Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 301 Caught

On this side, Yun Fuling led people to search for sulfur mines on Devil's Island, and on the other side, Xiao Jingyi led people to ambush at the entrance to the island. After waiting for a long time, there was finally movement on the sea.

I saw two large ships slowly approaching from the sea, getting closer and closer to Devil's Island.

Pan Changyi secretly swallowed his saliva, rubbed his hands, and suppressed the tension and fear in his heart.

He didn't want to experience again the feeling he had last night when the poison took effect, as if thousands of insects were gnawing at his heart and he felt like he was living a life worse than death.

As long as he follows what that person said and tricks these Japanese merchants to the island, his mission will be accomplished and he will be able to get the antidote.

In the past, he was responsible for picking up and guiding these Japanese merchants at the dock.

Today, as long as he did as usual and made no mistakes, so that these Japanese merchants could land on the island without arousing suspicion, his mission would be accomplished.

Thinking of this, Pan Changyi took a deep breath and calmed down a little.

Seeing the big ship anchored on the shore, Pan Changyi looked at his left and right, and immediately led his men to meet it.

These people were fed poison last night.

Having experienced the torture of the drug's effects, no one dared to play tricks at this moment. All they wanted was to complete today's task smoothly in exchange for the antidote.

Xiao Jingyi acted cautiously and carefully. Although he fed these people poison to control them, he still could not trust them 100%, so he made preparations for both scenarios.

At this time on the beach, Xiao Jingyi's men had mixed in with Pan Changyi and others.

For Pan Changyi and others, these people are both a deterrent and a backup plan for dealing with unexpected situations.

If Pan Changyi and others risked their lives to betray them, they could also implement the second plan, promptly send signals to Xiao Jingyi and others, use force to intercept the Japanese merchants on the ship, and capture them.

The planks were lowered and a group of people got off the boat.

The leading man was of medium height, with a square face and a broad forehead.

When Pan Changyi saw him, he immediately took two quick steps forward and said with a smile, "Hello, Master Yoshida. Our eldest brother has been waiting for you on the island for a long time."

Yoshida had been in and out of Devil's Island for a long time, so he naturally recognized Pan Changyi.

Besides Pan Changyi, there were several familiar faces around.

Although there were a few unfamiliar faces among them, Yoshida did not suspect anything at the moment.

After all, there are a lot of people on Devil's Island, and it is impossible for him to know everyone.

The two met and exchanged a few pleasantries, then Pan Changyi led Yoshida and his party to the center of the island.

As Yoshida walked along, he saw that the situation around him was the same as it was the previous times he came here, and he did not feel alert at all.

Unexpectedly, just after passing the first checkpoint to get on the island, a lot of people suddenly jumped out from the bushes on both sides and tied up Yoshida and his group without saying a word.

Yoshida was immediately horrified, turned his head to look at Pan Changyi, and asked angrily: "What are you going to do?"

"I want to see Master Chao!"

"I have made an alliance with your master. Could it be that Master Chao wants to betray his master?"

"If Jinzhou knew that you betrayed the Lord and broke the contract, they would definitely not let you off!"

Yoshida was shocked and confused, not understanding why the people from Devil's Island suddenly treated him like this.

At this time, a tall and straight figure walked out from the crowd and looked at Yoshida and others with a smile.

"I'm afraid I'll never see the Mr. Chao you mentioned again in this lifetime."

"He couldn't stand the torture yesterday and died."

"However, I am very interested in the covenant you just mentioned."

Yoshida saw that Xiao Jingyi was not only handsome, but also had an extraordinary aura, with an innate nobility in his dignified and majestic appearance.

Yoshida had been doing business for many years and had met countless people of all kinds. So when he saw Xiao Jingyi, he guessed that he must be of an extraordinary identity.

After hearing what Xiao Jingyi said, his eyes widened in shock, and he was surprised and confused.

However, before he could open his mouth, someone from the Shadow Blade Division gagged him and took him away for interrogation.

Without exception, everyone who went to the island with Yoshida was captured by Xiao Jingyi and his men.

As for the others who stayed on the ship, Zuo Yan and his men also boarded the ship and tied them up.

Xiao Jingyi only breathed a sigh of relief when Zuo Yan sent someone to deliver a message stating that all the Japanese had been captured, not one missing.

Pan Changyi heard that the Japanese merchants had been arrested, so he stepped forward bravely and said, "Sir, we have done everything you ordered. Now that the Japanese have been arrested, the antidote you promised me before..."

Xiao Jingyi had never intended to go back on his word in this matter.

If he wants to punish these people, he has plenty of ways to do so.

And keeping these people around might be of some other use.

Without saying a word, he gave the antidote to Pan Changyi.

Seeing that Xiao Jingyi kept his word, Pan Changyi held the antidote in his hand and thanked him profusely with a grateful look on his face.

After Xiao Jingyi left, several other people who were also poisoned immediately surrounded Pan Changyi.

Pan Changyi gave each of them an antidote.

The person who got the antidote ate it immediately and impatiently.

After everyone took the antidote, the guards who stayed behind to watch over them immediately tied their hands behind their backs, and then took them all back for custody.

Zuo Yan led his men to interrogate the Japanese merchants for half a day before they were able to get some useful information.

He wiped the blood off his hands with a handkerchief and went to find Xiao Jingyi with his confession.

As soon as Xiao Jingyi saw him coming, he knew that things were progressing.

Zuo Yan handed him the confession and said, "Those Japanese confessed some incredible things."

Xiao Jingyi took the confession and started reading it.

Zhao Xuesi, who was drinking tea nearby, also leaned over to take a look.

Halfway through, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "These people are really ambitious!"

"That Japan is just a tiny country, yet it dares to covet our Daqi territory!"

"I don't think the Moon Clan is anything to be feared. They have fallen to the point of asking a small country like Japan to borrow troops. What can they accomplish?"

How many military forces can a tiny country have?

If it were him, he would have to find someone capable to cooperate with!

Xiao Jingyi glanced at Zhao Xuesi and said coldly, "Do you think these Moon Clan members are stupid and have no brains?"

"The Northern Barbarians and the Western Rong are both very powerful. If we cooperate with them and borrow troops from them, we will probably be inviting a wolf into our house."

“Once the Northern Barbarians and Western Rong invade the country, the Moon Clan will be unable to contend with them. By then, let alone restoring the Moon Clan, we may not even know how we died, and become someone else’s puppet.”

"I guess the Moon Tribe's national teacher is just pretending to be friendly with Japan. On the surface, they have signed an alliance to lend troops to help the Moon Tribe restore their country. After the matter is accomplished, they will cede the three coastal states to Japan."

"In fact, they just want to use Japan to transport the magic ointment to Jinzhou through the sea trade route."

"Use the magic ointment to control the officials of each state, the generals of the army, as well as the important places in the capital and the imperial palace, and the country will change hands without bloodshed."

"Once the young master of the Moon Clan steals the throne of Daqi, will we still need to be afraid of a mere country like Japan?"

"By then, even if the young master of the Moon Clan refuses to recognize this treaty and refuses to cede the three coastal states to Japan as agreed before, what can Japan do?"

How dare a tiny country like you send troops to attack the great power in the Central Plains?