Chapter 18: Zheng Guoxianyu (thanks to Dongfang Haorui for his reward)
Standing on the second floor and looking at the deck, the captain had a long knife pinned to his waist, led the people, set up the board, climbed over the side of the ship, flipped over to another big ship, and asked loudly to the only living person on the ship, "What are you doing alone on the ship in the middle of the night? What about the people on your ship? Why are you the only one?"
After a long list of questions, I saw the man in white sitting on the boat opposite the building, holding the white flag in his hand in a panic and saying to them, "I don't know either...... We were a merchant ship from Zheng Guo passing through here, but this afternoon we all fell asleep somehow, and when I woke up, I found that no one on the ship had woken up, and I was left alone, and then after night, a large number of bats appeared around the ship to attack our ship, so I asked your ship for advice......"
When the captain heard this, he ordered the crew to search around their ship, and after a long time, everyone reported back, "Captain, the people on this ship really can't wake up, and he is a big living person." β
"That's weird, everyone is fainting, how did this ship hit our ship?" the captain touched the back of his head, unable to figure it out, and everyone was puzzled.
"The villain doesn't know ......"
The man in white sat on the chair and replied in a daze, "The villain woke up and there was no one, and my little servant and his entourage all fainted to the ground...... I tried to wake them up, but I couldn't. β
"Captain, the situation he said is very similar to that of the steward and the lady...... Let's go quickly, don't talk to him......" said a crew member with a frown.
The captain also nodded, looked at the man in white and said strangely, "We have been on the boat for most of the day, and we haven't seen you walking around, why do you always sit?"
"The villain has been paralyzed since he was a child, and he is not good at walking. β
Hearing this, the man in white patted his unconscious legs with both hands, lowered his head and replied with a depressed face, "So I can only sit in a wheelchair, and now I can't run away when I encounter such a strange thing......"
When the captain heard this, he ordered someone to raise a torch and look over, and saw that the other party looked weak, not sitting on a bench but in a wheelchair, and after everyone searched the ship a few more times, except for a boatload of goods and food, there was no other unusual discovery.
It's just that this time so many people are evil, and it looks more terrifying than the last time Cheng Guan and his wife were evil.
The people of the time feared ghosts and gods.
Some of the timid crew members have begun to shout to return to the ship, "Captain, this ship has encountered water ghosts and asked for their lives......"
"Yes, captain, since there are no awake people on this ship, let's get rid of the ship and leave it alone......"
"If it's really a ghost ship, even we will lose our lives. β
"This time I came out, and I encountered too many strange things!"
"Be careful!"
The crew members echoed and retreated.
When the captain heard this, he looked at the empty deck again, except for the man in white, there was no one, and he was immediately startled, what if this was not a person but a ghost?
A layer of cold sweat suddenly covered his back.
"Let's all get back to the ship!"
Seeing that they all turned around and left, the man in white in a wheelchair turned his wheelchair to chase after them, "Don't go, don't leave me alone on this boat, okay?...... Please...... I can give you all the gold and silver on board!"
"If you want money, you have to have a life!"
"Our owner is not short of this bit of gold and silver, you can keep it to yourself to buy your life!" the captain and the people returned to the Cheng's Mansion ship along the board of the ship with another trembling sound, ready to speed up and set sail.
"I don't want to be left alone on this ship, it's scary here, and there's my big brother in there, can you save us?...... Whatever you want, we promise......" The man in white kept chasing after him, like a water ghost, and all the crew members were more like seeing a ghost, and retreated faster.
Seeing this scene, Mi Huang, who had been standing by the window, saw this scene, his eyebrows were slightly clustered, his jade fingers rubbed against the rough barbs on the window edge, and he turned to the old doctor and asked, "Old doctor, you said that the people on the whole ship fell asleep with phantom medicine, so why didn't this person have phantom medicine?"
The old doctor looked at the white-clothed man on the boat opposite with a lantern, frowning and puzzled, "It stands to reason that the weaker the physique of this magic medicine, the more likely it is to cause severe coma, but this young man's lower body is not good, it can be seen that his health has been poor for a long time, and it makes no sense that everyone else is dizzy, but he is fine......"
Shaking his head, I couldn't figure it out.
"There's another possibility. β
Mi Huang's eyes narrowed slightly, "That is, this person is the one who gave the drug, so everyone else has been poisoned by the phantom drug, but he doesn't." Do you remember the man who drugged Cheng Steward, and we judged his identity? A businessman who knew witch doctors, and this person was able to sit on such a big ship, which shows that he has a lot of money. β
The doctor's eyes lit up suddenly, and he clapped his hands and said, "Yes, yes, maybe this young man is the witch doctor." β
"So what do we do now?" Cheng Qingqing said.
"Hurry up, he won't walk anyway. β
"No! It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided. β
"Since this person has made up his mind to follow us since Jingling County, it is estimated that he will not give up easily, and tonight he will make a boat collide with our building boat, I don't know what else he will do. Why don't we invite him up and see what he wants to do to me!" said Huang Huang.
Cheng Qingqing was shocked when she heard this, "Too girl, this is too dangerous." β
In case something happens and her brother comes back, how will she explain?
"Don't be afraid, can't we control him alone with so many people on our ship!
"Yes, but after all, there are not many on the ship. Tomorrow morning, we arrived in the eastern suburbs, as much as we wanted. The doctor said.
"Okay, Si Shu, you go and call Jing'an, and let the captain invite this man in white to me on the boat, and I will meet him in person for a while. Hearing this, Mi Huang said, "Then except for him, no one else on this ship will be left alone, and our ship will set sail at full speed." β
"Yes, lady. β
After a long time, the captain went and returned, and ordered someone to rescue the man in white and his eldest brother on the opposite boat.
For the sake of safety, only the captain was allowed to push Xianyu's wheelchair into the walk-in alone, and his comatose eldest brother had just been left in another guest room to be guarded, which was equivalent to being a hostage.
In the house, at this time, Cheng Qingqing and the old doctor all retreated.
In the faint candlelight, Mi Huang sat by the wide open window, under the veil, in fact, wearing a mask, Jing'an held a sword and the pian's palm held a hidden weapon, the two stood behind her, looking at a white and thin young man in a wheelchair being pushed in by the captain, it seemed that he was less than twenty, very young.
But none of them dared to be careless.
This person is most likely the witch doctor who brought down the Cheng Clan's kiln, and the person who brought down an entire ship tonight.
As soon as the people entered the cabin, they saw him and thanked them with a smile, "Thank you for this lady for rescuing, otherwise my eldest brother and I would have been buried on Yunmeng Daze today." β
Mi Huang glanced up at him through the veil, the light and shadow in his eyes flashed inexplicably, the emotion was hidden under the veil, but he said in a gentle voice, "Childe, you're polite, it's just a matter of saving people." The words fell, and the secretary was ordered to serve him tea.
Si Shu smiled and stepped forward to serve tea to the man in white, "This son, please use tea." β
"Don't dare to be, thank you for this sister. β
The person who came took the tea sent by the secretary, first smelled it inadvertently, and then said with a smile, "This tea is the top Junshan silver needle when you smell it, it's really good tea!"
I took a shallow sip, put it aside, and didn't move again.
Seeing this, Si Shu retreated, smiled and brought some refreshments to offer, "Childe, I must have been hungry for half a night, and there is still some food here." β
"Thank you Madame and Sister for your kindness. β
Xianyu thanked sweetly, took the refreshment, picked it up first, and praised, "Madam, this cloud cake is fragrant and soft, and the chef must be skilled." β
"It's just a snack, and I can't take it to the table. β
Mi Huang politely excused himself a few words, not caring about these false courtesies, and said seemingly casually, "I heard that Gongzi is Zheng Guo and his party, I don't know how to call it? β
"The contemptible person is Zheng Guoyi, a merchant Jia, a string, a single name and a jade character. β
Xianyu behaved calmly, skillfully took out a delicate small copper box from his arms, and took out a piece of small name from the copper box, pinched the two corners of the name with both hands, and handed the name out in the direction of Mi Huang, "This is a contemptible name!"
The secretary stepped forward and wrapped his name in a handkerchief, carefully took it, and handed it to Mihuang.
"Zheng Guo, Xian's firm, Xianyu. β
Mi Huang took over a big circle smaller than the ordinary name, only the size of a palm, looked at it casually through the veil, and said lightly through the veil Emei.
"Yes, the Xian Clan Trading House is my family's ancestral family business. β
Xianyu seemed to see her doubts and immediately nodded.
"I don't know what your firm does to make a living. β
His attitude looked respectful, but in fact it was very casual, and Mi Huang also picked up a cloud cake and leaned on the couch and chatted casually.
Xianyu listened and smiled lightly, "Whatever the countries lack, our Xian clan will do anything, anyway, it is to help people run errands, which is not as big as the great cause of the lady's house." Then he pointed to the Cheng's building boat road outside the window, "Xianyu has traveled around the world for many years, and it is the first time I have seen such a large merchant ship and such a well-trained crew. β
"Really?"
Xu is late at night, Mi Huang looked a little tired, Si Qin picked up a soft pillow and put it behind her, and she also gently flicked the Jun Mountain tea in her hand, and never looked too much at Xianyu in front of her, as if the mistress of the Cheng family said casually, "With the vision of the young man, I must also know that our Cheng family business house is originally a business official (handicraft industry run by the official family), but it only takes advantage of the official business of the Chu State." These businesses are not in the eyes of my Cheng family, but they are just to provide some meager income for the surrounding ordinary people. On weekdays, they make surplus items, and sell them all over the world, and if they don't, they produce them for their own use. β
As soon as Xianyu heard Mi Huang speak, he still didn't take a sip of the tea in his hand, but just said with a smile, " This Xian understands and knows that over the years, the major vassal states, the nobles of the family still pursue the set of industrial and commercial food officials, and the Cheng family in the Chu State has a big business, and he must not care about this business, but Xianyu traveled all over the country, sold the silk of Qi to the Jin State, sold the clothing of the Jin State to the Zheng State, the Song State, the Wei State, the Chen State and other small countries, and transported the grain from other countries to the Chu State to sell, but this year the grain transported by the Xian Mou because of the receding water in your country, there is no market, so he is planning to find some new items to go back, so as not to run in vainγ β
When Mi Huang heard this, he couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
This Xianyu seems to be respectful, but her words are very bold, she has already said that they are the people of the Cheng family, so she should know that Cheng Jia has just solved the disaster of the Chu State this year.
But he saw that she spoke softly, and he openly said in front of her that he was going to take advantage of the great water of Chu and transport grain for thousands of miles, and wanted to take the opportunity to make a windfall, but he didn't expect the grain to come, and the great water of Chu receded, and he came in vain.
"It is a great joy for the flood in my Chu country to recede, and the whole country celebrates, but now that this princess is listening to the words of the string master, it seems that you can't sell your grain, and it is all to blame for our Chu country not sending out big water!"
Xianyu was not afraid, and said with a smile on his face, "Xianyu has no such intention, but Yu is a businessman, this business intention cannot be done, and the next business intention, Yu has always believed that God has closed a door to Yu will inevitably open another door." β
"You don't seem to be afraid of me at all?"
Mi Huang continued to say quietly.
Under Mi Huang's eyes full of pressure, Xianyu did not feel the slightest uneasiness, but praised with a smile again, "Madame is kind and honest to others, she just saved Xianyu, why is Xianyu so afraid? β
"In that case, why don't you tell me frankly?"
At this point, Xian Yu picked up the tea in his hand for the first time and took a big sip, but the Mi Huang sitting opposite swept away, watching him finally drink the tea in the cup, the corners of his lips bent up slightly, and then his originally pleasant voice suddenly sank, and he wondered, "Since Xian Gongzi is so honest, why don't you tell me who you are? Why did the third watch appear on this Yun Mengze in the middle of the night and follow us all the way." β
Xianyu's hand holding the teacup suddenly paused in the air, the corners of his lips could hardly be hooked, and he pulled up a strange arc, blinking his good-looking eyes and smiling, "Madam, didn't Xianyu say just now, my Xianyu, Mingyu, but my brother likes to call me Yu'er." β
"Why did Madame ask again and again? β
Xianyu refused to confess, and Mi Huang was not surprised, opened his eyes and glanced at him, and said leisurely and slowly: "I'll count three times, if Xian Gongzi can't answer according to the truth, then Mrs. Ben can only think of some other way to let you speak." β
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
There was a crisp sound of "bang", and the man in the wheelchair let go of his hand holding the teacup, and the high-quality porcelain cup smashed in his hand, and he himself stroked his forehead and said slowly, "You have drugged the tea?......" and then leaned back and passed out on the wheelchair.