Chapter 23 Section Eleven

Zhu Xihong said: "My father used to be a carpenter, but because he was blind, he couldn't do anything, and the family couldn't support himself. My mother often brought some men home. They came at night and left at dawn. You need to spend some money to buy rice and vegetables. Although my father is blind, I often see him hiding alone and crying silently." Liu Fengwu couldn't help being a little moved.Although his family was poor, his father taught people to read and write, and he could always support the family. He never thought that someone would live such a miserable life.He wanted to comfort Zhu Xihong a few words, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.

"During Tianshou Festival this year, my father suddenly went out alone and didn't come home again. Although my mother hadn't spoken to him for a long time, she was still so anxious that I didn't know what to do when my father disappeared. She asked me to go out and find him. Looking for it. I didn’t find my father outside, but I heard that Fatong was recruiting young men and women, saying that he wanted to go to the sea to seek immortality, and those who went there would have a sum of money in their homes. I thought, if I go, the family can live on , Mom doesn't need to find a man to go home, and Dad won't cry alone."

Her voice became softer and she lowered her head, her words were a little choked up, and her tears flowed slowly, forming a small puddle at her feet, flowing along the seams of the deck.He murmured: "Don't worry, when we get back safely, you will be able to see your parents." She raised her head and looked at Liu Fengwu with tears in her eyes.Liu Fengwu's heart ached, and she wanted to say a few more words, but she couldn't say anything.She suddenly said: "I see, I saw my father at the Dragon God Festival that day." Liu Fengwu felt a chill on her back.At the Dragon God Sacrifice when he first went to sea, the person who was offering the sacrifice came with his eyes closed. He thought it was because he was afraid. It turned out that he was blind.

Zhu Xihong stood up and said in a low voice: "General Liu, thank you for saving me, but, you know, I didn't want to live that day anymore." Liu Fengwu also stood up and reached out to pat Zhu Xihong's back, but just as she stretched out her hand, she immediately retracted it.He slowly said: "Miss Zhu, think about it, there are many things that can't be helped." Zhu Xihong wiped away tears, looked at the moon with a sudden smile, and said softly: "General Liu, when do you think the moon will be close enough for me to walk in?" Liu Fengwu also looked at the moon, the moon was round and bright, and it looked much bigger from the sea than from the shore, but it was still out of reach.He didn't speak, just stood silently.Zhu Xihong said softly: "General Liu, thank you."

She turned around and ran towards the cabin, her steps were light, as if her feet didn't touch the ground.Looking at her back, Liu Fengwu felt a sharp pain in his heart again.Holding the jade pendant on his chest, he turned his head and looked behind the boat. Behind the boat, there is still a vast sea, endless.The broken bugle was moving at full speed, drawing a long white mark on the sea, and after a long distance, it was still dark, and there were fish jumping up and down from time to time, I don't know what kind of strange fish it was. After sailing on the sea for more than ten days, it became colder and colder, and all the steam coming out of his mouth was white.Liu Fengwu ordered his subordinates to run twice on the deck in batches every day to warm up their bodies.Originally, the boat brought a lot of mung beans, and the bean sprouts were distributed every few days as a vegetable. The boatman who was the guide said that if one does not eat vegetables for a long time, the blood vessels in the body will rupture.But now the mung beans are almost eaten, and three soldiers on board who usually don't like to eat bean sprouts have died of the disease.If the supplies on the island are no longer found, even though there is enough food on board, the vegetables will definitely not be available.

On this day, Liu Fengwu was on the boat looking ahead with a telescope, and the current sea chart could not be drawn. In the past two months, he has been able to travel two to three hundred miles a day. By now, he may have traveled eastward for more than 10,000 miles. .It is unbelievable that a small island has not been found for more than 10,000 miles. This telescope is the latest type made by the Ministry of Industry. Although it is still unclear, it can already see places several miles away.He looked around, and suddenly saw a white area on the northeast corner. It was just a cloud at first, but when he looked again after a while, he found that it was still the same.

If it is the cloud, it will definitely change.Liu Fengwu's heart skipped a beat, and the telescope almost fell to the ground. According to ancient books, the world is a sphere, if you go eastward, you will eventually return to the original place.Liu Fengwu has also heard such sayings, but she can't figure out how such a ball can hold people, and how can the water not fall on the ball. Maybe it's the end of the world.He looked at that side from time to time, carefully watching the changes in that piece of white. In the telescope, the white patch seems to be getting bigger, but the shape is still the same.He was watching, when suddenly the sailor on the lookout shouted loudly: "Land! There is land ahead!"

The sailor's voice was so loud that all the sailors on the deck rushed to the bow.After traveling on the sea for so many days, they finally saw the land, and everyone was ecstatic. The white patch was getting closer and closer, and gradually it became clear that it was indeed land. Is that Xiandao? The boat was approaching slowly, and the sight became more and more real. The land was huge, and it was unknown whether it was a big island or a continent, and it was covered with white snow.It stands to reason that it is only the beginning of November. Although it is the beginning of winter, it will not be so cold.

Now I can see clearly without binoculars, a sailor came over and said, "Control, do you want to dock there?" Liu Fengwu said: "Okay. It seems that it is very cold on the shore, add some clothes, if we can find fresh vegetables, we can add some. We can also add some fresh water." The ice and snow are all fresh water, so there is no need to find this water source.It's just that the land is covered with snow and ice, so it's hard to find vegetables. He was looking at the coast, when he suddenly heard Yu Anzi say from behind: "Liu Tongzhi, my master invites you to go."

Since Tang Kai's accident, Yu Qingzi seldom came to the deck, and hid in the cabin most of the time, only coming up once every five days during the evening prayer, and Liu Fengwu never visited him.Liu Fengwu turned around and said, "I'll go." Yu Anzi has also lost a lot of weight these days. He used to walk in a smooth and steady way, strictly following Yu's gait, but now he doesn't have such muscle and bone. Liu Fengwu followed Yu Anzi.Yu Anzi still carried a long sword on his back. Tang Kai's long sword was broken by Tang Kai, and now he has changed it again.Liu Fengwu followed him to the outside of Yuqingzi's cabin, Yu Anzi knocked on the door and said, "Master, Liu Tongzhi is here."

Yu Qingzi said slowly inside: "Please come in." Yu Anzi pushed open the door and said, "Liu Tongzhi, please come in." As soon as the door was pushed open, a scent of sandalwood wafted out again, and Yuqingzi sat cross-legged on a wooden bed.These days, he is still in good spirits, still like a fairy.Liu Fengwu made a salute and said, "Master Yuqing, do you have any advice?" "I heard that land has been discovered?" "Yes. This land is full of ice and snow. I want to go there to find some supplies. Would the real man want to go ashore and have a look?" Yuqingzi shook his head and said, "Let Yu'anzi go with you. This is Gushezhou, which is already in the extreme north, and there are very few vegetation. After replenishment, we will turn south." Liu Fengwu was a little surprised, and said, "Really, is the fairy island to the south?" A smile emerged from the corner of Yuqingzi's mouth: "Xiandao is like spring all the year round, with exotic flowers and fruits constantly floating on the sea, but only in the sea to the west of Fusangzhou. If we go south from Gushezhou, we will be able to find it." I got it. Liu Tongzhi, you are dedicated to your duties, and you are cautious in controlling your subordinates. This journey is all thanks to you." Liu Fengwu bowed again and said: "Really, the last general is just a member of the water army. This journey is thanks to the hard work of the brothers in the team. If there is nothing else, I will leave first, and I am going to go ashore to have a look. " Yuqingzi smiled, and said: "There is an Immortal Gushe on Gushe Continent, who is as pure as ice and jade, sucking wind and drinking dew. If you are destined, you may be able to meet her." Walking out of the cockpit, just after closing the door, Liu Fengwu whispered to Yu Anzi who came out with him: "Realist Yu An, Master Ling seems to be very familiar with this area." Yu Anzi said: "There is a scripture handed down by the Fatong since ancient times. It says that there is a continent in the extreme east of Cangming, named Fusang. Fusang Continent is divided into South Fusang Continent and North Fusang Continent. The northeast corner of North Fusang Continent is Gushe Continent. , In ancient times, there was a sky bridge connecting the mainland of the empire, but these are too vague, and there is no proof. Now, it seems that what the scriptures said are all undeniable facts." When he said these words, there was excitement on his face.Liu Fengwu smiled and said: "Reverend Yu'an, it seems that we have really found this place, and the theory of the fairy island seems to be true." Liu Fengwu just said it casually, but Yu Anzi's face sank, and he said, "Liu Tongzhi, when shall we go ashore?" Liu Fengwu looked at the surface of the sea, and said, "I need to find a place where I can touch the shore." Seeing that Yu Anzi was wearing a very thin long gown, he said, "You are not afraid of the cold." Yu Anzi smiled and said: "Our Qingxu Tuna sect is not moved by external objects, cold and heat are not invaded, diseases..." He stopped here.Originally, the Qingxu Tuna sect claimed that "cold and heat are not invaded, and diseases cannot be harmed". I can't say that the disease can't hurt. The broken horn is now only two miles away from the shore, but looking over it, it is full of cliffs, and it is impossible to go ashore.I searched along the coast for a while, and finally found a tidal flat with less waves, but the water was not deep, and I couldn't move forward after breaking the bugle six or seven hundred paces away.Liu Fengwu ordered people to put down the boat, and asked eight soldiers to go with him, plus himself and Yu Anzi, and a group of ten people sailed to the shore in two boats. There is no ice or snow on the tidal flats, but a hundred steps from the shore is white, covered with ice and snow, and nothing can be seen at all.On the shore, there are some smooth strange beasts lying, and they will not dodge when they see people approaching.These strange beasts were as big as sheep with smooth fur. They were lying on the shore basking in the sun, and they moved slowly on the shore.Liu Fengwu and the others beat one and cut off its fur, only to see that the inside was covered with a thick layer of fat, and the meat was also very thick.They picked and cut some, put them on the ice and snow first, and brought them to the boat to taste when they were going back.Those sea beasts are very docile and there are a lot of them. One of them weighs more than a hundred catties. After Liu Fengwu and the others killed one of them, the others also jumped into the water one after another, but they were extremely flexible in the water. Seeing Liu Fengwu and the others stopped doing anything They landed ashore at a place far away from them, and looked at these strange new creatures in horror. After walking a distance to the shore, there was ice and snow everywhere, only some moss and the like grew on the rock walls, but no edible fruits and vegetables were found.Even these mosses are quite different from those of the Empire, a little bluish.Liu Fengwu led the team for a while, but couldn't find anything, and seeing that it was getting late, he said: "It seems that there is nothing wrong, let's go back first." These soldiers saw that Gushe Continent was so desolate and cold, and they had heard about Gushe Continent and Gushe Immortals when they were on the boat. I'm not interested, and I want to go back soon. When they got to the shore, there were still hundreds of steps away when a soldier suddenly said "Huh" and said, "Strange, where's the meat?"