At sea, there are no swimmers.

But anyone who has seen the wrath of the ocean can deeply understand this sentence.

Although Chen Mu has a good water nature, he has suffered such bad luck, and his soul has already been torn apart by various emotions.

Horror, grief, anger, and even confusion, a thousand emotions filled his mind, plus the wind and waves were very strong, and it was night, and his heart was full of despair.

The harbor on the other side was brightly lit, and the Countess Ducati looked like a baroque castle in the light of the fire, but Chen Mu had to stay away from the port.

Because he knows that if people find out, his life will not be saved.

But he also knew that if he went to the depths of the ocean, there would be no return, so he could only cruise along the coast, trying to avoid the lights and the red-haired boat.

After all, he is only fourteen years old, although he secretly practices martial arts, and his explosive power is not bad, but his body is thin and his endurance is not good.

He bit his father's key, and he didn't know how long he swam, until the dinghy and the Countess Ducali completely disappeared from his field of vision, and then he calmed down and took the key from his mouth and hid it.

Of course, the harbor is gone, replaced by a vast expanse of the sea, in which one becomes as small as sand and dust, and fate hangs like a weight hanging over a strand of hair.

Xu is father and brother's heroic spirit has not dispersed, and he is still sheltering Chen Mu, and there is a wooden barrel floating not far away!

Seeing this wooden barrel, Chen Mu inevitably felt sad, but he still paddled hard, and finally leaned on the wooden barrel.

He was so tired that once his hands and feet stopped, he never wanted to move again, but just held the barrel and went with the flow, letting the current lead his fate.

This is also a helpless move, because he has never been on a ship to sail, he can't discern the direction, and he looks at the sky and the sea, and he is like an ant trapped in a glass bottle filled with water.

He looked up with difficulty, but he saw the beautiful starry sky that he had never paid attention to, as if his soul had been withdrawn from his body and floated between the stars and the sea.

The monotonous and boring sound of the waves was like the echo of the long river of time, and Chen Mu finally fell asleep in a coma.

Chen Mu was woken up by the sun, although there was water all around, but Chen Mu was thirsty, his lips were already chapped, his mouth was confused, and his mouth and tongue were like new and tender wounds, all of which had grown in one place.

His head and face were full of salt flowers, sticky and itchy, and the intense light was at the opposite end of the darkness of the previous night, and he seemed to be living in a glowing light bulb, with dazzling light everywhere.

"Abba, big brother, wait for me......" Chen Mu had already given up fighting against fate, and seeing that he was about to sleep again, he suddenly raised his head!

There was a black spot in the distance!

That's a ship! It's a boat!

Chen Mu thought it was a mirage, but he rubbed his eyes vigorously, it was really a ship!

The appearance of this boat made Chen Mu see the hope of survival, he did not shout, but paddled hard and approached the direction of the boat!

is also favored by God, the ship did not go far, and it was in the direction of Chen Mu, and it became bigger and bigger in Chen Mu's field of vision!

"Help! Help me! It wasn't until Chen Mu could see the people on the boat clearly that Chen Mu waved his hands desperately and shouted over there.

The people on the boat also discovered Chen Mu, and immediately approached the boat to Chen Mu's side, and then slowly stopped.

The boat was not very large, and there were only two people on board, wearing cropped stilts,* a swarthy upper body, and a headscarf tied around their heads that could not be distinguished from whether they were blue or black.

"It's a native man!" They speak the water dialect, that is, the Tanjia dialect, which is different from the Cantonese dialect, but communication is not a problem.

The Tanka family is a relatively special group, they are born, old, sick and die, weddings and funerals are all on the ship, thinking that people living on land are very treacherous people, so they call the inland people Turen.

Chen Mu is still relatively clear about the origin of the Tan family, the Tan family is a pariah, and the men either fish at sea or rob at sea, and they are fierce.

In order to make a living, many women of the Tan family will sell their skin and flesh on the row boats, and most of the customers are people who come and go by sea, and there are also many people along the coast who will go to the Tan family to have fun on the boats.

The women of the Tan family are cheerful and bold, frank and straightforward, spicy enough, not pretentious, even if they sell their flesh and skin for a living, they are not ashamed, in their opinion, it is just a means to make a living, and even many husbands think so, even if their wives sell their hues for a living, they still love each other, support each other, everything is just to survive.

Father Chen Qiyou is the owner of Hong Shuntang's incense, and Hong Shuntang can travel unhindered on the sea, thanks to the help of the Tan family brothers, and many of the gang are Tan family members, Chen Mu is relieved.

"I'm not a native of the sea, I'm a seaside person, pull me on the boat!"

Although Chen Mu is not favored by his father, after all, he is the second son of the incense master, and the gang is also respectful to him.

The Tan family is suspicious, but they are also warm-hearted, and if they are shipwrecked at sea, they will usually be dragged behind the ship, which is a wiser thing to do.

Because they are afraid of being unsafe when they are rescued from the boat, and they are afraid of retribution if they are not rescued when they see death, they usually throw a rope and drag the person who has fallen into the water.

However, although Chen Mu's Tanjia dialect is a little blunt, the seaside people in his mouth have a deep meaning!

Most of the Jianghu people in the mouths of Hong Shuntang and other halls are relics of the Ming Dynasty, hate the government, and do not want to regard themselves as Qing people, and the coastal areas usually call themselves seaside people.

But Chen Mu's fine skin and tender flesh are not begging for a living at sea at all, and the Tan family on the ship is also suspicious, among them, the young one grabbed Chen Mu's bun and pulled it hard, and really tore off Chen Mu's fake braid!

"Help!"

The boat boss saw that Chen Mu was really a dignified person, so he hurriedly pulled him onto the boat and scooped fresh water from the urn.

Chen Mu poured a lot of water and drank it in a hurry, choking on the water that squirted out of his nose, but he didn't care.

Seeing this, the captain of the ship hurriedly stopped him.

"If you drink slowly, it will hurt your body."

Saying this, he snatched the water scoop back, and took out the dried fish and roasted sweet potatoes for Chen Mu to eat.

"Which stall are you from Hong Shuntang?" The elder boat boss squatted beside Chen Mu and asked casually.

Chen Mu's heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately became alert.

Although his martial arts are not good, but his mind is smart, his father and brother were supposed to rob the ship, but they were ambushed, and it is very likely that there was a mole in the gang, and his father handed him the key again, and before finding out the murderer, Chen Mu must hide his identity before taking revenge!

"Uncle, how do you say that I am from Hong Shuntang?" Chen Mu was also a little puzzled, although Hong Shuntang dominated one side, but at this time, he was at sea, and it was not Hong Shuntang's family who came and went.

"Don't coax people, last night Hong Shuntang asked the government to copy it, and Lord Chen Xiang's family was served, and the gang was scattered and scattered in all directions, you are not from Hong Shuntang, how can you fall into the sea?"

"What do you say?" Chen Mu immediately grabbed the collar of the boat boss, his eyes widened angrily, he couldn't believe it at all!

The boat boss frowned and sneered: "Dare to say that you are not from Hong Shuntang?" ”

Chen Mu didn't care about it, and immediately asked angrily at the boat boss: "Tell me what's going on!" ”

The boat boss pushed away Chen Mu's hand and sighed lightly: "Raiding the house is raiding the house, what else is there to say, Hong Shuntang hijacked the foreigner's public ship, and the foreigner instructed the comprador to report the case to the government to exert pressure, and the government has investigated it......"

"It's a pity that Chen Xiang is a heroic man, and he can't resist death, the young and strong family was slaughtered, and the old and weak women and children were all imprisoned......"

When Chen Mu heard this, he also sat down in a daze, muttering to himself, and his heart was in pain!

Seeing this, the boss of the boat didn't say anything, let Chen Mu shrink at the stern of the boat, greeted the young man, drove the boat and trawled, still fishing, and returned at night.

This day and night almost shattered Chen Mu's world, he went from refusing to believe, to grief, to anger, until he was insensitive, and everything was already lost.

A large number of rows of boats appeared on the coast at night, and that was the territory of the Tan family.

The Tanka family eats, drinks, lives and travels on boats, and they go ashore only to sell fish and trade daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt, and these rowboats are their homes.

At this time, the rows of boats rose up a stream of cooking smoke, the men of the Tan family who went out to sea were unloading the catch, and the women also came out to help, cleaning up the small fish and shrimp hanging on the fishing nets on the seaside.

Chen Mu saw such a scene, and it was inevitable that he would touch the scene.

Although his father didn't like him very much, his mother and brother loved him very much, and other uncles, cousins, and so on, were also very kind to him.

He knew that his father was not tired of him, otherwise he would not have invited Mr. Xixi to come back to teach him to read, and just threw Chen Mu into the private school.

Now that the revenge of his father and brother has not been avenged, his mother and clan cousins have been arrested, and Hong Shuntang is shattered, only he Chen Mu has escaped from life, how can he be willing to fall!

He has always hoped to come up with his ability to do something to impress his father, although his father and brother are no longer there, but when he parted, his father handed him the key Chen Mu, which was entrusted, and his father's heroic spirit was still watching in the sky, how could he Chen Mu not lose his strength!

"Thank you Uncle for saving your life, dare to ask Uncle Uncle's name, he will ......return it a hundred times in the future" Chen Mu is a scholar, knowledgeable, and has the air of the rivers and lakes, and speaks decently.

The boss of the boat shook his head: "I didn't save you to repay you, let's go back with me." ”

When the captain said this, the young man next to him changed his face and shouted on the spot.

"Brother, this future life is a person from Hong Shuntang, how can we take in the fugitives!"

In order to avoid being angry, in addition to the title of parents, many people will call parents uncles and aunts, and even call their fathers as elder brothers, etc., in order to make chaos and hide from the gods, so as not to restrain themselves from their parents.

Judging from his age, this young man should be the son of the captain of the ship, but he, like Chen Mu, should be in conflict with his father or hit each other.

However, Chen Mu didn't care about this, he had to go home to see, how could he stay in the Tanjia row, and immediately went to the old avenue of the boat: "The person who wears the guilt doesn't dare to disturb, and the benefactor tells him the name, and the future boy will definitely remember it, and he will leave." ”