Chapter 26
Chapter 26
When the rapids really came, the boatmen knew who the new boat boss was. Seeing their expressions of relief, Xi Qi touched his chin and prepared to let his subordinates learn driving skills from this old man Sang. In seconds, he changed his mind. Old man Sang's technique was only applicable to Jianghe, but he wanted his subordinates to go by sea.
"What are you thinking?" Luo Ying looked at the person with shining eyes, why did he feel that the leader is very greedy.
"You said that the driving skills on the river can be applied to navigation?" Xi Qi looked at the rolling rocks on the nearby cliffs and the reefs emerging from the middle of the river. The risks here are not small, but compared to It is far from the vastness of the ocean.
"No." Luo Ying directly denied, "I know some sailors. Ships at sea are heavier than those on rivers. The voyage is longer and the risk is greater. In many cases, it cannot be influenced by manpower."
"Sure enough." Xi Qi nodded slightly disappointed, then sat in the helm room with his chin resting on his hands, "It's a pity that old man Sang has such a good technique."
"It's not a pity. Don't your people plan to take the river transport?"
"The river transport has to be left to the government, so we can't discriminate at all." Xi Qi tilted his head, "The government will definitely not use old man Sang."
Luo Ying touched her nose, what he said was really right.
"Aren't you two pretending that I can't hear you! Come here and help me, sitting there and chatting idlely, it's not as good as the few boatmen outside!" Old man Sang turned his head and yelled, but he didn't know at this time that he was yelling at the court. Sanpin and the leader of the Demon Cult, otherwise—they might not be able to make it through tonight.
Two people with good martial arts were ordered to go out to help. The rocks that fell on the deck and the cables when the hull was tilted. Although it was not a rainy day, the surging white waves of the river also soaked their clothes and made their hair messy.
For two full hours, the sky was already completely dark. If there was still moonlight in usual times, but recently the sky was dark and the clouds were so thick that the boatmen couldn't see the cables in front of them. Qi looked behind him, "Jingchen, do you have Ye Mingzhu on you?"
Luo Ying wiped the water, "Why should I bring Ye Mingzhu?"
"Illumination." Xi Qifei put on the boat pole, tightened the loose cable again, and twisted it with his palm, the two strands of the rope were tightly stuck together, and it was harder than a stone when he touched it with his hands.
"Be good, Ye Mingzhu lighting is thanks to your thinking." Luo Ying shook her head, and said with a smile: "Why don't you say that I have brought the emperor's glass exquisite lamp, which is windproof, waterproof and has a fragrance."
"Did you bring it?" Xi Qi got down, looked at the blur ahead, and didn't know when the road would pass.
"No." Luo Ying shook her head honestly, "Did your hidden guard carry it?"
"It's not enough for him to bring gold, why did you bring the Ye Mingzhu out?" After Xi Qi finished speaking, a black shadow rushed to his side, holding three Ye Ming Pearls the size of longan cores.Can't it be called out in the legend?
"What are you doing with Ye Mingzhu?" Xi Qi raised her eyebrows, looked at Luo Ying who was smiling smugly beside her, and was dumbfounded.
"Illumination when exploring the way." The dark guard lowered his head.Xi Qi chuckled, "Go and stay on the boat."
The dark guard disappeared in a flash.Luo Ying looked at the three in Xi Qi's hand. Although they were not big, it was enough for people of their level to see the surroundings clearly. However, "You dark guard, you are quite interesting."
"What do you want to say?" Xi Qi tore off a piece of veil and tied two of them to the straps on Luo Ying's wrist, looking up at him.
"He also looked at you when you kissed me?" Luo Yingying smiled, looking at the white light shining from the gauze on his wrist, reflecting the fairer skin of the person in front of him.
"Why, are you shy?" Xi Qi raised her eyebrows, leaned over and kissed Luo Ying on the cheek again, "If you care, I'll let him go back."
"Aren't you worried that I'll let you kill him?" Luo Ying's face was cold and soft as both wrists were being grabbed, and the place where Xi Qi kissed her was a little crisp.
"You won't. I'm very confident about this." Xi Qi smiled, he knew this person's character and conduct well.
"You really are, be careful behind you." Luo Ying pulled Xi Qi to retreat to the side, and a tree fork half a person's height hit the deck.Just as the two were about to shake their heads, Luo Ying saw that the cut was very neat, not like it was torn apart naturally.
"It seems that there are quite a few people walking at night." Xi Qi stopped Luo Ying who wanted to check, "Go to this section first."
Luo Ying nodded, flipped her wrist and drove the tree fork into the water.
With the bright light of the Ye Mingzhu, Xi Qi and Luo Ying's movements were much easier. When the sky entered the dawn, they could already feel that the water surface around them was much more stable.
At this time, when sailing, let alone the route, you may not even be able to see where you should go.The boatman was more sensitive than ordinary people. Seeing that nothing happened at this time, he directly lay down on the deck.Just now, those who were holding bamboo poles, wooden beams and oars to help them swayed and almost fell into the water. Fortunately, they still had something in their hands, otherwise they would have fallen.
Xi Qi and Luo Ying were also panting a bit. The old man Sang turned a sharp turn and rubbed against the dangerous shoal. After more than three hours, they all fell apart except the boat.But after entering the helmhouse, the two of them were balanced. In the helmhouse, the wind could not blow and the water could not blow, but old man Sang was soaked from head to toe, with watermarks around his feet.
His eyes were blood red, and white smoke was coming from his head. Xi Qixi saw that the old man's mouth had turned white, obviously he had been holding it for a while.Luo Ying was quick, picked up the jug next to her, squeezed her mouth, and took a sip for the old man. At first, half of the sip was spilled out, and then she saw old man Sang's Adam's apple gurgling up and down, knowing that he had recovered.
"Hey! I'm a mother." Old man Sang said in a hoarse voice, and he was alive, holding the rudder of the boat, "No wonder that old thief Liu is so courageous, he is a turtle, Grandpa Arhat."
The old man Sang cursed vaguely in the local language, and the two of them didn't understand, but they knew that the old man was fine.Luo Ying frowned slightly, and went outside to find a boatman, "How did your Boss Liu get through this period before?"
"Throw people away, sacrifice to the Dragon King. Then bring up some big fish that he has tampered with and swim ahead to guide us, but after we pass, there will be half as few people on board." The boatman was so tired that he spoke in a low voice. I can only give a rough idea. It is estimated that only the boss of the ship knew about it before, and they didn't know very clearly.
"When we arrived at the ferry, only this one was ready to go. It can be seen that this season was also selected by him. Most of the people who have to go at this time are people who are in a hurry, and most people who are in a hurry will have gold on them. Yin." Xi Qi came out from behind, "You and I don't often go on the boat, and we are in a hurry, it's normal if we didn't notice."
"It makes sense." Luo Ying got up, looked at the wet Xi Qi, and said with a smile.
Xi Qi smiled, tilted his head, and heard a thud behind him, a man in black fell headfirst in the corridor, staggering and trying to get up, the corners of Xi Qi's mouth twitched, dignified guard, seasick?
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