174. Chapter 174(1/2)
The river water slapped the boat gang, and the thin black man took the fainted Cha Ye to sack the goods, disguised as carrying the goods and carried it onto the ship.
The old boatman was sitting on the pedal with a cigarette pot bag, sighing.
Lu Min took the horse hard and got on the boat. After tied it up, he went to pull the horse brought by Mr. Jinshui. The horse was nervous when he saw the water and kept twisting his neck and sticking his hooves on the shore.
The scholar was still in shock and sat on the box he brought with him with his bag.
"Hurry, step up!" the old boatman stood up and urged.
The coolies buried their heads and worked, and no one dared to show a strange expression. From a distance, this ship is no different from other merchant ships: there is only one carriage, and there are not many people carrying goods. Stingy small merchants usually do this.
However, this ship is actually a problem. You can tell at a closer look that the so-called cargo is not only the unlucky people who are put into sacks, but also some broken cotton jackets and wool, along with several pots, pans and spoons.
The sack was not tied very tightly, and the scholar stretched out his head and saw it.
With the nervous appearance of the old boatman and the coolie, no matter how you look, they look like a group of dock coolie preparing to escape quietly.
Mr. Jinshui, who was also absconded: "..."
He couldn't help but think hard, how did things turn out like this? He specially chose to go out on the day of the Youchunhui. He didn't dare to look around until he left the capital, for fear of being discovered, but he was hit by a carriage and sprained his ankle halfway. Fortunately, he met someone to help him, and when he arrived at the dock, he was almost "selled" again.
Finally, the guy who was ambushing the road was taken down.
——It’s really a big ups and downs, it’s just a scare to death.
Not far away, a coolie murmured in a low voice: "Why should I bring them with me? Isn't this going to disturb the matter? If they turn their heads and report to the official, we will be all done."
"The scholar is the one whom Cha wants to arrest. He can't even run away, so how can he cause trouble for us?"
The thin black man calmed down and continued to convince everyone, "There are so many people on the dock. If they talk to someone casually, or ask someone to ask us and Cha, the matter would be bad! Now as long as people are sent across the river, there will be no clues left here at the dock. When they find out the brothers, everyone will have gone without a trace."
"Yes, the mouse is right. You can't leave people on the dock... You have to send them across the river if you don't have money!"
"No, the money still needs to be collected!"
Meng Qi's smile deepened. These people thought they were muttering in a low voice, but in fact they were no different from talking to each other in person.
This black and thin man with the nickname "Why" was surprisingly brave. After the so-called Master Cha fainted, he was stunned for a while and didn't care about how his shoes flew to Master Cha's face. He climbed out of the pile of goods, pulled a few sacks and started to pretend. Finally, he barely maintained his composure and came over to call them on the boat and cross the river. It turned out that he was with this idea.
"This guy's brain is very fast." Meng Qi whispered to Mo Li.
Mo Li looked at him with a strange expression.
How can you not think it is strange if your own gerbil praises a person with nickname "Rat"?
The cabin was filled with the smell of fish and the smell of sweat on the coolie, and the bulkhead was washed clean. When the old boatman saw that everyone was almost on the way, he put down his cigarette gun and took the initiative to walk over and stroke the mane behind the head of the stubborn horse.
The horse actually became obedient and was soon led by an old boatman onto the ship.
Lu Min was stunned. When he came to his senses, he rushed forward and wanted to learn the technique of controlling horses.
The old boatman pulled the anchor and pulled the sail silently.
Lu Min followed him, helping him knowingly, so he was busy.
Mo Li was speechless for a moment, and inexplicably became a helper. I didn’t know if Lu Min was prone to abducted or praised him for his simple mind, his diligence and diligence.
"Drive on the boat."
The old boatman greeted him and held the boat pole against the bluestone at the pier, allowing the boat to slowly float away from the ferry.
The coolies picked up their oars and burped their heads.
There are boats near the dock, with both in and out, and the boat gangs will encounter them from time to time.
"Oh, he mouse! You are not staying on the dock, why are you here to fuck Lao Yang's oars?"
"Now, Lao Yangtou's boat is short of people. A merchant is in a hurry to charter a boat, so I'll come over to get some wine money." The black and thin man said with a smile on his face, and said casually, "Let's drink together when I come back!"
"Come on, you guys just speak loudly, and you have always been so stingy that you can't even give up the plate of dried tofu." The boatman complained a few times, then carried the boat away slowly.
He mouse just smiled, and his face slowly became sad.
The water in Qingjiang was so fast that the boat sailed away from the dock for a while, and many ships dispersed.
The boat they were riding was neither big nor small, and it looked even more shabby and not eye-catching at all.
"Wait, the ferry is over there!" Mr. Jinshui said nervously.
The boat seemed to be wandering down the river, rather than going to the other side of the river.
The old foreman said without raising his head: "It's dangerous there, you have to go to the next ferry along the river."
Lu Min didn't grab the oars, so he squatted on the side of the boat and looked around.
Mr. Jinshui was frightened and he was restless. When he saw Meng Qi Moli, who was walking with him, he reluctantly calmed down and asked in a low voice: "Can you two understand the nature of water?"
Mo Li didn't say anything because he didn't know how to answer.
Meng Qi laughed and said deliberately: "Sir, are you afraid?"
The scholar was silent, and the man was on the river. If the boat was sunk, who would not be afraid?
“No.”
The sound from behind scared Mr. Jinshui. He quickly turned his head and saw Lu Min's face.
The second prince returned to the cabin in shame. Because the old boatman said something, he thought he was squatting outside and was in the way. As soon as he entered the cabin, he heard Mr. Jinshui's worried words and almost laughed out loud.
Then he met the look that Mo Li Meng Qiqi looked at, and Lu Min instantly became half short.
"Well... there are so many ships on the river, although they are far away, if they really sink, someone will definitely see them. Besides, digging a boat is nothing more than to seek money and kill him. I don't have this money, doctors and others, and you don't have it, and you don't have it, sir, don't look like you do."
Mr. Jinshui's face turned blue and white again.
"As for killing people, they have no need to use a ship to win your enemies... or someone's favor. Leading the way to cheat people without any cost, it's different to dig a boat."
"Well said." Meng Qi nodded with a smile.
Mo Li discovered that the second prince was really enlightened. He had not thought about the key points in this yet, and Lu Min was already very clear about it.
——Mainly, it’s because a fish is afraid of chiseling a boat.
Mr. Jinshui was extremely embarrassed. At the dock, he told Lu Min that the people who were following nearby were all local snakes who "collected travel fees" and took the initiative to give them money. As a result, He mouse brought them into danger.
If he is really afraid of this and then misses this boat, he will probably encounter danger if he stays on the dock.
The more the scholar thought about it, the more frightened he became. In addition to his nervousness and worries, he was completely confused and even his eyes turned dark.
"gentlemen."
The sound was like a basin of cold water, which immediately slammed the scholar into a slightest.
He looked up in a daze and saw Mo Li holding another book in his hand. Meng Qi sat next to him, leisurely holding a bag of lotus leaf cake. The sweet and refreshing fragrance seemed to pour into his mind.
This low and shabby cabin, which was originally full of fishy smell and strange smell, has become less dim and depressing.
The sound of the slapping of the water flowing into the oars was regularly transmitted to the ears. The scholar's tense body gradually relaxed, and his pale face gradually improved. He calmed down and said with a wry smile.
"It is really shameful to disturb you from peace for my affairs."
"You're welcome, sir."
Meng Qi put the lotus leaf cake in front of Mo Li in the oil-paper bag, and the latter waved his hand.
"Otherwise, chestnut cake?" Meng Qi reached out to the car to touch it again.
Mr. Jinshui: “…”
Apart from women and young children, how can I bring pastries on the way? This thing is easy to break, expensive and inadequate. Steamed buns, oil cakes and jerky pickled vegetables are common!
Lu Min felt very happy, so he got out of here as he knew him. If he wanted to stay, he could only be blind and deaf like him. Only by not watching, listening, or thinking, would he not make things difficult for himself.
"It's over, can you tell me what is the origin of Master Cha?" Meng Qi asked with his foot on the sack next to him.
Mr. Jinshui hesitated to look outside the cabin.
He was not sure what these people wanted to do when they tied Cha Ye onto the boat.
At this time, the old boatman came in, picked up the cigarette pot bag again, and made a gesture to hug everyone and clasped his fists.
Because they were elders, everyone stood up and returned the greeting.
In fact, Meng Qi was still holding the lotus leaf cake in his hand. He realized that Mo Li was moving from the corner of his eyes.
——There is nothing unwilling to be happy about this, not just one gift? It is older to sit and not to return the gift. Standing up means you are young!
The old boatman spoke a hoarse and old Gyeonggi dialect with bright eyes.
"As the saying goes, if you can get on the same boat after ten years, you can ride on the boat today, all your fate and fate. Since that's the case, the little one will be straightforward and explain it clearly!"
The old boatman pointed to the sack and said in a deep voice: "This is a person on the road of our capital. He is not very capable and has a big background. It is said that his mother is the house of a senior official in the capital. Later, the master gave him grace and gave him good records, but he still served as a servant for the master's family behind his back. Don't ask him about his name and name, he said everything about this, but he bullied the market and acted as a dominant person on the dock. It took him one day or two days. If he walked too much at night, he would hit a stone. This guy had encountered a few tough points and was tortured to the yamen of the city guards. But within a few days he came out in a row, probably because he had not even had half of his hair on his head."
These words were so powerful that they could not be beaten up for a moment, and Lu Min was listening with relish, and he would only grab a handful of melon seeds and eat them.
It tastes the same as the story of telling a story in the teahouse. I feel that there will be a plot where a man or a woman is bullying and doing evil things, and finally being beaten by a certain hero to cry and call him mother.
Thinking again, this hero is just this king... Is this person on my side? Lu Min peeks at the two calm masters.
"It would be fine if this is a rogue who is behind him. Cha Qi has practiced a lot of horizontal kung fu. One punch can smash a hole in the bulkhead of the old man's ship. He also made friends with people from the escort agency and martial arts hall, and he was even more generous when he was scattering money, so no one dared to provoke him in the capital."
Meng Qi didn't care. The so-called no one dared to provoke him was actually because people with great abilities and high identities had never heard of it.
For example, Gong Jungong's deputy commander can arrest Cha Qi in just one word, and by the way, he can also turn the things this guy does upside down. However, there are hundreds of thousands of people in Taijing, and there are countless like this who secretly do things for people.
To be continued...