Chapter Twenty-Four: Revealing His True Nature
This time, Wu Bao, who was anxious to watch the battle, waved his hand and shouted loudly to those catchers. "Come on, give it to me! Chop this kid up for me. ”
As soon as Wu Bao shouted like this, the four catchers who were originally standing behind him to protect him also rushed towards Yu Ren together.
But not long after Wu Bao's words fell, he was put on his neck by a short blade. Wu Bao felt a chill on his neck. This fright was not trivial, and Wu Bao even trembled in his legs. Growing up so big, he has always lived in pampering, and he has never encountered such danger. Wu Bao panicked all of a sudden.
"Good, good man! Exercise restraint. Wu Bao said with a trembling voice.
The person who used a short blade to hold Wu Bao's neck was Cao An. The plan he had just discussed with Yu Ren was to let Yu Ren attract the enemy with all his might in the front, and then he was responsible for catching this guy from behind, taking advantage of Wu Bao's inattention. and then threatened with this guy's life, forcing them to let the two of them out of here.
"Tell your men to stop immediately." Cao An shouted at Wu Bao.
"Oh, oh! You, you, all stop for me. Wu Bao gave an order to the fast hunters who were fighting with Yu Ren in front.
When those catchers didn't know why Wu Bao wanted them to stop, they looked up and saw that Wu Bao had been put on the neck by Cao An's knife.
Yu Ren and Cao An, who had kidnapped Wu Bao, finally left the city as they wished. They headed for the docks. And Wu Bao, as a hostage, naturally followed them. In this way, it was difficult for those fast catchers, they did not dare to get too close, nor did they dare not chase, so they had to follow the three from a distance.
As soon as Yu Ren and Cao An arrived at the dock with Wu Baocai, they saw that Ying'er was already there waving to them.
"Quick, this way."
Yu Renxun looked for prestige and saw a small merchant ship anchored on the shore. Ying'er stood at the bow of the boat and shouted to Yu Ren. Seeing that Yu Ren not only brought back his scholar, but also brought another fat man, Ying'er couldn't help but be puzzled. At this time, Li Yu came out.
As soon as Li Yucai got out of the cabin, he saw that something was wrong with the situation. Although Cao An deliberately changed the short blade on Wu Bao's neck to his back in order not to attract attention, Li Yu still saw it.
Seeing that things had come to this point, Li Yu knew that there was absolutely no room for maneuver. So, she immediately made a decision and shouted to the ship's boss. "Boatman, get ready to sail."
The captain of the boat came running over with some surprise. "Didn't we say okay, wait a little longer? I still have a few regular customers here who haven't arrived. Miss doesn't have to rush here, right? ”
Li Yu didn't speak, she just took out a gold ingot full of twenty taels from her sleeve and handed it to the boat boss.
"Isn't that enough to compensate for the ship's losses?"
As soon as the captain saw the ingot of gold, he said no more, but quietly put it in his sleeve, and then shouted to the sailors, "Set sail, set sail, set sail at once." ”
When the main sail of the ship was raised, Yu Ren and Cao An also got on the gangplank.
As soon as Cao An saw that the ship was about to leave, he pushed Wu Bao forward. "Boy, learn to be good in the future. Don't hit me again. ”
Wu Bao was frightened at this time, and surrounded by a group of catchers who caught up, he could only watch Yu Ren and the merchant ship they were riding sail away. Actually, he could have asked the boatman to stop the boat. As long as he shows his identity, he says that he will not allow the boatman to go to sea. Well, the captain of the ship would never dare to disobey his orders. You must know that he is the son of the prefect, although Li Yu gave twenty taels of gold, but compared with the son who offended the prefect, as long as he still wants to mix in Fujian in the future, he will choose to give up the former.
However, at this time, Wu Bao had just escaped from Cao An's hands, and his heart was still pounding, not to mention that he couldn't think of this layer, even if he thought of it, he didn't dare to ask the boatman to stop the boat, lest Cao An, the kid with a short knife, get off the boat and come to him again. Although there were already a large number of catchers around him at this time, Wu Bao still didn't feel safe. So, he didn't call the boat to stop.
Yu Ren stood at the bow of the boat, until the people on the dock became as small as ants, and finally he could not be seen, and then he returned to the cabin.
Yu Ren's cabin is a single room specially chartered by Li Yu. It's not huge, but it's big enough for the four of them.
"After a long time, I finally left this place of right and wrong." Yu Ren couldn't help but sigh.
"I don't think it's that Fuzhou is bad. The main thing is that there is a follower who always follows, which is the most annoying. Ying'er said.
Li Yu smiled and scolded the little girl, "You know again." ”
Ying'er said unconvinced, "Miss, isn't what I said right?" Does Miss like to be with that ass-worm? ”
Li Yu did not argue. "Yes, you're right!"
A few people were talking in the cabin, when they heard the boatman outside suddenly shouting. "Hey! Lao Jiu, didn't you say that you would go to sea tomorrow? Why is it coming out now? ”
I heard a faint voice in the distance, "Who said it wasn't!" However, the plan did not change quickly! For those of us who do business, when we go to sea, the guests still have the final say! When it's our turn, it's up to us. ”
The ship on this side didn't talk anymore.
After a while, the boat boss outside shouted loudly again, "What? Lao Jiu, don't you want to hit the boat, or what? Why are they so close? ”
This time, the voice on the other side was clearer. "I can't help it! This distinguished guest on my ship insisted that I send him to your ship. I didn't fold it either! ”
When the boat boss heard this, he couldn't help but be anxious, "No, this can't work!" We're out to sea. If the two ships get too close, it is easy to collide, and you Lao Jiu won't even know this common sense! "Actually, the boss of this boat knew in his heart that the person on the opposite boat was coming for Li Yu and his group. But since he had received Li Yu's twenty taels of gold, he couldn't let the other party's people catch up. As for what happens after he goes ashore, then he doesn't care.
This is the rule of the rivers and lakes - take people's money and eliminate disasters with people. Although Li Yu and the others looked very young, and they didn't look like people who were used to going to the rivers and lakes, the boat boss still thought that he couldn't deceive them and had to follow the rules.
Yu Ren heard the conversation between the captain of the ship and the man in the cabin, so he got up and went out to see it.
"You'd better sit here! Just let Ying'er go and see. She knows this boat well, and she can talk better when she has something. Li Yu said.
Yu Ren listened to Li Yu's reasoning, so he didn't insist.
Ying'er opened the hatch and came outside. Then he saw a merchant ship in the same form as the one he was riding, sailing on the sea that was about the same parallel as his own ship. Ying'er saw at a glance a few people standing on the opposite deck, and among them was Li Xianzhong.
Ying'er leaned towards the mast. She didn't want Li Xianzhong to see her.
Li Xianzhong stood on the deck of the ship opposite, shouting to the boss of the ship on this side. "Ship owner, as long as you take me, I will pay him fifty taels, how about it?"
The boat boss didn't speak.
"One hundred taels, how's it going?" Li Xianzhong shouted.
The boat boss put down the rope in his hand and said to Li Xianzhong, "This son will be mistaken." It's not that the villain thinks you don't have enough money from the old man, but that the villain has already received money from another son. If you are entrusted by men, you must be faithful. Even if Childe gives the villain more money now, the villain can't let Childe get on the boat. This is the rule, and the villain can't help it. ”
When Li Xianzhong heard this, he couldn't help but be angry. And he drew the sword from his belt. Only then did I remember that the other party was still separated from me by dozens of feet of the sea. So he scolded, "Aren't you afraid of death, boatman? If you don't let us cross, I'll kill you. ”
The boatman arched to Li Xianzhong and said, "The villain is just a boat runner." Naturally afraid of death. But I think Childe is extraordinary, and I think I will definitely not follow those pirates and kill people casually! ”
When Li Xianzhong heard this, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. "This time, old man, you're wrong. Not only do I have to learn from that pirate today, but I also have to rob people. What can you do? ”
The boss of the boat is also a person who has been walking on the rivers and lakes for a long time, so naturally he will not be frightened by Li Xianzhong's few words, and he is now more sure that this person must be coming for Li Yu and a few others. But the rivers and lakes have the rules of the rivers and lakes, and since he received Li Yu's gold, he can only defend it for her to the end.
So, the old man of the boat, "Don't forget, Childe, I still have dozens of pairs of eyes on this boat!" Are you really not afraid? ”
Li Xianzhong laughed again, then showed a hideous face, and said, "Afraid? What are you afraid of, do you still want to sue me? Soon, all of you will become sunken corpses in the sea one by one, and you have to sue, and then you have to go to the Sea Dragon King to sue! ”
After speaking, Li Xianzhong beckoned to Li Liuyi behind him. "Shoot this old boy first."