Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Mysterious Flute of the Sea
The sky is getting dark, the official ship is brightly lit, and from a distance, the sea at night is bright.
After leaving Jinmen Port for a long time, I did not see the archway of the ferry ship and the crowd of cars and horses coming and going.
Gu Yunxi sat on the empty deck at the bow of the boat with his knees crossed, and put the cowhide gas dead wind lamp aside.
She put her hands on her cheeks and quietly looked at the thick and churning waters of the night.
It was silent at the moment, except for the sound of the water cutting as the boat sailed across the sea, and the occasional white wings or two of waterfowl flying through the night, and the shrill chirping of the sky.
The gentle sea breeze blew and brushed the girl's cheeks, bringing a slight salty moisture.
"The girl is here!"
Qing'er walked out of the cabin, saw the light on the bow of the boat, and came over to Gu Yunxi and said:
"Qianhu asked me to call you for dinner."
Gu Yunxi enjoyed the silence and serenity of the night, took a deep breath of the sea breeze, and smiled lightly:
"Qing'er, this is the first time in my life that I have taken a boat on the sea."
Qing'er squatted down beside her, and her plain face under the fine moonlight revealed a little joy:
"Me too, speaking of which, it's still stained with the girl's light."
Gu Yunxi turned his head to look at her and smiled faintly:
"Come out with me this time, you and Brother Xiaoshen will not be able to live in peace not long after they get married, I keep your kindness in my heart, thank you!"
Qing'er crooked her mouth unpleasantly:
"The girl said stupid things again, you will be the wife of the overseer and half of the master of the East Factory in the future, who do we listen to if we don't listen to you?"
Gu Yunxi pursed his lips, his eyes moved to the sea, and a trace of messy hair on his forehead was swept up by the night breeze, fluttering slightly.
The moonlight sprinkled on her face, making her complexion as clear as a delicate magnolia, as if the person in the painting was not touched by half of the fireworks.
Gu Yunxi sighed at the unsightly sea:
"I don't know when the Celestial Empire's army will triumph, and the Overseer's fleet will come back, so it should be the first to meet us in Weihai, right?"
Qing'er hooked her lips and chuckled, knowing that the character in front of her was suffering from lovesickness, she couldn't bear to joke, so she comforted:
"Yes, yes, don't you worry, didn't Qianhu say that he had sent a letter of 100,000 to southern Xinjiang before he came out? Now that the army is stationed on the northern line of Boku, the Overseer will definitely receive it. Oh, let's go, it's time for you to eat! ”
Gu Yunxi got up lazily and was led back to the cabin by Qing'er.
Walking past the water tank stove, the two girls entered a dormitory, and Cheng Wanli was gathering around a low table with his subordinates.
When the door rang, Lao Cheng turned around and immediately beckoned the two girls to come over for dinner.
Qing'er smiled and came to Xiao Shen's side, and Gu Yunxi found a place to sit down at random.
A crew member bowed his head and walked into the dormitory, added a dish of braised beef to the low table, and was about to withdraw when he was dragged by Lao Cheng:
"Hey, let me ask you, how many hours are there to get to Guiping Port?"
The crew member remained motionless, bowing his head and saying nothing, and the thin and swaying shadow on his forehead in the light covered most of his face, so hazy that it was impossible to see his eyebrows.
Ai Qing looked at the person sideways for a moment, and asked in a cold voice:
"What, dumb? Can't speak! ”
"Before dawn... Yes. ”
The voice was ethereal, as thin as a gossamer in the ears of those present, as if it appeared out of thin air, strange and clear.
The people at the table, you look at me, I look at you, so many pairs of eyes are staring, but no one can see clearly when that person opened his mouth.
Lao Cheng's face was tense, and a layer of goosebumps inexplicably aroused on his back.
As soon as the five fingers were released, the crew withdrew their hard arms, took a few steps back, and naturally bowed their heads and quietly walked out of the dormitory.
"Damn, what attitude!"
Zao Wou-Ki took a sip on the ground and scolded:
"We came out by order, and we didn't give the Dejin Gate too much money, and we should be treated so slowly by his men when we used his ship?"
Gu Yunxi patted his arm:
"Third Uncle is not angry, let's not meet him in general."
Cheng Wanli took a bite of food and said:
"After this trip first, come back and look good with Najin Gate.
Lao Cheng didn't want to make trouble at this time, he just wanted to get to his destination quickly.
Only he knows in his heart that when the Southern Xinjiang Great Victory Governor leads the team back, Dayi will completely change the sky.
At that time, was it a matter of cleaning up a Jinmen Taishou?
After a full meal and drink, everyone moved to the corner house behind the cabin.
Gu Yunxi and Qing'er are both women, and the other masters are in one room, each recuperating their energy.
Riding a horse galloped for a day and drifted on the sea for nearly two hours, Gu Yunxi was indeed tired, and as soon as his head touched the pillow, he fell asleep.
She was half-asleep and half-awake, and suddenly there was a flute in her ears, and the sound was like a fine needle and horn weaving sadness, and a needle pierced her heart.
There were countless faces of the Overseer in front of him, each with a different expression, smiling, sad, contemplative, and silent...... Upside down, back and forth, stirring Gu Yunxi tossing and turning.
It was getting hotter and hotter, and the air seemed to burn.
The girl wanted to open her eyes very much, but her eyelids were heavy, and her whole body seemed to be sinking into the mire of dreams from which she could not extricate herself, and she could not get out easily.
She was so hot that her mouth and nose were moving, her throat was about to smoke, she was sweating profusely, and her hands grabbed the placket of her clothes uncontrollably and tore them indiscriminately, wanting to get a trace of life-saving coolness.
One person walked slowly to the head of the bed, and his big palm reached out to hold her restless little hand, and the cold on the pale five fingers instantly spread to the girl's hot skin, making her frown slowly stretch.
"Hmm... Overseer ......"
She was talking about the cherry blossoms in her dreams, and she murmured.
The palm that moved to her peach-petaled cheek suddenly stopped halfway.
The person at the head of the bed bent down slightly, and there was a murderous light at the bottom of his eyes, cold and cold.
——
Boku North Line, Moro Mountain.
It was already dark, and the steep mountain path was filled with pine torches.
He led the team to walk halfway up the mountain.
The night sky is overcast and the climate is unpredictable.
The lead clouds rolled, the wind dried and cold like a blade, and layers of white shadows swept through the winding snake-like procession, as if the silver-white gauze tent was blurred, sprinkled from the dark sky of splashed ink.
"Obediently, it's July fire, why is it still snowing in this mountain?"
Ji Yaoguang raised the torch to look at the snow-covered mountain top, paused slightly, reached out to pick up the light and feather-like thing, and watched it turn into a pool of cold water in his palm.
The woman was taken aback and muttered to herself.
Langhuan found that the team had been disconnected for a long time, and ordered the people in front of him to stop quickly.
He cautiously turned back along the rugged and narrow mountain road, frowned and asked:
"Mrs. Yaoguang, what's wrong?"
The female pirate wrapped her shoulders around the Maokan offered by her subordinates, sighed in the wind, looked up at the sky above the thick clouds and sighed:
"The weather here is very strange."
Yihuan nodded and gritted his teeth:
"The climate in the mountains is changeable and normal, let's go quickly, when the snow and fog are heavy, you can't see the road clearly, and it's even more troublesome if the team can't go up or down."
Ji Yaoguang calmed down and waved his hand:
"Keep going."
For a whole day and two nights, the team of Yihuan and Ji Yaoguang finally arrived at the boundary of Qingche City, and during the trip, more than ten people accidentally fell off the cliff and injured their lives.
When the morning sun rises, the dazzling sunlight illuminates the mountain road, and people look down on the well-outlined castle towers in the morning light, and let out excited cheers.
After releasing a carrier pigeon, he rested for half an hour, and the army integrated 10,000 soldiers and bowed to Ji Yaoguang:
"There is a secret dangerous road ahead, and I will say goodbye to my wife here for a while."
Ji Yaoguang's rough palm patted the man's shoulder and smiled:
"Thanks to the little brother's care all the way, let's see you in the light car city, goodbye."