Aggrieved Fish Sprite: 176|The powerless take risks
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Forty or five miles of the boat trip, the Qingjiang waterway was cut off by a huge rock like a knife.
The waves hit the rocks, the underwater reefs were all over, and the rapids formed dozens of vortexes here.
“Stopping Beach is here!”
The old boatman greeted him and took the helm himself.
The hull shook, and Lu Yan slammed into the bulkhead.
The second prince rubbed his blushing forehead sullenly, and when he raised his eyes, he saw He Mouse looking at himself with a bad face, and suddenly annoyed: “What’s the matter? You want to fight?”
He Mouse hummed: “The bulkhead of our ship is thin. If you crash, you will have to lose money.”
When he mentioned the word money, Lu Yan’s face sank, and he was about to get angry.
Mr. Jinshui stared at him, and then accidentally met He Mouse, and the two saw the same doubt in each other’s eyes. This guy who pretended to be a coachman often showed the power of this kind of high-ranking person. Whenever they believed that this person was of extraordinary origin, they were subsequently interfered with the judgment by other details shown by the other party.
For example, in this cabin, there is a fishy smell that can’t be washed away, and there is a strange smell from the oil painted on the wooden boards to protect the long-term water.
Ordinary people don’t care, because ferry boats do. If you switch to wealthy merchants with a little wealth, they will definitely cover their noses, and will insist on staying on the deck after boarding the ship, unwilling to enter the cabin.
There is nothing to blame, there is always a strange smell in places where poor people live, and different people are used to different lives. I don’t know how many people who disguise themselves have seen. No matter how vivid they are, there will always be flaws. Some things can’t be concealed by wearing ragged clothes, hunched over, and painted black face.
In He Mouse’s eyes, Lu Min is a guy who has a lot of status and wants to pretend to be a poor ghost, but some of his habits are very similar to those of a real poor ghost.
“The ship’s money is 20 liters per person, and it will be sent to Heilongtan Ferry, double the horses.”
“Nonsense, I remember that the carriage is for two people, but how do you calculate it according to the horse? We only have one car! You are blackmail!” Lu Min’s momentum disappeared instantly, and he jumped and bargained. “Ordinary ferry only costs ten cents per person. I have already calculated the price according to the big boat with horses and horses. Look at your boat, is it worth this money?”
Moli approached Meng Qi and asked silently: How did the second prince know the ferry fare?
Meng Qi thought for a while, and replied silently: Probably he took the opportunity to ask people when I went to buy a car at the largest carriage shop in Beijing.
The money on the second prince is pitiful. Although his emperor has prepared people and money for him, he will wait for Moli Mengqi to send the second prince to the agreed place in advance, but the second prince is totally unwilling to do so. know.
Actually, Mo Li wanted to tell him, but Lu Yan had acted very heavy a few days ago, immersed in remorse and remorse, and couldn’t listen to other people’s words at all.
Reluctant to give up, because I don’t want to leave Taijing.
Remorse is to feel that I am useless.
So Meng Qi whispered to the doctor, the opportunity is rare, if you want to make the second prince more regretful for a while, maybe you will get the hang of it! The result is obvious–
“The price you mentioned is only money for crossing the river. Now we have sent you a few more miles of waterway and brought you to the Duantou Beach.” He mouse turned his eyes and quibbly said, “Furthermore, a carriage can only With one horse, one more horse, even if you don’t have a car, you still have to count the money.”
Lu Xun was unexpectedly not fooled. He found out that Mouse was testing himself. If he blurted out that the free horse could be tied to a carriage, that would be a flaw. The common people only allowed one horse to ride in the car, and they would not subconsciously think of forcibly adding a horse to be counted as a car when arguing.
Lu Yan avoided the horses’ rhetoric and argued for reasons: “We just want to cross the river. Whose road is the longer it takes? Is it yours or mine?” The quotation of travel expenses in the previous twenty articles is also unreasonable, since If you want to count horses, why don’t you deduct the twenty cents? The roads near Duantou Beach are rugged and the carriage is difficult to navigate. It’s getting dark soon. Where do you want us to disembark? “
Meng Qi listened with great interest beside him, and he did not forget to say to Moli: “We didn’t plan to come to Dutou Beach. He even knows the terrain around here? Yes, everything is planned. If he can understand this truth, he hasn’t wasted these days!”
“…Lu Yan guessed the itinerary against the map and inquired about the market, just to save money, right?”
Mo Li couldn’t help saying that Meng Qi’s smile froze on his face.
He mouse over there jumped up and retorted: “On our ship, now you are the only group of people. You have not counted the money for chartering the boat. It is already very kind!”
“Charge a boat? Are the people in the sack dead?” Lu Ming smiled angrily.
They quarreled a lot, but the people on both sides didn’t say a word and didn’t mean to get involved.
Mr. Jinshui is still a little trembling, because the Qingjiang waterway ahead is the most dangerous and urgent place.
Guotou Beach, as the name suggests, it’s not so easy here.
When ships arrive here, they will try their best to stay ashore to avoid the whirlpool. However, there are too many merchant ships leaving Beijing, they occupy safer waters, and other ships can only move slowly in line behind.
The old boatman has sharp eyes and saw something wrong over there, as if someone had set up a checkpoint to search.
“Could it be that we kidnapped Master Cha…”
“Nonsense, how can it be so fast.”
After the old boatman scolded him, he thought of the scholar in the cabin who had mentioned imperial examination fraud, and his expression changed slightly.
——In the last few days, Master Cha squatted on the dock almost every day and took away several scholars.
Although the old boatmen don’t understand the key to imperial examination fraud, they also know that these people will definitely take care of the scholars who are responsible for the examination. Why do they let people run away? Master Cha is not like catching scholars to “replenish” people, but like catching insiders and killing them. After all, to find someone to take the test, you need to check the household registration carefully, not just go to the street to catch a job.
If a well-known scholar is kidnapped on his way home, he must alarm the government.
The change of emperor in the capital, the turmoil of the ruling and the opposition, did it also shake the foundation of this group of people, so these scholars took advantage of the chaos and fled one after another?
Recently there are signs of a downfall, it seems that only…Zhang Prime Minister?
The old boatman slapped his mouth, and Prime Minister Zhang’s old servant has recently been demoted a lot. The official ships come and go, and the coolies on the dock also listened and knew that the court was about to change.
The one who can set up private checkpoints on Dutou Beach may be Jin Yiwei, or it may be that the black hand behind the fraud case has colluded with the local snake.
Searching on the pier with great fanfare will startle the snakes.
Now when we arrive at Duantou Beach, the two banks are barren and the waterways are naturally crossed. It is difficult for the people on the boat to escape. It is indeed a good place for investigation.
“Uncle Yang, what should I do?”
Several coolies are rushing around.
Even if they weren’t arresting scholars, they couldn’t make it through the search. There were still a few sacks in the cabin with people! Even if you let it out, you can’t shut up people’s mouths!
I don’t care what the people searched are coming from. Seeing this, they will definitely detain their boat.
Mouse He heard the sound out of the cabin, and when he saw the checkpoint in front, his face turned white.
Mr. Jinshui was more frightened than him. He had soft feet and almost tripped.
Meng Qi is looking around, and the old boatman has waved his hand and said: “Everything is steady, let’s go!”
Before everyone reacted, the boat made a sudden turn and turned towards Jiang Xin.
There was an uproar on the shore, and the people who searched also found it to be bad. They wanted to chase but no boatman was willing.
It’s not that you can’t break through the beach, but you have to take a lot of risks. The boatmen are not stupid. Who is willing to do things that are not sure? Unless a large amount of money is offered as a reward, and the money has been in the hands of their wives and children, they will be at ease and sacrifice their lives.
Mr. Jinshui hugged the boat gang, and his face was watered by the waves.
In the turbulent water, the hull suddenly tilted to the left and turned right.
The two horses in the cabin were both frightened, shaking their heads and planing their hoofs.
“Mom!”
“Don’t!”
Mr. Jin Shui’s eyes flashed a black shadow, and he saw that Mouse and Lu Yan rushed towards the horse, and then firmly hugged the horse’s head. Human strength is no match for Crazy Horse. When Lu Yan tried his best to look back for Meng Qi Moli for help, the two horses slipped softly against the bulkhead.
Lu Yan was almost crushed, and he didn’t have time to complain, because the ship was spinning wildly in the whirlpool.
Four or five circles in the blink of an eye, let alone people, even the horse fainted.
The sack smashed in the cabin, and the people in it were probably awakened for life, but in this situation, they might as well continue to faint!
Meng Qi frowned out of the cabin, and directly met a few Coolie’s surprised eyes.
He Mouse crawled out while panting, trying to grab something dizzy, and finally hugged Moli’s leg.
Mo Lei can naturally avoid it, but he stood still when he saw He lost his balance and almost fell on his face.
The hull leaned to the left. Mr. Jin Shui felt that half of his body was in the water. He yelled in horror, and he was pulled back right after the whole person, with a rope in his hand. , In front of me is the iron pillar tied to the anchor.
Mr. Jinshui subconsciously hugged Tie Zhu and grabbed the rope, then he remembered to look up at the savior.
Meng Qi walked towards the bow of the ship, as if walking on the ground.
The old boatman looked ahead, and the hull had passed three vortexes smoothly, and bypassed several reefs. It was getting closer and closer to the huge rock in the heart of the river, and the rotation of the ship gradually stopped.
“Step up on the right side of the ship!”
“Don’t stand on the left, go to the right!”
The coolies are in a hurry, but fortunately they are not at the helm.
The voice of the old boatman became faster and faster, and everyone gradually couldn’t keep up with the speed. Finally, the hull of the ship crooked and was almost dragged into the whirlpool by an undercurrent.
If you want to sail out of the vortex, you have to pay attention to the direction, and if it is wrong, the ship will be destroyed.
The old boatman, without fear, tried his best to stabilize the ship.
Mo Li took a look at the oars, but he didn’t know how to control the boat at all. He could only slap on the boat gang with a palm.
The internal force hit the surface of the water through the plank, and the reverse thrust made the ship escape from the vortex again.
The accident happened only once. The ship quickly surpassed the huge rock. During a turn, the hull almost hit the reef. As the old boatman had determined, it returned to the rapids again and again, just as the old boatman had determined. in.
Everyone held their breath until Dutoutan was thrown far behind them.
Their boat is small and the current is so fast that the boats behind can’t catch up.
The old boatman let go and sat down, and the person next to him hurried over to help him.
Someone is laughing, and some are yelling.
Although this is not the first time they have rushed to Duantou Beach and asked for life on the river, there have always been so many lives, but never once was so happy as today.
——Beijing Wharf and Dutou Beach, they all got rid of, completely thrown behind them.
He Mouse dragged Lu Min who had climbed out of the cabin around in place, and the first sentence he blurted out was-“Does the ship’s money increase?”
Lu Yan waved his hand weakly, indicating that he had lost in the bargaining and that he was no longer fighting.
Mr. Jinshui’s face turned pale, and he started to vomit when he rushed to the side of the boat.
Moli: “…”
Meng Qixin said, fortunately, the doctor is not in the water at the moment.
Mo Lei’s face was so ugly that Lu Yan and Mr. Jin Shui thought that Mo Lei was going to vomit, and quickly greeted him and asked if there was any clear water on the boat.
“No need.” Meng Qi hurriedly stopped.
The old boatman waved his hand exhaustedly and motioned: “Keep walking until you reach Zhuhou Temple and dock again.”
Mo Li was about to ask if the boat journey was inexplicably longer, whether to add money or not, but keenly discovered that Meng Qi was stunned.
Zhuhou Temple——
Moli, who has been familiar with the topography of mountains and rivers, especially the situation near Taijing, suddenly remembered the origin of Zhuhou Temple.
Among the fourteen heroes who are known as the founding heroes of the Chu Dynasty, only one did not live to see the establishment of the Chu Dynasty.
Before Li Yuanze led the army to attack Taijing, one of his most trusted counsellors was also Zhu Yan, a wise man who was known for his inexhaustible strategy at the time. He was caught in the wind and died suddenly in the camp of the army.
He died on the banks of the Qingjiang River. When Li Yuanze gave the title of hero, he also built a temple for him here.
In his entire life, this adviser did not cross the Qingjiang River or enter the Taijing.
He didn’t see the prosperous scene of the Chu Dynasty, nor did he see the ending of the suspicion between the monarch and the ministers and the killing of loyal ministers.