The boat used by Sea Dog and the others is the legacy of the long shirt.
In fact, the original owner of this boat was a ghost guy who used this boat to participate in the North Atlantic ferry race and won many championships.
Until they encountered a huge sea storm and no one on the ship survived. The ship was towed to Hong Kong Island and sold to pay pensions.
It turned out that the name of the ship was "Amazing Athena", and the gown was also called that way.
It wasn't until Sea Dog took over that the name was too hard to pronounce, and two more owners died on the ship, so for the sake of luck, it was renamed "Black Widow".
Although this ship is not big, it is still nearly ten meters long. It is narrow at the front and thin at the back. The not-high cabin is divided into three levels: upper and lower.
At the top is the captain's cabin.
It's called the captain's cabin, but it actually just has a steering wheel on the bow, an awning, and two crammed chairs.
Behind the captain's cabin is the cabin. The front half is a sleeping area, and the back half is reserved for the huge steam engine.
A few musty-smelling mattresses were spread on damp wooden boards, and the cabin could accommodate several people.
Yin Xiu and Liu Banxian were huddled in a corner, holding hands and resting their heads.
Ma Xiaoyu slept on the other side, using a softer bag as a pillow.
Ren Qi didn't need a bed, because whether he was awake or asleep, he almost always sat with his legs crossed, so he didn't take up much space.
In fact, many times, no one can be sure whether he is sleeping.
The mattresses are spread on wooden boards at night and must be put away during the day, because in addition to sleeping, the cabin is also used for walking, eating, and occasionally sweating sailors running around with a bunch of tools.
The second floor of the cabin is where the sailors sleep.
Ma Xiaoyu went in to visit, and the strong smell of sweat, fermentation of various foods, and the smell of rotting animal carcasses aggravated her symptoms of seasickness.
Looking at the narrow, dark and cramped space, Ma Xiaoyu once asked in surprise: "Can this place sleep ten people?"
Yin Xiu didn't take it seriously, "Ten people will definitely not be able to fit in, but here are ten sailors."
The lowest cabin holds coal, mechanical accessories and various living supplies needed for navigation.
If Liu Banxian hadn't disembarked from the ship with his expensive wallet, half of the space would have been used to store all kinds of contraband.
It is such a ship that has now become the only support for everyone on this long journey.
It wasn't until the sun hit his face that Yin Xiucai finally opened his eyelids and felt dizzy.
The waves last night were a bit big, so he rested his head on the wooden board, almost shaking his brain.
Ma Xiaoyu, on the other hand, seemed to be used to this kind of bumps. Instead, he was still sleeping at this time, with his mouth slightly open and making some faint breathing sounds.
Yin Xiuzheng wanted to get closer to see if she was drooling, but from the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Ren Qi, who was silently eating pancakes.
"oops!"
Yin Xiu slapped her forehead and said, "I told you, I will watch the first half of the night when you are most miserable and want to sleep the most. You didn't call me and stayed alone all night. This is not setting me up for disloyalty. Is it unjust!?”
Ren Qi looked at him lightly and said, "I screamed, but you didn't wake up."
Yin Xiu's face turned red, "What did you call me?"
"Like this," Ren Qi rolled his eyes and drew two circles on Yin Xiu, "It's called like this."
"Oh."
Yin Xiu even lost her pretense of guilt and waved her hand at him, "It's okay. I don't blame you. You can just eat."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Banxian, who had woken up a long time ago, waved to him again, with worry between his brows.
"What's wrong, Liu Banxian?"
"Brother Yin, let me tell you a fortune."
Liu Banxian opened his fingers, and there were five copper coins lying on his palm. "Damn it, you may run into some trouble today."
Yin Xiu sighed, "Liu Banxian, why don't you stop helping me with divination in the future?"
"Huh? Why?"
"No reason."
Yin Xiu was quite helpless, "Because every time you help me tell fortunes, I will either suffer a bloody disaster or a serious disaster. It seems that I can never get a good fortune with you, let alone pick up money while walking, just like [nothing happened today]" There are no ordinary hexagrams! Is my fortune really so low? ? "
After hearing what he said, Liu Banxian sighed and patted Yin Xiu's shoulder sympathetically.
"Brother Yin, some people are born with bad luck, and there's nothing you can do about it. Maybe I can help you set up a Feng Shui array when you get back to avoid it and eliminate some bad luck."
"Thank you, you don't have to worry about it."
Yin Xiu had given up and just asked: "Can you figure out what it is?"
"More weapons." Liu Banxian adjusted his sunglasses.
"Oh, it's just a fight."
Knowing this result, Yin Xiu let out a sigh of relief.
If there was a fight or something, he would just go and have a meal all day, and there would be conflicts coming to his door even if he didn't do anything, so when he heard it was a fight, he felt relieved.
At this time, Ma Xiaoyu had also stood up and rubbed his somewhat groggy eyes.
"What, are those pirates coming?"
Yin Xiu shook his head, "Ren Qi stayed up all night last night and there was no movement.
Whether we can pass safely depends on these two days. Our ship is very fast and we will leave southern Fujian after a short walk. By then there will be fewer pirates. "
"hope so."
Ren Qi suddenly spoke: "These days, it is common for herb collectors to become bandits, and for fishermen to become pirates. Even those honest farmers will rob tombs during their spare time.
They have no choice but to do anything to survive. "
Yin Xiu became curious again and asked, "What about you?"
"What am I?"
"I'm asking, how did you become a master in the palace and a guard with a sword?"
"Just like this fortune teller and the female heavenly master who catches monsters, my ancestors have been serving the imperial court for three generations. When it comes to me, I can't stop."
After saying that, Ren Qi seemed to find it funny again, and a strange smile appeared on his face, "But the more I try to hold on to something, the less I can hold on to it. The honor and face of my ancestors were finally cut off when it came to me."
"Don't regret it?" Liu Banxian also became interested.
"Regret what?"
Ren Qi glanced at him and said, "People only regret when they do something wrong. I didn't do anything wrong, so I shouldn't regret it and there is no need to regret it."
"understood."
Liu Banxian nodded, "Just like me before, I take everything for granted.
When I lost my family's property, I just regarded it as something left to me by my ancestors. It was no pity if I lost it. I still think so until now.
But in fact, I know that this is just lying to myself and giving myself a better excuse. "
"I'm not like you!"
Ren Qi's eyes widened.
"Anything different is good."
Yin Xiu stepped in between the two of them, "Everyone has their own way of life and ideas, there is no conflict." Ma Xiaoyu covered her mouth and said with a smile: "You look like that Father Benjamin right now."
"You say I look like an old man?"
As the two of them laughed and laughed, the originally tense atmosphere suddenly dissipated.
Liu Banxian continued to study his Feng Shui atlas, while Ren Qi was still sitting with his sword in his arms, closing his eyes and meditating, like a statue.
After a while, rapid footsteps suddenly came from the deck, as well as a few indistinct shouts.
As soon as a few people stood up, the seals bumped in.
"Coming?" Yin Xiu asked.
"Coming! Many ships, many people! Many flags!" The sea dog was out of breath.
"I know, let's go take a look."
Yin Xiu walked out of the cabin first, came to the deck, and looked out.
In the distant sea, more than a dozen ships seemed to be falling leaves, bobbing up and down with the rise and fall of the waves, rushing towards this side.
On the sea, although sometimes it looks far away, as if it is far away in the horizon.
But with the wind and sea waves, people in the distance can quickly approach here in the blink of an eye, just like now.
At first, the ships were just small black dots. After everyone stood up, the flags on the ships were now vaguely visible.
They were black flags with white paint on them depicting the skeletons of a man and a woman.
The reason why it can be seen that they are women is because one of the two skeletons is dressed as a scholar, and the other is wearing a gauze skirt.
Talented men and beautiful women, at such moments, suddenly become particularly attractive.
"That's right, they are pirates under Xiucai's command!"
Sea Dog put down the telescope and wiped his sweat.
"Can you run away?"
"We can't run, we are against the wind, they are with the wind, and their ship is much faster." The sea dog replied.
Liu Banxian frowned, "Seagou, didn't you say we were tailwind yesterday? Today it's a headwind. Are you playing tricks?"
"What tricks are you playing!"
The sea dog also became anxious, "This sea is the same as those women. It has a different temperament. One second it was smiling at you, and the next second it slapped you in the face. Just ask those pioneers from ancient times to the present. Who among the saints knows what a woman is thinking?"
When he said this, Yin Xiu and Liu Banxian nodded at the same time, indirectly recognizing Sea Dog's theory and judgment.
"So, are there any talks?" Yin Xiu asked again.
"No," Sea Dog said with a solemn expression, "That bastard Xiucai is famous for not leaving any escape route. He will definitely rob a ship if he encounters it. If he is in a bad mood, he will kill someone.
He knows me. He has such a big relationship with me. Even if his face is blackened, he can still recognize me.
And even if you can let me go..."
He glanced at Ma Xiaoyu and said, "There are women on our ship."
"Oh I see."
Yin Xiu's face turned cold, "Then he has a reason to seek death."
Upon hearing this, Ren Qi put the swords he was holding behind his back and rolled up his sleeves, obviously ready to take action.
Ma Xiaoyu grabbed the green-faced evil ghost mask, and apparently heard Yin Xiu's conversation just now, which made her even more furious at the moment.
Only Liu Banxian asked worriedly: "If we are on the ground, we are definitely not afraid of them. They will come and fight a few. But this is the sea. We'd better leave some backup."
"What kind of backup plan? Jump into the sea?"
When Yin Xiu said this, Liu Banxian could only spread his hands. He knew that the disaster of swords and weapons was really coming.
After talking to Liu Banxian, Yin Xiu looked at Ren Qi again, "As we agreed before, you don't have to worry about those pirates, but if Liu Banxian loses a hair..."
"I'll jump down from here immediately." Ren Qi replied.
While the few people were talking, the ships were getting closer again. Some arrogant pirates had climbed onto the mast, pointed their guns at this side, and shouted at them to stop the ship.
"How to do?"
At this moment, the sea dog only asked what Yin Xiu meant.
"What else can we do? Just do what they want, turn off the engine, stop the boat, and drop anchor."
"it is good!"
Although it sounds like he is planning to surrender and ask the other party to get whatever he wants, the person who said this is Yin Xiu, the famous Emperor of the Kowloon Boxing Ring, so these words are reassuring.
At this moment, the sea dog had a vague illusion that it was not the pirates that surrounded him, but that they surrounded the pirates.
As a series of operations were issued, the Black Widow's chimney soon stopped emitting soot, and the rapidly rotating engine also stopped, landing alone on the sea.
Seeing this, the pirates excitedly threw out the anchor rope, hooked it to the Black Widow's hull, and tightly connected their ship to the helpless boat, making it impossible for it to escape.
Immediately afterwards, another ship slowly floated out from the fleet, gently approached it, and stretched out a long board.
As soon as the long board reached the deck, three or four pirates jumped over immediately. The narrow board only had room for two feet side by side, and the rickety board felt like walking on the ground under their feet. With a few taps, they Came here.
These people were holding knives in one hand and guns in the other, and they all looked fierce.
Ma Xiaoyu had already taken the lead into the cabin at this time and hid in the dark.
The sailors on the Black Widow hid in the second layer. Technical workers like them were valuable resources at sea. Neither they nor the pirates were willing to accidentally injure them.
At this time, there were only Yin Xiu, Liu Banxian, Sea Dog covering his face, and Ren Qi holding each other on the deck.
"Which one of you is the captain?" the pirate shouted.
"He is!" Yin Xiu pointed at Liu Banxian.
Liu Banxian couldn't help but be stunned. With the encouragement from Yin Xiu's eyes, he suddenly realized and puffed up his chest and said: "Yes, I am the captain, Liu Yisi!"
"He's still a fake foreign devil! Hahaha! Damn!"
After this rough voice ravaged everyone's eardrums, the leader of the pirates, Xiucai, finally appeared.
He was wearing a blue gown that was often worn by scholars in the early years, but he was only half-dressed, revealing half of his strong, dark chest.
There is a hair crown on the head, broken in half.
He held a fan in his hand, revealing a few bare fan bones.
The moiré-patterned sleeves and corners were stained with a thick layer of amber dirt, making it almost impossible to see the original appearance.
He walked up slowly, as if he was drunk.
"I feel like there's something wrong with this person." Liu Banxian whispered.
"You still need to say it?"
Yin Xiu glanced at him, "Just by the way he walked, I knew he was no ordinary person."
"Have you seen all this?"
Sea Dog was still covering his face at this time, and said from between his fingers, "He has always been so abnormal." (End of Chapter)