Volume 1 When the Wind Rises Chapter 142 Escape
"Immortals"
"The Immortal Has Manifested"
Steward Zhu and a helper were so frightened that they knelt on the ground one by one and kept kowtowing.
Liu Ximing couldn't control them now, he kept running through the warehouse under his feet, and all the goods were collected into the space in an instant.
With the help of Liu Ximing's golden finger, the hull of the big ship obviously began to float, and the speed of the boat, which was originally unable to get up, also began to increase.
"Get up, Emperor Ziwei is a god in the sky, and if you are destined to see immortal arts, it can be regarded as a deep seed of blessings, as long as you do good every day in the future, you will naturally be blessed by gods and ghosts."
Liu Ximing threw down these words and went straight back to the ship with Li Biao and the others, originally the big ship was in the center of the fleet, but now there is no weight, and the big ship has a tendency to surpass the previous ships.
Seeing this situation, the other ships in Tang Xiuyuan's fleet wondered why the big ship was able to accelerate suddenly, but at this time, they could only keep throwing out goods in exchange for acceleration, so as to keep up with the pace of the big ship.
As for the latter two ships......
Liu Ximing looked back and stared, his expression was a little heavy, it seemed that these people couldn't run away.
That's when a dramatic scene emerges.
Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the two boats behind actually began to drive diagonally towards the center of the river, blocking the way in unison, and it seemed that the person in charge above decided to sacrifice himself to cover the escape of everyone.
The people on the other ships of the Tang family's fleet were a little stunned, and the eyes of many men with strong blood turned red all of a sudden.
Liu Ximing felt a little embarrassed in his heart, but at the same time, he also felt that Tang Xiuyuan could let these people serve their lives with death, and there must be something extraordinary about them.
Unconsciously, the sky gradually began to brighten, and the enemy on the shore saw that the Tang family's fleet had successfully accelerated, and the heart of the river was blocked by the broken boat, and the general who had ordered it before had no choice but to wave his horsewhip fiercely, and kept cursing at the river, and the soldiers immediately stopped shooting.
"Whew"
Liu Ximing took a big breath, and finally escaped alive, and turned his head to look at the big ship he was on and the rest of the fleet, and he realized how dangerous it was tonight.
All eight ships were like smoke and fire, their bodies were full of arrows, and many of the sails were burned to the left and the right.
"Daisen ......"
Liu Ximing was sentimental, Su Yan gently tugged at his sleeve, and when he looked back, some people on the boat were kneeling, some were bent over, but they all looked at him with blank eyes.
"Everyone, get up, I'm not a great immortal, Fang is the manifestation of the Ziwei Emperor, now that the emperor has returned to heaven, everyone will have to do more good deeds in the future, you must know that there are gods in the three feet above your head." Liu Ximing was used to feudal superstition, and said to everyone with a smile at this time.
Everyone on the boat breathed a sigh of relief when they heard him say this, it's good that the great immortal is gone, lest mortals such as me collide with the immortal body.
It was so exciting just now, I only heard about all kinds of gods and strange things before, but today the big guys have seen it with their own eyes, so many goods, "whoosh" disappeared under everyone's noses, this is not what a god is.
Tang Xiuyuan didn't see him come out when he was chasing before, but when he heard about the appearance of Emperor Ziwei, he immediately forced himself out of the hatch.
"Virtuous nephew, you ......"
"Hehe, don't say it, don't say it, Uncle Shi is relieved, this is the blessing that the little nephew said before, anyway, it's good for me and others."
Tang Xiuyuan nodded again and again, no wonder, no wonder, with the help of such immortals, it is difficult for this virtuous nephew to be underdeveloped.
However, in this way, he and the others have benefited greatly, and the safety of Yuquan is also sufficiently guaranteed, Tang Xiuyuan was immediately overjoyed when he thought about it, and he was even more polite to Liu Ximing.
"Uncle Shi, aren't these people tonight?" Liu Ximing checked with Tang Xiuyuan.
Tang Xiuyuan nodded silently: "It shouldn't be wrong, my family has been back and forth many times on this trade route, and there are dots up and down, except for them, I can't think of anyone who can send so many people to pursue." ”
Liu Ximing's mood suddenly became heavy, he was a chicken, and he didn't look at the yellow calendar when he went out.
"Looking at what these people are wearing, they should be court generals, but I don't know which part of the people it is, if not, we can also deduce the real murderer behind the scenes." Liu Ximing said regretfully.
Tang Xiuyuan smiled: "What's so difficult about this, just wait until Chongqing to investigate." ”
Seeing that the fleet had escaped, it was still early at this time, Liu Ximing saw that he and the others couldn't help anything on the boat, mainly because the people on the boat didn't dare to let him help, so he had to take people back to rest.
Who knew that he had only slept for a few hours, and another burst of exclamations woke him up, Liu Ximing got up with an irritable face, and asked the fuck if he wanted to let people rest.
"There's another fleet ahead!" Zhang Yuanlong came in and said.
Ah~ah~ah
Liu Ximing's heart collapsed, and he immediately rolled and crawled to the ground and ran out of the cabin, at this time Tang Xiuyuan was already sitting at the bow of the third floor, watching the oncoming fleet.
Seeing Liu Ximing rushing over with a nervous face, Tang Xiuyuan smiled and said to him: "Don't be surprised, nephew, I can see clearly, the person who came is the soldiers and horses of Hou Liangzhu and Hou General Soldiers, and they should be patrolling on the river." ”
"Is it almost time to get to Chongqing?"
Liu Ximing looked around when he heard this, and sure enough, the nearby terrain was much steeper than before, and he thought it should be about to arrive.
Sure enough, when the two fleets met, the oncoming fleet did not make any big moves, but only sent a few small boats to check, and the entire fleet headed towards Chongqing Fucheng safely.
Chongqing has always been the gateway of Shu, and the Yangtze River goes east here, and the ship transportation is very developed, especially the Chaotianmen wharf, which is lined with sails, boats shuttle, and the riverside wharves are dense, and people walk like ants.
The Tang family fleet has the king of Chu as a backer, and directly found a large dock dock in Chaotianmen, Liu Ximing stood at the bow of the ship and looked, the Chaotianmen tower as high as several zhang first came into view, very majestic and majestic. There are layers of steps leading directly to the wharf under the city gate, Liu Ximing has a toothache, and the nightmare of the mountain city comes to mind again, he has been to Chongqing in modern times, and the feeling is to climb the mountain until you doubt life.
In this era, the city gate is a little messy, there are many streets and alleys along the riverbank, most of which are shantytowns and stilted buildings, but it can also be regarded as a lively and prosperous city.
When Liu Ximing and others climbed the stairs into the city, they saw that the streets and alleys were lined up, the traffic was all over, and all kinds of snack merchants abounded.
"Uncle Shi, where are we going?"
Liu Ximing saw that Tang Xiong had summoned a few sedan chairs, and couldn't help but ask out loud.
Tang Xiuyuan smiled slightly: "Now that I have lost a lot of goods, I can only spend a few days in Chongqing first, and then leave after making up for it. ”
Liu Ximing was a little smacked, the relationship is awesome, just right, he also wanted to see what the army of the Dameng Dynasty was like, and when he saw Tang Xiuyuan getting into the sedan chair, he immediately followed on another sedan chair.
The scene on both sides of the street kept flashing in front of Liu Ximing's eyes, Liu Ximing thought that Hou Liangzhu's barracks should be stationed in a remote place, but he didn't expect that it was still a prosperous scene all the way, and when he arrived at the edge of the barracks, it was even more crowded, noisy, and all kinds of vendors and soldiers who came out to rest were bargaining, which seemed very lively.
However, this barracks is built in a decent manner, the whole camp is based on a wooden wall, and the surrounding city wall surrounds the camp together, there is a trench dug two feet outside the wall, and then there are antlers to resist horses, and many watchtowers are erected inside the wooden wall, at this time there are soldiers on duty on each building, and the banner with the word "Meng" is all over the camp.
It may be that Tang Xiuyuan has sent someone to hold the door to the door, and when Liu Xi ordered to get off the sedan chair, he found that there were already several people dressed as generals standing at the door of the barracks, and when he saw Tang Xiuyuan and others, a general who had a head immediately stepped forward and saluted with his fists and said: "General Hou is under the command of the guerrilla He Duan is ordered to greet Mr., Mr. is here, please." ”
Tang Xiuyuan also immediately bowed his hand in return: "You have to wait for a long time, and it is rude and rude." ”
Liu Ximing followed Tang Xiuyuan and walked towards the barracks, as soon as the gate of the barracks was a wide avenue that had been trampled out, and then you could see dense tents, and there was a large open space between the wooden wall and the tents.
Combined with his own experience, Liu Ximing analyzed that this should be a place to gather troops. The tents in the barracks are relatively large, which should be able to accommodate dozens of people, and the interval between the tents can allow more than a dozen people to pass through at the same time, which should also be to facilitate the assembly of troops.
There were many soldiers in the camp wearing big red mandarin duck battle jackets who were looking at them at this time, Liu Ximing carefully observed the faces of these people, and found that most of them were ruddy, and obviously the living conditions were not bad.