A knife in love

Chapter 1165

It's just that Zhang Shi's thoughts turned extremely fast.Seeing the figure of the sergeant disappear into the cabin, in desperation, he reached out and took out a bank note from his pocket, handed it to Qu Baiyan, and said in a low voice: "My lord, please be careful, I hope the general will accept it with a smile." .”

In fact, when the warship appeared, Zhang Shi made up his mind to bribe officers and soldiers with money.It's just that Qu Baiyan rushed to the boat with more than a dozen soldiers. Although he had already prepared the bank notes, he did not dare to openly offer bribes under the watchful eyes of the public.It's just that the situation is critical at this time, and he can't tolerate the slightest hesitation.That's why he recklessly took out the bank note and handed it to Qu Baiyan.

Qu Baiyan opened his teeth and claws, and finally saw the banknote, and the aggressive expression immediately eased a lot.As soon as the bank note in Zhang Shi's hand was handed over to him, he grabbed it.I saw Qu Baiyan took the bank note with his left hand, immediately threw the steel knife on the ground with his right hand, held the bank note with both hands, and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes.Although he was illiterate, he could still read the bank notes.This is his favorite thing in the world. When he holds it in his hand, his whole body will flutter.

Shopkeeper Hu and others were a little surprised when they saw him openly accepting bribes.Seeing Qu Baiyan holding the banknote and looking at it for a long time, he called a sergeant beside him and said, "Show me, how many taels of silver can this banknote be exchanged for?"

The sergeant leaned in front of Qu Baiyan, took a closer look at the bank note, was startled, and said in a trembling voice, "My lord, this, this is a, a bank note of 500 taels..."

Qu Baiyan didn't wait for him to finish, and immediately stuffed the bank note into his pocket, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch it away.The sergeants were also taken aback, both surprised and annoyed.Surprised, Zhang Shi paid 500 taels of silver as soon as he made a move, which is rare in the world.What made him angry was that Qu Baiyan was the most greedy person, and if he followed this person on an errand, he would not only eat all the meat, but also drink the soup, and he would definitely not get half of the benefits.Therefore, all the dozen or so soldiers were unhappy, and they all hoped for Qu Baiyan's bad luck.

Qu Baiyan put the banknote away, and his whole face glowed.He glanced at Zhang Shi triumphantly, and said in his mouth: "You are a smart boy. If you have already taken out the money, I don't have to spend so much effort."

Shopkeeper Hu and others saw that Qu Baiyan was so greedy, everyone was angry and funny.These people often deal with officials on weekdays, so they naturally know that no official is not corrupt.It's just that this is the first time I've seen an official so openly asking for bribes.

Li Qiufeng was even more embarrassed.He originally thought that Qu Baiyan was just being confused, but he could be regarded as a person devoted to his duties, so he had a good impression of him.But I didn't expect this person to be so contrived just to ask for a bribe.

Zhang Shi said with a smile on his face, "My lord general has worked so hard with all the military lords, and the villain should be filial." He paused for a while, and then said: "You see, we are all small businesses. If there is a delay and the goods cannot be delivered to Shandong on time, you will have to lose money. Can the general be considerate of the villain and let us go as soon as possible?"

Qu Baiyan got the money and didn't want to delay for a long time. Hearing what Zhang Shi said, he immediately waved his hands and said: "Since you are all good people, I will not make things difficult for you. Brothers, let's go."

Shopkeeper Hu and others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this situation, and they all bowed their hands in thanks.All the soldiers retreated to Qu Baiyan's side, only Hu San who rushed into the cabin remained.Qu Baiyan said to a sergeant: "His grandma, Hu San really used chicken feathers as arrows! You go and call him out."

The sergeant agreed and was about to go to the cabin when he heard someone in the cabin scream, and then someone said tremblingly: "What are you going to do..."

This person had just said this, and suddenly stopped talking, as if someone had suddenly pinched his throat while speaking.Everyone on the deck recognized that it was Hu San's voice, but they didn't know what happened to him, so he suddenly disappeared.

Although Qu Baiyan was greedy, he was extremely cunning, when he heard Hu Sanzhi half-spoken, the cabin became silent, knowing that something must have happened in the cabin.He hastily took two steps back, hiding behind the sergeants, and then poked his head out to look in the direction of the cabin.

At this moment, with a "huh", a dark shadow flew out of the cabin, and fell to the deck in front of everyone with a "bang".I only heard this person screaming in pain loudly, it was Hu San who rushed into the cabin just now.

Seeing this situation, everyone's face changed greatly.The shopkeepers were even more frightened, and took a few steps back.Shopkeeper Luo was the least courageous, standing behind everyone.At this time, he retreated a few steps in panic, and he had already reached the side of the ship.He stumbled and fell backwards immediately.Fortunately, shopkeeper Ji stood beside him and hurriedly reached out to give him a hand, so he didn't fall into the sea.

Seeing Hu San fall to the ground in a state of distress, Qu Bai was startled and frightened.Only a dozen or so sergeants stood in front of him with swords and guns in hand.Seeing Qu Baiyan retreating to the side of the ship in a panic, the sergeants on the warship knew that something had happened on board, and hurriedly drew their swords and guns, shouting loudly.Several sergeants even flashed the fire pockets in their hands, ready to fire cannons at any time.

Seeing that there were soldiers guarding him in front of and behind him, Qu Bai immediately became more courageous.He shouted loudly: "Hu San, what happened?!"

Hu San struggled to get up from the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "There are, there are ghosts in the cabin..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Qu Baiyan let out a mouthful, and scolded: "Fuck, are you hysterical? Can you forget the time when I took you to pretend to be a ghost in the earth temple? There are no ghosts in the world, It's all fucking faked!"

Hu San ran to the soldiers in a panic, and said tremblingly to Qu Baiyan who was hiding behind the soldiers: "Yes, it's a ghost... I only saw the shadow, but I didn't see the face clearly, so I flew out like flying through the clouds. If it weren't for ghosts, how could humans have such supernatural powers?"

Hearing what Hu San said, Li Qiufeng immediately knew that he met a martial arts master in the cabin, was subdued by one move, and then thrown out of the cabin.At this time, Zhang Shi and all the shopkeepers were on the deck, and Qin Laowu and five boatmen who lived in the back cabin were also outside the cabin, some were pulling the sails, and some were steering the rudder.The only person who didn't show up was Xiao Dong who claimed to be Mr. Bai's accountant.Li Qiufeng knew that this person had martial arts before, but he didn't expect his martial arts to be so high, so he threw Hu San out of the cabin with a throw.

When Qu Baiyan was hanging out in Fuzhou City, he often pretended to be ghosts to scare others, so he never believed in ghosts and gods.Seeing Hu San's appearance at this time, he decided that someone was pretending to be a ghost.Although he had already received 500 taels of silver, he just wanted to go back to Ningbo City to have a good time, and he didn't want to delay.But Hu San suffered a loss, and he could just take this opportunity to make another big buck.Thinking of this, he pushed away the two sergeants standing in front of him, walked unsteadily in front of Zhang Shi, and said, "Who are you hiding in the cabin?"

Zhang Shi also guessed that it was Xiao Dong who made the move and threw Hu San out of the cabin.It's just that this person is from the Firearms Bureau, and he can't afford to offend him, so when Qu Baiyan asked, he hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "There is only one accountant who writes and calculates in the cabin, and he has no hands. With the power, I absolutely dare not offend this military master."

Qu Baiyan snorted, and said in his mouth: "Last year, there was a big case in Ningbo Mansion. It was said that Japanese pirates murdered and set fire in the city, and no one dared to stop it. Our Fujian Navy was ordered by the imperial court to come to Ningbo to strengthen the sea ban." , to capture the Japanese pirates who murdered and set fire. You all sneaked around, could it be possible that you hid the escaped Japanese pirates in the cabin?"

Zhang Shi was taken aback, but after thinking about it, he knew that Qu Baiyan wanted to knock money from himself again.He just gave Qu Baiyan 500 taels of silver, and his heart hurts.Just seeing Qu Baiyan's appearance, he would never give up without giving money.So he gritted his teeth and took out the banknote from his pocket.I thought to myself, this money must not be paid by myself!After these officers and soldiers leave, they must ask shopkeeper Hu and others to pay him the money.

It's just that Zhang Shi was about to reach out his hand to touch the bank note, but someone in the cabin said with a sneer: "Aren't you people afraid of the king's law when you ask for bribes and accept bribes?"

Zhang Shi shuddered, and when he heard the man say the word "extortion and acceptance of bribes", he immediately retracted the right hand that was about to be stretched out into his arms.Qu Baiyan was furious, and shouted to all the soldiers: "Why are you all standing still, why don't you go over and drag this madman out?!"

(End of this chapter)