"The steward just now is the actual controller of this ship. He is also the steward of the richest family in Suchuan. To a certain extent, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a high position, but such a person comes from us.
So far, the ship seems to be acting a little dull, even humble."
Hanging the lantern with orange light on the iron barb in the room, Lu Ming turned around and analyzed Linglong with a calm expression.
"According to the outside world you introduced before, aren't the people in charge also servants? Is there anything wrong with his behavior?" Linglong sat cross-legged on the mat, leaning her elbows on her knees, holding her little head in her hands, looking up
Lu Ming looked like he was asking for a solution.
For her, since she was a child, this is the first time she has left Zhihuo and come to this strange world outside.
Everything here is novel to her, not only the transportation under her feet, the strange and unique beautiful scenery outside, but also the living habits and social common sense of these outsiders.
These are things she needs to understand slowly.
Not every outsider can be perceived as good or bad by her like Lu Ming.
"Do you know how we got on the boat?" Lu Ming walked to the opposite side of Linglong, sat cross-legged opposite her, and asked with a smile.
"You gave him gold." Linglong replied without thinking.
Although Zhihuo had never spent any money in her life, she had to pay for taking other people's transportation, which she quickly accepted after Lu Ming's explanation.
However, she still doesn't quite understand the importance of money.
"bingo."
The girl's serious expression was always so cute, and Dudu's little face made people want to kiss her. Lu Ming didn't dare to kiss him, but he still knocked Linglong's forehead unexpectedly, and sighed with a smile: "What a pity.
, I have no reward for you."
"Let's get down to business. Stop teasing me. What you said just now is very attractive." Linglong reached out and waved away Lu Ming's palm, frowning and pretending to be a little angry.
When this guy talks about things, he always goes off topic, as if the string in his head suddenly jumped. I don't know why he can be so strange and interesting.
"Think about it with your cute little head. As a steward of a rich family, will he be short of money?"
Putting out his hand to stop Linglong from opening her mouth to refute, Lu Ming continued: "First, a steward of a richest man will definitely not be short of money, at least my piece of gold is not enough to bribe him.
②. Even if he just took us on the boat casually, his attitude towards us was a bit strange. From his conversation to his behavior, there were some weird and even humility to please him. Let's just enjoy the breeze outside.
The manager had to come over personally to ask us to go back to our room to rest, which was a bit too condescending.
It's not at all like a ship owner or a steward with great power.
Third, he clearly knows that there are two very distinguished guests of his master upstairs, but he still allows us two outsiders to board the boat. Isn't he worried that we will do something weird and annoy the guests upstairs?"
Snapping his fingers, Linglong, who was listening carefully, was alerted. Lu Ming looked at her and continued: "This steward is such a cautious and even humble person from inside to outside, but he risks annoying the head of the family.
Isn’t it suspicious to risk our distinguished guests to allow us two strangers to board the ship?”
"...It's quite suspicious."
Linglong replied subconsciously. After nodding slightly, she looked up at Lu Ming and asked seriously, "Then what should we do?"
Without waiting for Lu Ming's answer, she stood up again and suggested: "Since he is so suspicious, he must have no good intentions in letting us get on the boat. How about we get off the boat directly?"
Linglong thought simply. Regardless of whether the steward was a subordinate of Marquis Pingjiang, like Gu Shi, who came to trouble her as the 'divine master', or whether the steward was plotting against the two of them for some reason of his own, as long as he left here and stayed away from the incident,
, that’s it.
Before going out, her father, Huo Tuxin, talked to her for a long time. She listened impatiently, but she still remembered one of his last instructions, which was safety first.
Dad said that when you are in doubt, the first thing to do is to retreat!
Trees are dead, and they can only bear the wind and rain silently, but people are different. People are alive. When encountering trouble, their minds wander more. There is more than one way to the imperial capital, and you don't have to be this flying fish.
You can't do it with an open boat, there's no need to take risks.
Linglong still understands this point, her little mind is not stupid.
"No." Lu Ming opened his mouth and rejected her outright. Seeing Linglong's confused and hesitant expression, he pointed out the window, "You'll understand if you go and take a look."
Linglong didn't know why, but she still walked to the window and pushed open the window. A strong stream of cold air flowed through the window into the warm room. Lu Ming shrank her neck. Linglong frowned and glanced at him.
Lu Mingnu made a gesture but still looked outside. He just glanced at it, and then he suddenly retracted his neck and closed the shop.
"Why is it so dark outside?"
The window was opened and the cold wind was biting and howling outside. It was not difficult to understand. After all, it was night and the ship was flying in the sky. But what Linglong was horrified about was that when the two of them came in, there was still dusk and sunset outside, and the faint moon was already missing.
came out.
Why was it that less than an hour after the two people entered the house, it was already dark? Forget it, there was no light at all. Where had the moon gone?
The boat under my feet seemed to be walking in pitch-black ink, and it was surrounded by a cold and desolate atmosphere.
Linglong shuddered a little.
"It's always dark here."
Lu Ming patted the mat, motioned for Linglong to sit down first, and slowly explained: "From the lake outside your Zhihuo to the next stop of the fishing boat, the middle will pass above the Fish Scale Valley, which is where we are currently.
,
Fish Scale Valley is located next to the abyss. It is famous because the pass is shaped like a cut fish. Legend has it that there are terrifying monsters here all year round. And because it is close to the abyss, there is insufficient light in this distance. At night, even the moon cannot illuminate this place.
An area.”
"Since you know why you still want to get on the boat?" The pitch-black night outside looked a bit scary. When Linglong sat down, she leaned next to Lu Ming. She immediately felt twice as safe and asked again: "Isn't there?
Is there any other way to Zhaodu?"
"Yes, I have."
"Then why do we want to get on this fishing boat?"
"I just boarded the ship for convenience. I just remembered this." Lu Ming knocked his head, feeling sad, and said helplessly to Linglong: "After all, my brain is not very good, and my memory often makes mistakes.
"
Linglong stared at Lu Ming blankly. After a while, she reached out and touched his forehead to make sure he didn't have a fever or illness. She then probed his chest and confirmed that his heartbeat was normal. She couldn't help but look confused.
Why can he say calmly that there is something wrong with his brain?
How serious is this illness?
"!!!"
"Don't think about things that are there or not."
Seeing through the girl's whims at a glance, Lu Ming stretched out his hand to pull her head away, and said very calmly: "I was injured in my head when I fought with the fire demon in your Fire Weaver Forbidden Land, so for some unimportant things
My memory is not very clear. I really didn’t remember this happening before I got here.”
When he was in Yan Xiqiang, it was easy to remember two lives, mainly Lu Ming's previous life, and he also remembered all the memories of this life, but most of the daily trivial matters or irrelevant things were infinitely faded away, and Lu Ming's current life was completely forgotten.
He lived on the northern border for the first half of his life for nine years. For nine years he served as the king in the capital and never left the capital.
Naturally, I will not be deeply impressed by the interesting anecdotes recorded in such classics and wild newspapers.
He really didn't remember this until he got on the boat.
"Okay, I believe you."
Linglong held Lu Ming's face and looked at it carefully. Her little head was almost touching his. When he was about to rub his forehead impatiently, she let go decisively and said with a smile, "I believe you no matter what you say, you have the brains."
Problem, there’s something wrong with my brain too.”
"..."
Lu Ming was greatly moved when he heard this, "You are really..."
Also, how can a normal person run away with someone without getting to know each other? Ignore my father and the clan members who have lived for more than ten years, and run away with a wild man from the outside world. Do you think you are writing a novel?
The girl's mind is really... stupid!
What should you do if you meet a bad person?
Lu Ming groaned in his heart, looking at the smiling girl, he felt that although the size was wrong, he couldn't bear to see her go out to the outside world and be easily deceived by others, so he took her and explained some of the outside world.
It's hateful, how to be evil, how to protect yourself carefully when encountering, and other topics.
After a while, the girl's silvery laughter came from the room, and Holmes's various explanations were false and serious.
…
Outside the wing, the shadow at the corner moved slowly, stretching and elongating until it gradually disappeared and left this floor.
The owner of the boat, the steward of the Weisheng family, still had a speechless expression on his face after he walked out. He touched his forehead and shook his head, as if he wanted to forget about this couple with some neurological problems.
Then, he slowly walked up to the second floor.
Walking to the middle room, the steward bent down, reached out and gently knocked on the door made of red nanmu wood, and said with an extremely humble attitude and tone:
"Guest, the two people downstairs have taken a rest, no one will disturb you."
The room was quiet and there was no response. Just when the steward thought that the distinguished guest would not answer, the door slowly opened and a young man in white walked out. He looked inside the room and then turned back to frown slightly at the steward.
,
"My sister is a light sleeper. Don't tell us about such trivial matters from now on."
After a pause, the man turned his back and said again: "This is your Weisheng family's fishing boat, not our Yin family's, so you don't need to ask me for instructions on everything."
"Yes, yes, but the master of the house has specially ordered that you should treat Miss Yin with the same respect as you treat him. I really don't dare to be rash."
The steward bowed slightly, with a smile on his lips as he cupped his hands.
There seemed to be a touch of joy.
The man in white who was about to close the door looked at the smile on the corner of the other person's mouth, frowned slightly, and his breathing froze for a moment, then quickly returned to calmness.
"...I told you, don't disturb us!"
"I remember it, little man. I won't do it next time."
The steward remained humble, bowed his hands, and watched the door slowly close. The smile on his face did not weaken at all, and there was a hint of mockery on the corner of his mouth.
Then he turned around and left, heading deeper into the room belonging to the captain.
At the same time that the steward's figure disappeared around the corner, two shadows appeared behind him.
"If you still want to follow me, let's see if it's still the captain in charge."
Linglong first looked at the locked nanmu door, and then looked at the direction in which the ship owner disappeared. Uncertain for a moment, she reached out and pulled Lu Ming's arm and asked.
"Follow the captain."
Lu Ming stretched out his hand and made a low-pitched gesture, then pointed in the direction where the captain disappeared, and followed him slowly against the other side of the corner.
Linglong followed suit, and the two of them followed the captain around. He first returned to his room and made a pot of tea to drink. Then he returned the same way and walked to the bottom of the cabin. They found the crewman who was driving the ship and checked the various flights.
equipment, and carefully instruct the crew on the issue of duty shifts.
After finishing all this, the captain ran to the kitchen and took a box with several plates of side dishes, took it back to his room, placed it on the table and started drinking from small cups.
The two of them carefully watched all this behind them, becoming more and more confused as they watched.
This seems to be just an ordinary ship owner.
Could it be that they guessed wrong?
Back in the guest room, Lu Ming looked thoughtful.
Linglong looked upstairs and said, "Why do you always think there is something wrong with the ship owner? In my opinion, the Yin family in that room seems suspicious."
"The truth is often hidden in a small number of things that are not problematic." Lu Ming sat down as he spoke, and his originally solemn expression softened, "But we don't have to worry about that much, we just need to remember where the captain's room is.
Already."
"It's late at night, we are in the sky, and our life and death are all in the control of others. No matter what tricks the captain is playing, or there are other dangers, as the captain, he must know the escape method of this ship best.
, we just need to keep an eye on him, at least it is the safest way out."
"Oh, that's it," Linglong suddenly realized. "No wonder I said you didn't even look at that gorgeous room. You just followed the captain. You just wanted to confirm the room he lived in. What you wanted to do was to find out if something happened.
Find him in no time, right?”
"Not too stupid."
The girl's serious and enlightened look was so cute, which made people feel more fulfilled. Lu Ming stretched out his hand to pinch her face. He just raised his hand and quickly put it down. He whispered: "Be careful when you go out. People in the outside world don't have you."
It’s that simple to be a fireweaver.”
"I know, I know, why are you like my dad, like a buzzing old woman? I've been saying this since I got on the ship." Linglong rolled her eyes, disapprovingly, and leaned closer to Lu Ming with a smile.
,
"But I'm still very curious about what that Yinshi is. You held your breath slightly when you just passed by there. Do you know something, right?"
"..."
Lu Ming looked at the girl in surprise. It seemed that the girl was not really stupid. She even noticed his small movements just now. Under Linglong's expectant eyes, Lu Ming had no intention of showing off.
"The Yin family is one of the oldest families in Suchuan. Together with the Ming family and the Li family, they are known as the three major divine families. They once held the position of divine law and were in charge of justice. Their people can sense the emotions of others, and the strong can control them better. According to his will, it is said that no sinner can escape the judgment of Yinshi."
"Controlling other people's will, isn't that the power of the mind, the same as bone food?" Linglong was a little surprised.
"no the same."
Lu Ming shook his head slightly, "The bone food relies on implanting devices in the body to enhance and obtain certain powers. It can only be regarded as an imitator. But the Yin family is different. According to the royal family's classics, the Yin family relies on itself to receive the power given by the god. The power of blood."
"However, after the death of the gods five hundred years ago, the power of the Yin clan gradually disappeared, and gradually the Yin clan began to weaken. Until now, Suchuan has not seen the appearance of the Yin clan for a long time. There are only records in Ancient surnames in classics."