Qingqing said, "Brother Leopard, can't you see that they are human traffickers?"

"Human traffickers?"

"yes! ”

The leopard didn't understand: "Since you know, why go with them?"

Cuicui smiled: "Isn't that more interesting?"

"Interesting?"

Qingqing said: "Sister Cui, if it weren't for Brother Leopard, we would have been put into a bag by them." Are you going to go with them instead of killing them? Aren't you afraid of being fooled a second time?"

"Hey, how can I imagine them lighting incense in the evening. The second time, they were so unfortunate that I had to dig out their nests and shovel them all out. ”

The leopard seemed to understand and asked, "Is that why you went with them?"

"What else can we do to get rid of them?"

Qingqing said: "Sister Cui, we better be careful!"

The leopard said, "Yes, if they turn us over, we will drown?"

"You can't swim?"

"How can I swim!"

Qingqing and Cuicui couldn't help but glance at each other, from whether they could swim or not, they could tell this, the leopard was not their young master.

Their young master has been a swimmer since he was a child and is very good at it.

Cuicui said: "It's okay, we can go into the water, even if the boat capsizes, you take a piece of wood, and we will naturally rescue you ashore." ”

Qingqing said: "Even so, Brother Leopard, you have to be careful. ”

Then they discuss what to do the next day.

Cuicui said: "Let's sleep, there is still an hour before dawn, and we can cheer up our spirits, and then we can fight with them." ”

Qingqing said: "Brother Leopard, we have been sleeping for a long time. Go get some sleep. ”

"Won't they come again?" asked the leopard.

"Unless they really don't want to kidnap us. ”

So the leopard went back to his room and slept.

At first, they were fighting in the room, shouting that the people in the store should wake up.

The leopard, however, after jumping back into his room to sleep, the inn was a quiet and became silent, nothing happened, in fact, they were squaking and the traffickers yelled, once they woke up from the dream, and then heard the shouting, but vaguely heard, thinking that your neighbor was talking in the middle of the night, and the people around him slept over, and the only small businessman, drank two glasses of wine, even if there was a gong, he could not hear.

The next morning, Qingqing, Cuicui, and Leopard counted the money and went to the river with breakfast.

The Min River is shrouded in a veil-like morning mist.

Man and ship, in the fog.

As expected, the man was waiting for them by the river.

He smiled and said, "Here you go!" I thought you weren't coming, but I was going to see you at the hotel. ”

Cuicui said: "There are such good places to eat, live and play in the capital, why don't we go there?

"She's waiting for you on the ship. ”

Cuicui asked again, "Which boat shall we take?"

The trafficker pointed to a boat on the other side of the river and said, "That boat is only a few steps away from here." ”

"Why don't you stop at this pier?"

"There are some transitional vessels, some fishing boats, and some unhired vessels," he said. The hired people will be placed in the lower reaches of the river so that no one will come and hire people again. ”

"So we don't know!"

In fact, traffickers are afraid of being seen, so they moor their boats away from the docks.

They boarded the ship with the traffickers.

"You are here," said the trafficker, smiling at her from the bow of the boat. Her smiling face was uglier than a crying face.

Qingqing and Cuicui didn't dare to look at her smiling face.

Cuicui said, "That's it, we're coming!"

"Then sit in the happy place of the boat, and you will soon be able to sail!"

Qingqing and Cuicui secretly watched everything on the ship.

It is a boat that usually walks on the Min River.

It has front and rear cabins, and the stern is where the boatman works, rests, and rests.

The bow of the boat is wide and pointed, and you can see the scenery near both sides of the river from standing or sitting.

In total, there were three boatmen, two sailors and a captain.

The captain was an elderly captain, two sailors, and a strong man.

Although Lulu and Cuicui didn't walk much on the river, they also saw the boats of the three boat owners, who were really people on the river, their skin tanned by the sun.

It's hard to say if they know how to do kung fu.

Qingqing asked, "Why should we wait a while before setting sail?"

"Maybe the boatman has some preparations, you go to the cabin first. ”

Cuicui asked, "Where do we sleep?"

"It's okay ahead, right?"

"You can sleep in the back, but on a smaller scale. ”

The leopard said, "We'll stay in the front cabin." ”

The traffickers said, "Okay, you sleep in the front hold, we sleep in the back hold." ”

Cuicui wants to look at the front and rear cabins before deciding, but Leopard said that he must live in the front cabin!

The man asked the stern, "Captain, are you ready to sail?"

The captain replied, "Oh!

A sailor was about to start pedaling when a panting man came up from the shore and shouted: "Slow down, wait for me." ”

The sailor was taken aback: "What do you want to do?"

"I'm on board!"

The man spoke, stepping from the gangplank to the bow of the boat.

Leopard, Qingqing, and Cuicui saw it, and were a little surprised, wasn't this person a small merchant who lived with him?

How could he be on this boat?

"Our ship," said the sailor, "has been chartered." ”

The merchant said, "Yes, you can give me another ride." ”

"You can do whatever you like. ”

"Ask for charterer. ”

"Who is the charterer?"

The little merchant watched the leopard, the green and the verdant from the cabin.

"Are these the three little brothers?"

Before the sailor could reply, the merchant came up to the gunwales and said, "It's me." ”

"Haha, it's you?"

The traffickers were stunned: "Do you know me?"

"Don't you recognize it now?"

"I don't know you. ”

"It doesn't matter. If we talk about it for a while, you'll definitely get to know me. ”

"I'm sorry, I can't be on this boat with anyone else. Please disembark. ”

"Alright, man, don't shut up. As the saying goes, when you go out, it's convenient to be with others, and it's convenient for yourself! You don't think there are too many people living there. I can sleep anywhere. Nothing can get in the way of your bow and canopy. ”

"Do you know where our ship is going?"

The little merchant touched his head and said, "Aren't you going to Leshan and the capital?"

"If you want to go to Leshan and the capital, please go to the dock and rent another boat. ”

"My friend, I asked, there is not a single boat on the dock that is going to the capital, they are all in the water. That's why I'm coming to you. ”

"How do you know we're going to Leshan and the capital?"

The little merchant grinned.

"You told me now, didn't you? I also know that the three little brothers in the cabin also went to the capital to play. ”

"I'm sorry, I can't take you there. ”

This trafficker had deceived three children so easily, how could he let anyone else interfere?

What if you leave him on the ship, say just a few words, and don't expose his ruse?

Won't you run away for money?

In addition, he is a peddler who often travels the country.

He has a lot of knowledge and experience, and his words are more tactful than what he himself says.

Of course he would understand his intentions.

No matter what the businessman said, the traffickers refused.

The little merchant said, "Hey, man, I'm not going to take this boat for no reason, I'll pay you double." ”

"You can't give ten times as much, please get off the boat, or I'll call the boatman to drive you away." ”

Qingqing and Cuicui didn't know what the origin of this businessman was, and at first they thought they were in the same group as human traffickers, so they were a little silent and watched coldly.

Listening to their conversation and seeing that the traffickers were determined to drive him away, she knew they weren't the only ones on the road.

Cuicui saw that the little merchant was talking interestingly, so she said, "Uncle, he is going to the capital, and there are not many people on the boat, so let him take this boat." ”

Leopard said: "Yes, he seems to be in a hurry, go to Chengdu City, let him go." ”

The little merchant hurriedly said, "These three little brothers are really good, I have an urgent matter to go to Leshan! Otherwise, I would not have come in such a hurry to ask for help." ”

The trafficker said: "Three little brothers, you don't know, these rivers and lakes are insidious and treacherous, and those who don't know should be careful." ”

The little merchant shouted, "Hey, you can eat whatever you like, but don't talk nonsense." I'm a small businessman and always do things fairly. I never deceive people. I never kidnap people. I never cheat on children. ”

The last two words of the merchant made the trafficker's heart weak, and he lowered his head and said, "Who knows who you are?"

"I'm a good merchant! If you don't believe me, you can go to Slate Creek Market and ask. ”

Qingqing asked the peddler: "What is the urgency for you to go to Leshan and the capital?"

"Worship the Buddha and return the gods. ”

"Oh? Does it matter?"

"Yes, yes, I'm afraid all three of my children are going to die. ”

Cuicui wondered: "What's going on?"

Because the night before yesterday, the Bodhisattva of great compassion gave me a dream, saying that I would not go to Leshan again, that the capital would worship the Buddha, and that my three children would not be saved in a few days!

"Then why don't you go overland? Isn't that faster?"

The merchant said, "Yes, isn't it much faster to ride on a horse than on a ship?"

The merchant shook his head. "No, no," he said, "Guanyin Bodhisattva told me to go by water, not by land." You don't know that the Guanyin Bodhisattva in my house is the most spiritual. How dare I disobey her? So, I can only go by boat, I dare not run away, and I hope you can help. ”

The leopard said, "Then you go rowing!"

Cuicui asked the traffickers: "If you don't take someone's house, we won't take a boat." ”

The trafficker hurriedly said, "Okay." It's a lifesaver!Why not!"

The little merchant said proudly, "Thank you very much! ”

The leopard said, "Go and sit down in the cabin." ”

"No, no! I'm going to sit in the bow of the boat! I don't dare disturb you. ”

The trafficker looked at him, didn't say a word, and turned back to the back of his hut.

He seemed to want to discuss with the woman what to do with the merchant.

The sailors pulled up the gangplank, shook the anchor, pushed the boat ashore, and pushed it into the middle of the river.

One day, a southeast wind blew, the sails were refrigerated, and the boat went upstream.

The merchant sat on a boat and looked up at the sky. He smiled and said to them, "Guanyin is a true spirit!

The southeast wind is blowing today, and the wind is smooth all the way, and we will arrive in Leshan tonight!"

Cuicui raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is your family's Guanyin very effective?"

"It worked, it worked, and in her dreams she would tell me about bad omens in my home. ”

"So you and your family are alive and well?"

The little merchant was taken aback and laughed again.

"How can there be no calamity? God also has calamity. How can we get rid of them? But knowing in advance that we can avoid evil and promote good? This is inevitable and predestined. For example, my grandmother, Guanyin Bodhisattva, sent me a dream saying that she ended her life and told me to be ready for an afterlife. When I was ready, my grandmother died. ”

The leopard opened her eyes and asked, "Is Guanyin really that magical?"

"Little brother, this depends on sincere worship of the Buddha! You can't get out without reverence. ”

Qingqing and Cuicui were also skeptical.

Cuicui asked again: "Then you are on the boat today, Guanyin said that it is dangerous?"

"Yes!

"Are you still on the boat?"

"Little brother, as the saying goes, there are three dangers for boats and horses, why is there no danger? But if I don't take a boat to walk, I will be even more dangerous!"

"Is this what Guanyin said to you?"

"Yes! Guanyin said that I have a thrilling ship, but I will meet a noble person, and I can dock! I think I have seen three little brothers, maybe noblemen. ”

Cuicui asked, "How are we nobles?"

"If those three brothers hadn't stood up for me, wouldn't I be on this boat? What if it wasn't a good transition? So I said these three little brothers were nobles. ”

Leopard, Qingqing, and Cuicui all smiled.

Cuicui asked, "Are we not allowed to be vicious?"

"No, no, if you are vicious, there will be no good gods in the world!"

The leopard said, "Uncle, why don't you go into the cabin and sit on the bow of the boat, isn't it dangerous if you fall?"

Qingqing also said, "Yes! Come in and sit down." Besides, the wind was blowing at the bow of the ship. ”

"Alright, alright, thank you very much!"

The merchant carried his baggage into the hut and sat down.

Cuicui asked again: "What are you carrying in your baggage, is it a commodity?"

"No, no, I really went to worship the Buddha, how dare I do business with goods? The bag contained food, wine, and meat for the Buddha and his stomach. ”

The leopard asked curiously, "How do you worship your own belly?"

The merchant blinked and said, "I have a temple in my belly." It has internal organs. When it was evil, I couldn't stand it. So I had to sacrifice first with wine and meat.

Qingqing and Cuicui laughed: "You say that, aren't you afraid of offending the Bodhisattva?"

"I'd rather offend a bodhisattva than offend it. ”

The merchant smiled wryly and said, "Not very well! The god of wine in my stomach has risen again! ”

Qingqing and Cuicui smiled, thinking that the merchant was funny.

As expected, the merchant took out a jar of wine from his bag, no less than five or six catties, and had not yet opened it.

He lifted the dirt from the ground and opened the jar of wine, and the smell of wine filled his face and made him want to drink.

Leopard was surprised and asked, "What kind of wine are you? So sweet?"

"Luzhou Daqu, precious wine. Would you like something to drink, brother?"

The leopard had no other hobby than to drink, and he swallowed his saliva and said, "It's so fragrant, I really want to drink two glasses." ”

"Come on, little brother, don't be restrained. ”

The merchant took out four yellow wooden cups from his bosom: "We business people always smoke and drink with us. ”

He asked Qingqing and Cuicui again, "Do you drink?"

Qingqing said, "Thank you very much! ”

The merchant said to the leopard, "Little brother, and then let's have a drink together!"

He poured two glasses of wine, one for the leopard and one for himself.

"Come, brother, I toast you. ”

With that, he wiped his mouth dry and turned the cup upside down to look at the bottom.

The leopard said, "Thank you very much! It's really mellow and sweet. I'm afraid it's been 10 years. ”

The merchant was surprised and said, "Little brother, how do you know it's been ten years old? ”

The leopard said, "Uncle, I only need two glasses." ”

"Yes! I'm on the right side of the boat. Have I met you, an alcoholic?"

The merchant also took out crispy peanuts, braised pork ears, braised beef, and so on.

Cuicui asked, "Did you put these things in?"

"Yes, and some silver and gold, not less than a hundred taels. ”

"A hundred taels, uncle, aren't you afraid that we will take away your business?"

The merchant smiled and said, "Little brother, don't laugh." Why do you want to do this to me? A merchant who has a hundred taels of silver can buy a good piece of land, and a hundred taels of silver can buy at least nine acres of land. ”

Cuicui asked again: "You don't do business, what are you doing with so much silver?"

"Buy wine!"

"All the wine?

"The god of wine in my heart, who does not drink, but who lives all day long. He did evil that I should not die. It took almost all the money I made in my business. ”

Qingqing smiled and asked, "Can't you have one less drink?"

"No, I'd rather quit drinking than drink less. ”

"Aren't you afraid that we'll throw you into the river when you're drunk?"

The merchant jumped up: "Little brother, don't scare me. ”

"You'd better drink less. ”

The leopard said, "Uncle, they are joking with you. Here, let's drink!"

This time, the leopard drank first.

The merchant sat down again and laughed.

"You scared the hell out of me. Okay, cheers!"

He and Leopard drank a left glass, a right one, a can of wine, and soon half disappeared.

Qingqing said to the leopard: "You have a left cup and a right cup, aren't you afraid of getting drunk?"

The leopard said, "Don't be afraid, I won't get drunk." ”

The peddler said, "I'm not going to get drunk either." ”

Suddenly, a whisper sounded in the ears of Leopard, Qingqing and Cuicui: "Three little brothers, pay attention, he is going to smoke in the back cabin."

I have an antidote in my peanuts, you can eat some, why don't we pretend to be poisoned and see how it works. ”

Leopard, Qingqing, and Cui Cui stared at the merchant in amazement.

The merchant winked at them and said, "Children, don't drink, eat some peanuts." ”

Then he whispered to them, "Don't show your faces." I was sent by Guanyin Bodhisattva. Let's see what they want us to do, or we won't be able to get into their lair!"

The leopard didn't understand that there was such kung fu in martial arts.

He looked around in amazement, wondering how his ears could make such a sound.

From the mouth of that merchant uncle?

But I didn't see his mouth moving!

Qingqing and Cuicui were even more surprised, they couldn't imagine that this little businessman turned out to be a martial arts master, who didn't show his face, and dressed the small businessman vividly, vividly, and not to be seen.

Because of the ability to transmit profound sounds into people's ears, not only can they understand the method of this martial art, but also have a deep internal force to use it.

Although the leopard has a deep internal force, he doesn't know this martial art method, so he can't either.

Qingqing and Cuicui glanced at each other and said, "Since Uncle asked us to eat, we don't have to be polite!"

"Come on, let's eat! Don't be polite to me. ”

But Cuicui is shrewd and more careful, and she almost put the trafficker in a sack and sold it because of her carelessness last night.

Traffickers must be on the lookout for everywhere, but for this unknown hidden martial artist, a small businessman, although he said that the master sent it, he was not completely reassured.

Rivers and lakes are indeed sinister and cannot be stopped.

So when eating peanuts, he secretly took out three jade black pearl pills, he took one, picked up two peanuts with his hands, Tibetan jade pill female black pearls, and said to the leopard: "Believe it or not, these two peanuts are very crispy, do you want to try them?"

Before the leopard understood, Qingqing understood and said, "I don't believe it." ”

"If you don't believe it, then you can eat it!"

Cuicui fed them one by one, and let them take the jade black pearl pill hidden in it, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qingqing smiled: "It's not sweet and crispy!"

The ship is approaching the western town.

Not far from West Town, Wutong Bridge Town.

Unsurprisingly, the drug dealers slowly blew mesmerizing smoke through cracks in the rear hatch.

The smoke took advantage of the southeast wind, light as a river mist, and people could not distinguish it, until they smelled its incense, and it had already been poisoned.

The merchant winked at them.

He fell down with a thud.

The man in the back cabin said, "It's good!"

Leopard, Qingqing, and Cui'er also deliberately fell down from the back of the unconscious.

The man and woman stepped out of the rear compartment and laughed.

"Let you be like a ghost, and you will wash your feet with me. They said.

The man said, "Bitch, you tie them up first!"

He pointed to the leopard and said, "This child is so strong that I must break his hand before I can release my hatred, because my hand is hurt." ”