I smiled faintly: "The emperor is the Supreme Emperor, how could he take risks so easily?"

Han Zitong frowned: "But I heard that he had taken you to Yangzhou back then. You did a lot of 'big things' in Yangzhou."

The dagger in my hand did not stop, but some needles pierced into my skin, and blood beads were already emerging, dyeing the cloth strips wrapped around my hands red. I gritted my teeth and continued to open the way, saying, "At that time, he was just one of the many princes. He went to Yangzhou to experience it. But sitting on the dragon throne and becoming the Supreme Lord of the Nine Five is different from the previous prince."

I chuckled and looked back at her: "How many people have there been in the emperor's personal expedition, except for the storyteller's words?"

She was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything.

Although this is harsh, as the daughter of Jiangxia, she naturally understands that, for example, I know her purpose very well when we go out to sea this time, but even so, Pei Yuanxiu will not come forward to take risks in person, let alone the emperor who is powerful and rich in the world. If he does not have a safe and complete grasp, or does not seek to make a major event that affects the country and the country, the emperor will never be able to leave the imperial city easily.

What is the emperor's personal mission? Even the private visits are just a lyrics about the words "Flowers and the romance of the bookstore" and the words "Mandarin ducks and butterflies" in the bookstore.

After a while, she said, "Who do you think will come to us?"

"Maybe it was the navy of Zhoushan, or—"

I paused.

A very thick needle pierced into the back of my hand. The pain finally made me unable to bear it even if I gritted my teeth. I could only stop and pull out the thorn.

Han Zitong looked at the white cloth wrapped around my hand that was almost dyed red, and gasped: "Your hand--"

"I'm fine."

As I said this, I was so painful that I was almost crying, but I still gritted my teeth and held it up, looking forward: "We continue to move forward, and there will always be some discoveries."

...

Unfortunately, this time, God "failed" me.

After almost a whole day, we finally broke out a road, walked to the foot of the mountain, looked up at the majestic mountain range in front of us, and we both had all lost our strength.

Along the way, there was nothing found.

There were only dense thorns and thick jungle, and small animals that ran out of the grass from time to time, whether it was a hare or a squirrel, and green snakes that were entrenched on the branches, scaring us to our legs.

However, I did not curse God because of this "failure". After all, God never responded to a word from beginning to end, and the so-called "always find some discoveries" is just my own expectations and imagination. Even Han Zitong did not blame me for my rash promise before, but just sat on a stone at the foot of the mountain panting.

Looking up at the towering mountain, she said, "Are we going up?"

I also looked at the top and shook my head and said, "I won't go up today. First, it's getting dark, and I don't know what will happen on the mountain after it's dark. Second, we are all tired and need to eat something and prepare something to go up the mountain."

She nodded and followed my arrangements.

So the two of them returned the same way.

The thorns on both sides have been split, so the road is easier to walk. Han Zitong's attitude towards me is even more harmonious than taking this road. Perhaps it is because she is becoming more aware that this may really be an isolated island without a man, and that we can rely on is really only each other.

Before the sun could set sea level, I picked up the wooden stick sharpened with a dagger and went to catch fish in shallow water.

When I tucked my skirt around my waist, rolled up my trousers and stepped into the water, the cold sea water immediately made me tremble, but after trembling for a while, I finally adapted to that temperature, so I slowly walked down with deep and shallow feet; Han Zitong sat on the beach and looked at me, feeling the wet and cold sea breeze, and she was already a little scared, and she was even more scared when she looked at my calves soaked in the sea water.

"Hey," just as I was staring at the water, I heard her say behind me: "Why are you so good at catching fish?"

“…”

"Like a fisherman."

I looked back at her, smiled faintly, "Yes."

"What?"

"I have been a fisherman."

“…?”

"My ability to catch fish is very good - someone else teaches you step by step."

Originally, the two of them were just chatting, but for some reason, her brows frowned and turned her face to the side, as if she had been offended suddenly. She was so angry that she didn't want to say more to me. I was also a little confused. I happened to see a black fish, about one foot long, swam happily in the shallow water ahead, waving with her tail. I hurriedly bent down and gently came over.

Like every time before, I pointed the wooden thorn at a place that was still some distance from the fish and was about to bury it. Suddenly, the fish seemed to feel something, and waved its tail, squirted and swam away.

"Why--"

I sighed in my heart. I had time to start, but I saw a white ball of transparent things where the fish had just swam, as if they were shocked by the fish, and swam towards the deep water with a whoosh.

I hurriedly took several steps back.

Seeing me like this, Han Zitong immediately came over and said, "What's wrong?"

"minnow."

"What?"

I turned around and said, "A transparent fish is poisonous and it's bad if you get bitten."

"Ah?" She was shocked as if she had heard of this kind of thing for the first time: "Then come back soon, be careful not to get bitten."

I glanced at her and a smile appeared on my face: "It's okay. I'll be careful."

After saying that, he looked into the water for a while and confirmed that there was no danger, so he walked towards a deeper water area.

This evening, we had a lot of harvest. We roasted several fish and picked some berries we picked when we opened our way during the day. After eating two grilled fish, we wrapped the rest with the banana leaves we picked before at the foot of the mountain and prepared to take them with us when we went hiking tomorrow.

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Tonight, we will do better than before. We divided the burning bonfire into two piles and moved them to our respective sides, and then spread a layer of leaves on the ground that had been very hot with the fire. The warm heat rose up, and finally made us, who had been immersed in the cold air all day, feel a little warm.

Han Zitong slept beside me and subconsciously leaned over.

I looked back at her and smiled.

The body temperature of the two people is actually more comfortable than the heat source coming from under them. Although her attitude towards me has always been very stiff, the feeling of relying on each other can still give people the courage and hope to survive in such a cold environment.

The corners of my mouth slowly closed my eyes with a faint curve.

Perhaps it was because I was so tired today that after closing my eyes, I slowly fell into a chaotic dream, but the chaos gradually turned into a dark sea. The surging waves rose dozens of feet high, and they rushed over and overturned. I immediately slapped a ship on the sea, and a shrill sound of breaking came.

Li Er!

I opened my eyes all at once.

The flashing fires around me shone on my face, a little cloudy and unstable, but it somewhat helped me to find some real comfort.

Actually, I'm not as free and easy as I said before.

I was still worried about Li'er, afraid that if something happened to her, Liu Qinghan's ship and ours were not far away. The thing I feared most in my heart was that if their ship also encountered wind and waves and was broken, what should Li'er do?

Will it be already-

As soon as this thought came out, I immediately shook my head and shook my head hard, throwing this idea out hard.

No, definitely not!

My daughter, she is my daughter. Her mother has experienced so many hardships and hardships to give birth to her. She must not die easily like this, she must not!

Just as I silently grabbed the grass mat under me and the fine sand slowly leaked from the gaps of my fingers. At this moment, Han Zitong's somewhat empty voice suddenly rang out on the side-

"what's on your mind?"

I was still a little stunned. Before I could answer, I heard her say lightly: "Do you still think about the life of being a fisherman?"

“…”

I slowly turned my head to look at her.

"What did you say?"

“…”

But she didn't look at me, just lying on her back, her beautiful outline was shining by the fire not far away, and it seemed a little cloudy and unstable. She was silent for a long time, but she didn't get her response. She just saw her slowly closing her eyes and falling asleep as if she had fallen asleep.

I frowned slightly.

Night, in the silence between the two people, became more and more quiet and peaceful.

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One night passed.

When they woke up the next morning, Han Zitong had already gotten up. The two of them washed up briefly with sea water, ate some cold grilled fish and berries, cleaned up a little, and then prepared to set off.

Along the way, both of them were very quiet.

Her abrupt question last night seemed to be an illusion for me, and she seemed to have been forgotten by herself. Neither of them mentioned it again, but compared to the relatively harmonious atmosphere yesterday, both of them were silent today, walking forward with branches and leaves. She was silent and I was quiet.

However, just as we were slowly walking towards the foot of the mountain, suddenly, I felt the footsteps following me stop.

I turned around and saw her standing not far behind her, staring at the beach on the other side.

I asked, "What's wrong?"

"Look."

She didn't look at me, she was just stunned, as if she was being captured, and pointed her hand to that side.

I subconsciously frowned, because the place where I stood was covered by taller branches, so I walked back to her and looked in the direction of her finger.

That's the beach on the other side.

The weather is very good today, the sun shines on the blue sea, and the clear sea water is shining with countless stars and lights. The waves hit the shore with the wind, as if a gentle hand is comforting the beach that it once raged.

And on the beach, on the snow-white beach—
Chapter completed!