Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 250 As Serial Number

The carriage ran wildly all the way, shaking Prince Beijing so much that his face turned pale.

Liao Changshi could no longer bear it, he lifted the curtain and patted the driver: "Slow down, slow down!"

The driver tilted his head and said, "Didn't the prince ask us to go faster? Should we go faster or slower?"

Upon seeing this, Cao Yu hurriedly called a halt, jumped out of the car, and rushed to the side of the road to vomit violently!

Liao Changshi hurriedly ordered the driver to drive the car forward.

Cao Yu rinsed his mouth, bowed to Prince Beijing from outside the car window, and smiled weakly:

"I am incompetent and cannot stand such a bumpy ride. Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I will ride the horse for a while."

Prince Beijing pretended to be calm and said to the outside: "I just want to get off the car and take a walk."

As he spoke, he got down and asked the two guards to exchange carriages and horses with him and they moved forward slowly.

Cao Yu looked at the sky and asked the driver, "How many routes are there from Yangcheng Lake back to Suzhou?"

"If we talk about the main road, this is the only one." The driver cracked the whip, and the horse snorted and walked slowly forward, "but there are countless country roads."

Liao Changshi had already moved to sit on the shaft of the carriage. He shook his head when he heard this and turned back to look at Prince Beijing:

"There are mostly women in their group, so they will definitely not take the small road."

When Cao Yu heard this, his eyes lit up and he winked at Liao Changshi.

Liao Changshi understood and said with a smile: "In that case, Your Majesty, why don't you let a few guards go first.

"Let's just walk slowly towards them. Then we can stand firmly in front and behind, and it will be easier to talk."

Prince Beijing was dizzy from the car ride, and was immediately moved by these words. He nodded and said, "That's a good idea!"

Liao Changshi hurriedly jumped down and arranged for four guards to rush over first.

Then when Prince Beijing got tired of riding a horse, he changed to a car. When he got tired of riding a car, he changed to a horse. He strolled leisurely all the way.

When they arrived at Yangcheng Lake, two of the four guards who had gone there first came up to them with anxious looks on their faces.

Prince Beijing asked with a cold face: "Where are the people?"

The two men jumped off their horses and bowed to report: "They said they went to play on the lake by boat and haven't come back yet."

You can't run away on the lake!

Prince Beijing was immediately alert, sneered, and pointed with his whip: "Let's go! Let's go to the lake too!"

When the guards heard that the purpose of this trip was expected to be achieved, they all became energetic and answered in unison: "Yes!"

The momentum is extremely grand!

This scared Cao Yu, who was sitting on the horse, and he couldn't help but shrug his shoulders!

Liao Changshi and Prince Beijing both saw his cowardly look and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Cao Yu looked embarrassed, touched his nose and smiled awkwardly.

But he laughed in his heart: If he got to the lake and there were no other servants and luggage on the shore, he might just go ashore from the opposite side and leave!

Without saying a word, he just followed all the way to the lake.

When they arrived at the place where the boatman had untied the ropes, Cao Yu looked around and indeed, he did not see any man or woman who looked like servants, so he felt relieved.

He hurried to the boatman to get a chair, wiped it, and invited Prince Beijing to sit down. He also arranged for tea and local snacks, and said with a smile:

"Your Highness, just think of it as a trip to enjoy the mountains and rivers. Let's just go for a stroll. When the princess comes ashore, we can go back to Yangzhou together."

Prince Beijing found these words so pleasing to his ears. He smiled complacently, then changed his behavior to a gentle one and asked the boatman in a friendly manner:

"Do you have any wild wine? It's a rare opportunity for me to come here, so I must understand the people's sentiments!"

Cao Yu hurriedly explained the situation to the bewildered boatman and helped set up a table of wine and food.

And let the guards get some food and drinks and take a rest.

Everyone was already tired after running for so long, so now that there was wine and food, they naturally didn't hesitate.

Seeing the sun setting and the afternoon approaching, Cao Yu counted the distance and thought that Lin Daiyu might have returned to the city by now, so he stood up with a frown.

"Boatman, did the passengers on that boat say when they will be back?"

The boatman also leaned on the awning and looked at the lake, and said anxiously: "He said he caught crabs and came back after eating and drinking.

"What's going on? Is Xiao Si going crazy again?"

Yin turned around and called his eldest son, "Da Lang, go to Uncle Wang's house and borrow a boat, and go to the lake to look for Xiao Si.

"Every time I ask him to go out on the boat, he refuses to come back! If the guests say he is being reckless again, I will break his hands!"

The honest man who was helping the boatman arrange the wine and food agreed, came out from the kitchen, wiped his hands on his apron, raised his eyelids to look at Prince Beijing and Cao Yu, and turned to go to his neighbor's house.

After hesitating for a long time, I saw a speedboat whizzing out from the neighboring shore!

But in the blink of an eye, it floated far to the northeast!

The guards were all knowledgeable and could not help but cheering on the shore: "Boatman, your Dalang is really capable!"

The boatman was very proud: "I have four sons, the eldest is a good cook on the boat! I will give all my family business to him in the future!"

"No wonder your fourth son went to the lake to play and never came back! Aren't you partial?" Cao Yu teased.

Prince Beijing's originally nervous mood also calmed down and he smiled.

But in a moment, a large double-decker ship slowly appeared from the southeast and rocked back!

Cao Yu took a glimpse of it and hurriedly pulled the boatman to ask, "Did your son Xiao Si drive this boat?"

The boatman was stunned for a moment, then took a quick look and smiled: "Yes! That's right!"

Then he cried out, slapped his forehead, and said, "Da Lang went to the Northeast! What should I do?"

Cao Yu raised his eyebrows and asked, "That ship of passengers was originally heading northeast?"

The boatman thought about it, his eyes flashed, and then turned into confusion again: "It seems so? I didn't notice it."

Cao Yu smiled, patted him on the shoulder, squeezed him quietly, and strode towards Prince Beijing:

"Your Majesty! The big ship is back! Look!"

Prince Beijing and the others were watching the boatman, Dalang, maneuvering the speedboat in the waves. They were startled when they heard the words and turned around to see the big boat. Their faces were burning with anger:

"Somebody come!"

The guards shouted again, and all of them headed towards the big ship, lined up, and stood proudly!

The face of a boy of about sixteen or seventeen who dared to show up on the bow of the boat was frightened by the shout and quickly shrank back!

The big ship refused to dock and just floated quietly not far from the shore!

Cao Yu saw that Prince Beijing's face was not right, so he grabbed the boatman by the collar and asked coldly:

"The one who showed up just now was your son?"

"Yes, yes, it's my Xiao Si..." The boatman turned pale with fright and answered haltingly.

Cao Yu glanced at Prince Beijing again and snorted, "Then tell your son to go ashore! Tell him to call everyone on the boat off!"

He lowered his voice again and squeezed out the next sentence through his teeth: "Especially the guests on the ship!"

The boatman rolled and crawled to the shore, shouting in a trembling voice, "Xiao Si! Come down! Bring everyone on the boat down!

"Hurry up! Little ancestor! Hurry up if you want to die!"