Festival 1 The seventeenth year of Guangxu
Ren Lingyu rushed out of the sea!
The moment he fell into the sea, the cold sea water made him regain consciousness in an instant. The strict naval education for more than four years made him stop falling in the sea. He immediately swam towards the vaguely bright water surface. When he floated out of the sea, everything in front of him made him dumbfounded in an instant - on the sea surface not far away, a sailboat was burning, and the ship was sinking?!
That was not the training ship he was riding on! Ren Lingyu made a judgment at the first time that the training ship he was riding on was 4 masts, but the ship only had 3 masts, and the ship shape was very different.
A lifeboat suddenly came not far away, and there seemed to be a few people on it. Without having time to think more, Ren Lingyu immediately swam towards the lifeboat carefully.
He quickly swam not far from the lifeboat. It was almost dusk and the lifeboat had already sailed out of the range reflected by the flames on the sailboat. Therefore, the people on the boat did not seem to notice Ren Lingyu who was swimming slowly towards them on the sea in front of him.
"Table ping-sheet", a gunshot suddenly came from the lifeboat. Ren Lingyu in the sea trembled all over and quickly penetrated into the water. When he floated out of the water again, he had already reached the shadow on the side of the lifeboat's hull.
The people on the boat are talking - it's English?!
"You two, do you want to kill yourself for money?" This was the first voice Ren Lingyu heard. This man's voice was clear and nice, but he sounded quite weak.
"That's right! It's just for your wealth!" The man replied with a rather generous voice, "Mr. Roth, please hold the gun firmly and be careful of fire. Otherwise, with my hand, all the remaining water we have to pour into the sea!"
A pair of lushly haired arms reached out from Ren Lingyu's head outside the boat. One of them held a large leather bag in his hand, and the other hand was a bloody dagger, and the sharp blade stayed steadily on the leather bag.
"Joe, are you still raising this bitch? Why are you talking about? Kill him quickly, kill him! He injured me..." Another duckling voice sounded on the lifeboat.
"Shut up! Bill, you idiot!" Joe stopped the duck's voice viciously, "He has 5 bullets in his gun! Do you want us all to die like this?"
"Mr. Rott", Joe should have turned to the first one who spoke, "Your wound is still bleeding, and you can't have the chance to bandage it."
"Of course, you can kill us two immediately, but in this vast sea, without the fresh water and the two sailors, you will die in the end." Qiao's voice exuded an absolute confidence.
"So my smartest way is to make a deal with you, right?" Roth's voice sounded again.
"That's right! We only need half of the property in your bag, and you will be at your own expense..."
The answer to him was a gunshot!
Ren Lingyu in the water looked at the Tamsui bag on his head that was broken by a gun, and he was a little stunned.
Although he still can't see the faces of the two part-time pirates on the boat, he believed that the two people must feel the same as him - this Mr. Rott is definitely a lunatic!
"Now you have lost your last chip!" Roth's voice has become cold, "and I still have 4 bullets in my gun!"
The answer to him was dead silence. Qiao Wu was carrying the still flowing water bag and forgot to take it back.
Ren Lingyu suddenly shuddered - the freshwater in the bag flowed from the top and poured on his head, and Ren Lingyu suddenly realized his situation - although he was not sure why he encountered such a strange situation after falling into the sea, one fact is very clear. If the bag of freshwater was let dry, then he and the three people on the boat would probably not escape the word "death"!
When it is broken, it will be broken!
Joe Sanders didn't understand until the last moment of his life how the Chinese youth emerged from the sea?
The boat underneath suddenly trembled violently
Then he began to tilt to one side suddenly, and a pair of arms suddenly stretched out from the sea water, snatching the broken water bag from his hand. Then he saw a figure flashing, and his neck suddenly hurt...
This is all the memories of Joe Sanders' first meeting with Ren Lingyu.
"Don't move! Otherwise I'll shoot." After Ren Lingyu quickly settled the "pirate" in front of him, Mr. Rot's voice rang coldly behind him.
Ren Lingyu shrugged helplessly. It seemed that this person did not face the awareness he should have when facing the life-savior.
"Who are you?" the man asked.
"Your life-savior!" Ren Lingyu looked at the two pirates in front of him with a strange look. They were white. Moreover, the costumes and dresses were very different from the Somali pirates in the information. The ancient style of dress looked more like the dressing style of Western sailors in the early 20th century.
"Answer my question, who are you?" Mr. Rotter seemed a little impatient.
"I have said that I saved your life..." Ren Lingyu answered impatiently while looking back--
The first thing that caught my eye was a red hair that was beating like a flame, and underneath the hair was a pair of clear and breathtaking blue pupils.
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Looking at the vast sea surface in front of him, Ren Lingyu suddenly felt an inexplicable irritability.
His sea drifting had entered the third day, and the number of passengers on the boat decreased to three. After moaning for nearly a day, the guy named Bill finally took his last breath before the sun rose the next day, and his body was immediately thrown into the sea by Ren Lingyu.
For his own safety, the Qiao was firmly tied up with the cloth strip torn from Bill's clothes by Ren Lingyu and threw it aside. The red-haired boy with beautiful blue eyes never put down the revolver in his hand from beginning to end.
Ren Lingyu understood his vigilance very well, and he really understood it very much - if he had been in a different place, he would probably not be able to be alert to a guy like himself who suddenly emerged from the water.
If something goes wrong, it is a demon, and this is a common principle between China and foreign countries.
It's just...but...but...
No matter how doubtful you have about Ren Lingyu's origin, you shouldn't be like this and it's like this that 72 hours have passed, right?
Since Ren Lingyu climbed onto the boat, the red-haired boy never spoke any more except for the first few words asking him about his origin but not getting any results, and he did not even allow Ren Lingyu to bandage the wound on his shoulder.
Even though he was already weak at this time, he still held the revolver in his hand firmly and looked at the brown suitcase beside him.
And his uncooperational attitudes with Qiao, who was sad, the rabbit and the fox, made Ren Lingyu's doubts still remain in his stomach, but he had no way to answer...
The only thing that can be confirmed is that this is not the Gulf of Aden!
In fact, as early as the moment Ren Lingyu rushed out of the water, he vaguely had this judgment-the Gulf of Aden is known for its high water temperature, with water temperatures ranging from 25 to 31c all year round, while the water temperature in the sea area where he is now is obviously much lower. Moreover, the sea water here is slightly yellow, which is very different from the sea water in the Gulf of Aden, and it is vaguely like the Yellow Sea in China.
However, once he fell into the sea, he traveled through most of the earth from the Gulf of Aden and returned to the Yellow Sea in China... In Ren Lingyu's memory, except Captain Jack Sparrow in "The Caribbean Island Part 3", no one has such ability!
So, where is this?
Ren Lingyu stirred the cowhide strips sealed with his hands. The half bag of tamasuke that he snatched was the only weight he had for controlling the boat now.
A sudden movement came from the left side, and Ren Lingyu kicked it out, successfully preventing Qiao from crawling to the other side of the boat.
"Why are you still so dishonest?" Ren Lingyu gently pressed the sharp blade of the dagger in his hand against Qiao's face, frowned and asked, "Do you really think that the way I left your life is unfair to you?"
"Sir, how about we make a deal?" Joe Sanders tried to calm his voice as much as possible, but his trembling lips still exposed his inner fear.
"Trade?" Ren Lingyu was about to start wondering if there was something wrong with this guy's mind - now he and he were under the gun of the red-haired boy, and he was blatantly colluding with him. Does this Qiao really think he has lived too long?
Fortunately, Joe immediately answered this question.
"Look, Mr. Hill Rott has fainted." Joe pointed his chin at the position where the red-haired boy was. Ren Lingyu turned around - the red-haired boy named Rott's hand holding the gun was hanging weakly, his head turned to one side, and he seemed to have lost consciousness.
"Oops!" Ren Lingyu hurriedly crawled over and tried Rot's breathing with his hands. Fortunately, he was still alive and had no time to think about it. Ren Lingyu pulled the breast of his shirt open, but the scene in front of him suddenly stunned him.
After hesitating for a moment, Ren Lingyu carefully took out a letter and another thing from Rot's chest, and then began to bandage him the wound.
"Sir! He is a guy who can pack a boat, and his suitcase must be full of money!" Seeing that Hill Rotter had no response, Joe Sanders became bolder.
"As long as you are willing to let me go, the money will be yours! Really, I promise God that I will not ask for a penny!" Qiao swears.
The answer to him was another heavy blow from Ren Lingyu.
"Joe, you really disappointed me!" Ren Lingyu shook his left hand with a little pain and shook his head, "When you were a sailor, you were robbed. After becoming a pirate, you were still so unemployed!"
"Sir", Qiao ignored the sarcasm in Ren Lingyu's words at all. He just looked behind Ren Lingyu with a dull look and murmured: "I think we are saved..."
"What does it mean?" Ren Lingyu turned around impatiently. The scene in front of him made him as stunned as Qiao in an instant, and then he was ecstatic again - at the junction of the sea and the sky, a straight black smoke rushed straight into the sky!
Ren Lingyu quickly pulled out a cylindrical object from behind. In Qiao's puzzled gaze, Ren Lingyu grabbed the top of the cylinder and pulled it hard, and a red signal flare immediately flew into the blue sky.
This is a projectile signal flare specially equipped for the trainees on the training ship, which is specially used for the trainees to send distress signals after they land in the sea. It quickly achieved results, and the black smoke began to move towards the location where Ren Lingyu was.
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"This is?"
As the ship became clearer in image, Ren Lingyu also began to become dumbfounded-the old-fashioned corner head, three masts, single chimneys, simple flying bridges, two large wind buckets behind the flying bridge, and... the dragon pattern on the bow mast...
As the distance was further shortened, we could see clearly the sailor walking on the ship - barefoot, square straw hat, and there were braids on the back of each person's head? And the square patches in front of the chest of the white shirt they were wearing were divided into two lines with some words...
"Beiyang Navy? Weiyuan?" Ren Lingyu read the Chinese characters with a dull look, as if he suddenly thought of something. He grabbed Qiao's collar and lifted him up.
"What year is it now?" he asked viciously.
"18...March 1891..." Qiao, who was obviously frightened, replied timidly.
"1891? In the 17th year of Guangxu? Oh, the cake seller must have traveled through time, right?" Ren Lingyu let go in a daze...
"Boom!", the unlucky Qiao hit the crossbar inside the lifeboat and fainted again!
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Chapter completed!