In a carriage not far from the gate of Xin'an Mansion, the curtain was gently lifted a corner, and it was slowly lowered again.
"That woman is the embroidery girl from the embroidery village next door?"
Zhong Min thought about it for a long time, and finally asked lightly outside the sedan car.
"It's her, yesterday you were still angry because of that Jiang Xixi, but you didn't know that the person who should be guarded against the most was here."
Zhong Zhiqing knew his daughter's temper best, and deliberately stimulated her with words.
In fact, before the future of Xin'an, he had already recognized Cheng Muyou, this young man has a bright future, if he becomes his son-in-law, it will be helpful to his career.
However, he knew that with Zhong Min's temperament, if he said that he would marry her to him from the beginning, she would be wary first, and she would not necessarily obey him.
So I tested her first, but I didn't tell her to death.
But what he didn't expect was that Zhong Min himself secretly promised Cheng Mu Youfang because of a chance encounter, which made him spend a lot less effort.
As for the embroidery girl, he didn't put her in his eyes from beginning to end, and now he persuaded Zhong Min like this, just to arouse her fighting spirit, make her more solid about Cheng Muyou, and don't change temporarily.
Thinking of this, Zhong Zhiqing sighed in his heart: Zhong Min's temperament is indeed a little weird, she has not trusted anyone since she was a child, and she is extremely wary and malicious towards anyone.
Even he, a father, could not make her completely let down his guard, and he was reluctant to force her to disobey her will, so whenever he wanted to persuade her about something, he had to think and plan carefully to make himself tired.
But fortunately, Zhong Min seems to have thought about a man for the first time, and in the past few days, although she didn't say it, she secretly bought a few sets of new clothes in private, and often inadvertently mentioned Cheng Muyou.
Zhong Zhiqing saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart, thinking that if Zhong Min really got married, then his temperament would probably change a little, and if this was the case, then he would be able to put his mind at ease.
"This girl has a humble status, but her appearance is good, no wonder Cheng Muyou is so attentive to her."
Zhong Zhiqing touched his chin, but his gaze fell on Zhong Min's increasingly green face through the car window.
Zhong Min twisted and twisted the handkerchief in his hand, "It's just an embroidery girl, will Master Cheng still marry her and welcome her into the door?"
Even if he wanted to, would his father, who was an official in the court, agree?
” Zhong Zhiqing smiled, "I can't ask for it, so it will be more unforgettable, maybe I will remember it in my heart for a lifetime, Min'er, such a simple truth, you won't not understand." ” Zhong Min's face turned a little pale in an instant, she lowered the curtains and shouted to the palanquin man, "Go home." ” Zhong Zhiqing rode a horse and followed behind the sedan chair, but a trace of unfathomable smile unconsciously appeared on his face: Yes, it is the most unforgettable thing to ask for, and it seems that there will be no more variables in this marriage.
The canal in the middle of the night is quiet, the shadow of the boat moves slightly, and the sky and water are quietly spread.
Jiang Xixi and Xu Ziming crept past the soldiers who were sleeping on the ground, and stepped on the pontoon bridge to a salt boat.
The men and the guards who accompanied the boat also fell asleep, lying on the ground around the salt bags.
Seeing this, Jiang Xixi shook his head, and just wanted to wake them up, but was stopped by Xu Ziming, "Miss Jiang, they have been on a tiring journey, guarding the salt boat day and night, and now that they have arrived at the shore, their spirits have suddenly relaxed, and their bodies are naturally aware of fatigue, so let them sleep." ” Jiang Xi smiled helplessly, "Brother Xu, you haven't slept for a few days, can your body be able to eat?"
” Xu Ziming clenched his fist and slammed it on his chest, "I'm strong, what's the point if I don't sleep for a few days, Miss Jiang, don't worry about me." ” After saying that, he stood upright, looked around, and as far as the eye could see, he saw huge salt ships floating silently on the water, and other than that, there was nothing unusual.
"Miss Jiang, I'm facing east, you are going west, let's take a look at these ships in turn, and we will meet here in a while."
Xu Ziming walked to the side of the boat as he spoke, and jumped towards the boat next to him with one hand on the railing, and his feet just fell on the deck, but he suddenly heard a "plop" sound not far away, as if something had fallen into the water from a high place.
Both of them stopped at the same time and looked towards the source of the sound, but as far as their eyes went, there was only a shimmering river, and nothing else unusual.
The two of them glanced at each other, drew their swords from behind them, and walked lightly towards the stern, but the general took a few steps and suddenly felt a flash of fire behind them, and then a wave of heat came from behind, and as soon as they turned around, they were forced out of the boat.
The fire was ignited on the two salt ships on which Jiang Xixi and Xu Ziming were standing, and the fire came so violently that in an instant, half of the deck was enveloped in flames.
Seeing the raging fire burning in front of her eyes so inexplicably, Jiang Xixi felt a "buzz" in her head, but soon, she shouted: "It's on fire, put out the fire quickly." ” Everyone on the boat was awakened by her scream, and when they saw the fire in front of them in the haze, they didn't even have time to react, so they jumped into the water one by one with a loud howl, and swam desperately towards the shore, not caring about anything, let alone fighting the fire.
The soldiers on the dock also woke up, but the two salt boats that were on fire leaned against the middle of the dock, and the flames spewed out, forming a high wall of fire, blocking the people on the shore, and they could not approach it for a while.
"Miss Jiang, someone has splashed pine oil on the boat," Xu Ziming dodged left and right and jumped from the other boat, and ran behind Jiang Xixi, "This fire is so big, we can't save it, or order someone to row the other boats away, so as not to cause greater losses." ” Jiang cherished a spirit, suddenly came back to her senses, she nodded at him, and the two of them turned around the flames together and jumped onto the nearest salt boat, wanting to beckon someone to drive the boat away.
But there was no one on the boat except for the high stacks of salt bags on the boat, and the watchers had already jumped into the water and disappeared.
Jiang Xixi hurriedly said, "No, although the salt ship is not connected by an anchor chain, it is still not guaranteed to be burdened by the neighboring ship, so we have to quickly find a way to drive the ship away." ” Xu Ziming nodded desperately, like ants on a hot pot walking around on the deck, but his hair was pulled off a few times, and he still couldn't come up with a plan to deal with it.
When it was imminent, the hull of the ship shook violently, and the two of them fell on the deck at the same time, and when they got up, they saw the salt boat swaying, and it was slowly sailing towards the river.