After three rounds of drinking, both of them were a little tipsy, and only a long fish bone was left on the fish on the plate.

Li Minghao put down his chopsticks, burped, and approached the old man and asked: "Old man, we have drunk the wine and eaten the fish. Do you think you can tell me about this incident at sea?"

Now that it’s getting late, I still want to go back quickly, otherwise they won’t be able to contact me, and I don’t know what trouble they might cause.”

The old man smiled, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip of wine, and then said slowly: "Young man, you are too impatient, but since you are anxious, let me tell you something."

"Young man, I'm all ears." Li Minghao nodded slightly, sat up straighter, and forced his eyes open to listen to what the old man said.

"On the South China Sea, there are nothing more than three kinds of legends circulating. The first is the thousands of treasures on the seabed, the second is the elusive ghost ship floating on the sea, and the third is the sharks living in the sea. Now

It is generally called a mermaid. This treasure in the sea is different from the other two legends. I have seen this old man with my own eyes."

"I think back when I was young, every time when there were few fish and bad harvests, those of us who lived at sea would spontaneously form a team and dive into the sea to collect pearls. Outsiders generally called us pearl fishing.

People, we generally fish for pearls

In the shallow sea close to the deep sea, where the water is not too deep, you can also collect pearls of good quality. I remember one day, we went a few hundred meters into the deep sea before diving to collect pearls. At that time, we also

There is no diving equipment, it’s just a matter of strapping your legs to rocks.

When sinking, how much you can harvest depends entirely on how long you can hold your breath. The sea was really dark and you couldn't see anything. After we got into the water, we kept sinking. Finally, we landed on a place and stepped on it gently.

For a moment, it doesn’t feel like the bottom of the sea. Take a closer look.

Only then did we discover that it was a sunken ship. Not far in front of us, there was a broken mast. There was a yellow flag tied to it, with a big clear letter written on it." The old man paused for a moment.

After a while, he picked up the wine bowl and took a sip of wine to moisten his throat.

Li Minghao frowned slightly: "Ming? Could it be the flag of the previous Ming Dynasty?"

The old man nodded: "Yes, this is the flag of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that flag, we were a little curious, so we walked forward a little to see what was going on. As a result, after taking only two steps, I

One of our companions stepped on a corroded wooden board, and the weight of the stone dragged him straight down. When we arrived, we saw that he had fallen into the cabin.

In the middle, there were a pair of iron boxes next to him. One of the iron boxes must have been hit by him and fell from the top. The lid opened to reveal the contents. It was a box of gold bars. We were stunned at that time.

"Eye, this is something we can't earn from fishing all our lives." The old man said, his eyes full of greed. It seems that even now, he is still thinking about that box of gold bars.

"So, you just took all the gold bars for yourself?" After listening to the old man's words and looking at his eyes, Li Minghao clenched his fist tightly. These things are national treasures. If you took them for yourself, don't blame him.

Respect the old and love the young.

The old man didn't notice anything unusual about Li Minghao, and just sighed: "To be honest, we wanted to, but at that time the oxygen in our lungs had been exhausted, so we had to dive up. This is strange to say. After we got up, we prepared

When I went down for the second time, Nahara

The originally sunny sky was covered with dark clouds for some reason, and the wind on the sea became stronger. We had no choice but to leave this place. We also looked for it afterwards, but found nothing. Now that I think about it, God probably doesn’t want us to get these things.

Ill-gotten gains."

When the old man said this, Li Minghao breathed a sigh of relief and loosened his clenched fists before: "These are national treasures for us. In any case, we cannot privately possess them. I hope you can

Help the Special Office to find these things and then hand them over to the country. Of course, we will also give you a certain reward to ensure that you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future."

The old man waved his hand: "It doesn't matter whether I have money or not. Half of me, who is almost buried in the earth, have no interest in money. I just want to live freely on the sea. In the decades since that time, I

I have never seen a trace of that treasure again until recently, when your special team hoisted several large boxes at sea in the middle of the night. At that time, I recognized them at a glance as the items I had seen decades ago."

When he heard that the special office had taken out the treasure, Li Minghao slapped the table, scaring the old man so much that he was half drunk: "Young man, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I suddenly remembered something that made me very angry, so I couldn't help but slap the table. I'm sorry for scaring you, please continue." Li Minghao realized that he had scared the old man, and quickly apologized with a smile.

The old man nodded and said: "Young man, you should be calmer, otherwise high blood pressure and other things will come to your door when you get old. That's the end of the matter about this treasure, but there is one thing. It seems that your people are just pulling these things.

Once we got aboard, we saw that the boat was quite full."

"If that's the case, of course it's best. I hope you can help us fish it out afterwards." After hearing only part of it, Li Minghao's heart dropped a little. When he goes back tomorrow, he will definitely ask this question.

Where did the salvaged stuff go?

"Definitely." The old man rummaged through the leftovers in front of him. He really couldn't find anything that could go with the wine, so he got up and walked to the small cabinet on the side. He opened the drawer and took out a bag of Drunken Peanuts. He opened the bag and poured it out.

part of it.

"What do you guys say? You have stories and I have wine. We can chat for half the night. But this is just wine without wine. I can't even drink a sip of wine. Don't worry, eat it. This drunkard has peanuts for me.

A genius bought it." The old man said with a smile. He was afraid that Li Minghao wouldn't eat it, so he even showed him the production date.

"You don't have to do this. I was used to eating glutinous rice when I was a kid. But you, this story has only been told once. Let's move on to the next one." Li Minghao picked up a peanut with his two fingers and threw it in.

in the mouth.

The old man sat down, grabbed a few peanuts and put them into his mouth, then took another sip of wine, smacked his lips, and then continued: "The next one should be the ghost ship on the sea. This ship

Well, I don’t know which dynasty it belongs to, but I heard from my elders that after the Jingnan Campaign in the Ming Dynasty, this ghost ship drifted in China.

The sea outside the soil, and this ghost ship has not only appeared in the South China Sea, but also has been seen in the other three seas. His appearance is basically accompanied by a fog, and there was a ghost ship in the sea in the past two days.

There was a big fog, and after the fog passed, there were a bunch of people in diving suits floating on the sea. I didn't dare to look at it. It was so miserable."

"You mean, the fog started two days ago?" Li Minghao frowned. The first two days were not long after they arrived here and the night before Sanke arrived. It is estimated that so many people can be mobilized.

There is only the native emperor of Jianye City, Xiao Zhanqiang.

"Yes, two days ago, I was sitting on the bow of the boat smoking. Suddenly there was fog not far away in front of me. I ran away quickly. After I ran far away, I looked back and saw that the fog had cleared.

, so I boldly went over to take a look. It didn’t matter. There were so many people on the boat.

There were a few people up there, but they were luckier than the people in the water. They were just scared to death. Oh, by the way, I also took some of their things, and I will bring them to you to take a look later."

The old man got up and walked to the small cabin at the back, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets to find it.

After half a cup of tea, the old man walked out of the small cabin at the back with a harpoon gun in his hand: "There are a lot of things in there. It took a long time to find them. Don't mind."

"It's okay." Li Minghao stood up and took the harpoon gun from the old man's hand. Then he looked at it carefully under the dim light in the cabin, and finally he found a specially designed badge pattern on the butt of the gun.

"Sure enough, it's him." Li Minghao gritted his teeth. The old man couldn't stand the noise and quickly covered his ears: "Young man, what's wrong with you? There's something wrong with you from just now. Is something wrong?

?”

Li Minghao shook his head, put the harpoon gun aside, sat on his seat, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just confirmed a few things. I'm sorry to scare you. You can continue to tell your story."

"Okay." The old man stared at Li Minghao as if he were a thief. After he confirmed that the boy in front of him would not do anything to harm him, he continued to talk. "Later, because I was afraid, I hurried away.

I don’t know how those people are, but I hope someone comes back to take them home, alas.”

Li Minghao shook his head. He was afraid of scaring the old man, so he kept suppressing the anger in his heart. It would be over for Xiao Zhanqiang to make trouble alone. Why would he involve himself in the lives of so many brothers for no reason? It is really unforgivable.

After sighing, Li Minghao asked: "Old man, I heard you just said that this ghost ship appeared after the Jingnan Campaign in the Ming Dynasty. Could it be that the people on this ship are..."

The old man chuckled: "Don't say it was you, other people also had such speculations. After all, according to official history, Emperor Jianwen disappeared in the fire. Later people speculated that he hid at sea, and he disappeared

The time is close to the time when this ghost ship appeared, and there is no sense of inconsistency, so there are more such theories. But who knows the truth."

This is a bit interesting. Ghost ship, Emperor Jianwen, the old man's words successfully aroused Li Minghao's interest. He doesn't really want to go back now, but he wants to have a chance to take a look at the rumored ghost ship on the sea, and then go up and have a look.

Is Emperor Jianwen on this ship?

"That's right. You can just listen to these words for fun. Now all that's left is about the sharks. Old man, how did you know this?"

The old man filled himself up with wine and looked up at the small kerosene lamp on the top of the cabin that was swinging with the ship: "Although the thing about the sharks is not my personal experience, it is a story passed down from my grandfather's generation.

."

During the century of turmoil, Jianye Port served as the gateway for external forces to enter China. Dozens or even hundreds of ships docked here every day and then sailed to other places. Those ships were filled with all kinds of goods looted from China by outsiders.

Curiosities and women.

Not far from Jianye Port is their previous village. The people in the village basically make a living by fishing, but as more and more boats become available, it becomes impossible to catch the fish.

There is a young boy named Wang Er in this village. This Wang Er is different from other people in the village. He has fine skin and tender flesh. He is not fishing material at first glance. Although his father is angry, he is not the same after all.

My own flesh and blood did not have the heart to drive him out of the village, but gave him some money and asked him to buy some books to read.

That night, Wang Er was reading at night, when suddenly a smell of sea wafted out of the window. Along with the smell of sea, there was a burst of thick fog.

This Wang Er was a little upset, so he walked out, it was time to relax.

While walking, Wang Er walked into the fog and lost his way. This frightened him. He was just a scholar and had no power. What should he do if he encountered danger?

Just when he was scared, he suddenly smelled the smell of sea mixed with the smell of blood that penetrated his nostrils. He swallowed and walked forward fearfully.

He didn't know how long he had been walking, but the fog around him gradually dissipated, revealing the surrounding scenery. Only then did Wang Er realize that he had arrived at the junction of the mountains and the sea.

Just as he was about to turn around and walk back, a faint cry for help suddenly came from the pile of strange rocks: "Is there anyone there? Please help me..."

It was a woman's voice. Wang Er hesitated again and again, and finally plucked up the courage to come to the strange rocks, picked up his trousers and walked into the group of strange rocks.

After walking with difficulty for a short distance, Wang Er saw the woman, but after just one glance, he covered his eyes and turned around: "Why is the girl dressed like that? There is really no way for a young man like you to save her."

It turned out that the girl's upper body was covered with only two pages of shells, and she was not wearing any clothes. Although the mind was gradually opening up at that time, many people still held the concept that it was a breach of moral integrity for a man and a woman to be intimate with each other and to touch their clothes with bare sleeves. One

When a young man sees a girl like this, he naturally doesn't dare to save her.

The girl smiled weakly and said: "It's okay, sir. After you save my life, I will get married to you. In this way, you will not be morally condemned."

The girl had said so, so Wang Er couldn't help but cover his eyes. He turned around and cautiously walked to the girl's side. However, from the beginning to the end, Wang Er's eyes kept looking into the distance, even though the girl

That said, but he can't break that rule.

When he came to the girl's side, Wang Er lowered his head and took a look. It didn't matter. Wang Er was so frightened that he shivered all over. He lost his footing and fell onto the rocks. He grinned in pain.
Chapter completed!