and layout.

There was no one patrolling the ship...not even a guard on deck?

Weird.

Moreover, the thick fog around the ship made visibility even more difficult at night. After climbing onto the hijacked ship, Wei Canghao found that the ship was very quiet.

After walking around the deck, I found nothing. Then I went back into the cabin and met someone...

They were all wearing the uniforms of the Wei family's sailors, but even when facing Wei Canghao and others, they did not react at all. They were confused and dazed, like wandering souls.

"What's going on? Why do they seem to be unable to see us?" Chief Officer Fu Haiyun asked in surprise.

Wei Canghao flashed and arrived in front of the Wei family sailors, but they still did not react.

He observed that his face was very pale, his lips were dark, and his eyes were particularly black, but they reflected no light and were as dull as stagnant water.

"Is this poisoned or...wait, do you smell anything strange?"

Fu Haiyun felt like there was some strange smell in the air. After inhaling it hard through his nose, he began to feel his head becoming unclear.

He became alert and quickly covered his mouth and nose.

"You guys leave the cabin first!" Wei Canghao turned around and said sternly: "Go!"

All his sailors turned into ghosts wandering in the night. Wei Canghao knew neither medicine nor occult arts, so he had no idea whether they were poisoned by a Gu or bewitched. But since he was on the ship, he had to conduct a more in-depth investigation.

The others did not dare to go in any further and obeyed the order to leave the cabin. But as soon as they went out, they seemed to hear some beautiful humming in their ears, which dragged them into a fantasy country like a dream.

Wei Canghao, who was still in the cabin, had no idea what was happening outside. He had lived by the sea since he was a child and had learned a kind of tortoise breathing technique that allowed him to hold his breath for nearly quarter of an hour.

He walked a short distance inside and found many strange small lights placed inside the boat. He had never seen such small lights before. The white transparent lampshades were shaped like jellyfish, but the flames inside were blue.

A thin stream of smoke came out from the lamp, lingering in the air for a long time and slowly flowing throughout the cabin.

...The strange smell they smelled just now must be this smoke.

The narrow cabin passage winds forward, and its depths seem to lead into a small world isolated from the rest of the world.

Wei Canghao did not stop. He found more things wrong. He saw that some characters were painted on the wooden board with a pungent paint, and there were red runes all around.

They wrapped around the room like a round cocoon, and everything seemed so strange and terrifying.

Xu Shanshan once said that there was an evil master on the ship. Now, when he saw these strange and incomprehensible things, he actually felt that what she said might be true.

He stared coldly at the room and was about to take a step forward.

At this moment, a chilly air crept up his neck from behind, as if someone had blown a breath of cold air at him. He turned his head suddenly, and the next second his pupils shrank. His eyes were like torches, but he remained calm in the face of danger and kicked forward, but missed...

-

Xu Shanshan and Maomao were standing on the deck, feeling the pleasant night breeze. She also heard the beautiful songs coming from the sea. The seductive siren-like humming did not make her lose her mind, and her pupils were still clear.

bang——

There was a dull sound of something heavy hitting the ground, and a breath of water vapor and cold air appeared behind her, but Xu Shanshan knew who it was and did not look back.

"Xu Shanshan..."

The deep and magnetic voice is amazing in the wind.

She turned her head slowly, and a strong wind blew in, causing the hem of her clothes and belt to flutter.

Wei Canghao was soaked, his face was covered with frost, and his clothes were tightly attached to his body, outlining his tall and slender figure. The tight muscle lines were faintly visible, exuding a wild and charming mature masculine charm.

The dark flame of righteousness in his eyes was even more captivating than the tune of the bewitching monster.

"Can you really deal with that group of evil teachers?"