Chapter 2 Memory
When Steward Lu left, what he said, as Ji An, who grew up in a poor village environment, was touched in his heart.
Ji An did not rush to draw the chart, but closed the door again, and then turned to look at the shabby picture on the wall—the old man of Nuqing.
No, to be precise, looking at the fish monster stabbed by the white-haired old man with a golden gun in his hand, Ji An stared at the fish monster with a mouth full of fangs and barbs all over his body.
At this time, the cry of a baby was heard again in the inner room, and Ji An was stunned from the painting.
Ji An walked into the bed of the inner room in a few big steps, looking at the baby's fish-like cry, Ji An slowly reached out to touch the baby.
"Huh, what is this?" Ji An's hand hadn't touched the baby, but he found that there was a jade plaque with starlight in the baby's swaddling clothes
The jade plaque was the size of a fingernail, and a thin long rope was strung on it, and the rope was close to the skin color to appear crystal clear.
Ji An gently picked up this jade plaque and found that this jade plaque was engraved with "nothing", you said it was a wordless, it was a bit like a Buddhist scripture.
"Alas, since there is fate, I will be your father from now on, and I will name you when you are rescued by me and still have a memory
Hime-no". Ji An's big calloused hands gently touched the baby's face.
It's strange that the child didn't cry anymore, smiled at Ji An with his mouth open, and looked at Ji An with extremely clear eyes.
And Ji An slowly fell into deep thought.
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As for the origin of this baby, it starts from a month ago.
Ji An, a good fisher in the fishing village, is good at catching flying scale fish, meat fish, and crabs, and has a good understanding of the surrounding sea environment.
When Ji An went to sea, an uninvited guest stopped Ji An and offered a good reward, requiring a simple task, to explore the depths of the sea and find the route between Guan and Shenhai area.
Ji An didn't think much about it and took it, after all, the mysterious rich man who claimed to be the butler of Lu offered enough money to pay Ji An for several years without going to sea to fish, and even if he didn't find it, he didn't have to take responsibility and risk.
After Ji An took the task entrusted by Steward Lu, he sorted out the fishing boat and began to go to sea. On the way to the sea, I did not encounter the flying scale fish I wanted to catch, but there were more meat fish, and the sea area was calm.
Three days later.
Just when Ji An was about to deviate from this sea area and drive towards the sea area where the flying scale fish stayed, the sky suddenly darkened, and the eight golden crows above his head did not know where to go, in exchange for the black clouds that he could not see, saying that it was too late and that was fast, the torrential rain was like countless whips and whipped towards Ji An, and Ji An saw that the rainstorm pear flower needle was so fierce, so he quickly entered the cabin, and the boat was beaten into a circle by the waves.
The torrential rain continued like this for nearly a day, and the boat that Ji An was staying in was already swept away by the waves.
Out of the cabin, Ji An took a look at the world of the sea, there were no islands and common seabirds in the air around, and the air was filled with the smell of the seaweeds.
At this moment, Ji stood quietly on the bow of the boat as if looking for direction, by observing that the eight golden crows above his head were still standing on the white clouds as before, the only difference was that there was a big smell of cordata in this sea area, and where there was cordata, there must be huge fish and beasts.
"Hum!" A strange sound like a broken gong and drum drilled into Ji An's mind, making Ji An's whole heart ripple, and he almost fell into the sea.
With the appearance of strange sounds, Ji An struggles to find the source of the sound.
"East!" After Ji An judged the direction of the strange sound, he picked up the whirlwind slurry with both hands and quickly slashed towards the east.
The boat is still on the sea, only the ripples in the stern are fine on the sea.
However, just as the boat was about to approach the source of the sound, no matter how Ji An rowed, the boat fluttered like a floating cloud and did not move forward, but twisted and turned, as if it was about to turn over the sea at any time.
"Divine Sea!" When Ji An saw the boat, the legend about the Divine Sea immediately came to his mind: how many fishermen have gone out to fish throughout the ages and lost their way because they were trapped in the Divine Sea, the boats were uncontrollable, and there were even kraken, fish and beasts infested in the Divine Sea and swallowed clouds and mist.
Suddenly, a strong light shot from the sea in front of him, the speed was unheard of, and he stayed above the boat in the blink of an eye, and before Ji An could take a closer look, the strong light slipped and turned to the boat below and fell, and landed on the board of the boat next to Ji An.
Ji An Dingqing saw that it was a square and simple wooden box, and he didn't wait for Ji An to come forward to check what it was.
There was another loud bang in the sea in front of the boat, "Buzz!"
I saw a huge wave burst out on the sea in front of me, and a fish monster the size of a wooden house rose from the sea, and then burrowed into the bottom of the sea with a pop.
"Not good!" Ji An saw that the situation was not good, and he didn't care about what the box was, so he picked up the whirlwind slurry like a bow and quickly adjusted the direction, this time the boat seemed to be very obedient, and the direction was straightened with a spin, and quickly moved in the direction where it came.
In this short moment, as soon as Ji An rowed out of this sea area, the head of the fish monster below the position just now poked out of the sea, and the two blue eyes looked at the direction where Ji An was sailing.
Ji An just turned his head to meet the eyes of the fish monster, this fish monster was ugly and full of fangs, blue eyes, barbs, and pimples on his head, and he looked so raw.
If you look closely, you will find that this fish monster is the same as the painting in front of Ji An's family, the only difference is that this fish monster is an enlarged version of the painting.
Ji An didn't dare to stop for a moment, and he kept paddling forward regardless of the direction, and the two whirlwind slurries were exerted to the extreme, and ripples rippled on the sea.
When Ji An looked back between gasps and found that there was still the figure of the fish monster, but Ji An still didn't dare to take it lightly, and sailed far enough to dare to stop and rest for a while.
He bowed his head and went into the cabin to find that there was not much food left in the sea, so he carefully picked up the nest head in the cloth bag and gnawed it, and from time to time he drank two sips of water from the bamboo jar.
Ji An suddenly found that the wooden box was in front of him, and he seemed to notice that it was still shaking a little.
Put down the uneaten black noodle nest in his hand, picked up the speargun placed next to him, and walked cautiously to the box.
Ji An did not open the wooden box recklessly, but cautiously picked up the lid with a speargun, and the lid fell off with a "click" of the wooden box.
There was nothing strange in the wooden box, but a living baby squinting and sleeping.
Seeing this, Ji An was also stunned for a moment, feeling pitiful, so he closed the lid, and then urged the whirlwind slurry in his hand to find a way back.
Lost in the sea for two cycles, but with Ji An's rich experience at sea, he quickly got on the right track.
During this period, Ji An also opened the wooden box, but the baby did not cry or make trouble, and had been asleep, otherwise he felt the breath of life, and Ji An thought it was a dead thing.
When the Bayang Golden Crow poured overhead, Ji An knew that this was the sea area that he had to pass through to return to the village.
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