Chapter 136 (River Turmoil)

"The young master has a life, take advantage of this opportunity to enter the palace"

After listening to this, Ling Xiao pondered for a long time, and secretly thought to himself: "Judging from the strange martial arts of the man in black, it is not impossible to enter the palace, that Zuo Fan's martial arts are already very good, and there is another young master, I don't know what kind of character this young master is?"

In order to prevent Yu Ba from being entangled again, he threw Yu Ba half a pill at the moment, Yu Ba was overjoyed, and immediately took it, and Ling Xiao put away the letter.

He was not afraid, the two revealed the news, even if the news flowed out of their mouths, it didn't matter, so he didn't say anything to the two, said goodbye to the two, and hurriedly walked out of the inn.

When I came to the street, I thought about taking the waterway, maybe it was a little faster, and it was safer, so I inquired about the direction of the ferry, and hired a boat at the ferry, and the boatman told Ling Xiao that he wanted to go to Yingtianfu and must take the Grand Canal, only Jinan has a big river, and he didn't run far.

It is to send Ling Xiao to Jinan Ferry, then turn back, Ling Xiao hired a small boat, and went to Tianfu, at this time the sky was already dark, because the night boat family was not very willing, added a tael of silver, and the captain was willing to set sail.

In the middle of the night, Ling Xiaowu woke up from his dream, only to feel that there was a commotion outside the ship, which was a little strange, and the sound was quite noisy.

Ling Xiao opened his mouth and asked, "Boatman, what's going on outside?"

The captain said fairly: "Xianggong, there is a big boat coming behind, and the people on the boat seem to be eating, drinking, and boxing."

Ling Xiao lifted the bamboo curtain and walked out of the boat, and sure enough, in the silent night, there was a big boat more than thirty zhang away, and the boat was carrying a red lantern, running in the direction of their side, and the sound could be transmitted on the water surface, so from a long distance, I heard the noise on the big boat.

Seeing that the captain was just unhurried, sliding the water slurry in his hand, obviously a habitual look, Ling Xiao didn't care, just when he just lay down and continued to sleep, he only heard someone shouting: "The boat in front of you quickly give way" The voice was very rude.

Another person said: "Hurry up, old man, what are you rubbing" only listened to the voice of the captain: "Haven't you already made your debut" Another sharp voice said: "I knocked you over, don't blame us for not reminding"

Suddenly there was a "bang" sound, and then the captain said "ah", Ling Xiao only felt that the stern of the ship was slammed by something, the boat swayed from side to side, and when he saw that it was about to overturn, Ling Xiao hurriedly stretched out his legs and made a "jack fall" to stabilize the hull.

When Ling Xiao walked out of the cabin again, he saw that the big boat had already walked four or five feet away in front, the candles were bright on the boat, and there were people of different ages and heights, and there were more than 30 people.

The ship was loaded with goods in sacks, like people who were walking on a boat, and a flag was carried high on the sails, and the flag was printed with words, and the lights were dim, and it was fluttering in the wind, and it was not clear what was written on it.

Suddenly, he heard a burst of * sounds, Ling Xiao looked sideways, and saw the captain lying on the splint, the captain was also in his sixties, he must have not paid attention to it just now, and he stood unsteadily and fell to the ground when he was impacted.

Ling Xiao hurriedly approached and helped the captain up, and asked, "Old man, are you okay?" The captain looked up at Ling Xiao and said, "Hey, people are old, and they don't use it."

Ling Xiao saw that although the boat was not rocking the oars, it was still moving, presumably the road was smooth, so he immediately helped the captain into the cabin, stroked his chest and back, the captain coughed a few times, eased up and said to Ling Xiao: "Thank you, Xianggong"

Ling Xiao said: "It's just a gesture" only listens to justice: "Good and evil are just a thought, there is no harm, there is no harm"

Ling Xiao realized in his heart and thought to himself: "A small boatman can see so thoroughly, can I still stay out of the matter?"

I only heard the captain say again: "Hey, the world is chaotic again, and now there are many wars, and we don't have a few good days" coughed a few times and continued: "Kyoto is also a poor life now, and the prime minister wants to go to Kyoto, but you have to be careful about it."

Ling Xiao nodded, looking at the captain beating his chest and sighing, he couldn't help but think of a lot in his heart: "At the beginning of the war, I don't know how many people will be affected, this royal struggle, I don't know when it will stop, the internal strife continues, the external invasion has suffered, but the people have suffered, I can live in the moment, I can make a contribution, I will go all out to eradicate the alien race to calm the struggle, and everyone will stabilize the world" The captain was not injured, and after resting for a while, he shook his body and went out to take the helm again.

The next day, I ate some dry food with my father, and the dry food was not only baked cakes, but also game in the mountains, fish and shrimp in the water, or because of last night, the captain also specially took out wine and drank it with Ling Xiao.

On the river, you can still eat such a rich food, which can be described as a unique flavor, and Ling Xiao can't help but drink a few more glasses.

After a short rest, he set out again, and at first he talked with his father, but after a few more drinks, he fell asleep.

I don't know how long, but I heard someone shouting: "Help, help, help..."

Ling Xiao woke up when he heard this, a ray of sunlight shot into the cabin, Ling Xiao walked out of the cabin, looked up at the dazzling light, and did not see the sun when he first fell asleep, Ling Xiao thought: "The stamina is still quite big, I actually slept for more than a day"

I just heard someone crying for help in my ears: "Help, help..."

Greeting the captain, he put his hand on the pergola and looked at it from a distance, only to see a few human heads on the surface of the river, the man climbed on a thick wooden stick, kept waving his hand towards it, and kept shouting in his mouth, his expression was unusually urgent, and his voice was quite miserable, and it was heard far away on the water.

Captain said: "It must be last night's ship, the shipwreck"

Ling Xiao exclaimed: "Shipwreck, such a big ship..."

"Strange things often happen on the water, and shipwrecks are not strange..."

While the two were talking, they had already reached a close place, and when they saw the two, they seemed to see a life-saving straw and shouted: "Two well-wishers, help us"

When Fang was about to get closer, he saw their appearance clearly, there were five people, one was slightly older and in his fifties, and the others were only in their thirties, at this time they were all soaked, and the water in early spring was still as bitterly cold as winter, and their mouths were shivering with cold, their faces were pale, and their expressions were unusually embarrassed and sad.

Just as he was about to pass by those people, without waiting for Ling Xiao to speak, the captain said: "Xianggong, it's good to save them."

If it is as expected, the few people in front of him are the people who drove the boat last night and hit the boat, if there is no Ling Xiao secretly supporting, it is presumably that the boat will have an accident or even capsize, and it is not known, which shows the evil of his heart.

At this time, they ended up like this, but they responded to the saying, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded.

And the captain not only has no hatred or blame, but also helps them when he sees them in trouble, which shows the goodness of his heart, Ling Xiao can't help it, and secretly praises his heart: "The so-called evil is easy, but it is difficult to do good, if you can repay evil with good, it will be even more difficult."

Ling Xiao asked himself if he couldn't do it, otherwise, the Cheng brothers would not have been forced into a dilemma by him and lost their lives.

But on this ordinary boatman, a scene was staged, which made him an unexpected kindness.

Hearing what the captain said, he didn't have a reason not to save him, but he already had an idea in his heart, if these people were honest, it was okay, if they had evil intentions, he wouldn't mind throwing them into the water again.

From the outside, these people don't look like ordinary people, but in Ling Xiao's eyes, these people in front of him are not enough to attract his attention.