The hour is noon, the sun hangs high overhead, and in the blue sky, like a jewel, constantly releasing heat, and in the sight, there is an endless sea, the sea and the sky are connected, as if there is no end. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, in this picture, a huge ship, at this time, is sailing on the sea, in the endless sea in front of him, this originally huge ship, seems a little small.

The noon sun shines on this ship, and when it looks at it in the sun, this ship looks a little tattered, as if it has experienced something and luckily broke free from the hands of death, just a little bit of wind and waves, it can be shattered in an instant!

However, even if the ship looked like it was about to sink, at this moment, when you look at it, people's attention will be immediately attracted by the flag flying on the ship's high mast.

Because, on that flag, embroidered is a skull emblem that makes the maritime merchants see it, and their faces immediately change, such a sign is usually only hung on pirate ships.

The skull flag, the tattered ship, there is no doubt that the ship in front of you is a pirate ship!

It's just that, judging from the current situation, this pirate ship adrift on the sea has obviously encountered wind and waves, and now there is no doubt that it has been lost at sea!

"Amo, what do you want to do, get out of here!" Originally, this ship was sailing calmly on the noon sea, but at a certain moment, suddenly from a certain cabin, a person's roar came out, as if someone had broken into the cabin.

"Give me water, I want water...", and just as the man's roar fell, another man's voice came from the cabin, and it sounded like the man who had broken into the cabin, with a desperate attitude in his voice.

"If you want water, no way!" The man who roared before, when he heard this, immediately sneered, and said to the man: "The thief said, no one should think of private water, isn't it because you are impatient?" ”

"I'm impatient!" Hearing the word thief, the person who had a resolute attitude just now immediately eased a lot, and said with a cry in his voice: "Now that we are floating half-dead on the sea, I don't know if we can get out alive..."

“… The thief said yes, then he must be able to! Hearing such a cry, the person guarding the cabin in front of him couldn't help but have a trace of hesitation in his eyes, but this hesitation disappeared in a flash, and then he looked firmly at the person in front of him and said.

"Hey, are you the master of the thief?" Hearing the firm words of the companion in front of him, the man suddenly smiled mockingly, and said with a look of despair: "Anyway, I don't believe it, it's been a few days, and I rely on so much water every day to hang myself, rather than being half-dead, it's better to drink it happily and jump into the sea to die!" ”

"Then give him water!" The man's voice fell, and before the people in the cabin could speak, he heard a man's rough voice outside the cabin, and with this voice, a bearded man stepped into the cabin.

"Thief!"

"Thief-handsome!"

As the bearded man walked into the cabin, the two sailors who were arguing at the door of the cabin just now immediately changed their faces and hurriedly bowed down to the bearded man who came in.

"A certain family has long said that no one is allowed to use the water on the boat privately, not even a certain family!" The bearded man who came in, with a compelling gaze, stood in front of the person who had just asked for water, and said word by word: "It's just that you were brought out by a certain family, since you want to die, then such and such a family will fulfill your dying wishes!" ”

"Thief... Thief! When the bearded man's words fell, the man in front of him, who had been bowing down, raised his head in shock, looked at the bearded man's eyes in horror, as if he regretted his impulsiveness just now, and stammered.

"Give him water!" However, the bearded man in front of him didn't seem to intend to give him a chance to repent, his eyes turned to the sailors guarding the water, and he opened his mouth to order.

The thief has an order, no matter how this order is, it cannot be violated in the slightest, so when the man heard the bearded man's words, his eyes hesitated slightly, and then he turned around and entered the cabin to get water.

At this time, the sailors who were originally on the ship and performed their duties had already been attracted by the movement here, and they gathered here one after another, looking at the scene in front of them with complicated expressions.

And while everyone was silently watching, the man who had just turned back and entered the cabin scooped a spoonful of water from it in the blink of an eye, carefully took it out, and handed it to the man before.

"Okay, then thank you for the thief!" The man took a spoonful full of water, with a desperate smile, picked up the spoon in his hand, raised it at the bearded man, and then brought the spoon to his mouth, and under the gaze of a large group of people around him, silently swallowing saliva, he grunted a few times, and poured a spoonful of clear water into his stomach.

"A certain family promised you that if he can go back one day, he will support your family!" Seeing a spoonful of water enter the man's stomach, the bearded guest in front of him suddenly sighed silently, and then, as he spoke, he turned around and walked outside.

"Thank you for the thief, a certain family will be one step ahead!" Watching the figure of the bearded man walk out of the cabin, the man who had just drunk the water suddenly looked at the back of the bearded man with a sad face and said loudly.

And when these words fell, the man's eyes suddenly glanced at his companions around him, and then, looking up and laughing, he leaped up like a fish and plunged into the blue sea amid a great cry of exclamation.

"Brother Zhongjian, why bother!" And at this moment, when the sailor jumped into the sea, on the deck not far from the cabin just now, a man in a short coat looked at the sailor who jumped into the sea from a distance, and said to the bearded man beside him without looking back.

"They were all brought out by a certain family!" Hearing the words of the man beside him, the bearded man's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and then he said expressionlessly: "So, a certain family doesn't want them to die under a certain knife!" ”

Nowadays, their ships are caught in a storm and lost in the sea, so the resources on board have suddenly become scarce, especially water!

Sometimes when I think about it, it's just sad that there is clear water all around, but a whole boatload of people is like being trapped in a desolate desert, thirsty to the point of almost fainting, just like the sailor just now, who has lost his mind with thirst!

However, they are lucky enough to have survived such a big storm, and now, they are still alive and, most importantly, even if the storm has deprived them of their reserve water, they are still able to extract a little fresh water from the sea every day.

The tools for extracting fresh water are a few sun stoves on the deck, plus two distillation pots, this thing was given to them by the marquis, saying that when they go to the sea, in case the water is cut off, they can use this thing to extract a little hanging water.

As a result, what I didn't expect was that Hou Ye's words turned out to be poke, and now they really rely on this to extract fresh water, and they have endured nearly half a month.

And of course, that Hou Ye is naturally Zhao Chen, who is far away in Chang'an at the moment, and they are naturally the bearded guests who have not been heard from since they left Guangzhou.

At the beginning, leaving from the docks of Guangzhou, the bearded man led his people straight to the South Seas, but on the way, he encountered a real pirate ship, so the bearded guest immediately ordered a pursuit.

It's a pity that in the end, the pirate ship was sunk by them, but they also encountered a storm, and it was easy to get their lives back from the storm, but they also successfully lost their way at sea.

Calculating the time, this is already two months since they left Guangzhou, and it has been more than half a month since the time of the storm.

It's just that, as the captain of this ship, he is the spiritual pillar of everyone, so no matter how hesitant he is in his heart, on the surface, he is still the same bearded guest as before, looking a little cold, and even, a little ruthless!

But that's the case, even if they fall to this Jedi now, this ship is still sailing normally on the sea, as long as they continue to sail, it means that they still have the possibility of returning alive.

What's more, there are many things sent by Zhao Houye on the ship, such as solar stoves, distillation pots, huge charts, compasses, etc., all of them, however, because of these, the chances of them being able to go back are much more for no reason.

At this time, the direction of the ship is to the south, according to the correct direction, they should be to the north at this time, there is the direction of Datang, but from the original pursuit of pirates, coupled with the storm, if you return the same way, I am afraid that before you see the coastline, this ship should fall apart!

At this time, they chose to sail in the opposite direction, the reason is that on the chart given to him by Zhao Chen, it was clearly indicated that there was a piece of land in the direction they sailed, and it was obvious that the chance of surviving was much greater than returning to Datang.

Of course, the premise is that the land really exists as marked on the chart, otherwise, they can only be buried in the sea!

However, this concern disappeared after only a few days, because at the end of their line of sight, a green outline gradually appeared where the sea and the sky were connected.

As the ship advanced, the green outline grew larger and larger, until it became a coastline that could be seen with the naked eye, and the ship, which had been silent for more than a month, suddenly erupted in earth-shaking cheers.