Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 496 Chasing the Sail
It was a rainy night, and the river water was foggy on all sides. The lights a little further away became a hazy ball of light.

There were many boats coming that day and it was raining, so it was inevitable that they had to stay up all night. The supervisor seemed a little impatient and kept urging them to move faster. When Zhang Er finished a trip, he seemed to see someone higher up coming, and the chief supervisor was standing behind him.

A vague sentence came: "It must be cleared in half an hour."

This happened before, about once a month, and the people from Taipingcao would keep emphasizing that we should go home quickly and not stay. In fact, we were not allowed to stay overnight at the dock in the past, but it was especially strict that day.

Finally, they finished moving the goods in the rain. Zhang Ercai did one more trip than the others as usual. However, when the whistle of dismissal became more and more sharp, he looked back and saw Erlang from the neighboring house walking along the river bank with one foot deep and one foot shallow. He was getting farther and farther away from the loading and unloading place, and his figure was so blurred that he could hardly be seen.

Zhang Ercai hurriedly chased after him. He was so tired and breathless in the rainy night that he grabbed the boy and said, "Why are you still hanging around? Go home quickly!"

"Oh, uncle, you pulled my line!" Erlang pulled his clothes back, turned his face back with a happy face dripping with rain, "Uncle, don't worry, I just found something. The big bay of Caohe River is usually closed to people, but there are some big fish in it. Just now when it rained, I saw a few fluttering up and opening their mouths. They were so fat!"

He bent over, holding a scoop net from somewhere in his hand: "Wait for me to catch one, and then we can enjoy it together."

"What a delicious meal!" Zhang Ercai pulled him, "Can't you hear me? The whistle isn't even blowing. If you're late, you'll get beaten to pieces!"

Erlang just led him forward: "We're going to get beaten anyway, so we have to carry a fish!"

Zhang Ercai had no choice. The two of them were getting farther and farther away from the loading and unloading area. The lights behind them became just tiny dots, and there was only rain all around them.

He couldn't help but lower his voice and said anxiously, "Why are you still walking this way? You're not allowed to come here from the West Coast! Be careful not to run into anyone!"

"Who is this wild place?" Erlang glared. "The river is narrow and there are no boats. No one comes here. What's wrong with us catching two fish?"

Zhang Ercai was speechless for a moment. Indeed, he had worked here for four or five years, and had only heard that people were not allowed to come to the West Coast, but he had never seen anything on the West Coast. From a distance, it was just a vast wasteland, without even a house. It hadn't changed at all in the past few years, so what Erlang said was not without reason.

Zhang Er realized that he couldn't get rid of the opponent, so he simply sat down beside a tree and watched him catch fish. His waist and legs were too tired. The thick rain gave him a sense of security. He could no longer hear the voices in the distance. The whole island seemed to be empty.

However, while sitting quietly in the rain, he suddenly saw a huge and heavy silhouette coming through the endless rain curtain of Caohe River.

A huge merchant ship unexpectedly arrived at the west coast at this time.

Zhang Ercai was stunned for a long time before he quickly got up and called Erlang. After calling him several times, Erlang, who was swimming, looked in the direction he pointed and was also stunned.

Zhang Ercai made the most correct decision at this time. He did not let Erlang go ashore, but jumped into the water himself taking Erlang's clothes.

Because in just a moment, a group of people armed with swords and moving in an orderly manner arrived at the shore.

Zhang Ercai did not recognize the ship, but he recognized the attire of these people - in the Taiping Cao Gang, the chief supervisor was also very respectful when he saw them.

Now they all roll up their sleeves and work as laborers in loading and unloading.

The large ship slowly docked, and then a hole was opened from the side instead of the deck. In the deep rainy night, warriors in soaked black clothes carried down huge containers like water tanks.

Zhang Ercai couldn't see clearly what was inside. It seemed extremely heavy, and it took two people to lift it. In fact, he didn't dare to look. Erlang beside him also turned pale and trembled slightly.

Because when the big vat was placed on the ground, a very creepy and weird metallic sharp sound like hell rang out, and they realized that such a huge vat body was actually cast in iron, and the sealing grid was also fine and tough gold and iron, and there was something extremely sharp inside that was scratching them frantically.

Then the next moment, these large vats on the ground were shaken violently as if they were imprisoned with vicious tigers.
"Uncle, I have a headache." Erlang whispered tremblingly, and Zhang Er covered his mouth. Because he also felt something that seemed to have pierced the eardrum and vibrated fiercely in his brain, accompanied by a sharp scratching sound that became a devil's sound. Covering his ears or burying himself in water was completely useless.

I heard a man's voice faintly shouting from the other side: "Put on the rain sheet first and then take it down! - Damn it, everyone woke up after getting wet in the rain"

Under the firelight, a sharp claw suddenly stretched out from the grid of the jar mouth, and was covered by thick black cloth the next moment. However, the silhouette like a sharp dagger still made Zhang Ercai remember it clearly to this day.

"How did you leave later?" The writing came to an end.

"When they were all gone, we swam away in a hurry."

"Is there any follow-up?"

"No, sir. None of us dared to say anything. Today is the first time we have spoken out."

The following is a stamped note: [The above facts have been verified with Xing Erlang]

Pei Ye raised his head and Xie Chuantang looked at him: "We investigated this line all night yesterday, but all the people in the inner hall were killed, and all the clues that should have been there were wiped out ten days ago."

"Ten days ago?" Pei Ye stared.

"At least ten days ago."

Ten days ago, the Longwu Army had just broken into Liguan, and Xu Chuo was about to take action against the Taiping Cao Gang.

At that time, the Taiping Cao Gang was so powerful that even the Li Pavilion might not be able to file a case. In the days that followed, Qiu Tianyu held a ten-day banquet, Yu Sicheng put pressure on Di Jiu, and Di Jiu was stabbed. With each step, the Taiping Cao Gang seemed to be more and more unshakable.

But at that time, Qiu Tianyu had carefully erased all of this.

In a great possibility, even if they completely eradicated the Taiping Cao Gang, they would not even know that such a thing had ever happened on this wasteland.

Fortunately, Di Jiu only took a day and a half to sort out the capital flows, and Xu Chuo was sure that they had other intentions; fortunately, this woman who could investigate into the Fantasy Tower alone did not know how to start, but actually dug out the secret from a canal worker that he did not even dare to tell his wife.

Now Xie Chuantang is holding a horse whip and a knife on his waist: "But there is one thing that cannot be erased - the merchant ship that entered the capital late at night will never disappear without a trace."

Pei Ye reacted immediately after seeing her actions and smiled: "Any clues?"

"I just went to check with the Canal Customs." Xie Chuantang also smiled, "The documents for entering the capital are issued once a month, but the record of goods trading in the Taiping Canal account book is less than half of the cargo volume. After checking everywhere, there is only this one ship, the [Nan Jinfeng] that left the capital seven days ago."

"Go after him?" Pei Ye tilted his head and grasped the sword.

Xie Chuantang nodded, hesitated for a moment, and handed him a horsewhip: "It says to call you, but I see your arms are not very strong yet?"

Pei Ye moved his shoulders: "One left arm is enough."

(End of this chapter)