"I want to ask you a simple question," Xu Zun lowered his voice and asked the two maids, "Have you seen with your own eyes that the sea monster eats people?'
"No...no!" The two shook their heads at the same time, and one of them said, "I haven't seen clearly what the sea monster looks like. How...how can you see it eating people?"
"Yes, we only saw it rising and falling on the sea like silk..." Another added, "We can't see its shape at all."
"Oh?" Xu Zun frowned, but felt that their descriptions were more pertinent and vivid.
From this point of view, the sea monster may not be described as one or one, but may be some unknown group of aquatic animals. But even so, it is still beyond my knowledge.
"you
Xu Zun calmed down and said, "Tell me carefully about the situation at that time. Don't lose even a single detail."
Hey, if we can find the prince, I will remember you two as the first ones!'
"Yes, yes, yes." The two of them quickly nodded, "How dare you talk nonsense? The situation that day was
The two looked at each other, and then one of them narrated what happened.
What the two said was highly consistent with Shen Xingran. On that day, because he enjoyed fishing, the prince left the Tianfu giant ship and watched the fishing on one of the frigates equipped with fishing nets.
Since it would take more than half a day to get back and forth, the two maids followed the prince on board the boat to wait on him.
Unexpectedly, the weather suddenly changed, violent storms broke out, and sea monsters appeared on the sea.
The prince was frightened and entered the cabin to escape danger under the protection of the crew.
But before they could enter the cabin, a violent explosion occurred in the hull.
After the explosion, the frigate began to capsize, and the prince fell into the water along with many crew members before he even had time to board the escape boat.
The same happened to the two maids, but they were lucky enough to hold on to a plank and save themselves from drowning.
However, as the ship's plank was swept away by the current, they only saw the prince being rescued by another frigate that rushed over. However, no matter how they called for help, they never attracted the crew's attention.
Therefore, they don't know what happened next, but the only thing they can be sure of is that the prince was indeed rescued by the frigate.
Um
Xu Zun thought for a long time and then told Huo Anu: "Take the portrait of the prince and ask those pirates.
"Check with them, when they attacked the Daxuan battleship, did you see the prince on that ship!" "Yes!" Huo Anu's body trembled slightly when he accepted the order, obviously realizing the importance of the matter.
If the prince has been killed by these pirates, the consequences will be very serious.
After Huo Anu left, Xu Zun called the guards and asked them to take one of the maids to the cabin and arrange a room.
But the other maid was left in the house.
"Sir, you..." The maid who was left behind suddenly felt inexplicable nervousness. She didn't know what Xu Zun's purpose was in separating them. "When something happened," Xu Zun asked, "Did anyone else fall into the water?"
"Yes, yes," the maid replied quickly, "many soldiers fell into the water."
"That
Xu Zun asked, "What happened to them in the end? Were they rescued like the prince?"
"this
I’m not sure,” the maid tried hard to recall, “At that time...it seemed that I only saw the frigate rescuing the prince, not the prince.
We rescued other soldiers who fell into the water, but I don’t know if they have drowned or if they were swept away by the sea monster?”
"At that time," Xu Zun asked again, "did you see other ships? Where is the Tianfu giant ship?'
"The other ships... seemed to have been hit and sunk by the sea monster!" the maid recalled carefully, "The Tianfu giant ship... didn't seem to see the Tianfu giant ship later. The crown prince was raped... The princess was still on the Tianfu giant ship.
Up!'
Xu Zun has been observing the maid's reaction to confirm whether what she said is true.
After some thought, Xu Zun changed the topic and asked: "Tell me honestly, how is the relationship between the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess?"
"Ah?" The maid was startled, and quickly knelt down to Xu Zun and begged, "My lord, as a maid, you must not judge your master arbitrarily, otherwise... then...
"It's just the two of us now," Xu Zun said, "You can tell the truth, but I won't spread your words." However," he turned to threaten, "If you conceal something, it will be delayed.
You should know the consequences of rescuing the prince, right?'
"Sir, I don't dare to lie," the maid kneeled at Xu Zun's feet and said, "The prince is indeed a little cold towards the princess." "Oh... this answer is not surprising, Xu Zun had expected it.
After the Crown Princess was rescued, it can be seen through the Crown Princess's performance.
"Ever since he went to the East China Sea as an envoy," the maid whispered, "the prince rarely goes to the princess's room, and he often doesn't even sleep on the Tianfu giant ship.
"Those of us who are servants can see it."
"Really?" Xu Zun asked, "What about before going to sea? How was their relationship?"
"Same," the maid replied, "The prince and the princess seem to be harmonious and loving, but in fact, the prince and the princess sleep in separate rooms."
"What's the reason?" Xu Zun asked.
"I'm really unclear about this," the maid replied. "The Crown Princess is extremely graceful and beautiful. We can't understand why the Crown Prince doesn't like her."
"My lord.
The maid worriedly said, "These words, please don't...
"I understand," Xu Zun waved his hand, "Don't worry, maybe this news has nothing to do with finding the prince.
"By the way," he remembered something again and asked, "Has anything unusual happened after being kidnapped by the pirates on the ship?" "Sir," hearing this, the maid trembled and said sadly, "We were kidnapped.
The pirates kidnapped them on the ship, and they used them as a tool to vent their anger. If they didn't obey the slightest, they would whip them. It was so painful!
"Is this an anomaly?'
"I mean," Xu Zun's expression tightened and he said,
"During your imprisonment, was there any fighting on the pirate ship?
?Did you see or hear anything?'
"No?" the maid recalled, "after we were captured, we didn't experience any battles, we just stopped the ship sometimes.
"We are trapped in the cabin in the dark, so naturally we can't see anything," the maid said, "and they all speak Donghai dialect, which we can't understand at all!"
"Those women who are with you," Xu Zun asked, "who are they?"
"I know, I know," the maid replied hurriedly, "They are all fishermen from nearby islands, and they were all plundered by pirates just like us.
"They said that there are warships patrolling near the Banshee Kingdom, and there are very few pirates causing trouble," the maid said. "They also said that they can't understand the pirates' language, which means that the pirates are not from here.
Listening to the maid's confession, it seems to be completely consistent with Shen Xingran's previous account and other people's experiences, and there is no doubt about it.
But for some reason, Xu Zun felt that there was something wrong with it. Behind the whole incident of the attack on the prince, there seemed to be an invisible big hand controlling everything!
