Phoenix Descends – Queen with a Thousand Pets

Chapter 13: Chapter Thirteen

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Update time 2014-12-14 18:41:43 Word count: 5698

The sky was clear, with only the slightest breeze blowing by.

The deck was full of people. Early in the morning, Ling Qingyu asked Zheng Xi to gather all the people on board, including the four small merchants who hadn't been out of the hatch for ten days.

Standing on the balcony of the cabin, Ling Qingyu saw Zheng Xi signaling that everyone was here, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Everyone, we have been sailing on the Fengshen for eleven days. Some people have been seasick for the past few days. , The rules on the boat, I have never told everyone, last night, Chen Erhu, Chen Sanhu and Chen Sihu tried to seize the boat, and I have already thrown it into the sea."

Hearing this, there was an uproar at the bottom, who had a good relationship with Chen Erhu and knew what their three brothers were doing last night, so they immediately shouted: "What is delusion to seize the ship, can the three of them accomplish this? You must have used some kind of dirty trick to hand him over!"

Someone began to push and shout.

Zheng Xi and Ding Dong also brought a few sailors to take precautions. Gu Sui and his men blocked their way intentionally or unintentionally.

"That's right, even if they didn't want to seize the boat, if I want to throw them into the sea, I'll throw them into the sea." Ling Qingyu's cold words made the people below stunned for a while, and Ling Qingyu continued: "On this boat, I am Wang Fa! Since you Sell yourself to me, that's my property, I can deal with it as I want, what's the matter? I don't like them, I throw them into the sea, if you have any opinions, it's okay, don't take my boat, the sea is so wide Go, don't care about more water ghosts. Which of you wants to go down? I will satisfy you!"

The commotion below suddenly quieted down, Zheng Xi and Ding Dong still looked at the rioting prisoners defensively, while Gu Sui looked at Ling Qingyu with a bit of annoyance, secretly gritted his teeth, what is selling himself to you!

"Where's our elder brother? You threw him into the sea too!" Two young prisoners pushed away the people in front and asked loudly. The people behind them were not as noisy as the previous prisoners, but faint anger radiated out.

"I'm here." A deep and hacksaw-like voice sounded, Ling Qingyu gave way slightly, allowing the figure of the man behind him to appear. She only found out that the man's name was Yang Zhao this morning.

Seeing the prisoners below all breathed a sigh of relief, Ling Qingyu changed his harshness just now, and said: "Everyone, some are employed by me, some are prostituted to me, and some are cooperated with me. Since I, Ling Qingyu, brought this The ship is responsible for protecting the safety of the people on board, and I will not tolerate any unruly thoughts and behaviors. But," Ling Qingyu glanced at the people below, and said slowly: "We came out to ask for money, and I, Ling Qingyu, I promise here that as long as everyone has no wrong intentions and we work together, I will make everyone a lot of money on this boat trip. After I go back this time, I will return the deed to everyone. Twenty percent of the profit from this boat trip will be returned. Bonuses will also be distributed as bonuses to those who have made great contributions during the voyage. On the return journey, the captain can take four stones of goods, and the sailors can bring two stones of goods.”

Now even Gu Sui's brothers began to whisper, Zhang Dahu approached Gu Sui and asked in a low voice: "Boss, is what this girl said true? Two stones, maybe there will be hundreds of taels of silver when I go back?"

Gu Sui smiled lightly: "Then you have to go back with your life." The little girl is not bad, with heavy rewards and heavy punishments, it seems that this boat is worth running.

"Two stones per person, four stones for the team leader!" Zheng Xi followed Ling Qingyu and said brokenly: "Including Ding Dong and the others, more than a hundred stones will be removed at once. You are too generous in charge!"

"We can hold 20,000 shi on board, but you still can't bear to part with more than 100 shi?" Ling Qingyu said with a smile: "Besides, they have to go ashore to get those goods by themselves, and just put them somewhere."

"I think those prisoners will always make trouble." Zheng Xi recalled those who were the first to make a fuss, and said. It's better to throw it into the sea, and save some space.

"After all, they haven't done anything yet." Ling Qingyu frowned, suddenly turned his head to look at the sky, smelled the smell in the wind, and said with a smile: "Zheng Xi, go and move out all the empty barrels."

"Why move that?"

"Get ready to take a shower, it's going to rain."

rain? Zheng Xi looked at the blue sky covered with white clouds.

When the heavy rain fell, Zheng Xigang ordered Lu Yaoshi Fang to bring up all the empty buckets.

"Wow! It's raining, it's raining!" Ye Shiyi, who was reminded by Ling Qingyu, took off his clothes early, and now, he danced happily in the rain.

Ling Qingyu hid in her bedroom very depressed, looking at the sea facing the stern outside the window, listening to the noise on the deck.

"Thank you!"

Hearing the hacksaw-like sound, Ling Qingyu turned his head, and saw Yang Zhao standing in the room, wearing a Tsing Yi, with a tall and straight figure, only the messy hair on that head and the stubble all over his face, which made people look weird, and they didn't realize it. Said: "Aren't you going to wash?"

"Young lady's life-saving grace, Zhao will definitely repay it." Yang Zhao cupped his fists and gave a deep salute, then turned and retreated.

The rest of Ling Qingyu was stunned for a while, so he had an extra life-saving grace

Thinking of the grace of saving her life, Ling Qingyu stared at Lu Yao, who had been sitting in the captain's cabin outside her bedroom, in disgust.

Lu Yao turned his head to look at the cheerful Ye Shiyi who was fighting with others on the deck below, and directly ignored Ling Qingyu's resentment.

"It is estimated that we will arrive at Sanyu in two days, turn the rudder to the left," Ling Qingyu said to Ding Dong, looking at the compass.

"Okay!" Ding Dong turned the steering wheel excitedly, and arrived at Sanyu in less than a month. Although there were some light wind and rain on the way, the Fengshen seemed to be fine in the waves. It really was a good ship, of course. , He is also very satisfied with the performance of this boat master, thinking of the golden silk Wang Yan, it is worth a thousand taels of gold, as if it is right in front of him.

A sailor standing next to Ding Dong retreated quietly while Ding Dong and Ling Qingyu were not paying attention, and walked towards the rear deck while greeting other sailors.

Because I heard that they were approaching Sanyu, the atmosphere on the boat was obviously much more relaxed, and those oarsmen had also adapted to the bumps on the boat. At this time, taking advantage of the good sun, they were basking on the deck in twos and threes.

The sailor stepped down from the cargo hold, because the Fengshen was divided into more than ten cabins with sub-decks. For balance, only half of the cargo was placed in each cargo cabin. In the cargo cabin where the sailor went down, several people were already squatting inside.

"Tian Keng, is what you said true? We got ashore, can you give us a way out?" asked a prisoner who had been with Chen Erhu.

"That's natural. Our Xie family's fleet is all over the ocean. As long as Mr. Hu helps me get it done, I promise to recommend you to the Xie family's fleet after landing on Sanyu. I guarantee you will earn a rich man in a year." Do it." Tian Keng said with a smile.

Hu Yu looked at the cotton cloth in the half cabin, lowered his head and drew circles on the ground, and someone beside him couldn't help but said: "Brother Hu, this guy named Ling can only afford this kind of defective goods, let alone us If the brother makes money, I'm afraid she herself will lose money to death. Moreover, that girl has always been on guard against our brother about Brother Chen and the others. Even if it is good, it will be taken by Yang Zhao and the others. Have,"

"Don't talk about it," Hu Yu interrupted him. Most of the goods that people go to sea to sell are silk and high-grade porcelain, but this ship's goods are white cloth, ordinary porcelain, and some low-grade tea. According to Tian Keng, it is that The surname Ling bought the leftovers from a bankrupt firm, can these things be sold? Even if you sell it, how much money can you get? Moreover, people like myself were dispatched by Yang Zhaofa in the army because they violated the military law. Son, those people were originally wounded and sick, and they were tormented by them in cooperation with the government servants, and only Yang Zhao and the others died. It is impossible for Yang Zhao not to avenge this revenge, and to stay. Once Yang Zhao recovers, only Yang Zhao and the others are left I'm afraid it's their time of death.

"Well, Lord Tian, what do you think you'll do." Hu Yu patted the ashes on his palms and said.

Zheng Xi yawned, rubbed his eyes, and patted his face again. Feeling more awake, he opened his eyes wide and looked ahead.

The night was dark, the sky was covered by dark clouds, there was neither moonlight nor starlight, but the wind gradually picked up.

Zheng Xi looked at the wind flag blown up by the wind, the wind was blowing really fast, the starry sky was still bright in the first half of the night, now the wind is so strong in the second half of the night!

I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily, Zheng Xi thought to himself, and rubbed his eyes again, because there are many small islands and hidden reefs outside Sanyu Port, so Ling Qingyu asked Ding Dong, who was more familiar with the situation, to rest with the oarsman, leaving only Zheng Xi and two helmsmen. Looking at the situation, it is better to wake up Ling Qingyu and the others, for fear of a heavy rain.

Zheng Xi shouted to the people below: "Tian Keng, go and wake up the people in charge, I'm afraid there will be a heavy rain."

He yelled a few times, but there was no response. Zheng Xi unconsciously moved his heart, fixed the rudder, opened the door and went out, only to see that the two boats on the deck had already been lowered into the sea. Tian Keng and another helmsman , and several prisoners were sitting on the boat, preparing to row away.

"Tiankeng! Master! Get up, someone is about to run away!"

Tian Keng waved to Zheng Xi, and cut off the towing rope on the boat with a knife, and they paddled together, and the boat swung away from the Fengshen.

When Ling Qingyu and the others heard the sound and ran to the deck, the boat had already moved far away, leaving only a little spot of tail light.

"Zheng Xi, check Fan, Lu Yao, go down to find Gu Sui and Yang Zhao, look at Lu, Shi Fang, look at the hold." Ling Qingyu ordered while putting on his coat. After giving the order, he stopped suddenly, stretched out his hand to test the wind, smelled a bit of sulfur in his nose, looked up at the sky again, and his face sank unconsciously.

"Girl, the shaft of the sail is broken, the masts of the topsail and the foresail are broken, I'm afraid it will fall when the wind blows."

"Boss, all the cockroaches below have been thrown into the sea, and Hu Yu and the others are gone." Gu Sui hurried up from below and shouted. He has been staring at Hu Yu and the others, but for some reason today, he, who has always been a light sleeper, actually fell asleep. He was careless. Could it be that he lost his vigilance because he was too comfortable these days

"Let's go after those bastards!" Zhang Dahu shouted.

"No need, Zheng Xi, let's see if the sail can be put down! Gu Sui, you go and look at the bilge below. If there are holes or gaps, try to fill them up. If you can't get water, don't put them on the deck. On the deck. Yes, it's all tied up with rope!" Ling Qingyu turned around hurriedly and shouted.

"Understood." Gu Sui led the crowd down.

"Yang Zhao, go get the rope, fix yourself as much as possible, and help Gu Sui." Ling Qingyu said kindly to Yang Zhao who followed up.

"What's wrong?" Yan San rubbed his eyes and walked out in a daze.

A loud sound of "Boom!" came from a distant place. In the dark night in the distance, like a huge firework, a mass of red exploded into the sky, and then dyed the sky into a blood red, and the bottom of the sea also sounded. There was a series of muffled sounds, the sound waves seemed to pass through quickly from the bottom of the sea, and then spread out again.

"Find a place to grab it!" Ling Qingyu yelled loudly, and at the same time grabbed the rope hanging from Chuanxuan, and put it on himself.

The sea surface that was still silent suddenly became lively, thunder began to roll in the sky, and where the eyes could see, a huge wave ten meters high rushed over.

"Lower the sail!" Ding Dong also grabbed a rope and tied himself, and then jumped to the side of the sail with the remaining sailors and lowered the sail with Zheng Xi.

Before the canvas was lowered halfway, there were a few creaks, and the half-cut topsail and the mast of the foresail fell down and slammed into the sea.

"It's stuck, the sail can't come down!" The sailors in the backsail and tailsail shouted in horror. In such a big storm, if the sails cannot be lowered, the ship may be blown over.

"Yan San, cut off the mast! Cut them all!" Seeing the waves getting closer, Ling Qingyu shouted to Yan San, while tying the other side of the rope to the boat.

"Wow!" Yan San stared wide-eyed at the huge waves rushing towards him. Ling Qingyu called him several times before he came back to his senses. He drew out his precious sword and swiped the mast with a few strokes in a very chic posture. Cut off, and was about to turn around and ask Ling Qingyu if I was handsome, the huge wave had already rushed towards the Fengshen, so Yan San, who was playing handsome in mid-air, was snapped into the sea.

At the same time, Ye Shiyi who heard the noise and ran out of the cabin was photographed in the sea.

Ling Qingyu jumped down without thinking.

There was a slight heat in the sea water, and the bottom was turbid. Ling Qingyu opened his eyes wide and searched for the figures of the two people.

A small figure flopped around in the water with eyes closed, while a larger figure sank straight down.

Ling Qingyu ran towards the big figure without hesitation, grabbed his arm, and swam towards the small figure, then wrapped his arms around the neck of the small figure to prevent him from struggling, and then kicked on the water vigorously to watch the surface float.

At this time, the surface of the sea was already boiling like water, with huge waves rolling over, and the Fengshen floated on the waves like a piece of paper.

Ling Qingyu couldn't keep his eyes open when the sea water hit him, and he couldn't use his hands to pull one person at the same time. He could only push on the water to try his best to maintain his body balance. There is no good end for the Virgin Mary! But if she wants to abandon these two people now, she can't bear it. When the heaven and man are fighting, and when she is about to let go, Ling Qingyu only feels her waist tighten, and the rope tied around her waist drags her towards the Fengshen.

On the Fengshen, Ding Dong and the sailors had already crawled and rolled down to the cabin.

Zheng Xi tugged at the rope connecting Yang Zhao and Lu Yao. Yang Zhao and Lu Yao held the boat on their backs and pulled hard on the rope. Although the Fengshen was bumping up and down violently in the huge waves, their feet were nailed to each other like roots. deck, pulled the rope back little by little.

"Go to the lower cabin, don't go to the upper cabin," Ling Qingyu, who was crawling on the ground and panting, saw Lu Yao holding Ye Shiyi in his arms and preparing to go up the upper cabin, and cried unconsciously.

Yang Zhao took Yan San, Ling Qingyu, Zheng Xi, Lu Yao, and Ye Shixi to support each other, stumbling, and finally climbed into the entrance of the bilge.

Closing the cabin door, Ling Qingyu took a breath. Seeing that the people on board were basically concentrated here, rolling with the Fengshen's overturning, he smiled unconsciously, then stopped it immediately, and said, "Zheng Xi, open the ship." Escape pod, everyone go in there."

It wasn't until Zheng Xi opened the door of the same color as the outside, which looked like a bulkhead, that everyone discovered that there was a hidden cabin between the sailors' rest cabin and the cargo cabin below.

The area inside the cabin is not big, and there is not much room for more than 20 people to squeeze in, and just right, there is no room for rolling around.

The hatch was closed, and it was pitch black inside.

In the dark space, there was silence, even the sound of the huge waves outside had gone away, only the sound of rapid breathing.

"Don't be afraid." Ling Qingyu's calm voice sounded.

"Girl, what's going on? Is it a big storm?" Zheng Xi's voice trembled a little. He had never seen or heard such a terrible storm. There was no rain but such a huge wave suddenly broke out. In front of it, the Fengshen is just like an ant.

"It's not a big storm, it should be a volcanic eruption, and it's not just the volcano on the Philippine island, it is estimated that there is also a volcanic eruption on the bottom of the sea." Ling Qingyu's voice was exhausted, and she had exhausted all her strength by jumping into the sea to save people just now.

"The volcano erupted?" Gu Sui asked puzzled.

"Well, this area is an area with frequent volcanic activities. I didn't expect us to be so unlucky to encounter such a big eruption." After a pause, Ling Qingyu continued: "No, it should be our luck. If At this time we are in Sanyu, so there is no place to escape, such a big outbreak, I am afraid that Sanyu Port will be in ruins."

"Then, are Hu Yu and the others dead?" A boy's voice asked.

Ling Qingyu smiled, and said softly: "I'm afraid there will be no dregs of death left."

It's just us, and don't know what it's going to be like. The escape cabin was originally designed just in case, this cabin is fully enclosed, with driftwood underneath, even if the Fengshen disintegrates, this cabin can also be used as a separate boat, I only hope that the Fengshen will not sink directly to the bottom of the sea That's it.

The eruption of volcanoes and submarine volcanoes in the Philippine archipelago lasted for three days and three nights, and then there was a tsunami with a height of 100 meters, which even spread to Guangzhou and Quanzhou in Dazhou.

The surface of the sea was like boiled water, and there were continuous huge waves, churning up and down, changing the original ocean current, the upper and lower layers of seawater tumbling, and countless eddies appeared in the sea.

However, the Fengshen was thrown up and down in the wind and waves, turned upside down, the hull was squeezed and crushed, there were cracks everywhere, the cabin was swept down directly, the deck was also cracked, and only the core hull was dragged in the waves. Shen Fu was lucky enough to bypass the whirlpool.

Seven days later, the ship finally calmed down.