Chapter 35: Assassination(1/2)
Changfeng originally wanted to meet Cheng Xiuyun and learn about Cao Ruifeng's recent situation. Who knew that he could still go on the road together. Human calculations are not as good as God's calculations. It seems that the truth of this sentence is still a bit.
Why did things happen so coincidental? The reason is that God is helping Lin Qimeng, Changfeng and others for a night of running around, and finally arrived in Lingyun Town in the early morning. Because the incident happened suddenly, the Lin family's shop in Lingyun Town could not receive an order to rent a boat in advance, and it was just to keep it a secret. Everyone did not alarm these people when they arrived in Lingyun Town.
Fortunately, the Lin family is in great power, and the dock here is a Duanqing Village, so a large ship was soon negotiated. The owner was a middle-aged man named Lao Chen. There were more than a dozen sailors on the ship, as well as the wife and daughter of the owner Lao Chen. They were responsible for the food and food of everyone on the ship. The boat was on a half month and bargained for 500 taels of silver. At such a high price, Lao Chen was so happy that he treated them as the God of Wealth.
The boat is very large, with more than a dozen horses and carriages in the back cabin, and it is not crowded at all. The front cabin is divided into three floors, and the guests live on the first and second floors. Now Changfeng and others live in the same boat. Since they are taking over the entire boat, more than a dozen families live on the second floor, and each person has a few more rooms left. The rooms on the third floor are relatively spacious. Changfeng, Lin Qimeng, Lin Furong and Dongfang Furong are settled on the third floor. Lin Qimeng, Dongfang Furong and Xiaoyang are all women, so they live together naturally. Changfeng lives opposite Lin Fu. Changfeng's door is opposite Lin Qimeng's door. I wonder if Lin Qimeng intentionally does it.
When Changfeng arrived at Lingyun Town Wharf, Cheng Xiuyun's pleasure boats had already begun to set off one after another and left Lingyun Wharf. Changfeng could only sigh that it was a coincidence that it was coming.
Originally, Shuangqin Wharf was not directly opposite Lingyun Wharf, but it was still a very slash! When Cheng Xiuyun's last pleasure boat sailed out of Lingyun Wharf, the big ship Lin Qimeng and others also anchored under the command of Lao Chen, slowly sailed out of the shore, and just followed the last one of the pleasure boats.
Changfeng recognized the pleasure boat in front of him, which was the Xinyue boat called "Lin'er".
Changfeng stood at the bow of the boat, looking at Xin Yuefang in front of him, feeling sad. He didn't want to be seen by Lin Qimeng, who was slowly coming behind him, walked behind and said, "Why are you wise to that pleasure boat?"
Changfeng turned around and looked at the eldest lady of the Lin family who showed a faint smile. She didn't know what purpose she asked about this sentence, and her eyes didn't dare to meet her eyes and said, "It's nothing, it's just that Changfeng, the owner of the pleasure boat, is Changfeng's old acquaintance."
"That's right, the sir has managed the business for Aunt Xiu for three days in my sister Ruifeng's place, so he naturally met the girl's pleasure boat." Lin Qimeng and Cao Ruifeng were like sisters, so they naturally called Cheng Xiuyun Aunt Xiu. Changfeng didn't feel strange at all. He just hoped that she was lonely on the journey and was just looking for someone to chat with. Changfeng thought in his heart.
"The main purpose of Qimeng going out this time is not to see her uncle." Lin Qimeng suddenly walked to Changfeng and said softly in Changfeng's ear.
"Why did Miss tell Changfeng the secret in her heart, an outsider?" Changfeng didn't notice it, and suddenly realized that he was so close to Lin Qimeng. His heart began to beat wildly and asked in surprise.
"When I first came out, Qi Meng really couldn't say it, but now it's meaningless to say it or not." Lin Qi Meng said with a lonely expression. In fact, her real purpose was to make Changfeng trust her more, or to make Changfeng feel that he was no longer suspicious, and Changfeng would act boldly, thus exposing his purpose of coming to Lin's mansion. After all, Zhen Ping'er's cold poison was cured by him. This is an indisputable fact. Although neither of the two involved did admit this, he could not repay his grudges first.
"Why did the lady tell Changfeng this matter alone?" Changfeng is not a fool. Is there anything wrong with this that he doesn't know.
"Because Qimeng thinks that only the gentleman can help me!" Lin Qimeng looked at Changfeng calmly.
Changfeng had a ridiculous feeling. The eldest lady of the Lin family didn't know her at all, and said that she could help him. This was too illogical. She should go to Lin Fu, so she said the opposite: "Why should Miss trust Changfeng so much?"
"By sir's martial arts and talent!" Lin Qimeng stared at Changfeng and said. At this time, Lin Qimeng did not use the demon eyes to confuse her heart. It was the second time that Changfeng had seen Lin Qimeng's eyes seriously and clearly. It was clear and bright, without any distractions. It forced you to believe that Changfeng had learned from the past, so how could he trust her so easily? He asked: "Changfeng and the lady have not spent much time together. How could the lady know my martial arts and talent?"
"Sir, have you forgotten that Qimeng's close friend?" Lin Qimeng said with a look, "How could Sister Ruifeng deceive me, my sister?"
Changfeng guessed that Cao Ruifeng could not tell Lin Qimeng everything about him, so he said, "Changfeng is just an idle person in the village. How can the young lady know Changfeng's talent?"
"What sir said makes some sense." Lin Qimeng said in a daze.
"Changfeng can't teach the lady anything in the mansion. This shows that Changfeng's talent is inferior to the lady. How can Changfeng do what the lady cannot do?" Changfeng said with retreating.
Lin Qimeng didn't expect that he had said so much, just to prove that he was not a talented and wise man and could not help her. He couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't even have an excuse to refute. His only hope now is to tell the matter up and see if he could impress him.
"Sir, really don't want to help Qimeng?" Lin Qimeng's eyes turned red in an instant, and Changfeng had already seen it with his eyes.
Didn’t I decide to help her? Why did I speak inattentively? Instead, I turned into a rejection when I got to my mouth. Changfeng secretly regretted it, or secretly helped her, and immediately said: “It’s not that Changfeng is unwilling to help the lady, but Changfeng is too strong, and he is willing but powerless!”
It’s not that you have no ability, but you have other plans. Lin Qimeng secretly hated her in her heart, sooner or later, I will announce your evil deeds all over the world and let you be scolded by thousands of people.
"Qi Meng lost her words." Lin Qimeng took back her tears that had not yet fallen, turned back to the cabin to rest, Liu Changfeng stood alone on the deck and enjoyed the freshness of the river.
Lin Fu quietly walked behind Changfeng and stood still.
"Did the Butler Fu see it?" Chang Feng didn't turn around and knew that it was Lin Fu who came behind him and said.
"Yes, Lin Fuquan saw it." Lin Fu nodded.
"Why do you want to test me like this, Miss?" Changfeng suddenly didn't know why he thought of this and asked.
Lin Fu was really surprised. He actually had no doubts about Changfeng at all. Some of them were still admirable, and he could not express Lin Qimeng's intentions, so he said, "Miss may be a little suspicious." The voice was almost inaudible.
Changfeng did not take this question to heart and said, "I just made random guesses for a while, and I hope the Butler Fu will cover it up!"
Lin Fu didn't know if he hadn't heard it yet, or was unwilling to answer this question, and stood behind him without saying a word. He should have agreed.
On a boat that was equally large diagonally opposite, Lin Yunbao was proudly introducing the customs and customs of Jiangnan to the prime minister Li Yuanchao who came out of the dynasty, and Li Xianlong was there to accompany him.
A large group of pleasure boats gradually sailed out of the river. Li Yuanchao had never seen a inferior situation before and pointed at him, "What kind of fleet is this? It's so huge that it can reach a navy?"
Lin Yunbao rarely involves the place of romance. Although he had any guesses in his heart, he was not convenient to say it. Li Xianlong next to him couldn't help it. He always claimed to be a talented man in Fengliu and walked to Li Yuanchao and said, "Are these more than 20 pleasure boats?"
"What is the use of a pleasure boat?" Li Yuanchao asked a very stupid question.
Lee Hsien Long muttered a few words in his ear. Li Yuanchao understood and laughed loudly, "So that's how it is, it's new!"
"Who has such great financial resources and so many pleasure boats?" Li Yuanchao was concerned about this.
Li Xianlong pretended to observe carefully and said, "Dad, it is run by a woman named Cheng Xiuyun." Even if he doesn't look at it, he will say so in front of Li Yuanchao. Lin'er from Xin Yuefang is also one of the people he has been coveting for a long time.
"Oh, this woman has such great ability?" Li Yuanchao obviously didn't believe his son's words.
"Listen to me, this woman was Cao Gongfang's woman." Li Xianlong said the words "Cao Gongfang" and "woman" more seriously, hoping to attract Li Yuanchao's attention. Lin Yunbao beside him frowned when he heard these two words, but it soon disappeared. Cao Gongfang was nominally an official of the court, but in fact, he was nominally the same as a robber, but the family business forced him to deal with such people, so Lin Yunbao turned a blind eye to the concern between his daughter and Cao Ruifeng.
"Is it the former governor of the River?" Li Yuanchao certainly would not forget the name of this person.
"That's right." Lin Yunbao interrupted.
"Then this woman is one of the thirteen groups?" Li Yuanchao asked knowingly.
"Yes, Dad, this woman went up with Cao Gongfang's power." Li Xianlong tried his best to slander, and Lin Yunbao couldn't help but weigh in his heart. Will his daughter be blessed with betrothing his daughter to such a person? But even if he regretted it, it was too late. He agreed to this marriage in person, how could he ruin the marriage? How could he have face?
"Then why can Cheng Xiuyun be so powerful after Cao Gongfang dies? There must be something extraordinary about her!" Li Yuanchao was the prime minister after all, and he was still a little bit arrogant in his stomach. He couldn't just listen to Li Xianlong's words alone.
Lin Yunbao is now tied to this warship and has to say: "The Prime Minister is right. This woman's ability to collect intelligence cannot be underestimated."
"We should pay more attention to this woman in the future!" This sentence was obviously said to Lee Hsien-long.
Lin Yunbao felt sad. He didn't know that his daughter was also among the group of pleasure boats. The pleasure boats were bulky and not as sailing as the big boats rented by Lin Qimeng. At this time, the big boats Lin Qimeng had already surpassed Xinyue Boat and reached the middle of the group of pleasure boats.
The further downstream, the wider the river channel and the faster the river. Lin Qimeng was glad that she had left her father's intelligence network and told the boatman to slow down and watch the scenery along the way, but she drove in parallel with the pleasure boat. Secondly, Lin Qimeng also seemed to have seen Cheng Xiuyun, so Lin Qimeng's boat followed Cheng Xiuyun's pleasure boat and headed downstream of the Crescent River, preparing to stop at the same pier on the first night, and then boarded the boat to visit.
On the first night after the Huaboo arrived, Huaboo did not do business on the pier, and only did business from the next day. This is the rule set by Cheng Xiuyun for loving these miserable women who live on Huaboo.
On the first day, Cheng Xiuyun, Lin Qimeng and others docked at a wharf downstream of Lingyun Town. Changfeng knew that the wharf was called Tianyu Port, and the third largest city in Jiangnan to its back: Qingtian City.
In fact, the port has been included in the scope of Qingtian City. The port is bused and people are coming and going, which is very lively. Various snacks make Changfeng have a great treat. It is already early summer, and the people on the street are getting less and less clothes. The woman's petite and beautiful figure is becoming more and more obvious, making Changfeng feel dazzled and feasted her eyes.
After the ship docked, Lao Chen, Lin Fu and several servants went ashore to purchase the necessary supplies on the ship. They would not stop at any dock and go directly to Qianqiu City. When they came out, they were too hasty. This purchase almost filled the gaps on the ship.
In the evening, when the lights were on, Lin Qimeng took Changfeng and others to visit Cheng Xiuyun. Cheng Xiuyun originally had a boat alone, but now he was tied behind the first pleasure boat. Cheng Xiuyun people were waiting for them on the first pleasure boat.
After a notice, Lin Qimeng and others boarded the cabin together. On the first night, since the cabin was not doing business, there were not so many lights on the cabin, but it was enough to see clearly. Cheng Xiuyun came out of the cabin, exchanged a few greetings, and led everyone into the cabin. The obvious difference between the cabin and the passenger ship was that the middle floor was almost hollow, making the place particularly spacious.
Lin Qimeng's first time having her daughter entered this kind of place of love and moon, with a hint of discomfort. Dongfang Furong didn't know where it was, but her expression had not changed at all. Lin Fu is an old world. She had seen such a scene when she was young, so she was calm. Changfeng was her own family. When she came here, she seemed to feel a little intimate. Of course, there would be no discomfort.
Everyone sat down in a square circle. Cheng Xiuyun said first: "This morning, Xiuyun suddenly received a report that a person on a boat looked like Mr. Changfeng. Xiuyun felt very fast. Mr. Changfeng was not in the Lin Mansion, so why did he suddenly appear on a boat? Xiuyun guessed that it must be the lady of the Lin family coming out. Just now, the lady came to visit him in person just now, which really made Xiuyun feel sorry for him."
"Aunt Xiu is in love, it is the junior who comes to pay homage to the elders first!" Lin Qi Meng said a blessing in a normal manner.
Cheng Xiuyun laughed and said, "Miss Qimeng is really good at speaking. Aunt Xiu likes your sweet little mouth."
Cheng Xiuyun ordered people to put wine and food on it. This is the rule in the pleasure boat. When entertaining guests, wine is the main focus and food is the supplement.
Changfeng and others had already had dinner when they came. Why were they hungry now? Everyone moved a few chopsticks a little, which was a kind response to the owner's etiquette. Who would come here to eat?
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Lin Qimeng asked about Cao Ruifeng’s recent situation. Changfeng listened to everything in his heart. Later, it was about some business exchanges. Changfeng wanted to know almost everything. He shouldn’t ask too much, but he finally did military affairs for a month and asked some irrelevant things, so he did it alone next to him without saying anything. Anyway, he was just a guest today, so there was no need to say too much.
Cheng Xiuyun, Lin Qimeng and Dongfang Furong are all women, with their common language, and the people serving next to them are all women. The two big men Changfeng and Lin Fu were both bored, so they got up and left, wanting to blow the wind on the deck and wait for Lin Qimeng outside. Anyway, on Cheng Xiuyun's boat, Lin Qimeng's safety should not be a big problem.
The waves slapped the boat's side and made a huge sound. The river wind at night was quite strong. Ordinary small boats dared not operate at night. Only large boats could travel smoothly. The wind and waves were ruthless, and water and fire were unrighteous. If you were not careful, the tragedy of the ship being destroyed and the people being killed would happen.
"Sir, Miss will be out for a while. Let's go ashore for a walk!" Lin Fu asked.
Changfeng just heard that Cao Ruifeng was dealing with river affairs every day, and she didn't see her smile all day long. She was very worried, afraid that she would become depressed and sick, so she would naturally feel bored. It would be better to go ashore to relax, so she agreed to Lin Fu's invitation and went ashore together.
Although the lights on the shore are not as brilliant as Wangyue Port, they can be regarded as a port that never sleeps. Walking around is a bit funny. It is close to the territory of Wu and Yue, the Yuegan tribe, the Puppet, and the Taishui tribe. Changfeng has been traveling around the world with the guests in the clouds since he was a child. He can naturally tell which tribe is. He also knows the habits of the three tribes. While walking, he explains to Lin Fu that although Lin Fu has a wide range of knowledge, he still doesn't know some and subtle things. He knows that the Yuegan tribe is very capable and good at fighting, but he doesn't know why this is the case? Lin Fu admires Changfeng's knowledgeable knowledge. If he knew that Changfeng was an 18-year-old young man, he doesn't know what he should think.
As they walked, both of them felt a little hungry. There was a wonton stall in front of them. Changfeng liked to eat with Yunzhongke since he was a child. When he saw the steaming wonton, he felt even hungry. Lin Fu was not the kind of person who only ate big fish and meat. He smelled the aroma of wontons and drooled. The two of them had the same intentions, so they looked at each other and smiled and walked towards the wonton stall.
"Two guests, what kind of stuffed wontons do you want?" the boss greeted them enthusiastically.
"Does there be seafood stuffing?" Changfeng likes seafood wontons the most.
"This old housekeeper, what flavor do you want?" The boss obviously told Changfeng that there must be, so he asked Lin Fu this question.
"Boss, how did you know that I am a housekeeper?" Lin Fuqi said. People in the city could tell what they were doing at a glance. Can you not make him surprised?
"I guessed it in my heart, looking at your outfit." The boss laughed.
"Oh, boss, you really have the eyesight. You said right. He is really a big butler." Changfeng pointed at Lin Fu and said to the boss.
"You are joking, Master. My wonton stall has been in place for decades. When it's okay, I think about the clothes of the customer, so I can tell that everyone has different tastes. The owner likes lighter ones, so we have less seasonings, and the lower ones have heavier flavors and more seasonings." The boss came one by one with the experience he had accumulated over the past few decades.
"Oh, there are so many things to pay attention to in setting up a wonton stall. Is it really a kind of profound knowledge in the market?" Changfeng said nervously in his heart.
"Have the boss ever seen what flavor this butler likes?" Changfeng asked with a smile.
"What this butler likes should be a lighter type, a little plain wonton." The boss looked at Lin Fu himself and said.
"Are you sure?" Changfeng said in interest.
"This is just a guess, I can only guess, there are exceptions for everything?" The boss said with an obvious smile that was not sure.
Lin Fu's heart was filled with huge waves. A small wonton stall actually told his preferences in one go. This was too evil, so he refused to admit it: "The boss is wrong. I usually like to eat fish the most and always hate vegetarian food. The boss will give me a bowl of meat wontons!"
The boss doesn't care whether he said it accurately or not, just eat his wontons.
The two of them each ate a bowl of wontons. When they returned to Cheng Xiuyun's pleasure boat, Lin Qimeng and Dongfang Furong also came out. The group said goodbye to Cheng Xiuyun, returned to their boat, washed and rested for one night. Tomorrow is the beginning of the ten-day sailing, and there is no stopping in the middle. Half of the sailors on the boat rest during the day and half at night, ensuring that the boat can reach Qianqiu City smoothly.
There were still waves outside, and the cabin was silent. I thought everyone was asleep, the lights of more than twenty pleasure boats were also gone, and the quietest moment of the day began to enter the dock.
A black shadow rushed out of nowhere and quickly floated towards the boat hired by Lin Qimeng. The sailors and Lao Chen's family were already asleep, and they were about to live a life without feet. Who wouldn't want to sleep a few more hours to maintain their physical strength?
The man in black is small and obviously a woman. She was floating on her body for three floors. The hull did not look like a house. In order to prevent heavy wind and waves, the boat was usually covered with iron bags, so she could not peep on the roof. She could only see the situation in the room by breaking the layer of window paper. However, the window paper was not ordinary white paper, but waterproof cowhide card nailed to the window ling.
To be continued...