Chapter 42: Abandonment of ship
Young Master Liang's words made everyone's faces change greatly, and Second Lady Liang even screamed directly: "Jiang thief? Didn't you say that the waterways in Shangjing have always been very peaceful? How can there be river pirates?! β
Mrs. Liang, who is cowardly and has never been assertive in case of trouble, fell back with a pale face when she heard the bad news, if it weren't for the maid behind her who quickly helped her, she would have fallen to the ground in fright......
After being supported, Mrs. Liang Si trembled her lips and asked with a crying voice: "I heard that those river thieves are like murder...... Will they kill us?! β
Mrs. Liang San was forced to calm herself, shook Mrs. Liang's hand heavily, and found some words of comfort to comfort her: "Fourth brother and sister, don't worry first, isn't this still a confirmed situation?" It is not necessarily a river thief, even if it is a river thief, some river thieves only rob money and do not harm people's lives. β
Xiao Yurou on the side was also frightened, but this time she didn't have the heart to cry and pretend to be pitiful, but the young Liang Sanniang was so frightened that she cried and shrank behind Mrs. Liang, which made Mrs. Liang frown invisibly, and felt quite unhappy with her.
Looking at Liang Yuanniang's reaction again, I saw that as soon as she heard that there was a Jiang thief, she hurriedly grabbed Zhang Sheng, and asked vigorously, "What should I do?" What to do? How good is that? You're the pillar of our second room, so you have an idea! Don't be silent like a log! I knew that I would have let the third brother escort us on the road, he is better than you! β
Liang Yuanniang did not fall Zhang Sheng on weekdays, although Zhang Sheng had long been accustomed to it, but because of her words, he still blocked a bad breath, but he couldn't have a seizure, so he could only point to the man in charge of the second room, Liang Er: "What are you anxious about?" In which round did my father get me ''? β
When Second Master Liang saw Zhang Sheng call his name, he immediately waved his hand in a panic, and said incoherently: "I have never been out of the 'door'...... Stay at home all the time...... I have never encountered river pirates! I...... I don't know what to do...... Second Master Liang said and looked at Mrs. Liang with a look of help: "Sister-in-law, what do you say we should do now?" β
Mrs. Liang is the oldest in a group of people who left home and went to Beijing, and she is also the emperor's own wife, and she has followed Lord Liang out of the 'door' several times over the years, so she is more knowledgeable than everyone present, and she is more mature and calm when encountering problems.
I saw Mrs. Liang slam the table case to interrupt everyone's worried discussion, and shouted with a serious face: "Don't say it, isn't the situation unclear now?" The top priority is to confirm whether the other party is a river thief first, and then make plans! β
Gu Zheng quite agreed with Mrs. Liang's words, and she had wanted to do so for a long time, so as soon as Mrs. Liang spoke, she volunteered: "I'll go outside to find out the situation." After saying that, Gu Zheng went directly to the stern, and saw that there were several ships in the distance following their ship unhurriedly!
Gu Zheng thought to himself that if these small boats were really river pirates, they would definitely not only cover their rear, but would definitely be blocked by boats on the left and right, front and rear, and immediately rushed to the bow of the boat, and after careful observation, he found that only a few small boats were far away from the left and right, and there were no boats on the bow to surround them.
This situation made Gu Zheng see the last glimmer of hopeβββ for now, as long as they speed up the sailing, strive to leave those small boats far behind, and then sail all the way to the bustling port, they will have a chance to escape!
Gu Zheng told her opinion to Young Master Liang, Zhang Sheng and other men who came out later, and they also thought that what Gu Zheng said made sense, so they immediately asked the boatman to speed up, and be sure to distance himself from the rear and the boats on both sides!
I never thought that as soon as the Liang family's boat accelerated, the small boat that followed them also accelerated, and even the small boat that was originally far away on both sides of the Liang family's boat slowly turned and leaned over, making the faces of Gu Zheng and the others gradually become solemn......
"It's not uncommon to have boats on the river, but it's a little unusual to have so many boats on our left and right and behind us for a whileβββ I'm afraid those people on the boats are really river pirates!" Gu Zheng frowned and pointed to the small boat that was approaching their boat in an encirclement situation, and then looked directly ahead with a worried expression: "If my guess is correct, there will be a big ship in front of us when we turn this gorge!" When the time comes, as soon as these ships surround us from the front and back, from the left and right, we will be unable to fly! β
Gu Zheng's words made the faces of Young Master Liang and the others change in unison, and they quickly returned to the cabin, informing Mrs. Liang and the others of the situation they were about to face.
At this critical moment, Young Master Liang, the quasi-prince, stood up, and first calmly drank Yu's who was sobbing in a low voice: "Don't cry!" Can crying solve the dilemma? Crying made a few of us old men upset and 'messy', what do you think?! β
Young Master Liang shouted angrily, and Yu Shi covered his mouth tightly with his sleeve, not daring to make the slightest sound, only pitifully pulling the corners of Young Master Liang's clothes, as if only in this way could she feel a sense of security......
Young Master Liang didn't pay attention to her, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Mrs. Liang with a straight face: "For today's plan, we can only dock and abandon the ship before turning the gorge in front of us. β
"After we abandon the ship, they can easily take the ship's belongings, and if they get the money, they will not pursue our whereabouts again, and maybe they will leave the ship where it is, and give us a way to live, then we just have to wait for them to go away, and then turn back and get on the boat and get back on the road!"
Young Master Liang said and slowly glanced at everyone present with the attitude of the principal, and said in a serious tone: "Everyone must remember one thingβββ don't take the belongings you bring with you off the boat, leave as much as you want, and make the Jiang thieves think that we are only trying to escape for our lives, and we don't bring any soft money!" Only then will the river pirates not chase us ashore! β
Mrs. Liang refuted Young Master Liang's proposal with a habitual 'sex', with a bit of doubt and distrust in her tone: "Can you ensure that those river thieves will really do what you said, only take money and not hurt people's lives, and will leave the ship to us?" β
Things have come to this point, Young Master Liang has no mind and no need to please Mrs. Liang, I saw that he blocked Mrs. Liang in an unkind tone: "I can't guarantee anything, we can only gamble on it!" It's better to do what I say than to be trapped on the water and let the mermaid 'meat'! Don't forget that most of our boats are 'female' dependents, if you meet those river thieves, who can guarantee that the 'female' dependents will not be insulted?! β
Mrs. Liang trembled with anger from Young Master Liang's rude tone, but at present, the situation is in crisis, and many places still have to rely on Master Liang, a strong man, she knows that she can't be angry at Young Master Liang casually for a momentary anger, so she can only endure the dissatisfaction in her heart and ask Second Master Liang: "Second brother, what do you think of Da Lang's proposal?" β
Second Master Liang is a gentleman who only knows how to be idle all day long, and he is a well-known strict wife, he will not have any opinions in case of trouble, and will only cowardly look at Mrs. Liang's face 'color' to act, and now when he saw Mrs. Liang call his name, he immediately got used to looking at Mrs. Liang Er and asked: "Madam, what do you think?" β
Second Mrs. Liang is very capable of making decisions about the small things on weekdays, but when she encounters such a life-and-death matter, she has no opinion, not only for fear of being surrounded by river thieves on the water, 'plugging' wings and difficult to fly, but also afraid that it will be more dangerous after abandoning the boat, and she doesn't even have a place to live, so she can't say a word for a while......
Gu Zheng couldn't care about his younger age when he saw it, so he directly stood up and 'supported' Young Master Liang: "I think the eldest brother's method is feasible!" Auntie, we can't think of a better way now, so let's just do what the eldest brother says! Otherwise, if we drag it out any longer, things will only be detrimental to us, and it is likely that in the end, we will not even have a chance to dock nearby, abandon ship and escape! β
Gu Zheng's decisiveness made Young Master Liang look at her appreciatively, and Zhang Sheng on the side saw that Gu Zheng and a 'female' generation all stood up, and immediately followed up to 'support' Gu Zheng: "I am also in favor of acting according to the eldest brother's proposal." β
Before Zhang Sheng's words fell, a few more people stood up in agreement, although Mrs. Liang was unhappy, but she couldn't think of a better way for a while, so she could only adopt Liang's young master's proposal: "Since everyone thinks what Da Lang said is reasonable, then do as he says, let the boatman speed up first, and then find an opportunity to dock, as soon as the boat docks, we will evacuate to the island......"
After careful deliberation, the big guy decided to go his separate ways, and as soon as he got ashore, the troops were divided into two ways, one was that the eldest young master Liang led the group of people from the big house and the fourth lady of Liang and the fourth young master of Liang to the east; One way, Zhang Sheng led the second room and his party to the west with Gu Zheng and Xiao Yurou; The two passers-by first found a place to hide, and then set off smoke bombs to converge after making sure that the river thieves had left.
The boatman got the order and immediately complied, Young Master Liang took Zhang Sheng to the bow of the boat under the pretext of observing the actions of the river pirates, first looked around with a vigilant face, and saw that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and whispered in Zhang Sheng's ear: "Although this accident is extremely dangerous, it is a rare and good opportunity, and I 'want' to ...... it."
Young Master Liang whispered to tell Zhang Sheng what he was planning to do one by one, and the more Zhang Sheng listened to the 'look' on his face, the more he could not hide his shock, and in the end he was already shocked: "You really plan to do this?" β
"How the Gan family has treated me over the years, you don't know, the reason why I lost my virtue and made the emperor displeased, and now I haven't been established as the son of the world, isn't it because of her?! If God is willing to help me, I must take this opportunity to get back everything that belongs to me! β
Seeing that Zhang Sheng seemed to be going to persuade him again, Young Master Liang waved his hand to stop him without waiting for him to speak, and said in a firm tone: "I have made up my mind, you don't have to say more!" I'm thinking about the 'intersection' between you and me, and I'm going to put my plans together, and as for whether you want to seize this opportunity like me, you weigh it yourself...... I'm sure you won't reveal my plans even if you make a different choice from me. β
Zhang Sheng's heart was very conflicted: "You let me think about it carefully!" β
Young Master Liang nodded, and went to arrange the plan in his heart, leaving Zhang Sheng alone to stand alone in the bow of the boat. I saw Zhang Sheng's face 'pale' pondering for a long time, and a trace of bloodthirsty excitement gradually appeared in his eyesβββYes, no one is born to be trampled on the soles of his feet and humiliated by others!"
The plan went very smoothly, the Liang family's big ship soon approached the shore, Gu Zheng and his party left their belongings and quickly boarded a desert island, according to the pre-set plan, the soldiers divided into two ways, each looking for a place to hide.
And the river thieves who had been following them for a long time saw that the situation had changed, and immediately followed them to the shore, and those river thieves really took the lead in ransacking the big ship abandoned by Gu Zheng and his party as expected by Young Master Liang...... I never thought that the Jiang thieves did not leave after ransacking the big ship, but instead went ashore to search for the hiding place of Gu Zheng and the others, it seemed that they were going to kill them all!
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