Chapter 984
Chapter 984
"I just like these colorful colors."
Jacques Joyet took out a banknote and lit it in front of a group of minions to light a cigarette.
At the moment when the banknote burned, Jacques Joyet found something wrong.
This was not the first time he used a banknote to light a cigarette, and he was very familiar with the speed at which banknotes burned.
The banknote in his hand burned a little faster.
"Go get me a money detector, the best one, why do I think this pile of money looks fake."
Banknotes may be difficult to identify with the naked eye, but they reveal their true colors in front of a money detector.
Jacques Joyet never expected that the 1 million dollars in his hand would instantly turn into a pile of waste paper. He lifted the box and threw it at the minions beside him.
At the moment the box was thrown out, there was a loud bang, and the box exploded in mid-air.
Before Jacques Jowett could curse, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes. Before he could react, his body was hit hard against the wall of the cave.
Although the explosion was not particularly strong, countless pieces of stone were still shaken down in the cave.
With such a big commotion, Meng Haisheng, who was far away at sea, immediately locked Jacques Jowett's position.
"Zhang Lei, did you see that? I said Jacques Jowett must be nearby. Take your men over now and see if you can catch him alive."
Zhang Lei responded and immediately took his men on a speedboat to a cave not far away that was still smoking.
The cave was a hiding place for Jacques Jowett.
At this moment, he was half-dead in the explosion, and the other pirates lost their backbone in an instant and all became a mess.
A small pirate leader was afraid that Jacques Jowett was dead, so he immediately took his men to escort him to their base camp, Olive Island.
When Zhang Lei and others came, there were only a dozen pirates left in the cave.
Such a few people were not enough for Zhang Lei to find someone to deal with, but the whole cave was occupied by them in a quarter of an hour.
"Boss, we found 6 hostages in the cave. How do we deal with them?"
"Take them back to our ship first."
Meng Haisheng didn't expect that there would be a gift for coming to rescue Ajie.
The rescued hostages included wealthy businessmen and scientists.
They suffered a lot at the hands of Jacques Joyet. Among them was an elderly scientist who had been here for a month. He was skinny and looked like he was about to die.
Seeing that the old man was about the same age as Meng Guangzhu, Meng Haisheng felt sympathy and gave him a Moshuang Xuelian pill, which barely saved his life.
Soon the helicopter that came to pick him up landed on the big ship.
Zhou Wenqi took Ajie and other hostages on the plane and prepared to transfer to a hospital with better medical conditions.
"Haisheng, come with us. We will take a long-term view on the pirates and slowly deal with them."
Meng Haisheng shook his head. He was always vindictive and didn't like to drag things out.
Jacques Jowett actually named him to make a deal, so he must know who was behind the scenes who wanted to buy his life.
He must find this person out today, otherwise he won't be able to sleep at night.
"Your men didn't find Jacques Jowett just now. He probably got injured and ran away. Will it be dangerous for you to stay here?"
Zhou Wenqi was a little worried about Meng Haisheng. After all, this was a deserted island full of dangers, and it was not suitable to stay for a long time.
"I have so many mercenaries in my hands. The pirates are only afraid of me."
Zhou Wenqi saw that he couldn't persuade Meng Haisheng, so he didn't say anything more.
"Be careful. Wait until I settle Ajie down, and we'll sit together and have a good reunion."
"Okay."
The roar of the helicopter sounded again. Meng Haisheng watched the plane leave and waved to the mercenaries.
"Come with me to the island."
Just when his people were searching the Emerald Island, they accidentally discovered a cave.
There were traces of mining in the cave. They didn't have any lighting equipment at the time, so they didn't rush down the cave. Instead, they called Meng Haisheng first to ask for the next instructions.
At first, Meng Haisheng didn't take it seriously. Maybe the cave was just for pirates to store supplies.
But later, when he found that Jacques Jout was nearby and had a long-term residence, Meng Haisheng felt that this matter was not simple.
He vaguely remembered a piece of news in his previous life. A wealthy man bought a holiday island on the sea. When building a villa, he accidentally dug up an emerald vein.
The incident was extremely sensational at the time. It was said that the emerald vein produced as much emeralds as the rest of the world combined in one year.
Moreover, the quality of the emeralds produced was very high, and the tycoon made a fortune from it.
Meng Haisheng wanted to try his luck and see if there was an emerald vein in the cave found on Emerald Island.
He broughtThe master took some simple lighting equipment and boarded the Emerald Island again.
The island had just experienced a war, and there were corpses of pirates everywhere. The smell of blood was also very strong, which made people frown.
Meng Haisheng finally came to the entrance of the cave despite his nausea.
The team had 12 people, each holding a searchlight.
"Boss, the situation inside is unclear. How about we go down first, and you can come down to take a look after confirming that there is no danger."
"I'm not made of paper. There are not so many places to be afraid of. Let's go down and take a look together."
Meng Haisheng took the lead and walked in front, followed by Zhang Lei.
The cave was dark and damp, but there were still traces of people coming in and out of the cave frequently.
The cave was very long and dark inside. The further you walked in, the more stuffy it became.
After walking for about 20 minutes, when the strong flashlight in Meng Haisheng's hand swept across the wall, a green light flashed before his eyes.
He walked forward to take a closer look, and saw an emerald ore firmly embedded in the wall.
The emerald gem on it was very small, but of good quality, flashing a rich green halo under the light.
The discovery of the emerald ore made Meng Haisheng more determined that Emerald Island was the location of the emerald vein he knew in his previous life.
"Let's not go any further. The cave should be very long. The further we go in, the less oxygen there is. Let's return to the ground first and make other plans later."
After confirming the emerald vein, Meng Haisheng still did not leave Emerald Island.
The people he sent out have been searching for Jacques Jowett's traces in the surrounding archipelago.
This place is not far from Oliver Island. Meng Haisheng estimated that Jacques Jowett should return to his nest.
But he is now gambling, gambling on the speedboat speed.
If Jacques Jowett can be intercepted halfway, that would be the best. If he can't stop him, he can only send a mercenary team to find a way to kidnap Jacques Jowett.
Emerald Island is very large. Meng Haisheng strolled around it and felt that there was no problem in building a gemstone mine here.
He could also hire local islanders from the surrounding islands to help him mine emeralds at a low price.
Soon Meng Haisheng received exciting news that the mercenaries who went to intercept Jacques Jout called back and said that they had intercepted the people and were on their way back.
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