"Coffin?" Duan Baiyue smiled when she heard the words, "He thought very well, and he knew how to prepare for his funeral in advance."
"Just making a coffin?" Chu Yuan frowned slightly.
"Yes." Ma Liu nodded, "I make coffins day and night. When I left, there were hundreds of coffins piled up on that island. I don't know what they were used for. The people there Not much to say."
"Tell me about everything that has happened since you left the sea until now." Chu Yuan said, "If it is beneficial to the war, I can forgive you the crime of disturbing the people as appropriate."
"Yes." Ma Liu swallowed, slightly nervous. He had already died once, and he didn't want to die a second time.
Duan Baiyue took a chair and put it behind Chu Yuan, motioning him to sit down.
The old man Mu Chi rubbed Duan Yao with his arm, and if he saw it, it would be so painful to find his daughter-in-law in the future.
Ma Liu was originally from Fujian and went to Nanyang to do business with the caravan. However, because of his extreme personality, he had a dispute with the steward and was left on an island. He could not speak the language and was penniless. Live craftsmanship, it will not starve to death. A year later, after saving enough money for the journey, I wanted to hire a boat to go home, but I happened to bump into a big boat from Xingzhou Island cruising around to hire carpenters, and the money was not small. The so-called work is actually making a coffin.
Ma Liu was unlucky in his heart, and it was fine to do this thing. The co-workers were also taciturn and the whole island was lifeless, so they made up their minds to leave. Leave.
Even an idiot could tell what it meant. If he were an honest person, he would be scared to go back, but Ma Liu had a stubborn temper, and the more he refused to let him go, the more he wanted to go. So taking advantage of the convenience of carpentry work, he secretly built a boat in the woods, fled into the sea at night, and ordered Da to board a merchant ship before returning to Da Chu.
"Apart from the many coffins on that island, what else is unusual?" Chu Yuan asked.
"No more." Ma Liu said, "We can only work in the woods, and there will be people watching the house at night. The night I ran away was the first time I left the yard alone, but I didn't have time to watch it."
"The person like me is also in Xingzhou?" Chu Yuan asked again.
"I lived on the island for about ten days, and then I left." Ma Liudao, "It's quite impressive, and there are dozens of people behind him."
"Go on." Chu Yuan nodded.
"I was originally a lonely man. After returning to Da Chu, I never thought of going back to my hometown." Ma Liu said, "The navy in Guanhai City is expanding its recruits every day, so I joined the fun and signed up, thinking that I could at least have a meal. , but it didn't take long before he was chased away by Commander Zhuo."
"Why?" Chu Yuan asked.
Ma Liu lowered his voice and said, "I was blinded for a while, and Gui Mi Xin Qiao used a hidden weapon to hurt someone."
After being kicked out of the military camp, Ma Liu's life was not comfortable. He didn't have any money. He would be ridiculed for eating bowls of noodles in the city, as if everyone knew that he was a soldier who was kicked out. Later, when I heard that the emperor was on a personal expedition, and was about to go to Guanhai City, he had evil thoughts in his heart, and wanted to create some trouble in the city, so that Zhuo Yunhe could not communicate with the emperor.
"You made all these things?" Chu Yuan ordered someone to hand the tray to him, "and those boots, which can jump several feet, but I never thought about it before."
"I made it. I liked to fiddle with these things when I was a child." Ma Liudao, "No one taught me, so I saved money to buy hidden weapon boxes in the weapons store and opened them up, and then slowly studied it myself. Building a house and building a bridge is also Learn from the monks in the temple."
"If that's the case, then you are still a talent." Chu Yuan said.
It was the first time in his life that Ma Liu was praised by the emperor, and for a while, he felt a little complacent and said, "There are still people in the barracks who came from Dayan City, saying that they are the apprentices of the ancestor Mu Chi, and they are no match for me as a hidden weapon."
The old man Mu Chi shook his head: "I have only accepted one apprentice in my life, the cats and dogs outside, just listen to it, I can't believe it."
Duan Yao was elated. My apprentice was me. I just finished learning how to make bowls yesterday, and I will learn how to make beds the day after tomorrow.
Duan Baiyue patted his head.
Hearing this, Ma Liu was startled and looked at the white-bearded old man standing beside the bed, wondering what he meant by what he just said.
Chu Yuan said: "This is Senior Mu Chi."
Although Ma Liu has a arrogant and withdrawn personality, he first learned to work as a carpenter, and he knew the name of the old man Mu Chi. He heard a lot of true and false stories. When he saw the real person this time, he was ecstatic. Just want to sit up.
"Hey, all the bones in your body are broken, you should just lie down." Duan Yao stretched out his hand to hold him down, "Otherwise, no one can save him if he crooked."
"Do one thing for me." Chu Yuan said, "Well done, after I return from this battle, I will pardon you!"
After coming out of the six rooms, Ye Jin happened to be walking this way. Seeing Duan Baiyue holding his brother's hand again, he felt chest tightness. In broad daylight, the sky is bright, and there is no king's law. Why can the emperor's hand be touched casually, and he is not afraid of being seen.
The King of Southwest did not squint and was very calm. After walking away, he said narcissistically: "Do you think that Ye Gu's master has become more and more friendly to me recently?"
Chu Yuan's hand was so tightly squeezed by him that he couldn't shake it, and he didn't really want to talk.
In the early morning two days later, the horn sounded throughout the sea and sky, and the people all got up before dawn, just to send the army out to sea to fight. The sun just showed an orange-yellow outline, and the black warship has already left the shore. The main warship is huge and divided into three layers. From a distance, it looks like a palace built on the sea. The word "Chu", with a strong stroke, was written by the ancestors of the Chu family.
"Long live my emperor!" The soldiers shouted in unison, shaking the sky and the ground.
The ship gradually disappeared into the white mist, Chu Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, looked at the golden morning sun gushing out from the distance, and closed his eyes slightly.
Duan Baiyue shook off the cloak and went forward to gently wrap him: "Be careful of catching a cold."
Chu Yuan returned to his senses and turned to look at him.
"Enter the cabin." Duan Baiyue said, "It's too windy on the deck."
Sixi brought the freshly prepared breakfast, simple porridge and side dishes, and Duan Baiyue served him a bowl: "Eat it."
Chu Yuan said: "I have no appetite."
Duan Baiyue said: "Then you feed me."
Hearing the words, Father Sixi hurriedly bowed his head and exited.
Chu Yuan said: "There is a war, and there is still trouble."
"You won't eat when the war starts?" Duan Baiyue smiled. "Anyway, this is your second naval battle. It's the first time for me, and everyone is nervous. I've already comforted you, and now it's up to you to comfort me."
Chu Yuan: "..."
Duan Baiyue pointed to himself and said, "If you can't coax, come over and kiss."
Chu Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he reached out and slapped him: "You—"
"I didn't follow you when I played in the northwest before, and I don't know if it's the same as now, I don't even want to eat." Duan Baiyue fed him porridge spoon by spoon, "Afraid of losing?"
"When the two armies face off against each other, no one can tell what the consequences will be." Chu Yuan said, "It's a bit frustrating to say this at the beginning of the war, but I'm really worried." It's fine in front of others, but in front of a loved one , I just want to say everything out, to be more relaxed.
"Chu Xiang has worked so hard in the South China Sea for so many years, no matter how worried you are." Duan Baiyue smiled, "But we also prepared for this day for three or four years, didn't we?"
Chu Yuan said: "I naturally understand the truth."
"But it's just uneasy, eh?" Duan Baiyue reached out and pulled him into his arms, and asked, "Have you ever been nervous when facing me? Ever since I was a child."
"I'm nervous, what are you doing?" Chu Yuan squeezed his face with both hands.
"Isn't nervous when I kissed you, nor was I nervous when I asked you for the first time?" Duan Baiyue whispered in his ear.
Chu Yuan's figure froze, and then he patted his head heavily. After taking the picture, he thought that this person was too rascal, so he patted him again.
"Don't be nervous about so many important things. What a thing to do when you are nervous." Duan Baiyue's chin rested on his shoulder, "I'm not afraid that I will be jealous."
Chu Yuan said: "Shut up."
Duan Baiyue asked, "Are you going to drive me out again?"
Chu Yuan changed his posture and buried his face in his chest. Don't talk, but don't go either.
The corner of Duan Baiyue's mouth curved, patting him and slowly falling asleep. As the emperor of the Great Chu, the imperial expedition was a little careless, and behind him was the turmoil of the entire country. When attacking the Northwest and East China Sea, the opponent was at best a barbarian leader who was pulling his own banner, but this time the opponent was a real prince. He naturally understood this concern, and he said that no matter how much, it would be of no use. Perhaps the only way to win a battle as soon as possible at the moment can let the person in his arms sleep for a few nights.
The team had been sailing in the sea for a few days. At noon that day, a guard came to report that the flank was blocking a small boat. A man called himself Sikong and asked to see the King of Southwest China.
"I'm conscious this time." Duan Baiyue rubbed her chin, still thinking about going to Wang Xijiao for a while, but she didn't expect that she would be able to find the door by herself.
Sikong Rui was carrying a floral cloth bag with a reluctant expression on his face.
Duan Baiyue said: "You are here to collect debts."
Sikong Rui threw the burden and sat cross-legged on the deck: "Xiuxiu, let me help you." How could such a daughter-in-law actually drive her husband out of the house.
Duan Baiyue sighed with emotion: "You can marry a younger brother and sister, it's really smoking from the ancestral grave."
Sikong Rui asked feebly, "Do you have any food?"
Duan Baiyue ordered the kitchen to cook noodles, and squatted down to pat him on the shoulder by the way: "Think of the good in everything, at least when I get married after the war, your mother-in-law can be released from prison."
Sikong Rui looked at him for a moment, then slowly said, "The last time I mentioned this to you was five years ago. My mother-in-law had been in jail for a long time, and he came out on his own." The day lily should be cooled three times.
Duan Baiyue coughed twice, with a sincere tone: "It's hard to say, in case any of your relatives commits a crime and enters, you still have to count on this king's wedding, after all, things are impermanent."
Sikong Rui was holding the freshly delivered noodles, his hands trembling with tears in his eyes. Although he was indeed starving, he still wanted to put the bowl directly on this person's head.