Six big treasure ships sailed in the waters near Dongsha in the South China Sea, under the sunset, the old captain Bai Haishan stood next to the main mast, looking up at the broad sails, muttering non-stop, when Zhu Hui came to his approach, he hurriedly lowered his head and smiled slightly, and asked: "Zhu Gongzi, how do you feel about going to sea and sailing?" ”

"Old man Bai, sailing is really dangerous, but no matter what kind of wind and waves we encounter, we have to go on." Zhu Hui replied calmly.

"Yes, the seas are rough and the pirates are infested, and with a little effort, I will stand under this mast and pray silently, asking God to bless us to arrive safely." Bai Haishan patted Zhu Hui on the shoulder and said earnestly: "When I was as old as you, I was also a scholar, but I had bad luck and had to leave my hometown, but I didn't expect that I would deal with the sea in this life, and now that I am old, I will have to rely on you descendants in the future." ”

It can be seen that although Bai Haishan's expression is good, he is indeed old, sometimes gasping for a few breaths with a cough, and sometimes deliberately straightening up his rickety body......

Seeing this scene, Zhu Hui couldn't help but wonder: Why did this old man become a devout Christian now after reading the sage books he read when he was young? He is the only witness to the legendary magical continent, and it is he who transported the property accumulated by the super pirate Wang Zhi all his life to the depths of the ocean, and he spent more than ten years of hard work to return to Shuri Castle in the Ryukyus. These mysteries have always plagued Zhu Hui, and he wants to get to the bottom of it, but he is worried about touching the pain of the old man and has always been difficult to speak.

It was already dark, and at this time, the fire chief in charge of observing the celestial phenomena came over with a star-pulling board, and he erected the board perpendicular to the sea level, so that its lower edge was perpendicular to the boundary between the sea and the sky, and the upper edge was in the direction of the violet star (North Star).

After the direction of Ziwei Star was set, Huo Chang pulled up a long rope on the board, just in front of Bai Haishan, and said, "Senior Bai, please come and observe." ”

The star-pulling board is made of high-quality ebony, the compass on it is engraved with eight directions, twelve square wooden boards represent the earth's branches, the largest one is seven inches two (about 24 centimeters or so) on each side, each of the following is half an inch (a little more than 2 centimeters), the smallest one is half an inch long on each side, and the four corners are missing to engrave the square image tooth block on behalf of the hexagram, the length of the four sides is respectively a quarter of the length of the smallest side above, one-half, three-quarters and one-eighth, forming twenty-four needles, each true position is equally spaced, Navigation in 48 directions can be realized.

Under his guidance, according to the method of the compass of "Sending the Wind to the Wind", the fire chief began to adjust the position of the twelve wooden planks up and down with ivory blocks, and after determining the height of the purple microstar and the horizontal plane, he calculated the geographical latitude of the sea area through the compass, so that he could adjust the course according to the wind direction when sailing at night.

Finding that Zhu Hui was carefully observing on the side, Bai Haishan said: "Although the sky is now full of stars and the sky is clear, as the saying goes, the sky is unpredictable, the weather at sea is changeable, and there will be a big storm at any time. Let's go, kid, let's go rest after eating, maybe everyone will have to get up in the middle of the night to get busy. ”

The two climbed up to the third floor of the big treasure ship, and happened to meet Song He and Zhang Gou'er, they had already finished dinner, and were about to go to the deck to see the stars, walked into the restaurant, and found Tian Youcai drinking alone in the corner......

Zhu Hui also hurriedly ran up and helped the clear space to help Xuande Zhenren up, and found that his face was dark and trembling, so he asked, "Master, are you feeling unwell?" ”。

"It's okay, it's okay." Xuande Zhenren forced a smile, nodded at Bai Haishan, and said in a trembling voice: "Thanks to the care of the virtuous brother in the past few days, otherwise, Poor Dao would have died at the hands of the Japanese Kou." However, after this voyage, the poor road may be gone, and I ask the virtuous brother to give more advice to these descendants, and the poor road under the nine springs prays for the virtuous brother. ”

Qingkong arched his eyebrows, bowed his head and said: "Thank you Bai seniors for taking care of your teacher!" ”

"Zhenren Hugh has to worry about it, in the future, how can you be a national teacher without you? Heaven will bless you. Bai Haishan said, looking a little sad, and said to the clear sky: "Rest early, take care of your master, no matter what storm there is tonight, you don't care." ”

When Tian Youcai heard this, he suddenly shuddered, put down his wine glass and got up and asked, "What kind of storm will there be tonight?" ”

When the clear space took the master away, Bai Haishan laughed loudly and replied: "Lord Prefect, ah, no, now I am the Lord of the Sea Patrol Envoy, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and I am not Zhuge Liang, where will I know?" ”

Tian Youcai knew that everyone had prejudices about himself, and undertook the task of finding treasure sent to him by the imperial court, of course, he couldn't do without Bai Haishan, when he was in Yuegang, he also intended to take the official frame of the four-grade master, and after getting on the boat, he wanted to be close to everyone, but he still couldn't let go of his figure.

So, taking advantage of this opportunity, Tian Youcai, who was smiling and not smiling, picked up the conversation, shook his head and said: "There are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings; The centipede has a hundred legs, and it is not as good as the snake, the rooster has two wings, and the crow can not fly, the horse has a thousand miles away, and can not go by itself without riding. Gaiwen: In life, the rich and the rich cannot be lewd, and the poor and the lowly cannot be moved. The article is world-famous, Confucius is inferior to Chen Bang; Wu Luo is outstanding, and Taigong fishes in Weishui. Yan Yuan's life is short, and he is not a vicious person; Is it a good man who is old......"

At this time, the freshly prepared meal was already on the table, Bai Haishan hurriedly waved his hand to Tian Youcai, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you don't need to recite this "Han Kiln Fu", I also know that your Tian Governor has the talent of the prime minister Lu Mengzheng, but it's a pity that I didn't meet Bole and gave you the material." ”

But Tian Youcai still refused to give up, sat down next to Zhu Hui, and continued to nag to Bai Haishan, who was eating: "Emperor Yao is a saint, but he has a bad son; is stupid and stubborn, and gives birth to the son of great filial piety. Zhang Liang was originally clothed, and Xiao He was called a county official. Yan Zi was not five feet tall and was named the prime minister of Qi; Kong Ming lived in the grass and could be a military advisor of the Shu Han Dynasty. Although Chu Ba was strong, he was defeated by Wujiang and killed himself; Although the king of Han is weak, he has thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Li Guang has the power to shoot tigers, and he is old and unsealed; Feng Tang has the talent to ride the dragon, and he has never met it in his life. When Han Xin did not meet, he did not have three meals a day, and when he met him, he hung a three-foot jade seal on his waist, and once he was in decline, he died at the hands of the Yin people. ”

The tone of the word "hand" is particularly aggravated, as if he himself is the Li Guang who makes it difficult for the emperor to be sealed, Feng Tang who has never met talents, and Han Xin who is in decline.

Bai Haishan continued to bury his head in eating, and did not take his stubble again.

After resting for a while, Tian Youcai continued to preach impassionedly: "There are those who are poor first and then rich, and there are those who are old and strong and young and decrepit. is full of articles, and the gray hair is not hit; Talented and shallow, juvenile and the first Dengke. The palace in the deep courtyard was transported back to a prostitute; A merry prostitute, when she comes to be a lady. ”

This last sentence annoyed Bai Haishan, and he immediately remembered Wang Cuiqiao, threw his chopsticks on the table, and asked with a sullen face: "According to the envoy, may I ask what you want to say?" ”

Tian Youcai, who didn't know how to be aware, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "Brother Bai Nian, Tian is incompetent, I can count on you in the future, and when the time comes, the grace of dripping water will be reciprocated by a spring." ”

"Hehe, according to the inspection envoy, the lord is polite, you see that the old man is old, and he has no children and no daughters under his knees, do you need to repay the figure?" When Bai Haishan said this, he looked at Tian Youcai with disdain, and said loudly: "As the saying goes, everyone is in the same boat, sharing blessings and difficulties, and you only need to act according to your conscience. ”

"Yes, yes, everyone has to act according to their conscience." Suddenly, Tian Youcai found that Bai Haishan had a cross around his neck, and knew that he was a Christian like Chen Blind, so he asked tentatively: "Brother Bai Nian, if we can successfully find that treasure this time, let's add five to the second and one and transport half of it back to the imperial court, and the rest will be used by the official to support your missionary cause, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Hui was secretly surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help but turn around and look at Tian Youcai, as an official of the imperial court, he dared to say such a thing?

Bai Haishan shook his head and asked with a smile: "Your Excellency, do you know why I believe in Jesus Christ?" ”

Tian Youcai didn't know how to answer, and stammered: "This, this, maybe Jesus Christ can bless you......"

"Hehe, my disciple of Confucius, only because of changes in my family, I fell into the hands of pirates and pirates, so I understand what it means to be useless and a scholar."

"Why don't you believe?"

"It's mostly witchcraft and evil methods, but it's really self-deception."

"Why don't you believe in Buddhism?"

"It's a pity that I didn't meet a master like Elder Moon Sky as soon as possible, what I saw were mostly those who were in the name of Buddhism, who did a lot of chickens and dogs, and the temple became a place to hide dirt and dirt, treating good men and women, they did not make people sincerely repent of their mistakes, but let people bribe the Buddha with incense money, while the monks lived a luxurious and erosive life, 'three martial arts and one sect to destroy the Buddha' is not unreasonable."

(Three Wu and One Sect: refers to Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, and Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty.) ）

Hearing this, Tian Youcai closed his eyes, lost his former reserve, and sighed a little depressedly: "Alas, that's what I said, people must have a spiritual sustenance." ”

At this time, Bai Haishan also sighed, and then said: "If the partners around you are all anti-heaven fanatics with no faith, no conscience, and no bottom line, such as Wang Zhi, Xu Hai and other scumbags; Or the kind of shameless person who has milk is a mother, like the Lin Feng and the like, in such an environment, even if you are only lucky, rich in learning, and have the ambition of Lingyun, you can only sink in this sinful world, slowly sinking deeper and deeper, until you completely lose your way, and old decay is a lesson from the past! In order to survive, in order not to be an accomplice of the devil, he had to choose Christianity as his faith, in order to seek spiritual sustenance. ”

Pirates colluded with the Japanese to cause chaos in half of the Ming Dynasty, how many children of good families were forced to be cowards, as the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, Tang Jing was no exception, and even more, the powerful Yan father and son who were above 10,000 people under one person all regarded collusion with the Japanese to rebel, and if the rebellion failed and then absconded overseas as the last way out, what went wrong?

Zhu Hui couldn't help but ask, "Senior Bai, in your opinion, can Jesus Christ really save the world?" ”。

After eating, Bai Haishan took off the cross from his neck, put it on the dining table, and replied with a smile: "Let me tell you a story: The Roman Emperor Caesar ruled the holy city of Jerusalem, and the Pharisees wanted to use Christian doctrine to frame Jesus who was preaching, so they sent a disciple to Jesus and said: 'Master, we all know that you are an honest man, and you preach for God very religiously, and you teach the world according to the truth without looking at anyone's feelings. ’”

"Jesus, seeing the malice of this man, and knowing that he was a hypocrite, that he was going to embarrass himself with such a dilemma, preached, 'Show me a tax money,' and the Pharisee showed him a penny. ”

"Then Jesus asked, 'Whose image is on this coin?' The Pharisees replied, 'It is Caesar.' Then Jesus laughed and said, 'Well, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. The Pharisees did not expect Jesus to be so resourceful that they ran away in fright. ”

Tian Youcai listened to it and said tentatively: "This means that the worldly is worldly, and faith is faith, and there is no contradiction between worldliness and faith, and there is no need to compete with each other. Emperor Taizu Gao Ming Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Taoism converged precedent, the world many people do not understand its meaning, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism three schools are even more short and long, one after another, resulting in the world at a loss, can only be judged by utilitarianism, it is a big fallacy. Confucianism is the way to govern the country, and it lies in learning; Buddhism preaches the world, but also assists Confucianism is not caught, and the afterlife is sustenance; Taoism is proficient in art, put aside the evil magic used by traitors, cultivating immortals and alchemy, and other deceptions, there is Zen Buddhism to make up for the lack of Taoism, giving people the ultimate care of the soul, is my Chinese code of conduct for thousands of years, three complementary one, indispensable. ”

"Lord Tian is high-minded, worthy of being the top three jinshi of my Ming Dynasty!" Bai Haishan praised.

"It's a shame to say that over the years as an official, I have wasted my knowledge and lost my kindness. The so-called people are not for themselves, the heavens and the earth are destroyed, and they are busy calculating all day long, but they are proficient in all kinds of 'techniques', and in the end they are not cocooning themselves and harming others and themselves. From today onwards, I Tian will restore the original nature of human beings, and re-establish himself in the world with the practice of the original intention of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. ”

"If you can do this, I will never carry this cross again."

"Let's high-five and bet, ask Zhu Gongzi to be the witness."

"Good! From today onwards, I will no longer wear this cross and practice the teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism together with you, Lord Tian. Bai Haishan said, and after Hetian Youcai made a bet and high-fived, he gave the cross to Zhu Hui, and said: "Please help me keep it and supervise the words and deeds of the two of us." ”

Zhu Hui is considered to be a long scholar, and said with a smile: "Master Yuekong originally wanted to go to the New World to Xuanhua and compete with Western missionaries. ”

"Childe, you are in a good time, now that the pirates have declined, the Japanese have been wiped out, and there are two masters, Elder Moon Sky and Xuande Zhenren, to guide you, you are lucky. As for what happened to the old man, it is really unbearable to look back on, and it is difficult to explain it in a word, so I will tell you in detail when we sail to the new world. Bai Haishan said, with a hint of sadness, sank for a moment, and continued: "Don't be happy too early, the road is long, the wind and waves are still behind, and the unknown danger will come to you at any time, Gongzi, as the master of hair care, it will be up to you in the future." ”

As soon as the words fell, Song He and Zhang Gou'er ran in in a panic and shouted in unison: "This day is changing, and there is a strong wind on the sea." ”

Bai Haishan laughed loudly and said, "What is this little wind and waves? As the saying goes, if you don't advance against the current, you will retreat, go, I will teach you how to adjust the direction of the sails, so as not to sail against the wind, and our big ship has to move forward. ”

Everyone walked out of the restaurant, Tian Youcai looked up, only to see dark clouds rolling in the sky, sometimes thunder and lightning, and the raging sea breeze blowing the sails, but he no longer had the slightest timidity.

Bai Haishan climbed the tower on the deck and instructed everyone to adjust the direction of the sails, and Zhu Hui, Song He, Zhang Gou'er and the sailors began to get busy together......