Chapter 51: An Accidental Discovery
While rowing the small sampan, Zheng Jiuwu said that there was a small dock on Xuanwu Island, and there was a good boat in that place, but it had been a long time, and I didn't know if it could be used.
"How the fuck do you know everything?"
"That dock was a repair base for Wang Zhi and others at sea back then, most of the ships were destroyed, I also found it by accident, it was a new ship that had not been used, but that thing was not mechanical, it was sailing, would you use it?"
"If you don't understand, you can learn," Lao Pi said: "Our fourth brother has a good brain." ”
"The principle should not be much worse," Wang Ling said: "Ordinary people often have a wrong idea about sailboats, thinking that sailboats are pushed by the wind, but in fact they are not, it is the use of the lift generated when the air passes through the sail to propel the ship forward, as long as the lift is controlled, and then choose the corresponding wind direction and I think it should be." ”
"Makes my heart tickle, where's the ship?"
"Just in front of this black water cliff, there is a sea cave, extremely hidden, I think it may be too dazzling to get it out now, when it gets dark, you bring someone over, and I will answer here."
"No wonder you're hiding here," the old man glanced at him and said, "This guy's feelings are reserved for his own way back, let's have something to do first, and those two dolls that day can be regarded as you and the fourth brother carrying them back." As fate would have it, we plan to give them a ride, and I advise you to go and worship them too, so that this can be regarded as a beginning and an end. ”
Half an hour later, Lao Pi and Wang Ling came out of the woods, sweating profusely, and the little sampan was hidden, and they were now like thieves who had to watch out for any danger that might arise.
Zheng Jiuwu squatted on the edge of a pile of bushes and sniffed there with his head down, and Lao Pi was suddenly happy, and joked that he was the same attribute as a certain animal. Unexpectedly, Zheng Jiuwu got up and patted his clothes and said, "I came here two hours ago, and now this area should be safe." ”
"Did they really come?" Wang Ling said: "It seems that Lao Xing is a little anxious to jump off the wall." ”
He pointed to the pile of grass on the ground, then picked up a leaf and said, "The smell and the traces of trampling, about five or six people, adult males." ”
"It's a pity for you not to do special forces." Lao Pi also has some experience in this area, this is a kind of jungle tracking method, which belongs to having excellent observation ability and judgment, a large part of this ability is innate, not all people can become top scouts after hard work, and now he feels that Zheng Jiuwu belongs to the category of genius. He has a cool head, instant explosiveness, a strong body and a wide range of knowledge, this is a very powerful character, Lao Pi has begun to gradually accept and recognize this person in his heart.
That day was in a hurry, and at the mass grave, Wang Ling casually took a few palm leaves that could be found everywhere on the island to cover them, and now there was a patch of green everywhere, but it would take some effort to find it.
"Here...... here" Old Fur saw a pair of feet peeking out of the grass, he covered his nose and slowly lifted the palm leaf above, only to see that the corpses of a pair of boys below were still alive as before.
You must know that the average daily temperature on Xuanwu Island is close to 36 °, plus last night's storm, and today is another exposure, and it is a piece of pork that should stink maggots, but these two are good, as if they were asleep, and they can't see anything unusual at all, only a little dirty on their clothes.
"It's still the ancients' strong antiseptic ability," Wang Ling also had to sigh at this kind of magic, he found some dry firewood and piled it up there to set up a shelf, but now he can't do it, isn't it just right to send coordinates to Lao Xing when it is burned at this time. Only wait until the evening to find a sunken cliff and light a fire, as long as the open flame is not found, it is not a big problem. The three of them just hid under the shade of the tree, how Wang Ling hoped that Li Xin and the others would be safe at this time.
Saying that, there was no one in the past few circles, but when he came back, he found that the two most tossed boys were gone, and Lao Xing was suddenly angry.
"What about people?"
"How do I know...... The poet touched his head that was still wrapped in bandages and said, "I slept for a while, and when I got up, there was no one, I was injured at work, and you can't deduct all the points for my work......
"We're going to the showroom," Li Xin replied as he stood with the three girls, "Everyone can testify, and they haven't left a single step." ”
As a result, they were all locked up......
The sky is getting darker and darker, the sea breeze is getting stronger and stronger, looking at the thunder and lightning flickering in the sky in the distance, Wang Ling frowned and said: "It won't be that even God is so uncooperative, if there is another storm, our sampan will be the same as the last time." ”
"Don't be afraid, if you really can't do it, I'll go back," Lao Pi said: "When the time comes, I'll find some more ropes and climb down the back of the Black Water Cliff directly......"
"Bad idea!" Wang Ling naturally felt that it was not credible, in the dark night when he couldn't see his fingers, not to mention whether they could force it, those girls would never be able to and would not take that risk, the wind at this time was about seven or so, and such weather required the use of mechanical boats to resist the swaying of the waves.
"You can't walk in this sea when it's dark," Lao Pi said worriedly: "Hu Quan is a lesson from our past!" ”
"Don't forget that we were also in the dark that night," Wang Ling reminded: "It depends on this day, we have a clear conscience, neither steal nor rob, what reason does God have to accept us?" ”
It was getting dark, and the three of them who had been nesting in the grass for an afternoon felt that they were going to be rancid, stinky sweat mixed with the smell of grass, and the humid air on the seaside made people even breathe so uncomfortable. It wasn't a quiet time, and the last time, they could hear someone's footsteps! It seems that Lao Xing is still searching, and he can't care about any taboos at the moment, but Wang Ling said that the more anxious he is, the more it shows the importance of these things.
"Even if you throw it in the sea, you can't give it to him!" This is the common belief they have reached.
In the evening, the wind stopped, and the night sky began to be dappled. Leaning against tall palm trees, listening to the sea breeze and looking at the stars, such moments are the life that countless people dream of today, but for them, it all seems a little too long, and they can't wait to try to escape. The sea may seem calm, but in fact it is full of dangers. This is what Lao Xing told them from the beginning, but they didn't know that this sentence turned out to be something in the words, compared to the turbulent sea and the ruthless waves, what is more terrifying is probably the bottomless human heart.
"Children," Lao Pi said while tidying up the red fluttering little faces for them, holding the firewood: "We don't know you, we have a fate, if you really have a spirit at that end, remember to bless your brothers all the way safe, I don't know what year you died, can you still recognize this money, but the heart is the same sincerity......" He knelt there and said with a good look, and then struck the match in his hand, and in an instant, the two children were engulfed in flames, for them, this may be the best destination.
Cremation has been around since a long time, and the ashes are the bones of people who have been burned out and will be carefully collected. Unlike the sealed high-pressure stove of modern cremation, traditional cremation uses the original burning method of firewood, which usually burns not so cleanly and requires human intervention, which is called bone picking.
But don't believe in the TV series, after a pile of firewood is burned, there will be bone residue left, so the result is only a charred corpse, how can it be stuffed into a small can and taken away? The correct way is that the bone picker needs to hold a metal weapon when burning, such as a sledgehammer and a long knife to separate the body, and the small pieces are much easier to burn, not to mention how cruel the picture is, which is why the ancients were reluctant to accept the method of cremation.
But right now, these are the two children, the small size is relatively easy to operate, he carefully turned the two children with a wooden stick, the temperature is very high, he also squatted far away and pulled there. Flipping through it, he suddenly felt a stiff object poked by the stick, at first he thought it was just a bone, but under the light of the fire, he saw a green thing appear, about the size of a normal lighter, and he immediately realized that this was an unexpected discovery! And then, another identical thing was discovered, and these two things were supposed to be on the boy, and they never found it.
So Lao Pi quickly got some water, and after cooling down and washing, he saw clearly that these were two jade tubes, dark green throughout, one was carved with a dragon, and the other was a fire phoenix, what was this for? Wang Ling remembered a funeral method of the ancients mentioned in the "Daomen Tibetan Scripture", which said that in order to seal the seven orifices after death, a kind of jade would be stuffed into the ** place. In fact, this is a way to keep the body clean, and the excrement in the body will be eliminated from the body by itself with muscle relaxation after death, and most nobles will use this method to block the pylorus after burial.
"I see," said the old skin, who was a little dirty, and although it looked pretty good, he still said, "Since it is someone's funeral goods, we will throw them into the sea together later." ”
"Wait," Zheng Jiuwu picked up the thing and gestured in his hand, and then saw him pull the jade tube and twist it gently, "snap", the thing was unscrewed, and then the rolling paper wrapped in a white silk house was gently pulled out of the jade tube, it turned out that this thing had another future!
"This is ice silk," Zheng Jiuwu gently ripped open the white thing and said, "Ice silkworm silk has always been a royal item, and I guess these eight achievements are the remaining two pictures we are looking for." ”
"I'll just say that you two can't get back the two dead children at such a risk...... Lao Pi immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and said to the fire with his palms: "The two great immortals have appeared, but don't blame me for this mouth......"
Beneath the ice silk were two pieces of parchment, which were not the same as the ones they had found before, and they were perfectly stitched together into a whole nautical chart. This is called stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, and it takes no effort to get them! Good people will be rewarded in the end, if it weren't for Wang Ling's proposal to take the two out for cremation, I'm afraid there would never be this.