Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Escape
Lu Jian had no choice but to go back to the cave, and suddenly heard Gu Zhen's voice: "This dungeon, named Jiuyou Jue Prison, was built by Dongdao seniors with ten years of painstaking efforts. For two hundred years, except for me, I only imprisoned two people, and those two were earth-shattering characters, their martial arts were a hundred times better than mine, and they both died in the prison. However, no matter whether the seniors who built the prison or the seniors who were trapped in the prison, I didn’t expect it It turns out that there is such a cave behind this stone wall, if you hadn't come, I wouldn't have known about it."
When he said this, he sighed leisurely, and said, "Lu Jian, I've been a little bit behind on what I just said, please forgive me. However, I thought of an important matter, maybe let us go out."
Seeing that he admitted his mistake, Lu Jian didn't take it seriously, and asked, "What's the matter?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Let me ask first, if there were no sharks, how sure were we of getting away?" Lu Jian thought After thinking about it, he said, "Fifty percent."
Gu Zhen clapped his hands and laughed, "Wonderful, wonderful." Lu Jian was puzzled and asked, "How do we lure the shark away?"
Gu Zhen said with a smile: "If the two of us are fresh and alive, we will only attract sharks to taste it. It is absolutely impossible to lure them away. However, someone can." Lu Jianqi said: "Who is so kind?"
"They didn't have good intentions, but they had to." Gu Zhen said, "I knew a little about the situation on this prison island before I came. The prison island is divided into inner island and outer island. The inner island is where you and I are. There is no house on the inner island, no ships, it looks like a deserted island."
Lu Jian remembered what he saw that day and nodded repeatedly.But Gu Zhen said again: "There are no ships on the inner island, one is for concealment, and the other is to prevent criminals from taking the ship and escaping, so the ships are all on the outer island hundreds of miles away. If there is something important, the head of the inner island can use it." The albatross contacted the outer islands and dispatched ships from the outer islands. But even so, it was hard to be safe. You must know that there are many prisoners on the prison island who are outstanding in martial arts and unyielding. The predecessors of the school set up heavy iron nets around the inner island, and successively captured hundreds of sharks, and stocked them between the inner island and the fishing nets to form a shark pond around the island; Well, it will also be swallowed by sharks.
"Although these predecessors had a good idea, they did not expect that these sharks are ferocious and have an amazing appetite. The fish and shrimp in the shark tank are far from enough to feed them, so they broke the net desperately, and even killed their own kind. Seeing the sharks fleeing , die. In desperation, Outer Island had to salvage several boats of fresh fish and shrimp every day, and put them into the shark tank on time. Therefore, when the fish and shrimp were put in, the sharks would gather beside the boat and compete for food. You can use this time to escape."
After hearing this, Lu Jian felt a glimmer of hope in his heart, and asked, "Senior Gu, do you know when they feed the sharks?"
Gu Zhen smiled and said, "I don't know about this, but it's not impossible to find out."
"How to check?" Lu Jian said worriedly: "There is no sun here, and I don't even know the time." Suddenly hearing Gu Zhen giggling, he stretched out his hand to grab his pulse door, and couldn't help asking, "Senior Gu, what are you doing?" " Gu Zhen said, "I'll take your pulse." Lu Jian said, "I'm not sick, so why do you take your pulse?"
Gu Zhen said: "I'm not seeing your illness, but the time." Lu Jian asked strangely, "Can you also see the time when you feel the pulse?"
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "There is a very famous medical formula in medical books called 'Ziwu Liuzhu'. It is said that on different days and at different times, the human body's qi and blood will pass through different acupoints. 'Yangxi' point, and at the turn of Ji Chou, the blood energy will pass through the 'Taichong' point. Skilled doctors often follow the method of 'Ziwu Liuzhu', and choose different points on time every day to treat different diseases. But if What about doing the opposite? As long as I am proficient in pulse, I can deduce the time and date of the human body according to which acupuncture point the qi and blood pass through. Therefore, the human body is like an extremely delicate clock, which can not only tell you and me The hour can still tell you and me the date, this point, even the western clock can't match."
Lu Jian couldn't help laughing: "Senior Gu, do you know what time it is?"
"I am a genius doctor, how can I not know?" Gu Zhen smiled, "Now your qi and blood are passing through the Shaoshang point. According to the medical formula of 'Ziwu Liuzhu', 'Xin Ri Mao Shi Shao Shang Ben', at this time It's the hour of Xinri."
The two seemed to hit it off by nature, and the rift between them disappeared in a moment, talking and laughing, and returning to the pool.Gu Zhen taught Lu Jian the method of "Ziwu Liuzhu". Lu Jian's hands possessed the power of catastrophe. It was very easy to understand the meridians and feel the meridian movement. It took only three or four hours to learn it.
Gu Zhen said with a smile: "Now there is no problem in calculating the time, the most embarrassing thing is that you and I have to take turns diving through that channel, go to the entrance of the reef, and spy on the movements of the sharks."
Lu Jian sighed: "This is really difficult. With the power of robbery, I may be able to go back and forth again, but you don't have the power of robbery, so I'm afraid it won't work."
"Lu Jian, don't you underestimate people?" Gu Zhen snorted coldly, "Although I have no catastrophe, my water skills are no worse than yours, and I have no difficulty diving to the entrance. The difficulty is that I am a little weak when I swim back, but there is no need to worry. Mountain people have their own tricks."
Lu Jianxi said, "What's the trick?" Gu Zhen said, "Let's tear up our clothes and trousers into thin strips, make a long rope, tie one end around the waist of the person who enters the water, and another person holds the other end, and stay by the pool. If the person who entered the water wanted to dive back, he would pull the long rope three times, and the person staying by the pool would feel it and pull the rope hard to give him a helping hand."
Lu Jian hesitated and said: "Isn't that naked?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Two big men, dark and dark, what are you afraid of? Hehe, if you are a woman, this method will be a bit troublesome."
Lu Jian said angrily: "You're a bitch." Immediately, the two of them took off their clothes and pants, tore them into strips, and formed a ten-foot-long rope.Lu Jian wrapped Monk Yu's relic with a cloth and hung it around his neck. Relying on the power of robbery to protect himself, he insisted on going into the water first, and diving down the water was much easier than going upstream, but it was still several meters away from the entrance Lu Jianyao saw that the water at the entrance was changing to blue, but he couldn't see the movement of the sharks clearly. He turned around and pulled the long rope three times. Gu Zhen felt it and pulled him back.
After listening to Lu Jian, Gu Zhen was silent for a while, then suddenly found a sharp and thin stone, cut off his long hair at the root, and said with a smile: "Hair, hair, you have worked so hard to grow it for two and a half years. I think you are too much and too long, I don't want to be so useful today by chance." He dragged his tongue, and his words were like a drama.When Lu Jian heard this, he couldn't help laughing. He also cut off his hair, combined the hair of the two of them, and braided another four feet long rope.
Lu Jian went into the water again and got closer to the entrance. In the blue water, slender black shadows criss-crossed and hurriedly came and went. It was a group of sharks cruising.After a while, he felt short of breath, pulled the rope, and swam back to the pool. Gu Zhen tied the rope, but before diving into the water, Lu Jian said with concern: "Senior Gu, don't force yourself too much. If you are short of breath, pull the rope immediately. .”
Gu Zhen was silent for a moment, then smiled suddenly: "Don't worry, I've got a serious matter, and I don't want to try my best to die." Immediately, he dived into the water, and after about a moment, he pulled the rope and dived back.
For a while, the two took turns entering the water to check the movements of the sharks. About Mo Shen, Lu gradually entered the water, and suddenly saw the scenery at the entrance of Youlan, except for a few clumps of seaweed that were faintly shaking, and there were no sharks for a long time. , pull the rope back.
After hearing this, Gu Zhen also sneaked in to have a look, Fang said: "Sure enough, it's time to feed, but the time is very short. I just swam back, and the sharks had already returned. It took less than two quarters before and after. If you want to escape, you will have to wait." Not enough."
The two were silent for a while, and Gu Zhen said: "We have to take another look." The next day the two continued to investigate, but unexpectedly the food was only served at You Shi on this day, which confused them greatly, but on the third day they returned to Shen Shi, On the fourth day, it turns to unitary time again, and on the fifth day, it turns to shen time.
"According to my guess." Gu Zhen mused, "There should be two groups of people who feed the sharks. One group goes out to sea to fish, and the second group goes to the shark tank to feed. They go alternately. But the fishing ground where the two groups fish It is different, and the time it takes to come and go is also different. Therefore, one group will feed at the same time, but the second group will have to rush back to the shark pond around You hour. Or the two groups of people either have different boats or different fishing abilities. , the second shift catches more fish, and the sharks can eat half an hour longer each time. If we leave at this time, we will have a better chance of winning. So we will set off at 3:00 tomorrow, and we will still dive with one person and stay behind. When the meal started, he pulled the rope around and called the people who stayed behind to enter the water."
It was night, the two of them tossed and turned insomniacly when they thought about the next day's adventure, they pressed their pulses with each hand, remembering the time.At 3:00 the next day, Lu Jian entered the water first, and when he reached the entrance, he didn't even use his eyes to look, but he felt with his hands that the sharks were dropping their tails and heading towards the surface of the sea.Knowing that feeding started, he immediately pulled the rope four times, rushed out of the entrance first, and rose to the surface of the sea.
The sea water was as cold and gloomy as before, but the color of the sea water gradually rose with Lu and became brighter gradually.Lu Jian couldn't help but feel a sense of being reborn from his shell, and it became stronger as he approached the sea surface.
I don't know how high it has risen.All of a sudden, Lu Jian felt that the distant water was turbulent and the waves were spreading. He had been spying on the movements of the sharks for the past few days, and he knew nothing about their activities. The live fish and shrimp thrown into the sea suddenly felt tense, and paddled vigorously. Suddenly, the white light glared at the eyes, and the sound of the water suddenly disappeared in the ears.
After surfacing, Lu Jianchang took a deep breath, pulled himself together, and swam towards the inner island.After a while, it's near the beach.Many of the inner islands are underground, and few come to the surface of the island.What's more, it was almost evening, the setting sun entered the sea, the sunset glow was dim, and there was no one on the beach, and there was silence.
Lu Jian climbed onto the beach, holding the rope around his waist, and passed Jieli along the long rope into the sea. He clearly felt that Gu Zhen tied the rope around his waist and dived towards this direction with all his might.Lu Jian secretly praised Gu Zhen for his cleverness, as long as there is a rope connected, the two will not be separated. In case of exhaustion, Lu Jian can borrow the power of robbery, but Gu Zhen can borrow the power of Lu Jian.
Gu Zhen was still ten feet away from the shore, Lu Jian's heart fluttered suddenly, but he felt that there was a faint difference in the fluctuation of the sea water, and there was a tribulation force coming out of his concentration, but he felt that two giant sharks were rushing towards Gu Zhen from a distance.
Gu Zhen didn't notice anything, just paddling.Shocked, Lu Jian hurriedly retracted the rope.Unexpectedly, the rope was made of rags and hair, after being soaked and pulled repeatedly, it had already come loose, suddenly it was subjected to a strong force, and it was cut off after only being stretched for more than ten feet.Lu Jian plunged into the sea in a hurry, changed his "fish appearance", opened up the sea, and swam towards Gu Zhen.
In the Erjian, the water was turbulent and the undercurrent was surging. Lu Jian and a giant shark grabbed it almost at the same time. Lu Jian grabbed Gu Zhen and swung him in a semicircle in the water. Gu Zhen's left foot touched the back of the giant shark However, it felt cold and slippery, and in surprise, he couldn't help spitting out a string of blisters.
Lu Jian rescued Gu Zhen, but when he felt the sound of the water beside him, another giant shark rushed towards him. Before he could change his mind, he pushed out with an elbow, which hit the upper jaw of the giant shark. Gradually the tip of the elbow, with a stream of blood.
The two giant sharks had been hungry for many years, and now they smelled the blood of the human body, they both went crazy, turned and rushed towards Lu Jian.Lu Jian grabbed one person and couldn't disguise his appearance, but he felt the sea water around him churning rapidly, as if it was boiling.Just when he had no idea, suddenly felt that his hands were empty, Gu Zhen struggled to break free, stirred up countless splashes, and swam to the side. The two sharks sensed the water waves and turned straight to Gu Zhen.
Lu Jian regained his breath, caught up in disguise, and rushed out with both hands, grabbing the tail fin of a giant shark. Although the shark's skin was smooth, Lu Jian's hands possessed the power to find the weak spot of the tail fin. It was the giant shark. In the gap between the tailbone and the spine, Lu Jianmeng snapped and tore off the giant shark's tail fin.
Although the giant shark didn't feel any pain, the tail fin was suddenly torn off, and he still felt very uncomfortable. The shark's tail was drooping weakly, and the giant shark also turned back and forth, like a ship that lost its rudder, unable to control its course, wanting to He wanted to go west, but when he swam, he went east again.
Lu Jian hit the evil shark hard, but before he was overjoyed, he suddenly felt another shark turn around in lightning and open its mouth to bite.He couldn't dodge in time, but he felt that the shark seemed to be bumped hard, passed close to him, and took a bite.The power of calamity came out, and I knew that it was Gu Zhen who came. Seeing that the giant shark turned around to bite Gu Zhen, it changed into a "big sumeru" and hit the giant shark's back.
The giant shark was hit and sank more than ten feet, Lu Jian took the opportunity to pull Gu Zhen and swim towards the island with all his strength, the giant shark did not give up and chased after him.Seeing it arrived, the two separated again. The giant shark went to bite Lu Jian, but was kicked by Gu Zhen from the side, almost breaking his stomach. Wanting to bite Lu Jian, Gu Zhen kicked him again.
For a moment, that giant shark became a ball for the two of them, kicking back and forth, not knowing who to bite, and amidst the entanglement, the two of them approached the beach with one shark.The giant shark was finally exhausted and had no choice but to give up its prey and turn back to the sea.
The two climbed up to the shore, looked back, and saw a sharp shark fin slowly sinking into the water, couldn't help but looked at each other and laughed, the sky was not completely dark at this time, this meeting made Lu Jian tongue-tied.Gu Zhen, however, seemed to have forgotten the danger just now, and was very proud. He grabbed the stone and threw it into the sea repeatedly, cursing: "Dead and stinky fish, eat your grandfather? Haha, there is no way."
Lu Jian was stunned, and said in a stuttering manner: "Gu... Gu Zhen, you, you are not a senior..."
Gu Zhen turned his head, and by the rippling light, he saw thick eyebrows and bright eyes, a broad forehead and a straight nose, his lips were well-defined, cut like a knife, and his white teeth were exposed when he smiled. Judging by his appearance, he was actually the same as Lu Jian Similar handsome young man.
"Did I say that I am a senior?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "If you want to call yourself, what can I do?"
Lu Jian was angry and anxious, and fell to his feet, "You, you..." Gu Zhen hooked his fingers and said with a smile, "Good young man, call me senior, quickly call me senior." Lu Jian snorted angrily. Turning around and leaving, Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Little monk, you are naked, where are you going?"
When Lu Jian heard this, he realized that he was completely naked and had no hair, just like a naked monk.Unconsciously, her face was red and her ears were red, and she covered her lower body with her hands.Gu Zhen laughed and said, "The most urgent thing is to find a suit of clothes first."
Lu Jian said, "Where can I find clothes?" Gu Zhen said, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger cub? Naturally, I went to the dungeon to look for it." Lu Jian frowned and said, "I just got out of the dungeon, and I'm going in again?" Gu Zhen said: "Just getting out of the dungeon and not getting out of the prison island is not considered a win." Speaking of the word "win", his eyes flashed sharply, revealing excitement.
When it was dark, the two sneaked near the entrance of the dungeon.Gu Zhen pulled Lu Jian back and whispered, "Don't you find it strange? How important is this dungeon, and there is no one at the entrance?"
Lu Jian said: "It's a bit weird." Gu Zhen said: "There must be a hidden pile near here." Lu Jianqi said: "A hidden pile?" Gu Zhen said: "It's a master lurking in the dark."
Lu Jian thought for a while, pressed his hands on the ground, and the power of calamity spread, and said in a low voice, "There are four ten feet to the northwest, three ten feet to the east, and two ten feet to the southeast." Gu Zhen laughed. : "Is this the ability of you as a slave? How did you do it?"
Lu Jian said.Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Wonderful, the current method is to avoid the strong and attack the weak, and capture the two in the southeast alive first." The two made a big circle on tiptoe, and arrived near the two hidden piles, where the two were hiding together. After the boulder, wait with bated breath.
Gu Zhenyun wrote in Lu Jian's palm, "I'll be the bait, you'll be the hook."
After writing it twice, Lu Jianwu was stunned, and Gu Zhen came out quickly, bowed and tiptoed, and rushed past the two people's hiding place, deliberately making small noises with his feet.When the two heard it, they got up suddenly, one left and one right rushed towards Gu Zhen, seeing that he had succeeded, but they couldn't prevent the huge force from the back of their heads, they were dizzy and black-eyed, and both of them passed out.
Gu Zhen turned around, dragged the two of them to the seaside with Lu Jian, Fang smiled and said, "You really are." He laughed and said: "If you can't catch up, I will admit defeat, just because if you don't have the courage and ability, not only will we not be able to get out of this prison island, but you are not worthy to be my partner."
Lu Jianqi said, "What partner?"
Gu Zhen chuckled, and answered the irrelevant question: "Put on the clothes first." Immediately, he took off the clothes and pants of a hidden pile, and put them on.Lu Jian followed suit.
Gu Zhen said, "Lu Jian, if I want to interrogate a prisoner, you must agree to me. No matter what I say or do, you are not allowed to interrupt or take it seriously." Lu Jian felt strange and agreed casually.
Gu Zhen said: "If a gentleman says something, it's hard to chase." Lu Jian said: "That's natural." Gu Zhen laughed and said: "What a gentleman." Immediately, he tapped two hidden acupuncture points, first made one fall asleep, and then used The sea water woke the other up.The man was ignorant, first slapped Gu Zhen twice in the mouth, and then he was about to shout, but Gu Zhen covered his mouth and said sharply: "I have a question, you have to answer, and I will ask your accomplice later, If the confession doesn’t match, hum, if it doesn’t match one, I’ll cut off your nose, if it doesn’t match two, I’ll gouge out your eyes, if it doesn’t match three, I’ll cut you to pieces and feed the sharks.”
Lu Jian gasped when he heard it, but he had to say something first, so he could only keep silent and watch.But Gu Zhen said: "You promised, just blink."
The hidden pile was intimidated by his momentum, blinking his eyes, Gu Zhen let go of his mouth and asked: "When will the supply ships from the outer islands come to the inner islands come?" The man said: "Usually at noon." Gu Zhen Zhen said: "How big is the ship? How many ships are there?"
The man said: "There are three yellow harriers for four people." Gu Zhen snorted and said, "The owner of Prison Island is the inner island or the outer island?" The man said: "The owner of the prison island is often on the outer island, rarely Come to the inner island." Gu Zhen sneered and said: "The inner island is not as happy as the outer island, and Ye Fan is still lazy and hardworking, and his nature is hard to change."
The man wondered: "Do you recognize Island Master Ye?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Not only do I recognize him, I still call him Uncle Ye." The man was surprised and said: "You, you are?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "I It's called Gu Zhen."
The man froze, and lost his voice, "You, you are not..." Gu Zhen laughed and said, "Is it in Jiuyou Prison? Unfortunately, I have great powers, and I have already come out." The man wanted to cry out in horror, Gu Zhen had already slapped him, knocking him unconscious.
Gu Zhen woke up another person, coaxed and threatened, and asked the same question again, and verified that it was correct, which shows that these two hidden stakes are the first to save their lives, and they are by no means brave and fearless.
Gu Zhen also knocked out the second person, and searched their belongings, and found two daggers, two waist cards, some hidden dart weapons, some dry food for the night, clean water, and a cowhide rope, which was obviously a bundle. human thing.
Gu Zhen smiled unconsciously and said, "Ah, I have everything you need." He bound the hands and feet of the two with cowhide ropes, and sealed the mouths of the two with cloth strips, and said, "Lu Jian, take these two and hide them on the rocks. In the back, it’s easy to keep watch. I have something important, so I’ll come as soon as I go.” After saying that, he picked up a dagger and went straight away.
Lu Jian guarded the two of them, eating a little dry food when he was hungry, and drinking a little water when thirsty. Watching the sky getting darker, he felt worried, not knowing what was the important thing that Gu Zhen said?It would be too dangerous to sneak into the dungeon alone.Thinking of what Gu Zhen asked the two hidden posts, he couldn't help thinking: "He asked the way, maybe he wanted to seize the fast ship that delivered the supplies and escape from the island."
Just as he was thinking wildly, he suddenly saw Gu Zhen coming back holding a sword, looking tired, he didn't say much, ate some dry food and water, fell asleep.
After a while, I suddenly heard a call from a distance: "Li Jia, Sun Gong." Lu Jian was startled, Gu Zhen also woke up, and said with a smile: "They found that the hidden stake they set up is gone." Lu Jian saw him At this time, he still didn't care, and felt very awkward in his heart.
Those people yelled a few times in unison, and someone cursed: "These two bastards must have sneaked back and found an empty cell to sleep lazily." Someone also said loudly: "Yes, I played all night. The sea breeze, this hidden pile of vigil is really not done by people, after this night's watch, I will sleep for three days." The group cursed and went away in a while.
Lu Jian looked back, but saw that Li Jia and Sun Gong had already woken up, their four eyes were rolling around, and they heard their companions going away, all showing fear and despair.
Gu Zhen patted the two of them on the cheeks, and said with a grin: "Don't worry, at least you all have some kind of respect. When I escape, I will naturally let you go." Reduced, as if facing ghosts and monsters.
Later, there were island soldiers patrolling the island, and the four of them moved along with the situation, but they were not in danger.Seeing the sun getting higher and higher, Gu Zhen cheered in a low voice suddenly, pointing to the distance, Lu Jian raised his eyes and saw three fast yellow harriers appearing on the sea, speeding towards the inner island.
Gu Zhen looked at Li Jia and Sun Gong, and smiled slyly, the two felt their hair stand on end, and then the back of their heads shook, each received a slap from Gu Zhen, and passed out.
Gu Zhen knocked the two of them unconscious, and shouted to Lu Jian, "Hurry up." Lu Jian said, "Are you going to seize the boat?"
"Take a fart." Gu Zhen pulled Lu Jian, ran to a rock, dug in the sand, pulled up a cover made of grass stems about a foot in radius, revealing the dark hole, Gu Zhen shouted: "Jump down. Lu Jian hesitated and said, "Why?" Gu Zhen said anxiously, "Let's talk about it later."
Lu Jian had no choice but to jump down, but felt that the sand inside was still wet, and it was a newly dug sand cave. He suddenly understood that Gu Zhen went out at night and returned in the early morning to dig this sand cave.But Jue Guzhen also jumped into the sand cave. After entering the cave, he grabbed two handfuls of sand and sprinkled it on the lid, before carefully closing it, he said with a smile: "The hole is a little smaller, so it's okay."
Lu Jian couldn't help but asked, "Why hide it?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Do you think that when I asked those two idiots, I wanted to capture the fast ship delivering supplies and escape from the inner island?" Lu Jian said: " Is not it?"
Gu Zhen said: "Even if we can capture the fast ship, can a small boat that can carry a few people cross the vast sea and return to the Middle Earth?" Lu gradually understood, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not."
Gu Zhen said: "Don't say that the boat is too small to cross the sea. Even if we capture the fast ship, we will only have one. When dozens of fast ships from the outer islands catch up, will you still be able to escape?"
Lu Jian smiled bitterly and said, "There's no escape."
"That's it." Gu Zhen said, "That's why I won't seize the fast ship that transports supplies. If you want to escape for your life, you must seize a battleship. This battleship must not only be large, but also covered with iron armor to withstand shelling , and carry multiple Frangler guns, enough to sink any pursuing ship."
Lu Jian was surprised: "Is there such a sea boat?" Gu Zhen said: "Yes, I have been on that boat." Lu Jian wondered: "But how can you be sure, that boat will come to the inner island."
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Although I don't say that I'm sure, but I'm sure." He paused, and then said, "Do you still remember the conversation I had with that hidden pile? I gave him my real name, Isn't that right?" Lu Jian said, "That's right, he seems very surprised."
Gu Zhen chuckled, and said, "It's no surprise if you're not surprised. Someone escaped from the Jiuyou Absolute Prison, and this person is still the number one criminal on Prison Island. Tell me, will this alarm the owner of Prison Island?"
After finishing speaking, Lu Jian was silent for a long time, and felt strange: "Why didn't you answer?" But Lu Jian let out a long breath, and said in a harsh voice: "Are you the number one criminal in the East Island? What crime did you commit? ?”
Gu Zhen sneered and said: "If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about. If someone wants to frame you, it is not easy to convict you." Lu Jian said in relief: "So, you were framed by someone?"
Gu Zhen said: "I can't explain this matter clearly. I went out this time to find out." His words were ambiguous. Lu Jian originally thought he understood, but after hearing this, he felt confused again, but Gu Zhen said: "The conversation I had with An Zhuang was actually just a round-up. I let him know on purpose, and then told everyone through his mouth: I, Gu Zhen, not only escaped from the Nine Nether Prison, but also might have gotten into Huang Harrier who was transporting supplies. The fast ship fled to the outer island, waiting for an opportunity to seize the ship and go away."
Lu Jian suddenly realized, nodded and said, "That's right, everyone must think so."
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "In this way, there must be two things on and off the prison island: the first is to block the sea route; the second is to search the outer islands to prevent me from taking the boat and escaping. But I didn't escape at all, they What happens if you can't find anyone?"
Lu Jian pondered and said, "If it were me, I would go to Jiuyou Jue Prison for verification. See if you are still there?"
"You're not a wooden fish head yet," Gu Zhen said with a light smile, "but to open the Jiuyou Absolute Prison, there is only one person who can do it, and that is the island master of Prison Island, one of the five gods of East Island, Ye Fan .”
Lu Jian said in amazement, "Another East Island Five?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "That's right, this Ye Fan is not only one of the five, but among the five, he has the highest martial arts, and what we have to do is to win Get off his boat."
When Lu Jian heard this, he couldn't help moaning.Gu Zhen chuckled and said, "Good boy, you've been scared out of your wits by the Nine Transformations Dragon King." Lu Jian thought of the fact that he called him a senior, and he was so brave that he used the "Prince of the Heavens" to kill Gu Zhen. Twisting his hands behind his back, he said in a hateful voice: "How old are you, how dare you call me a junior, hum..." The sand cave was so narrow that Gu Zhenteng couldn't move it, and said in pain, "A gentleman uses his mouth but doesn't move his hands."
Lu Jian snorted, let go of his hands, and was suddenly elbowed by Gu Zhen, which hurt his heart and lungs. He immediately shook his head, and a "boar face" hit his mouth.Gu Zhen's mouth was bleeding, he snorted, and stomped on Lu Jian's toe.Lu Jian gasped in pain.Although he has the power of catastrophe, Gu Zhen's tricks are extremely vicious. Apart from stepping on his toes, he pokes his eyes, picks his nose, twists his ears, and pulls out his vagina. In such a tight place, it's hard to guard against. He was much taller, and he couldn't restrain him for a while, but suffered a little dark loss.
The fight was fierce, when they suddenly heard rustling footsteps in the distance, the two of them stopped suddenly, and after the sound of footsteps passed, Lu Jian said angrily in a low voice: "A gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands, but you said that?" Zhen sneered and said, "You are a gentleman, and I am a villain. A villain must speak and act."
Lu Jian was furious, and was about to fight again, when he suddenly heard a voice in the distance: "Brother Ge, I seem to hear voices."
The two people in the cave were silent for a moment, and they dared not move again, but they heard the other person laughing and said: "Is there anyone else? Birds don't shit on this island, and turtles don't lay eggs. I'm afraid you'll get sick if you stay too long." Lah. Hehe, do you miss my sister-in-law? After these two days, I changed shifts and went back to the outer islands. I have fun with you.” The person before said with a smile: “You will talk nonsense, you are a bachelor, how do you know What kind of couple's happiness?"
The two chatted and laughed for a while, and went away.Gu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, run for your life first, don't fight any more, and I won't tell you to be a good young man." After a pause, he asked again, "Yes, how old are you?" Lu Jian said, "I'm twenty."
Gu Zhen gasped, and said, "You're actually two years older than me, so I'm eighteen." Lu Jian said in surprise, "So you were locked up when you were fifteen and a half years old? You're so old, What crime can you commit?" Gu Zhen laughed and said nothing.
Knowing that he would never say anything, Lu Jian turned around and said, "I'm afraid your plan won't work. If the owner of Prison Island is more powerful than the Nine-Change Dragon King, how can we take his boat?"
Gu Zhen said: "If he is on the boat, plus ten you and me, he will never return. But since he came to the inner island, why would he stay on the boat?" Lu Jian suddenly said: "Yes, he must I will go to Jiuyou Absolute Prison."
Gu Zhen smiled and said, "It's not just him who will go. For such a big event, most of the three general managers on the island will also go. As long as the person surnamed Ye is not on the boat, things will be much easier. Ye Fan took the boat from the red-haired pirate. There are many guns and fast boats, coming and going like the wind."
Lu Jian hesitated and said, "What if he doesn't take a boat here?"
"It's absolutely impossible." Gu Zhen said, "The five statues in the East China Sea, big or small, all have eccentricities. It's like the Nine-Change Dragon King's arrogance, but this 'not leaking the eyes of the sea' is the best pomp. Whether you are happy or not, if you travel on land, you can’t ride in a chariot with four horses. If you travel on the river and sea, you must take the red-haired warship. He can handle any changes in Baili with ease."
Speaking of this, the two had no other choice but to wait in the sand cave.After about an hour, I suddenly heard someone nearby shouting: "It's not good, someone is running away, it's not good, someone is running away." Lu Jian recognized Li Jia's voice, and couldn't help being startled, but he heard Gu Zhen slapped him. He laughed and said: "This idiot, I lightly cut the sword on the cowhide rope that tied him, which was enough to make him break free, and he didn't know it until now?"
After a while, the voice turned into two people, it was expected that Li Jia broke free from the leather strap, and also released Sun Gong from the restraints, the two shouted and ran away, and then they heard a loud voice responding from a distance, a group of people Shouting wildly, the island was full of commotion, Gu Lu and the two of them only felt the sound of footsteps nearby, as if there were countless people running back and forth above.
The two were tightly packed in the sand cave, and both could feel each other's heart beating faster, one must know that at this moment the pawns don't notice, once they are found, the two of them are in such a situation, there is no other way but to tie their hands.
Fortunately, those footsteps sounded for a while, and then became silent.Suddenly, hearing the sound of birds chirping, Gu Zhenxing opened the lid with a narrow gap, looked out, and saw several albatrosses passing by, flying lightly towards the outer island.
Gu Zhen closed the lid, retracted into the cave, and said with a smile, "It's half done." Hearing this, Lu Jian was very excited.
After another two hours, it was getting dark.Gu Zhen lifted the lid from time to time to look around, the terrain he chose was facing the outer island, if there was a boat coming, he could see it very clearly.
Lu Jianjiu was in the narrow hole, his whole body was aching, and he was feeling uncomfortable, when suddenly he heard Gu Zhen say with a low smile, "It's coming." He hurriedly asked, "What's coming?"
Gu Zhen said: "Ye Fan's boat." Lu Jian was surprised and delighted, and admired him unconsciously, and praised: "Gu Zhen, you are really clever." Gu Zhen smiled and said, "If you want to survive, you must Put more thought into it, in fact, the most difficult part of my escape this time is the stone wall, without you, I would not be able to get out for a hundred years."
Lu Jian said: "Thanks to Master Yu Monk, if it wasn't for him..."
Gu Zhen cut his mouth coldly: "Monk Yu is dead, even if he came alive, he might not save me, but you did save my life, he is him, you are you, and I, Gu Zhen, will live in this life. I am only grateful to you, that dead monk has nothing to do with me."
Lu Jian was very annoyed, but couldn't think of anything to refute him.Suddenly I heard the sound of silk and bamboo, which was leisurely and pleasant, and then I heard Gu Zhen whispered: "This boat came so fast, take a picture, it stopped... Well, Ye Fan got off the boat, hehe, this guy is known as 'not leaking the eyes of the sea' , dripping water, and now I'm in a hurry, it seems that I really have a lot of face... Damn, Sha Tianhuan, what are you talking about, can't you talk while walking if you have something to say?" He peeked and whispered Cursing, suddenly cheered softly: "Okay, I'm in the dungeon."
Lu Jian made a slight move, Gu Zhen sensed it, and asked strangely, "What are you doing?" Lu Jian wondered, "Aren't you going to seize the ship?"
Gu Zhen said: "How can it be so fast, you have to wait another two hours. At that time, Ye Fan went down to the seventh or eighth floor of the dungeon, and it was too late to return after hearing the news. What's more, such a big sea boat, you and I Is it okay to drive?"
Lu Jian didn't expect this, so he felt dumbfounded, and blurted out, "Then what should I do?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "I have my own ideas."
Lu Jian knew that he was full of tricks, so he didn't bother to ask any more questions, he just felt that all the things that took his heart and mind to use could be entrusted to this person.
Gu Zhen calculated the time, and it was almost the same, and suddenly said: "You can go." The two jumped out of the sand cave, but saw that the sky was dark and the stars were few, Lu Jian couldn't help asking: "What should we do now?" Gu Zhen smiled Said: "Go to the dungeon." Lu Jian lost his voice: "What? How to get in?"
Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Of course we walked in. Aren't we dressed in prison island disciples?" After finishing speaking, he patted the sand off his clothes, hung up his waist badge, and strode forward.
Lu Jian was amazed at seeing him, he was daring with a high mind, his martial arts were really mediocre, but he was really brave, there were few things in this world that he didn't dare to do.
After walking about twenty steps, Lu Jian suddenly felt something, and said in a deep voice: "Someone is coming." Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Understood." Before the figure in front of him appeared, he suddenly shouted: "Password." Come Slightly taken aback, he casually replied: "Fu Lu Shou Xi."
Gu Zhen hummed, and said with a smile: "Is my brother also here to patrol the island?" The island soldier said: "Yes, there have been no such strange escapes on this island for decades, so you have to pretend. Gu Zhen said: "Prison Island is so strict, but I don't believe that prisoner can escape." The island soldier sighed: "It's hard to say, that beast is difficult to urinate, or how could it be imprisoned in Jiuyou Prison? Two Brother, you are done patrolling, do you want to go back to the dungeon?"
Gu Zhen smiled and said, "That's right. I just took a stroll and went back to work. By the way, old man, have you seen the fugitive's appearance?" Hearing this, Lu Jian was startled, but seeing Gu Zhen , but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was talking about someone else.
But the island pawn said with a smile: "I took a look at him when he was in prison, but unfortunately his face was covered with blood, so I didn't see it clearly."
Gu Zhen sighed: "It's a pity that my brother came late, so I didn't have the chance to see it." The island soldier snorted coldly: "It's good not to see, this kind of dressed beast, it's bad luck." Gu Zhen chuckled and said: "Brother said yes."
The three of them passed by, Gu Zhen whispered to Lu Jian: "We only have two hours, we must hurry up." Quickly, he went straight to the entrance of the dungeon, before he got close, he heard someone shout: "Password." Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Fu Lu Shou Xi."
The man said again: "Waist badge." Gu Zhen took off the waist badge, purposely took it to a dark place, shook it, but he didn't see the hidden stake clearly, he let out a sound, and then became silent.
谷缜笑道：“老哥们辛苦啦。”便与陆渐大摇大摆进了入口。因是地牢首层，多为岛上司职者居住。是故沿途火把甚多，亮如白昼，忽听喧哗之声，转过一道门，但见一大群狱卒正闹哄哄围着吃饭，瞧见二人进来，也不在意。
谷缜扯住一人，低声道：“老兄，岛主船上的一个兄弟不慎打破了一枚'幻蜃烟'，迷晕了好几人，急着要解药，叫我来取，我刚来不久，不知道哪儿有呢。”
那狱卒愣了愣，道：“这个解药总管才有，但总管都下到九层去了。”谷缜一笑，弯眉露齿间，竟有些勾人魂魄，只听他恭声道：“方才有兄弟说沙总管还在，他住哪里呢？”
那狱卒见他笑容可亲，不自觉大生好感，也不疑有他，笑道：“是么，难不成他有事先回了。你从这里走，过去转弯第二间铁门就是。”
谷缜谢过，与陆渐快步走到铁门前，却见门上一根铁闩粗过儿臂，上面挂了三把大铜锁。
谷缜觑得左右无人，手一晃，指间多了一根极细极韧的黑丝。陆渐奇道：“这是什么？”谷缜道：“这是一根乌金丝，可刚可柔，入狱前我一直藏在头发里，以备不时之需。不料入狱之后，全是千斤闸门，并无门锁，这东西根本派不上用场。”
说话间，他将乌金丝插入门锁，略一拨弄，便一一打开，沉声道：“你在门外放风，我去去便来。”陆渐答应，靠在门外不远，觑看四周，过得半晌，忽听谷缜在门内询问是否有人，便答“无人”。谷缜闪身出来，手中提着一口木箱。
陆渐怪道：“你真去拿解药么？”谷缜诡秘一笑，尚未说话，忽听脚步声起，似有几人前来，谷缜忙锁上门，与陆渐并肩而立。
忽听来人一声厉喝：“你们是谁手下的，到处乱跑？”谷缜张口便道：“我们是沙总管的手下。总管去九幽绝狱前，吩咐我们给那帮海客送一点儿药，谁知这地牢繁复，我们又刚来不久，竟然迷了路。”
忽听另一人怪道：“你们也是沙师父的手下？”陆渐听得心中咯噔一下，几乎站立不住，敢情这人竟是毕箕。
谷缜却快步迎上，嘻嘻笑道：“敢情遇上前辈，晚辈见过前辈。”说罢便鞠一躬，陆渐原本心怀鬼胎，见状求之不得，忙也随之鞠躬。
毕箕见二人如此恭谦，心中受用，笑道：“免礼免礼，我怎么没瞧过你们？”谷缜道：“我们几日前方从外岛来的。”毕箕将信将疑，瞥了陆渐一眼，陆渐低着头，不觉心跳如雷，谁知他一头短发，服饰也变，毕箕瞧了一眼，竟未辨出，只笑道：“你们怎么像两个和尚？”
谷缜笑道：“我们做过两天和尚，难得叶岛主收容。”毕箕肃然起敬，正色道：“敢情是叶岛主派来的。”转头问同伴道：“他们说的海客，莫不是上次抓了没杀的那几个，你们知道在哪儿么？”
一个同伴道：“我倒是送过一次饭，向前走，逢路口就左转，连转两次，左手第一到第九间牢房都是。怎么，你说送药，难不成是他们病了？”谷缜笑道：“是呀，听说病了好几个。”毕箕笑道：“箱子里都是药吧。”谷缜忙道：“前辈要不检验一下。”
毕箕摆手笑道：“说笑了，怎可如此生分？我叫毕箕，大家以后有的是见面机会呢。”说罢抱拳施礼，与同伴谈笑去了。
谷、陆二人不敢言语，一路快走，待到无人处，陆渐方才颤声道：“谷缜，方才好险。”谷缜道：“险什么？”陆渐低声道：“那个毕箕认得我，想是我光了头，才没认出来。”谷缜笑道：“你这也算险？他若开箱验货，那才叫惨。”陆渐奇道：“怎么？这里面是什么，难道不是药。”谷缜嘿嘿笑道：“药也是药，只是并非解药。”
陆渐听得诧异。两人快步如风，顷刻已到牢房附近。谷缜沉声道：“从今开始，一旦见人，全力出手，不可留情。”
陆渐一点头，刚过转角，便见两个狱卒，当即沉喝一声，纵身扑上，变化“半狮人相”，击倒一人，另一人不及叫喊，陆渐再变“雄猪相”，一头撞出，正中那人胸口，那人一声叫喊堵在嗓子眼里，两眼翻白，昏了过去。
陆渐击昏二人，谷缜却小心放下木箱，取出乌金丝，撬开一扇牢门，忽听门内有人厉声道：“又是哪个王八蛋？”
陆渐听得清楚，喜道：“罗三哥。”那人正是罗小三，啊呀一声，颤声道：“你，你是小陆。”说话间，谷缜陆续打开余下牢门，从怀里取出一支瓷瓶，说道：“陆渐，这是'七煞破功酒'的解药，一人一粒，你来喂他们。”陆渐接过瓷瓶，讶道：“你怎么拿到的？”谷缜笑道：“我不是进了沙天洹的房间么？”陆渐又惊又喜，继而又担忧道：“这药不会有错吧？沙天洹房里可没什么好东西？”
谷缜笑道：“你放心，'七煞破功酒'的解药，我六岁就认得了。”陆渐听得怪讶，但不及细问，转身给众人服下。众海客解药入口，虚弱之感顿消，纷纷站起身来，询问陆渐何以至此。
谷缜接口笑道：“待会儿叙旧不迟，咱们先得出去。”他又取出一支瓷瓶，道：“这里的药丸，你们一人一粒，含在嘴里，待会儿我叫一声'屏息'，大伙儿千万闭住呼吸。”
众海客听得奇怪，纷纷含上药丸，由陆渐率领冲出。沿途遇上几名狱卒，均被陆渐变相击倒。不多时，接近入口，忽被几名狱卒瞧见，叫喊起来，霎时间，自两旁奔出二三十人来。陆渐见守卫如此之多，斗不胜斗，正感头痛，忽听谷缜大喝一声：“屏息。”倏地从木箱中取出两枚圆球，奋力掷出，圆球着地，烟雾弥漫巷道之中。
陆渐瞧那烟雾眼熟，转念间，猛然惊悟：“是那日迷昏我的毒烟。”原来，谷缜扔的，正是从沙天洹房中搜出的“幻蜃烟”，如今情状，与那日船上情状仿佛，只是敌我掉了个儿，狱卒们纷纷两眼翻白，昏厥摔倒，海客们却因为事先含有解药，均然无恙。
谷缜不断掷出“幻蜃烟”，巷道中浓烟滚滚，直喷出巷道之外，入口暗桩也受波及，众海客冲出巷道，竟无一人阻拦。
谷缜指着远处海边一艘大船，叫道：“大伙儿快冲，拿下那艘船。”众海客绝处逢生，无不勇气倍增，纷纷发足，向那船冲去，若干巡岛弟子远远瞧见，奔来阻拦，却被陆渐一拳一个，尽数打倒。
海船上的人听到动静，纷纷出舱。这些人均是岛主随从，武功不凡，正要上前阻挡，不料谷缜将所剩的几枚“幻蜃烟”尽数掷出。黑夜之中，浓烟腾起不易察觉。众随从吸入烟气，纷纷倒地，空负一身本事，却用不上半分。众海客跟随陆渐蜂拥上船，有两名随从尚能站立，方要抵挡，却被陆渐先一个“我相”，投掷石块，击昏一个；再一个“马王相”，飞起一腿，将余者踢昏。
众海客受尽关押之苦，纷纷扑上，想杀掉这些随从出气，陆渐却喝道：“不得妄杀，将他们丢下船去。”
他屡屡显露武功，众海客均有畏惧之心，周祖谟忙道：“大伙儿都听小陆的话，将这些人扔下船去。”众海客虽不甘心，也只得扔随从下船。
谷缜笑道：“大伙儿勿要耽搁，快快开船，返回中土吧。”
众人惊喜交迸，轰然应名。他们都是航海的惯家，当即扯帆的扯帆，起锚的起锚，摆舵的摆舵，这艘船乃是红毛海贼船，共有八桅十炮，舰头既高且利，船体流畅自如，须臾远离内岛。谷缜终于脱困，心中快美无比，立身船尾，纵声长笑。
“你先别自顾开心？”陆渐出舱叫道，“周大叔问你，现今往哪里去？”
谷缜手舞足蹈，哈哈笑道：“如今炮舰在手，老子进退自如。既然如此，索性转守为攻，彻底断绝追兵。”说罢一声令下，将船驶往外岛。
外岛半晌即至，夜色中岛影崔嵬，如一头洪荒猛兽，雄踞波涛之上，较之内岛，果然壮阔许多。其时已是深夜，岛左港口灯火阑珊，水中雾气升腾，笼罩得港内船只若隐若现。
外岛众人不知底细，瞧见岛主座船返回，纷纷出来迎接。谷缜命将船上十门佛郎机大炮填满火药，继而爬上桅杆，瞧得远近得宜，一声令下，左舷四炮，火光迸出，港中海船顿被击沉几只。
岛上诸人大惊，纷纷狂呼大叫，走散躲避。另有悍勇者，急乘黄鹞快舰冲突过来，谷缜发声号令，将那战舰转到右舷，又是一轮火炮，将来船击沉，船上岛众纷纷惨叫落水。陆渐瞧得不忍，高叫道：“谷缜，得饶人处且饶人，咱们走了便是，何必这样。”
“妇人之仁！”谷缜冷笑道，“你放了他们，他们放得过你么？”话音未落，两艘黄鹞快舰迫近发炮，正中船身铁甲，偌大战舰，为之一震。
谷缜冷笑道：“瞧见了吗？”继而喝道：“船头，发炮。”两声炮响，将那两艘快舰击成粉碎。陆渐望着那快舰残骸打着旋儿，沉入海底，不由暗暗叹气：“难怪鱼和尚大师临死前说：'世间疮痍，众生多苦'。只不过，这些疮痍苦难，大多是人自找来的。”想着不胜黯然，不忍再看炮击惨状，闷闷返回内舱。
谷缜频频发令，十门火炮烈焰喷吐，有如火龙肆虐，将港口船只尽数击沉，然后环岛航行，见有船只，便发炮轰击。直到绕岛一周，外岛再无一艘完好船只，谷缜这才发令起航。众海客纷纷立在船尾，望着外岛，犹自恍惚迷离，如在梦幻，直待外岛灯火消失在蒙蒙海雾之中，始才深信终于脱困，欢呼雀跃，欣喜无及。
周祖谟对谷缜一跷大拇指，笑道：“这位兄弟，你年纪不大，但指挥舰船，却比咱们这些几十年的老海客还要老道。”
谷缜从桅杆上飘然纵下，含笑道：“过奖了。”周祖谟见他笑容明爽、举止潇洒，不觉心折，拱手笑道：“区区周祖谟，足下贵姓？”
谷缜浓眉一扬，笑道：“免贵姓谷，名缜。”周祖谟一团笑容僵在脸上，两眼瞪着他，如见鬼魅，蓦地一个激灵，脱口叫道：“你，你是东岛少主。”众海客俱是骇然，呼啦一声，围将上来。
此时陆渐正巧出舱，见状讶道：“周大叔，你们做什么？”周祖谟心神略定，叫道：“小陆当心，这人是东岛的人。”
谷缜的身份，陆渐早已猜到几分，只是无法确定，闻言也无太多惊讶，点头道：“东岛中人，并非都如狄希一般，谷缜是我的朋友，你不要为难他。”
周祖谟跌足叫道：“小陆你不知道，别的东岛中人也就罢了，但这小子是东岛少主，他老爹就是东岛之王，灵鳌岛主谷神通。”
陆渐对东岛西城的恩怨虽略知一二，但到底如何，却不甚了然。转眼望去，却见谷缜负着双手，俊目清亮，嘴角似笑非笑，满是嘲讽之意，不由叹道：“周大叔，此次若非谷缜，咱们也没法逃出狱岛。冤家宜解不易结，如今同舟共济，不妨将往日恩怨撇开。”
周祖谟怒哼一声，道：“久闻东岛少主狡计百出，一等一的难缠，谁知道他不是假意示恩，背地里却藏有歹毒阴谋。小陆，我乃天部中人，与东岛余孽誓不两立，你想好了，帮我还是帮他？”说罢，两眼直勾勾望着陆渐，大有希冀之色。
陆渐眉头紧蹙，摇头道：“周大叔你待我不薄，但谷缜与我却曾同生死、共患难，乃是生死之交。”周祖谟变色道：“你要帮他？”陆渐仍是摇头。
“好啊。”周祖谟喜道，“你只需两不相帮便好。”他自忖人多势众，对付谷缜不在话下，不料陆渐眉间一舒，扬声道：“我虽两不相帮，但谁敢动手挑衅，休怪我翻脸无情。”
他此言一出，船上为之一寂，陆渐容色虽然平和，众人却均能感知他身上那股迫人气势。周祖谟无法可施，恨恨一跌足，回舱去了。
众海客悻悻散去。陆渐虽然镇住众人，却知从此与这些朋友生出芥蒂，不复昔日情谊，不觉心中黯然，信步踱到船头，望着苍茫大海，怔怔出神。
忽听谷缜在身后笑道：“你说咱们是生死之交，只怕是一厢情愿吧。”陆渐道：“我当你是就成了，至于你如何想，那是你的事。”
谷缜默然一阵，忽地笑道：“你这人端地固执，不过，却很对我的脾胃。哼，你别瞧那周祖谟人多，真斗起来，他十九要吃大亏；你今日不是帮我，却是帮了那蠢材。”他见陆渐望着远处，呆然不语，不由笑道：“你想什么？嘿嘿，想姑娘么？”
陆渐摇头道：“我想北落师门。”谷缜怪道：“那不是天上的星星吗？”陆渐道：“不是星星，而是一只灵猫，我被沙天洹抓住后，再没见它，也不知它流落到何方去了。可惜，狱岛太大，我不及去寻它了。”说到这里，心中伤感之情，溢于言表。
谷缜见他竟为一只畜类伤情，大为好笑，但见他神色惨然，却忍不住安慰道：“那猫儿只需活着，机缘所至，必能再见，你也无须如此烦恼。”
陆渐点头道：“北落师门聪明机警，必有自救之法。”虽如此说，心中仍是耿耿。忽又问道：“谷缜，你真是东岛的少主？”
谷缜笑道：“以前算是，现在却不是了，如今我是东岛第一逃犯，人人得而诛之，你不怕被我连累吗？”陆渐失笑道：“我已被你连累了，况且我见过的东岛中人大都邪僻狠毒，你做他们的逃犯，或许是好人也说不定。”谷缜不觉拍手大笑。
陆渐打量他一眼，叹道：“我真服了你，不论坐牢也好，逃亡也罢，总能笑得如此开心。”谷缜挠挠头，道：“这却是天生的了，我从小便爱笑，小字便叫笑儿。但怕我的人，却叫我笑面老虎。”说到这儿，两人皆笑，陆渐只觉与这生死朋友在一起，心中轻快无比，便有再大难处，也能化解了。
那战舰坚甲利炮，一无阻碍，乘风破浪，日行两百余里，不几日便将近中土。
这一日，陆渐正在熟睡，忽觉有人拍打，睁眼望去，却是谷缜，但见他竖着食指，示意噤声，便爬将起来，又见谷缜向他招招手，当先出去。陆渐懵懂之间，起身尾随。
两人蹑足而行，走到一面舱壁前，谷缜将耳朵贴在壁上，陆渐如法施为，但听细微人声隐约传来，竟是周祖谟，只听他道：“如今丢了鸟铳，沈先生追究起来，大伙儿都不好受。唯一之计，便是将这艘战舰夺下，这艘船犀利无比，献给先生，或能将功赎罪。”
却听罗小三接口道：“但就怕那姓谷的不答应，这两日他在咱们面前指手画脚、阴阳怪气的，瞧着便叫人生气。”
周祖谟道：“姓谷的武功平平，并不足畏。最可虑的却是小陆，若能制住他，姓谷的唯有束手就擒。若能生擒东岛少主，不止可以将功赎罪，更是大功一件，沈先生一高兴，日后我在天部的地位也必然不同了。”
陆渐听得心惊，却听舱中沉寂片刻，罗小三又道：“但小陆着实厉害，如何制得住他？”
“那个不识时务的小子。”周祖谟森然道，“我瞧过了，底舱里尚有十几坛好酒，料得再过两日，便可抵达中土。到时候，我们借口庆祝归国，邀那姓陆的小子喝酒，灌他个烂醉。虽然最好生擒活捉，若遇抵抗，大伙儿便一起动手，将他宰了。”
陆渐听得这话，如遭晴天霹雳，半晌也没还过神来，却听罗小三迟疑道：“周老爷，他两次救过我们性命，如此恩将仇报，似乎不妥。”
周祖谟道：“他虽救过我们，却与东岛余孽同流合污。东岛的朋友，便是我天部的敌人，对待敌人，岂可手软。但念在救命之恩，即便不杀他，也须挑断他的手足筋脉，废去他一身武功。”
罗小三欣然道：“这个法子最妙。”周祖谟道：“这两日大伙儿见了小陆，不但要不动声色，还要假装笑脸。正所谓的'兵不厌诈'，就是如此。”
众海客纷纷赞道：“还是周老爷高见。”周祖谟大为得意，呵呵直笑。
谷缜转身拉住陆渐，但觉他掌心汗透，肌肤冰冷，不由暗叹一口气，将他拉回舱中，说道：“陆渐，这世上的人，多数只认名利，淡漠感情。周祖谟不过是个不成器的奸商，自然处处只为私利，此时但求抵消丢失鸟铳的罪责，恩将仇报不足为怪。天幸我及早料中，他那些伎俩也就不足为惧了。”
说完，见陆渐仍是呆怔，不由忖道：“这人最大的毛病，就是将人心想得太好，容易遭人算计。”想着又叹一口