Volume 1 Chapter 81 Not Enemies

  Chapter 81: Not Enemies

  Mozi saw Chouyu and said, "An old customer entrusted me with this, usually taking care of too many things is also embarrassing to refuse." Yuanqing's identity as the first greedy official was not necessary, so she still concealed it, lest everyone on this boat be implicated.

  The smelly fish made a sound, "This old brother seems to have suffered a lot. Mo Ge, is there a tail behind?" Meaning, are there pursuers behind?

  "There's no time to lose, so hurry up and board the ship. Don't forget to follow the old custom and put the silver note under the saddle. No business is done, but personal relationships are maintained, who knows when it might come in handy in the future." The bribe money for the old soldier still has half left unpaid.

  "Don't worry, Lian and his gang also obediently took out the silver tickets. Those few arrived before you, and you came right after them. However, that bearded man glanced at you and whispered a couple of sentences." Stinky fish was talking about Shi Lei.

  Mo Zi smiled and let it go, and didn't want to complain about the trouble they encountered when leaving the city in front of others.

  As she was getting off the carriage, she saw Bai Yu and his group not far away, seemingly discussing something in a low voice. At first, she didn't pay much attention to it, but suddenly her eyebrows furrowed as she recalled Cen Er's suspicion about the four masked men on the carriage of the first greedy official who was being escorted. In fact, she had also made similar guesses before.

  "Mo Ge?" Chou Yu saw Mo Zi was still there and started talking about the weather, but found that his listener was distracted.

  "Huh?" Mozi snapped back to attention, his ability to think of two things at once proving useful at this moment. "Our boat, even if we have to cut it up today, must move on." The longer they dragged it out, the higher the possibility of being discovered by the Nandu government. It would be better to hide in the reeds and fight a guerrilla war.

  "Alright." The stinky fish has a big belly and is fearless, even if it means turning the world upside down.

  "Cen Er, give Mr. Yuan an extra layer of clothing and wrap his face up. The wind on the river is strong and the waves are high, he's weak and might get sick again." Being cautious can ensure a safe journey for a thousand years, regardless of what Bai Yu and the others' true intentions are, doing this can avoid unnecessary trouble.

  Cen Er didn't think of Bai Yu at the moment, he just responded and took off his own long shirt to put it on Yuan Cheng. Because Yuan Cheng was badly injured, he didn't dare to pull or force him, so his movements were slow like a turtle crawling.

  Mo Zi was even more unable to urge him. Just then, she heard someone behind her calling out "Mo Ge". She was startled and reflexively jumped onto the carriage, pulling the curtain shut with a snap. Turning back, she saw Zhong An's smiling face. He probably hadn't seen anything, otherwise he wouldn't have had that expression.

  "It's the master. I'm helping a friend send a guest across the river, and Cen Er is inside changing clothes for him. The big man's face is quite shy, hearing someone coming, he asks me to put up the curtain." She jumps off the carriage again, laughing as if spring breeze has arrived, all is peaceful under heaven.

  "Rest assured, rest assured, I didn't see clearly."

  The smelly fish is happy on the charioteer's seat, while Ink Purple bitterly smiles at his own broken excuse, having no choice but to improvise with a mediocre level of deception.

  Zhang An also spoke out the reason for finding her, "Mo Ge, we want to stay a few more days, I don't know if Mo Ge can wait a little longer? We will pay double the fare and definitely won't let you lose out."

  She can wait, but the one in the car cannot wait, and neither can Jiuzi's mother from Luozhou.

  So Mozi refused him, "Sir, it's not that I don't want to help you, my master only gave me seven days for the round trip, and now I'm already a day late, today I must return."

  Bai Yu and they didn't follow Yongfu, it's better to avoid the trouble inside. Although the boat fare was reduced by half, she still had 200 taels of guiding fee, gave Zan 50 taels, left 150 taels, which could be used to make up for the 300 taels of incense money that Qiu San Niang wanted to donate to Ci Nian An. And she, as long as she had a water pearl in her hand, didn't need to worry about small money.

  "I also know that you, Mo Ge, are in a difficult situation. However, our matter has not been settled yet and we cannot leave just like this. How about this, I'll add 600 taels of silver to the shipping fee, and you can keep the ship here for two more days?" Zhong An tempted him again with benefits.

  Mozi thought to herself, "This can't be a coincidence, right? The first corrupt official escaped, and their case is still unresolved?" She felt more and more that something was off, so she decided to let the two parties never meet again.

  "Sir, this is not a matter of silver. My master will be leaving Luocheng soon and moving to another place. If I return late, the delay will cost more than just a few hundred taels of silver." She was willing to sacrifice her own marriage day with Qiao San Niang in order to stay at the Qiao Manor and avoid being cannon fodder.

  "Has your master left Luozhou and abandoned the Wangqiu Building?" Zhong An thought Mozi was lying.

  "The Dong family's business is diverse, and the Autumn Building is rarely entered by her. It was handed over to a trusted person for management long ago, so it didn't have much impact." Bi Mozi told the truth about this, and wanted him to know that it would be difficult to succeed, so he asked again, "What exactly do you want to do? Do you need me to introduce some local friends?"

  "Uh—no need... no need." Zhong An chuckled twice, "Since Mo Ge is determined not to, I won't force him either. Let's discuss it again and inform you as soon as possible."

  "Sir, please go ahead, it's my fault. Due to the master's orders, I must return to Luocheng immediately and cannot linger. However, if you're not in a hurry, taking the land route and going around the mountain path will also get you back to Dazhou within a month." Mozi kindly pointed out a clear road. Currently, what Nande wants to catch most is the first corrupt official, it's easy for them to sneak out of the city.

  "To be honest, we also need to rush back to Luocheng, but since this matter hasn't been settled, I didn't want to leave just yet." Zhong An nodded slightly, "Moke, please wait a moment, I'll go and come right back."

  Mozi smiled and watched him go to Baiyu's side, saw him whispering in his ear, and immediately said to Ceng Er, "Change into it and come down, cover his face, don't let others see."

  Cen Er helped the person out, and Chou Yu immediately carried Yuan Cheng on his back and sent him onto the olive boat.

  "What kind of person is that?" Bai Yu asked, turning to Zhong An. Mo Ge disagreed with staying for too long and had already sheathed his sword. He and Zhong An both thought the other party's reason for refusing was not true. What was the real reason why Mo Ge was willing to lose their three hundred taels of silver for the return trip? Just as he was wondering, he saw a person with a hood over their head on the back of the stinky fish.

  "Moh said it was a regular customer who asked him to bring it." Zhong An is also watching.

  "He's got a thriving business with this ship, that guy must want to get in on the action. This guy, smuggling goods is one thing, but bringing unknown people onto our Da Zhou, I really want to go back and catch him." Shi Lei seemed to have forgotten that he himself was also brought over by the Yongfu, an unknown person to Nan De.

  His eyes, like white feathers and inkstones, sank like a starry river, looking at Zhong An. The latter was also very taciturn, looking back at him.

  "Zhong An, what are you thinking?" He wanted to listen and see.

  "I didn't think of it at first, but now that you mention it, Anzi," Zhong An took out the fan from his arms and played with it, "it seems like a coincidence, but is it too much of a coincidence?"

  "I'm not stupid, I'm straightforward." Shi Ke retorted, then asked, "What's with you bookworms always saying things that sound clever but are actually too clever?"

  "That person's hands were limp, and someone had to carry him on their back. His body was clearly weak. The outer cloak belonged to Ceng Er, but it covered his head, making it seem like he was trying to hide something. From what I can see, the figure looks about 80% similar to the person we're looking for." Bai Yu's eyes were cold and sharp, with a hint of chill in her gaze, "At this time in Yang City, who else would want to escape most urgently?"

  "If it's really him, Mo Ge's reaction is a bit strange, as if he doesn't want us to see his face and suggests we take the land route. Does Mo Ge know that we're here for that person? No way, I'm sure there were no signs of it on the boat before." Zhong An was both understanding and not understanding.

  "Can we guess, but he can't?". The private goods trader, or rather the extremely cunning and clever private goods trader, if he had already guessed their purpose for this trip, wouldn't be surprised at all. "That matter was blown up to a big fuss, spreading throughout the city streets, vividly described as if seen with one's own eyes."

  "If that person is him, we have to get on the boat. But what if we get on the boat and find out it's not him? What do we do then?" Zhong An's fan opened and closed several times, hesitating back and forth.

  "What are you talking about?" A big, stupid and straightforward stone is dying of anxiety.

  White feathers closed his eyes in contemplation, then opened them again, with a cold starry glint in his eyes, his expression stern and severe, his face chiseled and hard, with a hint of indifference.

  Just one look at him and you could tell he had already made up his mind.

  Mozi and others stood by the boat, seeing the five people following closely behind Baiyu, and their hearts secretly cried out in alarm. To bid farewell, one or two representatives would have been enough, there was no need for all of them to follow together, unless...

  "Mo Ge, we've discussed it and without your boat, we can't rush back to Luo City, so let's just go with you." At this time, Zhong An had no fan in his hand.

  "But you're not done yet," Mozi said, and saw Bai Yu suddenly smile. Oh my god, it scared her so much that she almost fell into the water. It wasn't that he didn't look good when he smiled, but rather that he looked exceptionally handsome, with all his noble and arrogant air gone, yet it made her feel a chill from head to toe, and even her hair stood on end in defense.

  "It's all done, just need to wrap up, no problem." Bai Yu stepped onto the gangway.

  The design of the ladder also made him admire, the arc-shaped bottom is consistent with the boat, and the width is just right to make the foot step on it, all the way to the entrance at the top of the boat. The workmanship is exquisite, and the connection between the ladder and the cabin is like a whole piece of wood, sighing as a sight to behold.

  Mozi thought, who is he kidding? Just now Zhong An said that things were not done yet, but now he says it's nothing.

  "Right, Mo Ge. The important things have all been taken care of, the rest is trivial. Like you, we still have business in Luozhou and need to hurry back." Zhong An also boarded the boat.

  One after another, the boat swayed a few times, and only Mozi was left on the shore, but he could only stare blankly. What to do? The fare had been paid for the round trip, and if she drove him away now, her reputation would be ruined. Not only would her reputation be gone, but when she returned, even her life might be over.

  The first greedy official, although he saw through her disguise as a woman, did not exert nearly the same pressure on her as Bai Yu and others had initially. In fact, she didn't feel any pressure at all. He may have once been extremely powerful, but he had already lost his influence. Moreover, the benefits he offered were very generous, and he even promised to take care of himself in case something went wrong, making him essentially a harmless little white rabbit.

  However, Bai Yu was a ferocious lion. He knew Wang Qiulou and he also knew how to threaten her. In front of her, there were two cups: one for greedy drinking and the other for instant death penalty. She didn't charge 200 taels but cherished her own life, which was worth something even if it wasn't valuable. It had flesh and blood after all. Therefore, bringing these six people along, she was not willing to do so. Unwilling, yet she had no choice but to swallow her anger.

  Just like now, she still has to endure.

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