In the next few days, after the delivery of the goods in the city, the people rested and replenished for a few days, and continued their voyage to Malacca. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoFrom the Strait of Malacca, to the west, there is a vast ocean. Every summer, when the southeast wind blows, ocean-going merchant ships bound for India and Persia depart from here. The deeds of the Three Treasure Eunuchs who led the treasure ships to the West seven times are still talked about in Malacca, but the unprecedented grandeur has long been a thing of the past and will never be repeated. After the death of the Yongle Emperor, the treasury was empty, and the northern border was frequently smoky, and the Ming court turned a blind eye to the development of the Western Ocean, and repeatedly issued instructions to restrict private merchant ships from going to sea to trade. But this did not stop the people on the southern coast from secretly going to sea to make a living, and many of them also took root in foreign lands. Nowadays, Malacca is full of Han shops, inns, restaurants, and wineries, which give people a sense of intimacy.

At this time, it was about a month before the southeast wind rose. After Lin Xiang finished the goods, he took Qiu Yinming and his subordinates to set off and return, wanting to arrive in Guangzhou and meet Tieyan before the typhoon season. Brothers for many years, once parted, from now on, maybe there will be no chance to see each other again in this life, and a few days after saying goodbye to Hassan and Ali, Qiu Yinming was very depressed. Fortunately, on the way back, the wind was calm and the sky was clear. Leaving the Strait of Malacca all the way to the northeast, within half a month, we arrived at Champong.

Located in South Vietnam, Champa has several coastal cities, which are the key points on the Nanyang Trade Road. Although the country is small, it has been frequently traveled since ancient times because of the excellent quality rhino horn, ivory, ebony and agarwood. In recent years, although the Champa and the northern Dayue Kingdom have been fighting and repeatedly defeated, there is still an endless stream of people who come here to do business. After Lin Xiang and his entourage landed in Zhancheng, they hurriedly entered the city to purchase goods. At the port, I heard that this year's typhoon season may come early, just in case, they are ready to leave for Guangzhou as soon as possible. And with the advent of summer, the South Vietnamese generation is getting hotter and hotter, and everyone does not want to stay for a long time.

On this morning, Qiu Yinming followed Lin Xiang and a few others to the big market to look for agarwood. A few days ago, he encountered several Brahmin men in Siam, which made Qiu Yinming a little taboo about stopping in Champa, although it was not so coincidental, but it was difficult to guarantee that he would run into a rival again, so he followed everyone closely for a few days, and walked around with nothing to do. The bazaar is full of people of all colors and other fish. After walking five shops in a row, I finally negotiated a deal. Lin Xiang saw that it was still early, so he planned to continue to look at other goods, and asked Qiu Yinming to lead a few sailors to send the purchased agarwood back to the ship first.

It is said that Qiu Yinming and three sailors came out of the downtown with the goods and were heading to the dock, when they suddenly heard a noise from afar, turned their heads to look, and saw seven or eight big men dressed as Brahmins walking towards this side through the crowd. At a glance at the leader, Qiu Yinming only felt that his heart suddenly jumped to his throat, wasn't that the big man who was cut off four fingers by himself outside the big city of Siam? The three sailors did not know what was going on, and when they saw a group of big men walking towards them viciously, they immediately panicked and looked at each other. Qiu Yinming shouted in his heart that he was unlucky, but he couldn't think of a way, so he had to prepare for a dry fight, and said to the other three sailors: "Run away with the goods, they are coming at me." When the three of them heard this, they wanted to say something, Qiu Yinming pushed them and said hurriedly: "Hurry up!" ”

These brahmins, who seemed to be prominent figures in the local area, came here with great flaunt and were shunned by street vendors. Qiu Yinming subconsciously touched the saber on his waist, fortunately, he brought a weapon today. Suddenly, several big men had surrounded him. Qiu Yinming looked around, knowing that if he really got into a fight, he would only be beaten, so he couldn't stop swallowing his saliva. At this time, the leading man stepped forward, stared straight at him and said, "It's you again." Today I cut off one of your hands and let you go. ”

Qiu Yinming's palms were sweating, but now he had to fight his spirits, and when he saw the opportunity to escape, he suddenly flashed a plan in a hurry, let go of his voice and waved behind the big man and shouted: "Big brother!" You're finally here! His shout really made the big man stunned, and he subconsciously looked back. Taking advantage of this moment, Qiu Yinming quickly knocked down one of the big man's subordinates, and fled towards the downtown with his feet.

When the big man saw that he had been deceived, he jumped like thunder, and then followed closely with his subordinates. Qiu Yinming was not familiar with the road, so he didn't care about anything else at this time, and went into the most lively market, pushing pedestrians and vendors left and right. Before the person who was pushed away had time to scold, he was knocked into a daze by a group of big men who were chasing after him. The streets of the market, which were not wide, were suddenly in chaos, with scattered vegetables, fruits and leaves, crushed watermelons, fallen pergolas, and overturned chicken and duck cages. From time to time, the crowd erupted in shouts and curses in various accents.

Qiu Yinming rushed through a few streets in a panic, and he no longer knew where he was. Suddenly, he crashed head-on into a donkey cart full of coconuts and almost stumbled. When he looked up, he saw that the brahmin man had somehow appeared in front of him, and was running towards him with two of his men with angry eyes. Turning his head to look back, the rest of his men also caught up. I shouted in my heart that it was not good, and I thought that these people were familiar with the terrain and took a shortcut to the front. didn't have time to think about it, Qiu Yinming grabbed the big coconut on the donkey cart and threw it at the big man. I threw a few coconuts in a row, looked up in the gap, and saw that the streets were crowded with shacks all around, and seeing that the big men were about to surround them, I no longer hesitated, jumped up, climbed the edge of a shack, climbed the roof of the shed, and looked up, the harbor was not very far, and my heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he has not learned any real light body kung fu, the legs and feet that have been trained hard in the past few years have also come in handy, Qiu Yinming ran all the way to the top of the shack, and threw the big men chasing below a great distance. Gradually approaching the port, Qiu Yinming jumped off the roof, rushed to the water's edge, jumped into the water, and swam to the surface of the water for a while before slowly emerging from the side of a ship. Looking from afar, I saw those big men cursing and scolding by the water for a long time, and finally left angrily. Qiu Yinming quietly swam to his boat, climbed ashore, and found a corner to take off his clothes and wrench them.

After a short time, he saw Lin Xiang coming out of the bazaar with the rest of the people, so he slowly got out of the corner, walked forward, scratched his head and said to Lin Xiang: "Lin Tou'er, I'm in trouble again." ”

Lin Xiang was a little surprised: "Why, I heard in the market just now that the high priest's younger brother was chasing a foreigner with someone and making a fuss for most of the day, could it be you?" ”

Qiu Yinming smiled bitterly: "Do you remember when Hassan and I were in Siam, we went to the ring that night and met a few unreasonable Brahmins? I actually met it again today. I had a hard time getting rid of them just now. It turns out that this is their hometown, no wonder. It's bad luck. ”

Lin Xiang suddenly said, "This incident was originally provoked by them. If you want me to say, we should teach them a good lesson. Alas, it's a pity that there are too few people now, and these people don't seem to be easy to mess with. ”

Qiu Yinming said: "Forget it." Let a sleeping dog lie. ”

Lin Xiang nodded and said: "I don't think it's appropriate to stay here for a long time, anyway, the matter is done, someone will deliver it later, let's hurry up and load it, and set sail early tomorrow morning." ”

Before the evening, sure enough, a local merchant sent several large truckloads of sandalwood, and everyone loaded the ship with their hands and feet, and after dinner, they went into the cabin early to rest. It was a cool night, with a gentle breeze that made one fall asleep quickly.

I don't know what time it was, Qiu Yinming woke up in a daze in a noise, and the smell of choking smoke was filled around him. I was shocked, and I suddenly realized that the ship was on fire! Quickly jumped up from the bed board and rushed out the door. There was no fire in the cabin for the time being, and the smoke was coming in from the deck. Qiu Yinming ran onto the deck in three or two steps, only to see several large fires burning vigorously, flames soaring into the sky, several sailors hurriedly fetched water to extinguish the fire, but the fire was so big that it could not be saved for a while, and several large sails were about to burn out. Luckily, the ship has fireproof compartments under deck, so it can't burn underneath. Qiu Yinming hurriedly found a bucket and rushed off the boat to fetch water. The fireworks were rising here, which had already alarmed the large and small merchant ships moored around, and they were lit up one after another, and some people also rushed to help. The crowd worked hard for a long time before and after finally extinguishing the fire.

At this time, the sky will be bright. Looking at the mess on the deck, Lin Xiang said indignantly: "It's too damn damn! Write down this account first, and next time we will bring enough people to repair them. ”

Qiu Yinming inevitably felt guilty and said, "It's all my fault, if I hadn't cut his hand last time, I wouldn't have done it like this." I don't know how many days it will take to repair this ship. ”

Lin Xiang said: "He did it on his own." He looked at the surface of the boat again and said, "Fortunately, our boat is strong, I think that while the weather is good these days, we will slowly row the boat to the next port along the coast, and find someone to make new sails, it will not take too long." However, if I miss this good day, I am afraid that as soon as the typhoon comes, the trip will be delayed. Big brother is waiting for us to meet in Guangzhou, what should we do? ”

Qiu Yinming thought for a while and said, "There must be a boat to Guangzhou here, why don't I take someone else's boat to inform my eldest brother first." Let him not wait. ”

When Lin Xiang heard this, he felt that there was nothing wrong, so he made up his mind. On the same day, I inquired about the merchant ships in the same port, and sure enough, a ship to Guangzhou was about to set sail, so I immediately arranged with the ship boss and let Qiu Yinming take their ship.

The boat is not big, the boss is a Hakka, and after a lawsuit in his hometown, he went to sea to beg for a living, and bought and sold with a small capital. In addition to Qiu Yinming, there were also three or five other individual passengers on board.

At the beginning of the sea, the wind is calm and the boat is stable. Over the years, Qiu Yinming has been extremely busy every time he goes to sea, and his cooking skills have impressed Tie Yan's subordinates, so every time he goes to sea, he is in charge of the kitchen as if it is customary, even though he has become a small boss in recent years, the ministry of cooking has not changed. It's rare to take someone else's boat this time, and I don't have to do anything, so I'm a little uncomfortable.

The good times did not last long, and in the evening of the next day, he was lying on the deck looking at the clouds in the sky, when he suddenly felt that something seemed to be wrong with the sky on one side of the cape, and he had an indescribable sense of ominousness, so he turned over and sat up. Qiu Yinming comforted himself in his heart, don't think about it, but when he turned his head to look at the sky again, he still couldn't stop being nervous, so he simply hid in the cabin.

Around nightfall, the wind and waves suddenly became stronger, and the ensuing heavy rain knocked on the walls of the ship, and the sound was deafening. The passengers in the same cabin all woke up, and one of them stumbled up and lit the lamp, and in the violently shaking light shadow, Qiu Yinming saw that everyone's faces could not hide their fear. He himself was afraid at this time, and he hoped that the storm would pass.

But God did not fulfill people's wishes, and a few hours passed, and the wind and waves did not abate at all. Suddenly, a big wave came outside, and the lamp on the table fell to the ground, and the cabin was suddenly dark. I only heard a few people trying to stand up, but they were thrown to the ground again. Qiu Yinming broke into a cold sweat, reluctantly stood up, and touched the wall to find the hatch. As soon as I opened the hatch, I was greeted by a gust of wind full of salty foam. Unable to do more, he squinted his eyes up the stairs and peered out onto the deck.

Heaven and earth are dark and invisible, I don't know where the sea is and where is the sky, there is a pouring rain overhead, and the hull of the ship is suddenly thrown into the air at the crest of the waves, and suddenly it falls straight down, as if it is about to be swallowed up by the roaring waves around it. The sailors and the captain of the ship were on deck, struggling to hold the ship, and the shouts could not be overshadowed by the wind and rain, and it was impossible to hear what they were saying. Qiu Yinming gritted his teeth and rushed to the deck, ran to the boat boss, and helped him pull the rope hard, while shouting loudly: "Can you still hold on?" ”

The boat boss shook his head and said, "No! The ship is sinking! ”

At this moment, another huge wave hit, and the ship skewed. Before Qiu Yinming had time to wipe his face, he heard someone on the side exclaim: "Leak!" The hull of the ship continued to tilt to one side, and there was the sound of the ship's plank cracking under his feet, which he could not see, but he still looked down involuntarily, and the smell of the sea water rushed straight to his head.

With a bang, the ship's planks were torn apart, and the dark waters were crushed down like mountains.