Chapter 7
I don’t know what the fourth brother said to the prince. After the man left, the prince seemed a little depressed. Perhaps because of this, he completely forgot about the one he had just now. He hooked up a chair and sat down with his butt, and put his legs on the railing, facing the sunset behind the peak of Jiangwei Mountain, he didn’t move.
Su Xuezhi and his cousin looked at each other, tacitly speaking, and the cousins quietly retreated from the deck together.
Ye Xianqi followed into Su Xuezhi's room, closed the door and hit his head hard: "I'm such a pig. Isn't this letting you get into the tiger's mouth? What if he wants to let you learn opera..."
"Are you really a Japanese classmate with him?"
Ye Xianqi uh: "This...this..."
"Okay, I understand!" The cousin snorted.
Ye Xianqi touched his head guiltily and laughed flatteringly, "Don't worry, Xuezhi, I'll go find that leopard and tell him, let's move down so that something will happen."
Su Xuezhi followed him up just to not want to make him happy. Now that he has changed his mind, she naturally can't ask for it.
"What reason do you find?"
Ye Xianqi frowned: "Just say that Uncle Zhong feels uncomfortable, let's go back to take care of him. The prince wanted to find fault, but he had no reason."
Sometimes Su Xuezhi really admired her cousin, and her idea was to say that, and this excuse was really good. So he nodded.
Ye Xianqi arranged for Su Xuezhi to go to find Uncle Zhong first, and told her not to tell the truth, so she would not worry about him. She said that there was restraint on her upper body. The two wanted to find excuses to come down and let him pretend to be sick. After saying good things, they pretended that they had just realized that Uncle Zhong was uncomfortable, and then went to find Mom Wang together, and said something, asking Mom Wang to pass on a message, and then wait outside.
Wang's mother went in and called someone. After a while, the person named Leopard walked out of it.
Ye Xianqi said: "My cousin went down to get things just now, and then I realized that Uncle Zhong felt a little uncomfortable. He was probably old and was a little unacceptable to the local conditions. Uncle Zhong is an old man in our family, just like his own family. I discussed with my cousin and wanted to move back together to take care of him. I came over to tell you. We have been bothering each other these days. Thank you, Fourth Master and Prince!"
After hearing this, the man said, "No need to move down, you can live here, let the patient come up and have a room."
When Ye Xianqi was speaking just now, Su Xuezhi didn't say a word and lowered her head slightly. Now when she heard this person named Leopard responding, she was very surprised and couldn't help but raise her eyes.
The other party has no expression, not as if he is talking nonsense.
Ye Xianqi was also stunned, reacted and shook his hand: "No, no, let's move down, really..."
"That's it."
The man turned his face and ordered the mother Wang who was waiting aside to go and prepare a room. After saying that, he left.
The cousins had no choice but to come back first, close the door and discuss again, suspecting that this should be the meaning of the "Fourth Master". Otherwise, the person under the name Leopard would not be able to make his own decisions.
But why did the "Fourth Master" let them live there?
Is it to let them continue to play with Prince Wang and help Prince Wang pass the boring time on the boat?
After thinking about it, it seems that this is the only reason.
People have spoken like this, and they have to turn all the "patients" up. If you insist on continuing, are you putting someone on the face?
People like this should be of great importance to face. Today, the prince suddenly changed his face. The reason was that he was rejected and felt that he had swept his face?
Ye Xianqi now feels like he can't get off the pirate ship. The key is that the boat is sharpened and drilled hard.
Now, I want to leave, but I can't leave anymore.
The cousins stared at each other and had no choice but to hear footsteps coming from outside. When they went out, they saw a bodyguard from Prince Wang carrying a box and carrying someone over.
Isn’t it my uncle Zhong?
Not only that, the prince came in person, following behind him, and it was nothing like anything. He smiled and said, as soon as he heard about this, he asked the bodyguard to go down to pick up the person and let the old manager of their family rest here.
The princess gave such a face to him, and Uncle Zhong was also brought up. What else could the cousins do? Thank you continuously.
The prince waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's be busy." After saying that, he hummed, "I have left Yanjing, and I am leisurely in Meilong Town...", and his expression was shaking away happily.
As soon as someone left, Su Zhong, who had just pretended to be sick, stood up and asked the two young masters what was going on.
He was waiting for the two young masters to come down just now, but he didn't expect that someone would come and take him up to recuperate. He remembered what the female lady said when she came to find him, and had no choice but to follow him first.
The cousins looked at each other.
After all this, I had to stay there, just to feel sorry for Su Zhong and let him lie in the room for a few days.
This unexpected day finally passed. After that, the prince Wang asked the two to play cards just like nothing happened, but fortunately he did not continue to force Su Xuezhi to learn opera with him, and the brother and sister finally slowly felt relieved.
The ship walked along the river from west to east for another two days. On this day, he stopped near a large town where he was passing through to replenish supplies.
Su Zhong is different from the young master. He is a person who is used to running outside. He lies in the room for two days. No matter how good the conditions are, he can't lie down anymore.
He saw with his own eyes that the two young masters lived well, and the prince was smiling and looked very kind all day long. He was relieved. He took advantage of the opportunity to stop the boat and said that his illness had been cured. He thanked the prince and moved down again.
Half a day later, the boat started with a black smoke dragon burning out from the big chimney.
It rained two days ago, and the river rose, and the surface of this section suddenly became much wider. The surging river water steadily supported the 3,000-horsepower steamboat and continued to travel eastward in the rapids.
After passing this section of the river road, we will move forward further and tomorrow, the ship will end the upstream section and begin to enter the boundaries of other provinces.
The town I passed by was a must-stop place for boats to go east. From there, many businessmen came, carrying various local goods such as tea and smoked chickens, yelling, attracting business, and playing tricks on the rivers and lakes. Passengers who had been bored on the boat for six or seven days were all excited. For a moment, the middle and lower decks were filled with people, which was much more lively than usual, and looked like a small market.
Su Zhong naturally looked down on such things that were on board and hawking. He took advantage of the stop of the boat and went ashore in person to buy famous local tea. Now he brought it to the stairs leading to the top floor and asked the bodyguards there to call out his young master.
Last night, he played cards again in the middle of the night and came back only after he finished playing. The prince didn't know what kind of stubbornness broke out, so he asked someone to come and drink foreign wine with him. Su Xuezhi pretended not to go to sleep, but his cousin sacrificed his life to accompany him. He was drunk and had not woken up yet.
Su Xuezhi came out.
"Young Master, this is the tea I bought on my own just now. This is for you and the cousin. This is for you and the prince. I'm giving it to the prince and the others. I'll hand it over to me and say thank you for them." Su Zhong said.
Su Xuezhi turned her head, looked at the moment when she was lying on the deck railing and watching the lively people below, took it, walked over and turned the words, and served tea with both hands.
Prince Wang glanced at him and said that the person did not move. He tilted his head and signaled the bodyguard to take it.
This is Uncle Zhong’s wish. If you want to give it to him, you will definitely give it to him. Seeing that he picked it up, it would be fine.
Su Xuezhi was about to leave. Mr. Wang waved to her to approach, pointing to a stall on the lower deck where several children were surrounding the candy pourer and said, "Do you want to eat it, little cousin?" He said with a little teasing.
Su Xuezhi subconsciously shook his head, and when he saw his face sinking, he immediately changed his words.
After a few days of being with her, she had gradually felt the temper of the prince. Anyway, just follow him. If he wants to buy a candy man for himself, then take it. If he is afraid of being unclear, he will go back and throw it away.
The prince's face turned gloomy and he immediately leaned out, waved to the lower body, shouted loudly, and made everyone look up at it.
Su Xuezhi couldn't help but wonder, maybe this prince had wanted to buy it for a long time, but he just couldn't let go of it, so he just used himself as an excuse.
She was not used to such a scene, and shrank back, but Prince Wang didn't care at all. She turned around and asked Su Xuezhi whether he wanted a dragon or a phoenix.
The person named Leopard came over and stopped beside him and whispered, "Your Majesty, you have a lot of people down there, you might as well come in."
Prince Wang's face collapsed again.
"The boat was parked in front just now, but you didn't let me go down. OK, I'll listen to you. Now I'll buy some things to coax the children. Do you have to worry about this? The fourth brother didn't say that I can't even get on the deck, right?"
Coax the children...
Su Xue was covered in black lines.
Leopard said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Wang, I'm really afraid of it if I'm incompetent."
He was very respectful, but his tone did not mean to give in at all.
The prince confronted him, as if he was angry and just refused to leave.
Su Xuezhi didn't want to get involved and slowly continued to retreat. She was about to turn around and escape. At this moment, a passenger-like man came out of a corner of the middle deck. Suddenly, he took out a gun from his clothes and shot him in the direction of the top prince.
With a "bang", a sharp explosion sounded in Su Xuezhi's ears, and the bullet seemed to fly over her head, which was only a few feet away from her.
The leopard rushed and threw Prince Wang to the ground. The bodyguard also reacted and quickly drew out the gun, blocking Prince Wang from left to right.
The gunman was a desperate man. Seeing that he missed a shot, he continued to rush towards this side. He reached the bottom and grabbed the window of a cabin on the second floor and tried to climb up. However, before he could get there, another gunshot was heard.
This time, the gunman was shot in the back, and his body fell like a stone, hitting the deck below.
It was the plainclothes bodyguard from the lower level who arrived in time and fired the gun.
Screams came from the deck below, and the passengers and vendors who were still doing business just now fled in all directions, and the scene was so chaotic.
Su Xuezhi is not afraid of death, and studying the lifeless human body is also her profession. However, in her life, she has experienced the first time she has witnessed the moment when a creature composed of blood and flesh from birth to death.
This terrifying and terrifying feeling was the first time she had experienced it in her life.
At first, she stopped and then reacted, not daring to run away, and immediately squatted down with her head in her arms, trying to make herself inconspicuous.
The leopard and the bodyguard both went to protect Prince Wang, but no one cared about her. After squatting down, she was afraid that she would be too close to Prince Wang, the risk factor would increase exponentially, so she used her hands and feet, rolled and crawled, quickly moved to a corner, and continued to hold her head and huddled motionless. Now that the gunman fell, she should be dead, and the heart that almost jumped out just now began to return to her position.
This scene seemed to have happened a lot, but it was actually very fast. It didn't take more than a minute from the first gunshot to her escape to the gunman's fall.
She looked up and unexpectedly saw that there was an extra person on the deck.
The "Fourth Master" also came out.
He probably heard the sound when she was running for life. The incident happened suddenly and had no time to put on her coat. She only wore a snow-colored wide-colored lake silk jacket. The shadow was like a flash of lightning. She blinked and saw the white shadow running towards the prince.
"Fourth brother, the gunman is dead. I'm fine, you don't have to come out--" The prince, who was still pressed down, raised his head and shouted.
"Beware of ambushing! Take him in immediately!"
He interrupted the prince and shouted loudly at the leopard.
Without saying a word, his subordinates and bodyguards pulled Prince Wang up from the ground, protected him in the middle, and quickly headed towards the cabin.
Su Xuezhi was still squatting in the corner. Seeing him stopping in place, his eyes were like falcons, and he quickly glanced around. When he saw himself, he seemed to be stunned at first, then frowned and walked over.
Su Xuezhi suddenly felt a little nervous and forgot to get up. She still squatted on the ground with her head in her arms and looked up at him, as if she was frightened.
He ran to her, leaned over, grabbed one of her arms, picked her up from the ground, and took her towards the cabin.
Unexpectedly, before there was time for people to take a breath, accidents followed one after another.
After the gunman fell, on the chaotic lower deck, the candy seller appeared from the crowd of people running. He was flexible and agile, and his skills were far better than his accomplices who had just been shot. He ran straight to the second-floor cabin, stepped on a windowsill, jumped, and grabbed the bottom of a railing on the top deck with force, turned over, and the man passed the railing and landed on the top deck in a blink of an eye.
At the same time, the gun in his hand was raised.
The second gunman appeared!
"Let's go down!"
Chapter completed!