Chapter Forty-Eight: Gustav, the Crocodile King

Under such background conditions, there are still more than 50 people in the Temple of Confucius, and if these news are known to them, it will inevitably cause panic.

It may be fine for a short time, but as long as it takes a long time, there will definitely be big problems.

And the panic caused by these dangerous news will make internal contradictions ignite faster and earlier.

Jiang Yitong's face also became not very good-looking, Jiang Peng sighed and said.

"You know what I mean, I'll go out and have a look. ”

Jiang Yitong wanted to say something, but when he saw Jiang Peng's hurried appearance, he still held back his thoughts.

Leaving the room, a bright sky appeared in front of me.

The rain has stopped, and the wind is not blowing.

There was even a sun in the sky, Jiang Peng came to the wing room and walked in to take a look.

There are still many people resting in the wings.

Many people sit idle, or pace back and forth in the house.

Jiang Peng saw Jiang Xiaohu not far away at a glance, but he didn't see Panda.

Jiang Peng thought for a while and walked in the direction of Jiang Xiaohu.

Seeing Jiang Peng enter the house, many people's eyes focused on Jiang Peng's body, Jiang Peng just wanted to say something to Jiang Xiaohu, and someone asked Jiang Peng.

"Mr. Jiang, is there really a crocodile outside?"

Jiang Peng's head suddenly became bigger, and he secretly scolded in his heart that it was all a good thing that Panda did.

But when someone asked him, Jiang Peng couldn't help but answer, he immediately smiled and replied: "Actually, I don't know very well, Panda and I were too tired last night, I saw a dark shadow, but I don't know if I was dazzled and saw the wrong thing." ”

Jiang Peng's words were ambiguous and had no substantive meaning, but they could temporarily calm everyone's mood.

Hearing Jiang Peng's words, the expressions on the faces of all the sober people relaxed a little.

"Xiaohu, how are you?" Jiang Peng came to Jiang Xiaohu's side, leaned over, and asked.

Jiang Xiaohu looked around and whispered in Jiang Peng's ear, "I'm fine." But I'm so hungry. ”

Jiang Peng was stunned for a moment, looked around, and found that the instant noodles on the table had already been cleaned.

Jiang Xiaohu saw Jiang Peng's movements and said in a low voice, "The noodles have already been eaten, and the people in the temple only came to add water, and they didn't say anything to eat." ”

Jiang Peng nodded, and said in the same polar voice: "Well, wait a minute, Dad will find you something to eat." ”

After speaking, Jiang Peng got up and walked out of the wing, he wanted to find the master.

But after looking around, Jiang Peng didn't find the master, and the surrounding rooms were full of neighbors who had taken refuge, but Jiang Peng found the master in the temple.

"Little master, excuse me. The little master knelt under the cushion of the statue of Confucius in the temple, heard Jiang Peng's voice, and raised his head.

"Please. ”

Jiang Peng said apologetically: "Where is the master now, I want to meet him." ”

The little master nodded and said, "The master is in the backyard, and you can go around the backyard from behind the Buddha statue." ”

Jiang Peng thanked him, walked to the Buddha statue, found that there was indeed an open door, and walked in.

This is a stone path with stone steps, Jiang Peng went up nearly one step of steps, and finally saw the flat courtyard.

This backyard can be said to have been built on a hill, and as far as the eye can see, there is a bamboo forest at the bottom of the hill, and not far away, you can see the flooded Chinatown.

The master stood in a corner, with a stone table behind him, and Panda sat on the stone bench next to the table.

Seeing Jiang Peng coming, he immediately stood up happily and greeted Jiang Peng.

"Brother Peng, you're awake!"

Jiang Peng looked at Panda who greeted him, he was angry and funny, he walked to Panda's side in three or two steps, glared at him, and asked.

"Why are you here?"

Hearing this, Panda immediately said aggrievedly: "I don't know, after I came back last night, the master called me here, and said nothing to let me go, and didn't tell me why, just stood here and stared at me. ”

Jiang Peng immediately understood what the master meant, he glanced at Pan Da and said, "The master did the right thing, if I were the master, I would have beaten you a long time ago." ”

"Why?" Panda asked aggrievedly.

He also asked why, control his mouth, what to say, and what not to say that he had to have points in his heart. Jiang Peng gave Panda a look, but he didn't know if he could understand it.

"Brother Peng, are you saying that I shouldn't tell everyone about crocodiles?" Panda was not stupid, he sat in the backyard all night, and the general situation should have been thought out clearly.

"You're not stupid. Jiang Peng gave him a blank look.

After listening to Panda's words, the old master on the side smiled slightly, and said to Panda: "Since Your Excellency has figured it out, you don't need to stay here, you can go to the front yard." ”

Jiang Peng immediately kicked Pan Da lightly and said, "Don't go quickly, you still want to sit here." ”

Panda immediately laughed and patted his buttocks, and disappeared with a puff of smoke.

Seeing that Panda was gone, the old master stopped standing, sat on the stone bench on the side, and also motioned for Jiang Peng to sit down.

Jiang Peng immediately sat down, and the master poured some water from the stone pot on the table for Jiang Peng and put it in front of him.

Jiang Peng picked up the stone cup, looked at it carefully, and found that it was a granite quilt with a very straight and simple shape, with a smooth surface, and it was very comfortable to hold in his hand.

Jiang Peng took a sip of water and said apologetically: "Master, the people under him are ignorant and say the wrong thing, so they laughed." ”

The master waved his hand.

"It's okay, I asked His Excellency Panda about it, and I know a little bit about the specific situation. ”

Jiang Peng listened to the old master's words, and immediately said seriously: "Master, the current situation is a bit bad, even if we can avoid the giant crocodile, but the mercenaries outside the street can't solve it at all, they all have weapons." ”

The old master pondered for a moment and said, "Well, that's true. But the rations in the temple were saved, and at most they were for everyone to eat again, and after eating at noon, there was really no grain left. ”

Jiang Peng took out his mobile phone from his clothes, looked at the mobile phone with less than half of the battery, and frowned.

There is still no signal, the phone can't get through, let alone the Internet.

"There is another plan for old decay, that is, it is more dangerous. ”

Jiang Peng said a little anxiously: "Master, please speak." ”

"It's still a matter of the boat. This time the typhoon came unexpectedly and so violently. This is not the first time that Dochai City has encountered a typhoon, and the previous communication was also disconnected, and it took about two to three days to recover. I conservatively estimate that the minimum time for communication to be restored should be four to five days. ”

The master paused and continued.

"How to get through these days is the key. Although it is said that the human body can live for up to seven days while drinking only water.

But this is only an exception and it is only for the well-trained and determined to persevere.

According to the old man's humble opinion, if there is no food, within two days, there will definitely be people making trouble, and people's hearts are unpredictable, Mr. Jiang Peng should understand what I mean. ”

Jiang Peng nodded immediately, what the master said was right, if there is nothing to eat, one day is fine, but two days, three days later, there are definitely people who can't hold on, you must know that there are still many children in this batch of neighbors who have taken refuge.

Not only that, Jiang Peng has always been obsessed with Zhou Chen, this person has a Jedi problem, mixed in the crowd, if there is no food, Jiang Peng is worried that he will be the first to riot.

"Mr. Jiang, your boat should still have a lot of oil, and there are a lot of shops around Chinatown, if you can find some food and drink, presumably, it should be able to support it, but there are crocodiles outside, and the risk of going out is still very great. ”

As soon as the master said this, Jiang Peng immediately reacted.

When he and Jiang Yitong forcibly crossed Chinatown yesterday, didn't they find food and water in the flooded convenience store, and there should still be a lot of food left in the shops around Chinatown.

"Master, this is indeed a good idea. Jiang Peng nodded.

The master also poured himself a glass of water, took a sip, and said slowly: "But there is danger. ”

Jiang Peng gritted his teeth, remembered what he had promised Jiang Xiaohu just now, and said, "I'll think about it, after all, wealth is in danger." ”

The master stood up, nodded, and said, "Don't worry, I'll tell the disciple to start making lunch first, Mr. Jiang still has a long time to think about, and after all, this matter concerns everyone, Mr. Jiang can think of some reasons to tell everyone about the current situation."

Mr. Jiang's sentence just now said a lot, some things can be said, but some things cannot be said. ”

Jiang Peng hurriedly got up and returned the salute, although he had only been with the master for more than a day, when Jiang Peng could feel the profundity of the master.

Walking out of the backyard and returning to the front yard, Jiang Peng soon saw Jiang Yitong walking in the yard.

Seeing Jiang Peng, Jiang Yitong walked over and said, "Where have you been?"

Jiang Peng said casually: "I went to find the master just now." ”

"Can you tell me a little bit more about last night, isn't the speedboat out of gas, how can it still be driven, and about crocodiles. ”

Jiang Peng nodded, pulled Jiang Yitong to the corner, and talked about everything from the master giving diesel fuel to meeting Zha Kun and the giant crocodile.

Jiang Yitong listened very carefully, and after Jiang Peng finished speaking, he touched his chin and said affirmatively.

"That's right, this crocodile is definitely Gustav. ”

"Gustav, what's that?"

Jiang Yitong glanced at Jiang Peng and said: "In the 90s of the last century, a "demon in the lake" appeared in the rivers of Africa. This "demon" is a giant crocodile named "Gustav", which often attacks villagers and their livestock.

Gustav was particularly large and could easily overturn fishing boats and even small cargo ships.

Before preying on its prey, it often lurks silently in the surrounding waters, making no noise until it slowly approaches its target and then attacks suddenly.

The king of crocodiles like Gustav, we have been paying close attention to the animal protection association, in recent years, many people have moved their minds about this giant crocodile king, some time ago, Gustav disappeared in Africa, and I followed the clues to Duochai City.

Now it seems that they were captured by Tsavo.

Based on the size of the crocodile head you just mentioned, I can be sure that it is Gustav.

Gustav's body is much larger than that of the average crocodile, a type of Nile crocodile, with a length of nearly ten meters and a weight of at least two tons. ”

Jiang Peng gasped, no wonder the black shadow he saw last night was so big, it turned out to be a crocodile king, but thinking of this, Jiang Peng had doubts again.

"This giant crocodile Gustav is so terrifying, why did Tsavo go to such great lengths to catch it from Africa and send it to Europe?"

Jiang Yitong was immediately amused, covered his mouth and smiled: "Jiang Peng, I didn't expect you to be such a smart person, can't you think of this?"

Jiang Peng's face suddenly turned red, scratched his head, turned his back, and said, "I don't understand this, don't laugh at me, hurry up." ”

Jiang Yitong no longer teased Jiang Peng, and said with a straight face: "Ahem, that's the case, a giant crocodile like Gustav can live up to 120 years old, and our Animal Protection Association judged that Gustav should be less than 60 years old this year through Gustav's lost teeth, so his lifespan is still very long." ”

Jiang Yitong said, walked around in front of Jiang Peng, and continued: "And you must know that the hobbies of rich people, sometimes, are often illogical. ”