Ghost Blowing Lantern II

Uncle Ming had been hungry for most of the night. When he saw the food being served, he didn't care to speak. I couldn't do anything about it. If you have anything to do, wait until he finished eating. Da Jinya first served Uncle Ming a bowl of hot noodles. Soup, with a thin layer of minced leek foam floating on the soup, and two egg yolks on top of the noodles. Da Jinya told Uncle Ming: "This noodle soup has a nickname. The egg yolk is yellow and the leek foam is green, so it is called Two orioles sing in the green willows, and the noodles below are even more incredible. If you don't bite off the noodles after one bite, it means the silver whiskers are hanging upside down. If you bite them off, it means the Milky Way has fallen for nine days. Don't look at the ingredients. , the egg yolk is a bit loose, and the leeks are not too fresh, but this artistic conception is displayed there. Since ancient times, how many literati and poets have come to big restaurants and ordered noodle soup for no other reason than just these two It’s made of egg yolk, what’s the picture? Isn’t it just an arty picture?”

The fat man and I stared at each other. Big Jinya is indeed a eloquent profiteer. A pile of scrap copper and iron can be turned into a treasure inlaid with gold and jade. The fat man said to everyone: "I don't see what we can do when we go to the United States. With Lao Jin, we can't make a fortune by opening a restaurant together. Maybe the President of the United States will have to run to Chinatown. I came here just to eat these two egg yolks of yours. Not to mention that the President of the United States has never eaten them. You even made me a glutton. If there is anything left in the pot for the fat man, I will also have a bowl..."

There were no noodles in the pot, and half of the pot of clear soup was left. The big gold tooth filled three more bowls of soup. The four of them drank and snored. Uncle Ming almost licked the bottom of the bowl clean. After eating, Uncle Ming suddenly Said: "Jin Yazai's noodle soup is well cooked, and the aftertaste is endless. I still have more to say... But when I saw these two round eggs, I remembered the bead we went to Kunlun Mountain to find. What was that thing called? Up?"

I thought to myself that "Muchen Bead" is a thing of the past, what's the point of mentioning it? Could it be related to the maritime affairs of Coral Spiral? Then he said to Uncle Ming: "Are you talking about the Muchen Pearl? In ancient times, it was called the Phoenix Gallbladder in the Mainland. It was a secret that was not passed down by the royal family. Even ancient classics as large as the "Book of Changes" did not mention half of it. I think the word "phoenix" is probably not because the word "phoenix" had not been invented in China at the time when the "Book of Changes" appeared, but because all the secrets about the phoenix gallbladder are only accessible to the ruling class. In fact, the bead is not immortal, it is A misunderstanding of the ancients.”

Uncle Ming said: "Yes, that's right. There are many beads like this in the South China Sea. When I was young, I first followed an uncle in my family to run a boat. At that time, there was a war in Nanyang and there was a lot of business. It’s as difficult as it is difficult to do. One year we were transporting only salt and rice, but we didn’t expect to encounter a boat-eating fish on the sea.”

Fatty and I lived in Fujian for a long time when we were teenagers. We also heard fishermen talking about the big fish that swallowed boats in the open sea, but we never knew the details. So we asked Uncle Ming to explain in more detail. After asking, we found out that "Swallowing Boats" "Boat fish" does not specifically refer to a certain kind of fish. When people on boats encounter deep-sea giant fish that can overwhelm boats in the sea, they call them "boat-swallowing" because they don't know their names. Some people also call them "boat fish". People who have experienced shipwrecks will also use this word to describe their experiences at sea. It is exactly what is mentioned in the destiny book: "There are obstacles in the road, and there are fish in the water that can swallow the boat."

But Uncle Ming really encountered a big fish that time. It is impossible to describe how big the fish is. It cannot be measured by the weight and feet that we often say. However, this kind of giant fish can only be found in the deep sea of ​​the ocean, south of Xin'an. It all belongs to the sea. After passing the entrance of the Buddhist Temple in Hong Kong, there is the deep sea with turbulent waves. Uncle Ming and his uncle were smuggling at sea. In addition to salt, the cabin also contained many black market items. That time their ship just left the entrance of the Buddhist Temple. The sea area is in trouble.

It was night, the moon was as bright as a mirror, and the sea was endless as far as the eye could see. The wind was calm and the tide was calm, so the ship was sailing smoothly. At this time, the sailors on the ship found a huge wave rolling up in the sea. The experienced sailors said it was a surging wave. It is not a wave. There must be wind first and then waves. Surges arise without wind and are caused by the turbulence of the sea water itself.

As the waves increased, a mountain appeared in the sea, looming across the front. People on the boat thought that there was a sea wave or surge, and stood on the side of the ship to watch curiously. The sailors had sailed past In this sea area, there have never been any rocks standing in the sea. How can there be solitary rocks rising out of the sea in the deep ocean?

While everyone was muttering suspiciously, they suddenly discovered that the sea surface illuminated by the bright moon had changed again. In a short time, several huge rocks emerged from the bottom of the sea. Uncle Ming's uncle soon discovered that something was wrong. There was a surge, but a school of big fish appeared in the sea. The moon was bright tonight and the wind was calm. It must be a school of fish on the bottom of the sea. What emerged from the sea were not mountains and islands, but the spines and wings of big fish. He then told everyone not to make any noise. , quickly and quietly drive the boat far away, otherwise the fish will be disturbed. Once the waves break out, our boat will be sunk by the huge waves.

But before the captain's order could be passed on, the sea water started to churning, and schools of fish floating on the sea rushed towards the boat they were on. In this situation, they could only quickly turn the steering wheel and turn around to escape, but the boat speed was not fast enough. , several times they were almost capsized by huge waves. In order to survive, the captain had to order that all the things that could be thrown on the ship be thrown away so that the light ship could speed up.

In the end, all the cargo was thrown away, and a dozen or so people on the ship were thrown into the sea. Only then did the ship escape death and sail back to the gate of the Buddhist temple. All the goods on the ship were lost. Uncle Ming and his uncle all lost their money. All their belongings were lost, and the two of them were almost forced to jump into the sea by their creditors. In order to recover the losses as soon as possible, they had to take the risk and go to the eye of the coral spiral to fish for pearls.

The Coral Spiral is a huge coral forest on the seabed. It is said that there is a bottomless sea eye in it. The surrounding sea area is connected to the deep ocean. The wind is high and the waves are strong, and the danger is unpredictable. It is also known as the graveyard of shipwrecks. In the coral forest There are many giant clams, rich in pearls. Whenever the moon is full, hundreds of old clams in the sea will open their shells to absorb the essence of the bright moon. Some pearls have grown for thousands of years and are favored by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. , when that time comes, with the help of the yin fire on the bottom of the sea, the entire sea surface will be illuminated by the bright pearls of the moon.

Because the coral spiral is close to the deep sea, many aquatic fish will be attracted by the pearl and linger. In order to protect themselves, the giant clams in the sea will not easily open their shells completely. Therefore, the spectacle of the moon reflected on the seabed pearl is only seen a few times a year. These moments were all at night when the moon was full and about to eclipse.

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