Early in the morning, Xiao Tianjian came to Youtan's private dock early, and the boat was already ready.

Although it is a "small boat", it is not as good as those medium-sized sea boats, but it is also nearly 20 meters long, and it is fully equipped with cargo holds, rooms, helm rooms, and crew activity rooms. The two crew members seem to be small, but because they are only driving inshore, the supplies are sufficient, and the equipment on board is quite advanced in this world, so it is not a big problem.

Minna walked around the boat with some curiosity, and saw all the places before being carried ashore by her grandfather.

Xiao Tianjian entrusted Yu Tan again, and repeatedly told Minna to be obedient. Minna complied very meekly, but solemnly asked him to come back early and take her around the island until she had fun. Xiao Tianjian responded and got on the boat.

Minna watched her grandfather's boat gradually leave the shore, and pretended to ask Yutan casually: "Uncle Yutan, where is grandpa going?" ”

"Ah, on the north side, look." Yutan stretched out his hand and pointed to the right front, "Looking from here, you can see that the land on the shore forms an arc, and the holy mountain is behind it, but it is too far away to be seen here. ”

"So Grandpa's boat is going to go all the way along the shore? Why not walk over? ”

You Tan smiled: "Because there are cliffs on the mountain road, people can't walk over, in the past, when the king went to worship his ancestors, he also went by boat, and it was much faster to take a boat than to climb the mountain road." ”

Minna nodded in understanding. Sibylla on the side was impatient, she got up early in the morning, and she felt sleepy: "Dad, let's go home, I want to sleep." You Tan hurriedly said, "Okay, let's go back." He called Minna again.

Minna rolled her eyes and smiled, "You guys go back first, I want to have some fun here, I haven't seen what a private dock looks like." The shop seems to be interesting too. ”

It didn't matter if you thought about it, anyway, it was his own dock, and there were people everywhere, so he agreed. Minna smiled and said goodbye to them, and then pretended to be very interested, touching here and there, and asking the busy crew clerk some stupid questions, and they were a little scared when they asked, so they came to the edge of the dock while they were not paying attention.

At this time, the boat that Xiao Tianjian was sitting on had already sailed quite far, and only a palm-sized black spot remained. Perhaps because of the reef, the boat did not sail fast.

Minna pretended to be playing on the shore and looked back at the people on the dock, they were all busy, and because Minna had been very well-behaved, she didn't pay much attention. A group of children were running and laughing from the docks, obscuring everyone's view, and Minna took the opportunity to let go and strode away.

There are more than a dozen wharves built along the coastline here, all of which are privately owned by the island's maritime merchants, and the wharves are connected to each other, and the roads are open and flat to facilitate the handling of goods, so Minna rushes without hindrance. There were children running and playing everywhere, and it was common for mainlanders, so she didn't attract anyone's attention, and by the time Yutan's crew realized that she wasn't where she was, she had long since disappeared into the crowd.

Minna ran to the northernmost pier, took a breath, and estimated that she was only about two or three hundred meters away from her grandfather's boat, so she should be fine, so she rested for a minute, took a few deep breaths, and plunged into the water.

She was a person who had practiced swimming on the river and on the sea, she had the strength, and the water was not deep, but fortunately she was not on the course, she did not even encounter a small boat, and the reef did not cause major trouble, and ten minutes later, she swam close to the boat where her grandfather was sitting.

The current of the boat prevented her from approaching, so she had to swim to the outboard of the boat, and when she could see that the hands and feet she had done on the boat were still there, she couldn't help but be happy.

It was a knotted rope that hung out of the railing on the side of the ship, and because it was close to the outside, no one noticed it when it was on the dock. Minna took out a rope hook from the bracelet that had come along the dock, tossed it lightly, missed it, and threw it again, hooking the rope sleeve.

The hook touched the hull of the boat and there was a sound of footsteps coming towards the side of the boat, and Minna hurriedly pulled the rope and dived into the water. The footsteps paused for a moment, and then faded away. Minna jerked out of the water, breathing heavily.

Following the rope, she finally climbed to the side of the boat, and when her strength was almost exhausted, she took two deep breaths and peeked at the deck.

No one, great!

She hurriedly climbed onto the deck, put away the rope hook, and quickly ducked into a pile of debris nearby.

At this time, it is not far from the docks, and I can't let my grandfather find out, otherwise he may send himself back immediately.

When the sea breeze blew, Minna shivered, looked down at her wet clothes, and decided to find a place to change her body to dry. She remembered that there was a cargo hold at the stern of the ship, and because it was not loaded on this voyage, it was empty, just enough to hide. So she whispered and slid towards the stern of the boat.

She hadn't gone far when she heard someone approaching the stern of the boat, and Minna was startled and quickly hid in the debris pile, and only continued to sneak until the footsteps went to the bow of the boat.

The small crew was also a favorable situation for Minna, who this time easily touched the hatch at the stern, lifted it lightly, pulled up the deck, and went down the ladder.

"Ruhl? Anything else? A male voice came from the dimly lit cargo hold, and Minna was so frightened that she almost fell down the wooden ladder, and quickly turned around, only to be glared at Corbyn, who appeared in the cabin.

Ten minutes later.

Minna finally got things figured out. Ruhl, one of the crew members chosen by Grandpa, had suffered a wrist injury the day before, making it difficult for him to steer and do heavy work, but he didn't want to give up the pay for the errand. It just so happened that Corbin and he were good friends, and he had good helm skills, and he was in dire need of money, so after some discussion, the two decided to let Corbin work on the ship without others, and the salary and bounty were divided in half.

Xiao Tianjian has always been generous, if he is in a good mood, he may reward the crew with ten or eight gold coins, which is also the plan of Corbin and Ruhl. Another crew member happened to be one of the people who caused Ruhl's injury, and the matter was successfully hidden.

Corbin looked at Minna very uneasily, and he knew in his heart that if Minna denounced him, let alone the reward, maybe even Ruhl would be punished.

Minna rolled her eyes a few times, and said with a smile: "Then we have made up our minds, I won't tell grandpa about you on the ship, and you are not allowed to tell him that I am on the ship, let's treat this as a secret between the two of us, how about it?" ”

Corbin was overjoyed and thanked Minna, who just smiled and didn't speak, and the two settled down together in the small cargo hold.

Lunch was brought by Ruhl, and he was shocked to see Minna, and Corbin calmed him down for a long time, but soon became worried about it. In order not to arouse Xiao Tianjian's suspicion, the two crew members on the bright side only took the normal amount of food, and Ruer had to share a lunch with Corbyn, and now adding Minna would not be enough.

Minna absentmindedly took out the bread she had stolen in the morning from her bracelet: "I have my own food, you don't have to worry." She also graciously invited them to eat together. The three of them got along well, but Lu Er was worried that Xiao Tianjian would find out, so he left quickly.

Lunch was sorted out smoothly, but dinner was a bit troublesome. After all, Minna had only brought some food from the breakfast table, plus there were some biscuits and pastries, but the quantity was not much, and it was quickly finished at dinner, and the people were not full.

Corbin was not in the cargo hold, he went to the helm room under the cover of his partners. In the evening, it was Ruhl's turn, and they hid together in the helm room.

A faint starlight peeked into the cabin through the small glass window on the ship's wall, and Minna looked up at the empty cabin, feeling more and more hungry. Didn't Corbyn and Ruhl say they would send her something to eat? Why haven't you come yet?

Waiting left and right, Minna finally couldn't take it anymore, so she climbed the ladder lightly, propped up the deck, carefully looked outside, and made sure that no one was there, and then quietly climbed out.

It's getting late, right? Minna looked at the darkness around her, and felt through the dim starlight to the food storage room in her memory. It was, she remembered, next door to the crew's room in the middle of the ship.

"Who?!" There was a loud shout in the darkness, Minna heard her grandfather's voice, and her whole body froze, and she was trying to find a place to hide, but the front suddenly lit up, revealing her figure.

Xiao Tianjian was carrying a magic lamp and looked at his little granddaughter who was supposed to stay at his old friend's house in amazement: "Minna?!" ”

Minna raised her head in cringe, and rushed over to hug her thighs before her grandfather got angry: "Grandpa, you can't drive me away, now that I'm far away, I will definitely be obedient." You can spank me, but please don't kick me back......" Later, it was already a pleading.

Xiao Tianjian was already so angry that he couldn't speak. Oh my God, when did his always well-behaved and obedient little granddaughter become so bold? She was obviously on shore when he set off, how did she get here?

After listening to his granddaughter's "adventure", Xiao Tianjian's face darkened, and he beat Minna's little ass twenty or thirty times, ignoring her teary eyes, and threw her directly into an empty room. Fortunately, five minutes later, he remembered that the child was still hungry, and brought a bunch of food, but with a black face, he ordered her to go to bed when she was full.

Minna wiped tears from her face and ate delicious bread. Grandpa was a little ruthless, but she had put on a thick shirt and pants because she was afraid of the cold, so it was just a little painful, nothing at all, and the most important thing was that grandpa didn't say that he was going to send her back.

Filling her stomach, Minna couldn't help but think of the brother who was in distress, and remembered that he seemed to be starving too. I was able to stay, thanks to him helping me hide it. So Minna stuffed the rest of the bread into her bracelet, got out of bed and opened the door carefully, looked out, and saw that her grandfather was not there, so she went out of the room softly, and carefully touched the wheelhouse in the bow.

Ruhl was sleeping in the corner, and Corbyn, wearing the former's coat and the former's hat, was looking intently ahead, the rudder in his hands. When Minna came in, he was startled, and when she took out the food, he couldn't help but be a little moved, and gently touched Minna's head: "Thank you." In fact, I also have a sister who is about the same age as you, and she is also very sensible, and every time I see you, I always think of her. Unfortunately, his sister was not as lucky as the little girl in front of her, and she was born with countless wealth.

Minna blinked and whispered, "Eat quickly, I have to rush back, it will be bad if my grandfather finds out." Corbin smiled, but his face turned pale in the next second. Minna was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?" Corbin took two deep breaths and smiled bitterly, "It's nothing, you can go back quickly." ”

Minna was a little puzzled, but she still obediently went back to the room, and when she entered the door, she saw her grandfather sitting at the head of the bed, looking at her with a dark face. She panicked and hurriedly squeaked, "I, I can't sleep, so I'll go out to blow the wind......"

Xiao Tianjian stared at her twice, and finally sighed: "Why don't you go to sleep quickly?!" Minna immediately complied.

At dawn the next day, they arrived at the northern end of the mountain at the northern end of Kameca, with the sea in front of them. Minna stood on the bow of the boat and looked from afar, and could already see the vague holy mountain in front of her, and it was indeed not far away.

Xiao Tianjian shouted, "Don't look at it, come with me." Minna was a little surprised, she thought that her grandfather would leave her on the boat, and was about to spend another time, but she did not expect him to ask her to go with her, so she hurriedly followed in surprise.

Xiao Tianjian turned around and instructed the crew: "You three stay here, don't come with you, I'll be back tomorrow morning at the latest." Ruhl and the other crew members froze, knowing that the matter had been exposed, and they all obediently complied.

There was a rocky beach on the shore, and Minna walked step by step, a little puzzled: "Grandpa, where are we going now?" Why not take a boat ride to the island? ”

"Ships can't cross that sea, don't you see those whirlpools?"

Minna looked around, and sure enough, she saw large and small water whirlpools on the sea, which were formed somehow, and they looked particularly strange in the dim sky. She picked up a twig and threw it into the water, and in an instant it was swept into a whirlpool and never to be seen again. She asked worriedly, "So what do we do now?" ”

"Wait a while, the tide will recede." Xiao Tianjian looked at the sky lightly and motioned for Minna to sit on the stone next to him and wait.

The sky was white, the water vortex gradually disappeared, and the water level also decreased, and after a while, the tide receded, and a path about a meter wide appeared between the main island and the sacred mountain.

"The continental structure in this area is very special, and I heard that even the previous kings could only pass through this road to the holy mountain." Xiao Tianjian turned back to his granddaughter and said, "Let's go, this road only appears for one hour at this time of day, and we have to reach the island opposite before the sea floods it." ”

Minna nodded and hurriedly followed.

Both the grandfather and grandson had light skills, and walked very fast, and when they reached the opposite side, it was less than forty-five minutes.

The stone steps on the shore of the island have been washed away by the sea, and the whole road goes up the road. The road is made of gravel mixed with lime, and it has fallen into disrepair, and some of the stone steps still look intact, but even a child like Minna can trample it down when one steps on it. The grandfather and grandson had to climb the rocks and trees beside the road up the mountain, and after climbing for a long time, they heard a rumbling sound on the sea, and when they looked back, the sea water had submerged the road, and only a vast ocean remained.

The sun had risen, and Minna could see the mountain road in front of her, which was a little easier than before. Looking down at the red marks on her hands that had been scratched because she couldn't see the branches and weeds clearly, she muttered in a low voice: "I knew that I would have waited for dawn at the bottom of the mountain to climb again......"

Xiao Tianjian glared at her in front of him: "This is what you want to follow, if you don't want to climb, go back to the mountain." ”

Minna stuck out her tongue, didn't dare to say anything more, and continued to clutch at rocks and branches and climb up.

After all, she had experience in climbing mountains, and she didn't suffer much except for a few shallow cuts on her face and hands that were cut by branches and stones. The complaint just now just felt that grandpa could have been in such a hurry.

Soon they saw several stone houses halfway up the mountain, which seemed to be the resting places of the royal family on the way up the mountain, the corners of the walls had collapsed, and the houses were full of dust and rubble, and weeds and mold had grown, and there were several large holes in the ceiling, and it was clear at a glance that it was impossible to live in them. Xiao Tianjian probed back and forth a few times, and only then did he carefully find a few footprints on the side of the path in front of the stone house, which seemed to be the marks of some kind of brand-name sneakers on the earth, and the direction was from the bottom of the mountain. Knowing that this must have been left by the young man and woman, he continued to walk with his granddaughter to the top of the mountain.

The higher you go, the more obvious the traces of people passing by in the weeds on the side of the road. Even Minna could see that it was left not long ago, and she was a little excited, and when she saw that her grandfather had sped up, she also quickly followed.

The holy mountain was not high, and they hastily ate some dry food at noon, and it didn't take long for them to reach the top of the mountain. There is a large cave here, and although there are weeds blocking the entrance to the cave, it still cannot hide the traces of its former glory. There were many patterns carved on the side of the cave door, and there were several stone statues standing or falling, and Minna looked at it a few times, but she couldn't recognize what kind of animal it was.

The cave was large, half the size of an auditorium, but the light was so dim that no one could be seen. Minna took out the magic lamp and turned it to the maximum, and you could see that there was a stone seat in the middle of the cave, and several clay pots with beautiful patterns were enshrined on them, but the decorations on the jars had been dug up, and the jars were empty. There are thirty or forty jars on the wall of the cave, and the drawings on the altars are also quite ornate, and there are colorful patterns on the walls, telling the story of the royal family of Camecca.

"Is anyone there?" Xiao Tianjian shouted, and an echo sounded in the cave, but there was no response after a while.

Minna looked around, and approached the jar by the wall with some curiosity, wanting to take a closer look at what was inside, but was stopped by Xiao Tianjian: "That's a dead man's bones, don't touch it!" Minna had already seen one of the fallen jars with a white skull in it, and she jumped back in fright, and when she looked at the jars again, she no longer thought it was beautiful. Suddenly, she noticed that there seemed to be a crack in the wall of the cave beside the pile of jars, and hurriedly said, "Grandpa, look there!" ”

Xiao Tianjian followed her finger and found that there was an upright stone slab, which opened a little gap diagonally, and it was pitch black inside. His heart moved, could it be that girl hiding inside? He took the magic lamp from his granddaughter's hand and shone it inside, but still couldn't see clearly, so he put it down, and shouted in Chinese, "Is anyone inside?" while pushing the slate vigorously to open it.

Minna was so anxious that she said, "I'll go in first," and squeezed sideways into the crack in the door, and made a lighting spell, and found that there was a passage inside, and she could faintly see that there were openings on both sides. "It's a corridor, I don't know where it is, do you want to go there?" She asked.

Xiao Tianjian continued to push the stone slab: "Don't go over, help grandpa first." ”

Hearing this, Minna hurriedly turned around and pushed the slate, and the ancestors and grandchildren worked together, and finally pushed the slate open by ten centimeters, although it was still very narrow, but it was enough for Xiao Tianjian to pass.

He squeezed into the passageway, held up the magic lamp, carefully motioned for his granddaughter to follow him, and walked forward. On each side of the passage there was a stone chamber, about five or six square meters in size, and on each side was a large rectangular wooden box, for which I don't know what it was used for, and on which a piece of tattered felt cloth with a faint golden pattern was laid crookedly.

Minna looked at one of the pieces of cloth curiously: "I think I've seen this pattern somewhere...... Ah, by the way, I was in the cave outside, and there was a picture like this on the wall! ”

Xiao Tianjian suddenly thought of something, his face changed, and he quickly pulled Minna out of the stone room and continued to walk forward. Minna asked puzzled, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" I want to see what's in there. "What are you looking at?" Xiao Tianjian lowered his voice, "It's said that it's a dead person, but this is a royal cemetery!" Don't touch anything! ”

Minna was startled, and remembered that she had just pinched the corner of the cloth with her hand, and she felt uncomfortable.

As they spoke, they had reached the end of the passage, where there was another stone chamber, about ten square meters, but there was still no one inside.

There is a large door on the wall of the stone chamber, but when you look closely, you find that it is actually a whole piece of crystal stone, smooth as a mirror, and the light can be seen. Minna walked over and touched it, it was cold, and then knocked, it was the finest magic crystal, but why was there such a thing here? And where is the girl grandpa is looking for?

"This should be a magic crystal mirror, right? Why is it in such a place? Minna asked Grandpa.

Xiao Tianjian also felt strange, he looked around the mirror with a lamp, and found that there was a shiny thing under it, leaned over to take a look, it turned out to be a diamond-shaped crystal, it seemed to be some kind of switch, he moved it carefully, but there was no response. "Isn't this a mechanism?" He reached out and touched the mirror, which lit up in an instant.

The grandfather and grandson hurriedly retreated a few steps, and after waiting for a while, the silver light emitted by the crystal mirror became more and more dazzling, and after a while, a voice actually came out of the mirror: "Huh? What's going on? How can it light up again? ”

Xiao Tianjian's eyes lit up, this was clearly Chinese, or the accent of his hometown.

(Nearly 6K chapters...... ）