In the past three months since she woke up, after being able to walk around as usual, she would also walk around during the day when nothing happened.
I learned from the people around me that this place is an unnamed island in the outer sea.
In the outer sea, there are countless islands like this, most of which are uninhabited islands.
As for the inhabited islands, more than half of them were occupied by pirates. Only a small part of the island was left inhabited by law-abiding fishermen, who made a living by going out to sea to fish.
The place where she, Grandma Lu and the little old man lived was one of the few relatively peaceful inhabited islands.
There are only a few dozen households, not many people, but the fishermen are more friendly.
"Miss Tianbao, are you out walking again?"
Walking along the path in front of the house, you can see the busy figures of the women on the island who get up early to dry fish.
Seeing Tianbao appear on the road, a woman wearing commoner clothes and a headscarf greeted her with a smile. She and the people around her seemed to be accustomed to Tianbao's appearance and were not surprised at all.
Recognizing that the other party was the person who had given some stools to the family, Tianbao nodded towards her and hummed.
"Hey, there's nothing interesting to see in this area. Except for rocks and weeds and trees, the rest are all dried fish, hahaha!" The woman was cheerful and had a smile on her face when she spoke. She turned her head and looked into the distance. He rolled his eyes and kindly reminded, "Miss Tianbao, just wander around the area. Remember what my aunt told you, never go to the south of the island..."
She lowered her voice slightly as she spoke, "There are pirates living over there! They are a group of murderers who kill without blinking an eye!"
"Pirates?" Tianbao paused and looked at the woman, "Have pirates robbed at sea, can they encounter ships and people from the Central Plains?"
"I don't know about this. You should be able to encounter it, right? Those pirates, any passing ships will be robbed if they see them. They come from everywhere, and there should be some in the Central Plains..."
The woman's tone was uncertain. Most of the ordinary people who lived on the island were aborigines who were born and raised here. They had lived and died on the island all their lives. They had only heard of the "Central Plains" but had never been to it.
For them, the Central Plains is too far away.
"Miss Tianbao, why are you asking about the Central Plains? I heard that it is a fairyland on earth, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, rich people, and the people there even use jade cups to drink... It's a pity that we can't go there." The woman said and looked at Tianbao's eyes were a little more curious and inquisitive.
Tianbao raised her lips and smiled, "I heard someone mention it, so I asked a few more questions. Auntie, you are busy, I will go over there for a walk."
"Okay, don't go too far, come back early, otherwise you'll have to worry if Grandma Lu can't find you when she comes back."
Tianbao continued to walk slowly along the road.
Even though we were walking far away, we could still hear the whispered conversations of women in the distance behind us.
"Miss Tianbao doesn't look like the people on our island. She just asked about the Central Plains. Couldn't she be from there?"
"I don't know either. Grandma Lu mentioned it before. She only said that she came here as a homeless person. She didn't say where she came from."
"No matter where they come from, the two of them are old and the other is young. They are both good-natured and not evil people."
"indeed……"
Tianbao rubbed his ears, with no expression on his face. I don’t know if it’s a good thing that his ears are so good.
With slow and leisurely steps, Tianbao walked along the south direction. About thirty feet away from the South Island, he found a large hidden stone and lay down on it, listening to the corner of the wall in broad daylight.
From this position, she could hear the pirates talking within a radius of thirty feet.
It's not that I want to hear about the Central Plains, but I want to find some way to make money.
She heard Mammy sighing and worrying last night.
She has no habit of letting old people support her.
"The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I don't know if I can get on a merchant ship this year. Damn it, life has been really hard these past two years!"
"What can be done? The Central Plains is already in chaos. With fighting and fleeing everywhere, who has the heart to do business? Even if they do, they can only lick blood from the edge of a knife and have some ability."
"Humph, last year Lao Sang's group next door squatted with a caravan, thinking they could make a fortune, but they were almost wiped out! The war in the Central Plains, damn it, made it impossible for us as pirates to survive!"
"Lao Sang's fault is that he didn't have eyesight and didn't recognize the soul-calling flag of the Killing Palace. He deserves to be unlucky! He was the one who broke the regiment, and the rest of the survivors were deliberately released alive. They deliberately let the survivors come back to report the news. Spread the word and serve as a warning to others!”
"What a bastard! That Shadian has only been around for two years, how can he be so arrogant!"
"What happened in two years? For two years, the Killing Palace Ghost Emperor took the head of a Nansang Emperor every year and hung it on the plaque of the Jinluan Palace. Do you dare? The former Nansang Emperor, and then the Nansang Supreme Emperor! Look, next year it should be the one who just succeeded The new emperor of Nansang is here! He has the ability to make the big country of Nansang hold a national funeral every year! The war in the Central Plains was started by the Ghost Emperor alone. If you encounter him, I advise you to run away quickly, lest you actually go to see him Yama!"
"Why is he challenging things? He is also from the Central Plains. What are the benefits of doing this?"
"Who knows, Xu just wants to destroy the entire Central Plains. An unreasonable lunatic!"
"Okay, okay, don't talk about him, I'm so scared! Let's go to the north and look for some wine money from those fishermen!"
Tianbao opened his eyes and tilted his head.
There are ways to make money.
She turned over and sat up, not in a hurry to go back, she just sat there and waited quietly, very patiently.
When a group of burly men came swaggering from the south carrying big swords, Tianbao picked up the lumps of dirt on hand and threw them at their feet. He said condescendingly, "The lumps of dirt are the boundary. If you want to cross the border, give me money."
The big men looked up when they heard the sound, only to find an ugly girl with a scar on her face sitting on a high stone by the roadside.
"Hahahaha! Ugly thing, what did you just say? Tell me again, please listen carefully?" The big man at the head laughed wildly and pointed at his nose, "You asked me to give you money?"
Tianbao looked at him quietly, "Didn't you hear that? If you want to cross the border, you have to give money."
"You stinky bitch who doesn't know how to live or die! I'm going to drag you down and strip you naked right now - ow!"
Before the man finished speaking, he felt his eyes blurred, his mouth hurt, and then his mouth was filled with blood.
In front of his toes, next to the lump of dirt, lay half of his tongue.
He couldn't even see clearly how the other party made his move!
The man's eyes were about to burst, "Uh-uh!"
The accomplice behind him slashed at the woman with a sly face and a knife.
Under the boulder, there was movement and movement for a moment.
Tianbao still stood there, stepped on the chest of the big man lying on the ground, and reached out to him, "You have crossed the line, give me money."
The big man's eyes were red and he was speechless.
What a bastard you are!
I was dragged out of bounds by you, you motherfucker!
But he was under someone else's feet, and he was no match for them. The pirates were also afraid of death, so they obediently took out the money and handed it over to others.
The woman put the money in her arms and kicked back the big men who crossed the border one by one, "Don't go to the northwest of the island, or I will kill you."
"...We paid the toll!" A big man roared angrily.
"Just passing money."
Not the money to go to the northwest of the island.
The pirates who made a living by robbing were robbed, "..."
Damn you!
