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Chapter 69 Little Tail

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Thunder is moving and the sky is dark, the wind is moving and the clouds are gathering.

The sand and rain sprinkled on the endless river, and at the end of the field of vision, several ships could be seen appearing and disappearing, and the towns along the banks of the river were gradually lit up with lights.

Ye Jingtang was dressed in a black princely robe made of water cloud brocade, with a saber hanging from his waist, and an oiled paper umbrella in his hand, standing at the bow; The disciples are fastening the ropes.

Starting from Jiang'an Wharf the day before yesterday, I have sailed along the Qingjiang River day and night for two days, and will arrive at Xiwang Town on the border of Yunzhou tomorrow morning.

There are no entertainment facilities in this world. Running a ship is hard work. Apart from patrolling back and forth every day to prevent cargo from falling and hitting the rocks, you just practice martial arts on the deck.

Although Sanniang is also on the boat, there are six apprentices in the building pretending to be Lifu on the boat. As the headmistress, she has to maintain the posture of a master. It is not appropriate to go out with a charming dress, and stay in the cabin with Xiuhe all the time. in the room.

The Jiangdao from the capital city to Xiwang Town is the main channel for trade in the capital city. There are a lot of boats coming and going, and patrolling sailor ships can be seen all the time. It is reasonable to say that it is very safe.

But after two days of observation, Ye Jingtang still felt that something was wrong. He stood on the bow and looked back. He could see a small merchant ship behind him, about two miles away, and couldn't see the name clearly. He asked:

"Li Jian, who owns that boat in the back? Do you know it?"

Li Jian, the young boy who fastened the oilcloth beside the pile of goods, is the grandson of Li Sanwen, the incense master. If you count seniority, he and Ye Jingtang are brothers of the same school.

Li Jian was carrying a bamboo hat. Hearing this, he came up to him and looked at it with his head. He couldn't see clearly, so he ran into the cabin, brought a copper cylinder over, pulled it away, and looked it up in front of his eyes:
"Hmm... Under the banner of Zhang Zi, I have never seen it before. I guess it is a small merchant who runs groceries..."

Ye Jingtang was taken aback when he saw the copper telescope, took it over and looked at the front and rear mirrors:
"You still have this thing?"

Seeing Ye Jingtang's unexpected appearance, Li Jian showed pride:
"Cousin Jing, haven't you seen it before? This object is called 'Thousand-mile Mirror', and it has only been spread in Beiliang in recent years."

Ye Jingtang is no stranger to telescopes, but this is indeed the first time he has seen them in this world.He picked up the binoculars and looked back, but saw a small cargo ship full of groceries, and a man in a bamboo hat with a long gun was covering the ship with a rainproof tarpaulin.

At a distance of two miles, it was difficult to see the facial details of the man in the bamboo hat. After observing for a while, Ye Jingtang returned the binoculars to Li Jian:

"There is something wrong with this ship. It set off the day before yesterday, and it was hanging behind its buttocks. The distance is not too far. According to the previous experience of dart walking, there is a high probability that it is stepping on the spot and preparing to find an opportunity to rob the dart."

"Brother Jing, don't be suspicious. There are thousands of boats going back and forth on this waterway every day. It's normal to have boats going the same way. Maybe it's because of the size of our boat that we deliberately walked together for safety."

Having said this, Li Jian put away the binoculars, and signaled to the brothers on board:

"Furthermore, there are at most three or five people on that small boat. Our host is on board. There are two grand masters, eleven hall masters, and more than a hundred incense masters waiting in Xiwang Town. I really don't believe it. Dare to rob the chief rudder of Honghualou."

Ye Jingtang thought about it too, shook his head and smiled:

"Professional habits, it seems that I worry too much. But be careful with the Wannian ship, the ship behind is still watching in turn, and if there is any abnormality in the whereabouts, immediately warn the police."

"Cousin Jing, don't worry, I still have this kind of heart."

After Ye Jingtang explained, he changed shifts with the Honghualou disciples and came to the rear of the merchant ship.

As a cargo ship, the living environment is not good. There are only four rooms in the cabin at the stern, and the rest of the people have to live below the deck.

Ye Jingtang entered the stern, and faintly heard a voice from the room:

"jijiji~~"

"Hmmmm~"

The birds go crazy and the humming of women.

The corners of Ye Jingtang's lips twitched slightly, and he walked to Sanniang's door to look him up.

Even the 'captain's' room is not very big, it is clean and clean, there is a plank bed, a table and chairs inside, the window is opened at the stern, and you can see the situation behind, there is nothing special about it.

Niao Niao may have gone mad on the boat and was rolling back and forth on the bed at this moment.Xiuhe sat beside her, watching with a smile.

Sanniang was wearing a thin summer dress revealing half of her white forearm, sitting in front of the bronze mirror, holding a makeup box in her hand, and thrushing her eyebrows slowly.

The almond eyes that were originally watery, but under the careful outline, they look a bit heroic, and the color of the attractive red lips of the young man has become very pale.

The appearance is still the same, but it looks very serious and cold, a bit fierce, um... It looks like Prince Jing, but the disadvantage is the height, not as imposing as Dongfang Benben.

"San Niang, why did you draw yourself like this?"

"Master Ye." Xiuhe got up quickly, moved a seat, and poured tea again.

Pei Xiangjun put down the makeup box, turned around and raised his cheeks:
"Does it look good?"

Ye Jingtang sat down on the chair and carefully looked at the beautiful cheeks:

"No matter how Sanniang paints, she is beautiful, but this makeup, um... I think it's a bit fierce."

"Humph~"

Pei Xiangjun picked up the mirror and looked at it: "A person depends on clothes. If you are going to meet the hall masters, if you are gentle and gentle, how can you suppress the scene?"

The night was startled.

There was nothing wrong on the boat. After tossing for a while, Pei Xiangjun might have gotten excited. He got up and went to the back of Ye Jingtang, untied his black hairband, and let his long hair hang down:
"I'll dress you up too."

Xiuhe was very interested in this matter, and hurried over: "I'll come, I'll come..."

Ye Jingtang always dresses cleanly and concisely, and doesn't pay much attention to it. Seeing that the two girls are interested, they don't refuse. They sit on the stool with their backs straight, and Sanniang and Xiuhe are still tossing about.

Pei Xiangjun held an eyebrow pencil and drew his eyebrows close to his body.

Ye Jingtang was sitting upright, with no evil thoughts at first, but San Niang leaned close to her, her red lips were not more than a foot away, and she could obviously feel the warm breath blowing on her cheeks.

huh~~~
Ye Jingtang's eyes were clear at first, but gradually he felt something was wrong, and wanted to lean back, but behind him was the watery Xiuhe, and if he leaned back, he would be resting on Xiuhe's chest, in a dilemma, he could only look away Squinting, looking at the bird who tilted his head beside him.

Pei Xiangjun also noticed Ye Jingtang's 'shy' reaction, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't say anything, but raised his left hand, and covered the bulging skirt with his water sleeve, so as not to make Ye Jingtang uncomfortable .

After working so hard for half a day, the two finally finished their work.

Ye Jingtang was freed from the situation of being caught between the two breads of Ai, secretly heaved a sigh of relief, picked up the bronze mirror and looked at it - the jade crown on his head, the sharpness of his brows like knives, he was unsmiling, with three points of evil charm, He looks like a psychopathic crazy critic, the kind who eats both men and women...

"Uh……"

It's hard for Ye Jingtang to say a word.

After looking at him anxiously for a few times, Xiuhe scratched her head: "Young master doesn't seem to be as good-looking as before, but he's still so handsome~"

Pei Xiangjun also felt that he would not put makeup on men, so he said resentfully: "The background is too good, and dressing up can only add to the superfluity, let's forget it..."

While speaking, Pei Xiangjun's eyes moved slightly, and he looked towards the window.

It was already raining heavily outside, and the sky was getting dark. On the dark river, only a few boat lights floating in the distance could be seen, other than that, there was no movement at all.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang put his hand on the handle of the knife and came to the window, scanning the river behind the merchant ship, but the rain was too heavy and there were some waves on the river, and the environment was too complicated to see anything.

"what happened?"

"The sound of water is wrong."

Pei Xiangjun has stayed at Pei's house for many years, and he often goes out to run boats. His sailing experience is much richer than that of Ye Jingtang, who walks darts on land. He reminded:
"Just ten feet away from the right side of the stern, something was swimming across the water. It was either a finless porpoise, or someone from the rivers and lakes approached secretly."

Ye Jingtang pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, and focused his eyes on Jiang Mian:

"Shall I go down and have a look?"

"When someone found someone at the window, the expert already knew how to scare the snake, and ran away long ago. There are many water ghosts stealing merchant ships in the Qingjiang River. It is estimated that our ship is big and wants to come to fight the autumn wind. Don't bother, just pay more attention at night."

Ye Jingtang originally wanted to stay in the house and protect Sanniang personally all night, but then he thought about it—Sanniang looks gentle and gentle like Lin Daiyu, but in fact he can pull weeping willows upside down. If a thief really kills him on board, Sanniang protects him. almost.

So he didn't open his mouth to make Sanniang roll his eyes, turned around and said goodbye, and went back to the next room, lying on the bed, keeping his knife close to his body, and paying attention to the movement around the merchant ship...

(End of this chapter)