The boat traveled for four or five miles, and the Qingjiang waterway was cut off by a huge rock like a knife.
Waves of water slap against rocks, underwater reefs are scattered, and the rapids form dozens of eddies.
"Breakhead Beach is here!"
The old boatman greeted him and took the helm himself.
The hull shook, and Lu Min slammed into the bulkhead.
The second prince rubbed his blushing forehead glumly, and when he looked up, he saw He Mouse looking at him with a bad face, and suddenly said annoyed: "What's the matter? Do you still want to fight?"
He mouse hummed, "Our ship's bulkhead is thin. If you crash it, you'll have to lose money."
At the mention of the word money, Lu Min's face sank, and he was about to get angry.
Mr. Jin Shui stared at him, and then his eyes accidentally met He Mouse, and the two saw the same doubts in each other's eyes. This guy disguised as a coachman often has the power of such a high-ranking person. Whenever they think that this person is of extraordinary origin, they are then disturbed by other details displayed by the other party.
For example, in this cabin, there is a fishy smell that cannot be washed away, and there is a strange smell of oil applied to protect the wooden boards that have been soaked in water for a long time.
Ordinary people don't care, because that's what ferries do. If it is replaced by a wealthy businessman with a little wealth, he will definitely walk with his nose covered, and he will insist on staying on the deck when he gets on the ship, and he is unwilling to enter the cabin.
There's nothing to blame for this, there's always a strange smell in the place where the poor live, and different people are used to different lives. I don't know how many people in disguise and disguise He Mouse have seen, no matter how vividly they act, there will always be flaws. Some things can't be covered up by wearing rags, hunched over, and smeared black.
In He Mouse's eyes, Lu Min is a guy who has a lot of identity and wants to pretend to be a poor ghost, but some of his habits are very similar to the real poor ghost.
"The boat fee is 20 cents per person, and it will be sent to the Heilongtan ferry, and the horses will be doubled."
"Nonsense, I remember the cost of the carriage for two people is correct, but how do you calculate it according to the horse? We only have one car! You are blackmailing!" As long as one person is ten cents, I have already calculated the price according to the big boat with carriages and horses, look at your boat, is it worth this money?"
Mo Li approached Meng Qi and asked silently: How did the second prince know the price of the ferry
Meng Qi thought about it for a while, and replied silently: Probably when I went to the biggest car dealership in the capital to buy a car, he took the opportunity to ask people.
The money on the second prince is pitifully small. Although his brother has prepared people and money for him, he will wait for Mo Li Mengqi to send the second prince to the pre-agreed place, but the second prince does not know about it at all.
In fact, Mo Li wanted to tell him, but Lu Min acted very heavy a few days ago.
Reluctance, is unwilling to leave Taijing.
Regret is feeling useless.
So Meng Qi murmured to the doctor, the opportunity is rare, if you want to make the second prince regret for a while, maybe he will be enlightened! The result is obvious -
"The price you mentioned is only the money to cross the river, but now we have sent a few more miles of waterway and brought you to the Dead End Beach." He mouse rolled his eyes and quibble, "Besides, a carriage can only be used with one horse. If you have an extra horse, even if you don’t have a car, you will still have to pay for it.”
Unexpectedly, Lu Min was not fooled. He found that He Mouse was testing himself. If he blurted out that the spare horse could be tethered to the carriage, that would be a flaw. The common people are only allowed to use one horse in the car, and they will not subconsciously think of forcibly adding a horse to count as one car during a dispute.
Lu Min avoided the horse's rhetoric, and tried his best to argue: "We just want to cross the river. Who's going to take the extra road, is it yours or mine?" The previous 20 articles of toll for touring are also unreasonable, since you have to count Horses, why don't the twenty pennies be subtracted? The road near Broken End Beach is rough and difficult for carriages to travel. It is about to get dark. Do you want us to disembark over there? "
Meng Qi was very interested in listening to it, and he didn't forget to say to Mo Li: "We didn't plan to come to Nuotou Beach. He even knows the terrain around here? Yes, everything is forewarned. If he can understand this truth, he has not wasted these days in vain!"
"... Lu Min speculates on the itinerary on the map and inquires about the market, just to save money?"
Mo Li couldn't help but say that Meng Qi's smile froze on his face.
He mouse over there jumped up and retorted: "On our ship, now there are only you and this group of people, not counting the money for your charter, it's already very kind!"
"Chartered boat? Is the person in the sack dead?" Lu Min laughed angrily.
They had a lively quarrel, but the people on both sides didn't say a word and didn't mean to get involved at all.
Mr. Jin Shui was still a little trembling, because there was the most dangerous and urgent place in the Qingjiang waterway ahead.
Broken Head Beach, as the name suggests, is not so easy to live here.
Generally, ships will try their best to drive ashore when they arrive here to avoid the undercurrent of the whirlpool. However, there are too many merchant ships leaving Beijing, and they occupy relatively safe waters. Other ships can only queue up behind to move slowly.
The old boatman had sharp eyes and saw that something was wrong there, as if someone had set up a checkpoint to search.
"Could it be that we kidnapped Master Cha..."
"Nonsense, how can it be so fast."
After the old boatman reprimanded him, he thought of the scholar in the cabin who mentioned cheating in the imperial examination, and his expression changed slightly.
—In recent days, Mr. Zha squatted on the pier almost every day and arrested several scholars.
Although the old boatmen did not understand the key to the fraud in the imperial examinations, they also knew that these people would strictly monitor the scholars who were in charge of taking the examinations, so why did they let them run away? It's not like he was arresting scholars for "replenishing" personnel, but he was arresting insiders to silence them. After all, to find someone to take the exam, one had to carefully check the identity and household registration, not just go to the street and arrest a business.
If a well-known scholar is kidnapped on his way back to his hometown, the government must be alerted.
The change of emperor in the capital and the turmoil between the court and the opposition have also shaken the foundation of this group of people, so these scholars have fled one after another while taking advantage of the chaos
There seems to be only one sign of downfall recently... Prime Minister Zhang
The old boatman smacked his lips. Prime Minister Zhang's former officials had been demoted a lot recently. The official ships came and went, and the coolies on the dock also listened and knew that things were going to change in the imperial court.
It may be Jin Yiwei who can set up a private checkpoint on the Duotou Beach, or it may be the black hand behind the fraud case who colluded with the local snake.
Searching with great fanfare on the docks will startle the snakes.
Now that we have arrived at Broken Head Beach, the two banks are barren, and the waterway is naturally traversed. It is difficult for the people on the boat to escape. It is indeed a good place for investigation.
"Uncle Yang, what should I do?"
A few coolies hurried around.
Even if they didn't arrest the scholars, they wouldn't be able to pass the search. There were still a few sacks in the cabin with people! Even if you let it out, you can't gag people's mouths!
No matter what the source of the searchers came from, seeing this situation, they will definitely detain their boat.
He mouse heard the sound and went out of the cabin, and when he saw the level in front of him, his face turned pale.
More frightened than him was Mr. Jin Shui, whose feet were soft and almost tripped.
Meng Qi was looking around, and the old boatman had already waved his hand: "All stabilized, let's go!"
Before everyone could react, the boat suddenly turned and headed towards Jiang Xin.
There was an uproar on the shore, and the searchers also found that it was not good. They wanted to chase, but no boatman was willing.
It's not that you can't break through the beach, it's just that you have to take a lot of risks. The boatmen are not stupid. Who is willing to do things that are not sure? Unless a large reward is offered, and the money has already reached their wives and children, they will work with peace of mind.
Mr. Jin Shui was holding the boat gang, and his face was doused by the waves.
In the turbulent water, the hull suddenly turned to the left. Lean, then turn right.
The two horses in the cabin were frightened and threw their heads and hoofs.
"Mom!"
"do not!"
A dark shadow flashed in front of Mr. Jin Shui's eyes, and he saw He Mouse and Lu Min pounce on the horse in unison, and then hugged the horse's head firmly. Human strength can't match Crazy Horse, just when Lu Min was struggling to turn around to ask Meng Qi Mo Li for help, the two horses slipped softly against the bulkhead.
Lu Min was almost pinned down, and he didn't have time to complain because the boat was spinning wildly in the whirlpool.
In the blink of an eye four or five circles, let alone people, even the horses fainted.
The sacks collided in the cabin, and the people inside were probably awakened by the torment, but in this situation, they might as well continue to faint!
Meng Qi frowned and walked out of the cabin, directly meeting the surprised eyes of a few coolies.
He mouse crawled out while panting, trying to grab something dizzy, but he hugged the leg of the ink carp.
The ink carp can naturally avoid it, but he saw that the mouse lost his balance and almost fell to the ground, so he stood still.
The hull is substantially left. Qing, Mr. Jin Shui felt that half of his body was submerged in the water, he screamed in horror, followed by the whole person and was pulled back, a rope was stuffed in his hand, and in front of him was the iron tied to the anchor column.
Mr. Jin Shui subconsciously hugged Tie Zhu and grasped the rope, and then he remembered to look up at his savior.
Meng Qi walked towards the bow of the boat, as if walking on the ground.
The old boatman looked ahead and saw that the hull had passed three vortexes smoothly, bypassed several reefs, and was getting closer and closer to the huge rock in the middle of the river, and the rotation of the boat gradually stopped.
"Tighten the ship to the right!"
"Don't stand on the left, go right!"
The coolies were in a hurry, but luckily they weren't at the helm.
The old boatmen's shouts became faster and faster, and everyone gradually couldn't keep up with the speed. Finally, the hull slanted and was almost dragged into the whirlpool by an undercurrent.
If you want to get out of the whirlpool, the direction is very particular. If you go wrong, the boat will be destroyed.
The old boatman was unafraid and struggled to hold the boat steady.
Mo Li looked at the oar of the boat. He didn't know how to control the boat. He could only slap the boat with his palm.
The internal force hit the water through the plank, and the reverse thrust pulled the boat out of the whirlpool again.
The accident happened only once. The ship quickly crossed the huge rock. During the period, the hull almost hit the reef with a turn. As a result, just as the old boatman was sure, it returned to the rapids by the slightest error.
Everyone held their breath until the beach was thrown far behind.
Their boat is small and the current is fast, and the boat behind them can't catch up.
The old boatman let go and sat down, and the people next to him hurried over to help him.
Some people are laughing, some people are screaming.
Although this is not the first time they have broken the head beach, there have been so many times to seek life on the river, but none of them have been as happy as today.
- Jingcheng Wharf and Broken Head Beach, they all got rid of them, and they were completely thrown behind them.
He mouse dragged Lu Min, who climbed out of the cabin, to the spot and turned around, and the first sentence he blurted out was-"Will the boat money be added?"
Lu Min waved his hand weakly, indicating that he had lost the bargain, and he would not fight.
Mr. Jin Shui's face turned pale, and when he rushed to the side of the boat, he began to vomit.
Ink carp: "… "
Meng Qi thought to himself, fortunately, the doctor is not in the water at the moment.
Mo Li's face was so ugly that Lu Min and Mr. Jin Shui thought that Mo Li was going to vomit after calming down, so they quickly greeted him and asked if there was any clean water on the boat.
"No need." Meng Qi hurriedly stopped.
The old boatman waved his hand exhaustedly and signaled, "Continue walking until Zhuhou Temple will dock."
Mo Li was about to ask whether the boat journey was inexplicably longer, whether to add money or not, but he was keenly aware that Meng Qi was stunned.
Zhuhou Temple—
Mo Li, who was familiar with the topography of mountains and rivers, especially the situation near Taijing, suddenly remembered the origin of Zhuhou Temple.
Among the famous officials and generals known as the fourteen heroes of the founding of the Chu Dynasty, only one did not live to see the establishment of the Chu Dynasty.
Before Li Yuanze led the army to invade Taijing, one of his most trusted advisers, Zhu Yan, who was also famous at that time as a wise man with no last resort, suddenly caught a cold and died in the army tent.
He died on the banks of the Qingjiang River, and when Li Yuanze conferred the title of hero, he built a tomb for him at the same time.
In his whole life, this advisor did not cross the Qingjiang River and enter Taijing.
He did not see the prosperity of the Chu Dynasty, nor did he see the ending of the monarch and his ministers suspicious of each other and killing loyal ministers.