Zhao Ying returned to the ship, gave the leading boatman fifteen yuan of money, and ordered the boatman to set sail overnight.

"Really don't wait for that Li Gongzi?" The boatman's stomach was foggy, he asked in confusion.

"Don't wait, Li Gongzi still has some affairs to deal with in Jinling, and then he will take a boat to Bianjing by himself." Zhao Ying said.

"Yes! Let's go! No matter how complicated this hydrology is, it can't help those of us who eat on the boat. ”

The boatman, full of joy and carrying the fifteen pieces of money that Zhao Ying had given him, woke up the sailors who had already fallen asleep and ordered them to lift anchor and set sail.

After a while, only the sound of paddling was heard, and the boat began to go offshore, and as the distance between the boat and the ferry became farther and farther away, the passers-by on the shore became smaller and smaller.

Zhao Ying stood on the bow of the boat, she looked back at the ferry, there was an indescribable melancholy and loss in her heart, and at this time she saw that someone on the shore seemed to be calling, waving at her boat.

"Is it Brother Dare?"

Zhao Ying hurriedly took out the "clairvoyance" that Li Dang had given her before and looked towards the ferry, she saw clearly that the person was not Li Kang, but the carriage driver who had just sent herself and Qin Cao back.

It may be that the carriage driver found that the ship was offshore, and he couldn't explain it to Li Dang in Tongxin Building, so he waved his hand to stop the ship from setting sail.

Zhao Ying felt more and more lost in her heart, she put down her "clairvoyance" and sighed heavily.

Qin Cao came out of the cabin at this time, she heard Zhao Ying's sigh, wanted to open her mouth to speak, and closed it again.

Zhao Ying looked at Qin Cao and saw that she had restored her woman's attire, so she said, "Qin Cao girl, you will move to my cabin in the next few days!" ”

Qin Cao was stunned for a moment, her little face turned crimson, and she gently responded with a "hmm"!

At this time, Zhao Ying was dressed as a man, although Qin Cao knew her true identity, but the shipwrights on the ship didn't know that Zhao Ying was also a daughter. In the eyes of those shipwrights, being alone with Zhao Ying as a "lonely man and widow" is of course no other good thing.

At this time, a subordinate of Li Dang's original came over and asked: "Zhao Gongzi, where is my son-in-law, why didn't you follow us to Bianjing?" ”

"Xiaoqiang!" Zhao Ying remembered that Li Kang called this subordinate like this, and she said: "Your son-in-law has to meet a few important people in Jinling City, we will go to Bianjing first, and he will take a boat to Bianjing later." ”

Xiao Qiang listened, nodded again and again, and he bowed to Zhao Ying. said: "Xiaoqiang is here to serve his son-in-law, and now my son-in-law is not on this boat, so let Xiaoqiang serve Zhao Gongzi." ”

After Xiao Qiang finished speaking, he stood outside Zhao Ying's cabin with his head lowered and his eyebrows, as if he wanted to listen to Zhao Ying's dispatch at any time.

Zhao Ying shook her head: "My son doesn't need you to serve, just have the little lady of the piano to accompany me." ”

Xiaoqiang let out an "oh" and glanced at the qin cao beside him.

I don't know why, Qin Cao always felt that there was something indescribable in Xiao Qiang's eyes, and she looked at Zhao Ying, who was dressed as a son. The complexion on his face turned even redder.

……

The speed of this centipede boat was really fast, but after another five days and four nights, the ship docked at the Hongqiao ferry outside Bianjing.

Although Zhao Ying has been accompanied by piano exercises on the boat these days, she always can't sleep well. In a trance all day, she went ashore and found that her legs were neglecting and she was not paying attention. One foot stepped on the instep of one of the people next to him, and he almost fell to the ground.

At this time, the person next to him stretched out a strong arm to support Zhao Ying's hands.

"It's you!"

Zhao Ying recognized that it was Li Kang's personal subordinate Xiaoqiang who was holding him just now.

Xiao Qiang saw that Zhao Ying had stabilized his figure. He arched his hand and said: "Zhao Gongzi, now my son-in-law has not yet arrived in Bianjing, after this, the little one will follow Zhao Gongzi first, and then return to him when my son-in-law arrives in Bianjing." ”

Zhao Ying exclaimed: "You follow this son, I'm afraid it's a little inconvenient, right?" ”

Seeing Zhao Ying's refusal, Xiao Qiang said with a pitiful look: "The little one is coming to Bianjing for the first time, and the little one is not very familiar with everything in Bianjing City, if Zhao Gongzi ignores the little one, I am afraid that the little one will starve to death on the streets of Bianjing in a few days." ”

Zhao Ying heard that Xiaoqiang's accent really didn't look like a Bianjing person, thinking that this little guy might have been found by Li Dang when he was in Hangzhou, she thought: "This Xiaoqiang has no long skills, if he lets him live on the streets, I'm afraid he really won't live for a few days, if he really starves him to death, dare to ask my brother one day, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain." Now that he has just arrived in Bianjing, it is the right time to use people around him, so it is better to keep him by his side as a call. ”

Zhao Ying thought about it like this, then nodded and said, "It's okay, then you will follow this son's side, and in the future, only this son will be your life." ”

"No!"

Xiao Qiang's voice of promise was very sharp, which reminded Li Dang of the voice of the eunuch in the palace.

"This Xiaoqiang won't be a eunuch, right, Brother Dare won't keep a eunuch by his side, right?" Zhao Ying thought.

"Sister Ying, where are we going next?" Qin Cao, who was carrying a burden on the side, asked, she was anxious to want Zhao Ying to restore her original face, so that she could clear her innocence, this Zhao Ying is a woman, and she is also a woman, so although they have been staying together these days, nothing has happened.

"Sister Ying?" Xiao Qiang looked at Zhao Ying with questioning eyes, he took the burden in Qin Cao's hand, and said: "With us men here, how can this burden be placed on the shoulders of you women." ”

Zhao Ying listened, she was stunned, she felt that although Xiao Qiang's voice was sharp, but the tone of what he spoke just now was very similar to Li Kang, she carefully looked at Xiao Qiang in front of her, she found that although Xiao Qiang was similar to Li Kang, the complexion on his face was particularly white, compared with Li Kang, his nose was a little big, and his eyes were a little small.

Zhao Ying shook her head, sighed, and said in her heart: "Maybe it's because I've been with Brother Dare for a long time, and the tone of my voice has begun to imitate Brother Dang." ”

Zhao Ying thought about it, her expression became more and more trance-like, she was thinking that Li Dang was probably on the way to Bianjing at this time, and at this time, she urgently needed to arrange her eyes and get in touch with him as soon as possible.

Zhao Ying took out a lot of money and gave it to the shipwrights and sailors hired by Li Kang, and she told them to wait for Li Kang at the Hongqiao ferry, and told them that Li Kang would have an even richer reward for him when he arrived.

These shipwrights had all seen Li Dang's generosity, and they believed Zhao Ying's words.

When the boatmen went down, Qin Cao asked the question he was concerned about just now: "Sister Ying, where is the palace?" ”

That Xiaoqiang was still there staring at Zhao Ying with surprised eyes, and said to himself: "Sister Ying, how is this possible, is it obviously a son-in-law?" (To be continued......)