Chapter 1 Dongcheng Ferry
The cold rain is dashing, hitting the water of the Yujiang River that never freezes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The microwave is flooding, and the autumn breeze is light.
Everything is as usual, the Dongcheng ferry port in the capital of Xia is prosperous and busy without losing order, countless traders and civilians come and go, and all kinds of shouts and commands are calm and powerful, just right.
It will neither disrupt the rhythm of the Taijing Dongcheng ferry, nor will it drown in the vast sea of people and goods.
After so many years, the areas where cargo ships and passenger ships, official ships and civilian ships docked, have long been clearly distinguished, but there are also some tribute ships or ships with expensive commodities that are reluctant to dock with bulky mining ships.
A passenger ship is about to sail into the ferry, the hull is not tall, the ordinary passenger ship style, the decoration is not necessarily extravagant, although it seems that the things hanging out are quite exquisite, but it is not rare in a place like Taijing City, which is full of huge wealth.
Mixed with the ships of wealthy merchants and officials, this passenger ship was slowly equipped to dock, and it was very inconspicuous.
The interior of the cabin is full of taste, the faint medicinal fragrance is mixed with the orchid incense, the gorgeous blue curtain is opened, the cabin is full of things, more than a dozen large boxes on the side are particularly eye-catching, and the cabinet is also placed with exquisite and rich ornaments.
Two women were sitting on the edge of the table, one of them was a woman in white who was writing, holding the wide sleeve of her right hand with her left hand, staring at the rice paper on the table, holding a brush and groaning, as if thinking about how to connect the next sentence to the poem.
The woman in purple on the opposite side looked at her with her cheeks raised, looked at the poems on the paper for a while, and then looked up at the woman in white frowning and thinking, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and her originally heroic face was also full of soft warmth.
In this spacious and luxurious cabin, which is extremely beautifully decorated, I hold a pen and meditate, and smile on my cheeks, but I have to ignore the saber at the waist of the woman in purple.
"You're not this piece of material in the first place, so why do you have to succeed. The woman in purple said with a smile, "These are the first two lines of poetry written by a scholar, how can they be so easy to make up." ”
didn't pay attention to the person opposite, the woman in white finished writing the last sentence, read it carefully, put down the pen with satisfaction, and said: "I don't want to get the reputation of a talented girl, but I can't send it to this lady in Taijing." ”
The upbringing of the two was different when they were children, and she didn't ask the woman in purple to understand her situation, and she admired the poems she had added to herself, and she was quite satisfied.
When she raised her head, she saw her face clearly, her eyebrows were full of daisies, her eyes were moving, there was a shallow smile on her white jade-like cheeks, and the corners of her mouth were lightly raised.
The connotation of these words is obviously the same, and it takes a few sticks of incense to express a few words, and only idlers will be interested. ”
The woman in purple expressed her helplessness, obviously referring to the osmanthus is very fragrant, the woman in white considered that the last two sentences were already a stick of incense, and it was also a grind, this kind of elegant art of chewing words forgave him for disagreeing, proper grooming is necessary, but sometimes it is too much, and it gives her a headache.
"When did you see that I liked this, this is not going back to Taijing, my mother will definitely ask me for cultivation, and I am indeed negligent in this regard on weekdays. The woman in white thinks of the talented girl in the family, she has a headache, sometimes the mother is too talented and distressed, the daughter should be good, and if the culture is not good, the upbringing is not good.
The woman in purple picked up the rice paper on the table and looked at it carefully, she has been practicing calligraphy on the boat recently, and the words of the woman in white have indeed improved, a little more gentle and atmospheric than usual, and the words like flowing clouds and water are also more flexible.
"I have indeed grown, and I don't know how those ladies in Taijing were cultivated and asked for so much?"
The woman in purple asked, she had never been to Taijing, but she had heard of those young ladies who even had rules for eating and chewing a few times, and she had never seen it.
At this time, someone outside knocked on the door and came in, and it was the boat lady who came to say back: "Miss, the Dongcheng ferry has arrived, the boat is preparing to dock, it's time to get off the boat." ”
"Okay, I'll be fine here. The woman in white got up and prepared to clean up the four treasures of the study on the table.
Before she could clean up, the woman in purple had already packed it up and put it on the bookshelf in the cabin.
This boat belongs to the woman in white, and the things in it are all hers, so there is no need to worry about the loss of Mobao, naturally someone comes to clean and maintain the books every day.
The order of the Dongcheng ferry was suddenly broken by the horses galloping in the raindrops, and the horses did not hold the reins until they reached the dock, and none of the horses neighed, but all stopped steadily, standing silently, with strong and powerful long hooves, long manes, and sharp eyes. On horseback, it was all black armor, glowing cold in the rain, and I don't know if it was rain-washed or the armor was originally made of cold iron.
The black horse in front is the tallest of all the horses, and the people on it are also the most heroic, he is not wearing armor, but he is wearing a robe with cloud piping, a crown of white jade, a folded sword eyebrows, and a folded tail of the eyebrows, with red phoenix eyes, a high nose bridge, and the whole face exudes coldness, but it also makes people can't bear to take a look at it, only to feel that such a domineering and appearance, it is not a god to have, and the fly in the ointment is that there is water all over the body, and the body has long been wet all the way to the dock.
With a wave of his hand, a large part of the back dismounted, and the people on the dock, whether they were moving things or pedestrians, gave way, which was obviously an official errand, who dared to stop it.
There is also an errand on the ferry to maintain, and when I saw this, I immediately stepped forward, this is obviously a big official, could it be that something happened at the wharf?
The young man on the horse at the front had a cold face like a sculpture, and did not say a word, and the ferry errands were even more panicked and trembling, for fear of implicating themselves.
Naturally, there were subordinates who ordered them to do things and help maintain order and search the ships, and when they heard that this was the work of the King of Qi, where did anyone dare to object, they obediently began to arrange for people to search.
The people who are just about to start disembarking at the ferry, the people who are moving things, and the people who are about to enter the ferry and stop the boat are very cooperative, and it is not the first time that this kind of thing has happened.
I don't know what exactly is being searched, ship by boat checked, the rain kept falling, and the people on the horse still didn't move, as if time had stood still on him, holding the reins, staring coldly at the boats and pedestrians on the ferry.
Although there were many boats, they were not slow to search, and soon found the boat where the woman in white was.
The ships of Dongcheng Ferry will not stop here in general, and only small officials and businessmen will not stop here if their status is not enough.
King Qi investigates the case, where does anyone dare to block half a sentence in this kind of place, where can they criticize this kind of heavenly figure.
The search errands did not expect to be blocked, and on the boat of the woman in white, the servants in green clothes directly refused to let them on.
King Qi is the biological brother of today's son, not to mention that this is still an investigation, and there are still people who dare to refuse in a place like Dongcheng Ferry.
Thinking of the young man with a cold look immediately, the leading errand unconsciously shuddered, and shouted: "Bold, King Qi is investigating the case, but he is still not allowed to enter, you are the criminals." ”
The man in armor on the side frowned, dissatisfied with the arrogance of the leading errand, but now is a very moment, I haven't seen His Royal Highness King Qi rush like that, where is there anyone who dares to be half lazy, and the people of this ship really don't know what to do.
"This is a private boat, and inside it is a distinguished guest invited by my lord, let the officials and lords enter, disturb the distinguished guests, and the lord blames it, and he can't afford to be responsible. The servant in Tsing Yi was neither humble nor arrogant, and replied politely with his fists clenched.
"What kind of family are you, can there still be King Qi, dodge quickly. "The leading errand is very dissatisfied, what other big people can there be in a place like Dongcheng Ferry?
"I don't dare to compare with the official. "The attitude of the servants in Tsing Yi is very low, Shi Nong is a businessman, his master is only a businessman, and they are only the servants of the merchant.
"Then don't get out of the way. "I heard that the leading errand is not from the big official's family, and it is even more rampant.
The servant in Tsing Yi was still standing on the boat, blocking the errand, not giving an inch.
Someone had already seen the situation here, and the officers and soldiers who were standing on the ferry and directing everyone to search had noticed it.
He was not as visionary as the errand on the ferry, and the people who dared to stop them were either really from a background or a real perpetrator.
"What's going on?" the leading officer and soldier walked over, with a large knife pinned to his waist, and he looked very powerful.
It was already very difficult to search in the rain, but now that it has not been found, the atmosphere is already very tense, and there are people making trouble, which is really not something that ordinary people can do.
"No one on our ship committed a crime, this is a distinguished guest invited by my master, please forgive me for not being able to let go. "The servants in Tsing Yi are still blocking there, and it doesn't matter how big the official position of the person who came is or how big the work is.
Inside the boat, the woman in white has been put away, the box has been moved, and the boat lady is asking: "Miss, it's raining too much outside." Why don't you wait until the rain stops and move the books and medicines in the box back?"
"Don't worry, this box is waterproof. The woman in white shook her head, this little rain can't get into the box at all, and they have to worry about it when they put it in the boat at night, and it's not appropriate.
"Xiaohai went to find the housekeeper just now, and the housekeeper should have already arrived on the boat. ”
The sound outside was getting louder and louder, and it had already drowned out the sound of the rain, and the woman in white nodded, holding an umbrella, ready to go out.
The woman in purple carried an umbrella in her left hand and followed behind her.
The door of the boat opened, and the boat lady came out first, followed by the woman in white and the woman in purple who came out in turn.
At this time, the atmosphere outside was already very wrong, more than a dozen officers and soldiers came to the place where they got on the boat, and the leading officers and soldiers were already preparing to break in, and even the eyes of the cold-faced man who had not moved immediately had been staring at this place for a long time.
Unexpectedly, three women suddenly came out of it, and the clothes of the boat lady in front are still very common, the main thing is that the two women in the back are worn, the white clothes and purple clothes are very drape, the clothes seem to flow as beautiful as flowing water, and the handiwork is exquisite, even the most ignorant people can see that it is definitely not ordinary fabric, it is the most expensive high-grade clothing.
There is also a long sword around the waist of the woman in purple, and those who know it know at a glance that this is a famous sword, the scabbard is extremely simple, and there are a few gems inlaid on it, but no one will think that this is used to see, and if it is really out of the sheath, it will definitely see blood, and no one will suspect that this is just an ornament.
The people in the martial arts and the imperial court are indeed two unrelated people, and there are many strange masters in them, and there are many things like this that do not buy the accounts of the imperial court.
But the investigation of the case is for the people of the world, as long as it is not an unjust, false and wrongful case, most of the people in the rivers and lakes are still actively cooperating, and few of them are directly confronted by the nobles of Tianhuang.
The shores of the land are all Xia countries, and the people of Xia countries are all subjects.
The cold-faced man urged the black horse to come this way, and when he got closer, the leading officers and soldiers turned around and saluted: "Lord Wang." ”
This is the second prince of the Xia Kingdom, the younger brother of the young emperor, and the powerful King of Qi.
"What's going on?"
Chu Xuan's voice was very cold, he was already very dissatisfied after braving such a heavy rain to check for so long, and he had not yet formed a stick.
"It's said that we don't have any criminals here. The woman in purple covered her upper body with an umbrella, and her voice came from under the umbrella.
The people on the shore were saluting, and when they heard this, they all turned to look at her, and they were too bold to dare to contradict King Qi.
"Bold!" shouted the leading officers and soldiers, this civilian dared to talk to the prince like this.
"Could it be that the rituals of this Xia Kingdom are all furnished, this is a personal belonging, and the official family did not show a search warrant, so they just couldn't break in with a word!"
One sentence was like igniting a gunpowder bag, and the officers and soldiers on the shore took their weapons one after another, made a fighting state, and even discussed the law in vain, this person in the rivers and lakes was really arrogant.
Where is the woman in purple easy to bully, seeing that they have moved their weapons, she holds the hilt of the sword with her right hand and pulls out a small half.
The woman in white raised her hand and blocked her movements.
At this time, a servant in Tsing Yi arrived with a group of people, and his eyes were wide open when he saw this tense scene, and he hurriedly ran back to the ship.
Among the people who came, the leader was a middle-aged man in a golden-red robe, who also broke out in a cold sweat when he saw this scene, and hurriedly walked to King Qi.
The middle-aged man hugged his fists with King Qi and said something, and King Qi's expression instantly eased.
At this moment, the sound of weapons fighting and shouting came from a nearby ship.
Everyone rushed over, the windows on the hull of the boat were broken, and one person was knocked out of the boat and fell into the Yu River, and the blood stained the river red.
Blood was sprayed on the windows of the cabin, and the smell of blood came to my nose in the pouring rain.
The fight inside the boat attracted the attention of most people, only the woman in white and the woman in purple, and King Qi and the middle-aged man next to him looked elsewhere.
The sound quickly stopped, and the people brought by King Qi were all extremely strong in martial arts, and there were more people, and the battle ended as quickly as possible.
didn't go over to deal with the aftermath as soon as possible, but instead said a few more words to the middle-aged man, King Qi glanced at the woman in white, and then drove his horse to the side to investigate.
The middle-aged man in the golden red robe here first came over to salute the woman in white before directing the people to move the box away.
He has been following the woman in white, whispering something, and his attitude is very gentle and submissive, even more humble than the attitude of King Qi.
The group disembarked and walked through the crowd until they came to a carriage, got on board, and soon left.
King Qi took one last look at the horse, the guests of the Dong family?
(To be continued.) )