PDLP Chapter 348 My Grandpa is a Pirate
Chapter 348 My Grandpa is a Pirate
"Xu Yong?"
Xu Yiyi blurted out Grandpa Xu's name, then stared intently at the person in front of her for a reaction.
"Who are you talking about? I don't know them."
The masked man paused slightly, then merely scoffed, "You've mistaken me for someone else."
His voice remained hoarse and low, deliberately masking his original tone, but the winding scars on his knuckles couldn't lie.
"Grandpa! You've never said you were a pirate."
Xu Yiyi spoke with sarcasm, looking at the old man in front of her with a mocking gaze.
I had guessed before that this person might have been a pirate, and it turns out it really was.
No wonder the villagers usually pool their money to buy large fishing boats, but he alone was able to come up with so much money to buy one.
So it was stolen by pirates.
Despite her confident tone, Xu Yong remained unmoved. Suddenly, he flipped his wrist, revealing the dagger's cold glint, and pressed the blade tightly against Xu Yiyi's neck.
With the slightest movement, blood spurted out.
"Let's go!" Xu Yong chuckled.
Xu Yiyi calmly looked up at him and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Why so much nonsense?"
……
The sand and dust on the training ground were blown up by gusts of sea breeze. Everyone turned their heads and saw Xu Yong dragging Xu Yiyi onto the steps.
An uproar ensued!
"Let her go!"
Zhao Cheng shouted sharply, his sword already drawn from its sheath.
Old Lu was even more enraged, plunging his iron spear into the ground with a clang, sending shards of stone flying: "You dog, how dare you run wild under your grandfather's nose?"
Lin Ke immediately threw away the booklet in his hand, drew his twin swords, and said with a grim face, "Release her, and I'll spare your life."
Xu Yong sneered, pressing the dagger down slightly, and once again, streaks of blood spurted from Xu Yiyi's slender neck.
"Please get this straight now, the person is in my hands, you have no right to negotiate with me." Xu Yong shook his head helplessly.
"Hand over the fish-shaped talisman, and she'll live. Otherwise..." he sneered, "we'll all die together."
"Fuck your motherfucker!"
A-Yue brought the escaped men back, and seeing the scene before her, she quickly nocked an arrow, her bow drawn to the fullest and aimed at Xu Yong. "There's no fish tally in the sunken ship! Where are we supposed to go to deliver it to you?"
He narrowed his eyes, annoyed by the glint of the arrow.
Xu Yong said in a icy tone, "Then there's nothing to discuss."
“I went into the water myself to retrieve it, and there was indeed no fish token found in the boat. Grandpa, your plan… has backfired.”
Xu Yiyi spoke calmly, as if she expected Xu Yong wouldn't do anything to him.
Suddenly, he loosened his grip on Xu Yiyi's hand, tore open his clothes, and revealed that his waist was wrapped with gunpowder with fuses hanging down. With just a spark, everyone present could be blown to pieces!
Everyone paled in horror, but Old Lu grinned maliciously: "Who are you trying to scare?"
Before he finished speaking, the iron spear shot out like an angry dragon from the sea, aiming straight for Xu Yong's throat!
Xu Yong twisted his body strangely, sliding away from the tip of the spear like a fish, and slashed straight at Lao Lu's wrist with his backhand.
Lao Lu quickly retreated half a step, sweeping his spear horizontally. Xu Yong lightly leaped onto the weapon rack with a light touch of his toes, using the momentum to flip over, and the cold glint of his dagger aimed straight for Xu Yiyi's back!
"clang!"
She was prepared and drew her sword to parry, the sound of metal clashing rang out.
Xu Yong used the momentum to retreat, throwing out three smoke pellets from his sleeve, which exploded into a cloud of gray mist.
"Cough cough... This bastard!"
Zhao Cheng swung his sword to disperse the smoke, but Xu Yong was nowhere to be seen.
……
"Do you know him? You must know him!"
Old Lu sheathed his spear, strode up to Xu Yiyi, his eyes filled with doubt, but his tone was very certain.
"He never intended to kill you."
He couldn't possibly be wrong; the thief's dagger aimed at Xu Yiyi had no intention of killing her at all.
Xu Yi glanced at Lao Lu but didn't say anything.
"Grandpa Xu?"
A-Yue walked up to Xu Yiyi and lowered her voice; Xu Yiyi had noticed it too.
Xu Yi nodded.
"He's really not an ordinary fisherman."
The two were whispering to each other, and Lao Lu overheard everything.
He glanced back at Lin Ke, then wisely refrained from speaking.
There were so many people present, especially with the old-fashioned and pedantic Zhao Cheng among them.
If they knew that Xu Yiyi's grandfather was a pirate, it would probably hinder Sanchuan and Sihai's future careers in officialdom.
Lin Ke brought over the wound medicine and looked at Xu Yiyi's slender neck with concern: "Let's apply the medicine first."
"There's no need for that, we'll be going into the water later anyway."
Xu Yi took out a handkerchief from her bosom and casually wiped the bloodstains off it, her gaze falling on a wet account book.
Lin Ke flipped through the yellowed pages with his fingertips. The pages were densely filled with records of how much gold he had sent to Prefect Zhang of Linzhou on a certain date and how much silver he had given to Admiral Liu of the Navy.
The further you turn the pages, the more horrifying it becomes.
His knuckles were slightly white.
"What? Is there a problem?"
Xu Yiyi noticed something was wrong and looked at him with a hint of doubt.
Lin Ke slammed the booklet shut, avoiding her gaze.
……
The afternoon sea breeze swirled around Xu Yiyi as she lay on the deck sunbathing.
The cook wielded a large iron ladle, stewing together various dried scallops and cured meats looted from the pirates' kitchen, along with freshly caught sea fish. The thick, white fish soup bubbled and simmered, its aroma wafting for at least half a mile.
"These bastards know how to enjoy themselves. I should have become a pirate too."
Old Lu munched on a braised pork hock, oil splattering onto his clothes, clearly not opposed to being a pirate.
Xu Yiyi sat on a small stool, slowly picking out fish bones, ignoring his crazy ramblings.
After lunch, when I looked up again, the sea had returned to its clear state. The blood foam that had been churning earlier had been washed away by the seawater, leaving only gentle waves licking the hull of the ship and making a series of sounds.
"Open the box!"
At Lin Ke's command, the sailors shouted and pulled the winch.
The iron chains creaked as they lifted the boxes from the sea, each box emerging from the water with a glistening curtain of water that refracted colorful halos in the afterglow of the setting sun.
By the time A-Yue counted the twenty-third box, the sky had already turned a golden-red, and even Lao Lu's deeply lined face was bathed in warm light.
"I'm going to strike it rich! I've never seen so much money in my life."
Old Lu's cheers startled a flock of seabirds that flew past the mast, their wingtips tinged with twilight as they turned and flew toward Snake Tail Island.
Xu Yiyi floated on her back on the water, squinting at the opposite side. The black reef that had swallowed countless lives now looked like a gentle piece of black jade under the setting sun.
It floated quietly in the golden light.
At that time, Uncle was sitting at the entrance of the restaurant, holding Wu Yuan in his arms. His old face was scrunched up, and the baby in his arms had been crying so hard that his face was red and covered with snot and tears.
"Wu Yuan, please stop crying, please stop crying!"
Sihai sighed and brought out the boiled goat milk.
Wu Yuan is hungry, but he doesn't eat.
"Your older sister has spoiled him rotten. He's so clingy and won't let anyone else take care of him."
The wrinkles on Uncle's face looked even more pronounced from carrying him.
Upon hearing this, Sanchuan put down what he was doing, walked over, and gently lifted Wuyuan in his arms.