Judge of the Lamp

A flagship and two warships left Yuhai City.

The fleet traveled on the sea for half a month, and when they arrived at the "Chaotic Wind Road", Song Jinglong, the sea chief, ordered the crew to put away the sails.

The three ships are all sailing boats, so how can they go with the sails closed?
It depends on experience.

"Chaotic Wind Road" is a well-known waterway. During this season, the wind direction in this sea area is extremely chaotic. In three to five days, there may be no wind at all. Once the wind blows, the wind direction may change seven or eight times within an hour. Once, it is completely unpredictable, relying on the wind to exercise, it can't go far every day, and it is very likely to yaw.

But with the sails closed, what power does the ship rely on to move forward?
By currents.

The ocean current in the "Chaotic Wind Road" is fast and steady from east to west. Based on experience, Song Jinglong brought the fleet to the Chaotic Wind Road. Next, the fleet will sail along the current and reach Dali in less than ten days. announced.

The weather has been very good these two days, neither wind nor rain.

Liang Yuyao stood on the deck, looking in the direction of Da Xuan from time to time.

Although after returning to Daxuan, Liang Yuyao is likely to enter the Canglong Palace.

But it doesn't matter if you enter the Canglong Palace. After so many days of deliberation, Liang Yuyao also wants to be clear.

Canglongwei's life is definitely not as luxurious as Princess Yuyao's, but Elder Shengwei loves Liang Yuyao very much and will definitely not let her suffer.

As for the matter of not getting married, Liang Yuyao didn't want to marry at first, otherwise she would have been married long ago at this age.

The only thing that worries her is the Red Clothes Pavilion. If she goes to the Canglong Palace, she doesn't know what to do with this group of people.

But she doesn't need to worry too much. Xu Zhiqiong has already given her an idea. When he returns to the capital, Xu Zhiqiong will try his best to win over Liang Jixiong and retain the status of Liang Yuyao's pavilion master.

If it is really impossible to keep it, the Red Clothes Pavilion will be merged into the Qingyi Pavilion. With Xu Zhiqiong's support, the Secretary of the Imperial City will never treat her subordinates badly.

After staying on the deck for a whole day, Liang Yuyao always hoped that the boat would go faster.

But there was no reference at sea, so Liang Yuyao had no way of guessing whether the ship was going fast or slow.

In the afternoon of the next day, Xu Zhiqiong and Yu Chilan were studying martial arts on the deck. Yuchilan had been promoted to the sixth rank, and her martial arts improved a lot.

After the two moves, Taozi and Conscience let themselves be pinched, unable to fight back.

The two were tired from studying, and they were fishing in the sea. Today they had a good harvest, and they caught seven or eight fish one after another. The cook cooked the fish and presented one to the princess. Liang Yuyao ate it and praised repeatedly: "This fish is delicious. Is it the green leaf fish from Qiancheng Kingdom?"

"It's Aoba," Xu Zhiqiong said, "There are a lot of Aoba fish in the water near here."

Liang Yuyao was startled: "Didn't I also eat green leaf fish yesterday?"

"There were too many yesterday..." Xu Zhiqiong was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Song Jinglong.

Green leaf fish are very rare. In the vast sea, it is definitely luck to find a place where green leaf fish gather together.

But the fleet sailed for a day and a night, and they still found a place where the green leaf fish gather together. I'm afraid it's not as simple as luck.

Xu Zhiqiong suspected that the ship hadn't moved at all.

Song Jinglong was nervous. Since early in the morning, he had been using the compass and weathervane to determine the position and course of the ship. He also suspected that the ship had not moved.

Of course he didn't dare to tell the princess about this matter, so he called Xu Zhiqiong into the cabin, and said in a low voice, "Yunhou, I have been sailing on the sea for more than [-] years, and I have traveled back and forth between Qiancheng and Daxuan many times. , never missed!"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "I trust you, and what is the current situation?"

Song Jinglong said: "I calculated the position according to the stars last night. We are at the place where the sea water flows to Daxuan. The boat should go with the current, but I don't think our boat has moved. It doesn't seem to flow."

When Xu Zhiqiong heard this, a cold current rushed from his back into his brain, and his whole body tensed up instantly.

"You mean the sea is not flowing?"

Song Jinglong said with a tangled expression: "I'll take a good look at the stars tonight. If the boat still doesn't move, this ocean current really won't flow."

Xu Zhiqiong's face was pale, and he took two steps back and sat in the cabin.

Song Jinglong hurried forward and said, "Master Hou, don't worry, even if the current doesn't stop, we can still go on another channel. We can go another month at most, and we will definitely send the princess and Lord Hou back to Daxuan!"

Song Jinglong was very confident, but Xu Zhiqiong's expression did not improve.

What he was worried about was not the issue of going back to Daxuan, even if the boat really couldn't go, he could send everyone back with the Yin-Yang magic circle, it was nothing more than two extra trips between the capital and the fleet.

He's worried about something else now.

This side of the sea stopped flowing.

As Qiongqi once said, when one side of the sea stops flowing, it means that a catastrophe is coming!
What does this catastrophe refer to? Qiongqi didn't make it clear, but said that this sea is comparable to the territory of Xuanguo. Once it stops flowing, Xu Zhiqiong must leave Qiancheng Kingdom, and he can't go to Xuanguo, otherwise Even if Xue Yun came, he couldn't save Xu Zhiqiong.

Xu Zhiqiong thought that the sea would never stop flowing. This matter was so ridiculous that he didn't take it to heart, and he didn't ask Qiongqi afterwards.

Now this piece of sea is really not flowing?
then what do I do?
And Qiancheng Kingdom has already come out, Daxuan can't go there yet, where else can I go?
"Qiang, Qiong, the sea is no longer flowing, come out and say something!"

Qiongqi didn't respond.

After the battle with Nuzu, Qiongqi's condition fell to the bottom, and he fell into a deep sleep. Xu Zhiqiong called him several times, but he couldn't wake him up.

Otherwise, I might as well go back and punish the evil boss to avoid it for a while.

I think so, but Xu Zhiqiong is safe after going to the Department of Punishment, what should the whole three boats do?

And the problem is not limited to the three ships, both Daxuan and Qiancheng may be implicated, and the two countries may even be wiped out.

How to stop this catastrophe?

Is this something I can do?

Calm down first, and confirm one thing first, is the whole ocean no longer flowing, or is this one ocean current no longer flowing?

According to the knowledge Xu Zhiqiong had learned in his previous life, ocean currents would change course. Perhaps the ocean currents that Song Jinglong was familiar with suddenly changed course.

That night, Song Jinglong watched the stars and found that the position of the fleet had indeed not changed.

Taking advantage of the wind, he immediately ordered to set up the sails and adjust the course to the south.

Changing the course on the turbulent road depends on the skill of sailing.

The wind picked up at Chou and continued to blow until Mao. In three hours, according to Xu Zhiqiong's deduction, the wind direction changed 22 times. Liang Yuyao was severely seasick and even vomited up yellow water.

At dusk of the next day, Song Jinglong drove out of Luanfeng Road and changed another route.

On this route, the wind direction is westward, but the wind is not strong enough, and the boat travels slowly. The voyage must be longer than that of the chaotic road. Song Jinglong dare not say how much longer.

The fleet traveled for two days, and in the middle of the night, Song Jinglong found Xu Zhiqiong, but expressed his worries: "Master Hou, I don't know what happened this year. There are no places where there should be currents, and there are places where there should not be currents. Out,
Originally, there was no current on this route, only the wind blowing westward, and the wind direction was steady, but I watched the stars for two days and nights, and found that we were not only going west, but also going south, and there was a southward current here. "

"There are ocean currents!" Xu Zhiqiong was overjoyed, "It's good to have ocean currents, it's great to have ocean currents!"

Song Jinglong suspected that Xu Zhiqiong had no common sense of navigation, and reminded him: "Master Hou, this current is very strong, and it is pushing us all the way. It's hard to say how many miles we will be pushed. When we dock... "

Xu Zhiqiong understands this knowledge: "When we land on the shore, we will just go a little southerly!"

"Master Hou, I'm afraid it's not a little bit off."

"Where can we go? Even if we go to Yu Xianguo, we can return to Daxuan safely!"

"But our itinerary..."

"Even if it's this time next year, it doesn't matter, just treat it as a relaxation."

Xu Zhiqiong was very at ease in his heart, as long as the sea was still flowing, other things were nothing to him.

The fleet traveled for another three days. At dusk, Xu Zhiqiong was grilling fish on the deck when he suddenly heard Tong Qingqiu's shouts.

For a year, Pang Jiafen hadn't won Tong Qingqiu. Seeing that she was about to go back to Daxuan, she was anxious. These days, she used some extreme methods against Big Brother Tong.

Tong Qingqiu is a gentleman, and will not be cruel to weak women.

But Pang Jiafen's hand is really not light, and the cry of Big Brother Tong is much louder than before.

Not only Brother Tong was shouting, but many crew members were also shouting. Seeing that they all ran to the south of the deck, Xu Zhiqiong also followed to see the excitement.

In the end, this glance overturned Xu Zhiqiong's common sense.

Daxuan, Qiancheng, and Tunu, the topographical distribution of the three countries, is a "wu" shape.

Tunu is the horizontal line, Daxuan is the left side, and Qiancheng is the right hook.

Between Daxuan and Qiancheng is an ocean.

In this sea, if you go north, you can see the coastline of Tunu, if you go west, you can see the coastline of Daxuan, and if you go east, you can see the coastline of Qiancheng.

Only to the south is the opening, leading directly to the depths of the ocean, without seeing any shoreline.

Where did that shoreline come from?

Xu Zhiqiong called Song Jinglong, who was also dumbfounded.

He took out the compass and looked at it for a long time, and it turned out that the coastline was indeed due south.

But this is illogical, why is there a shoreline in the south?

Is the compass broken?

Song Jinglong's mind went blank, he was still checking the compass.

Xu Zhiqiong threw the compass aside.

This is also checked, and the position of due south can also be locked through the solar terms and the direction of the setting sun.

Yes, the shoreline is due south.

Song Jinglong sat on the deck with a dull expression.

The crew knelt on the deck and prayed to the gods for protection.

For people who have been out at sea for a long time, such a situation that seriously violates common sense appears, and it is easy to defeat their will.

But Liang Yuyao and the others were not very familiar with the sea, so they were a little curious when they encountered this situation.

"Let's take the boat over there and have a look. This may be an island, a big island," Liang Yuyao commanded the crowd, "We discovered this island, and it must be considered the land of Daxuan! Everyone has a share, and according to the rules, you have to make great achievements!"

Yu Shan was quite excited when he heard the words, as he assembled the Wuwei army, he was going to bring people ashore.

The sea current became more and more turbulent. Seeing that the fleet was getting closer and closer to the shoreline, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly kicked Song Jinglong: "Wait a minute, drop anchor!"

Song Jinglong hurriedly ordered someone to drop the anchor, Liang Yuyao asked in surprise, "Why drop the anchor? Aren't we going to the island?"

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the sea, under the heavy fog, he couldn't see the end of the shoreline.

How big is this island?

Song Jinglong had obviously never seen this island, where did it come from?
What is there on this island?
If the fleet docks, can they leave alive?
"You stay on the boat and don't move!" Xu Zhiqiong said, "Prepare a small boat, I'll go to the island to see."

"Are you going alone?" Liang Yuyao was a little hesitant. If a group of people went, she would not be worried, but if Xu Zhiqiong went by himself, she would not be at ease.

"I'll go with Xu Lang!" Lin Qianniang walked over, "We are taking care of each other together."

Lin Qianniang go together!

Liang Yuyao was even more worried.

Besides, although Lin Qianniang is good at skills, she is not good at things like pathfinding.

The explanation given by Lin Qianniang is: "In some books, I have seen descriptions of land suddenly appearing on the sea, some are mirages, some are floating mountains, and some are the backs of sea monsters.

Different reasons, different responses, I still know something! "

Liang Yuyao blinked and looked around.

Shi Yanru lowered her head, and Pang Jiafen looked at Tong Qingqiu.

This group of trash can't read, but they can't beat Second Sister Lin.

Tao Huayuan has read a lot of books, but she has never heard of seeing land appearing on the sea: "Thief boy, I will go with you. This matter is weird and serious, and there must be someone to take care of it."

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "There are a lot of people going, but it's hard to get out."

The judge is best at getting away, and it will be a burden for others to go.

But Qianniang was very persistent and insisted on going with Xu Zhiqiong: "Xu Lang, take me with you."

Seeing the faint dimples on his cheeks, Xu Zhiqiong agreed.

The two rowed a small boat and sailed to the shore under the moonlight.