Chapter 12: The Identity of the Old Pilgrim (1)
This ship, with a tonnage between Salvage 08 and Aotori Maru, is by no means a salvage or survey mission, nor is it a fishing boat. Its narrow hull looks like the kind of ship that emphasizes high-speed maneuvering, so it's no wonder that it can break through the outer edge of the whirlpool more quickly and into the center.
There was a Panamanian flag flying at the bow of the shipβbut it was certainly not a Panamanian flag, for I saw a dozen men standing on deck, armed with long and short weapons, ill-intentioned.
It's a pirate ship!
When it comes to pirates, most people think of skull flags, one-eyed dragons, fake wooden legs, and a bit of romance. In fact, modern pirates have long since changed their guns, they have the most sophisticated weapons, the best performance of the ship's equipment, and the most professional ship operators, so cunning and ferocious that even regular warships have a headache.
However, in Asia, pirates are mostly active in the Malacca region of Southeast Asia, and rarely in the East China Sea. It's amazing that they're here now.
I was shocked in my heart, remembering Fang Zhen's entrustment. He said that he had seen a third-party ship flash on the radar before, could it be that this is the ship? It followed us all the time, out of radar range, and only when we spotted it in the middle of the ground did it rush at its own speed.
Is it really coming for us?
The pirate ship circled a few times, then swaggered between the two ships, and I could see the faces of two acquaintances on the deck: Yao Otherwise, Liu Chengqi.
The ship of the old court?!
I said how could any pirate come to this remote sea area on purpose, it turned out to be an old courtier!
I thought that since the old Asahi cooperated with the Japanese, then his people should be on the Blue Bird Maru. Now it seems that he is planning to catch cicadas with praying mantises, and when the two sides are almost done, he will easily appear on the stage and pick the fruits of victory. We, and the Japanese, all became his scouts.
Such an old-fashioned and calculating method can only be done by the old court. In this way, it is very likely that the old Chaofeng himself is also in that boat. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at it twice, and I wanted to jump on the boat immediately and get him out. Neither Salvage 08 nor Blue Bird Maru has any weapons, at most high-pressure water cannons. In the face of these people, armed to the teeth, there is no ability to resist. Now we are at an absolute disadvantage, and Fang Zhen, the only one with actual combat experience, is now trapped on the Blue Bird Pill.
Almost instantly, the situation turned into the worst.
At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind me, and when I looked back, it was medicine or not, his face was pale, I had never seen him so nervous. He was relieved to see that I was still wearing an anti-stress suit: "Make a wish, you must enter the water right now, it is too dangerous to stay on the boat." I saw a person on the boat opposite, very similar to the wanted criminal Liu Chengxuan. β
"Hmmm......"
"He has too much enmity with you, you must not fall into his hands, go to the water to hide first, be careful not to dive too deep - I will hold the signal rope for you, and report the situation on the boat at any time." Medicine is not to say.
Although the danger factor is no lower than facing Liu Chengqian directly, there is no better way to dive so rashly. Yao didn't pat me on the shoulder and said unskillfully, "Be careful." β
I put on the full set of equipment and finally checked the compressed air bottle. This time, I carried two in one go, and my movement will be limited, but the battery life will be doubled. The medicine hadn't already alerted the captain to send a distress signal on the maritime radio, and I had to hold on until help arrived.
In order to avoid being discovered by the enemy, I crept to the other side of the ship, slowly soaked my body in the sea in a direct immersion position, and then let go, and my whole body sank.
The feeling of entering the water is very strange, as if a thick curtain suddenly falls all around, isolating the world from itself. Neither the light nor the sound was gone, and I could only see the sea in front of me, and I could only hear my own rhythmic gasps. The limbs moved slowly, but without restraint, as if flying in a sticky sky. At this time, the heart will also become clear, and it seems that those troubles and troubles will also be isolated.
I slowly turned my neck, adjusted my posture, and looked around. By this time the storm had disappeared, the golden sunlight was shining through the pristine waters, and the shallow underwater visibility was so good that I could even see the pitch-black bottom and propellers of the Blue Bird Maru and the pirate ship in the distance. The pirate ship had slowed down by this time, and cut between the two ships domineeringly. The four thick anchor chains that salvaged No. 08 and the Blue Bird Maru were floating in the water, and they hadn't bothered to put them away.
I looked down, and as the depth deepened, the light diminished sharply, and I could clearly see the gradient of the water from clear blue to dark blue. I could barely see a rolling slope a few dozen meters below, and at the end of my line of sight was an obscure, deep trench. The water had turned inky blue there, and I could even see traces of currents. According to Zhong Shan's description, the location of the wreck is on the edge of the trench in the dark blue water.
Salvage 08 occupies a very good position, just above it. It only needs to settle in a straight line to reach the slope, and there is no need to move laterally. It takes a quarter of an hour for a skilled diver to reach the wreck, and it only takes about twenty minutes for a halfway monk like mine.
"Would you like to check it out?"
An extremely absurd and bold idea came to my mind, and I surprised myself. Now that there are fierce enemies on the water, there is no guarantee at all, and at this time I am still thinking about diving to sink the ship?
I knew this was ridiculous, and the best way to deal with it was to stay in the shadows under the boat and wait for help. But that thought was like a seed, and it never lingered again. That deep trench turned into seductive lips, murmuring my name.
I remained levitated, my head bowed, and my heart was at war. Lao Chaofeng undoubtedly came for the ten pieces of firewood porcelain, and the first thing he did next was to send divers to the shipwreck to investigate. If I don't take it now, I can sink both boats and leave with the treasure.
To reverse the current extremely unfavorable situation, the chai porcelain in the sunken ship is the only chance, and I have to give him a salary from the bottom of the kettle!
I don't know if this is an analysis that I came up with with reason, or if it was a reason I came up with to convince myself. Anyway, the more I think about it, the more reasonable it feels, and I can't wait to leave. Soon an accident occurred that became the last straw for my action.
My signal rope suddenly pulled three times in a row, which was a code sign of an emergency. Before I could react, the leash began to pull violently upwards, dragging me to the surface. There is no doubt that the pirates have discovered this little trap that the medicine is not, and they are trying to drag me out of the water.
I didn't hesitate anymore, cut the rope with *** quickly, and went downstream towards the water. Wait a little longer, wait for the pirate divers to enter the water, and I'll have no chance at all.
I shifted the rhythm of my breathing as I turned my direction towards the trench. Now the light is good, and the naked eye is enough to point me in the right direction.
But not too fast, or the water pressure and nitrogen dissolution will kill me. In fact, I felt a little dizzy, maybe it was because I was diving too fast, maybe it was a psychological effect.
Soon I was approaching the edge of the trench, where the reef was thick, the seaweed was swaying, and between the light and the darkness, it looked like demons with teeth and claws. Soon I found the broken mast embedded in the rock crevice, which was the best sign that the shipwreck was not far away.
I continued to feel forward, and the light around me slowly dimmed. I finally understood how terrifying a deep dive can be for a beginner. The main thing is that human fear of darkness and claustrophobia, which expands infinitely here, and requires a great deal of willpower to restrain it. If you are not careful, you will be consumed by fear.
The seabed here resembles the back of a prehistoric monster, full of spikes and warts, with little place to stay. I had to maintain a steady posture to avoid getting too close and being scraped, and I had to be careful of the gushing currents at all times. It's hard to keep track of the passage of time underwater, so I can only rely on the readings of the compressed air bottles. When the air was almost a third of the way down, a large shadow slowly appeared below my eyes, and I quickly turned the glare above my head and shone it there.
As far as the beam could see, the hull of the ship appeared, and I finally saw the wreck that haunted my dreams, the Fugong.
As Zhong Shan described, the Fugong lay on its side in a "bird's nest" at the edge of the trench. The "bird's nest" is a pit with a relatively flat bottom and a ring of raised reefs around it. The Fu Gong went down the slope from the original shipwreck site, broke the mast halfway, the hull was offset, and it fell into this pit to stop the fall.
This wreckage, lying quietly on its side in the deep water, the keel is clearly visible, and the scene is terrifying and dreamy. I felt like a tomb robber, breaking into the tomb and seeing the owner sleeping in the coffin.
Before leaving, Shen Yunchen gave me a make-up class and taught me some basic common sense. The ocean-going ships of the Ming Dynasty were all designed with a "V" pointed bottom, which could resist wind and waves and was suitable for deep-water navigation. The bow and tail are high, and the side of the ship is very high, like a city wall. The Fu Gong number in front of you fully conforms to these characteristics.
The structure of the Fugong is intact, which is not good news for me. The tonnage of the ship is not small, and there are three levels below the deck, which are separated by watertight compartments and multiple plates, which means that the layout inside is very complicated. To go in without support is to die rashly.
It is no wonder that Professor Lin emphasises that finding a shipwreck and finding something from a shipwreck are two different concepts. The former is looking for a needle in a haystack, and the latter is a dojo in a snail shell, and even professional divers have to carefully explore in stages, and none of them succeeded. What's more, what I'm looking for is ten pieces of porcelain. This ship has a thousand materials, a displacement of 250 tons, and a huge volume, not to mention that this ship is in the water, even if I am stranded on the shore and let me find ten pieces of porcelain, I will have to find it for a long time.
I circled the wreck twice, and roughly locked on the entrance to the Fugong. It was a square staircase, located in the front half of the deck, and the entrance was wide open, like a hole. I hesitated for a moment, approached the Fu Gong number, gently untied a compressed air bottle with similar consumption, reduced the burden, and then gritted my teeth and got in.
There was still a little light outside the ship, but once you entered the cabin, it was completely dark. With the bright light above my head, I could barely sweep the extremely narrow field of vision in front of me. In front of me was a narrow hallway, with a rotten floor, and in the distance there was a corner, perhaps the door of a cabin. I moved my feet, as if I had kicked something, and when I looked down, I had kicked down a clay pot. There are still a few words written on the can in lacquer, but unfortunately it is completely unreadable. A pile of sand and paste flowed out of the mouth of the jar, which immediately dissipated in the water, and I don't know what it was holding back then.
I've heard that the scene in hell is full of delicacies from the mountains and the sea in front of you, and when you move your chopsticks, you turn into quicksand in an instant. Here, all the scenes have lost their original color, and they are all gray, like the faces of the deadβthis Fu Gong is the world after death.
I boasted of being bold, but at this time I couldn't help but swallow my spit, and I determined myself before I dared to go inside. The movement inside the ship is very difficult, people are in a state of diving, it is difficult to control the movements accurately, and the cabin is very narrow, and if you are not careful, you will hit it, which is very dangerous.
I swam in about two or three meters away, and the space in front of me suddenly became a little more spacious, so ten zhang square. This should be a transit area and a gathering area. In the event of an emergency, passengers on this level can quickly gather here and board the deck. The ground here β which should actually be the walls, because the ship lies on its side β has a thick layer of sea dust. As soon as I stepped on it, the dust kicked up, making the water turbid and obscuring the view ahead.
When the dust sank again, I felt something strange on the top of my head, and when I looked up, two skeletons of a miserable white color appeared in the pillar of light of the diving flashlight, wearing a strange hat on their heads, and two dark eye sockets and mandibles would move, and they pounced straight at me. I was so frightened that the rhythm of my breathing suddenly became chaotic. The two skeletons seemed to be hugging each other, moving and moving, as if they were not resigned to their own drowning fate.
When diving, the most important thing to avoid is to disrupt the rhythm of breathing. Because divers breathe not through their nose, but through their mouths. If you mess up, people will unconsciously cut back to their noses, and it is very easy to choke.
After all, I have too little experience, and the psychological pressure is great, and after eating this scare, my body unconsciously struggles upward. With a "bang" of his head, he hit the wall of the cabin, broke the partition, and the diving gland above his head flashed a few times and went out.
All of a sudden, I was in great difficulty, and my surroundings were completely darkened. The two skeletons were nowhere to be found, perhaps peeking into a dark corner. I couldn't go any further, so I had to quit first, but when I walked back, I didn't touch the handrail of the stairs, and I was shocked that I was lost.
As soon as a person's mood is tense, the breathing becomes heavy, and as soon as the breathing is heavy, the oxygen consumption skyrockets. I hurriedly tried to turn around and look for the stairs, but now there was no light, and the cabin was upside down, and I couldn't even be sure if I was going back the way I came.
Little by little, despair grew in my heart, and my movements were out of shape. Professor Lin is right, a novice diving into the ship is simply looking for death. Now not to mention finding chai porcelain, even whether it can get out safely is a serious problem.
In a panic, a hand suddenly reached out from the darkness and slapped it on my shoulder.
It made me stiffen, almost screaming. However, the hand was not malicious, and it slapped three times in a row, which was a gesture to follow. Then a bright light swept by, and I realized that the other party was not a ghost, but also a diver. I didn't think too much about anything else, and was dragged all the way upstream. He had light to guide me and easily found the stairs to take me out of the darkness and back up to the deck.
I looked at the entrance, and my heart palpitated. If it hadn't been for the diver's timely arrival, I wouldn't have been here today. But why did this diver save me? Now on the water, it is clear that the old courtiers have taken control of the situation. The diver sensed my suspicions, made an OK gesture, and wrote two words in my palm.
Otherwise.
Otherwise? My eyes widened and I looked closely. The diving mask obscured his face, but those sinister eyes proved me right. I never thought I'd be confronted by this guy in the depths of the ocean.
There was no way to talk underwater, and I could only stare at him, helpless. Yao Else pointed to the surface of the water, and then to his chest.
"Go up first, trust me." I read exactly what he meant.
But should I trust him? You know, if I go up now, I'm throwing myself into a net, and how many enemies are staring at me. Otherwise, the position is ambiguous, isn't this a trap for the old dynasty to deceive me?
What the hell is he trying to do?
Otherwise, seeing that I didn't react, I knew that I was still suspicious, so I actually handed over ***. The handle of the knife is facing me, and the head of the knife is reversed. It means: "If you can't believe me, stab me to death, buddy promise not to fight back." β
This is a line that I made up in my brain, but the medicine would have said something like this. Through the diving goggles, I saw this guy blink, pointed to the shipwreck next to him, two thumbs crossed, eight fingers intertwined, bowed three times, flipped the back of his hand, and bowed three more times. When I saw this strange gesture, my heart couldn't help but move.
This is an ancient gesture of the rivers and lakes, which is rarely seen nowadays, and is called life and death worship. This is an extremely serious promise, nine deaths without regrets, the back of the hand flipped, meaning to live up to the trust. What does it mean that he prays to the sunken ship? Who did he make a promise with?
A kind of resentment welled up in my heart, every time you kid meet, you never want to explain mysteriously. Now that you're underwater, you can't speak, but you have to explain things, you really know how to pick the time! I threw a hard punch into his shoulder socket, sending him a few steps backwards in the water. The movement in the water was slow, otherwise the medicine could have dodged it, but he didn't dodge, he was punched by me, and he retreated a few meters, until he had his back against the Fu Gong to stop the retreat.
Otherwise, the medicine was not angry, and swam back again, holding up a small object in his hand, and handed it over flatteringly. Although the vision in the water is extremely muddy, I can see at a glance that it is a tea cup, a lotus petal tea cup from the wood kiln!
When this piece of porcelain appeared in front of me, my eyes were wide open and my breathing stopped. This is how much porcelain is the firewood porcelain that everyone dreams of! Legend has it that the firewood porcelain in the sunny and cloudy places after the rain has passed! The legendary peerless porcelain that is as blue as the sky, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper, and as sound as a chime!
Everything we encounter revolves around it. After so many years of searching, I imagined what they would be like, and now it appeared to me without warning, half light and half dark in the water, the details unknown, but it had sucked half of my soul out of life. It's not because I love porcelain, but it naturally has a charm that looks down on all beings, so that you can't escape and can't avoid it.
The oxygen consumption in the compressed air bottle skyrocketed, and I finally looked away from the teacup and looked at the medicine with confusion.
Otherwise, it should have taken about the same time as me to go deep into the wreck, how did he quickly lock on to the location of Chai Porcelain? And there is only one of these, where are the other nine? If it weren't for my life, I would have thrown off the respirator and grabbed him by the collar for questioning. Yao Otherwise, he generously handed me the teacup, repeated the gesture, urged me to go up with him, and made a promise again.
Behind his diving goggles, his eyes showed an unprecedented seriousness. I thought about it, handed the *** back to him, took the teacup, put it in the diving bag next to me, and agreed with his suggestion.
My relationship with the drug was complicated, but at this point I decided to take a gamble. If the medicine was not present, I would have to criticize me for acting impulsively, but there are some things in this world that, like the temperament of antiques, are difficult to explain with reason.
I was very happy otherwise, and I didn't forget to make a "V" gesture.
We briefly exchanged fists, and instead of rushing up, Yakudai beckoned me to return to the deck entrance, hold the doorway, and then get inside. I thought he was going back to get the nine pieces of porcelain, but after a while, he came out again, still dragging a bunch of things in his hand, and I was surprised.
He was dragging the two skeletons I had just seen. Their skeletons are clamped together with each other, and after so many years, they cannot be separated. It turns out that they are the ones I just encountered in the dark. In retrospect, this should have been the shipwreck's victim, who had no time to escape, and sank with the ship to the bottom of the sea, drifting between the cabins as a lonely ghost.
I swam over and helped him carry it. The bones of the two bodies were mutilated, with only the skull, spine, arm bones, and most of the ribs remaining, and the lower half of the body was long gone, so it was not too heavy. On closer inspection, I noticed that the strange hats on the two skulls were actually a hood-like device, with a whole piece of glass on the front and a frame fixed next to it, very similar to the diving cover, but with an ancient style. I just saw that their expressions were vivid and hideous, but they were actually the illusion of the reflection of light from the glass masks.
Otherwise, instead of taking firewood porcelain, would you have come to carry the bones of these dead people? His actions are really becoming more and more difficult to understand. Moreover, those two hoods do not look like artifacts of the Ming Dynasty, they are typical products of the industrial age.
It occurred to me that Izumita's report had been given a cold reception and had disappeared in anger. Perhaps, he secretly ran to search for it himself, and died here. The corpse in front of you can't be Izumita's, right?
But even if the remains are found, I can understand what the Japanese are doing, otherwise why bother? I turned my head to the side, trying to find the answer in his movements, but I couldn't read anything.
I forcibly suppressed my doubts, and helped the medicine to slowly rise with the two corpses. It took us a long time to surface, and as soon as we came out of the water, I found three boats moored side by side, and we were close to the Blue Bird Maru.
There was an automatic elevator on the Blue Bird Pill that carried me, Yao Ran, and the two corpses up together. As soon as they hit the deck, the pirates rushed over. Liu Chengxuan, who was the leader, kept looking at me coldly, with a fierce smile on the corner of his mouth. He came over and kicked me to the ground, laughing hysterically: "I said earlier, sooner or later you will fall into my hands!" "I had no ability to resist, so I could only lie on the ground and couldn't move. Otherwise, he took off his equipment and turned a deaf ear to what happened to me.
Liu Chengqian wanted to kick and beat, but was stopped by Professor Zheng. "Get down to business first." Professor Zheng's gaze only stayed on me for a moment, and then turned to the medicine, "There is a result?" The tone was full of anticipation.
"Hmm."
Otherwise, he silently took off his diving equipment, revealing a tired face. For some reason, the moment he took off his diving cover, I suddenly realized that I didn't recognize this person. The original medicine is otherwise, and there is a stingy ruffian all over the body, even after the mutiny, it has been giggling and laughing, and there is no shape.
But at this time, he is completely different from the medicine I am familiar with. The corners of his mouth were pursed, his brows were slightly frowned, and his wet hair hung down from his forehead, half-covering his sad eyes. He just stood there with the mask in hand, his head hanging slightly, staring at the pile of bones. All the sharpness and cynicism were gone, as if he had always been so sad that it had not been revealed to people until today.
The two piles of bones were rested on a plastic sheet, and among the pirates there were Japanese, and suddenly there was a surprised voice: "Huh? This mask, I've seen it before. Professor Cheng asked him where he had seen it, and he said that Japan had invented the world's first mask-mask submersible in 1924, which had successfully dived 70 meters into the Mediterranean Sea and fished out the gold nuggets inside the wreck Yasaka. This may be an improved version, but the overall structure has not changed.
Liu Chengqian said disdainfully: "Why do you spend so much time trying to get a bunch of dead people's bones?" He stretched out his foot and kicked him, but he let out a low roar and kicked him far away. Liu Chengqian staggered to the opposite side of the ship, furious, and was about to do it when he returned. At this time, an old voice came: "Cheng Xuan, stop." β
The sound came from the loudspeaker outside the ship, this is the voice of the old courtier! The old guy came with the ship! I hurriedly raised my head and looked at the cab located high in the Aotori Maru. It's a pity that the angle is wrong, and the glass is reflective, so I can't see who is standing inside. I moved my limbs and found that I couldn't lift them at all, damn it! Now the distance between me and him is only a dozen meters.
Liu Chengqian said dissatisfiedly: "This is what he did first, in the end, it is a descendant, and the treatment is different from ours." The old court said: "I didn't help you, but saved your life." Liu Chengqian was not convinced, but when he looked at the medicine again, he suddenly shuddered. Yao Otherwise, he stood in front of the bones, his eyes were extremely cold, as if he had just been touched by someone.
This is a really murderous look, and it is not ambiguous at all. Liu Chengqian had no choice but to take a few steps back.
"Xiaoyao, congratulations, you finally got your wish." The old courtier said kindly. Otherwise, he suddenly fell to his knees and cried loudly in front of the corpse, crying like a child. I saw the mask and illusion on his body peeling off piece by piece, revealing his true heart.
Professor Zheng stood next to him and sighed slightly: "The whereabouts of Yao Shenxing are only clear today. β
This name suddenly exploded in my mind, and many incomplete pictures were immediately filled in. After the Qingfeng Lou incident, Yao Shenxing's whereabouts have always been suspicious, and it turned out that he followed Quantian into the sea to hunt for treasure! As a result, both died in the ship, and it was not until decades later that the bones of the two men were finally revealed.
No wonder Yao would have cried loudly, one of the corpses was his grandfather. I suddenly had a feeling that Yao Otherwise, he came here not for Chai porcelain at all, but completely to retrieve the remains of his grandfather, which was his real purpose.
Whether it's medicine or not, happy or someone else, they all say that medicine otherwise has a sense of alienation in their bones, and they can't get close to anyone. But the situation in front of him shows how much he attaches importance to family affection in his bones. It can only be said that this kid is too good at hiding his emotions, so that others can't notice it at all.
Liu Chengqian also had a slight understanding of the cause and effect of Qingfeng Building, and muttered: "Who knows which one is Japanese and which one is his grandfather, and if you worship the wrong one, you will have fun...... Professor Zheng said: "Look at the color of the arm bone." Those who use 'Flying Bridge Dengxian' will be infiltrated into the mouth, nose and body by baking ingredients containing heavy metals, and over time, the arm bones will be infected with dark red spots. β
"Flying Bridge Dengxian" is harmful to the body, I know this, but I didn't expect it to penetrate deep into the bones. No wonder Silversmith Yin is in such poor health, this curse is really extraordinary. Although these bones have been soaked in seawater for decades, they can still be barely distinguished.
The stunt of medicine prudence has become a mark of recognition by children and grandchildren, which is really a wonderful thing.
Professor Zheng walked over and patted Yao Otherwise's shoulder: "Xiao Yao, don't get excited, pay attention to your body, and go to the decompression chamber to decompress first." Otherwise, he stopped crying, knelt on the ground first, slammed his head three times on the bones, and then looked up and said: "I just probed around, and I suspect that Izumita and Grandpa Tai have found chai porcelain in the shipwreck, and when they were about to bring it out, there was an accident." So these pieces of firewood porcelain should not be far from their two corpses. The next time I explore, I should be able to get it. β
Professor Zheng's eyes lit up, and he said yes repeatedly, and then hurriedly asked him to return to the decompression chamber first. My heart moved, otherwise there was still foreshadowing. He had obviously found a piece of chai porcelain, and it was on me now, why didn't he say a word?
At this point, the teacup was hidden in my diving bag, and no one thought to search for it. Professor Zheng was about to arrange for me to go in to relieve pressure, but Liu Chengqian stopped him: "This stinky boy is our enemy, and he will die no matter what, why bother?" β
Otherwise, he stopped, looked back and said coldly: "I still have something to ask him, he can't die for the time being." Liu Chengqian said angrily: "It is a great joy for you to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors today, and I don't care about you." But this kid must be handed over to me, and no one will stop him! β
Yao Otherwise, he said: "The big guy has worked hard to find the Fu Gong number, and it is the right thing to take out the firewood porcelain first, and don't make any extraneous branches first." With that, he looked up, as if asking for advice. The old courtier in the loudspeaker also agreed: "Xiaoyao is right. These ten pieces of chai porcelain are our last chance to turn the tables, and we will get down to business first. Xiao Xu and I still have some untouched relationships, so don't move him for the time being. β
Liu Chengqian was extremely unconvinced: "I was born and died with you, and I have been loyal for more than ten years, but I only occupy a mountain of land, a few words of praise." This wish is just a little gangster, why do you spend all your time trying to get it every day. It's good now, you tolerate the adulterer, let our plate be turned over, and don't forget to talk to him about the origin! I'm not convinced! Why? He almost choked up when he said that.
As I guessed that day, Liu Chengqian has been withdrawn since he was a child, and he can only find his identity here in the old court. His gaffe and excitement are more accurate than angry, but childlike panic.
The loudspeaker was silent for a moment, and then the voice sounded again: "Silly boy, you think too much. I said that I had a relationship with Xiao Xu, but I didn't say that I wanted to let him go. Go ahead and get ready. β
Liu Chengqian rolled his eyes: "Okay, listen to you." But I wish I had to take it away and go to salvage No. 08 to decompress. He and the medicine don't get together, I don't worry. "My heart sank, originally I was going to be in the same decompression chamber with Yao, and I had the opportunity to talk. I didn't expect Liu Chengqian to be so suspicious.
"Whatever you want." The medicine was not in the slightest, and turned around and left. I saw him with his back to me and made a gesture. This gesture is very secretive and can be seen as a simple variation of the promise of life and death.
He said "go up first, trust me" in the water, and now is reminding me that he will keep his word? Didn't Yao tell me the story of medicine, otherwise the story of junior high school, he could quietly drive transfer students away, and now what plan is he planning? I felt the bulge in my dive bag, dazed.
Soon Liu Chengqian escorted me to the salvage 08, and on the way I learned that the crews of both ships were controlled by the pirates, but fortunately there were no casualties for the time being, and they were locked in the bilge.
He didn't even give me time to take off his diving suit, and viciously pushed me into the decompression chamber, slammed the sealed door shut, and sent two pirates to guard it. He said through the glass, "Don't think you're lucky. Waiting a day or two longer will only make you regret why you didn't die faster in the first place. I smiled at the glass: "At least I won't beg for milk with the old court." β
Liu Chengqian slammed his fist on the glass, and then walked away with a gloomy face.
This kind of diving at a depth of more than 50 meters requires six hours of decompression. I sat down slowly, closing my eyes and recuperating. The two pirates at the door are more miserable than me, and how can they endure such a boring errand. The door to the decompression chamber was sealed, and they quickly dozed off thinking I couldn't escape.
Of course I couldn't have escaped, and when I opened the door and told me to go, I wouldn't go. Coming out without completely decompressing is pure death. I sat down slowly, closing my eyes and recuperating.
The appearance of Yao Shenxing's remains is really an unexpected variable. I didn't have time to think about it in a hurry, but now I have plenty of time to sort it out. I found that filling in the frame of his whereabouts made that past a lot clearer.
After the Tanglin robbery, Yao Shenxing was imprisoned, and after a few years, he left the prison and quietly settled in Shaoxing. In 1931, Lou Yinfan collected all five blue and white pots and invited him to go north to open them. Unexpectedly, my grandfather Xu Yicheng intervened, causing Lou Yinfan to commit suicide, and five jars fell into the hands of Izumida Kunio. Yao Shenxing opened the five cans, mastered the coordinates of the Fugong, and then went out to sea with Quantian to hunt for treasure, and finally both died in the sunken ship.
The owner of the Fugong called himself Yu Chaofeng, and according to the photos in the "Quantian Report", it is implied that the title of the old Chaofeng came from the person who knew the whereabouts of the Fugong. If this assumption is correct, the old courtiers - or the first generation of old courtiers - are the medicine prudent! After that, Ji Tianjun competed with Yaolai for five cans, calling himself an old courtier, which naturally meant that he was determined to win the Fu Gong.
Once the myth is broken, the eyes suddenly open up. I thought of this and jumped up so hard that I almost hit my head.
No wonder the old courtier's age was not right, which made me puzzled. He's not one, he's two! There have been two old pilgrims! Now this old courtier has just inherited this name.
This pretty much explains all the incongruous contradictions!
However, why did my grandfather Xu Yicheng intervene in this matter to help the Japanese? Before Yao Shenxing and Izumita set off, why did they have to repair the blue and white jars again? These two questions are still difficult to solve.
But this is irrelevant, the important thing is that I finally unveiled the corner of the old court!
I excitedly walked around the sealed cabin, eager to go out and tell the medicine right away. The pirates at the gate saw my movement and shouted quietly, and I suppressed my excitement. With new momentum, I had to plan a counterattack. Although the medicine promises to keep me safe, I can't rely on him completely, people will help themselves, and God will help them.
I waited quietly for six hours, and the pressure gauge in the cabin finally "beeped" and the green light came on. Two pirates opened the hatch and escorted me out. I said to them lightly, "Can I please make it easier for you?" β
The two pirates looked at each other and laughed. I've observed them, and it's clear that they're not from the old courtiers, but they must be hired temporarily. This kind of person only recognizes money, greed together, and is the easiest to manipulate.
I slowly took out the chai porcelain tea cup from my diving bag: "I'm covered in salt water, it's too uncomfortable." Can you let me go back to the cabin to take a shower and change into clean clothes? You have to die cleanly. β
A pirate snatched the teacup and said proudly: "We want it, just grab it, and we still need to negotiate terms with you?" β
I said lightly: "This is just one of them, and there are nine more, you don't want it?" β
The two pirates stopped and looked at me suspiciously. They should have known the purpose of the old court's trip before, but they didn't know the preciousness of firewood porcelain, and they only knew that the undersea treasure that Xingshi moved to find must be valuable.
As soon as he heard that there were nine more such treasures, greed immediately prevailed.
I smiled slightly: "If you give me this opportunity, I can give you ten pieces." Otherwise, those nine pieces can only be buried with me. β
I dived just now, and they all saw it, and they held this piece of firewood porcelain firmly in their hands. With these two premises, I have every word of benefit, so I can't help but let them not agree. The two pirates summed it up and thought it was too cost-effective, so they didn't inform Liu Chengqian and formed a temporary alliance with me. While walking, the two of them were still counting the nine ethereal treasures.
There was just another ** wind and rain outside, and it was just closed at this time. The waves on the sea have not yet subsided, but the sky is cloudy and has a tendency to turn white.
They escorted me to the cabin where I lived. The cabin was very narrow, and when I pushed the door in, the two of them couldn't squeeze in, so they had to stay outside the doorβnot afraid that I would run away anyway.
I closed the door and took out the pistol that Fang Zhen had left for me from the quilt. He deserves to be a veteran, and he is really prescient. Only one suspicious spot was seen on the radar, and preparations were made in advance.
But there were two pirates, so close that I could only shoot once, and I had to take into account the variables in case I couldn't hit them. Besides, what should I do after the fight? There were more than a dozen pirates on these three ships. I'll have to plan it carefully.
I walked to the porthole and found that not far from the opposite side was the side of the boat of the Blue Bird Maru. There were seven divers on deck, busy getting into the water. It seems that they have officially started salvage, these guys are well-equipped, there are many people, and they are determined to win Chai porcelain.
I couldn't help but be a little stunned when I saw that one of them was a medicine. Doesn't medicine give me a promise? Why did you go into the water again?
It stands to reason that only one deep dive is allowed in a day, especially if you have just decompressed and cannot be re-launched. Otherwise, this is deadly? It was too far away for me to make a sound, so I could only lie on the porthole and watch as the seven men plunged into the water and soon disappeared into the water.
I saw Liu Chengqian and Professor Zheng standing on the deck, waiting for them all to enter the water. Liu Chengqian raised his wrist to look at his watch and walked towards the dinghy. Looks like he's going to come and salvage the 08 against me.
It can't be delayed any longer. I changed my clothes, turned around and opened the hatch, and followed the two pirates outside. I deliberately told them all the way how precious this chai porcelain is, when Chai Shizong issued an edict, saying that after the rain, the sky is clear and the clouds are broken, and this color is the future. The skilled craftsmen of the whole country were helpless, and only a couple of porcelain craftsmen could think of a solution...... These pirates have no culture, and they listen to it with relish, but they didn't expect the firewood porcelain in their hands to be so valuable, and their hearts are happy.
Before we knew it, the three of us were walking to the edge of the deck. When I reached the ** place, I was still telling a story in my mouth, but my body took advantage of the ship's shaking and suddenly crashed into a pirate holding firewood porcelain. He listened to the story so engrossedly that he was suddenly attacked, his hand slipped and he didn't hold it, and the teacup rolled into the sea. The two were shocked and rushed over to pick it up together. I took a few steps back, pulled out my gun, and fired two shots at them.
I've shot before, and it's Fang Zhen who took me to the shooting range. But the actual combat was the first time in his life. With such two big targets, I didn't even shoot a single shot. But the two of them were suddenly shot, and they subconsciously wanted to dodge, but they both fell from the deck into the sea, but the tea cup rolled to the side and did not fall.
I leaned over to pick up the teacup, put it back in my pocket, and then rushed to the side and continued to shoot at the two men who were fluttering in the sea. At this time, there must be no woman's kindness, otherwise the unlucky person can only be herself. My marksmanship was so bad that I missed a ** and didn't hit anything. But they were so frightened that they dived into the water and didn't dare to make their heads.
At this time, the people on the other side also heard the gunshots and shouted loudly on the deck. I saw that Liu Chengxuan's dinghy was already approaching salvage No. 08, and the speed was faster than before. I only hate myself for trying to be happy for a while, and I will hold the bullet to the end, otherwise how can I hit a target as big as a rubber boat......
The dinghy suddenly turned around and rescued the two pirates who had fallen overboard. Liu Chengqian straightened up at the bow of the boat, glared fiercely at him, and muttered something in his mouth. You can imagine what he's going to do to me when he's on board. But it doesn't matter, he doesn't have to worry if he has too much debt, he was eager to break my body into ten thousand pieces, and now it doesn't make a difference if he hates a few more points.
I looked around and suddenly had a plan, took off the high-pressure fire water cannon from the boat, twisted the faucet, and unceremoniously aimed at the rubber boat in the distance and sprayed it. Liu Chengqian was caught off guard for a while, and was sprayed head-on, and the strong water gun "plopped" him into the sea. Several of the other pirates quickly gathered up and shrank behind the dinghy.
This thing looked huge, but it was not fatal at all, and Liu Chengqian was quickly pulled back into the boat, and the bow of the boat rushed forward against the current. No matter how much water pressure you have, you can't withstand the engine of the dinghy. One of the pirates came to his senses and fired his gun in this direction with his AK-47.
With a "ping-pong" sound, a stray bullet hit the water pipe, drilling a large hole, and the water pressure disappeared. I put down the hose, turned around and ran, for fear of being shot indiscriminately. The morale of the rubber boat was greatly boosted, and soon it drove to the edge of salvage No. 08, and they climbed up with all hands and feet. Liu Chengqian took the lead in rushing to the deck, but was stopped by me. He climbed halfway up the seafarer's ladder, and I occupied the high place and tried desperately to obstruct it. I have a good position, but there are many others, and I am about to clash and block it, and I go to the deck.
At this moment, a muffled voice came from nowhere, very low, as if there was thunder rolling in the distance.
Everyone's movements froze for a while. No matter how dull people are, they feel a little uneasy. Immediately after, there was another thunderclap. This time, it was clear that there had been a violent explosion at the bottom of the sea, and the surface of the sea seemed to be boiling, and there were many fish floating up with their bellies up. What's going on? With such a violent explosion, will those divers still be alive? Can medicine still live? Liu Chengqian and I stopped our movements and looked underwater in horror.
It wasn't long before a third explosion was heard. This time the explosion was even more violent, and it actually happened inside the pirate ship. With a bang, a large hole was blown open in the side of the pirate ship, and a large amount of seawater poured in, quickly tilting the hull.
At this time, the pirates were either underwater, or on the Blue Bird Maru or rubber boat, leaving only two or three people on duty on board. There was such a big thing, and it was too late to do damage management. The ship may be able to struggle for a while, but its sinking is a certainty.
The third explosion created a huge shock wave that overturned the dinghy not far away, and the pirates fell overboard again. But this time the situation was different, the capsized pirate ship generated a strong suction of the current, they screamed and were sucked over, and fell into the whirlpool, the struggle was completely futile, and the work disappeared in a moment.
At the same time, a large number of black wooden fragments floated up, like many cockroaches floating on the surface of the sea. I don't know if it's a Fu Gong number.
I stood on the side of the ship salvaging No. 08 and continued to scuffle with Liu Chengqi. As soon as the rubber boat overturned, he had no way to retreat, and rushed towards it even more desperately. His fighting skills were much better than mine, and his courage to fight against the odds knocked me back a few steps in one fell swoop.
Seeing that he was about to step on the deck, I was in a hurry, took out the firewood porcelain tea cup worth 10,000 gold from my pocket, and smashed it on his forehead with all my strength. The porcelain is brittle, but the porcelain is also hard, although this chai porcelain is known as thin as paper, it is not easy to smash on the head.
I estimate that after having firewood porcelain, I am willing to use it as a weapon to smash people, maybe I am the first one.
Liu Chengqian was hit by this blow, and a ball of blood burst out of his head, and he couldn't help screaming loudly. And the exquisite lotus petal tea cup, because of this powerful impact, shattered half of the lotus petal, and the porcelain ballast was stained with bright red blood. I saw the momentum and smashed it again, and this time the half-amputated ballast stabbed him right in the eye, and another ball of blood exploded.
Liu Chengqian was also really brave, he was hit so hard, he didn't retreat but advanced, he actually rushed to the top, his head was covered with blood, like a demon, and he stuck my legs, trying to use his strength to get on the deck. I raised the half of the firewood porcelain in my hand and said to him compassionately: "Do you remember the locust tree in the old courtyard of Beijing? β
Liu Chengqian was stunned for a moment. I immediately said, "Those who were burned into porcelain by you have all followed. I'm going to drag you to the bottom of the sea. Liu Chengqian didn't believe this, but at this time, he was hit hard, his mood was agitated, and the sea changed greatly, and his palm couldn't help but loosen. I suddenly pointed behind him and laughed, "Liu Yue, he's here!" β
As soon as he heard the name, Liu Chengqian subconsciously looked back. I took advantage of this opportunity and pushed hard, and he fell directly into the sea.
Liu Yue is his girlfriend who was burned into porcelain, I saw this name when I checked the list of missing persons involved in the Xiliu Camp, I didn't think much about it at the time, but now it has played a big role.
It is said that people have the strongest fear in the sea, which comes from the fear of the ocean in their genes. Now that he had been greatly changed and seriously injured, the fear in his heart was completely drawn out in this churning sea.
Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. He can burn so many people, including his beloved girlfriend, into porcelain, and he is no wonder that there is no ghost in his heart. I had already scared him once in my old house in Beijing, and he was deeply frightened when I tried him out. Now throwing out the name Liu Yue is the last straw that breaks his defense.