Chapter 149 The Shadow of the Famous Tree
After the big yellow-faced man pushed hard, the out-of-control wooden sailboat not only changed its direction, from going straight to going diagonally, but its speed was also affected.
The whole ship shook and paused for a moment, and then walked slowly like a hobbling old man.
Although Dongfang Yingjian's sailboat was slow, it still did not stop completely. If it continued to approach like this, the berth on the other side was already full of ships, and it would still collide with those ships.
The crew members had not yet broken free from the sail covering them, and no one was at the helm to control the direction.
Seeing the sailboat passing diagonally in front of him, the stern of the ship was still at least five feet away from him, and it would only get farther and farther away from now on.
He immediately untied a cork from the roof of the passenger ship and threw it into the water two feet away. Then he jumped over, stepped on the cork, and jumped up again to climb onto the stern of the sailboat.
He twisted his waist and climbed onto the sailboat. He immediately held the rudder at the stern and shook it violently to one side. The rudder blades at the bottom of the boat churned violently in the water, creating waves like snow.
The sailboat had long since lost power and was slowly sliding towards the shore solely by inertia. Dongfang Ying suddenly turned the tail rudder, and the hull quickly changed direction and spun in circles.
Such a large-scale steering was originally impossible for one person to operate, and it was all due to Dongfang Ying's extraordinary skills.
Dongfang Ying didn't stop until the bow of the boat changed from pointing diagonally toward the revetment to pointing toward the river outside the pier, which was equivalent to turning its head.
At this time, the stern of the boat where Dongfang Ying was was facing the revetment, and moved more than a foot away, keeping a safe distance of three to four feet from the ships moored on the revetment.
When all the dust settled, people on the shore and on many boats cheered loudly. Most of the people cheered and praised this heroic young man who slashed the sails with his sword and jumped to the helm. .
Of course, there are also many people cheering for the two big men who defended the big ship from the small boat and lifted the heavy weight with one force, as if shouting "The Jian'an gang is powerful..." "The two heroes of the Dou family have two swords together, and they are invincible... …"
Dongfang Ying listened to the shouts of the people on the shore and on the boat, and her heart moved. She thought of the two big men holding bamboo rafts to push up the sailboat. She hurriedly turned to look to the left and saw the The bamboo raft was already more than twenty feet away.
Dongfang Ying let go of the tiller, stood on the raised fin at the stern, and shouted loudly:
"May I know the names of these two heroes? I'm Dongfang Ying on the white horse and red scarf, I really want to make friends with you two..."
The big man behind the bamboo raft looked back at Dongfang Ying and shouted:
"It turns out to be Young Hero Dongfang, our brothers. It's a great honor for the two of us to be friends with the young hero.
"Let's meet again after we prepare a meeting gift for the young hero. "
Dongfang Ying was stunned for a moment. A meeting gift? The two of them wanted to give it to themselves.What kind of meeting ceremony are you preparing? He shouted hurriedly:
"You two don't need to be polite, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water..."
Before he could finish speaking, the yellow-faced man standing in front of the bamboo raft had already put down Penny suddenly plunged into the river.
Dongfang Ying thought they were fishermen, planning to go into the water to catch a big fish and offer it to herself as a "meeting gift", and she couldn't help laughing.
When I was speechless, I saw three people walking out of the cabin. A middle-aged man walking in front pointed at Dongfang Ying and shouted:
"You, you yellow!" Where did Mao Xiaozi... come from?
"Did you... damage our canvas?" You have to compensate for this...or you can't leave..."
Dongfang Ying saw the man's face was oily, his steps were sloppy, his tongue was a bit big, and he could faintly smell the smell of alcohol, thinking he had just woken up from a hangover. He seemed to have thought of something in his mind, and asked coldly:
"Who do you care about me? What qualifications do you have to ask me? "
The middle-aged man grinned even wider and shouted:
"Tell you...I am, the boss of this ship, do you think I have any Are you qualified to ask...ask you? "
Dongfang Ying's eyes widened:
"It turns out you are the boss of the ship. You came just in time!
"Your boat was operated improperly and almost hit an innocent boat on the berth, damaging other people's property and injuring other people's lives.
"It was me and the people on the bamboo raft over there. Two friends helped you resolve the crisis.
"Excuse me, how should I calculate this account?"
The middle-aged ship boss rolled his eyes:
"How to calculate it? Now is not... ...Is everything safe? What does it matter to you and me?"
Dongfang Ying was too lazy to waste words with this drunken and unscrupulous ship owner, so she kicked him in the belly. " "Ah!" He bent forward and flopped down on the board of the boat.
Dongfang Ying raised her foot and stepped on his back, saying coldly:
"I'll wait for you to sober up before I settle things down with you."
Turning to look at the other two people, he saw that they were simply dressed and looked quite honest. They seemed to be one of the three or four boatmen who had worked hard to pull the rope and reef the sail, so he asked:
"You guys What happened to the ship? Why didn't it slow down in time?
"You've all seen what I'm capable of, and I won't be polite if I don't tell you the truth. "
The two boatmen were really in awe of Dongfang Ying. They could easily cut off such a large piece of canvas with flying swords from a distance of more than ten feet, and they could also fly onto the ship from a distance and cut it off on the spot. The boat turned around, what a powerful skill it was!
One of the boatmen said:
"Sir, don't be angry, please be patient."People report.
"Our ship is transporting salt from the provincial capital to this wharf. We stayed in Xiadao Town, Jiangnan last night, and are preparing to sail to Yanfumen Wharf to unload the goods this morning.
"Because this mission was about to be completed and we were just a few steps away from our destination, the ship's boss drank two more drinks when he was happy. He was still sober in the morning and collapsed in the hold unable to get up.
"We went to call him to get up and take charge of the overall situation, but he said that our four crew members can handle this small matter, and we will call him to get up after the berthing is done.
"We also I had no choice but to bite the bullet and sail the boat by myself, but due to lack of experience, I didn’t know to lower the canvas in advance and paddled into the harbor instead, which led to the previous out-of-control scene..."
Dongfang Ying looked down and looked down. He looked at the boat boss at his feet, squinting and still smelling of alcohol, as if he was about to fall asleep again. He probably drank two more drinks, or two more kilograms.
I really want to kick him. His heart was pounding, Dongfang Ying held back her anger and asked again:
"Then you don't know how to lower the sails in advance, don't you know how to anchor down and stop the ship in time? Just know how to pull the canvas awkwardly? "
Another boatman said:
"We also thought of dropping anchor at that time, but the government has regulations that no anchorage is allowed in the three river sections of the river mouth for ten miles up and down. Stop boats on the river to avoid affecting traffic.
"If you are caught, you will be fined fifty taels of silver. How dare we drop anchor casually!"
Dongfang Ying said displeased:
"There is no fine of silver. Okay, just hit other people's ships?
"If not this time..."
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Dongfang Ying was about to scold them when she heard someone shouting from behind:
"Great, I found it..."
Dongfang Ying turned around and looked, only I saw a man emerging from the side of the bamboo raft. It was the yellow-faced man who had jumped into the water earlier.
I saw him holding a sword high in his right hand. The blade was three feet long. Is it the purple rainbow sword that is indispensable to her?
Dongfang Ying was so happy that she realized that the two of them were going to salvage the lost sword for herself.
That yellow face. The big man swam towards the bamboo raft. The man holding the pole stretched out his pole. The big man with yellow face grabbed the bamboo pole with his left hand and jumped up onto the bamboo raft.
The man holding the pole rowed the bamboo raft with his hand. Like an arrow approaching the sailboat, the big yellow-faced man held the purple rainbow sword and said to Dongfang Yinglang:
"I am Dou Nan, the raft worker of Jianning Mansion. This is my brother Dou Bei." , we heard that the white horse and the red scarf had superb swordsmanship and were chivalrous and courageous, and we admired him very much.
"When I saw Young Hero Dongfang take action just now, he really lived up to his reputation. The two brothers specially picked up Young Hero's magical sword and handed it back to Young Hero."
Dongfang Ying was originally to thisThe two warm-hearted and skilled men had a deep affection for each other. Now that they had recovered their swords, they were even more happy. They did not care about punishing the drunken captain.
He jumped down from the middle of the bamboo raft and picked up the boat. He put the sword back into its sheath, clasped his fists at the two brothers and said:
"Little sister, thank you two eldest brothers for finding the sword for me.
"Let's go ashore, little sister. My sister invited the two eldest brothers to have a drink. "
When the Dou brothers heard that she called herself "little sister", they couldn't help being stunned. Dou Nan hesitated and asked:
"No way... White horse and red scarf, are you? ...a woman? This..."
Dongfang Ying chuckled and said:
"Yes, who said the woman with the white horse and the red scarf can't be a woman?
"Don't you look down on me and don't want to be friends with me because I am a woman?"
Dou Nan shook his head hurriedly and said:
" No, no, no... Young hero, heroine, don't get me wrong... I really didn't expect this, but it's also...
"How could there be such a handsome man in this world? Haha..."
He scratched his head and felt a little embarrassed.
Dou Bei, who was in front of the bamboo raft, was more steady and nodded:
"As a girl, and at such a young age, the heroine can become a swordsman who can eliminate violence and bring peace to the people. That is even more rare and even more admirable.
"Wherever the heroine is going, we brothers must obey."
Dongfang Ying thought that she had wasted a lot of time on this matter, and it was estimated that Mingchuan Rongmei, Lan Zhixin, and Nangong Huiyue and others were almost at the dock area, so they had to get ashore quickly and explain the situation to them.
So he smiled and said:
"Well, there is a 'Longjin Restaurant' at the entrance of the pier. My little sister, please sit there for a while and discuss something by the way. How about ?"
The Dou brothers naturally had nothing to say, so Dou Bei gently maneuvered the bamboo raft, found a berth to dock, tied the cables, explained to the brothers next to him, then each put on their coats and followed Dongfang Ying goes to Longjin Restaurant.
The boatmen, porters, loading and unloading coolies, and even merchants around the dock seemed to be very familiar with the Dou brothers. They kept saying hello and praising the two brothers for their righteousness just now.
And when they learned that Dongfang Ying was the white horse and the red scarf, they all showed admiration. They thought that the dock was where merchants and boatmen gathered, and the story about the white horse and the red scarf must have spread the fastest. place.
Dongfang Ying felt happy and proud when she saw that the words "white horse and red scarf" had already established a good reputation in the minds of the common people. This strengthened her determination to eradicate banditry and eliminate violence in the future.
Under the warm welcome of everyone along the river bank, the three people returned to the entrance and exit in the middle of the pier. As soon as they reached the entrance wall, they saw that the team of Mingchuan Rongmei and others had stopped at the entrance.On the roadside,
Lan Zhixin and Gan Taoxian were standing under a camphor tree. They must have bought two masks on the way and put them on their heads respectively, with gauze covering their faces; Mingchuan Rongmei and Nangong Huiyue was looking around in front.
The two girls happened to be the quickest to see Dongfang Ying coming out, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked:
"Ying'er, how are you finding the passenger ship?
" Ying'er, we can't stay here for too long. Everyone carrying so many guns will make people suspicious... We have to leave quickly. "
Dongfang Ying already had an idea, so she consoled her:
"Don't worry, you two. I have my own arrangements and nothing will happen. Everyone is tired and thirsty. Let's go to the Longjin Restaurant in front of us first. "
As he talked, he pointed to a small shop on the side of the road with the words "Longjin Restaurant" and "Genuine Price".
The second daughter Nangong Huiyue naturally has confidence in Dongfang Ying. After hearing her words, he relaxed and nodded. When he saw the Dou brothers, he thought they were the boatmen Dongfang Ying had found and didn't think it was strange.
Dongfang Ying didn't rush to introduce them to both parties. He walked towards Lan Zhixin and explained the situation to her. He would go to Longjin Restaurant for a while to drink tea, rest, negotiate the price with the boatman, and then move his luggage and mounts.
Lan Zhixin had no objection. , Kuang Zhiyuan, Zhan Ruilong, and Lin Xiaofeng were left outside to guard the horses and firearms, while everyone else went into the store to rest for a while.
This so-called Longjin Restaurant is actually a restaurant in the dock area. The shop specializes in the business of bringing in and out of merchants and workers. The prices are high and the taste is hard to describe.
Workers generally don’t eat there. They would rather bring some dry food and hot rice by themselves. I felt stuffed when I moved in.
Fortunately, it was spacious, with five or six large tables, and several private rooms on the second floor.
Dongfang Ying was not particular about it at the moment. , thinking that the Dou brothers were boatmen, they didn't care, so they only ordered two tables on the first floor.
She and the Dou brothers, Lan Zhixin, Mingchuan Rongmei, Nangong Huiyue, and others. Gan Taoxian and others sat at a table, and others also sat at a table. Then each table ordered two dishes and a jar of wine, and also gave hot water and snacks to Zhan Ruilong and others outside.
After everyone sat down, Dongfang Ying naturally introduced each other to each other first, and then said to the Dou brothers:
"Brother Dou, second brother Dou, we are lucky enough to meet each other today. It is really a fate given by God, little sister. We have something to discuss, and I hope you two brothers can help me. "
Dou Nan hurriedly said:
"Where did the heroine say that? We two brothers will never refuse any orders. "
Dou Bei said:
"That's right, please do as you say, female hero. "
Dongfang Ying hurriedly toasted the two of them and said:
"You two also saw it. Not only are there many people in our group,, there is a lot of luggage, and there are three mounts. Now that we have arrived at this pier, it is natural to take a long trip by boat.
"I know that the two eldest brothers are great experts in sailing. The skills they showed before made me admire them very much. If we can take a boat of your Jian'an gang, it will be smooth sailing and a worry-free journey. .
"Brothers, can your Jian'an gang accept our group's request to take a boat and go north from here to Jianning Prefecture and directly to Zhenghe County?" ”