The sound of the alarm soon alarmed everyone, and everyone rushed out of the deck in panic from all over the ship to enjoy the cool water.

"Young master! What happened? ”

Qin Chong and the pot helmet had not yet woken up, and they were drunk and hazy holding the quiver and holding a curved bow and running towards me, and asked in a loud voice.

"Savages! There are savages! The Savage's ship is coming! ”

Some of the men saw the wooden boat on the surface of the sea and cheered loudly.

When the people who didn't know what to do heard the shout, they all rushed to the deck of the bow of the ship, as if they were greeting their long-lost relatives.

We have been on the island for half a year, and we have been cut off from the outside world for half a year.

Now that these living indigenous people are close at hand, whether they are friends or foes, it is a very exciting thing.

"Big brother! These natives are running out of steam! If you don't save yourself when you die, it's not a gentleman's doing! ”

Brother Lin also climbed the lookout, and I was anxiously pointing to the sea and shouting at him.

He is the owner of the merchant ship, and it is all up to Brother Lin to save or not, and I can't make my own decisions.

"Yes! But this wind and waves are urgent, and it will be difficult for my ship to turn back once it is offshore! How can this be? ”

Brother Lin was originally a chivalrous person, so he was naturally willing to save people in danger.

Moreover, these natives knew at first glance that they were exiled at sea, and that they were not coming for us, and that it was a coincidence that their canoes had drifted to these seas.

But looking up at the main sail on the mainmast, the southeast trade wind had just become a trend, and Brother Lin couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Why don't you take them with you? On the way, you will meet the island and put it down! Saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, Amitabha! ”

I clasped my palms together and sang a Buddhist verse, begging Brother Lin to say.

"The kindness of a virtuous brother and a woman! Let me think again and see if there is a better way! Oh! Pregnant! ”

Brother Lin didn't take my suggestion, but thought about it for a while, and suddenly patted his head and shouted happily.

"Guys, find all the sails and cables on board! This is useful! ”

Without further ado, Brother Lin patted the railing of the lookout and gave an order to everyone on the deck.

I also know what this guy means, the length of the sail rope and the cable is hundreds of feet.

Leave a few people on the shore to tow, and after rescuing the wild people, they can pull the merchant ship back.

In this way, you can come up with such a good plan between lightning and flint, if it is not to save people's hearts, how can there be such a good plan!

Brother Lin, what a hero!

"Sir! You're not trying to save those wild people, are you? Don't do it, sir! Not to mention whether they have a hot and poisonous plague on them, these natives do not know kindness, and when they are hungry and thirsty, they will eat us and others! ”

Seeing his scene, Tian Bo hurriedly bowed to Brother Lin and admonished.

"How can you walk the rivers and lakes and not save yourself from death! There are only about thirty of these savages, and I am afraid that he will do anything! ”

As he spoke, all the ropes were joined together, and one end was tied to the mast at the stern of the ship.

"Tian Bo! You take the three of you off the boat to guard the other end of the rope, and we will pull the merchant ship back after we have successfully rescued people! Others bring the guys and walk with me! Those natives dared to plot against me, and they were all slaughtered by me! Not a single one to stay! ”

Brother Lin was murderous, and laid out all the matters to save people and prevent people in a few words.

Now that the master's mind has been decided, the old guys of the family will not be able to say anything more, just bow down and receive the order.

Tian Bo deliberately ordered Qin Chong to stay on the shore with him, my brother is as powerful as an ox, and now he is just in the right place

uses.

"Pot helmet! Protect the young master! ”

When he got off the boat, he didn't forget his mission and shouted loudly to the pot helmet.

"Chong Zai! You also underestimate the young master! These indigenous dwarves are not enough for him to clean up alone! ”

The pot helmet waved his hand at Qin Chong, patted the quiver behind his shoulder and bent the bow, and tore his throat to compliment me.

The main sail and the bow and tail sails of the merchant ship were all raised, and they slowly left the shore and headed downwind towards the sea where the savages were.

In order to prevent accidents, everyone on board has also made all preparations.

Wearing fine armor, sword in hand, pot helmet and other men as archers, guarding the high place and waiting.

The natives, who were running for their lives, had already seen our intentions, and all of them gave up their last struggle, and lay weakly in the cabin one by one, just waiting for the merchant ship to approach.

However, the ropes on the ship are also about to come to an end, and they will be unable to control Tian Bo on the shore any further.

As a result, he saved these wild people but left his brother on the island, but it was miserable.

So Brother Lin asked the men to drop all the sails and let the merchant ship turn in circles on the sea.

Life or death can only be chosen by the natives.

The opportunity was fleeting, and the natives finally got up again, rowed the wooden boat with the last of their strength, and slowly sailed towards us.

After being pushed back by the waves for three more steps, it took more than an hour for the boats to finally approach our hull.

All precautions were useless, and the natives in the wooden boats were all angry. I didn't even have the strength to climb up the rope ladder to the deck.

I could no longer stand by, and was the first to disembark into their canoe, and carried the poor savages one by one to the boat.

Only a handful of bones were left in the emaciated ones, and they were like fluttering in their hands.

There is no water or food, and I don't know how long they have been floating on the sea.

When all the wild people in the canoe had been rescued, I inadvertently glanced at the bilge below and screamed in fear.

The two skulls of Bai Sensen, and some flesh-and-blood skeletons, were mixed together in the sewage of the cabin.

You don't have to guess to know that these surviving natives have survived by eating their own kind.

Cannibalism! The first of all evils, too!

The other men who had descended into the canoe also howled, and climbed into the boat as if they had been chased by a demon.

I wanted to cut these hateful beasts into pieces and drive them all back to the sea.

But when I returned to the deck and looked at them one by one, I couldn't do anything.

It took Qin Chong and the others a lot of effort to pull our ship back to shore.

The thick shade of the palm grove at the beachhead became a temporary shelter for these rescued natives.

Sending enough drinking water, dried potatoes and salted fish is also considered to be sending the Buddha home.

Whether or not they survive depends on their own creation, and it has nothing to do with us.

I wanted to take advantage of the southeast trade winds to set sail immediately, but the westward current under the water had not yet become a trend.

Everyone wanted to know where these natives came from, and whether there were any islands and reefs to rely on on the way west.

Therefore, Brother Lin decided to choose an auspicious day of the zodiac a few days later and then go to sea to embark on the return journey.

In the following days, the natives of the island cultivated in the forest, and there was no movement.

We also ended our island life early, and all our belongings were moved to the ship.

The food and lodging of the group are all solved in the ship.

So they were at peace with each other, lying in the net bed of the mainmast, listening to the ebb and flow of the tide, watching the clouds gather and disperse in the sky, and the time of the day passed quickly.

Two days later, the dying natives finally came back to life, and the sound of cooing was heard from time to time.

Led by an old savager who looked like a wizard, they came out of the palm forest, praying and chanting in a grotesque divine comedy, and came step by step to our ship.

"Sir! The savages are coming! ”

Everyone was curiously lying on the side of the boat, looking at these uninvited guests we rescued, Lin He shouted.

There is both exclamation and a little horror in the words.

The natives stopped at the beachhead, five feet from us, and fell to the ground in unison, and the previous prayers also stopped.

It seems that they are thanksgiving and thanking us for saving our lives.

"Brother Xian, these indigenous wild languages are very familiar, very similar to the accents of the Luzon Sea Kingdom! Let's go, come with me and get off the boat! ”

Brother Lin smiled happily, and led me and Qin Chong, Lin Qing and the others to the beach, and sat down cross-legged with the indigenous wizard.

There were more than 30 wild people in total, all of whom were young men and women.

It is estimated that the old man and the little baby who came with him had been used as rations by them during the rafting process, and they all ate them.

These natives were still very weak, and their eyes were full of fear and reverence when they looked at us.

According to the old custom of the indigenous tribes of the islands, they are our spoils of war, and life and death are in our hands.

It was still the wizard who handed the wooden staff that symbolized power into Brother Lin's hands, waiting for our fate.

He and Brother Lin began to talk intermittently in the southern wild language that no one understood.

With expressions, sentences, and more gestures, Brother Lin finally understood the general origin of these natives.

Their homeland was originally in the sea to the northeast, but in recent years, rising waters have flooded the islands and reefs where they have lived for generations.

These natives had to move their tribes south to the sea in search of a new habitat.

Unexpectedly, they encountered a kamikaze on the sea, and sent them to this sea area thousands of miles away.

When they first set out, the boats were like more than a thousand ants.

As a result, they all scattered with the kamikaze and disappeared, and it was a fluke that they were able to land on the island alive.

"Hahaha! Brother Xian, that's how it went! It seems that we are not alone on our way west, and we may even meet these remnants of the outer islands! ”

Brother Lin stood up with a relieved sword, clapped his hands and laughed heartily.

"We are about to leave the island, these natives are coming on the waves, sooner or later, it is just in time, and God wills! Amitabha! ”

I clasped my hands together reverently at the indigenous shamans and sang a Buddhist verse, and my original heart of merit suddenly disappeared.

"Yes! To be able to form such a good fate, I don't ask for any blessings for my brother, I just hope that God can bless us with smooth sailing on the way to the west and return to the hometown of Dajin as soon as possible! ”

"Those who are good people, although the blessing has not come, the disaster is far away! Brothers and sisters, please get up! Get up! ”

I bowed down to help the indigenous wizards, and Brother Lin and the others also pulled up the other wild people who were kneeling on the ground.

Although these natives could not understand our words, they also felt our friendliness and kindness.

The color of fear had faded, and the joy and relaxation of the rest of the life after the catastrophe hung on the faces of every native.

(End of chapter)

Shang and Buddha