Chapter 24 Mysterious Disappearance
The intriguing leader lay alone on the side of the boat, and he couldn't rest in his heart. He even prayed to God to open his eyes. His master, Master Yuhong, had just had some hysteria, and was not killed by the disguise gang. He remembered that he had been studying with his master for years. His master loved him very much. He was an orphan, and he lived with his uncle, and his aunt was not good to him. This made the master's kindness to him even deeper than the sea.
Before spring was still coming, the cold wind coming from the river was like a knife cut, and it seemed as if it was unaware. The other passengers on the deck could not bear it and gradually returned to the cabin. Apart from a sailor who was packing the cables, there was only one person left on the deck.
Soon, the sailor packed the cables and left.
When Confusing Chang was thinking about his life experience, a sound of tiptoing and getting closer came from behind. Confusing Chang's heart moved, and he did not turn around immediately. Instead, he took out the dagger that Fu Yin gave him to pretend to play with. He pulled out a little from the sheath as a mirror and looked behind him. As a result, because the angle was not well grasped, he only saw himself in the dagger.
When the beggar was preparing to change the angle, a severe pain in the back of his head and he fainted.
Zhu Chongyang, Fuyin and Ye Chengfeng returned to their rooms to rest after dinner.
When the big boat walks on the river, it is inevitable that it will be swaying, like a baby sleeping in a cradle. Listening to the waves slapping on the hull, it is easy to fall asleep. As soon as Zhu Chongyang closed his eyes, Fu Yin came over to knock on the door. Zhu Chongyang asked impatiently: "Who is it?"
Fu Yin said, "It's me." He pushed open the door and walked in.
Zhu Chongyang yawned and complained: "It's midnight, if you don't sleep, don't make me unable to sleep."
Fu Yin walked to him and whispered: "The seductive heart is not in the room. I just came out to relieve my skills. I saw that the door of his room was open, but the person was not in it."
Zhu Chongyang said: "Before I went to bed, I saw him go to the bow deck. He was worried about his master's safety. Isn't it normal for him to not be able to sleep? You'll know if you go and take a look?"
Fu Yin said, "Don't I know he was on the deck before? I just went to see it, and there was no one on the deck of the bow."
Zhu Chongyang was shocked and his sleepiness was dispelled a lot. He murmured to himself: "Not on the deck? Then where can he go?"
Fu Yin held a thin gem and said, "Look."
Zhu Chongyang took the gem and looked at it. He didn't understand what Fu Yin meant to show him this gem.
Fu Yin said: "Didn't you recognize it? This gem is a gem I gave to Seizure Dagger Sheath."
Zhu Chongyang was startled and sat up from the bed. He asked, "Are you sure?"
Fu Yin said, "You don't think about what I do. I can remember the shape and material of each gem inlaid on it just by just a glance. This is indeed dropped from the dagger."
Zhu Chongyang said while wearing his clothes: "So, something intriguing is very likely to happen!"
The two of them quickly called Ye Chengfeng, and the three of them went to the bow deck together. Fu Yin pointed to a corner next to the side of the ship and said, "The gem was discovered here."
Zhu Chongyang took out the battle wind light from the cabin and looked carefully on the bow deck. He found no traces of fighting. However, the intrigue was neither in the cabin nor on the deck. Where could he go? Did he meet some master here, knock him unconscious and throw him into the river? For this reason, Zhu Chongyang also ran to the side of the boat and looked at the river. There was nothing unusual on the river.
Fu Yin said: "The intrigue has no grievances or grudges with others. Who will be unable to get along with him? Do you want to kill him?" The reason for this is that the intrigue is that the intrigue has been with the three of them before. If the intrigue is really hurt by someone, he will only give the murderer an opportunity to take advantage of it when he puts a single order on the deck.
Zhu Chongyang said: "Who said he was dead? Maybe he went to the stern of the boat, or he went to the wrong cabin, and it is impossible to make a conclusion yet. Let's go to the stern of the boat first, and we only know him for three or four days. How can we know if he has made enemies with others?"
The three of them came to the stern of the ship. The rudder of the five-masted ship was at the stern. The one who was controlling the stern was an elderly sailor. It was cold and it was naturally very hard to control the rudder here. Therefore, the old sailor took a sip of wine from time to time to drive away the cold.
Zhu Chongyang said: "Master, has anyone come before?"
The old sailor took a sip of wine and stared at him without saying a word.
This made Zhu Chongyang and others think that the old man was a deaf and mute person.
Fu Yin was clever and quickly took out a piece of silver and handed it to the old man, and then asked if anyone had been here before.
After getting the money, the old sailor weighed it as if in his arms, and then he showed a philistine smile and said, "There are many people who came to the deck before this. I wonder who you are asking?"
Zhu Chongyang told him his intriguing appearance. The old sailor thought about it and shook his head: "I haven't seen it before."
Fu Yin was afraid that he would be confused and could not remember it, so he said, "Then tell me whoever you have seen, let me know."
The old sailor said, "There was an adult who brought two children to see the river view. This adult didn't say anything like you. Not long after he came, he went back because he was afraid of the child being frozen. Then there was an old man older than me, who was even less like the person you mentioned. Finally, he was a young couple. Seeing that the couple did not look like a couple, most of them came out to elope. The others were the people on our boat. I knew them, and there were no one you mentioned."
Fu Yin heard him speak in a very good manner, but it seemed that he was not a fool, which made Fu Yin very disappointed. It seemed that he had never been to the stern of the boat.
Ye Chengfeng said: "Otherwise, let's go find the boss of the boat, one cabin and one cabin?"
Zhu Chongyang was about to answer when a few rapid sounds of horse hooves suddenly came from the shore. These sounds of horse hooves seemed to have arrived suddenly, breaking through the tranquility of the riverside. Several people couldn't help but look up at the shore.
I saw the shadows of trees beside the shore, and I couldn’t see the people on the shore at all. In addition, my vision was not good at night, so I could only hear the sounds of the horses but didn’t see them. But obviously the direction of the sound of the hooves of these horses was the same as the direction of their boats, and they were all heading west.
Fu Yin said: "It seems that these horses came for this ship."
Zhu Chongyang said: "Yes, there is a water bay in front of you. You will know if you came for us soon."
After saying that, Zhu Chongyang asked the old sailor at the helm again: "Master, don't you know what hidden place there is on this boat?"
The old sailor also looked at the shore and was stunned for a moment before saying to Zhu Chongyang: "This ship is so big, with front and rear decks, the side of the ship on both sides, and the cabins in the middle. There is a large room with livestock and horses closed. Under the deck are cargo holds and oars. The sailor takes turns rowing, where is there anything else?"
Fu Yin asked, "I don't know where the cargo hold is?"
The old waterman pointed to a locked door not far away in front of him: "The entrance to the cargo hold is there, and the keys on the lock are only on the boss of the ship, so as to prevent anyone from stealing things."
Since the cargo hold is locked, it means that the beggar did not go in. Otherwise, how could he lock it again after entering?
Zhu Chongyang said helplessly: "Since that's the case, we have to wake up the boss of the boat to help us find it..."
As he was speaking, a seductive voice came from the top of the cabin: "What are you looking for when looking for the boss of the boat?"
The few people looked back in shock and saw the beggar standing on the top of the cabin, looking at the few people.
As soon as he saw the intrigue, Fu Yin was angry and scolded, "Good boy, you don't sleep in the middle of the night, why are you going to go up there? Are you looking for a head soul?"
The intriguing son jumped gently and jumped off the top of the cabin. He said, "I have something in my heart and can't sleep. I just want to stay alone. Who knows you don't sleep in the middle of the night? Is it just that what you asked the boss of the boat to look for is nothing else, me?"
Fu Yin said angrily: "Who are you? Grandma's, it scared us."
The intriguing leader was about to explain that the fast horses beside the shore did stop at the water bay in front. Judging from their posture, their purpose was indeed the ship.
When Zhu Chongyang saw that the intrigue was safe and sound, he let go of his worries. He asked the old sailor, "Will you still encounter bandits intercepting the ship now?"
The old sailor shook his head: "I haven't heard of such a thing in the past 10 or 20 years. Besides, if you want to rob a merchant ship, you will also use a clutch to intercept it. How can you intercept it by riding a horse?"
He said intriguingly: "These people may also want to take a boat, but they may not be intentional."
Fu Yin remembered something and asked intriguedly: "Where is the dagger I gave you?"
The careless elder took out the dagger from his arms and handed it to Fuyin. Fuyin took it and saw that the gem on the dagger sheath was intact and was not lost.
Fu Yin compared the gem he picked up with one of the gems, exactly the same. For a moment, he was also confused. Could it be that the gem on the dagger had not fallen off, and the one he picked up was exactly the same as this gem?
He said intriguingly: "What's wrong?"
Fu Yin said: "It's nothing." He put this doubt in his stomach for the time being.
The ship was gradually approaching the bay. Just as Zhu Chongyang gathered his eyes to see carefully what the people on the shore were, the people on the shore had already shouted: "Hiss Zhu! Hero Fu! Please wait for us!"
Zhu Chongyang and Fuyin looked at each other. They were afraid that they would not have thought that this group of people was not only coming for them, but also knowing their identities. But when they heard these people's Chinese tone, they didn't seem to be hostile. Zhu Chongyang said to the old sailor: "Come on, go to that bay! Dock..."
The old sailor hesitated and said, "You must notify the ship boss about this matter!"
Seeing that if Zhuque went to tell the boss of the ship first, he was afraid that the boat would miss these people. He asked Fu Yin to take out a silver ingot for him, and then said, "The people on the shore are my friends. You dock first, and we will talk about the boss of the ship!"
When the old sailor saw Yinzi's eyes shining, he said, "After a while, the boss of the boat asked, "You must take care of me!"
Fu Yin said: "Of course, don't talk so much nonsense, drive over!"
Chapter completed!