Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() In the flower boat, when all the people around Man Ling arrived on Wu Shigong's boat, under the leadership of Man Ling, they all made a deep blessing to Wu Shigong.Man Ling thanked and said: "Thank you General Wu for your help, Man Ling thanked you here!"

But accompanied by Man Ling's thank you sound, Wu Shigong's "hahaha" laughter.This kind of laughter felt slutty and scary in the ears of women like Manling.Manling also trembled and asked Wu Shigong: "Why is General Wu laughing?"

"I'm laughing at the stupidity of you women. Stay in your own boat and go with our fleet if you're going to seek our protection. Why come to my boat in such a hurry? "Wu Shigong's answer was unceremonious.He didn't hide his mocking tone at all.

This is indeed a blind spot.Just now, Manling and the others only wanted to leave Huafang, as if they could get on Wu Shigong's boat, and it would be safe if they were closer to Wu Shigong.But after Wu Shigong explained the truth, they really found that their actions were stupid.

Wu Shigong's words caused the guards around to burst into laughter, and the women in the middle were so ashamed that they couldn't lift their heads.Man Ling's entire face, down to the base of her neck, was flushed red.

Or the bustard on Manling's side is battle-tested.The old bustard is actually not old, she is a middle-aged beautiful woman in her early thirties.She immediately blessed Wu Shigong again, and said with a smile: "General Wu, don't blame my daughter for being ignorant. Later, let my daughter Manling toast General Wu and make amends."

Of course the old bustard knew Wu Shigong, and also knew Man Ling's attitude towards Wu Shigong before.Although at that time, the old bustard was indifferent to Man Ling offending Wu Shigong, a warrior, but in the current situation, the old bustard couldn't help but smile at Wu Shigong.Both the bustard and Manling were secretly afraid, if Wu Shigong snatched Manling away, they would have nowhere to reason.

But before Wu Shigong could speak, He Fei yelled at the guards: "Everyone disperses, everyone disperses! What fun to watch!" Then He Fei changed his smile and said to Wu Shigong: "My lord, If you have anything to say to this girl, go to the cabin and talk."

After He Fei was dismissed, he wanted to do something to please Wu Shigong, so that he could be reinstated as soon as possible. Now seeing such a beautiful girl sent to Wu Shigong, it is not exciting to borrow flowers to offer Buddha. ?

Therefore, those idlers can only reluctantly disperse.Man Ling and the bustard could only follow Wu Shigong into the cabin nervously.

Once in the cabin, Manling couldn't bear it anymore.In her previous life, although Man Ling was considered a prostitute, she was always pampered.To be honest, Man Ling has dealt with officials much higher than Wu Shigong once or twice.

So at this moment, Manling mustered up her courage, opened her eyes wide, ignored the old bustard pulling behind her, and shouted angrily to Wu Shigong: "General Wu, what do you want to do to my slave family?"

Wu Shigong didn't expect Man Ling to have such great courage. Looking at Man Ling's angry face, he sighed in his heart, what kind of expression that beautiful woman makes is so charming!

Seeing that Wu Shigong was a little distracted by Man Ling's beauty, the old bustard said quickly: "General Wu, my daughter is not sensible, she is a fellow from Guide Mansion, please be more tolerant."

Wu Shigong suddenly woke up.He quickly smiled and waved his hands and said: "It's okay! It's okay! It's also right to go out and help each other. However, you also know how much trouble you have caused. But I like to speak out in the open and offend that salt luck I am not afraid, but to offend you for you, I feel worthless."

"Go back to your own boat now. Stay away from our fleet. Let me tell you, it's okay this time. Next time Miss Manling boards my boat again, you will never go down again for the rest of your life. To be honest, I have been coveting Miss Manling's beauty for a long time." After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong laughed "haha" again, Wu Shigong felt very comfortable being able to play tricks on this high-ranking celebrity.

Seeing that Man Ling was about to speak again angrily, the old bustard immediately grabbed Man Ling, and after blessing Wu Shigong again, she took Man Ling and other people on the flower boat back to her own flower boat as if fleeing.Of course, the maid beside Manling who had made a private life with Shumo stayed on Wu Shigong's boat, and the old bustard didn't dare to ask Wu Shigong and Shumo for any more money to redeem her life.

But even though Man Ling got on the boat, they still didn't dare to go too far away from Wu Shigong's fleet, so they just followed.Wu Shigong also followed them.

But He Fei felt a little pity.He said to Wu Shigong: "Master, just let that girl go. How worthless is that?"

Wu Shigong said unhappily to He Fei: "You don't have to think about those crooked things all day long. This time, you are dismissed from the post just to make you clearer. In the future, it is not right for you to train hard in the personal army. There is no chance to stand up again. Don't blame me for not being nostalgic, we just lack time now!"

After hearing this, He Fei could only nod his head half-understanding.

Just like this, the fleet sailed for a few days, and gradually, there were more ships on the canal ahead.Wu Shigong sent someone to inquire, and it turned out that Huai'an Pass, the Chaoguan Pass on the canal, was approaching soon.These ships are all queuing up, and they have to pay the shipping material tax at Huai'an Customs.

It was just around noon at this time, because Wu Shigong had been eating mainly dry food on board, so Wu Shigong found a small pier nearby to dock the fleet, and went to a restaurant on the shore to have a tooth-tasting ceremony.

And the fleet that saw Wu Shigong stopped by the small pier, Manling's flower boat also stopped, and Manling and the old bustard followed Wu Shigong into the restaurant with some nurses and maids.Manling and the others also knew after passing these days that although Wu Shigong and the others look rather vicious, it is actually relatively safe to stay with Wu Shigong and the others, so they are not very afraid of Wu Shigong and the others.

But this restaurant didn't have any private rooms, so Man Ling and the others found a table far away from Wu Shigong and the others, and ordered some food and drink.The two parties pretended not to know each other and were eating and drinking. On the table next to them, the conversation between two people dressed as businessmen caught their attention.

"Brother Ren, the Huai'an Pass wasn't so blocked before. If this drags on, I don't know when my little brother's boat will be able to clear the pass."

"Just bear with it. I heard that some gangsters are going to stop them. I don't know what those officials think. Will the gangsters pass through the banknotes? Isn't it just thinking of a way to collect money?"

"Shut up! You and I know it well. Drink! Drink!"

Wu Shigong felt a big question mark in his heart when he heard the words of those two businessmen.Because what the two businessmen said made sense.Wu Shigong knew that he had offended the Salt Transport Envoy in Yangzhou. Although from the current point of view, neither side could do anything to the other, but this is Jiangnan territory after all, so it is impossible for the Salt Transport Envoy to block him through the officials of the Chaoguan.

Although it is said that the Chaoguan is only qualified to confiscate goods and not to arrest people, Wu Shigong has left his station after all, which is against the rules of the court.No one got stolen goods at the same time, and Wu Shigong could deny it afterwards.But if he was blocked, it would bring Wu Shigong a lot of trouble.

In addition, there is still the creeping bell, so the possibility of this abnormal move at Huai'an Pass targeting him is quite high.Still be careful.Wu Shigong immediately ordered Yang Rusong: "Right here, call our men and horses to disembark, and we will ride back to Runing Mansion. Let Mr. Yuan escort the goods and go back slowly."

After hearing the conversation between the two businessmen, Manling and the others also felt something was wrong.But they still have some luck.When Manling and the others finished their meal and returned to the pier, they saw Wu Shigong and the others began to pull the horses off the boat, and the staff began to line up on the pier. After a long time of hesitation, Manling and the others were going to return to the flower boat and continue to return to Defu from the canal go.

But at this moment, an official wearing a ninth-rank official robe ran over with more than a dozen tax officials, fifty or sixty gangsters and green skins.As soon as they saw Huafang and Wu Shigong's fleet, they immediately shouted: "There are problems with these ships. Detain all the goods and people on board, and wait until we find out."

Once this happened, even a fool would know that the Huai'an Pass was aimed at Wu Shigong and Man Ling.Wu Shigong ignored the official and told the personnel to disembark quickly.

The official walked a dozen steps in front of Wu Shigong, and shouted loudly: "You didn't hear what I said! Tell your people to stop getting off the boat."

Wu Shigong didn't talk nonsense at all, he made a gesture behind him, Yang Rusong, Shu Mo and He Fei, the guards, immediately drew out their waist knives and rushed forward, putting the knives on the official's neck.

No one thought of Wu Shigong's move at all.The official's actions at Huai'an Pass were actually benefited from the Qi family's arrival. He asked him to temporarily detain Wu Shigong and the others in Huai'an Pass until Qi's family came over from Yangzhou.

The official didn't know that the person who was going to block was the son of the Salt Transport Envoy, nor did he know that the person blocking was the son of a marquis, because Qi Jia was afraid that the official would not dare to block the ship after knowing Wu Shigong's identity.

That's why the official brought these people here so carelessly after he got a report from his subordinates who were observing the situation of the canal boats today.In his opinion, as long as there are no officials on the canal, ordinary businesses and households will not be submissive when they encounter officials like them?

But after being put on the neck with a knife inexplicably, the official panicked. He trembled his legs and said: "Everyone, I have no grievances or enmity with you. What can I say?" Speak well."