There are also many children from poor families who gather at the station to act as guides for outsiders who have just arrived in the imperial capital, so as to earn a little money to make a living.Some children would wait at the gates of the opera houses and gladiatorial arenas, waiting for the wealthy gentlemen in the arena to have some special ideas, or to run errands to deliver letters, or to buy food and drinks on their behalf, and the children who ran errands afterwards often received a few copper plate tips.The boy saluted Ying Li very happily, originally thought that he would leave after getting a silver hammer, but he did not expect that after we walked out dozens of meters away, he actually followed us from a distance, although his steps seemed a little hesitant, but still followed.We went in the direction the boy pointed out to rent a boat at the pier, where there were two rows of boats of all kinds, and the dock was very lively.Some crates were brought down from cargo ships, and some merchant ships with permission to pass through the Cana Sea would bring large quantities of supplies from the port of Ignas in the Emerald Bay.Some of the larger boats also have some nets to dry, boatgirls sit on the bow of the boat and weave nets with their fishing lines, and some boatmen hang from the edge of the boat to remove oysters and dog-claw snails that are stuck to the bottom of the boat.Of course, it is easier to moor in this harbor than the caravans and kayaks that make it easier to move around the city, the kayaks with two pointed wooden keels and sea snakeskin are the fastest ships in the city, and the large-bellied and deep-drafted canopy are the most common small cargo ships in the city.On the dock side, many kayaks make a living to carry passengers, and when we get closer, some boatmen jump from the deck to the dock, and they pose to us to invite us to board, and they try to introduce themselves to the boat: "Would you like to rent a boat?"
Come to me, my boat is reasonably priced, and I also provide free fruit and tea, which will definitely make your trip to Haiyin Silk unforgettable. ”I glanced back at the boy who was a few dozen meters behind me, cowering behind the canvas-covered wooden box on the dock, and shook his head slightly at me.I coughed lightly, looked at the dinghy moored elsewhere, shook my head regretfully at the well-dressed boatman with a turban on his head, and said, "We want to see other boats" The boatman didn't say anything more, but with a helpless wry smile on his face, he took a step back and made a gesture of greeting to us.Helena took me by the arm, pointed at the boats moored in the docks, and whispered to me that the paint on the ships was particularly beautiful.In the summer, the sea breeze is a little warm, and the wharf smells of fish, sweat and musty, and next to some fishing boats, wooden barrels contain stinky fish and animal offal, which are even more festive with flies and insects.Of course, not all boats moored at the pier are waiting to be rented, and we didn't meet a single satisfying boat along the way.The boy followed us all the way until we reached the corner of the dock.When we stepped into this area, we found that the dock here was very different from the previous one, it was obviously much cleaner than the previous one, there were not too many wooden boxes, canvases and fishing nets on the passage, some gorgeous boats were neatly moored on the pier, those boatmen were wearing some silk clothes, many kayaks were upturned on the bow with some aristocratic insignia, some of the larger yachts, and even some maids were carefully scrubbing the deck, everything seemed to be in order.Most of the yachts moored here have sunshades, and there will be comfortable loungers on the deck, and even one or two fishing rods are inserted diagonally on the side of the boat, and even some dinghys have triangular sails, sure enough, the dinghy here looks much more upscale, and the dinghy seems to be cleaner, not far in front of a nobleman in decent clothes is standing on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, saying something to the maids standing in a row on the dock, and soon he selected a tall woman from among these maids, Let her carry a wooden barrel on board, and when she passed by the noble lord, the noble lord slapped the maid's ass.
The maid was only very dissatisfied with the protest and took two quick steps, she stood on the side of the ship, lifted half a bucket of seawater in the sea with a barrel, and then began to do the cleaning work diligently, while the noble lord lay on the bench at the bow of the boat and basked in the sun.The rest of the maids who were not selected gathered on the dock and waited, these women who were waiting for the cleaning of the ship looked young and in good shape, and they were dressed coolly in such a hot day, and they sat on the stone steps next to the pier, waiting for the guests to choose like street girls.After we got here, the boy stopped following us.He ran briskly, quickly passed us, and then overtook us and ran towards a boat in front of him.He waved vigorously to the yacht, and shouted excitedly: "Ah Zhen, my business today is not bad, we can get off work early" The boy's voice became smaller and smaller as the figure disappeared away, and there seemed to be a familiar back on the yacht in front of me, just flickering in front of me.When I wanted to look closer, the figure disappeared again on the gorgeous yacht, and I wanted to take a few steps from that side, but Ying Li on the side saw that I was looking around, so he asked me curiously, "Jijia, what are you looking at?"
”"Oh, nothing, it feels like I've seen a familiar person, maybe I'm dazzled."
I said, rubbing my eyes.When I looked at it again, even the boy was gone.Helena was haggling with a yacht owner on the dock, we just wanted to take a boat from the Icon Gate to the Mage's Tower, and we didn't want to take a yacht around the Celestial Silk City, the yacht owner thought that we were new to the Hynes, and suggested that we enjoy the most unique view of the water city beforehand, if we only sailed from the Icon Gate to the Mage's Tower, it would be too luxurious for us to rent a yacht.Becky stood beside the boat, inspecting the yacht inside and out, the owner obviously did not want to give up the business of finding the door, he clapped his hands vigorously, and a coolly dressed blonde woman walked from the cabin to the deck, carrying a barrel and walking off the ship, as she passed the owner, the owner threw two silver hammers into the girl's palm, and the blonde gave a kiss to the owner, and then left happily.When the owner of the yacht saw Helena and Becky looking at him with disgust, he smiled and said to me, "I don't think you need the special service on this ship." ”Ying Li looked at me curiously, with a look of great intent to investigate.However, by this time, Helena and Becky had already boarded the yacht and negotiated the price with the owner, so I didn't deadlift Ying Li to change boats.To say that this yacht is quite good from the appearance of the decoration, but probably saw the blonde girl with heavy makeup and very little dress come out of the cabin, Helena and Becky did not have the idea of going down to the cabin to take a look, there is also a pole boatman in the bow of the boat, the owner is at the helm of the stern, and the bottom of the boat seems to be equipped with magic paddles, the whole boat does not need much effort to slowly slide out of the harbor I and Ying Li and I stand in the bow, Just as we saw the young nobleman Morad and his friends, who had come up to talk to us halfway down the way, and walked to this pier with a smile, and after a few steps the young men saw us standing at the bow of the boat, they were stunned at first, and then their laughter subsided, and the Morad turned away with a gloomy face.The boat started very slowly, and the boats on the dock were so dense that the owner did not dare to raise the speed, and the yacht traveled in the same direction as the young nobles on the shore.The only difference was that we were on the boat, and those young nobles were walking on the pier.A young nobleman saw several young nobles approaching, and hurriedly jumped off the boat and stood on the dock to greet them, but at this time, the boy appeared on the deck of the ship, and beside him stood a girl carrying a barrel, who looked as if she had finished cleaning the deck of the ship, and was waiting to get off the ship.When she and the boy saw the young nobles approaching, they waited quietly on the other side of the ship.The girl was wearing linen shorts and a camisole top, her straight black hair was tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, although the girl had her back to me, but after the familiar figure came into my sight, it was like a heavy hammer smashed on my heart, it was empty, I hadn't seen her for so many years, she still looked the same, but the original immaturity had been transformed into maturity, she stood barefoot on the deck, like many maids on the docks, with a large wooden barrel beside her.The boy who had been following us was talking quietly to Sora, and both of them seemed very happy.I even wanted to jump right onto the boat on the other side.At this moment, several young nobles rushed into the boat, and when the young nobleman named Morad passed the deck, he kicked the side of the ship very unpleasantly, and the hard side of the ship made a muffled sound, probably because the taste of kicking the hardwood board was very uncomfortable, Morad showed his teeth and grinned, and the boy standing next to the side of the boat on the other side couldn't help but burst out laughing.It was too late for Kuzhen to stop him, so he had to cover the boy's mouth with his hand, and then reached out and hit the boy on the head, saying something to the boy in a very small voice, and the boy made an apologetic grimace at Kujin.It's just that these small movements of Kong Zhen and the boy did not escape Morad's eyes, and he strode up to Kong Zhen with some annoyance and anger, and said fiercely, "Who are you?"
Who put you on board?
”Morad yelled hysterically.The boatman who followed behind him turned pale with fright when he saw Morad's broken roar, and he did not dare to stand up to answer.Empty Zhen longed for the boatman to stand up and say something, but unfortunately he saw a quail hiding behind Morad with its head stuck in its wings, and the boatman did not have the courage to face Morad's anger after all."
I've been hired to scrub the deck on this yacht."
Kuzhen replied in a whisper, trying to calm the anger in the young nobleman's heart as much as possible."
I'm asking, who got you on board?"
Morad asked insistently.Kong Zhen set his eyes on the boatman behind Morad, and the boatman saw that he couldn't hide, so he quickly stood up and explained to Morad: "I just wanted to find a maid to clean the deck, I didn't let this kid get on the boat, he sneaked up on his own." ”Morad stared at the boy with cold eyes, causing the boy to tremble, and the faint smile on his face slowly faded.The boy stood there in a panic, he wanted to step back, but unfortunately there was already the side of the ship behind him, he had no way to retreat, he stood in front of the boy, and said to Morad: "He came to me on the boat, just wanted to leave with me, if he did anything recklessly, I apologize to you for him." ”"Apologize?"
With a sinister smile on his face, Morad reached out and grabbed the boy by the collar and lifted him into the air like a chicken.The grim smile on Morad's face became exaggerated, almost a little crazy, and he screamed to the boy who was having some difficulty breathing: "I suspect that you came on the boat to steal, in Haiyinsi, stealing the property of nobles is to cut off your hands, do you think it is funny to lose your hands?"
”The boy was grabbed by the collar, his face turned red, and he struggled as hard as he could, but to no avail.Morad smiled with a cruelty in it, and yelled at the boy, "Laugh, laugh out loud, maybe I can get the executioner to open up to you, just chop off four fingers of each of your hands" and then Morad turned his head sharply and yelled at the boatman who was a little dumbfounded on the side, "What are you waiting for?
Don't call the knights of the guard camp yet, make it clear to them that there is a thief on my ship, tell their captain to hurry up and roll me over. ”"Yes, Master Morad."
The boatman crawled off the boat with a roll.Kong Zhen rushed over, trying to save the boy, but was unfortunately stopped by Morad's friend behind him, at this time he could only shout to Morad: "Please let him go, he just came to me on the ship, and he didn't want to steal anything from your ship" The young nobleman who had stood up to dissuade Morad couldn't help but stand up again and reminded Morad: "Morad, why are you angry with the civilians?
”Seeing the young nobleman behind him stand up, Morad's eyes were even more angry, and he asked the young nobleman loudly: "I punish the thief on the ship, do you also want to come out to stop it?"
Are you my friend, or is this woman who has wiped your boat, and you know her well?
”With a hint of banter in his eyes, Morad stared at the void."
Morad, sober up!"
The young nobleman said coldly.It's just that at this time, Morad didn't care about him anymore, but stared at Kong Zhen with his eyes, got close to Kong Zhen and said with a hint of evil smile: "Oh oh, I haven't seen that this face is still quite delicate, how about it?"
If you want to plead with me"