After three nights of sailing, Miao Bisheng and Man Jianghong finally arrived at the Huangzhou branch of Sanjiangtang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info rudder master Lu Xiang saw the arrival of the hall master, he was very happy, and he was anxious to set up a banquet for him as soon as he came up. But after Man Jianghong chatted with Lu Xiang Jianjian, he instructed him to prepare rope materials, but Lu Xiang was a little confused.

"I don't know what kind of rope do you want, hall master?" Lu Xiang asked.

"Haha, the rope I want is a hundred feet long, can I get the rudder?" Man Jianghong said.

"Three or two hundred feet long? I wonder what the hall master uses such a long rope for?" Lu Xiang asked again.

"You'll find out when you get it. Man Jianghong replied simply.

Despite this, Lu Xiang still had doubts in his heart and went to find it. In the end, Sanjiangtang was a mixed waterway, and Lu Xiang went there not long ago, and then he came back with bundles of ropes with several other brothers in the rudder.

Man Jianghong hurriedly stepped forward to pull the rope, but nodded very happily after some measurement and comparison.

"Lord Lu, you should know all about the waters of Huangzhou, right?" asked Man Jianghong.

"Don't hide it from the hall master, I have walked the Huangzhou River for most of my life, and I know exactly where there are undercurrents and shallow reefs in it. Lu Xiang said quite confidently.

"Wonderful, then you will at once call dozens of brethren who are good at the water to set out at once with the general steering fleet. Man Jiang said with a smile.

Although Lu Xiang wanted to ask what he was going to do, he also thought that since the hall master had spoken, there was no need to say more, so he hurriedly retreated to arrange manpower.

"I didn't expect the people of Sanjiangtang to do things quite delicately. Miao Bisheng said.

"Hehe, what's the matter? Do you think that we big bosses will only do some rough work?" said Man Jianghong proudly.

Miao Pensheng had no choice but to smile indifferently.

Seeing that Lu Xiang had gathered a group of sailors, Man Jianghong got on the boat with Miao Bisheng and went directly to the wreck waters.

"Hall Master, can you tell me what we're going to do?" Lu Xiang asked curiously.

"Salvage the Xishu shipwreck. Man Jianghong said bluntly.

Lu Xiang almost didn't laugh, but Man Jianghong was very surprised, and asked him again and again why he reacted like this.

"Hall master, the shipwreck in Xishu is more than a hundred young things, and the big waves are sweeping the sand, but I am afraid that it will be washed into the sea long ago. Lu Xiang quipped.

"Have you gone down underwater to see it?" asked Man Jianghong seriously.

Lu Xiang shook his head.

"That's it, you haven't gone down to see it, how do you know what's going on under the water?" Man Jianghong said disdainfully.

"Hall Master, those waters are densely covered with reefs, and there are many undercurrents mixing with each other, who dares to go down?" Lu Xiang said with palpitations.

"That's why I'm going to ask you to fetch the rope today, and when we get there, we'll dive down for ourselves." Man Jianghong said proudly.

"Ah, wait, we're going to dive down from that water?" Lu Xiang's face suddenly turned pale.

Lu Xiang has lived in Huangzhou for a long time, and since he was a child, he has heard the legend that all the tribute ships are silent, but he also knows the danger of that water, and he also knows that there have been people who have fought the idea of this tribute ship in the past, but they have never returned.

"What's the matter? My helmsman of Sanjiangtang doesn't even have the courage to do this?" said Man Jianghong contemptuously.

Lu Xiang could only lower his head and remain silent in embarrassment.

Man Jianghong finally came to the vicinity of the wreck water under the leadership of the rudder sailors, and the brave sailors did not dare to go any further, so they stopped the rudder and waited on the periphery.

Man Jianghong saw that the fleet was no longer moving, and only went to that water, but after checking with Miao Bisheng, he knew that there were still a few miles of waterway. Man Jianghong then ordered the sailors to continue walking, but no one in the cabin dared to start the ship.

"Hall Master, there is Hebo Mansion in front, we can't go. One of the sailors of the Huangzhou rudder said in a panic.

"Are you scared?" asked Man Jianghong disdainfully.

"It's not...... The master ......," the sailor stammered.

"In front of me, the East China Sea Dragon Palace is also going to open it, if anyone doesn't open it, I'll throw him into the water now. Man Jianghong shouted at the sailor Mancang.

When the sailors saw that the master was angry, they had to start the ship again.

The Miao Bisheng on the side secretly sighed that this Man Jianghong was still quite courageous, no wonder he could control the three thousand disciples in the gang.

I saw Miao Bisheng standing alone on the bow of the boat, looking at the dead water in front of him and thinking silently.

After a stick of incense, the fleet finally reached the map of the shipwreck, but the surroundings were calm, and there was no strange phenomenon in sight. Man Jianghong couldn't help but proudly pointed to the river and shouted, "Hebo Mansion is nothing more than that, what is there to be afraid of."

The sailors all walked out of the cabin one after another, only to see that the water surface under the ship was calm, and they didn't see anything unusual at all, but they also relaxed in their hearts, but Lu Xiang looked at the water with a solemn expression.

Just when everyone was relaxing, there were several slightly rotating refluxes on the surface of the water, and Lu Xiang was the first to notice that there was a whirlpool, so he shouted hurriedly.

When everyone reflected, the vortex suddenly became rapid and manic, and three or five huge whirlpools suddenly formed on the surface of the river. The fleet was divided by these whirlpools, and the larger ships kept spinning on the water, while the smaller ones were sucked straight down. There was chaos on the river for a moment.

Man Jianghong was frightened, hurriedly held the railing, and then shouted to the other ships: "Everyone connect the bow and tail of the boat." ”

The sailors were all panicked, but they couldn't think of any other way except Man Jianghong's suggestion, so they connected the bow and tail of the ship with iron cables. It didn't take long for dozens of unsunken ships to become one and roll up a larger vortex on the river.

Lu Xiang and the other sailors were shocked, Man Jianghong and Miao Bisheng were also worried, although the ship was not easy to be sucked into the whirlpool, but now it has stirred up a bigger whirlpool, how can this be good?

And just when everyone was terrified, it was as if a giant beast was churning under the water, and the ship was tossed even more violently. Everyone grabbed the ship's mast one after another, hoping to leave this hellish place with their lives.

It was also the first time that Man Jianghong and Miao Bisheng had encountered such an intense and dangerous scene, and although they were also frightened in their hearts, they were always calm and not as depressed as others.

The advantage of composure is not only to be able to identify opportunities in the midst of a crisis, but also to better defend them. It didn't take long for Man Jianghong and Miao Bisheng to find that the bump of the ship slowly eased down, until finally it completely returned to its original calm.

Everyone was frightened, and when they saw that the river was calm, they hurriedly wanted to evacuate. In fact, Man Jianghong was already guessing in his heart that this whirlpool was stimulated by the intersection of undercurrents too violently, and if this was the case, there must be an intermittent period. Man Jianghong was ruthless, he wanted to gamble on his luck and take advantage of the current calm period to launch and salvage the sunken ship.

I saw Man Jianghong shouting at everyone: "Brothers, I will be the first to dive down later, and the second one who will come down can be promoted to be the helmsman, and the first ten will be rewarded with fifty taels of gold each." ”

Before the words were finished, Man Jianghong had already tied himself with a long rope, and then loaded his head into the water. The sailors all looked at each other, but they didn't wait for them to reflect, Lu Xiang also tied a rope and got into the water, he didn't want to lose the position of helmsman.

Seeing that the hall master and the helmsman both dived, and the rest of the sailors followed one after another, they were greatly surprised to see the wonderful brushwork. Miao Bisheng lives alone in Yuexinglou, how can he understand so many means and methods of managing and helping the public?

As soon as Man Jianghong entered the water, he saw the tall and low reefs in the water, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice that the Yangtze River was full now. If it hadn't been for that, his fleet would have run aground in the whirlpool, and the only thing to do would have been wiped out.

Man Jianghong continued to dive along the reef, and the water gradually dimmed, until he dive another five or six feet, and he couldn't see anything at all. Fortunately, he had been prepared, only to see Man Jianghong take out a night pearl from his arms, and within the rest of his life, he suddenly became bright.

Man Jianghong dived down for a while and then completely dived to the bottom of the river, but the situation at the bottom of the river surprised Man Jianghong: between the criss-crossing reefs at the bottom of the river, there were many shipwrecks densely scattered, the big ones were bigger than the ones Man Jianghong was sitting on, and the small ones were like sampans. These old wrecked boats lie quietly at the bottom of the river, building their own graveyards.

"What the hell is this place?" Man Jianghong scolded secretly in his heart.

While investigating, Man Jianghong paid attention to the undercurrent stirring in the reef forest overhead, but he still couldn't see the Xishu tribute ship full of gold, silver and jewelry. At this moment, Man Jianghong only hated that other sailors did not have the ability to dive with their own breathlessness, because those who followed the dive were all out of the water after a big turn under the water and then came out of the water to breathe. In this way, you will have to look for yourself under the river.

Man Jianghong held the night pearl in his hand to explore the way, but suddenly found a reflective thing in front of him, and swam over to take a look, but it was a gold ingot. Man Jianghong couldn't help but feel excited in his heart, and hurriedly picked it up and continued to move forward, he was right, because there were more ingots and all kinds of jewelry in front of him.

Man Jianghong no longer picked up things on the riverbed, but instead sped up his diving speed, because his Turtle Breath Dafa was almost invalid. With more and more gold, silver and jewelry at the bottom of the river, Man Jianghong almost entered a world full of wealth, under the reflection of these treasures, Man Jianghong vaguely saw a big black thing in front of him, and touched his hand, Man Jianghong was suddenly very excited. That's right! This is the sunken Xishu Gong ship!

Man Jianghong held back his last breath and swam around the tribute boat before he shot straight into the water.

Man Jianghong had two sticks of incense after he went into the water, and the sailors on the boat were already waiting anxiously, for fear that their hall master would have an accident at the bottom of the river. Now that he had emerged safe and sound, the sailors shouted for joy.

"How's it going?" asked Miao Bisheng with concern.

I saw Man Jianghong nodding breathlessly, and then he gestured with both hands and said, "It's very big...... A big boat. ”

"Great. Miao Bisheng said excitedly.

Man Jianghong didn't wait to take a few more breaths, and hurriedly shouted to the sailors: "Brothers, there is a big ship full of gold, silver and jewels under the water, and this one was taken from it. Let's go down with a rope and drag it up, and I'll be sure to reward you all." ”

Seeing Man Jianghong holding a huge gold ingot in his hand, everyone was encouraged and stimulated, and they rushed to sign up to get into the water. Man Jianghong saw that everyone's morale was high, so he conveyed the salvage plan later.

"Later, when we launched the water, we will take a group of six people, and after approaching the wreck, we will hook the four corners of the hull with a rope hook in four directions, and then send a signal to drag it up. Man Jianghong said carefully.

I saw Lu Xiang and several other sailors go to get the prepared ropes again, and then after distributing them one by one, they dived into the water again with Man Jianghong. Man Jianghong swam towards leading everyone in the direction of the shipwreck, and when they got closer, everyone was stunned by the scenery in front of them: the gold, silver and jewelry everywhere were simply rare in life, and they couldn't wait to grab a handful.

Man Jianghong made a gesture and signaled everyone to start tying the wreck with a rope hook. I saw that the sailors suddenly scattered around the wreck like fish, and then after fastening the rope hook firmly, they hurried upstream. There is no way, they can only hold on underwater for so long.

Man Jianghong was the last one to stop under the water, and only came up after checking the hooks one by one.

As soon as Man Jianghong came out of the water, he asked the sailors to sail downstream, but saw that many big ships were opened at the same time, pulling the ropes behind him straight.

Although there are many surface ships, and they are all large sailing ships, it is also a little difficult to hold up this tribute ship underwater. As we walked slowly, the rope was more and more exposed to the water, until finally we could see a black person in the water.

Everyone was happy, but Man Jianghong didn't dare to slack off, because he knew that the undercurrent in this water area had stopped for a while, and now that the wreck was lifted, it would definitely stir up the underwater undercurrent to converge, and it was not good to say that there would be a vortex again soon. At this moment, the river surface really showed signs of reflux again, Man Jianghong's heart tightened, and he hurriedly shouted: "Everyone work together, move forward at full speed to the front and land." ”

The sailors shouted rhythmic slogans at the same time, and dozens of ships sped away from the waters.

Behind him, a large and small whirlpool immediately appeared in the place where he had stayed before.

After Man Jianghong docked with everyone, the first thing he did was to board the salvaged Xishu shipwreck, but the scene inside was not as imagined before.

Although there are many treasures in the wreck, they are all located close to the bottom of the ship, and there are dozens of chests to count. Man Jianghong opened them one by one in front of the sailors, and all kinds of ingots and treasures suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and they were all overjoyed when they saw it.

But Man Jianghong didn't seem to be very satisfied, after all, it was said that there was a boatload at the beginning, but now that it is counted, the number is only two or three percent of the expected at most. Miao Bisheng also felt strange, but he didn't speak, just stood silently and thought, and after a while, he seemed to have made some discoveries.

Although Man Jianghong was not very satisfied with this result, these dozens of boxes of gold and silver treasures were enough for the entire Sanjiangtang to squander for several years, and he felt that it was worth the trip when he thought about it.

"Brethren, many of the brothers who were swept into the bottom of the river during this salvage shipwreck, and I decided to take out two of these boxes of jewelry to comfort their families. Man Jianghong said.

Everyone nodded, very much in agreement.

"The first ten sailors who jumped into the water just now came out, and I want to reward you again. Man Jianghong said happily.

So Lu Xiang and the other sailors stood up, and Man Jianghong casually took out the gold, silver and jewelry from the treasure chest one by one and put them in their hands.

The two boxes of jewels were divided equally among the people, and each of the brothers who came today had a portion. Man Jianghong said proudly.

Everyone was encouraged, and after receiving the rewards one by one, they helped carry the remaining treasure chests to the boat full of rivers.

Man Jianghong saw Miao Bisheng standing aside thoughtfully, and then remembered the Qingyu Sword he wanted, so he hurriedly stopped the person carrying the treasure chest, and then called Miao Bisheng to jump on the tribute boat to find it.

This tribute boat is made of the finest cypress wood, and although it has been soaked under the water for a hundred years without decaying, all the frames have remained in their original appearance. After searching around the boat, Man Jianghong and Miao Bisheng finally found a wooden box in the compartment, and when they opened it, there was a cold and dazzling sword inside, and there was an inscription on the sword with the word "Qingyu".

"Sure enough, it's an extremely sharp sword!" Man Jianghong said enviously.

Miao Bisheng buckled the lid and hugged it.

Man Jianghong immediately glanced at Miao Bisheng with disdain, and said quite unhappily: "I, Man Jianghong, promised you to get the Qingyu Sword, and I will definitely not take advantage of you." ”

"Thank you very much. Miao Bisheng said.

Man Jianghong hurriedly walked out of the cabin, leaving Miao Bisheng alone in place.

The reason why Miao Bisheng is not in a hurry to leave is because he is still seeking to verify one thing. I saw Miao Bisheng walking around the cabin, and I couldn't help but wonder: why does this tribute ship only have dozens of boxes of jewels now? Could it be that the legend is wrong? Or was it spilled when the ship was sunk?

But none of this makes sense, because the wealthy merchants in the capital can also take more than a dozen large boxes of jewelry, and if the old ministers of Xishu will take the initiative to pay tribute to the ministers, they will be able to compare with non-businessmen. In addition, the tribute ship was built in compartments, and each layer was sealed after the treasure was placed, and it would not disappear unless there was a large hole in the hull. Now that the tribute ship has been salvaged, there has been no serious damage, but why is there only gold, silver and jewelry stored on the ground floor?

"Someone must have come to salvage, but he doesn't have the power of a fleet like Xiang Sanjiangtang, so he can only carry it to the surface of the water box by box, and the bottom layer is estimated to be too difficult and finally gave up. Miao Bisheng said secretly in his heart.

Sure enough, as he had calculated, he found some bump marks in the cabin, and it didn't look too old.

Miao Bisheng pondered for a while, and suddenly recalled the drawings given to him by Zhao Chengzong, and then he realized. After thinking about it carefully, he vaguely felt that something ominous was about to happen, so he hurriedly left the tribute ship.

"Lord Man, thank you for salvaging this shipwreck, and I will have a chance to obtain the sword of the first fierce general of the Three Kingdoms. Miao Bisheng said enthusiastically to Man Jianghong.

Man Jianghong saw his cold and arrogant appearance, and now he was suddenly so enthusiastic, but he also felt a little flattered, and said again and again: "Why should you be polite to Miao Bisheng? I can harvest these dozens of boxes of treasures, all thanks to the accurate information you provided." Come, I'll give you two more boxes as a token of appreciation. ”

"The master of the hall is polite, you and I have words first, you have jewelry, I will take the green rays, now everyone takes what they need, and I will go back to the Star Tower first. Miao Bisheng said.

"Are you in such a hurry?" Man Jianghong looked at Miao Bisheng, but said with a little reluctance.

Of course, Man Jianghong has obtained so many treasures, so he is naturally not very happy to have the attention of others, especially those who are strong in martial arts. So he didn't keep it much, but just jokingly said: "Remember to help me write a few strokes for Man Jianghong, how much does it cost, you can just take the test." ”

Miao Bisheng smiled faintly, then nodded, and picked up the box containing the Qingyu Sword and walked towards the mountain road on the shore.

Everyone looked at him and stood for a long time, because Miao Bisheng's smile was really beautiful.