Chapter 182: Shocking Changes

The spring breeze is swaying, the rivers are rushing, and the small merchant ships are running with the wind, running to Wuchang, which is 300 miles away.

The official ship that Liu Yan'er and the others took was naturally much faster than the small merchant ship of Anjia, and they were originally waiting on the river, but Zhao Xian and An Birou stopped and stopped all the way, and rested in Baling for one night. The boat full of people always has to eat, and most of the people on the boat are women, and they are not used to staying on the boat, so they stay in Hongcheng and wait for Zhao Xian and others to catch up.

The merchant ship sailed with the wind, and the speed was not slow, and by the afternoon it had arrived at Luoshan Town, and the clouds in the sky were gradually pressing, and I am afraid that it was going to rain. I don't know how long the spring rain lasts, for the sake of the safety of the boat, Miss An did not stop on the road, and prepared to go straight to Hongcheng overnight to meet with the official ship.

In the evening, the sky was dark and heavy, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the spring thunder was particularly terrifying on the rolling river.

Zhao Xian stood on the deck of the merchant ship and looked at the wooden box in front of him, feeling very distressed. The merchant ship that An Birou was on was not large, but it was like a painting boat, and there were obviously not enough people to get the wooden box that crashed into the machine tool into the cabin, so it was not possible to put it on the ship in the open air.

The forehead was slightly bright, a few raindrops fell on the back of his hand, Zhao Xian raised his head and looked at the sky, the sound of 'rustling' came from far and near, accompanied by the rolling waves, the merchant ship slowly rose and fell.

It's really unlucky, I finally got this baby from Sister Su, and I can still have precision when I am rusted by the rain? Zhao Xian looked left and right, and pulled a canvas to cover the box.

I was busy when I suddenly felt the rain stop. Looking up, Miss An was wrapped in a shawl to resist the cold wind on the river in early spring, and held an oil-paper umbrella to cover him from the rain.

An Birou held back the churning in her abdomen, and said with a pale face: "Zhao Xian, it's raining, it's not safe here." Let's go inside. ”

Zhao Xian took the rope and tied the canvas hard. Hehe smiled: "Thank you for your concern, my skin is thick and the flesh is a little rainy, so tie the rope and go in." ”

"What does this thing do?" Miss An did not leave as she said, but squatted down to help pull the canvas. Qiang Yan smiled: "Look at you as a baby." Is it possible to refine silver? It is illegal to mint silver without permission. Besides, there is no place to put the silver ingots in the treasury of the Guogong Mansion, which is enough for you to squander for a lifetime. ”

Miss An is not joking, An Guogong is not a corrupt official. There is a gross use in being greedy for money to the point where he is, but the money earned by the An family generation is not a small amount, and the Guogong Mansion is extremely credible in doing business. And the An family has been loyal and good for generations, and it is rare to lose the family, and when it comes to the old man An's generation, almost all of them died in battle, and it is also a distressing thing for someone to make money and no one to spend money, so there is really a lot of money and there is no place to put it.

"This is much more valuable than a machine that makes silver, and with it, not to mention silver, gold comes in a hurry." After Zhao Xian covered the wooden box with a canvas, he stood up and saw that Miss An's face was not good, and he said with concern: "Are you seasick?" Then go in quickly, lie down and sleep. “

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it was getting darker and I couldn't see anything clearly. An Birou rarely spends the night on the river, saying that she is not afraid that it is fake, her face turned slightly pale, and she nodded and followed Zhao Xian to prepare to enter the cabin.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the merchant ship shook violently, as if it had hit something, and everyone on board fell forward one by one, and the creak of broken wood and the cracking of bottles and cans falling on the ground resounded throughout the ship, and those who listened could not help but feel chilled.

"Yikes!" With a scream, the paper umbrella in An Birou's hand was immediately blown under the boat, and she suddenly lost her balance and fell forward in fright.

Zhao Xian didn't rely on it, and was also hit on the deck by the huge inertia, but fortunately, he reacted in time and used his body to cushion under her.

An Birou was caught off guard, leaned forward, and had a kiss with Zhao Xian, both of whom snorted, and a fishy saltiness came out of their mouths.

Ampyrou's eyes widened, and before she could say anything, her body slammed up and continued to slide forward against the deck. Immediately following Zhao Xian's right foot, he kicked the wooden box, and the two of them rolled around on the wet deck and slid towards the inclined bow of the boat.

In the end, the man has to be much calmer in case of emergency, Zhao Xian's right hand is tightly wrapped around An Birou to prevent her from falling off the boat, and at the same time he is holding on to a rope, so as not to make close contact between his head and the edge of the boat, the thick rope rubs violently, and the already injured left hand cracks open at this time, and the hemp rope is dyed red in an instant.

Slipping to the bow of the boat, Zhao Xian used his hand to support the edge of the boat in time to stop, but fortunately he was not injured.

Seeing that Miss An, who was trembling on her chest, was not injured, she breathed a sigh of relief and shouted at the boatman behind her: "Why the hell did you drive the boat?" Want to play dead old man? ”

Before the words fell, Zhao Xian's pupils contracted suddenly, and he saw that the wooden box, which was still a treasure just now, turned into a terrifying demon at this time, and slowly slid towards the bow of the boat.

"Fuck me!" Zhao Xian wanted to get up suddenly, but the stinging pain on his back was terrible, and his hand was not entangled with ropes, and Miss An, who was usually steady and arrogant, was shivering in his arms like a little quail at this time.

The wooden box was in front of it in an instant, and it was impossible to dodge. Zhao Xian was in a hurry, and suddenly used his feet against the huge wooden box weighing a thousand catties, the wooden box slid not directly on the body, but the impact of the slide was still terrifying, directly squeezed Zhao Xian who was lying on the ground to sit up, and his back hit the edge of the boat before stopping.

Because he was lying on Zhao Xian, he was knocked up and squeezed on the edge of the boat, An Birou was also shocked to open her eyes, and saw Zhao Xian holding the wooden box to protect her, and her hands were still full of blood.

"Okay, Miss, it's okay, you're going to be crying, can you get out of the way first? Play again and I'm dead. Zhao Xian gritted his teeth and leaned his back against the edge of the boat, his forehead was bruised, his legs kept trembling, and he gently patted An Birou's shoulder and asked her to get up first.

She was anxious and scared, and tears rolled down her face. Hurriedly helped push the wooden box, and said hurriedly: "Zhao Xian, are you okay, you..."

"Did you think I had something?" Zhao Xian coughed a few times, but he was laughed at by this Miss An, gritted his teeth and said helplessly: "Can you get up and call the boatman and ask them to help move the boxes?" Something happened to me, and you took care of me for the rest of my life? ”

"Ahh … Oh! Miss An couldn't stop her tears, and hurriedly got up and called around for the boatman, who thought of a few loyal boatmen who hurriedly ran out and saw Zhao Xian being squeezed by the tilted wooden box at the head of the bed. Hurriedly moved the wooden box.

An Birou saw that Zhao Xian's face was very painful. At this time, he couldn't take care of the defense of men and women, so he hurriedly squatted down and hugged him, and said angrily with tears in his eyes: "How did you guys drive the boat?" Something happened to the young master, can you bear it? ”

"The old slave has been sailing for many years. It's the first time I've bumped into something! The boatman at the head looked guilty. At this time, I looked up and looked under the boat a few times. But the river is dark and heavy rain, where can you see things clearly.

Just when the boatman was confused, the river in front of him. Suddenly, there was a flash of fire, as if it was also a ship.

He was immediately overjoyed, and was about to shout, but his pupils shrank sharply, only to see more and more firelight on the river, and he leaned over dottedly, and he could hear the strange cry of 'woo woo wow'.

The boatman's old face suddenly turned like earth, and he said hurriedly: "Miss, it's not good, the water bandits robbed the road, and we bumped into the water bandits." ”

Miss An was crying bitterly in her arms Zhao Xian, who didn't know life and death, choked a few times when she heard it, raised her head and said solemnly: "Water bandits, what water bandits?" ”

I rub it, isn't this killing me? Zhao Xian, who had just escaped from under the wooden box and was leaning on Miss An's soft breasts and pretending to be dead, raised his head violently when he heard the sound, his face showed a touch of solemnity, and by the light of the torches in the distance, he could vaguely see that countless small boats were approaching, there were about one hundred and ten people, and there were silver lights on them, obviously carrying blades.

"Zhao Xian, you, are you okay?" An Birou saw that Zhao Xian suddenly became alive again, but surprise occupied all her mind, but she immediately reacted again, thinking of Zhao Xian's touching and scratching, her face turned a little red, covered her chest and hummed: "You, you person, actually lied to me, you go to die..."

In fact, needless to say, this time it is estimated that it is really more auspicious. Zhao Xian was not in the mood to laugh with her, and looked at the water bandits who gradually approached, and his face became darker and darker.

Seeing that Zhao Xian ignored her, Miss An also reacted, and only then did she think about the water bandits, her face became pale again, faintly with fear, and she lost her voice: "How could we meet the water bandits?" This group of bandits is so bold that they dare to rob the merchant ship where I have settled, I, what should we do? She grew up in Kyoto since she was a child, and she is calm and calm in business, but it doesn't mean that she is very bold, and the people in the robbers have only heard of it in the play, all of them are murder and arson, extremely vicious bandits, she has never even killed chickens, so she is naturally afraid.

Zhao Xian didn't answer, how could he possibly know why he met the robbers. The reason why this group of Honghu bandits dared to rob the merchant ship of the Minister of Defense of Daliang was mainly because the original large merchant ship of Anfu left with Mrs. An, this ship was an ordinary merchant ship, and there was no family emblem flag or anything.

There are more than 100 people on the opposite side, and they will definitely not be able to beat them, Zhao Xian looked at the back, except for Miss An, the maid Green Lotus and a few helpers, there are no helpers. He couldn't help but be annoyed: "Is the boat still moving? "There are all small boats coming from the other side, and it's okay to hit them directly if you move.

But to his disappointment, the boatman shook his head and said, "It is estimated that the wooden stakes made under the water are stuck in the boat, and they can't move." ”

Come prepared. Zhao Xian thought for a moment, since this group of people dared to do the business of robbery, they had already tied their heads to the waistband of their trousers, even if they directly raised their identities, they would not necessarily let themselves go in fear, and the court would be more vigorous to exterminate them if they let them go, so they would not forgive them.

The biggest possibility is that they directly sank the ship, pretending to be unaware, as for holding themselves hostage to blackmail the Guogong Mansion to give money, they are probably not so stupid, and they have to spend their lives if they take the money, right? The people who robbed the Zhenguo General's Mansion, it is estimated that the eight generations of the ancestors can be dug out and whipped by the old man An, it is better to slaughter himself, it is a big deal that the fish dies and the net is broken, and a group of rogues exchange the life of a duke's heir, no matter how you think about it, they can also draw it. So it's better not to reveal your identity.

Before he could finish thinking about it, a few shouts came from the approaching boat: "Grandpa crosses the river dragon, and the trick is bright!" I've got a way to teach you monkey cubs to make an appearance! Quickly pack up the jewelry and red goods and get off the ship, so that grandpa can come up and teach you. ”

After saying that, he threw up two rope hooks and hooked the edge of the boat, and the two men bit their long knives and climbed up.

Miss An raised her eyes and looked, only to see that the person was sturdy, with a deep scar on his bloodshot face in his eyes, and at a glance she knew that he was not a good person, and the vicious something made her face change, and she was about to see to show her identity, but Zhao Xian raised his hand to stop her, and said: "This friend, Zhao is not out to do business, this trip to Hongcheng to visit relatives, there is no cargo on the ship, and the money with you is considered to be filial piety to you, and please ask friends to be accommodating." ”

The dragon crossing the river at the bow of the water bandits supported the pergola to look at the merchant ship a few times, and there was indeed nothing of value on it. He pondered for a moment, and then said: "Third brother, take off the silver, this wind is too strong, and it will be a trouble to make waves later." ”

Zhao Xian breathed a sigh of relief, and saw two knife-wielding bandits crawling up, giving An Birou a look and asking her to hand over the silver.

If you encounter robbers when you go out, don't resist if you're not sure, and if you lose your life for some money, it will be more than worth the loss.

When the two big men saw An Birou, their eyes showed a little covetousness, An Birou is not a famous daughter who can be easily seen by ordinary people, compared to those fierce women in the bandit village, she is naturally beautiful to the sky.

Walking up to Zhao Xian, I saw that his clothes were torn and his hands were still dripping with blood, but his face did not change with a few gentle smiles.

The water bandit known as the third man in front of him spat and looked up at his body a few times: "What a man, what you do is a knife licking blood, but it is also moral, leave the money and get out, next time you pass from here, remember to pay the road fee first, it is not easy for you to pile under this water, so you have to start anew." ”

This group of Honghu bandits still has some brains, don't do the thing of killing chickens and taking eggs, if you rob it, you will kill who dares to pass by this area, and the merchant ships that usually pass by will be released after paying the toll, but no one dares to rob the An family, and the boatman does not know this rule, and he walked over as generously as before, and he crashed into the dark pile.

Hearing that it was just a toll, An Birou's face calmed down a little. It seems that it is not the man who killed it as said in the idle book, and a delicate lady like her snatched it into the bandit house as a lady to be humiliated.

An Birou lowered her head and didn't face the third child's gaze, she took out a stack of silver tickets from her clothes and handed it out.

Seeing that they knew each other, the third child smiled and took the silver ticket, counted it casually, and suddenly stumbled.

Guo Jianglong felt that something was wrong on the water, and said, "Third child, what's wrong with you?" How much silver? If it's too little, take the jewelry off..."

"Thirty thousand taels!" The third man's trembling knives fell to the ground, and he shouted ecstatically.

"Thirty thousand taels?" The bandits on the water suddenly made a big noise, and a few of them almost fell into the water.

I'm a! Zhao Xian rubbed his forehead, turned his head to look at the innocent Miss An, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Am I mistaken? Carry 30,000 taels of silver tickets with you, and you have to exchange them for one and a half tons of silver, are you out to do business or are you looking for robbery? Just take it all out, and you can't walk what you can.

"Good fellow, it's a fat sheep!" Guo Jianglong looked at the merchant ship again, and secretly said that he looked away today, 30,000 taels to buy a dozen such ships is enough, and such a big tyrant actually let him catch it, it is like pie in the sky. (To be continued......)