Chapter 1 The Beginning of the Sea

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At dusk, the red sun sank into the sea, and the sky was like a flocculent, half of the sky was red, and the sky was drawn out of a bloody mouth. The seagulls www.biquge.info take off and hover over the still sea, staring at the sea that is about to enter the night. At night, the sky and the earth are silent. The world-famous seaside city - Dongzi City has long been hung with candles and lanterns, little by little light converges like the sea, bright like stars falling into the world, making this sea seem less cold and lonely, a little more vibrant. The city is full of pavilions and streets, even if the night and the moon are coming, it is difficult to stop the joy of the people during the day. Even now, the city is still bustling with people welcoming the festival of Kwai Kai. Dongzi City is built on the sea, has a history of hundreds of years, this ancient and wealthy city has a long-standing festival - the Kwai Hai Festival. It is said that the origin of the festival is a romantic and poignant story. When Dongzi was first established hundreds of years ago, this sea was the territory of the Dragon King. Destitute and hungry, the people went to the sea to fish and catch shrimp, but this angered the dragon king of the sea, who decided that this act was a challenge to his authority, and used invincible magic to control the weather of the entire sea. Whenever the fishermen go to sea, the sea becomes stormy and the waves rage, ruthlessly destroying the boats and devouring the fishermen. The people were afraid of Longwei, and no one dared to go to the sea anymore. Over the past few years, Dongzi has become poorer and poorer, the population has plummeted, and many people have left with their children and daughters. When there were less than five hundred people left, hunger, disease, desolation, chaos...... All the unrest is crowded in the city, and the lives of the people are not peaceful and peaceful. At this time, a young man named Liuyue appeared, who came from the far north, claiming to be a wanderer, wandering the world. Hearing the suffering of Dongzi, he came to the sea area in the south, witnessed the vicissitudes of Dongzi, Liuyue was determined to change the situation, regardless of the dissuasion of the locals, he built a small boat, and went to sea under a calm full moon and starry sky. Everyone thought that he would be swallowed up by the sea, but to his surprise, Liuyue returned from the family ship at sea safe and sound the next day, and brought a boatload of fish and shrimp. Everyone asked why the other people went to sea unharmed and returned to the sea, the moon was silent, only the night of the full moon, the third watch can go out to sea to fish, but the time is limited, an hour after must return to the sea before the fourth watch, otherwise it will be dangerous to disturb the dragon king. Everyone was skeptical, and some brave people drove a boat out to sea at the third watch of the full moon, and there was no danger to their lives, and they returned to the shore at the fourth watch and salvaged rich fish, shrimp and mussels. So far, the people of Dongzi have gone out to sea to fish at that special time. Half a year, most of the people in Dongzi have lived a life of food and clothing, and after another half a year, they got rid of poverty in the past, under the leadership of Liuyue, developed into a rich land, the people are grateful to Liuyue, and he is regarded as a heroic benefactor. Since then, the Wandering Warriors have lived in a small seaside town. The originally peaceful life changed drastically on the full moon night of the second day of the seventh month. The dragon king, who had been living at the bottom of the sea, suddenly landed ashore with shrimp soldiers and crabs to arrest people, forcing the people to hand over Liuyue. It turned out that Liuyue and the dragon king's youngest daughter Haizhu fell in love, and the two had been together for a year in private. When Liuyue went to sea for the first time, she met Haizhu who sneaked out to play, and since then, it has been love at first sight and gradually love. Haizhu deeply felt the suffering of the fishermen, and in order to help Liuyue, he secretly cast a spell to help the fishermen fish on the third watch of the full moon night. She concealed her relatives and her father to help others. Unexpectedly, a year later, the dragon king found out that she was in love with a mortal, and also learned that he secretly helped the fishermen, and in a fit of rage, the dragon king imprisoned Haizhu and captured Liuyue. Under the full moon on the seventh day of the seventh month. Above the sea. In front of the people of Dongzi. The Dragon King beheaded Liuyue and threw his body into the sea to feed the fish, intending to bring disaster to Dongzi. Heartbroken by the loss of his beloved, Haizhu begs the heavens to save Dongzi, who is trapped in the sea of suffering, and the heavens are moved by her and punish the dragon king. The sea is calm. Fishermen do not have to worry about their lives when they go to sea, and Haikou is back in the hands of humans. And Haizhu, on the night of the seventh day of the seventh month, self-destructed the divine body, went away with the flowing moon, and turned into a drop of water in the sea. The love story of Liuyue and the Dragon Maiden touched the people, and in order to commemorate them, the seventh day of the seventh month of July every year has become the eternal festival of Dongzi City, known as the Worship of Kwai Hai, which has been passed down for hundreds of years. I don't know if the legend is true or not, but the Aoi Kai Ritual is true.

On the seventh day of the seventh month, the festival of Kwai Hai. Dongzi ushered in the most lively day of the year, which is even happier than the New Year. Because of the sea, Dongzi is a little cooler than other places on the mainland, especially at night, when the sea breeze blows, the heat subsides, and the refreshment drops; thousands of households in the city open their doors and windows to let the wind penetrate every corner. Young girls dressed up and holding flowers and fans walked to and from the bustling streets. Countless delicate lanterns hang under the eaves, on the roads, on the arches of the bridge, and the stars light up Dongzi. The bright and gorgeous stars only lasted to the west by the sea, and then disappeared. Haikou on the west coast is the most important port in Dongzi, and there are many cargo ships on weekdays. Commerce and trade are even more famous in the mainland. Throughout the ages, it has been known as a treasure of the sea. It's just that today, the West Coast Haikou is surprisingly deserted, which is a unique thing in the prosperous Dongzi. Only one ship berthed in the port. This ship cannot be described as an ordinary ship, it is large, and its whole body is red, like a seagull dyed red in the sunset, floating in isolation on the vast and endless sea. This ship appeared only half a month, at the beginning of the cause of Dongzi people countless suspicions, many business teams dissatisfied with the ship to occupy the west coast port, but the mayor of Dongzi issued a ban on the west coast of the sea, not allowing any ship to enter and leave the sea within this month, except for this ship. The ship has an elegant name - Xinghai Moon Tower. It's really big, too big to describe, like a tiny city built on a ship. There are palace flying corridors, pavilions and courtyards, rockery bridges, small ponds and streams, and willow laurels; such a magnificent and atmospheric ship building is rare to see in the world, and it is the first peerless ship since ancient times. I don't know who built it? What is the meaning of what it is used for? It has been moored for a long time, and it has not seen the Xinghai Moon Tower set sail away, and even if it attracts the attention of all parties, no one dares to approach it close to Haikou. "When will this ship leave? It's been half a month, the port on the west coast has stopped for a long time, Dongzi doesn't know how much sea freight is missing, those big businessmen should be in a hurry. "A middle-aged worker dressed in ordinary clothes was carrying boxes of wooden boxes no more than a few feet in a row with a group of workers who were also dressed in shabby clothes and cloth into the bilge of the ship. He complained a little, but not far away there were cold-faced watchmen dressed as soldiers and soldiers, and they looked at the porters with cold eyes. The middle-aged man had to complain quietly to the person in front of him under this tremendous pressure. The man was his fellow countryman, holding his thin waist, turning his head and reminding him in a low voice: "Don't talk and ask more about these big people, we hard workers, just work and get paid." "At least you need to know what's in this box." He asked without giving up. The fellow said angrily: "You don't want to die, what is inside has nothing to do with us." Don't think so much about it. The fellow was in a hurry for a while, and his words were a little loud, which attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers who were urging the workers to move forward. "What are you muttering over there, be honest!" the officer and soldier snapped. The black whip in his hand slammed into the ground with a sharp whistling sound. Frightened, the workers bowed their heads and bent over, and they didn't dare to come out, so they only carried it silently and honestly. "It's all your talking. Cold sweat oozed from the frightened forehead of the fellow, and he did not forget to blame the people behind him in a low voice. "I didn't mean to, either. He cautiously looked left and right, for fear of provoking another stern watchman. After a brief conversation, the two trembled and moved the wooden box in their hands into the cabin with the large army. They were all workers, secretly summoned by the magistrate a month earlier, and had been waiting for their assignment on the west bank, and strange to say, when they were taken to the west bank by the officers and soldiers, the port was already empty, and there was no way to transport them. What an important and mysterious mission is to use the power of the county magistrate to empty the entire West Bank. They were low-level workers, doing cheap work, and it was the first time they took over such an important job, and they inevitably had doubts and curiosity, but the officers and men did not give them the opportunity to be curious, and they guarded them firmly for half a month. Half a moon later, the huge ship city appeared on the sea like a ghost on a dark and windy night. From that night on, they carried countless wooden boxes into the cabin every night. It's just the cabin, and they can't stay on the ship much longer under close surveillance. After moving for half a month, tonight was the last time, the wide cabin was full of wooden boxes, and their work was coming to an end. They still don't know how much they were carrying, what was in the box, who they worked, who they were told, what the ship was for, and why was it so mysteriously concealed? The ship was a secret, as its name was, as unpredictable as this treacherous sea.

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