Daming kill

Chapter 276

In the early morning, on a stern of a large fleet, the chubby Xu Keran stood for a long, long time looking at the gradually receding Nanjing City.

This is not his habit.

Usually at this time, he usually stays in the cabin with his eyes closed to rest his mind, so that his body can rest from the exhaustion before and after setting sail.

But today for some reason, his upper and lower eyelids kept twitching, making him restless.

He thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't find any mistakes.

Until he reluctantly thought of Shi Ming, the only one who was not under his control.

Shi Ming only informed him that he would not be traveling yesterday night, because he wanted to spend a few more days in Nanjing.

For this reason, Xu Keran did not believe it at all.

He knew that although Shi Ming liked to enjoy himself, he was also a person with strong self-discipline.

What's more, if you really want to play for a few more days, you will make arrangements early, and it is impossible to change your mind before leaving.

However, based on the principle of not asking questions that businessmen shouldn't ask, Xu Keran just adjusted the shipping plan happily, and arranged new ships for Shi Ming and the part of his men left behind.

But now, because of the twitching eyelids, Xu Keran began to wonder why Shi Ming stayed for a few more days.

So he walked out of the cabin, came to the stern, and stared at the distant Nanjing for a long time in a daze.

Ruan Dacheng?Or did Shi Ming cling to some new dignitaries?
After thinking wildly for a long time, Xu Keran didn't understand what trouble these things would cause him.

He is a businessman.

And the business is not just for Shi Ming's family. Li Ping, Zuo Liangyu, including the generals under Zuo Liangyu, he does business with everyone, and no one will offend him, especially Li Ping, who is currently very prestigious, is his biggest customer. Who Shi Ming intends to cling to has really little influence on him.

Besides, his family's business is still under Xu Wenqi's protection.

When he was puzzled, one of Xu Keran's subordinates approached him and hesitantly expressed that he had something to report.

Xu Keran immediately had an ominous premonition.

The steward has been in charge of launching ships for Shi Ming these days, using their familiar roads in Nanjing to directly take the Qinhuai River waterway to transport some things that Shi Ming bought from the city to the fleet in a more convenient way.

At the same time, they will also transport some prostitutes that Shi Ming found for the many soldiers who escort Ruan Dacheng back to Nanjing who are not convenient to arrange to enter the city.

Originally, the steward did not need to participate in such a long-distance trade, but because of the large scale of the fleet this time, Xu Keran, who lacked talents and trusted subordinates, temporarily transferred him to the fleet.

"It was really strange that day. There were only three boxes transported in total. And after boarding the ship, the boxes were moved into the cabin without too much trouble, and no one of us was allowed to approach. It was when moving onto the big ship on the river, They also rarely completely refused the help of our boatman, and one of the boxes almost fell into the river.

And even though the little one was sent to the stern to control the boat at that time, he could still hear it clearly. There was a continuous crashing sound from the box that almost fell into the river, and there might be living things inside.At that time, Li Bazong looked very nervous, and several boatmen and I pretended to be nonchalant before letting him relax. "

"Maybe it's a valuable item, and what if it's a living thing? We haven't seen any weird things! Are you making a fuss?" Xu Keran expressed his opinion seriously and cautiously.

He can't judge anything based on these, and he can't easily go to the bottom of the customers and ask the teacher for their crimes.There are a lot of shady things in the business they do, and many times they have to learn to turn a blind eye, even if it is something criminal.

But the manager timidly glanced at Tsui Hark, then changed the subject and said, "You know that Li Xiangjun, the oiran of Meixianglou, disappeared the day before yesterday?"

"I know! What's wrong?" Xu Keran was inexplicably surprised.

The three women are all celebrities, and the men behind them are also not simple. The sensational effect caused by the incident is naturally huge, and the speed of spread is of course very fast. It is difficult for Xu Keran to know.

The person in charge said faintly: "The three boxes are on a boat in the outer city, near the Mochou Lake where Li Xiangjun was rumored to be missing, and it was going to be dark at that time, but Mr. Li still insisted on going out of the city and asked to do everything possible. All we have to do is to go out of the city, if not for the officer on duty at Minato who happened to be the one we know best, we almost didn’t go out.”

Xu Keran's face began to darken, and he looked at the manager with cold eyes, but he didn't interrupt or stop him from continuing.

So the person in charge continued to boldly say: "Three people are missing, and the ones on board happened to be three boxes with living things inside, and after the three disappeared, they were still near the place where they disappeared. I also heard that Li It’s a coincidence that the president went to Meixianglou every day to stay with Li Xiangjun, isn’t it?”

Xu Keran's face finally changed suddenly, and he said in amazement: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"I, I also came across this morning when someone said that Mr. Li had inexplicably strengthened the guards on a boat that always went to Meixianglou every day and delivered goods to Shi Gueran the night before. I was on the boat before, and I didn't Knowing about Li Bazong going to Meixiang Building, I didn't pay much attention to Li Xiangjun's disappearance." The manager said weakly.

Xu Keran's eyelids didn't twitch anymore this time, he only felt his eyes darken for a while, his head was buzzing, and then a lot of cold sweat began to break out from his body.

How can there be so many coincidences in this world!

He couldn't help but burst out a few foul words.

Fortunately, the experience of going all over the world made him calm down quickly. He stared at the manager and said in a hoarse voice: "This matter is very important. You must not tell anyone. It will kill us. Introduction Let me think about it, we have to make sure first, otherwise if there is a real misunderstanding, it will be a big trouble."

But having said that, Xu Keran went back to the cabin and wrote a letter immediately after the steward left, and then asked the closest person to disembark immediately and hurry back to Nanjing to send it to the Patriarch.

No matter what Li Shengcai did in the end, there is no doubt that there are a lot of traces left in his haste that are very confusing. Xu Keran's steward can think of it, and others must also think of it.

Xu Keran must immediately wipe off those traces.

And that's obviously not too complicated, as long as the boatmen on the inland riverboat at that time are under control, everything will be solved.

But the premise is to be fast, and the boatmen should not talk too fast.

And for the next two days, although Xu Keran appeared to be leisurely and carefree on the surface, and even temporarily stopped at the port to replenish water and food, he was too lazy to get close to the ships that transported Shi Mingyun's troops, but in fact he had already Anxiously became an ant on a hot pot.

Xu Keran has become more and more sure that the medium-sized ship in the fleet is abnormal.

The guards above are all Shi Ming's people, that's right.

But the boat is his, and the boatmen on it are all his.

That ship had an unusually small number of guards and soldiers for the size of the ship, or the ship could and should have carried more soldiers to guard it, but didn't.

And it is completely forbidden for any other idlers to wait on board, including their own people.

If there are any particularly important items on it, it is reasonable to put them on the largest ship and send more guards.

And according to Xu Keran, under the guise of routine inspections to check the status of the ship and whether the boatman’s operation is in compliance, the cronies sent by him secretly talked with the boatman on the ship, and brought back some of the guards on the ship. It’s strange that they have to go deep into the cabin when they have three meals a day. Meals and always take the trouble to have convenience in the cabin and then bring out the excrement and urine every night to dump.

Therefore, Xu Keran was basically sure that there must be someone hiding on the boat, and there was a high probability that it might be the missing three daughters.

Even if it wasn't the missing three daughters, they must be invisible people who would cause them big trouble.

Xu Keran was anxious besides anxiety, and he was so worried that he almost didn't think about food or tea.

And as the fleet got closer and closer to Shi Ming's army's station in Anqing, blisters appeared on the corners of Xu Keran's mouth.

But maybe it was God’s favor. The next day, the weather suddenly turned cloudy, and the clouds became darker and lower. In the evening, there was even a strong wind, and it was getting worse.

Several stewards and ship bosses asked Xu Keran for instructions to find a port or spend the night near the shore to set sail, but Xu Keran sternly refused on the grounds that General Li Ping was waiting impatiently and that they could take advantage of the strong wind to speed up the sailing.

None of them knew that Xu Keran was in ecstasy deep in his heart.

In the middle of the night, the wind and rain intertwined with thunder and lightning came unexpectedly, the water on the river was choppy, and all the ships shook violently, especially with their sails fully stretched.

Just when the fleet finally decided to urgently find a suitable place to anchor, there was serious confusion on one of the ships, and then the draft of that ship was getting deeper and deeper. It was obvious that there was a leak somewhere that could not be stopped.

Soon, some of the boatmen on board began to abandon the boat and jump into the river.

Most of the officers and soldiers on the ship who were not able to swim were frightened and gathered on the deck, screaming and shouting.

Due to the strong wind and heavy rain, it was found that other ships could not get close to the slowly sinking ship, and the rescue was extremely difficult.

Moreover, most of the ships were also guided away to prevent more disasters caused by collisions.

In a critical moment, the officers and soldiers on the sinking ship were rescued by relying on a small boat to venture up to it.

Although afterward, the ship unexpectedly stood firm for a long time before finally sinking, but the officers and soldiers who survived the catastrophe were only grateful and thankful, and of course they were also in a daze for a long time.

A general leader even took advantage of people's unpreparedness and murmured to the ferocious Jiang: "Don't blame us, if you are discovered, no matter what the reason, the general will kill us. That's good, at least you don't have to Suffered!"

It's a pity that the leader didn't know that shortly after they boarded the boat that rescued them, another boat approached the other side of the boat they had guarded, and then quickly disappeared using the boat's sight, as if it had never appeared before. .

At this time, Xu Keran was also carefully looking at the three wet women in a cabin on his boat, and hesitantly called out to one of them: "But Liu Yin and Liu Rushi?"

Liu Rushi's real name was Yang Ai, but he later changed his surname to Liu, and his name was Yin, and his character was Rushi.

Liu Rushi, who was still in shock, raised his head and looked at the rich middle-aged man in front of him in confusion. He looked familiar but couldn't remember where he had seen him.

Although she still doesn't quite understand what happened, she also guessed that this rich middle-aged man and their detainees are not in the same group. At least the gags in their mouths were pulled out, and they were rescued at the beginning was unbound.

And the most important thing is that there is no malice in this man's eyes.

After getting an affirmative answer, the rich middle-aged man slapped his head several times with a depressed face.However, he did not answer Liu Rushi's question about his identity, nor did he ask about the identities of Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan. He just sighed and said:
"You don't have to shout. If someone finds out, I can't help you. The clothes are prepared in this room, but they are all men's clothes. The situation is special, so just let it go! There is a brazier in the room, you should warm up quickly Put on new clothes! Don’t catch a cold. Let’s talk later if you have any questions.”

The rich middle-aged man turned around and left after finishing speaking, leaving only the three women looking at each other, but they were also sure that the man really did not mean anything to them, so the three women couldn't help hugging each other and sobbing.

This is also the first time they have hugged each other these days!
But after drying his body, changing his clothes and finishing his makeup, the rich middle-aged man did not appear again.

On the contrary, a few strong men with knives broke in after they opened the cabin door, and solemnly stated that they would always stand outside the door to protect them, as long as they can keep quiet and do not leave this cabin, they will never attack them. They use force.

On the contrary, they will be immediately re-bound and gagged, or they will be killed and thrown into the river.

In addition, several big men just asked three questions and refused to answer any questions.

The bewildered three girls were dumbfounded, completely out of their minds.Fortunately, the painful experience of these two days made them know that they had better be obedient and wait for that rich middle-aged man to appear again.

But in the next few days, the rich middle-aged man never showed up, and the big men with knives outside the door also fulfilled their promises. Except for coming in from time to time to check, deliver water and food, and take the toilet, they did not treat them in the room at all. Interfering with their internal freedom, let alone harassing them.

Of course, never say a word to them.

Unwilling, the three women also tried to report the names of Qian Qianyi and Hou Xun and promised to bribe the big man with a knife outside the door with a lot of money, but in exchange they were tied up and gagged for a whole day.

In the end, they had no choice but to accept the reality, and then honestly stayed in the cabin without windows, thinking wildly and crying secretly.

The only thing they can be sure of is that the boat has been going, going up against the river.

On this day, the ship probably docked somewhere, and then a guard outside the door suddenly came in and said to them, "Clean up, we will get off the ship in a while."

"Where is this?" Liu Rushi, the oldest, couldn't help asking after hesitating for a while.

But this time, the guard answered them unexpectedly.

"Shishou County, Jingzhou Prefecture."

(End of this chapter)