Chapter 53: The Ghost Lingers (1)
Early the next morning, Zhao Yudan really summoned the members of the caravan to set off again, and this time he did not go to Nanyang by land through Yin County according to the original plan, but changed it to a water route, and the classic farmer went to Nanyang.
Steward Zhao's injuries recovered surprisingly quickly, and he was still only bedridden when he first arrived in Shandu, but today he was riding on a horse in good spirits, and saw Zhang Wei coming out of the inn with his luggage on his back, smiling and saying hello.
Zhang Wei hurriedly ran over, circled around Steward Zhao twice, and said strangely: "You have suffered such a serious injury, it will be better in more than ten days?" Did you use any kind of panacea? ”
Steward Zhao smiled mysteriously, lowered his body a little, called Zhang Wei to come over, and then whispered: "Naturally, I took the pill I refined before!" ”
Zhang Wei pursed his lips in disbelief and said, "It's not that I haven't tried your pill, except for the huge side effects, there is nothing unusual!" ”
Steward Zhao hurriedly said: "This time is different, I have a baby, you can..."
"Steward Zhao, hurry up and arrange for people to load the goods, we must board the ship before the time!" Zhao Yudan unceremoniously interrupted Steward Zhao's whispering on the side, and the latter quickly shut up, squeezed his eyes at Zhang Wei, and shouted to arrange manpower.
Zhang Wei listened to half of what he said, but he was so anxious that he was secretly anxious, and he couldn't help but speculate in his heart: Whether the treasure in Steward Zhao's mouth and the treasure stolen by Zhao Yudan are the same item, if there is such a healing effect, it can really be regarded as an artifact, but last night, Zhao Yudan's sentence "If that thing is in my hands, how can I let you bully" It can be seen that what Zhao Yudan stole should be a treasure to improve his kung fu, and he was a little confused at the moment.
Thinking wildly, everyone has gone to the wharf, but they see that the prosperous scene of people coming and going on weekdays has been replaced by a tranquility, there are more than a dozen small boats parked above the calm water, there is not even a human figure, and occasionally there are a few water birds in the air, which makes the wharf even quieter and weirder.
Everyone was wandering, only to see a magnificent double-storey boat on the river, on both sides of which were inserted several big flags with black edges on a white background, with a big heavenly character written on it, the breeze blowing the Buddha, and faintly sending the melodious sound of the phoenix flute and the pipe. If it weren't for the quiet atmosphere of the pier, I am afraid that I would mistakenly think that this ship is from Xiandao.
When the porters saw the flag on the ship, they threw down their goods and ran away, as if they had seen a ghost, and they did not even want any money.
Everyone looked at each other, and after a while, a middle-aged man dressed in broad clothes came down from the boat, white and fat, with a round belly, and a pair of small eyes narrowed like a slit, a typical image of a profiteer.
He walked to Zhao Yudan's sedan chair and said expressionlessly: "The villain Wangcai has seen Miss Zhao, the ship has been prepared, there is no shortage of clothes and food, and I hope that Miss will move to board the ship." After speaking, he stiffened and made a gesture of please.
When Zhang Wei heard this person's name, he almost burst out laughing, he squeezed his eyes at Gu Erhei next to him, signaling that this name was too earthy, but Gu Erhei had a questioning face, and he was saying that there was something wrong with this name. Zhang Wei reluctantly turned to Niu Xiaozhuang again, but saw the latter looking at Wangcai with admiration, and his expression was like saying: "It would be great if I had such a good name!" Zhang Wei's face was black, and he stopped talking.
Steward Zhao saw that things were strange, and without waiting for Zhao Yudan to answer, he arched his hand on the horse and hurriedly said, "We have never met Your Excellency, how can we bother Your Excellency?" Besides, our goods are scarce, and we are accompanied by some country people, so we don't dare to disturb you, just take other passenger ships! As he spoke, he gently placed his left hand behind his back and gestured to the samurai, and everyone understood, quietly holding down the hilt of the sword, and only waiting for the other party to make a move.
Wangcai's expression stiffened and squeezed out a smile, and said, "This is easy to do!" He turned around and gestured to the boat, and saw seven or eight young men who looked like men coming down from it, each holding a jar in his hand, and walking towards the other docked boats with expressionless faces.
I saw the man board the passenger ship, spill the contents of the jar from the bow to the stern, and then returned to the building ship in a wooden manner.
Steward Zhao couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, so he had to stand still and watch coldly.
After a while, the men stepped down from the ship again, but with an extra torch in their hands, and the robot walked to the front of the passenger ship. Steward Zhao shouted: "It's not good, they want to burn the ship!" But in the end, the reaction was a step slower, and a dozen passenger ships were ignited in an instant, and even if the fire was extinguished at this time, these ships would probably not be able to use.
Wangcai said expressionlessly: "Please also ask Miss Zhao to move to board the ship." Then he stiffened and made a gesture of please.
Steward Zhao was furious, but he had no reason to do it, so he was so angry that he rode around on horseback.
Zhao Yudan poked her head out of the sedan chair at this time, and when she saw the big words on the boat, her face changed slightly, and then she said with a smile: "Then there is Your Excellency Lao." ”
Seeing that Zhao Yudan had spoken, Steward Zhao didn't dare to disobey, so he had to frown and arrange for boarding, and secretly instructed him to be careful and strengthen his vigilance. In fact, why use him to instruct, the samurai just escaped death and picked up a life, and entered this strange building ship everywhere, everyone was in danger, and their hands never left the hilt of the sword.
Niu Xiaozhuang saw such a luxurious and magnificent ship for the first time, and couldn't help but look east and west, stroking the huge mast made of fir wood, and admiring continuously. Gu Erhei turned around a few times inside and outside the cabin, and then sat at the stern of the boat to confirm that there were no ambushes, and looked at the few guys who helped carry the goods.
On the first side of the second floor of the building is a banquet hall, where several maidservants are playing unknown tunes, and on the tail side are three guest rooms, Zhao Yudan and Qin'er each live in one, and what is interesting is that only the middle room is given to Zhang Wei. Steward Zhao and the warriors lived in a guest room on the first floor, and the owner of Wangcai's building ship was actually crammed into the cabin with his guys.
Everyone was on guard for a morning, but there was no movement, until noon, the cabin came from the smell of dishes, and in a short time, a few men brought all kinds of exquisite side dishes, wine and meat to the banquet hall. Everyone was busy all morning, and they didn't eat a drop of water, and they were already hungry at this time, but they stopped at looking at the dishes and drooling, and no one dared to taste them, for fear that people would do things in the meal, and they would die too unjustly.
Steward Zhao tried the silver needles one by one in the wine and dishes to confirm that they were not poisonous, and then let the warriors eat them in three batches - after all, the silver needles used for the medicine of Meng Khan could not be tried.
Gu Erhei gulped down a chicken leg, and said vaguely at the guy who came to him: "Brother, come on, don't be busy, let's sit down and eat something together!" ”
The guy didn't seem to see Gu Erhei, and walked straight over with Gu Erhei's shoulder. Gu Erhei stretched out his greasy hand from behind, patted the guy on the shoulder, and said angrily: "Hey, talk to you, let's make a move!" He pulled back hard, but the guy didn't know martial arts, and he was stumbled by Gu Erhei.
Gu Erhei couldn't help it, and hurriedly walked to the front and said with a smile: "I'm sorry brother, I was in a hurry just now, don't be surprised!" Unbeknownst to him, the guy was still expressionless, and he didn't look at Gu Erhei, and walked straight over.
Seeing this, Zhang Wei hurriedly walked over and asked, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”
Gu Erhei frowned, and said with a tangled expression: "It's really evil, these guys haven't said a word since we got on the boat, and they don't chat with each other, they just work on their own." At first I thought they were pretending to be deaf and dumb, but no matter how much I tried to tease them, they didn't say a word, and they didn't see me. ”
Zhang Wei's back chilled when he heard this, and he asked in a low voice, "Have you ever heard of the True Heaven Sect?" As he spoke, he pointed to the big flag with the word "Tian" written on the ship, and said, "I was mistaken for a person from the True Heavenly Sect in the tavern, and as a result, the entire tavern was scared away!" You see that these people are so evil, if they can't keep it, they are really heavenly! ”
Gu Erhei nodded and said, "Although I haven't heard of the True Heaven Sect, just looking at these people makes people feel uncomfortable, but since they can make people smell and change, I think it's not as simple as just pretending to be stupid!" We have to be careful! ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard Niu Xiaozhuang's voice in the banquet hall: "Bring me another piece of beef, haha, it's so fragrant!" The two looked at each other and shook their heads in agreement.
That night, Steward Zhao called Zhang Wei into the house and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, can you find anything unusual today?" ”
Zhang Wei sighed and said, "It's all strange today, how can it be normal?" These people have not spoken a word since we boarded the ship, and what is even more strange is that they do not talk to each other, as if they did not know each other. According to my speculation, it may be someone from the True Heaven Sect" immediately told what happened in the tavern, and asked, "I wonder if Steward Zhao has ever heard of this sect?" ”
Steward Zhao thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I only know that the Taiping Dao a few years ago was huge, but with Zhang Jiao's illness and death, it has now disappeared, but I don't know if this True Heaven Church will have anything to do with this Taiping Dao?" ”
Zhang Wei knew that Taiping Dao was referring to the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jiao, and hurriedly said: "Taiping Daoists are just ordinary people, no different from ordinary people, and this True Heavenly Sect is like a walking corpse, the two are really far apart. ”
Steward Zhao nodded and said: "Brother Zhang is reasonable, but at present, I think they are still safe, and the number is not superior, if they are definitely not our opponents, we just need to prevent them from poisoning the food, you have also been busy for a day, go and rest, I will arrange for the samurai to be on duty at night!" ”
Late at night, everyone was nervous for a day, and they were really tired, and they fell asleep not long after lying in bed.
Wangcai and the others didn't sleep, and when they had nothing to do, they sat in a row on the deck, only so frightened that the samurai on night duty didn't doze off for the first time all night, and was nervous and kept watch all night.