Chapter 120: Infighting
Yu Shu walked to the door of the innermost room in the cabin, looked at the closed person in front of her, heard the faint sound of talking inside, looked left and right to see that there was no one in the corridor, and leaned up, just about to put her ears on, the door was opened, causing her to stagger forward, and hurriedly grabbed the door frame to stand firmly.
"Ah Shu?" Taking a step back, he looked at Yu Shu outside the door and asked strangely, "What are you doing here?" ”
Yu Shu immediately stood up straight, and said with a curious expression: "I just saw Uncle Bi upstairs saving someone to come up, uh, what's wrong with that person?" ”
As she spoke, she looked in, looking like a very curious child, wanting to take the opportunity to see the scene inside, but half of the door was blocked by Bi Qing's body, so she only asked A faint sweet smell wafted out from behind him, which was not very obvious in the humid air.
"People are unconscious now, I don't know what happened," Bi Qing glanced inside, put his hand on Yu Shu's shoulder and nudged her outward, closed the door with his backhand, covered the room, and walked out with Yu Shu's shoulder, not wanting her to see the blood inside.
Yu Shu was helplessly pushed away by Bi Qing, turned his head to look at the distant door, and listened to Bi Qing's words: "Sailing on the river, passing through narrow areas, it is easy to encounter water bandits robbing the boat and killing them, but don't be afraid, the escort team of our Taiheng Chamber of Commerce is a first-class good hand, familiar with water, and the boatmen have a few hands and feet, and when they see the flag of our Taiheng Chamber of Commerce, the water bandits have to make a detour, and they will not ask for hardship to find the door." ”
"It's so powerful," Yu Shu worshipped, and turned his head to look at it again.
Bi Qing said proudly: "That's nature. ”
Bi Qing, Yu Shu sent it to the hatch of the ship, and patted her on the shoulder, "You go upstairs, I'll ask someone to send you up early."
"Lao Bi!"
Yu Shu stood at the top of the stairs, turned around and looked at the strong man who was walking towards Bi Qing from the deck, and asked loudly before he could get to him:
"I heard from my subordinates that you fished a private person from the river!?"
This person Yu Shu met on the road, it was Qiu Biao, the captain of the caravan's escort for this trip, in his thirties, about the same age as Xingqi, three or two years older than Bi Qing, and it was said that he was originally a big dart master in the largest homologous dart bureau in Yiyang City.
His voice made several boatmen on the deck who were working in the rain turn their heads to look at them, and Yu Shu stopped in place and looked at Bi Qing.
"What a dead man, that person is still alive," Bi Qing said unhappily.
"If you are alive now, will you die later," Qiu Biao said dissatisfiedly, "It is raining so heavily on the river, this person is unknown, how dare you fish people up, in case he is chased and killed by the enemy, wouldn't it be a waste of trouble!" Lao Bi, you have been in business for all these years, don't you know how to avoid evil, seeing the blood is not good, you are now getting people on the ship, you are not afraid of dirtying the goods of this ship? ”
was mercilessly accused by Qiu Biao, Bi Qing was also angry, and frowned: "Since we met it, how can there be any reason to do nothing, it is a human life, and I despise a fish and a shrimp." ”
Qiu Biao snorted coldly: "We are merchants, not good deeds, and we will throw people down when we dock at the next ferry, and we can't let him stay on the boat." ”
"How can this be done, he is seriously injured, wouldn't it be harmful to kill people to leave him in this weather!"
The two of them quarreled, a bunch of people had gathered on the deck at the door of the cabin, Qiu Biao insisted on getting people off the ship, Bi Qing was stubborn to save people first, after the quarrel reached the most, Bi Qing threw down a sentence, Qiu Biao lost his voice:
"Listen to you or mine about the things on this ship!"
Qiu Biao's face flushed, he clenched his fists, and left angrily, Bi Qing said angrily to the onlookers and guards outside: "At home, name, don't you have anything to do here?" ”
The crowd dispersed.
Yu Shu watched Bi Qing go down to the bottom floor with a calm face, stood at the top of the stairs for a while, turned around and went upstairs, and when he turned the corner, he heard the discussion downstairs, stopped again, poked his head out and looked down, and there were two people from the escort team talking quietly:
"It is said that the boss and Boss Bi have old grudges, which seems to be true."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I also heard that three years ago, the head just came down to our Taiheng from the Tongyuan Dart Bureau, and the first time the escort team followed Boss Bi to the southwest to do business, and met a group of bandits on the way, and the night raid caravan robbed most of the goods, Bi Qing because he is the younger brother of our deputy director, most of the responsibility falls on our head, and then the two people have a discord, and in the past three years, it is the second time to partner with Yuanshang."
"Hey, there's still this thing."
Bi Qing and Qiu Biao quarreled about the quarrel, and soon spread on the ship, only Yu Xiaoxiu didn't know, he woke up in the morning and began to get seasick again, he reacted more than yesterday, vomited twice, hummed and chirped, and even Jinbao was a little listless.
Yu Xiaoxiu couldn't do without people around him, Yu Shu was busy taking care of him, and he didn't have time to think about the person who got the reward in the morning.
Xia Mingming next door didn't move all day, Yu Shu thought she was frightened by the scene in the morning, knocked on the door to say hello, but Xia Mingming didn't even open the door for her, Yu Shu said a few words to her through the door panel, and went back to the house.
Strange to say, Yu Xiaoxiu was seasick during the day, and he was fine at night, and he couldn't sleep, so Yu Shu drew a Sudoku map for him to fill in, and when he was sleepy, he urged him to go to bed, and he took the book out to calculate tomorrow's weather.
There was a knock on the door, and Bi Qing's voice came in from outside: "Ah Shu, have you fallen asleep?"
"Uncle Bi, it's so late, what's the matter?"
Bi Qing stood at the door, with no intention of coming in:
"Oh, that's right, tomorrow morning the boat will dock, clear the bilge of the water, I will go ashore to buy, then I will stop on the shore for an hour, there is a town on the shore, if you want to get off the boat and take a walk, buy some knick-knacks as a souvenir, get up early and prepare."
Yu Shu's eyes lit up, and he said with interest: "Then dare to be kind, Xiao Xiu and I will get up early." ”
Bi Qing smiled: "Then rest early." ”
"Okay."
Bi Qing turned around to leave, Yu Shu's heart moved, remembered something, and took a quick step to grab him, "Uncle Bi." ”
Bi Qing turned around: "What's wrong?" ”
"How is the man who was rescued in the morning?"
When Bi Qing was concerned about the injured, she told her: "I haven't woken up yet, but my life has been saved." ”
Yu Shu asked cautiously: "Then when he docks tomorrow, will he get off the boat?" ”
Bi Qing was stunned for a moment, knowing that she had heard the dispute between him and Qiu Biao in the morning, so she shook her head and said: "No, you have to wait for someone to wake up and ask clearly, to see what happened to him, where he is going, and if you stop by, you can also take him for a ride." ”
To be honest, Yu Shu didn't care much about whether that person left or stayed, she just felt uneasy, so she asked Bi Qing a few words and grasped the trend.
"Uncle Bi, you have a really good heart." In comparison, that Qiu Biao seems unkind.
Bi Qing's expression moved, and he sighed: "This is not my good heart, in the early years, I traveled by boat, and I also encountered an accident and almost lost my life. ”
Yu Shuxin said: It turned out to be sympathy.
"Okay, go to sleep, don't come back tomorrow."
Bi Qing left, Yu Shu closed the door, Yu Xiaoxiu was woken up by his words, stood up halfway, turned his head and asked in a daze, "Is it Uncle Bi?" ”
"Well," Yu Shu opened the window halfway to let the night light in, blew out the oil lamp on the table, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, took off his shoes and said to Yu Xiaoxiu over and over again: "Uncle Bi said, the boat will dock early tomorrow morning, you are seasick, just take you down for a walk." ”
Yu Xiaoxiu said happily: "Really? ”
"Really, go to sleep." Yu Shu rubbed his head and lay down on his side
Early the next morning, when the sky was still bright, Yu Shu was woken up by the sound of the trumpet downstairs, sat up suddenly, ran to the window to look, and saw the boat swimming near the shore, and saw the vague small town in the distance.
It's still late.
"Xiao Xiu, hurry up!"
Hurriedly pulled Yu Xiaoxiu to get up, the two hurriedly changed their clothes, scooped some fresh water from the wooden barrel in the corner of the wall to rinse their mouths and wash their faces, brought important things close to their bodies, stuffed Jinbao into their pockets, and as soon as the door closed, they turned their heads and saw Xia Mingming poking out half of his head from the next room, looking out, which startled Yu Shu:
"Obviously, the ship is docked, can you go down for a walk?"
Xia Mingming turned his head and glanced at her, "What's so nice about this small place." With that, he retreated into the house and closed the door with a bang.
Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu looked at each other and ran off the boat hand in hand.
The boss of the ship in a cloak was directing the sailors on the ship to set sail and dock, the figures on the deck were running back and forth, and when Yu Shu found Bi Qing in the bow of the ship, he was counting a few boxes that had been lifted up from under the cabin, and there was a hanging copper coin in them.
There is no money village in the town, you have to use cash to buy everything, silver is valuable, not suitable for circulation in small places, copper coins are the most widely used currency.
After the boat docked, Bi Qing swept his head back, saw Yu Shu, raised his hand and said, "Ah Shu come here." ”
Yu Shu led Yu Xiaoxiu to her side, followed him to jump to the shore on the board, walked a few steps forward, and stepped on the ground, which was a steadiness that could not be felt when taking a boat.
Yu Shu couldn't help jumping and said to Bi Qing: "It's better to be on the shore." ”
Bi Qing smiled, pointed to the outcropping villages and towns not far away, and said, "I'm going into the city to buy some things, do you think you want to follow me to the city for a walk, or walk around here?" I'll have a guard follow you. ”
Yu Shu wanted her to do business, it was inconvenient to follow him, and there were people on the left and right who were not afraid of getting lost, so it was better to play on the shore, so he said: "We won't go, just walk here." ”
Bi Qing then picked a tall guard to follow them, said a few words, and led someone to push the box with a cart and walk towards the big city in front. (To be continued,