Chapter 9: Prey
The fleet was successfully launched, and life on the voyage was boring.
The sky was bright, and there was a young man on the deck punching regularly, and this had been going on for a week. Zheng Zhilong did not break his promise, and after spending a few days teaching Bai Sha seriously, Bai Sha practiced diligently every day.
Practicing martial arts and boxing every day, and having played with Zheng Zhilong is already a part of sailing life. In his spare time, he learns how the crew works, and even more so for the helmsman. Baisha is not afraid of shyness, and will not be ashamed to ask questions about things that he doesn't understand.
It has been more than ten days since the fleet sailed, and Baisha did not take the initiative to provoke others, and the crew's bad impression of Baisha gradually faded.
Every morning, when Bai Sha began to practice hard, Zheng Zhilong would also watch his progress from the sidelines, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart. Bai Sha will fight with Zheng Zhilong every evening, and he can obviously feel that the gap between the two is shrinking rapidly, this is due to talent, even if ordinary people teach them hand-in-hand, their progress will not be so rapid.
Talent is something that is brought out of the mother's womb, and if you can't learn it, even Zheng Zhilong, who prides himself on practicing martial arts, can't help but be a little jealous.
After a set of punches, sit down on the spot and luck, he must take Zheng Zhilong single-handedly, which is a goal. Bai Shabi, who didn't take advantage of a few tricks, was not discouraged, but trained harder.
Whenever HNA encounters bad weather, the captain will personally take the helm and lead the fleet to survive the wind and waves. When the wind is calm, the captain is naturally leisurely, and the matter of taking the helm is handed over to the deputy.
Although Bai Sha said that he had a thick face, he would not take the initiative to consult with the captain Li Xu, so his eyes could only fall on his deputy Li Xian. Li Xian is the captain's cousin, and he will answer all the questions that Baisha has to ask for advice, and he will not be stingy with advice.
Gradually integrated into the big family of the fleet, Bai Sha also began to find it interesting, practicing martial arts every morning, learning sailing in the middle, and going to Zheng Zhilong in the evening to fight alone, and every day was quite fulfilling. Sometimes the crew will also coax, and several people will join forces to find Zheng Zhilong or Bai Sha to fight with one of them, but now Bai Sha is no longer a problem to deal with three or four people alone, not to mention Zheng Zhilong's words, the crew who have suffered several losses have only focused on Bai Sha.
Bai Sha's martial arts made rapid progress under the beating of the crew, and finally became Bai Sha who took the initiative to challenge, usually one to three, causing the crew to avoid Bai Sha in the evening. Of course, there are some crew members who are unwilling to practice with Baisha.
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"Woo-" For the first time since the flotilla went to sea, the horn sounded, and the flotilla began to lower the canvas, the speed of sailing began to slow down, and the crew began to get busy. The white sand on the deck of the meditation opened his eyes and saw an island not far away.
Bai Sha found Zheng Zhilong and asked, "What's going on?" Have we arrived? ”
"How can it be so fast, the fleet has a fixed route, calculate the time our fresh water is almost used up, it should be to go to the island to replenish the water source, and by the way, go to the island to repair." Zheng Zhilong explained.
The sea is also a place where birds don't, and now when I see an island, I feel very kind, Bai Sha is a little excited in his heart, and he can't wait to land on the island.
There will be a reef near the island, and the fleet will stop some distance from the island, and the crew will start to land on the island after the anchor work is completed.
Bai Sha and the two landed on the island with the crew, and Bai Sha, who had just landed on the island, couldn't help but stretch his waist, and then lay straight on the small beach to enjoy the sunbathing, and the feeling of being able to lie on the ground was really wonderful.
The crew did not rest when they arrived on the island, but began to set up tents, collect dry firewood, and hunt in an orderly detachment. Everything is in order, but Bai Sha and Zheng Zhilong have nothing to do, just sit back and wait for their achievements.
At this time, the deputy Li Xian came over with a bent bow on his back and invited: "Are you two interested in hunting together?" ”
"Brother Xian first, we'll follow after we clean up." Zheng Zhilong agreed to the other party's invitation.
Deputy Li Xian laughed and said, "Okay, I'll take the first step." ”
After Zheng Zhilong saw the other party leave, he lay down on the beach again and said nothing.
"What are you doing lying down, let's go!" Bai Sha saw that the other party had not moved for a long time, and began to urge.
Zheng Zhilong opened his eyes and glanced at Bai Sha and said, "That's kind words, I'm not going to drill into the forest, it's dangerous." ”
"This island is not big, will there be some ghosts? After so many days on the boat, go catch the game and relax. Bai Sha began to say in a consultative tone.
"Uncle Yu has explained, if you want to protect you, it's better for you to settle down." Zheng Zhilong was unmoved.
Bai Sha poured some sand on Zheng Zhilong, and after finding the bow and arrow alone, he began to drill into the forest.
The dense woods on the island are isolated from the harsh sunlight, and as soon as you enter the forest, a chill hits you, as if you have entered another world. Bai Sha carefully avoided the little jasper snake hanging on the tree, cheered up his spirits, and continued to explore the forest.
There is not much in this forest, there are many snakes, and Bai Sha has to be careful to avoid it.
"Timid as a mouse, he doesn't even dare to enter a forest." The further you go inside, the quieter it becomes, and Bai Sha speaks boldly. At this moment, Bai Sha's back was patted.
"Who!?" Bai Sha gasped.
"It's me, I dare to say that I'm cowardly like a mouse behind my back, I think this word is appropriate for you." Zheng Zhilong didn't know when he followed.
Bai Sha was taken aback, and didn't quarrel with Zheng Zhilong, but just glanced at the other party viciously and said, "I've been in so much, and I haven't found anything except snakes." ”
Zheng Zhilong looked around and whispered: "There are the most snakes on the island, and there are many highly venomous snakes, so let's be careful, in addition, if we are lucky, we can also encounter animals such as hares, we have to find a slightly open place, so that it is convenient to catch prey."
As soon as the two discussed it, they began to act, strange to say, there were more than ten crew members who entered the forest to hunt, but they never met along the way. It didn't take long for the two to finally find a relatively open area, and Bai Sha took off his bow and arrows to get ready, and at this time he had to be aware of the existence of his prey.
The dense woods block the sunlight and make it easy to lose a sense of direction, and there is a huge tree next to Bai Sha, and Bai Sha plans to climb up to take a look, and by the way, find the location of the other crew members.
Along the trunk of the tree, the movement was clean and neat, and after a while, the white sand climbed away. Climbing trees is a daily routine for Baisha, and he has been doing a lot of things like digging birds' eggs from trees since he was a child.
The sun shone on the body again, and the body felt warm in an instant, looking around, now there is some distance from the place where he landed, but there is still no trace of the crew around, but there is still an unexpected harvest, a bird's nest was found in a forked place of the trunk, and the eggs inside were ruthlessly taken away by the white sand, carefully put the bird eggs in his arms, and the white sand slowly rowed down along the trunk.
At this moment, a shocking protrusion struck.
"Whoosh~" Something flew by the back of Baisha's head without warning!
Bai Sha was startled, he didn't know what it was, and he was very uneasy in his heart, and looked down at the red stone in his arms, the red stone turned from red to black at this time, which was very weird. This change in the stone was the first time, and before he had time to think about it, Bai Sha changed his position and hurriedly slid down.
Dangerous!
The alarm bell sounded in his heart, Bai Sha subconsciously turned his face, and an arrow flew over his face, and at this time, Zheng Zhilong's voice also sounded: "Bai Sha be careful!" ”
The white sand on the tree became a live target, and in an instant, a few arrows flew through the air, and at this time, he couldn't care how high his position was, and he let go of his hand in an instant!
The white sand fell from the sky, and then fell on the relatively short branches, and the dense branches unloaded a lot of falling force, but even then the white sand fell heavily to the ground, motionless.
Zheng Zhilong flew over, looked at Bai Sha who fell to the ground and didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and carried it on his back and hurried to find cover.
The two who had finally found an open area to hunt became someone else's prey in an instant.
Behind a rock, "How are you?" Zheng Zhilong slapped Bai Sha's face while looking for any wounds on his body.
Bai Sha's consciousness slowly came to his senses, and he was much more relieved when he saw Zheng Zhilong. The situation was so critical that there was no time to tell where the arrows were coming from, let alone the people who were hiding in the shadows.
"You're hurt?" Bai Sha looked at the blood stains on Zheng Zhilong's arm and asked.
Zheng Zhilong saw that Baisha was fine, and hurriedly said: "Be careful, someone wants to kill us, now is not the place to talk, we have to get out of here quickly!" ”
Bai Sha nodded in agreement, and the two retreated to a small stream with their arms, and Zheng Zhilong was a little relieved after carefully observing that there was no danger around. The two of them were not attacked by arrows on the way back, and they pushed here in a tense state.
Zheng Zhilong took off his coat, simply cleaned and bandaged the wound on his arm, and then washed the blood stains on the wound of his coat with stream water and put it back on.
"What's going on with you in the tree?" Zheng Zhilong asked.
Bai Sha watched Zheng Zhilong treat the wound, which was only scratched by arrows, but it still looked shocking. After being shocked, Bai Sha said in hindsight: "At that time, I was about to go down the tree, but I didn't expect to be attacked suddenly, and I let go and fell down in a hurry. ”
"It's not easy. Why would anyone want to kill us? Bai Sha said with a gloomy face.
Zheng Zhilong didn't know where to take out an arrow, handed it to Bai Sha and looked at it and said: "This kind of arrow is not our fleet, at first I suspected that it was my own hand, but now it seems that there are variables, this matter should not be publicized, I always feel that our voyage will not go well, and we all have to be careful next." The enemy did not succeed in a single blow, presumably he would not strike again, but we should not be taken lightly, the hunt was suspended, and we hurried back to the shore in stealth. ”
Zheng Zhilong said a prophecy, but he didn't expect to encounter danger in the forest and almost died.
Bai Sha nodded, and subconsciously touched the stone in his arms.