Chapter 22: The Treasure Map Appears
The black-clad man's ship floated silently on the surface of the sea with several large holes in the top.
The cannon was stowed, the grappling hook was hung, and the Heart of the Ocean continued its aimless voyage as if nothing had happened.
Yihuang followed behind the captain, and after hesitation, asked, "Captain, why don't you extinguish your mouth?" ”
The captain paused and half-jokingly said, "There's no need, we took the money." ”
The captain's statement was obviously not convincing, and Ichihara did not intend to continue asking, and returned to his place at the helm.
Eight Desolations sneakily touched Yihuang's side, cautiously glanced at the room at the end of the bed and said, "Yihuang, have you felt any changes in the captain during this time?" ”
Yihuang stabilized the rudder and asked rhetorically, "Tell me what has changed?" ”
Bahuang thought for a while and said: "Compared with before, I talk a lot and love to laugh." ”
It's true, but that's only relative to the past. patted Bahuang on the shoulder and said, "We all ignored one thing, the captain is still a little girl." ”
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On another unknown part of the sea, there is a flat boat.
The boat is not assembled from a template, but carved out of a large tree, with smooth roots at the stern and a branch standing up at the bow of the boat, and an oil lamp hanging from the slightly curved end of the branch, which will be lit up at night.
The middle of the boat was hollowed out, and in addition to placing some items, it could only accommodate two or three people. At this time, I thought that the old man was paddling with one hand and holding a cigarette stick with the other, and the old man was none other than the old fish.
The tobacco in the old fish's cigarette stick was exchanged for light and off, and the sea breeze swished, and soon burned into ashes. Although it is a flat boat, the speed is not slow at all, comparable to the heart of the ocean with 'red stones'.
The old fish said to himself: "The speed is too fast, this bag of tobacco can't take a few puffs, it's blown away by the wind, slow down." With that, the boat slowed down.
When night fell, the boat god unknowingly leaned on the side of a large ship. The old fish gecko strolled and climbed along the hull of the boat to the big boat.
The old fish knew his way, avoided all the crew and came to the captain's resting place, spat a puff of smoke at the sleeping captain, and then searched for a sheepskin-like thing on the other side, grinning.
Mission accomplished, withdrawn.
As soon as the door was opened, a crew member happened to pass by.
The crew was stunned for a short time and then quickly shouted, "There are ghosts, there are ghosts!" ”
At this time, the sleeping captain also woke up and recognized the old fish.
"Old fish head?!"
The whereabouts were discovered, and the old fish had no time to reminisce about the past. Buckled his fingers and rewarded the crew members who were blocking the way, and one of them said, "Who is the ghost?" I think you're like a big-headed ghost. ”
Regardless of the crew members covering their foreheads in pain, the old fish quickly came to the side of the boat, jumped down directly, and landed steadily on the boat. He took out the fire fold and lit the oil lamp on the boat, and then took out the stolen sheepskin, which was a nautical chart, but it was very incomplete.
"Whoosh"
The old fish sat firmly on the front foot, and the arrow on the back foot followed.
The old fish quickly put away the sheepskin, lit the oil lamp, stirred the oars wildly, and the boat slipped away quickly.
"Dude, withdraw!" Lao Yu said.
"Old fish head, I won't let you go!" The sea is full of resounds.
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Bai Sha and Zheng Zhilong fought on the deck, and after fighting each other, they each withdrew a few steps, which was considered a tie, and it was only a lot of time for Bai Sha to reach this point, which had a lot to do with the red stone on his body.
Zheng Zhilong was not jealous when he looked at Baisha's progress, but felt excited, Baisha's progress made Zheng Zhilong dare not slack off, and a stronger Baisha also indirectly helped it grow rapidly.
The former captain's room is now occupied by Bai Sha and Zheng Zhilong, and there are two beds in it.
After the fight, the two returned to the room, and since they got to the heart of the ocean, Zheng Zhilong began to like the tea ceremony, and even Baisha began to get used to the bitter taste.
Bai Sha rudely took a sip of tea and said, "I had a vague dream last night, I can't remember it too really, anyway, there was a person in the dream, it was the young crew member who hit me on the cargo ship. When I woke up, I remembered one thing, if the white powder was ashes, why did the fish in the sea flee in all directions? ”
Zheng Zhilong frowned, "This really doesn't make sense, why don't you secretly retrieve a little white powder and check it?" ”
"I'm afraid of startling the snake, and besides, if it's really ashes, I can't face the young crew." Bai Sha shook his head and said.
Zheng Zhilong said: "Anyway, be careful, ships loaded with artillery must be under martial law at any time, which is the guarantee for our survival." ”
Bai Sha nodded and said, "Zhilong, are we too cautious, nothing has happened for so many days." Besides, although we have lost a lot of crew members on the island, the strength of our fleet is now increasing rather than decreasing, and it is no longer a small role for mermaids. ”
Zheng Zhilong looked at the confident Baisha, poured cold water and said: "A mountain is higher than a mountain, to put it mildly, we are really a small role." ”
Bai Sha felt that Zheng Zhilong was boring, and pouring cold water became a habit.
There was a knock on the door, and the voice of the crew rang out: "Captain, the weather is very good, do you want to dry the bedding?" ”
"Let's sun, although I have washed it a few times, I still feel that there is still the smell of Li Xu, and I sleep cold and ...... at night," Bai Sha whispered.
Zheng Zhilong glanced at him and ordered the crew to come in and clean up.
After the crew packed up the futon, they respectfully withdrew, and Bai Sha paced around the room, and the two men stayed together all day, bored, so they talked about topics other than men.
"What do you think of the captain of the Heart of the Sea?" Bai Sha asked coldly.
Zheng Zhilong's hand holding the tea bowl trembled, and said, "Don't dare to talk about it." ”
"What are you afraid of, I'll just ask casually." Bai Sha sat on the bed board without futon.
The bed board was a little dented after sitting on the white sand.
Bai Sha knocked it with his hand, and it was empty.
Bai Sha lifted a bed board, looked inside, and found that there was another place under the bed board, hiding a small box.
"Zhilong, come and have a look." While calling Zheng Zhilong, Bai Sha took out the small box hidden under the bed board.
Zheng Zhilong took the box, and there was a seal on it, and the words "Li Dan personally opened" were written on the seal.
Bai Sha was about to tear open the seal and open the box, but was stopped by Zheng Zhilong. "You dare to touch Li Dan's things? When we deliver the goods, we will give the box to Li Dan. ”
Seeing that the other party refused to open the box, Bai Sha said, "Okay, whatever you want." ”
As soon as the words fell, Bai Sha said that the other party had snatched the box inattention, and instantly tore off the seal on it.
Bai Sha sneered, with an expression of "the seal has been torn off, what now".
Zheng Zhilong was angry and said, "This is Li Dan's thing!" ”
Bai Sha didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to care so much, and said strongly: "So what, this is what we found out by accident." If you don't find out, what do you give to Li Dan? ”
Zheng Zhilong took a deep breath, the unhappiness between his eyebrows gradually dissipated, and said, "Anyway, the seal has been torn off, so let's open it and take a look." ”
"That's right." Bai Sha couldn't wait to open the box.
Inside the box was a folded sheepskin, made of the same material as the old fish's.
"What a broken thing, I knew I wouldn't open it!" Bai Sha thought it was something valuable.
Zheng Zhilong spread out the folded sheepskin and said, "This looks like a nautical chart." ”
Bai Sha leaned over to study the situation carefully, pointed to a place in the sheepskin and said, what is this word?
On the top of the sheepskin is a word, half a word to be exact, and the other half is torn off.
Zheng Zhilong gestured with his fingers in the air, and then asked: "This seems to be half of the word 'hidden'." ”
"Hidden?" Bai Sha repeated, three words flashing through his mind.
"Treasure map?" The two looked at each other at the same time and said incredulously.
Bai Sha hurriedly said: "The treasure map that the old fish mentioned? ”
Zheng Zhilong shook his head, "I don't know, but this picture should be very important, otherwise it won't be hidden under the bed board, it's just that it's so mutilated that you can't see anything." ”
Bai Sha couldn't understand it, so he just asked, "How to deal with it?" Give it to Li Dan or hide it yourself? ”
Zheng Zhilong had actually heard about the treasure map for a long time, and before he went to sea, rumors spread that it was the Three Treasure Eunuchs who hid countless treasures on the islands of the shipping route and drew a treasure map, and the sudden appearance of the treasure map made everyone's hearts moved. Could the unsatisfactory voyage have something to do with the treasure map?
Zheng Zhilong and Bai Sha talked about the treasure map, but they couldn't make a decision for a while.
"We hid it ourselves, we haven't seen Li Dan at all, why should we hand it over to him?" Bai Sha said.
Zheng Zhilong rolled up the treasure map and said slowly, "As long as we find one of the treasure hiding locations, we will have countless riches, and when the time comes, it will be easy to form an invincible fleet......
No one can resist the temptation of the treasure map, not even Zheng Zhilong, to be precise, Zheng Zhilong has no resistance to forming an invincible fleet!
Looking at Zheng Zhilong's hot eyes, Bai Sha was also a little in a trance.
Baisha doesn't look very heavily on gold and silver, but it's hard to say about other rare treasures, such as treasures like red stones on his body......
Zheng Zhilong thought for a moment, handed the rolled sheepskin to Bai Sha, and said, "You will keep it." ”
Bai Sha took the small sheepskin roll, feeling heavier than ten thousand gold.
"Why did you hand it over to me for safekeeping, you weren't afraid that I would take it privately?" Bai Sha quipped.
Zheng Zhilong didn't joke with Bai Sha, but said: "This treasure map is incomplete, and you can't see anything. Even if it is done, it is difficult to say whether it is a blessing or a curse. In time, your martial arts will surpass mine, and you will be safer with you. ”
Bai Sha hid the small sheepskin scroll in his arms, and then threw the small box containing the broken treasure map into the sea.
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The discovery of the treasure map in Baisha was an accident and not an accident.
Almost at the same time, both on land and on the sea, fragmented treasure maps continued to appear, and now the sea near the land has become a mess, and the heart of the ocean has not yet rushed back, but sails on the edge of the sea in the sphere of influence far from the mainland.
In order to snatch the treasure map that appeared, countless alliance fleets in the past fought each other with swords.
The mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings, and the sea is full of gunsmoke!