Since this is the case, Tong Fen has a lot of reason to hate the chief helmsman. Their helmsman should be very suspicious of him. But why did the chief helmsman keep him at the most oily and watery pond pier, instead of transferring him elsewhere or demoting him? ”

Xing Zhu didn't know how to answer, handed her the pearl ear bell, and said uncertainly: "Maybe their helmsman is a very generous person." ”

Xie Wan put on the ear bell with a smile, looked at himself in the mirror, and said, "If you were generous, you wouldn't blame the people below for the big guy Water Sacrifice General Dou." ”

Xing Zhu was dumbfounded.

Gu Xing came back when she was holding the lamp, and when she came back, she was covered in dust.

"Mr. Cheng and Qian Zhuang have already boarded the boat in the downstream of Cangzhou, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach the Cangzhou wharf around the time, I have turned around the wharf a few times, and the young envoy is really difficult to wait, I see that what the master of Tian Duo said is scored."

Xie Wan looked at the time, it was almost time, so he got up and said, "Gu Xing stays at the inn to rest, let's go and take a look." ”

It's always a little reassuring that she doesn't go to see this matter in person, especially Huo Jue also said that Tong Fen is insidious and cunning, since this is the case, the Qing envoy is afraid that it is not so easy to deal with. Although she won't show up to meddle, her food is unloaded in Jingshi after all, and she won't have to deal with Tong Fen's people in the future, so it's better to go and see than not knowing anything.

So the three of them drove to the pier.

In fact, it is less than twenty miles away, and it will be there after squinting in the car for a while. The place where they got off was on the pier where the southbound boat docked, and the dock where the trouble was going to be tonight was on the other side.

They landed downstream away from the dock. There are rows of houses along the river, and there are narrow passages between the houses to reach the riverbank, Huo Jue tied the carriage under the locust tree by the river, and waited for Xing Zhu to help Xie Wan out of the car.

Xie Wan stood firm and looked at the opposite side, only to see that the row of buildings opposite was extremely lively and brightly lit at night, many figures were coming and going on the shore of the water, and there were constant shouts, thinking that it must be the rudder of the Cao Gang in Cangzhou.

She looked down at the black crushed boats on the sparkling water and said, "This is too far away, what can you see?" ”

Huo Jue looked at the other side. "It's the safest place," he said. "Obviously didn't want her to get too close.

Xie Wan looked around. He was instructed, "Go and rent a fishing boat." Let's go to the middle of the river to have a look. ”

Xing Zhu thought for a while and said, "There are no fishing boats on the canal. There may be a small raft, I'll look for it. ”

Huo Jue called Xing Zhu: "The black light is blind, you stay." I'll go. "Say it. In a flash, he disappeared into the night.

Xie Wan just wanted to find a leeward place to stand. Suddenly, someone walked back to the other side, and it was Huo Jue who suddenly turned around again, and actually took her hand and took her to stand under the eaves of a private house. I don't know where to get a velvet cover that I know is good fur when I touch it, and put it on her bare hands.

Then he hugged her to a small broken boat that was buckled upside down under the eaves, patted her arm comfortingly, and then walked away again!

Seeing Xing Zhu stunned.

Xie Wan sat on the high bow of the boat, with walls on both sides to block the wind, and plush leather covers on his hands, no longer cold. But remembering that she was actually carried here by him, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her head.

He hugged her so grandly! Hug his owner!

Fortunately, Xing Zhu's eyes flashed, and he quickly returned to normal, and then sat quietly in the shadows under the boat.

She touched her old face in two lives, it was a little hot.

It didn't take long to hear the sound of water flowing from far and near, Xing Zhu stood up from the shadows, looked at the river, looked up at Xie Wan and said, "Girl sit inside, I'll take a look and see if Huo Jue is here." ”

Xie Wan nodded and carefully moved inside.

After a while, I heard footsteps gently under the boat, and then the bow of the boat moved slightly, and a man jumped on the bow of the boat, and said softly as if he was afraid of startling something: "It's me." Then, before Xie Wan could get ready, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he had already grabbed her arm hidden in the darkness, pulled her over, and skillfully led her to jump off the bow of the boat.

His movements were decisive and natural, as if it was normal to hold her like this.

Xie Wan had already smelled the faint ambergris from the night breeze blowing, and knew that it was Huo Yao. It's just that although she is informal, she has been held by him many times tonight, and as a girl's family, it is a little awkward.

She pulled her hand out. Huo Jue glanced at her in the night and said, "Don't think too much, I'm just afraid that you will fall and ask me to help you." As he spoke, he led her down the slope.

Xie Wan was speechless, but fortunately, the night was dark, but he couldn't see it.

The boat had been found, it was a small raft with a small tent, and when Huo Jue went ashore to pick her up, Xing Zhu was waiting on the boat.

Xie Wan asked, "What time is it?" Has our ship ever come? ”

Huo Jue rowed to the opposite side in the direction of the ferry boat on both sides, and said, "It should be three o'clock now, and our grain boat should have arrived." If my guess is correct, it should be the third in the row of boats in front. "He can even do things like rowing.

Xie Wan lifted the curtain and looked at the opposite wharf, and sure enough, he saw a long line of grain ships waiting for Gai Guanwen. The first and second were already moving forward, and on the third boat, people in official uniforms and gang costumes were getting off the boat.

Xing Zhu looked at her with a smile: "It seems that it has been routinely checked, and then it is time for the show to begin." ”

The three of them looked at each other on the boat, and sure enough, it didn't take long for there to be a noise on the boat, and then Qian Zhuang was heard shouting: "...... I'm going to ask them for an explanation! We're not fooled either! Then the group hurried down the boat and followed the gangway to the dock.

Someone on the dock soon responded, Qian Zhuang had a big voice, Cheng Yuan was good at speaking, and the two sang and harmonized, which soon attracted a large group of people.

After another moment, a man embroidered with green armor on the front and back of his shirt rushed to the noisy place.

Xie Wan perked up and said, "Paddle the boat closer!" ”

The small wooden boat slowly approached the bottom of the dock, just enough distance to see the faces of the people facing the water. There are a few small Upong boats moored here, which are supposed to be used for walking on both sides of the river.

"The one wearing the armor-patterned green clothes is Mu Gui, the green envoy of the Cao Gang. Tian Kun guessed well, Mu Gui's mother and Tong Fen's mother are cousins, even if Tong Fen has never explained to him, Mu Gui will also help them squeeze Tian Kun. ”

Huo Jue looked up with his chin slightly raised and said quietly.

Xie Wan glanced at him and said, "You have made some fame in this Jianghu, you know this, could it be that you are doing an errand to collect intelligence?" ”

Huo Yao smiled, picked up the raft, and brought the boat a little closer.

Now, I can vaguely hear the content of their conversation.

At this time, Tian Kun had already arrived, and he was playing the role of deep and thin mud. Roughly as arranged in advance, Cheng Yuan brought up Xie Rong's name, forcing the Qing envoy Mu Ji to come up with an explanation for the negligence of the ship's inspection. Cheng Yuan had already been prepared, and their incorruptible tongue forced them to be powerless.

And this Mu Qi is not easy to deal with, and is trying to push the responsibility on Tian Kong. Of course Tian Kun didn't do it, and the three conveniences became a mess.

Xie Wan looked at Na Mu Gui, and saw that he was in his thirties, tall and thin, and his eyes flickered, not like a good person. So I guessed what kind of person Tong Fen was. It seemed that they could already hold on to this mileage, so they thought of retreating.

She turned around and said, "Go back." ”

The small wooden boat slid gently on the water again, but as soon as he withdrew from the dock, Huo Jue suddenly stopped his hands again.

Xie Wan said: "What's wrong? ”

He frowned and looked ahead, "There's a boat ahead." ”

Not far ahead, there is a small patch of small wooden boats moored in the inlet, which are supposed to be used to travel between the two piers opposite each other on weekdays, because they stay in this inlet when not in use. But now there were large wooden boats parked in the inlet, and the cabins were tightly sealed.

Xing Zhu said: "Although it is a larger ship, it is nothing to stop here temporarily. ”

After Xie Wan saw it, he also said with a solemn face: "No, you look at its hull again." ”

The hull of the ship was visibly sunk into the water, and if you looked closely at the waves on the water's surface, you could see that the hull was not so balanced in front and back, and it shook from time to time. From this, it can be concluded that there are people sitting on the ship.

"When we came just now, we didn't have this boat." Huo Jue frowned and said.

Xie Wan waved his hand, "Drive back again." Observe who it is. ”

Huo Yao obviously had this intention, so he quietly returned to the previous shadow by the shelter of the ships shuttling back and forth.

There was still a lot of noise on the dock, and Mu Ji had gradually lost the upper hand here, and he was about to give in and beg for mercy.

The place where the small wooden boat was located was not obscured from view, so Xie Wan could clearly see that in the tightly sealed boat at the inlet, the curtain suddenly opened, and a sturdy man walked out of it, stepping on the moored wooden boat and quietly going up to the dock.

Xie Wan subconsciously looked over his head and stared at Mu Qi's side.

She intuitively felt that the man was coming for Mu Gui, so she didn't dare to let it go at all.

Sure enough, there were soon two more people around Mu Gui, and among them was the sturdy man who came out of the boat. Mu Gui saw the person appear, his expression suddenly relaxed, and then he saw the man lying on his ear and saying a few words, Mu Gui's expression was grim, and he quickly nodded to him a few times, and then the expression on his face regained his composure.

“…… Some other day...... Ji Ge Lao ...... Mr. Xie......"

The sound of the above voice was blown intermittently by the wind, but after hearing these words and the smug flamboyance in them, Xie Wan could also guess that he was going to bring out Ji Ge Lao to be a peacemaker. Xie Rong was promoted by Ji Ge Lao, and now Cheng Yuan is playing under the guise of Xie Rong, and they will bring out another Ji Ge Lao here, Tian Kun and Cheng Yuan, do they still have anything to say? (To be continued.) )

ps: Thank you for the pink tickets and tips, I will continue to do a good job next month... Dou Xie Rong...