As mentioned earlier, the ship is divided into three floors. The floor below the deck is the cargo warehouse and the boatmen’s rooms, and the cabins above the deck are all occupied by the Jia family.
And because the second floor was more closed, it was allocated to the female family.
But she said that Ruan Rong went up to the second floor worriedly, and bumped into two panic-stricken old ladies.
Unexpectedly, the two old women didn't care about being too polite, and they hurried downstairs without looking back.
The servants of the wealthy and wealthy families have always paid the most attention to the word 'propriety'.
Ruan Rong couldn't help but wondered what was going on outside, so she went straight to Daiyu's room—as the hostess of the ship, Daiyu's room just had an unobstructed view of the bow of the boat.
Pushing open the cabin door, they saw Lin Daiyu, Zijuan, and Xueyan lying at the window, looking down through a gap. Except for Daiyu, who was barely calm, the other two maids were all panic-stricken. color.
"What happened?" Ruan Rong walked quickly behind the three of them and asked curiously, "Look at all of you, it's like the sky is falling."
The three girls were all taken aback. When they turned around and saw that it was Ruan Rong, Daiyu hurriedly stepped aside and said, "Sister, just take a look and see for yourself!"
Ruan Rong wouldn't be polite to her at all. She went to the window and saw that they had only opened a gap carefully, so she stretched out her hand and pushed it round, and looked out with her probe.
But on the river nearly 100 meters wide, there were six large boats with wild goose wings lined up, traversing the entire river, and there were seventy or eighty people on the deck, at least seventy or eighty people, across the river from the Cao family boat. The honchos yelled.
"Could it be that you encountered a water bandit?"
Ruan Rong murmured casually, and the two maids who were bluffing turned pale, especially the younger Xue Yan, who almost burst into tears when her eyes turned red.
Daiyu hurriedly pushed Ruan Rong and protested dissatisfiedly, "Sister, don't scare people! Where did so many pirates come from on the canal? Besides, how could the pirates use boats? There must be some other reason for this! "
As she said that, she turned back to comfort Xue Yan and said, "Don't panic, wait until Mammy Zhang returns, and you'll know what's going on."
Coincidentally, Mammy Zhang broke in at this time, and before she could catch her breath, she replied, "Don't be afraid, girl, it's not a strongman, but a group of salt dealers!"
However, it turned out that the six boats were actually caravans transporting salt to the north. One of them accidentally got stuck on the reef because of the cargoes loaded with too much draught and too deep, and there was a small hole in the bottom of the boat.
Seeing that this delay continued, this ship of salt was afraid that it would be washed away, so the salt dealers simply cut off the river, and wanted to force the passing passenger ships to transport the salt to the ferry 30 miles away.
If Jia Lian leaves for two more nights, this unfortunate incident should have been suffered by others - it happened that with Sun Shaozong's help, the Jia family set off a few days earlier, and they ran into this group of 'stumbling blocks'!
Just now, the hull of the ship suddenly shook violently, because the boatmen urgently dropped the four-claw iron anchor.
If it was an ordinary passenger ship, seeing such a large number of people on the other side, maybe it would be cowardly - but the tyrants of Jia's house, if they don't usually bully others, even if they are doing good and accumulating virtue, then they are willing to be coerced by a few salt dealers
As a result, the two sides shouted at each other when they disagreed!
However, he said that Jia Yucun was sleeping in the room at noon, and after hearing the report, he quickly put on his clothes and hurried to the deck. Seeing that he was scolding hoarsely, he hurriedly shouted: "Stop scolding, Don't scold me, just shut up!"
However, why did the tyrants of Jia's house take his 'broken house' seriously
Hearing this scolding from Jia Yucun, the tyrannical slaves scolded even more happily, and some people deliberately shouted: "Jinling prefect Jia Yucun, Mr. Jia, is here, you donkeys stabbing things, don't hurry. Dodge!"
Jia Yucun's hands and feet were trembling with anger, and he couldn't help them, so he had to get close to Jia Lian and persuade him: "My second master Lian! Hurry up and let them stop scolding, if they cause trouble, what will happen?!"
The saying goes, 'If there is a master, there must be a servant'. In fact, the reverse is true. The tyrants in Jia's house don't even take the salt dealers on the opposite side seriously. Jia Lian is used to the uncle. , how can you be afraid of them
"A disaster?"
Seeing him put his mouth away, he said: "Rongguo Mansion dares to stop the boat, I think they are the ones who got into trouble! When I get to Qingzhou Mansion, Second Master, I have to let this starter be a jerk, know what it is. regret!"
Jia Yucun couldn't help laughing at Jia Lian's arrogance. He pointed to the boats in front of him and said, "Second Master is afraid that he doesn't know something, but when escorting official salt, there must be a flag of Yandao Yamen on the boat. There is no sign, it must be smuggled salt! Dare to sway to transport this much smuggled salt by boat, there must be extravagant figures behind it, and it may not be afraid of our Rongguofu!"
After saying these words, Jia Lian's face showed a look of hesitation, but because of his face, he still couldn't get down on stage for a while.
Jia Yucun was busy and struck while the iron was hot: "Furthermore, most of the smuggled salt dealers are desperadoes. When I was in Jinling, I heard a few times that the salt owl killed officials and rebelled. If you really irritate them..."
Hearing the words 'kill the officials and rebel', Jia Lian shuddered immediately, so why bother to lose face
He jumped and scolded: "Don't scold, don't scold! Kuai Te mother shut up the second master!"
His scolding was immediate, and all the tyrants immediately fell silent.
However, at this time, it was too late. The five large ships on the opposite side were already fanning up, and the passenger ship from Jiafu had just dropped its anchor, and before it had time to change its sails, it was paralyzed for a while. No way out there!
It was only at this time that the tyrants finally realized that the one they had just kept provoking was actually more than 100 fierce men with sharp knives!
So one by one, it was as if someone was strangled by the throat, and he couldn't even utter a whole sentence. How could he still have the eloquence just now
Seeing that he was getting close, he saw a middle-aged fat man in a golden mink robe on the opposite boat, surrounded by many salt owls, scolding with his fingers: "What a shit Jinling prefect, a petty official the size of sesame and mung bean, dare to Charge the number in front of the uncle?! Later, I will drive all the people on this boat into the water, and wash the stinky mouth that can spray feces!"
Everyone in Jia's house changed color when they heard the words, as if these pampered things were thrown into the water in the winter, they were afraid that they would be half-crippled if they didn't die!
In a hurry, the tyrannical slaves were forced to show some courage again, and they hurriedly turned out their cards: "What do you want to do? The master of this ship is the second master of our Rongguo Mansion!"
"Yes, we are from Rongguo Mansion!"
"My second master's Yue family, but the nine-province ruler Wang Lao!"
The trump cards that were turned out became bigger and bigger, and the waists of the slaves also stood up again, and there were more swear words in the words.
The fat man on the other side laughed when he heard the words: "Who am I, it turns out to be the precious son of the first-class general Jia She! Anyway, I will save some face for the Rongguo Mansion - except Jia Lian, throw them all into the water for me!"
After listening to the first half, the horny slaves thought that the other side had been bluffed, and they were waiting to take the opportunity to show off their power again, but they never thought that the last sentence turned sharply, and even they were dumbfounded.
It was only at this time that Jia Lian realized that Jia Yucun had expected it well, and that there was indeed an extravagant figure behind the other party, and even Rongguofu and Wang Ziteng did not even care about it.
As they spoke, seeing that the big ships had already approached, the Yan Xiaos made concerted efforts to put the springboard to the side of the ship, and they all rushed up like a tide with their swords and guns!
All the tyrants exploded their nests immediately, some froze on the spot and couldn't move; some shouted and turned around and fled into the cabin; and even the bony minions actually knelt on the ground and shouted indiscriminately.
The situation suddenly collapsed to such an extent that Jia Lian and Jia Yucun also had pale faces—especially Jia Yucun, whose bowels of remorse had turned green. If he had known that he would encounter such a catastrophe, he would not have rushed to make peace. Jia Lian is with him!
But they said that everyone was in a panic, when they saw the tyrants who fled into the cabin just now rushed out, rolling and crawling, with a ghostly appearance on their faces.
Immediately afterwards, I saw a large wooden pole with the thickness of the top beam and pillar, 'jumping' out of the cabin, and swaying straight to the bow!