comeback [rebirth]

Chapter 57 Cruise Ship

Although the time was tight, Yan Xuan abruptly lifted Cen Yuan onto the carriage just before he got on the horse, and then sat on it himself, letting the groom drive.

It took them more than a quarter of an hour to arrive at the main pier in a hurry, but the cruise ship still stayed on the shore.From the looks of it, it seemed that it was because of the large number of people, and some people were doing pre-boarding checks.

When they got off the carriage, someone came up to them immediately and said, "Second Highness! I heard that you came to get the sign in the morning, but you haven't seen anyone yet. I'm still wondering if I should go to your mansion to ask."

"..." Cen Yuan fell silent, never mentioning that he completely forgot the time because he lived too comfortably in his small life, and just handed over the two wooden signs.

"Didn't the Second Highness say you want to keep it as a souvenir? Just take it." The man said with a smile, "Your Highness has sent someone to make two new wooden plaques."

Cen Yuan didn't want to speak, seeing the other party's insistence, he directly stuffed the wooden sign into Yan Xuan's hand.

Yan Xuan: "..."

It was a lot of tossing, but fortunately, both of them boarded the boat safely in the end.

Not long after, the boatman on the shore yelled, untied the ropes that fixed the boat, and the cruise ship set sail.

Nowadays, most of the ships in Daning still use sculls, and the large ships used by the people are basically used to load goods. Except for the helmsman, there are no more than ten people on board.

But this cruise ship is for carrying people, instead of using sculls to divert water, it is replaced with the latest wheel oars.

As soon as the ship started to move, Cen Yuan took a few steps on the deck and asked, "Is this ship more stable than the current warship?"

Not to mention Yan Xuan, even his father Yan Hexuan had no experience in water warfare.And Yan Xuan himself has never been to water combat, only tried to ride a warship.

Daning's warships are similar to other ships, and the principles are the same, except that they are taller and larger than civilian ships, but at the same time, there will be more problems, including the stability of the ships.

Yan Xuan didn't know much about this aspect, so he could only say "I don't know" at this moment.

Cen Yuan only asked casually, without going into details, and nodded.

The cruise ship set sail from the pier, took the gradually widening water, left the bustling pier, passed a large yellow rice field, and merged into the Yuan River leisurely.

The cabin of a cruise ship is equivalent to an inn. There are dozens of upper rooms upstairs for people to rest, and downstairs is a place for drinking and tea.But at this time, the cruise ship had just set off, most people chose to stay on the fore and aft decks, and so did Cen Yuan and the others.

If it is in Chang'an, if you meet some people who know their faces on the street, you will either be respectful, or you will bow your head and leave quickly. Of course, most of the latter are when you are facing Cen Yuan.

It's just a few occasional times, and once the frequency is high, no matter how deliberately you ignore it, you can't completely ignore it.

However, in this place far away from the emperor, without those sightlines and worries, the two of them were indeed a lot cleaner at first, but after a while, there were many indifferent eyes cast on them one after another.

——No way, these two people are tall and tall, each with their own handsome looks, they stand leaning against the railing gracefully, with their hair fluttering in the wind, who can not ask "Who is the man of Baiyu"?

Sure enough, not long after, two women "accidentally" came to Cen Yuan's side.

"Are the two young masters together?" One of them was wearing a vermilion skirt, and it could be seen from her dressing and demeanor that she was probably a matchmaker.On the other hand, the person behind her didn't look too good. She didn't look like she was going out for fun, but she seemed to be depressed.

Yan Xuan was far away, so she took advantage of the situation and kept silent.When facing these ordinary people and chatting about ordinary trivial matters, Cen Yuan is not so repulsive, so he is happy to take the initiative to answer: "Yes."

The matchmaker asked politely, "Did the slave family bother you two?"

"Of course not." Cen Yuan said, "We're not talking about anything either."

"Hey, that's good." The matchmaker turned her head and whispered to the person behind her, "Mrs. Liu, let me tell the story."

At the same time, she also murmured in her heart that this young man didn't seem to be putting on any airs, so he must be a talkative master.

After she finished muttering, she turned to Cen Yuan again: "May I ask what are the names of the two young masters?"

Cen Yuan actually heard their whispers, and could guess the other party's intentions.But now they are facing a piece of scenery that happens to be mixed with the woods that drive the road, there is nothing much to see, and they are too lazy to move their nests.He thought he had nothing to do, so he just chatted casually, so he used his previous false identity: "My surname is Yuan, and this is my younger brother."

"Sister brother" once again: "..."

"It turned out to be Mr. Yuan." The matchmaker laughed, "My family usually specializes in matchmaking. If others call me 'Hui Po', it's fine for the two young masters to call me that."

Cen Yuan yelled out of goodness: "Hui Po."

Yan Xuan nodded in response.

Hui Po quickly asked with a smile, "Young Master, you don't look like someone from Danlin, did you come here from somewhere else?"

"Yes." Cen Yuan said, "We are from Chang'an."

After all, it is the capital of the empire. As soon as the word "Chang'an" came out, the light in Po Hui's eyes became brighter, and even Mrs. Liu behind her seemed to let go of her thoughts for a while, and glanced at the two of them.

Cen Yuan turned a blind eye and asked, "Is Po Hui a local?"

"It's not entirely true, but my family has lived in Danlin County since I was a child, and it has been decades." Hui Po said, "It's not that my family is exaggerating, it can be said that my family grew up with the prince of Chu .”

Cen Yuan smiled indifferently, and did not comment on this obviously exaggerated statement, but said: "We two brothers are new here, and I don't know what other places are more interesting besides this cruise ship. Possibly Hui, do you know what other interesting things are here? place?"

"My lord, you are asking the right person. Almost all the Luonu houses in the inner corners of Danlin County have set foot here, and there are many interesting places." Hui Po said again, "It's just that before that, the slaves looked at the two young masters. From his appearance and temperament, he must be from an extraordinary background, I wonder if I could ask first, what does the young master do in his family?"

"..." Cen Yuan couldn't help slandering, the matchmaker was a matchmaker after all, he was here to chat with the other party, but why was he brought back to this topic.

However, the words had come to an end, and he could only answer as if he had come to hand: "My father opened a wine shop in Chang'an, and the business is not very good, so he barely has to worry about food and clothing."

"Young master must be humble."

Hui Po looked at the quality of the other party's clothing and accessories, and could guess that the other party must have not told the truth.She was smiling, as if she already regarded the two men in front of her as wealthy sons-in-law, so she didn't say any more nonsense: "Are the two young masters married?"

Hearing this, it was Yan Xuan who turned his head first, as if waiting to see how Cen Yuan would answer.

The latter was vaguely aware of the gaze from his side, but he didn't look back. He said to Po Hui, "Unfortunately, we both got married not long ago, so I'm afraid we will disappoint Po Po Hui."

Before he could finish his sentence, Granny Hui showed a disapproving expression—they just got married, but the two brothers went out to play alone, obviously they didn't want to stay at home.

Hui Po is well-informed and guesses that the marriage of these two young masters is probably the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, so there may not be much affection. Besides, who knows if the one married is just a concubine.

She understood, she didn't smile at all, and pulled Mrs. Liu to her side with her backhand.

"This is a good friend of the slave family." Hui Po said politely, "The Liu family is doing business in Danlin, and there happens to be a young girl who has reached the age of marriage and is very beautiful. There are quite a few in Danlin County alone. Admirers, the two of you will know if you ask casually in the county. Today, it is such a fate that you can take the same cruise ship, and seeing the two young masters' temperament, the slave family came to ask if the two young masters are interested in meeting her? "

Cen Yuan thought to himself, he really cut to the chase.

He had no intention of entertaining the other party, so he directly refused: "Don't bother Hui Hui, my family and I..."

As he spoke, he paused suddenly.

Hui Po could be said to be staring at him intently: "What?"

"..." After a while, Cen Yuan smiled suddenly: "My family and I... Well, Madam is quite affectionate."

"Madam" heard the words, and quietly restrained her expression from the side.

"Ah..." Hui Po immediately showed a regretful expression, and then turned her gaze to Yan Xuan: "I don't know, Young Master Yuan..."

Cen Yuan couldn't help being amused by the title of Young Master Yuan, suppressed his laughter and turned his head to look at Yan Xuan.The latter first glanced at him inadvertently, and then said, "It's quite loving."

Cen Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and pursed his lower lip.

Coincidentally at this moment, a gust of wind was blowing in front of them, and the hair hanging from the temples of the two of them was lightly blown, blinding their eyes.

Hui Po's eyes flicked between the two of them - she noticed that Mr. Yuan's answer was a bit strange, but it didn't prevent her from understanding the meaning of rejection.

Just as she was about to say more, she felt Madam Liu pull her from behind: "Hui Po, since the two young masters have said so, then don't force it."

"You." Hui Po turned around and said, "With me, there is no reason to give up when you say that you are a matchmaker."

Mrs. Liu said softly: "But the two young masters have said so..."

"You're just too timid." Hui Po said, "Xiao Shuo hasn't written a letter for a long time. I said I'd find a relationship to help you go to the army to ask questions, but you wouldn't."

Mrs. Liu's appearance is gentle, and her tone of voice has always been soft-spoken: "But, I'm not afraid of delaying his usual training..."

Cen Yuan has sharp ears, and even though he was lost in thought for a while and hastily shifted his gaze to the scenery in front of him, he still sensitively captured the conversation between the two on the other side.

He looked over: "You two have relatives who join the army?"

"Probably." Hearing his question, Po Hui also turned her gaze back and said, "Isn't this the recent conscription by the Southern Army? Mrs. Liu's youngest son has been a martial arts idiot since he was a child, and he always said that he must defend his family and the country in the future. .This year he happened to be of the appropriate age, so he went as soon as the draft started some time ago."

In the beginning, it was April.

Cen Yuan and Yan Xuan looked at each other, and immediately put away their teasing expressions just now.

"Hui Po." Cen Yuan shouted, and glanced behind the other party again, "Mrs. Liu, I'm sorry to hear your conversation. You just mentioned that the person hasn't written a letter for a long time. What's going on?"

Hui Po glanced at Mrs. Liu and saw that she had no objection, so she explained: "As soon as the conscription started in April, her youngest son went to sign up. I watched that child grow up. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child. Not bad, so it was logical to be selected, and after entering the camp, I sent a letter to my family to announce the good news."

"It's just..." Hui Po paused, and then continued, "Since the second month, the family has not received any letters from him."

Cen Yuan glanced at Yan Xuan: "Could it be because of the strict management in the military that you don't have the opportunity to write letters?"

"No." Yan Xuan whispered, "Even in the military camp, there will be a fixed day every month to send letters to the soldiers."

Cen Yuan pondered for a while, then asked Po Hui: "Is it possible that he is too lazy to write?"

"That's even more impossible." Hui Po immediately said, "My lord, you don't know, that child usually chatters like a sparrow, and can be nagged by him for more than half an hour. It used to be When he went to the nearby counties and towns, he would also write letters to his family at length. If there were no other reasons to restrict him, it would be impossible for him to not even have a note for so long."

Hearing this, Cen Yuan and Yan Xuan fell silent together.

What Hui Po said seemed to open the gate, and then she sighed: "I have been a matchmaker for so many years, and I know quite a few people. I can't do much outside. It's just that my mother is worried after traveling thousands of miles. No, today I will drag Mrs. Liu out to relax."

Yan Xuan suddenly asked, "What's his name?"

"Liu Shuo." Hui Po didn't understand why, "What's wrong?"

Yan Xuan didn't say any more, and Cen Yuan answered for him: "Oh, we happen to have some relationship in Chang'an, and I'll help you find out after we get back."

"This..." Hui Po and Mrs. Liu were so excited that they didn't know what to say when they heard this, and they hurriedly answered after recovering: "Thank you both."

"Don't be polite." After Cen Yuan finished speaking, he saw that the two were emotional again, so he moved closer to Yan Xuan and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any impression of this name?"

"I haven't seen it." Yan Xuan said, "At least it's not in the list of the ones I've seen."

Cen Yuan raised his eyebrows: "There are at least a hundred people on the list every month, do you remember?"

"Yeah." Yan Xuan said, "As long as I've seen it, I can remember it."

Seeing that Cen Yuan looked at him without speaking, he asked again: "What's wrong?"

"nothing."

Cen Yuan laughed suddenly, but quickly restrained himself, and turned his gaze back to look at the front—they seemed to have come to the river area between Danlin County and Qingjiang County, and saw that there was no longer a slightly withered yellow area in front of them. The forests are replaced by houses and homes.

The people who were originally on the other side also switched to this side to watch the scenery. The surroundings were already more noisy than before, and the noise of conversations continued one after another.

Hui Po didn't feel emotional with Mrs. Liu for too long, after all, her original intention was to accompany people out to relax, so the conversation ended quickly.

It's just that she still remembered that the two people around her were not local people, so after sorting out her thoughts, she introduced them: "The front is Qingjiang County."

She turned and said softly: "Did you see the wharf over there? Xiao Shuo said in his letter before that they first took a boat to Chang'an, and then marched in the direction of Chang'an. In our sea, there are usually only official ships and special ships. The allowed merchant ships, ordinary people can’t go out to sea even if they have money, so he hasn’t been on any other ships except this cruise ship before, and he was happy for a while.”

Cen Yuan let out a "hmm" when he heard the words.

The smile on his lips was completely gone, and he didn't speak to Yan Xuan.

The soldiers who passed the selection, but disappeared out of thin air without hearing a word, where would they go?

The height of the deck exceeds the roofs of most houses, and the line of sight can almost bypass the mountain peaks and span the entire Qingjiang County.

The sea area in the distance seemed to be connected to the sky, and there seemed to be mountains stacked in it, perhaps because they were too far away, and there was a gray area.At the end of the land, the pier plays a day-to-day role, quietly watching the ships dock and leave, and witnessing different faces board or disembark the ships.

Among them, will there be Liu Shuo?