In the evening, all the guests boarded the cruise ship at the ferry as promised.
Taking advantage of the fact that the dinner had not yet started and had nothing to do, Song Che and Shen Wenjun took a slow swim on the boat——
The cruise ship is as big as ten ships, with white sails standing in it, huge oars embedded on the left and right sides, painted with gold and red paint, and rainbow lanterns hung on the sides. It looks like a huge mansion on the water.
Standing on the bow and looking out, the boats of all sizes returning to the port are swaying slightly in the river wind. The river is the same color as the sky, with sparkling waves, as if it is covered with gold. The scenery of Jiangnan at dusk is clearly visible.
However, in the end, "gold and jade are on the outside, but decay is on the inside." Whether it is this ship or this city, it seems prosperous on the outside, but it is corrupt and empty on the inside.
suddenly!
An ominous premonition stabbed his spine. Song Che suddenly turned around and saw a big man in cloth with a sail hanging on his head, staring directly at him. The big man had only one eye, and there was an unconcealable ferocity in his eyes.
Perhaps realizing that he was naked, the man in cloth put down the canvas, turned around and walked into the cabin.
Song Che frowned. From the moment he got on the ship, every sailor looked like an ordinary servant.
"What's wrong? You seem to be worried all the time." Shen Wenjun suddenly asked.
"I don't know why, but my right eyelid has been beating non-stop since the morning, and it's even worse now." Song Che rubbed his right eye and asked, "Madam, are there any bandit troubles along the Yangzhou River?"
"How can there be banditry on the banks of the Yangzhou River? However, at the intersection of the canal and the Yangtze River, there is a Qili Mountain on the left bank. Recently, some kind of 'Feiyun Gang' has gathered. They appear and disappear and specialize in robbing merchant ships in the south of the Yangtze River." Shen Wenjun asked curiously: "What do you ask? What?"
Song Che said worriedly: "I think this cruise is quite strange. You said that on this big river, if there are water thieves who intercept the river to commit murder, we will only become turtles in the urn and cannot escape."
After mentioning this, Shen Wenjun also frowned, "Probably... no, there are water surveillance posts along the Yangzhou Canal, so bandits don't dare to run rampant. Besides, this is the Yang family's cruise ship, who dares to come? Tribulation?"
Song Che looked far into the distance and said meaningfully, "I hope so."
"The cruise ship has set sail, all the guests have taken their seats, the Chamber of Commerce dinner is about to begin!"
Hearing a shout, the crew put away the stone anchors, and the cruise ship gradually floated away from the dock and went down the water. All the guests stepped into the cabin one after another and took their seats.
The cabin is very spacious, with more than thirty seats, filled with jade plates of delicacies, fine wine and jade liquid. The Yang family's father and son sit alone in the middle hall, while the other distinguished guests sit separately.
For such an important chamber of commerce, the Yang family runs it extremely decently, with fine wines and delicacies, singers and dancers, and wine and delicacies. Who wouldn't fall for it? After just one drink, most of the guests were already drunk and flushed.
Song Che always stayed awake and paid attention to the direction of the cruise ship. From the time he left the dock in the evening until the second watch, it stands to reason that the cruise ship should have returned long ago. If he kept swimming, he might really reach the Yangtze River.
Shen Wenjun's face became increasingly uneasy. She tugged on Song Che's sleeve, "Let's find a way to get off the boat..."
Song Che nodded and was about to get up when suddenly there was a "bang" and the cabin door was kicked open!
"Dodo dodo..." A round, bloody human head was thrown into the cabin, and it rolled right at Song Che's feet.
This head, with bulging eyes and a dead eye, is extremely terrifying!
"ah!"
Screaming, completely drunk!
The one-eyed dragon seen earlier, holding a blood-stained white blade, led a dozen murderers into the cabin and soon put the knife on the necks of all the guests.
"You big bosses are so comfortable!" One-Eyed Dragon picked up a pot of wine, poured two large gulps into his mouth, and sighed: "If I could be born as good as you in my previous life, why would I do this kind of knife-edge licking? The sale of blood?”
"Brother, please spare your life! Lord, please spare your life!"
"Don't worry, I, Di Fei, have always only sought wealth, not killing people." The one-eyed dragon glanced at the crowd of guests with fierce eyes, "I know that all the bosses are famous businessmen in Jiangnan. The most important thing in the family is money, so why not simply Di Fei?" I will invite you all back to the mountain stronghold and provide you with good food and drink. When your family members have collected enough ransom money, I promise to send you back intact."
He raised the knife again, pointed it at everyone, and said loudly: "I don't want much, one million taels of silver, and I can get it in ten days. If not, if it is delayed for one day, I will kill a person, cut out the heart and lungs, peel off the skin and dry it in the air." At the foot of Qili Mountain."
"It's hard to do business now, where do we have so much cash?"
"Master Bandit, please be kind and let us go. When we do business in the future, I can pay you monthly tributes!"
"If I had listened to my wise son-in-law this morning and not boarded this pirate ship, my life would have been hanging by a thread...poor my daughter!" My father-in-law hugged Shen Wenjun and burst into tears.
The first half of the night was full of drunkenness and laughter. In the second half of the night, I screamed and cried!
Shen Wenjun held back tears and looked at Song Che. No matter how strong she was, she was still a girl.
Song Che sat calmly throughout the whole process, but suddenly his eyes lit up and he stood up confidently: "Master Di, I have a better way for you to secure the ransom."
The one-eyed dragon looked at Song Che for a moment, then suddenly picked up the sword and slashed away.
Song Che didn't move at all and didn't even blink.
The knife was finally placed on Song Che's shoulder.
The blade was only less than half a centimeter away from his neck!
