Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 271 Firework March Yumi
over the canal,

Zhang Jinyu's navy fleet sailed southward quickly, riding the wind and waves with an indomitable momentum.

As the saying goes, fireworks go to the south of the Yangtze River in March. Although it is not yet March, the moist air of the south of the Yangtze River is coming. In March, it is originally pink and white. However, the lingering power of this winter seems to be particularly strong, and it still does not want to fade away. That sickening chill.

"Master Hou, the speed of the boat is very fast. Now we have arrived at Jiangbei County. After passing Jiangbei County, we will be Jiangnan County. Jinling is very close."

Duan Hong looked at the waterway ahead and the full-sailed building boat, and was very satisfied with the current speed of the boat, as if it was flying.

Standing on the podium of the building boat, Zhang Jinyu was a little surprised that the speed of the building boat could be so fast as he watched the scenery on both sides of the river receding rapidly.

"It's true, the Marquis didn't expect such a big ship to travel so fast, saving too much time, then our plan may be ahead of schedule."

Duan Hong leaned over and asked a little eagerly;
"Master Hou, if you think about it, then do it. Are you in a hurry?"

"Yeah, I'm in a hurry,"

Zhang Jinyu was also thinking about the time to see what would be the most appropriate time, and he was even more afraid that Jinling would react.

At the pier outside Jinling City at this moment, the guards suddenly lifted the blockade, and notified the merchants at the pier and the boat bosses gathered together that they could set sail.

However, the merchants and boat owners gathered together were still discussing together, not daring to take the lead in lifting the anchor and sailing, after all, the situation of the river section ahead was unknown.

Just inside the pier teahouse, several ship bosses gathered together to drink wine and eat carp in the canal, which is also beautiful.

"Old Feng, tell me, what's going on here? Why does the pier need to be closed for several days?"

A merchant sitting at the bottom asked, and the other ship bosses sitting around, as well as many merchants and bosses who made a living at the dock, all asked in a boisterous manner.

The boat boss called Lao Feng, wearing a thin jacket, wrapped around a big belt, and carrying a big water bag on his back, drank a glass of dirty wine, as if he knew something big, and looked around mysteriously. looked around and said;

"Hehe, you are really asking the right person. A few days ago, my old Feng came back from the section of the river in front. Let me tell you that something big happened up front."

Speaking of this, Lao Feng kept silent and began to pick up the chopsticks to pick up the fish and put it in his mouth. He was not in a hurry at all, and the other people at the table also urged,

"Old Feng, just tell me."

"That's right, Boss Feng, you are the one with the best news in this area."

"My old brother, please tell me a little bit."

Boss Feng, on the other hand, continued to eat fish in a slow and gentle manner, as if it was a delicacy that attracted people, and he ignored the people around him, and would not open his mouth to ask any questions.

The people in the teahouse were so anxious that their faces were red, but there was nothing they could do.

In the corner of the teahouse, the right protector of Bailian Sect narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly,
"Hmph, pretending, I don't know what it means."

Unexpectedly, Bai Shuiyue, who was sitting opposite, looked over with real interest, glanced around the people in the boat, and said to the right protector with some sarcasm;
"It is said that the people from Jiangnan are extremely rich, but they are surprisingly stingy. I saw them today, and they are indeed so."

Right Protector Ying Xian didn't realize it, why did the leader explain what he said, wasn't he discussing the matter on the river ahead, why did he mention Jiangnan people being stingy?

When I didn't pay attention, the fish almost fell off in the chopsticks, and I hurriedly put it into my mouth with the chopsticks. Not to mention anything else, the fish here is still authentic.

"Mr. Wai, what do you mean by that? What does being stingy or not have anything to do with what he said?"

Seeing that the protector on the right didn't mean to turn the corner, Bai Shuiyue pouted towards the so-called Boss Feng's wine glass.

Ying Xian turned his attention to Boss Feng's wine bowl, and saw that the wine in it was already empty, so he didn't know what it meant.

He secretly winked at one of the hall masters leading the table, pointed at the flagon with his finger, and the hall master under him immediately understood.

He reached for the jug, walked over, and filled it up for Boss Feng.

"You said that you still want to know something, and you don't want to add more wine to Boss Feng. Didn't you see that the wine bowl is empty? You didn't wink at all."

After speaking, he pointed at the people present again. Many of them blushed, but their hands were not slow, and they moved the flagon in front of them to their own.

Lao Feng shook his head when he saw it, took the wine bowl and drank it down, and said;
"Good wine, my old Feng loves drinking the most in his life."

After finishing speaking, he continued to put the wine bowl beside the hall master. Seeing that Lao Feng had no intention of speaking, the hall master looked vaguely at the right protector in the corner. Seeing that the right protector nodded, the hall master shouted again;
"Xiao Er will bring another jar of good wine, serve it directly to Boss Feng, and charge it to my account."

"okay."

With a long yell, Xiao Er brought over a jar of good wine and put it on the table.

Lao Feng glanced at the wine on the table, nodded in satisfaction, and beckoned to the hall master,

"Come here, I am grateful to you for a jar of wine, so I will tell you what's going on, and come here with my ear."

The hall master really lowered his body and sent his ear over, only to hear Lao Feng whisper,
"There are officers and soldiers passing by in front."

The hall master was startled, but his face remained unchanged, he stood up, looked at the curious eyes of the people around him, and shouted;
"Hey, what do I think is the matter? The water bandits in front, the water bandits in that section of the river have long been famous. As long as you sail through it quickly at noon, nothing will happen. What should I do?"

He pretended to be cheated and left. When the people around heard this, they all shook their heads and left, eating what they should eat and drink.

The boss of the boat, Lao Feng, didn't explain. He opened the wine jar and took a deep breath. He took out a bowl of wine and drank it slowly.

And on the table outside the teahouse, on the other side, there seemed to be a few down-and-out people sitting together, and one of them, a middle-aged man with decent clothes, asked;
"Is what the person just said believable?"

"Back to the owner, I don't believe a single word he said."

A young man with a pale face and thin, wearing gray clothes, sat down and replied without raising his head.

"Oh! How to say?"

The leading middle-aged man asked.

"Master, look, when the man came over to ask the question just now, his face was obviously disbelieving, and he was quite tentative, but after hearing what he said, he was obviously a little surprised, and there was a pause in the middle, there must be something I didn’t think about it, and I said this later, it was insincere, and that old Feng didn’t care about it at all, but his hand holding the wine stopped for a while, which just showed that he still cared.”

Several people around looked at the young man in disbelief, while the owner clapped his hands and praised;
"Excellent, what you said is not bad at all, you know the subtleties,"

The young man in white didn't answer, and continued to eat dragon beard noodles with his head down.

The people sitting around did not dare to discuss this matter loudly, they just glanced at the young man, pretended to be eating, and lowered their heads to pick up a bowl of rice. Many people stood up and surrounded this side, as if they had noticed this side.

"Master, something is wrong, don't eat, go away, that person just now is not simple, like someone's spy."

The owner also put down the bowls and chopsticks, and when he saw the unfriendly expressions of the people inside, he also urged;
"Let's go, don't make troubles, hurry up."

Several people immediately put down their bowls and chopsticks, threw a few big coins and got up to leave. As they were leaving, the right guardian led his men to chase out of the teahouse, towards the street corner, and watched the figures of several people leaving.

"Why, do these people know each other?"

Bai Shuiyue's faint voice came from behind,

The right guard shook his head, stared at the table in front of him, it was the food ordered by a few ordinary people, it was not different,

"Outside the members, these people are all very familiar, they are by no means local people, and the so-called owner is not simple. The three people around him, if their subordinates guessed correctly, are well-known figures on the road in the south. Look at the table. chopsticks, and one of them is a good hand with iron sand palms."

Bai Shuiyue followed the words and looked over, only to see a pair of bamboo chopsticks scattered on the table, but this pair of chopsticks was thinner than the others', and upon closer inspection, there were obviously fingerprints on them, showing the effort and skill of the hands. Hand strength is outstanding.

"Send someone to follow and see which gods are coming here."

"Yes, Yuanwai, you guys scattered to follow, be careful, these people are not easy."

"Yes, butler."

The backbone of the congregation behind them all blended skillfully into the crowd, and it was really hard to tell if you didn't look carefully.

"Snack on these people and see who is contacting whom."

Bai Shuiyue squinted her eyes, feeling something was wrong. After a few days back, Jiangnan was a bit weird, both openly and secretly, and she didn't know what the secret forces were plotting.

"I know the members, apart from those aristocratic families, honorable ones, could it be that the Taiping Sect came to the front?"

The first thing Ying Xiancai thought of was the Taiping Sect members in the south, a group of lawless guys. Of course, they are also the targets of the current court's severe suppression. They can only act secretly. The religion has also shrunk its influence.

"It's not impossible, but those few people give me a very unusual feeling. They look like people from the imperial court, but they are obviously different."

Bai Suiyue was also puzzled as to who it was, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, thinking of the man in black before, who hadn't appeared for many years now, could it be.

"Be careful first, these people may be the group of men in black back then, do you remember?"

"It's them, what's the matter with running out after so many years?"

Protector You also thought of what happened more than ten years ago, a group of well-equipped soldiers came to Jiangnan to devour Zhuangzi in secret, and then they were followed and suppressed by the people of the Imperial City Division, and then suddenly disappeared without a trace.

It was rumored that it was the former prince's private army, but I don't know if it was true. Since then, it has disappeared without a trace.

"Subordinate, I understand. If it's really them, then the Jiangnan version will be very lively."

"Yeah, the Great Martial World is very lively."

Bai Shuiyue also showed a charming smile.

(End of this chapter)