A bright red sunset shines on the sea, and large white clouds float in the azure blue sky, showing a flame-like red under the glow of the setting sun.
The white sails on the little black tail boat were also dyed red by the bright red sun, like huge red silk sheets fluttering.
The sail was raised on the ship's pole, the crew was in high spirits and walked hurriedly on the deck, and petrels screamed happily in the sky.
At this time, a loud voice from the bow shouted excitedly to the sky:
"On the vast sea, strong winds are gathering dark clouds. Between the dark clouds and the sea, petrels are flying proudly like black lightning...,
...In this cry - full of longing for the storm..."
When they heard the word "storm", the sailors on the ship immediately panicked and rushed into the cabin in panic, shouting:
"Boss, no... it's not good, there is... a storm is coming."
In the cabin, there was a dark, lean, one-eyed old man with a bandage on his left arm hanging from his neck.
Hearing this, he slowly raised his head, frowned and said angrily:
"What are you shouting for? Now that the New Year is approaching, where did the storm come from?"
The sailor said innocently:
"No...it's not me who said it, it was the scholar who yelled. He was like a madman on the bow of the boat.
He shouted something about his desire for the storm, and everyone was frightened. You'd better go out and have a look."
The one-eyed old man nodded, struggled to hold himself up,
The sailor who came in to report saw this and hurried over to help him.
The old man pushed away the sailor's extended hand and said:
"Why should I help you? I've been roaming the South China Sea for decades with my one-eyed dragon. This little injury is nothing."
After saying that, he raised his feet aggressively. Just as he was about to take a step, he staggered.
Fortunately, the sailor was smart enough to hold him up:
"Boss, I know your legs are numb from sitting for a long time. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
The one-eyed dragon glared at the sailor, his old face turned slightly red, and he seemed to be a little worried, and snorted coldly:
"I'll kill you if I tell you to go out. Let's go out and take a look..."
One-eyed Jiao is the second-in-command of the Squid Gang, a pirate group in the South China Sea. There are at least a hundred large and small pirate gangs in the South China Sea.
The Squid Gang is also one of them, and it is somewhat famous in the offshore area.
The one-eyed dragon walked out of the cabin and saw the sky full of red clouds and a gentle breeze. He was filled with doubts:
How could there be a storm on such a beautiful day?
Wearing a Confucian scholar's square scarf on the bow of the boat and a mended and tattered robe, the handsome scholar with a delicate and quiet appearance was tied to the corner of the bow with a hemp rope.
His mouth seemed to be roaring something desperately.
What are you yelling about?
The sea breeze was so strong that some people couldn't hear clearly, and the one-eyed dragon walked in a little bit.
"...the roar of the wind...the roar of thunder...,
...The storm! The storm is coming!
…Let the storm come more violently!”
This time it finally became clear, and his nose almost broke with anger.
He immediately rushed forward and slapped the sour scholar on the head:
"Damn it, what are you yelling about? You don't want to live anymore, do you know what it means to encounter a storm at sea?
Do you want me to be buried with you? If you don’t shut up, I will chop you up right now.”
After receiving a slap on the head, the sour scholar finally became a little more honest and looked back at the one-eyed dragon:
"One-eyed dragon, just wait for me. When I take care of your gang leader, see how I deal with you."
The one-eyed dragon smiled contemptuously:
"Hou Yao (same pronunciation as Yao), our master's martial arts skills are superb, even better than ours, but with your small stature,
No one in a hundred can match her. I advise you to be more honest when you meet her later. Her temper is not as kind as my boss’s.
If she really angers her, even if you are the only scholar in the eight villages along the coast, she will still kill you."
Hou Yao was from Hai County, Yazhou, Nanhai Prefecture, Daxia Kingdom.
He is also the only scholar among the eight fishing villages closest to the coastline of Hai County who has passed the scholar examination.
This area is very famous along the coast.
But no one knows that Hou Yao is not from this world at all, but a traveler from another world.
The real Hou Yao died of panic due to too much pressure in the college examination room six months ago.
Later, Hou Yao, who came through his soul, merged his memory, and after answering the test paper, he won the title of Scholar.
You must know that since the establishment of Hai County, the eight villages along the coast have not produced a few decent scholars, but there have been quite a few pirates.
The members of the Squid Gang were originally from the eight villages along the coast. They went to sea to become bandits because they could not pay the heavy taxes imposed by the government.
When Hou Yao returned to the village, he became a celebrity in the eight villages along the coast.
There are as many matchmakers as ants coming to my house every day to talk about marriage.
I thought I could marry Bai Fumei and reach the pinnacle of my life.
Unexpectedly, by accident, I was captured by these pirates.
But Hou Yao was not in a hurry, he had already got the news from the pirates.
The new boss of the Squid Gang is a young single woman,
Isn’t it popular now that the protagonist is robbed of his marriage or something?
I must have had the same setting, so I felt very settled.
Thinking of the hard life I had in my previous life is simply miserable.
Fortunately, I have traveled through time, and it is indeed different to have the aura of the protagonist:
"Old Dan, I advise you to be kind, especially to me, do you understand?
If you, the boss, want to take me back, you will most likely want me to be the village's aunt.
So please don’t offend me, I love to hold grudges.”
The corner of the single-eyed Jiao's eye twitched, feeling that this scholar was full of the aura of an idiot, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
The sailor next to him felt a little flustered and asked:
"Boss, the boss really wants to snatch this pretty boy back to be his uncle, right?"
The one-eyed dragon slapped the sailor on the face:
"How could your uncle, the master of martial arts training, fall in love with this bean sprout?"
Hou Yao laughed loudly and said:
"Old Dan, your subordinate is smarter than you. He has realized it. Don't you still understand it? Come and untie me first, and then..."
The one-eyed dragon slapped Hou Yao on the forehead again:
"Bring me a stinky sock and plug this kid's stinky mouth, and I'll do it day after day."
He said it fiercely, but in fact he didn't dare to use any force with his hands. Otherwise, Hou Yao, with his small body, would be slapped to death by him.
When he heard that he was going to take the smelly socks and block his mouth, Hou Yao immediately panicked:
"One-eyed Jiao, I advise you to be kind. If you dare to block my mouth with smelly socks, our feud will be settled and you will regret it."
"Boss, what should I do if no one is wearing socks?"
"Then use a piece of rag to block it. Anyway, don't let this kid talk anymore. Damn it, scholars have bad mouths."
"Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh..."
…
Pirates are usually divided into two categories. One type is pure thieves, who commit all kinds of crimes including burning, killing, looting, and all kinds of crimes. They are all composed of strong warriors and are called pirates.
The other type is the people in the fishing villages along the coast who suffered disasters and were unable to pay the court's taxes. In the end, they had no choice but to flee to live on isolated islands overseas. They were called pirates.
It's similar to inland bandits going up the mountain. The only difference is that it's more difficult to make a living at sea than farming in the mountains.
The Squid Gang belongs to the second category of pirates. Their ancestors were all refugees from the eight villages along the coast.
Pirate gangs active in the South China Sea usually choose an unknown island as their gang base and ship docking point.
Starfish Island is such an unknown island,
It is named after its shape like a starfish, surrounded by huge whirlpools and reefs.
There is only a narrow channel in the northeast that can enter the island. It is a small island that is naturally easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The land area of Haixing Island is quite large, but there is no fresh water resource on the island.
We only rely on stored rainwater for human consumption. The storage capacity of rainwater is limited and unstable, so it is not suitable for large pirate gangs to station.
Otherwise this place would have become a paradise for pirates long ago.
Although the island has limited arable land and the surrounding environment is harsh, it is difficult to fish.
But at least there are no heavy taxes, but when the number of people on the island increases, it will no longer be able to support so many people.
So young men with fighting skills organized themselves into piracy business.
The one-eyed dragon took Hou Yao off the boat, blindfolded him, and then personally escorted him back to his lair.
The Squid Gang's home base is in the valley in the center of Starfish Island, where dozens of bamboo buildings are sparsely built.
As soon as the one-eyed dragon led Hou Yao into the valley, people in the valley turned their attention.
"Wow, is that Wenquxing scholar arrested?"
"What the hell? The legendary scholar looks like this? I thought his head would be bigger."
"Boss Shan, can scholars bite people?"
"Boss Shan, can my dog bite this scholar?"
The one-eyed dragon had a black line on its head and quickened its pace.
These spectators, old and young, are all non-combatants on the island.
If you want to explain clearly to them what Xiucai is, there is no need to do anything else today.
…
Standing in front of the largest bamboo house, the one-eyed dragon cleared his throat:
"The great master, the scholar brought here."
A clear female voice came from inside the house:
"Well, bring it in."
Hou Yao felt that he had gone up a few steps, and then walked a few more steps. The cloth covering his eyes was taken off.
After a short period of adaptation, he saw the surrounding environment clearly.
This is a spacious and simple bamboo room, but it is very elegantly decorated.
It immediately reminded him of the famous saying from his previous life, "You can eat without meat, but you can't live without bamboo."
Besides himself, there were four people in the bamboo room,
There is a single-eyed dragon standing one position behind him and three women behind the wooden case directly in front of him.
The women on both sides of the two sub-stations are fatter and fatter. Their faces look fair, but their flesh is intertwined. They also have wild goose feather knives hanging on their waists. They are not easy to mess with at first glance.
The woman sitting in the middle has a well-proportioned figure, a face like a lotus calyx, bright black eyes, long eyebrows, a slight look, and a bronzed skin that makes her appear healthy and heroic.
Hou Yao stared blankly at the woman sitting behind the wooden case, and couldn't help but look a little foolish in his eyes. Even celebrities in previous lives rarely had such beauty.
At this moment, he had already thought of the happy scene of having children and grandchildren with this woman many years later.
By then they already had a family,
You cook for me and I clean for you,
The hands are also rough for home,
I teach the children to read, and you sew their clothes. Life is hard but happy...
The woman stood up, cupped her fist towards Hou Yao and said:
"I am Yu Xiu'er, the leader of the Squid Gang. I apologize for inviting Mr. Hou to the island in this way. Uncle Shan is released."
The one-eyed dragon untied the rope from Hou Yao's body.
Hou Yao seemed unaware and still stared blankly at Yu Xiuer's stupidity.
Yu Xiuer didn't know what Hou Yao was thinking, but looked at his silly expression with confusion:
"Uncle Shan, didn't I ask you to be more polite? Why did you beat him into a fool?"