Chapter 20: Mistaken on a thief ship
The new official Chen Guangrui and his wife Yin Wenjiao are ready to go to Jiangzhou to take up their posts, Yin's father and Yin's mother regard their daughter as a pearl in their palms, and they can't bear to keep their daughter away from their side, but they see that Chen Guangrui and Yin Wenjiao are like glue after marriage, almost inseparable, so they can't bear to cut their love, and tell their son-in-law to treat Wen Jiao well.
In front of the gate of Yin's mansion, Yin's mother held her hand and looked at her daughter Wen Jiao with tears in her eyes, and told her again: "Jiao'er, Jiangzhou is hundreds of miles away from Chang'an, you are already pregnant, and you are not in a hurry to rush for a while, so as not to move the fetus, when you arrive in Jiangzhou, you will immediately repair a letter to your father, and your father and I will rest assured." ”
turned to Chen Guangrui again: "Son-in-law, Jiao'er is weak, and now she is pregnant, you have to take care of her, I told the master, let the housekeeper accompany you on the road and escort you to the Jiangzhou ferry." ”
Yin Wenjiao held her mother's hands, and she was also speechless and choked, and Yin's father sighed slightly beside her.
Chen Guangrui and his wife, the housekeeper of the Yin Mansion and several entourages came all the way to the bank of the Weishui River. There were several boats at the Weishui ferry, and when they saw a guest coming, a few captains immediately ran over and asked, "Guest officer, where are you going?"
The housekeeper of the Yin Mansion replied, "We are going to Jiangzhou." ”
"To Jiangzhou?" At this time, a man with a sturdy figure, a fair complexion, and a fierce look flashing in his eyes pushed away everyone, and all the captains seemed to take this person as the leader, and they all dodged away.
The housekeeper of the Yin Mansion didn't ask him, and said casually: "It's to Jiangzhou." ”
"But the new champion is going to Jiangzhou to take up his post?" the man asked.
The housekeeper of the Yin Mansion narrowed his eyes, became alert, and asked rhetorically, "Where did you know that we are the new section champion and his party?"
The man arched his hand, looked at Chen Guangrui with his eyes, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "It turned out that it was really the champion Lang who went to take up his post, disrespectful! Disrespectful! This champion Lang was young and handsome, and he was in Chang'an City for a day, and he was noticed by 10,000 people in the capital, and I, Liu Hong, also witnessed it with my own eyes, how can this be fake? ha......
The housekeeper of the Yin Mansion suddenly showed arrogance on his face, and he stroked his goatee and smiled: "That's true." Captain, we will hire your boat, and please take us to the Jiangzhou ferry. ”
"Alright, please come aboard, guest officer. Liu Hong, the captain, was quite polite at this time, and stretched out his hand to invite Chen Guangrui and his party to board the boat.
The housekeeper of the Yin Mansion took a square step to lead the boat, and Chen Guangrui followed, and the accompanying maid Chunhua helped Yin Wenjiao, who was draped in a veil, to also walk past Liu Hong, Liu Hong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was extremely amazed by the stunning shadow that passed by sideways! A trace of imperceptible greed flashed in his eyes.
The group all got on the boat, Chen Guangrui helped his wife to sit in the cabin, Chunhua stood aside, and the accompanying servants put down their luggage and valuables, wiped their sweat, and drank water.
Liu Hong, the captain of the boat, held a long pole to prop the boat away from the riverbank, and the dark-skinned, thin captain Li Biao rocked the oar behind the stern, and the boat sailed smoothly towards the middle of the river.
In the cabin, Chen Guangrui took out a champa, carefully wiped the fine beads of sweat on his wife's forehead, and asked with concern, "Jiao'er, are you okay?" Wen Jiao smiled and nodded, indicating that there was no problem.
Guangrui said again: "You are pregnant, in order to avoid the bumps and fatigue of the carriage and horses, so we took the waterway, although the journey is slower, but it is also more stable." ”
"Husband, you've bothered a lot. Wen Jiao took off her veil and looked at Chen Guangrui gently.
Seeing that the young couple of Guangrui were soft-spoken, tender and sweet, the spring flowers on the side were quite uncomfortable, and said, "Uncle, Miss, I'll come back when I come out to see", and then ran to the stern of the boat.
Li Biao, the black and thin man, saw a little girl with delicate eyebrows coming out of the cabin, and immediately whistled lightly to Chunhua, who turned her face in disgust, and looked at the surging river and the scenery on the shore alone, and Li Biao felt quite bored, so he sang the mountain song of "love brother, love sister" while shaking the oar......
After two days of water travel, entering the main channel of the Yangtze River, the captain Liu Hong and the housekeeper of the Yin Mansion and the four servants also became more and more familiar, Liu Hong's slang and vulgar jokes often made the housekeepers and servants laugh!
Chen Guangrui is a scholar, he thinks of himself as high, and now he has an official seal on his body, but he didn't talk much to Liu Hong, and let others talk and laugh with Liu Hong.
On this day, the ship sailed along the waterway of the Yangtze River into the boundary of Jiangzhou, not far from its destination. The housekeeper of the Yin Mansion asked Liu Hong, the captain, to stop the boat on the shore, paid the money, lowered his body and came to the cabin, and said goodbye to Chen Guangrui and his wife: "Uncle, Miss, now I have arrived at the boundary of Jiangzhou, and Jiangzhou City is not far in front, so I will go back to Chang'an first, and I hope that my aunt and young lady will settle down as soon as possible, and repair a letter to the lord and lady, so as to avoid worrying about teaching." ”
Chen Guangrui nodded yes, went out of the cabin again, sent the housekeeper of the Yin Mansion to the riverbank, and then exchanged respects and said goodbye. The housekeeper of the Yin Mansion also rushed back to Chang'an on his own to resume his life.
When Chen Guangrui returned to the cabin, it was already sunset. Chunhua and Yin Wenjiao were whispering, Chunhua glanced at the stern of the boat, flattened her mouth, and said softly: "Miss, I look at that swaying male thief, and at first glance he is not a good person." We need to be careful. ”
Yin Wenjiao was taken aback and said hurriedly: "Ah?!But how is this good? How is it good?"
"Miss, I'm going to call my uncle. Chunhua spoke quickly, and shouted out of the cabin: "Uncle, Miss called you." ”
Chen Guangrui, who was immersed in the beautiful scenery of the sunset, was shocked, and hurriedly lowered his body back to the cabin, Chunhua told his uncle his suspicions, Chen Guangrui shook his head after hearing this, and sneered: "Hehe, Chunhua, people can't be good-looking, you are really too worried! This place is already the boundary of Jiangzhou, but the jurisdiction of this official, besides, we are a few people together, where can there be any bad people? How dare there be bad people so ?......easily?"
Here, when the cabin was whispering, over there, Li Biao approached Liu Hong, glanced at the cabin, and whispered: "Boss, it's almost time to Jiangzhou City, look at this situation is a little wrong, they ......"
Liu Hong's face was expressionless, his face showed a resolute and ruthless look, and he made a "chop" gesture with his hand covertly, and said softly: "Wealth and wealth are in danger! You act according to the plan." ”
Li Biao nodded and went excitedly.
Liu Hong shouted at the bow of the boat: "Champion Gong, your ship's housekeeper has settled the money for me, and even the money for wine and food has been paid, I have prepared two tables of good wine and good food here for everyone to eat, and I will sleep well at night, and I will arrive at the place early tomorrow morning." ”
Saying that, Liu Hong and Li Biao brought two tables of wine and food, one table was placed at the bow of the boat, Liu Hong, Li Biao and the servants of the Yin Mansion had a table for a total of six people, and the other table was placed in the cabin, and Chen Guangrui and his wife had a table with Chunhua.
Liu Hong served wine and food to the table in the cabin, and involuntarily secretly glanced at Yin Wenjiao who had unveiled her veil, although the delicate Yin Wenjiao looked like a fairy in Liu Hong's eyes at this time, she was also a white and tender lamb to be slaughtered.
Yin Wenjiao noticed Liu Hong's unkind gaze, and immediately turned her face away, not looking at him Liu Hong, like a proud white swan!
Liu Hong secretly hated in his heart, and said in his heart: I will let you know your Liu Ye's methods later!