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    Early the next morning, Zhao Yudan summoned the caravan members and set off again. This time, instead of taking the land route via Yin County to Nanyang as originally planned, they changed to the water route and traveled to Nanyang.  Manager Zhao recovered surprisingly quickly from his injury. When he first arrived in Shandu, he was still bedridden, but today he was riding a horse in high spirits. When he saw Zhang Wei coming out of the inn with his luggage on his back, he smiled and said hello.  Zhang Wei hurried over, circled around Manager Zhao twice, and said curiously: "You suffered such a serious trauma, and it took more than ten days to heal? Did you use some magic elixir?" Manager Zhao smiled mysteriously,  He lowered his body a little, called Zhang Wei over, and then whispered: "Of course you ate the elixir I made before!" Zhang Wei curled his lips in disbelief and said: "It's not like I didn't try your elixir.  However, except for the serious side effects, there is nothing unusual about it!¡± Manager Zhao said anxiously: ¡°It¡¯s different this time. I have a treasure that can¡± ¡°Manager Zhao, hurry up and arrange for manpower to load the goods. We must board the ship before now!  " Zhao Yudan interrupted Manager Zhao's whisper unceremoniously from the side, and the latter quickly shut up, winked at Zhang Wei, and shouted to arrange the manpower.  Zhang Wei half-listened to what he said, but he was so anxious that he couldn't help but speculate: whether the treasure that Manager Zhao mentioned and the one that Zhao Yudan stole were the same thing. If it had such a healing effect, it could really be regarded as an artifact, but  Zhao Yudan said last night, "If that thing is in my hand, how can I let you bully me?" It can be seen that what Zhao Yudan stole must be a treasure to improve kung fu, and he was a little confused at the moment.  After thinking wildly, everyone arrived at the pier, only to see that the bustling scene of people coming and going on weekdays was replaced by silence. There were more than a dozen small boats parked above the calm water, not even a single person, and occasionally there were sounds in the air.  The calls of a few water birds made the pier even quieter and eerie.  While everyone was hesitating, they saw a magnificent double-story boat sailing on the river. There were several large flags with white background and black edges on both sides. There was a big Chinese character "Ìì" written on it. The breeze blew like a Buddha, and it came vaguely.  The melodious sound of phoenix flute and luan pipe.  If it weren't for the quiet atmosphere at the pier, one might mistakenly think that the ship came from the Fairy Island.  When the porters saw the flag on the ship, they dropped their goods and ran away as if they had seen a ghost, not even asking for the reward.  Everyone looked at each other in shock. Not long after, a middle-aged man in rich clothes came out of the boat. He was fair and fat, with a round belly. His small eyes were narrowed like a slit, giving him a typical image of a profiteer.  He walked to Zhao Yudan's car and said expressionlessly: "The villain Wangcai has met Miss Zhao. The ship is ready, and there is no shortage of food, clothing, and food. I hope Miss will step on board." After speaking, he stiffened.  He made a gesture of invitation.  Zhang Wei almost burst out laughing when he heard this person's name. He winked at Gu Erhei next to him, indicating that the name was too vulgar. Unexpectedly, Gu Erhei had a questioning look on his face, as if he was wondering what was wrong with this name.  Appropriate.  Zhang Wei turned to Niu Xiaozhuang helplessly, and saw the latter looking at Wangcai with admiration. His expression seemed to say: "It would be great if I had such a good name!" Zhang Wei had a black line on his face and stopped talking.  .  Manager Zhao saw that the matter was strange. Without waiting for Zhao Yudan's reply, he held his hands on his horse and said: "We have never met your Excellency, so how can we trouble you? Besides, our goods are scarce and there are some country people accompanying us.  If you dare to disturb your Excellency, just take any other passenger ship!" As he spoke, he gently put his left hand behind his back and gestured to the warriors. They understood and quietly held down the hilt of their swords, waiting for the other party to make any movement before they took action.  Wangcai squeezed out a smile with a stiff expression and said: "This is easy to handle!" He turned around and gestured to the ship, only to see seven or eight young men who looked like waiters coming down, each holding a jar in their hands, expressionless.  and walked towards other docked boats.  I saw the man boarding the passenger ship, spilling the contents of the jar from the bow to the stern, and then returning to the ship indifferently.  Manager Zhao couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, so he had to stand still and watch with cold eyes.  After a while, the guys walked off the ship again, with a torch in their hands, and walked to the front of the passenger ship like a robot.  Manager Zhao shouted: "No, they are going to burn the ship!" But in the end, the reaction was a step too slow. A dozen passenger ships burst into flames in an instant. Even if the fire was extinguished at this time, these ships would probably not be usable.  Wangcai said expressionlessly: "Please, Miss Zhao, step on board the ship." Then he stiffly made a gesture of invitation.  Manager Zhao was extremely angry, but had no reason to take action. He was so angry that he rode his horse in circles.  Zhao Yudan only poked her head out of the sedan at this time. When she saw the big word "Ìì" on the boat, her face changed slightly, and then she said with a smile: "Thank you for your help." Seeing Zhao Yudan's words, Manager Zhao did not dare  Disobedient, I had to frown and arrange to board the ship.My Majesty secretly told me to be careful and be more vigilant.  In fact, there was no need for him to give instructions. The warriors had just escaped death and saved their lives, and then entered this strange building ship. Everyone was in danger, and their hands never left the hilt of their swords.  This was the first time Niu Xiaozhuang saw such a luxurious ship. He couldn't help but look around, caressing the huge mast made of fir, and praised it repeatedly.  Gu Erhei walked around inside and outside the cabin a few times to make sure there were no ambushes before he sat down at the stern and looked at the men who were helping to carry the cargo.  On the front side of the second floor of the building is a banquet hall, where several maids are playing unknown songs. On the stern side are three guest rooms. Zhao Yudan and Qin'er each live in one. What is interesting is that only the middle guest room is  Gave it to Zhang Wei.  Manager Zhao and the warriors lived in the guest room on the first floor, but Wangcai, the owner of the building, was actually crowded in the cabin with the guys. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out until noon, the aroma of dishes came from the cabin. Not long after, several waiters brought all kinds of exquisite side dishes, wine and meat to the banquet hall.  Everyone had been busy all morning and had not eaten anything. They were already very hungry. However, their mouths watered just looking at the dishes. No one dared to taste them, for fear that the food would be tampered with and they would die.  Unjustly accused.  Manager Zhao used silver needles to test the food and wine one by one and confirmed that they were not poisonous before letting the warriors eat in three batches - after all, Menghan's medicinal silver needles could not be tested.  Gu Erhei munched on a chicken leg, and said vaguely to the oncoming waiter: "Brother, come on, stop working, let's sit down and have something to eat together!" The waiter didn't seem to notice.  Like Gu Erhei, he rubbed Gu Erhei's shoulder and walked straight over.  Gu Erhei stretched out his greasy hand from behind, patted the guy on the shoulder, and said angrily: "Hey, I'm talking to you, at least give me some news!" He pulled back hard, and the guy  He didn't know how to do martial arts, so he was staggered by Gu Erhei.  Gu Erhei felt regretful and hurriedly walked to the front and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, brother, I was anxious just now. Don't take it off!" Unexpectedly, the man's face was still expressionless, and he walked straight away without even looking at Gu Erhei.  passed.  Seeing this, Zhang Wei hurried over and asked: "What's wrong? What happened?" Gu Erhei frowned and said with a troubled expression: "It's really evil. These guys haven't been here since we got on the ship.  We didn't even talk to each other, we just went about our business. I thought they were pretending to be deaf at first, but no matter how provocative I said, they didn't say a word and seemed like they couldn't see me.  Same, this is really evil!" Zhang Wei felt a chill in his back and asked in a low voice: "Have you ever heard of the Zhentian Sect?" He pointed to the big flag with the word "Ìì" on the ship and said  : "I was once mistaken for a member of the Zhentian Sect in a tavern. As a result, everyone in the tavern was scared away! Look at how evil these people are. If not all of them are from the Zhentian Sect!" Gu Er was confused.  He nodded and said: "Although I have never heard of the Zhentian Sect, just looking at these people makes me feel uncomfortable. But since they can make people change their tempers after hearing them, I'm afraid it's not as simple as pretending to be stupid.  ! We have to be careful everywhere!" Just as he finished speaking, Niu Xiaozhuang's voice came from the banquet hall: "Give me another piece of beef, haha, it tastes so good!" The two looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.  Shake his head.  That night, Manager Zhao called Zhang Wei into the room and whispered: "Brother Zhang, can you find anything strange today?" Zhang Wei sighed and said: "Today is all strange, how can there be anything normal? These people have never seen anything strange from us.  They didn't say a word when they boarded the ship, and what's even more strange is that they didn't even talk to each other, as if they didn't know each other. According to my guess, they may be people from the Zhentian Sect." He immediately told what happened in the tavern.  Having said that, he asked: "I wonder if Manager Zhao has ever heard of this sect?" Manager Zhao thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "I only know that Taiping Tao was very popular a few years ago, but with Zhang Jiao's death, it is no longer the same now.  He disappeared, but I wonder if the Zhentian Church has anything to do with the Taiping Dao?" Zhang Weizhi knew that the Taiping Dao refers to the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jiao, and hurriedly said: "The Taiping Daoists are just ordinary people, no different from ordinary people.  And this Zhentian Sect is like a walking corpse. The two are really far apart." Manager Zhao nodded and said: "Brother Zhang is right, but at the moment I think they are still peaceful, and they don't have an advantage in numbers.  If they are definitely not our opponent, we only need to prevent them from poisoning the food. You have been busy for a day, so go and have a rest. I will arrange a night watch for the warriors!" It was late at night, and everyone was nervous.  During the day, I was really exhausted and fell asleep soon after lying on the bed.  Wangcai and the other men did not sleep. When they had nothing to do, they sat in a row on the deck. This frightened the warriors who stayed on duty for the first time and did not doze off at all during the night.??night.
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