Chapter 37 Chapter 37 [VIP]
Chapter 37
Anyone who dares to sail on the sea is proficient in water. Qian Tong grew up in Yangzhou and learned to swim at a very early age.
Tonight, the tea on the boat must cross the strait and reach the Park family. She only needs to hold off the government officials for half an incense stick to successfully cross the strait. As for how to explain to the people she dragged into the sea with her, she will think about it later...
The moment she jumped, she swam quickly towards the boat.
Ah Yin and Fu Yin heard her order, and the moment she hugged each other and jumped into the sea, they immediately opened fire and bombed the Lu family's cargo ship.
As the explosion sounded overhead, it also illuminated the sea in front of her.
There was no wind tonight and the sea was very calm. She quickly swam to the boat, grabbed the edge of the boat with both hands, and struggled to climb up.
The brocade dress she was wearing was pulled out of the water. Without buoyancy, every drop of seawater added to her body's weight. She lifted one foot up, with the other still in the water. Just as she was about to flip over, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed her ankle tightly.
She was caught off guard and her body was dragged out for a distance, almost falling into the sea. She hurriedly climbed onto the hull and turned back to look at the person who was pulling her.
The masked Prince Song had caught up with her at some point, and her ankle was held in his palm. Both of them were soaked through with sea water. His hair hung on his face, and the exposed lower half of his face was pale. The war on the ship was burning behind her, and he looked like a stunning mermaid emerging from the sea.
She could feel that the water monster in front of her wanted to eat her.
After swimming so far, she no longer had the strength to fight him. She couldn't win anyway, so she surrendered: "Prince, stop pulling me. If you pull me any further, I'm going to fall into the sea. Come up, I'll pull you..."
Her trust in him was gone.
Did she think he would still believe her lies? Song Yunzhi didn't need her to persuade him. He could go up on his own, capture her, take her back to the prefectural government, and torture her thoroughly.
He grabbed her ankle with one hand and clung to the edge of the boat with the other.
But it is easier to jump in than to get out. The moment he jumped out of the sea, the sea water rushed down from his body, slowing down his speed.
Qian Tong took notice of the foot he was holding in his hand at this moment, and suddenly kicked him hard, intending to kick him off, but Song Yunzhi had already predicted her thoughts and held on tightly. The impact force sent both of them falling into the sea. Qian Tong had to give up, turned back and tried his best to grab the boat. Song Yunzhi took the opportunity to climb the edge of the boat alone, and with his amazing strength, he jumped onto the boat and pressed the witch on the boat under him.
The two men were soaked in sea water, with no dry place at all. Their hair was dripping with water, having long lost its original shine. They lay folded in a mess in the shaking cabin.
Song Yunzhi had suffered too many losses and been deceived by her.
So much so that he began to doubt himself.
It was as if she was a magical demon, and she would run away if he relaxed even a little. Therefore, after he captured her, he did not dare to relax at all, and changed the hand that was holding her ankle to holding her wrist.
He pressed her wrists to the deck, knelt on one leg, and locked her lower body with the other leg, a standard posture for capturing a prisoner.
Qian Tong had long since lost all her strength in the struggle with him, and now she was pinned down by him, unable to move. She had no choice but to look up to meet his fiery red eyes and beg for mercy, "Prince Song, I'm a girl. It's not appropriate for you to hold me down like this."
Song Yunzhi was determined to capture the man, and the anger in his heart made him ignore the difference between men and women.
Because of her words, he looked down. The girl's clothes were soaked and stuck to her body, revealing her graceful figure. As her breathing quickened, the mountains on her chest kept rising and falling.
His ears were burning.
The etiquette and morals he had learned told him that his posture at this moment was inappropriate and he should let her go, but his reason told him that this woman was treacherous and he could no longer be controlled by her.
There is no distinction between male and female prisoners.
After he convinced Bai himself, he held her with even more strength, staring at her face and asking coldly, "What did you call me just now?"
"It was I who offended you." Qian Tong knew he was irritated and wouldn't be fooled again, so she stopped struggling, hoping he would go easier on her. She explained, "Because my husband's name is similar to your nickname, I offended you. It's my fault. I apologize..."
She was talking nonsense again. Song Yunzhi was too lazy to beat around the bush with her and pressed her, "When did you recognize it?"
His grip was too strong, and Qian Tong was afraid that he would break her hand in anger, so she stopped talking and negotiated with him, "Loosen your grip a little, and I'll tell you."
He didn't let up at all: "You say."
The Song prince, who had been fooled before, was not easy to talk to. Qian Tong had no choice but to say, "Prince, take a good look. Are the satins we are wearing cut from the same piece of cloth?"
Upon hearing this, Song Yunzhi hurriedly glanced at each other. Before going out, he deliberately changed his clothes into a dark robe that was convenient for walking at night.
However, his clothes were all given to him by the witch, and coincidentally, the witch also chose the same material and color as him tonight.
This reason made sense, and the clothes allowed the witch to recognize him, but her intuition told her that it was not right.
She didn't tell the truth.
It was obvious that she had a plan in mind. With her caution and intelligence, she would never take risks easily just because of a piece of cloth.
When she called out "Yun Zhen", she was absolutely sure that she would not recognize the wrong person.
He stared at her face, angry and powerless."
"Someone is calling you." Qian Tong suddenly interrupted him, looking at the Lu family's boat that was getting farther and farther away behind him, and said kindly: "Sir, go back, so that they won't worry."
Since he doesn't need her to worry about him, she should just worry about herself.
But it was her words that temporarily pulled Song Yunzhi back from his anger. He looked back and saw that the Qian family's ship had left the Lu family's cargo ship more than ten miles away.
Lu Daozhong didn't expect Qian Qi Niang to be so bold as to openly attack an imperial official. He was not prepared at all.
The Seventh Lady pushed Prince Song into the sea. Before the secret guards could go down to rescue him, the Qian family's Liuhuo suddenly bombarded the Lu family's cargo ship like a meteor, forcing no one to get close.
Lu Daozhong shrank his neck and shouted: "Seventh Lady is confused. Going against the court like this is going to drag the Qian family into the abyss..."
All he could hear was the sound of fire exploding, and no one could hear what he said.
The secret guard had dived into the sea water under the boat at some point, leaving two people to guard the boat and ask him where the ammunition was. Lu Daozhong really wanted to find it back from the cabin, but he was not confused.
Possessing ammunition privately is a serious crime, so even if he has it, he cannot have it.
"Sir, the Lu family is engaged in legitimate business, how could they dare to hide ammunition? I don't know where the Qian family got the Liuhuo from, but they dared to fight against the prince. Their hearts are damned and they are simply treasonous..."
The Lu family's cargo ship had no flaming weapons, so it could only be beaten by a few rockets.
The Qian family's ship moved forward quickly and soon left Lu Daozhong's cargo ship behind. The sea was sparkling after the war, and there was no sign of the prince when looking around.
The prince's life is more important than the Qian family's ship.
Lu Daozhong and the secret guards shouted together, "Prince, Prince Song..."
Shouts came from a distance. Song Yunzhi only looked back for a moment, and the witch took advantage of this opportunity to break free from his restraints. She took out a knife from somewhere and cut the rope connected to the cargo ship.
She knew that she couldn't get rid of Song Yunzhi and wanted to cut off her connection with the cargo ship.
Seeing that she dared to cheat, Song Yunzhi was so angry that his eyes turned red. He reached out to grab it. Qian Tong raised his leg and kicked her, but her strength was like an embroidery fist to Prince Song, and he soon pinned her into the boat.
The rope was only half cut, and Qian Tong lay down under Song Shizi again, panting softly, "I won't hit you anymore, I'm exhausted. Let me go, and I promise not to move around anymore."
Song Yunzhi hated her stubbornness and treachery to the extreme, and his eyes almost burst open.
He couldn't help but ask: "What do you want?!"
"I want you to let me go." Qian Tong felt like he was really going to crush him to death. He gasped and moved his wrist, which was pinched by him. The pain made his eyes misty. It was a thin layer, and I felt pity for him. He begged, "Be gentle, just be gentle. I promise to answer whatever the prince asks..."
He tilted his head and noticed that her wrist had been bruised by his pinch. He loosened his grip a little, but changed his grip to hold her shoulders. He still pressed on top of her, and even though his face was flushed, he did not let go.
Qian Tong was very content. He rubbed his aching hands and waited for the blocked blood to slowly flow back.
For this reason alone, Song Yunzhi no longer insisted on asking her when she recognized him. The most important thing at the moment was the boat. He asked, "What's in the boat?"
Qian Tong swung his wrist, "Doesn't Prince Song know about this?"
Song Yunzhi's voice suddenly turned cold: "I want you to speak for yourself!"
She said, "Tea."
Song Yunzhi chased her all night and was even pushed into the sea by her. She tried to kill him several times. He could not determine what was in the boat, but he still kept a glimmer of hope deep in his heart.
She was so smart and perceptive, she should know what to do and what not to do. Now that I heard her say it with my own ears, it felt like there was a hole in my chest, and a chill seeped in. Only now did I feel the coldness of the sea water.
He asked expressionlessly, "Where are you sending it to?"
"The Pu family." Qian Tong looked at him and asked doubtfully, "The Pu family wanted to buy it, and I sold it to them. I wonder if there's any problem? I bought the tea from Young Master Duan. You all know that I just resold it to the next family..."
That's it...
Dayu explicitly stipulated that tea could not be smuggled and all tea in circulation must not cross the strait line.
Song Yunzhi didn't know whether she was truly ignorant or was deliberately playing dumb to deceive him. He looked at her coldly and asked, "Do you know where all the tea leaves from the Park family went?"
"I don't know." Qian Tong answered as if it was a matter of course. "That's why I wanted to follow and take a look. Unfortunately, the prince caught up with me without knowing the truth, and he even shot arrows at me and wanted to search my boat."
She was just missing red-handed, yet she still had the nerve to argue. Song Yunzhi knew he shouldn't argue with her about this. He couldn't win her argument with his crooked logic. He just needed to capture her, and with plenty of time and evidence, he could make her confess her crime.
He would follow her wherever she went tonight.
Another deep and long horn sound came from the deep sea. The Qian family's ship had successfully crossed the strait line. Song Yunzhi heard cheers from the Qian family's cargo ship ahead.
"The Park family's ship has arrived."
"Mr. Park!"
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