Chapter 62: A School of Birds and Fish
The big black horse's body trembled, and he only felt that this morning was too cold. It imagined three or four thousand bald triangular eyes without eyebrows salivating at it, and it couldn't help but tremble in horror.
It stared at the ghost cry pitifully with a pair of big black eyes, hoping that the ghost cry would not take it on board. Let it face a bunch of drooling bald heads, it just can't do it!
This time, however, it was disappointed.
"It's my business whether or not I can protect it. The ghost cried, "I only have one question, if someone attacks it and I kill him, how can I count it?"
"Nature deserves it. The fake monk smiled, but his tone was cold: "However, this is just a rule on the surface, and everyone must abide by the rules on the surface." But the fact is that once you kill someone, even if there is a legitimate reason so that everyone will not violate the rules openly, but secretly, you will be stabbed. ”
"Then let them come. ”
The fake monk fell in love with the bearded man: "Lao Wang, he is on the boat like this, and it is estimated that he will not live for a few days!"
The bearded man laughed: "Old man, that's his own business." ”
The fake monk snorted coldly: "Come up!"
Ghost Cry led the big black horse and jumped onto the wave-breaking boat, and the fake monk roared: "Start the boat!"
There were two people on the boat, who seemed to be the false monk's subordinates, and when they heard the false monk's order, they immediately set off.
"Where are we going?" asked Ghost Cry.
"Go to Momiji Island. The fake monk replied.
Gradually, the fog lifted.
Under the red sun, the sea surface shimmers. The waves ebb and flow, and so does the wavebreaker. The fake monk stood straight, manipulating the sails, and the other four people rowed quickly, and the wave-breaking boat was moving rapidly, shuttling quickly in the waves.
The ship was really bumpy, and it looked very dangerous in the huge waves, and there was a feeling that it was about to capsize at any moment.
This boat is too small, it is the smallest and fastest of the wave-breaking boats, and it only carries eight or nine people on weekdays, and the size is about the same as the fishing boat, the difference is that the wave-breaking boat is narrow and long, and the speed is extremely fast.
In the early morning, the sea breeze itself is very strong, and the sails of the wave-breaking boat are very large, so it is like a wild horse on the sea, and there is a feeling of riding the wind and waves.
Ghost Cry pressed his hand on the hat, and the gust of sea breeze blew his long hair, crackling on his face and neck. He also stood straight, at the head of the bed, and even stepped on the tip of the boat with one foot, looking out over the place where the sun had risen.
When the boat rushed to the crest of the waves, Devil Cried saw an island.
"Is that the island?"
The fake monk said: "Your eyesight is quite good!"
Seeing the ghost cry standing steadily at the bow of the boat, the fake monk's tone was a little softer. With steady feet, sharp eyes, and this hand knife technique, and Lao Wang as a guarantor, if you want to get on the boat, it's no problem. However, he still did not look favorably on him. has a treasure on his body, and he stubbornly brings it on the boat, isn't this looking for death?
Red Leaf Island is not far from the shore, but it is not too close, and ordinary boats may have to walk for half a day. But it only took an hour to take this wave-breaking boat, and it arrived.
Momiji Island is beautiful, and the island is full of strange trees, which are large and thick, and they are a single tree, but they grow like fire. Let the whole island seem to be full of fire.
White seabirds are everywhere, some fly in the air, some float on the surface of the water, make a quacking sound, and sometimes swoop into the sea like a shuttle, and then break through the surface of the sea, often, most of the time can catch a sea fish. The fish caught are large and small, and most of them are more than a foot long.
There are exceptions, such as a large fish that is the length of a man suddenly rushes out of the sea, swallows the seabird that swoops down in one gulp, and disappears into the sea.
A black whirlwind blows in the distance, surrounded by all kinds of seabirds.
When the fake monk saw this scene, he couldn't help but scold, and hurriedly put away the sails.
Then, the black whirlwind arrived.
The bearded man was originally napping, but when he saw this scene, he quickly jumped up and pulled the ghost cry down from behind.
A black whirlwind blew by, and the wave-breaking boat swayed in the whirlwind, constantly making crackling sounds.
It came and went as fast as it came, and in just a moment, the whirlwind went away, leaving a ship full of mess.
Finger-length fish, with transparent wings the size of a palm, leap on the boat.
The fake monk jumped up, ignoring the scratched cheek, and hurriedly checked the sails, and after seeing that the sails were safe, he looked at the fish on the boat and smiled: "Dog, I didn't expect to have a lot of luck today." ”
Ghost Cry stood up with his hat and pinched a winged fish on the deck with his fingers: "What kind of fish is this, it can still fly." ”
The bearded man laughed, and pulled out the sword at his waist: "This is a flying bird fish, the taste is delicious, and the wings are deeply liked by girls, but it is hard to find, it is considered lucky to meet two or three times a year, and we are blessed today." ”
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
The fake monk jumped and jumped, pulled out the sharp knife at his waist, and shouted loudly: "Big man, you come to operate the boat." ”
As he spoke, he cried to the ghost again: "Brother ghost, do me a favor, don't let these fish be ruined by those robbers, how about going ashore and sharing your share." ”
"Good!"
Ghost Cry looked at the seabirds in the sky that were about to move, and flicked the bell with his fingers, and in the sound of "jingle bells", the seabirds wandered in the sky, but they never dared to come down.
"Well done, you have a hand!" the fake monk looked at the ghost crying again.
As soon as the wave-breaking boat reached the shore, a group of people rushed up, quickly dragged the boat ashore, and covered all the birds and fish on the deck with a fishing net, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The fake monk had a happy smile on his face and brisk steps, with his status, although these birds and fish were precious, they were not enough to make him happy to this extent. What really makes him happy is that he bumped into the bird fish today, which means that he will have good luck in the near future.
He glanced at Ghost Cry, and then said, "Come with me, and I'll take you to the shipowner." ”
After walking through a forest and along the path for a while, a fishing village came into view on a rock face.
There seem to be about 100 families in this fishing village, both men and women, all of whom are dark-skinned and strong, and they are not easy to mess with at first glance.
This fishing village, called Tenpo Village, is different from other places in that there is no village chief in the village, but there is a boat owner, and the boat owner is not necessarily the most famous person in the village, but the most powerful person.
The owner of the boat is in control of a fast boat, the men of the village are natural sailors, and the women, old people and children are the fishermen. Every year, these men would sail with the treasure ship in a clipper boat and earn a lot of money. Many came back alive, and many died in the sea. The families of those who died in the sea relied on the owners to take care of them.
This has been true from generation to generation.
There are a total of 13 such fishing villages on the island, which means that there are 13 clippers.
Each clipper ship, with a crew of locals and outsiders, adds up to almost one or two hundred or two hundred or three hundred. Including the people on the treasure ship, the entire fleet was about three or four thousand people.
And now the person who Ghost Cry wants to see is the owner of the Tianbao Clipper in Tianbao Village, the brother of the fake monk, Hong Jianshui.