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Chapter 35 [Three Four] Taking Risks

Returning to Yangzhou from Yandu, Chu Heng decided to go to Jiangcheng first, then change the waterway, and return to Yangzhou by boat.

The handlebars he hired in Jiangcheng had already sent Chu Yong back. If Chu Heng wanted to take a car, he had to rent another car in Yandu.Unexpectedly, on the day of departure, the carriage from Prince Qing's Mansion was ordered to wait outside Jingyuanhou's Mansion.

Lu Ting also asked Zhao Duqing for leave, and brought Ji You along, making up his mind to escort him all the way until he boarded the ship.

When Yuan Shi heard about the actions of Prince Qing's Mansion, she just lowered her eyes to drink tea and didn't care.On the other hand, Marquis Jingyuan snorted coldly when he heard about this: "Don't you think there is no carriage in the Hou's mansion? Prince Qing's mansion really wants to mix everything up!"

The stewards of the Hou's Mansion responded embarrassingly, but it was difficult to say, the carriages in the mansion got an order from Lord Hou himself last night, and today Chu Langjun is traveling far away, and none of them are allowed to move.

When they left the city gate of Yandu, Liang Xin'an chased after him on horseback.

During these days in Yandu, Chu Heng has had some contacts with Liang Xin'an, and he knows that this person is now the treasure in Zhao Duqing's heart. When he sees him off on horseback, he knows that there are Zhao Duqing's intentions in it.

"The son just remembered that the earthquake in Yangzhou before, owed Sanlang a large amount of food. Now the household department is tight, and he can't get the money for a while. This is the son's allocation from his private treasury. Let's pay it back for now. Part of Saburo." Liang Xin'an handed over a heavy bag, "Now the household department is a little tight, and the military department's military supplies are also in arrears. The prince and King Qing almost emptied their private treasury in order to return to the soldiers of Yancheng. These are already part of the rewards that the prince has received after returning to Yandu, and the rest... have to be sent back to Yancheng to buy food and grass, so there is really nothing more to offer."

Chu Heng now has the box of gold rewarded by Emperor Mingde installed in the car, and he is not in a hurry about the money owed by Zhao Duqing at that time.Hearing about the situation in Guiyan City, he couldn't reach out to pick up the bag of things in Liang Xin'an's hand.

"The rice grain is owed by the people of Yangzhou, and the money will be given to the prince by the court in the future, and it will be fine for the prince to return it to me. If there is a shortage of food and money in Guiyan City, these can be used to fill in part of the expenses."

As Chu Heng was speaking, seeing Liang Xin'an opened his mouth to speak, he hurriedly took the first step, "Furthermore, the guarantor on the IOU that day was Mr. Lu. If the son doesn't pay the money, Mr. Lu can pay it back on his behalf. Anyway, here I am, There is more than one IOU."

The carriage moved forward again.When the wheels were rolling, Chu Heng suddenly heard Lu Ting calling Liang Xin'an solemnly from outside the car curtain.

"I am very poor."

"..."

"I would also like to ask the son to ask for more rewards from His Majesty, and let him pay back the money he owes."

"..."

"I'm poor and I haven't married a wife yet."

"..."

The handlebar style of Prince Qing's Mansion is a good car to drive.The journey was very smooth, and at night we stopped in a mansion on the way.After eating and drinking, Wuwei and Shao Aniu soon fell asleep in the room, snoring up and down.

Chu Heng, who lived next door, frowned, and spread out the book in his hand by the candlelight.

A quarter of an hour later, the window was lifted, and Mr. Lu, who was used to climbing the window, crawled in from the outside as expected.

Chu Heng looked at the unlatched door, then at Lu Ting who had picked up the stool and sat beside him, and asked, "Aren't you going through the door?"

"Don't go through the door." Lu Ting followed his gaze, and the door was indeed not locked. "The door of this mansion is too noisy to open and close." He paused, "The five flavors will wake up."

You do know!

Chu Heng threw away the book and said directly, "Do it?"

He originally thought that he would be able to arrive at Jiangcheng tomorrow, and if he happened to find a boat back to Yangzhou and leave directly, so Lu Ting would probably climb into bed tonight, but unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ting shook his head up.

"Don't do it?" Chu Heng was taken aback.

Lu Ting got up, picked him up, and lay on the bed together.The two looked at each other without any other movement.

"Don't do it, just let me hug you all night."

Chu Heng was speechless for a while, but the arms around his waist were slightly tightened until he pulled the whole person into his arms, and then he heard a sigh beside his ear.

He couldn't help reaching out and rubbing his red earlobe, leaning on Lu Ting's shoulder, closing his eyes and counting sheep.

The two bodies were very close, and each other's heartbeats were clearly audible.

One sound at a time is more capable of slowly falling asleep than hypnotic music.

The second day of the itinerary is still very smooth.

There were not many carriages coming and going on the driveway, and several caravans passed by one after another.While stopping to rest, Shao Aniu got out of the car and asked the caravan. He learned that there was indeed a ship on the Jiangcheng Wharf and was about to leave for Yangzhou after noon.

When he arrived at Jiangcheng Wharf, Chu Heng quickly found the merchant ship that was going to Yangzhou.It happened to be the one that sent Chu Heng to Jiangcheng before, and the boss of the boat welcomed him aboard.

The boatmen were preparing to sail, when Chu Heng came out of the cabin, he unexpectedly found that Lu Ting was still riding Jiyou, staying on the pier.

Chu Heng stared at him for a while, then turned his head and said, "Wuwei, take the flute from the bag."

Lu Ting stayed on the pier the entire time, watching Chu Heng board the boat, and his figure disappeared on the deck.But the boat didn't move, so he didn't move either.

Ji You is used to obeying orders, and now he is chewing the maltose that Chu Heng specially made before leaving, and follows his master as a husband-wife stone.

Putting away the boarding plank, the boatman yelled loudly on the deck: "Let's sail!"

The sails are opened, and the hula-la is blown by the wind.Ji You didn't seem to like the sound of the sails beating, so he snorted a few times at the slowly moving merchant ship.

Lu Ting bent down, patted the horse's neck, and was about to turn the horse's head, but suddenly stopped.

The north wind is blowing, the river is surging, and there is a flute sound from the boat, which is melodious.

Obviously the familiar figure could not be seen at the bow of the boat, but Lu Ting knew that the long and distant sound of the flute came from that young man, from the white jade flute he gave as a gift.

Ji You didn't move, licked the horse's mouth with his tongue, and turned to ask Lu Ting for maltose.

Lu Ting, who got away from the sound of the flute, lowered his head and patted the horse's neck, and said in a low voice, "Just those two packs, they'll be gone after you eat them. Save yourself."

In addition to Chu Heng, the merchant ship also carried several other men who dropped by.I heard from the boss of the ship that he is a barbarian in business, and he asked the merchant ship to send him a ride with money.

Chu Heng didn't care. After eating the food brought by the boatman, he turned his head and lay down on the couch in the cabin with his eyes closed for a nap.

Outside the cabin, footsteps back and forth could be heard, a little heavy.

There was also a voice he couldn't understand, which seemed to be nonsense.

Chu Heng turned over, and soon fell asleep in the gibberish nonsense that he couldn't understand.

Once this boat rides, it takes half a month.

The north wind outside was so strong that Chu Heng dared not even open the window of the cabin.With just one opening, the cold air can pour into the cabin and keep him cold for a whole day.

Today, it was rare for him to open the window, but it was because the mech bird he gave to Lu Ting flew out of the window a few months ago.

At that time, it was almost dusk, and hurried and chaotic footsteps could be heard outside the cabin.Wu Wei went out for a walk, and when he came back, he saw Chu Heng sitting cross-legged on the bed, with a strange wooden bird lying in his arms, but holding a rough tassel knot in his hand.

"I heard that a barbarian merchant is ill, and the servants below are busy taking care of the merchant, so there is a lot of movement." Wuwei sat down cross-legged in front of the couch, seeing Chu Heng holding a tassel knot, asked, "Sanlang , where did this come from, it looks like the workmanship is not very good, is it going to be hung on the flute?"

"Don't hang up for now." Chu Heng shook his head.

As far as this work is concerned, you don't need to guess, it must come from Lu Ting's hands that are used to holding swords.Although it is not very delicate, it is still good to tidy it up a little and put jade on it as a waist ornament.

Thinking about it, Chu Heng couldn't help but whistle.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the cabin door.

Wuwei got up and opened the door, and a few strong men suddenly squeezed in from outside.

The cabin is not big, and four or five strong men are squeezed in at once, and the space suddenly becomes crowded.Chu Heng stuffed the tassel knot to his waist casually, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Those few people looked at each other in blank dismay, as if they didn't expect that the person in charge of this room would be a young man with a fair face who looked vulnerable.After a long time, a person came out, clasped his fists in a strange salute, and bluntly said that the master of the family suddenly had an emergency, and there was no doctor on board. Hearing that the owner of the ship said that the passengers living in this house would see a doctor, he took the liberty to come to invite him.

Chu Heng sized up these people carefully, feeling a little hesitant.

When the boat was just sailing, the boss of the boat mentioned that the other group of people on board were just ordinary Hu merchants, but how could the retinues brought by ordinary Hu merchants be all strong and look like warriors?

These few people seemed not to give up until they achieved their goals, they just squeezed into the cabin without moving.

Chu Heng had no choice but to tell Wuwei to stay in the room.He took the stuff with him and followed them to another cabin not far away.

There was an accidental charcoal fire burning in the cabin, and the window was opened a crack, so that people would not be smoked by the charcoal fire after staying in it for a long time.After those strong men entered the door, as if they were afraid of disturbing the masters inside, they went out one by one after a while, leaving only Chu Heng inside.

Chu Heng walked to the side of the bed, looked down at the face of the person on the bed, and suddenly clenched the medicine pillow in his hand.

It was the man from the Dayue clan that he had seen in Jiangyuan before.

Chu Heng turned his face away from the astonishment, and out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a few strong men standing still outside the cabin. He sat down and put the man's hand on the medicine pillow to diagnose his pulse.

The person on the bed fell into a coma, his face turned pale, and he was speechless.After Chu Heng finished his pulse, he turned to ask the only entourage left in the house about the situation.The attendant answered truthfully, the worry on his face didn't look like a fake.

"You said that your master was in unbearable pain and vomited from time to time, because it was so cold that he lit a charcoal fire in the cabin?"

The attendant nodded hurriedly.

Chu Heng pondered: "It's typhoid fever."

In modern times, typhoid fever means cold and fever.But in ancient times, even in the world in books, injuries can still torment the dead.

"Although there is no fever, I feel aversion to cold, body pain, and vomiting. Looking at the pulse, both yin and yang are tense, and it is undoubtedly typhoid."

He found a pen and paper, and wrote down the prescription: "Three liang of osmanthus twigs peeled, three liang of peony, two liang of licorice, three liang of ginger, and twelve jujubes." Hurry up and get the medicine."

As Chu Heng said he was about to leave, the attendant stopped him twice, and was about to speak, when the man on the bed suddenly groaned, and a group of people rushed into the cabin, ignoring others.

Chu Heng took the opportunity to leave, returned to his room, grabbed the mecha bird by the bed, and said to Wuwei, "Bring a pen and paper!"

A quarter of an hour later, Chu Heng stopped writing, rolled up the letter of Jishu and stuffed it into the belly of the bird, opened the window and let it fly.

Then, facing Wuwei and Shao Aniu gathered in the cabin, Chu Heng frowned.

"There is still half a month before the merchant ship can reach Yangzhou. When we dock at the pier tonight, we will disembark and take the official route while taking advantage of the boatmen's supplies."

"Lang Jun found something wrong?"

Shao Aniu was more knowledgeable than Wuwei, and when he saw Chu Heng's order, he immediately thought of meeting another group of strange people on the boat.

"Those people... I'm afraid there is something very wrong."

But fortunately, he was on the boat now, and that man was suffering from typhoid fever, so his followers should not do anything on the boat.

Regardless of whether they are good or bad, the identities of this group of people are very suspicious. Chu Heng dare not relax in any way. He has already sent a letter back to Yandu, hoping to remind Lu Ting.

Then, if he disembarked midway and changed to the official route, he would definitely be able to avoid this pile of troubles.

At night, the merchant ship docked to rest.Seeing that the entourage really got off the springboard to grab the medicine, Chu Heng immediately prepared to take Wuwei and Shao Aniu to get off the boat as well.

It's just that he didn't expect that when he turned around, he was suddenly hit hard on the back of the neck, and the world in front of him instantly disappeared, even the starlight disappeared.

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