Chapter 229 Little Trial
While Di Wanying and others were visiting Tai Sui Xu Wu in Jingjiang, the reinforcements from Xuanyingmen and Wan Yutang had entered the Yangtze River from the Grand Canal.
Yuan Jingyang remembered that the last time he took a boat ride was more than a year ago. At that time, except for the boatman, nine people crowded into a small, swaying broken boat and flew across the Three Gorges. They reached Yuezhou directly from Baidi in less than ten days. At that time, there was no
I feel that I still have lingering fears when I think about it now. If the boatman accidentally touches something on the bottom of the water, the boat will be destroyed and everyone will be killed. Now I am fine. I am sitting in a big boat with two floors, sailing smoothly and slowly upstream.
Not to mention palpitations, there was basically no feeling of seasickness.
This morning, Yuan Jingyang had breakfast and walked onto the deck, also wanting to see the scenery on the river. However, he soon couldn't bear the harsh spring cold and wanted to retreat into the cabin. As soon as he turned around, he saw Di Qianci's face full of gloom.
, staring at himself.
"What are you doing, coming out so early in the morning to scare people?"
Di Qianci said harshly: "I am spying on you."
"Spy on me? Are you sick?" If it weren't for the fact that she was Di Wanying's sister, Yuan Jingyang would have wanted to teach this hostile girl a lesson. "You have time to care about me, so you might as well care about me.
Pay attention to the riverside and see where Zhang Shiyi's ferry and warehouse are, lest we fall into the trap again and fall into the river to feed the fish."
"You dare to say that my eldest brother fell into the river to feed the fishes?" Di Qianci raised his hand and was about to slap him.
"I'm just talking, what do you want to do?" Yuan Jing Yang pointed his index finger at her, then recalled the loss he suffered last time, so he put away his fingers ridiculously and used his fist to punch the opponent. However, Yuan Jing pointed at her with his index finger.
What Yang didn't expect was that Di Qianci opened his bloody mouth and swallowed half of his fist. When Yuan Jingyang saw his drool-covered right hand again, there were two more teeth marks on it.
"You -" Yuan Jingyang looked at his scarred hands and was about to cry. Now thinking about how Cui Xuanyu treated him, he missed the warmth of his family.
However, he could not tolerate his distress anymore, so the Xuanying disciple who was piloting the boat shouted: "The white sailing boat is coming!"
Yuan Jingyang returned to the deck and saw two small white-sailed boats not far ahead heading towards their three large ships. Zhang Shiyi and his helpers all used white sails. As long as they reached the Jiankang waters, they saw white sailing boats.
It means you have to pay tolls. The white sailboats soon staggered in front of Yuan Jingyang's flagship, and several men emerged from the cabin, demanding the so-called river usage fees.
Yuan Jingyang stood on the bow of the ship and couldn't help laughing: You dug the Yangtze River, why should I give you money? Of course, he just smiled and did not have the courage to refuse to pay. After all, even Di Wanying was dug.
Life or death was uncertain at the bottom of the boat, and he didn't want to actually fall into the river to feed the fish.
"How much does it cost?" Yuan Jingyang asked the price.
The man on the white sailboat looked at the three large boats, estimated them for a while, and said, "Three boats, ninety taels of silver."
Nine taels? You might as well go and grab it! Yuan Jingyang almost vomited blood and tried to counteroffer: "Can three qian be okay?"
This time it was Zhang Shiyi's helper's turn to vomit blood. You really dare to bargain and go back with three taels of silver. Why don't you reward us with three hundred shoe soles? The bearded helper waved his hand and said, "No, no, it's nine taels."
That’s nine taels.”
Yuan Jingyang frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Isn't three liang OK?" He raised it ten times at once, and he felt that his heart was bleeding.
The helper said: "Three taels? What do you think of us? Let me tell you, this is Zhang Shiyi's brother's waterway. As long as you want to go there, each small boat will have one tael, the medium boat will have two taels, and the big boat will have three taels. There is no need to negotiate."
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How could the money in Yuan Jingyang's pocket go out so easily? Until Yu Bianyun came over and advised: "If you don't pay the toll, you will suffer a loss soon. You don't want the people of Wan Yu Hall to go out before they join the enemy."
Are you going to be buried in the belly of a fish?" Yuan Jingyang weighed the pros and cons, gritted his teeth, took out a few coins from his arms, and threw them to the bearded helper.
The helper took the silver and handed it to the person behind him to weigh it. After he found out that it was full, he instructed the boatman to clear a way to let the boat go.
Originally, they had safely passed this checkpoint, and the group of them would probably be able to go ashore in about three days, and meet up with the Xuanying sect members who came by land. Maybe they could also pay a visit to Xu Wu's pier, and together they could successfully find Di Wanying and others.
After that, he sought revenge from Zhang Shiyi. However, the whole plan was disrupted by a stone.
With a "pop" sound, the bearded helper touched his nose and saw that his hands were full of blood. He immediately became furious and shouted: "Who, who threw it?"
"I threw it away from your aunt!" Di Qianci sat at the halfway point of the mast, holding another stone in her hand.
When Zhuang Yanqing saw it below, his blood ran cold: "Where did you get the stone? Also, come down quickly, don't fall!"
Di Qianci ignored Zhuang Yanqing and only said to the people on the white sailboat: "Listen up, I am your grandma Di Qianci from Xuanying Sect. Call me ancestor, and maybe I will spare your life!"
The bearded helper was hit so hard that his nose was crooked, so he lost his temper. "Yellow-haired girl, you have such a strong tone, let's see if I don't accept you!" After the helper shouted, two men with bows came out of the sailboat and said to
Di Qianci shot two arrows.
Yuan Jingyang reacted quickly. He immediately took off his bow and arrows, took out three arrows, shot one arrow first, and knocked one of the arrows fired from the sailboat into the air. However, when he shot the second arrow, he suddenly felt that his phalanges were being injured.
The bite was painful, the arrow was crooked, and the other arrow failed to be intercepted.
He watched helplessly as Di Qianci screamed in pain and fell from the sail while clutching her left chest. Fortunately, just when she was about to fall to the deck, her skirt caught on the sail and her body stopped three feet away.
high position.
"Fire arrows!" Yuan Jingyang gave the order, and more than 30 people ran to the bow of the ship and fired one after another. For a moment, the arrows were like locusts, and almost all of them hit the white sailboat that had just launched the attack, killing them on the spot.
There were six people, including the bearded helper. Then the big boat started to move, hit the right front, and directly knocked over the smaller boat. Some of the helpers who fell into the water were all shot to death, and their bodies floated on the river.
After experiencing the thrill of command, Yuan Jingyang pointed to another white sailboat that was trying to escape and ordered: "Hurry up and catch up, leaving no one behind!" If they run back and call for help, it will not be easy.
Good thing.
Wan Yutang and Xuan Yingmen were traveling in large boats. If they were going downstream, they might not be able to catch up with the small boats. But now that they were both traveling against the current, they would not necessarily be slower than the white sailing boats.
The flagship rushed up and hit the white sailboat, causing it to sway. A boatman fell into the water and was shot to death by thousands of people. The rest of the helpers stuck their heads out and wanted to use their bows to fight back, but they could not withstand the number of people.
Due to the disadvantage, he was hit by three or four arrows in the head, and he threw himself to the ground and died on the boat.
A few helpers who didn't know much about setting up boats threw the dead bodies into the water. They wanted to escape quickly, but unexpectedly, the sailboat almost stopped and then drifted straight towards the big boat behind. Because there was one less boatman, the remaining few people were in control.
Unable to hold back, the white sailboat hit the bow of the big ship sideways and broke into two pieces. The person who fell into the river was leaning in a position that Wan Yu could almost touch with their hands. Wouldn't it be a living target? After the arrow feathers were passed,
The helpers of this white sailboat were also shot to death.
Yuan Jingyang was very satisfied: "Well done, I will be rewarded later!"
Chapter completed!