When he was young, Luo Lie and An Zhai did not notice the storm at night. When he woke up, it was already the sun was on the verge of the pole.

After washing up, the two brothers rushed to the restaurant for breakfast, and then arrived on the deck of the bow of the boat. The sun was scorching, just in the direction of the ship's travel. In the sight, the waves slightly raised on the sea surface emitted a little golden light under the reflection of the sun. Although it was the hot summer season, the ship had already reached the depths of the sea. The sea breeze was filled with a hint of coolness, offsetting the heat brought by some sunlight.

Although the scenery is beautiful, it is single and lacks change. As the sun shifts southward, the golden light scattered from the waves on the sea also dissipates, and the two brothers suddenly feel bored. An Zhai is a little fat, and is most afraid of heat. He only stays in the sun for a while and is sweating profusely. Naturally, he has the idea of ​​going back to the room and blowing a fan to cool off. However, Luo Lie didn't speak, and An Zhai would rather hold on and insist on accompanying Luo Lie.

Luo Lie felt bored, but in fact he had the idea of ​​going back to the room. However, he saw that An Zhai was sweating profusely but still looked hard and was really coke, so he closed his mouth and refused to mention the matter of going back to the room. An Zhai finally couldn't help but talk to Luo Liexian, trying to use the idle talk to bring the topic to the question of whether to go back to the room. "Luo Lie, do you know why I came secretly on the boat?"

Luo Lie looked into the distance and shook his head indifferently, saying, "I don't know, nor do I want to know."

An Zhai untied his double-breasted short-sleeved jacket, lifted up the corner of his clothes, wiped his sweat, pretended to be very emotional, and said, "The foreigners are so awesome, I just want to go and see why are they so awesome?"

Luo Lie sighed lightly, turned to look at An Zhai who was sweating profusely, held back his smile, and said seriously: "It is not good to swear. When I was in school, the gentleman said that only gangsters like to swear."

An Zhai was criticized twice in a row, but he was not in a hurry. He shut up and quieted for a moment, and suddenly said, "Luo Lie, do you want to eat candy? Milk candy made by foreigners."

Foreigners are indeed awesome. The milk candies they make are silky, rich and chewy, but never sticky. They are many times more delicious than domestic ones. There are no children who don’t like to eat candy. Although Luo Lie has grown up to be a teenager, this preference in childhood has always been preserved. "Do you have it? Take it out!" At the critical moment, An Zhai’s killer weapon indeed played its due role.

An Zhai pretended to be fumbled on her body and said regretfully: "I remember what was in my pocket, why did it disappear?" While speaking, she glanced at Luo Lie secretly and realized that Luo Lie's eyes were full of expectations. An Zhai suddenly smiled and continued: "I remembered that when I was sleeping last night, I put it under the pillow."

Luo Lie didn't realize it and responded happily: "Then why don't you go back and get it? What a pity if you lose it!"

An Zhai succeeded in the plot, his face was filled with pride. He reached out to wrap his hand around Luo Lie's shoulder, and the two of them were about to turn back to the room. When they walked halfway, they saw a group of people surrounded by the shade in front of him. An Zhai's curiosity was far better than Luo Lie. Seeing this, he crawled into the cracks without saying a word. Among the crowd, an old man wearing a melon-skin hat and a light-colored long gown was playing the old trick of the Three Immortals Returning to the Cave.

"Don't miss it when you pass by. I'm the next surname Zhou's name is Wei Ren. Today I borrow a treasure land to perform a trick for you. If you perform well, you will throw a reward and support it. If you don't act well, you will be a hit. Even if you are a hit, you will be a hit. Even if you are a hit, you will be a hit. Zhou Weiren is the same as the people around you. "Call me and the people around you" can also be understood as scolding the people around you. This kind of rhetoric routine of running around the world is not really about scolding anyone or not, but just about having fun. Since you dare to come out and get involved in the world, you will naturally have two tricks in your hands. Unless you encounter a peer who smashes the situation, there will definitely be no possibility of smashing the scene.

The old man finished shouting and performed immediately. The technique was indeed strange. Three small balls sewn from red velvet cloth were unpredictable under three blue and white porcelain bowls. Although the onlookers saw it clearly, none of them could guess the result. The old man's words during the performance were playful enough, constantly making people laugh. Just as people were fascinated by the sight, the old man suddenly shouted: "No, the boat police are here!" At that moment, he abandoned the bowl and pomrose that were playing tricks, got up and plunged into the crowd, squeezed left and bumped right, rushed out of the crowd, and ran away without a trace.

Onlookers looked around, but there was no sign of the boat policeman. Everyone was surprised why the old man who was accused of the magic trick abandoned the tools to earn money for food. Suddenly, someone shouted: "Where is my wallet? My wallet was lost!" One person shouted, and the others were warned to check the items they were carrying. After seeing, seven people lost different objects. Only then did people realize that the old man's magic trick was fake, attracting everyone's attention to form onlookers and stealing things in the chaos was the real thing.

Luo Lie leaned quietly behind An Zhai and whispered: "That man is the cripple last night! It's strange. Shouldn't he be thrown into the sea? How could he still stay on the boat? Also, look at his trotting just now, how could he be a cripple!"

An Zhai couldn't help but look at the old man's disappearance, then turned around and said to Luo Lie nervously: "Will he come to cause trouble for us?"

Luo Lie's face was calm, but his breathing was a little rapid. Even if he was just over thirteen years old, even if his mind was mature, he would inevitably feel nervous and worried when facing a potential threat from an adult. "Who knows? But don't worry too much. There are so many people on the boat and so many boat police patrols. As long as we are careful and don't put a single order, he must not do anything to us." Luo Lie said this to comfort Zhai, and at the same time he was also hinting himself. As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Lie was suddenly stunned and shouted in a low voice: "No!"

An Zhai didn't know what she was thinking, her eyes, which were originally small, narrowed into two gaps. When Luo Lie drank the word "bad", this guy didn't react at all, and he still stood there stupidly. Luo Lie lifted up and kicked An Zhai's butt, then grabbed An Zhai's arm and ran to the gangway. An Zhai was pulled and ran after adjusting his pace, saying, "He is a thief. If he really wants to take revenge on us, he will definitely..."

An Zhai was a little obese and was not as fast as Luo Lieling. Luo Lie simply let go of his hand and let An Zhai pant behind him while running while breaking his mouth. He speeded up and ran back to his cabin in one breath. There was no one in the room, and the man and woman must have gone for a walk on the deck. Luo Lie became even more nervous and his heart was in his throat. Without taking a breath, Luo Lie quickly took out the key and opened the lock of the cabinet. Seeing that the suitcase was safe, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, An Zhai also came in. "Luo Lie, you want to open the box to check. My master said that there is a thief at the level of the King of Thieves. He has a very clever technique. He steals what he wants and will put what he doesn't want back to you intact." When An Zhai was talking nonsense, Luo Lie had already opened the suitcase.

It is not important to change clothes and books, as long as the money bag containing the banknotes and identity certificates are still there, it is enough. Luo Lie clearly remembers that after coming back last night, he stuffed the calfskin wallet under the changing clothes. He took off his clothes and saw the money bag. Luo Lie couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and counted the items in the wallet. Luo Lie showed a gratified smile.

An Zhai fired a hindsight in time and said, "Fortunately, I reacted quickly. I thought that the thief might take revenge on us. Haven't you seen it yet? Luo Lie, he set up a stall on the roadside to divert our attention and then steal our things while the chaos."

It was enough that the things were not thrown away. Luo Lie was too lazy to pay attention to An Zhai's nonsense. He picked up the book "General History of the West" written by his grandfather and lay on the bed to read it carefully. An Zhai was bored and continued to talk nonsense without Luo Lie responding. So he also lay on the bed. After a while, he actually snored slightly.

Not afraid of thieves, but afraid of thieves thinking about it. The lame man is so stunning and proficient in disguise and dressing up. If he holds his wallet on his body, he will probably be in the lame man's way at any time and still put it in the suitcase. Even if he puts a lock on the cabinet door, he cannot be assured that he can escape safely from the black ship policeman. The lame man must be proficient in the unlocking technique, whether it is the cabin door or the cabinet door, any kind of lock or many locks may not be stopped by the lame man.

The only thing that makes people feel at ease is to put the wallet in their arms and make up their minds to never walk out of the cabin door again during the next journey.

Luo Lie is a young man who can calm down. As long as he has books in his hand, he doesn't feel depressed. An Zhai knew the importance of the bag and made three meals for Luo Lie every day without any complaints. However, in the next ten days, An Zhai never saw the cripple again.

Maybe I have seen it, but the lame man is proficient in disguise. Today he is a lame man, tomorrow he becomes a gentleman, sometimes a Chinese, sometimes a foreigner, and sometimes a varied appearance. However, An Zhai is a clumsy person, so he naturally cannot recognize him.

The ship stayed in Yokohama, Japan for half a day, replenished supplies, and then continued to sail eastward. After three days, it arrived in Hawaii. After replenishing supplies again, it sailed all the way to the Port of San Francisco on the west coast of the United States of America.

With a long whistle, the giant ship slowly landed under the guidance of the barge, threw down the anchor and lowered the board. The passengers on the boat had already packed up and bowed. They walked out of the cabin in groups of three or three, and lined up to start getting off the boat. When the men and women in the same cabin happily left the cabin with large and small bags, they saw Luo Lie safely and couldn't help asking, "It's already on the shore. Are you not planning to get off the boat?"

Luo Lie held his suitcase in his arms, sat on the lower bunk, smiled faintly, and replied, "There are too many people getting off the boat now, it's too crowded, let's wait a little."

It was not until there was no sound of footsteps in the corridor outside that Luo Lie stood up. An Zhai was ahead and Luo Lie followed behind with his suitcase. The two brothers maintained a high degree of vigilance, got off the gangway, and came to the deck. At this moment, there were almost no passengers on the deck.

Luo Lie still did not relax his vigilance and changed positions with An Zhai. He walked in front, while An Zhai stayed behind in case someone suddenly rushed over and snatched Luo Lie's suitcase.

On that day, Jinshan was covered with clouds and drizzling. The long-standing slab was so wet that it was so slippery because there were few passengers and no cover. Luo Lie carefully passed the slab and stepped onto the land with his feet. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The voyage of up to twelve days was finally over. Under the eyes, under the shade of the tree on one side of the passage in front, there was a wooden table. Behind the wooden table, two bamboo poles were inserted, and a banner was pulled, which read "The Reception Office of the Qing Dynasty Students' in Foreign Studies". Under the banner was a middle-aged man with golden silk eyes wearing a white shirt.

Luo Lie hurried forward, opened the suitcase, took out the cowhide money bag, and took out his ID.

An Zhai followed Luo Lie closely and couldn't help but have a broken mouth again. He attached himself to Luo Lie's ear and whispered: "Strange, why are you the only one?"

The man with gold-rimmed glasses had very sharp ears. He actually heard An Zhai's question clearly and responded angrily in a Beijing accent: "You don't see how dragged you? Others have already completed the procedures and are waiting for the bus outside!"

Luo Lie glared at An Zhai and signaled him to shut up to avoid offending the gentleman.

The man with golden-rimmed glasses took Luo Lie's various supporting documents, looked at it quickly, put it in his briefcase, then reached out and said, "The tuition fee is borne by the court, and the food fee is borne by yourself, and it is paid for fifty dollars a year, and it is paid in one go." After taking the fifty dollars from Luo Lie's hand, the man ordered again: "You two are waiting here first, I'll go out to see if they have left. If they haven't left, it's okay, but if they have already left..." The middle-aged man paused for a moment, showed a helpless look, and then said, "Then you have to wait to leave with the next group of students."

If you want to gain something, you must make efforts. You can avoid the revenge of the lame, arrive at your destination safely and complete all the procedures smoothly. Even if you need to wait for a while, it is worth it. Luo Lie pulled An Zhai and sat on the curb and waited with peace of mind.

"An Zhai, I'm leaving, what should you do? You sneaked onto the ship and didn't go abroad, so I'm afraid you can't even get out of the port."

An Zhai Ruowu smiled, picked up a small stone on the ground and shot it out, and said, "Don't worry, I have a solution."

Luo Lie took out his purse, took out the remaining four ten-yuan denomination dollars, divided them into two, and handed one of them to An Zhai: "You can use this money, my grandfather said that one dollar is equivalent to a silver dollar in our Qing Dynasty, and twenty dollars can save you enough money for a while."

An Zhai hesitated for a moment, took the two US dollars, returned another one, and said, "It's enough to keep one. I have hands and feet and can't be hungry."

Luo Lie insisted on revoking the US dollar bill, stood up again, looked towards the direction the man with glasses leaving, and said in suspicion: "Mr. said he just took a look, why haven't he come back for so long?"

An Zhai could not resist Luo Lie, so he had to collect two US dollars and responded: "Maybe there are many people outside, so sir, have to deal with it for a while."

After waiting for a while, the gentleman disappeared. Luo Lie finally lost his patience and walked out of the port. A port customs was set up at the gate of the port, and everyone who came in and out had to check the verification documents. All Luo Lie's documents were taken into the briefcase by the gentleman, so he did not dare to go out of the customs rashly. Standing inside the port, Luo Lie looked out, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but feel scared and sweated.

Outside the customs, there is actually a reception desk for overseas students from the Qing Dynasty.

Turning his head to look at the reception he met just now. Its simplicity made Luo Lie understand immediately. He was careful and cautious, but in the end he was still the damn lame man's words! Whether it was frustration or hatred, it was useless. Luo Lie only felt confused and seemed to have lost consciousness. He could only stand there stupidly without knowing how to move forward and retreat.

During the customs, an anti-smuggling policeman noticed something strange and walked towards Luo Lie and asked, "Who are you? Please show your ID!"

Luo Lie was still confused and was completely unaware of the danger of approaching. Without the documents, the police would not believe in the argument of a Chinese teenager, and could even convict the crime of smuggling without a trial. It is certain to go to jail. If it is not done well, it is possible to lose your life.

Behind him, An Zhai saw Luo Lie standing suddenly and motionless, not knowing what happened, and hurriedly shouted: "Luo Lie, Luo Lie!" An Zhai's scream woke Luo Lie up, and then saw the police coming to him, immediately realized the danger, and quickly turned around and ran towards An Zhai. "An Zhai, no, the gentleman was pretending to be a cripple on the boat just now, and he cheated my ID!"

An Zhai took two steps forward and asked anxiously, "What should I do?" Just as he was about to stand firm and discuss, he saw a white policeman waving a short black stick in his hand, yelling something, and running towards him. "Run quickly, Luo Lie, the police are chasing him."

The port is large enough, but the space for passengers is only about five meters wide, and the barbed wire mesh on both sides is as high as three meters. Not to mention a teenager, even a practitioner with light skills will find it difficult to climb over it.

He could only run wildly towards the beach.

The giant ship was still docked in the distance. If it could board the giant ship, it would slip away from the police while it was in chaos and even leave the port. However, as the two brothers ran, the crew on the giant ship had already begun to withdraw the board.

"What should I do?"

The side of the giant ship was ten meters away from the shore. Unless a pair of wings were born, it would be impossible to board the giant ship. Turning his head, he saw four or five policemen waving black short sticks and chasing them closer and closer. One of them drew a pistol. An Zhai's small eyes showed a look of horror.

Luo Lie's answer was simple and firm: "Jump!"

The two brothers can swim, and they are both good at water, but they have never swam in the sea and are a little timid about the sea. However, due to the situation, the fear of the police completely suppressed this timidity. Therefore, the two brothers didn't even bother to take off their shoes and plunged into the sea.

The police chased the shore, but were unwilling to give up. They drew their guns and rushed towards Luo Lian Zhai in the sea. Fortunately, the effective range of the guns of the police was only fifty meters. At this time, Luo Lie and An Zhai had already swam to the bow of the giant ship, and the distance from the police was already more than fifty meters. Even so, the sound of gunshots still made Luo Lie An Zhai frightened.

In this kind of thing, the two brothers had no experience. At this time, they only needed to bypass the bow of the ship and come to the other side of the giant ship. Even if the police brought the cannon, they would not do anything. The two brothers only knew to try their best to swim away, subconsciously believed that the farther they swam, the safer they would be.

At this time, on the bow deck, a group of white crew members were watching the fun. One of them whistled at Luo Lianzhai in the sea and shouted jokingly: "Hey, be careful of the sharks, they have been hungry for many days!" Another older white crew member untied the lifebuoy hanging on the side of the ship, threw it at Luo Lianzhai, and shouted kindly: "God bless you, boy, good luck!"

The lifebuoy landed in front of Luo Lie. Luo Lie caught the lifebuoy, turned his head and waved to the bow of the ship. With the lifebuoy, the two brothers felt much more relaxed and swam in a little faster.

An Zhai was one year older and had more than half a year of experience in exploring the world with his master. At this time, he calmed down first, put on a lifebuoy with one hand, turned over, turned into a backstroke position, looked left and right, and observed the nearby coast.

"Luo Lie, let's swim to the left, and the left is remote, and you will definitely find a place to go ashore."

Luo Lie learned An Zhai to change to the backstroke posture and followed it to observe the coast. Although he was not sure that An Zhai’s suggestion was correct, he couldn’t tell what was wrong. Lack of experience could only be a coincidence.

In the port, the policemen watched the two smugglers travel farther and farther away, but were not in a hurry. One of them took out a whistle from his pocket and blew it up. Three long and two shorts, expressing the information that the smuggler had jumped into the sea to escape. The official on duty at the port customs office heard the whistle and immediately picked up the phone and wanted to get to the Coast Guard.

Luo Lie and An Zhai were swimming forward with all their might. They heard the roar of the engine behind them. When they turned their heads, they saw several speedboats coming towards them. One of the speedboats was still shouting with a loud horn.

The call was in English, and it seemed a little vague after passing through the loudspeaker. Luo Lie could not understand it for a while, but he could guess it even if he couldn't understand it. It was just a command to stop himself. Obeying the order or resisting the order is no longer important. The speed of swimming is not as fast as that of a speedboat. Sooner or later, he would be caught, so it would be better to save some energy.

The team members of the Coast Guard were wet and handcuffed Luo Li'an Zhai without any politeness. The stowaways had the right to deal with the stowaways. After the Coast Guard took Luo Li'an Zhai to the shore, they handed the two to the Customs Police Station.

The Customs Police Station was equipped with a cell for temporarily detaining the suspect, and Luo Lie and An Zhai stayed in it all day. The situation was much better than expected. The police at the Customs Police Station seemed very humane. Not only did they remove the two of them, but they also gave them some water at any time and took care of two other meals.

At noon the next day, a policeman with the rank of superintendent brought a Chinese to the iron fence of the cell. The superintendent pointed to Luo Lie and An Zhai and asked the Chinese: "Tom, how much money are you willing to pay?"

The Chinese named Tom only glanced at it and laughed, "Sir, stop kidding, they are still children."

The Superintendent shook his head and said, "No, Tom, no, for me, there is only the difference between men and women. As long as they are men, they can be laborers."

Tom seemed helpless, smiled bitterly and shrugged his shoulders, stretched out two fingers to the superintendent, and said, "Twenty knifes, I can kill at most twenty knifes!"

The Superintendent snorted and said, "Twenty dollars per person? Tom, you are getting more and more cute. Well, together, it's 40 dollars, and the deal is complete!"

Tom glared with his eyes widened, waved his hands and said, "No, no, Nelson, you can't do this. You clearly understand my bid. Two people, a total of twenty dollars."

The Superintendent, who called Nelson, burst into laughter, hugged Tom's shoulder, and slapped hard, "Your country has a word, "I will give in to each one, thirty cuts, and the extra ten cuts are just to treat them as their money for food, okay?"

Tom grabbed the hand that Nelson slapped his shoulder, shook it aside, and shouted, "Go away, Nelson, do you know how strong your bear paw is? My shoulder blades are about to be broken by you. Well, for God's sake, thirty is enough to be thirty."

Nelson stretched out his slap and waited in the air. Tom shook his shoulders, shook his head slightly, sighed, and gently touched Nelson. Then he took out three ten-dollar US dollars from his pocket and handed them to Nelson's hand. Nelson took the US dollars, put them to his mouth and kissed them, and then raised them into the air, with an exaggerated movement. "Oh, God, do you know how much I love him!" Nelson put away the US dollars, took out the key, and opened the lock on the iron fence.

"Let's go, you two, God knows when I will earn back these thirty swords." Tom sighed at Luo Liean and Zhai, turned around and stepped apart.

Luo Liean Zhai was stunned for a moment, exchanged a look, and followed Tom. The defense was so relaxed that the two of them could not help but have the idea of ​​escaping. The exchanged look was telling each other that as long as they left the police station, they would immediately run away from his grandmother.

However, as soon as he walked out of the cell door, Luo Liean and Zhai gave up the idea of ​​running away. Outside the door, five or six stout Chinese men stood beside two black Buick cars. When Tom saw Tom come out, one of them immediately handed over a cigar. Tom held the cigar, and the man had already lit a match in his hand. Tom lowered his head, lit the cigar on fire, took a deep breath, and slowly spit out a comfortable smoke ring.

The man finished placing a cigar for Tom, raised his hand and bounced the match out. The still-burning matchstick with a trace of blue smoke drew a graceful arc in the air, landed in the grass on the side of the road. When he turned his head, the man saw Luo Lie and An Zhai. "Brother Bin, why are they two children?"

Tom's Chinese name is Cao Bin. His ancestral home is Pingbo. When he was fifteen, he smuggled into Jinshan with his father. His father was in poor health, and the conditions for working in Jinshan were very difficult. After only one year in Jinshan, his father died of illness, leaving behind the 16-year-old Cao Bin alone to work hard. Twenty years passed by like a flash of time. Today, Cao Bin has absolute power and status among Chinese workers in the Jinshan area.

"They two remind me of me twenty years ago." Cao Bin responded lightly. After taking another sip of the cigar, he pinched the cigar with his right thumb and raised it behind him. His brothers immediately took it over.

Cao Bin turned his head and looked at Luo Lian Zhai, opened the car door, and got into the back seat of the car. His brothers immediately closed the car door for Cao Bin. As soon as the car door was closed, Cao Bin opened the car window and ordered: "Let those two kids get into my car." The brother who lighted the cigarette for Cao Bin immediately brought Luo Lian Zhai over.
To be continued...