Ghost Blowing Lantern II

I have my own ideas on how to enter the Coral Spiral Sea. This matter is confidential. Naturally, I don’t need to tell "Bai Wu" explicitly. I just ask him to bring the big gold tooth to the ship owner to negotiate the price and issue a separate bill of goods. Please " "Bai Wu" made preparations on his behalf and conducted maintenance and tests on the hull to ensure that it would be flawless after going to sea.

Now that the ship has been confirmed, everyone split up. Uncle Ming and others were responsible for preparing everything. I went around looking for local fishermen to find out about going out to sea to collect eggs. After being busy for a few days, Shirley Yang came to join us, but I didn't. Thinking that Professor Chen also came with her, it turned out that Professor Chen was worried and planned to go to sea with us personally. How could I take him on an adventure? After all kinds of persuasion, I persuaded him to stay on Coral Temple Island and let Dajin Yaya stayed on the island and had a caretaker with him. When we came back with success, we would return to Beijing together.

I took Shirley Yang to take a closer look at the refitted ship. This sea willow ship has not yet been named. We finally named it "Trident". According to local Chinese customs, there is a ceremony before new ships or renovated ships go to sea. Some rituals to worship the God of the Sea include folding incense, cutting off dried stock, pouring old wine, and going to the Coral Temple to offer incense to Mazu in order to ensure a safe and smooth journey to sea. Although we don’t believe in this, we still cannot avoid this procedure when we follow the local customs. Then we need to find an old sea wolf to take the helm, but this candidate is really difficult to find. When it comes to visiting the ghost-infested coral spiral, almost everyone refuses without hesitation. That place is almost invisible in the eyes of the locals. It's a restricted area that can't even be mentioned.

In the end, I had to leave it to Uncle Ming, an old captain who claims to know the wind, water, and the topography of the sea. But I know Uncle Ming's character too well. This old port farmer is just an old desperado, an old liar, and an old gambler. , is full of opportunistic thoughts. As long as it is to make a fortune, there is nothing in this world that he dare not do. His motto is: "Betting is not a loss, but if you don't bet, you will not know how good your fortune will be."

I feel that it is not reassuring to have Uncle Ming at the helm of the ship. In addition, there are only four of us going out to sea, and the manpower is too thin. I am afraid that we cannot handle some situations. When I was in trouble, luckily Shirley Yang hired a few eggmen. , they are all Vietnamese-Chinese, the oldest among them is called Ruan Hei, who is about fifty years old. Although the beard on his face is white, his eyes are sharp and full of energy. He is a calm, capable and experienced old fisherman.

There are two other young men, a man and a woman. The young man's name is "Guchai" and he is Ruan Hei's apprentice. He is about fifteen or sixteen years old. He is dark and thin, and his hands and feet are very nimble. He looks like a horse monkey. That girl had big, watery eyes and long hair hanging down to her waist. Her appearance inherited the main characteristics of Vietnamese women. She had dark skin. Her name was "Duoling". She was about twenty years old and was of mixed Vietnamese and French descent. She also calls Ruan Hei master.

Duoling is an orphan adopted by Ruan Hei when he escaped from Vietnam. Guchai is an aborigine of Coral Temple Island and is also an orphan. The three of them depend on each other by fishing on the island and live in poverty. Ruan Hei and him Our apprentice’s daughter has experience in long-distance voyages, can steer fish, and has also collected pearls in the water. Since Shirley Yang can pay directly in U.S. dollars, the three of them are willing to take the risk to go to sea with us and earn a considerable income. With the travel expenses, they can Go to France to join Doling's lost relatives.

When I saw these three Vietnamese, I immediately expressed my objection. As soon as I heard them talking, I remembered the past of fighting on the front line. The blood and smoke seemed like yesterday. Sometimes I ran into my former comrades. Although I talked about the previous battles, Everyone looked calm, just talking about what a pity so-and-so was, who was disabled, what might have happened to so-and-so if he was still alive, but they were all the same as me, no one dared to recall and describe them in detail, probably all of them Veterans who participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam rarely dare to recall the scenes of blood and flesh on the battlefield, and never dare to look at their military medals. When they see the medals, they will think of their comrades who blocked bullets for them. After reading this He would sit in the corner and cry like a child. It is said that most of the US troops who participated in the Vietnam War also suffered from sequelae such as shell shock. This is probably due to the hot and oppressive natural environment in Vietnam and the brutal fighting like a meat grinder. Relatedly, souls tortured by war are incomplete and easily stimulated.

But Shirley Yang persuaded me that Nguyen Hei's family are not "VCs". They are refugees who escaped when the US military evacuated Saigon. What's more, Nguyen Hei is originally Chinese, his ancestral home is Yantai, Shandong, and he speaks Chinese well, so you There is no need to have any mental barriers.

When I think about it, this is indeed the case. There is no reason to refute it. Since Shirley Yang trusts Ruan Hei and his daughter, there should be no problem with her vision, so I had to agree to let Ruan Hei and others join, and then I put this time All the members who went to sea gathered together and discussed the feasibility of the action plan several times. After confirming that it was correct, everything was ready, and they just waited to go to sea and move mountains early the next morning.

That night I sorted out the items in the cabin for the last time, the most important of which were the various items needed for the art of moving mountains and reclamating seas. These items were all kinds of strange and varied, and most of them were everyday items that could not be seen without looking up. It is a practical thing, but when used in the mountain-moving technique, it can play an extraordinary role. Although I have never practiced it before, I believe that among the many records left by the "Partridge Whistle" of the mountain-moving Taoist , there must be no lies. For thousands of years, the "Taoist who moves mountains" has stolen all the treasures in the world by moving mountains and dividing armor. If he does not have real skills, how can he be compared with the "secret technique of touching gold".

I finished checking and was about to go back to sleep, but on the way I saw Professor Chen rushing to find me. He had nothing to do on the island. He learned that we had collected a batch of ancient green jade, and he was about to go over and study it again. He drew figures on each piece of ancient jade and wanted to collect them as data. However, this unintentional move led to an astonishing result.

I took over the figure drawn by Professor Chen and was very surprised at first glance. It turned out that these dozens of ancient jade pieces, each with its own broken and bizarre shape, were separated from a huge jade carving. Now they look like one in the picture. The fragmented jigsaw puzzle has been reassembled completely. Although some parts are difficult to restore, the outline is generally intact. This jade sculpture is a female spirit with a fish tail and a human head. It is held together with lamps and candles against the background of the totem of the Sea Beast Temple. Divination was performed on a huge tortoise shell. I had been studying the art of Yi for a long time. When I saw a candle illuminating the tortoise for divination, I was naturally very interested, so I looked carefully at the hexagrams on the tortoise shell. After a little recognition, my heart began to beat wildly: "This monster It seems to be deducing the innate gossip..."

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