Boat traveled steadily, the wind was gentle and the sun was bright, and after passing Hongze Lake, it went north along the Bian River. Search: \(¨Complete¨Book¨God¨Station¨) to read high-quality literature for free.

As the Tongji Canal section of the Sui and Tang Grand Canal, it can no longer be seen in later generations, but at this time it connects the north and south waterways and is still the most important route in the Grand Canal. Although it is the flood season, the water flow in the canal is not rapid, and many fishing boats and merchant ships occasionally pass by in the field of vision.

In the cabin, several pairs of eyes rolled around, creating a rather strange feeling of wide-eyed staring. This cabin is not small, but the lineup of three women and one man still seems a bit peculiar at the moment. Yun Zhu, who knew about Ning Yi's plan to have everyone sit together during the day to "work," naturally had nothing to say. However, when Ning Yi introduced Xiao Chan to them, Xiao Chan and Jin'er's expressions were as if they were shocked. They had colluded privately before, but now they didn't know how to greet each other naturally. While Ning Yi was writing things at the desk near the window in the room, Xiao Chan and Jin'er sat there blankly, watching this scene, and could only communicate with their eyes.

Ning Yi said a few nonsense words like it was fate that everyone could meet like this, but of course no one believed it. But whether they believe it or not is not the topic of discussion at the moment. Based on their understanding of Ning Yi, they thought that this matter would be concealed from both sides until it was necessary to reveal it. Jin'er and even Xiao Chan might have had a little secret thought of scaring him, but now they really don't know what he's up to.

As for Yun Zhu, sitting there with a book in her hand, she naturally couldn't read it at first. Her eyes rolled around, and she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. Ning Yi buried his head in writing something, then looked up at them, and then supported his chin with his hands on the table: "What's wrong?"

Even with mature minds, the four people in the room are only around twenty years old after all, and they still appear youthful and lively. Ning Yi's expression was amusing, and Jin'er suddenly stood up: "I'll make tea." After she said this, she turned and walked outside, and Xiao Chan also quickly raised her hand: "I, I'll go help..."

The two hurried out, Ning Yi touched his earlobe, and when his eyes turned to Yun Zhu, he saw Yun Zhu peeking over from behind the book, and quickly lowered her head when their eyes met. But after a while, she simply smiled and put down the book: "I, I'll go help too..."

"Do you need three people to make a cup of tea?" Ning Yi laughed. Yun Zhu lowered her head slightly, then looked at him: "Then I'll go to the outhouse..." Before she had a relationship with Ning Yi, she might not have said such a thing, but at this time her face was only slightly red, she pursed her lips and went out, and closed the door. Ning Yi shook his head and smiled.

In the corridor of the cabin outside the door, Jin'er and Xiao Chan were indeed whispering. Jin'er was pinching her chin with a thoughtful expression: "There's something fishy..." Xiao Chan clenched her fist and looked a little embarrassed: "What should we do? Does Son-in-Law know..."

"Know what?" Jin'er rolled her eyes at her, "How is that possible."

"Son-in-Law is very powerful."

"How powerful can he be? He's not a god." Jin'er pouted and turned to look at Xiao Chan, "And... you're his woman now, why are you afraid of him?"

"I, I'm not afraid... afraid of Husband, I don't want him to be angry."

"Has he ever been angry with you?"

"No, but I still don't want Husband to be angry... We maids have to be self-aware..."

"You're not a maid anymore!"

"It's the same, Husband will like it this way..."

"You're driving me crazy." Jin'er glared at her, "You are his woman, you should use your fox-like charm to make him do whatever you want. I told you yesterday, and I even taught you, you have to..."

She has probably been instilling some strange things into Xiao Chan these past two days, but Xiao Chan is also looking at her with a red face. Seeing that this little girl is unteachable, Jin'er also felt a little frustrated. When Yun Zhu came over from there, she frowned and said, "Sister Yun Zhu, what's wrong with him?"

"I don't know either." Yun Zhu herself was also strange.

"Why is he like this? Sister Yun Zhu, you... and Xiao Chan... how can he let you meet? It's too chaotic..."

They didn't originally want to do anything messy. At most, they felt that Ning Yi wouldn't let them meet, so they had a playful idea and wanted to see him make a fool of himself. They wanted to see how Ning Yi would awkwardly explain this matter when they really met one day. The person who came up with this idea was naturally Jin'er, who liked to make trouble.

What would probably be unreasonable for the man a thousand years later is really not a big deal at the moment, especially after the experience in the Su family massacre, both sides have somewhat of a realization that things cannot be changed. At this time, they were the ones who were embarrassed.

Of course, there's nothing they can do even if they're embarrassed at this time. The few people made tea and went in, each pretending to be calm. But Ning Yi has a good personality in front of his family, and he's not a cannibal after all. After being restrained by his attitude for a while, the slight feeling of shared misfortune made the later interactions simpler.

Regardless of how close they were in private before, in front of Ning Yi, there was still the distinction between the legal wife who needed to compete for favor and the concubine.

And so it went, until this afternoon, Ning Yi buried his head in writing, and Yun Zhu sat there reading a book, able to calm down. Xiao Chan made tea and handled some trivial chores, and then sat there embroidering with a round wooden frame. But after embroidering for a while, she was pulled away by the active Jin'er to whisper, and then pulled her to the next room to toss around.

Ning Yi occasionally relaxed and listened. Jin'er and Xiao Chan's voices were also small, and he couldn't hear clearly through a cabin wall. He only occasionally heard Xiao Chan shouting "Ah ah," and then he heard fragmented sounds, as if Yuan Jin'er was teaching her to bend over backwards or something. In all fairness, even though she is usually too lively and doesn't care about her image in front of Ning Yi, Jin'er is indeed a stunningly beautiful long-legged girl who can dance very well, being able to get the name of the top courtesan. But after listening for a while, Ning Yi naturally knew that they were not teaching dancing. He was speechless for a moment. Yun Zhu was sitting on the edge of the bed, also covering her mouth with a book, looking at him with an amusing gaze.

Xiao Chan was tossed around for a while, and then ran away unbearably. Jin'er stretched her body and came in humming a song, looking smug. Ning Yi guessed that she was probably thinking that teaching Xiao Chan bedroom techniques would allow her to compete for favor with Tan'er, creating domestic unrest in the Su family.

Soon after, Xiao Chan came in again. The big boat moved forward, and the sunlight shone in from the open window. Ning Yi occasionally wrote, occasionally thought, and occasionally said a few words to the others. Yun Zhu was also reading popular romance novels at this time. She would occasionally see some poems and lyrics in them, and if everyone was interested, she would sing them softly. The lyrics were certainly mediocre, but under Yun Zhu's singing voice, they were melodious and pleasant. Xiao Chan would sometimes listen attentively.

In the evening, the fleet stopped at a small town on the shore. Wenren Bu'er and others came to find him, and everyone walked on the stone beach near the pier, talking about the situation on the main ship. Sometimes Ning Yi looked over at the main ship and saw Princess Zhou Pei looking down from the ship's rail, her expression dignified and her gaze generous and natural. However, the gaze she swept over at Ning Yi clearly contained a sense of immersion like becoming a super spy.

As the sun set in the west, the atmosphere on the pier and among the fleet was lively again. The afterglow of the great defeat of the water bandits had not yet dissipated, and the celebration of song and dance in the evening was in full swing. Sometimes songs came from the main ship, and there was a clinking of glasses. Although the defense was not relaxed, Chen Jinguilai was probably being praised to the point of being dizzy.

If he can get the appreciation of so many royal and official children, and even Zhou Pei can help him flatter him, then after entering Beijing, things like promotion and wealth are probably indispensable.

Nothing happened that night. When dawn came the next day, the fleet set off to move forward. For the next few days, the fleet passed safely through most of the journey. It seemed leisurely and there was nothing to do every day. Ning Yi also mostly gathered with Yun Zhu, Jin'er, Xiao Chan, and others, and everyone had their own things to do. Occasionally, he would show off the songs he knew, but as usual, he would not be recognized. Jin'er stuck out her tongue and made various funny faces, Xiao Chan listened carefully, and Yun Zhu would think about helping to revise them.

It was really boring to be on a boat every day. Yun Zhu had a detached temperament, and Xiao Chan was used to being a maid, so she could adapt to most situations. Jin'er occasionally felt a little depressed, which was mostly Ning Yi's fault.

In fact, if she were only traveling with Yun Zhu, Jin'er might not feel any depression. However, after Ning Yi and Xiao Chan were inserted in the middle, the center of everyone inevitably became Ning Yi. She didn't necessarily feel any discomfort about this in the past, but in the current situation, Ning Yi, Sister Yun Zhu, and Xiao Chan all had physical intimacy. Sometimes there was an inadvertent sense of intimacy, which made her feel like she was being excluded. She couldn't get angry. Occasionally, she would lose an argument with Ning Yi, and she would inevitably feel a little sulky. At this time, Yun Zhu would have to comfort her, or Ning Yi would come forward and argue with her again. She was not a vengeful person. Sometimes Ning Yi deliberately made her feel better, and she would laugh while arguing.

When the team arrived in Xuzhou in the evening, the sky was gloomy, the wind was strong, and it looked like it might rain soon. Jin'er had a fight with Ning Yi and was still angry. After the boat stopped, she came down to blow the wind and relax. When she walked to the river embankment near the dock, she heard a man and a woman talking in front of her.

In addition to the man and woman walking in front, the woman was also followed by maids and servants. The two were chatting, and the man seemed to be talking about someone punishing corrupt officials somewhere. The man's speech was interesting. Jin'er took a few glances. She roughly knew both of these people. The woman with two servants was Li Shishi, who was said to be the top courtesan in the capital. As for the man, he was tall and slender, and his back and side face were handsome. He was a young man named Wang Xian on the main ship. During these few days, Ning Yi mentioned that there was such a person on the main ship. In Ning Yi's mouth, the other person was a handsome guy who could be compared to the very handsome young man she had seen in Yangzhou before. Ning Yi even joked that she might be moved if she saw him.

Because of this, she had seen this man from afar once before. At this time, she heard his voice, and she didn't dislike it. He was talking about punishing corrupt officials in a witty way. After he finished speaking, Li Shishi next to him asked softly, "In that case, the heroes of Liangshan are not indiscriminate killers."

Wang Xian said, "I can't say this, because they are rebelling. But in this age, there are injustices everywhere. In the countryside, I have indeed heard that the heroes of Liangshan are loyal and righteous people who act on behalf of Heaven..."

"I see..."

Li Shishi nodded. Jin'er, who was following behind, was angry for a moment. She had heard before that Li Shishi and Ning Yi were old acquaintances. Almost all of Ning Yi's family had been killed, but she was here saying that the people of Liangshan Marsh were good people. Feeling unhappy, she immediately shouted, "It's all nonsense, nonsense! Why do you say that the people of Liangshan are good people!"

With her shout, the two people in front turned around. Wang Xian was stunned for a moment and cupped his hands politely, "Who is this girl..."

"What do you care who I am! Why are you saying that the people of Liangshan are good people here!"

"I'm just hearing things, if you have anything to say..."

"Hearing things is..."

As Jin'er was shouting, a figure suddenly walked over and put a hand directly around her: "Jin'er, what are you doing? Do you know Yun Zhu has been looking for you for a long time? You're still arguing with people here."

The person who suddenly came over was Ning Yi. For a moment, he almost directly hugged Yuan Jin'er. Jin'er's body stiffened there, and she was stunned for a moment. Li Shishi on the other side was also stunned for a moment. In any case, this action was really too intimate, but Yuan Jin'er was still angry. Then she struggled a bit, pointed her finger over: "They actually said that Liangshan is a good person, you... uh... let go of me..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ning Yi had already grabbed her cheeks and pulled them apart forcefully: "You're not a child anymore. You're still arguing with people all day long. Be a lady, okay? Come back with me!" He put his arm around Jin'er and left. Jin'er then felt shy, her whole body was hot, and she didn't know where to put her hands for a moment. She was hugged by Ning Yi and walked away like dough. After walking a few steps like this, Ning Yi turned back and said with a smile, "Sorry, sorry, children are ignorant. You two continue, you two continue. Just pretend you didn't see us. I'm leaving first, goodbye."

After saying this, he hugged Jin'er again forcefully and walked in the direction he came from. Wang Xian watched the two disappear and said with a smile, "What strange people." Li Shishi frowned and thought for a while, but finally didn't say anything.

It was a bit too much to hug Jin'er in public, but Ning Yi had no choice for a moment. He sent her back and comforted her a little, handing her over to Yun Zhu to settle. He met with Wenren Bu'er. It was also this evening that this small pier in Xuzhou was quite lively. Originally, Chen Jinguilai's navy suffered relatively heavy casualties in the Battle of Hongze Lake, so he applied for reinforcements along the way. When they arrived here, a team of more than a hundred people came over to join, completing the handover and reporting ceremony. In this way, security matters were even more guaranteed. There was a celebration banquet again as usual that night. Soon after, a heavy rain fell.

That night, the entire pier slept quite soundly. Occasionally, the muffled sound of someone being knocked unconscious by sleeping pills was also covered up by the sudden heavy rain. It wasn't until after midnight that the torrential rain gradually subsided and the first cry was made. When most of the people woke up from the after-effects of the sleeping pills, they discovered that one of the four ships had been silently driven away by the newly arrived hundred or so "sailors" during the heavy rain and darkness.

And after the incident in Hongze Lake, the real birthday tribute was precisely transferred to that ship. At this time, it had already been robbed by someone...(To be continued. Please vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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