It turned out that Fifth Master was really unwise!

The name of Daimao Island came from the shape of the entire island, which looked like a giant hawksbill (Daimao means hawksbill in Chinese).

The head of the “hawksbill” was the highest peak, Hawksbill Peak, of the island. The vast land under the mountain peak was initially very flat. However, because it was a pirates" lair, it was necessary to consider the dual threats from both their peers and the sailors of the imperial court. Additionally, they still needed to care about the crisis and betrayal in their own group. Therefore, the land was full of defenses such as barricades and fences, and many trenches were dug.

Maybe the Gongsun siblings were not clear of the exact number of the blockhouses and bunkers.

The four gentle slopes that extended into the sea were like the four feet of a “hawksbill”. Still, the two feet on the left was about to close together, like the Chinese character “eight(八)”, and it naturally created an excellent port, which was the reason why Gongsun Family had chosen here as their stronghold. The two feet on the right side were like an inverted Chinese character “eight”, which faced the sea waves directly, so it couldn"t be used as a port.

As the owner of Daimao Island, the habitation of Gongsun Family was located on the neck of the “hawksbill”.

The valley where they were going to send Fifth Master was at the junction of Hawksbill Peak and the “right forefoot”.

Gongsun Yingdun explained on the road, “There are many pheasants and hares, as well as small beasts such as muntjac and paguma larvata, which could be hunted by Fifth Master. The most important thing is that there is also a spring in it. It is not big, but the water is sweet. If there were no well on the island and the well water was not bad to drink, we might arrange people specifically to fetch water there every day.”

“I heard your sister say last time that she sent someone to bring gigots to Little Five?” Sheng Weiqiao didn"t want to call a beast “Master”, and she was puzzled when she heard his words, “Aren"t there enough little beasts in the valley, and Little Five is starving every day?”

“My elder sister had done it for a reason: at the beginning of the year, Han Family and Pan Family teamed up for a surprise attack, and our grandfather died at sea. At that time, in order to save us, Little Uncle prepared to die in his mind to cover the retreat for us.” Gongsun Yingdun squinted and his expression was complicated for a second, and then he said, “After my Little Uncle had rescued our father, my father pulled him back and didn"t allow him to go back to save the others. But he still crossed the siege and pushed my sister and me back to the clipper where my father stayed. But because of this, he was trapped by the enemy and couldn"t get away. He could only help to cut off the rope hook with claws which was almost nailed into the clipper, urging my father to take us away!”

“At that time, my father thought that Little Uncle had no chance to live. He seized the last moment and asked him whether he still had any wish or not. He only said, "Take good care of my Fifth Brother!"”

“Later, we withdrew all the way back to Daimao Island. The first thing my father did was to call Fifth Master to his side. He let my sister and me kneel down to it and gave it the t.i.tle of Fifth Master, asking us to treat it as an elder. Then I had discussed with my elder sister, and we decided to take a one-month rotation for each. When it was their turn, they would visit Fifth Master every day in person or arrange someone to do so. Although Fifth Master is generally not short of anything, you still can"t go to visit the elders without bringing any gifts, right?”

Sheng Weiqiao didn"t expect there was such an inside story that the big black cat with an elegant pace not far away could be called “Master” by Sea Master"s offspring. She asked in curiosity, “Your Little Uncle is fond of leopards?”

Although Sheng Shuihe himself had never called the leopard “Master”, it was still strange enough to call him “Fifth Brother”. After all, father and elder brother were usually the princ.i.p.als at home these days. How could someone call a pet elder brother casually?

“I heard the elders say that when my Little Uncle came to the island, it was Fifth Brother who had saved him.” Gongsun Yingdun spread his hands. “At that time, my Little Uncle was plotted by people on his own side in the valley. He almost didn"t survive. At the critical moment, Fifth Brother bit that man"s throat secretly, and thus my Little Uncle went to h.e.l.l and back. That day was the fifth day of that month. Therefore, my Little Uncle named it and called it Fifth Brother. After that, as long as my Little Uncle was on the island, he would go to the valley to practice martial arts almost every day and play with Fifth Master.”

“There must be a special destiny between Brother Hengshu and Fifth Master!” Xu Baomo was a little surprised too when he heard that. “Fifth Master bit the throat of the person who had plotted against Brother Hengshu at that time, but it didn"t continue to attack Brother Hengshu?”

Gongsun Yingdun thought about it for a while, and said, “I think it didn"t. This was what my father had told me, after all. My father said that he saw that it was getting late on that day, but my Little Uncle hadn"t come back yet. He felt something was wrong, so he went out to find him. After walking around on the whole island, he finally saw my Little Uncle covered with blood on his entire body in the valley. At that time, if Fifth Master had attacked my Little Uncle, he would have been dead!”

Sheng Weiqiao and Xu Baomo glanced at each other, and both became interested in Fifth Master, “That"s really strange, and I don"t know why it would be so merciful?”

“Maybe it was because the Little Uncle was so good-looking, so it didn"t bear?” Gongsun Yingdun joked. “My father wanted to recognize Little Uncle as his younger brother several years ago because he just felt that Little Uncle was too handsome, and it was too regrettable for him to be a servant. There is certainly not only my father who judges people by their appearances. Maybe Fifth Master was the same. Isn"t there a saying that people from the same family have family resemblance?”

Seeing Sheng Weiqiao and Xu Baomo were thinking about that as if they believed it, he didn"t smile anymore, coughed deliberately, and said, “In fact, I heard this from my grandfather. My grandfather said that it was because my Little Uncle was lucky. After being plotted, he fell to the ground and couldn"t move. Leopards have the habit of not eating dead things when there is plenty of food. Maybe it took Little Uncle as a dead person, so it did not hurt him.”

“But even if it were like your explanation, Brother Hengshu could get along with it afterward and make it not harm anyone on the island, it was still pretty strange.” Xu Baomo was slightly embarra.s.sed when he said this. He originally planned to look for a suitable place on the way. If Fifth Master still didn"t have any action, he would use the clams he had hidden just now as a secret weapon to attack this silly leopard secretly and take this opportunity when it was in a rage to save the beauty successfully as a hero.

The reason that he said he wanted to save the beauty successfully as a hero was that when they were facing Young Master Han at sea last time, he felt that he had tried his best to mediate, but according to the result that Sheng Weiqiao cut off Young Master Han"s head by a sword, he did not make his Big Weiqiao feel that she had been protected at that time at all!

Otherwise, after Young Master Han had been pierced through his chest by Sheng Shuihe, his Big Weiqiao should pounce in his arms and ask for protection instead of killing Young Master Han by herself!

But he didn"t expect that this silly leopard was actually a lifesaver. No matter Sheng Shuihe called him “Fifth Brother” or he didn"t forget it when he was leaving his last words, which both had shown that he obviously attached great importance to it and absolutely did not take it as livestock or a pet!

In this case, Xu Baomo was embarra.s.sed to utilize it, especially to utilize it in a way that would hurt it.

“Forget it. Saving beauty as a hero is not the only way to make Big Weiqiao fall in love with me!” Xu Baomo was disappointed, but he comforted himself like this, “Besides, at least I am walking around with Big Weiqiao today. If we see suitable scenery later, I will write a poem on that spot, which may also please Big Weiqiao.”

Thinking about this, he quickly looked around and tried finding a poetic angle in this pirates" lair. Of course, before writing poetry, he had to throw away the clams in his hands!

However, there would be a problem if he wanted to do this: now it was Gongsun Yingdun, Sheng Weiqiao, Xu Baomo, and Sheng Weiqiao"s maid Lvqi who were sending Little Five back to the valley.

The valley that he was going to now was not a place where people usually came and went, so of course, it was impossible for the pirates to make the road as flat and s.p.a.cious as the official road. Therefore, they could only go side by side in two: Gongsun Yingdun and Little Five would be at the front since they needed to lead the way, Sheng Weiqiao and Xu Baomo would be in the middle, and Lvqi would follow them at the end.

Xu Baomo was very satisfied with this sequence originally. After all, his Big Weiqiao was just beside him.

Now he wanted to throw the clams, so it was inevitable that he would think Lvqi at the end was very obstructive. After thinking for a short time, Xu Baomo decided, “Throw it after we arrive at the valley! Everyone will definitely walk around to see the spring water or something. Then I will find a place to throw away the clams!”

After a while, they stepped into the valley where Little Five usually inhabited. It was evident that few people would come to this place. The only path was hidden in the wild gra.s.s which grew crazily in this season. If they did not identify the road carefully, it would be indistinguishable.

However, the scenery in the valley was excellent. There were luxuriant vegetation and lush plants.

The cliffs were covered with ficus pumila, parthenocissus tricuspidata, quamoc.l.i.t pennata, Chinese trumpet creeper, and other plants. The brilliant wildflowers attracted colorful b.u.t.terflies and bees. The crowing sound of the sparrows and insects were interspersed with the sound of the tide in the distance. As this group of people walked inside, the rustling footsteps and occasional talking sound made the valley brighter and quieter.

After walking about three or four li inside, Sheng Weiqiao and Lvqi had already felt a little tired. When they were about to ask when they would arrive, they suddenly heard the sound of spring water. Gongsun Yingdun said with a laugh, “We will arrive soon! When we send Fifth Master to the place near spring water, I will catch some games for my aunt and let her try my culinary skill. Little Uncle has a cave beside the spring water. There are a lot of firewood, rice, flour, and seasonings in it. We can have a fresh meal even without going back to take cooking tools!”

They followed him for no more than another li in the lush forest. During this period, the sound of the water became more and more clear.

Finally, when they crossed a pine tree that might have been grown for hundreds of years, and could only be embraced by at least five or six people, the sound of the water couldn"t be clearer. Their views suddenly became bright. Although the pond about five or six feet wide was not big, the gurgling current in the center was extremely lively and clean. Even if they were standing by the tree, the steam coming to the face was clearly sweet.

The pond was also connected with a narrow stream, winding. It seemed like its destination was the sea when looking at the flowing direction.

“Little Uncle named this pond Ganlai Spring.” Gongsun Yingdun walked a few steps fast with a smile and introduced to them, “The cave is over there. It was originally just a hole. Since my Little Uncle often comes to the valley to spend the night, he dug it out by himself for convenience.”

They followed him with curiosity, but they saw the mountain wall, and the vines which were covering the mountain were integrated into a whole piece, and they could not see the entrance at all.

It was Gongsun Yingdun who picked up a handful of vines deftly, and a dark hole had been gradually revealed: it was okay for Xu Baomo, but Sheng Weiqiao and Lvqi were girls after all. They wanted to go back after seeing this.

Even though Gongsun Yingdun entered first and lighted a torch, they only stood at the entrance and looked around. They had roughly seen the size of the cave was about the size of a room. Bed, table, chairs, and other furniture were set up. All the food and seasonings were not locked in the cabinet but were hung from the top of the cave by nails to prevent them from the insects and beasts.

Seeing Sheng Weiqiao did not want to stay in the cave for longs, Gongsun Yingdun and Xu Baomo also came out quickly, and they decided to catch games.

Although Little Five was a well-deserved overlord in this valley, and it looked that it could understand humans, but neither Gongsun Yingdun nor Xu Baomo would dare to leave Sheng Weiqiao and her maid alone. Therefore, after a brief discussion between these two men, it was decided that Gongsun Yingdun, who was familiar with the terrain and good at catching prey, would hunt, and Xu Baomo would stay and accompany these two girls to wait.

Xu Baomo watched Gongsun Yingdun disappear in the dense forest after a few quick jumps, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He finally had a chance to throw away the clams in his hand!

He said with a smile to Sheng Weiqiao, “Childe Gongsun said that the spring water was very sweet, would you like to try it? But when you are near the water, you had better let the maid drag your arm so as not to slip down.”

Sheng Weiqiao was unaware of his plan and said gladly, “If it tastes good, Brother Xu can try it later!”

Seeing Sheng Weiqiao and her maid walking towards the pond, he quickly threw the clams in the thickest tuft of gra.s.s nearby. When he was about to rub his palm on the moss of the tree nearby, he suddenly saw a black shadow flashed by from the corner of his eyes!

Then Sheng Weiqiao and her maid exclaimed and ran over, hiking up their dresses. Sheng Weiqiao said in a flurry, “Brother Xu?!”

When they were about to lean down and taste the spring water, they suddenly saw Little Five who was lying on the edge of the spring crawl up and jump at Xu Baomo. They thought that Little Five became fierce and were going to hurt people, but no one had expected that when they were near, they saw Xu Baomo was safe and sound, and Little Five didn"t mean to hurt him at all. There were a lot of clams scattering between them. It seemed that the calms were from the plate which Sheng Weiqiao wanted to reward the servants before!

Did they still need to ask in this case?

It must be that Xu Baomo quietly wanted to eat the clams and grabbed some, but greedy Little Five was on to him. When it came over to beg for food, Xu Baomo was taken aback. Therefore, the clams were scattered on the ground!

“….” Xu Baomo looked at Little Five with a petrified expression when Little Five was licking the oil in his palm while wagging its tail. Xu Baomo felt everything in front of his eyes became dark!

“Brother, it"s my fault. I never imagine that Brother Xu likes to eat clams so much!” After the indescribable embarra.s.sment, Sheng Weiqiao apologized with a red face and ears, “I"m sorry that I forgot to ask someone to bring you a pair of chopsticks and let you try it together!”

Hearing Sheng Weiqiao screaming, Gongsun Yingdun came back since he worried about accidents. Then he just saw this scene by coincidence. He also apologized immediately, “Young Lord, it"s me and my younger sister"s fault! Because neither our father nor our Little Uncle loves this, we guessed that you didn"t like snacks either. Thus, I didn"t ask the kitchen to deliver it to you. Brother Xu, don"t worry! There are enough clams in this season around Daimao Island. I will tell our servants when I go back and we will never slight you ever again!”

No!!!!

Xu Baomo was totally freaking out right now!

I didn"t like eating clams at all. I just wanted to use clams as a hidden weapon because I couldn"t find anything that can serve as a secret weapon temporarily!!!

Looking at Sheng Weiqiao and Gongsun Yingdun who were scrambling to admit their mistakes, and the stupid leopard with an asking-for-feeding expression on its face, Xu Baomo now just needed a break.

… Don"t ask him what was broken.