Chapter Seventy-Three: Fresh Fish Wharf
According to Xu Weizhi's inference, Gao Zhen should have planned to take the Xuanjia Mask Man to the water route to connect with Gao Gong from the beginning.
If Meng Haigong hadn't left this time, maybe he would really have brought Meng Haigong with him, but it was obvious that Gao Zhen didn't plan to bring Tang Huan, Gu Ding, Dong Laosan and others, after all, these people were all important criminals in the imperial court, and it was really bad to appear in front of Gao Gong.
And because of their far-reaching and thick background, these Xuanjia mask people should have known that they needed to take the waterway, so they made a floating ring with a big gourd scoop in advance and carried it with them.
In addition, since some of the people in the armor mask are likely to rarely travel long distances, they will need to take seasickness medicine before walking by water.
Xu Wei looked at the seasickness medicine bottle in his hand, which was empty and didn't even have a wooden stopper, and it was almost certain that Gao Zhen and the others not only planned to take the waterway, but should also be in the water soon, otherwise there was no need for these Xuanjia masked people to rush to finish the seasickness medicine now.
"Where is the nearest dock near the main city today? Must it be the kind of big dock that can park ships? Xu Wei guessed that since Gao Zhen was temporarily determined to break through tonight, there must be no way to arrange the ship in advance, and his ship must be parked in a nearby dock, so he turned his head and asked everyone.
Wen Qianyu was very familiar with the topography to the east of the main city of the Divine Capital, and almost blurted out: "Then it should be the Fresh Fish Wharf, which is in the Fresh Fish Workshop next to Yanque Lake, where there are many boats parked and countless large warehouses. ”
"Then it should be there......" Xu Wei muttered to himself, so he informed Lu Min and the others of his guess, and everyone actually looked a little difficult to do after hearing this, after all, Xu Wei couldn't come up with too conclusive evidence, in the final analysis, he was only guessing with experience, and the Shendu waterways extend in all directions, and the lakes are vast, if you find the wrong one, I am afraid that your efforts will be wasted.
On the contrary, Wen Qianyu was the first to agree with Xu Wei's idea and said, "What Gongzi said is not unreasonable, and now our Xie family's eyeliner has not been obtained, which shows that Gao Zhen has not taken the official road or wide road to the south at all, and the fresh fish fang wharf is far away from the Xie family, so it is really impossible to arrange people to keep an eye on it again, and the wharf has always been redundant, which is very suitable for covering up the traces of many people at the same time." ”
"Since going out of the city to the north to find a needle in a haystack, it is better to believe that it is a time, although there are ships around Daxing City, but they are generally even boats or big boats, if the Xuanjia Mask Man is really a subordinate of a certain adult in Daxing City, then it is reasonable to be unaccustomed to some small boats in the south of the Yangtze River. It is very common for us who are not water-savvy, and the many preparations we have made to take the water route do make sense. Sima Yujian didn't suffer too much danger just now, so his speech was still strong and powerful at this time, which made everyone who listened to it feel a sense of stability in their hearts.
With the approval of Zhishuai Wen Qianyu and Sima Yujiao, the hesitation of Lu Min, Yuwen Chenglong and others was dispelled a lot, so they gathered the remaining people who could barely hurry, and gathered a full thirty horsemen to rush away with the Korean fish fang.
By the time everyone came to the Fresh Fish Workshop, it was already late at night, and the Fresh Fish Workshop was originally just a small fishing village, but it was destroyed early because it was used as part of the eastern battlefield in the year Nan Chen was destroyed.
However, because the land of the fresh fish mill is very good, and the coast is a lake bay that is very suitable for the construction of many large wharves, so all kinds of fishing boats and merchant ships are happy to come here to unload and stock up on goods.
And because the population is too complex, the mobile market of Xianyufang can be regarded as a real free place that the four wealthy merchants of Shendu have not yet reached.
Perhaps because of the need for merchants to sell goods during the day, the fresh fish shop was almost silent after late at night, and the lively joy of Yongtong Fang was diametrically opposed, Xu Wei and others could only hear the sound of the lake wind and shallow breathing when they drove their horses into the fresh fish shop.
More than 30 riders soon came to the edge of the pier, but at this moment, the large and small ships on the side of the pier were almost full, and they didn't know where to start.
Xu Wei and the others dismounted and went separately to inquire about the various lighted ships, and learned that there were indeed ships sailing not long ago, and there was more than one, and they didn't know where the destination of those ships was.
Lu Min asked the people sent out by his subordinates to ask bluntly if they had seen Gao Zhen, or if they knew what industry Boss Gao had in this fresh fish shop, but the name of the wealthy businessman Gao Zhen may be known to everyone in the gods.
Although it is not only uncertain whether Gao Zhen has left the wharf and lake, let alone inquire about Gao Zhen's whereabouts, Xu Wei always feels that he should be right, when he walked into a small fishing boat with Lu Min with anxiety, he suddenly thought of something, and asked the drunken old man in the canopy boat for no reason: "Is there any place near this fresh fish shop where I can find a dart master bodyguard?" ”
Xu Weishen babbled and asked a question that couldn't be beaten, Mo said that Lu Min was puzzled, and even Xu felt that he was asking blindly in a hurry.
Xu Wei rashly asked such a question, mainly because he remembered that on the night of the attack on Jinxi Tower, when he was standing outside the Renxin Medical Hall waiting for Yuan Qiuning to help the dart master Fang Jianxia to treat his illness, he heard two middle-aged people talking about Gao Zhen's secret dart game and Yunwei dart game to steal business.
According to the middle-aged man who looked like a tall martial artist at that time, Gao Zhen seemed to have opened a more mysterious dart game recently after being disrupted by the Yunwei Dart Bureau several times, and indeed stole part of the business of the Yunwei Dart Bureau, but although the Yunwei Dart Bureau was robbed of business, he couldn't find out where the dart game that Gao Zhen secretly opened was, so he could only shut up and eat a dumb loss.
Xu Wei suddenly remembered this stubble on the way to the fresh fish shop, the business and footprints of the Yunwei Dart Bureau can be said to be all over the Shendu and even the surrounding areas, and there were no clues of Gao Zhen's new dart bureau, so this dart bureau is hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, and it is only hidden in this lake of smoke waves.
Therefore, Xu Weicai deliberately asked the drunken old man in the canopy boat who claimed to know everything after receiving a silver ingot.
The drunk old man patted his chest, stretched out a finger and said: "If you want to set off as soon as possible, then it will be a little far away to find a dart master nearby at this point, old man, I really know that there is such a dart game, which is open on the edge of a river mouth in this Yanque Lake, which happens to be a place where the water is turbulent, and the old man and I can go there with this rocking kung fu, and ordinary big boats may not be able to get it." ”
Xu Wei looked at the crumbling canopy boat, he really couldn't believe how such a boat could pass through the turbulent water, the old man saw that Xu Wei was full of doubts, and seemed to be a little unconvinced: "Why, boy, you don't believe in the old man's boating kung fu in the past few decades, let me tell you, the water dart game is both tight and mysterious, only a few hours after the child hour will open, and it will disappear when the sun comes out, if you don't believe it, the old man will take you there." ”
Lu Min looked at Xu Wei as if he had a lot of questions to ask but didn't know where to start, Xu Wei stubbornly treated the dead horse as a live horse, after thinking about it, he still decided to give it a try, he said to Lu Min: "It's not a way for us to dry the wind by the lake at this time, the water dart game that the old man said is likely to be Gao Zhen's handiwork, as for the reason, I can only explain to you on the road, it is better to let this drunk old man take us on the boat." ”
Lu Min, who was anxious in his heart, had no better way at this time, but he was resolute, and he also understood that since he had spent so much time inquiring here when he came to the edge of Yanque Lake, the only way to go now was to continue to follow Xu Wei's judgment.
It's just that Lu Min and Xu Wei looked up and down, left and right, and said: "But we have a full thirty people, this canopy boat is definitely not enough, even if you want to go, you have to find a bigger boat." ”
Lu Min just said that he wanted to find a bigger boat, the old man in the canopy boat immediately lit up his eyes, knowing that Lu Min was generous, he stood up with a bang, pulled Lu Min's Hu Fu and said, "Old man, I still have two fishing boats at home, it is not a problem to load more than 30 people, my two sons and their boating skills are taught by me, there must be no problem, the price...... It's also negotiable. ”
Not to mention Xu Wei, Lu Min is not very fond of the old man in front of him who not only sees money, but also blows himself into the sky, before he was about to change, he would have turned his face and left, but now he doesn't want too many people to know that his destination is the water dart game in the mouth of the drunk old man, because whether Gao Zhen is in the water dart game or not, Lu Min doesn't want the news to be leaked too early.
"If your family can find a way to take care of thirty horses for me, I will give you five times the price of the previous day's boat, provided that your son will bring someone to take us to that water dart game safely." Lu Min looked at the old man who was already awake and said coldly.
When the sober old man heard that Lu Min was willing to pay five times the price in the past, he enthusiastically seemed to have seen the God of Wealth, and despite the fact that it was midnight at this time, he went to call up the two sleeping sons and their boatmen, and before a single cup of tea arrived, he called a large group of men and women, some were beckoning Xu Wei and others to board the boat, and some came to take Xu Wei's thirty horses to the private manger, which was very lively.
The old man even brought wine and snacks himself, because the water dart board was not at all close to the fresh fish dock, and even if it was a smooth wind, it would take an hour, and tonight it was a headwind on the lake, and even if the boatman was paddling with all his might at the bottom, it might take longer to wait.
Lu Min took the wine and food and gave it to Yuwen Chenglong on the side, who was also anxious and nervous at the moment, for fear that Xu Wei would not guess at all, and lead everyone into the bottomless pit of abandoning all previous efforts.
If he really didn't get the "Sanskrit Samadhi Sutra", Sima Yuhuan would inevitably indulge Yuwen Chenglong in his travels, and tell the truth about the whole process of delaying the opportunity to trade the "Sanskrit Samadhi Sutra" with Wang Liu, and if the King of Jin became the prince and ascended to the throne as he wished, it would be good to say, if the abolished prince Yang Yong really re-ascended the crown prince because of the gift of scriptures to fulfill the long-cherished wish of Queen Dugu, and even finally ascended to the throne, then he Yuwen Jackie Chan was expelled from the Yuwen family with a broken leg, I am afraid it will be light.
Yuwen Chenglong, who thought of this, was upset when he saw the messy wine and food, waved his hand and said unhappily: "Something, take it away quickly, I have no appetite." ”
Lu Min knew that Yuwen Chenglong was already extremely anxious at the moment, thinking about himself, he sighed and poured himself a sip of fisherman's spirits, looked at Xu Wei, who was watching the night scene in the lake not far away, and muttered: "Whether it's a blessing or a curse, it all depends on your kid's trembling......"