Chapter 20 Natural Disasters or Man-Made?
After talking for a long time, she and Mu Yue recounted what she and Mu Yue saw on the boat where the general Sonan Xing and other gentlemen stood on the boat, and recounted it to Master Mu Chengwan in 1510.
Mu Yue glanced out of the door, and only after a while did he lower his voice and said slowly to his father: "Among the sergeants who guarded the congratulatory rites, it was not a misty incense, but a sweat medicine in the meal eaten at night. ”
"Yes, there is." Xian'an didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "All the footprints in the cabin are also the shoe prints of the sergeants' official boots, and no outsiders have entered at all. ”
When Mu Chengwan heard this, he was not surprised, and said lightly: "That's not necessarily, I look at Sonan Xing's anxious appearance, not like pretending." But the lieutenant next to him seemed to have something wrong! ”
"Captain ......"
"Haven't you noticed him?"
At first, I thought the man was a little weird, with a lot of wax on the tops of his boots and the hem of his robe, but when I saw the wax all over the floor in the cabin, I made sense. Xian'an thought and thought, and said hesitantly: "It seems that there is nothing else." ”
Daddy, do you mean that? The lieutenant, he stole the gifts? But where can he hide it if he steals it? Mu Yue asked.
"Stuff should still be on board." Mu Chengwan shook his head with some dissatisfaction, "Didn't you pay attention to the waterline of this boat after you came back?" From docking to the present, the waterline has always remained at five feet and seven feet, and there is no obvious rise and fall. ”
Xian'an suddenly realized, "With the weight of those eight boxes of congratulatory gifts, if it is transported off the ship, the hull waterline will definitely rise, I understand!" Zhengse said: "If you want to prevent moisture, only two pieces of beeswax are enough, and so many beeswax are used, which shows that they are preparing for the box to sink into the water." I even felt that I was relieved to put things under my nose, and I slipped my head. ”
Mu Yue patted his head and said, "Isn't it the plot in the Water Margin written by Mr. Shi to get the sweat medicine and seize the congratulatory gift?" "Why do you go to Liangshan to be a hero, Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave, these are right, ask Xian'an.
Xian'an greeted him with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't know how many times he had scolded Mu Yue in his heart. Since Master Mu Chengwan can see at a glance that there is something wrong with the school captain, then he and Mu Yue, when they peek at idle books when they are practicing, they must not be able to hide Master's eyes......
It's not a day or two to read idle books left and right, and there is no need to hide them anymore, so he nodded towards Mu Yue: "Thinking about it this way, I still asked you to say it right." Xian An muttered: "Those who want to set up this game must have seen the Water Margin, maybe they have watched it many times!" She is quite proud of this, she has watched the Water Margin more than ten times before and after, not to mention that she is familiar with it, and it is very easy to memorize it backwards.
"Usually there will be eight water-sealed cabins at the bottom of the ship, and each cabin is sealed, that is, if one of the cabins accidentally enters the water, it can also ensure that the water will not flood the other cabins, ensuring the safety of the ship to the greatest extent." Listening to Mu Yue's words, Xian An twisted his eyebrows and raised his hand to signal him to continue.
So it's very likely that the congratulatory gifts were hidden in one of the eight water-sealed cabins at the bottom of the ship.
"Just check it out!" Mu Yue's final conclusion was also Xian'an's guess.
Hearing the eagerness in her tone, Mu Chengwan stared at her warningly: "Qiu Luan's family affairs have nothing to do with us, if you lose it, you will lose it, and you are not allowed to interfere." ”
"Got ......"
Xian'an and Mu Yue agreed, and they retreated.
After tossing all night, Mu Yue was already sleepy and yawned one after another, and was about to go back to his cabin to rest, but as soon as he stepped into the hatch with his front foot, he was dragged by Xian'an, "What's wrong with you?" Mu Yue looked at her spirit and guessed something.
"Master, my father just said that if we don't interfere with those congratulatory gifts, we will just take care of other people's idle affairs, okay?" Mu Yue forced his sleepiness, and his tone was very gentle to persuade Xian'an.
"I listen to me, I listen to Master's words, and besides, I have a thief's heart and no thief's guts, I don't move those congratulatory gifts, Sonan Xing's gang is too arrogant, I want to teach them a lesson, and sink all the boxes into the water." Xian'an said angrily.
Mu Yue helped his forehead, and his position was quite firm: "I think it's better to forget it, it has nothing to do with us, and the boat will be able to dock at noon tomorrow, we are going to Gusu to investigate the case, and we can't go to this muddy water." ”
Shaking her head, she was very persistent, but she wanted to give Sonan Xing's group the same dumb loss, and continued to lure Mu Yue step by step: "Da Mou, you forgot, that guy said that our six doors will only talk about the sky, and it won't work for half of it." In front of us, what fox has not seen for thousands of years? What kind of green onion is he, if it weren't for the master's command to Hugh to talk nonsense, he would think he would be able to run away? ”
Mu Yue woke up and sighed: "But Xian'an, more things are better than less. ”
Xian'an took a closer look at Mu Yue's expression, and saw that he was still hesitant, so he pretended to say, "Are you so afraid of things? Then you go back, master, I'll go by myself, even if something happens, it has nothing to do with you and the master, I, Cui Xian'an, do things alone. ”
Rao knew that this girl deliberately made such a look, Mu Yue sighed helplessly, and still caught up with her: "I'm not good at water, you know." ”
"Don't worry, you don't have to go into the water." Xian'an told him: "You can pick me up on the boat, and the important thing is not to let others find out." ”
Obviously an official family, but just act like a thief, why are you here?! This time, in front of Daddy, I won't help you say good things anymore. Mu Yue shook his head, there was no way to take her.
Xian An glared at Mu Yue, the pear vortex on both sides of his cheeks was born to look good, and his smile became more and more playful, "Da Mu Fangcai, you are in front of the master, and I haven't calculated it with you yet." He rolled his eyes and snorted: "My good brother, your hand-copied recipe books are really good, and it's a pity not to give them to the master and his old man." ”
Mu Yue was defeated, his head shook into a rattle, and he hurriedly waved his hand, this girl's mouth was really powerful, and when she talked one by one, Mu Yue drooped his head and followed behind Xian'an: "Master Cui, just raise your noble hand and let go of the small horse." ”
To be forgiving and forgiving, Xian'an is very good at talking, nodded and said: "Yes, of course." ”
The two of them talked and laughed all the way, but they saw several boatmen gathered on the deck, all of them looking frightened, and Xian'an heard them muttering: "I just saw with my own eyes that Suo Shen's ship suddenly caught fire." ”
Mu Yue hurriedly walked up and asked the boatmen, "I'm the catcher of the six gates, and I just heard you say that Suo Shen set their ship on fire?" I wonder what's going on? ”
The shipwright at the head was dressed in a coarse linen shirt, and his face looked like an honest man. He sighed and sighed: "The two officials don't know, we were just collecting the fishing nets, and I saw Suo Shen and their station boat suddenly burst into flames, still green flames, and in the blink of an eye, the whole ship burned down. ”
Xian'an's face sank, at this time, the sky was just bright, and the fog on the water surface had dissipated a lot, but there was a burning smell in the air, and he secretly said in his heart: Green flames? How did the fire burn when the ship was on the water? This doesn't make sense.
When I was in my hometown, I heard the wisdom of the village talk about the green fire, that is the ghost fire!" "There is a way not to make money in the world, there are nearly 100 lives on the boat, and you have to go to the river temple to worship this time."
Seeing those boatmen, there were many discussions, Xian An was just about to speak, Mu Yue expected that she would not have good words to speak at this time, so he hurriedly rushed to play a round before she spoke: "Isn't it just evil, I have to bother my brothers, and when I go to the River Temple, I also help my younger brother by the way, I also chatter, my sister, she is timid, so we will go back first." "Let's take Xian'an and leave.
Walking to the side deck, Xian'an shook his wrist and said in pain: "Release and release." "Mu Yue realized that she was offended, no matter how strong Xian'an's relationship with her is, she is a girl's family after all," I ....... ”
Xian An waved his hand absently, walked to the side and picked up the thick hemp rope on the ground, tied it around his waist and wrapped the rope around a few knots, made a live buckle that was commonly used in the six doors, and gave the other end of the rope to Mu Yue, telling him to pull it.
She walked to the side of the boat, half of her body leaned down, her hand supporting the plank, Mu Yue pulled the rope tightly, she didn't dare to relax for a moment, her face was nervous for a long time, Xian'an pulled the rope and motioned for Mu Yue to pull her up.
Mu Yue helped her and untied the rope wrapped around her body, Xian'an was originally a girl with a lively personality, but this time when she saw her with a heavy face, she couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" Xian'an leaned closer and spoke almost close to Mu Yue, and lowered his voice and said, "The waterline of our ship is wrong, and the boatman seems to have a problem. ”
Mu Yue was dumbfounded, he couldn't speak for a while, he wanted to be much calmer than Xian'an, and he didn't dare to delay at the moment, so he dragged Mu Yue and left.