Chapter Ninety-Eight: Drifting on the Sea

The two of them felt that the sky was dark and then bright, and it turned out that the ship's main sail had been hit by a shot and slipped down. The sailors shouted, and jumped into the sea, and swam into the boat that had been laid down, and the Iron Lady and the other two women did not say a word, but jumped into the other boat, and these men did not wait for Rach and Tabakbai, and rowed away to the west.

Tabakbai was a man who was drowning in the water, and he didn't dare to jump down after trying, and this hesitation made the Iron Lady and the sailors go far away. They have neat hands and feet, as if they have been rehearsed dozens of times.

Rah was stunned for a moment, there were no sailors, and the big ship was a kite with a broken line at sea, and he and Tabakbai couldn't control it at all. Just as they were about to chase the sailors, there was another loud bang, and a cannon landed on the bow of the ship, causing the ship to capsize. Rahe hurriedly said, "Go and see if there are any boats!" "Tabakbai ran to the place where the sailors had put the ship just now, and saw where it was?

At this time, the pirate ship was getting closer and closer, and Rahe shouted: "Don't panic, when the pirate ship is close, jump on the pirate ship and kill them!" Before he could finish speaking, the third cannon came again, and this one was falling on the cabin, and it was even more powerful than the first two, and the sawdust flew all over the sky, and Tabakbai heard the sound of water, and when he looked over, the cabin had been punched a big hole, and was flooding.

Tabakbai shouted: "It's not good, it's in the water, the ship is sinking!" Rahe looked at it, silent, and secretly calmed down, just waiting for the pirate ship to come close and kill it. Unexpectedly, the pirate ship didn't come when it was not far away, but circled around the ship of Xinyang Pavilion, and kept firing cannons. Xinyangge's ship was hit by several cannons, and two of them exploded at Lahe's feet, but fortunately Lahe was able to dodge quickly and was not hit, and when he looked at the hull, half of the ship had sunk.

Lahe was shocked and said, "What does this mean, what a feud this pirate has with the Yang family!" It's not a robbery, it's a murder! Tabak bowed and said, "Master, if we continue like this, we will be smashed to pieces by artillery fire!" Let's abandon ship and run away! Rahe said: "The enemy ships are not far away, I will take a breath of truth and go up to catch them!" As he spoke, he shook the foremast into three pieces with one palm, and threw the long mast into the sea, and the mast floated. Rahe jumped up and shouted, "Er, wait for me!" ”

He stood on the mast, carried the true qi, and urged the mast, and the mast was like an off-string arrow speeding towards the pirate ship, and the people on the pirate ship saw it, and another cannon came at Rahe, and Rahe hurriedly urged the mast to dodge, and the cannonball fell to the surface of the sea, causing the sea to splash. In order to avoid the artillery fire, Rah urged the mast not to go in a straight line, but only to bend to the left and to the right, and sailed towards the pirate ship. How do you know that the pirate ship fired two cannons and missed him, but actually collected the cannon and sailed away, at the beginning Lahe was still driving the pirate ship, but then the ship was getting faster and faster, where could Lahe catch up? He urged the mast with all his true breath, and after all, he couldn't catch up anymore with a breath of true anger. At this time, I only felt a hot pain in my right lung, and the internal injury caused by the old Zen master's beating had another attack under this sudden lift. In desperation, Rahe had no choice but to bend down, lie on the mast and gasp for breath, and let the mast flutter on its own.

After resting for a while, Rahe knew that he would never be able to catch up with the pirate ship again, and when he looked at the sea, the ship in Xinyang Pavilion had sunk without a trace, and he didn't know what happened to Tabakbai. He rushed back again, this time it was no better than the first time to catch the pirate ship, and he only drove the mast more than ten zhang to raise the qi, and he was really angry, so he had to stop and rest, and after resting two or three times, he heard Tabakbai shouting from afar: "Master, Master, I'm here!" It turned out that Rahe shook the mast into three sections with one palm, and he urged the shortest section to catch the pirate ship, and Tabakbai hugged the other section before the ship sank, and fluttered in the sea waiting for the master to return.

Rahe rushed over and abandoned the short mast, and the master and apprentice hugged the same mast. When I looked at the pirate ship again, there was not even a shadow, and in the vast sea, only the master and apprentice were left holding a section of the mast, and they couldn't even figure out where the ship of Xinyangge sank.

"This is near the sea, and it should not be far from the coast, so we just need to drift west, and we will reach the shore without panic," Rahe said. Tabak bowed and said, "Master, I don't know the direction. "At this time, the sky is gray, where can Rahe distinguish between east and west, north and south? Rahe said: "Let's fix this mast and don't drift around, lest we drift farther and farther, and when the moon comes up and the direction is discerned, I will rush to the west with my true qi, and I will stop for a while, and we will finally reach the shore." ”

However, the moon did not come up all night, but a light rain fell sparsely, Tabak couldn't help cursing God, but Rahe said: "Second child, with this rain, we at least have water to drink, and you still complain about God?" ”

The two of them soaked in the sea water all night, and waited until the morning when the east turned white, and then they figured out the direction, and Rahe stood on the broken mast again, urging the mast to go west, and only then did he walk more than ten feet, and Rahe felt pain in his right chest, and he couldn't breathe, so he had to lie down and rest, first, the injury became serious, and second, he soaked all night, and he didn't sleep, and his energy was low, and third, this mast was longer than the original section, and the weight was greater, and fourth, there was more weight for the big man Tabakbai, where could Rahe take it?

Tabak bowed and said, "Master, you rest for a while, and I'll use my hands to paddle!" "He's a waterless man, and he's flapping in the water, and his broken mast is only turning around, where is he going? Rahe said: "You can save your energy, it's better if you don't move!" ”

Lahe rushed west for a while, rested for a while, and waited until noon, when the light rain began to fall again, and the two of them were already so hungry that the front belly was close to the back belly, and Lahe scolded: "Look at you, with such a heavy broken knife, you don't know how to bring dry food!" I'm so hungry right now! Tabak bowed and said, "Master, the water entered the cabin at that time, and I was really panicked, don't blame me!" Rahe looked around, and there was still a vast sea, and I didn't know how far the shore was.

In the afternoon, the northwesterly wind picked up, and the westward movement became slower.

At night, when the two of them were exhausted, Tabak bowed and said, "Master, if you continue like this, you will either be eaten by a big shark, or you will be starved to death." Rahe said, "Big shark? If you see a big shark, you can still give it a go...... You said big shark, I remembered, come and come, tie me to the mast with a garment, you hold me and let me sleep well, you keep me for an hour, and when I regain my strength, go and catch some fish to eat. So saying, he slept on the broken mast, and Tabakbai paddled the water and tied him with Rahe's coat so that he was face up, and Tabakbai supported him, and after a while Rach fell into a deep sleep.

When Rahe awoke, he did the same and tied Tabakbai to the mast, and Rahe helped him and let him sleep for an hour. When Tabakbai woke up, Rahe felt the end of the broken mast, removed the nine-ring knife from his back, peeled off the mast, and sharpened it. Tabakbai asked, "Master, what are you doing here?" Rahe said: "I cut a few wooden darts, and a fish comes to the surface, and as soon as the dart passes, we will have fish to eat!" Tabak bowed: "My own grandfather, I know that I am not afraid of the sky falling with you!" ”

When it was dawn, Rahe said, "The rain has finally stopped, second child, are you hungry?" Tabak bowed and said, "I'm so hungry that I don't know if I'm hungry, Master, when the rain stops, there will definitely be fishing boats going out to sea, and then we will be saved!" Rahe said: "Who knows when the fishing boat will come, it is better to ask for others than for myself, I have recovered some strength, and when there are fish swimming by, my wooden darts will fly away, and I will not starve." The two of them kept their eyes on the surface of the sea, hoping that fish would swim by.

Suddenly, Tabakbai shouted, "Master, there is a boat!" Sure enough, a dark figure appeared in the distance, gradually revealing the shape of the ship.

Rahe was overjoyed, jumped on the broken mast, stood up straight, and shouted: "Help! Help me! After shouting, he raised his head to the sky and roared.

The howling sound of righteousness, neutrality, and pride, the three qi gather into one, although it is above the vast sea, what a martial art Lahe is! He howled ten miles away from Sister Copperhammer's hermitage that day, and persuaded everyone to stop fighting, and at this time the sea was even more uncovered, although his body was injured and weak, but his momentum was amazing.

Tabakbai smiled and said, "Master, don't scare people away! ”

The boat did not run, but was heading towards them. What a big boat! The ship was more than 30 zhang long and more than 10 zhang wide, and hung eight or nine sails, and Tabakbai exclaimed, "My God, there is such a big ship in the world!" Rahe was also secretly frightened. When the ship approached, I saw several people standing at the bow of the boat, the first one, dressed in blue, pointing at the two Lahe, not knowing what to say.

When I got close to the boat, I saw that the man in blue was a young woman, and a person flashed behind her, although she was dressed as an old man, she was in good spirits and full of energy, it was the iron mother-in-law!

She shouted, "Master Rahe! We've been looking for you so hard, we're here to save you! Before he could finish speaking, Lahti jumped into the bow of the boat, and everyone was splashed by the sea water on him, and they dodged away.

Lahe landed on the bow of the boat, only to feel that his eyes lit up, it turned out that this young woman in blue was Yang Yang, the owner of Xinyang Pavilion! She smiled like a hundred flowers blooming, only to hear her open her lips and say, "Uncle Rahe, don't come unharmed!" ”