Invaders of Xanadu

"Uncle Hai, there's a boat coming from behind." The seaman in charge of the sentry suddenly shouted. successfully interrupted Lou Qingqing's musings.

Lou Qingqing and Uncle Hai were stunned at the same time, stood up, raised their eyes and looked back, and the originally idle seafarers also vigilantly picked up the wooden sticks for self-defense, you know, the sea is not as good as 6, and the possibility of two fleets accidentally meeting in the sea is not to say no, but it is definitely not big. No wonder they are wary.

After looking at it for a while, Uncle Hai relaxed and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, now on the territory of the Dragon King, which pirate has the courage to rob our Lou's fleet?" It was about the ship of a wealthy merchant or an official eunuch. …… Yo, there's also a pretty handsome offspring! ”

Because it was a tailwind, the boat behind came quickly, and it came to the side while talking, there were three of them, all of them were hung with red lanterns, and the lanterns had the word 'Guo' on them, and they were really not pirates, and there was a young man standing on the bow of the front ship.

Lou Qingqing looked through the lights, and saw that the young man at the bow of the boat had a long body, his face was like a crown of jade, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, a long robe with wide sleeves, and a jade tree in the wind.

The fleet came to the side of the flotilla of the Lou family, two or three meters away, and actually anchored and stopped, and several people dressed as family members shouted to make a fire to cook, and for a while, the calm on the sea surface was shattered, and there was a little more smell of fireworks.

After a while, after dinner, a few stewards walked to the bow of the boat and talked to the young man, everyone was begging for food at sea, and it was fate to meet, and the people on both sides got together.

The young man was obviously very talkative, although he was slightly arrogant in his words, but a young man of his age, this bit of arrogance would not be annoying, Uncle Hai also said a few words to him, and felt that this young man was well-informed and knowledgeable, not a simple person, so he leaned into Lou Qingqing's ear and laughed: "Girl, you are not too young, you will find a mother-in-law in the future, how can you find one." ”

Lou Qingqing's face flushed, and he felt in a trance that the boy seemed to be looking at him, so he hurriedly glared at Uncle Hai and scolded, "You are an old man, do you have such a way to talk to juniors?" I won't tell you, I'm going to sleep! ”

Looking at Lou Qingqing's embarrassed appearance when he returned to the cabin, Uncle Hai couldn't help laughing, of course he didn't really think that the boy was a match for his own young lady, he just liked to tease and tease that little girl.

Just now it was still the moon and the stars were scarce, who knew that the weather on the sea would change, and after a while, the wind actually blew, and after a while, large raindrops fell, and the calm sea began to make noise, and the waves were higher than a while.

Lou Qingqing nested in the cabin, holding the quilt, reading by the lamplight, although the waves outside were big, and the boat shook violently, but it could not affect her, a little woman who had been crawling in the sea since she was a child, although the surface of the boat was wood, but the inside was actually iron, and it was made very strong, and the general wind and waves would never threaten it, besides, with Uncle Hai, the old helmsman, she didn't need to worry about anything.

After reading the book for a while, Lou Qingqing saw that the wind and waves were getting bigger and bigger, and the program of night fishing near the sea that he had prepared was about impossible, so he slept with his clothes, but he didn't know why in his mind, and the vague figure of a young man in white always faintly appeared, Lou Qingqing frowned, buried his face in the quilt, and secretly spat himself, and muttered a few words in his heart that the color was empty, and after a while, he gradually became sleepy.

In the middle of the night, the wind and rain were blowing.

Lou Qingqing was awakened in his sleep.

In the haze, he heard a lot of commotion outside, and there were people yelling hoarsely, Lou Qingqing's brain exploded, and he hurriedly sat up with the lamp, and before he could clean himself up, he heard Uncle Hai calling the door outside.

Lou Qingqing hurriedly opened the door, and saw that Uncle Hai was covered in a lily coat and wet all over, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "What's the matter?" Leaking water in the cabin? Our ship is not so sturdy! ”

Uncle Hai wiped the water stains on his face and said loudly: "It's true that the boat is broken, but it's not us, there is a boat in the Guo family opposite that has broken a hole, and I asked people to take a rope bridge to pick them up, you pay attention." ”

"I see." Lou Qingqing hurriedly put on his coat, put on a hat, and followed Uncle Hai to the hatch, and saw a total of eight large iron cables hooking the hull of the ship that had been crooked into the sea, more than a dozen crew members covered in water were sitting on the deck, and some people had already entered the cabin, and the people on their side were using ropes to help a few crew members who accidentally fell into the sea to get on board, fortunately, the rescue was timely, and there seemed to be no casualties, but it had to wait until dawn to confirm.

The young man was also standing on his own boat, he was wearing only a single coat, his head was wet and pressed against his cheeks, he looked a little embarrassed, but his expression was calm and not flustered.

Looking at this chaos, Lou Qingqing felt a sudden shock in his heart, thinking that if he was sick at sea, it would be regarded as half a foot in the ghost gate, frowned, hurriedly walked to the kitchen, lit a fire, and made a big pot of brown sugar ginger water. Then he called an apprentice from Uncle Hai's shipyard and instructed: "Send it to the crew, our people and the people of the Guo family will drink a few bowls, such a heavy rain, don't catch a cold!" ”

Seeing that the apprentice went out in response, Lou Qingqing packed up some clothes and bedding and sent them over, just so busy for a while, and after everyone poured a few bowls of ginger soup, Lou Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Girl, you go in, I'll arrange for them to stay in the front cabin, if it's okay, don't go out, and after a while, I'll let the chain and hammer help you watch the door."

Lou Qingqing nodded, knowing that Uncle Hai was worried that these people had bad intentions, and besides, after all, he was not on the island now, he was a girl's house, and if he was too close to a man, he would cause gossip.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with him, Lou Qingqing just wanted to turn around and go back to the room, but when he looked up, he saw the young man in white standing beside him not far away, he was leaning against the wall, the water stains on his head had not dried, his face was a little pale, and there was a worry between the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

Lou Qingqing's heart moved, and somehow, he hesitated for three points when he turned around.

The storm at sea caused great damage to the Guo family's fleet, three ships, except for a small boat in the middle that could still be used, the other two were both sunk, only a bucket of fresh water was rescued, and all the food was lost, fortunately, due to the timely rescue organized by the Lou family, except for two people suffering from wind and cold, the son-in-law of the Guo family seemed to be a little uncomfortable, and no one was injured.

"I'm glad I met you, Uncle Hai, I don't thank you for my kindness, if you can use Guo Lerong's place in the future, please speak up."

"Guo Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, this is as it should be, we have rules for those who run the boat, and if you encounter a shipwreck at sea, you must reach out to help, today I will help you, tomorrow you will help me, it is not easy to beg for food on the sea, and it is also appropriate to take care of each other. We're almost on our hidden island, you can rest on the island. ”

Guo Lerong looked at Uncle Hai's unconcerned face, and only nodded, not verbose. His face was a little pale, his forehead was sweaty, his lips were blue, and he didn't look very good.

Lou Qingqing saw it, so he ordered someone to send a pot of hot wine to warm him up, the ship is not without medicine, recently the drug research has made a breakthrough, Gongsun Zhi and his own mother have planned to start selling to the outside world, but the more sensitive this time, the more Lou Qingqing dare not break the rules casually, the Lou family can now have a place to live, not to be disturbed by the outside world is not easy, she doesn't want to carry the allusion of her guilt in her own body, let alone cause trouble.

"Thank you, girl." Guo Lerong respectfully took the wine jug and smiled at Lou Qingqing, his smile, the melancholy on his face dissipated in an instant, like a spring blossom, and everything recovered. Lou Qingqing's fingertips trembled slightly, and suddenly felt that his heart was beating a little faster, and he couldn't help but take a step back, and said with a stunned smile: "Guo Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, the sea is windy, please be careful." ”

The sky is beautiful, since last night's storm, the sea has returned to calm, although it is only a short contact, Lou Qingqing is naturally familiar with that Guo Gongzi.

The sea breeze carried a damp fishy smell, Lou Qingqing's slender and white hand carried a small fish with the length of his palm, and shook it out of thin air, and suddenly a black and white, about one and a half meters long dolphin suddenly rose high in the sea, and opened his mouth to swallow Lou Qingqing's hand and fish together.

"Ahh Guo Lerong was startled, rushed over and grabbed Lou Qingqing's shoulder, but saw her smiling like a flower, her slender and small hand was withdrawn intact, and the dolphin let out a high chirp, flying around in the sea, as if it was greeting Lou Qingqing.

"Haha, we're almost there, there is the hidden island in front, this little guy is called Niu Niu, he likes to play with people the most, and he is very human." Lou Qingqing squinted, pointed to the figure of the isolated island that had faintly appeared in front of him, and smiled at Guo Lerong, "The hidden island is a very beautiful island, the landscape is picturesque, and when you get to the island, I invite you to drink the famous coconut milk there." ”

Guo Lerong looked at the smiling face in the morning light, and the depression in his heart seemed to be relieved a lot for many days, "Okay, you will be my guide at that time, I have been going to sea for more than 20 years, and it is the first time I have seen such a magnificent scenery...... Of course, it was the first time I had encountered such a terrifying storm......"

"Hehe, I'm not much better, it's been six or seven years, I haven't been anywhere else except the island and the sea, but one day, I'm going to run far, far away and see all kinds of landscapes!"

Lou Qingqing was talking to Guo Lerong, while carrying a small fish to tease the dolphin, she smiled and stretched out her hand, and as soon as Niuniu came over, she immediately withdrew her hand, so anxious that the little dolphin shook her head against the hull of the boat, and screamed anxiously and desolately.

"Girl, what are you doing, don't bully Niu Niu, be careful that Madame teaches you." Uncle Hai saw that she was getting more and more energetic, and shouted at the top of his throat, so frightened that Lou Qingqing's hands trembled, and he threw the fish away with a brush, Niuniu jumped over, swallowed the fish in one bite, and then waved her tail, twisted her ass with disdain, and ran out of the ground, and soon disappeared!

"Hey...... This little guy has to be scolded! Lou Qingqing touched his head in a daze, turned around, and saw Guo Lerong looking at him with a smile, his face flushed, and he hurriedly opened his mouth, "That's ...... What, it's almost there......"

"Flutter." Guo Lerong looked at Lou Qingqing's embarrassed appearance, and couldn't help laughing, "Yes, it's almost there!" In just a few words, she felt that this girl was very good-spoken, many words and sentences were very novel, and the people were lively and cute, which was very different from the ladies he had met in the past.

A shallow line appeared in a trance on the horizon, but for a moment, the traces of the island were already clearly visible, Guo Lerong had not seen a clipper, but it was so fast that he had seen it in his life, but he was steady by nature, and he did not show surprise on his face.

Lou Qingqing stretched out his hand, took the monocular handed by Uncle Hai, looked at it for a while, and suddenly jumped three feet high happily, "Dad, my dad is here!" ”

"I can't!" Uncle Hai was startled, snatched the binoculars, and sure enough, a middle-aged man in a cyan shirt was standing on the dock, looking much thinner, and the fourth Xiu'er of the Liu family followed him inch by inch.

"I haven't heard from him for half a year, and I thought he was dead outside." Uncle Hai's face couldn't hide his excitement, but he wanted to make a very disdainful face, Lou Qingqing looked at it and smiled secretly, according to Grandpa Gongsun, Uncle Hai has a good relationship with Uncle Ding Feng, but he has fought hard with his father since he was a child, and he has been fighting together for nearly a lifetime, when he was young, he was better than anyone else, and after he grew up and reunited, he was more beautiful than his daughter-in-law (of course, Lou Qingqing privately thought that Aunt Hai was not as good as her mother), and when she was old, Uncle Hai hadn't figured out what to compare, her father had already gone to the road of black belly under the education of his daughter-in-law, Every time Uncle Hai provokes, he always only smiles and says one word - 'naïve'. Uncle Hai was so depressed, but everyone agreed with his father's words, he could only hide this depression in his stomach, and he couldn't say it outside!

"Daddy."

Lou Yi looked at the slim daughter in front of him, with a smile on his face, "Here, the little girl looks better the longer she gets." ”

"Of course, don't look at who raised it." Uncle Hai snorted coldly. It's a pity that the father and daughter got together intimately, walked hand in hand, and no one paid attention to him at all.

Uncle Hai glared for a while, sighed, and then greeted Guo Lerong: "Guo Gongzi, let's go together, there is one of my repair shops here, help you repair the ship." ”

"Then thank you, Uncle Hai." Guo Lerong paused, the smile on his face remained unchanged, but the doubts on his expression gradually disappeared, turning into a surprise of disbelief, but although he was a little excited in his heart, he didn't bring it out on his face, and obediently followed Uncle Hai's footsteps.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the next chapter begins to return to the text, and the extras of Xiaoru's descendants are inserted from time to time, hehe.