The next day, the chaos alliance and the big and small gangs were busy with the work, and after Qu Guanghan went to the coffin to worship, he was never seen again, but Chu Qingliu ignored it.

The crowd sent the coffin to the Yihe wharf and boarded the boat. After a long journey, it will turn into the Qinghe River in the south of Xuzhou, and then enter the canal in Chuzhou, and enter the river from the river to Wanghaizhuang in Jiuhua Mountain.

Gu Xianglong hired three large river boats and one small boat at a heavy price. It is explained that the boat goes all the way to Wanghaizhuang, and it must go to a waterless place before it is allowed to turn around, and there is no need to change ships along the way.

Qu Lingyu took Yao Shun and the two maids on a boat, Chu Qingliu accompanied the coffin on a boat, and all the male and female boatmen took up a boat for food and accommodation. After the ship is stopped, the boatman is not allowed to approach the two passenger ships unless otherwise called, and the boats must be avoided far downwind. The white fox occupies the boat and is tended by an old servant.

Seeing that the arrangements were in place, Qu Lingyu sent everyone back and said to Chu Qingliu: "Senior brother, when it comes to the friendship between Daddy and Master, he should accompany Master back to Jiuhua Mountain. He was also coming, but he told me to dissuade him. Your current temperament, even I am a little afraid, Daddy, is also a difficult person to speak. The two of you have traveled so far by boat together, and there is the matter of Kainan Dart Bureau and the Iron Boat Gang, if you don't agree with each other, I really don't know what to do, I'm afraid I can only jump into the river. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "Master is gone, and you are also very sad. I just didn't want to talk, I didn't expect you to be afraid of me. I'm sorry, I'll keep an eye out for it in the future. ”

Qu Lingyu said: "The two of us, we can't say who can't live with whom, and who owes whom." "Doing everything possible to persuade her, but now that the master's coffin is on the side, no matter how she persuades her, Chu Qingliu can only force her to be relieved.

Approaching the Wapen Ferry, there are fifteen or sixteen big boats coming in a group behind him, drums playing in unison, and the largest main boat is a tall white flag. You don't need to look closely to know that this is the Righteous Blood Hall escorting Qu Ding's coffin back to Hangzhou.

Going south from Yishan Mountain, and each carrying a coffin, it is inevitable to take a boat. It's not surprising that the two sides met, but if they didn't, it was strange. A little surprisingly, it was so fast, and after calculating, it would only travel one hundred and twenty or thirty miles after sailing.

Gu Xianglong was afraid of provoking Qu Lingyu's unhappiness, he was afraid that he would not spend much money, and he was afraid that it would not be good to hire a boat. Whether it is rigging, oars and rudders, or boatmen and cooks, they are all deployed to the best and finest, so that Qu Lingling can't find faults.

Since there are many people in the Righteous Blood Hall, if you want to talk about pomp and circumstance, you can't use less boats, and for a while, where can you find fifteen or sixteen equally fine ships? Even if one or two are better than the ones hired by Gu Xianglong, there are at least ten or more in the fleet that cannot be compared.

But these inferior ships are moving extremely fast. Looking at it carefully, it turned out that in addition to the sails, oars, and boatmen, everyone on the boat was paddling with their own things, even Xiong Laser, Miao Fen, and Su Yiyue all rowed hard. In this way, how can you not be happy?

The river was not wide, and the depth of the water that could carry the big boats was even narrower, and the two sides were still more than a hundred steps apart, and the rear boats shouted in unison to get out of the way.

Before the boatman could report, Qu Lingyu asked Chu Qingliu, "Senior brother, let it or not?"

Chu Qingliu said: "Let." They have a lot of boats, and they don't care if they destroy one or two, we only have three big boats, and we can't withstand a collision. If we alarm Master, you and I will not be able to atone for this sin even if we die. Senior sister, let's not fight at this time. ”

The boatman said: "Old guest Chu, we can park your old man's treasure house on the ship, if you let them go first, it will not be good for future generations." ”

Chu Qingliu smiled rarely, and said, "It's okay, I'm not taboo about this." This goes straight to Jiangnan, the road is still far away, and they can't just press them all the way. ”

The boatman said: "Guest, you don't understand, that's different." As long as the boat stops tonight, and when the boat starts again tomorrow, let's go a little later and let them go first, and if you want to superman in the middle of the road, this is bullying. There are also rules on the river. ”

Qu Lingyu said: "Let him bully him, hurry up and give way, if there is a collision, I will kill you first, and then kill them." Then he said, "I know all your kindness, and I will reward you with ten taels of silver for drinking." ”

Yao Gu took out a piece of silver, about twelve or three taels, and handed it to the boatman. The boatman did not dare to say any more, thanked the reward, and turned to run to tease the ship.

The boatmen worked together to move the three large ships to the shore. There were still more than two zhang away from the embankment, so he refused to move forward, and said: "Old guest, the water ahead is shallow, and I can't rely on it." Chu Qingliu saw that this was indeed the case, so he was no longer reluctant.

The Righteous Blood Hall ship came very fast, occupying the central river, not avoiding it, and rushing straight down the river. It's not difficult to imagine how domineering they will be if they want to go to the Hangzhou helm.

In an instant, five large ships had sailed.

The two ships were less than a foot apart, and they could already be said to be shoulder-to-shoulder. Chu Qingliu Qu Lingyu stood on the bow of his ship, and saw the coffins of Yang Zhenshi, Xiong Laser, Miao Fen, Su Yiyue, and Qu Dingxiang moving in front of him one by one. While Su Yiyue was paddling hard, she also glared at the two of them, and Qu Lingyue sneered: "Senior brother, this Su Yiyue is only afraid that she is the illegitimate daughter of Qu Dingxiang and Wen Nuxia, otherwise how could she be so confused? ”

Chu Qingliu hurriedly said: "Don't say this again, if it spreads, there will be rumors, and then the Wen Woman will be in a place where there is no return." ”

Qu Lingyu said: "She can do it, can't I talk about it? The world is not stupid, Su Yiyue is so ignorant, these rumors will be born sooner or later." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "As long as the rumors are not made by us, we will have a clear conscience." ”

Qu Lingyu said: "Even if it wasn't made by us, as long as this rumor spreads, Su Yiyue will definitely be recorded on my head, won't I be wronged by this bad name?" However, for the sake of Wen Nuxia, I won't worry about this little girl." ”

As he spoke, he passed five or six more boats, and only two food boats remained. The one person in the bow of the ship stood with his arms crossed, and it was Geng Yaoxian, the five swords of the wind.

Geng Yao glanced at Chu Qingliu and Qu Lingyu first, and seemed to be very disdainful, twisting his neck to the side.

At this moment, Geng Yaoxian sat on the boat under his feet and spun like crazy, turning sideways towards Chu Qingliu and the three boats.

The shipwrights, helmsmen, sailors, seemed to be all stunned. The helmsman pulled the rudder several times in succession, signaling that the rudder was no longer working, and simply left the rudder position and ignored it.

It is not surprising to say that in the middle of the ocean, the two ships are too close together in the middle of the ocean, and the underwater waves are strange. Yishui is an inland river, and it is not in the flood season, although it is not as horizontal as a mirror, and there are only a few microwaves, which is clearly their intention to make ghosts.

The bow of this food boat had already traveled nearly three feet, and if it went any further, it would definitely collide, and the three boats docked on the shore could not escape.

Chu Qingliu stretched out his hand and picked up a big penny on the side of the boat and stabbed it into the water, and the person had already jumped up with the power of the penny, fell straight to the rudder of the ship, and hugged the rudder into his arms. The rudder is made of the whole elm, and the iron hoop is wrapped and reinforced, but it can't stand the force.

Chu Qingliu inserted the half-truncated rod in his hand into the boat board, grabbed it and grabbed the half-truncated rudder rod and then pulled it. This pull, because most of the strength on the rudder has been dissipated, is no longer so difficult. The rudder of the ship moved, and the ship shuddered, and the bow of the ship turned sharply, brushing the side of the boat under Qu Lingyu's feet, and the waves of the water had wet her skirt and soft boots.

Chu Qingliu didn't stop and jumped to the second food boat behind. This leap did not have the penny to borrow strength, and it was far more than two feet, and as soon as it fell, it rushed to the helm.

The helmsman had already seen the matter of the ship in front of him, how could he dare to resist? He left the rudder early and gave up his hand. Chu Qingliu took the rudder, manipulated the boat and floated lightly over the ship, and with a slight step, the person had returned to his boat. Qu Lingyu greeted him and said, "Senior brother, Master's coffin has not moved in the slightest. Chu Qingliu said: "That's good." "Go back and look at the first food boat.

After the boat brushed past Chu Qingliu's three boats, it plunged deep into the soft mud on the shore, and no matter how the boatmen served, they could no longer pull it out.

When the boatmen here saw it, they were all overjoyed, and they came over and said, "Master Chivalry, shall we still drive the boat and leave?" This boatman is also convenient, and he has seen such a ability with his own eyes, and he feels that it seems inappropriate to call him "Old Guest Chu" again, so he has to call him Lord Chivalry. But how do you call Qu Lingling? Do you have to call a chivalrous lady?

Qu Lingyu looked at the sky and said, "If you go, you can still walk ten miles and eight miles, but we won't go." Stay here and see how they handle the ship. ”

After such an accident, it was not easy for the ships of the Righteous Blood Hall to go any further, and they scattered and chose to dock one after another. Not long after, a small boat with multiple oars was about to row, and Yang Zhenshi, Xiong Laser, Miao Fen, Su Yiyue and Ji Qinghan were all among them. The people stood in the boat and had a brief discussion with Geng Yaoxian, and then left the boat and went ashore, standing under a tree and talking. Soon, a servant came to the boat with his name sticker in his hand to meet him, saying that someone from the Blood Hall invited Chu and Qu to meet on the shore.

There is no need to look at the name sticker, Qu Lingyu took it and handed it to Aunt Yao to accept, and ordered Aunt Shun to hold Chu Qingliu's big sword and step on the springboard to come to everyone.

In the wilderness, there is no need to talk about seats, there is no need to offer tea, a little nod is considered to have met.

After pondering for a moment, Yang Zhenshi said: "Chu Shaoxia, let's go south this time, if we all go like today, it will be too difficult, and we must think of a way to come out." ”

Chu Qingliu said: "The rules on the river are different from one place to another. I still know some of the customs of Guazhou, but the customs of Hangzhou are not very clear. You are all experienced in the world, you might as well give me an idea to listen to it first, as long as it is not too excessive, I will not follow it. ”

Miao Fen pointed to the food boat and said, "If you want to follow the rules of Guazhou, what should you do?"

Chu Qingliu said: "According to the rules of Guazhou, the owner of this ship has to thank me heavily." Compared to crashing two boats, an elm rudder is not worth a few dollars, which is lighter and which is heavier, and the person who sails can tell the difference. Isn't that the case in Hangzhou?"

Miao Fen said: "No. ”

Qu Lingyu said: "Miao Fen, in the Righteous Blood Hall, you have never spoken and counted, and now that Qu Dingxiang is dead, it is still the same." Just now, if you Zhenyang Sword Miao Fen invited you with a name sticker, Senior Brother and I really wouldn't have made such a trip to the shore. People are self-aware, Miao Sixia. ”

Yang Zhenshi said with a smile: "Miss Qu, you can't say that. Whether we speak or not, we must first see whether the words are reasonable, not who said them. Even if Wu Baoqi is still there, he has to be reasonable, doesn't he?"

Qu Lingyu said: "Then please ask Yang Liuxia to say a few reasonable words to listen." ”

Yang Zhenshi said: "Who can say this word thoroughly? As long as both of us can agree, it is reasonable." You say, there are still more than 2,000 miles ahead of us, how should we go? We can't go more than 100 miles and make a fuss, right?"

Chu Qingliu said: "Today's matter has been revealed, and I won't go into detail why this food boat suddenly got out of control." From tomorrow, if we don't meet again, that's the best. If it does, the family behind must make sure to leave the front ship 200 paces away, and if the shipwright is not sure, then leave 300 paces away. ”

"If the boat is stopped in one place at night, the one that stops at the front will leave the boat later tomorrow, and let the one who stops behind go first. The so-called place is subject to the eyes of ordinary people. As tonight, when you stop before me, and the boatmen can see you, I will sail first tomorrow. This is not the rule of Guazhou, nor the rule of Hangzhou, this is the rule of this Yishui, let's follow the customs. ”