44. On the Canal (4)
It was the first time in Yao Guangqi's life that he saw a strange woman at such a close distance. He was such a beautiful girl. He couldn't help but be stunned and forgot to answer the other party's question.
The woman was embarrassed when Yao Guangqi saw it, her face turned a little red, but she didn't continue asking questions, but said softly: "I thought the person who came here was a bad guy, so I'm a little heavy. I'll accompany you, right? You're a big man, don't be angry with me in the future."
Yao Guangqi then realized that he was a little out of control, his face turned red in an instant, and he whispered embarrassedly: "Girl, I..." After saying only three words, he stopped, and his face turned redder, and he had no idea what he was going to say.
The woman was amused by Yao Guangqi's embarrassment: "What girl? My name is Chen Yueru. From now on, you can call me Yueru or Ru'er, but my father will call me Ru'er."
Yao Guangqi's face turned redder: "Okay, Sister Yueru, I..." Yao Guangqi didn't know what to say again.
"What sister?" Yao Guangqi was robbed by Yue Ru again: "I am seventeen years old this year. How old are you, I just called my sister, and it seems like I'm very old."
Yao Guangqi became even more embarrassed and his face became more and more red: "I, I'm fifteen."
"Then call me sister." Yue Ru looked in a good mood, turned around and left with a smile on her face, but immediately turned around and said, "Go to bed quickly, keep your energy in order to help my father."
The next morning, Yao Guangqi, Zhang Yu and Yuan Gong got off the ship, leaving only Chen Shu and his daughter on the ship.
Looking at Zhang Yu and Yuan Gong disembarking, Chen Shu seemed worried, but when he turned around, his daughter next to him stood at the bow of the boat with a smile on his face, looking very confident. He was unconsciously affected by his daughter, and he felt much more at ease.
After Yao Guangqi and his other two got off the ship, there was no movement in the fleet for two consecutive days. Everyone in the fleet was like nothing happened. The fleet continued to head north and the itinerary was not delayed at all. The daily boat was more than a hundred miles. If you continue to move at this speed, you will enter Shandong in another two days.
On the third night, just after the Hai Dynasty, Chen Shu heard an abnormal sound outside the cabin. The father and daughter turned over, prepared for a while, nodded at each other, and quietly left the cabin together.
Coming out of the rear cabin, with the moonlight and the light reflected on the river, I saw that there seemed to be someone shaking on the back boat, and there were several small boats docked next to the canal boat behind. These should be the water bandits that Chen Shu and the others had been waiting for. Chen Shu glanced at his daughter, Chen Yueru nodded, Chen Shu took a deep breath and shouted: "Who is here? There are water bandits, come here, catch water bandits."
Chen Shu's voice was very loud, but the effect was very average. After shouting a few times, no soldiers were escorted by the ships. After Chen Shu's shouting, the figures of the back ships were even more violent, as if they were rushing to transport them quickly. Chen Shu had to continue shouting. After half a quarter of an hour, two small boats had already sailed away from the canal ships. Only on each canal ship were soldiers appearing on the bow, lit up some torches sporadically.
Chen Shu was so angry that his hands and feet were trembling, but he tried his best to remain rational and shouted to the officers and soldiers: "Catch the thieves quickly and catch the water bandits."
These soldiers agreed twice, but none of them really chased after him. They just stood at the bow of the ship and shouted symbolically: "Bold Water Bandits" and "Catching Water Bandits" were considered as responses to Chen Shu's orders.
Chen Shu suppressed his anger, took a breath, and shouted to all the back boats: "Dang for me, dock."
Under Chen Shu's repeated orders, the Caoyan fleet finally all anchored and docked on the shore. Chen Shu ordered all the ship workers and escort officers and soldiers to get off the boat. As soon as Chen Shu got on the shore, he saw two hundred households in the fleet coming to the front. One of them said: "Sir, aren't you going to chase that group of water thieves? How can chasing water thieves get ashore? Once we get ashore, we can't catch up with the water thieves."
Chen Shu sneered: "What? Do you think I don't know the mystery here? Wang Baihu, I want to catch the water thief, but I want to catch the inner ghost first. If I catch the inner ghost, I won't be afraid of not being able to catch those water thiefs. If I get the official salt, can I make it happen without the inner ghost? Do you want to take it alone?"
Chen Shu said this hundred households with the surname Wang were a little unhappy. They wanted to refute it but couldn't speak for a long time. However, the hundred households with the surname Zhou next to him came forward and said, "Mr. Transshipment Authority, I know you are eager to catch the thief, but according to the court's laws, we escort the Caoyan to the Shandong Provincial Administration Commission for the service. The latest is forty-five days. Once the time limit is exceeded, you and we will be beaten with a board, and you will have to add boards every day."
Chen Shu still smiled coldly: "I would rather get beaten than let those borers get rid of the official salt in vain."
The hundred households surnamed Zhou were so choked by Chen Shu that they could not come to Taiwan, so they said coldly: "You are the lucky messenger, what should you do? Just make the decision."
Chen Shu sneered: "I'll be the master and do nothing tonight. We'll be stationed on this shore tonight. Come on, let's put on the carrier pigeons."
The Baihu surnamed Zhou was stunned: "Carry pigeons, what kind of pigeons? What else is the arrangement for the transshipment officer? Why don't we know?"
Chen Shu walked to Zhou Baihu, stared at the other party's eyes and said, "Since I am a transshipment officer, why am I doing? Do you still have to say hello to you in advance?"
Zhou Baihu was speechless by Chen Shu's words, so he had to turn around and leave. Wang Baihu felt something was wrong and quickly followed Zhou Baihu. The two of them left the team one after another in a tacit understanding. When people were not paying attention, Wang Baihu said: "It seems that he wants to be true, but what does it mean to stop on the shore and even put on a carrier pigeon?"
Zhou Baihu frowned and shook his head and said, "It seems that he must have a backup plan. Is he calling a helper? Could it be the suspicious people who got on the boat a few days ago? Also, have you noticed? He just said, do you want to take it alone? The meaning of this sentence is that he also wants to share a cup?"
Wang Baihu nodded: "It's this sentence, but he just said this sentence without any clue. If you really want one, just say it. Why don't he stop to do it? Isn't this fart after taking off his pants?"
Zhou Baihu hesitated for a moment: "No matter what, whether he is reporting the news and looking for help or want to divide the money, it seems that it is a troublesome now. We must be prepared. Send someone to notify the other side and let them be careful. Stop calm for the time being, and don't tell me if you give the boat to the gang. Then wait until the matter is clear."
The two hundred households of King Zhou didn't know that just as they were secretly discussing countermeasures, another pair of eyes was staring at them, and their every move fell into these eyes.
Chapter completed!