The journey of three hundred miles was neither short nor long. If the journey was smooth sailing, perhaps it would take one day. However, if the journey was not smooth sailing, perhaps it would take two days, or even longer, to arrive.
However, Ang Lee's luck was not bad. If the journey was smooth sailing, it would only take one day to reach the Ghost Snake Island mentioned by the Black Dragon. He wanted to see if there was really a treasure cave there and what kind of treasures were inside.
The wind on the sea was not very strong, but it was very comfortable when it blew on one's face. Ang Lee stood on the deck and quietly looked at the sea in front of him. From time to time, he could see fish leaping out of the water and seabirds flying overhead from time to time.
"There is a treasure cave on the Ghost Snake Island. This might just be a scheme that the Black Dragon came up with to escape. It might not be true."
Chen Long said. He did not believe that the treasure cave was real. He always felt that the Black Dragon did this on purpose to let him escape easily.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. It's just a waste of time anyway. If the Black Dragon dares to lie, I will make him die a horrible death. I won't let him go easily. If there is really a treasure cave, then we are really lucky. There are too many places in the Tang dynasty that need to be built and a lot of money is needed. Finding a treasure cave can relieve some of the pressure."
The speed of the fast boat was very fast when the wind was favorable. After dark, the Black Dragon and the Black Tiger's boats arrived at the Ghost Snake Island mentioned by the Black Dragon and immediately went to the island to prepare.
"Brother Black Dragon, the treasure cave is on this inconspicuous island. You are not lying to us, are you?"
Black Tiger looked at the inconspicuous island in front of him and said.
Black Dragon sighed and said, "Why would I lie to you? The treasure cave is indeed on the island. I found it myself and did not tell anyone. The entrance was also sealed by me. No one will find it. "
Black Tiger looked at the environment on the island and said, "Brother Black Dragon, let's have a good rest on the boat and go to the treasure cave tomorrow morning."
Although he wanted to go to the treasure cave immediately, the light was very weak in the middle of the night. Black Tiger was worried that entering the island rashly would be dangerous. After all, he did not completely believe the Black Dragon's words. If there was something strange on the island, he would suffer a great loss. Therefore, it was better to be careful.
Black Dragon heard this and did not object. He nodded and said, "Tomorrow morning is also good. There are wild wolves on the island. It is indeed dangerous to move around at night. Then let's go to the island tomorrow morning."
After that, the Black Dragon returned to his pirate ship. Black Tiger also did not go deep into the Ghost Snake Island and chose to return to his cabin to rest. However, Black Tiger sent more than ten brothers to check the island and see if it was safe. If there was something strange on the island, he would be prepared. Black Tiger brought twice as many brothers as the Black Dragon. Therefore, he had enough manpower to mobilize and did not need to worry that the Black Dragon would suddenly attack.
Half of the brothers sent to the Ghost Snake Island were Black Tiger's original pirate brothers and the other half were soldiers of the Tang dynasty. They mixed together and searched the island. Their mission was to investigate more and make sure that there was nothing abnormal on the Ghost Snake Island so that they could safely go to the treasure cave tomorrow.
The group held torches and carefully searched the island. Because they were not familiar with the island, they were very careful with every step. They were afraid that they would encounter danger and fall into a dangerous situation.
"It's too slow to search together. Let's split up! We'll split into four groups of three and search together. We can complete the search faster. The sooner we finish the search, the sooner we can go back. "
A soldier of the Tang dynasty suggested.
"But it's too dangerous here. It's too dangerous for us to split up. If there is an emergency, we won't be able to rescue in time."
"It's okay. Although we split up, we shouldn't be too far apart. Let's stay a hundred steps apart! This way, even if there is an accident, we can rescue in time. "
"Okay, it's decided then."
After the discussion, they began to split up and explore. They held torches and could clearly see the situation around them within ten steps, but they couldn't see further. They were very cautious for fear of encountering danger. However, the island was indeed very dangerous. After searching for a while, they began to suffer casualties. They didn't encounter wolves as the Black Dragon said, but poisonous snakes.
After several people were bitten in succession, the remaining people hurriedly carried the wounded back and hurriedly looked for good medicine to treat the injuries. However, it was not easy to treat the injuries caused by the poisonous snakes. The poisonous snakes on Ghost Snake Island were very poisonous. It didn't take long for several people bitten by the poisonous snakes to lie on the ground and couldn't move. It didn't take long for them to die. These people who were bitten were all Black Tiger's former brothers. None of the Tang dynasty soldiers were bitten. This was entirely due to luck. When the Black Dragon learned of this, his mood became very bad. These were all his good brothers who had followed him for many years, but they died just like that. He wanted to go over and settle accounts with the Black Dragon, but the Black Dragon didn't say that there were no poisonous snakes on the island. However, he knew in his heart that the Black Dragon must have known that there were many poisonous snakes on the island and deliberately didn't tell him. He was afraid that the Black Dragon would let him send people to explore the island first and then cause some losses. If he sent more brothers deep into the island and they were all bitten to death by the poisonous snakes, then the Black Dragon could take the initiative and even destroy him wouldn't be difficult. Fortunately, he only sent a dozen people to the island, and none of the Tang dynasty soldiers died. Otherwise, he was worried that Ang Lee would blame him, which would be very disadvantageous for him to atone for his sins and perform meritorious deeds.
"That damn Black Dragon. He didn't even warn me. If he had told me that there were many poisonous snakes on the island, my brothers wouldn't have been bitten to death."
Black Tiger said angrily.
A Tang dynasty lieutenant said, "There are so many poisonous snakes on the island. This is a bit troublesome. If we go to the island with the Black Dragon tomorrow to find the treasure cave, we don't know how many poisonous snakes we will encounter on the way. If these snakes suddenly attack us, then our brothers will suffer a great loss. We have to think of a countermeasure."
"Realgar. Poisonous snakes are most afraid of realgar. If only we had prepared some realgar. Unfortunately, we went out in a hurry and didn't prepare any. This is really troublesome."
Black Tiger said with a frown.
The Tang dynasty lieutenant looked at Black Tiger and said, "If the Black Dragon has been to this island, he will naturally know that there are a large number of poisonous snakes on the island. Now, is it possible that he has prepared realgar and asked him and his brothers to smear it all over their bodies while we didn't prepare realgar? In this way, once all of us enter the snake's nest, the poisonous snakes will only attack us, while the Black Dragon and his brothers won't be attacked by the snakes. In this way, the Black Dragon can take the opportunity to get rid of all of us while they can escape. What a vicious scheme! We were almost fooled. "
Black Tiger was shocked when he heard this. He hurriedly said, "It's really possible. What should we do? How should we deal with it?"
The Tang dynasty lieutenant said, "Let's go find the Black Dragon and ask him to hand over the realgar. If he dares to refuse, we'll tie him up."
Black Tiger nodded. Together with the Tang dynasty lieutenant, he led a large number of people into the Black Dragon's pirate ship. They wanted to find the Black Dragon and ask for an explanation.
"Brother Black Tiger, what are you doing? Why are you mustering so many people?"
Black Dragon said with a little panic.
Black Tiger said angrily, "Brother Black Dragon, are you kidding me? There are so many poisonous snakes on this island. Why didn't you tell me earlier? You caused the death of several of my brothers. How are you going to pay for this? "
Looking at the angry Black Tiger, the Black Dragon said with a smile, "Brother Black Tiger, it's not that I didn't tell you on purpose. It's just that I haven't been here for many years. I don't know the current situation on this island. When I was on this island, there was a small wolf pack on the island. There were more than ten of them. There were also many pheasants and hares. There were even more birds. There were also many trees and plants. Where there are plants, there will naturally be some poisonous snakes. This is not strange. Brother should have expected it. "
Black Dragon's answer was very reasonable. Even Black Tiger could find fault with it. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
"If that's the case, why does the Great have the smell of realgar on him? I smelled it as soon as I came in. Didn't he sprinkle realgar on himself to guard against poisonous snakes? And these brothers also have the smell of realgar on them. The Great has clearly prepared for it. What is his intention? "
The captain of the Tang dynasty questioned.
Black Dragon looked at the captain of the Tang dynasty and frowned. He then looked at Black Tiger and asked, "Brother Black Tiger, why does this brother look so unfamiliar?"
Black Tiger casually explained, "This brother just joined Black Tiger Island not long ago. Of course, I haven't seen him before. However, now is not the time to discuss this. Brother, please explain what happened just now! Brother and my brothers all smeared realgar on themselves. How do you explain this? "
Faced with Black Tiger's questioning, Black Dragon explained, "Brother, don't misunderstand. I was just taking precautions. There is a word 'snake' in the name of Ghost Snake Island. I thought there must be snakes on this island, so I naturally prepared some realgar just in case. Now that I have some left, I'm going to send it to you tomorrow morning. Since you have come in person, I'll save the trouble of sending it back. I'll take it back and use it! Tomorrow, when we go to the island to search for the treasure cave, it will definitely come in handy. "
After that, he winked at his brothers and asked them to take out the realgar powder and give it to Black Tiger.
Seeing that Black Dragon happily handed over the realgar powder, Black Tiger couldn't say anything more. He nodded, exchanged glances with the captain of the Tang dynasty, and then left Black Dragon's pirate ship.
As soon as they left, Black Dragon spat fiercely. His eyes were so angry that he wanted to kill someone. This meant that his plan to use the poisonous snakes on the island to eliminate the Black Tiger's strength was completely ruined. Moreover, it also aroused the Black Tiger's vigilance. As a result, tomorrow's situation would be very unfavorable for him. Although Black Dragon had already planned to give the treasure to Black Tiger, if he could eliminate the Black Tiger, then he wouldn't need to give the treasure away. In the future, these treasures could be used as funds for his rise again. However, all of this obviously wouldn't work. Tomorrow, he would have to personally give this huge treasure to the Black Tiger, who he regarded as a traitor.
"Great Emperor, it seems that Black Tiger has seen through our plan. This isn't good!"
"It's really an empty joy. We planned to use the poisonous snakes to eliminate Black Tiger and his men, but we didn't expect Black Tiger to be so vigilant. He only sent a dozen people to the island to investigate, and as soon as he came here, he smelled the realgar on us. We didn't apply much, and there's not much of a smell. How could he be so careful?"
"It's not Black Tiger who's powerful. It's the new guy beside him who's powerful. He smelled the realgar on us, not Black Tiger."
"What's the use of saying this now? Tomorrow, we can only give the treasure to Black Tiger. I just don't know if they will abide by their previous agreement and let us go after getting the treasure. If he goes back on his words, then it won't be good."
"Yes! Black Tiger only lost a few of his brothers. His strength is still far beyond ours. If he really goes back on his words, then we may not be a match for him! "
"What else can we do? We're fish on the chopping board now. We're already at the mercy of others. What else do you want?"
"That's right. We can only place our hopes on Black Tiger. Hopefully, he'll keep his promise and let us go."
The Black Dragon's confidants discussed together.
The Black Dragon just sighed and didn't know what to say. He was very regretful. If he had known that he would encounter today's situation, he would have made a prompt decision to kill Black Tiger and the others decades ago. If he hadn't given these guys time to develop, then today's disaster wouldn't have happened. But it was useless to regret. Things had already happened, and the Black Dragon couldn't change all this.
On the way, Black Tiger weighed the realgar powder in his hand. The amount was not bad, barely enough for 50 or 60 brothers. Although he had brought more than 100 men with him, he didn't need to let all of them go to the island. He still had to leave some people behind to guard the ship. It was enough to take half of his brothers with him.
"Today, it's all thanks to you, General. If you hadn't smelled the realgar on them, with Black Wolf's personality, he definitely wouldn't have admitted anything. Thank you, General."
Black Tiger looked at the captain of the Tang dynasty and said respectfully.
The captain of the Tang dynasty nodded and said, "I hope everything goes well tomorrow. There really are treasures on this island."
"There must be. The Black Dragon shouldn't dare to lie to us. They only have 50 people, and their strength is only half of ours. Besides, we must have a lot of reinforcements behind us. We won't dare to act recklessly."
Black Tiger said.
The captain of the Tang dynasty smiled and said, "I hope so! Everything will only be known tomorrow. Let's wait patiently! "
After returning to the ship, they began to distribute the realgar powder. They called all the brothers who needed to go to the island tomorrow and distributed the realgar powder to everyone. They also told them to use it tomorrow morning, which would be more effective.
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