phoenix jiuxiao

Chapter 45

300 years ago, after Qin Sheng Empress Su Jie seized the land of the Central Plains, soldiers and people who refused to accept Dayong and did not want to attach themselves to the West Qin went south one after another. rule.

The Xiangjiang River is turbulent, and the bottom of the river is full of hidden reefs. For the safety of boats, business travelers traveling between the two countries will detour downstream and cross the river in relatively gentle places.

Out of the border of Xiaohan Mountain, Sister Zhang led the caravan and quickly detoured to Xiaoyaojin, the nearest ferry in the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River.

It was noon, and the only restaurant by the pier was crowded with people waiting for the boat. The air was filled with the smell of women's sweat and men's powder, and it was extremely stuffy.

Mu Qingchen frowned, and quietly retreated to the corner closest to the window.

"Uncomfortable?" Su Hailing thoughtfully handed him the water bag, while glaring at the two women who were looking this way, he turned back and said, "Be patient, the boat will arrive soon."

"Yeah." Mu Qingchen nodded, using his skills to dispel the stuffiness in his chest, his face looked better.

Su Hailing moved the chair to his side, stretched out his arms, and pulled him into his arms.

"You..." Mu Qingchen glared at her, but the faint fragrance from the girl's body dispelled the unpleasant smell in the room, making him unwilling to struggle.

Su Hailing picked up a strand of his long hair and played with it in his hand, with a smile on his face.

"You two have such a good relationship." Sister Zhang said enviously.

"You're jealous, then hurry up and find a brother-in-law." Su Hailing proudly hugged the person in his arms tightly.

Mu Qingchen sighed, resolutely let her go.Anyway, since this woman came to Xiaohan Mountain three years ago, she has always liked to pester him, and most of the martial arts she learned has been used on him. He has already gotten used to it from the initial discomfort.

"The boat is coming!" someone shouted from the riverside.

"Hailing, let's go!" Zhang Da hurriedly said.

"Well, Qingchen, let's go!" Su Hailing stood up, took Mu Qingchen's hand, and wanted to help him push the crowd away, but...

"Don't move." Mu Qingchen held her down, exuding his aura slightly, and the people around only felt an invisible force oppressing them so that they involuntarily spread out to both sides, making way for a spacious road.

"That's okay?" Su Hailing was taken aback.

"Would you only use it to climb my windows after learning martial arts?" Mu Qingchen gave her a white look.

Su Hailing smiled awkwardly, while Sister Zhang and the others didn't understand why everyone would give way to them, but it's not the nature of businessmen not to take advantage of advantages, and the group quickly squeezed onto the boat, occupying the best position on the deck.

Anyway, the journey was only half a day, the wind was sunny and there were no big waves, enjoying the sunshine and river breeze on the deck was far more comfortable than the smoky cabin.

After a while, the passenger ship gradually sailed away from the shore, swaying slightly accompanied by gusts of cool wind, it was very refreshing, and even the depression that had condensed in the small restaurant just now dissipated.

"Woo..." Mu Qingchen suddenly turned pale, turned around and lay down on the side of the boat to vomit.

"Qingchen!" Su Hailing was startled, and quickly patted him on the back to relax.

"Ouch—" Mu Qingchen clutched his throat with a pained expression on his face.

"Qingchen, you...are actually seasick?" Su Hailing said in disbelief.

"I've never been on a boat before, so how do I know I'm going to get seasick?" Mu Qingchen leaned on her body weakly, didn't say a few words, and started to vomit again.

Su Hailing couldn't laugh or cry, Mu Qingchen has never been down Xiaohan Mountain since he was sensible, and naturally he has never been on a boat. The only time he went down the mountain this time was when the glacier was frozen and he walked straight down!

"If you get seasick, eat some of this." Sister Zhang said, and stuffed a small bag.

"Plums?" Su Hailing picked out one and asked Mu Qingchen to hold it in his mouth. Sure enough, the sweet and sour taste suppressed the churning breath in his chest.

Mu Qingchen breathed a sigh of relief, and leaned softly in her arms.

Suddenly remembering that sour plums are used by pregnant women to suppress morning sickness, Su Hailing couldn't help but burst out laughing, and looked curiously at his abdomen.

Even though I know that men give birth to children in this world, but... it's a bit ridiculous to outline Mu Qingchen's appearance with a big belly.

Mu Qingchen was too lazy to pay attention to what she was thinking, and slowly closed his eyes.

"Sleep!" Su Hailing calmed down with a soft voice.

Mu Qingchen grabbed her hand, trying to let himself ignore the fact that he was on the boat at the moment.

Suddenly, someone yelled, "Oh! Look at that boat!"

When Su Hailing turned his head, he saw a sturdy and refined boat riding the wind and waves, chasing after him.A large skull was drawn with white paint on the body of the boat, and there were a dozen or so fierce women standing on the boat, all carrying weapons in their hands.

"The robbers are coming!" The ferry suddenly seemed to explode, and it was a mess.

"Noisy!" Mu Qingchen complained in a daze.

Seeing his rare cute appearance, Su Hailing couldn't help but lowered his head and kissed his forehead: "It's okay, you can go to sleep."

The speed of the ferry was slow, and it took a while for it to be overtaken.The thieves tied the two boats together with steel cables, and jumped over the boat one after another.

"Don't move! Stand up one by one, save your money but not your life, save your life but not your money!" Bandit A pointed at the ground with a scabbard and shouted loudly.

Under the threat of swords, the chaotic crowd had to quiet down.In addition to standing still and monitoring the passengers, the robbers also started to search for property separately.

Most of the passengers are good people, who dare not speak out when they are angry, so they have to bear the pain and spend money to eliminate the disaster.

"Hey, take out all the money!" Robber B walked up to Su Hailing and said in a rough voice.

"Are you talking to me?" Su Hailing's eyes still stayed on Mu Qingchen's face, as gentle as a stream of spring water.

"Nonsense!" Bandit B stretched out his knife, almost touching her nose.

"Really! These days, even this kind of person can come out to be a robber? There are enough idiots." Su Hailing shook his head and sighed.

"Fucking stinky woman, you want to die!" Bandit B got angry, and without thinking, he slashed down.

"Too slow!" Su Hailing sighed in pity, stretched out two fingers and easily clamped the blade.

Bandit B was shocked and tried to pull back the knife, but the knife seemed to have taken root in Su Hailing's finger. No matter how hard she tried, she didn't move at all.

"You still don't believe me when I say you're an idiot." Su Hailing shook his head, and let go of his hand indifferently.

Robber Yi originally pulled the knife back with all his strength, but unexpectedly she let go of it suddenly, and fell on his back, and the back of the knife hit his forehead heavily.She had never been so glad that she was carrying a thick-backed knife instead of a double-edged sword, otherwise how could she survive this blow?

"It's so noisy!" Mu Qingchen, who was tossed into a daze by seasickness, obviously didn't know what happened, and muttered dissatisfiedly.

"It's okay, it'll be over soon." Su Hailing replied softly, and gently placed him on the deck, resting his head on the package, and then slowly stood up with a sweet smile.

This smile bloomed like a flower, shining brighter than jade, eclipsing the sun, and naturally it also made the hearts of all the men on board drunk.

Smiling, Su Hailing's white clothes fluttered around the boat quickly like light smoke, and when he returned to the original place, he already had more than a dozen swords in his hand.Throwing it on the ground casually, the fine steel knife turned into a pile of broken copper and rotten iron!
The robbers gasped, only then did they realize that they had hit the iron plate today.

"Get out." Su Hailing was still smiling, but in the eyes of the robbers, it was a devil's smile.

"Wow!" All the robbers scrambled towards their boat.

"Slow down!" Su Hailing seemed to think of something again, "Keep the things you snatched."

"Wow--" Suddenly, money bags, gold and silver, jewelry... a lot of valuable things piled up in front of her into a hill, not only those who robbed the passengers just now, no one dared to leave even their own things.

While the passengers swarmed up to recognize their belongings, the robbers immediately wanted to run away.

"Stop." Su Hailing said leisurely behind him.

The bandit leader took back the foot he had just stepped out, turned his head with a bitter face, and said, "What do you want Missy to order?"

"Swim back." Su Hailing smiled and pointed to the surging Xiangjiang River.

"Ah?" All the robbers were dumbfounded, and after a while he hesitated and said, "Miss, I don't know how to swim."

"How dare you become a water bandit without knowing how to swim?" Su Hailing glared at her, "In a word, jump by yourself, or let me throw it?"

When everyone heard this, they didn't dare to stay for a moment, they jumped into the river one after another, and they didn't care about drowning.

Amidst the roar of laughter, Su Hailing shrugged his shoulders, turned around and hugged Mu Qingchen back into his arms, regardless of whether he heard it or not, he said with a smile, "Look, I don't only learn martial arts by climbing your windows."

(End of this chapter)