The most unlucky crossing in history

Chapter 57

It's not too much for Zhang Zhenfeng to talk nonsense.However, even if Zhang Zhenfeng didn't deliberately remind him, Zhong Qiyun knew that Xie Wenyuan couldn't believe him.

But nowadays, Xie Wenyuan's belief or non-belief can't be summed up in one word.

Zhong Qiyun is not an idiot, after thinking about it for a while, he knew that when the rebels in Hangzhou City were purged, there must be countless eyes around Xie Wenyuan watching every move, every word and deed, not to catch the rebels, but only to catch Xie Wenyuan. whip.

No matter what dynasty it is, those in power will not tolerate any harm to the country. Now that Xie Wenyuan has taken over this matter, and as the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, who is the representative of a dynasty's laws and regulations, he cannot tolerate any mistakes.

If this matter is done well, it is a great achievement, if it goes wrong...it will be fatal.

Thinking of the fire, Zhong Qiyun thought, there is no shortage of people who want to take Xie Wenyuan's life away.

In front of so many people, no matter who is coming from this port, Xie Wenyuan must investigate them one by one, and Zhong Qiyun will take these twelve large ships to dock at the mouth of the Qiantang River against the wind. .

If Xie Wenyuan didn't investigate, he would openly disobey the holy will and put himself to death.Correspondingly, Zhong Qiyun, who was marked with Xie Wenyuan, couldn't be better off.

Of course Zhong Qiyun understood that in the final analysis, the cargo of his twelve ships was the result of the past six months, which can be regarded as pride, and there is nothing shameful about it.

However, Zhang Zhenfeng said what he said, even if he knew it was true, it still made him feel uncomfortable for some reason, and he really found the words annoying.

It is not so easy to search the twelve large ships. There are nearly 80 people in the fleet. If they are not rebels, they cannot be taken to the government office as rebels. They can only guard at the Qiantang River port and wait for Xie Wenyuan's men to search slowly. , Slowly cross-examine.

The volume is too large, and nearly a hundred people searched continuously, and it didn't end until the sun was about to set.

However, the suspected 'incriminal evidence of rebellion' has not been found, but let Xie Wenyuan also witness with his own eyes how much Zhong Qiyun earned on this trip to sea.

Several large boxes of gold made the officers and soldiers who searched straighten their eyes. There are even a lot of valuable foreign jade. The cargo carried by the twelve ships is also very rare. It is foreseeable that if these things are sold again, I don't know how much they will be worth.

In just half a year, Zhong Qiyun had saved such property...

"My lord, the total number of weapons found in the twelve ships is about seventy swords, sixty longbows, and some arrows." Guard Li counted the number of arrows on the ship.

Find out the weapons and report to Xie Wenyuan.

Twelve ships, nearly 80 people, only these weapons were found, which is not much. Xie Wenyuan knew that these weapons were used by Zhong Qiyun's fleet for self-defense, but he still asked Zhong Qiyun: "What are these swords used for?"

Zhong Qiyun replied: "Master Xie, after Maojiang went out and crossed Qiongyang, there were too many thieves on the sea in Zhancheng. If the caravan encounters these thieves, either he or I will die. When we go out to sea, we naturally want to Be prepared for self-defense."

"Where do you buy these weapons, and are there certificates?" There are special shops for the purchase of swords, bows and arrows in various places in Dazhu to control these weapons. Caravans can buy them, but they must go to these shops set up by the government. These shops will give the purchaser the corresponding official certificate.

"Yes." Zhong Qiyun turned around and asked Steward Sun to go to the boat to get the certificates he got when buying weapons. There are two in total. One is from Hangzhou, and the other is from Maojiang. The two are added together, except bows and arrows. The rest of the quantity coincides with the weapons found so far.

"Most of the arrows were used up when they encountered pirates at sea, and now there are only these left."

Xie Wenyuan nodded and didn't ask any more questions. After another half an hour, Guard Li came over with a tightly locked but exquisitely carved sandalwood box with a strong exotic style, "Master Xie, this wooden box is hidden in the I searched for a long time to find it among the pillows in the cabin bedroom, but I couldn’t open it, so I don’t know what’s in it.”

"Hiding in the pillow?"

Zhong Qiyun looked at the box and was taken aback.Let me wipe it, he hid it in the pillow cotton, can these people find it for him?

Then I saw Xie Wenyuan take the box from Guard Li, and said to him, "What is this?"

"This..." Zhong Qiyun looked at Xie Wenyuan, then looked around, not knowing what to say, "It's nothing, it's just a piece of jade, and it's a gift."

Xie Wenyuan heard the words and said, "Open it."

Zhong Qiyun pouted, "All right."

After that, he took out a key from his pocket, and opened the small wooden box with Xie Wenyuan's hand.

The wooden box was opened, and a green, flawless, transparent and clear round beautiful jade lay in the middle of the wooden box. The texture was dense and smooth, exquisite and translucent, like spring dew on a lotus, but it was more moist and elegant than that dew.

Even Xie Wenyuan, who has seen many fine jades, couldn't help but move his eyes slightly, this is a top-quality jade.

Guard Li on the side couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this.

Liu Wang who was not far away heard the sound and looked over. When he saw the jade, his eyes widened and he also

Forgetting the current situation of being questioned, he looked at Zhong Qiyun in surprise, and said, "Brother Zhong, why is this jade in your hands?!"

Zhang Zhenfeng also looked over, and when he saw the jade, he couldn't help but said in a daze: "Brother Qi Yun, how did you get this jade? Could it be that you sneaked into someone's house and stole it the day you came back?"

No wonder they all exclaimed, this piece of beautiful jade was originally a treasure in the hand of a businessman cooperating with the Zhang family, Zhancheng is richer in beautiful jade than Dazhu, and this piece of uncarved jade is a rare thing in Zhancheng, Dazhu Not to mention, when Zhang Zhenfeng took a look at his home, he loved it very much, but no matter how much money he offered, the merchant was unwilling to sell it, and everyone in the fleet knew about it.

"That's right, Mr. Zhang offered a sky-high price back then, and he didn't want to sell it...Master, how did you get it?"

"I didn't see Brother Zhong, you like it."

"The boss just said that he was going to give it away, right? Tsk tsk tsk, my god, boss, who are you going to send it to? Isn't this generous?"

"Hey, you don't understand now, who else can you give it to? It must be to please the sharp-hearted." Liu Wangcai narrowed his eyes when he heard the sound, and joked with the boatman.

Zhong Qiyun saw that these things were getting more and more outrageous, so he couldn't help but pooh, and laughed and cursed: "Fuck you!"

Then he thought that Xie Wenyuan was still looking at him, and his words were really not very elegant, so he closed his mouth and said impatiently: "Why do you care so much! Just let me do my own thing, and the cross-examination over there is over. Is it? Such a waste of time, don’t you want to go home and have a good rest?”

"I want to think back." The boatmen laughed and laughed for a while, and then they laughed and walked away.

Zhong Qiyun didn't want to explain further, so he stopped talking, only looked at Xie Wenyuan who was holding the wooden box, and said with a smile, "Is there something wrong with this jade?"

Xie Wenyuan closed the box and returned it to Zhong Qiyun, raising his eyebrows slightly: "It's a good piece of jade."

Zhong Qiyun watched the people around him spread out, grinned, but didn't take it, just asked: "Do you like it?"

The familiar question made Xie Wenyuan pause, and he suddenly understood the meaning of Zhong Qiyun's words.

The sandalwood fragrance in the wooden box in his hand was two points heavier. Xie Wenyuan concealed the flash of fluctuations in his eyes, and then raised his eyes, which were already calm. He looked at Zhong Qiyun's smiling eyes for a moment, and then smiled slightly. Smiling, he put the box into Zhong Qiyun's hands, and said, "Brother Zhong should treasure such fine jade carefully."

Zhong Qiyun was about to reply, when Bo Tan, the governor of the Hangzhou government office who checked everyone's identities, came over. He took into account that there were people present, so he stopped talking.

Say more.

"Master Xie, everyone's identities have been checked, except for two whose identities are somewhat unknown, and the rest are registered."

"Which two?"

"It's those two standing by the peach tree," Tan Zhubo pointed to the front right, and said, "That man called himself Jiang Sicheng, no matter how lowly I questioned him, he didn't say where he came from. Why? And that woman, named Yang Xiangdong, seems to have stayed in Zhancheng for many years, asked her what she was doing in Zhancheng, and why she came back this time, she hesitated and couldn't explain... "

Zhong Qiyun also listened to these words from the side, and explained aloud after thinking about it: "Brother Jiang is a ranger I recruited in Maojiang to teach the boatmen self-defense skills on the boat. He was ready to leave when he docked, but," Zhong Qiyun smiled, "Brother Jiang is indeed very capable. Heroes don't ask for a way out. He is very capable and wanders around. He helped, so I sincerely asked to go back to Hangzhou together, so that I could help teach the boatman some self-defense methods in the future. As for that girl..."

Zhong Qiyun understood why Yang Xiangdong didn't say what he was doing in Zhancheng. The big changji's status is low. Although some beautiful characters are sought after, ordinary changji are looked down upon. Yang Xiangdong is only 15 years old, and he is just a Little girl, she finally escaped from the sea of ​​suffering, facing the inquiries from these officials, on the one hand, she dared not speak up, and on the other hand, she was ashamed to tell the past.

"She is from Dongzhou, and she has no relatives at home. I saw that she had some knowledge about sailing, so I brought her back. I thought about teaching her how to sail, and she would be willing."

Tan Zhubo on the side heard the words, glanced at Zhong Qiyun, lowered his eyes and continued softly what he hadn't reported to Xie Wenyuan just now: "Just now, the humble staff couldn't ask the reason of those two people, so they asked them to ask who were on the boat. The boatman, to Jiang Sicheng, is indeed as similar as Boss Zhong said, but..."

Boss Tan's voice was calm, and he stated: "As for Yang Xiangdong, those boatmen all said that Boss Zhong Xinna's concubine was brought back from Zhancheng."

"..." Zhong Qiyun's mind froze suddenly, and for a moment he didn't quite understand what the meaning of "little concubine" was.

"..."

For some reason, the huge Qiantang River estuary suddenly became quiet. When the spring breeze blew, the peach trees on the shore burst into petals, and the sound of the waves on the river slapping the hull was very clear.

After a while, Xie Wenyuan looked at Zhong Qiyun with a smile on his lips, and said, "So, it's clear."

Zhong Qiyun suddenly came back to his senses, as if he had heard something unimaginable, he said in astonishment: "What do you know?

ah!You have no idea! "

Xie Wenyuan responded indifferently: "It's not uncommon to sail a ship for several months, so don't be ashamed to tell Brother Zhong."

"Clarify? Explain what? I just explained it!" Zhong Qiyun stepped forward and hurriedly said: "Yang Xiangdong is not my concubine. I just said that if you talk about it carefully, she is a half-disciple. !"

Feeling anxious, he raised his head and yelled at his team of boatmen: "Who were those bastards who arranged me at will!"

Naturally, no one dared to respond.

Zhong Qiyun raised his hand and pointed, gritted his teeth and said: "You guys wait for me", then he turned around and explained to Xie Wenyuan: "She really isn't"

"Brother Zhong's private affairs, you don't need to go into details with me." Xie Wenyuan raised his hand and interrupted Zhong Qiyun, "The identities of those two people will be found out."

Zhong Qiyun's words were blocked by Xie Wenyuan, stuck in his throat, unable to swallow or spit out.

Zhong Qiyun looked at Xie Wenyuan who didn't care, and his heart gradually cooled down.

Yes, it is indeed as Xie Wenyuan said, even if he really takes a concubine, it is only his private matter, so what can he do if he tells Xie Wenyuan?What about misunderstanding?It has nothing to do with Xie Wenyuan, and there is no need to explain it to him.When he married his wife, he might be able to pass an invitation to Xie Wenyuan, but what about taking a concubine?It's just a normal thing.Of course there is no need to explain to Xie Wenyuan who he sleeps with and who he sleeps with.

However, if you think this way, Zhong Qiyun still said for a long time: "Even so, if it's not, then it's not. A woman's family name is a big one. I still have to explain this clearly to Mr. Xie. Yang Xiangdong went to Zhancheng with a merchant ship a few years ago... ..." Zhong Qiyun briefly talked about Yang Xiangdong's affairs, but only concealed her experience in Sangha City, "That's the way it is, so what about a woman, if she has the ability to command a sea-going ship, she is willing to follow the ship Team, I will not refuse, believe it or not, it is all thanks to you, sir."

Xie Wenyuan only looked deeply at Zhong Qiyun, but did not reply.

The fleet's search didn't come to an end until late at night. Xie Wenyuan asked Tan Zhubo to take people back to the government office to return to Quejiang. After receiving Zhang Hong's letter, he left first. up.

After all, Zhong Qiyun didn't have time to say a word to him in the future.

Xie Wenyuan was busy, but Zhong Qiyun couldn't worry, there were too many cargoes, and they hadn't contacted the warehouse of the day laborers who were carrying them. Zhong Qiyun was worried, so he asked the boatmen whose family was not in Hangzhou to stay, and he and these people stayed on the boat again All night, until the early morning of the second period, he got the approval of the Hangzhou government government, and he ordered Sun Guanshi and Liu Wangcai to contact the warehouse they used to frequent.

Rental shop.

Although the city of Hangzhou is considered stable now, it is not as lively as it was before the closure of the city. Before the closure was completely lifted, everyone was in danger of being arrested as a traitor.Liu Wang searched for a long day, only to find fifteen chariots and horses, and more than a dozen day laborers who had been acquainted with the Liu family's boat gang.

It took nearly two days to carry it back and forth before it ended.

At the beginning of May, Jingzhaocheng sent a letter saying that Hangzhou, which had been banned for nearly five months, had finally lifted the ban. It was also spread throughout Hangzhou, and there was also the news that the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was about to return to Beijing.

Zhong Qiyun had just arranged all the affairs of the fleet on this day.

Jingzhao...is the part of Xi'an in his life.He was a maritime merchant, and Jingzhao was not facing the sea in the interior. Xie Wenyuan went back this time, and it was almost impossible for them to see each other again in the future.

Zhong Qiyun was a little irritable, but he couldn't figure out why.

Xie Wenyuan is the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After the matter in Hangzhou City is over, it is inevitable for him to return to Jingzhao. There is nothing to say. He and Xie Wenyuan should not have any intersection. Made a deal.He wanted to get in touch with the Hu family, Xie Wenyuan wanted him to pay attention to the news from the sea and get what they needed.Now that half a year has passed, all of this is over, and naturally they parted ways.

As originally thought, Xie Wenyuan is not someone he can contact.

Then, thinking so, at dusk that day, Zhong Qiyun rushed to the gate of Xie Wenyuan's Hangzhou Bieyuan, carrying a few jars of fruit wine brought from Sangha City.

The author has something to say: Thank you everyone, continue tomorrow~~