Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 178

On this day, the two came to Nanhai Town, they had passed by this place last time when they rushed to Jinhu Lake, last time Guan Ziyang chartered a ferry, and visited the Pearl River.

As soon as Guan Ziyang and Mo Xiaoyu arrived at the ferry, the boatman who punted for them last time recognized Guan Ziyang immediately.

Because the last time he received Guan Ziyang for ten taels of silver, it was a windfall to him. When he saw Guan Ziyang again this time, he immediately went up to him.

"Hey, guest officer, are you going back? Or you want to visit the scenery of our South China Sea. There is no one on my boat, so let me take you." The boatman said.

Guan Ziyang also recognized the boatman and said: "We have something to do today, just send us across the river."

"okay!"

The two got on the boat, and the boatman chatted casually with Guan Ziyang.

The boatman said: "I heard that the imperial court is going to set up a water transport department. For several days, the water gang has not come to collect our ferry money. I don't know if the weather is changing. It will be raining or sunny."

Guan Ziyang asked: "Why, do you still need to pay the Cao Gang for this ferry?"

"It must be paid. As long as there is water in this country of Jin, it is the territory of the Cao Gang. You are begging for a living on other people's territory. If you don't pay them, they will let you go into the water!"

Guan Ziyang said bitterly: "This Cao Gang is so domineering, does it treat itself as a government office?"

But the boatman said: "In fact, they don't collect much. Like my ferry, we have three boats, and we only need to pay [-] Wen a month. Moreover, they can keep us safe, but they feel at ease. Now they are afraid of the one established by the imperial court." Shipping Department!"

Guan Ziyang asked doubtfully, "Wouldn't it be better for the court to take care of it?"

The boatman smiled sadly: "There are so many exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes in the state of Jin today. The governor said it was for the Northern Expedition, which made the people miserable. I think most of the money has to go up!"

"After the establishment of the Water Transportation Department, isn't there no place for the Water Gang anymore?" Guan Ziyang asked.

"That's right, I heard that the head of our Nanhai Cao Gang has been taken away by the imperial court, and the imperial court is going to kill the Cao Gang!
Although the Cao Gang is big, they dare not fight with officials! "

During the conversation, when the ferry docked, Guan Ziyang generously gave ten taels of silver, because the smallest amount he exchanged at the bank was ten taels.

After crossing the Pearl River, they were already in Nanhai County. The two of them changed horses and walked for half a day before arriving at the inn they had agreed with Wang Jing.

Because of Guan Ziyang's pride in staying at the hotel last time, the boss also remembered Guan Ziyang and warmly received the two of them.

Originally, Guan Ziyang thought that this place would be very close to the Nanhai County Coast Wharf.

He wanted to see if there was anything wrong with Penglai's ship first. After all, Tu Bing knew where Penglai's ship was. If he reported it, Penglai's ship might have been detained by Yulongsi.

In the end, before leaving, when Guan Ziyang went to the inn lobby to order Xiaoer to bring some food to the room, he happened to bump into Tu Bing.

Tu Bing has been recuperating in the Nanhai County Mansion for the past few days. He just left today to go back to Jiankang City. When he saw Guan Ziyang, he warmly greeted Guan Ziyang.

Guan Ziyang set him up first, and in the letter he sent to his superiors that day, he mentioned the Penglai ship, so Guan Ziyang was much more at ease.

Tu Bing asked about his situation again, he should be with the Penglai people, why he came back again, and what happened to Jinhu's sword test.

Guan Ziyang could only lie again and replied.

"I tried my best to delay the time from Penglai to Jinhu. I took them all the way to visit the mountains and rivers, and I arrived at Jinhu just the day before the seventh day of July.

When I arrived at Jinhu, I used your badge to go to the Governor's Mansion. Two first-rank spies had already arrived there. They gave me the badge and took away your badge. Let me leave and don't bother with the Penglai faction. thing.

I don't know what happened next, I was planning to go back to Nanhai County to find you, so I just met you by chance. "

Guan Ziyang said so, knowing that Tu Bing will find out sooner or later, as long as Zhu Ming and Zhang Huai return to Yulong Division, the Jinhu matter will be exposed, but at this moment in order to stabilize Tu Bing first, lying is the best way.

At this moment, three of the Qingfeng Mingyue beads that Yulongsi was looking for were on his body. Not only did he not hand them over to Yulongsi's two first-rank spies, but he even ran away with them.

After the matter is revealed, he will become the most wanted target of the entire Yulong Division.

The most important thing is that Yulongsi still doesn't know that the Penglai faction can't return to Penglai Island by themselves.

Only the bow of their ship is the only one who knows the sea route to Penglai, so their ship is still safe now.

When Guan Ziyang was thinking about how to get rid of the method of smearing ice, Mo Xiaoyu saw that Guan Ziyang had not returned for a long time, so he actually found him.

"Little Bamboo Shoot, why did it take so long to go downstairs to order food? Is something wrong?"

Mo Xiaoyu said to Guan Ziyang.

Tu Bing turned his back to Mo Xiaoyu, when he heard someone calling Guan Ziyang's name and was about to turn around to see who it was, Guan Ziyang hurriedly walked around Tu Bing and said first: "Oh, Brother Tu, let me introduce you. This is my sister Xiaozhuhua."

Mo Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and she reacted when she saw Tu Bing, this Tu Bing is from Yulong Division, she smiled at Tu Bing: "Brother Tu, right, I'm Xiao Zhusun's younger sister, Xiao Zhuhua. "

When Tu Bing was on the Penglai boat, he had been recuperating in his room, and he hadn't seen Mo Xiaoyu a few times. Now that Mo Xiaoyu had no veil, he didn't recognize her either.

"Ah, so you have a younger sister, little bamboo shoot. Your younger sister is really pretty!" Tu Bing was a little stunned when he saw Mo Xiaoyu.

That night, Tu Bing pretended to save money and forced to share a bed with Guan Ziyang.

"Oh, how many nights have we slept on the boat when I was injured, brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, I miss you so much!"

"Hey, tell me, how old is your sister?"

"Does she know martial arts?"

"Why didn't I hear you say it before?"

"What does she usually like to eat?"

Guan Ziyang became very impatient with a series of questions like a cannonball, because Guan Ziyang felt that he was about to run out of things to write.

"Why do you have so many questions, I'm going to sleep!"

After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes tightly and stopped answering.

"Hey, don't go to sleep, you will go to sleep after you answer the last two questions."

Guan Ziyang still ignored him.

Early the next morning, Tu Bing said to go out to buy some things and left the inn.

Mo Xiaoyu heard that the neighbor Tu Bing left, and hurried to Guan Ziyang's room, and said: "Little Bamboo Shoot, I have something urgent to tell you!"

When Mo Xiaoyu was sleeping last night, someone shot a note from outside the window, it was written by Wang Jing.

The note said that the two first-rank spies of Yulongsi were still chasing him, and he couldn't get rid of him. He asked Guan Ziyang and Mo Xiaoyu to wait for him on the Penglai sea boat at midnight tonight. Haichuan threw away Yulongsi and the two of them.

Guan Ziyang said: "There is still more than half a day's journey away from Nanhai County's coastal wharf. Before Tu Bing comes back, let's set off quickly!"

As soon as the two of them went downstairs, the lingering Tu Bing appeared in front of him again.

"Hey, why did you get down? You have brought your luggage. Where are you going?"

Tu Bing asked when he saw the two of them.

"Brother Tu, it's like this, I...I..."

Before Guan Ziyang could think of how to answer, Mo Xiaoyu took the conversation.

"My brother said that he left something on the ocean terminal. That thing is very important. We need to get it quickly. Brother Tu, you have something to go back to Shenjing City, or you should go first."

But Tu Bing said: "It's okay, Xiaozhusun doesn't have a task right now, and he has to report back to Yulong Division. We should go together, anyway, it's only half a day's journey."

After he finished speaking, he opened the oilcloth bag in his hand, smiled and said to Mo Xiaoyu: "Look, I went to buy the most famous seafood bag in this town early in the morning, and it was specially bought for you, Miss Bamboo Flower, try it quickly."

Mo Xiaoyu didn't know how to answer, so she could only smile awkwardly: "Thank you, Brother Tu."

Unable to get rid of Tu Bing, Guan Ziyang decided that he could only take one step at a time, and the three rushed to the Nanhai County Ocean Terminal.

The three of them rode on horseback, and Tu Bing's nagging relapsed again, but to Guan Ziyang's relief, the person he was chatting with was Mo Xiaoyu.

"Sister Zhuhua, do you know martial arts?"

"Um"

"Sister Zhuhua, do you like tall and strong men?"

"Um"

"Sister Bamboo Flower..."

"Um"

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Mo Xiaoyu couldn't take it any longer, she swung the horsewhip forcefully in her hand, and ran in front of Tu Bing.

"Sister Bamboo Flower, wait for me..."

In half a day, the three arrived at Ludong Shipping Terminal.

Tu Bing asked: "Little Bamboo Shoot, what did you lose on the boat? So anxious!"

Guan Ziyang replied: "Brother Tu, you can wait for us under the boat, so as not to cause trouble, Xiao Zhuhua and I will go back as soon as we go."

The two quickly boarded the boat, and the bow of the boat saw that it was Mo Xiaoyu who had returned, so he rushed up to meet her.

Mo Xiaoyu told the bow of the boat to set off at midnight tonight, put down the anchor in advance, and leave as soon as Wang Jing boarded the boat.The bow quickly ordered to go down.

Unexpectedly, Tu Bing became impatient after waiting for a while, boarded the boat by himself, and asked, "Didn't you find anything? You've been away for so long?"

Mo Xiaoyu hurriedly explained: "The bow of the boat said that one of his buddies took the things with him, and that buddy went out to buy vegetables nearby, we have to wait for him to come back."

Mo Xiaoyu hurriedly brought Tu Bing into the cabin and asked Guan Ziyang to talk to him, she hurriedly came out and told the bow and the crew not to call her name later, so as not to reveal her secrets.

After dark, Tu Bing got impatient with waiting, and asked Guan Ziyang, "It's getting dark, isn't that kid coming back? I'll go and ask the bow of the boat if your things have been embezzled, right?" Now, what exactly did you lose?"

Guan Ziyang babbled nonsense: "It's the half jade token left to me by my old man who taught me martial arts. Didn't I ask Xiao Zhuye just now? When they go out to buy vegetables, it's a ration for a boatload of people for a few months. Come back so soon."

"Ah, things like jade tokens are very expensive, so what should that kid do if he goes out and becomes a pawn?"

"Penglai is famous in Jianghu anyway, don't judge the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

"The boat belongs to Penglai, so that's not necessarily the guy on the boat. No, I have to ask the bow of the boat. That kid is usually honest or not." Tu Bing got up and went out after finishing speaking.

At this time Mo Xiaoyu opened the door and came in, holding some food in his hand and said: "Brother Tu, this is the dinner prepared for us by the bow, let's eat first."

Seeing Mo Xiaoyu coming in, Tu Bing finally settled down, and seeing Xiaoyu graciously adding food and pouring him wine, he was also excited to eat.

Just as Guan Ziyang was about to move his chopsticks, Mo Xiaoyu quickly kicked him under the table. Guan Ziyang didn't know, so he looked at Mo Xiaoyu, saw her raising her eyebrows, and immediately understood.

"Xiaoyu, what medicine did you give him? Is he alright?"

"It's okay, it's just sweat medicine, and I wake up as soon as I pour a basin of water."

As the night deepened, midnight was approaching, Guan Ziyang, Mo Xiaoyu and the bow of the ship were all guarding the deck, and by the moonlight, they saw a black shadow running fast in the distance.

The dark figure was still far away and shouted: "Height anchor, sail!"

It was Wang Jing's voice, and the bow of the ship quickly ordered the crew on board to prepare to set sail. Before Wang Jing boarded the ship, two more black shadows rushed towards this side.

As soon as Wang Jing boarded the boat, he saw that he was already drenched in sweat. He rushed from Jinhu to this pier, and he ran with lightness kung fu the whole time. He ran for five days with two spies from Yulongsi night!

Guan Ziyang couldn't help sighing.

"A master at the peak level of the first rank, his physical strength and endurance really cannot be measured by common sense!"

The boat started to go away, and seeing that it was getting farther and farther away from the shore, Zhu Ming and Zhang Huaiye also chased to the shore.

Both of them stopped in their tracks, just when Guan Ziyang thought they might stop chasing.

Zhang Huai removed the two wooden boards on the wooden bridge of the wharf. Zhu Ming took a few steps back and began to run.

Seeing that he started to fall, the wooden plank thrown by Zhang Huai happened to fly right under his feet, he touched the wooden plank in the air, and unexpectedly took another step forward.

Then he stepped on the second piece of wood thrown by Zhang Huai, and jumped onto the deck in one step. The cooperation between the two people using their hands to fly was perfect. If it weren't for two people who knew each other very well, it would have been absolutely impossible. did it.

They and Wang Jing ran for five days and five nights and were exhausted, Wang Jing was about to make a move, but Zhu Ming suddenly passed Wang Jing and went straight to the cabin.

Wang Jing shouted: "No, don't let him go to the cabin!"

But the speed of Guan Ziyang and Mo Xiaoyu couldn't catch up with him.

Zhu Ming's goal is to control the bow of the sail!
The bow of the boat did not know martial arts, seeing Zhu Ming flying towards him, he had no time to dodge, and Zhu Ming shot his throat shut.

He then swept across with his spear again, cutting off the ropes of several sails, and all the sails that had just been pulled up immediately fell down one after another.

Wang Jing shouted: "Zhu Ming, you have deceived others too much, you will be buried here today."

After speaking, he used the dragon's palm to attack him.

Guan Ziyang and Mo Xiaoyu were going to help, but seeing that Zhang Huai also found a small boat on the shore at the moment, he swiped the oar quickly,
This Zhang Huai originally practiced external skills, and his strength was astonishing, and the boat moved very fast under his vigorous rowing.

(End of this chapter)