As if the old boatman had been right, the ship moved forward on the sea for a while, and the blue sky, which had been clear, suddenly darkened, and the white clouds turned into dark clouds and pressed down towards the sea.

The wind is blowing.

The steady sea ship that was originally sailing was gradually swayed by this sudden north wind, and the black mast erected at the stern of the ship was blown by the wind, making a "clang" sound from time to time.

The seagulls that had been following the ship and hovering in the sky were also missing. Without the reflection of the blue sky, even the turquoise water has turned black.

"Huhu~"

The north wind is howling, and the sea is howling!

Because the ship is southbound, with the help of the wind at this time, the speed of the ship has accelerated a lot, like a galloping sword, riding the wind and waves, cutting through the sea, and sailing towards the Pearl Strait.

"Guest officer, guest officer," the old boatman shouted loudly staring at the wind, and with great difficulty transmitted the sound to the ears of Zhao Ting, who was standing at the bow of the ship, "The wind is too strong, come in, be careful of being blown into the sea." ”

Zhao Ting looked back at him, turned his head and walked off the deck, bowed his head and got into the cabin.

When the old shipkeeper saw him come in obediently, he immediately smiled and said, "The two guest officers should hide in the cabin for the time being, and I will go to the stern of the boat to lower the sails, old man." ”

"The wind is too strong, and it's not good for the boat to go too fast. ”

Zhao Ting nodded and asked politely, "Do you need our help?"

"Eh, no, no," the old boatman waved his hand and grinned, "Don't look at me old, I have a lot of strength." Besides, you don't know how to lower the sails, and you can only help you. ”

"You guys, just sit in the cabin in peace, I'll use the stove on the ship to make you two pots of wine, and then give you a whole plate of side dishes, you eat and drink, haha......"

With that, the old boatman turned and walked out, and walked to the stern.

The cold wind at sea was so bad that the windows on the side of the cabin "buzzed", and the temperature dropped suddenly.

Zhao Ting sat down on a small dark yellow bench in the corner of the cabin.

Looking at Zhao Si, who was close to the fire with a slightly pale face, Zhao Ting opened his mouth and asked with a smile, "What's wrong, Si'er?"

While roasting his hands on the stove, Zhao Si trembled and said in a trembling voice, "Master, villain...... The villain never wants to come to the sea again, the sea breeze is so strange that it blows like a knife on people. ”

"Haha, didn't you say you liked the sea before?" Zhao Ting smiled, stood up, took out his purple fox fur from the accompanying package of the two, and draped it on Zhao Si.

Zhao Si replied with a sad face, "It was before, and the villain doesn't like it now." ”

Just as the master and servant were chatting with each other, the old shipman had already put away the sails at the stern and got into the cabin with his waist bent.

"Two guest officers, hehe, I will ask you to taste the old man's own home-brewed "sea cucumber wine", just take a sip, you can cool off the cold and keep warm, and the effect will not dissipate for half a day. ”

As he spoke, the old boatman came over with two black porcelain vases from the corner of the cabin.

He first poured the wine from the jar into a brass basin on a black iron stand beside him, and then placed the iron stand on the fire and roasted it.

After a while, the cabin was filled with fragrance, and the smell of "sea cucumber wine" in the basin was full.

Zhao Ting twitched his nose and sniffed, well, there is a smell of medicinal wine, it should be a little cold herb added to the wine, and it smells faintly bitter.

"Come, Zhao Si, look at you frozen, you have a drink first. ”

"Thank you, Childe. ”

The two people in the cabin drank a little wine and chatted freely, and the old boatman sat in the bow of the boat, looking at the direction of the ship, and from time to time looked back at the two people in the cabin, and interjected, and the three of them were happy.

......

......

I don't know how long it took, the sky on the sea gradually darkened, and the sea in front of me became pitch black, which was both mysterious and deep, and had a fatal attraction.

The wind that swept the entire sea area had already stopped, and the pitch-black sea was not wavering at this time, and the sea water carried a black sea boat slowly sailing between the Pearl Strait.

Midnight after the storm seemed clearer than usual, with a bright moon hanging high above the sea, and many stars dotting the dark sky.

Zhao Si sat on the deck, pointed to the hundreds of millions of stars above his head, and sighed, "Master, look, these stars are connected by two, three, and four, just like the poem says, ...... What that poem says, villain think about it. ”

Seeing that he couldn't remember the way he scratched his ears and cheeks, Zhao Ting couldn't help laughing and said, "How long do you have to think about it?" ”

The old boatman was also laughing, and at the same time said, "The old man is not in a hurry, he is not in a hurry, the guest officer thought slowly." ”

"Oh, I remember, the poem says that the stars in the sky are sinking in the water. Yes, that's what I said. Zhao Siyi patted his head and laughed out loud, "Hehe, the villain still has some cultural heritage." ”

“......”

"Well, indeed," Zhao Ting didn't answer, the old boat was afraid that Zhao Si would be embarrassed, so he praised dryly, "The guest officer is indeed much stronger than the old man, the old man, I have lived in vain for all these years, but I can't even memorize a complete poem." ”

Zhao Si said modestly, "Eh, I can't say that I can't memorize poems is in vain, although I can recite many poems, but I'm still blind at sea, and I have to rely on you to move forward?"

"Hahaha," the old boat family was extremely happy by Zhao Si, "This is all the ability to eat, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning......"

Just when the two were touting each other and boasting about each other's business,

Not far away on the shoreline, suddenly there was a melodious singing, the song was poignant and beautiful, like weeping, like a lonely woman who was alone in the empty window complaining, and like a lonely woman crying, and the people who listened to it were itching, and they just wanted to move the boat to get closer to each other and meet the owner of this beautiful voice.

Suddenly hearing this singing, the old boatman at the bow couldn't help frowning, and after listening for a moment, he turned his head and said to Zhao Ting with a smile, "It's the mermaids in the sea who are singing." ”

"This merman is a humanoid race living at the bottom of the Pearl Strait, and most of the people are beautiful women, with fish tails and human bodies, and they are full of treasures. ”

"Whenever the storm is over, these sharks will come to the surface from the bottom of the sea to breathe, and if they are in a good mood, they will sing a song, just like now. ”

Hearing the words "beautiful woman", Zhao Si's eyes suddenly showed excitement, looked at Zhao Ting, and suggested, "Master, beautiful merman!

The old boatman also smiled and echoed, "This scene of "mermaid singing" is rare, and it can be regarded as the luck of the two guest officers, who happened to collide, and they can't see it on weekdays. ”

"Sharks?"

Zhao Ting silently repeated in his heart, and then set his eyes on the coast, on the black reef, the beautiful back with long hair fluttering.

It always feels like something is wrong!

Zhao Ting thought.