It was getting late, the three of them had discussed to go to the South China Sea as soon as possible, and they were about to go to rest each other, but when they turned around, they saw Huai Rushan pouting and holding a candlestick in his hand, and he was almost on the table. The two identical portraits were stacked by him.
Huai Ruyu frowned and kicked his ass: "What are you doing? Watch out for the candlelight!"
"Hey, don't touch me." Huai Rushan twisted, straightened up and held up the portrait, proudly saying, "This time you won't be able to go to the South China Sea without taking me."
"What did you find?" Huai Ruyu frowned.
"It should be the map of the tomb of the merman." Huai Ru said kindly.
"Let me see." Huai Ruyu said that he was about to reach out to pick up the portrait, but Huai Rushan took two steps back abruptly, raised his chin and said, "Take me with you, or I will give it to you, and you will too. can not see."
Huai Ruyu looked at him with an unpleasant expression, Huai Rushan was a little cowardly, and moved to hide behind An Changqing, muttering unconvinced: "I'm not a child anymore. I know the map, you just don't take me with you. Go, I can find a boat to go to sea myself, maybe even faster than you."
After speaking, I felt alone and lonely, and poked An Changqing: "Cousin, do you think I'm right?"
An Changqing gave him a helpless expression.
Instead, Huai Ruyu looked at him for a while, then sighed, "Go if you want. What exactly is on the painting?"
I didn't expect it to be so simple this time, Huai Rushan was stunned, then reacted, corrected the color, and hung the two paintings on top of the candlelight: "Look, this is it."
Above the candlelight, the two overlapping portraits showed faint outlines.
"If there is only one portrait, you can't see it under the candlelight." Huai Rushan took one of the portraits away, and the faint outline was indeed invisible. He handed the portrait to Huai Ruyu and asked Huai Ruyu to hold it. He found a pen and paper, and explained while drawing: "I have seen this kind of technique when I traveled around before. If you want to read the words on the paper, you need to face the candle, and the writing will appear as soon as the candle is smoked.”
He was just curious to give it a try. At first, he only took one painting, but he didn't find anything special. But he inadvertently put the two paintings on top of each other, and the firelight shone on the portraits, but there were faint outlines.
"These two portraits should be more advanced than the folk skills I have seen. The handwriting is very light, and they must be stacked together to develop the color." He pointed to the outline copied on the rice paper and said: "This outline, it looks like It's Yuze's map and the nearby sea map. Look here, this is Jiayi City. To the south of Jiayi City is the South China Sea waters. The island due south of the sea should be the tomb of the merman..."
While speaking, he has copied the entire picture: "... These water waves should be the direction of the current, as long as you avoid these countercurrent currents, you should be able to get close to the tomb of the merman, but there are still paintings around the tomb of the merman. A circle of black vertical bars, but I don't know what it is."
The other three leaned over to take a closer look, but none of them could see why. It's just that according to conventional guesses, it will probably be something defensive.
"If you can't guess it, you can only wait and act accordingly." An Changqing said.
Xiao Zhige nodded in agreement, looked at Huai Rushan and said, "You are very familiar with maps and sea charts." He thought he was just a dummy who was guarded by his brother, but he didn't expect to have some skills, at least not as simple and foolish as he looked on the surface. Silly.
Huai Rushan laughed twice, and then noticed the heavy gaze of Huai Ruyu on the other side. He shrank his neck and didn't know who he was explaining to: "I've been out all the year round, and I have traveled all over Yuze, including the adjacent sea areas. Every time I go, I draw a local map, which is naturally familiar."
Huai Ruyu let out a snort, and did not continue the topic, but said to An Changqing and the two: "It's not early, let's rest today. We will discuss about the portrait tomorrow, and I will order someone to pick a few to see. Veteran sailor of the current."
An Changqing has read a lot of books today and is really tired. Then he said goodbye and left. Huai Rushan wanted to leave after following him, but Huai Ruyu's gnashing voice came from behind him: "Ashan, you stay."
"..." Huai Rushan froze, looking at An Changqing's back sadly. An Changqing didn't realize it, and left with Xiao Zhige.
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For the next few days, An Changqing and Xiao Zhige continued to read the books in the secret vault. Huai Rushan finally got his brother's approval, and Mei Zizi also followed. It's just that he was impatient, and after reading a few handwritten notes, he became impatient, and specifically looked for the folk rumors of those merpeople.
Moreover, he is also very noisy. When An Changqing and Xiao Zhige come alone, they can handle a day with a pot of tea and two saucers. After Huai Rushan came, he wanted good tea and various cakes to eat. The two gatekeepers couldn't hear him, so he asked Huai Ruyu's attendant to deliver it. While reading a book while eating cakes, I was even more surprised when I saw a rare record.
After a while, he shouted, "The sharks woven by the merpeople are actually invulnerable."
After a while, he took a deep breath, "After the sharks go to sea, their legs will turn into fish tails." After speaking, they have to peek at An Changqing's legs: "Are you also turning into fish tails?"
"..." An Changqing smiled and said to him, "If it wasn't for the sake of the elephant and the white peacock, I would definitely have thrown you out." He finally understood why Huairuyu would not be able to say a few words to him. It started out as a murderer, but now it seems that Huai Rushan is too noisy and annoying.
Huai Rushan: "..."
Probably because he was afraid of being thrown out, he finally read the book honestly.
By the time they had almost finished reading the books and manuscripts in the vault, it was already late August. At the same time, Huairuyu finally finished handling the political affairs, and at the same time appointed a confidant minister to handle the political affairs on his behalf. Like An Changqing Xiao Zhige, he also secretly chose an heir and left a will. If Huai Rushan doesn't go, this will be left to him. But he had to follow him, so Huai Ruyu could only pick another heir just in case.
In addition, he requisitioned ten ships. These ten sea ships are all year round between overseas countries, because they carry goods, they are built large and strong. Just good for a trip to the South China Sea.
Ten ships, each equipped with a hundred experienced boatmen, plus two hundred soldiers, dozens of doctors and so on. The rest of the ship holds a large amount of food, water, medicine and weapons. A batch of newly developed firearms brought from Yejing were also distributed to each ship.
On August 25th, everything was ready, all the horses arrived in Jiayi City, ready to go to sea.
One main ship is in the middle, and the other nine ships are distributed in the front, rear, left and right directions of the main ship in the form of escorts. On the main ship, in addition to the four An Changqing, the elites of Yuze and Daye were also gathered.
It was the first time for An Changqing and Xiao Zhige to go out to sea by boat. The two stood on the plywood and watched the sails pulled up high, and the sea breeze blew the sails up. After a horn sounded, ten ships set off into the sea one after another.
The sea water in front was broken open, causing bursts of white waves. In front of it is the boundless vast sea, An Changqing's chest is agitated, and he is slightly excited: "The sea is much bigger than I imagined..." Even this ship that looks incomparably tall looks small in this sea. And fragile.
A drop in the ocean is probably the case.
Huai Rushan came out of the cabin, saw his longing and emotion, and said with a smile: "It's your first time to go to sea, you'd better go to rest in the cabin, seasickness at sea is not a trivial matter."
An Changqing felt it and said, "I don't feel dizzy."
Huai Rushan finally regained a little sense of superiority, hugged her arms and said, "It's still early, you'll have a look later."
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Half a day after the ship went out to sea, An Changqing lay on the side of the ship and vomited in darkness. Everything he had eaten before was swallowed, his mind was dizzy, and his hands and feet were weak. If Xiao Zhige had not caught him, An Changqing would have almost collapsed on the boat.
"Do you believe it now?" Huai Rushan handed over a bottle of pills and said, "Eat this and you will feel better. After two or three days at sea, you will get used to it."
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Xiao Zhige took the bottle and unplugged it and smelled a pungent odor. He tasted one, and the pungent smell spread from his mouth all the way to his brain, almost spitting it out. Although the taste is indescribable, it does have some effect. Xiao Zhige kept his expression still, and poured one out and fed it to An Changqing's mouth.
An Changqing's physical strength has not yet recovered, her face is pale, and she frowns when she smells the smell: "It smells bad."
Xiao Zhige lied without changing his face: "It just smells bad, not bad."
An Changqing was suffering, and there was no doubt about him. He opened his mouth and let him feed it. Xiao Zhige quickly stuffed the pill into his mouth, and then quickly pinched his jaw, forcing him to swallow it before he could react. An Changqing had just vomited, and after taking the pill, she felt nauseated, and she recovered after retching a few times. Out of breath, he said to Huai Rushan, "Why do I think you are waiting for an opportunity to get revenge on me?"
Huai Rushan sneered and waved his hand in denial: "You think too much, we are brothers, how can there be hatred?"
An Changqing didn't have the strength to argue with him, and felt that the dizziness had really eased, so he asked Xiao Zhige to help him back to the cabin to rest.
After the fleet had been at sea for five days, An Changqing finally overcame seasickness. Xiao Zhige's health is better than his, except for the first day, and it will be affected later.
Counting the time, it was already September 30th. They followed the copied sea chart and kept going around the retrograde current without encountering any obstacles for the time being.
An Changqing stood on the deck with his hands behind his back. After the initial novelty passed, the blue and magnificent sea became the same. In addition to dealing with various unexpected storms and crises, the biggest obstacle to sailing at sea is actually the boring time. Day-to-day life can easily lead to panic and discomfort.
After standing on the deck for a while, An Changqing turned back. Xiao Zhige and Huai Ruyu were playing chess, and Huai Rushan, the stinky chess basket, was pointing at Jiangshan. An Changqing looked at the three of them, and felt that the inexplicable anxiety in his heart was a little less. He calmed down and sat down beside Xiao Zhige, picked up the half-read book and continued to read.
It just didn't take long for the cabins to be rang, and the attendant came in with a solemn expression and reported: "The captain said that there may be a storm this evening."
When sailing at sea, the most taboo is to encounter a storm. They observed the sky before their trip, and it was a sunny day. The five-day boat trip was really sunny and sunny. But I didn't expect a storm would suddenly appear.
The four exchanged glances, and Huai Ruyu said, "How big is the storm, it's possible to resist it."
The attendant replied: "The captain said that the clouds are not small, and this storm will not be small."
"Inform all the ships to lower their sails in the evening. According to the previous preparation plan, ask people to immediately connect all the ships with iron cables. If a storm occurs, everyone should go to the cabin to avoid."
This is an emergency plan that was negotiated before going to sea. A boat at sea can be as short as ten days and a half months, or as long as a year and a half, and there will inevitably be storms along the way. Fortunately, they expected to encounter such a situation before going to sea, and they were fully prepared. Although the news is heavy, at least it will not be too panic.
They did their best, and the rest was left to fate.
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