When Tang Zhou and the others came to the Luohe Wharf, it was already dusk, the autumn wind was rising, and the eyes were full of gloom, and there were not many people and boats in the entire wharf. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Luoning County is only a small county seat, so the docks here are not lively, and there are not many boats, and sometimes if you want to take a boat, you have to wait for a while.

But luckily there are boats on the dock today, and there are quite a few.

However, because Tang Zhou and the others carried too many things, they had to choose a very large ship.

Tang Zhou handed over this matter to Ma Qing, and after a while, Ma Qing brought a boat owner, who seemed to know that it was a big deal, so his attitude was quite courteous, and after seeing Tang Zhou, he said: "I heard this little brother just now, the guest officer wants to charter a small big ship?" ”

Tang Zhou nodded: "Yes, you can tell me a price." ”

The owner of the boat smiled: "If you charter a boat, it will cost fifty yuan." ”

When the owner of the ship said this, he looked like no one could bargain, Tang Zhou saw him like this, and knew that he was just pretending, if he bargained with him, he might be able to win forty yuan, but Tang Zhou was not in the mood to waste his tongue on this kind of thing, he nodded: "Okay, it's fifty yuan, but I need no outsiders on the ship except for your boatman." ”

"This is natural, a few please."

The owner of the boat saw that Tang Zhou did not bargain at all, and his heart was immediately happy, so he hurriedly invited Tang Zhou and others to get on the boat, Tang Zhou and others had a lot of things, so after moving on the ship one by one, it was late, but the moonlight was good tonight, so the owner of the boat still ordered someone to drive the boat.

The night was beautiful, sprinkled on the water to give it a hazy feeling, and after the boat slowly moved away from the dock, the surroundings fell silent, and only the sound of the oars could be heard.

Tang Zhou, Lin Qingsu and the others were a little sleepy because they didn't sleep all night last night and had been on the road for another day, so even if the night was good tonight, the few of them didn't have any interest in appreciating it, and went back to the house early to rest.

The owner of the first boat they chartered is called Wang Zhen, who has been begging for a living on the Luo River for generations, and it was only in his lifetime that he used the money he saved to buy such a boat for water business, this boat is not particularly large, and it can only be regarded as medium in size among many of them who do this kind of water transportation business, but it is more than enough for a few of them to live in Tang Zhou.

The facilities in the boat room are quite complete, everything is available, and the boat goes slowly and steadily, so it is very comfortable to sleep.

It's just that when the boat walked until midnight, there was a sudden pause, Tang Zhou woke up suddenly, and suddenly heard a melodious flute outside, and the sound of the flute came in a curling voice, like crying and complaining.

At this time, Lin Qingsu had already woken up, she rubbed her eyes, and asked with some curiosity: "At this time, how can there be a flute sound?" ”

The autumn wind was bleak, the window on the side of the boat was blown by the wind, Tang Zhou put on his clothes and pushed open the window to look out, and the entire Luo River was fogged up, the white mist was boundless, reflecting the sound of the rushing water, which was quite interesting, but the sound of the flute was closer.

When the whistle was closer, Wang Zhen's boat suddenly stopped, and then Tang Zhou heard a noise from the ship's board, Tang Zhou closed the window of the boat, pushed the door to see what was going on, and at this time Tie Zhizhi and Ma Qing, who had already woken up, also walked out of the house.

The three of them bowed their heads slightly, and then came to the deck, and when they got on the deck, they saw Wang Zhen and four or five sailors all holding short knives and looking at the river vigilantly, as if a great enemy was coming.

"What's going on?" Tang Zhou looked at Wang Zhen and asked.

Wang Zhen saw that it was Tang Zhou, and said: "The sound of the flute is strange, I am afraid that there are thieves who want to rob the ship." ”

Tang Zhou frowned slightly, he met a thief last night, so he took the waterway, but how could he meet the thief by water?

Tang Zhou's mind turned extremely fast, in such a river, it is not strange that there are people blocking the road and robbing people, but how can the thieves become more elegant, and they also use the sound of a flute to warn?

Is it a thief?

Thinking like this, the sound of the flute suddenly became far away, thinking of this, Tang Zhou suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Maybe it's just that there is a ship in front, but now we have stopped, but the sound of the flute is getting farther and farther away, then the ship must be moving forward, rest assured, there are no thieves." ”

Tang Zhou said that Wang Zhen also understood a little bit about this situation, so his heart was suddenly relieved, and he motioned to his people to put away the short knife, those people put away the short knife, Wang Zhen hurriedly said to Tang Zhou: "I'm sorry, I disturbed the guest officer's dream." ”

Tang Zhou waved his hand: "It's okay, why bother with such things......

As they spoke, the boat they were in suddenly shook slightly, although it was only a slight shaking, but the people on board quickly noticed it.

Wang Zhen was the most experienced in this situation, and when he noticed that the boat was shaking, he immediately exclaimed: "It's not good, someone is scuttling the boat underwater." ”

As soon as he heard that someone was scuttling the boat, Tang Zhou suddenly shuddered for a while, the Mid-Autumn Festival had passed, and the weather was as cold as a day, and the thief was really willing to go into the water to scuttle the boat.

After Wang Zhen shouted like this, he immediately ordered the people to start the boat quickly, if the speed of the ship was fast enough, the people under the water would not be able to catch up, so that he might be able to save it.

The ship set sail again, ready to rush into the thick fog, but the thieves seemed to have expected Tang Zhou to speed up, so at this moment, seven or eight small boats suddenly rushed out of the fog, and after these seven or eight small boats appeared, they immediately blocked the way of the big ship of Wang Zhen.

Seeing this, Wang Zhen also had some courage and impatience, and he knew very well that if he really stopped like this, after the people under the water scuttled the boat, they would be all finished, so in the face of the enemy, he did not order the boatmen to stop the boat, but asked them to rush straight over.

The thief on the boat saw that Wang Zhen's boat did not stop, and immediately frowned: "Release the arrow." ”

At the sound of the order, arrows from seven or eight small boats were fired at Wang Zhen's ship from all directions, and they all took refuge in the cabin, and one of the crew members was even hit by an arrow because he was slow to dodge.

The man was hit by an arrow and couldn't help screaming, Tang Zhou saw this, and hurriedly asked Ma Qing to call Lin Qingsu to bandage him, and at this time, several people hid in the cabin, all frowning.

"If the enemy rushes to the deck at this time, I'm afraid we won't survive." Wang Zhen is in his forties, dark-skinned, not very burly, but gives people a sense of strength, and his face is full of worry at this time.

But Tang Zhou prefers that the thieves rush to the deck, he has Li Hu and Tie here and they don't know them, even if there are many people on the other side, but with them, those people can't take much advantage, he is afraid that the enemy will not get on board.

The enemy has a way of doing it once and for all, as long as they scuttle their ship, their ship sinks, and at that time they can't escape if they want to, they can't fight if they want to, and then the enemy rushes up and cuts with long knives, and they have no room to resist in the water.

The most important thing is that Tang Zhou can't swim, and the river is so cold, he doesn't want to fall into the water.

They waited for a while, but the enemy had no intention of rushing to the dock, and Tang Zhou's expression tightened slightly.