Chapter 17: Strange Forces!
In the middle of the night, the boat sailed on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, where the river was rippling and an ivory-white moon hung in the sky. (The standing boat is a boat prepared by the public gate when taking the waterway.) )
In Xian'an's cabin, there are still several candlesticks, the candlelight jumps to illuminate the cabin, the night wind swept in, Xian'an and Mu Yue sat opposite each other on the round table, Mu Yue inadvertently raised his eyes, it was also rare, to see her reading this kind of book is still serious.
Just wanted to open his mouth to praise her, but unexpectedly, Xian'an closed the book and slapped it on the table, stood up Teng, and the cheeks on both sides were puffing out angrily, and he was angry and angry: "The master is inevitably ruthless, and the autopsy summary made by the gold man at night, the young master's life is so hard, and he will open his eyes until dawn!" With his head in his hands, he shook like a rattle.
Mu Yue was still looking at the book, and he still whispered in his mouth: "The autopsy needs to be brought, vinegar, green onions, salt, plum ......" Mu Yue did not forget to casually ridicule Xian'an: "Master Xian, aren't you a heroic and righteous person?" There is also Wei Dao Bodhisattva's body, what is the fear of the strange power and chaos of the gods? ”
"Is this an autopsy, or is it a stir-fry?" Mu Yue is singing, and Xian'an has to go against him, "Little... Master, I don't even ......? The latch of the bilge was not tight, and it happened that a strange wind blew on the river, making a hula and hula sound, and Xian'an hurried to the bed in fright, covered himself with a quilt, and wrapped himself into a zongzi.
Mu Yue suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, this girl can be said to be not afraid of the sky and the earth, but she is afraid of the dark. Mu Yue shook his head, walked quickly to the door, closed the latch tightly, and came back to Xian'an and patted her on the back, "Master is fine now, it's just a gust of wind......" Mu Yue chuckled.
Xian'an gouged at him: "I don't know who it is...... Cold sweat broke out in the palms of my hands. Pursing the corners of his mouth, he turned his head and looked at the distinct palm print on his futon, which was wet.
There was a lot of agitation outside the cabin, and Xu came from the deck, and asked curiously, "What's going on on the deck of Da Mu?" So noisy, let's go and see? Mu Yue nodded, got up and pulled Xian'an to go out: "Maybe the nets cast by the boatmen have caught a fish, let's go see if we can help." ”
"Yes, let's help while there are few people, and it's not too much to get a few more good fish!" Xian'an happily pondered, will it be better to let Da Mu steam it or fry the fish for a while? Thinking about it like this, my steps are much faster.
Dozens of torches on the deck were seen, illuminating the ship as bright as day. The bow of the ship is densely packed with people, not only the boatmen have been driven out, even Mu Chengwan and Lu Yi are there, one person is wearing a red tassel pointed bright iron helmet, wearing fish scales and leaves waist-length Ming armor fur edge, it stands to reason that it should be majestic, but this person is looking dejected when disaster is coming, he is followed by a captain, and there are many sergeants behind him.
"Master." Xian'an leaned over to Mu Chengwan and said in a low voice, "What are they doing?" ”
These people are the frontier guards, and not long ago, General Qiu Da married the lady of the side room, and a heavy dowry was robbed by thieves.
General Qiu? It turned out to be Qiu Luan's subordinates, no wonder they were so arrogant, Qiu Luan opened a horse market alley The people in the market were full of complaints, miserable, and now marrying a side room has made such a big move, Xian An just wanted to laugh and taunt, but because the master and his old man were here, he held his mouth and ......had to give up.
Sonan Xing, the general under Qiu Luan's account, saw that his subordinates made such a big move, or in front of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, he suddenly felt a loss of face, and slapped the tall officers and soldiers behind him with his hand: "Useless thing, who let you make such a big move, don't you think our frontier garrison is not shameful enough?" ”
Do you have less shame? Envy scolded in peace: Your general Qiu was more powerful than anyone else at the beginning, but if he couldn't beat it, he humiliated and begged for all kinds of flattery and looted people's fat and ointment, and asked him to send him to do filial piety. This matter is widely circulated in the community, although it is not known whether it is true or false, but it is by no means groundless.
Lu Yi, as the highest-ranking person here, was woken up in the middle of the night, but he was not annoyed, but calm, and he couldn't see the depth at a glance.
"Lu Qianhu ......"
Sonan Xing turned to Lu Yi and was about to speak, when he heard Lu Yi say coldly: "General Suo, do you know when this batch of dowries was lost?" "After the ugly hour, because when the ugly hour is handed over, the boxes are still there." Sonam replied without thinking.
When they were talking, Xian An leaned crookedly on Mu Yue, yawning sleepily, and was ready to go back and sleep well if he didn't have anything to do. Anyway, the boat will arrive at the Gusu tributary wharf of the Jiangnan Grand Canal at noon tomorrow, and he will not be able to wade into this muddy water. She really didn't have a good impression of this Qiu Luan general, and when she saw that his bride price was lost, she wanted to applaud.
"Mu Zhutou, I have heard that your tracking skills are extraordinary, why don't you go and take a look, maybe you can find any clues, which will also help Suo Shen to recover the bride price." Lu Yi's attitude was very modest.
This ......" Mu Chengwan looked embarrassed, leaning his back and languishing, "Mu is old, his eyes are not good, and everything he sees at night is a double shadow, the old man I am incompetent, and I am afraid that I will not be able to help if I go, and I ask for forgiveness from the thousands of households." ”
I lost this batch of dowries on the way to escort, but I was afraid that I would not be able to escape if I went back, Sonan Xing and the others would not be able to escape and fall to the ground, and they were even more anxious at the moment, but there was nothing to be done, and there was no clue at all, so I heard Lu Yi say that, and I thought that the people in the six doors were so powerful, but when I saw that Mu Chengwan was not only on his back, but his legs were still lame, and he didn't put him in his eyes, but it was difficult to shirk Lu Yi's face.
"So......" Lu Yi stared at him for a moment, his eyes did not show the slightest emotion, and he turned to say, "Then it is better to let your two disciples go and take a look." ”
When he said this, Mu Chengwan naturally couldn't shirk anymore, and turned his head to Mu Yue Xian'an and ordered: "You two go on the boat, you have to ...... carefully."
"Master, when did I not be careful?" Xian Anqi said.
Mu Chengwan glared at her fiercely, and still admonished: "General Qiu's bride price is extraordinary, you two pay close attention to it, and don't talk nonsense, understand?" ”
Envy was stunned for a moment, unable to fully understand what it meant, so he had to nod his head ignorantly.
After all, it was father and son, Mu Yue had faintly realized that there was something strange about this matter, and glanced at his father, and then followed Lu Yi and boarded the cabin of Sonan Xing and others.
The mere escort of the bride price was to occupy the upper compartment on two floors, and the boxes were stored under the sergeants' cabins, and the sergeants guarded the door. According to Sonam Xing, the guard was changed every two hours, and there were sergeants guarding both inside and outside the cabin.