Chu Gurong’s dead body slowly sank in the water.
If no one interferes, it will take a day or two to float to the surface and become a floating corpse. Of course, the people on the boat will not be like this. Su Ziji, who is floating freely in the water like a fish, has heard the noise on the water.
Following the current, he swam directly back to his boat. When there was no one around, he jumped onto the boat with a light jump.
Instead of going to the cabin immediately to avoid exposing the water stains all the way, Su Ziji's body was shaken, his spiritual energy overflowed, and his wet clothes were immediately dried from the inside out.
"The Taoist teachings are not bad." Su Ziji returned to the cabin. Although he was dry, he couldn't wear any clothes anymore, so he took off his clothes and changed. When he heard two "chirps", Su Ziji was startled and quickly put on his clothes.
After wearing it, he followed the sound and found two foxes, one big and one small, under the bed in his cabin.
The fox's white fur was stained with dust, but when he looked at him, he didn't bother to shake it off. Judu showed a shy expression in a humane manner, put his two paws in front of his eyes, and happened to peek through the gap.
It looks cute and innocent when done, but it looks naive when done on the other hand.
Su Ziji's original mood suddenly turned to helplessness: "Didn't I tell you to stay in the capital? Why did you follow me?"
Moreover, how did they escape from me and were not discovered until now?
But seeing them lying down at the same time, licking each other's fur, and chirping when they were hungry, Su Ziji knew that if he asked, he might not be able to find out anything useful.
Since they had followed me and were driven away, they might not have returned to Beijing. Instead, they might have followed in the dark.
Rather than that, it's better to stay.
Thinking of the help the little fox had given him, and the fact that he knew the older fox clearly, Su Ziji couldn't bear to be indifferent to them.
"You know you're hungry now? You've been hiding for so long, and now you deliberately show your traces. It's because you know that if you leave the capital, if I find out, I won't be able to drive you back, right?"
Su Ziji was impartial and poked the heads of the two foxes one by one with his finger, and said helplessly.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the two foxes showed guilty looks, and at the same time they screamed even louder, pointing their paws at their bellies.
Su Ziji originally wanted to starve them and teach them a lesson, but looking at their pitiful fox eyes, he felt that he had lost his grace by arguing with two little things.
No matter what, he is just a fox. How can he, a man, argue with two foxes?
"That's all!" Su Ziji sighed again, and asked them to wait in his cabin. He went out and walked around the stove, and brought back a few chicken drumsticks on a plate.
There were quite a few stoves on board. Since it was an imperial ship, public funds were allocated to spend on the trip. It could be said that there was no need to save anything along the way.
"Eat, stay here when you are full, and don't run around. There are more than 20 people on this ship. Apart from me, you all should try to hide away, okay?"
Su Ziji put the plates down and told them.
I don’t know if the two foxes listened to it, but they started to eat it immediately. It seemed that they only had chicken legs and nothing else.
These two guys are really a headache. The fox is so troublesome? Su Ziji sighed again and didn't want to sleep anymore, so he sat on the couch and closed his eyes to rest.
"Chirp! Chirp!" The big fox looked up at the young man on the couch and yelled at the little fox.
If Su Ziji could understand the language of the fox, he would probably be speechless and discover that the content of what it is calling is translated as follows: "Look, to you and to me, this Su Ziji is completely the same. In his eyes
Here, you and I are both foxes, there is no difference."
"You are a fox trained by this generation of the clan for the nobles. Before you are sure that he is that person, you can't think about what is there and what is not!"
Although this was true, the tone was really irritating. The little fox was not many years apart from her, although the size was indeed a little different. Just hearing this made her angry.
"If I were transformed into a human being, I would be a lady, but now I would be a fox."
"If you dare to say that, you are asking for a beating."
So, when Su Ziji had to open his eyes amidst the "noise" and look over, he saw that the two foxes who had been eating well were fighting again, hitting each other with their claws, and not forgetting to lower their voices and chirp.
, as if he was beating and scolding at the same time.
This is not the first time Su Ziji has seen two foxes fighting each other. He was really startled the first time he saw them, but when he found out that they were actually fighting each other, but they didn't actually fight, he put them back together.
For the sake of fun between small animals, naturally I don't care.
At this time, too, although they were helpless and no longer sleepy due to their commotion, the scene did look ridiculous.
Su Ziji just smiled when he heard someone coming from the corridor outside. He stopped in front of the cabin door and reported: "Master Su, Master Luo, please come over immediately."
"Oh? Do you know why?" Su Ziji asked.
The people outside replied: "It seems that someone fell into the water just now, and the person who drowned was still a person of some status. Mr. Luo rushed over and ordered people to investigate the matter. Because someone mentioned that you had a dispute with me during the day, so we need to
Please go over and ask."
ask?
In ancient times, this matter was not paid much attention to. The hierarchy of officials was clearly defined as inferiority and superiority. If you had to call him over to ask about something like this, it must be what Eunuch Luo said.
"I know, let me put on some clothes and go right away," Su Ziji said.
But there was no need to wear them at all. He got off the couch directly. He only told the two foxes to hide with the chicken legs in their mouths. Su Ziji opened the door and walked out. He saw several soldiers standing outside. When he came out,
Just salute.
Su Ziji nodded: "But going to the imperial envoy's official ship?"
"Mr. Luo is on the boat where the accident happened. You can just follow me." A soldier said.
Following this man, he left the official ship and took a small boat to the side of the accident ship. Su Ziji waited until it was stable before jumping on board.
It was midnight at this time, the night was dark, and there were a dozen soldiers on the deck holding torches, illuminating this area almost like daylight.
But no one made a sound. Apart from the crackling torches, there were not many unnecessary sounds. There was a wooden board placed on the deck in front of everyone, and there was a person lying on it at the moment. To be precise, it was.
A corpse.
Because he had killed this man with his own hands, Su Ziji didn't even need to look closely to know that Chu Gurong's expression at this moment must be desperate and ferocious, even full of disbelief, and that look would not be very good-looking.
Although Luo Pei arrived here, his expression was calm. Although he had an angry look, he obviously didn't care much about this matter. He was just forced to put on a show.
Originally he was indifferent to the drowning of an individual and had no intention of coming. It wasn't until someone reported that the person who died was an important retainer of King Qi that he had to take it seriously.
However, the eunuchs and retainers of Prince Qi's palace actually mixed in with the imperial envoys he led. This made Luo Pei dissatisfied and also a little uneasy.
After all, he is a confirmed member of the Shu King's party. The man named Chu is not dead, and his traces have been found, which is the handle he holds. But now this person is dead, and his death is a bit strange, which is troublesome.
The King of Shu and the King of Qi have always maintained a false appearance of peace, and neither of them has openly betrayed each other. If something happens to this person and ruins the prince's plan, it will be his own fault.