Chapter 6 Crab's Foot Island
(The 420th vote is added, ask for a monthly pass!) -- The fog on the sea has been blown away, revealing an endless black sparkling sea, and the sky is no longer cloudy, the clouds have become lighter and thinner, and all the dark clouds have gathered in the eastern sky, like a half-shaved hair, forming a long hairline, while the western sky is starry and starry.
The line of sight on the sea also became wider, Wu Jin stared into the distance, and asked in a deep voice: "The danger you are talking about, don't you mean Crab Foot Island?" ”
"It's not!"
Chen Ying shook her head, "I'm worried about the Baisha Society, judging from their initial strategy today, there must be their strategy ships ahead, and Senior Sister is right." ”
Wu Jin pondered for a moment and asked her, "I remember you said that the Phoenix Society will also send ships to support, when will they leave?" ”
Chen Ying smiled bitterly, "It's quite early to start, but Ryukyu Island is too far from here, if we can arrive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I think it's all a kind of luck, the key is tonight, whether we can survive it." ”
The ship's loss of control and the interception of the White Desert Society were like two heavy boulders pressing on everyone's hearts, and there were only thirteen people left who could fight, and they would definitely die when they encountered the brigade of the White Desert Society.
At this moment, a lookout crew member from the bow mast suddenly shouted in horror, "Look ahead!" ”
Everyone rushed to the side of the ship, staring blankly into the distance, only to see that under the starlight, countless small black dots appeared in the distance, just ten miles away, it was about twenty big ships lined up, Wu Jin's face turned pale, and his worst fear finally came.
Ahead of them was the net laid by the White Sands Society, and the three big ships were going to drive them into this big net.
He walked briskly back to the main cockpit of the great ship, which was a mess and stained with blood, the compass had been smashed, the rod that had been used as the main rudder had been cut in two, and a handle had been added to the remaining half, and the captain at the helm had been killed, and now an experienced old shipwright was in control.
"Lao Wang, can you change the course of the ship?" Wu Jin asked anxiously.
"Childe, the current in this area is too strong, like a magnet to suck us through, unless there is a sail to help, I can only control the balance of the boat now, see if we can wait for the current to be weaker, and then we turn north."
"Is there nothing you can do?"
"It's hard!" The old boatman shook his head, "I'm worried about whether I can avoid the reef on Crab's Foot Island!" ”
Wu Jin's brows furrowed, and at this time, the eldest brother Wei Ming walked in quickly, and he was also extremely worried, "Wu Jin, is there no way?" ”
In fact, there is still a trace of complaint in his heart, because he has always been against taking the sea route, he is just worried about encountering pirates, and now his worry has come true, his complaint has not been revealed, it has come to this time, it is useless to complain, he does not want to put pressure on his brother anymore.
Wu Jin smiled bitterly, "Actually, there is one last way, and that is to abandon the ship and jump into the sea!" ”
"Jump into the sea!" Wei Ming was stunned, "Jumping into the sea, do we still have a chance to live?" ”
"This is not far from Crab Foot Island, as long as we hold on to the wood, the current will send us to the island, but the silver can't be saved, and we can't sink the ship, if the ship sinks, the pirates will chase and kill us, big brother, this is our only chance to live."
"Then will the tax money be handed over to the Baisha Society?" Wei Ming showed a bitter smile on his face, how could he explain to Su Hanzhen? Let's save my life first!
He was about to nod his head in agreement, but at this moment, someone outside suddenly shouted, "Boat! Look, our ship! ”
Wu Jin was stunned, he turned around suddenly, rushed out of the cockpit like a gust of wind, and ran to starboard, "Where?" ”
"In the southeast direction, Childe look!"
Wu Jin looked to the southeast, only to see nearly a hundred black dots appear on the sparkling sea in the distance, and the starry sky can be seen very clearly, and they are also lined up, driving towards this side at full speed.
Suddenly, there was jubilation on the big ship!
........ Wu Jin didn't expect the Phoenix Society to attach so much importance to them, and used a hundred big ships to support, under the strong pressure of the Phoenix Society, more than 20 interception ships of the Baisha Society turned around and fled, and half an hour later, the main ship of the Phoenix Society docked on their big ship. A wide plank connected the two boats, and a middle-aged man walked up with a smile.
"Second uncle!"
Chen Ying ran up like a black swallow, and she saw several young men behind her, and she was pleasantly surprised, "Second brother! Are you here too? Hee-hee! And Biaohu is also here. ”
The middle-aged man is Chen Dingguo, the second leader of the Phoenix Society, Chen Anbang's younger brother, followed by a very tall man, Chen Ying's second brother Chen Zhu, the so-called Biaohu is Chen Dingguo's two sons Chen Biao and Chen Hu, and the third Chen Bao did not follow.
Chen Dingguo saw Wu Jin at a glance, and gave him a punch with a smile, "Wu Jin, I haven't seen you for more than a year, and I've grown a lot taller!" Wu Jin scratched the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly: "The main thing is that I eat a lot of meat, so I grow fast!" ”
Everyone was amused by his humor, and even Yu Hailan couldn't help laughing, Chen Ying pulled her second brother Chen Zhu up, and said to Wu Jin with a smile: "Silly boy, don't forget my second brother!" ”
This Chen Zhu is taller than Wu Jin, by the standards of later generations, at least one meter and nine, and he is extremely strong, like a half-cut black tower, Wu Jin still remembers him, he patted Chen Zhu's shoulder affectionately, "How can I forget this black bear?" ”
Chen Zhu doted on his sister Chen Ying the most, he heard his father say that Wujin seemed to have amnesia and forgot his sister, he was not very happy with Wujin in his heart, it can be seen that the relationship between his sister and Wujin is also very good, and he also called him a silly boy, a trace of dissatisfaction with Wujin in his heart disappeared immediately, and he also patted Wujin on the shoulder, and said with a slight smile: "Last time I lost the knife under your hands, we will compete again when we are free." ”
"No problem, I'm here for you!"
Chen Biao and Chen Hu, one twenty years old and the other eighteen-year-old, were both burly and fierce, and they also stepped forward to greet Wujin, at this time, Chen Dingguo asked: "Wujin, what about Weiming?" ”
Wu Jin looked back at the cockpit, but there was no trace of his eldest brother, and he understood when he thought about it, but he didn't want to have too many entanglements with Phoenix, he smiled bitterly in his heart, "Maybe he is seasick, let's go back to the cabin first!" ”
Chen Dingguo knew it, he smiled, and said to everyone: "Go to Crab Foot Island to rest for two days first, and then set off!" ”
More than 100 large ships set off again and headed for Crab's Foot Island, twenty miles away.
....... Crab Foot Island, as the name suggests, is named because the island looks like a crab foot, with an area of about a dozen acres, is a reef island, there is no grass on the island, when the fleet sails to Crab Foot Island, the swarthy east has slowly revealed the cold silver gray, and the red light of the debut road is reflected above the black clouds like a castle in the distance, and the morning light is clear.
Everyone began to go ashore one after another, but the Phoenix Society's large fleet of ships did not go ashore, they sailed east again, to clean up the Baisha Society pirates hidden in the nearby waters, only ten big ships were left around Crab Foot Island to guard, but they were also far away, this was Chen Dingguo's carefulness, he didn't want to embarrass Wei Ming.
Maybe it was because of the seasickness and the fright, but Wei Ming felt a little sick, fell ill, and lay in the cabin and did not come out, and the Qi brothers also stayed on the ship.
On a strangely shaped reef, Yu Hailan was sitting alone on her knees, feeling the cool morning breeze, the morning light shone on her face, shining with a layer of white jade-like brilliance, the sea breeze blew her hair, making her extraordinarily beautiful and delicate, but there was still a faint sadness in her eyes.
A vicious battle with the Baisha pirates brought her back to the memories of the tragic scene more than ten years ago, when the family was caught by Fuso pirates while passing through Qiantang Bay by boat, two brothers were killed on the spot, dozens of Fuso pirates abused her mother on the deck, her father was tied to a mast, his mouth and nose were cut off, only one eye remained, and the seven-year-old stood by stupidly, and when several pirates smiled and pounced on her, her father finally broke free from the rope and jumped into the vast sea with her..... Instead of fading over time, the hatred was engraved deeper in her heart, and killing Fusang's enemies became her life's long-cherished wish, and she lived for it and was willing to die for it.
"What are you thinking?"
I don't know when, Wu Jin appeared beside her, smiled and sat down on the reef beside her, "Senior sister is still thinking about last night's fierce battle, do you have palpitations?" ”
Yu Hailan didn't answer him, only smiled faintly, "Your eldest brother is just too seasick, just rest for a few days." ”
"Do you like my big brother?" Wu Jin suddenly turned his head and asked her.
Yu Hailan shook his head slightly, "I don't like it!" She replied clearly, without the slightest ambiguity.
"Then why did you agree to marry him in the first place, I heard Ah Ying say that the island owner can't force you."
Wu Jin's voice was very soft and full of concern, at this time he didn't care about Weiming, but about his senior sister, he never understood why his senior sister agreed against his will, he didn't like this kind of marriage without love, especially Senior Sister Yu and his eldest brother are not the same kind of people at all, if she marries her eldest brother, it will be the beginning of another unfortunate life for her, and he will not agree.
"Senior sister, can you tell me about it?"
Wu Jin's eyes were full of worry and concern, for some reason, Yu Hailan's heart was very weak at this time, Wu Jin's brother-like care made her feel a faint warmth, she liked this feeling very much, so that she didn't have any pressure in her heart, she sighed softly, "Master saved my life, I vowed to unconditionally agree to his three requests, this is the third, so I can't refuse." ”
"Then my eldest brother has rejected this marriage, does your promise still count?"
Yu Hailan nodded, "I think it counts, so the master won't force me in the future." ”
After a moment of silence, Wu Jin suddenly asked her curiously, "What were the first two requirements?" ”
Seeing that Yu Hailan seemed to refuse to answer, he hurriedly shook his head, "I'm just curious, if it's inconvenient, forget it." ”
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you talk about it all of a sudden!"
Yu Hailan smiled and shook his head, "Everyone on the island knows that the first one is to ask me to join the Phoenix Society, and I agreed, and the second request is that I am not allowed to marry Chen Qing, and I also agreed." ”
"Why?" Wu Jin really felt a little strange, if she was asked to marry Chen Qing, it would be reasonable, but Chen Anbang did not allow her to marry his son.
"I don't know? On Chinese New Year's Eve last year, Chen Qing was drunk, crying and proposing to me, saying that if I didn't agree, he would jump into the sea and die, when I thought of the Chen family's kindness to me, I wanted to agree to forget it, but the master beat him fiercely, and forced me to make a vow that I would never marry Chen Qing, many people were present at that time, Chen Ying was also present, didn't she tell you? ”
Yu Hailan turned her head and stared at her with a pair of beautiful eyes, with a gentle smile in her eyes, like a gardenia in the afternoon, full of seductive fragrance.
"I don't think you like A-Ying, Wujin, you're very different from before, what happened to you? Can you tell me? ”
Yu Hailan doesn't like to speak, and is usually taciturn, perhaps because Wujin gave her a sense of security, gave her a kind of warmth that her brother cares about her sister, and let the ice wall in her heart that defends against men quietly melt, so that she talks more in front of Wujin.
In fact, it is the same for Wu Jin, Yu Hailan is beautiful and gentle, with the care and care of an eldest sister, her silence makes her better at listening, her care is like a spring breeze, soaking people's hearts, she is also a doctor, not only can treat physical wounds, as if she can also soothe the scars in people's hearts, but Wu Jin's secret can't be said to anyone, in fact, no one will believe it.
"Senior sister, this world is full of too many unknowns and unsolved mysteries."
Wu Jin seemed to be telling an absurd story, "About seven months ago, I left Qizhou by boat, in the storm, a terrible behemoth fell from the sky, smashed my boat, I fainted, and when I woke up, I found that I had changed, I felt that I had become another person, I felt that my mind suddenly opened, so that I knew a lot of things that I didn't know before......."
Speaking of this, Wu Jin also felt like he was lying very lamely, he didn't want to continue, so he smiled and asked Yu Hailan, "Senior sister, do you believe it?" When a person encounters an external blow, he stimulates his potential, and perhaps I am like that. ”
Yu Hailan listened to him quietly, her eyes looked at the clouds in the sky, as if she was thinking about something, and when Wu Jin finished speaking, she nodded, stared at him and said: "As far as I know, it is possible, I also heard my father say when I was young, some patients have been blind since childhood, and then after inadvertently falling, their eyes suddenly see, it is estimated that you are the same, so I forget a lot about the past, but I like your changes, I prefer you now, not Wu Jin in the past, you don't have any burden, I believe in all those who know you, I like you now. ”
Yu Hailan's eyes turned to the eastern sky again, and a round of fiery red morning sun was rising, with golden light, sprinkled into the endless ocean.
"I feel so happy talking to you, Wu Jin, thank you!"
Yu Hailan stood up, her elegant arms ruffled her hair, and smiled at Wu Jinyan, "The sun is rising, I should go and see those wounded."
After speaking, she jumped over another reef lightly, walked towards the big boat, and after walking more than a dozen steps, she turned around and smiled: "Wujin, go and accompany A-Ying, accompany her to see the rising sun." ”
Wu Jin held his chin, sat motionless on the reef, and looked at the light senior sister walking away, her white cloth skirt was like a gardenia blooming in the sea breeze, making this barren island vibrant, he also felt the same way, talking to her, his heart was so peaceful, and he was so full of happiness.
He stretched out for a long time, and it was such a beautiful morning.
(To be continued)