Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 250 The change of jade pendant

"Brother Yi, what should we do? Let's run?!" In the heavy rain, a pirate shouted in horror.

"Yeah! How can there be such a ship in the world, maybe it's not a monster?!"

When everyone heard about the monster, they became even more frightened and at a loss.

"Damn your mother! Where can you go in this weather? What the hell kind of ship is this? The mast is so short, how do you hang the sails? I must find out today!" The young pirate leader stared at the bay in astonishment. The Thunder God, wanting to leave but reluctant.If such a big ship can be captured, then he can walk sideways on the sea in the future!What yellow, blue, white, black, purple, all have to listen to his Red Flag Gang.

"Look, look, something is moving on the deck!" a pirate suddenly shouted.

The pirates watched carefully through the rain curtain, and saw a few black figures shaking on the ship, but they disappeared soon.

"Have you seen it clearly?" Brother Yi asked the crowd, wiping the rain off his face.All the subordinates desperately shook their heads.The first brother had no choice but to wave his hand: "A bunch of trash! Go back to the cave! Wait until the rain stops."

In the cockpit of the Thunder God, Zhao Xin took medicine and became sleepy, so he went back to his cabin, and A Miao followed him worried.Liu Zheng took Wang Ping to the restaurant for dinner, and only Liu Sheng and Ding Guofeng were left watching.Looking at the pouring rain outside like a waterfall, the two shook their heads helplessly.

"What the hell is this weather!" Liu Sheng stretched out his head to look out, muttering something in his mouth.

Ding Guofeng continued: "Southern China, it's not like this in summer, maybe it's even bigger in Guangzhou."

Liu Shengdao: "It's still seventy or eighty nautical miles away, maybe there isn't a drop in Guangzhou, the weather on the sea is hard to say."

Ding Guofeng nodded, and suddenly asked: "Da Liu, we have been in this era for so long, have you ever seen President Zhao get sick?"

Liu Sheng thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "No."

Ding Guofeng said: "This man, he hasn't been sick for a long time, once he gets sick, it might be a serious illness."

Liu Sheng said: "You crow mouth!"

Ding Guofeng scratched his head and said, "Da Liu, you said that if God takes action."

"It's rare and strange! God should take care of it." Liu Sheng waved his hand dismissively and walked to the door of the cockpit.

"Hey, why are you going?"

"This area is not like our place. There are pirates everywhere. I have to go down and tell them to pay attention."

In the cabin on the third floor, Zhao Xin, who had a worsening cold, returned to his cabin accompanied by A Miao; wrapped in a quilt, he drank ginger syrup.A Miao looked at him worriedly, and advised, "Drink slowly, don't choke!"

Zhao Xin smiled at A Miao and comforted him: "It's okay, I want to sleep for a while, you can go out first."

A Miao nodded, and said worriedly, "I'll just stay in the corridor outside, and you can call me if you need anything."

"No, you go to lunch."

Zhao Xin waited for A Miao to close the door, then threw off the quilt, rushed to the door with a few strides, and locked the door tightly; then returned to the bed, and took out the jade pendant from his neck.

From the moment he started sneezing, Zhao Xin felt that something was wrong, and Yupei started to have a fever for some reason.At first, it was only slightly warm, but when his cold got worse and he started to go back to the room to wrap up the quilt, the jade pendant had already become a little hot.

Such a thing has never happened before, and Zhao Xin has no idea what happened, nor how to deal with it.He took off the jade pendant and put it on the table. It looked crystal clear, but it was too hot to hold.

Zhao Xin looked at Yupei and began to think wildly, what if he couldn't go back?Now that I am at sea, I can't try even if I want to.I haven't gotten back the pile of things I spent money on before!What about my parents?What do those in the education department want to go home?
Thinking about it, I felt dizzy and stuffy, and my mind became more and more dizzy.Zhao Xin rubbed his head and felt that he had a low-grade fever, so he found another antipyretic medicine from the drawer and took it. He simply ignored everything and fell asleep.

After a while, as the rain outside became heavier and heavier, lightning and thunder continued in the sky.The jade pendant on the table suddenly made a light sound, and with a click, a deep crack appeared on the jade pendant from bottom to top in an instant, and the dragon attached to the corner of the jade pendant was split into two!
At the same time, in the back house of the Shen family in Yangzhou City, thousands of miles away, Shen Xuan, who was talking with Shen Jingdan's wife in her boudoir, suddenly felt a heart palpitation, and the object hanging around her neck suddenly became hot. "Ah" and cried out in pain.

Madam Shen quickly put down the needle and thread in her hand, and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Shen Xuan didn't speak, but blushed and unbuttoned the two buttons on the stand-collar gown, revealing the obscene clothes inside, then took off the object from her neck, and put it on the table together with the string.

"This thing just got so hot!"

On the table was an oval-shaped pure white jade pendant, with a small dragon lying on the edge of the jade pendant.If Zhao Xin were here, he would definitely scream out in shock, because this jade pendant is exactly the same as his piece in terms of appearance and color!
Mrs. Shen has been taking care of Shen Xuan for so many years, and knows that this jade pendant is a family heirloom of the Shen family.When she touched it, she was also scalded with an "oops".Mrs. Shen's heart moved, and she hurriedly opened Shen Xuan's obscene clothes, only to see that an oval mark had been scalded on Shen Xuan's chest, and in the middle of the red mark, a reversed "Shen" was faintly discernible. .

"This..." Mrs. Shen was stunned.

Seeing her adoptive mother like this, Shen Xuan hurried to the mirror in front of the dressing table to take a picture, covering her mouth and almost screaming.And Mrs. Shen also woke up at this time, and quickly got up to look for medicine in the cabinet.

Shen Xuan looked at the jade pendant on the table that she had never left since she was a child, recalling the palpitation just now, an extremely uneasy feeling came to her heart.

This jade pendant was hung around her neck by her father when she left home at the age of nine, and he told her that it was a family heirloom of the Shen family, so she should not show it to outsiders.These years, she has always obeyed her father's will, never showing it to others easily, except for Mrs. Shen who has been taking care of her, even Shen Jingdan has never seen her.

Ever since she met Zhao Xin, Shen Xuan felt that there seemed to be some kind of connection between this jade pendant and Zhao Xin, but she couldn't figure out what it was.However, this also aroused Shen Xuan's interest in Zhao Xin, and prompted the two to keep in touch. Shen Xuan gradually fell in love secretly, and finally settled on a marriage.

At this time, Mrs. Shen took the scalding medicine and asked Shen Xuan to wipe it off by herself, and persuaded: "Ah Quan, this jade pendant is so evil, it is better not to wear it anymore. I will take it and enshrine it in front of the Buddha statue, and let it sit for a few days before we talk about it."

While Shen Xuan was applying the medicine in front of the mirror, the uneasiness in her heart became more and more serious, and the image of Zhao Xin became clearer and clearer in her mind.She walked to the table and touched the jade pendant with her fingers, and was surprised to find that it was not so hot, and became warmer, so she hesitated to lift the red string on the jade pendant, trying to put it on again.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Shen was about to speak out to dissuade her, but Shen Xuan said: "Mother, is Daddy at home?"

Mrs. Shen said: "I went to your third uncle's house in the morning to discuss matters, and before leaving the house, I said that I would not be able to return until dark. Ah Quan, this jade pendant is so wicked, why do you still want to wear it?"

Shen Xuan sat blankly in front of the dressing table, the circles of her eyes turned red after a while, and tears fell down. "Mother, it seems that something happened to Zhao Lang."

"Ah!" Mrs. Shen was stunned, and the teacup in her hand fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces.After a while, Mrs. Shen got up suddenly and opened the door, went to the door of the inner house and shouted: "Si! Si!"

After a while, Guisheng's father Si came over, looked at the panic-stricken Mrs. Shen and asked, "Madam, what's the matter?"

"Quick! Go to the third master's house and call the master back!"

"Now?" Ah Si was taken aback, then trotted out the door
"What the hell weather!" As the rain gradually weakened, Ding Guofeng, who felt stuffy in the cockpit, opened the hatch leading to the compass deck, and the howling sea breeze rushed in, and Ding Guofeng, who was choking, almost couldn't breathe Coming up, the map on the nautical chart table was blown all over the place.

Ding Guofeng quickly closed the door, picked up the things on the ground, and went back to the bridge to take a look. The data from the anemometer showed that the wind speed at this time was five or six, and the instantaneous maximum wind speed could reach seven.In desperation, Ding Guofeng raised his binoculars and looked at the houses on the island for a while; seeing that there was no movement at all, he called a sailor on duty from outside the door, gave a few instructions, and went out to the restaurant on the second floor for dinner.When I arrived at the restaurant, I saw A Miao was there, and asked about Zhao Xin's situation casually, knowing that the other party had taken medicine and fell asleep, so I didn't ask any more questions.

In the cave on Dazui Island, seeing the wind and rain outside gradually subside, a group of pirates began to yell and sail away as soon as possible, as far away from the monster in the bay as possible.But the leader of the first brother did not agree.

"Xiaoqi, you take two people to the beach to see the boat. If there is any movement, report it immediately!"

The person called "Little Seven" was a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. Hearing this, he immediately asked with trembling voice: "Brother Yi, you, are you calling me, let me go?"

"What's the matter? You are the most noisy and fiercest fighter on weekdays. If you don't go, why do you want me to go!" Brother Yi stared at him, Xiao Qi didn't dare to disobey, nodded quickly in agreement, called two partners and went out.

At this moment, an older pirate asked, "First brother, do you want to plan on that strange ship?"

The first brother said: "Our Zheng family is short of a big boat right now. If we can get this boat, it's yellow, blue, white, black and purple, our Red Gang Zheng's family is the boss of this sea!" Focusing his eyes, he asked, "Do you think this is the truth?"

"The truth is correct, but there is no sail on the boat at all. How can we sail?"

"If people can drive this boat over, we can drive it away. Besides, we don't have to kill all the sailors on the boat, let them join the crew and let them sail the boat!"

"But what if they don't listen?"

"Throw it into the sea and feed it to the sharks!"

Before dark, news from Xiaoqi's side came one after another.

First of all, Xiao Qi and the others had already seen clearly that the people on that strange ship were all people, not monsters, which reassured the pirates a lot.Dan people have always been active on the water, wandering around, except for those who went ashore and settled down, the children of other families have never read books, so they are extremely superstitious.

(The Dan people do not even save the drowning person. They think that the drowning person is a water ghost looking for a substitute. If they are saved, the water ghost will find themselves.)
Secondly, the hull of the boat was too high, and the hull looked bare, making it very difficult to climb.The three of Xiao Qi and the others observed for a long time, and finally found the thick anchor chain that sank into the sea at the bow, from where they should be able to climb up with the help of tools.

The third is that there are not many people on the deck of the ship.Xiaoqi and the others observed for a long time, and found that there were only seven or eight people patrolling back and forth on the deck.

After the first brother heard it, he was overjoyed immediately, and felt that the boat was hopeful, so he decided to do it after nightfall.

Besides, on the side of the Thunder God, when it was dinner time, Liu Sheng saw that Zhao Xin hadn't moved, so he came to look for him.I saw in the passage, A Miao took a small stool and stood guard at the door.

Liu Sheng hurriedly asked, "Has Zhao Xin come out?"

A Miao shook her head, saying that she had been asleep since before noon, and had been silent.

Liu Sheng felt something was wrong, knocked on the door quickly, and kept yelling: "Zhao Xin! Get up and eat! Zhao Xin! Get up and eat!"

The door of Zhao Xin's house was slapped loudly by Liu Sheng's slap. After a while, Zhao Xin, who was sleeping in the quilt inside the room, threw off the quilt and sat up, sweating profusely.

Hearing the knock on the door outside, Zhao Xin said hoarsely: "Get up!" In a daze, Zhao Xin picked up the jade pendant on the table, put it back around his neck without looking at it, and stuffed it into his clothes .

At this time, Liu Sheng outside the door didn't hear Zhao Xin's words at all, and continued to pat on the door.Zhao Xin shook his head helplessly, took a sip from the water glass on the table, cleared his throat and said, "Stop shooting!"

There was no movement outside the door.

Zhao Xin went to the bathroom to wash his face, and stared blankly at the mirror.In his dream just now, he was being chased by a guy in yellow clothes, and he would be caught several times.Then a person he had never seen before jumped out, stopped the man in yellow and told him to run quickly.The man was dressed in white, and he couldn't see his face clearly.When I finally ran to a place where there was no one, I saw Shen Xuan.Just when Zhao Xin was about to get bored with Shen Xuan, thunder came from the sky and he woke up.

After staring blankly for a while, Zhao Xin found that the dream in his mind became more and more blurred, and he couldn't remember many details clearly.

"Forget it, it's just a dream." Zhao Xin shook his head and said something comforting.He was no longer as uncomfortable as in the morning, but he heard a grunt in his stomach, and then he remembered that Liu Sheng seemed to be asking him to eat.

When he took A Miao to the restaurant on the second floor, he saw Liu Sheng, Liu Zheng, and that Wang Ping all eating.Hungry Zhao Xin waited for A Miao to serve the meal, then buried himself in the meal.

"Brother Zhao, are you alright?" Liu Zheng sat across from Zhao Xin with a plate in his hand, and asked with concern.

"It's okay. It should be a cold. It will be fine if you don't sleep for a while."

After dinner, Zhao Xin and the others went to the cockpit and chatted about tomorrow's arrangements.According to the previous plan, Liu Zheng would take his men, Wang Ping and the Thirteenth to Guangzhou, while the Thunder God would go to Macau.Several people discussed tomorrow's arrangements and follow-up plans, and they chatted for more than two hours.After nine o'clock, when the crowd was about to disperse, Ding Guofeng, who inadvertently glanced at the navigation radar, suddenly let out a "huh".

"Look, there are two boats moving here!" As soon as he said this, the other three people surrounded him.

Liu Sheng glanced at the screen and immediately said: "That's right, it's two ships. It's so late, it can't be pirates, right?!"

Liu Zheng nodded and said, "If you don't come during the day and come at night, you must have no good intentions!"

Ding Guofeng looked at Zhao Xin and said, "What should we do? Tell people to go to the deck and shoot them away?"

Zhao Xin thought for a while and said, "It's impossible to prevent it for a while, and I don't know any monsters when I arrive in Macau. Inform everyone, turn off the lights on the ship, and let our people go up to the deck to ambush."

On the sea in the south of Dazuiwei Island, two single-masted wooden boats slipped quietly across the sea in the thick night, and under the cover of the sound of waves on the sea surface, they circled the west of the island and approached the Thor which was parked in the harbor. over here.In the cabin, Brother Yi and his men were already sharpening their swords.

(End of this chapter)