Chapter 47: The Assassination of the Ferry
Shen Hanxi only brought Long Pan and a few shadow guards with him when he went out this time. Xia Xiaoqiu was not steady enough, so he was naturally not among the entourage. A group of people pretended to be merchants and went to Hangzhou Mansion by waterway.
The water transportation in the south of the Yangtze River is developed, and a large ship bound for Hangzhou can accommodate hundreds of people. The dumb man lived in a cabin with Long Pan and other entourage, and Song Ran lived in another room with Shen Hanxi, but fortunately, there was a small room in the cabin, and there was no inconvenience.
Despite the comfortable environment, after dangling on the boat for a long time, Song Ran was inevitably a little seasick. With Shen Hanxi's consent, she went to the outside deck to blow the wind. It was already night, and there were fishing fires floating on the vast water.
After a gust of river breeze, she was in slightly better shape. The mute came out at some point, and looked at the river with her in a daze. During this time, I heard her cough twice, and the dumb man silently unbuttoned her robe and pressed it on her shoulder. Before Song Ran could thank him, he suddenly heard the sound of retching beside him. turned his head and saw a sturdy man next to him, vomiting all kinds of meat and vegetables. Two young people surrounded him, one supported him, the other patted him on the back, and asked him worriedly: "Manager Long, are you okay, you started to vomit not long after you set off, and you vomit now, why don't you get off the boat in Suzhou Mansion in front of you......"
"Bastard, Hangzhou Mansion has not arrived, how can I leave my son! ...... vomit"
"But Childe said it, you really vomited and upset him."
The man raised his head weakly, and the muscles on his face trembled: "Even if I vomit out my whole stomach, I will send my son to Hangzhou Mansion safely." They are all around me and are doing nothing, and they are not going in to serve their son. ...... vomit"
No one expected that this mighty commander of the Eastern Court would be a seasick landlubber.
After all, he was a fellow traveler, Song Ran really couldn't stand it, and couldn't help but walk towards him, and said, "You can try to hold down three inches below his wrist, and then find a piece of ginger, and put it in his mouth for half an hour, but there will be some relief." If it doesn't work, go find a ship doctor and show him. ”
These people brought by Shen Hanxi have always been a little wary and hostile to her and the mute, and she doesn't want to have too much contact with them, so after speaking, she bowed slightly, turned around and returned to the cabin.
The mute also glanced at Long Pan and walked away.
Although Long Pan was wary of the master and servant, he succumbed to the churning vomiting sensation, so he had to try to press his wrist according to her method for a while, and the shadow guard who was traveling with him went to find ginger for him to swallow, and the spicy taste really suppressed the feeling of nausea......
The largest cabin on the ship, the roof is painted with wisteria roses, and there are several carpets on the floor with brocade patterns, making the whole room look luxurious.
The man, dressed in a white robe and dressed as a suave merchant, was leaning lazily behind the desk, and a silver mask was placed at his hand to cover his face when he went out.
As soon as Song Ran entered, he saw him, and hurriedly called: "My lord." ”
It was the time of dinner, and on the table in front of him, there were already five or six dishes, both meat and vegetarian, and although the dishes were not as exquisite as those he usually ate, they were already the best treatment on this ship.
He said lightly: "Come here." ”
His order had always been brief, and those two words were to let her go over for dinner.
"The folk girl doesn't have much appetite, so you can eat it."
As she spoke, she was about to go into her room, but she heard him say, "If you don't eat, come and sit down." ”
Song Ran had no choice but to walk over and sit down opposite him. He saw that she had a man's robe on her shoulders, and his eyes couldn't help but be slightly cold.
There were two knocks on the door from outside the door, Shen Hanxi said "come in", and saw Long Pan pushing the door in.
He arched his hand: "My lord." ”
Shen Hanxi asked him, "Don't vomit?" ”
Long Pan smiled awkwardly: "It's the incompetence of his subordinates." Glancing at the woman sitting across from him, he said, "Fortunately, with Miss Song's guidance, it's okay now." He has clear grievances, and there have always been a lot of courtesies, and it is also to prevent people from falling into the handle, so he won't look at Song Ran anymore, and said, "My lord, early tomorrow morning, the boat will dock in Suzhou Mansion, and you can go to Hangzhou Mansion the next day." ”
Shen Hanxi nodded and said, "There are many people on the boat, so be careful." ”
Long Pan said: "Don't worry, my lord. ”
Shen Hanxi lightly ordered: "Go and ask someone to cook a bowl of ginger and Suye porridge and send it to Miss Song." ”
Ginger and soybean leaf porridge has the effect of warding away cold. Song Ran paused and said busily, "Thank you, my lord." ”
She still remembered the unpleasantness between them, but he seemed to have forgotten it, but he looked at her eyes with detachment. Waiting for Long Pan to bring the porridge over, she stirred it with a spoon, and was about to eat, but he stopped her: "What are you doing in such a hurry." He turned his head to Long Pan and said, "Bring the silver needle." ”
After trying it with a silver needle, he said, "Eat it." ”
Long Pan's eyes retreated, and Shen Hanxi bumped into Song Ran's eyes and asked her, "Do you think that this official is a little too cautious and cautious?" Without waiting for her to answer, he continued, "When I first served as the commander of the Imperial Health Division, there was a king in the capital, and he gave the official a stunning beauty at the banquet. It is really a country and a city, and it is amazing to the world. ”
At this point, he deliberately paused for a moment.
Song Ran said: "Those who can enter the eyes of adults must be good beauties." ”
The smile on his lips deepened slightly: "The one that can make this official unforgettable, that is indeed the first one." ”
Song Ran didn't know how he talked about the scandalous incident many years ago, although he didn't want to listen to it, he could only cooperate: "What happened later? ”
"Later, she walked on dance music, brought wine, and came to the official - self-recommended pillow seat."
His voice is very good, and the four words "self-recommended pillow" are said in his slow tone, which brings out a lot of touching charm.
Song Ran only felt that his heart moved, and he couldn't help but look up at him, the young man in front of him had handsome eyebrows, a straight nose and thin lips, and a warm and detached smile in his eyes. If these words were said by others, he would be indecent, but he was graceful and calm, and there was no erotic meaning in his eyes, but a touch of careless casualness.
Song Ran buried his head in eating porridge and didn't answer his words.
Instead, he took the initiative to ask her, "Isn't Miss Song curious, what happened later?" ”
"Since the king wants to dedicate this beauty to the lord, and you can see it, and then ...... It's a matter of course. ”
I have recommended myself to the pillow seat, I am a red silk tent and a gentle township, do you still need her to say it?
After all, she is a young girl who has not yet come out of the cabinet, and when she talks about the realm of "water comes naturally", her ears are already slightly red.
Shen Hanxi saw her reaction and chuckled: "What Miss Song thinks in her heart is that it will come naturally, but what this official is facing is a poor dagger." ”
He didn't continue, but picked up the teapot next to him, poured out a glass of water, and said leisurely: "The grass on the grave of that stunning beauty and the king is only seven feet tall now." ”
Early the next morning, the ship docked at the ferry port in Suzhou, which is a large shipping place, and some merchants want to unload and load the goods, and the ship will stop here for half an hour. Many boat passengers temporarily go to the tea shop near the ferry port to rest, where merchants gather, coming and going from the south to the north, very lively. Everywhere you can hear the cries of selling, candy preserves, silk tea, and so on.
Long Pan, who was dressed in disguise, and several shadow guards cheered up and paid attention to the movements around them.
Shen Hanxi was dressed as a Confucian merchant, and the delicately carved silver mask covered half of his face, and also hid a little bit of his cold temperament, so that his appearance would not be so eye-catching.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem, ......"
Yesterday, a cool breeze blew, and when Song Ran got up early this morning, he felt lightheaded, his throat was hoarse, and he was not prepared for a while, but he still suffered from the cold.
The dumb man said, "I'll go find a pharmacy and grab a few pills." "Although there is a ship doctor on the ship, there is a shortage of medicinal materials, and even if there is, it is not a good product, and it is necessary to prevent the bad guys from doing something in the medicine, so it is better to find a place to catch it here, and then it is safer to fry it on the ship.
Song Ran glanced at Shen Hanxi, and seeing that he had no objection, he said, "Go, go and go back quickly." ”
She watched the dumb man leave, picked up the ginger tea and took a sip, but she choked on it because she was in a hurry, and covered her mouth and coughed again.
Shen Hanxi didn't expect her body to be so weak, and she became sick when she said she was sick. Long Pan was already a little reluctant to take a woman out of his family, but now he looks at her with even more disgust. Although this girl's appearance is okay, but it can't be called stunning, where is it worth being like an adult?
Shen Hanxi took off his white satin cloak, handed it to her, and said, "Put it on." ”
She hesitated for a moment, then took it.
Long Pan snorted disdainfully in his heart, and was staring at her with explicit eyes, trying to find out what was different, but suddenly saw Shen Hanxi backhanded, threw the teacup in his hand behind him, and hit the forehead of the sneak attacker, the other party was tall and big, and was forced to take a few steps back by a small teacup.
Together, this movement shows the killing opportunity. I saw that several big men who were originally scattered in the tea shop lifted the hats on their heads one after another, drew their knives and jumped over.
Long Pan's eyebrows froze for a moment, and he lifted the table at hand and slammed it into the swarming assassins, and several other shadow guards also drew their swords to meet them, and in an instant, the sword flashed and the sword shadowed.
Song Ran didn't expect this variable, and as soon as he got up in a panic, the table in front of him was smashed in half by a body. A stool slammed into her next side, and she closed her eyes, but she didn't get any impact. She opened her eyes and saw Long Pan blocking in front of her, and looked back at her: "Still stunned, hide next to adults!" With that, he threw himself into the fight again.
Song Ran's brain was dazed, but when she saw a person holding a knife and slashing towards Shen Hanxi, her brain was hot, she picked up a stool beside her, and smashed it on the person's head......
The other party covered the back of his head and turned his head, his eyes met, and Song Ran's heart trembled.
The assassin came back to his senses, and was about to slash her viciously, but someone suddenly grabbed her wrist, only to feel a deep internal force coming from that hand, and the bone was almost broken. With his wail, his massive body was thrown out heavily.
Shen Hanxi pulled Song Ran to his side and commented lightly: "If you don't have the ability, you have to come to save me." Although he was disgusted, there was a faint smile in his eyes.
Look at the person who attacked Shicai, who was holding the broken wrist bone in the ruins, screaming incessantly.
Song Ran said in a trembling voice: "My lord." Who are they? ”
Shen Hanxi protected her and replied decisively: "I don't know." ”