Chapter 033: The coffin to be on the ship
In the city of Luoyang, the wind blows the spring warmth, and many people are even more eager to stand up, casting envious eyes on Su Wuming, because they have all heard that Su Wuming was admitted to the Dali Temple in the capital, and in just one day, he broke the murder case of the palace maid in the palace, and was directly promoted from the Dali Temple to the Dali Division, and patrolled the Jianghuai area, just like Qincha.
These people who had always looked down on Su Wuming and called him Su Luodi before, in addition to envy, also had a trace of timidity, for fear that Su Wuming would find an opportunity to embarrass them.
However, Su Wuming didn't think about these things at all, and after introducing Jiang Ying and Lin Yun, he went straight to the Su family's workshop.
Because Su Wuming improved the textile technology, and the Su family workshop cooperated with the Wen family, so now the business of the Su family workshop can be described as very good, Wen Wan'er did this before, and now she is married to the Su family, so she naturally gets started quickly and takes care of the Su family workshop in an orderly manner.
Of course, she also takes care of the Wen family's business, and even sometimes she wants to merge the Wen family's business with the Su family's workshop, which is more convenient, she has consulted Su's mother for her opinion on this matter, and Su's mother is naturally happy after listening, but she is a little hesitant, after all, the Wen family's business is much bigger than the Su family, if the two merge, it is inevitable that outsiders will gossip, for example, Su Wuming eats idle meals and relies on two women or something.
Although Su's mother knew that this would be beneficial to the two families, she had to be cautious for the sake of her son's reputation, so the merger had never been put on the agenda, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't make a decision, so they had to wait for Su Wuming to come back.
But it was said that when Su Wuming and the others returned to the Su family's workshop, Su's mother had already ordered someone to prepare the meal, and after everyone sat down, they ate and said, after three rounds of wine, Wen Wan'er told the merger of Wen's business and the Su family's workshop, after Su Wuming listened, there was nothing abnormal, and after taking a sip of wine, he smiled and said: "Okay, this is good for both families, I agree." ”
Seeing that Su Wuming didn't worry too much, Wen Wan'er and Su Mu looked at each other and smiled, and then persuaded them to drink.
At this time, Tang Xiong sat aside and told his mother and Qiao'er about their affairs in the capital, the case of the sheepskin of Chang'an Street, and the murder of the palace maid.
And the banquet, Su Wuming took the two beautiful ladies back to the house, and after some warmth, they said about going to Jianghuai again, Wen Wan'er and Nangong Yan couldn't help but show sadness on their faces after hearing it, they finally looked forward to the reunion of husband and wife, but they didn't expect to be separated again.
And at this time, Nangong Yan suddenly threw herself into Su Wuming's arms, and said almost coquettishly: "Su Lang, if you go to Jianghuai, can't you take our two sisters with you?" ”
Su Wuming naturally thought about this very much, after all, he was accompanied by two beautiful wives, and he didn't know how interesting it was.
It's just that he was a little hesitant.
"My mother is old, it is not suitable to travel far, if the two ladies go to Jianghuai together, and the mother has no one to take care of, how is it good, and I can't bear to give up one for my husband!"
"What's the matter, there are so many maids in the house, and they can always serve their mothers well."
"But what about the family's business?"
Nangong Yan was silent, money and money were nothing to her, the daughter of the assassin, but business was not something she could do, so she glanced at Wen Wan'er.
Wen Wan'er smiled lightly: "Business can be brought to Jianghuai to do, Hangzhou there is the house of silk, the price is very cheap, we might as well divide some of the business in Luoyang City and move there to do it, what do you think?" ”
After listening to Wen Wan'er's words, Su Wuming reached out and hugged her into his arms, and said with a smile: "It's still Wan'er's thoughtfulness, so let's do it." ”
The sound of laughter came from time to time, and in this way, after Su Wuming and they stayed in Luoyang City for a few days, they packed up their things and rushed to the Jianghuai area.
Because the people who went to Jianghuai this time were not only Su Wuming Tang Xiong and the four of them, but also Wen Wan'er, Nangong Yan Qiao'er and some guys who were used to it, so they couldn't go quickly, so they could only use the carriage to go slowly.
And because they are not in a hurry, it is also very pleasant to enjoy the spring scenery along the way.
Starting from Luoyang City in this way, a group of people waited for Henan Road to enter Huainan Road after crossing Henan Road.
Huainan Road has many rivers, so the water transport is very developed, and it is also very fast, at noon on this day, several people go to a canal tributary, Nangong Yan has lived in Luoyang City for a long time, less boats, see the canal, then shout to take the waterway.
Among these people, everyone let Nangong Yan, and now Nangong Yan wants to take the waterway, who is unwilling?
So after the men got out of the carriage, they found a big ship, and after carrying the salute to the big boat, they were about to set off again.
But just as the boat was about to leave the mouth of the river, there was a sudden cry not far away, and everyone was curious, standing on the bow of the boat and looking, and saw four or five men in mourning clothes carrying a coffin in the distance towards the river, and one of the men ran the fastest, shouting and waiting, wait, wait.
Nangong Yan looked around and saw that there was only one boat on the entire canal tributary, and it was them who wanted to shout.
So they waited.
After the people in mourning clothes came to the river, one of them looked sad and prayed: "My father left his hometown to do business to make a living, but I didn't expect to die in the end, as a son of man, the only thing I can do is to transport my father's body to his hometown for burial, and now there are no boats everywhere, I wonder if you can take us a ride?" ”
After the man finished speaking, he couldn't help but feel sad again, the boatman looked embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and said: "If there are only a few of you, I will carry it, but you carry a coffin, it is too unlucky, there are still many guests on my ship, you wait a while, find a smaller boat and then go!" ”
After the boatman finished speaking, he shook his head to go back to the cabin and ordered the boat to be sailed.
But at this time, Nangong Yan suddenly pulled out his sword and threatened: "That person is a filial son, he is a funeral for his father, how touching, you didn't help because you were worried about bad luck, isn't it too much?" ”
When the boatman saw Nangong Yan suddenly pull out his sword, his legs suddenly became weak in fright, and he begged for mercy again and again: "The woman spares her life, this ...... I'm not afraid of upsetting you! ”
"If we are upset, you just let them come up, the ship is so big, it doesn't hurt to seat a few more people."
Now that he was threatened by Nangong Yan with a sword, the boatman still dared to disobey, he ordered someone to row the boat close to the shore, and then shouted to those people: "Come up!" ”
Those few people were very grateful, and after carrying the coffin onto the boat, they came to thank Nangong Yan, Nangong Yan saw that he had done a chivalrous deed, and he was thanked by others, and he was immediately overjoyed, and said: "It's just a gesture, why worry about it!" ”
Those people were afraid that the coffin would be unhappy with Su Wuming and others, so they only put the coffin on the board, and they guarded the coffin at all times, after Nangong Yan and Su Wuming and others entered the cabin, Nangong Yan sighed: "That person is really a filial son, now that the sun is so bright outside, he also has to guard his father, Su Lang, don't you say?" ”
Nangong Yan asked, and glanced up at Su Wuming, and at this time, Su Wuming frowned slightly, and the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, as if he hadn't heard what Nangong Yin said at all.
Su Wuming's appearance made Nangong Yan angry, she punched Su Wuming, and said angrily: "Did you listen to me?" ”
Su Wuming smiled lightly: "Naturally, I heard the lady speak, but I was thinking about the coffin and the people who carried the coffin." ”
"What do they have to think about." Nangong Yan didn't care.
Su Wuming smiled: "There is a corpse in the coffin, and the son of the deceased can guard it, but why are the people who carry the coffin also guarding it together, it is really very strange that several of them guard the coffin so strictly, and then look at the hands of those people just now, the green tendons on the back of the hands are popping up, and there are calluses in the palms of the hands, but people who do business, how can there be calluses on their hands, and the cocoons on their hands are still very thick." ”
After Su Wuming finished saying this, Nangong Yan was suddenly startled and said, "So, there is no corpse in the coffin at all, and these people are not filial sons anymore?" ”
Su Wuming bowed slightly.
Nangong Yan looked at Su Wuming with wide eyes, she couldn't believe it, and at this time, Wen Wan'er said: "Xianggong, since you have already seen that this group of people is coming from the wrong way, why don't you stop them from getting on the boat?" ”
Su Wuming pulled Wen Wan'er to sit down on the side, and said: "Have you forgotten what your husband did, her husband is an official of the imperial court, how can you let it go when you encounter such gangsters, now that they are on the boat, it is difficult to escape, why don't we wait and see what their purpose is, and what is in the coffin!" ”
After listening to Su Wuming's words, Wen Wan'er expressed her admiration again and again, and at this time, Tang Xiong said: "I see that the coffin must be gold and silver jewelry, put the gold and silver jewelry in the coffin, no one will doubt it, I will go and open the coffin to see what is going on, if it is really gold and silver jewelry, I will solve them on the spot." ”
Tang Xiong said, and was about to go out of the cabin to find those people, but at this time, Su Wuming suddenly stopped him and said: "Brother Tang, don't be reckless, those people haven't taken any action now, that is, if you find that the coffin is not filled with corpses, I'm afraid you can't help them, I think it's better to brake quietly." ”
Su Wuming's words are very reasonable, so at this time, Qiao'er has already pulled Tang Xiong back, this is just a very small action, but in Su Wuming's eyes, it seems to have found more internal things, Su Wuming smiled lightly, and then stopped speaking, just listening to the sound of the river.
Although the boat is fast, the road is long, so when you get to the other side, I am afraid that it will be time, and at this time in spring, I am afraid that it will be late.