Chapter 129

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date="2021-09-03"

title="Chapter 129"

weight="134620"

series = ["The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress"]

mode = "manual"

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It was getting late, and the three men were ready to go to the South China Sea as soon as possible, but when they looked back, they saw Huai Ru, who had not spoken, pouting his ass and holding a candlestick in his hand, and the whole person was almost lying on the table of the case. The two identical portraits were folded by him and held in his hands.

Huai Ruyu eyebrow jumped and kicked his ass: "what are you doing?" Watch out for candlelight! "

"Oh, don't touch me." Huai such as good twist, straight up to hold the portrait higher, proudly said: "this time you do not take me to the South China Sea."

"what did you find?" Huai Ruyu frowned.

"it should be a map of the mackerel's tomb." Huai is like a good way.

"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, tilted his chin and said, "take me with you, or I will give it to you, and you won't see it."

Huai Ruyu looked at him with a bad face, and Huai Rushan suddenly became a bit of a pussy, moved his steps to hide behind an Changqing, and murmured unconvincingly, "I'm not a child anymore." I know the map, and even if you don't take me there, I can find a boat to go to sea myself, maybe faster than you. "

With that, he felt that he was alone, and poked an Changqing and said, "cousin, do you think I'm right?"

An Changqing gave him a helpless expression.

However, Huai Ruyu looked at him for a long time and suddenly sighed and said, "you can go if you want." What exactly is in the picture? "

I didn't expect it to be so simple this time. Huai was so good at being silly, then he reacted and made a positive color. He hung the two pictures stacked on top of the candle and said, "look, this is it."

There was a faint outline on the candlelight and the two overlapping portraits.

"if there is only one portrait, you can't see it by candlelight." If Huai is good at taking away one of the portraits, the shallow outline is really out of sight. He gave the portrait to Huairuyu, called Huairuyu to hold it up, and he looked for a pen and paper and explained, "I've seen this skill when I used to play around." Write with special paint on the paper, and the words will disappear after being hung for a while. If you want to see the words on the paper, you need to look at the candle, and as soon as the candle is smoked and baked, the handwriting will appear. "

He was just curious to have a try, but at first he only took one painting and didn't find anything special. But he inadvertently put the two paintings on top of each other, and the fire shone on the portrait, but there was a faint outline.

"these two portraits should be more skillful than the folk skills I have seen. The handwriting is very light, and they have to be stacked on top of each other in order to show color." He pointed to the outline copied on the Xuan paper and said, "this outline looks like a map of Yuze and an adjacent chart." Look at this. This is Chiayi City. To the south of Chiayi City is the South China Sea. The sea is due south to the island, which should be the tomb of the mackerel. "

As he spoke, he had copied the whole picture: "…" These waves should be the direction of the current, and as long as you avoid these countercurrent currents, you should be able to get close to the mackerel tomb, but there is a black vertical bar drawn around the mackerel tomb, but you don't know what it is. "

The other three leaned over to take a closer look, but did not see why. It's just that according to the conventional guess, it will probably be something of a defense.

"if you can't guess it, you'll have to wait and play it by ear." An Changqing said.

Xiao Zhige nodded his approval and looked at Huai Rushan: "you are very familiar with maps and charts." I thought he was just a dude protected by his brother, but he didn't expect to have some skills, at least not as simple and foolish as he seemed.

Huai Rushan laughed twice and then noticed the heavy line of sight on the other side of Huai Ruyu. He shrank his neck and didn't know who he was explaining to: "I've been out all the year round, and I've traveled all over Yuze, including the adjacent waters." Everywhere I go, I draw a map of the place. I am naturally familiar with it. "

Huai Ruyu let out a hum, but did not continue the topic, only to an Changqing and said, "it's not early, let's have a rest today." We'll talk about the portrait tomorrow. I'll send someone to pick some old boatmen who can watch the currents. "

An Changqing has read a lot of books today and is really tired. He took advantage of the opportunity to leave. Huai Rushan also wanted to go after him, but behind him came the sound of Huai Ruyu gnashing his teeth: "A Shan, you stay."

"." Huai Rushan's footsteps were stiff, and his eyes looked sadly at the back of an Changqing. An Changqing didn't know it and left with Xiao Zhige.

In the next few days, an Changqing and Xiao Zhige continued to go to the secret library to read the classics. Huai Rushan finally got his brother's approval and went with delight. It's just that he didn't have much patience, so he became impatient after reading a few handwritten letters, looking for the folk rumors of the mackerel people.

Moreover, he was noisy and noisy. When an Changqing and Xiao Zhige came alone, they could cope with a pot of tea and two plates of cakes for a day. After Huai Rushan came, he asked for good tea and refreshments, but the two janitors could not hear him, so he called the attendants from Huairuyu to deliver them. When read a book while eating pastry, even made a fuss when saw a strange record.

After a while, I shouted, "the mackerel woven by the mackerel people can be bulletproof."

After a while, he took a breath and said, "after the mackerel people go into the sea, their legs will turn into fish tails." after that, he even stole a glance at an Changqing's legs: "will you also make a fish tail?"

"." An Changqing smiled and said to him, "if it were not for the face of elephants and white peacocks, I would certainly throw you out." He finally understood why Huai Ruyu had to start the murderer before he could say a few words with him. Now it seems that Huai Ruyu is too noisy and annoying.

Huai Rushan: "…"

Probably for fear of being thrown out, he finally started reading honestly.

By the time they had almost finished reading all the books and manuscripts in the secret library, it was already late August. At the same time, Huairuyu finally finished dealing with the political affairs and appointed the confidant minister to handle the political affairs on his behalf. Like an Changqing Xiao Zhige, he also secretly chose a successor and left a will. If Huai is as good as good, this will be left to him. But he wanted to go with him, and Huairuyu had to pick another heir just in case.

In addition, he requisitioned ten sea-going ships. These ten ships travel between overseas countries all the year round because they carry goods and are large and sturdy. Just right for a trip to the South China Sea.

Ten sea-going ships, each equipped with 100 experienced boatmen, plus 200 generals, dozens of doctors and other personnel. The bottom cabin stores large amounts of food, water, medicine and weapons. A batch of newly developed firearms brought from Beijing were also distributed to each ship.

On August 25, everything was ready, and all the men arrived at Chiayi City, ready to go to sea.

Above the wharf, a main ship is in the middle, and the other nine ships are distributed in the left and right sides of the main ship in the form of escorts. On the main ship, in addition to the four men of an Changqing, there were also the elites of Yuze and Dawei.

It was the first time for an Changqing and Xiao Zhige to go out to sea. They stood on the deck, watching the sails raised high, and the sea breeze inflated the sails. After the sound of the horn, ten sea-going ships sailed into the sea one after another.

In front of the sea water was broken, arousing bursts of white spray. The vast sea ahead is endless. An Changqing stirred in her chest and said slightly excitedly, "the sea is much more magnificent than I thought.". " Even the incomparably tall ship looks small and fragile in the sea.

This is probably the case with a drop in the ocean.

Huai Rushan came out of the cabin and saw that he looked yearning and sighed, so he smiled and said, "when you go out to sea for the first time, you'd better go to the cabin to have a rest. Seasickness at sea is no trivial matter."

An Changqing felt for a while and said, "I don't feel dizzy."

Huai Rushan finally found a sense of superiority, raised his chin and hugged him and said, "it's still early. Take a look at it later."

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Half a day after the ship went out to sea, an Changqing fell on the side of the ship and vomited in the dark. All the food had eaten had been swallowed up, head was dizzy and hands and feet were weak. Had it not been for Xiao Zhige to catch him in time, an Changqing would have almost collapsed on the board of the ship.

"do you believe it now?" Huai Rushan handed over a bottle of pills and said, "eat this, you'll feel better." Wait two or three days at sea, and you'll get used to it. "

Xiao Zhige took the bottle, pulled out the cork and smelled a pungent smell. He tasted one, and a pungent smell spread from his mouth to his brain, almost spitting it out. Although the taste is indescribable, it does have some effect. Xiao Zhige looked motionless and poured out one to an Changqing's mouth.

An Changqing had not yet recovered her physical strength, and her face was pale. when she smelled it, she frowned: "it smells bad."

Xiao Zhige did not change his face to deceive people: "it just smells bad, not bad."

An Changqing is suffering, and there is no doubt about him. He opened his mouth and let him feed it. Xiao Zhige quickly stuffed the pill into his mouth, then quickly pinched his jaw and forced him to swallow without waiting for him to react. An Changqing just vomited, took this pill is even more nauseous, retched a few times before calming down. Gasping for breath, he said to Huairu, "Why do I think you are waiting for a chance to get back at me?"

Huai Ruxian smiled and waved her hand and denied: "you think too much, we are brothers, how can there be a feud?"

An Changqing did not have the strength to quarrel with him, so he felt that the feeling of dizziness had really alleviated, so he asked Xiao Zhige to help him back to the cabin to have a rest.

After the fleet had been at sea for five days, an Changqing finally overcame seasickness. Xiao Zhige was in better health than him, except for the day before, and then he was no longer affected.

Counting the time, it was already August 30, and they had been marching around the retrograde current according to the copied chart, without any hindrance for the time being.

An Changqing stood on the deck with his hands behind his back, and after the initial sense of novelty passed, the blue and magnificent sea became the same. In addition to dealing with all kinds of sudden storms and crises, the biggest obstacle to sea navigation is the boring life at sea. The repetition of life day after day can easily make people nervous and uncomfortable.

After standing on the deck for a while, an Changqing turned back. Xiao Zhige and Huai Ruyu are playing chess, Huai Rushan this smelly chess basket points at the edge, an Changqing looked at the three of them, Fang felt that his inexplicable anxiety was a little less. Calm down and sit down next to Xiao Zhige, pick up half of the books and continue to look.

But it was not long before the cabins were knocked, and the attendants came in solemnly to report: "the captain said there might be a storm this evening."

When sailing at sea, it is most taboo to encounter storms. They observed the sky before the trip, and it was all a sunny day. The past five days of sailing have been really sunny and sunny. But didn't expect a sudden storm.

The four exchanged eyes, and Huai Ruyu asked aloud, "how big is the storm? is it possible to resist it?"

The attendant replied, "the captain said that the clouds are not small and the storm will not be small."

"inform all vessels to lower their sails in the evening and, according to the previous preparation plan, to be immediately tied together with iron cables. If there is a storm, everyone will take refuge in the cabin. "

This is an emergency plan negotiated before going out to sea. Sailing at sea ranges from ten and a half days to a year and a half, and it is inevitable to encounter storms on the way. The small ones will pass by one by one, but the big ones may even overturn the whole boat. Fortunately, they expected to encounter such a situation before going out to sea, and they were well prepared. Although the news is a little heavy, at least it will not be too flustered.

They have done their best, and the rest can only be resigned to fate.