Chapter Seventy-Four: Down the River
Farewell to Shen Tianyi, seriously set foot on the road again, from Zhongzhou to Jiangnan, the current body Xiaohong is not able to ride, it is not a good idea to run over with both feet, although it is not slow to run now, but the road is far away, and his body is too eye-catching, thinking about the people who will be encountered, I feel that my face is black, the post station in Jiangnan is not open, and I can't take a carriage directly, otherwise it is a good choice to take a carriage.
Seriously opened the map and looked, Zhongzhou is still a long distance away from Jiangnan, Jiangnan only marked two words on the map, the surrounding terrain is still covered by the black curtain, serious but there is another discovery, from the map, there is a big river near Zhongzhou City, and the Jiangnan area is just connected together, Jiangnan is known for its water town, it seems to be very convenient to take a boat along the river, and a small ferry is also marked, not far from Zhongzhou City.
Taking advantage of the cover of the night, he seriously exerted light skills, raised the speed to the extreme, and swept all the way there.
When I arrived at the ferry, I saw the river rolling, and several small boats quietly moored on the edge of the ferry.
In the past few days, the wind and snow have stopped, the river has broken the ice, and only a few traces can be seen on the shore.
There was a serious burst of joy, looking at this rushing river, from here it may be much faster than riding a horse.
I was trying to find a small boat to ask, and I suddenly found that I had overlooked a problem, that is, it was already late at night, and the NPCs had already rested, and I didn't know if the boatman was willing to go to Jiangnan in the middle of the night.
The small boat leaning on the edge of the ferry was not far away, but it was also a short distance away, and seriously jumped on one of them, and if it was serious enough, the boat still sank down sharply, but fortunately it was able to initially control the agitation in the body, if not, this jump is estimated that the bottom of the boat would have to break a big hole.
"Who?" A panicked exclamation came from the cabin, and a middle-aged man ran out of the cabin wearing a shabby cotton jacket, and when he saw the serious and strong body, he knelt on the boat with a puff, and kowtowed tremblingly.
"Uncle, I'm just a poor family begging for a living on the water, and I really don't have much money, so Uncle spares his life!"
The corners of his mouth twitched, and he felt that black lines hung down from his forehead, and he said with a smile, "I'm not here to rob." ”
"Really?" The middle-aged man looked up in horror and asked.
"Really."
When the middle-aged man heard this, he stood up in disbelief and asked cautiously, "What happened when the uncle came to the villain's ship?" ”
"I'm really sorry to disturb me in the middle of the night, I have something urgent to go to Jiangnan, can you give me a ride, the price is good." Said seriously.
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "If you want to go to Jiangnan, you have to come during the day, there are big boats going back and forth to Jiangnan during the day, and the villain's small boat is fishing on this river on weekdays to make a living, and he can't go that far." ”
"When will the big ship come?" Seriously asked.
"It needs to be after dawn." The middle-aged man replied respectfully.
Seriously looked at the time, there were still several hours before dawn, and Seriously couldn't wait that long.
"You come with me, I'll give you a high price." Seriously.
The middle-aged man couldn't help shaking his head, "The villain's family is on this boat, I can't go, please bear with me." ”
No matter what Ren Zheng said, the middle-aged man refused to let go.
As she spoke, a woman poked her head out of the cabin, cowering and looking serious, and watching a burly giant man like a monster suddenly get on board in the middle of the night, which was really frightening.
The middle-aged man insisted on refusing, and there was no way to do it, and he was about to leave, when a white-haired old man came out of a boat next to him, beckoning, "Uncle, don't be embarrassed for Zhao Lao Er, the old man is lonely, and he doesn't want to make a living on the water, so I'll sell this boat to you, okay?" ”
"That's fine." Nodding seriously, look at the open waterway on this big river, the flow is non-stop, drifting along the river should not be a problem, follow the map straight down, if the direction is not wrong, you should be able to reach Jiangnan.
Seriously cautiously jumped into the old man's boat, discussed a few words with the old man, and bought the old man's boat at a price of 80 taels of silver, according to the old man, a new ship of the same kind will cost at least 100 taels of silver, which is not too high.
The old man untied the anchor rope thin on the shore, and supported it with a slender penny, and the boat left the ferry slowly and went to the heart of the river.
Seriously stunned, the weather is still very cold, the river must be cold to the bone, Serious wanted to send him back, and then fly back to the boat with light power, this distance of a few feet is nothing to Serious.
The old man looked old, the speed of swimming was still very fast, and with a few strokes of his hands and feet, he arrived at the riverside, and saw Zhao Lao Er pull him onto the boat, and he was seriously relieved to hold the boat and leave.
The voice of the old man and Zhao Lao Er whispering came from afar, although it was far away, but this little movement still could not hide the serious ears, the old man was chattering endlessly, "Zhao Lao Er, you are also a family person, regardless of yourself, you have to take care of your mother-in-law and children, these Jianghu high-rollers can be provoked casually, if things don't go well, they will directly use the knife, you still dare to talk to him, in case he gets angry and cuts down your family, who do you talk to?" ”
As she spoke, the woman on the boat began to weep in fright, and as soon as the crying began, it suddenly stopped, leaving only a dull choked voice, which was evidently covered by someone.
Serious: "......" Do I seem to be such an unreasonable person? Serious can't be done, like some players, if you don't treat NPCs as people, you can't do anything serious without injustice.
After a few strokes, the boat drifted along the flowing river, the speed gradually accelerated, there was no need to use the penny seriously, standing at the bow of the boat seriously, looking at the vast night, only the sound of the river flowing came, seriously felt a little boring, put the penny, and walked into the cabin.
The old man was in a hurry, he didn't take anything with him, but he didn't leave much behind, there were clothes and hats hanging in the cabin, as well as two wooden oars and a fishing rod, and there were pots and pans and other miscellaneous items on the small table next to the cabin, and a wooden bed was built with wooden planks on the other side, although the boat was old, it was still clean and tidy.
Seriously walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, opened the map and looked at it, representing his own point of light flashing on the map, the speed of movement was negligible, and it took half a day to see a move, according to this speed estimate, it will take a long time to drift to Jiangnan, and when it is time to calculate, it is time for him to go offline.
If you go offline directly on the river, as a serious possessions, this small boat will also disappear, and when it is seriously online again, it will still be on the small boat on the river, there will be no changes, and of course it will not continue to drift along the river, but you don't have to worry about this, and Yan Baiwu is here, and the follow-up voyage can be handed over to him with confidence, maybe it will be in Jiangnan tomorrow.
Seriously relieved to opt out of the game.