Chapter 112

Retreat for progress is our best countermeasure against Xiao Zhang now. As Fu Zhiwen said, Xiao Zhang cares about the ancient tomb and doesn't hesitate to kill people in cold blood, and he knows the intricate maze of the ancient tomb like the back of his hand. He is dark and we are bright. No matter what aspect he stands in, the reality is unfavorable to us. Fortunately, he is only a child after all. In addition to guarding the ancient tomb by cruel means, his mind only stays at the stage of thirteen or fourteen years old. To deal with this obstacle, we can't fight against the enemy, we can only outwit him.

Pretending to leave is actually tempting Xiao Zhang to show up. Otherwise, once we deal with him, not only is it difficult for us to control the time, but someone may be attacked by him again during this time.

"Will he see through our intentions?"

"Even if it's you, it needs to be finally confirmed."

"That's true. However, we've been away from the broken temple for some time. We'll be by the sea in a while."

"Calm down, he's coming."

Whether we can succeed in this move can only rely on Bai Ling. Only she can lock Xiao Zhang's smell. We were all relieved when she said this, but now we are in a forest. With this layer of nature as a barrier, it is not easy for us to start.

We pretended not to know, but deliberately slowed down our pace.

When we walked out of the woods, Bai Ling confirmed that Xiao Zhang was hiding behind a hill only ten meters away from us. We realized that the time had come. I said, "I'm in a hurry. It's convenient to go. You go first and I'll be there later."

Jiang Yilong echoed, "I'm going to pee, too. I'll follow you right away."

Jiang Yilong and I winked and walked around for a long distance. Somehow, we appeared behind Xiao Zhang and blocked his way. Xiao Zhang was startled when he saw us appear out of thin air, but this guy was wild and didn't mess up his square inches. He took a bow and shot arrows. Fortunately, Jiang Yilong and I had some skills and avoided the lethal arrows. Our intention has been seen through by Xiao Zhang. He doesn't care to deal with us. At this time, he wants to hide in the woods and escape. Unexpectedly, Bai Ling suddenly shows up, puts a rope sleeve made of hemp rope around his neck, and takes away his dagger and bow and arrow.

After receiving the signal of our success, Roland and Fu Zhiwen quickly followed. Looking at Xiao Zhang who was tied like a twist by Jiang Yilong and me, Zheng Jie was angry and hated. For a moment, he couldn't help kicking him.

"Little fellow, you're so slippery. It's hard to catch you if you don't want some tricks." Jiang Yilong said proudly.

"I really looked away. I didn't expect that at a young age, people are as murderous as inhumane beasts." seeing Xiao Zhang's experience, although it didn't happen to Roland, she felt it, and even proposed to leave with Xiao Zhang at that time. But unexpectedly, Xiao Zhang shed this layer of camouflage, leaving only cold-blooded and ruthless, which distressed Roland.

At this moment, even if Xiao Zhang's mind is low, he knows that he has been fooled by us. He looks around us with cold eyes and is red in the face. "You, you..."

Jiang Yilong joked, "ha ha... Now you know you've been cheated. It's useless. Eh, no, you can't speak? Have you been pretending to be dumb before?"

Xiao Zhang was able to speak, which really surprised all of us. Fu Zhiwen said with a smile, "this is really an unexpected harvest. In this way, there will be no problem in communication."

"Let me ask you, who are you?"

"Did all my students, except one, die at your hands?"

Facing Fu Zhiwen's question, Xiao Zhang pretended not to hear him and didn't even look at him. Fu Zhiwen was not in a hurry. He said patiently, "Xiao Zhang, if you say something bad, you are now the fish in the case. You can't live or die by yourself."

Xiao Zhang looked at Fu Zhiwen coldly and said, "anyway, I'm in your hands now. If you want to fight or kill, you're welcome."

Fu Zhiwen said, "what's the use of beating you and killing you?"

"Those four guys died in my hands, and she. If it weren't for this guy, she would also die in my hands. Don't you want to avenge them?" Xiao Zhang said.

Fu Zhiwen thought about it, shook his head and said, "Xiao Zhang, even if you kill you now, they will not come back to life, and there will be no room for turning around. However, if you still have a little human nature, I believe you should have some guilt in your heart more or less. Since this is the case, why not make up for your mistakes?"

Xiao Zhang said, "in short, I killed them, I recognize them. And they deserve to die."

Roland said, "you child, you don't listen to what you preach."

I suddenly interrupted and asked, "Xiao Zhang, even if you have done so many evil things, I still treat you as a brother. As the saying goes, knowing your mistakes can improve nothing. Besides, I know you have your difficulties, but your means are too extreme."

Xiao Zhang snorted coldly without answering.

I said, "if I guess right, when you kill those people, your heart will be painful."

Xiao Zhang said, "why am I in pain? It's too late for me to be happy."

"Don't be stubborn. Those four people were indeed killed by you, but if you really lost your humanity and became no different from the beast, why did you finally let him go?"

"You mean that man?"

"Yes. Since you can kill the four of them unprepared, you naturally have the ability to end the life of the last person alive. But you didn't. You let him live and allowed him to take a treasure inside, didn't you?"

"He's crazy. What's the relationship between killing and not killing? As for that thing, don't mention it."

I helped Xiao Zhang up so that he could lean against the trunk next to him, so as not to work so hard. "Let's not mention the five people before, but you should not forget what happened last night."

Xiao Zhang hesitated and finally looked at Zheng Jie. "You mean her?"

I nodded and said: "I always thought you were devoid of human nature and murderous, but now think about it carefully. When I returned to find Zheng Jie, and then think back to the time when I ran into you, although the two places were not very far away, Zheng Jie was completely planted in your hands at that time. If you really want to kill her, you can do it, and you can still get away calmly afterwards. But you You didn't do that, so it can be seen that you still retain at least some humanity. "

Xiao Zhang said, "I know what you're up to. Don't waste any more time."

Bai Ling said, "in fact, when I saw you for the first time, I paid special attention to you. You wanted to be unfavorable to us several times, but you finally resisted it. It can be seen that your nature is not bad. You just took the wrong road and know how to return. It's still time."

Xiao Zhang looked at Bai Ling in surprise, but he didn't answer. Now Xiao Zhang is much calmer than when we just caught him, and his tone of speech is not as sharp as before.

Fu Zhiwen said, "Xiao Zhang, tell us your origin."

Xiao Zhang said, "why should I tell you?"

Jiang Yilong said, "you know what your situation is now. Even if you want to stop us, do you think you can do it now? Sooner or later, we can find the tomb. At most, it just takes more time."

This is a fact that Xiao Zhang and we face together.

Xiao Zhang hesitated for a long time. Maybe he thought a lot at the moment. After a long time, he said, "on your first day on the island, I knew what you were doing here. To tell you the truth, there are no ancient tombs on the island. There are hundreds of ordinary tombs."

"How is this possible?"

"Believe it or not."

"Since you're not guarding the ancient tomb, what's that? Besides, the little golden man you brought back has a history of at least hundreds of years. Isn't such a thing from the ancient tomb?"

Xiao Zhang said, "if you say no, it's not. However, although there are no ancient tombs on the island, there are things similar to ancient tombs."

"Similar to Ancient Tombs?"

"Treasure."

Since Xiao Zhang became sensible, there have been only him and his father on the island. The village is so desolate and so many homes have been abandoned. Xiao Zhang doesn't know where these people who originally lived in the village have gone, and his father doesn't intend to tell him. However, five years ago, his father suffered a serious illness and died soon. When he died, his father told him to come to the dragon Pulse.

A long time ago, there were hundreds of people living on the island. Although these people came from all parts of the river, they all had several same characteristics, such as abduction, murder, or being cornered by the government. These people came to the island and became pirates by taking advantage of the local environment of ghost island to rob official ships and merchant ships. Of course, sometimes, there are civilians nearby So it will suffer.

This gang of bandits recruited soldiers and horses everywhere, developed rapidly and became a powerful force. Later, they angered the imperial court. The imperial court sent a navy to clean up the pirates, but they didn't expect that the Imperial Navy had been defeated repeatedly. However, the situation became more and more unfavorable to the pirates. Later, the pirate leader realized that being a pirate for a long time was not a good policy, and finally accepted the imperial court's offer.

Fu Zhiwen asked, "pirates? How many years ago did you say?"

Xiao Zhang said, "I don't know the details. At least it was more than 100 years ago."

"Pirate, do you mean Zhang baozi?"

Xiao Zhang nodded.

"Your surname is Zhang, too. Are you his descendant?"

Zhang baozai, formerly known as Zhang Bao, was a famous pirate off the coast of Guangdong during the Jiaqing period. Later, he was recruited by the Qing government and served as Deputy General of Min'an. All of us didn't expect that we went to ghost island to look for ancient tombs, but now we even pulled out a pirate head.