Chapter 13 Doubt

Without a doubt, the name Armand gave Cree a tremendous shock. Although he tried his best to hide it, he couldn't erase the greed and envy in his expression. His eyeballs rolled around as he probed,

"We also investigated the Bell and Wineglass, which you mentioned. It's one of the only three large pirate ships... I heard that there are extra benefits to becoming a crew member on a large pirate ship?"

Fang Senyan said straightforwardly,

"That's right. You'll get a side quest, the end of which points to those three legendary pirate ships."

Cree swallowed greedily.

"So, you mean you're going to take me to the Bell and Wineglass?"

Fang Senyan nodded.

"That's right. The entire port of Tortuga is already surging with undercurrents. Even if the port guards have the guts, they wouldn't dare to forcibly board a ship, otherwise it would easily give the greedy pirates an excuse for riots. So, you can stay on board without worry. Once the search is over, you can escape smoothly."

Cree suddenly said suspiciously,

"Pirates have always been very suspicious. You just joined. How could they let you bring a stranger on board?"

Fang Senyan said lightly,

"So, you must have a very close relationship with me... Put away your damn lecherous gaze. I have no interest in men's asses. You can be my relative, or you can be someone who saved my life before—you have to make those damn pirates think that you are a very important part of my life."

Cree breathed a sigh of relief and said contentedly,

"I think your suggestion is very good, but it's not enough. If we put these two suggestions together, it would be perfect. The identity of a cousin plus a life-saving benefactor would be very convincing. Dear Yan, you extorted me hard at the beginning. It's settled then."

As they spoke, Fang Senyan supported Cree and walked towards the pier outside the port, hiding the guy in the woods by the sea. Then, he signaled the Bell and Wineglass in the port to send a small boat to pick him up. (In that era, it was usually difficult to dredge underwater in the port, so large pirate ships usually couldn't get close to the shore because of their deep draft. Some of the ports that had been used for a long time were often hundreds of meters away from the shore because of serious siltation, so they needed sampans/small boats to make the transition to go ashore.)

Soon, Fang Senyan stood in front of Armand, who was in the captain's cabin. This guy was watching a yellowed nautical chart with his hands behind his back. His slightly thin body was straight, inexplicably reminiscent of a bayonet on a gun.

"What's the matter?"

Armand's hawk-like eyes swept over Fang Senyan, then returned to the map.

Fang Senyan said neither humble nor arrogant,

"I'm very grateful for your appreciation, but I have to live up to this love now. I'm about to get into some rather tricky trouble. In order not to implicate everyone on the Bell and Wineglass, I have to say goodbye to you here."

Armand was still facing away from Fang Senyan, but his pupils looking at the map shrank slightly.

"You are already my crew member, so what you should do is explain everything to me, not try to face it alone!"

A slyness that was imperceptible flashed in Fang Senyan's eyes, and then he said in a deep voice,

"The explosion at the Tortuga port castle a few hours ago, you should have heard about it, right?"

Armand's palms behind his back tightened suddenly, then released immediately, his tone was faint.

"It seems like no one doesn't know about this."

Fang Senyan said very seriously,

"My unfortunate cousin Cree was involved in this terrible incident—unfortunately, he seems to be one of the direct participants in this plan. When I found him on the hillside west of the port, a port guard was about to chop off his head, so I killed the port guard and saved his life—just like he did for me in Manila, Southeast Asia, two years ago."

Armand seemed to ponder for a while, then said very solemnly,

"What are you going to do after you leave the Bell and Wineglass?"

Fang Senyan shook his head, his face slightly dazed.

"I don't know yet. I'll try to hide first, and then find a ship to go to sea."

"Confused! Stupid!" Armand suddenly raised his voice and turned around, "Do you know how big the island of Tortuga is? It's less than a third of the size of Dyke County. Even a child can't walk from the east end to the west end in two days!"

"And the Fogg family has been entrenched here for a hundred years. How long can you and your brother hide? Two days, three days? By then, even if you deny it, it will still involve us. Please don't forget that Scarface Henry took you away in front of dozens of people! Yan, from the East!"

A look of hesitation appeared on Fang Senyan's face, but he stopped talking. Armand said in a tone that hated iron for not becoming steel,

"Implicated? Hey! It's called implicating people when you don't use your brain to do things. I'll tell you again, since you have become a crew member of the Bell and Wineglass, you must take this as the starting point for both doing things and thinking! Where is your brother? Hurry up and call someone to get him on board."

"Sir!" Fang Senyan couldn't help shouting in a tone full of gratitude and guilt.

Armand sighed and waved his hand wearily.

"Go, the Fogg family is in a state of turmoil right now, and they don't have the guts to come to the Bell and Wineglass to act wildly."

Fang Senyan nodded, bowed, and then retreated. But Armand's eyes suddenly shot out two excited rays of light. Fang Senyan's news was truly a huge surprise that fell from the sky for him! For the current Tortuga port, which is declining, these bandits who dare to attack violently are objects that must be killed quickly, but for pirate captains like Armand who have great ambitions, these bandits are rare and valuable assets!

Even if these guys have already alarmed the snake and their strength seems to be quite ordinary, from them, who have successfully attacked the Fogg family, they can directly understand the current situation of the Fogg family and make the most intuitive assessment of this wealthy and weak family! It can be said that it is hard to come by!

From a deeper perspective, although Armand is also very famous, he can only be regarded as the captain of a large pirate ship, and there is still a gap between him and the captains of the three legendary pirate ships. Although the weakness of the Fogg family is obvious to all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. It is impossible for a single pirate family to gnaw it down.

If the great event of looting Tortuga port happens, then several pirate families must unite to work together. Under normal circumstances, Armand can only be in a weak/subordinate position in the alliance, but if he holds the huge bargaining chip of "the guy who survived the last attack on Tortuga Castle," he can naturally rise from the identity of a subordinate to the ranks of leaders.

Fang Senyan precisely valued/aimed at this point, and made a posture of deep loyalty to advance by retreating, so that Armand took the initiative to order people to stay! This is ten times better than begging him.

And when Fang Senyan was preparing to board the sailor's sampan to pick up people, Scarface Henry had already rushed over with three pirates fully armed, saying that the captain had ordered them to come and escort them for fear that they would encounter any trouble. Fang Senyan was quite grateful on the surface, but he was sneering in his heart that Armand was still not calm enough, for fear that the cooked duck would fly away, and he did it so enthusiastically.

Cree, who was in the hidden place on the shore, was naturally waiting like years, just like ants on a hot pot. Therefore, when he saw Fang Senyan leading four pirates who looked like they were extremely fierce and had a sense of security rowing over, he was almost moved to tears.

When he safely boarded the Bell and Wineglass, he suddenly relaxed. He immediately felt that the leg injury at the beginning was very painful, and he couldn't help groaning. Cree's physical attributes were originally low, resulting in poor recovery, and the stab on his leg was not light, and he rolled and crawled on the ground trying to escape, resulting in excessive blood loss. Naturally, a minor injury was dragged into a serious injury. He asked Share, the part-time ship doctor on the pirate ship, to take a look, and simply bandaged it again, washed the wound with strong alcohol, and asked him to go to bed to rest.

(ps: By the way, I would like to complain about the level of hygiene in Europe in the Middle Ages. At that time, doctors were usually part-time. Therefore, if you unfortunately travel to the Middle Ages, don't be surprised if you encounter a monk level 5/doctor level 1, or a pastor level 3/doctor level 2 part-time guy. Their treatment methods are also very simple: All those who feel mental discomfort, including but not limited to headache/dizziness, etc., the treatment method is to cut open the veins in your arm and bleed. All those who feel digestive system discomfort, the treatment method is to induce vomiting... For other discomforts, both methods are used...)

Although Armand didn't know how much he wanted to grab Cree's neck and slap him twice, roaring at him to tell him everything he knew, it was indeed a very impolite way to rashly disturb a patient in this era. Of course, the main reason was because Armand had already regarded Cree as something in his pocket—so Cree got a happy rest time. When Cree was rejoicing that he had escaped the disaster, Fang Senyan opened the cabin door and walked in, saying coldly:

"My promise has been fulfilled. What about yours?"