Man in the Heavens: Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Evil

After watching Old Man Feng go north, Chen Chong didn't delay, put away the Ziwei soft sword, picked up the piano case and set off on the journey.

He probably still remembered that when he boarded the boat from the wharf of Shunfengtang, the river flowed to the northeast, so if he wanted to go to Yedian in Miao District, he had to go southwest.

Time was running out, Chen Chong didn't care about wasting his true energy, he used his lightness kung fu and ran all the way to the southwest.

Asking while walking, Rao was not delayed by other things, and when he arrived at Qingyukou Ferry, it was almost the end of the hour (nine o'clock in the morning).

The Qingyukou Ferry is very small. A few thick wooden pillars are erected on the riverside, and a few planks are laid on it to form a small pier.

When Chen Chong arrived at the pier, five common people were already waiting on the shore. These people were all dressed as peasants, with hatchets in their waists and a pole in their hands. They looked like woodcutters who had gone to the city to sell firewood.

Seeing that the pier was empty, and he didn't know whether it was because the boatman hadn't started work yet, or the ferry had gone to the other side of the river, Chen Chong felt a little anxious.

The life and death of Lin Zhennan and his wife are closely related to the income of chivalry, so he can be said to be very concerned.

If the system did not receive a reminder for a day, the two of them would not be completely safe for a day, and Chen Chong would not be able to relax for a day.

Letting out a long breath, he subconsciously glanced at the few people beside him. These woodcutters seemed to know each other well, they gathered together and chatted in dialect, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry.

Seeing this situation, Chen Chong also calmed down, looked at the river and continued to wait for the boat.

Although there is almost no farm work now, judging from the fact that these people can get up early to sell firewood, most of them do not have the conditions to idle around.

Since they are not in a hurry, the ferry should be fine, and there is no need for them to be anxious.

After waiting for another cup of tea, there was still no movement on the river, Chen Chong finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He walked towards the people who were chatting and laughing, stopped three steps away from them, and asked: "Brothers, excuse me, when will this ferry come?"

The few people who were chatting stopped talking immediately, and looked at an older man at the same time.

The man came out more and more, looked at the wooden box behind Chen Chong curiously, and replied with a smile: "This little brother has invited, and there are at least three or five sampans in this herring mouth, but today is a bit unlucky. Miao Manzi on the mountain is marrying a wife, and those boats have all gone to see her off, so everyone is waiting here."

Miao people marrying wives?

Chen Chong was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then remembered this incident, which seemed to be a scene from the original plot——

The Miao people pretended to be married in order to transfer the gold and silver obtained from smuggling salt out of Fuzhou City, and Ren Yingying pretended to be a bride.

"Is there such a thing?"

Chen Chong pretended to sigh, and then asked: "Brother, how long has the ferry been gone? How long will it take to come back?"

The man shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said helplessly: "It's been more than half an hour since we walked, and the Wulong River is only three or four miles wide. Time to come back."

Chen Chong nodded subconsciously, and also felt that what this man said made sense, three or four miles was less than 2000 meters, and it would take less than an hour to row a boat back and forth.

Another skinny man suddenly complained: "It's really bad luck. When I came here, I met a soldier, and when I went back, I met Miao Manzi. If I knew it, I would have read the almanac..."

Hearing this, Chen Chong's heart moved, and he asked calmly, "Brother, what's the situation with the soldier?"

The thin man glanced at Chen Chong and saw that the leader did not stop him, so he explained: "When we came here in the morning, we met some soldiers in the woods and asked us to take them to Fuzhou City. Brother Hu was a little slower in agreeing. , and received a whip from them.

We took them to the river, and the soldiers forced us to take money, saying that there was no money to cross the river.We dare not refuse to give, we can only take out all the money..."

Chen Chong frowned and said, "These soldiers robbed you because they had no money to cross the river. Could it be that they are sick?"

The leading man snorted coldly and said with a sneer, "It's just an excuse they made. How could they spend money on the boat? Not only did they not give money after the boat ride, but they also said they had no money to eat, so they robbed the boatman too."

Another person joined the discussion, angrily said: "Selling firewood can only earn some hard money, but now I owe the boatman two trips, this trip is a loss!"

Hearing these words, Chen Chong finally understood what it means to "bandits pass like a comb, and soldiers pass like a grate".

Black, is he really black!

He cursed secretly, and was about to ask more about the Miao people marrying wives, when suddenly one of them pointed to the river and shouted: "I'm back, I'm back!"

Hearing this, he looked quickly, and saw two small sampans slowly showing their figures on the mist-filled river, and within a dozen or so breaths, they had already approached.

The boatman is a dry, stooped old man, from the appearance alone, at least six to seventy years old.

He threw out the cable, and several people on the shore rushed to catch it, and tied the rope to the wooden stakes on the pier. The three passengers on the boat paid to go ashore, and Chen Chong followed several woodcutters onto the boat.

The old boatman sat on the side without saying a word, with a cigarette wrapped in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on the river.

Chen Chong sat down with a slumped buttocks, looked at the side of the boat and asked, "Old man, when will the boat leave?"

The old man glanced at him and saw that he was a new face, so he took out a wooden board from his back, and saw the words "Ten people send the boat, chartered boat is charged separately, cross the river with eight pennies, and children get half of it".

Chen Chong counted and found that there were only six people including himself and the woodcutter, so he decided to charter the boat: "Old man, there are still four people short, and I will make up for the four people, okay?"

The old boatman nodded, lit the cigarette bag with a torch, and said slowly: "Yes, yes, but let me rest for a while, eat a bag of cigarettes before leaving."

"That's fine, you eat first, and we'll leave when you're full."

Chen Chong smiled and didn't continue to urge him. He was delayed for a long time, and he could afford to wait for a bag of cigarettes.

However, he could afford to wait, but some people couldn't wait.

As soon as the old man exhaled the first puff of green smoke, he heard someone on the shore shout: "Old man, don't sail the boat, I want to cross the river!"

Chapter 241 081. Blood Stained River

Hearing this sound, the boatman was startled suddenly, and even the cigarette stick in his hand fell to the ground in fright.

He was just stunned for a moment, then he came back to his senses, quickly got up and grabbed the cable, untied it with a light shake, shook the oar and immediately sailed.

Seeing that the boatman seemed to be about to run away, the soldiers were furious and shouted: "Stop, don't go, I want to take a boat!"

The boatman turned his back to the pier as if he had never heard of it, and continued to row the oar vigorously as before.

"Old man, are you deaf? Didn't you hear me say you want to take a boat?"

The faces of the woodcutters also changed suddenly, as if they stepped on a stool.

"Fucking bad luck!"

The thin man cursed in a low voice, then quickly took out his money bag and stuffed the copper plate into the heart of his foot.

Seeing him doing this, the eyes of the others lit up, and they immediately followed suit.

One of the young men in the stall was stunned as soon as he took out the copper coins - he was wearing straw sandals, and he couldn't control it if he didn't stuff them!

As the footsteps got closer, the young man became more and more anxious, and finally opened his mouth wisely and stuffed dozens of copper coins into his mouth.

After hearing a few creaks, the soldiers walked to the pier made of wooden boards,

As the saying goes, "soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent", so in the long years, most rivers will change their course, leaving branches and old paths.