"This box is so light!" Someone sighed with emotion in a low voice. As soon as he finished speaking, a loud shout suddenly came from not far behind him.
"Work more and talk less. Don't say anything you shouldn't. Don't you know after you've been a laborer for so long?" Between the voices was a young boy. I saw him standing in another part of the deck, just like that.
Staring in this direction, there was a sharpness in his eyes.
The Ligong who just spoke quickly lowered his head and said no more. Then he started to walk under the boat with the box on his shoulders. At this time, the four people started to get busy here in an orderly manner, but they were walking at the back.
But the man turned back inadvertently, took a clear look at what was on the boat, and then walked down slowly, carrying the wooden box that was a little light on his shoulders.
As he walked down here, his narrow eyes looked around from time to time to see if there was anything unusual around him. There was indeed nothing unusual when he carried the wooden box for the first time. The surroundings were as quiet as
It was as if their previous speculation was false, but when he was about to disembark for the second time, he heard a crunching sound. The sound was like the ship shaking slightly and hitting a ship pillar not far away, but this
It was definitely not the sound of the ship's pillars. It slowly moved its gaze back and forth there, following the steps of the previous meritorious deeds. In short, he carefully captured the strange things going back and forth here, but in
I've been looking here for a long time but haven't found anything like this. Where does it come from?
So the second load of goods went down like this. Eight boxes had been moved back and forth, and more than half of them were left. When they climbed up the ladder again, the man's eyes suddenly narrowed.
It landed in the direction of the bottom of the boat, because there seemed to be something wrong with the water flow in the direction of the bottom of the boat.
Normally when you get to the river, the water becomes extremely quiet. In addition, this boat is waiting here, and even if there is wind, it will not come. But at this time, the water flow under the boat is undulating there, no.
The general fluctuations, but something seemed to be twitching in this whirlpool. The water flow looked a little weird, and the man's eyes suddenly swayed at that moment.
When the man noticed something unusual here, in the wooden house not far away, the somewhat dazed He Lanbao suddenly opened his eyes, and then turned his head to look at the head of the harbor.
As if by instinct, he saw the boat slowly approaching the merchant ship. From his angle, he could see the small boat. The cabin at the back was slowly opening. With everyone's sight at the port behind, the cabin
The position of the ship is slightly different from that of other ships. When the middle and lower parts are swaying back and forth, the water surface is there, gently touching the hatch of the cabin.
After seeing this scene, He Lanbao's eyes suddenly widened. He sat up from the bed, his body upright, with a kind of nervousness in his eyes. Following that instinct, he was about to get off the bed, but just now he
There was movement here, a creaking sound was heard, and a gust of wind blew in. When he raised his head, he saw someone standing at the door.
The man was tall and tall, with his back to the light reflected by the river behind him. The wrist guards on his face were a little blurry, but he could still see clearly. At this time, there was a faint smile on his youthful face, just like that.
Looking straight at He Lanbao who was bending over there.
Obviously the two people did not know each other, but the smile on the man's face was indeed particularly gentle. When he looked at He Lanbao, his expression was a little strange. He turned his head slightly and looked at the busy dock not far away, and then turned his head again.
He came, but he asked He Lanbao pointedly, "Is that merchant ship carrying very important cargo?"
There was something in his words, and He Lanbao suddenly had a kind of vigilance on his face. Anyone who meets a strange person again, and that person seems to know everything, will have such vigilance here, "What are you?"
people?"
At this time, he was the only little girl in the wooden house, and she still had injuries on her feet. Those around her had probably been taken away by the man. Now he was the only one who was not nervous when facing this unidentified man.
Not without fear.
"There has been some movement in Xiaoyao in the past two days, and I thought something might happen, so for the sake of my own head, I have been checking carefully here for the past two days. Everything is going wrong for the people below. I can't trust me. This time
I have been going back and forth among these wooden houses in the morning for a few days. Today, I suddenly found that the owner of this wooden house has changed, so I left it in mind. He had to say that you have a good sense. This wooden house is indeed very far away.
It's very wide." The man answered the question incorrectly, and while he was talking leisurely, he had already walked into the wooden house, and then closed the door behind him, and immediately the two of them were left in the room.
This was even more strange. When he and that damn man were in this room just now, everything was normal and natural. But when this man came in, He Lanbao suddenly found that the space in this wooden house was a little small. This man was treating him badly.
It's a bit dangerous.
So he slowly sat on the edge of the bed, and reached back with his hand without a sound, because he suddenly remembered that there was a wooden stick behind him. This wooden stick may have been a piece of scrap material left when he was building this wooden house.
, or maybe it was used by the owner of the wooden house to protect himself, but now it has become his best weapon.
As soon as his hand touched the wooden stick, this strange man came to the window and sat exactly where He Lanyu was sitting just now. Then he turned his head and looked out the window without noticing, and said there leisurely, "You
Do you want to tell your people that something happened at this time?"
The curvature of his side face is smooth, and his eyebrows are delicate. When he speaks here, the corners of his lips instinctively curve.
But He Lanbao was holding the wooden stick tightly, and his eyes were fixed on this man. It was still unclear whether this man was an enemy or a friend, but he already knew their secrets clearly, and even this
At that time, they all knew their purpose clearly. From this point on, this man was in danger. Once he felt danger, He Lanbao was never polite here. He even felt that the best choice was for this man to shut up immediately, so the wooden stick in his hand
The stick slowly rose up.
But just as the stick was raised, the man spoke again, as if there were eyes on his head, "Girl, please put down the stick in your hand, I am not your enemy."
After the man finished speaking, he turned his head, with a gentle smile still on his face, which made people feel like they were in the spring breeze. He seemed not to have noticed that the thick wooden stick was already above his head. His eyes fell on He Lanbao's eyes, but his tone was not his.
The gentleness on his face was filled with an inexplicable sharpness, "It's not a bad idea for you to cut off the beard on the pier. I can also help you, but girl, look at the boats on the pier.
There are many, and this ship is well organized here. You unload your goods, and I load mine. When they are busy here, even if you intercept them here, it will be very difficult to escape from such a pier.
Before I could pull this thing out, it was blocked by an unknown merchant ship hidden in the dark. By then a fight would be unavoidable, so I have a good idea. I wonder if the girl has any
Are you interested in listening here?"
Standing there tapping his feet, He Lanbao still kept the same action as before, looking a little weird and embarrassed. He stared blankly at the man who had been talking to himself since he entered the door, his brows furrowed tightly.
It seems a little unclear whether this person is really a good person or a bad person.
He couldn't tell clearly, and the man didn't care. He just smiled lightly, his chin jumped slightly, and then he raised his hand slightly and pointed at the merchant ship not far away. At this time, there was a majestic figure standing there, "
That person should be your accomplice. I saw him go out from the wooden house just now. He seemed to have noticed something unusual. He had just sent someone to sail your ship over, but I had just sent someone to tell him that this place
This is not the place to take action, I believe the smart person will know what to do."
"Who are you?!" Even after saying this, He Lanbao still refused to rest assured, and there was still questioning in his eyes.
Sitting by the window, the man's smile suddenly widened. Then he stood up and took the wooden stick in He Lanbao's hand. When he quietly put it down, he raised his eyes and looked into He Lanbao's eyes and said, "I will introduce myself now."
By the way, my surname is Rong Jing, and I am the prefect of Zhuluo Town, a small place. This time I came to see the affairs of Gangtou in private, but I didn't expect to encounter such a lively scene."
When he heard this name, He Lanbao frowned, and a light flashed in his mind. He was somewhat familiar with this name. This name used to be a legend. It is said that he changed the messy situation in Zhuluo Town.
, However, now this wharf has become a real place to make money, and his transformation of Zhuluo Town goes beyond this. This is a very great existence in the hearts of the people, and he is also a good official in the eyes of the emperor. Zhuluo Town
After the transformation, the income increased year by year, and the tax money provided to the court also increased year by year.
According to folklore, this man named Rong Jing is a young talent and a charming young man. It is said that this man gives people infinite warmth like the spring breeze. But at this time, when this man is standing here, he is indeed as warm as the spring breeze.
The legends are very similar, but there are differences. He Lanbao always feels that behind this person's spring-like smile there is a sharpness, a cautiousness, and a habit that is taken for granted. This person may not be like the legend.
He was so gentle. If he was really gentle, he wouldn't be standing here at this moment.