Zhang Heng used these two days to do some exercise, and his physical strength was rapidly recovering after eating the food carefully cooked by Malvin. By the second night, he could move around effortlessly, but There is still a big gap between him and his peak.
But there was no time left for him. According to their current sailing speed, they would reach Nassau as early as tomorrow morning.
He and Malvin must get rid of the body in the barrel tonight.
Owen visited Zhang Heng after the meal, exchanged a few words, and asked him to rest well and not worry about work. Zhang Heng expressed his gratitude, and then came Goodwin, who came over to chat with him for a while. He used to be a sailor on a supply ship. life.
Towards the end of the night all the sailors climbed into their hammocks. Zhang Heng was not in a hurry and waited for another hour to make sure everyone was asleep. Then he got up from the bed and walked into the kitchen through the sounds of snoring.
Malvin was already on pins and needles there. Most of the candles on the table had been burned out. He was holding a potato in his hand and pretending to peel it, but his mind was not on it at all.
Hearing the footsteps outside, he immediately said subconsciously, "Mr. Dufresne, I will finish it soon and go to bed right away..."
In the middle of his words, he looked up and saw the person coming in. He breathed a sigh of relief and said with some annoyance, "Why did you come so late? Do you know how many times I have been asked why I haven't gone to bed yet? If I go down, I will be suspected."
"Give me an excuse to explain why you didn't sleep or drag this thing out when everyone was awake. Which behavior do you think is more dangerous?" Zhang Heng asked.
Marvin smiled coquettishly when he heard this, "I'm not blaming you, I just think that maybe we have a more secure way..."
Zhang Heng interrupted him, "The sooner this problem is solved, the sooner we will be out of danger, whether it's me or you, so if you really care about your own safety, we should take action now."
This time, Malvin finally said nothing and lifted the barrel with Zhang Heng.
The two walked out of the kitchen, walked through the outer corridor and storage room, and came to the sailor's cabin door.
Marvin took a deep breath and was about to take a step, but Zhang Heng grabbed him. Then he saw a pirate getting up from the hammock, rubbing his eyes. The latter was probably rumbling while eating dinner. After drinking too much, he was woken up by the urge to urinate in the middle of his sleep. He hurriedly left the sailor's cabin. After a while, he wandered back with his pants up and fell on the bed.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Zhang Heng nodded to Malvin, and the two of them continued to lift the barrel. The farmer's son felt that his heart was about to pop out of his throat. He didn't know how he moved step by step. The time it took to move to the boat ladder seemed as long as a century.
The turning of any pirate nearby or the whispering in his sleep would frighten him.
It wasn't until he walked out of the sailor's cabin and climbed to the upper floor that the tension in Malvin's heart eased slightly, and he lowered his voice and said, "What should we do? Go to the deck?"
"No, there are patrols there and there are people at the helm. It's hard not to be discovered by them if you go up there." Zhang Heng said, "The rooms on this floor were originally prepared for passengers. The windows are big enough to send the bodies out. I used to How are you doing with the matter you were asked to check?"
"Well, our original room is now occupied by people from the vanguard," Malvin said, "but there are two other rooms that are now empty because they were too badly damaged. There is insufficient wood on the main ship, and the places that do not affect navigation can only be built first. Leave it alone.”
"Very well, then lead the way."
The two rested for half a minute. Malvin was in front and Zhang Heng was behind. He carried the wooden bucket to the second to last room at the end of the corridor. Malvin glanced at Zhang Heng beside him, stretched out his hand, and gently Knocked on the door, but there was no movement inside.
The farmer's son then boldly opened the door, and there was no one in the house. In the previous battle, this house had been hit by four shells, and the side walls had almost disappeared. However, because it was far away from the waterline, it was now It was simply nailed with a few wooden boards, and it was still leaking from the wind.
After Malvin put down the barrel, he closed the door immediately and said hurriedly, "Now that we are at the place, let's throw the body off the boat quickly!"
Zhang Hengzheng stood in front of the damaged wall, looked down, and then shook his head and said, "No, there is almost no wind and waves tonight, and the landing point is too high, the sound of the body falling into the water may be heard by the people on the deck. People hear it.”
"What should we do?" Marvin changed his color after hearing this, "We can't wait any longer. This is the last night. If we can't dispose of the body..."
"I didn't say we wouldn't deal with it," Zhang Heng frowned, "It won't do me any good to drag it down. I can find a piece of cable handle and wrap it around the body. As long as I lower it slowly, it will be fine."
"This is a good idea," Marvin immediately turned from worry to joy and praised, "You are still thoughtful, travelers are different, I will go find the cable right now."
As he spoke, he opened the door again, but then the smile on his face completely froze.
The farmer's son's eyes were full of horror, and all the bones in his body were shaking uncontrollably out of fear.
"Sorry, did I disturb your date?" the uninvited guest outside the door said leisurely.
It was an old pirate with a beard on his chin, a tattered gray hat on his head, and a pair of rotten teeth when he smiled.
His eyes fell on the barrel behind Malvin and he raised his eyebrows, "So, is that where poor Vic has been staying these days?"
Zhang Heng made a judgment in the shortest time, took out the short musket from his waist as quickly as possible, and pointed it at the old pirate, but the latter's expression did not change.
"Believe me kid, I've had more salt in my life than you've ever had when a gun was pointed at me, and let me tell you what happens next, you pull the trigger and I get killed, well, for that I have no doubt about it, but the gunfire will wake up the vanguard next door. You will either be hacked to death during the resistance, or you will be executed after being caught. I don’t know which is worse, considering your age and At my age, this deal is a bit uneconomical, isn’t it?”
Zhang Heng was silent for a moment after hearing this. He had already realized that it was not an accident that the old pirate appeared here tonight. The other party had probably been targeting them for a long time, but they had just waited until this time to show off.
But on the bright side, it seems that the old pirate has no intention of bringing justice to the bald man in the barrel, otherwise he wouldn't be the only one standing outside the door now.
Zhang Heng decided to listen to the other party's intention first.
