with words in mind

Chapter 247 The Case of the Snake Fairy in the Black Market of Jiangnan 2
On the cargo ship, rows of small sails, either for decoration or for adjusting the wind direction, rustled under the sea wind.

A group of rough men spoke the local dialect, and they were busy carrying various boxes. The boatman was smoking a bag of cigarettes while commanding at will. Seeing a younger brother in the cabin beckoning to him, he reluctantly moved forward. go.

"What's the matter?" asked the foreman.

"After moving the goods in a while, where do you worship the snake fairy?" The dark-skinned boy asked timidly.

"Snake fairy? What snake fairy?!" The boatman said disapprovingly.

The little brother Heipi leaned closer to the other party's ear and whispered: "It is rumored that there is a giant white snake in the East China Sea! If you don't want to be swallowed alive by it, you have to worship before sailing!!"

"Giant snake?"

Heipi continued: "Yes! Many brothers have seen it! It will jump out of the sea!" He couldn't help imitating it with his arms, "This jump can set off huge waves! Then the boat will jump out of the sea!" I was eaten by it! I heard that the snake can emit light! Those brothers who survived all said that they have seen it!!"

This cargo ship was traveling to and from the coast of the East China Sea. It originally docked at another pier. It was the first time it docked at Mingzhou Chengdong Wharf.The boatman sailed on this ship, and of course he encountered troubles of all sizes. Most of what he heard was the legend of the Dragon King, and he had never heard of a snake swallowing a ship.Due to his reverence for the gods of the sea, he hesitated for a while, and asked Heipi to prepare some sacrifices, choose a suitable place, and finish the matter!

The little boy Heipi nodded foolishly, took the money and led people to buy sacrifices.

And in the cabin at the bottom of the cargo ship, the men are opening the boxes that have been brought in, dragging out the kidnapped men and women one by one, and tying them to the boat poles!
You Yinan was taken out of the box, already covered in sweat and greasy, he didn't dare to resist and could only let others manipulate him.After he was tied to the ship's post, he looked into the cabin very carefully: the women were all tied to the same ship's post, and the guards were relatively tight.The old people were all connected by ropes and forced to sit in a corner.Those tied to other boat posts are basically young and middle-aged, and the straw ropes that bind them are extremely tight! !

Based on his experience as a city magistrate, those women are likely to be sold to bachelors who cannot marry a wife, and those old people are likely to be cheap labor, and the most profitable is their strong labor force.As a scholar, he doesn't have much strength!However, there is still some ink in his stomach anyway, so he needs to use his brain to plan for himself! !

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

You Yinan was attracted by this strange voice, turned his head and looked, hey!It turned out that Zhu Mengxin was also tied to a pillar with himself!There are two delirious men between them. These two men are in stark contrast to Zhu Mengxin's strength, they look extremely thin!
"They will investigate in a while." Zhu Mengxin used the unconscious man as a cover, and whispered, "Don't say you know me!"

"." You Yinan didn't respond, just bowed his head and remained silent.

Not long after, the head of the ship's foreman came to nod and asked the names of several people.When he saw Zhu Mengxin's strong body, he immediately asked someone to tie a few more ropes to him!

"What's your name?" the boatman asked after the rope was tied.

Zhu Mengxin looked at each other bitterly, but didn't speak!

The boatman chief just wanted to test it out, and seeing that he had some backbone, he had a plan in his mind. It seemed that he had to work hard to make him obey the discipline!Thinking of this, he moved to You Yinan again.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Da Mao" You Yinan timidly said, and then he mustered up his courage and shouted, "I, I can write! I can do arithmetic. Also, I can do a little palm reading! My lord! The younger ones know a lot, but it can be useful Where can I go?!" But in fact, his shout was only so loud in the eyes of the boatman!

On this boat, there are only a group of big bosses, and those who can read and write are naturally a rarity!What's more, people can do arithmetic and read palms!

"." Of course, the boatman knew that the other party just wanted to show off, so as to get rid of the fate of being bought and sold.But missing one or two goods is not a big deal to him, so he squatted down, stretched out his hand and said, "Big hair? Then show me."

"." You Yinan suppressed his frantic heartbeat and looked nervously at the opponent's palmistry. In fact, he really knows how to write and do arithmetic. As for palmistry, he really doesn't know how to do it!

"What's the matter?" The boatman asked curiously after waiting for a while.

You Yinan scratched his head, his thoughts turned very fast, and what could be related to fate was nothing more than the five elements and eight trigrams. Although he didn't know palmistry, he could talk about it freely based on the five elements and eight trigrams!
"My lord's hand, the palm is thick! It's a blessed man!"

The chief boatman looked at his callused palms, and was a little puzzled: "So many calluses are made by hard work! Is it considered a blessing?"

"Why not?!" You Yinan hurriedly echoed, "This shows that the adults are blessed through their own hard work! Don't tell me! Look at your central lines." He said, his hands and feet were bound, and he exerted all his strength. He raised his chin, wanting to point out with his pouted mouth!
Seeing that the other party was very active, the head boatman approached him a little bit and asked someone to untie him!
"Oh! Thank you, sir!" You Yinan moved his wrist, and quickly pointed to the palm lines and said, "This is the longevity line, ah! My lord is a long-lived person! This is the fortune line, um, the fortune line is slightly bumpy, It shows that my lord suffered a lot in his early years! This is the line of blessing, your lord’s line of blessing has a long history and is profound and obvious! You are a blessed person! If not, how can you be the leader of the crowd!!" He laughed, What a hype!
The captain of the boatman listened to his satisfaction, and asked some more questions, which were nothing more than wealth, getting a wife and having children, etc. Seeing that the boy answered them one by one, he was very clear!He asked another key question: "Is this trip good or bad?"

You Yinan rolled his eyes, a little puzzled: "Divination is good or bad, this is palmistry. You can only look at the overall life line." Seeing the other party's face changed, he quickly added, "Don't worry, my lord! The line of fortune is so deep, it will surely turn danger into good luck! The future is boundless!!"

"." The skeptical boatman looked at his palm, and without further words, he ordered the big hair to be tied up again, ordered the man to continue to nod his head, and left the cabin!

And after this trouble, those boatmen boys treated You Yinan a little better than others!Some are because of the head, some are curious about their own fate, and want to take the opportunity to let him see the palmistry!

After counting the heads, Zhu Mengxin squinted at everything, and whispered, "Who the hell are you?!"

You Yinan just glanced back at the other party a few times quietly, but didn't answer.
"Are you from King Yi'an?" Zhu Mengxin asked again.

You Yinan pondered for a long time, then shook his head fiercely, but remained silent!Afterwards, no matter what the other party asked, he didn't answer any more!

On the deck, the captain of the ship is standing on the bow and looking around. Although the cargo ship is guarded by someone above, it is necessary to set off as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams.He had no choice but to tell everyone to be vigilant, don't go wrong!

On the pier, under the shade of a tree, the seniors and seniors poked their heads out and observed carefully last night. When they were tracking You Yinan and Zhu Mengxin, they found a large bloodstain and horsehair according to the horseshoe marks. After a while, he found that another horse was taken away, so he followed Yin Zi all the way. After finding the horse trading place, after questioning the shopkeeper, he realized that the horse seller had a fishy smell on his body. It's heading towards the pier.Therefore, the two people came here, but they couldn't get close to check those cargo boxes. For a while, they didn't know if You Yinan and Zhu Mengxin were really here.
On the other side, Yan Mo and Ming girl came out of the pharmacy and bought a basket of medicines, and those account books were hidden in the medicine basket.In view of the account details related to the ship, the two decided to go to the dock to have a look.

After arriving at the pier, Yan Mo inspected it from a distance, and found that Daji Bank also set up a branch at the pier, and there were full-time transporters responsible for carrying ship supplies.

"Do you have money on you?"

Knowing the other party's intention, Ming girl took out an ingot of silver from her waist, and the two of them walked to the semicolon of Daji Bank.Just before I got there, I heard the cry of an owl!
In broad daylight, shouldn't owls sleep?

Yan Mo looked back vigilantly, followed the sound, and even brought Ming girl around.
Senior three and senior four originally thought that the princess really brought a tall girl to handle, but they didn't expect that girl to have the facial features of a prince!Frightened and paled, the two couldn't help but look at each other for a long time. They didn't even know when the prince and concubine arrived! ! !

"How's the situation? Did anyone find it?!" Yan Mo asked with a straight face!

"Ah! I pay my respects to the master!" The third year of high school returned to God first, "We tracked down and found that someone sold You Yinan and Zhu Mengxin's mounts. The stable owner said that the person who sold the horses smelled like the sea, but we tracked it so far. Find those two."

Yan Mo handed the medicine basket to Gao Si, and said to Ming girl: "You still have injuries on your body, you should not overwork, let Gao Si go back with you, and leave the rest to me!"

Qi Ming grabbed the other party, "Do you want to just go on the boat and investigate?" Seeing Yan'er's eyes averted slightly, he knew he had guessed right, "No way!"

"And the senior year together."

"No!" Before Yan Mo finished speaking, Qi Ming resolutely vetoed, "It's just a little flesh wound, I'm not that delicate! If you want to act, you must be accompanied by me!" She winked!

"Master, don't worry, I'll wait here!" The seniors and seniors hurriedly closed their eyes and saluted together!
Yan Mo saw that he couldn't hold back the fox, so he had to give up, and ordered Senior Senior and Senior Senior to find two sets of boatman's clothes.Then, she led Ming girl into the branch of Daji Bank to deposit money.
"Guest officer, come and take it." The banker handed the stub to Yan Mo, "You must take the stub with you when you take out the money in the future."

Yan Mo nodded obediently, looking at the workers coming in and out, she pretended to be curious and asked, "Brother, are all the goods they transport are from the bank?"

Bank clerk: "Yes, sir, those goods are all trades operated by the bank. The deposit interest for you is earned from those trades!"

"Where are all these ships going?" Yan Mo asked even more curiously, pretending that he was a lady and rarely went out.

"Ah~ some go north to the Jinzhou area, and some go south to the southern region!" The banker replied.

Yan Mo smiled and nodded, as if to satisfy his curiosity, he obediently led the girl out the door.Going back to the shade of the tree that met the third and fourth graders just now, she and Ming girl waited for a moment before seeing the Gao brothers come back!Fortunately, the ship of Daji Bank hadn't set sail yet, so the two secretly changed their clothes and got on the ship while they were busy moving goods! !
Yan Yuner covered Ming Yuner and let him enter the cabin for inspection first, while she followed the other transporters and looked around the cargo ship!During this period, she saw a nearby cargo ship offering sacrifices, and the black-skinned boy who led the worship was chanting words, but she didn't understand a word.Afterwards, the ship finished its worship service, wiped the cargo ship that Yan Mo was on, and set sail!

Yan Mo didn't know, but when she was watching, she perfectly missed You Yinan and Zhu Mengxin!
After watching the cargo ship go, she avoided other people's eyes, put down the cargo, and quietly came to the cabin!This cabin is connected from front to back, Yan Mo looked at the locked back door, and then began to help Ming Yungong to check the goods together.

The two found that among the goods, some of the canvas and sails were old, some of the transported cloth was soaked in water, and there were even a few boxes containing small white snakes!Listening to the conversations of the transport workers, the two learned that those small white snakes were a special species of snake transported to the southern border, and they came here for transit.

After the other transport workers had gone out, Yan Ming and the two seized the opportunity to check the locked boxes.After some investigation, the two found that the boxes contained valuables such as gold, silver and porcelain, but there was nothing unusual about them.

Until, when Yan Mo came to the cabin wall, he felt that the locked box in front of him was a bit strange!Upon closer inspection, the lock on it is actually a decorative iron lock!
"What's wrong? Yan'er?"

"Look at the lock of this box." Yan Mo pointed to the fake lock and said, "Also, why is there a distance between the box and the bulkhead? Usually, it can be leaned all the way up, which is safe and saves space." She knelt down and looked at it carefully.
Qi Ming also felt strange, and checked together.After some groping, the two found a base at the bottom of the box, Yan Mo reached in and touched it!Click!The lid popped open with a bang! !The two of them looked inside, because it was too dark inside, they couldn't see anything clearly, they could vaguely see that there was a small space going deep inside! !

"What's wrong?!!"

The sound of the box being opened attracted the attention of others!The transport workers have gathered here! !
Yan Mo didn't have time to check that box, so the palm of his inner power came out!He blasted open the small hatch in front of him, and flew away with Qi Ming! !Fortunately, there are a lot of boats moored at the pier at the moment, Qi Ming has injuries and should not touch the water, she uses the hull to hide herself!And with those sails, the edge of the boat brought people back to the shore! !
After searching for a while, those transport workers saw the thief disappear, which is also strange!In order to prevent the goods from being damaged, several people divided the labor and checked the inventory, and found that the locks of the boxes were broken, but the contents inside were not damaged at all.
The detonator of the Daji Bank branch heard the commotion and came to inspect it. Seeing that there was no problem, he asked everyone to be careful and continue to work.But after he got off the boat, he hurriedly left the pier!

At this time on Guiming Mountain, Zhu Wangshan was receiving a tip from the eyeliner boatman, claiming to see Gangzhu Zhu on the human trafficking boat, and he was furious immediately! !

"Blade! Damn it! This group of dog officials really don't have a good thing!! Want to cross the river and demolish the bridge! No way!!"

When the little brothers heard about the whereabouts of the leader, they saluted together: "How to rescue the leader, please show me! I will go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate!!!"

(End of this chapter)