Jing Feng chased her gaze and looked over, but before she could figure out what was going on, the floor suddenly tilted to one side. Caught off guard this time, Cheng Ruoxuan was unsteady on his feet, and the whole person crashed into the bulkhead. Jing Feng reacted very quickly, grabbed her, rolled on the spot, unloaded the momentum, and finally didn't let her break her head. As soon as the two of them retreated, the sea water had poured into the attic unobstructed, slamming heavily on the floor slab, splashing them all over their heads.

Cheng Ruoxuan struggled to get up, and was startled again. A giant tail was passing by the window, bringing up a row of turbid waves like a high wall, spinning the boat upside down. The big fish in the deep water turned over the sea, and it was really about to change the sky.

Her heart tightened, but the underwater beast did not reinvent again. The two of them glanced at each other, and together they ran towards the porthole, only to see a jet of water spray in the distance. The big fish may have just touched the boat by mistake and walked away.

It may also be anxious to get out of the storm - just for a moment, the sky and the sea have changed color.

The boat had disrupted the direction of the big fish, and before it could return to its original position, the black wind had stirred up a huge wave, and the frenzy was coming, almost turning the boat upside down. Jing Feng pressed Cheng Ruoxuan to the corner, jumped up to the bulkhead by himself, grabbed the skylight fiercely, covered the attic tightly, and opened the sounding woodpipe leading to the main cabin with his other hand, and yelled inward: "Open the cabin!" Add water! ”

In the face of such fierce wind and waves, the ballast stones at the bottom of the ship must no longer be enough. Only by filling the sea water as soon as possible can the ship be prevented from capsizing. The sailors on the pearl diving ship are all experienced, but now it happens to be in time for the changing of the guard, and the late shift is exhausted, and the early shift has not yet woken up, and I don't know if I can hold the ship down in time.

In the midst of the turbulence, Jing Feng turned his back against the side porthole. He was actually a little hesitant in his heart, knowing that he should hurry down to help, but he didn't want to leave Cheng Ruoxuan alone. He couldn't make up his mind for a while, and turned around to look at the other side of the floor, but saw Cheng Ruoxuan reaching for the stargazing equipment scattered all over the place.

“…… Let's take care of it later," Jing Feng sighed and persuaded patiently, "It's your business at night." It's important to save your life right now. ”

"Now it's my business, too." Cheng Ruoxuan struggled for a long time, and finally picked up two bronze mirrors that had fallen away, "At night, you will watch the stars, and during the day, you will watch the sun." Isn't it even worse when the wind is calm when the wind is calm, and now that the fleet has fallen into the eye of the storm and is in a mess of direction—" She suddenly looked up and looked at him with burning eyes, "Can you open a window?" "It turned out to be the porthole behind him.

"Be careful not to fly out!" Jing Feng reminded her, took a step back as she said, and the two window panels immediately flew back and forth. He took a look around, stretched out his arm and fished out a broken wooden board to jam the porthole, leaving an opening for Cheng Ruoxuan to see clearly. He didn't actually understand what she meant: "The sun can also be seen?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan put his arm against the bulkhead, hurriedly put the mirror in one place, and responded: "It's nothing more than a big star." ”

She usually spoke softly, but in the monstrous storm, the two of them had to shout and shout to hear what the other person said. Jing Feng sensed a bit of wanton taste and smiled, "It seems like I can say this." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was busy fiddling with the bronze mirror in his hand and missed this sentence.

Jing Feng shouted again: "What are you tossing the mirror for?" The sun has just risen, and it is not dazzling, can't you see it directly? ”

"The boat is too upset." Cheng Ruoxuan said, "I can't see it accurately. I thought about it last night, with the help of mirror reflection, just aim at the intersection of the sea and the sky, according to the sun's ecliptic longitude, you can also determine the hook and calculate the direction. ”

Jing Feng looked at her a little embarrassed. After all, he had never studied mathematics, and the "Sun Yellow Sutra" was even more unheard of. These few sentences of explanation have no beginning or end, and they are really beyond the scope of what he can understand.

"I'll make up a set of tips for you later." Cheng Ruoxuan responded casually, and leaned out again, as if he was looking for something. At this moment, the huge wave of emptying set off again, and she subconsciously protected the bronze mirror in her arms, but the person was thrown to the other side of the attic.

Jing Feng hurriedly stepped forward, caught her steadily, and said hurriedly: "You take care of yourself first!" What are you looking for? ”

"Ruler! Without it, you can't test the hook! Cheng Ruoxuan was also anxious, the two of them were much closer, and the relative shouting voice was not suppressed at all.

Jing Feng was helpless, tied the two of them together, tied a dead knot, and then stretched his long legs and hooked the ruler.

Cheng Ruoxuan finally prepared the tools. She couldn't let go of her hand, so she simply bit the slide ruler between her teeth, and she measured her position against the wind and waves. She was in a terrible mess, her hair and clothes were all drenched, but there were two rays of sunlight in her eyes.

"You tell them that the ship is going east, and that the rudder must be turned back as soon as possible." Cheng Ruoxuan stared at the projection in the mirror, and commanded Ruoding, "We were supposed to go southwest along the coastal sea, but now that we are getting farther and farther away from the shore, we really can't hold it, and it will be difficult to go back." ”

Jing Feng stayed by her side, holding the sound-transmitting woodpipe, and when he heard the words, he sent a message to the main cabin.

When he looked out the window again, the clouds had risen from the sky, and in an instant, they were obscuring the sky, and the electric light was falling in the air, and the sound was terrifying.

"Why is it getting more and more deviated?" Cheng Ruoxuan said in a deep voice, "As soon as the sky is overcast, it will be difficult to determine the correct direction." ”

Jing Feng followed her gaze, looked at the sun that was almost engulfed by the clouds, and raised his hand to feel the movement of the window. "That's not right." He furrowed his brow, "The helmsman has no intention of turning at all, the ship is heading east." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan guessed: "Isn't the sound woodpipe blocked?" Otherwise, you go down and take a look, and maybe the helmsman doesn't hear the news. ”

Jing Feng's intuition is not. There was a commotion in the woodpipes, and although I couldn't hear it clearly, I could make out the voices below; Besides, there are fire captains and boatmen on the ship, even if they can't measure the direction like Cheng Ruoxuan, with years of experience, they should always be able to find out that something is wrong, how can they deviate from the course and still move forward like this?

Cheng Ruoxuan only hesitated, turned his head and caught a glimpse of Jing Feng being tripped by the clothes belt that was tied between the two, and in a hurry, she cut off the clothes belt with a cracked slide ruler, and continued to urge, "You can rest assured, I will hold on to the bulkhead, and it will be fine." ”

Jing Feng had no choice but to grit his teeth and say, "You'd better not have an accident!" He turned and was about to go out the door, when he suddenly paused.

Cheng Ruoxuan turned his head to look, and saw the man in green shirt standing outside the door.

The pearl diving ship is shaking and turbulent, and the movement is simply thrilling. The man in the green shirt still looked indifferent. His gaze passed between the two of them, all the way out the window.

"It's raining, stand out of the way." He said this in a tone as if it was just a rain of smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River outside.

When Jing Feng heard this, his face turned cold. However, before he could speak, the fire chief had already emerged from behind the man in the green shirt. "When you hear that a man has an order, you just obey it." He had just climbed up to the floor, panting, and the sweat on his face could not be wiped off.

Jing Feng ignored him, and only raised his eyebrows with the man in green shirts: "'Adult'? Who are you? ”

The man in the green shirt raised his eyelids, the clear light in his eyes turned slightly, and he said casually: "Qin Tianjian, Wen Renyue." ”

He did not report the specific official position, but Cheng Ruoxuan already knew who was in front of him. There is only one Wenren person in Qin Tianjian, Qin Tianjian Zheng, Taichang Shaoqing, and Wen Renyue who leans towards the government and the opposition! This person is not from a family, but from the northern border of Shuo, the ancestors often interact with foreign races, and together with the stars, it seems that there are some peculiarities that the Liang people cannot match, so they are particularly respected by today's sons and princes and nobles. Entering the official with "metaphysics" such as divination by calendar, and even gaining the favor of the emperor, in the eyes of pure ministers, it is naturally not the right way. Cheng Ruoxuan didn't hear the second brother complain that this person was confusing the public with his gossip, and he was spoiled and abused his power, and even his grandfather had to avoid him for three points. The rumored Wen Renyue is no different from a ghost, she never thought that it was actually a figure like an immortal in front of her.

She felt a little lonely in her heart. Since he is a minister of the imperial capital, what are you doing pretending to be a spice merchant and running to a pearl diving ship?

"The fleet has been taken over by the Wen people." The fire chief announced, "Your Excellency wants to use this attic, you two will go down and help for the time being, keep your mouth in order, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask." As he spoke, he glared at Jing Feng nonchalantly, "I remember, you should be on duty this morning." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan hesitated for a moment, finally nodded, hugged the bronze mirror in his arms, and left from the window. Jing Feng seemed to be unconvinced, and when he saw her stumbling, he finally couldn't help but step forward to help her. When the two of them passed by Wen Renyue's side, they overheard him say, "This heliometer is yours?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was stunned for a moment, shook his head and denied: "I just picked it up." I didn't even know it had a name. ”

This was a half-truth, she really didn't know that the random thing she had built had a name, but she didn't want to admit the ability to make it. Wen Renyue already knew that she was a star puller, but could an ordinary star puller make a helioscope? Her heart was beating wildly, for fear that Wen Renyue would take these two mirrors away, and from that look was a rough handiwork, she deduced her astrological background.

Her uncle's family is still waiting for her in Mingzhou. There must be no more forks in the road.

Wen Renyue just said noncommittally "oh", and said, "Your name is Ah Xuan?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan lowered her eyebrows like a real maid: "Thank you for remembering my name." ”

Wen Renyue smiled, didn't ask any more questions, and walked straight to the window. The wind curled up his long hair, and when Cheng Ruoxuan raised his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a scarlet mark on the back of his neck, which was a little complicated in shape. Before she could see clearly, Jing Feng had already pulled her up and went out the door.

The two of them went all the way down to the main cabin, and the two boatmen were crowded here, full of people, but they could also see that there was order in the chaos. Someone saw Jing Feng and hurriedly shouted, "Brother, you're here!" Come and top for a while, I've been paddling all night, and I don't feel anything! This man has two black blue under his eyes, and he can see that what he said is true.

Jing Feng responded, and was about to step forward, when he turned around and saw Cheng Ruoxuan's face showing a little helplessness, he said, "You first find a safe place to rest for a while." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan said in his heart, where is there a safe place on this ship? Jing Feng himself was busy all night, I'm afraid it's not that his mind is already confused, and he is the one who needs to rest. She was about to say something to warn them, when a sailor next to her looked at them and laughed, "Yo! Why did you bring your sister you just met? ”

Jing Feng replied unceremoniously: "My sister has finally been found, of course I have to protect her." Do you want to worry about it, an old bachelor? ”

Cheng Ruoxuan couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart that the two of them didn't know who was older. Besides, why didn't Jing Feng discuss it with himself? If she didn't know what was going on, and talked to the sailors, wouldn't she have to make up a phone call again?

At this moment, someone on the side snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Where you have to work hard, what kind of excitement do women come to join in?" ”