What about the straight guy?

Zhang Liang supported Le Lianzhou to stop in front of a door, and knocked on the door without hesitation. Although this is the lowest floor of the rudder tower, the door is located in a hidden place inside the corridor, because it is indistinguishable from the surrounding wood color. And the light is dim, and it is easy to miss it without looking carefully.

After a while, the wooden door opened a small crack from the inside, revealing a gloomy face behind it.The mustache Chen Shuang looked at the two people outside from the crack of the door, and saw that Le Lianzhou had indeed been drugged, and at this moment his head was tilted on Zhang Liang's shoulder, and he was unconscious.

"Nobody saw it?"

"do not worry."

Chen Shuang opened the door wider, looked out of the corridor, and let Zhang Liang in after confirming that no one was coming.

This was the first time Zhang Liang entered Chen Shuang's secret room, because the sailors thought that the steward's room was on the second floor of the rudder tower.It is true that Chen Shuang lives upstairs most of the time, and this humble room is only used in special circumstances.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, a single canopy bed, a coffee table, two chairs, plus a low cabinet in the corner, nothing else.Chen Shuang pointed at the bed, signaling Zhang Liang to put her on the bed.

After Zhang Liang put the man down, he stood obediently aside. Seeing Chen Shuang staring at Le Lianzhou for a while, he reached out and patted Le Lianzhou twice, as if to confirm that he had passed out.

After finally confirming, Chen Shuang stroked his beard, narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Liang instead, "It's been a while since Liangzi got on my boat, right?"

"It's been almost three years." Zhang Liang's face was filled with obedience and loyalty, his voice was a little trembling, as if he was excited about the upcoming reuse.

Chen Shuang nodded slightly, but spoke with strong reproach, "Do you know that this time it almost caused a catastrophe!" Seeing that Zhang Liang's body was visibly trembling with fear, he slowed down and said, "But you've made up for it. No matter what his intentions are, if he dares to steal chickens and dogs on my Chen Shuang's boat, he should have the consciousness of breaking his bones!"

Zhang Liang kept his head down, and raised his eyes cautiously when he heard this, "Chen, what will Manager Chen plan to do?"

"What? Reluctant?"

Zhang Liang seemed to be unable to restrain Chen Shuang's eyes, and hurriedly explained tremblingly, "The young ones dare not, it's all up to Manager Chen to deal with it, the small, small ones just think it's a pity that this kid fed the fish at such a young age... ..."

Chen Shuang stared at the other party for a long time without saying a word, but when cold sweat began to break out on Zhang Liang's forehead, he suddenly laughed, "Liangzi, you are so soft-hearted, how can you help me in the future?"

Hearing this, the boulder on Zhang Liang's heart finally fell, and Chen Shuang was finally willing to accept him as his own.After nearly three years on board, a crucial step has finally been taken.

"Zhang Liang is willing to follow in this life, and the leader will follow!" It was necessary to express his determination, Zhang Liang directly knelt down on his knees.

"Okay, Liangzi, you are a smart man." Chen Shuang stretched out his hand to help Zhang Liang up, "As for this kid, don't worry, he still has a place to use, and he won't let him feed the fish. Pick him up first." .”

Zhang Liang didn't know why, but he still stepped forward and picked up Le Lianzhou who was limp on the bed.Afterwards, I saw Chen Shuang sitting on it, reaching out and groping beside the bed, when suddenly there was a small rumbling sound from the floor, as if a mechanism had been opened.

Then Zhang Liang watched in astonishment as Chen Shuang moved the light canopy bed away, a square hole was opened in the floor under the bed, and a wooden ladder led to the deck below.He knew the entrances and exits above and below the hook-up deck, but he didn't expect that there was a special passage hidden in Chen Shuang's room!

Chen Shuang was very satisfied with Zhang Liang's surprised expression, "Are you surprised? There will be more things in the future, and you will have a chance to learn about them."

Zhang Liang understands that everything cannot be accomplished overnight. Today, Chen Shuang has just accepted him, so it is impossible to reveal the whole story to his subordinates all at once.There was still an expression of half surprise and half awe on his face, "Zhang Liangding will live up to Chen Guanshi's trust!"

"Well, it depends on your performance in the future. Follow me with someone in your arms."

Chen Shuang took the lead to go down the wooden ladder. Zhang Liang hugged Le Lianzhou tightly, carefully adjusted the angle, and led him through the floor to the deck below.Zhang Liang has only been to the first floor below the deck, and it was only the outermost room where he handed over with the people in the kitchen. This time he followed Chen Shuang but took a different path, going straight through the first floor, the second floor, and came to the deck. Go down to the third floor.

Walking out of the wooden ladder room, there were four people dressed as guards guarding outside, Zhang Liang had never seen of course.Seeing Chen Shuang appearing, the leader only nodded slightly, not as respectful as other sailors and boatmen when they saw him.

"Why is Guanshi Chen here at this time?" The guard looked at Zhang Liang and Le Lianzhou in his arms, and raised his brows, "Oh, where did you get it? Isn't it two days before you arrive in Yue Kingdom?"

Chen Shuang ignored the other party's question, tilted his head towards Zhang Liang, and ordered, "Give him to Fangtou."

Zhang Liang obeyed the order to send Le Lianzhou over, and the head of the guards immediately signaled one of his subordinates to take him over.

"The higher-ups have informed you, the old rules, as long as Fangtou looks good on people. Don't bother me." Chen Shuang obviously didn't like dealing with the guards, with a businesslike expression on his face.After handing over Le Lianzhou, he led Zhang Liang back along the long road.

The whole process took less than a cup of tea, and Zhang Liang didn't even have time to take a look at where they were taking Le Lianzhou.However, the ship only has such a small area, and there are four floors under the deck. According to Zhang Liang's understanding in the past two or three years, the bottom layer of this kind of merchant ship is filled with sand and gravel, commonly known as ballast, and the draft is controlled.The second and third floors below the deck of a merchant ship are generally used to store supplies such as cargo and food, and the first floor below the deck is where people live and move.

I couldn't see what was going on outside that passage just now, but at least I can be sure that there are people on the third floor below!Le Lianzhou should be temporarily imprisoned on the third floor, or even the bottom floor!Zhang Liang's heart was already stirred up, but he had to keep calm on the face, Chen Shuang was still in front of him.

"What you see and hear today is limited to what you know and I know. Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. I will gradually let you get in touch with more in the future. You just need to know that this is the secret of the chamber of commerce." This is Chen Shuang Regarding the explanation of what happened just now, Zhang Liang understood that he was not yet qualified to ask why, so he could only nod silently with a loyal face.

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Wen Chengyue knew that Le Lianzhou was going out for breakfast, and would definitely bring back a bowl of pickled rice for himself.But waited and waited, the sun outside the small window was over the top of the head and no one came back. Thinking of something wrong between the ship steward and the sailor surnamed Zhang, Wen Chengyue finally began to get nervous.

But now in broad daylight, there must be someone on the deck, he can't go out rashly, he has to wait until nightfall.I hope that no matter what happens to Le Lianzhou, the other party will not kill people and throw their bodies in broad daylight.

Once the bad thoughts started, they couldn't help spreading out in a worse direction. Wen Chengyue clenched his fists unconsciously, his whole body tensed up, and his ears were erected to pay attention to the wind and grass outside the door.

It was finally dusk, the movement on the deck was much quieter, and it was another windy night, and the sailors returned to the cabin early.

Wen Chengyue opened his eyes in the dark, leaned on the door panel to listen for a while, and then carefully opened the door. At first, only a small gap was exposed. After making sure that there was no one nearby, he flashed out from behind the door. He was dressed in black like a man in the night. The vigorous cheetah ran along the side of the ship towards the rudder tower.

Le Lianzhou said that the ship steward and the young man who only showed up lived in the cockpit, and they were the first to be investigated.Sure enough, the command room on the top floor of the rudder tower was brightly lit, and there were figures walking around. Wen Chengyue lowered his body as much as possible, letting himself blend into the shadow of the ship's side, and went around to the side of the rudder tower with windows facing the sea.

There is almost no place to set foot on this side, only stepping on the surrounding railings of the ship to move, Wen Chengyue quickly found out the bottom of the rudder tower, which is the helmsman's operating room, through the window lattice you can see three or two The helmsman was dozing off.

Wen Chengyue looked up for a moment, then suddenly jumped up to the second floor lightly, grabbed a protruding wooden relief with his hand, put his feet on the narrow eaves of the ground floor, and stopped firmly.The room in front of me should be the place where the ship's doctor lives. There are medicine cabinet drawers on the entire wall, copper scales for weighing medicine on the case table, and a mill for grinding medicine. There is an old man sleeping on the bed next to it. ship doctor.

Slowly moving to the other side along the narrow eaves, the next room occupies four windows, a bedroom, and no one.The living room next to it was lit with bright oil lamps, and a middle-aged man was sitting on the master chair, drinking tea and looking at something like a ledger.The mustache should be Chen Shuang, the ship steward that Le Lianzhou mentioned.Wen Chengyue frowned slightly, he was not here.

In the same way, it jumped up to the third floor. On the left side is a shrine with a statue of Poseidon.On the right is another large suite, and there is no one in the bedroom. When Wen Chengyue was about to move to the side to look at the living room, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black corner of his clothes embroidered with silver thread by the window.Someone is standing at the window!Fortunately, Wen Chengyue was cautious and didn't show his face rashly, otherwise he would have confronted the other party right now!

The person standing at the window seemed to be admiring the starry night on the sea. It took a long time until Wen Chengyue's fingers holding on to the relief began to numb, and he heard footsteps, and the person finally left the window.

Taking this opportunity, Wen Chengyue swung his body and quickly jumped to the other side of the window, revealing one eye to look around the room.The man in black robe just now was the young man Le Lianzhou mentioned.With the help of the indoor light, Wen Chengyue saw the young man's face clearly, and suddenly a thunderbolt flashed in his mind, he knew him!

This person's name is Jin Liu. The last time I saw him, he was working under the command of the current third prince, King Ping. How could he appear here!Listening to Le Lianzhou's description, Chen Shuang, the ship steward, would nod and bow in front of him.

Xujiang United Chamber of Commerce?Could it be that it is King Ping's property?Even so, why was a general sent out to run a merchant ship?Wen Chengyue's heart was turbulent, but his face was very calm. He knew that he couldn't stay here for too long. Le Lianzhou was not on the rudder tower, and it was impossible for him to be in the front cabin where the sailors lived, so it was only below the deck.

Like a black cat, Wen Chengyue fell silently back to the bottom ship's side two or three times, returned along the original path, and took a special look when he passed the entrance leading to the deck below. Although there were few people on the deck, there were many people at the entrance. Apparently a lot of people were there.Only go back to the house first and then make a long-term plan.

The author has something to say: Lian Zhou: Why did I use soy sauce in this episode?

Su Ka: How come!Isn't your man thinking of you!