It took a full twenty minutes for the group of jellyfish to float overhead, and as soon as the jellyfish passed, the morning sun shone down again, and suddenly, a silver light came out of the "tree" forest in front of the boulder, Jiang Xiaobai and Angela glanced at each other, and walked into the forest hand in hand and carefully.

Skirting a clump of seaweeds, I looked at the silver light, and saw a pearl oyster the size of a basin sticking to a rock several feet long, its fibrous bands covering the stone wall like a whisker, making it grow lonely and peaceful, and the silver light emanated from its open shell.

God, it's a pearl!

Jiang Xiaobai's eyes were quick, and he stuck the glass gun between the two shells of the pearl oyster.

Angela was also happy, and hurriedly stepped forward to press the barrel of the gun, so that the pearl oyster could no longer be closed, and then looked down closely, on the flesh wall of the pearl oyster, between the membrane skin, there were seven brilliant and charming pearls on the left and right.

What's even more exciting is that these seven pearls are actually silvery-white, shining together in the sunlight, forming a dreamy silver glow.

Angela saw this fantastic silver pearl and exclaimed in surprise with a walkie-talkie: "Mr. Jiang, this is Pinctada martensii!" ”

"What do you mean?" Jiang Xiaobai said into the intercom, "Is this mother-of-pearl oyster very precious?" ”

"It's not the pearl oyster that is precious, it's the pearl that is nurtured by the pearl oyster, this is the world-famous Hainan pearl, which is what you call the national treasure - Nanzhu!"

"Namjoo?" Hearing this name, Jiang Xiaobai was shocked.

In the past, he had seen programs related to pearls on TV, and he still remembers that Qu Dajun, a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty, said in his "Guangdong New Language": "The name of Hepu Pearl is called Nanzhu, and those who come out of the West are called Xizhu, and those who go out of the East are called Dongzhu, and the Dongzhu beans are green and white, and their brightness is not as good as Xizhu, and Xizhu is not as good as Nanzhu." ”

But he didn't understand, didn't Nanzhu come from Hepu, how could it appear in the sea outside the mouth of the Pearl River? However, he thought about it, this place is not very far from Hepu, and it should not be strange that there are mother-of-pearl oysters.

Anyway, this natural Nanzhu is definitely a valuable treasure, think about it, even an artificially bred Nanzhu has to buy hundreds of yuan, what about the natural one?

You know, natural sometimes is available but not sought, there is no price at all, if you meet a rich person, and especially like pearls, you let him pay as much as you want, and in the Qing Dynasty, Dongzhu and Nanzhu are tribute-level treasures, even Cixi likes it, because Nanzhu is called the queen of pearls.

Like Angela, at this moment, she stared at the pearls in the mother-of-pearl and swallowed her saliva, as if this pearl was some kind of mountain and sea delicacy.

Jiang Xiaobai laughed, ready to deduct the pearl out.

"No!" Angela stopped: "This is a natural pearl, wrapped in a thin layer of cicada wings, and it has to be pulled off with a knife and with the cicada wings, so as not to lose its moisture and luster, and the price will be low at that time." ”

"Price?" Jiang Xiaobai seemed to have touched some kind of inspiration, took off the bayonet on the glass gun according to his words, and ripped off the pearl, and found that the pearl really had a layer of coating as thin as a cicada's wings, and a tough belt was attached to the coating, like a baby's umbilical cord. Still not satisfied, he said, "How can such a large pearl oyster give birth to seven pearls?" ”

"Have you ever heard the proverb 'two cats and one dog, if you don't do it'?" Angela asked herself, "Cats and dogs give birth to several babies each time, if the cat only gives birth to a pair, the dog only gives birth to one, that is a symbol of blessing, this mother-of-pearl oyster is the same, often give birth to more than ten or twenty pearls, if only seven pearls, that is more precious?" ”

"Oh, it seems to make sense!" Although there is a talkie, but each other's voices are still a little urn-like, Jiang Xiaobai looked at the sky on the sea, "We have to hurry up, otherwise, we won't be able to get to the Pearl River Wharf before dark." ”

Actually, he really couldn't get to the Pearl River Wharf before dark, but Jiang Xiaobai had other plans, but he just didn't want to explain.

After about noon, Angela was tired and hungry, and the pressure on the bottom of the sea was too great, so she finally couldn't walk, and pleaded: "There are passenger ships passing by on the sea from time to time, why don't we take a passenger ferry to the Pearl River Wharf?" ”

Jiang Xiaobai sighed and said, "What is the reason? Besides, passenger ships come and go in a hurry, and people may not stop to take care of us. ”

Angela cried and said, "But I really can't walk, can't I try?" ”

"Actually, I want to get closer to the Pearl River Estuary to see if there are any private fishing boats or something." Jiang Xiaobai explained, "When the time comes, we take off our diving suits, and when we tear our clothes again, we say that we have been robbed on the passenger ship and thrown into the sea, even if the private fishing boat refuses to save us, I can forcibly board the ship." ”

It is close to land, and there are indeed private boats for fishing.

"That's pretty much it." Angela insisted on walking for another two or three hours, and complained, "I'm so worried about the princess's safety, Mr. Jiang, you should stay on the cruise ship." ”

Jiang Xiaobai was depressed: "Didn't you say it, this is a plan to repair the plank road in the dark, and this is also for the sake of the princess's safety." ”

"I have a sense of foreboding." Angela worried, "It always feels like something is going on." ”

Jiang Xiaobai said: "Why do you say that? ”

Angela shook her head and said, "I can't say it, it's just that I'm restless, maybe I'm too worried about the princess's safety...... When I get ashore, I must call the princess, otherwise I will not be at ease. ”

"It's better not to." Jiang Xiaobai reminded, "In case the murderer overhears the conversation, wouldn't it be suing him that the one on the cruise ship is the princess herself?" ”

In fact, Jiang Xiaobai was also reminding himself that he must not talk on the phone or send messages to the people on the boat, lest the murderer listen to the content.

Suddenly, Angela exclaimed in surprise: "Look, is that a fishing boat?" ”

Jiang Xiaobai concentrated his eyes to see that there was indeed a fishing boat in the direction of the Pearl River, and under the joy, he took off his diving suit according to the original plan, and tore the clothes inside, making it look like he had been robbed and fell into the water, and then floated up with only the oxygen cylinder, and when he was about to reach the surface, he discarded the oxygen cylinder, and shouted for help while sliding towards the fishing boat.

This is a fiberglass cast 1458 type sea fishing boat, however, there are only a few young people dressed in alternative clothes on board, they seem to have stolen their family's fishing boat to play, some drink beer and laugh and play, some carry fish to stare at the sea, and some even hug and make love.

Hearing the cries for help, they put their hands on the pergola and looked over, and one of them exclaimed: "It's a person who fell into the water, how could it be, how could there be a person who fell into the water if there is no wind or waves today?" ”

A girl was attentive and shouted: "That woman speaks Taiguo, is it a tourist who was robbed on a passenger ship?" ”

"!" Huang Mao, who was carrying the fish robbery, retorted, "The sea area in this area is safe, how can there be a robbery?" ”

"I don't admit it!" A young man said, "The law and order in this area is good, but no matter how good the law and order is, it can't put an end to crime?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, let's get people up first!" The young man driving the boat slowed down the boat and faced Jiang Xiaobai and the others in the water.

Everyone immediately looked for ropes and prepared to save people.

In fact, Jiang Xiaobai had already transferred his energy to his ears, and after hearing their conversation, he had already guessed that these young people had stolen the family's fishing boat to play, and when the fishing boat approached, he shouted to the people on the boat: "We came back from Taiguo, we were robbed on the passenger ship, and we were thrown into the sea, save us!" ”

"Was it really robbed?" Everyone looked surprised, and the girl who spoke before was still curious, "Then is your companion from Taiguo?" ”

Jiang Xiaobai said: "Yes, she is the girlfriend I met in Taiguo." ”

While speaking, Jiang Xiaobai tied the rope they dropped to Angela's waist - unfortunately there was only one rope, and the lady had priority.

"Come here and help!" Huang Mao, who was carrying the fish and snatching, shouted, "Save the woman first, Ma Dan, she looks so beautiful, it can't be the third kind of human, right?" The last sentence was asking Jiang Xiaobai.

Jiang Xiaobai's head was full of black lines: "How is it possible, Ala's sexual orientation is normal." ”

"It's a pity that I didn't have my life to enjoy!" The yellow hair suddenly pulled the trigger.

Jiang Xiaobai's pupils contracted, and he subconsciously drilled into the water, but he was still half a beat slower, and the fish spear poofed into his shoulder socket, because it was a close shot, the fish spear penetrated the shoulder socket and leaked obliquely from the back.

Blame!

Pyridine -

At the same time as the assassination, the others also lifted the fish hidden under the fence and shot at Jiang Xiaobai under the water without a head or face.

Jiang Xiaobai was so frightened that he desperately drilled into the bottom of the boat, maybe it was because of his quick reaction, or the people on the boat hurriedly pulled the trigger, but he was not shot by a fish spear again.

Huang Mao immediately made a decision and shouted: "The hostages are in hand, go!" ”

Woo, woo......

In the rapid sound of oil, the fishing boat flew away like an arrow, and at that time, Angela was still hanging on the rope, and after finding out that something was wrong, she hysterically shouted Jiang Xiaobai's name.

It wasn't until the fishing boat was far away that Jiang Xiaobai endured the sharp pain of drilling his heart and surfaced, and he didn't know whether it was injured or angry, he spurted out a mouthful of blood with a puff, and said with a hideous face: "I'm angry!" ”

He was really dizzy, not only was he seriously injured, but he also lost Angela, which is called capsizing in the gutter!

But another layer of fear diminished his pain and anger.

It is clear that these people have come to hunt for them, and their main purpose is to rob people, otherwise, if they stay a little longer, they will drown in the sea, even if they are not shot and killed. Of course, there is another result, which is to be punched in the bottom of the boat by yourself. That's why they rushed to withdraw after they caught Angela.

"Who is it, who is it!" Jiang Xiaobai howled on the sea.

At this time, the sun was setting in the west, it was already dusk, and there were no more ships on the sea, only a coastline exposed in the north - that should be the mouth of the Pearl River, and the distance was at least 10 nautical miles.

There are no boats, and they are seriously injured, how can they swim through these 10 nautical miles?