[Qing Chuan] Five elder brothers intermittent salted fish

"What are you kidding? This is the merchant ship of my Yao family in Yangzhou. My Yao family is a salt merchant, a salt merchant of the government. Let's not talk about the loss of this ship when it sinks. I just talk about the time to collect the salt. , This is the crime of beheading! We can't afford to offend the officials and lords, but I have to die too!"

The person in charge of the Yao family is a middle-aged man who looks like a merchant. His body is already bloated to the point of clumsiness, and he can't keep his center of gravity on the boat rocking in the storm. Before he can finish speaking, he collapses go.

Cao Luan was angry and anxious, and only shouted: "If this dam breaks down, you will die here today, so what are you talking about beheading tomorrow?"

"That's not going to work. Without the words of my master and young master, nothing you say will work! I..."

Cao Luan didn't wait for him to finish speaking, so he took out his sword and put it on the neck of the principal, so scared that he fell silent for three moments.

"All the idlers who have packed up their valuables should disembark me! Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude! Today's matter is urgent, but my Cao family in Jiangning is under the order of the fifth son of the emperor, the fifth elder brother Yinqi, and we must not Not so. If you wait for the boss to blame you in the future, let him go to our fifth elder brother! Go to Long Live!"

"Five...five elder brothers? Your lord, you framed us, didn't you!"

"Jiangning Cao's family? Which Cao's family? Jiangning Weaving..."

All of a sudden there was a lot of discussion, although everyone had their own opinions and doubts, but Cao Luan said that the sword was also on his neck, and these people who came out to run the rivers and lakes were all human beings, so naturally they cared about their lives right now. It's important, after Lianlian responded, he got off the boat directly to save his life.

Seeing this, Cao Luan immediately withdrew his sword, grabbed the chief officer by the neck, and said solemnly: "I have wronged you, sir, what can I say before this catastrophe is over!" Then he took people off the boat .

Since Wu Yunbo took Yin Qi's order, he understood the fifth elder brother's mind, and Wu Yunbo couldn't help admiring this little boy even more for being so decisive at such a critical moment.

"Cao Huwei! I got the order of the fifth elder brother. I was urgently selected from among the officers and soldiers. The team is all men who are most familiar with water skills, but I will obey your orders!"

Cao Luan looked at the dozen or so people behind Wu Yunbo, all shirtless and barefoot standing in the rainstorm without moving, only listening to his orders.

Cao Luan wiped the rain off his face, finally opened his eyes wide, only looked at the men in front of him and said loudly: "Everyone, it depends on you whether the people of Huizhou Prefecture can be rescued! Drive the boat to the breach of the embankment, Shipwreck!"

"Order!"

With more than a dozen mouths, they yelled out in unison. The deafening voice was not only to cheer for themselves, but also to remind each of them that this matter can only be achieved but not failed!

On the other side, Yinqi, who was on the bank of the Linjiang River, was also tense at the moment, and Liu Qinghui, who was beside him, folded his hands anxiously and looked at the fleet in the distance, and murmured unconsciously: "Why don't you come? Why don't you come?" Still not coming?"

"It's moving! It's moving! Fifth Master, look!" With Liang Shan's exclamation, Yin Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately began to take off the bamboo hat, coir raincoat, and long gown on his body, one by one until the white and tender clothes that were no longer visible were exposed. But still thin skin and chest.

"Fifth Master, this is it!" Liang Shan looked at his action in a daze, and didn't know why for a moment, but before he could ask the question in his heart, Liu Qinghui also began to take off his clothes.

"You guys..."

"After the shipwreck, we still have a hard battle to contain the torrent with the shipwreck. Even if we succeed, we can only stop most of it, but the water flowing out of the gap will only be faster than it is now! More panting! And we have nothing but manpower , there is no other way!" Liu Qinghui took the initiative to explain to Liang Shan.

Liang Shan was even more anxious when he heard that, "Then you can't go, master! You are the prince of gold and jade, what if there is... how will you ask the servants to explain?" Liang Shan knelt down with a "plop", One pair of hands only grasped Yin Qi's delicate wrist, but he knew that his persuasion this time might not have any effect!All of a sudden, rain mixed with tears flowed down.

It's decided!

"Hero! What are we here for? Isn't it just for today? Isn't it for this time? I gotta go! I gotta be with them, don't let those bag-carrying men think they're worthless, don't let those men They are just pawns sent out to die!"

After finishing speaking, Yinqi directly helped Liang Shan up, and while patting Liang Shan's face angrily, he shouted loudly: "Go! Not only I am going! You are going too!"

With that said, he let go of Liang Shan's hand and walked towards the river without looking back.

The water trousers pierced to the thighs, the fine silk material was soaked in the rain and pressed tightly against Yinqi's thighs. The tactile sensation that felt cold and biting at first quickly became numb.

He claims that his body is not considered weak, but it is also a body that can gallop a fierce horse, bend a bow and shoot arrows. In such a harsh environment, he seems to have become that little naked chick again, staggering and falling down after taking a few steps. In the water.

Get up and move on.

Regardless of whether he can contribute or not, and how much experience he can contribute, as long as he stands with them and stays together, this is the greatest reassurance.Therefore, he is just a reassurance, just a mascot who has to guard this last line of defense with them.

"Once the ship sinks, the water coming out of the gap will be stronger than the current current. I know that everyone is exhausted, but we have to hold on! People from other dams are sending reinforcements to us, we have to Hurry up and build an arc-shaped cofferdam here to block the water flow.

Ladies and gentlemen, behind us are parents, wives, children, and unarmed common people. As men, what is the use of us if we don't stand up at this time? "

"That's right! We can't retreat!"

"True! Your Excellency is right!"

"That's right! Let's not wait until we die? If we fight it out, my life is worth it even if I die here!"

"It is! It is! It is!"

Yinqi's voice became hoarse, and he looked at them almost yelling. After all, they were all bloody men, and Yinqi's enthusiasm was quickly mobilized by Yinqi. He exchanged your heart for mine, and there was a response It's not a waste of time to come here.

These laborers also lived and ate with him day and night, knew each other well, knew that although Yin Qi was young, even the magistrate looked up to him, and his status must be noble.

But at this moment, he didn't treat him as a noble person, but like his own little brother, he called out intimately: "My lord, can your small body hold you back?"

Yin Qi smiled slightly, stubbornly patted his small chest that was not considered strong, and said, "Is it okay? Try it and you'll know!" After saying that, he didn't say a word, and directly picked up the sandbag full of stones and plunged into it. After entering the water, he walked towards the gap despite the wind and rain.

All the hard broken stones were put into sacks, each bag weighed dozens of catties, needless to say the weight, what's more terrible was that the sharp edges and corners were so big that they pressed on Yinqi's shoulders, even if they were pressed Even ordinary people can't bear it, let alone such a big wind and rain and slippery mud pit.

Just because he staggered, the soft skin made a cut on his shoulder with the stone edge in the sack, and the bright red blood flowed into the puddle along with the rain, and soon disappeared without a trace.

"Come on! What are you waiting for? Why are you not as good as a doll?"

I don't know who yelled, but all the black and white rushed into the water yelling.Yin Qi barely reacted, the sack on his shoulder was lifted by someone, he turned his head suddenly, it turned out to be Cao Luan.

"Fifth Master, you can't give up your life even if you try your best. Do you want this shoulder?" He said, putting a piece of cowhide on Yinqi's shoulder, and then continued to move forward.

Yin Qi smiled embarrassedly and said: "I think they are the same, so..."

"I've been used to doing this for many years. Naturally, I have rough skin and thick flesh. I can't bear it. What can you do?" After Cao Luan finished speaking, he looked at Yin Qi, who was helping him with the sack on his shoulder, and suddenly asked slowly: "What are we going to do today?" Can you keep it?"

Yinqi smiled: "Yes! I made a wish, and it will definitely come true today!" He had made a contract with the system before, and it was useless for him to save it all the time. If nothing else, it was just for today, for today to have a good luck.

Cao Luan, who didn't know the inside story, stared at him blankly, but felt a little puzzled in his heart, why did he make a wish?I didn't see the fifth elder brother going to take a bath today, fasting, burning incense and worshiping Buddha!To whom did he make this wish?What did you promise?Which god heard it?Can it be realized for them?

The doubts in his heart were not explained, Yin Qi helped him unload the sandbags, then turned around and walked back to the shore, eager to resist the next bag.

Naturally, he didn't know the slander in Cao Luan's heart at this time, and he only complained and worried. Didn't he promise to be a salted fish that won't do anything?Why are you working so hard now?Isn't it good to be a salted fish prince?Why don't you take care of this nosy business?

Is it worth it?

"My lord, you got it!"

"Wait! Slow down! Come on! Give me your hand!"

Yin Qi's wandering thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the sudden concern of the big and three thick men beside him. Some helped him adjust the position of the cowhide on his shoulders, and some helped him carry the sack on his shoulders, and treated him one by one. It's like treating your own brothers like you.

Is it worth it?

In fact, he already knew the answer, and he didn't have to ask from the very beginning...whether it's worth it or not!

Only now did Yin Qi realize that he never asked whether it was worth it from the very beginning when he did it. It was fate and the choice he had to make that had to make a decision that swept him to this point, and he never asked whether it was worth it when he made the decision. It's not worth it, why bother and trouble yourself now?

"Thank you guys! Don't help me, let's just move forward!" Yin Qi stubbornly raised his bent shoulders and waist, obviously blinded by the rain, but insisted on opening his eyes. The big eyes smiled and looked at them.

The rest of the big bags couldn't help but be amused by his appearance, and wiped their faces and said, "This little man is so stupid, why are you having fun? Maybe we all have to die here today? Why are you having fun?" Woolen cloth?"

"It's better to die with a smile than with tears. In the underworld, the adults are all jade-faced young men, how about you?"

"Go to hell……"