After a lapse of more than a month, I saw the vast waters of the Qingjiang River again.
It is said to be a ferry, but it is like a small town, with inns, teahouses and restaurants.
There are places where wealthy merchants go, and there are tea stalls where coolie porters rest.
A large thick porcelain bowl scooped up the tea directly from the bucket, one penny a bowl, the strong force carrying the goods on the dock finished drinking the tea, and then went to work again with his arms thrown.
The street is not clean and there are some debris left behind.
People who drink rough tea sit anywhere along the roadside, and people with accents from all over the world come and go. There was a strange smell in the air, the smell of sweat, bad wine, cattle, horses, livestock, and all kinds of goods mixed together.
Naturally, the smell was not pleasant, and many managers of large firms covered their noses and disembarked.
But the people on the pier have long been used to it, and they are divided into several gangs. This kind of "Jianghu gang" is to make a living, and the poor laborers don't want to work in vain, and they don't want to be oppressed by those commercial firms, so they are twisted together.
The docks for official ships and merchant ships are different, and they are located on both sides of the town.
Among them, next to the West Wharf used by merchant ships, there is a specially separated water bay, where more than a dozen large and small ships are moored. This is the Qingjiang Ferry.
There seems to be a world of difference between hiring a boat and taking a boat. The dock seems to be orderly, but the ferry is messy.
The carriage can't go far away, there are people waiting for the ferry everywhere, the burdens and the baskets they carry are piled on the roadside, and there are live chickens and ducks, and the sound of quacking adds to the chaos. .
Lu Min was dumbfounded. He was holding his horsewhip and didn't know what to do. A thin black man with a towel wrapped around his head took the initiative to walk over and asked in the Guanzhong dialect near Gyeonggi, "Is this car on board?"
Lu Min couldn't react for a while, the black and thin man grinned and changed into fluent Mandarin: "Is your car going to get on the ferry? It has to take a big boat, you are late, it won't be dawn. Go to the ferry, otherwise the road will be blocked! There are too many people here to cross the river, and if we fall behind and can't cross, we won't be able to get on the boat even in the evening."
At first, Lu Min didn't know why this person approached him, but he showed a complicated expression when he listened to it.
Before Mo Li could speak to Meng Qi, the scholar had already lifted the curtain of the car and said with a stern face, "Ten Wen, no more."
As soon as the black and thin man heard his Taijing accent, his face changed, and the kind smile on his face just now disappeared without a trace, he stretched out his hand and said, "It's ten pennies for one person, I gave it to take you there right away. "
"Twenty coins, I'll find someone else for more!" The scholar took out a string of copper coins and threw them directly.
The black and thin man lowered his face and stared at the scholar.
The two were deadlocked for a while, and the black and thin man finally snorted and put the copper coin in his arms, and said angrily, "I'm unlucky, come here." After speaking, he walked to the nearby merchant shipping pier, Lu Min still couldn't touch it. Mind, Mo Li has vaguely understood.
"Is this the norm?"
People with high martial arts have good eyes.
It turned out that the larger ferry boats were parked at the merchant ship dock. They neither solicited passengers nor shouted. Anyone who brought a lot of luggage or drove carriages and horses wanted to cross the river and had to pay a sum of money to a local snake like a black and thin man. Can't even find a ferry.
The scholar nodded and sighed in a low voice, "I heard people say it wasn't like this in the early years."
Lu Min said curiously, "Since you know the key points inside, why don't we just go directly to the pier?"
The scholar glanced at him and wondered where is this idiot from, don't you know how to look around
"Do you think he is alone? The idlers wandering around here, the coolies on the dock... As long as you break in, you will immediately know how many people there are, and in the end you have to pay everyone! What can you do, Reporter?"
Although there are several ferries outside the capital, this is the most important one.
Someone is blackmailing the people here, and the officials in charge of the ferry and the wharf will know nothing? To the east of the town is the dock for official ships. There are small officials on duty all the year round. The town is so big in total.
"...Even if the officials here don't care about the benefits, they can go to the Taijing government office and the Caoyun Division!" Lu Min said to himself, if it really doesn't work, he can still write a letter to the eldest brother!
Then I thought, how could he add one more thing to the eldest brother? Lu Min looked at Meng Qi subconsciously, eager to try, as if he still hoped that this would happen, and then those people were beaten down by the national teacher.
Meng Qi saw through his mind at a glance, and squinted at him with a half-smile.
The second prince shrank his neck and muttered, "What are you doing with such greedy and bullying villains?"
"It's not as simple as asking for money now." Mo Li suddenly said.
Before Lu Min could react, Mr. Jin Shui's expression changed and he looked around quickly.
The coolie squatting on the side of the road looked at the car intentionally or unintentionally, and a few people who looked like businessmen happened to pass by. The "leading the way business" of the dock gang is very prosperous. In addition to the black and thin men on their side, several other groups also rushed to the ferry boat parked next to the dock.
The scholar saw that everyone was suspicious, and the hand holding the wall of the carriage began to tremble.
Lu Min hurriedly asked, "Doctor Mo, what's going on? Could there be some bad guys?"
Mo Li stared at the back of the thin black man and nodded slowly.
Meng Qi found out earlier than Mo Li, but he didn't warn him. He motioned Lu Min to hide in the car, and then watched Mo Li change his position and sit next to the carriage. After all, the carriage was so big that there could only be two people in the car, and it would be difficult to turn around if there was one more.
"When did the doctor find out?" Meng Qi leaned over and asked in a low voice.
"He was greeting people all the way, and he seemed very nervous, as if he was looking for something..."
Mo Li didn't push Meng Qi away, from a distance it looked like the two were whispering.
The surrounding atmosphere immediately changed subtly, and several people looked over vigilantly, as if staring at them.
"Get off... I want to get off." The scholar said with a pale face.
"It's too late." Meng Qi looked sideways at the car and smiled, "If it's for you, even if you get off the carriage, they won't let us go."
After speaking, Meng Qi felt an internal force "poke" his waist.
Mo Li looked awe-inspiring, Meng Qi immediately changed his words and said, "Mr. Jin Shui needn't worry. As the saying goes, if you do too much, you'll always be in trouble. If they dare to do something, I can make them become human again."
To be a human again, naturally, to reincarnate.
The pale face of the scholar was even more ugly. He looked at Meng Qi in horror, thinking it was the thief Jiang Yang who murdered without blinking an eye.
Ink carp: "… "
I couldn't help but poke it a second time.
Can't talk well, have to be scary
The reason why he poked his waist was because the external force was condensed by his fingers. The ink carp was sitting on the carriage, and the closest place to his fingers was naturally someone's waist and abdomen.
The two sat side by side, and Meng Qi's right waist became the most convenient target.
When Mo Li was a "child", Mr. Qin took him on a mountain road.
As long as he felt that there was danger in front of him, Qin Lu would immediately use his internal force to block the child back, but he was very light. Later, Mo Li had his younger brother Tang Xiaotang, and he learned to remind his younger brother in the same way. Whenever Xiao Tang fell asleep while reading, Mo Li would pat him, usually pat on the back.
It is the first time that ink carp has been used with a stamp.
Probably because of the lingering impression of the fat mouse, he was plump and soft, and wanted to poke.
Meng Qi, who took the third blow inexplicably, raised his head in confusion.
The first time he was blaming him for not speaking clearly, making Mr. Jin Shui think that he had implicated them, the second time he was blaming him for being so terrifying, but the third time why? Did he say nothing this time
"Cough." Mo Li couldn't explain that he was addicted, so he gave it a little more. He calmly assumed that none of this happened, and persuaded Mr. Jin Shui, "Can the enemy of Mr. bribe the people here at the wharf?"
The scholar shook his head in disbelief, then nodded again.
"Ho, what do you mean?" Lu Min became angry and could not help frowning.
"I... Although I know that those people will not give up, but... "
The book gritted his teeth, still refusing to reveal the details.
Lu Min was not angry, and was about to ask, but Meng Qi stopped him and said, "Okay, he won't say it, probably because he is afraid of hurting us."
— Well, not poked this time.
Meng Qi's spirit was refreshed, but on the surface he was still in a lazy manner. He tentatively said: "Maybe it is about a secret that cannot be told. Anyone who knows it will be in trouble."
The scholar was a little suspicious, but also a little ashamed, and said a little: "That's right, I chose to leave Beijing in a hurry on the day of the You Chunhui, and I was avoiding them. I didn't expect..."
At this time, the carriage has passed through the open area, and the high pile of goods is enough to block the sight of people in the distance. People walking through it is like passing through a rockery covered with stacked rocks.
The carriage turned a corner, and five people immediately jumped out of the pile of goods.
Some grabbed the reins, and some took the lead to take away the extra horse at the back of the carriage. The two surrounded the carriage with wooden sticks. wheel.
Then kicked out.
The car was clearly there, and for some unknown reason, the distance between his feet and the wheels was a little bit. The big three-eyed man had an unstable center of gravity and fell headfirst. If the person next to him hadn't helped him quickly, he would have knocked his forehead on the carriage.
The thin black man who led the way almost laughed, but fortunately he covered his mouth in time.
"It's funny?" The big three-eyed man raised his foot to kick the black and thin man again.
The latter ran fast, avoiding the successive denunciations: "Master Zha, forgive me, how dare you be a little kid?"
The black and thin man quickly glanced at the ink carp, paused for a while, and then smiled apologetically: "These are all from outside, I don't know the reputation of Master Zha, and they may accidentally touch someone who shouldn't touch it, you see—"
"Does this have your share of words? Get out!"
"Yes Yes!"
The black and thin man nodded and bowed his head, looking hesitant, with worry in his eyes.
"Interesting." Meng Qi raised an eyebrow.
This voice was so low that only Mo Li could hear it. Doctor Mo looked at the black and thin man very puzzled. He had never known him before. Since he had led them into a trap, why did he ask for mercy
The black and thin man lingered and didn't leave, and those few people shouted angrily: "What's the matter, do you still want to stay and get kicked by Master Cha?"
"No, look... I've caught a lot of people on the pier for a while now. I don't know why, but they are all scholars. The brothers of the Green Snake Gang are here to eat. We have to work hard to go through the seas, but there are still people waiting to eat at home, all of them have families and mouths, if you don’t give an accurate word, the brothers’ hearts are hanging.”
The big man with three white eyes turned to him, and asked yin and yang strangely, "Is this what your gang leader means?"
"How can it be? I don't understand the vision of the helper! I don't dare to disturb his old man. That's what I mean, no, no, I mean..."
"He mouse, don't ask what you shouldn't know. If you get tired of living, there will be no fish in the river to eat!"
The black and thin man was so frightened, he hurriedly waved his hand, shrank his head and ran away.
Master Zha pouted at his back and scolded, "Damn it!"
Then Master Zha's eyes fell on Mo Li's face. He probably felt that the people in the car were too calm. He swallowed the nonsense that had come to his mouth, and squinted and asked the people next to him, "What's the way?"
"I don't know."
"This is a car sold by the largest car dealership in the capital, and it's still old!"
"There are four people in the car, and the target is hiding inside!"
A man with a wooden stick said affirmatively, "I can see it for real. Just now he and He Mouse had quarreled a few words about money. I was sitting at the roadside tea stall and recognized it at a glance!"
In the carriage, Lu Min looked at the shaky scholar, and his curiosity was about to force him to jump down and grab the front of the robe of Mr. Cha, and ordered the group to explain the cause and effect.
The old carriage and the ordinary clothes on Meng Qi and the others made Cha Ye make up his mind.
"Get people out!"
Meng Qi stretched out his arms and reached out to push Lu Min out of the car.
"...I think who dares?"
The second prince immediately thought about it, picked up the whip in his hand, and whipped at the people surrounding the car.
Lu Min does not know martial arts. This is for Meng Qi. In fact, the second prince has learned boxing and kung fu, he can bow and arrow, and he can use several weapons to fight while riding on a horse. He is only good at martial arts, and without the talent of a military commander, it is impossible for him to become an unparalleled martial arts general.
However, the enemy at the moment is not decent. It seems that only the thugs of the hospital can handle it. Lu Min can handle it completely. Even if he is outnumbered, he is not afraid.
"The bottom plate is quite stable, but the footwork is too messy." Meng Qi said slowly.
Mo Li asked suspiciously, "He fought Liu... and Lao Liu several times, didn't you see it?"
Meng Qi sneered: "Shame! His younger brother is five or six years younger than him, and he is a lot shorter than him, and he was beaten so badly."
Hearing this, Lu Min whipped the whip even harder, and at the same time felt terribly wronged.
What kind of skill is Lao Liu? There are masters who have tried every means to teach martial arts. His mother's family can't use it, and his muscles and bones are stiff with age. He is thinking about learning some martial arts secrets. Wouldn't it be faster to buy a master to assassinate the emperor? Crying and learning for ten years, is it stupid
It turned out that the fool was himself, and the second prince was extremely aggrieved.
The three-eyed Master Zha shouted angrily, grabbed the whip, and suddenly exerted force, the inferior whip broke.
Lu Min staggered and was almost dragged by the whip.
"Dare to be presumptuous on the ground of Taijing? I think you are..."
Master Zha's voice stopped abruptly, with a smelly shoe stuck in his open mouth.
The second prince turned around in astonishment, and saw that the others had already fallen to the ground, and the shoe also hit Master Zha's nose at the same time.
The thin black man who climbed onto the pile of goods held a shoe in his hand, and his expression was dull.
The shoes he threw out were going to hit the back of Mr. Cha's head, but he was inexplicably turned a corner by a gust of wind. That's okay. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. Ghostly.
Several heads appeared one after another on the nearby cargo piles, all of which were coolies on the wharf. They asked in surprise, "What's the matter? Was it done by rats?"
"It wasn't me, I threw a shoe..."
The thin black man swallowed and looked at the carriage subconsciously.
Meng Qi patted the ashes on his sleeves and said nothing.
Hidden power and fame.