Chapter 355: The Book of Voyages
Everyone gasped when they heard this, and exclaimed, "What happened on that military ship?!"
Lao Lu said: "No one knows what happened, but a huge military ship, there are always two or three thousand officers and soldiers on board, something happened at sea, this incident alarmed the Zhenglan Empire, not only the navy, but even the floating warships of the Tianluo Legion were dispatched, and the search of the sky and the sea was like a net, but the shadow of the warship was not found at all, only a few pieces of floating wood chips were found on the surface of a black tide, and a black wooden box. ”
Zhu Yi lost his voice and said, "Are those pieces of wood chips the planks on a military ship?"
Lao Lu shook his head and said: "The imperial warships were already very advanced at that time, and they all used ancient tree species Cangqiang wood, which is particularly hard, not easy to be broken, and not easy to sink. ”
Zhu Yi blinked his eyes and asked, "What is the empty mulberry wood?"
Lao Lu said: "You have never been a soldier, all the soldiers who have served in the Imperial Navy know that there is a kind of * on their military ship, because this empty mulberry wood is hollow, so it is filled with *, thistle terrestris and other things, and fired out with cannonballs, the range can reach dozens of zhang, and it is used to fight on the wide sea, and the wood chips are a little residue after the explosion." ”
Wei Xiao said: "So, before this military ship disappeared, did it fire?"
Lao Lu nodded and said, "Exactly." ”
Wei Xiao said: "Then according to the broken wood chips found, how many shots should be fired?"
Lao Lu said: "It's only two cannons." ”
Wei Xiao frowned: "I only had time to fire two cannons, and the ship disappeared......"
Lao Lu said: "No, this military ship must have discovered some terrible target, but it only had time to fire two cannons, and then disappeared with the two thousand officers and soldiers on board, leaving no trace at all." ”
Jian Qi said: "Isn't there still that black wooden box, what's in there?"
Lao Lu said: "The black wooden box in charge of the floating warship General Ziling did not dare to open it, so he brought it back to the imperial capital, and presented it to the Demon Lord and the Blood Queen for personal inspection. ”
Wei Xiao said suspiciously: "On the military ship, the record of the ship's affairs has always been a pipe belt or a deputy pipe belt, how can there be a commander badge?"
Lao Lu said: "This is exactly the suspiciousness of this matter, the book of "Maritime Books" Because of the long soaking in the seawater, most of the album is soaked, I can't see how many words, only can see that it is a few handwriting to make records, and a few words can be seen on the last page, writing that April 15 is not time, the weather is sunny, there is no wind, the line is three watches, the weather is suddenly cold, extremely cold, and there is almost no firewood on the ship, cotton clothes are not ready, hundreds of people have frozen to death, Yu is also infected with typhoid fever and sepsis, there is not much time and time, I don't know how long it can be recorded, and who is the pen later, is sighing to himself, suddenly heard the noise outside the cabin, Yu Cloak out of the cabin, suddenly saw a number of butterflies as big as wheels, the wings are transparent, can reflect the sky, the wings can vaguely see the rose-like lines, Yu Zheng exclaimed, suddenly the waves are high like a mountain, the black water is like a tide......"
Everyone was listening with relish, and Lao Lu suddenly spread his hands: "When I write here, there is no follow-up." ”
Wei Xiao said: "It can be inferred from this "Maritime Book of Ships" that first, it was written by several people, it is likely that the pipe band began to write, then the deputy steward, and then the sailor admiral on the ship personally wrote it, there is only one possibility that this situation can occur. ”
Jian Qi was curious: "What is possible?"
Wei Xiao's face was solemn, and he said slowly: "That is, the steward and deputy steward of the ship are dead." ”
"What?!" several people were surprised, and said in disbelief: "Maybe it's just that the steward and deputy steward are responsible for driving the boat, and they don't care about making records, so this admiral of the navy will write it himself?"
Wei Xiao said: "Have you noticed that it is written on the top 'There is not much firewood on the ship, there are no cotton clothes, and hundreds of people have frozen to death'?"
Chang Shengqi said: "It's not that we don't have cotton clothes, but fortunately, you are all cultivators in various realms, and you are not too afraid of the cold weather." ”
Wei Xiao said: "We are not afraid, but what about those sailors? Or are we like them, we have also been brought into the Black Tide, those sailors have been frozen to death and frostbitten, will we be trapped in the Black Tide like them?"
The crowd was amazed.
Wei Xiao said: "You have ignored the most important sentence 'there is not much firewood on the ship', a huge military ship goes to sea, the firewood and military rations on the ship should be extremely sufficient, enough to go back and forth, why did you go to the Black Tide, there is not even much firewood left? ”
The snow had been falling continuously for two or three hours since they stood at the bow of the boat, but it was still blowing without any cease.
On everyone's hair and eyebrows, there was a layer of snow, not only did their hands and feet freeze painfully, but even their hearts became cold.
Isn't what they are now embarking on is the same old path that the military ship strayed into the Kuroshio Current?
The dangers encountered by the military ship are being reproduced one by one on this Daji ship.
Zhu Yi suddenly said: "Brother Wei, how are you so sure that the last person to write must be the Admiral of the Water Master?"
Wei Xiao let out a long sigh and said: "If I am the admiral of the sailor, after the pipe and deputy pipe belt responsible for driving the ship are dead, the admiral of the sailor who has to personally write and record will inevitably seal his admiral badge into a black wooden box, in case I pass away, in the future, someone will find this "Maritime Book" and know everything that happened to this warship, so as to warn future generations, so even if I only see the last page and don't know the content of the first few pages, I can also know that the last writer is this person." ”
When he said this, the atmosphere was a little more solemn than before.
Jian Qi snorted, and suddenly laughed loudly: "With us people here, what kind of bird are you afraid of him?" He patted his hand on his chest vigorously: "Don't forget, we are the ones who have fought the red shark, caught the crossfish, and killed the sea and moon jellyfish, and which one has done it throughout the ages?"
Although he laughed loudly, everyone looked at him in silence.
Jian Qi laughed a few times and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
Suddenly, I heard the slow voice of a person behind me: "We are the ones who have defeated these sea monsters throughout the ages, but I am afraid that we will die worse than those who have sailed the East Pole Sea throughout the ages." ”
This tone was quite mocking, everyone was familiar with it at this time, and they didn't need to look back, they all knew that Ning Wuxu was coming.
This person who likes to watch people lively, but today seems to have overslept and got up a little late, and when everyone is almost talking, he wears a gray hat, a collar magnolia straight jacket, and a pair of sleepy eyes with loose eyes.
As he walked, he rubbed his eyes: "Look at your crying and mourning faces like mourning and mourning, what did I miss?"
Lao Lu smiled bitterly: "Master Ning Zhuang is really a blessing, on such a cold day, we are all frozen and can't sleep in the bed, but Master Ning Zhuang has only woken up until now." ”
Ning Wuyu pulled his shoes and walked over and said: "Anyway, even if you are crying and mourning, you can't cry for a good weather, it's better to eat and drink and sleep well with peace of mind, the sky is falling anyway, there are people like Brother Wei on top, right?"
"That's not what I said," Lao Lu sighed: "I think Brother Wei has suffered a great loss of spiritual power since he fought with the sea moon jellyfish, and he is enough to choke. ”
Wei Xiao coughed a few times in a very low pressure, and everyone saw that his face was even paler, and they couldn't help but feel a little more worried.
The people on this boat have fought the crossfish, the red shark, the peach blossom jellyfish, and the moon jellyfish, and everyone has fallen into a small or minor injury, is it really as Ning Wuxian said, they have indeed made a merit that has not been seen in the past, but because of these feats and injuries, when they encounter greater danger, they can die a worse death than this year?
A boatload of people is heavy, but the two figures on the deck, one red and one green, are playing extremely happily.
Shamrock and the little fox ran about in the heavy snow of the boat, from bow to stern, slid a few times from time to time, and although it hurt from the fall, they quickly got up and continued to run.
Especially the little fox Ah Huo, the fire belongs to the heart moon fox, the fifth star of the Oriental Canglong, when its different fire is refined, it can fight against the highest constellation of the fire phase, and it is not afraid of any severe cold at all, and it is the most fun to play on the whole boat.
Running after the snowflakes all over the boat, rolling on the deck for a while, getting a boatload of snowflakes and snow water, and then shaking the wet hair.
"It's better that you don't understand anything!" Lao Lu looked at the two of them who were sprinkled with joy and sighed.
Wei Xiao coughed lowly and said: "As the saying goes, 'soldiers come to block, water comes to cover', let's do it and see, the things recorded in the "Maritime Book" may not be repeated again, even if they are reproduced, but now it is different from the past, we are not the officers and soldiers of the ship, everything is different, and the result may not be the same, so you don't have to take the "Maritime Book" too seriously." ”
Jiang Lao Turtle nodded emphatically and said: "There is a saying in our boat, which is called 'treat pain as dry food', when everything comes, go head-on, gnaw it off one bite at a time, and you can always pass." ”
Jian Qi glanced at Jiang Lao Turtle with admiration: "Uncle Turtle, this is the most philosophical sentence I have heard you say in the twenty years I have been with you. ”
Jiang Laojiao patted him on the shoulder proudly: "We still have a saying, which is called 'life and death, leave everything to fate'." ”
Jian Qi was almost on the ground: "Uncle Turtle, why have you become a poet today?"
Jiang Laojiao put the cigarette stick without fire to his lips, pretended to take a puff, looked into the distance with his eyes, and said leisurely: "As long as you have ever liked someone, you will become a poet for her." ”