Chapter 63: Shock on the water
“Do you want to take a ferry? There are fresh river fish on the boat...” The beautiful boat girl paddled the boat and approached the shore, smiling before saying anything.
Seeing the two people on the shore, the boat lady said "uh", her smile froze, and she seemed to want to row the boat away again, not wanting to take these two guests.
Zhao Changhe and Cui Yuanyang looked at each other. Their clothes were dirty and torn, and their faces were covered with mud. Cui Yuanyang's snow-white rabbit velvet padded coat was in tatters, with lint leaking out everywhere. Plus, it was dirty and black. Just like the little beggar.
This is three or four days of walking through the mountains and forests in the rain and after the rain...
The two of them may not feel it if they stay together all the time. From other people's perspective, the stench may be floating on the boat in the wind.
Cui Yuanyang asked Zhao Changhe in a low voice: "She still dislikes us, should she be a normal boatman?"
Zhao Changhe was greatly relieved. This fool was actually thinking about this instead of crying about being rejected by others. He was really becoming less and less silly. Well, wasn’t he not so cute anymore?
Zhao Changhe looked at the boat. The boat girl hesitantly wanted to get closer and rowed slowly. There was another old man steering the helm. His face also looked a little tight, and he didn't seem to want to pull the two of them. guest.
It’s hard to say whether this is a normal behavior for a boatman, but relatively speaking, it is definitely more normal than being particularly enthusiastic. Zhao Changhe's own experience is the same. He can't see any problems at the moment, so he said: "You always have to cross the river, and you have to choose a boat."
Thinking about it, he suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, your father might not be able to recognize you in front of you now..."
Cui Yuanyang snorted and shouted loudly: "Hey, boatman, if you don't come over, how can we go up to eat river fresh food?"
The boat girl hesitated and said: "River fresh food is precious..."
Cui Yuanyang put his hands on his hips, took out a piece of silver and raised it high: "I have money!"
The boat girl’s eyes lit up, and she paddled over with a smile on her face: “I caught a big carp today, so I knew a distinguished guest was coming!”
Cui Yuanyang smiled and said: "You are really good at talking."
The two of them got on the boat and entered the cabin. The cabin was a small room with a bed and a table. It was very suitable for a family outing to have fun fishing. It seemed like there was such a project in the world. Viewed from this perspective alone, the name "troubled times" simply does not deserve its name.
But it is not known that it is not because it is close to the edge of the Cui family's sphere of influence and therefore relatively peaceful.
“Does your boat go directly to the other side?” Zhao Changhe asked the boat girl.
"Look at my guests, if you want to cross the river directly, go to the other side. If you want to go with the current, you can go as far as you want. You have to pay extra!" The boat girl smiled brightly.
Cui Yuanyang handed over the silver: "Then take us down the river to Wei County. Is this enough?"
The boat girl said happily: "That's enough, I'm going to cook fish for the guests."
Seeing the boat girl go out and the curtains of the room were closed, the two of them looked at each other and felt as if they had breathed a sigh of relief.
When you arrive in Wei County, that is the real sphere of influence of the Cui family. Cui Yuanyang can be protected immediately if he goes to anyone, and nothing will happen to him again.
And the closer to the Cui family, the safer it will be. It was normal for the Cui family not to know about the situation at first, but three or four days had passed in the mountains. Although more and more people who were greedy for bounty might come smelling the fishy smell, it was impossible for the Cui family not to know yet. As long as the Cui family's IQ is normal, the elite should be out at this moment, clearing obstacles on various important roads to handle the small public affairs, and have already begun to strictly investigate the insiders.
Of course, the scope is so large that everyone may not be able to respond accurately, and there is no time to make arrangements outside the sphere of influence. However, the closer you are, the safer it is. This is inevitable.
The most dangerous road is actually the current section. As long as there is no problem with the ferry, everything will be over.
Cui Yuanyang really thought that there would be no problem, and he was looking at the scenery outside the window with his little head tilted up, waiting to eat fish. But Zhao Changhe's spirit became more and more tense.
At times like this, it is even more important not to be careless.
The sky is getting dusk, and the rays of the setting sun are reflected in the river, shimmering, and the scene is extremely beautiful. Cui Yuanyang watched a carp jump out of the river and then fall back into the water, smiling with joy; the smell of fish stew came from outside the cabin, and the song of the boat girl lingered; a rider passed by on the shore, and the horse's hooves clicked; the wind blew the willows, The water was rushing, and there were other boats behind me, leisurely going down the river.
All the sounds, lights and shadows around me flashed through my consciousness frame by frame.
The sound of footsteps started.
Zhao Changhe touched the handle of the knife.
But it was the boat girl who opened the curtain and entered with her trademark smile before saying anything: "Guest, the fish soup is here!"
The boat lady smiled and said: "There is also braised fish, I'll go get it right away so as not to disturb the guests while they are drinking soup."
The boat girl unveiled the curtain again and Cui Yuanyang couldn't see anything unusual. He took the soup spoon and took a small spoonful and was about to try it. Zhao Changhe struck out like lightning and grabbed her wrist.
Cui Yuanyang looked at him without knowing why. Zhao Changhe shook his head slightly and said nothing.
Cui Yuanyang didn’t quite understand, sniffling and putting down the spoon without making a sound.
The fish soup is so fresh...it won’t taste good if you don’t drink it cold...
With Cui Yuanyang salivating in agony, after an unknown amount of time, the boat lady finally served the braised fish again. Seeing the untouched soup on the table, she seemed very surprised: "Why don't guests drink the soup? It's almost cold."
“It’s nothing, we just like to drink it cold.” Zhao Changhe smiled and said, “The braised fish is also put there to dry.”
The boat girl looked at Zhao Changhe inexplicably and muttered: "What a weird thing."
She didn’t rush her, put down the braised fish with a puzzled look on her face and turned around to leave. Cui Yuanyang over there didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and secretly thought that Zhao Changhe was really too suspicious this time. Just as he was about to speak, a flash of a knife flashed in front of his eyes, and Zhao Changhe suddenly slashed the boat girl's delicate neck with a knife for no apparent reason.
Cui Yuanyang and everyone are stupid.
The scene at the next moment made her eyes widen even more.
The boat girl's delicate body twisted slightly and her feet were on lotus steps. She easily and skillfully avoided Zhao Changhe's knife in the back. She turned around and pierced Cui Yuanyang's heart with a dagger.
"Bang!" Zhao Changhe slashed across the fence, and at the same time pulled Cui Yuanyang away with one hand, kicked the table over with the other foot, and splashed the fish soup out of the door. As if to meet the occasion, the fish soup had just been poured out, and the wind was blowing outside the curtain. At some point, the bamboo pole in the old boatman's hand removed the bamboo cover at the front, and turned into a sharp spear with cold light, coming straight from the door.
The scenery of fishermen singing late in the evening and leisurely walking along the river suddenly became like being in a tiger's den, and every step was startling.
Cui Yuanyang didn't even have time to adapt to this role change. He subconsciously pulled out his sword and stabbed the boat girl in the face with the green water of the Cui family's swordsmanship.
The boat girl giggled: "Mr. Zhao is smart, and Miss Cui's swordsmanship is also good."
Zhao Changhe's knife over there has already struck the bamboo top, and the thin rod that looks like it is made of bamboo actually makes a crisp sound of gold and iron. The sharp spear is like a snake spitting out a message, and it stabs Zhao Changhe's throat!
Zhao Changhe made a slight mistake in his steps to get out of the way of the shot. He put the gun under his arm and slashed the boat **** the other side to the back of her head with a knife.
Ship Girl: “?”
She had just said the teasing words when a sharp wind hit her head, causing her to be attacked from both sides by Zhao Changhe and Cui Yuanyang. The boat girl simply couldn't understand, what was Zhao Changhe thinking? You clamped the opponent's gun, but the knife was slashed to the side. This is a typical open door. A kick to your pubic area by the opponent can kill you for half your life. , you really want to kill me?
Or is Cui Yuanyang's safety more important to you?
With a "bang" sound, the boatman really kicked Zhao Changhe in the lower abdomen, but the boat girl over there finally failed to avoid the two sides of the attack. She dodged sideways dangerously, broke out of the window, and jumped into the river. The back had also been scratched with a deep **** by Zhao Changhe's knife. Blood was rising from the river, and he didn't know whether he was dead or not.
As if Zhao Changhe couldn't feel the damage from the boatman's kick, he forced the boat girl to jump into the river with one knife. Without stopping, he returned the knife and slashed at the boatman's neck.
Seeing the boat girl running away, the boatman decisively let go of his bamboo gun, flipped back and left the cabin, and also disappeared into the water.
Zhao Changhe was half-kneeling with his knife in his hand, holding his lower abdomen and panting. Of course, his foot was injured.
Cui Yuanyang urgently supported him: "Brother Zhao!"
Finally, Cui Yuanyang shouted out this title, but he no longer felt the goosebumps. He was extremely anxious: "What's wrong with you? I, I have internal injuries."
“Well, it’s just because you have good medicine that I chose this option.”
"Why do you have to fight to get hurt? I, I can actually deal with her temporarily..."
Zhao Changhe swallowed the medicine, shook his head and looked at the river outside the window: "Do you know why I suspect there is something wrong with them?"
Cui Yuanyang shook his head in confusion. The other party really didn't show any flaws.
"Because I found that our boat is slower than others... During the process of cooking fish, more and more boats are following behind. I must solve these two people as quickly as possible, otherwise in this river If you are caught in a tight siege, you will definitely die, so you won’t hesitate to get hurt!”
Zhao Changhe adjusted his breathing a few times as he spoke, and found that the Cui family's wound medicine was indeed very effective, and there was only a little pain after the blow. He stood up with his knife in hand: "Can you row a boat?"
“I have a river at home, so I know how to do it.”
"Well, you go rowing and row to the shore. I must get into the water immediately, otherwise there are two water ghosts under the boat. Once the boat is cut, we will all die here."
(End of this chapter)