"Didn't everyone eat? Hurry up, you can't move to the next one, so don't waste time!"
"There is still a pile of cargo waiting in the cabin!"
Noisy sounds of movement could be heard in the distance.
Xiao Lingyue glanced over and saw a middle-aged man standing on the deck of a busy merchant ship, holding on to the railing and staring at her with a serious expression.
Probably because he didn't expect her to look over suddenly, the middle-aged man was startled and immediately lowered his head to cover up, pulled down the straw hat on his head, turned around and blended into the busy crowd, and quickly disappeared.
Xiao Lingyue frowned and returned to the room carrying the food box.
Zhan Beihan and Prince Xiang were discussing something in a low voice when they heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." King Xiang said.
Xiao Lingyue walked into the house carrying the food box and closed the door: "Your Highness Prince Xiang, do you know what the merchant ship next to it is for?"
King Xiang was startled: "I don't know this clearly. What's wrong?"
Zhan Beihan raised his eyes and looked at her.
Xiao Lingyue shook her head: "Maybe I'm paranoid. I just went to the kitchen to get something and saw a strange man on the opposite boat. He kept staring at me as if he was observing something. I hid as soon as I saw him."
Zhan Beihan's eyes narrowed: "What kind of man?"
"A middle-aged man about forty years old, wearing a coarse shorts and a straw hat, with a dark face and an ordinary appearance, but with a strong build. He looks like he usually does manual labor."
Xiao Lingyue described it carefully.
Prince Xiang's slightly nervous expression relaxed: "This kind of dress should be just for the laborers working on the ferry dock. It can be found everywhere. It's nothing important."
Xiao Lingyue said: "Then why is he observing me?"
Prince Xiang thought for a while and guessed casually: "Perhaps the guard uniform you are wearing is not common, so I took a few more glances out of curiosity?"
"Really?" Xiao Lingyue was doubtful.
King Xiang laughed and said: "Shen Wan, don't be too naive. This kind of ignorant ordinary people is very common. I sometimes go to stay in other villages on the outskirts of Beijing. When the carriage passes by some villages, it can attract a lot of people.
Stop and watch, just get used to it."
Xiao Lingyue nodded and said nothing more.
Zhan Beihan said in a deep voice: "What do you think is wrong?"
"There's nothing wrong, right? I just glanced at him a few times, and he was across the boat." King Xiang replied smoothly.
"I didn't ask you!" Zhan Beihan sneered angrily, then looked at Xiao Lingyue, "You said it."
"I can't tell you. It's just that the man gave me the wrong feeling. He didn't look like an ordinary person working hard."
Xiao Lingyue thought about it: "There were indeed a lot of laborers on the merchant ship moving goods, but when I found the man, he didn't have any moving tools in his hands. He was standing in front of the railing with empty hands, staring straight at me.
Moreover, the supervisor on the merchant ship was standing not far behind him, still scolding other workers, asking them to move quickly.
But that man was standing idle, as if he didn't have to do anything."
King Xiang couldn't help but said: "Maybe he was tired from working and just stopped to rest?"
"Not too possible."
Xiao Lingyue shook her head, "Your Highness Prince Xiang, you have never come into contact with real laborers. They have no concept of 'rest' at all. Only when you have to work can you have food. If anyone dares to be lazy while working and moving goods,
If you are discovered by the foreman, you may not be able to find a job next time, which is equivalent to ruining your own job."
King Xiang was speechless: "Is it so hard?"
"That's why I felt that this man was not an ordinary laborer, but I didn't know why he was staring at our ship and then left immediately after I found him. I felt strange." Xiao Lingyue continued.
Zhan Beihan asked thoughtfully: "Does he have any characteristics?"