Cheng Muyou woke up in a violent shaking, and the first thing he did after getting up was to turn his head sideways, retching heavily, and after spitting for a long time, he barely opened his dry eyes and looked at his surroundings in confusion.
The first thing that catches your eye is a few cotton-like white clouds in the sky, which now seem so close to you that you can reach out and touch them.
Cheng Muyou stared at these clouds for a long time, his heart suddenly lit up, and he suddenly understood where he was now.
Before his eyes could confirm his conjecture, his ears were one step faster, and he heard the sound of the water beside him, wave after wave, wave after wave, driving the small wooden boat under him to bump and undulate.
Cheng Muyou struggled to get up, as soon as his hand moved, he found that his hands and legs were tied by ropes, and he couldn't move at all, especially his arms, because they had been tied behind him for too long, they had already been numb to the extreme, and when he moved slightly, there was a dull pain in the muscles, which was extremely uncomfortable.
Just at a loss, a familiar laugh suddenly came from beside him, after the laughter, Zhong Zhiqing's kind face slowly poked above his head, he stroked his long beard, and said to Cheng Muyou with a smile in his eyes, "Virtuous nephew, don't waste your efforts, this boat has sailed into the depths of the canal, you just broke free from the rope, where can you run?"
” Cheng Muyou looked at him quietly, "You designed Du Zhiyong to lure me over, didn't you?"
You are afraid that your hijacking of the salt ship will be exposed, so you just don't do anything and kill me," he suddenly paused when he said this, "No, if you are afraid that this matter will be known by others, you can kill Du Zhiyong for a hundred, why did you go to such great lengths to tie me up here?"
” Zhong Zhiqing laughed, his beard shaking along with his shoulders, "Virtuous nephew, what's the matter with the salt boat?"
I have brought you here for something else that is far more important than this. ” Cheng Muyou looked at Zhong Zhiqing's shining eyes, and for a while he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, and at this moment, he suddenly heard a "clang" on the deck next to him, and Zhong Zhiqing threw a black object next to his shoulder.
"Virtuous nephew, this ghost-eyed obsidian was found from you, and it is said that it is your ancestral treasure, isn't it?"
Cheng Muyou didn't answer, his eyes were fixed on Zhong Zhiqing's long face, and he motioned for him to continue.
"On the third day of the first month of the first month of this year, yes, that is, on the day of the tenth year of the sacrifice of the first emperor, there were five people who recited the words of the sacrifice in front of the tomb of the first emperor, and after reading it, they burned the sacrificial flowers, and then, like ghosts, dived into the night and disappeared.
The soldiers guarding the tomb searched for several months, but they didn't find out the people.
They thought they had escaped, but a farmer who lived nearby accidentally saw one of them, and also found the accessories on his body, he said: That piece of jade is so rare, it actually emits a colorful halo in the night," Speaking of this, Zhong Zhiqing lightly kicked the obsidian, and Cheng Muyou leaned down, "Virtuous nephew, you didn't expect it, it was this stone that exposed your identity, fortunately, the old man found out early, otherwise, maybe he would lead the wolf into the house and recruit you, a thief, as a son-in-law." ” Every word he said exploded like thunder above Cheng Muyou's head, but Rao was like this, he still forced his composure, gritted his teeth and smiled disdainfully, "What is Lord Zhong talking about, the little nephew really didn't understand half a word, this stone is good handed down from my mother's family, but what does it have to do with the ten-year sacrifice?"
” Zhong Zhiqing still looked at him with a smile, and suddenly clapped his hands lightly, and said to Cheng Muyou, "Virtuous nephew, for fear that you will be lonely, I specially picked up someone to accompany you, can you see who he is?"
” Cheng Muyou barely raised his neck, and he saw a man he had never seen before walking out of the cabin, and a small soft body hung from his arm.
"Xun'er" saw that his son's eyes were closed tightly and his face was pale, Cheng Muyou's heart sank suddenly, his brain was blank, and for a while, he could only stare at Xun'er's bloodless face with wide eyes, and he had no perception of everything around him.
"Virtuous nephew, don't worry, Xun'er is fine, but like you, I fainted with incense, children, weak bodies, will sleep for a few more hours" "What do you want?"
Cheng Muyou interrupted him sharply, and slowly turned his gaze from Xun'er to Zhong Zhiqing's smiling face, he found for the first time that a person can have two faces, such as the person in front of him, although he is undoubtedly Zhong Zhiqing, but he doesn't seem to know him.
Beneath his slightly aged face, another face was faintly reflected: horns on the top of his head and a mouth full of fangs "Lord Zhong, what do you want?"
Cheng Muyou repeated these words word by word.
Hearing this, the smile on Zhong Zhiqing's face froze, he leaned down again, the light wrinkles on his face were like a net of teeth and claws, and the head and face of Chao Cheng Muyou pressed down, "Virtuous nephew, besides you, who are the other four people?"
” Cheng Muyou stared at his obscure eyes, but his heart was as calm as death, perhaps, he had already expected this day, but unexpectedly, he just involved Xun'er.
Xun'er, thinking of this name, he felt a sudden pain in his heart: he is still so young and has never experienced the world, is his life about to come to an abrupt end here?
"Virtuous nephew, have you figured it out?
My subordinate has been holding this child for a long time, and the arm has already been forgotten, and I am afraid that if he is not careful, he will throw the child into the water, which will not be good.
Zhong Zhiqing's voice seemed to float from a long distance, sliding into his ears little by little.
Cheng Muyou raised his head and squeezed a smile from his lips, "If I say the names of the other four, Lord Zhong will let Xun'er go?"
” Zhong Zhiqing narrowed his eyes slightly, and the color in his eyes became more and more intense, "Who are those people?"
” "Listen, my lord, they are" The boat jolted a few times, and the turquoise water rushed up to the deck, muffling his voice and wetting the clothes of several men.
Zhong Zhiqing frowned, lowered his head on the side of the boat, and asked in a loud voice, "Who are they?"
” "They are" "My lord, a ship is coming towards us."
The man holding Xun'er suddenly turned his head to look behind him and shouted at Zhong Zhiqing.
In the waves one after another, there was a small boat up and down in the waves, and there was a person standing at the bow of the boat, and when the man saw Zhong Zhiqing looking at him, he shouted, "My lord, it's not good, Miss has an accident." ”