Mr. Liu saw that he could not stop the fishing boats returning from the river, so he had to follow them back to the ferry.
However, the fisherman rowed his boat upstream in the river. He walked along the river bank to the ferry, not much slower than the fishing boats in the river.
At this time, on the ferry, a group of servants brought by Xu Tong were fighting over the luggage on the ferry. Some wooden boxes were opened and the contents were scattered on the ground.
Whenever you find something valuable in your suitcase, it will definitely attract a lot of people to grab it.
Mr. Liu returned to the ferry.
There were not many people left at the ferry. Many servants grabbed the valuables in their luggage and fled the ferry. Only a few people remained at the ferry, rummaging through the scattered luggage.
"You, you..." Mr. Liu stood on the ferry, trembling and pointing at the servant who was still rummaging through his luggage for belongings.
One of the servants turned back, looked at Mr. Liu, and said, "Mr. Liu, you are late. All the valuable things have been taken away by others, and the rest are not very valuable."
Mr. Liu said with an ugly face: "Now that I haven't found you yet, you people are here robbing your luggage. If I come back, you will be punished."
The servant who spoke shook his head slightly and said: "Mr. Liu is wrong in what he said. The governor fell into the river for so long and there is no news. Tens of people have drowned. Even if they are found, it will only be a corpse." , does Mr. Liu think the governor is still alive?"
Mr. Liu said nothing.
In his heart, he also believed that Xu Tong had little hope of surviving and that he might have drowned.
The servant continued: "Mr. Liu, I am raising a family, and there are still many mouths waiting for food at home. Once the governor dies, I will also have to think about the future, don't you think?"
"Even so, you can't snatch the luggage left by Mr. Xu privately. Don't forget that the ladies are still there, and they are now on the other side of the river." Mr. Liu said with a calm face.
The servant snorted and said: "Once the governor dies, the wives will probably be focused on fighting for the governor's property, and they will not care about the lives of servants like us."
As he spoke, he threw down a scroll and added: "There are so many things on the ground, Mr. Liu should hurry up and pick some, it is better than ending up with nothing."
After saying that, he ignored Mr. Liu beside him and continued to rummage among the luggage scattered around.
Mr. Liu was very angry for nothing, but he also knew that he could not stop these people, so he simply ignored these servants and allowed them to rummage through the scattered luggage on the ferry.
At this time, he did not forget his business and walked quickly to a few fishermen not far from the ferry.
Several fishermen were dragging the fishing boat to the shore, and at the same time wedged wooden pegs in the mud to prevent the fishing boat from sliding into the river and being washed away by the water.
Mr. Liu came to these fishermen and said in a stiff tone: "Who asked you to come back? All go back and go to the river to find my master."
Several fishermen stopped what they were doing, with a bit of fear in their eyes, knowing that the person in front of them was a big shot like a master or staff member of the master who fell into the river.
The boatman on the other side who had just returned to the shore stood up, looked at Mr. Liu in front of him and said: "Sir, that gentleman fell into the river for a while, and the body was washed away by the river. I want to find it." The corpses can only be found downstream where the water flow is gentle."
"Then go downstream and search. We must find my master." Mr. Liu said in a deep voice.
"Sir, this is embarrassing us." The boatman said, "The place where the river flows gently is a hundred miles away. Even if we want to, we are unable to find it, and we may not be able to find it."
Mr. Liu's heart sank.
He has given up hope that Xu Tong is still alive. More importantly, if the body is really going to float hundreds of miles away, is it worth it for him to find it?
If Xu Tong was alive, there would be a need to look for him, but if he was dead, it would be useless to find him. Moreover, this kind of thing should be done by Xu Tong's wives. He was just a staff member, and his relationship with several wives was Not close.
"Sir, do you want to compensate me for my ferry?" the boatman said. "My whole family relies on the ferry to make a living. Now that the ferry has sunk to the bottom because it was transporting wooden boxes for you, you have to compensate me."
"Your ferry killed my family, so it's good that you haven't been punished." Mr. Liu said coldly.
The boatman looked dissatisfied and shouted: "I told you when we got on the boat that your luggage was too heavy and the boat couldn't hold so many things, but you didn't listen and insisted on carrying all those wooden boxes on the boat. Now that the ship has sunk, you must pay for my ship."
Mr. Liu frowned and took a serious look at the boatman in front of him for the first time.
"What are you going to do?" The boatman felt frightened when he saw Mr. Liu, and subconsciously took a step back.
Mr. Liu suddenly said: "Who are you?"
He hadn't noticed anything unusual about the boatman before, but now he realized that other fishermen didn't dare to look at him at all, but this ferryman not only looked at him frequently, but also dared to refute him. He showed a bit of fear, but he could feel that the other party was not afraid of him.
"I am me, who else could it be? You speak incomprehensibly." the boatman said.
"No." Mr. Liu shook his head and said, "You are not an ordinary boatman. Who are you?"
Several fishermen around saw Mr. Liu asking the boatman among them how they dared to cause trouble. Not only did no one speak for the boatman, but they left secretly, leaving only the boatman and Mr. Liu on the river bank.
The boatman ignored the fishermen who left, but shouted to Mr. Liu in front of him: "What do you mean, you ruined my boat and you want to default on the debt? I tell you, there is no way."
Mr. Liu stared intently at the boatman in front of him. Suddenly, the idea that people from the Tiger Flag came to him came to his mind, and then he said in a strange way: "Are you from the Tiger Flag?"
Hearing this, the boatman's eyes twitched, and he quickly covered it up again, shouting: "I don't understand what you are saying, but don't waste your time on my ferry."
Mr. Liu became more and more certain that even if the person in front of him was not from the Tiger Flag, he was still related to the Tiger Flag. Xu Tong's fall into the river was probably not an accident.
Thinking of this, he said: "You made Mr. Xu fall into the river on purpose!"
The boatman took a step back and shouted: "You don't want to pay for my boat, and you can't frame me for killing that gentleman. Forget it, I don't want you to pay for the boat. I can't afford to offend you gentlemen. I consider myself unlucky."
With that said, he turned around and left.
Mr. Liu caught up to the front in a few steps, stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "You can't leave. You Tiger Character Banners dare to murder the imperial official. Now you follow me to see the official and tell you everything about how you murdered Mr. Xu." come out."
