Volume 1 The Long Night in the Sky Chapter 27 The Yangtze River Rolls in (Part I)
River State Ferry
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the red dust of the rolling rivers comes" at Hezhou Ferry, and there are official ferries and civil ferries at Hezhou Ferry, and there are countless large ships transporting water.
Standing at the ferry and looking at the Huanglongjiang River, it makes people sigh that the water of the Huanglongjiang River comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and does not return.
Not to mention the large and small boats on the river, there are many kinds of forests, and the shore is also full of traffic, and there are countless peddlers and pawns, some of them shout at the ferry to sell candy, and there are also those who shout at the ferry to drink their own people's ferries at affordable prices, and there are even those who rob each other for business, a lively scene.
Until dusk approaches, ships depart from port, and depart from port, and cease to operate.
Several ferrymen at the ferry, who were obviously late, were restless at the ferry.
Fortunately, there was still the last Mindu left, and the boss was clearly sitting on the ground and raising the price, and an old man who was obviously a native of Hezhou scolded the boss of the ferry directly in a Hezhou accent.
It's just that he really can't twist the boss of the boat with a sideways face, and there is really no other boat willing to cross the river, so he compromised on the boat.
Two women and one man on the side only thought it was very interesting, and one of them, a handsome young man, holding a long sword, looked arrogant, and waited for the old man to quarrel, so he stepped forward and explained to the captain twice, and then got on the boat with two other good-looking women.
This Mindu is not big, it was originally a slightly larger fishing boat, with a roof to protect from the rain, and then a wooden bench cushion was added to the tent, which can barely be regarded as two rows of elegant seats.
At this time, there were already two people sitting in the roof, one of whom was the old man of Hezhou who had quarreled with the boat boss before.
He alone took up three wooden stools, and lay on them, looking drowsy.
There were three other wooden stools, a man with a handsome face, but a slightly pale complexion sat on one, and there were only two left, Murong Lei frowned, and suddenly felt a little displeased, and he was not happy that the old man occupied three wooden stools alone.
Second, dissatisfied with the gray-haired and pale man, he was obviously extremely poor, but he didn't feel ashamed of himself at all, not only did he not get up and give up his seat, but the old god was there, didn't this person understand the rules of the rivers and lakes at all?
At first glance, he is a countryman who has never seen the world, wearing a coarse cloth coat and an iron sword, he can be a Jianghu person?
This inexplicably disliked by others, naturally Changqing, who had just left the triangle city, changed his clothes in the city, and then went out of the city non-stop, entered Hezhou, passed through the two counties of Baoma and Chunsheng, passed through the state city without entering, and went straight to Liangzhou.
Originally, he planned to take the land route from the official road, but Changqing remembered that he had never seen the Huanglongjiang River, and had never taken a boat.
It's a pity that everything is scattered with that sword, sitting on this ferry, looking at the churning and vast posture of the rolling river, Changqing's mood is swaying for a while, but he doesn't care much about Murong Lei Li.
Murong Lei Li was dissatisfied, but in front of the two favorite girls, it was not easy to show anything, his Murong family is a big martial arts clan in Liangzhou, and his father Murong Longquan is a master of the Tianzi Realm, although he is not on the master list, but what his father means is that the master list is just a false name, and my Liangzhou Murong clan does not need these to add icing on the cake.
In fact, what makes the children of the Murong family so confident is because of one person, Murong Feihong, the head of the contemporary Murong family, in addition to his own realm reaching the second grade of Tianzi, he himself is the commander of the Western Front border army, the official worships the military department, and serves as a general.
It can be said that the entire Nanzhao Martial Arts, their Murong family and the Liang family sword mansion of Tianchu Mountain are considered to be the Baolong faction, although they are the Jianghu sect, they are inseparable from the imperial court, and the Murong family has children who have joined the army for generations, and every time there is a war in the Liang family's sword mansion, there must be someone to guard the country with a sword and go out with the army!
At this time, the two girls were already sitting on the wooden bench beside Changqing, these two girls, one named Xu Shanshan and the other named Chen Xin, were both from the Liangzhou scholars, but the Xu family had an old uncle Xu Wenrong who served as a sacrificial wine in the Tai Academy, so Murong Lei Li hoped that this trip could harvest the heart of the Xu family girl.
If the two girls' hearts can be captured by him alone, it is naturally the best, after all, with his appearance and background, as well as the bed kung fu that even his sister-in-law said was good, controlling the two girls is nothing at all.
Maybe it's because Changqing's temperament is very different from the past, although he didn't look bad in the past, but he was depressed all the year round and lacked a temperament, and now although he is pale, he has a sense of arrogance.
Maybe it's because this kind of family girl is used to seeing the children of the poor family who are low eyebrows and pleasing to them, but she feels that Changqing is a little special.
Especially the girl from the family surnamed Xu, with a pair of beautiful eyes, often glances at Changqing.
Murong Lei Li saw it in his eyes and held a grudge in his heart.
If you kid go to the boundary of Liangzhou, I will make you look good.
Changqing didn't know that he was inexplicably on the blacklist of Murong's disciples.
Just look at the waves of the river.
At this time, the captain and his deputy were at the helm of the ship.
The boat boss has a Hezhou accent, a short figure, and looks like he is in his forties, and the deputy is much younger, thirty miles away, and has a scar on his face.
The deputy approached the boat boss and said:
"Brother Dong, the three fat sheep are in the urn, and they are almost boiled on the fire. ”
The boat boss had a cigarette in his mouth and said with a smile:
"Damn, I've been running Mindu for more than 30 years, but I didn't expect to have to be a black boat one day. ”
The deputy also said with a bitter face:
"Who said no, to be a Mindu, half of the income was collected by his Caoyun Division, that's it, how do we know that the person was a deserter from Liangzhou, our Mindu, how can there be a guest not to carry it." ”
The boat boss patted his deputy and said:
"Li Xiami, it's me who doesn't use it, take you out of this business, I don't earn the money, and I will get you into trouble in the end"
The deputy nicknamed Li Xiami waved his hand and said:
"Hey, Brother Dong, you still tell me this, anyway, we won't do this damn Mindu after today, the money is in hand, and the ship will be sunk on the spot, who knows that we did it." ”
The captain of the ship seemed to be a little relieved, and said:
"That old man is really as powerful as you say, and he is willing to share five or five points with us afterwards?"
Deputy Li Xiami patted his chest and promised:
"My uncle is very tight, he used to make a living in Yuzhou, and he was wanted by the government for many years, and I didn't see what happened to my uncle. ”
Li Xiami's eyes rolled, and he thought that it was indeed five or five points, but it was five or five points between me and my uncle, what does it have to do with you.
The boat boss looked at the man from the Murong family who was clothed in brocade and wore a sword, and said:
"Although it is true that the shipwreck will be much less troublesome afterwards, I am afraid that those two young men with swords will do bad things. ”
Li Xiami thought to himself, why don't you, the boss of the boat, have any arrogance at all, you are afraid of wolves and tigers, but after thinking about the scene of dividing the money for a while, she said patiently:
"That boy, a sword inlaid with gold and jade, looking at least a few thousand taels of silver, plus the jade jewelry of those two girls, the fat sheep is really fat, this trip can at least earn tens of thousands of taels, as for the sick seedling with an iron sword on his waist, he should be done by the way." ”
The boat boss nodded and said no more.
At the same time, the corners of Changqing's mouth turned up slightly, since he woke up, his six senses were extremely keen, within dozens of steps, even if he lowered the sound, he still heard it clearly, this may be that the Heavenly Dao Master felt that he owed him something and gave him some compensation.