Qiu Wuhen immediately asked the medicine gourd in his mind: "How long will that storm last?"

"For five days."

It's just the second day, and there are still three days left! If you go out at this time, you will inevitably not get into the belly of the storm again. So Qiu Wuhen shook his head and said: "We'd better not take risks, because the wind and waves obviously haven't gone away.

We may come back at any time. In this case, it is better for us to stay still and wait until the storm completely disappears before we set off to ensure safety."

Tie Ao trimmed his gray beard and said to Qiu Wuhen: "Master Qiu, your ability is really admirable! How do you know how many more days this storm will last?"

Qiu Wuhen said: "I am just estimating that storms generally last for several days. This is especially true for such a big storm. It is impossible to say that it will blow today and stop tomorrow, then it will not be called a storm."

Tie Anchor said: "What if the hidden enemy attacks us again?"

General Wang put his hand on the handle of the knife and said urgently: "We were too careless before. Maybe a small number of Japanese pirates escaped to the mountain. Let's rest for a while and then conduct a thorough search of the entire mountain tomorrow morning. We will definitely catch the murderer.

To avenge our fallen brothers."

After Wang Shenjiang asked, he found out that Qiu Wuhen and the others had seen footprints on the beach when they came back. There were more than a dozen people. It was estimated that a dozen people had floated to the island from the water, but they didn't know who these dozen people were.

Not the enemy who killed that soldier?

Qiu Wuhen said: "We'd better be cautious. Well, although our ship is safe by the canyon, it can also be easily taken advantage of by the enemy, because the enemy is too close to us and he can jump directly to the deck from the canyon.

.And if a stone falls from the canyon, it will damage the ship. It is better to leave the cliff and drive the ship to a wide area of ​​​​the harbor away from the sea. This way we have a wide view and we can prevent the enemy from sneak attacks on us."

General Hong immediately said: "Master Qiu, I may not be as familiar with the sea as you are, and I don't know how you got the news about the reefs and islands, and led us to escape here. But when it comes to marching and fighting, you

It's not as good as me. The more we are at this time, the less we can retreat. We have to fight him face to face. What you just said is right. We parked the boat above the canyon. If others want to attack, they can jump directly from the top of the canyon.

Once on the ship, we will have to fight him hand to hand."

"And in fact, haven't you thought about it? This is exactly what we want. What we are most afraid of is that they hide, and what we are least afraid of is that they do it openly with us. If we confront each other openly and openly, we will

Is a team of five to six hundred people still afraid of a dozen of them? Just afraid of them hiding. If we search the entire island at this time, then we are equivalent to breaking it into parts, and in some places they may very well pose a threat of hiding.

Let’s defeat them one by one.”

"The reason why we were able to escape the encirclement and suppression of more than 20 Japanese pirate ships before was because of our flexibility! So we should stay still and remain unchanged to cope with any changes, and stay on the big ships to strengthen our vigilance."

General Hong adopted Qiu Wuhen's opinion and said: "In that case, let's wait for a few days. When the storm subsides, we will leave. During this period, as long as he doesn't mess with us, we will let them go."

They went back each other, and Qiu Wuhen returned to his boat. Butterfly asked him anxiously: "How was it?"

Qiu Wuhen said: "We have encountered trouble again. It may be that the Japanese pirates have drifted to the sea. But it should not be surprising. Let's be cautious."

Butterfly said: "These Japanese pirates are really lucky. Such a big storm last night didn't kill them."

After being attacked by the cow water tank, the butterfly suddenly became more at ease and no longer rubbed against Qiu Wuhen.

Of course Qiu Wuhen also discovered this change in Butterfly, and he was naturally happy. He said: "Human life is the most tenacious, and now the most dangerous situation can be finally overcome, so don't worry, the enemy will come instead."

Okay. If he doesn't come, hiding in the dark will cause trouble. The terrain on this island is complicated. We have to continue searching for them, but we will fall into their trap. Anyway, we don't want to capture this island, we are just taking shelter from the wind temporarily.

, we will leave when the storm subsides, there is no need to risk searching and fighting them desperately."

Butterfly nodded and said: "I think you are very calm. This decision couldn't be more correct. It should be like this."

Qiu Wuhen told the cow water tank: "Don't run around if you have nothing to do. It's safe to stay on the boat. After all, we have hundreds of people, so we are not afraid of them."

The cow water tank made a sound and said: "I am just reading and writing in the room."

"now it's right."

At that moment, they went back to their houses respectively. Qiu Wuhen and Niu Shuitan lived in the inner room, while Butterfly lived in the outer room. Sleeping until midnight, they suddenly heard a noise. Qiu Wuhen got up all of a sudden, and saw that the butterfly was gone, so he hurriedly

After chasing him out, he saw Butterfly standing outside.

Qiu Wuhen said: "What's wrong?"

"I heard a noise over there. I didn't know what it was about. So I came out to take a look."

Qiu Wuhen said to them both: "You stay here, I'll take a look."

Butterfly glanced at the cow water tank and said to Qiu Wuhen: "It's best if I go with you. It might be a local aboriginal. I wonder if there are any aborigines on this island? I want to see the situation. If I find that it is aboriginal,

As for people, maybe we have to find a way to contact them, otherwise they will attack us. Because they don't know what we are here for, and maybe they think we are here to conquer them, so they attack us."

Qiu Wuhen nodded in admiration and said, "It's completely possible. Okay, you go with me and the water tank too."

Obviously, Butterfly did not expect that Qiu Wuhen would not only let him go, but also let the cow water tank follow him. Since they were both going, he would take them both with him.

Butterfly did not speak. The two of them followed Qiu Wuhen to the big ship where the sound came from. Their ships were all close to each other. The two merchant ships were relatively small, but the Ming army's ship was taller. The only way to get up was through a ladder.

Qiu Wuhen climbed up the ladder to the big ship.

Several soldiers helped him climb up beside the boat and said: "Master Qiu, General Hong is just about to ask us to call you! You are here."

"What happened?"

"One of our soldiers was killed by an enemy bow and arrow."

Bows and arrows are different from guns. Bows and arrows are silent and are best used for assassination. They came to the boat. There was a corpse lying on the boat with an arrow stuck in the back. The arrow had already been shot into the back of the heart.

Qiu Wuhen looked at General Hong and the others who were standing next to the corpse, and then looked around. At this time, the Ming army's ship was taller than the other two ships, and the ship's deck had almost reached the top of the cliff.

It is only more than ten feet high from the top of the cliff, and there are many jungles on the top of the cliff. From the cliff, you can jump directly to the deck of the ship. At the same time, from a hidden corner of the cliff, you can easily kill the deck with an arrow.

Soldiers on board.

Qiu Wuhen said: "Have you sent anyone to search?"

"Not yet, I want to discuss it with you before deciding."

Qiu Wuhen squatted down and looked at the corpse, and carefully touched the tail of the arrow with his hand. Surprisingly, no fingerprints were found on the tail of the arrow. This was strange. He opened the bow

When holding the arrow between the thumb and index finger, and then hanging it with a wrench, no matter what the action is, the fingerprint of the thumb finger should be left on the tail of Guanghua's arrow. Why not this one? Even the incomplete fingerprints were not found.

It's really strange.

Could it be that the archer is wearing gloves or covering all this with a gauze scarf?

Qiu Wuhen couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He took his hand and extracted the fingerprints and palmprints on his hand. After comparing them, they were inconsistent with those on the arrow. The arrow was definitely not real, and the fingerprint comparison also proved this.

.

Qiu Wuhen tried to imitate the fallen posture among the dead, and judged the direction where the arrow landed, which was in the woods.

Qiu Wuhen said: "You send a team of people to search the woods with me. I want to see if there is any evidence?"

"If you go now, the murderer may have escaped long ago."

"The murderer must have escaped. There is no way he is just waiting there. I am not going to catch the murderer this time, but to look for clues."

General Hong immediately sent a group of soldiers to escort Qiu Wuhen up the hill with torches for lighting. This group of soldiers held shields in one hand, torches in the other, and swords hanging on their waists. Once they encountered the enemy, they could use them immediately.

Guarding with a shield and attacking with a short sword, there is still a way to deal with archers.

Qiu Wuhen did not let them go in front, but he walked in front holding a torch. He did not want these soldiers to destroy all the traces.

He went up to the hill, and finally came to the location where he had just visually predicted that he might shoot an arrow. From here to the boat, it was only about twenty or thirty steps to the top of the hill, and then it was downhill. Of course, from the other side of the hill

It is impossible to accurately shoot the arrow into the ship, so the murderer can only be on the hill, and beyond is the cliff. There is no place to stay on the cliff, so this area should be the place where the murderer shot the arrow.

Qiu Wuhen held a torch and carefully searched the area. However, he searched the entire area of ​​several feet and found no traces. There were no footprints on the ground. There were no fingerprints on the relevant trees, and the grass was all long.

It's neat and tidy, with no signs of lodging left by anyone squatting here or walking past.

This is strange. Could it be that the murderer is an extremely skilled person who flies on grass? Or he is squatting on a tree and shooting arrows. That is also impossible, because the distance between the trees on the hill is relatively large, and he

There is no need to hide in the trees! Because there is no security guard on the sentry post. In other words, there is no Ming army sentry post. There is no need for others to hide from the trees when approaching the ship. They can just duck down and follow the grass.
Chapter completed!