Panyu is about a week's journey from the capital, and because the boat is small, the freshwater food cannot be prepared at one time, so it needs to dock at the pier, and the time to Beijing will be doubled.

When Lu Ziqian was in the house, he had to make an example for Mrs. Lu and study hard every day to avoid the old man being sad; When he arrived on the ship, he didn't have to take care of that much, so Lu Ziqian only ordered Shuangquan to go back and forth to spread the word when the ship docked at the port, and stayed in the cabin to accompany Ruyi the rest of the time.

Without Xu Lang by her side, she was much more comfortable, although she was seasick and uncomfortable, Lu Ziqian accompanied her from time to time, and Su'er Chuntao talked to her to relieve her boredom, and her life was not boring.

At noon on this day, the ship docked at the pier in Huming Town.

The sun was so hot that people couldn't open their eyes, so Lu Ziqian helped Ruyi, who had a veil to get off the boat to rest.

The dock was full of people, and there were even the unruly strong men, working shirtless. The sound of whips, horses, and trumpets came and went, and the smell of the salty sea and sweat floated in the air.

Ruyi looked around curiously. Huming Town is different from Panyu, it is just a remote town, relying on the sea to make a fortune, and the most prosperous place in the whole town is the wharf.

Lu Ziqian led Ruyi to carefully avoid the ropes and stones on the ground, and went to the center of the town to find an inn to rest.

A woman's scream suddenly rang out from the crowd.

"How dare you? Let me go! I'm not going! I'm not going! The voice was sad and helpless, and the listeners were sad.

Lu Ziqian frowned, turned his head and said to Su'er who was following him, "You go and see, what's going on?" ”

Su'er nodded with bright eyes, relying on her petite figure, squeezed through the crowd to see the excitement.

After a while, Su'er came back shaking her head, her big eyes were full of tears, and she shook Ruyi's arm as soon as she came up, "Madam, let's save that young lady!" ”

Ruyi said, "What's wrong?" ”

Su'er wiped her tears, "That young lady is really pitiful, she just left Beijing to relax, but she met the ill-intentioned one, and when she saw only her master and servant, she knocked out and brought it here, saying that she wanted to ...... To sell to Nanyang ......"

Ruyi knows, the women here are sold to Nanyang, not only are they innocent, but they also have to work as coolies every day, so it is better to enter the Qinglou.

Seeing that Su'er looked like she was related, Ruyi couldn't bear to brush off her meaning, so she begged Lu Ziqian, "Lu nerd, we still have a vacant seat on the ship, it is better to bring this young lady back to Beijing, which can be regarded as a good deed." ”

There are no empty seats on the ship, just wishful thinking to save people.

Lu Ziqian didn't break it either, and ordered Shuangquan to take the silver and follow, and squeezed through the crowd.

When he got closer, he shouted in a loud voice, "This chick looks good, and it's worth a lot of silver, right?" Where did you find the second one? ”

Ruyi turned his head and saw that it was a strong man who was carrying goods shirtless.

A thin man next to him smacked his lips, "You see that the second hand also blocked that girl's mouth, I'm afraid I didn't rob it somewhere, right?" ”

The strong man wiped his sweat, "I think it's like, the second guy is really bold enough." ”

Shuangquan patted the shoulders of the two, "I'm sorry for the two of you, let me go, my son-in-law and wife want to go over." ”

The strong man turned around, saw Lu Ziqian dressed luxuriously, hurriedly gave way, and saw Ruyi on the side, and put on the clothes tied around his waist with some embarrassment, "Madam, forgive me, the people who come and go on this dock are all rough people, I ...... it."

Lu Ziqian waved his hand, "It's okay, I'm tired of calling that girl for us, we want to buy that girl." ”

The strong man followed Lu Ziqian's hand, and saw that the second hand was twisting the girl and wanted to tie the rope, so he hurriedly shouted, "Second hand!" It's business, come here! ”

Ruyi saw that the girl had stuffed something in her mouth, and she couldn't shout like before, and saw that the two people didn't pity the jade, and tied it with a rope, so she couldn't help frowning.

When the second leader heard the shouting, one trembled, and pulled someone to leave.

At this moment, even Su'er saw that something was wrong, "Grandma, let people stop them!" ”

Shuangquan looked at Lu Ziqian, saw that he nodded, and led the people of the Lu Mansion to rush over and twist the two hands back.

Chun Tao stepped forward to put away the rope on the girl's body and the strip of cloth stuffed in her mouth, and glared at the second handful again before returning to Ruyi's side and standing up.

Lu Ziqian raised his voice and said, "We bought this girl, how much silver, do you offer a price?" ”

The second handler was pressed to the ground by several family members and couldn't move, raised his head when he heard the words, and said in a vicious voice, "Mingren doesn't say dark words, my goods are not coming from the right way, I originally planned to go to Nanyang after completing this order, since I can't do it, I only have one condition." ”

Lu Ziqian frowned, "You say." ”

The second man gritted his teeth, "As long as you swear not to report to the official, and then give me the silver to go to Nanyang, I will send you this girl!" ”

Lu Ziqian looked at the girl and hesitated.

Su'er on the side couldn't help but touch the girl, "Miss, look at this ......"

The woman looked at the second leader hatefully, "If you leave, don't come back!" ”

The second leader is also hard, "Although my second leader doesn't do personnel, he can spit and nail!" ”

The people who gathered around to watch the excitement nodded one after another, and it seemed that the second leader had a good reputation.

So there was no objection, Lu Ziqian took the silver, put the two on the boat and left.

Ruyi looked at the girl in front of her who was dressed in a mess and had tears on her face, and said gently, "What's your name?" ”

The woman wiped the tears on her face with her sleeve, and saluted Ruyi, "The little woman is grateful to be rescued by the nobles, and when she returns to Beijing, she will teach her father to thank the two." The little girl's name is Tang ...... Tang Qiao. ”

Ruyi saw the hesitation on her face, and knew that she was using a fake name. But if something like this happened, it wouldn't be good if it was known, Ruyi nodded, and didn't ask, "You're welcome, we're just on the way." ”

Tang Qiao stood upright, and his every move carried the nobility of a big family's daughter, and he didn't have the slightest sense of humility because he was rescued. ”

Ruyi waved his hand, "I said no, seeing that you and I are of the same age, I have the right to call a friend, my name is Fu Ruyi, this is my husband Lu Ziqian." ”

Tang Qiao's face suddenly turned pale, "Lu ...... Lu Gongzi and his wife are going to Beijing to take the exam? After saying that, he couldn't help but raise his head and glanced at Lu Ziqian.

Ruyi Qi said: "How do you know that we are going to Beijing to take the exam?" ”

Tang Qiao calmed down, regained his composure, and smiled, "I see that Lu Gongzi is still young, and he went to Beijing at this time, isn't it to catch the exam?" Lu Gongzi looks full of wealth, he must be able to go to high school, right? ”

Lu Ziqian smiled and nodded, "Miss Tang praised it." ”

Tang Qiao stopped talking, and only straightened his waist and stood there.

After delaying this for a while, it was too late to go to the town to sharpen again, so the group returned to the ship and told the boatman to leave early.

Tang Qiao didn't have any luggage, not even a decent set of clothes, if he thought that she was about the same size as himself, he took a set of his own clothes to her, and told Chun Tao to arrange a room and move a decent room for Tang Qiao.

Lu Ziqian took Ruyi's hand and got on the boat, and asked her in a low voice, "Why are you so enthusiastic about her?" ”

Ruyi smiled, "I don't think Miss Tang is like an ordinary girl, let's help if we are in trouble, maybe we can help the Lu family in the future, many friends and many roads." ”

When Lu Ziqian heard this, his lips moved, and his heart was moved, but he couldn't say anything, he only clenched Ruyi's hand.

Tang Qiao, who was behind, looked at the hands of Ruyi and Lu Ziqian, hung his head, and the smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared.