Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

The traditional saying holds that the hyperactivity of yin and yang in this kind of person's body is different from that of ordinary people, and because of their physique, their masculine or feminine thoughts are particularly strong, just like some heroic generals, who have strong masculinity and strong masculinity. Like the reincarnated living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism, it is because their mindfulness and concentration are strong to a certain extent, their souls are immortal, and they can be reincarnated as living Buddhas after death.And like ordinary people, their minds are too weak, and when they die, their souls will be scattered.

These are the sayings handed down from word of mouth among the people, which sounds a bit mysterious.And why did I think of telling this story?I think this has something to do with the story about Adi that Lord Jiao told me. Adi is so unusual, it should have a lot to do with her father's experience fifteen years ago. I hope Lord Jiao can fulfill his wish smoothly this time. When I finally finished telling the story, Adi didn't say a word, instead she lowered her head and turned her back. Her long hair, which seemed to have never been trimmed, covered her face, revealing only a section of her snow-white neck. Weak style.

Could it be that my story made her sad?Facing her reaction, I didn't know what to do, I just stayed there.There was a knock on the door, and Taohaike brought the medicine over. Adi must have smelled the smell in the bowl, so she turned her head and waved her hands, expressing her determination not to drink it. The medicine is indeed very bitter, but how can the pain be relieved without taking the medicine?In desperation, I said like coaxing a child: "Come on, good boy, your body will be fine after drinking, and you will be more energetic. What are you shaking your head for? Drink it quickly, and your head won't hurt. Be obedient."

Adi covered her mouth with her slender hand, looked at the bowl I was holding vigilantly, shook it with one hand, and whimpered, "I don't want to drink." I have never seen such a delicate patient, I had no choice but to let Tao Haike go out, and signaled that it was all right, Adi let her go, and I fed her two Anshenbunao pills.This time, although Adi frowned tightly, expressing her reluctance and reluctance, she still listened to my words and swallowed the pill with water. The pill is mixed with honey, and the taste is not too bitter. While drinking water and taking the medicine, she stared at me restlessly, which made me feel uneasy, and couldn't help saying: "Don't always stare at me like this, could it be that I Have pockmarks on your face?"

She burst out laughing, and the water from her mouth sprayed out, splashing my face and making me groan.This time she still knew how to blush, and she didn't look at me anymore, she lowered her eyelids and drank the water slowly, and lay down directly to rest. I sat on the side, watched her slowly close her eyes, and fell asleep with a smile.One of her hands was placed on her abdomen, and the other was laid flat. A corner of the box was still exposed, and she didn't know how much force she had exerted, so her knuckles turned blue and white.I sighed, feeling a little sad all of a sudden.Although I have only met a few times, this girl must have lived extremely hard for more than ten years, carrying so many things that ordinary people cannot bear.

With a heavy heart, I stood up and walked towards the exit of the secret cabin, carefully climbed up the wooden ladder, pushed open the door panel and was about to go out.But under the force, the door panel could not be pushed open.Strange, is there a ballast stone on it?I called a few times, but no one answered. After three pushes and two pushes, I still couldn't open the hatch, so I had to go back depressed. Suspiciously, I walked up to Adi, and found that although the little girl had her eyes closed, the corners of her mouth couldn't stop turning upwards, so I guessed that she was pretending to be sleeping, so I showed the majesty of a doctor: "Why haven't you sleep?"

As expected, Adi immediately opened her eyes wide and acted coquettishly: "Brother Minsheng, I can't sleep..." I was so disturbed by her, I said seriously: "If you can't sleep, just lie down and recuperate, don't move around." Then, I sat down on the rattan box near the bed.Adi brushed back the hair scattered on her face with her slender and tender fingers, and laughed: "Okay, okay, I'll be obedient and sleep well, you are a good person, don't be angry with me." I was depressed and didn't answer, I coaxed her to sleep, and looked at the closed hatch, not knowing what Master Jiao was trying to do.I waited until about meal time, someone hung the food and drinking water from the cabin door, I tried to rush out while the food was delivered, but the Taohaike who was guarding on top immediately waved a harpoon and stabbed it down, I tried several times There was no other way but to return to the rattan box.

Could it be that this group of sea hunters are insane?Even if I got out of the secret cabin, I went to the deck to take a look at the fish cabin, wouldn't I just go back and see Adi?Why do you do this to me.Besides, where can I go, can I jump into the sea?Did they lock me in the secret cabin just to let me watch over Adi day and night? After much deliberation, but there is nothing I can do, I can only be honest. I was imprisoned in the bilge by the boss of the ship for two days and one night. For two days and one night, the weather outside was calm, except for the occasional shaking of the ship, there seemed to be no waves.I couldn't take a step out of the hold, so I had to sit in it depressed, chatting with Adi while treating her.

On the first day, Adi seemed to be preoccupied and didn't speak much, and she even used her big eyes to express many words, such as blinking her eyes when she agreed, and bending her eyes when she was happy.The expressive power of her eyes is extremely complex and varied, which is difficult to fathom but hard to ignore.When chatting, I can't help but look at her expression, think about her reaction, and look at her eyes.When the topic paused, I thought that after another two years from her, those big eyes will fascinate so many men and captivate their souls.On the second day, she was much more energetic, and she finally started to talk more, and even took the initiative to ask me about the passengers on the ship.

After she knew who those people were, Adi seemed to lose interest, and she was only particularly interested in Ahui's affairs, but listening to it, her complexion seemed not so good. Suddenly there was a loud scream. I thought of Ah Hui, and my heart suddenly felt sad. She died so inexplicably and suddenly, I didn't know whether she was killed by someone or something else.I tried several times to open the cabin door and go back to the top, but I immediately heard the crisp sound of the fish lingering on the cabin deck, so I could only return in dismay. Back beside Adi, I sat down, sighed and continued: "Actually, Ah Hui is really pretty, men like this kind of woman, she is gentle and considerate and smart, she is probably the only good person on board Yes. Every time I was framed by those bad guys, she was by my side, and even stood in front of me to defend me. She was as nice to me as..." At this time, the ship shook violently again, and I only thought about it. Sitting and talking, he didn't take precautions, he threw his head back and hit the board of the boat hard.In my dizziness, I heard another chaotic scream from above. I tried my best to sit up, touched the swollen bag on the back of my head and smiled wryly: "This boat is really full of disasters."

Adi bit her lower lip and did not answer, the shaking of the Fuchang soon stabilized, and I continued to say to Adi: "Actually, I can't say that I like her, but she also said that in such troubled times, life and death are unpredictable. I know what will happen in the future..." The ship shook violently again, and this time the shaking was more violent than the last time. But this time I took precautions, supported the ship plank with both hands, leaned against my vine wood medicine box, and continued: "But then again, if we can reach Nanyang safely..." Before I finished speaking, I had already I was thrown into the air by the violent concussion of the Fuchang, and hit the shaky gas lamp. I frantically tried to stabilize the gas lamp, when I heard Zhong Canfu's maddened roar from the exit. Voice: "Fucking patting flowers, your grandma, you want to court death, don't you? What the hell are you doing? Are you fucking healing or harming people?" I froze for a moment and muttered, "What does this have to do with me?" Before saying a word, Zhong Canfu's crazy roar rang out again: "Your mother, if this boat continues to shake like this, believe it or not, I will drag you out to feed the big fish immediately!" My heart skipped a beat when I heard this, and I turned to look at Adi's big innocent eyes, she had a vaguely unhappy look on her face.In retrospect, her expression became displeased after I mentioned Ah Hui, and she felt faint hostility emanating from her whole body.Originally, I had a good chat with her, so could it be that her hostility was aimed at Ah Hui? But how—how is this possible?Since boarding the ship, she has been hiding in the secret cabin and has never even seen Ah Hui. Isn't this hostility inexplicable?I thought about the sudden bumps on the boat just now. Could it be that she didn't like me mentioning Ah Hui in front of her? So, I tried to avoid the topic of Ah Hui, and only chatted with her about the anecdotes and anecdotes that happened in the medical clinic and the stories of quack doctors who misunderstood others and harmed themselves. Fang drove away, no longer shaking and bumping. Adi is indeed an ama. I have been told time and time again that her mood swings are related to the sea, which can affect wind and rain and even cause huge waves.But in my heart, I really believe that she is just a little girl who is haunted by illness and loves to act like a baby. After an early dinner, I lay on the damp deck with nothing to do, and Adi, who was lying on the bed, asked me to tell a story.I had no choice but to sit up and tell her about the surviving memories of Anxi County, my past, and my missing sister who was often missed when I was young. I told her about the joy I remembered as a child. In summer and autumn, my sister often took me to catch loach in the ditch, and then brought the loach home with me, and my mother cooked loach with sauerkraut for us to eat.But those bandits, not long after my seventh birthday, ruined the harmonious life of our family. The painful memory of the bandits besieging and killing the village still reminds me of it, and I still feel grief and resentment. I recall the panic when my father hugged me and ran through the village in the dark. The flames reflected a group of people fleeing in terror, and desperate cries, screams, and the inhuman laughter of the bandits resounded everywhere.My father held me in one hand and my sister in the other, and ran away desperately in the dark, but the village was surrounded by bandits, and there were bandits with guns and torches everywhere. On the way to the back mountain path, my father who was running Hit by a bullet, she staggered forward and fell to the ground. Before she died, she held my sister and me up to avoid hurting us. Then my mother came up and ran forward holding our hands, but she I couldn’t run fast, and a bandit on a horse cut off half of her body with a knife. Under the light of the jumping fire, I clearly saw streams of viscous liquid spurting out from the broken part of her shoulder. , sprinkled on me and my sister who were stupefied with fright, with a warm sweet smell. My mother stared at the gushing blood with wide eyes, and finally said: "Run, go to Quanyong Hall in Yanggong Lane, Quanzhou City to find uncle..." On the way to escape, my sister and I were alone and helpless. Yi, encountered bandits, encountered robbers, the package was gone, and my sister and I were finally squeezed apart.In the end, I was alone, and after all kinds of difficulties and dangers, I finally found my uncle, and I followed my uncle to learn acupuncture and moxibustion for treating patients. After many years, I often return to those terrible moments when my parents left in my sleep, dreaming that my sister, who will always be only nine years old, calls my nickname in the crowd. I couldn't go on, my voice was a little choked, Adi raised her hand and touched my head, and comforted me: "Don't be sad, good people will be rewarded, I will be your sister from now on, your sister is only nine years old , I am sixteen, I am your big sister." I kept silent and let Adi caress my cheek and hold me in her arms.Her body was cold, I couldn't help thinking of Ah Hui strangely, I seemed to understand a little bit, it must be because I regained the feeling of being in the arms of my mother and sister in Ah Hui's gentle embrace, that's why I have nostalgia for Ah Hui. Unfortunately, she is no longer here. At this time, Adi let go of me, and stretched out her left hand in front of me. The box that she always held in her hand, which I had never seen in its entirety, appeared in front of me. Judging from the color of the box, it looks like it was made of rosewood. It is rectangular in shape, about one foot long, no more than six inches wide, and about three inches thick.The box is surrounded by carvings of antique characters, rare birds and flowers, and on the side facing me is carved a bird-like thing rather than a bird. The beak ejected terrifying flames, revealing a mysterious and exotic color.I have never seen such a strange style of carving, nor have I seen such a luxurious utensil. If this girl is unforgettable at a glance, then this box is even worse.It looked obviously old, one of those things that had a story, but it didn't look like an ordinary antique.After seeing it, my first reaction was an irresistible urge to grab it and open it, to see if it contained the things Jiao Ye said. This feeling was so weird, I didn't even pretend to refuse, I just took the box over, my eyes were all attracted by this box, and I started looking for switches up and down, left and right to open the box.Adi stared at me mischievously and tried hard, but I couldn't find where to open it, and my face was flushed. The atmosphere became more and more embarrassing, and I realized that only Ah Di could open this box. I became depressed and handed the box back, but she held my hand.I looked at her in surprise, only to see her big bright eyes open and said: "I'll tell you a story too, okay?" I didn't speak, Adi pulled my sleeve again, and said coquettishly: "You told me so many good stories, I will tell you one too, don't be angry, okay?" When I heard her say this, I knew that she really regarded me as a close person, and I nodded with a burst of warmth in my heart. We sat side by side under the shadow of the slowly swaying gas lamp, and Adi repeated the weird story Jiao Ye told me. I listened in silence. Compared with what Master Jiao said, what Adi said lacked a lot of details, and had a lot more imagination added by the girl. I asked, "Is the box you found the only one you have now?" "That's right. And daddy said, because of this box, I came to me later..." Adi's tone was cute and calm, as if she was telling someone else's story. "Why is that? What does the casket have to do with you?" I asked. Adi gave me a blank look, ignored my question, and pointed to the box and asked me: "Do you know what the pattern on it means?" I looked at the monster in the middle of the pattern that looked like a bird instead of a bird, with a slender neck, covered with scales of different colors, and a sharp iron beak emitting terrifying flames, which looked mysterious and gloomy under the light. Hilarious, I have never seen such a strange pattern. Adi pointed to the box and continued: "The lower row, representing the curves of the deep sea, is called water feet. It is decorated with rolling waves and upright rocks. This pattern is called 'sea water river cliff', which means Fukuyama Shouhai. According to learned old people, these patterns represent royal emperors, and only emperors can use them, such patterns are embroidered on the top and bottom of the dragon robes worn by emperors." "Then why is there a strange bird in the middle instead of a dragon? Don't all the emperors claim to represent the real dragon emperor?" Adi smiled, as if she guessed what I would say, and said: "This bird is the legendary golden-winged roc that feeds on dragons every day. Luo." After a pause, he stuck out his tongue: "My father also asked other people about these things, and then told me." "Feeding on dragons! What a big tone, does that have something to do with its secret?" Adi became nervous, biting her upper lip, and looked at me with big eyes that took up half of her small face, her hesitant eyes seemed to be a big secret in what she was going to say next.At this time, there was a bang at the exit of the cabin roof, followed by a few shouts, it seemed that someone was fighting outside, instantly breaking the silence and ambiguity in the cabin. Immediately afterwards, the deck on the top of the secret cabin above was opened, and a familiar figure quickly slid down the wooden ladder. It's Seventh Brother with a serious face. I stared at Seventh Brother dumbfounded.There should be several Taohaike guarding outside the cargo hold, did he just barge in like this?Adi was obviously frightened by the sudden appearance of Seventh Brother, she shrank behind me, clutching my clothes tightly. Seeing Adi and I sitting there in good order, Seventh Brother looked more relaxed and said, "It's okay, I just haven't seen you for a few days, and I'm afraid something will happen to you." There was a rush of heat in my heart, I was speechless with excitement, and stammered: "Brother Seven, I'm fine, I've been accompanying her to treat her illness these few days." Seventh Brother also noticed Adi, his eyes swept around, and finally fell on the ancient box in Adi's outstretched hand.Obviously, he could tell the difference in this thing at a glance, and asked with a frown, "This thing doesn't look like it's on a ship, does it?" "This thing..." I wanted to explain, but found that the words were too long, so I simply changed the topic and said to him: "It's a long story, and it has something to do with the weirdness on the boat. I will tell you in detail later. Seventh brother, you Did they break in directly? Aren’t those sea hunters holding harpoons and guarding the bottom cabin!” Seventh Brother smiled lightly: "It's just a few people, it's trivial. I'm relieved to see that you are fine." He downplayed it, but I was worried. It seemed that there was a lot of commotion on the outside, and Master Jiao would definitely know about it right away.No matter how powerful Seventh Brother is, once Lord Jiao wants to deal with him, there is no way to escape on this boat. Just when I thought of this, the deck on the top started to move again, and my heart sank. Could it be that Lord Jiao brought people to block Seventh Brother so soon, what should I do now? With a few smug and strange laughter, Uncle Quan's fat and ugly head appeared at the hatch, he looked it over carefully, and said in a strange voice: "Oh, you are really capable, little boy!" Ah, it's only been a few days since you got on the boat, and you, a pretty boy, have photographed another little girl, I really admire you." How is this going?I was a little dazed, and stood up vigilantly.After Uncle Quan came down, Heipicai also climbed down, but he was holding Qiu Shouxiong's delicate suitcase in his hand, and said with a smile: "This big brother is so majestic, those sea-seekers don't like it, how about it?" It was settled. Let's follow down to see the excitement, haha." While talking, he looked around ghostly.It seems that these two guys took advantage of the chaos to follow Seventh Brother to get down, and then remembered that they tried to get me to the bottom cabin several times before, and finally succeeded this time, is there something wrong right away? But since Seventh Brother is also here, I won't be too worried about these two guys playing tricks, so I asked with a cold face, "What are you doing here?" Uncle Quan piled up the fat on his face, and said with a smile: "Oh, I said, little brother, you have found Lord Jiao as a backer now, but can you still live on the boat for the rest of your life? We are not looking at your fate, I want to ask you brothers to see if there is any business that can be done in partnership? When I come to Nanyang in the future, many friends can be considered as many roads." I couldn't understand how they dared to say such things to me. They were too courageous, and couldn't help but say, "You two human traffickers, don't try to think about it, Lord Jiao won't let you be in his You are doing something wrong on the boat. Are you not afraid of God's retribution if you keep thinking about doing such an outrageous thing?" Heipicai laughed sinisterly, looked at me and said, "Retribution? If there is really retribution, why are you thrown into the sea instead of us?" I was dumbfounded, and Seventh Brother said calmly on the side: "I, Song, don't believe in retribution, but I feel displeased when I see you, why don't you let me give you a ride." As he said, his hands started to move. Uncle Quan and Heipicai's complexions changed suddenly, and fishy edges appeared immediately, and the atmosphere was immediately tense.At this time, Adi yelled, and I turned my head to look, and found that she was staring at everything in front of her with big frightened eyes.I knew she was terrified, but I couldn't comfort her at this time. Instead, it was important to stop Seventh Brother and the others from fighting each other. I was nervously thinking about what to do when there was a sudden sound of thunder and wind outside, as if countless people were shouting. At the same time, there were three thunder-like sounds like boom, boom, boom. Fuchang seemed to be struck by lightning. Shake violently.Seventh Brother immediately rushed up to help me, but we had already staggered, and I couldn't stand. I even felt that the Fuchang was lifted into the air by the waves, and then I heard the sound of slapping, and it felt like countless sea water hit me. deck. Uncle Quan and I were all shaken up and down. Seventh brother pulled me hard, and shouted in the bumps: "No, Minsheng, why do you feel that you are moving forward at full speed now, aren't you afraid of capsizing?" I was so moved by the words. When the previous storms came, the Fuchang had always lowered its sails and anchored, waiting for the weather to improve before raising its sails. What is the situation now?Hearing it again, he suddenly realized that the sound of thunder was very familiar. The explosion of the bombs dropped by the Japanese planes in Quanzhou city was like this.Could it be that our ship was spotted by a Japanese plane?But it’s not right, our ship has been sailing for so many days, it’s hard for Japanese planes to see us even if they fly over the sea. Before I could think about it any more, suddenly the hull shook violently again, and I fell to the ground. The five people in the secret cabin staggered and fell to the ground, and the dead wind lamp made a bang bang sound when it hit the cabin roof, but fortunately it was not extinguished.In the chaos, Adi opened her big eyes, and her face, which was almost transparent, was gradually filled with a sickly bright red. Oops, is she completely intimidated?If this continues, the Fuchang may be another storm.I was about to stand up and go to Adi to comfort her, but Adi had already closed her eyes and lay down, curled up, and immediately moaned. I was terribly anxious, but during this period, there was a vaguely awkward Mandarin shout outside: "We are the Kaohsiung Garrison Coast Guard of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ships in front will immediately sail and stop for inspection. Follow us to Kaohsiung Port for quarantine, otherwise It will be sunk immediately. Warning, stop the ship immediately, or it will be sunk immediately!" Hearing that strange tone, it was indeed Japanese. Why did they suddenly appear near the Fuchang?At that moment, Uncle Quan, Hei Pi Cai, Seventh Brother and I didn't make any sound.Everyone seems to be waiting, waiting for the Fuchang to stop, waiting for the impending doom.