Chapter 44: The Tempest

The night is as dark as ink, and a light boat travels through the vast sea. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

For unknown reasons, the pirates did not pursue. The temporary escape from danger made Zhao Min also relax. Putting down the oars, I secretly looked at the girl at the stern of the boat, and saw that she was half-bowing her head, her eyes were only staring at the sea under her feet in a daze, and she couldn't see any anger, and she felt a pain in her heart for no reason.

Anyway, I don't know the direction now, and the pirates didn't chase after him, Zhao Min simply threw down the oars, walked to the stern, and gently took the sail rope from the girl's hand and tied it to the hook at the stern. Tie the rope, turn around and sit on the boat, side by side with the girl, and say softly: "I saw Miss Jiao'er fall into the water, and I was a little abrupt in my urgency. Didn't scare you, did it? ”

The girl seemed to notice Zhao Min, her body shrank involuntarily, nodded slightly, and shook her head again, there seemed to be water vapor in her eyes. Zhao Min also had no experience in coaxing girls, and he was helpless when he saw this, and he didn't dare to continue to provoke the other party, so he had to try to say in a relaxed tone: "The pirates didn't go out of the island to pursue, it seems that we are lucky!" Since Jiao'er is the captain of the ship, please also indicate the course. ”

The girl's eyes finally regained some vitality: "It's useless to sail or something, the storm is coming, and this small boat can only float anywhere." ”

"Huh? Storm! Zhao Min was shocked. I said why didn't the pirates chase them out, it turned out that they all knew that the storm was coming! Although Zhao Min has never been to the sea much, he has heard of the power of storms at sea. Can you fight a storm at sea with your own little sampan? Just kidding! Zhao Min suddenly reacted, shouldn't this little girl have known that there was a storm so she fled by herself? Zhao Min couldn't help but look at Zhu Pujia suspiciously.

The girl seemed to see Zhao Min's thoughts, nodded and said: "You are right, I had a plan to go to sea while the storm is coming, so as to avoid pirate tracking, after all, our ship is small, and the speed of sailing cannot catch up with the pirate ship that is accustomed to galloping around the seas and sailing and oars. Speaking of this, a trace of guilt appeared on Zhu Pujia's face: "Only your appearance was an accident, I originally intended that it was good to be able to escape, even if it was unfortunate to be buried in the sea, it was better than falling into the hands of thieves and being humiliated, at least I could keep Daddy from being coerced by thieves." It's just that you have suffered with me! Even the son, Jiao'er apologized to the son! After that, he got up and said a blessing to Zhao Min.

Zhao Min was stunned. This is the idea of breaking a jar! The question is, why bring me with you to the funeral? But looking at the girl Chu Chu pitifully and scolding Ren Jun, she couldn't get angry. Alas~ People didn't mean it, obviously I bumped into it myself! Anyway, the matter has come to this, even if you scold her now, it won't help, not to mention that she doesn't necessarily have to die, in short, let it be fate!

As if by magic, a gust of wind suddenly blew on the surface of the sea that had just been calm, blowing the boat of the two almost to its side. The girl looked up at the sky and sighed, "The storm is coming, find something to fix your body, and ask for more blessings!" So saying, he lowered the sails of the ship, and lay down at the bottom of the ship, closing his eyes and saying no more. Zhao Min couldn't think about it, sighed, looked at the narrow hull of the boat, and had to learn from the girl's appearance, lying side by side with the girl at the bottom of the boat, while secretly praying in his heart, praying for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas.

The wind was tight for a while, and the waves gradually increased, Zhao Min only felt like riding an elevator up and down, and he could only hold on to the oars on the boat to avoid being thrown out of the boat by the bumps that were higher than the waves. However, this was only the beginning, and soon the torrential rain also came, and the rain became heavier and heavier, and the boundary between heaven and earth could no longer be distinguished, as if the sky was a flowing sea, and the sea was a mad sky! The wind swept the torrential rain, and it was drawn down like whips on the head and face, hitting the body and face with a hot pain; Then there was lightning and thunder in the sky, a howling wind, and a blur in vision. If the feeling at the beginning was taking the elevator, this time it is playing bungee jumping! The boat is like a puppet being played with by rough hands in the wind and waves, throwing up and falling irregularly, tearing left and right! Zhao Min's eyes were closed, his whole body was tense, and even his toes were desperately stretched out to try to fix his body, and his hands were even more desperate to grasp everything he could!

At this time, Zhao Min no longer had the concept of time in his mind, he only felt that everything around him no longer existed, and the only thing left was water! The heavens and the earth are full of water! Some of the water is as hard as iron, and it hits the body like a steel ball; Some of the water is silky, running down the eye sockets, the corners of the mouth, and the ear holes...... In short, all the places with gaps were mercilessly drilled into it, Zhao Min only felt that his eyes, ears, mouth and nose were filled with the thick salty smell of seawater, and he could hardly breathe!

However, a small boat also has the advantage of a small boat, that is, although it is bumpy and undulating in such violent waves, the force surface is much smaller than that of a large ship, so although Zhao Min worked hard, at least except for the mast, tail rudder, etc., there was no damage to the hull itself.

I don't know how long it lasted, but the storm seemed to have abated a little, but the rain was heavier and the vision was more hazy. After the boat was thrown up again, Zhao Min found that there seemed to be less stickiness of the waves lifting under him, and he didn't have time to wonder, and suddenly the hull shook violently, as if it had hit some hard object, and then the entire hull rolled violently sideways, Zhao Min didn't have time to react, so he rolled and collided at the bottom of the boat, as if he had become a dice in the dice cup, until he rolled more than ten times, and finally stopped, but it was the bottom of the boat facing the sky, pressing Zhao Min and the two under the boat!

It took a while for Zhao Min to get rid of the intense feeling of dizziness. Fortunately, this is not a flat-bottomed sand boat that is common in the interior, but a sea boat with two sharp ends, and a gap between the hull and the ground that is a person's width, so as to avoid the dilemma of being trapped in the bottom of the boat. Zhao Min tried his best to look around, he was on a strange rocky beach, and he didn't know whether it was an island or a mainland, but at this time, he felt that it was good to be down-to-earth! Suddenly woke up, where is the little girl? Zhao Min hurriedly turned around and fell into the bottom of the boat, only to see the girl lying unconscious on the ground, and there were faint blood stains on her forehead!

Zhao Min was startled, and hurriedly dragged the girl out, brushing the hair between her foreheads, only to see a blur of flesh and blood, obviously bruising her forehead in the collision of wind and rain. I don't know what the injury is, it makes Zhao Min so anxious that he is at a loss, at this time, a lightning bolt flashed, and Zhao Min's figure looked extremely weak under the downpour!

But either way, at least find a place where you can hide from the wind and rain! Although Zhao Min was sore and his limbs were weak, he still tried his best to carry the little girl on his back and ran wildly on the beach.

The girl's weight is not heavy, but the clothes are heavy in winter, and they are even heavier when they are soaked in water; What's more, fighting against the storm in the middle of the night almost drained Zhao Min's physical strength, and every step he took was actually the result of doing his best. Maybe God was also taking pity on Zhao Min's miserable situation, and after walking less than a mile, he suddenly found that there was a half-human-high cave on the edge of the cliff! Zhao Min was overjoyed, rushed over and rushed into the cave, first put the little girl flat on the ground, and then took out the dry clothes from the ring and spread them on the ground, and then carefully hugged the girl and put it on the clothes.

A cold wind blew, Zhao Min shivered, took out the wood and fire folds, and lit a bonfire next to the girl; Then he took out a single garment, pulled it into strips of cloth vigorously, dipped one of them in water, and gently cleaned the blood stains on the girl's forehead, revealing the wound. Fortunately, the wound didn't look too deep, and it was no longer bleeding. Zhao Min breathed a sigh of relief and wrapped the girl's head layer by layer with the remaining strips of cloth. After doing all this, seeing that the little girl was still unconscious, and her beautiful face was wrapped around the strips of cloth like a big dumpling, she couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Zhao Min sat down on the ground, and at this time, the tiredness from the depths of his body could no longer be suppressed, and he finally fell asleep desperately.