I smiled faintly: "The emperor is the Ninety-Five Supreme, how can he be so easy to take risks?" ”

Han Zitong frowned: "But I heard that he also took you to Yangzhou back then, and you did a lot of 'big things' in Yangzhou." ”

The dagger in my hand didn't stop, but some of the needles pierced into the skin, and there were already beads of blood coming out, staining the strips of cloth wrapped around my hands red. I gritted my teeth and said as I continued to open the road: "At that time, he was only one of the many princes, and going down to Yangzhou was an experience. But sitting on the dragon chair and becoming the Ninety-Five Supreme is different from the previous prince. ”

I chuckled and glanced back at her: "The emperor is personally conscripted or something, except for the words of the storyteller, how many people have there always been?" ”

She was stunned for a moment, but she didn't speak.

Although these words are harsh, as the princess of Jiangxia, she naturally understands, for example, when we go to sea this time, in fact, I know her purpose very clearly, but even so, Pei Yuanxiu will not come forward to personally take risks, not to mention the emperor who is powerful and rich in the world. If there is no certainty of safety, or for the sake of major events that can affect the country's social affairs, the emperor will never leave the imperial city lightly.

What do you say about the royal driving and personal recruitment, even the private interview of the micro-service, it is just the words in the mouth of the storyteller, and the words of the mandarin duck butterfly in the bookstore.

After a while, she said, "Then who do you say will come to us?" ”

"It could be a sailor from Zhoushan, or—"

I paused.

A thick needle pierced the back of my hand, and the pain finally made me unable to bear it even if I gritted my teeth, so I had to stop and pull the thorn out.

Han Zitong looked at the white cloth wrapped around my hand that was almost dyed red, and gasped: "Your hand-"

"I'm fine."

Saying this, in fact, I was almost in tears, but I still gritted my teeth and endured, looking up at the front: "Let's continue to move forward, there is always something to discover." ”

……

It's a pity that this time, God "failed" me.

It took almost a whole day to finally carve a path, walk to the foot of the mountain, and look up at the majestic mountains in front of us, the two of us have all lost our strength.

Along the way, nothing was discovered.

There were only dense thorns, a jungle, small animals that occasionally ran out of the grass, whether they were hares or squirrels, and green snakes that were entrenched in the branches and frightened our legs.

However, I didn't curse God because of this "disappointment", after all, God never responded to me from beginning to end, and the so-called "there can always be some discoveries" is only my own expectations and imagination, and even Han Zitong didn't blame me for my rash promise before, just sat on a stone at the foot of the mountain panting.

Looking up at the towering peak, she said, "Shall we go up?" ”

I also looked at it, shook my head, and said, "I won't go up today." First, it was getting dark, and we didn't know what would be on the mountain after dark, and second, we were all tired and needed something to eat, and we had to prepare something to eat before we could go up the mountain. ”

She nodded, following my arrangement.

So, the two men went back the way they had come.

The thorns on both sides have been split, of course the road is easy to walk, Han Zitong's attitude towards me is even smoother than taking this road, perhaps because she is more and more aware that this may really be an island with no people, and we can rely on each other.

Before the sun was setting, I picked up the stick sharpened with my dagger and went to the shallow water to catch fish.

When I tucked my skirt at my waist and pulled up my trousers and stepped into the water, the cold sea water immediately made me shiver, but I shivered for a while, and finally got used to the temperature, so I walked down slowly, one foot deep and one shallow; Han Zitong sat on the beach and looked at me, feeling the moist, cold sea breeze, she was already a little shrunken, and looking at my calves that were soaked in the sea water and turned white, she was even more palpitating.

"Hey," I was staring intently at the surface of the water when I heard her say behind me, "Why are you so good at catching fish?" ”

“……”

"Like a fisherwoman."

I glanced back at her and smiled faintly, "yes." ”

"What?"

"I used to be a fisherwoman."

“……？”

"I'm very good at catching fish, but I've been taught by others."

Originally, the two of them were just chatting, but for some reason her brows furrowed, and turned her face to the side, as if she had been suddenly offended, and she didn't want to say more to me in anger, and I was a little inexplicable, just when I saw a black, one-foot-long fish swimming happily with its tail in the shallow water ahead, and hurriedly bent down and gently leaned over.

As I had done every time, I aimed the thorn at some distance from the fish, and was about to pierce it, when suddenly, as if sensing something, the fish swam away, flicking its tail, making a splash.

"Hey—"

I sighed in my heart, and before I could start, I saw that where the fish had just swam, there was a white and transparent mass that seemed to be startled by the fish, and swam towards the deep water with a whoosh.

I hurriedly took a few steps back.

When Han Zitong saw me like this, he immediately walked over: "What's wrong?" ”

"Peach Blossom Fish."

"What's that?"

I looked back and said, "A transparent fish, poisonous, and if you bite it, it's bad." ”

"Huh?" She seemed to hear of this kind of thing for the first time, and was startled: "Then you come back quickly, be careful not to be bitten." ”

I glanced at her and a smile crossed my face: "It's okay. I'll be careful. ”

After saying that, he looked carefully into the water for a while, and made sure that there was no danger, and then walked towards the deeper water.

This evening, we had a good harvest, we grilled several fish, and after eating two grilled fish with some berries that we picked up during the day, we wrapped the rest in banana leaves that we had picked at the foot of the mountain, and prepared to take them with us tomorrow when we went to climb the mountain.

After this qiē, it was soon dark.

Tonight, it's going to be a little better than before. We divided the burning bonfire into two piles and moved them to each other, and then spread a layer of leaves on the ground that had been very hot from the fire, and the warm heat rose up, and finally made us feel a little warm after being immersed in the cold air all day.

Han Zitong slept next to me, and subconsciously leaned over.

I glanced back at her and smiled.

The body temperature of the two people is actually more comfortable than the heat source under them, although her attitude towards me has always been very blunt, but the feeling of two people relying on each other can still give people the courage and hope to survive in such a cold environment.

The corners of my mouth curled slightly, and I slowly closed my eyes.

Maybe it's because I'm too tired today, after closing my eyes, I slowly fell into a chaotic dream, but the chaos gradually turned into a pitch-black sea, and the turbulent waves set off dozens of feet high, turning over the river and the sea, and immediately slammed a boat down on the sea, and there was a terrible breaking sound.

Leave!

I opened my eyes all at once.

The flickering fire around me shone on my face, a little cloudy, but it gave me some practical comfort.

Actually, I'm not as free as I said before.

I've always been worried about Li'er, afraid that if something happens to her, Liu Qinghan's boat and ours are not far away, and one of the things I fear most in my heart is that if their boat also encounters wind and waves and is broken, what should I do with Li'er?

Will it be-

As soon as the thought came to me, I immediately shivered and shook my head vigorously to shake the thought out.

No, it won't!

My daughter, she is my daughter, her mother went through so many hardships and hardships to give birth to her, she must not die like this, she must not!

Just as I was silent, grabbing the straw mat under me, and the fine sand slowly leaking from my fingers, at this time, Han Zitong's somewhat hollow voice suddenly sounded on the side-

"What are you thinking?"

I was still a little stunned, and before I could answer, I heard her say a little lightly: "Are you still thinking about the days when you were a fisherwoman?" ”

“……”

Slowly, I turned my head to look at her.

"What did you say?"

“……”

She didn't look at me, just lay there on her back, her beautiful silhouette was illuminated by the fire not far away, it seemed a little cloudy, and she was silent for a long time, but she didn't get a response, but saw her slowly close her eyes, as if she had fallen asleep.

I frowned slightly.

The night, in the silence of the two people, became more and more silent and peaceful.

The night passed.

When he woke up the next morning, Han Zitong had already gotten up, the two of them simply washed with seawater, ate some cold grilled fish and berries, cleaned up a little, and prepared to leave.

Along the way, both of them were extremely quiet.

Last night, her abrupt question, as if it was a hallucination of mine, and as if it had been forgotten by herself, neither of them mentioned it again, but compared to yesterday's harmonious atmosphere, today both of them were silent, all the way forward, she was silent, and I was quiet.

However, just as the two of us were slowly walking towards the bottom of the mountain, suddenly, I felt the footsteps following me stop.

I turned around to see her standing a short distance behind me, staring at the beach on the other side.

I asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Look."

She didn't look at me, she just froze, as if she had been captured, and stretched out her hand to the side.

I subconsciously frowned, as the place where I was standing was obscured by a tall branch, and walked back to her, looking in the direction of her finger.

That's the beach on the other side.

Today's weather is very good, the sun shines on the blue sea, the clear water flashes with countless stars, and the waves follow the wind, wave after wave of lapping ashore, like a gentle hand, soothing this beach that was once ravaged by it.

And on the beach, on the snow-white sand—

A line of footprints, faint, slowly faded away with the erosion of the sea.