"Not bad, not bad. It's amazing, Master Shen. If I hadn't looked at it, I wouldn't have recognized it as my ship for a while!"
Listening to Captain Qian's praise, Shen Wenbin was not lost, he shook his head and said: "This is not enough, I only changed the surface of the ship, the frame is still there!
If the other party investigates carefully, they can still find the ship. If the owner Qian wants to avoid being found and escapes, he'd better spray it with new paint and change the cabin building to another shape."
Captain Qian listened and said with a smile: "There is no problem with these, it's just that the money..."
"Captain Qian, don't worry, since this matter happened because of me, I must have paid for it."
"Okay..." Captain Qian responded, finally forcing a smile on his face, and asked: "I wonder where Master Shen is going? If you go further down, you will reach Jiangyin. Do you want to get off the boat there?"
"No..." Shen Wenbin directly rejected Captain Qian's proposal and explained: "Brother Qian, we have to go far enough and go to a big enough city.
I plan to go directly to Shanghai. It is a big city and prosperous enough. Only by hiding there can I ensure that I will not be found.
Brother Qian, you'd better come with us. There are enough ships in Shanghai that your ship won't be easily found there, and there are shipyards there to facilitate your ship modification."
Captain Qian listened, thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, I will listen to you, and we will go to Shanghai together."
"Well..." Shen Wenbin nodded and asked again: "Brother Qian, although we have changed the appearance of the ship, we still need to be careful.
I don’t know who the people who are chasing me are, but they are quite powerful. Once they investigate the people they intercept and stop the ship, we will definitely be exposed, so we’d better avoid the Yangtze River waterway.
Brother Qian, you have been running boats on the river. Do you know if there is any waterway that goes directly to Shanghai besides the Yangtze River waterway? If not, you can find a hidden place, put me off the boat, and we will find a way to meet you in Shanghai. "
"No need..." Shipowner Qian waved his hand and said with a smile: "When we get to Jiangyin, we can change the route and take the canal to Taihu Lake. There is a canal in Taihu Lake that connects to the Huangpu River, allowing us to go directly to Shanghai."
"That's good, that's good..." Captain Qian's words made Shen Wenbin relieved. Although the waterway might be blocked, he was still unwilling to take the land route.
Taking the land route, he and Wu Chongming would definitely be the only two people traveling. They brought a large amount of belongings with them. If something happened, not only the money, but also their lives might be taken away.
When traveling by water, he would be accompanied by wealthy boat owners. He could still trust these people. Even if the other party wanted money, his life would at least be saved. He had stayed with the wealthy boat owner before, so he could still guarantee this.
When the negotiation was almost settled, Captain Qian took the two of them to the boiler room to warm them up and dry their clothes.
When Shen Wenbin changed his clothes, Captain Qian was really eye-opening. In addition to all kinds of valuable accessories all over his body, he also had things hidden in various places.
Shen Wenbin's belt, in addition to the pure gold buckle on the front, is also covered with various necklaces on the back, and there are small gold bars inserted one after another inside the belt.
With the help of Captain Qian and Wu Chongming, it took seven or eight minutes to remove them all.
Looking at the pile of things he took out, Captain Qian couldn't help but said: "It's really amazing, hiding so much?"
Hearing this, Shen Wenbin smiled and said, "That's not all..."
After saying that, Shen Wenbin carefully took off the scarf from his neck, poured it out, and poured out a bunch of things wrapped in paper.
As soon as Captain Qian opened the paper, he found that it was filled with small gold bars and various jewelry and jade, which made Captain Qian couldn't help but smash it in his mouth.
It turned out that Shen Wenbin used the scarf as a bag, wrapped it in paper to prevent it from making any noise, and put it directly on his neck.
The thick hair of the scarf, which just holds up these things, completely covers them.
Captain Qian was just about to praise a few words when he saw Shen Wenbin bent down again, took off his shoes, poured them out, and a bunch of golden lumps came out.
At this time, several crew members on the ship also gathered around. In front of everyone's eyes, Shen Wenbin took out a pile of jewelry and jade from various corners of his and Wu Chongming's clothes.
Looking at the pile of things on the table, Captain Qian couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said with a smile: "I admire it..."
After hearing this, Shen Wenbin cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Qian, all the things I brought out this time are here. Whatever Brother Qian needs, just take it."
"Okay..." Captain Qian cheered, returned the favor to Shen Wenbin, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Shen, for believing in me. I will escort you with all my strength on this journey."
As for these, Brother Shen paid for them with his life, and I don’t ask for much, so I just take the small yellow croaker inside and give it to the brothers as extra food."
"Brother Qian, these little yellow croakers are a little short! Brother, please get more, these jewelry are valuable items."
Hearing this, Captain Qian shook his head and said, "Brother Shen, I know these things are valuable, but they are also hot goods. I advise Brother Shen to be careful when taking action, lest anyone trace them."
"Thank you for reminding me, brother, I can spare you the trouble." After saying that, Shen Wenbin picked out a few rings from the jewelry.
"Brother Qian, although these things are worth a few dollars, they are not rare items. Let's give them to the brothers as a meeting gift!"
This time, Captain Qian did not refuse. After taking it, he divided it among his men. Captain Qian greeted Shen Wenbin again and then drove his men aside.
"Brother Shen, can you tell me what happened now?"
Hearing this, Shen Wenbin nodded and said, "The matter started when we were separated in Hankou. I was targeted when I was selling the wine.
We sold out and found an opportunity to escape from Hankou, but we were blocked and taken to Wuchang across the river, asking me to pretend to be someone else.
After a few days of training, another group of accomplices came and took me to Nanjing. Because the pretender had a high status, I used this to make a lot of money in Nanjing.
Today they took me away from Nanjing. I guess there may be bad luck. When I saw Brother Qian's boat, I jumped into the river. Thank you Brother Qian for your help."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Stop talking about this, let me ask you, you are so well prepared, you should be planning to escape, right? If you don't meet me, how are you going to escape?"
Hearing this, Shen Wenbin smiled and said: "Brother Qian has a keen eye, and I was indeed prepared to escape in advance.
You see, this outfit was specially chosen by me so that people would know at a glance that I am not a simple person. I had been planning to use him to escape.
The previous plan was for me to jump ashore immediately after jumping into the river, flee to the surrounding towns, and stage a drama for the armed men inside that the noble son was being hunted, and use their hands to escape from the pursuers.
However, many aspects of this method are very dangerous. Whether you can escape or not depends on your luck. Fortunately, I met Brother Qian and escaped smoothly. Otherwise, I would still be running for my life!"
After Captain Qian listened, he asked some irrelevant questions. Finally, Shen Wenbin couldn't help but ask: "Brother Qian, why don't you ask who I am pretending to be and what is the identity of the person who is chasing me?"
"Haha..." Captain Qian laughed awkwardly and said, "Well...I...Brother Shen, I don't want to get involved in these things, so please don't take offense!"
Hearing this, Shen Wenbin also smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Oh... I don't want to get involved in this! I almost lost my life.
Fortunately, I don’t know the identities of those people. In Nanjing, they were just pretending to be dandies and enjoying themselves in the city. As long as they escape and hide, these people will not fight to death."
The three of them were here, chatting one after another. The passenger ship was already far behind them, not to mention Liu Kuipeng who was riding Wupeng.
Liu Kuipeng also knew that the Wupeng boat was slow, but even though he encountered many small steamers along the way, he did not choose to take it.
The main reason for choosing the black-peng boat was that Liu Kuipeng not only had to chase the boat, but also had to check whether Shen Wenbin had landed ashore. Although the small steamer was fast, it had a deeper draft and was not easy to get close to the river bank.
Despite such careful consideration, Liu Kuipeng followed him all the way and found that he might not be able to catch up with Shen Wenbin.
Because the longer the delay is, the farther Shen Wenbin will escape, and the wider the scope of their search will be. With just their small number of people, the probability of catching Shen Wenbin is too low.
"Steward Liu..." Just as Liu Kuipeng was about to give up, he heard a shout from behind him. It turned out that after receiving the news, Sun Yongning led his men on a small steamer and chased him down.
Liu Kuipeng asked Wu Peng to get close to the ferry quickly. As soon as he got on the boat, he said: "Guard Sun, you are here just in time. Hurry up and take people to chase the boat. Let's see if anyone has landed."
Sun Yongning was stunned for a moment when he heard Sun Weiwei, but when he thought there was an outsider, he immediately reacted.
"Steward Liu, the master asked me to send you a message. There is no need to chase. Just follow me back. The young master has spent all his money and will come back naturally, so we don't have to waste time."
Upon hearing this, Liu Kuipeng immediately guessed that this was Zhong Heqing's order. Although he was confused, he nodded, summoned his surrounding men, took some money and sent it to the boatman, and then hurried back with Sun Yongning.
Along the way, Liu Kuipeng wanted to ask Sun Yongning about the situation many times, but there were outsiders around, so Liu Kuipeng finally tolerated it.
It wasn't until he got off the boat at a small dock not far from where Shen Wenbin jumped into the river and met his men here that Liu Kuipeng pulled Sun Yongning aside.
"Old Sun, what do you mean by the shopkeeper? Why don't you pursue me?"
After hearing this, Sun Yongning smiled bitterly and said: "Old Liu, in this situation, what's the point of chasing? After running away for so long, how can we chase in so many places along the river?"
"Are we just going to let them go?"
"Of course not. The shopkeeper has asked Team Leader Lu to activate arrangements along the Yangtze River. They will intercept them everywhere along the Yangtze River."
When Liu Kuipeng heard this, he frowned and said, "Old Sun, what should I do if that person comes ashore?"
"There's nothing we can do about it. The Yangtze River is so big and its banks are so long. If they really come ashore, there's nothing we can do about it!"
After listening to this, Liu Kuipeng lowered his head and pondered for a while, then suddenly said: "Old Sun, I have another way..."