Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 49 Kicked to the iron plate
upstream of the canal,

A group of fleets that were also targeted by water bandits ended up killing only three or two kittens, who were tied up and sent to a large ship in the middle of the fleet.

"Master, everyone is here."

The man in white sat at the top and looked at the bound water bandit. At his signal, the henchman on the side pulled out the cloth from one of the bandits' mouths.

"Please sir, please let us go, we are forced to have no other choice!"

The water bandit cried miserably and begged for mercy when he came up, but the man sitting on the upper hand was unmoved. The servant on the side handed something to him.

The water bandit howled while raising his head to peek at the man in white. When he saw the man in the man's hand facing him with a crossbow, the water bandit's mouth suddenly stopped making any sound, and his eyes were full of tears. fear.

"Are you really being forced into desperation? Such sophisticated equipment... huh?"

Chen Cuihe's smile did not reach his eyes, and he asked this person: "Give you another chance to answer, what are you people doing on this canal?"

"This this……"

The man wanted to cry or not, as if he didn't know how to explain it, but he kept staring nervously at the crossbow in Chen Cuihe's hand, for fear that Chen Cuihe would pull the crossbow and kill him.

"My Chen family's caravan passes through this canal countless times every year. I have never heard of water bandits. No matter it is a drought year or a flood, many of them go to the homes of people who cannot survive. I have never thought about this. Xirong has just invaded and they can already have so many water bandits entrenched on this canal?"

When Chen Cuihe mentioned the word "Chen family", a man on the side whose mouth was stuffed with cloth suddenly stood up and hit the man who was about to answer him in the back hard and fell towards Chen Cuihe. Chen Cuihe However, He did not pull the trigger as the man wanted, but instead raised his feet to support the body that was about to fall.

He raised his hand again and shot an arrow into the shoulder of the guy who was making little moves, and it hit the ground.

"what!"

A scream came from the mouth of the man who could speak. Just when his back was knocked down, he felt that he had seen his ancestor!
After coming back to his senses, he turned his head and looked at the man who almost wanted him dead with a ferocious expression. Before he could speak, Chen Cuihe's crossbow machine pressed against his back again and asked: "Now, Don’t you want to say it yet?”

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"My lord, there are actually some of these water bandits..."

Manager Chen San wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at the bright moon in the sky while standing in front of the window, and compiled the confessions of the water bandits and handed them to Chen Cuihe.

"Yes, I know. Although the crossbow machine has no markings, it attracts attention precisely because it has nothing."

Chen Cuihe put one hand on the window sill and took a deep breath: "When we entered the city that day, there was a lot of noise in the city. There was talk of assassins. I knew there was something wrong here."

Chen Cuihe only stayed in Mingcheng for one night, and left with everyone early the next morning without even daring to inquire carefully about some news.

"Assassin? It's already this time. Who do you want to assassinate from Mingcheng?"

Chen Cuihe seemed to be asking and answering questions, and it seemed like Chen San was behind him.

Chen San remained silent, and after a while he heard Chen Cuihe sigh again: "That princess, have you not received any news since we entered the city?"

"My lord, you mean...these assassins are killing the princess?"

Chen Cuihe glanced sideways and did not answer.

He silently withdrew his gaze and continued to look at the moon outside the window. His hands under his wide sleeves were tightly clenched into a ball, and he didn't react at all even when blood seeped out of his palms...

···
Mrs. Mei was still talking. After listening for a while, Mei Qian noticed that Li Baizhou had gone to the stern of the boat to enjoy the wind.

Remembering that after tonight's incident, he had been silent and looked worried. Mei Qian also came out after seeing this.

"What are you thinking about? Instead of listening to my milk talk in the cabin, sitting here alone in a daze?"

"nothing."

Noticing Mei Qian coming over, Li Baizhou looked up at Mei Qian, and then moved his body to expose a clean area for Mei Qian. Upon seeing this, Mei Qian sat down without any pretense.

She turned her head to look at Li Baizhou and asked again: "Really?"

"Yes."

Li Baizhou's answer was brief. Mei Qian's eyes fell on the crossbow in his hand and she pursed her lips slightly.

She had touched two crossbows before and came back. Li Baizhou had one in his hand. At this time, Mei Qian also took the one off her waist and looked at it for a while.

It's a pity that she is a modern person and is not familiar with these ancient weapons at all, so she has no idea what Li Baizhou is thinking.

However, she could tell that the workmanship of this crossbow machine was quite exquisite, and it was nothing like those made by ordinary craftsmen.

Recalling Li Baizhou's subconscious answer when she asked about this crossbow before, Mei Qian became even more sure.

I'm afraid there's something wrong with the water bandits on the side of the canal.

"You also like crossbows?"

Seeing Mei Qian suddenly take out the crossbow machine and turn it over and over to observe, Li Baizhou asked.

"It's okay, but I think we are very lucky. Of those people, the two we met have crossbows. I also asked my dad, and he said that there were no people on the bow of the boat. Otherwise, there would be a circle of people holding crossbows. If the machines surround us and shoot, we will be finished~"

Mei Qian said, her eyes flashed, as if she was feeling something, she secretly looked at Li Baizhou's expression and said, "It seems that this crossbow machine should be rare."

"Ah."

Li Baizhou nodded, and he didn't want to say more, but Mei Qian already knew what he was doing.

"Na~"

Opening her palm, there were several wild fruits lying in Mei Qian's palm.

"I'll give you two more~"

"Thank you."

Seeing Li Baizhou take the wild fruit from him, Mei Qian was slightly relieved.

With the cool breeze blowing, Mei Qian silently moved the topic to other places: "You should arrive in Qian County in two days, right?"

At this time, Mei Qian remembered the fact that Li Baizhou was about to leave. Li Baizhou was stunned for a moment and then nodded.

"You cook more before you leave. When we get off the boat, I will secretly ask you to carry a few pieces with you as dry food."

After Mei Qian whispered to Li Baizhou, she met the other person's gaze. Li Baizhou couldn't hold it back, and the corners of his lips rose up as he said, "Okay, then I'll do more."

"Yeah, but you have to put that cake away later, but it's a good one. You go back to the capital, just in case... ah, just wait until you really have nothing to eat before you eat what I brought for you."

Giving him two pieces of sufficient food was already Mei Qian's greatest reward for cooking him these days.

"I know, thank you."

Li Baizhou couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in his heart when he heard Mei Qian's words of concern.

"Your family...where do you plan to go after crossing Yuanjiang River?"

"I don't know, I didn't say anything. I just said to go to a safe place."

Mei Qian really didn't know about this. She had asked it several times before, but Mrs. Mei had never thought about where their family would eventually stay.

"But... no one wants to go very far south."

Mei Qian said, then turned to look at Li Baizhou and asked curiously: "If the capital is really attacked by Xirong, will you also cross the river and go to the south?"

"Do you know how terrible it would be if something like what you said really happened?"

Mei Qian said it unintentionally, but Li Baizhou didn't dare to imagine it unintentionally. He asked this question, and even Mei Qian subconsciously wanted to avoid the question.

If the capital is really destroyed and occupied, then Anguo will fall into the same tragic situation more than 20 years ago.

"Forget it, I won't tell you these unhappy things.

I dug a lot of taro during the day. I promised to give you a few pieces before, and I will wash them and give them to you later. By the way, do you know how to eat taro? "

"Just steam it and drizzle it with some honey or icing sugar. It's dense and sweet. It's delicious whether as a filling for pastries or eaten alone."

"Just... are there any that are delicious that we can make on the ship? You can think of one."

Mei Qian heard the other person say something about the seasoning she couldn't get now, and almost suspected that this person did it on purpose.

"Roasted taro."

"anything else?"

"Steam taro, or cook it with meat. Taro stew is also delicious."

When Li Baizhou talked about taro stew, the two of them looked at each other with "tacit understanding".

Mei Qian chuckled.

"You are still thinking about meat. Why haven't you eaten duck or fish?"

"I prefer running on land to running in the water."

Li Baizhou looked at Mei Qian who couldn't resist, and curved his lips and smiled: "This kind of meat is the most delicious when cooked, isn't it?"

Mei Qian: "..."

　Mei Qian: It’s over, I still can’t hide my flesh~
　　Li Baizhou: Give it to me and use it to its greatest advantage.

　　Mei Qian: curl your lips~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)