Nothing was said all night, and the next morning was unspoken.

Liu Xunyi and his entourage came to the land and water wharf outside Yingchuan City, where dozens of large and small ship merchants gathered, and they were overcrowded all day long, mixed with dragons and snakes.

Before the morning dew fell, the wharf of the Panhuai ship merchant was already noisy and busy.

In the river, it is the boatmen who pull anchors and untie the anchors, or anchor and dock.

On the pontoon, there are coolies who come and go to load and unload goods.

On the wharf, there is a bookkeeper with an abacus pen and ink, brushing a little bit from time to time. There is a master book with a book, and the cargo ship is checked one by one. There are also merchants from all walks of life who are anxious and waiting to receive the goods, as well as porters and coachmen who are waiting for an opportunity to find business.

Of course, there are also some guards with swords and swords all around.

The guards on the docks are roughly divided into two categories. One is the ship's own guard, and the other is the dart master who is invited by the merchants to escort the goods. These two types of guards have always been well water and river water, the ship's escort mostly walks inside the dock, and the dart master waits outside the dock.

If it is a delivery man, it is necessary to wait outside the dock for the goods to be loaded onto the ship, and after the inventory of both the guests and the merchant ship is completed, they will be released on board. Conversely, the same is true for the cargo pick-up dart, who must first wait for the cargo to be unloaded and the customer to settle the settlement in person before taking the cargo away.

A wharf, at the same time, is often a number of merchants, loading or unloading ships at the same time. In this way, the situation is inevitably chaotic, so in order to ensure thoroughness, and at the same time to draw clear rights and responsibilities, the ship's escort and the dart master invited by the guests are often divided inside and outside the dock, each performing its own duties, without interfering with each other.

Liu Xunyi and the three of them were mixed in the bustling crowd, rubbing shoulders and squeezing around.

Although Luo Ningyu is a woman dressed as a man, she is a daughter's family after all, and it is inevitable that she will lose her dignity when she is crowded with so many sweaty men. Fortunately, Lin Fang was coarse and meticulous, and he took care of him quite well all the way, so he didn't let Luo Ningyu be taken advantage of in vain in the crowd.

"Dare to ask this brother, where is the pick-up of the goods?" Liu Xunyi and the three of them struggled through the crowd and walked to the front of the cabinet. Lin Fangda smiled at a man who looked like a steward, and then handed over the ticket in his hand. Unexpectedly, the man didn't even raise his eyelids, and drove directly in an unkind tone: "If you want to pick up the goods, go to the ferry to line up, this is the place to load the goods, just go around blindly, don't you see that Lao Tzu is busy!"

"Bang!"

Lin Fangda's fiery temper was a little bit, he slapped the ticket on the counter, and scolded: "Blind your dog eyes, the uncles give you money to feed you, not to listen to your shouting! Let you take a chicken feather, are you really a fucking arrow?"

Seeing the strange glances of the people around him, Liu Xunyi hurriedly stopped Lin Fang's fist that he was about to smash, raised the ticket in front of the man's eyes, and threatened: "My eldest brother has a bad temper, you are just eating with a mouthful of food, and it is really troublesome, it is not good for you and me?" What's more, now that you are in the hands of my eldest brother, annoying him, and really breaking a few bones of you, isn't it asking for trouble? We are new to the city, and we are not familiar with the rules of this land and water dock, so please ask my brother for advice!"

"That's it!" Luo Ningyu knew that this was Pan Baye's dock, and she was here to pay homage to her birthday, the so-called dog beating also depends on the owner, she naturally didn't want to cause trouble, so she casually threw a few pieces of silver, and said with a smile, "He's reckless, I'll accompany you for him." ”

The man wanted to take the opportunity to get angry, but after hearing Liu Xunyi's "threat" and Luo Ningyu's "reparation", he couldn't help but feel abrupt in his heart. After hesitating again and again, he could only secretly say "unlucky", then glanced at the ticket, and muttered angrily: "You go to the C-shaped ferry port to line up, and you can pick up the goods later." As he spoke, he also pointed to the left, but saw that on the three ferries on the left side of the counter, there were three big red characters written on them, "A, B, and C", and at this moment there were many people waiting in line in front of each ferry.

"I haven't seen Pan Baye yet, but I was annoyed by his subordinates first. I really don't know how the Pan family disciplines their subordinates on weekdays? It's really a dog's power, and a dog's eyes look down on people!" Lin Fangda stood behind the team and didn't forget to complain a few words, which immediately provoked a snickering from Liu Xunyi and Luo Ningyu.

"Why should the eldest brother have the same knowledge as him?" Liu Xunyi comforted, "These merchant families are different from our Jianghu sects, they have a clear distinction between respect and inferiority in the sect, and the elders and young are orderly, even between the senior brothers, there is no room for half a division, relying on the rules and precepts of the sect." But the Shangjia family is different, they rely on money and interests, today the Pan family gives one or two silver, they are willing to work for the Pan family, if the Li family gives two taels tomorrow, then these people will switch to the Li family in the blink of an eye. ”

"Isn't this a betrayal of the master, a deception of the teacher and the ancestor?" Lin Fangda pouted disappretently.

"If you are in the rivers and lakes, you are deceiving your teachers and destroying your ancestors. But for them, whether it is in the Pan family or the Li family, it is just an errand to support their family. Liu Xunyi shook his head and said, "Because the master gives the apprentice much more than the shopkeeper gives the buddy, so the guy's feelings for the shopkeeper are far weaker than the apprentice's for the master." We are all in different situations and have different identities, so we cannot compare them. ”

Luo Ningyu raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Liu Xunyi, I listened to the meaning of your words, it seems that I am deliberately excusing the rude man just now......? Do you think that even if you are in the rivers and lakes, if someone betrays your master, it will be forgivable?"

Luo Ningyu's words made Liu Xunyi's heart sink, his sentence "different situations, different identities" just now actually more or less alluded to himself. Ke Luo Ning's rhetorical question inadvertently touched his hidden pain, so he couldn't help but feel bitter.

"I ......"

"This guest master, it's your turn. ”

While talking, the three of them had come to the C-shaped ferry counter. The words of the main book of ordering not only broke Liu Xunyi's embarrassment, but also interrupted Luo Ningyu's aggressiveness.

After handing in the tickets, two coolies removed a three-foot square wooden box from the ship and carefully placed it in front of the cabinet. The master bookkeeper pointed to the wooden box with a stroke of his pen and said with a smile: "Please check it." ”

Liu Xunyi and the three of them glanced at each other, none of them knew what kind of birthday gift Luo Tianjin prepared for Pan Baye, but due to the rules of dock delivery, the three of them had to pretend to pry open the wooden box to check.

Inside the wooden box is a beautifully carved rosewood box, sandalwood is naturally fragrant, so at the moment when the wooden box is pried open, a burst of fragrance escapes, which makes Liu Xunyi and the three of them feel refreshed.

Opening the rosewood box, I saw that an object was wrapped in thick red silk, Luo Ningyu carefully peeled off the red silk, and a white jade Guanyin, more than two feet high, appeared in front of the three of them.

"Shhh

White and flawless, natural, clear water, sun, moon and stars. This white jade Guanyin is made of a piece of natural jade, carefully polished and carved. The whole body is crystal clear, crystal clear, priceless, rare and breathtaking.

"The lord of the mansion is really bold and courageous, such a white jade Guanyin does not send a master to escort it, but only handed it over to the ship's merchant to transport it at will like a ragged broom. It seems to be dangerous, but in fact it is unexpected and extremely safe. Liu Xunyi sighed sincerely, and the reverence for Luo Tianjin in his heart was even more than three points.

"Since it's okay, please take it!"

Carefully re-covered the wooden box, and before Liu Xunyi and Lin Fangda could carry it away, a big hand that reached out out of nowhere suddenly pressed heavily on the wooden box, making Liu Xunyi and the three of them stunned at the same time.

When they looked up, they saw a black-faced man with a big waist and a round waist, who was blocking their way. Behind the black-faced man, there were four or five thug-looking retinues.

"Fresh faces?" the black-faced man squinted at Liu Xunyi and the three of them, then patted his hand on the wooden box a few times, and said unceremoniously, "Where are you going?"

"What money?" Luo Ningyu asked rhetorically, "We have the cargo ticket in hand, and the ship fare has already been settled, where is the money owed?"

"The ship money has been settled, but you haven't paid the money for this dock yet?" the black-faced man sneered, "Your box doesn't look like a gadget...... It's cheaper for you to come here...... Give me ten taels of silver!"

"Ten taels of silver?" Lin Fang was stunned and shouted angrily, "Our things are transported from the water, and it won't cost five taels in total, and you dare to ask me for ten taels of silver now?"

"It may not cost ten taels of silver on the water, but if you want to take it out of the dock, then you need ten taels! The black-faced man urged impatiently, "Don't talk nonsense, if you don't want to pay the money, then leave the things and get out of here! ”

Liu Xunyi turned to look at the master book in the cabinet, wanting to ask what was going on, but saw that the master book deliberately turned his head, pretending to be unconcerned, as if he didn't want to wade into this troubled water.

"Those people's boxes just now are bigger than ours, and you only charge one tael of silver, why did it become ten taels when you come to us?" Luo Ningyu pointed to a few merchants in the distance, and said angrily, "What kind of bullshit Donghu Gang? Looking at your appearance, you don't look like people from Panhuai boat merchants, nor like people from the government, and what kind of money are you collecting?" It's obviously a roadblock robbery!"

"Blocking the road and robbing is a capital crime against the king's law, if you don't understand it, don't talk nonsense! Besides, if it's really a robbery, how can it only cost ten taels of silver? It's not a robbery, it's a rule! The rules of Yingchuan! The rules of the land and water docks! I don't bother to talk nonsense with you, you three of you either pay ten taels of silver and get out of here, or you just leave this box of things. If you want to find trouble, you have to ask what kind of place this is? Don't toast and don't eat and drink!"

The Donghu Gang, the largest gang in Yingchuan, is not a martial arts sect, but a rabble composed of a group of green forest robbers.

The people of the East Lake Gang run rampant and domineering at the water and land docks all day long, collecting money. A few years ago, there were still people who resisted, but they were beaten to death at the least, or directly beaten to death, and then thrown into the river. The most helpless thing is that the government turned a blind eye to this matter.

Over time, the East Lake Gang collected money at the land and water docks, which became a customary underground rule. Especially in recent years, the businessmen who come and go here have all taken the initiative to pay money to show goodwill in order to seek peace. Even the guests with the guards of the dart master do not want to be enemies of the East Lake Gang, after all, the strong dragon is difficult to suppress the head snake, they only want to seek money, and they don't want to cause trouble. What's more, the share of money collected by the East Lake Gang is just a small amount of money with three melons and two dates, and most of the merchants who come and go are businessmen who do big business, and they don't care about a few trivial silver, so they should be ruined and avoid disasters.

It's just that the East Lake Gang encountered today was not an ordinary guest, and it would not be easily frightened by his cruel words.

Lin Fangda, who figured out the reason, suddenly changed his sex, he nodded lightly with a smile on his face, reached into his arms, groped a few times, and then turned the back of his hand upwards, slowly stretched out towards the black-faced man, and said with a smile: "If you want money, I'll give it to you!"

Seeing Lin Fangda's weakness, the black-faced man couldn't help but show a smug look, and then reached out to receive Lin Fangda's "silver" without hesitation, but at the moment when the two of them made contact with their fingers, Lin Fangda suddenly opened his five fingers and grabbed the black-faced man's wrist.

At this time, everyone saw that Lin Fangda's hands were empty, and there was no half tael of silver at all.

The black-faced man realized that something was wrong, but before he could hurriedly withdraw his arm, Lin Fangda suddenly pulled forward, and dragged the black-faced man directly in front of him, and then clenched his left hand into a fist, and used a move to dig out the heart of the black tiger, and slammed it on the black-faced man's lower abdomen.

The black-faced man who was punched was in pain, as if he was burning inside, his liver and intestines were broken, his face was as white as paper in an instant, his eyes turned up, his mouth, tongue, lips and teeth trembled uncontrollably, and his whole body was like a cooked prawn, quickly curled up together.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fangda suddenly made a move, and the disciples of the East Lake Gang on the side saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly released a whistle arrow towards the sky, and with a sharp whistle piercing the sky, on the water and land wharf that stretched for more than ten miles on the Huaishui line, groups of people quickly poured out from all directions, most of these people were holding sticks, and some people were holding swords and harpoons, and hurriedly gathered towards the wharf of Pan Huai ship merchants. In a matter of moments, two or three hundred people had gathered to enclose the Panhuai Wharf.

Looking at the more and more East Lake Gang disciples gathered around, Lin Fangda also seemed to realize that the situation was not good, his throat squirmed slightly, and he subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of spit.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Fangda turned to look at Liu Xunyi and Luo Ningyu who were dazed, and said with a wry smile with embarrassment: "I finally know now why the people of the East Lake Gang dare to be so arrogant on the dock. Looking for clothes, condensing words, you say...... Can the three of us knock over more than a hundred by ourselves?"

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