Chapter 19 Section VII

Although the ship was big, it was moving very lightly, two hundred steps away from the broken bugle, passing by parallel to each other, almost like the broken bugle's shadow in the mirror.All the sailors held their breath, and no one dared to speak. The raindrops hit the deck in bursts. Although the waves were loud, they couldn't suppress the sound of the rain. The ship finally staggered away from the Broken Army, and disappeared in a cloud of water vapor.Liu Fengwu rushed to the stern to look at the ship, her two arms were tightly grasping the railing, almost eating into those solid logs.

At this moment, Tang Kai walked out from the rudder cabin, and said dreamily: "What is that?" Just now, he and the helmsman turned desperately, but if Liu Fengwu hadn't pulled up the sail to speed up the boat, even if it turned, the boat would probably hit the stern of the Broken Army.Even though it was over, he was still afraid for a while. "It's a ghost ship." Liu Fengwu murmured.There was no light on the boat, but there was a smell of decay. Even though the boat was no longer visible, there was still a faint smell in the surrounding air, which could not be washed away even by heavy rain.

At this time, there was another lightning bolt, reflecting the back of the boat.Now the two boats were heading towards each other, and at this moment the distance between the two boats was already five or six hundred steps.When the lightning flashed, Liu Fengwu seemed to see a figure at the stern of the boat, but it was too far away to see clearly. "At sea, there are so many things we don't know." He murmured, his whole body was numb as if wrapped in a layer of ice. At this time, the helmsman suddenly shouted: "Tang Tongzhi, this compass is broken!" Tang Kai heard his cry, and lost his voice: "What?"

In such a sea, nothing can be seen, and the compass is the only direction.If the compass is broken, you don't even know which direction the ship is heading.He rushed to the rudder cabin again and said, "What's wrong?" The helmsman said with a bitter face: "I'm afraid it's broken long ago. Just now when the bugle was turned to turn, I saw that the pointer of the compass didn't even move at all." Ships at sea, if there is no compass, can rely on astrology to guide them, but now the clouds are thick and the rain is pouring, and nothing can be seen. Can't tell.Tang Kai and Liu Fengwu looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Liu Fengwu whispered: "General Tang, don't say anything." Tang Kai nodded, and whispered to the helmsman: "Just drive carefully, don't worry about anything else." At this time, there was a loud noise from the back of the ship, and another wave surged in. Po Jun was hit by the waves, and Liu Fengwu almost couldn't stand even if he was holding on to the handrail, but Tang Kai kicked Slip, the person fell down, Liu Fengwu bent down and grabbed him, Tang Kai stood up straight and was still in shock, muttering: "What happened again?" It was still dark behind the ship, and I couldn't see anything clearly, and I didn't know what happened in the darkness.Liu Fengwu suddenly said: "I'm afraid that Jiaoyun stopped."

Tang Kai suddenly realized, and said: "Exactly, it must be the water column that was sucked up by the Jiaoyun and fell down." Just now the flood cloud has sucked up the sea water to a height of tens of feet, now the wind must have calmed down, the flood cloud's suction is not so strong, and the water column cannot stand up.That column of water might have the volume of a large lake, and when it fell like this, it created huge waves all at once.It seemed that the water column was at the right rear of the Pojun, but after so many turns of the Pojun, I don't know which direction the ship is heading now.

Liu Fengwu pursed her lips and looked at the sky silently.In the sky, the raindrops shot down obliquely like thousands of spears, as if they were going to smash the broken bugle into powder, and the deck was also covered with water vapor.He reached out to his chest, and grasped the jade pendant again through his clothes. The jade pendant was originally cold, but now because the hands were wet by the rain, the jade pendant felt somewhat warm.This warm image came from the distant imperial capital, and Liu Fengwu vaguely saw the face of the princess again. go ahead.He thought lightly.No matter what is ahead.

The Broken Horn was driving like a wild horse in the dark sea. If there was a reef in front of it, at the current speed of the Broken Horn, it would probably be smashed to pieces.But this boat also seemed to be protected by gods in the dark. Although the journey was full of dangers, there were several big waves that knocked the whole boat under the water, but it still sailed through the waves.Liu Fengwu didn't know what else he could see, but he just held onto the handrail embedded in the plank wall, even though the sea water submerged him, he was still motionless like a stone sculpture.

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Fengwu finally regained her sanity. The wind and waves have subsided a lot, and the rain is still heavy, but the raindrops are falling straight down.He looked to the side, and saw Tang Kai not far away, also holding on to the handrail, his lips were already turning white.He reached out and patted Tang Kaidao: "General Tang!" Tang Kai opened his eyes and asked: "Are we still alive?" He knocked his head somewhere, there was a big wound on his forehead, the hair on his forehead was covered with blood, but it was just a small wound. Liu Fengwu smiled wryly.Indeed, after experiencing this storm, it is really like turning back from the closed door of hell.You really shouldn't be arrogant and stay on deck.He looked around, all the lights on the deck had been extinguished, the surroundings were pitch black, and he couldn't see anything five or six steps away.He fumbled for the lamp beside him. The lamps on the ship were originally waterproof, but now a lot of seawater had accumulated in the lampshade.He poured out the sea water and took out the flint from his pocket. The flint was tightly wrapped in oiled paper, but it was still usable.He lit the lamp and said loudly, "Is anyone else here?"

In the darkness, several lights came on again, and someone said: "Liu Tongzhi, we are here." "Look, there are not enough people." He remembered that one died when unloading the sails, and two more died when they were in the whirlpool. Of the original ten soldiers, now only seven remained.He asked, "Are you seven still there?" There was another whisper in the darkness, and a soldier said: "Zheng Baochun and Xiong Song are gone." Those two people must have been driven into the sea by the waves, now, I'm afraid they have already fed the sea fish.Liu Fengwu felt a chill in her heart, and said calmly: "Everyone, let's go into the cabin."

A soldier asked: "Don't you need to guard on the deck?" Liu Fengwu raised his head to look at the sky, and said in a low voice: "No, it's useless anyway, just let fate." The old soldier said before that when there is a storm at sea, he can only resign himself to his fate. He also said proudly that he should "go against the sky". After experiencing this storm, he really realized that human power is really insignificant between the sky and the earth. .The Pojun once amazed everyone in the imperial capital with its sheer size, but once it reached the sea, this monster-like ship was like a fallen leaf that could only drift with the current. He adjusted his breathing, only felt that although his feet were soft, they still had some strength.He supported Tang Kai and said, "General Tang, are you alright?" Tang Kai smiled wryly and said: "I can't die anyway. General Liu, you can go down too." Liu Fengwu shook her head and said: "I can't go against the sky, I can't bow my head and admit defeat like this. General Tang, you go down first." When he walked to the rudder cabin, the helmsman was already pale, but he was still holding on to the tiller.Liu Fengwu said: "Are you all right?" The helmsman looked at him and said, "It's not bad. Commander, isn't it dawn yet?" The sky is still pitch black, and I don't know what time it is.Liu Fengwu said: "Don't worry about it. Are you hungry?" The helmsman said: "I'm really hungry. Maybe it's been a long time." Liu Fengwu smiled, and took out dry food from his waist.This dry ration was also softened by the sea water, and it was not tasteful in the stomach, but once I ate it, I always felt a burst of satiety.He took a bite of the dry food first, then handed it to the helmsman and said, "Eat, I will help you steer the rudder first." The helmsman ate big mouthfuls while saying, "Tong Zhi, it's lucky you're here, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to hold on alone." Liu Fengwu looked behind the boat, the sea was still pitch black, and nothing could be seen.He murmured: "If you can't hold on, you have to hold on." "Controller, you are really brave. I was in the cabin just now, and my heart almost jumped out." Are you brave?Liu Fengwu only felt that her heart was beating desperately.When the storm was the worst, I didn't feel much fear, but now that the storm is small, I feel an uncontrollable fear.