The middle-aged man on the chair looked gloomy, and he swayed weakly and said, "I... I ate my stomach..."
Shi Helin leaned forward: "I'm a doctor..."
Shopkeeper Zhou stopped Shi Helin, and anxiously said to Hong Laoduo: "Then why didn't you tell me?!"
Hong Laoduo looked up and saw that the boat was far away, so he cursed anxiously: "That bastard! That bastard! He's going to piss me off!"
Shopkeeper Zhou asked eagerly, "What's going on?!"
Hong Laoduo asked people to put down the chair, but he couldn't even stand up. He gasped and said, "I started to have diarrhea last night, so I couldn't say anything about going to sea. That bastard said he was going out. Whatever he said was a short trip, it was nothing special. I Said that he had never gone out alone, so he quarreled with me, blaming me for steering the rudder and not letting him do it alone. This evil! I told him that although it was a short distance, the north and south winds are intertwined this season, and something strange might happen. I don't trust him to go by himself. If you don't know how to read the sky, you will suffer a lot! When I was young, I encountered a thunderstorm and almost didn't come back. His bastard just didn't believe me, saying that I was scaring him. In the end, he quarreled all night. Listen to me. I fell asleep, but when I woke up and heard that he took his brothers to the pier, I knew something was wrong, that bastard! This is trying to piss me off!"
Shi Helin was terrified: "It's really... something will happen... that's really terrible!" On this boat are the daughter of Marquis Zhenbei, relatives of Marquis Pingyuan, and a prince who fell out of favor!
Shopkeeper Zhou stomped his feet: "You should send me a letter!"
Hong Laoduo also apologized: "Shopkeeper Zhou, I'm sorry. I was so uncomfortable at that time, and I had to quarrel with him, so I forgot about it." Everyone shouted "come back" to the big ship that was already far away. "return"! The people on the big boat naturally couldn't hear it at all, and shopkeeper Zhou knew that even if they heard it, that bastard Hong Er would not come back.
Seeing shopkeeper Zhou's worried expression, Hong Laoduo could only comfort him: "Now I can only think about the good things. This route is indeed safe, and it goes down smoothly. If it is fast, it will definitely arrive in four or five days. Usually It's okay. That bastard has been with me since I was five or six years old, and it's been fifteen or sixteen years. He's not stupid, he should be competent."
Shi Helin asked worriedly: "Then what if we really encounter the thunderstorm you mentioned?"
Hong Laoduo said: "Where can we encounter it? It doesn't happen every year. If you know how to watch the sky, you can avoid it."
Shopkeeper Zhou asked, "Will Hong Er watch it?"
Hong Laoduo patted the handle of the chair: "That bastard said he would read it, but I asked him several times, and he was always wrong..."
Shopkeeper Zhou hurriedly asked: "Then what should I do if I encounter it?!"
Hong Laoduo looked at the sky: "Then I have no choice but to ask the Bodhisattva for protection."
Shopkeeper Zhou pointed at Hong Laoduo angrily and said, "You...you..."
Hong Laoduo said sadly and complained to shopkeeper Zhou: "If something happens, it will be my son! That bastard! He is killing me! How can I tell his mother!..." He blinked and wanted to cry .
Shi Helin hurriedly asked, "What kind of temple do you have here?"
Shopkeeper Zhou nodded and said, "There is an earth temple outside the city."
Shi Helin is now the leader, and said to shopkeeper Zhou: "Let's go, let's burn some incense, and then you give some porridge, and I will open a free clinic, hurry up and pray for them!"
Shopkeeper Zhou sighed: "Let's go."
Hong Laoduo also turned his head and said to others: "Go and tell my family, I went to burn incense with them, let the backyard make porridge quickly, go outside the city to give alms, and add some blessings to that bastard."
Everyone happily came to the pier to see them off, but when they left, they were all panicked and worried.
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The few people on the boat didn't know their worries. They stood on the deck and watched the land recede into a line, and finally the line disappeared. There was a blue ocean between the sky and the earth, boundless. Only the clouds in the sky are dotted with huge emptiness, which makes people feel extraordinarily open.
The sailors on the boat yelled loudly, Zhang Yunzheng was tired of looking at the sea, so he started to look at them. He knew that Shen Wen would go to the island in the future, thinking that he should know something about sailing. He walked along the side of the ship a few times, looked at the sails repeatedly, tried to figure out the reason, and sometimes asked sailors he met on the way the names of certain mast cables.
After noon, everyone didn't want to stay in the suffocating cabin below, so they simply put cushions on the deck, wrapped themselves in quilts and sat on the deck to watch the sea. The sailors knew that these people had never seen the sea before, and it was not easy to lie down like this, so they were not surprised.
People at sea naturally eat sea food. As soon as they went out to sea, the sailors set up small fishing nets, and when it was time to eat, they dragged them up, and they were full of fish. The young man in charge of cooking picked out a dozen and threw the rest back into the sea. He was picking up the fish on the deck, and Zhang Yunzheng was squatting beside him, watching with great interest as he quickly descaled and deboned the fish, and then quickly sliced it into fillets. Shen Wen and Su Wanniang didn't dare to look at it, the fourth prince stared at it from a distance, saw the knife shining brightly, which made people dazzled, and he couldn't help but sigh that he can be so good at cleaning fish even if he is the number one scholar.
Because it is fresh fish, it is very delicious in the porridge. Under the clear sky, everyone drank the freshest fish porridge they had ever tasted in their lives, and they all clicked their mouths loudly, feeling that life is beautiful.
The sun slanted westward and slowly fell into the sea. At sunset, the glow is like a horse, and the water and the sky reflect the extremely gorgeous light. These travelers leaned on the railing to watch, almost everyone opened their mouths halfway, and watched the sun go down without blinking, until the last ray of blood red sank into the water.
After a while, the fourth prince sighed deeply and said in a low voice, "It's really the most beautiful scene in the world."
Zhang Yunzheng said to Shen Wen: "Look, it's a good thing we came to take the boat, right? Otherwise, we wouldn't have seen it." In front of everyone, Shen Wen was embarrassed to say anything, so he could only hum.
Hong Er who walked behind them said: "This is very ordinary, it is much more beautiful than this! In fact, my favorite is the night, the sky is full of stars, don't go to bed too early tonight, if the clouds are not heavy, You can see it."
After hearing this, they were concerned about the beautiful scenery at night, and forgot to ask why Hong Er didn't see his father come out to steer.
At night, as Hong Er said, the sky was full of unusually bright stars, covering their wooden boat in an arched shape. If it weren't for the sails swaying in the starlight and making the creaking sound of wood, people would mistakenly think that the ship would leave the sea at any time and sail towards the starlight.
Under such a starry sky, everyone will be relaxed and happy. The waves are gently undulating, everyone has long been used to this kind of sloshing, and few of them are seasick, so they covet this magnificent and peaceful night until late at night before going back to the cabin to sleep.
They were extremely excited for this day, and the bed was like a cradle, and everyone slept deeply. Not to mention them, Hong Er was too sleepy to keep his eyes open. He fought with Hong Laoduo last night for being able to go to sea alone, and finally decided to fight first and play later, and he just hoisted the sails out with ordinary subordinates who were usually close to him. I was a little nervous at the beginning, but the sea was calm, especially after nightfall. Hong Er didn't dare to relax his vigilance, and spent the night in fear, but nothing happened.
Nothing happened that night, and the next day everyone still lived like a fairy. At night, they watched the stars again and saw that it was almost midnight before going to bed.
After this period of time, Hong Er's initial nervousness passed. He was leading young people who were not as experienced as he was. Hong Er felt that he had to take the helm himself at night, so he slept for most of the day and didn't get up until nightfall. He divided the sailors into two shifts day and night, half of them were sleeping, and the other half were on duty. Only three or two were guarding the key positions of the sails on the deck, and the others were either chatting or sitting in the dark and dozing.
Hong Er was holding the rudder with one hand and resting on the yellow dog's waist with the other, feeling that the boat was sailing on a relatively calm sea, and his mood was very relaxed.
The stars shifted, and in the middle of the night, there was a strange sense of tranquility on the sea, with almost no wind. Hong Er felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. After carefully checking the compass, the ship did not deviate from its course. He looked back and forth, left and right, but didn't see anything unusual.
The yellow dog who was sleeping suddenly woke up and started barking non-stop. Hong Er frowned and blamed: "Slow down! It's so loud that it wakes everyone up!"
The yellow dog ignored it at all, shook its head and started barking, which really woke up the sleeping sailors and passengers. Some sailors shouted: "If you bark again, eat it!" "Mangy dog!"...
Hong Er shouted back: "Who are you scolding?! Be careful I will throw you into the sea!"
Zhang Yunzheng and the others were also awakened by the barking of the yellow dog. Zhang Yunzheng cursed in a low voice, but continued to close his eyes, preparing to go back to sleep.
Hong Er also patted the yellow dog angrily: "Don't bark, don't bark!"
The yellow dog straightened its neck, barked more violently towards the rear of the boat, and pulled Hong Er's sleeve to make him look back. Hong Er muttered: "I saw it just now..." He turned his face back, and the first thing he saw was the stars in the sky, and he couldn't help saying, "There's nothing..." But then, his face suddenly turned white: a block The tall black walls that could not be seen on both sides were quickly and soundlessly pressing towards them from the sea. The black walls swallowed up the starlight, and almost instantly, the sea wind came from nowhere.
Hong Er hissed and shouted: "Cast anchor! Lower the main sidesail! Shun the small sail! Hurry up!" He picked up the little yellow dog and threw it into the dog cage fixed on the deck, then turned his head While placing the boat at an angle as vertical as possible to the incoming storm, he shouted loudly: "Wake up! Hurry up! It's too late..."
The people on the deck were lazy at first, no one looked back, but now they raised their heads to look after hearing Hong Er's shout, and immediately panicked, untiing the ropes in a hurry, pulling the cables, and shouting to the people below: "Everyone! Come up! Come out quickly! The storm is coming!" Fortunately, the people below were woken up by the yellow dog, and ran to the deck as soon as they heard the yelling. The little yellow dog in the dog cage was still barking desperately, but the barking suddenly seemed very weak, because the powerful sound of the waves came crashing down!
The black wall was flying close to the boat, but the sailor had some precious few minutes to prepare, and at least dropped the life-saving anchor.
Zhang Yunzheng and others sleeping in the cabin also heard Hong Er's shouts and the hurried footsteps of people on the deck. Both Zhang Yunzheng and the fourth prince got up hastily, fortunately they were outside and slept with their clothes on, so they could go out immediately. The two fumbled out of the cabin door, wanting to meet Shen Wen and Su Wanniang next door.
Shen Wen was awakened by the barking of the dog, and felt that her chest was uncomfortably pressed. She immediately called Su Wanniang: "Sister Wanniang, I don't think it's right..." As soon as she finished speaking, Hong Er shouted outside.
The hull began to shake, the two turned over and got out of bed, there was a knock on the hatch door, Su Wanniang approached the door, and immediately opened the door. There was a faint light in the cabin, and Zhang Yunzheng and the fourth prince stood at the cabin door, leaning on the bulkhead.
Zhang Yunzheng just said: "I heard that there is a storm..." The first big wave had already hit the boat, and with a bang, the hull was pushed up to the top of the wave from behind, and then thrown into the valley of the wave. The fourth prince was about to fall if he lost his balance, Zhang Yunzheng and Su Wanniang stretched out their hands to pull him at the same time. Big waves hit one after another, the hull was almost upright, the aisle was like a slide, the Fourth Prince slipped and fell to the ground. Su Wanniang, who was holding him, also rushed out of the door at the same time. Zhang Yunzheng has martial arts skills, and his foot is stable. He hurriedly grabbed the door frame with one hand, and tightly grasped the cuff of the fourth prince who was grasping with the other hand, but there was the weight of the fourth prince and Su Wanniang over there. The fabric was ripped off, and the Fourth Prince and Su Wanniang slid into the depths of the darkness amidst Su Wanniang's screams.
All this happened too fast, Shen Wen was still in the house, and the two people at the door had disappeared. In an instant, strong winds and waves came, and the wooden boat began to bump violently. There was a rolling sound in the cabin next to it, mixed with Magnolia's exclamation. Zhang Yunzheng yelled: "You don't come out!" He clung to the door frame and had to squat down under the violent bumps. Shen Wen's lightness skill could barely keep from rolling over on such an unstable surface, step by step. He staggered towards Zhang Yunzheng.
Zhang Yunzheng said to Shen Wen: "Don't come here! Stay here! I'll go find them!"
The sound of the storm waves was appalling, and Shen Wen shouted: "I'll go with you!"
Zhang Yunzheng shook his head, just about to stand up, when the hull heaved a lot, he squatted down on the ground again. Shen Wen swayed, as if floating. She came to Zhang Yunzheng's side, and wanted to pass Zhang Yunzheng to the cabin, Zhang Yunzheng freed his hand and grabbed Shen Wen's arm: "Let's go together!"
On the deck, Hong Er shouted in a hoarse voice: "Pull the rope..." But a big wave fell from the air, and the veil was poured down. Not only was he soaked through, but he was also choked and coughed. But this aroused his viciousness, and he cursed: "You son of a bitch! The first time I do it alone, you tripped me up?! Want me to die? No way!..."
The waves washed over the deck, and water flowed in from the gap in the cabin door, making the cabin even more slippery. At the end of the cabin was a corner, followed by a downward staircase leading to another cabin. The fourth prince knew that Su Wanniang was brought down by him, and shouted: "Let go of me!" Su Wanniang held on to a piece of the fourth prince's skirt, and did not let go, and could only follow the fourth prince all the way out.
When they reached the corner, the fourth prince grabbed the wall with all his strength, and Su Wanniang bumped into him.
Su Wanniang exclaimed: "How are you doing?!"
The fourth prince panted in the pitch darkness and said: "It's okay..." But before he finished speaking, the boat almost stood up again, and the two of them slid and rushed towards the unknown again. This time, the fourth prince simply hugged Su Wanniang tightly, and let himself act as a pulley, placing himself at the bottom. In the darkness, he couldn't see the situation around him clearly, he only felt his body slide down rapidly, suddenly, he felt that his shoulders were empty, he pushed Su Wanniang out of his arms, and instantly, the deafening sound of waves disappeared.
Su Wanniang rolled to the side, calling repeatedly: "Young Master Jiang? Young Master Jiang?" While crying, she groped in the dark, and finally found a hatch on the ground. The hatch that was originally covered was lifted due to the strong turbulence of the hull, and the hatch was wide open. Su Wanniang yelled to the people below: "Young Master Jiang?!" There was only the sound of wind and waves. The plank of the ship stood upright again, and Su Wanniang held on tightly to the hatch so as not to slide open. When the hull was slightly straightened, Su Wanniang supported herself with her hands and pushed her body into the hatch, but until her arms were straightened, her feet still didn't reach the ground. Su Wanniang's heart turned cold: at such a height, the Fourth Prince would probably die if he fell down. Her heart was sour, and she immediately burst into tears, loosened her hands, and let herself fall into the dark bilge.
Outside the cabin door, Shen Wen and Zhang Yunzheng could only hold each other's hand with one hand, while leaning on the wall with the other, they stumbled back and forth and groped into the darkness. Sometimes they take a few steps forward, and when the boat tilts back, they have to take a few steps back. Sometimes just when the boat has just stood firm, the boat suddenly falls, even if both of them have the skills to get off the ground, they have to crawl on the ground, so as not to fall down and don't know where they are going to roll.
Finally reached the corner, in the wind and waves, Shen Wen listened carefully, and said loudly: "I heard sister Wanniang crying, they are below."
Zhang Yunzheng resented the feeling of being imprisoned since he was a child, but now he is trapped in the dark cabin, and he very much hopes to go to the deck, even if he is exposed to the storm, it is better than groping in this narrow corridor. But he still said to Shen Wen: "Okay, let's go down."
Shen Wen closed her eyes, she could sense the surrounding objects even in the dark, she pulled Zhang Yunzheng in front, and the two of them knelt down and stood up in the violent turbulence of the ship, groping for a while. The water flow in the cabin became more and more urgent, and seawater leaked down like light rain from the top of the bulkhead. It could be seen that the wind and waves outside were getting more and more fierce. Soon, they were walking in ankle-deep water. They went all the way to the end of the cabin, and Shen Wen said loudly, "Here it is!" She found the bottom hatch on the cabin.
Su Wanniang fell into the icy water all of a sudden, but fortunately, her feet were not far from the ground, and the water was no more than her calves. She immediately groped in the water and shouted: "Young Master Jiang?! Young Master Jiang?!" After a while, she touched the fourth prince, who was lying flat in the shallow water, and was stuck between two keels. Lifting the fourth prince from the water, he touched his face in the dark, and was horrified to find that the fourth prince's mouth and nose were cold. Su Wanniang burst into tears, holding the fourth prince's face against her tearful face, crying, "Don't die! Wake up quickly! You said you would not die!"
The fourth prince fell into the bottom cabin and was knocked unconscious on the spot. His face was covered by sea water but he didn't wake up, or he didn't want to wake up, because at that moment, the darkness in front of him suddenly disappeared without a trace, and suddenly appeared in the dark. There is a splendid Jiuchong City Tower, which is full of golden light. In front of the pavilions, there is a crystal clear and lofty white jade wall, on which vivid dragon totems are carved. He grew up in the imperial city since he was a child, not to mention that the buildings of the imperial palace are considered the most prosperous place in the world, even the capital city is full of prosperity. But compared with this Qionglou Yuyu, it is as simple as dung. The fourth prince has a strong sense: that is his home! He came home!
He was in ecstasy when his mother, whom he had not seen for a long time, approached. Concubine Jiang Shu was far more beautiful and younger than he remembered, she smiled and raised her hand to block him.
The fourth prince begged: "Mother, I want to stay..."
In silence, Concubine Jiang Shu said: If you are yourself, you can't get it. If you have no selfish intentions, you can come back...
Just as quickly as he saw those phantoms, the fourth prince suddenly woke up and felt Su Wanniang's hot tears on his cheeks. In a trance, he also cried—he really didn't want to leave that home, and suddenly fell from the clouds back to this darkness He felt extremely lost and desolate. But Su Wanniang was crying for him, he couldn't let her down, the fourth prince raised his arms and hugged Su Wanniang's waist with difficulty, Su Wanniang's heart relaxed, and she burst into tears, almost fainting from crying.
Seeing Su Wanniang crying miserably, the fourth prince persuaded: "Don't cry, it's okay if I die. You shouldn't follow me down."
Su Wanniang cried and said, "What are you talking about! How can you die? What should I do?"
The fourth prince smiled bitterly in the dark, hugged Su Wanniang's waist and sighed: "So I'm not dead..." He actually wanted to stay in such a beautiful place. But he still has selfish intentions, he wants to be with Su Wanniang, so he came back. Fortunately, he has been relieved of the heavy burden of fear of death, and he can live calmly and easily from then on.
Su Wanniang didn't know what the fourth prince meant, she sobbed and said, "Remember, if you want to leave, you have to take me with you, we want to be together."
The fourth prince nodded on top of Su Wanniang's head: "Okay, we will always be together."
The two hugged each other, Su Wanniang slowly stopped crying, the fourth prince said: "We have to find a way to get out, the water here is getting deeper and deeper."
Su Wanniang also noticed that they were sitting here crying, the water had already risen to their waists. She looked up and looked around, there was some reflection of water in the darkness, the sound of rushing water came from the hatch where they fell, Su Wanniang said loudly: "Miss will come to find us, we are under this hatch now, first etc."
The fourth prince asked: "Will she come?"
Su Wanniang replied, "Of course!"
The two of them were already drenched, now that the fourth prince was not dead, Su Wanniang let him go, but she shuddered after leaving a warm body. Although the fourth prince couldn't see Su Wanniang, he could feel her coldness. He stretched out his hand and hugged Su Wanniang into his arms again, and said: "Your... your period is just over, don't sit in the water, let's stand up, I'll carry you on your back .”
Su Wanniang shook her head and said: "This boat is not stable. We sat between the keel frame so we didn't roll around. You will fall when you stand up. I'm fine... that... it's over... let go..." But she didn't take the fourth prince Push away: In this damp and cold bilge, hugging each other makes me feel safer.
Unfortunately, although both of them wanted to hug for a while longer, Shen Wen's voice came from the hatch: "Sister Wanniang, Mr. Jiang, are you there? Are you okay?"
Su Wanniang raised her head and yelled, "Yes! We are all fine and not injured."
Shen Wen said: "Okay, I saw you."
The fourth prince stared wide-eyed, unable to see anything, and whispered to Su Wanniang: "How can she see?"
With sharp ears, Shen Wen said, "Of course! You're still holding her!"
Su Wanniang snorted and pushed the fourth prince away. Shen Wen said: "You wait, I will go find the rope."
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Let me go. When I came here just now, I felt a rope hanging on the wall over there. I know where it is. It's not far away. I hope it hasn't been washed away."
Shen Wen shook his head: "I want to go together." He held hands with Zhang Yunzheng again and went to get the rope.
In the bottom cabin, the fourth prince whispered, "They're gone, how about hugging for a while?"
Su Wanniang chuckled, and whispered, "They will be back soon."
The fourth prince said with some disbelief: "She definitely didn't see it, she was blind."
Su Wanniang smiled and said: "She must have seen it, our young lady is amazing." She had just experienced a fright with the fourth prince, and she felt that she trusted him very much.
Shen Wen and Zhang Yunzheng groped back in the roller coaster-like cabin, and Zhang Yunzheng touched the rope fixed on the bulkhead. Fortunately, he was not knocked off the wall. He took off a loop of rope, and went back to the bottom hatch with Shen Wen, followed the rope down, Shen Wen jumped down lightly, first grabbed Su Wanniang's hand, and pulled her up, Su Wanniang naturally held the fourth prince .
The boat went up and down for a while, and Shen Wen himself was unstable, swaying back and forth in the water, and finally helped Su Wanniang under the rope, so that Su Wanniang could hold the rope. Zhang Yunzheng lay horizontally on the deck, fixed his body with his shoulders and feet, and pulled him up with all his might. In this way, the people in the bottom cabin climbed up one by one. After Shen Wen came up, he closed the overturned bilge hatch.
The four of them were exhausted, and they all sat at the end of the pitch-black cabin and slowly worked hard, their bodies colliding with the bulkhead violently with the hull.
After a long time, amidst the sound of the waves, Zhang Yunzheng said loudly: "We should go up, if the boat capsizes, we can get out."
Shen Wen shook his head: "Such a big storm, what if we go out?!"
Zhang Yunzheng yelled, "What are you talking about?! You must persevere until the end! You can't just give up!"
Shen Wen had no choice but to agree. This time, everyone held the rope tightly, Shen Wen led the way in front, pulling Su Wanniang, followed by the fourth prince, Zhang Yunzheng cut the back. A group of people staggered up the deck that was tilting and trembling for a while, until they reached the upper deck, and sat on the handrail beside the stairs.
The wind and waves outside hit the boat like mountains and seas, the planks of the boat tilted back and forth, and several people held on to the handrails so as not to be thrown away. Amidst the sound of the waves, one could vaguely hear Hong Er's scolding and other sailors' sporadic shouts, "...lower the sail..." "... it's stuck..." and occasionally one or two weak dog barks.
Zhang Yunzheng pointed to the deck and shouted: "I'll go and see!"
Shen Wen nodded and said, "Let's go together!"
Zhang Yunzheng didn't want to leave Shen Wen behind after the experience just now. In case the ship sank, it would be better for two people to die together than to die separately, so they nodded and shouted: "There is something wrong, you have to wait for me!"
Shen Wen nodded.
Zhang Yunzheng shouted again: "Do you understand what I mean?"
Shen Wen nodded vigorously again: "Of course I understand, I have to wait for you."
She knew that Zhang Yunzheng wanted to be together there too. She was surprised to find that she was not worried, perhaps because she had already discussed the plan with her two elder brothers and Ji Wenzhao at the border, and if she left, they should be able to support her. When I came back this time, even if I didn't complete everything, I really tried my best. If it really doesn't work, she can come back again, this time with Zhang Yunzheng by her side...
Zhang Yunzheng seemed to know what Shen Wen was thinking, and said loudly: "It definitely won't take a thousand years! I'm not that stupid!"
In the turbulence of the waves, Shen Wen burst out laughing. Zhang Yunzheng pushed open the hatch with all his strength, and a gust of sea water poured in. Zhang Yunzheng and Shen Wen climbed out of the hatch with their heads lowered against the heavy rain outside. It became pitch black.
Su Wanniang saw in panic that Shen Wen went out with Zhang Yunzheng, leaving only the fourth prince by her side. Her heart tightened for a while, and she couldn't help crying again. The fourth prince was still reminiscing about the scene in the bilge in his mind, so he didn't feel panicked. In the dark, he took Su Wanniang's hand and sat beside Su Wanniang, and the two of them swayed back and forth with the ups and downs of the hull. Su Wanniang stopped crying.
Zhang Yunzheng and Shen Wen arrived on the deck. In the night, there were huge waves, and the wooden boat floated up and down like a piece of sawdust, without any independent power. Hong Er pointed at the sky at the rudder wheel and shouted hoarsely: "Put down the sail!...Put down the sail..." Someone cried: "Can't let go..."
Zhang Yunzheng raised his head and found that one of the side sails hadn't fallen. The ship was pitching so violently that a sailor lay motionless on the horizontal mast.
Zhang Yunzheng and Shen Wen half-climbed and half-walked towards the mast in the waves washing over the deck. When they reached the bottom of the mast, Zhang Yunzheng climbed up by the handle on the mast, and Shen Wen followed behind him.
Shen Wen's lightness skill is excellent, but his arm strength is weak, Zhang Yunzheng climbed up a section, then turned around and stretched out his hand, pulling Shen Wen up.
The hull was already bumpy and heaving, and the mast swayed even more violently, which could throw people out violently. Zhang Yunzheng crawled slower and slower, being extremely careful with every step he took. Sometimes he gestured to Shen Wen to tell her not to follow, but Shen Wen was always behind.
At last they came near the sailor lying on the level mast. The sailor barely stretched out a hand, pointed upwards and shouted, "There! There! The knot is stuck!"
Zhang Yunzheng watched intently, in the middle of the sail, a knot was caught between other ropes. If there is no wind and waves, the sailor standing on the transom may be able to pluck it. But now it is so turbulent that he can't even stand firmly, and he can't deal with it at all.
Shen Wen tore off Zhang Yunzheng's clothes, Zhang Yunzheng pulled her up, and the two hugged the mast together. Zhang Yunzheng showed Shen Wen where the knot was, and shouted into Shen Wen's ear: "I'll try it, you wait here for me!"
Shen Wen shook his head, and shouted back to Zhang Yunzheng: "Hold me tight!"
Zhang Yunzheng was taken aback: There is such a good thing? ! Hastily stretched out his hand together with the mast to hug Shen Wen.
Shen Wen closed his eyes.
The wind and waves were frightening, but Shen Wen relaxed his body and mind. Zhang Yunzheng felt Shen Wen's body sinking in his hands, and was so frightened that he hugged Shen Wen tightly. Where is the romantic feeling at this time? It's important not to be thrown off the mast yet!
In the torrential rain, Zhang Yunzheng saw Shen Wen's eyes closed tightly, knowing that she was concentrating, fearing that she might go mad, he didn't dare to breathe out.
This is the biggest test Shen Wen has faced since his rebirth. If the sails are not put down, the hull of the ship will inevitably be blown by strong winds. If the mast is broken, the sails will fall, that's all, but if the mast is not down, the ship will be blown over sooner or later. Shen Wen forced herself to be calm, she could feel Zhang Yunzheng's strong arms surrounding her back like steel, she didn't have to be afraid...
She "saw" the huge energy around her, turbulent and circling. She found the rope, concentrated her consciousness, and pushed the knot to the gap time and time again... After some time, the knot finally slipped out of the gap, and with a bang, the sidesail dropped, and the violently shaking ship seemed to be stable some.
The people on the deck yelled, Shen Wen seemed to have collapsed, and was so sleepy that he wanted to go to sleep immediately. She opened her eyes and looked at Zhang Yunzheng, then said weakly: "I want to rest for a while."
Zhang Yunzheng's arms were already sore, but he said: "Okay! Don't worry." He didn't dare to relax, and continued to hug Shen Wen stiffly. Suddenly, he seemed to see his whole life: they will always be like this, stick together through thick and thin, and accompany each other...
Zhang Yunzheng felt so lucky! I have found such a capable daughter-in-law who can toss with me. If it's a girl in a boudoir, it would be so boring. …
Shen Wen regained his breath before nodding to Zhang Yunzheng. Zhang Yunzheng didn't dare to let her go down alone, took Shen Wen's hand, and led her down the mast step by step, to the deck, helped Shen Wen to find a corner and sat down, blocking Shen Wen's outside.
The sails were all lowered, and Hong Er's confidence was greatly increased! It's up to him now. He steered the rudder and adjusted the direction, always keeping the boat perpendicular to the waves, trying his best not to let the wind and waves hit the side of the boat to reduce the risk of being capsized. The constant tension has made him almost crazy, and the big waves hit him one by one, but they can't extinguish his arrogant fighting spirit: "You can't beat me! I am a natural helmsman! I am the best! I am stronger than my father! Strong! Don't even try to read my jokes..."
The exhausted and desperate sailors were also affected by Hong Er's madness, pulling the rope, pulling the rope, draining the water, busy turning around.
Zhang Yunzheng and Shen Wen sat side by side in the wind and waves, hearing Hong Er's hoarse voice shouting, Zhang Yunzheng suddenly laughed, Shen Wen also laughed, and the two laughed together. The sky is no longer black, but gray and white.
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Zhang Yunming could actually return to the capital during the first month, but Marquis Pingyuan knew that people would go home to visit relatives during the New Year holidays. The emperor would definitely send someone to strictly monitor him so that his son could be caught, so he sent someone to send a letter to Zhang Yunming , so that he is absolutely not allowed to appear near the capital during the first month. That's why Zhang Yunming left the deep mountains in the south after the new year, and walked slowly and secretly to the north. Not only did he not reach the capital in the first month, but he didn't wander outside the capital until March.
As Marquis Pingyuan guessed, he really wanted to go back to the capital to meet the fifth princess.
It took a long time for the news of the fifth princess to become a monk to spread to the south. As soon as Zhang Yunming heard about it, he planned to return to Beijing. At that time, he gave the fifth princess a lotus seed, which means that he hired the fifth princess as his future wife. Now that the fifth princess has become a monk, a weak woman is fighting with her life for him. As a man, if he doesn't show something, he is too irresponsible.
It's just that when you're outside the capital, you can't just go to see the fifth princess. You have to meet the elders first, so that you can be polite. Therefore, Zhang Yunming was taken to one of Li's Zhuangzi by Pingyuanhou's people, and he waited for his father's arrangement first, without free movement.