Chapter 14: The Wind and Rain in Bashan (3)
"By the way, Brother Yu, so there is a problem with this Lu gang leader and Liu Shicheng? And they're all together? Will it be someone from the Heavenly Clothes Alliance? And we're going to take their boats? It's easy to stop, and after a while, Tang Yun can't help but bring up a bunch of questions again.
"Hehe, if the Lu gang leader has a problem, he can only say that he must have some kind of relationship with Lord Liu, as for whether Liu Shicheng and Lu Chenglin are from the Tianyi Alliance, this is not good, not necessarily, maybe it is just some tacit understanding between the magistrate and the local gang, there is not necessarily any malice, this is a common thing, the emperor's uncle still has three poor lice, who doesn't have a friend of three religions and nine streams? Not unusual. We can't look at anyone as if they are people from the Tianyi Alliance, if we really want to be like that, we have to go crazy first. We can ignore these things, just be careful. If they are not from the Tianyi Alliance, take a boat and someone will take care of it, a good thing, what's the matter?. If it is really the people of the Tianyi Alliance, they must have a plan to ask us to take their ship so much, if they rashly refuse to take their boat, it will let them know that we have taken precautions, and they will definitely find another way, but it is troublesome, now that we know that there is a hidden secret, be careful, there is no need to change ships. Zhu Wenyu knew that Tang Yun didn't understand for a while, so he had to explain patiently.
"Oh, that's right, I see." Tang Yun suddenly realized again.
Sure enough, early the next morning, Zhu Wenyu got up and meditated in the inn room with his eyes closed, while Tang Yun was freshening up in his room.
When Lu Chenglin entered the house and fell to the ground, Zhu Wenyu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "Lu Gang Master is so early." ”
"I am fortunate to serve Lord Zhu, and the villain does not dare to be lazy." Lu Chenglin is still the same fat face with a smile on his face.
Lu Chenglin was followed by a young man, who looked dark and sturdy, it was only in early spring, he was already wearing a sleeveless short coat, and his arms showed obvious muscles one by one, looking very energetic, but he did not bow down, but just stood quietly behind Lu Chenglin.
"It's really troublesome for the Lu Gang Master."
"Where, where, Lord Zhu is too modest. The adult is the great benefactor of my Minjiang Gang, and the villain should do his best. Lord Zhu, the boat has stopped at the wharf in the east of the city, waiting for Lord Zhu's order to set off for the east at any time. ”
"Who is this brother? ......" Zhu Wenyu pointed to the dark-looking young man.
"Oh, this is my brother of the Minjiang Gang, named Zu Jiangsheng, although he is young, he is a first-class good runner in boating, he has followed his grandparents to run boats since he was a child, and there are few people along the river and waterways who are more familiar than him. The villain specially arranged for him to be in charge of the boat for the adult, and with him, the adult went out of the Min River and crossed the Three Gorges into the Central Plains. Jiang Sheng, why don't you come and meet Lord Qincha? Lu Chenglin turned back to Zu Jiangsheng and scolded.
The young man named Zu Jiangsheng glanced at Lu Chenglin, then at Zhu Wenyu, and fell to the ground without saying a word.
"Brother Zu, please get up, please get up, this way will be on the way to Brother Zu." Zhu Wenyu had a good impression of this young man, and he was busy approaching.
Nazu Jiangsheng stood up, still silent.
"Lord Zhu, I wonder when Lord Zhu will set off?" Lu Chenglin still asked with a smile on his face.
"Well, since the Lu Gang Leader is ready, then let's go." Zhu Wenyu stood up and went to pick up the burden on the bed.
"Let the villain come." Then Lu Chenglin hurriedly stepped forward to take Zhu Wenyu's burden.
"This won't bother you Lu Gang Master." Zhu Wenyu had already put the blanket on his back and said with a smile. He didn't pay attention to Lu Chenglin anymore, went out of the door, knocked on the door next door, and said, "Yun'er, let's go." ”
"Here we are." The door opened, and Tang Yun was already standing at the door with his burden and a sword, and it seemed that he had already prepared.
"Let's go." Zhu Wenyu waved his hand.
"The villain leads the way." Lu Chenglin hurriedly said and went downstairs first.
A group of several people came to the wharf, and saw a small boat docked on the shore, the boat was also four or five zhang long, with a cabin, two sail poles six or seven zhang high, no longer a small boat, but a medium-sized passenger ship, there were already several boatmen on board were arranging the ship's gear.
Zhu Wenyu didn't expect that this Lu Chenglin actually prepared such a big boat for him, and said: "Gang Master Lu, this boat is really too big, Gang Master Lu doesn't need to be so polite, right?" ”
Lu Chenglin hurriedly said: "Lord Zhu doesn't need to be so modest, this is a passenger boat that specializes in welcoming and sending off distinguished guests, it is very strong, this way is thousands of miles of waterway on the Yangtze River, this boat is more stable." Lord Zhu is the great benefactor of the Minjiang Gang, if the villain does not arrange it carefully, how can he be at ease? I'm afraid that the brothers in the gang will also feel that the villain's etiquette is inadequate. ”
Zhu Wenyu thought that Tang Yun had also traveled all the way, and he had to cross the Three Gorges Rapids all the way, although he had never walked before, but it was best if he could be a little steady, so he no longer shirked, and said with a smile: "Thank you so much to the Lu Gang Master, Zhu is welcome." ”
As he was talking, the boatman on the boat saw Lu Chenglin coming, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "Helper!"
"Brothers, this is Lord Zhu, and Miss Tang, this trip is to send the two nobles back to the capital, Lord Zhu is the great benefactor of my Minjiang Gang, Lord Liu has lowered fifty percent of the ship tax is Lord Zhu to say, brothers wait carefully, don't slack off Lord Zhu."
"Yes, helper! Meet Master Zhu. The boatmen said in unison.
"Brothers, polite, no need to salute, no salute. This is not the imperial court, we Jianghu people speak Jianghu dialect, and we are friends and brothers on the boat. Along the way, there will be Lao Minjiang to help the brothers. Zhu Wenyu hurriedly arched his hand and said loudly, this is the original copy of the "Thunder Swordsman" Nangong Lei Sect, just because Nangong Lei Nai is the head of the guards in the palace, and he is also a big official, sometimes when he goes out to meet people in the rivers and lakes, he often says this, and at this moment he was borrowed by Zhu Wenyu, and he really said it very smoothly.
"Then I wish Lord Zhu a good go." After Lu Chenglin finished explaining, he turned around and bowed to Zhu Wenyu.
"Hehe, thank you Lu Gang Master. By the way, we are going east, it is inconvenient to ride a boat, and I would like to ask the Lu Gang Master to hand over our mount to Lord Liu, so that we can feed it, maybe it will be useful in the future. ”
"The villain obeys the order, and he will make proper arrangements for Lord Zhu." Lu Chenglin said busily.
Zhu Wenyu smiled secretly in his heart, "Heh, you still don't admit that you and Liu Shicheng colluded?" Without saying a word, he stepped aboard the boat, and Tang Yun also followed. That ancestor Jiangsheng still didn't say a word, he hugged his fist and saluted Lu Chenglin, stepped on the bow of the boat with a big stride, stood as steady as a nail, and shouted: "Raise the sail!" Sail!"
"Lord Zhu is good to go! Have a nice trip!" Lu Chenglin hurriedly shouted.
"Thank you Lu Gang Master!" Zhu Wenyu shouted, but he got into the cabin without raising his head, just when his butt was against Lu Chenglin, which provoked Tang Yun, who was already sitting in the cabin, to laugh.
Zhu Wenyu also smiled.
The boat was really steady and fast, only less than half an hour, I had already seen the Lingyun Buddha slowly become smaller, and after another hour, turning a bay, it was finally blocked by the mountain, and I could no longer see the huge and incomparably carved Buddha by the mountain.
So in the Minjiang River down the river, in the early spring, the grass returns to green, the climate is changeable, there is rain for a while, sunny for a while, foggy for a while, a rainbow for a while, the mountains are lined up along the way, the mountains are steep and the cliffs are high, the weather is thousands, Tang Yun has never walked the waterway, which has seen such a beautiful scenery, and cannot help but admire. Zhu Wenyu is a person who can't be idle, only two or three days down, staying in the small cabin can no longer hold back, so he goes out of the cabin from time to time, walks on the deck at will, and moves his hands and feet. I saw the swarthy young man Zu Jiangsheng sitting on the side of the boat, looking at the green mountains in the distance boredly, and when he heard Zhu Wenyu come out, he just glanced back, and still turned around and looked into the distance without saying a word. came and went several times, Zhu Wenyu couldn't help but be curious, first, to see if this taciturn young man could speak, and secondly, to touch the reputation of the ship that Lu Chenglin arranged for him.
Zhu Wenyu deliberately approached Nazu Jiangsheng while moving his hands and feet, and stood still next to him, but he didn't speak, just looked at the green mountains in the distance with him.
Who knew that the ancestor Jiangsheng didn't even glance at Zhu Wenyu, he was still staring at the water in front of him, speechless.
"Brother Zu, what kind of mountain is ahead?" Zhu Wenyu couldn't help it, and suddenly said.
"Cockscomb slope." Zu Jiangsheng cherishes words like gold.
"Where are we now? Ancestral brothers. ”
"Just entered Yibin Prefecture."
"How long will it take to get to Yibin?"
"Sunset today."
"Brother Zu, don't you like to talk on weekdays?" Zhu Wenyu watched Zu Jiangsheng jump word by word, and said urgently.