Chapter XVII

Seeing them get on the boat, Cheng Ruoxuan relieved himself and confirmed to Chen Zhuo: "It seems that there are really no thieves underwater?" ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ It should be fine. Xu had been under the water for a long time, Chen Zhuo's face was a little pale, and the iron-like momentum on his body had weakened.

"Oh? So why the long delay? Nor did they come up to report to us. While laughing, Wen Renyue returned to that lazy tone. Cheng Ruoxuan turned his head and realized that the halo of the wind lantern did not envelop him in it, and at a glance, it was difficult to tell whether he was standing alone or outstanding.

"The shaft of the tail rudder is stuck by aquatic plants...... Chen Zhuo paused as he replied; Jing Feng looked at him, suddenly showed a wicked smile, and said to Cheng Ruoxuan: "What's the matter, I haven't come up for a long time, are you worried?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan's heart suddenly understood, it turned out that this person didn't come up for a long time holding his breath, just to tease her! She blushed, looked away, and said helplessly, "Boring." ”

"In that case, why did you rush back to the ship as soon as you saw the wind lantern signal?" Wen Renyue's gaze shifted from Chen Zhuo's face to Jing Feng's face, and suddenly made a joke that seemed to be overly familiar, "Is it difficult, it's the appointed moment, and I'm afraid that who will be anxious?" ”

Jing Feng was stunned for a moment, and then showed a look of caution to tell him, and said "hum" sullenly, and did not answer, only twisted the placket of his clothes, and wiped his face with twelve points of concentration. Seeing this, Chen Zhuo's expressionless face also showed a little helplessness and amusement. Cheng Ruoxuan became more and more ashamed, lowered his head and ignored them. Suddenly, Jing Feng said urgently: "What's going on on your waist?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan looked up in astonishment, and saw Chen Zhuo covering his waist, shaking his head and saying to everyone: "A little old wound accidentally collapsed." Don't worry. But there was blood under his shirt.

Jing Feng frowned, stepped forward and said, "I'll take a look", and couldn't help but say that he was about to lift his shirt. Chen Zhuo grabbed his hand and said undoubtedly, "I said it's okay." ”

The atmosphere became awkward for a moment. Cheng Ruoxuan hurriedly made a round: "Otherwise, I'll go back to the cabin and get some wound medicine......"

Chen Zhuo still shook his head, only saying "no", and his attitude was quite resolute. This time, it was Wen Renyue who opened her mouth: "Since you don't want the people in the cabin to know, how about going up to the attic to wrap up your wounds?" Your wound doesn't seem shallow, even if you hold it hard, you will inevitably see clues along the way. ”

Chen Zhuo was stunned for a moment, obviously telling him; He said in a muffled voice: "My lord, are you trying to help me hide it?" ”

Wen Renyue replied with her usual indifference: "Where your wound came from, it has nothing to do with me." It's just that this ship still depends on you at the helm, and this matter must be dealt with as soon as possible. ”

Chen Zhuo saw that he really didn't plan to get to the bottom of it, so he put his mind at ease, stopped refusing, and went to the attic with him.

Cheng Ruoxuan saw the two leave, turned his head and asked Jing Feng: "What's going on underwater?" ”

"I repaired the tail rudder with Chen Zhuo, what else can I do?" Jing Feng blinked his eyes and flickered.

"Don't fool me. Can repairing a ship cause trauma? Cheng Ruoxuan said helplessly, "Besides, you didn't deal with Chen Zhuo before, but now it's good, you got into the water, and you are about to call others brothers." Something must have happened in between. ”

Jing Feng sighed and said in a low voice, "I can't hide it from youβ€”we saved each other once." ”

"How?" Cheng Ruoxuan frowned, "Could it be that there are still thieves under the water?" ”

Jing Feng hurriedly waved his hand, "Not now." He seemed a little hesitant, but soon confided the truth: "Chen Zhuo won't let me say, I don't think there's anything to hideβ€”he just wants to cover up for those blind sergeants!" When we went underneath the boat and inspected the rudder, we found a man cowering in a gap in the machine. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan said: "Even you have to get so close to find out, it's no wonder that the sergeant." Can anyone hold back in the water for so long? ”

Jing Feng said: "I've been mixing by the waterside for a long time, so I naturally have such a ability." Besides, the man was also forced to get stuck by the tail rudder and couldn't get out. I saw that he was dressed as an islander, and I thought that everyone was a villager in the past, so I planned to get him out first. Who knew that he was really water-based, and people were half-dead, and he still had the strength to sneak attack. Thanks to Chen Zhuo, he blocked it for me. Butβ€”" He scratched his head and said puzzled, "I remember that Chen Zhuo was not cut by him, why did he still get blood?" Could it be that I was dazzled? Hey, just like that, he soaked under the water for a long time, and he had to go along the bottom of the boat to check for the bandits who had slipped through the net again. If I hadn't seen your wind lantern signal, it would have been hard to persuade him to come up. This soldier is endurable enough. ”

There was admiration in his voice, and there was also some apology. Cheng Ruoxuan said: "I see that his clothes are not torn, maybe the old wound is broken." "That's why he stayed on the ship. She said, curious, "What about you, how did you save him?" ”

"It's not a big deal." Jing Feng said, "The person under the boat couldn't sneak attack, it is estimated that he planned to die with Chen Zhuo, and dragged him to the bottom of the boat." This time I was on guard and pulled him back. If you really get stuck in it, then it's troublesome, and it's light to drop a piece of meat. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan reacted, and his scalp tingled, "So, the person who stuck the tail rudder ......"

Xu is scene was too terrifying, Jing Feng waved his hand and didn't let her continue, "Don't think about it." If we were lucky, if the man hadn't been stuck, he would have cut down the rudder with a single sword. If he succeeds, I'm afraid that whoever goes down to repair the ship will be useless. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was a little scared when he said this. She subconsciously tried to hide back in the cabin, but she stood still. The ship has not yet left shore, and who knows if there is still danger on the island? She was terrified, but she still looked straight at the outlying islands that were hidden in the night. She couldn't leave Jing Feng alone, she thought wildly, she stayed here, so that she could have one more person to report the news.

Fortunately, the unknowable danger had not yet arrived, and Chen Zhuo had already returned to them. Facing the two of them still worried, he only waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to mention it again, and followed behind them, sending the two back to the main cabin together. Cheng Ruoxuan looked up and saw that the attic was dark. She knew that Renyue might not light the lamp for stargazing. But she hesitated again and again, but still couldn't help but care: "What about the Wen people? "Halfway through the previous talk, Wen Renyue seemed to have the intention of helping each other, but he hadn't discussed a countermeasure yet.

Before Chen Zhuo could answer, Jing Feng had already preemptively said: "What, they are all officials, Chen Zhuo is still Chen Zhuo, Wen Renyue is Wen Daren?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was stunned for a moment, and Chen Zhuo smiled: "How can this be the same?" With the official position of the adult, Mo said that it was a girl who was a Xuan, and whoever saw him would be called 'adult' - the adult was still in the attic at this time. Cheng Ruoxuan got him to relieve the siege, so he stopped making a sound. But she knew in her heart that Jing Feng was right, what difference could it be? Xu felt closer to him because Wen Renyue respected her grandfather so much, and it was rare to meet someone who could talk about stargazing and measurement.

Chen Zhuo continued: "If the girl hadn't asked, I would have almost forgotten. My lord asked me to bring me a message, saying that when I got off the boat, I would ask you to go up to the attic to find him. He hurried down, really forgetting about it, and said apologetically.

Jing Feng frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was blessed to the heart, and understood that Wen Renyue was going to help her return to Mingzhou. She was inconvenient to explain at the moment, so she had to make up a sentence casually: "It must be a matter of handing over the star pilot." As she spoke, she looked at Jing Feng teasingly, "Isn't this still the heavy responsibility you gave me?" Chen Zhuo nodded, it seemed that Wen Renyue was also the same in front of him. Cheng Ruoxuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, so to speak, Wen Renyue had never revealed her life experience to others. This is the best, she thought with gratitude, there are often good people who list the ladies in one place to taste, and the girls themselves do not leave the house, but a little anecdote that is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood can be passed on to the whole family. Cheng Ruoxuan himself is nothing, but if this experience of exile becomes the talk of others, it will be a shame for the Pei family.

Got into the cabin. Chen Zhuo went straight to the tail rudder, checked that it was correct again, and told the fire chief again, and then the boat was opened. Seeing the pearl diving ship going off the shore and slowly heading towards the direction of returning to the mainland, Cheng Ruoxuan's heart that had been hanging for a long time finally let go.

She let out a long breath, and suddenly remembered that she was still working as a bartender, and quickly stood up. But after all, she hadn't rested for a day and a night, and as soon as her spirit was relaxed, her physical strength was also drained, her legs were weak, and she barely stood firm by holding on to the bulkhead. Seeing this, Jing Feng came over and stopped her, "Let's go, take you down to the bilge." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan glanced at the sergeant on the ship, shook his head and said, "I still have to send wine." ”

Jing Feng said: "Don't worry, after such a time, everyone wants to hurry home, you don't need to send wine and water, the sailors must be willing to work hard one by one." Besides, the food and drink are at hand, do you want to take it yourself? The previous Cao affair was just a reason to detain you in this main cabin. He chased Cheng Ruoxuan's gaze, and said nonchalantly: "Now you don't need to pay attention to these soldiers, the islanders have been killed by them, who else can the people on the ship report to?" I see you're tired too, if it weren't for the fact that Wen Renyue had to occupy the attic, you wouldn't have to go down to squeeze the Chase shop now. Between the words, there is still some injustice.

Cheng Ruoxuan waved his hand. Isn't the attic the one that smells the moon? Besides, she is a flat-headed person at this time, and if she really wants to fight for an attic with Qin Tianjian as Jing Feng said, it is trespassing.

Getting down to the bottom cabin, Jing Feng picked a corner for Cheng Ruoxuan with support on both sides. Although the wind and waves have subsided, there is still some turbulence in the boat. The place had bulkheads for her to hold onto, and a small porthole that had been eroded by the sea, covered with straw mats, and used as a comfortable nest. It's just that the two of them haven't cleaned up yet, and a group of sailors have followed, and they don't bother to lay the straw, and after a while, they lie on their backs and lie on the ground. Cheng Ruoxuan glanced at it, and about half of the people in the main cabin came down. It seems that what Jing Feng said is not entirely right, even if everyone is in a hurry to go home, they always have to take turns to rest.

But there was a group of reckless men lying around, and Cheng Ruoxuan didn't dare to rest no matter how tired he was. Jing Feng sensed that her expression was different, so he moved a few wooden planks over, separated her for a while, patted it firmly, and then showed his face from above the plank. "I'll be here for you." The awe-inspiring light of the waves reflected in his eyes, and it was also contaminated with some kind of trustworthy temperature, "Sleep in peace." ”