Chapter Six: The Ghost Ship
Although there is heating in the store, it still cannot resist the coldness that penetrates outside... My dad and I drank several glasses of wine in a row, and then we felt a little warmth.
After a while of silence, my father moved his eyes from the wine glass to me. Suddenly, I suddenly felt that my father was much older. I saw that there seemed to be a hint of unbearableness and hesitation in his slightly yellowed eyes. My father might think that telling me these things would cause me great trouble.
So, I also told him with my own eyes that I could withstand it.
"Yuan Zi, I said before that I would tell you everything." My father said slowly, "Actually, I didn't tell the truth at that time. I don't think you can touch those things. But now, I'm at the end of my life. If you don't let you know, our Yuan family will be finished."
I suddenly felt a heavy feeling in my heart. What kind of despair would make people like my father say the four words "desperate"?
"Dad, don't say that, our Yuan family has to rely on you." I can't accept my father's words just now. He is only a little different from knowing his destiny. He is so smart and in good health. Death, this kind of thing should be far from him.
"We father and son won't say these words. In short, no matter whether there is anything wrong with me, you must remember every word I say now. Do you know?"
"Yeah." I nodded immediately. In my impression, my father seemed to have never given me so serious advice.
Swallowed a glass of wine and lit a cigarette. My father looked at the faint tobacco and suddenly put his body towards me and whispered: "Yuan Zi, do you believe there are ghosts in this world?"
I was actually a little funny in my heart, thinking to myself that my dad had seen so many strange things. How could he mention ghosts be as mysterious as ordinary people?
But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that the topic of ghosts and gods is indeed strange enough. Even if I have seen a lot of weird things, I still can't confirm that there are really ghosts in this world.
Before I could answer, my dad continued:
"Some...the ghosts are not far from us." My father's voice was a little creepy, and I also saw a kind of persistence flashing in his eyes. It was like confirming that he was a man.
My father smiled faintly, "No matter how the world changes, what people want to know the most is whether they will become ghosts when they die, and what they want the most is to never die."
"Dad, why did you suddenly say this?"
My father turned to me and poured me a glass of wine, "You are close to Peanuts and Cao's Ajin. You should have heard Peanuts say about a ship, right?"
I thought to myself that it was not just peanuts, Wei Lin, who was under the command of the girl, and in that letter, they were all talking about the ship.
"When you were in the tomb of the Yelang King, you told me that Peanut told you a legend about the ancient Yelang Kingdom, right?"
"Yeah." I nodded.
"The legend he said is not necessarily true, but that ship exists."
Although the boat was so mysterious to Peanuts, Wei Lin and Liu Jinsun, I was suspicious in my heart. However, after my father said this, the boat seemed to have a vague shadow in my heart again.
"Everything... is for that ship." My father looked to the side, "What our old Yuan family has been following for generations is the footprints of that ship."
Because of that letter, I still had some idea about the ship, but now I want to hear more information from my father. "What kind of ship is that?"
My father replied in a low voice: "A ship full of ghosts and vengeful spirits, a 'ghost ship' that does not exist but does exist."
I had goose bumps on my arm. "Ghost ship? Dad, is this possible?"
"I don't think it's possible, but..." My father turned his head to me, "I did see that ship."
"Have you seen that ship?" I almost screamed.
I couldn't help but remembered Liu Jinsun's letter and his impression of his father. After a little bit of my mind, I understood that my grandfather might not know about this.
"When I was twelve years old, I saw the ship with my own eyes." My father's eyes seemed to have returned to a long time ago, "It was either in the river or on the sea, or one night, the ship came to me. I have no way to describe the situation at that time. I am afraid that only those who have seen the ship with their own eyes will know what it felt like. But I can be sure that it was that ship."
"Then you..." I shook my heart and stopped immediately. If I said "You have also boarded that ship", then my father would definitely be suspicious immediately. The word "Yes" is too abrupt. "You are too, too exaggerated."
My father didn't seem to see what happened to me, and then said, "There is nothing to exaggerate. When I see you, I see you. That's the truth." My father's words are in line with the fat man's taste.
"Did you see a ghost on that ship?" I asked.
"That's right, there are ghosts on that ship, but those things are just outside the ship. I'm afraid no one in the world knows what's going on inside the ship." As he said that, Dad looked into my eyes again, "Yuan Zi, if something happens to my father later, you promise me that you must find the ship."
At this moment, I felt very uncomfortable, "But why do we have to find that ship?"
My father shook his head, "As long as you see the ghost on that ship, you will understand why. But I want to tell you, this is very terrible, you will encounter many unexpected situations, and you will even die, but even so, you must find the ship."
Looking at my father's gaze, I instantly felt a huge pressure falling on my shoulders. I nodded, but didn't know what to say.
My father smiled slightly, "Do you know why I wanted to win over Ajin of the Cao family?"
I was stunned.
My father continued, "He is a lucky person. If you are with him, you will lose a lot of trouble."
I don't agree with my father, but I didn't say anything.
"Peanuts will help you."
"Why do you think he will help me?"
"You have something you have to do, and he also has his purpose, and one thing in common here is precisely that ship."
I thought my father's words naturally had his own reasons, so I continued to ask: "Then the map of Sifang Mountains and Rivers we are looking for now is the key to finding that ship?"
"That's right, but the secret of the Sifang Mountains and Rivers Map is too big. That ship may be just a part of it, but as long as you gather the Sifang Mountains and Rivers Map, I think it's not far from that ship."
"Has anyone found the ship through the Sifang Mountains and Rivers map before?" I asked again.
"Our ancestors said that the first time that ship appeared was when the maps of mountains and rivers were collected. Later, these four attached pictures disappeared."
I thought about it and said, "According to what you said, our ancestors have seen that ship a long time ago, so why do we still have to look for it?"
My father still said in a low tone: "I said that all the reasons are in the ghosts on the boat, and you will understand when you see them."
I thought to myself that this is not troublesome? "Dad, why can't you tell me directly?"
My dad stared at me and said, "Tell me, you will become something else."
Chapter completed!