Jing Feng was also frightened, and said helplessly: "Why don't I know that I still have the ability to crow's mouth?" ”

Several sailors had already fallen to the ground in fright, each clinging to the bulkhead behind them, and none of them wanted to get any closer to the door panel. The fire chief turned pale, and said to everyone: "Our hatch is quite strong, and we have been protected against pirates in the past...... but his tone is vain, I am afraid that he is not sure. In the end, ordinary people, even if they have been beaten in the wind and waves for many years and encountered a fatal disaster, how can they not be afraid?

This change forced Cheng Ruoxuan to come back to her senses, and she hurriedly asked Chen Zhuo, "Can the door to the bilge be opened?" If you can't hold on, there is always a way out. As soon as she spoke, her voice was still trembling, but after speaking, she gradually calmed down, Jing Feng couldn't help but look at her twice, and the faint anxiety in her eyes also turned to surprise.

Chen Zhuo's face showed some hesitation rarely, and before he could speak, he heard a few "tom toms", as if someone had fallen into the water one after another. The sound of banging on the door suddenly stopped, Cheng Ruoxuan raised his eyes and looked, and his scalp couldn't help but explode - the door was finally not smashed open, but a stream of liquid leaked in along the crack in the door. The hull of the ship shook, and the light of the wind lamp hit it, revealing a bloody color.

Everyone was shocked by the bloodstains, and there was silence around them for a while. Suddenly, there was a slight cracking sound from nowhere, Chen Zhuohuo got up, twisted the tail rudder, and the rudder wheel turned for half a week, and it couldn't move anymore. Cheng Ruoxuan saw it in his eyes, and his heart became more and more uneasy. He had been at the helm in the wind and waves, and he was so easy to wield, and his hands must have been much stronger than ordinary people. What happened to the tail rudder, that even he couldn't control it?

Seeing this, the fire chief was also anxious, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" "His whole fortune is on the pearl diving boat, and the main ship is out of order, and I am afraid that he is more distressed than anyone else. No matter how scrupulous he was, he couldn't help but go over to inspect at this moment.

The attention of the sailors was directed to the tail rudder, but at this moment, there was another muffled sound overhead, and someone slapped the door panel and shouted: "Open the door!" ”

Naturally, no one dared to respond. Chen Zhuo frowned and stared at the hatch, as if trying to distinguish carefully. The man outside the door said, "It's me, Cao Chengqi!" ”

Huo Chang hesitated and looked at Chen Zhuo, meaning to ask.

Chen Zhuo nodded and said, "It's indeed the voice of the matter." It doesn't hurt to open the door. But he himself was still guarding the rudder, and had no intention of going forward. Cheng Ruoxuan knew that he was abiding by military orders, but the sailors of this ship had to rely on the fire chief to stabilize people's hearts after all, Chen Zhuo did not move, did he let the fire chief take the risk to open the door in person?

The fire chief was also obviously a little hesitant. During the stalemate between the two phases, Jing Feng frowned impatiently, and casually threw a mockery at Chen Zhuo: "So you are not dumb? Without waiting for the captain to react, he strode up the stairs and dragged a paddle stuck behind the door, only to open the hatch a crack.

Outside, Cao Chengqi couldn't wait, and immediately stretched out his hand to push the door panel, but he didn't want to be blocked by the oar, but he didn't push it. He was stunned for a moment, looked down to see what was going on, and said helplessly: "You are vigilant." What about Chen? ”

Chen Zhuo pestle was at the stern of the boat, and he responded from afar: "The subordinates are here!" ”

"Sail!" Cao Chengqi shouted. His face was covered with blood, and in the night, he relied on a beard and this voice that was not angry and arrogant, "The thief ran away by boat, and if he didn't chase him, it would be too late!" ”

The fire chief shouted at him in a daze, and hurriedly ordered everyone to pull up the baffle. Chen Zhuo said: "This boat is not good. The tail rudder is stuck, I'm afraid that someone has just moved my hands and feet. But did some of the fish escape to the bottom of the water? ”

Cao Chengqi scolded, turned his head and left. Through the porthole, Cheng Ruoxuan saw a few sergeants jump into the water, and Cao Chengqi led the rest of the people to the back boat, and after a while, they went to the sea.

Everyone on board was a little overwhelmed. Someone looked at the hatch and cringed and said, "Let's go too, shall we?" Who knows if there will be any bandits on board. By this time, no one had mentioned the islanders as villagers.

Chen Zhuo shook his head and said, "Wait a minute." The battle under the feet is not over yet. Now we are the only boat left to meet them, and we must stay here and wait for them to return. After a while, several people under the water showed their heads and gestured to the cabin, and Chen Zhuo asked Jing Feng to get out of the cabin. A few drenched sergeants got into the main cabin and said, "The bandits have been removed", and then they asked for wine to ward off the cold; Seeing this, the sailors hurriedly urged to leave.

The fire chief glanced out the window, looked at the rudder again, and said with a frown: "The sea is windy and rough, so you have to repair the rudder before you can go." He ordered a few sailors, but none of them moved. After a while, someone replied, "It's so dark, who can see what's under the clear water." I don't know if there are any bandits who have escaped...... In front of my own brothers, I don't say anything. Now in this situation, let alone going into the water, out of the cabin, it's pitch black, who can guarantee that no one will come up and give you a knife? Whoever dares to go will go, anyway, I don't dare. ”

This is clearly questioning the sergeant's ability. A few of the soldiers who had just come up were glaring angrily, but they fought one after another before they relented, and only swore that "there must be no living people under the water", and besides, they couldn't even raise the strength to scold people. After all, the fire chief is a pure character, and it is not easy to force sailors to take risks, and the expression on his face is quite difficult. At this time, Chen Zhuo stood up, tied the knife behind his waist, and said to everyone: "Now that the bandits on the island have been eliminated, no one will come to rob the ship again." In that case, I can go into the water together to help take care of it. But I don't know how to repair ships, you have to send at least one of the shipwrights. ”

The sailors remained silent. Cheng Ruoxuan sighed silently, and said in his heart that Chen Zhuo was on guard against sailors like thieves along the way, and he was only discussing with everyone now, it was too late, and no one would believe his words. Jing Feng stood by the hatch, his eyes swept coldly over everyone's heads, and said, "I'll go into the water." You have kept the cabin in place. ”

Before he could finish speaking, he had already picked up a few tools and walked out of the door with blood and water. Chen Zhuo took a few steps up the stairs and followed. Cheng Ruoxuan looked at the incense stick at the stern of the boat, calculated the time, and frowned. She couldn't rest assured, so she carried a wind lantern and followed them.

Walking to the hatch, she stepped over the pool of blood with disgust and fear, but she couldn't help but exclaim. By the door lay a scrawny man, his ragged clothes soaked in blood. The man's right arm was cut off with a knife, and the severed hand was holding an iron axe tightly, which was falling at Cheng Ruoxuan's feet. She could not bear to look at it again, and wanted to turn her head away, but she could not take her eyes off the iron axe, which was not very old, and although she did not know weapons, she could see that the axe was neat and beautifully worked, far from being comparable to the tools of ordinary fishermen; It's just that a place on the axe that seems to be an emblem has been deliberately sharpened.

Is it to hide your identity? Cheng Ruoxuan was hindered by the corpse, and hesitated and didn't dare to step forward to take a closer look. At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and someone ran to her and said urgently, "What are you doing here?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was startled, and saw that it was Jing Feng, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "It's dark and windy, no matter how good your diving skills are, you have to leave someone to take care of it by the water." ”

On weekdays, this is naturally good, but at this moment, it is difficult to say what kind of danger there will be on the underwater shore, Jing Feng only waved his hand and said: "What am I talking about, can you take care of yourself first?" ”

"Can you not be on your own?" Cheng Ruoxuan didn't show weakness, and replied to him, and then explained, "If I am not wrong, the tide will recede in two moments, today is the third day of the new year, the tide level is extremely low, the water flow must be more turbulent than usual, and it is not impossible to sweep people away." Even if your eyesight is better than that of an eagle in the sky, it is not easy to see the tail rudder clearly when you go into the water, what else can you care about? ”

Jing Fengqi said: "How do you know that the tide is going to recede?" He seemed to persevere, and suddenly the ground sank, and he looked behind her; Chen Zhuo, who was not far away, also turned to this side and bowed from afar: "Wen is a big man." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan turned around, and saw Renyue coming with a palm, and smiled at her: "That's good." ”

There was a fight on the ship, but this man walked all the way as if he was strolling in a leisurely manner, and his demeanor was as calm as usual. But he doesn't look like a character who needs to face the enemy head-on, and it is really suspicious to appear at this time. Jing Feng seemed to have the same idea, he looked at Wen Renyue suspiciously for a while, and then said, "My lord is so weak, you can't help the wind, don't hide in the attic, run to the deck to see what is going on?" If there is a thief hiding under the water, will you be able to escape? ”

Wen Renyue said lazily: "There are soldiers of the left guard of the navy army here, and the thieves dare not make a mistake." He no longer paid attention to Jing Feng, and only asked Cheng Ruoxuan: "Since it is low tide and dangerous underwater, what are you going to do?" ”

Cheng Ruoxuan said: "How about tying ropes to the two of them?" ”

Jing Feng shook his head: "There's no need for that. In addition, the bottom of the boat is complicated, and if the rope gets stuck, the trouble is even greater. I don't think it's better to hang up the wind lanterns, wait until the tide goes out, and send us a signal. Later, Chen Zhuo said "um" and agreed.

Cheng Ruoxuan thought for a while, put down the wind lantern, looked up at the night sky, and said to Jing Feng after a while: "Have you seen Beidou?" ”

Jing Feng didn't know why, but he also nodded.

"Along the Heavenly Power and Tianji down," Cheng Ruoxuan's fingers swept across the eastern starry sky, and a bright star was in the distance, "That is Xuanyuan Fourteen." She turned her head and looked into Jing Feng's eyes fixedly, as if she had promised him, "As you said, I will hang the wind lantern on the bow of the boat, and wait until half a quarter before the low tide, the wind lantern will be bright and extinguished, you must pay attention." If you really don't have time to come back, the sea will lead you to the west at low tide, and then you just need to keep an eye on Regulus Fourteen to find your way. ”

Jing Feng still looked like she was usual at first, but when she saw her solemn, she couldn't help but become serious. He took a look at Xuanyuan Fourteen, and then at Cheng Ruoxuan, suddenly reached out and slapped her palm, and said with a smile: "That's it." Wait until I get back! ”

Chen Zhuo said to Wen Renyue: "There may still be danger on the shore, adults must be careful." Then he and Jing Feng entered the water one after the other. Cheng Ruoxuan stood on tiptoe and wanted to hang the wind lantern, but Wen Renyue took the lantern away halfway and hung it on a high place for her. Cheng Ruoxuan hurriedly thanked him, and looked at Shui Bo uneasily. In the night, the sea was pitch black, and the underwater masses were projected, and the reef and seaweed could not be distinguished, let alone the two men.

"Don't be nervous." Wen Renyue stood beside her, "I see that young man is bold and careful, and he is completely sure that he will go." Besides, with you, the lucky star in charge, there will be no mistakes. ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was absent-minded, and said "um" casually, suddenly sensing the sharpness in his words, and said suspiciously: "Fuxing? ”

The two looked at each other, Wen Renyue stood in the wind, the hazy light reflected on his face, and the long eyelashes cast a soft shadow.

"The little star in the north, named Xuanshuo," Wen Renyue said, "This is the lucky star of Daliang, which happens to have the same name as you." ”

Cheng Ruoxuan was stunned. She only knew that her name was taken by her father, but her parents died too early, and even if the word "Ruoxuan" had any deep meaning, there was no way to know. Besides, how can such a small star be worthy of the name of a lucky star? She shook her head, and said in her heart that this person was afraid that she was coaxing her to play, so she said, "It's just a coincidence." ”

Wen Renyue smiled, no longer delved into the matter, and instead asked, "How do you know that the tide is about to ebb?" ”

Jing Feng also asked this before, but Cheng Ruoxuan deliberately skipped it at that time and did not answer. The Pei family has an ancient book "Year Dew" that discusses the phases of the moon and the tide, and she naturally does not want to disclose it. But now only she is left opposite to Wen Renyue, and there is no way to avoid it. She turned her eyes to the sea, and said after a while, "When I was a child, I was ignorant, and I always liked to mix in the maid's pile to catch the market...... I heard a little bit of astrology from the physiognomy on the street. ”

"Oh?" Wen Renyue continued: "Which lady are you?" ”