Chapter 724: Jin Banhua, Who Knows Everything
Chapter 724: Jin Banhua, Who Knows Everything
But when everyone pieced together the clues...
Chu Liuxiang turned to Jin Banhua, both surprised and understanding, "So you knew everything all along?"
Jin Banhua thought for a moment and admitted, "Actually, everything was quite obvious, wasn't it?"
Hu Tiehua's eyes widened in disbelief, "But why didn't you say anything? You just watched us flail around like headless flies?"
"Why should I?" Jin Banhua replied nonchalantly, "They're just a bunch of pirates. If they die, they die."
"But he wanted to kill us too!" Hu Tiehua exclaimed.
"Didn't you survive?" Jin Banhua asked.
Zhang San gave Jin Banhua a strange look, then turned to Chu Liuxiang, "This friend of yours, is he exceptionally clever or overconfident? All the pirates on the ship are dead, but he doesn't seem to care about what we should do next."
Only Chu Liuxiang and Zhang San knew how to sail, but even with their skills, they couldn't control such a large ship.
Chu Liuxiang didn't know how to react to Jin Banhua. Looking at Hua Zhenzhen, who was supporting Jin Lingzhi as she walked in, he could only say, "Let's go find Ding Feng in the lower cabin first."
...
As expected, Ding Feng's body was nowhere to be found, and Gou Zichang had also disappeared.
The small boat at the back of the deck, kept for emergencies, was gone. The food in the cabin was still there, but all the water containers had been smashed.
In the cabin, looking at the six empty coffins, Zhang San felt like crying but couldn't shed a tear. He turned to Jin Banhua, "You know everything. Did you ever consider the current situation?"
Jin Banhua rubbed her chin, thinking that the plot was different from the original story. It seemed that Ding Feng had overheard her and didn't want Gou Zichang to continue with the self-mutilation act, so he had taken him and fled.
"I did." Jin Banhua nodded.
Zhang San was dumbfounded, "You did?"
Jin Banhua raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Who do you think I am? This trivial matter is nothing to me. It was all within my expectations!"
"A trivial matter?" Zhang San stared at her, "Okay, then what do you plan to do next? Will you fly back?"
Jin Banhua replied as if it were obvious, "Of course, we'll wait for rescue. There are ships all over the ocean; we just need to wait for one to come by."
Zhang San: ???
Chu Liuxiang shook his head with a smile, his expression calm. He looked at the few words Ding Feng had left in the coffin: [Chu Liuxiang, I'm leaving this place to you!]
In addition to his name, the other coffins also had the names Hu Tiehua, Jin Lingzhi, Ying Wanli, Bai Lie, and Zhang San written on them.
Ying Wanli let out a bitter laugh, "Not only did he prepare coffins for us, but he also figured out our backgrounds."
Bai Lie's face turned grim as he glanced at Jin Lingzhi and said angrily, "It's one thing for them to want to kill us, but why did they have to kill Miss Jin too?"
Jin Lingzhi's body swayed unsteadily, and her face turned pale.
Chu Liuxiang sighed, "Of course, it's because Jin Lingzhi betrayed him."
So Chu Liuxiang asked Jin Lingzhi about Bat Island, and she admitted that she had been there and learned the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements. She also showed fear when talking about Bat Island.
But when asked why she gave Ding Feng's blood-stained robe to Chu Liuxiang...
Jin Lingzhi refused to answer.
"But in the end, he achieved his goal." Ying Wanli sighed, "First, he made us suspicious of each other with his schemes. Although he didn't kill us all in the end, he managed to escape and trap us here.
The group fell silent.
"Why aren't any of you speaking?" Jin Banhua suddenly asked.
Zhang San couldn't help but say, "We're all going to die, what else is there to say?"
Jin Banhua smiled, "Didn't I say that we can wait for someone to come and save us? You don't understand me at all. Look at Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua, they aren't worried at all because they trust me."
Zhang San looked at Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua, and indeed, they didn't seem too concerned.
Chu Liuxiang smiled faintly, "Although I don't know what else Jin Ge has up his sleeve, the fact that he didn't stop Ding Feng and Gou Zichang after knowing everything shows that he must have a plan."
Hu Tiehua spoke in a carefree manner, "He's the son of a wealthy family in the capital, the owner of the White Jade Beauty, the one who killed Shi Guan Yin with a single sword, and Yin Ji's brother..."
Zhang San stared at Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua in disbelief, "Because we can only wait for death, have you gone mad too?"
Hua Zhenzhen couldn't help but smile, just as she was considering whether to reveal the truth, she saw Jin Lingzhi pointing at a corner of the cabin, "What's that?"
Following Jin Lingzhi's finger, the group saw the long box that belonged to Gou Zichang.
Hu Tiehua dashed over and lifted the box, "Indeed, this is Gou Zichang's box."
Zhang San asked in confusion, "He values this box more than his life, how did it end up here?"
Bai Lie asked, "Could it be that the box is empty?"
Hu Tiehua shook her head, "It's not empty, it's still quite heavy, at least a hundred pounds."
Zhang San's eyes lit up, "Could this box contain the gold, silver, and jewels he stole from Kaifeng Prefecture?"
Chu Liuxiang shook his head and smiled, "If this box truly contains priceless treasures, even if Gou Zichang himself forgets about it, Ding Feng would never forget."
Zhang San was taken aback by his words, "What's inside it then?"
Hu Tiehua smiled, "No matter what's inside, why not just open it and take a look?"
Bai Lie's eyes flashed, "Let me open it, alright?"
Chu Liuxiang furrowed his brows slightly, "Be careful, Bai Ge. Since he left the box here, he might be trying to tempt us to open it. It might contain hidden crossbows or poisonous smoke. In my opinion, it's best not to open it."
But Bai Lie was here for this case, and with the box that might contain stolen goods right in front of him, there was no way he could resist taking a look.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Bai Lie took the box from Hu Tiehua's hand and drew out a short dagger that shimmered with a cold light.
However, before he could even unlock it, he felt a tingling sensation in his arm, and the box was suddenly in Chu Liuxiang's hands.
Bai Lie was startled, and instinctively, he was about to make a move when Ying Wanli appeared by his side, "Commander Chu is always cautious. Listen to him, he won't lead you astray."
Chu Liuxiang placed the box down and retreated, still holding the short dagger.
But just as he had taken a few steps back, Jin Banhua stepped in front of Chu Liuxiang.
Chu Liuxiang asked curiously, "Jin Ge, do you have something else to say?"
Jin Banhua nodded, "Since we know this box might be dangerous, why open it now?"
At this moment, Bai Lie was quite displeased with Jin Banhua, "Because you didn't say anything, and now we're in a desperate situation. If we don't open it now, when will we?"
"Of course, we'll wait until we're on another boat, and then you can open it there." Jin Banhua said, "Just in case there's explosives inside, and we all get blown to the heavens."
Bai Lie humphed, "They've already trapped us out at sea, why bother setting more traps?"
Jin Banhua snapped her fingers and pointed at her forehead, "Because they're prepared for this situation."
The next moment, a cheerful voice penetrated the deck and traveled downward, "Jin Ge, Chu Ge, is that you in the small boat leaving the ship?"
(End of Chapter)
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