Liu Yichen smiled slightly. "Adults, the little ones don't have that ability, where do they dare to roam the rivers and lakes? It's just that in the palace, there are people who are small. ”

Just as the two of them were chatting, a delicate voice came from the distance. "Master Ma, here." The sound of footsteps.

There are more people in this group than before. Master Ma who walked in over there was even more fat and tall, with white hair and a red nose.

Master Sun looked at the figure and hurriedly knelt down. "Adult, little rude." Master Ma snorted, sat on the upper seat, and knocked on the table.

"Things that don't have long eyes, uncle, I'm going to eat bear paws today, why don't you eat them?" He stretched out his rough hand again and slapped the maid in the mouth a few times.

The corners of the maid's mouth immediately flowed blood. She hurried into the distance, and in a moment the fragrant bear's paw was served.

Liu Yichen recognized this person, and in the court, he also had a relationship. It was the salt inspector Ma Feng. "I didn't think he'd be here."

Ma Feng stretched out his ivory chopsticks, chewed on the bear's paws, drank grape wine, poured his face ruddy, and kept burping.

After a while, several more officials were surrounded by their entourage. When they saw Ma Feng, they knelt down and saluted respectfully.

Ma Feng didn't return the salute, and after a while, he ate the bear's paws clean. Holding the maids on both sides, full of the stench of wine, singing loudly.

After a long time, he looked at Song Zhiyao and Liu Yichen, and his old eyes were stunned. "Where did you two come from?"

Liu Yichen hated this greedy thing in his heart, and said with a smile. "Big lord, the little ones are here to do the salt business, this is filial piety."

As he spoke, he held a silver ticket and handed it to Ma Feng. The pattern on the silver ticket shone brilliantly, and the people around him stared at it.

Ma Feng looked at the silver ticket, looked at the 12,000 or three big characters written on it, and put it in his sleeve. "You kid, you have a lot of silver."

Liu Yichen looked at him and smiled. "The Lord is the God of Wealth on the Road, just like a benevolent father, and he should give him as much filial piety as he wants."

Then everyone laughed again, and with the help of the maid, they drank wine and ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they were also happy.

After three rounds of drinking, Cao Shilang excused himself for convenience and pulled Liu Yichen out. "You see that, right? The backer is so tough, and the villain has such strength. ”

Liu Yichen knew that it was time to agree to his conditions. took out a 100,000 taels of silver tickets in his hand, looked at it for a long time, and looked reluctant.

Then he whispered slowly. "It's just that this silver is also made by us in the wind and rain, and the sword and sword shadows are spelled out, and it can't be lost."

Cao Shilang couldn't wait any longer, grabbed the silver ticket, and counted it for a long time. "These 100,000 taels are the deposit, brother, I will never lose you."

Liu Yichen looked at his greedy appearance and smiled secretly in his heart. "It seems that he has been caught by me, and the next step will be easy."

Then he asked. "It's just my lord, what kind of boat can you use to transport such a lot of salt? This pier is not very familiar to the villain. ”

Cao Shilang stretched out his finger, pointed to a big sand boat on the side, and said. "Did you see that? With this boat, the joints have been dredged, and you can go anywhere. ”

Seeing this, Liu Yichen had a plan in his heart. "Mix up with that boat tomorrow, so I can investigate, and when the net is closed, I don't want to leave."

He talked nonsense with Cao Shilang again, flattering him very happily. In Cao Shilang's heart, thinking about these silver tickets, he was ready to go to make a point.

"My lady is still trapped there, she must be rescued." It's just that he doesn't know that the merchant in front of him is the person he hates day and night.

A gust of cold wind blew Liu Yichen with a shiver. They walked back to the cabin and found the officials smiling and pouring Song Zhiyao wine.

Even Ma Feng leaned sideways, stretching out his greasy hand, intending to insult her. Thanks to Hou Qu and Xiong Li, he didn't succeed.

Liu Yichen looked over there, angry and anxious, and quickly stepped forward. "Ladies and gentlemen, if the villain is rude, let the villain drink the wine."

Before those officials could react, Liu Yichen grabbed the wine bottle with both hands, tilted his head suddenly, and drank it in a big gulp, foaming in his mouth.

The officials looked at him, and such a strong liquor was dried up in one fell swoop. They slapped the table and laughed loudly. "Bold boy."

The wine that Song Zhiyao was poured into her eyes was also blurred, and her head hurt. Hou Qu and Xiong Li pulled her and said loudly.

"You little girl, don't you have eyes? Hurry up and move the gifts. Song Zhiyao also understood what was going on, and the three of them went out along the side of the boat.

Liu Yichen toasted one by one, and secretly noted their appearance in his heart. Master Sun and Ma Feng, the two of them hugged the courtesan, and they drank the fastest.

Ma Feng looked at him like that, pulled a singer over, and smiled drunkenly. "Drink him to be happy today, or the uncle will kill you."

The singer, looking at Ma Feng's arrogant face, was beating in fright. She knew that such a thing had happened more than once.

With tears in her eyes, she held the wine bottle to Liu Yichen. "My lord, save the slave family, if you don't drink, the slave family's head really can't be saved."

Liu Yichen looked at her pitiful appearance, gulped down the wine, and felt a hot burning in his throat, but it was the only way.

Master Sun stayed aside, holding a sharp sword in his hand, and banged on the table. "If you don't make the guests happy, you will be killed."

Liu Yichen poured several cups in a row, and took advantage of the gap between the woman's toast to break off a piece of crab leg with white flowers, put it in his mouth, and chewed it heavily.

The fierce wine had numbed and numbed his tongue with numbness and pain. I can't taste the sweetness of the crab meat, but I feel that it is difficult to swallow.

The woman's body trembled, and every time she toasted a glass of wine, she drank it too. My heart was pounding with fright, and I really didn't want my life to end up here.

Just when it was in danger, Song Zhiyao and the others, carrying a lot of ginseng, deer antlers, and spices, came over together. "The villains are so polite."

The officials had finished having fun, and then the gifts, laughing one by one. The woman was finally let go by them.

Liu Yichen had already drunk and couldn't stand it, and he was paralyzed like mud. leaned heavily on Song Zhiyao, speaking incoherently, and talking drunk nonsense.

Song Zhiyao held his neck and kissed him softly. "What can I do? If the minister leaks his mouth, it will be very dangerous. ”

At this time, Hou Qu and Xiong Li, the two of them stepped forward and said to Cao Shilang. "My lord, we are also people who know how to see things, so we won't get in the way here."

Cao Shilang looked around, and those officials hugged the maids, making disgusting ugly gestures one by one. He laughed. "Brother, you're really sensible."

He arranged for a small boat and ordered the boatman. "Send these guests to the shore, remember not to be seen, understand?"

The boatman, with an ugly, twisted face, covered in stubble. He nodded tacitly and took the group under the boat.

Liu Yichen was still talking there, but fortunately, he didn't reveal his identity. Song Zhiyao held the hangover herb in her hand and stuffed it into his mouth.

Liuyichen's lips squirmed. swallowed the hangover herb, coughed, and fell asleep on Song Zhiyao's knees.

Song Zhiyao looked at the bright moonlight in the distance, thinking in her heart. "It turns out that this private salt matter is like this, the water is really too deep."

Hou Qu and Xiong Li just looked around alertly, for fear that something would go wrong again. After a long time, the boat stopped at a reed swing.

The boatman coughed and pointed to a dirt road in the reeds. "Several, go back to the city from here, don't say anything."

Then he reached out and waved his hand around his neck, making a murderous gesture. Song Zhiyao and the others all nodded tacitly and left the ship.

They helped Liu Yichen and sat down under a big tree, stretching out their hands to splash cold water. "Xianggong, wake up quickly, you are drunk at the banquet."

Liu Yichen's divine consciousness finally returned to normal. Looking around, he walked to the water, and was stunned for a while before he said to them.

"Everyone, that Cao Shilang just now, tell me that there is private salt on that ship, let's go over together, hide in the cabin, and see what is going on."

Listening to his words, Song Zhiyao felt that it was too dangerous. "Xianggong, since we have found out their news, we will go back."

Looking at the big boat, Hou Qu and Xiong Li, the two felt that it was a good idea. "My lord, let's go up and disguise ourselves as coolie boatmen."

Several of them wore their clothes and went to the side of the boat. There were many boatmen inside, carrying bags and shouting trumpets, and went up there.

Several of them took the opportunity to blend in, and took advantage of the fact that the people on the ship were not paying attention, and hid in the cabin. "Luckily, there's a crack here."

When the boatmen had filled their loads, they closed the cabins, and the great ship sailed off into the distance, and in a short time sailed far away.

The water was rushing and splashing through the whirlpool, and it was raining outside, and the wind and waves were getting steeper and harder, and the boat was shaking.

Song Zhiyao and the others, carrying a few steamed buns in their arms, ate them in large gulps. "I don't know where the boat hid the illicit salt?"

As soon as they were about to walk out of the deck, they were targeted by a dart master who was crushing the ship. "Where are you lazy, you people? Still not working? ”

He waved the wooden pole and hit Hou Qu. Hou Qu begged for mercy, and several of them were taken below, which was full of choking lime powder.

The dart master commanded. "Pile this lime powder in the bottom warehouse." One by one, they had shovels in their hands and dug down the lime together.

Song Zhiyao found that there was a crack on one side. "Get the lime done, wait a minute, we'll take a look, maybe it's here."

The dart master was quick and went back to drinking. Liu Yichen and them, holding a shovel, touched it hard. There was a click, and the gap widened.

Several of them struggled to squeeze through the gap. There was a black hole inside, and I couldn't see my five fingers, I was very depressed, and I leaned down.

After a while, there was a shout from above. "What about the hapless folks? Where did the death go? Why did it disappear so quickly? ”

When they heard that voice, they became even more nervous. "We must quickly find out the secret of this smuggling ship, and then get out of here as soon as possible."

Song Zhiyao touched a secret door in her hand, and Hou Qu stepped forward with it, stretching out her fingers to clasp it. "Look at what's in there?"

He took out a bent wire in his palm and thrust it hard. With a click, the secret door opened, and the salt poured out in an instant.

They ran up as fast as they could, and it took a long time to grasp the edges and corners of the ship. "It turns out that there is a secret door here, and it is all so lucky."

At this moment, the gap was kicked open. "You guys, do you want to die?" The dart master, with a sharp blade in his hand, flashed with cold light.

Hou Qu kicked him, and he jumped backwards, just about to swing his knife to dodge. Xiong Li threw a fist on him, and the dart master vomited blood and fell to the side.

"Run!" At this time, several dart masters came with bows and arrows. Hou Qu and Xiong Li parried them, covering Liu Yichen and Song Zhiyao.

A thunderbolt rang out and hit the deck of the ship. In an instant, the water rushed in, and the great ship tilted and sank downward.

The four of Liu Yichen took advantage of the situation to hold a piece of wood and swam towards the shore. The water was very salty, and the grains of salt, floated on the water.