Chapter 5 Blocked Waterways
Zhao Chen has been gone for a long time, however, Meng Rang Lao'er is still standing in the puddle, with a blank expression on his face, the hand holding the glass bottle, clenched tightly together, and his eyes show a resentment.
It's just that this resentment is not against Zhao Chen, but because he resents himself, just when Zhao Chen let go of the glass bottle, why did he catch it like a ghost?
This kind of medicine, since it is from Zhao Chen's hand, there is no doubt that Zhao Chen will have as much as he wants, and throwing away a bottle of medicine is nothing at all.
But he reached out to catch it, and it was because of this connection that he completely lost to Zhao Chen, and at that moment, he completely lost to himself.
Zhao Chen threw away the glass bottle, in fact, he was testing him, or rather, he was using the last weapon to completely defeat him. Fortunately, Zhao Chen succeeded, but he lost completely.
This loss is completely impossible to turn over, because, what he lost was not only his body, but his self-esteem as a person.
Half a lifetime of riding a horse, coming and going in the wind and rain, crawling out of the pile of dead people countless times, even in the face of Li Yuan back then, Meng Rang never thought of giving in.
However, now because of a small bottle of medicine, he has to bow his head in front of Zhao Chen!
Alas! Lamentable! Hateful!
Standing in the puddle, feeling the pain in his calf, Meng Rang closed his eyes slightly at this moment, and after a long time, deep in the dense forest, a terrible scream suddenly came out.
The voice, piercing through the golden cracked stones, pierced through the dense forest. It echoed among the mountains like the roar of a beast. Frightened countless birds and birds, fluttering into the sky.
"Just let it go. You okay? Listening to the roar coming from behind him, Cheng Chumo couldn't help but have a trace of worry in his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking.
Everything here, in fact, was arranged by Cheng Chumo and others, and he received an order from Zhao Chen a few days ago. Cheng Chumo took people and came here quietly and began to lay out this series of traps.
However, at that time, Cheng Chumo, although he received Zhao Chen's order and came here without hesitation, he didn't think that Meng Rang Lao'er would really follow Zhao Chen's meaning. Obediently run here to jump traps.
Until, just when he saw Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen told him that Meng Rang Lao'er was behind him. He really believed it, naturally, and his heart inevitably had another surging river for Zhao Chen.
However. What made Cheng Chumo a little depressed was that he had already spent so much effort. captured Meng Rang Lao'er alive, but Zhao Chen was at the last moment. He let Meng Rang Lao'er go so easily.
It's a little hard to figure out, if, according to what he Cheng Chumo meant, at this time, Meng Rang Lao'er would have gone to see the king of Hades a long time ago, no matter how bad it was, he would also ask for Meng Rang Lao'er's half life, in short, it would not be so easy to let go.
"No, it won't!" Zhao Chen, who was walking in front, heard Cheng Chumo's worry behind him, brother. couldn't help pouting and smiling: "Meng Rang Lao'er is completely finished, and he can't imagine that he can get rid of my hands in this life!" ”
From the very beginning, the medicine that Zhao Chen gave to Meng Rang Lao'er was of high purity, especially the bottle he just gave, which was extremely pure, not to mention Meng Rang Lao'er, that kind of high-purity medicine was given to the tiger and leopard, and he had to go completely crazy.
Therefore, Zhao Chen never worried that Meng Rang Lao'er would be disobedient, unless Meng Rang Lao'er died, it would be possible to completely get rid of his palm.
However, this possibility is very small, just like Zhao Chen just said, the more like Meng Rang Lao'er, the more greedy they are for life and afraid of death, and if they want to commit suicide, it is simply difficult to climb to the sky.
If you don't want to commit suicide and can't get rid of the drug, then the only thing left is to accept his opinion and be controlled by him forever!
“… I've always wanted to ask you! Hearing Zhao Chen's confident words, Cheng Chumo suddenly hesitated for a moment, but finally raised his head, looked at the back of Zhao Chen's head, and asked expectantly: "That... What kind of medicine is that? ”
"Don't ask!" Hearing Cheng Chumo's words, Zhao Chen, who was originally walking in front, suddenly stopped, looked at Cheng Chumo with a serious expression and said: "It's the real devil, if you don't have to, in fact, I don't want to take out this thing!" ”
"Is it that scary?" Cheng Chumo heard Zhao Chen's unprecedented tone, opened his mouth wide in shock, looked at Zhao Chen in surprise and asked, "Even you are so jealous?" ”
“… This thing is terrifying! When Zhao Chen heard this, he suddenly smiled bitterly, took a slight breath and said, "What I can tell you is that once this thing appears in a large area, it will destroy the entire nation, understand?" ”
When these words came out, Cheng Chumo's whole person was stunned for a moment, his face was normal just now, but after a while, he was already pale and bloodless, and there was only horror left in his eyes.
Outside the dense forest, Ji Ning'er, along with the children of the Hidden Gate, were all together with the Flying Tiger Army at this time, quietly waiting for Zhao Chen to come out.
After a while, after seeing Zhao Chen leading the mount unharmed, and more than 100 people led by Cheng Chumo came out of the dense forest, one by one, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Didn't kill him!" The team, which had been delayed for more than half an hour, immediately continued to set off as soon as Zhao Chen came out. And when the team continued to set off, Zhao Chen rode on a horse, approached Ji Ning'er's carriage, looked at the road ahead, and said to Ji Ning'er.
"Oh!" Ji Ning'er naturally knew that Zhao Chen was going to the dense forest to do just now, and when she heard Zhao Chen's words, she hesitated slightly, but nodded and said.
"Sometimes people live more painfully than they die!" Seeing Ji Ning'er's tone, Zhao Chen had no choice but to turn his head, looked at Ji Ning'er seriously, and said, "So, I chose to let Meng Rang live in pain and atone for the ancestor!" ”
"You don't have to explain it to me!" Ji Ning'er, who was originally sitting in the carriage, suddenly turned her head when she heard Zhao Chen's words, and looked at Zhao Chen with a serious expression and said, "What you say, how to do it, I just listen to you!" ”
There was no complaint, no element of anger, Zhao Chen looked at Ji Ning'er's serious expression, smiled slightly, and then, with his legs between the horse's belly, he galloped towards the front.
The treasure ship has long been prepared, and at the same time, there are several ships built by Jiang Chao before, a group of thousands of people, after saying goodbye to Yu Ronghai in Guangzhou Mansion and Cheng Cheng, they slowly sailed away from Guangzhou in the melodious conch.
The blue sea and blue sky, the sea and the sky, and the blue sea, the fleet is moving forward rapidly, and flocks of seagulls are hovering above the fleet, making a song one after another.
Starting from Guangzhou, the fleet went eastward, choosing to enter the sea from the Liao River, and when leaving, Zhao Chen asked the fleet to choose to enter the Yangtze River from Yangzhou, just like the first route.
After sailing at sea for several days and nights, on this day, the fleet finally arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Yangzhou.
Back then, when Zhao Chen passed by here for the first time, Yangzhou Wharf was still a depressed scene, and it was only a few years ago, but he didn't expect that this place had become such a scene.
Of course, the main reason for this is that the rise of Nanfu in recent years has not only driven maritime trade, but also naturally driven trade with the Central Plains.
As a result, with the rise of trade, the wharf in Yangzhou has also risen and become extremely busy!
The fleet arrived at the dock not far from the place and stopped, and then, Dugumou took people and got off the boat first to negotiate with the local officials in Yangzhou.
Therefore, if you want to pass smoothly, you must coordinate with the local officials in advance, and wait until they arrange it before you can pass smoothly.
In fact, just look at the docked ships to know how busy the waterway is!
Dugumou's ship, leaving the treasure ship, soon went to the dock, Zhao Chen was waiting on the boat, and he saw that on the dock, there was a lot of people, as if something had happened, and many people were arguing.
It's just that, because of the distance, I can only see that these people are pointing in the direction of the channel, indignantly accusing something, and in front of these people, there are local officials, patiently dissuading.
The temper of the Datang people is already hot, not to mention that these people are all seafarers who have been going to and from the sea all year round, and it can be seen that if it weren't for the continuous dissuasion of several local officials, these people would have rushed up at this moment.
"Master Hou, I'm afraid we won't be able to get over it for the time being!" In the process of waiting, Dugumou, who had just gone to negotiate with the local officials, had already gone and returned, and as soon as he got on the treasure boat, he smiled bitterly at Zhao Chen and said.
"What's wrong with the fairway?" Hearing Dugumou's words, Zhao Chen suddenly frowned slightly, looked at the channel from afar, and asked with a puzzled expression.
“… It's two ships of the Wa Kingdom stuck in the fairway! When Dugumou heard Zhao Chen's words, the expression on his face was slightly hesitant, and after a while, he hesitated to speak.
"And then?" When Zhao Chen heard this, he suddenly turned his head and frowned at Dugu Moudao.
"The local officials are communicating with the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom!" Dugu Mou stretched out his finger, scratched his nose boredly, smiled at Zhao Chen, and said, "It's just that it doesn't seem to be a good communication!" ”
"Why?" Zhao Chen's gaze had already cooled, and when he turned to leave the bow of the boat, his voice asked coldly.
The reason is very simple, that is, the ships of the Japanese country refused to pay the slender men in the fairway, so the slender men went on strike collectively, and the two ships of the Japanese kingdom blocked the fairway.
The ships inside couldn't get out, the ships outside couldn't get in, and this state of affairs had been maintained for a long time before they arrived.
"Sail!" For a later generation like Zhao Chen, he didn't have the slightest good impression of the Wa Kingdom in his heart, and at this time, when he heard such a thing, he couldn't be angry.
"Okay!" Dugu Mou has always been a guy who is not afraid of big things when he sees the excitement, and when he heard Zhao Chen's words, he immediately lengthened his voice and agreed.
Immediately, the fleet that had just stopped, in the melodious conch, re-headed towards the pier and slowly sailed. (To be continued.) )