Chapter 713 Capsized
"All children go back to the cabin!" When Li Xiu saw the situation ahead, he immediately ordered the children beside him with a serious look on his face, because the scene in front was really not suitable for children.
In fact, the children had already seen the situation before. Mian Niang, the least courageous, had already crawled into his arms and didn't dare to come out. The other girls also covered their eyes one by one. However, Wu Mingkong was bold. Not only was he not afraid, he also looked forward curiously with wide eyes, which was more courageous than the two boys Jin'er and Ping'anlang.
However, Li Xiu didn't want these children to see these, otherwise he would have nightmares at night, so he stood up and drove all the children into the cabin, leaving only him and Li Ke on the deck. After all, Li Ke is older, and as a prince, it is also appropriate for him to gain some experience.
"Why did my husband drive all the children back? Mingkong just complained to us...ah~" At this moment, the lady suddenly saw the wardrobe smiling and asked, but before she finished speaking, she saw the situation on the river ahead. She couldn't help but scream in fear, and her pretty face turned a little pale.
It’s not a big deal about Yi Niang, because she saw corpses floating with the river water everywhere on the river surface in front of her, including men and women, and elderly and children, and there were hundreds of people everywhere. You can estimate that Yi Niang is not Princess Pingyang. It was the first time she had seen so many dead people, so she was naturally scared.
At this time, Princess Pingyang also walked out, followed by Yue Chan, but Mother Yi realized at this time, and then Yue Chan got into the cabin again and refused to let her see it. It was not because of the fear of Yue Chan being afraid. In fact, Yue Chan followed Li Xiu to the grassland, and the dead bodies were no longer surprised, but Yue Chan was a pregnant woman. According to superstition, it was really not good for pregnant women to see dead people.
"How come there are so many dead bodies?" Princess Pingyang couldn't help but frown when she saw the corpses on the river.
"Auntie, look, it seems that the boat in front has capsized!" At this moment, Li Ke suddenly pointed to the canal in front and shouted, which made Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang look up. Sure enough, there was a big boat in the distance that was overturned in the river. There were still people around him trying to overturn the boat. However, this was not a small project. Although there were people who fell into the water to rescue the people, because there were too many people who did not fall into the water, many people were drowned in the end. The dead bodies in front of them must have been the people who fell into the water before.
"These are all Turkic people. Are these fleets transporting Turkic people to the south?" Princess Pingyang finally found a problem with the clothes of the corpse on the water surface and asked immediately. She and the other two were chatting in the cabin before, but they didn't know what happened to the Turkic people.
"Yes, these are the Turks who moved south. But I didn't expect an accident to happen. Why don't I go and ask someone for the situation?" Li Xiu nodded first, then frowned and said, "He initiated the Turks' migration inwards. Since he is now in a good position and the other party is in trouble again, he also wants to ask about the situation. If there is any problem, he can also suggest it to Zhao Deyan.
At that moment, Li Xiu sent someone to find the officials of this fleet transporting Turks. In a short while, a small official in a green robe came to Li Xiu's ship. He did not know Li Xiu's identity, but when he saw Li Xiu's demeanor and the size of the fleet, he also knew that the other party must be a big man he could not afford to offend, so he also showed great humility.
"The lower official Zhou Qing greeted the young master, but I don't know what the young master is called?" The green-robed little official saluted Li Xiu. He saw Li Xiu young and thought that the nobleman was the young master who came out to play, so he didn't dare to offend him, because he knew that some noble princes were spoiled by the elders in the family, and he was not afraid of being afraid of heaven or earth. It would be better to be careful with the seventh-rank little official like him.
"My surname is Li, are you an official in charge of this transportation team?" Li Xiu did not reveal his identity, and then asked directly.
"It turned out to be Mr. Li. The Xiaguan is responsible for the escort of these Turkic people. But you must have seen it too. Mr. Xiaguan encountered some small trouble here, and I hope he didn't frighten the young master!" Zhou Qing said at the end of the day, and he bowed to Li Xiu again. After all, there were so many dead bodies on the river surface, and he was really afraid that the noble master in front of him had never seen the world and was frightened and blamed him for being frightened.
Originally, the army was responsible for escorting the Turks at first, but when escorting the first batch of Turks, the Turks rebelled, which made Li Shimin scold Zhao Deyan. Later, the escorting the Turks became the civil servants, and the army also obeyed the command of the escort envoy, and the treatment of some Turks was also improved. As a result, no Turks resisted again.
"This section of the river is so peaceful, and there are no storms today. Why did your ship capsize and drown so many people?" Li Xiu frowned and asked. Although the lives of the Turks were not worth much, they could not die on the road so idle. After all, the south is still waiting for them to clear the land.
"This..." Zhou Qing couldn't help but look embarrassed when he heard Li Xiu's inquiry. After all, it was not convenient to tell outsiders about this kind of thing. However, when he saw Li Xiu's extraordinary demeanor, he also had the majesty of a superior when speaking, so he dared not to say it. Finally, he had to explain, "Young Master, in fact, we can't blame us for this matter today. If you want to blame, you will blame these Turks for their bad luck!"
"Don't be lucky? What's going on?" Li Xiu asked even more curiously when he heard this.
"Actually, the reason for the overturn is very simple. There are too many people on the boat. The ship we prepared was very nervous. However, yesterday when we were on the dock, two large ships were smashed by an eye-opening boat. It took several days to repair it. However, our itinerary was already stipulated and it was not delayed in a day. So the officials had no choice but to stuff the two people as many as possible into other ships. The boat that capsized had some minor problems, and was overloaded. As a result, when driving, it was a little anxious to turn, which caused the ship to capsize and drowned a lot. Now I will definitely like to punish me when I go back!"
Zhou Qing couldn't help but sigh at the end. There were not enough ships transported, so in order to load more people, each ship was seriously overloaded. Thanks to the relatively smooth canal, there was no accident. However, this overload was too serious, which led to this accident.
Chapter completed!