Chapter 693: The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
The two-hundred-material battleship may not sound big, but when compared with this small sand ship, it becomes a giant.
This scene looks like four giant men with malicious intentions surrounding a petite girl. They are full of oppression and will not give each other any chance.
"Stop the ship immediately and drop anchor. The treasure ship lifting department will inspect it!" On one of the warships, an official wearing an eighth-grade uniform held a copper trumpet to his mouth and shouted:
"Everyone kneels down on the deck with their heads in their hands. Anyone who doesn't listen will be killed!"
Lao Huang and others on the sand boat looked at each other in shock.
The Treasure Ship Lifting Department has no errands to patrol the river. It's just dawn now, so why are you here to inspect it?
Moreover, this place is still twenty miles away from the Longjiang Bao Shipyard, but the treasure ship lifting company's ship came here and blocked their way. It was clearly specially designed to block them!
"It's broken, the news has leaked." Lao Huang said with a pale face.
"Fuck them, fight them!" Seeing that his escape route was cut off, Mr. Hu became furious and shouted, asking his men to draw their swords and fight.
But on the high side of the warship, rows of soldiers from the Lifting Department were holding their bows and arrows, and even the bed slaves were strung up...
"It's not that bad, it's not that bad." The hero didn't want to suffer the immediate loss. Old Huang knelt down with his head in his arms and gave his men a slap in the face.
Several of his subordinates also followed suit.
"Damn, what a bunch of trash..." Mr. Hu had no choice but to kneel down with his head in his arms in depression.
Soon, the nearest warship dropped its anchor hook, tightly hooked the sand ship, and pulled it to its side.
The officers and soldiers wearing the uniforms of the treasure ship lifting department jumped directly from the height to the deck of the sand ship, disarmed Mr. Hu and Lao Huang, and then tied them up and escorted them to the leading warship.
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On that battleship was the eldest son of Nan'an Marquis Yu Tongyuan, the ancestor of Qianhu of Longjiang.
Yu Qianhu was less than thirty years old. He was dressed in military uniform, holding a sword hilt in his hand. Surrounded by a group of men, he stood majestically on the deck, looking seriously at Lao Huang, Mr. Hu and his party who were escorted up.
As soon as they got on the boat, Lao Huang hurriedly presented the group with road guides. Among the few road guides, he also included a piece of treasure money according to Jianghu custom.
A general officer took Lu Yin, read it, picked out the treasure note, and handed it to Yu Qianhu.
"Okay, intend to kill the officers and soldiers!" Yu Qianhu held the banknote between two fingers, pulled his face, and ordered: "Arrest them all."
"You're wronged, Mr. Guan." Lao Huang was stunned, and immediately called out to Chong Tianqu: "Master, did you arrest the wrong person? We are just ordinary businessmen. Even if we had a hundred courages, we wouldn't dare to do anything to Mr. Guan.
It’s unethical, you don’t have that ability at all!”
"Don't you know how much the current emperor hates corruption and bribery? He dares to openly offer bribes, just to murder us!" Yu Qianhu said seriously.
"It's nothing." Old Huang Da said speechlessly: "Besides, this banknote can't be broken into hundreds of pennies, and it won't be a capital crime..."
"Do you understand what 'drops of water can penetrate a stone' mean? If we accept this precious note from you, we will break our bottom line, and then if we collect more money, it will be enough to behead us in a few days." Yu Qianhu's face was full of expressions.
He said seriously: "Chronic killing is also killing, do you understand?"
"This..." Lao Huang and the others were all confused. They were looking for trouble, right? If this were normal, the big mouth would have been there a long time ago.
But now they don't dare to reveal their identity, so they can only let this small Qianhu show off its power.
"Besides," Yu Qianhu covered his nose again and said with a look of disgust, "Would an ordinary businessman get himself covered in excrement soup?"
"This..." Lao Huang hurriedly explained: "My guy got up in the morning and emptied the toilet. He stumbled and fell, and the yellow soup poured all over himself. Before he could clean up, the official came."
"You are so clumsy. You can do anything you want!" He pretended to reprimand Mr. Hu again.
Mr. Hu was obedient and lowered his head to his chest, as if he was frightened.
When Lao Huang's subordinates saw this, they couldn't help but secretly praise him. He was indeed the prime minister's son, and he was born to be an actor.
In fact, Mr. Hu was really scared. He had been in jail for several months and had completely collapsed several times. Now he was finally about to escape, but he was having many twists and turns. He was really afraid of being caught back in jail again.
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"No, you guys are sneaky, there must be something fishy!" Yu Qianhu didn't bother to make any more excuses, and directly put on the general template and said: "It's hard to guarantee that they are Japanese pirates who are here to attack. Catch them and bring them to the prosecution for interrogation!"
The officers and soldiers refused to say anything, tied their hands behind their backs one by one, and locked them in the cabin.
When it was Mr. Hu's turn, all the officers and soldiers looked embarrassed and wanted others to come forward. It was not because of his status, but because of his juices, which ordinary people could not enjoy.
Mr. Hu didn't know whether he was ashamed and angry, or he didn't want to be captured. He actually took advantage of this opportunity and wanted to rush to the side of the boat and jump into the river to escape.
But his whole body was weak and his legs had no strength at all. He fell to the ground before he could take two steps.
As the officers and soldiers laughed, Yu Qianhu ordered someone to fetch water and wash him clean first.
After repeated watering and washing dozens of times, Mr. Hu was finally clean and his true colors were revealed.
It's just that it was already cold in the late autumn morning, so the cold river water splashed dozens of times, and Mr. Hu became stiff...
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Hu?" Yu Qianhu seemed to have just recognized him, and made a fuss: "Is it really you, Mr. Hu?"
"No, it's not me..." Hu Tianci's teeth chattered and he shivered. He didn't know whether he was scared or cold. "I'm not Hu Tianci. My surname is not Hu, my surname is Li."
"No, you are Hu Tianci." The commander-in-chief under Yu Qianhu said firmly: "In April this year, Xun, the two highnesses and Mr. Wu were racing in the capital, and I followed our uncle to arrest you because of my humble position.
I tied you back with my own hands. The mole with black hair next to your ear is so easy to recognize!"
"Right, I wonder why it looks so similar." Yu Qianhu nodded, then frowned and said, "No, Mr. Hu should be in prison waiting for Qiu Jue at the moment, why did he go to the boat to eat and defecate?
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"Yes, there must be a big problem!" the general flag agreed in a deep voice.
Seeing that the play was almost finished and that he was enjoying himself, Yu Qianhu waved his hand and said: "Hurry back and report it!"
"Woo, I'm not Hu Tianci... No, I'm Hu Tianci. My father, Hu Weiyong, please let me go quickly, or my father will kill your whole family!" Mr. Hu was not normal, and now he completely collapsed, his facial features distorted.
, with tears streaming down his face:
"I am Hu Tianci, and my father is Hu Weiyong. You all must listen to me..."
"Listen to your mother, Boyi!" Yu Qianhu scolded and angrily ordered: "Take off anyone's underpants and gag him!"
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Among the reeds on the river bank, Hu De watched everything happening on the river with a shocked face.
He came to see off Hu Tianci on behalf of his uncle, but he was too presumptuous to show up and only watched in the reeds...
As a result, he escaped.
Without any time to rejoice, Hood turned around and disappeared into the reeds. He had to go back and report to his uncle!
