[575] Wolf smoke on the sea
King Yama was not worried, nor frightened, but glanced at the scroll and fruit bowl on the table at hand, and then moved his gaze to the face of the goddess, and asked quietly, "Can I take this plate of melons, fruits and books with me?"
"Of course. The goddess said with a slight bow, both she and Shi Cassia were very respectful to the captive Yama King.
This is all because they have obtained Xiao Shizhu's secret order, although they still don't know why Xiao Shizhu wants them to treat a captive so favorably, but after all, it is Xiao Shizhu's order, all they have to do is obey the order.
King Yama showed a faint joy on his face, picked up the fruit plate and picked up the book that he hadn't finished reading, calmly walked around the bookcase, and followed Shi Cianming out of the big tent.
The door of the iron car outside the tent, which had been waiting for a long time, had been opened, and there was only a cold iron chair in the small car, and the king of Yama, whose muscles twitched slightly at the corners of his eyes, was stunned for a moment, looked at the iron car with suspicion for a long time, and then looked at Shi Cassia, who had already stood beside the car, and asked in confusion: "Is this my car?"
For some reason, King Yama stared at the iron chariot that looked like a prisoner's chariot, and in this cloudy and bright summer, he couldn't help but feel a chilling disappointment in his heart.
"Yes, please get in the car. As he said this, Shi Cianming turned over and rode on his Thunder Qilin.
King Yama was stunned again, and after thinking about it in his heart, he thought about whether Xiao Shizhu wanted to keep his identity secret, so he no longer had any thoughts of complaining, and walked slowly towards the car, and after sitting down, he put the fruit plate in his hand on the ground at his feet. The sergeant who escorted the car immediately closed the door, and the car was instantly shrouded in darkness. In such a dim place, let alone reading, he may feed the fruit to his nose when he eats melons and fruits.
The guards guarding the iron chariot took out the three iron locks that had been prepared long ago, and immediately locked the gate of the iron chariot.
Shi Cassia, who was riding on the thunder qilin, clasped his fists and saluted the goddess of Gu Shooting: "General Gu Shooting, I don't dare to delay the military order, so don't pass it over." ”。
"General Shi has gone all the way. After the goddess also returned the salute with her fists, she watched the stone cassia beast turn around, and led the army to escort the iron chariot away, leaving a long wave of dust that did not disperse, and let out a long breath.
This requirement must be kept secret, she served with good food and drink, and the captives who were enshrined like living ancestors were finally handed over. Gu Arching Goddess was a little relieved when she was at ease, and at the same time, she couldn't help muttering in her heart: "The king treats the king of Yama so well, does he want to recruit him?" ......
To the south of the Huangquan Sea, a small boat made of unsinkable wood with only a single sloop sails north with the tumbling turbid waves.
The sails hanging from the mast had several holes. But the sails, which looked a little tattered, were still blown up by the slightly smelly sea breeze, pushing the boat downwind.
This small boat without any flag was the boat that the female lu drove to escape from Fenglin Continent. In just over two months, this boat and the ghosts on it went through a lot of hardships, repelling or evading nearly a hundred pursuits from the Northern Yin Dynasty, and finally came to the south of Dongyi Continent, close to Aoki County of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.
Under the scorching sun, the sailors on board were all sunburned and their lips were chapped. A strong sea breeze blew through their tanned, dry skin, taking away a lot of moisture.
All the sailors were weak and slow.
In order to save the little surplus food left, the oarmen no longer rocked the oars. The boat lost the power of the rocking boat, and moved forward with the force of the sails and the propulsion of the waves, and the speed gradually slowed down.
Fortunately, the sea boys who chased and killed them had been wiped out at this time, otherwise the current speed of this ship would not be long before the sea boys riding the water shelter beast caught up.
The female who came out of the cabin stood still on the deck, looked up at the sky above her head, the wheel embedded in the middle of the blue sky, as big as a millstone, and couldn't help frowning.
She had just counted the few food and water stored in the cabin, and after careful calculation, she found that no matter how frugal she was, the food and water available would only be enough for two days at most.
If they can't get to Aoki County within two days, and they can't find the islands in the sea to replenish, then the ghosts of their ship can only starve to death or die of thirst in this huge Yellow Spring Sea.
"Boat boss. After a while, the female squire lowered her head, rubbed her eyes that were dazzling by the dazzling cloudy sun, walked to the boss of the helm who was standing at the bow of the boat, holding a clairvoyant mirror and looking ahead, stretched out her tongue and licked the corners of her chapped lips, and asked, "Can you estimate how long it will take for us to get to Aoki County at this time?"
"It's hard to say. The captain of the boat shook his head in confusion, and now he was only moving forward by the force of the wind, but it was impossible to determine when the wind was blowing, and when it was strong and light. Of course, the speed of the ship is not easy to estimate.
"You estimate the distance, it's always okay, right?" asked the female in a different way.
The foul-smelling sea breeze blew in his face and penetrated into the nostrils of the ship's boss, making him a little dizzy. He hurriedly put away the clairvoyant mirror, sat cross-legged on the spot, pinched his eyebrows with two fingers, calmed himself down, and at the same time silently calculated in his heart, and replied: "At least there are about six or seven hundred miles of sea routes." ”。
After finishing speaking, there was just a pause, and the boat boss shouted with a little complaint: "I should have turned around and headed south to the southeast, and went to the Black Dragon County of the Nine Shadows Country, then the distance can be halved, and there won't be so much trouble." ”。
"That would be more trouble. When the female girl with a calm face like water smiled, she slowly shook her head, stood at the bow of the boat and looked into the distance, and said unhurriedly: "The Xudu Army is bound to win Fenglinzhou, and it has already surrounded the waters on all sides of Fenglinzhou, and the only defense is relatively weak in the west. We can only go from west to east to Aoki County, which was newly built in the East Yizhou by the Nine Shadows Kingdom, so that we can encounter some obstacles. ”。
The captain of the ship no longer complained, he was not stupid, but all kinds of disadvantages were in front of him, he was under a lot of pressure, and he needed to complain to vent his pressure.
The female squire had already turned around and looked up slightly at the upper part of the mast not far away, which was pointing straight to the sky, and the white sail that had been hung on it, which had already been torn.
The brows that had just unfolded were also frowning again at this time, as if they were thinking about something in a deep groan. On his face, which was a little ruddy from the sun's sun, and a pair of clear eyes, there was only concentration left.
"Then, according to your estimated distance, we should have entered the sea area of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. After thinking for a moment, the female said slowly. But his eyes were still fixed on the mast and the white sails hanging on it.
"If you don't deviate from the course, you will indeed have entered the sea area under the control of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. The boat boss raised his hand to wipe the hot sweat on his forehead and nodded slowly, and replied weakly.
The cloudy light above his head was so hot that he didn't want to talk anymore.
"Then maybe we don't have to go to the Nine Shadows Kingdom, their army will come to us in person. Hearing this, the woman's eyes flashed, and when her brows stretched out again, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned to reveal a sly smile.
"Are you dreaming? It's still far from Aoki-gun. And even if you enter the sea area, will you definitely encounter the ships of the Nine Shadows Kingdom on the sea?" The boss of the ship didn't know why, and after leaning back, he flattened on the deck and put out a big letter, so that the ghost shadow at the feet of the female squire just shrouded his head. He was a little cooler, and after a long sigh of relief, there was a little bit of comfort in his facial features.
Then he slowly closed his eyes, and when he wanted to take a leisurely nap at this time, he didn't bother to explain to him that the female had already walked forward without saying a word, and walked slowly towards the entrance of the cabin.
The boat boss, who didn't know what she was going to do, didn't ask much, and continued to close his eyes and doze.
After a few moments, the maiden strode out of the cabin with a few sailors, and when they came to the deck, the sailors put a stove in their hands and a lot of firewood on the deck.
A series of sounds woke up the captain of the boat, who was napping, and when he opened his eyes and sat up, he saw that the female was already directing the sailors, using buckets to fetch the boats from the sea, and then drenching some of the firewood.
"What are you doing here?" asked the ship's boss, who sat cross-legged on the deck, to the maiden.
"I'm going to smoke the wolf. The female lu raised her head again, looked at the sky above was as clear as a wash, and the cloudless sky could be described as a dusty sky, and said leisurely: "In such a good weather, you can see thick smoke dozens of miles away. And now that we have entered the waters of the Nine Shadows Country, the wolf smoke will inevitably attract the patrol warships of the Nine Shadows Country. ”。
After saying this, she asked the sailors to put the soaked wood in the sun for a while, while the other sailors put the dry wood into the stove and lit the firewood in the stove.
After thinking about it for a while, the boat boss suddenly slapped his head and scolded himself angrily: "I'm really a pig's brain, this wolf smoke will definitely be conspicuous when it soars into the sky, can't it just attract the Nine Ghost Army to come to us?"
At the same time, a fire had risen in the furnace, and the scorching flame swayed in the wind, burning the wood in the furnace red, and with a crackling sound a few sparks rose with the wind, swirling and rising over the mouth of the furnace, and gradually dimmed and turned into wood ash and fell on the deck.
"Bring the wet wood that has been dried for a while. The maiden ordered again.
The sailors picked out a few sticks of wood that had not dripped water, shook them vigorously, and stuffed them into the stove.
Under the blazing flames, the scorching hot flames continued to lick the firewood, and the hissing sound sounded from the firewood one after another, but a thick gray smoke replaced the previous faint white smoke, rising from the furnace and heading up with the wind in the sky.
After a while, this thick and pungent gray smoke was like a long dragon, across the sea and the sky.
The sea breeze suddenly became less strong, and the sails that had been puffed up slowly became vertical.
"Put a little more dry firewood and wet firewood to make the smoke a little thicker. The woman, who was choked by the smoke and coughed a few times, fanned the oncoming smoke in front of her nose with her hand and took a step back.
The sailors added a lot of wood to the stove as she wished, and the smoke rising from the flames became heavier and denser. The thick smoke billowing between the sea and the sky lingered for a long time, like a heavy dark cloud, with the tendency of covering the sky and the sun.
The wolf smoke on the sea has been lit, and it has gone straight to the sky like a long dragon flying into the sky, and this thick smoke can be seen clearly from dozens of miles away.
Nulu believed that it wouldn't be long before the warships of the Nine Shadows Army would search for this wolf smoke and find them.