Red House Shoufu

Chapter 204

Since June, there have been continuous torrential rains in Shaanxi, Gansu and Henan, especially in Henan, where the water level of the Yellow River has soared.

Shui Rong stood on the bank, looking worried at the choppy river.Wan Zhongyuan next to him comforted: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this Yifeng County has already been controlled by our people, and the county magistrate has been emptied by our people a long time ago. Rest here for the night now, wait for the ship to be repaired, and when the supplies are sufficient, All the way to the west, you can reach Xingyang in three days."

Feeling anxious, Shui Rong was still able to maintain the attitude of a virtuous corporal.

He cupped his hands and said to Wan Zhongyuan: "Mr. Wan just make arrangements, just trust me."

After posing, he frowned and looked at one of the ships, and said: "Don't get off the ship, let them stay on the ship. Although you have already left Gyeonggi, you still have to be careful. Let The guards should pay attention, don't make trouble."

Wan Zhongyuan bowed and promised: "My lord, don't worry, everything has been properly arranged. The doors and windows are all locked, and there are more than 20 experts on it, so there will be no problem."

……

Jia Baoyu's heart has become numb after nearly ten days in prison.

From being unbelievable at the beginning to being numb now, the phoenix egg of Rongguo Mansion, which is as precious as jade, is already disheveled and full of strange smells.

"Xi Ren... Zicuckoo... I want to take a bath!"

"Old Ancestor, I want to eat goose feet and duck letters, and I want to eat jujube paste and yam cake..."

"Fourth sister, can you share your butter puff pastry with me?"

……

The dazed Jia Baoyu was lying on the narrow hard bed, talking in his sleep, when someone moved over in the dark.

"Brother Baoyu? Brother Baoyu?"

"Ah? Who?"

Jia Baoyu woke up from a dazed state, and saw the person in front of him clearly through the light from the window paper.

"Brother Feng!"

It turned out that Feng Ziying, the son of Feng Tang, the general of Shenwu, was locked in the same cabin as Jia Baoyu.

As soon as Jia Baoyu saw Feng Ziying, he remembered his situation.The two are childhood friends.Originally, at this time, I should be enjoying fine clothes and fine food at home, or listening to music and having fun in a restaurant, but now I can't even finish eating clean white rice.

The more he thought about it, the more sad he became, Jia Baoyu couldn't help crying silently.

Feng Ziying practiced martial arts since she was a child, if she hadn't been drugged that day, and the opponents were numerous and powerful, she might still be able to fight.

Later, Shui Rong was afraid that the martial arts fighters among the hostages would escape, so he only provided them with a small amount of food every day, leaving them in a state of hunger all the time and unable to cheer up.

Seeing her friend crying, Feng Ziying whispered, "Brother Baoyu, the boat has stopped. Let's escape tonight if we find a chance..."

"Didn't you say that you are so hungry that you can't get your energy up? Besides, those vicious people outside... woo woo woo..."

"Keep your voice down so that no one can hear you."

Feng Ziying covered Jia Baoyu's mouth and listened vigilantly to the movement outside the cabin.

After noticing that there was nothing unusual outside the cabin, he let go of his hand and explained to Jia Baoyu in a low voice: "Recently, I have a small piece of steamed bun left every day, so I have some strength. And I still have this..."

Seeing a flash of cold light, Feng Ziying pulled out a dagger from her boot and laughed, "They only took the dagger from my left boot when they searched, but they didn't find a dagger from my right boot."

"But...but..."

Although Jia Baoyu really wanted to escape here and return to the warm Rongguo Mansion.But he also knew that if he could not escape, he might be in danger of his life.

Just as he was about to persuade him, Feng Ziying covered his mouth again, God took Jia Baoyu to hide in the dark, and looked solemnly at the window of the cabin.

A figure appeared on the window, reached out and pierced the window paper, and an eyeball appeared in the hole.

"Second Master Liu, it's too dark inside to see clearly. Shall we check the other cabins? Maybe it's not here?"

Jia Baoyu's eyes widened. The voice was somewhat familiar, but he just couldn't remember it.

But when they heard the voice of another person outside the cabin, although the voice was very small, both Feng Ziying and Jia Baoyu were extremely pleasantly surprised.

"It should be this one. Although the incident happened suddenly in Tongzhou that day, I still made a mark. There will be no mistakes..."

"Liu... woo woo woo..."

Feng Ziying had no choice but to cover Jia Baoyu's mouth, and whispered, "Is Liu Xianglian and Brother Liu outside?"

"Second Master Liu, there is someone!"

"Hush! Brother Feng?"

Click... With a slight noise, the lock on the window was pried open.Under the moonlight, Liu Xianglian was standing on the side of the boat with a dagger, and the person next to her was Ni Er who often wandered around Ningrong Street.

The slightly earthy wind from the river blows into the cabin, making Jia Baoyu and Feng Ziying breathe hard.

Jia Baoyu was a little excited and was about to make a sound when Liu Xianglian put her finger to her mouth and made a booing motion.

"Let's go, the patrol will come soon."

Feng Ziying thought of the people in the cabin next to her and wanted to save her, but she could only shake her head and leave.

The two climbed out of the window cautiously, not daring to make the slightest noise.Liu Xianglian closed the window again to restore the original state, buying more time for them to escape.

Coming to the side of the ship, hiding behind the cargo box, Ni Er imitated frogs and croaked twice, and several "water ghosts" holding rough logs appeared in the river.

……

With the support of the "water ghost", Jia Baoyu and Feng Ziying finally escaped without any danger.

A few people didn't dare to delay, put on a small boat and quickly crossed the Yellow River, and then got on a carriage and headed northward overnight.

At dawn, the four of them came to the edge of a town called Xiaosongzhuang. Feng Ziying and Jia Baoyu took a hot bath in the yard of a farmhouse, and then changed into the clothes Ni Er bought.

Liu Xianglian looked at Jia Baoyu who was still devouring, and turned her gaze to Feng Ziying.

"Brother Feng, this place is at the junction of Kaifeng Mansion, Daming Mansion and Caozhou, Shandong. Which direction do you think we should go? How about going to Caozhou?"

On the carriage last night, Feng Ziying had already corroborated her guess from Liu Xianglian's mouth, and Shui Rong really turned her back!

According to Feng Ziying's observations in the past few days, he found that every time the fleet docked, whether it was replenishment or inspection, the water solution could be completed in the fastest time without any resistance.This shows that there are people from the Prince's Mansion of Beijing County in these places.

Regardless of whether his guess is true or not, he cannot go to Caozhou in Shandong and Henan Prefecture, which are close to the canal and the Yellow River.The most important thing is that Jia Baoyu's father Jia Zheng, cousin Jia Lian, and Lin Shu of the Rongguo Mansion's in-laws Lin's family are all in Daming Mansion.

"Of course it's the Daming Mansion. Jia Shibo is now in the Daming Mansion, and Lin Liuyuan, who is in charge, is Jane's figure in the emperor's heart. Of course, the Daming Mansion is the safest place!"

Jia Baoyu, who had been competing with sesame seed cakes, immediately raised his head when he heard this, with tears in his eyes: "Yes, my father is in Daming Mansion, let's go find him!"

(End of this chapter)