The weather changes on the vast sea are always so elusive.

The sky was clear the first second, and the next second, a large thunder and rain clouds floated, and it was not uncommon to cause surging waves. What's more, once extreme weather occurs on the sea, its harshness is not comparable to land. Xiliu has encountered this situation now.

Because of Dong Qingyue's reminder, Lu Jing gave up the idea of ​​spending the night in Huashu Island, and instead chose to go to sea after completing the basic supplies in the afternoon.

On the evening of the next day, I accidentally encountered a storm!

The black clouds pressed over the head, and the lightning flashed in it, and the muffled sound echoed from time to time. The Xiliu waves rose and fell in the waves, shaking, as if the next second it would be swallowed by the manic sea.

The rain as big as beans descended on the strong wind and fell across the Xiliu. The waves on both sides of the deck were churning, soaking thick ropes wrapped around the ship's side with other scattered debris and pushing them around the deck.

After all, Xiliu is just a small ship with a certain limit on its ability to withstand.

Fortunately, the two on the boat were old sailors who had been hiding on the sea for many years, so it was easy to deal with this situation.

The gas lights above the helm have been turned on. The dark yellow light is the only light source in the surrounding 100 meters of sea. Lu Jing, shirtless, strides on the deck. With his strength, he first put away the sails, then grabbed the heavy objects on the deck with one hand and piled them in the captain's room to prevent these things from rolling around to destroy the infrastructure on the ship. Then he bowed and lifted up a wooden board on the foreground of the helm, showing a small operating table below.

This is the operating table of the whale oil engine on both sides of the Xiliu. Lu Jing turned over and pressed several buttons in succession, raised his hand to hold the joystick, turned around and turned to another switch. This device is connected to a small gas lamp in the steam room, which is used as a signal light. In order to indicate to Xu Zhuo inside, this place has been prepared.

Sudden ~ Sudden ~

Feeling the vibration of the hull, Lu Jing immediately broke off the joystick in his hand. With a sound, the Xiliu, which was originally stationed in the wind and rain, rushed out at an extremely fast speed!

Lu Jing returned to the deck and closed the wooden cover of the console to prevent too much rain from pouring in. He returned to the helm and controlled the direction.

Xu Zhuo was wandering in the cabin to ensure that there was no damage or leakage caused by accidental collision at the bottom.

After about 15 minutes, the rain in front gradually decreased and the sea surface became much calmer. Lu Jing came out of the helm and looked back at the dark clouds that were leaving behind him, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The whale oil drainage wheel was turned off and the captain's room was brought to its original position. Xu Zhuo also returned to the deck from the cabin.

"How is the situation below?"

Lu Jing asked, looking at Xu Zhuo who was turning his arms to relax his muscles.

"It's not bad. The bottom floor withstood the impact of the waves and did not have the worst leakage, but the wear and tear is a bit serious... It seems that the situation on the deck is not very good."

While speaking, Xu Zhuo's eyes swept around the deck, noticed the gaps and marks caused by debris hitting the ship's side, and put his hands on his waist.

"We need to renovate it in Qihuang Island. In this state, it is a problem for myself to continue sailing."

"I know, in those ten minutes just now, nearly half of the whale oil was consumed, and we need to replenish it... Look, we are here."

Pointing to the outline of the island that had already appeared in the night ahead, the steam propeller and whale oil drainage wheel increased the speed of the Xiliu to an exaggerated level, and invisibly shortened the distance between them and Qihuang Island by a large margin.

......

Because it is not far from the storm, Qihuang Island has also been affected. Although it will not follow the strong winds and waves, it will be cloudy and rainy.

At the ship management office of the port, the kerosene lamp was burning quietly in a corner of the table. On the side was a plate of cooked beef with only some residue. A pair of rough and yellowed feet were placed on it, a short shirt, a man with a tuft of black hair on his chest was lying on his bench, and a newspaper was covered with his face.

There was also a mechanical doll with only an upper body beside the chair, and a palm-leaf fan was pinching in his hand, constantly slapping him in the wind.

Dongdongdongdongdong~

Someone bent his fingers outside the window and buckled the glass.

The man on the chair pulled open the newspaper, with a little impatient look on his face, opened the uppermost drawer, took out a book and several portraits, scanned the window and stood in the rain with the two people standing in the rain with an umbrella, and then spoke: "Small ships are half a pile of money, medium ships are 1 silver dollar, and large ships are 3 silver dollars. In addition, you have to register, the number of crew members, the name of the islander, the appearance of the ship... Why are you standing there? Write it?"

"Why do you have this kind of distance? Just pay a fee at other ports."

Xu Zhuo handed in half a penny of money from the window, but did not rush to write down the information of the two, but asked.

"It wasn't there before. There have been a lot of things on the island recently. This is also the instructions of my superiors."

He raised the newspaper in his hand and stuck it on the window so that the two people outside could see it. At the same time, he expanded the portrait behind the counter, compared the people above with them, and then stuffed the portrait back.

"What are you doing?"

Lu Jing noticed this man's abnormal movements.

"Here, do you see the guy in this portrait? The wanted order recently issued by the Qihuangdao government, which is the kidnapper mentioned in the newspaper. If you meet him, remember to report the case."

The portrait depicts a person whose entire face is in a black hood. The only feature is that his face looks like a mask made of copper coins hanging on it. On the page of the newspaper, Lu Jing saw reports on the recent serial disappearances on Qihuangdao.

"Now I know why you need to register your information. First, it is to prevent you from doing bad things, and second, it is also to record a note in advance. If something really happens, we can have an explanation here... Don't waste time. I want to sleep a little longer in the middle of the night!"

He reached out to pat the account book and reminded him again impatiently.

"I understand, it's not written."

Xu Zhuo looked back at Lu Jing. The latter shook his head, took the pen forward, wrote two temporary names on the book, and made some changes to the others, put down the pen and left with Xu Zhuo.

After they had walked far enough, the people from the management office immediately pulled out the portrait from the drawer, but this time there were two more pictures!

"Ha! We're going to develop too...were two guys who are not afraid of death."
Chapter completed!