Giant Ship Across the Song Dynasty: My Supplies Come from My Motherland

Chapter 123 Why are the Asuras fighting amongst themselves...?

Chapter 123 Why are the Asuras fighting amongst themselves...?

After that, someone else will handle things. Zhang Caihu's opponent is not Lin Zhou. He will be facing Cao Wenda, the most ruthless and cunning member of Qin Hui's core think tank.

It is undeniable that Zhang Caihu's loyalty and work enthusiasm far surpassed Cao Wenda's, but unfortunately, his abilities were far inferior, and he was obsessed with quick success and instant benefits, even willing to damage the relationship network of his colleagues in order to achieve his goals.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but the key point is that he might even be wrong about Qin Hui's intentions. When he came, Qin Hui most likely left him with the message "do what you think is best," but this "do what you think is best" was not the "do what you think is best" that meant for him to get rid of Xiao'e. However, he really intended to destroy Lin Zhou and Xiao'e.

This guy still doesn't seem to have realized that, at least on the surface, Lin Zhou and he are both working for Qin Hui. They belong to the same group, just in different departments. Strictly speaking, Cao Wenda is in the intelligence section, Lin Zhou is in the logistics and general affairs section, and Zhang Caihu is in the action team.

But this guy in the action team wanted to use his job to disrupt the intelligence department's business, and he also wanted to take down the boss's cash cow, the general affairs department. He couldn't even understand the boss's orders.

This time, he's fallen into Cao Wenda's trap. Qin Hui might not necessarily punish him, but he'll definitely give him a good beating and teach him a lesson.

Hey, action teams always seem to produce talented people, but clumsy ones like Tiger!

Lin Zhou wasn't too concerned about their duel; after all, Wen Da was a tiger, an old rival, and he'd let them fight it out. His biggest concern right now was taking Xiao'e back to the shop, changing her into clean, warm clothes, and treating her to a hearty, delicious meal.

All the hardships she endured over the years are now being made up for.

"Brother, I heard you're engaged to a woman from the Jin Kingdom?"

"No, what kind of status do I have? Getting engaged to someone. This whole thing was caused by her father. That old man is always going around saying I'm his son-in-law, and over time everyone just accepts it. I'm mostly just using his connections to cover it up. But think about it, if you were a rich young lady and just picked up some random guy selling noodles, would your family be happy?"

"If it were my brother, it wouldn't be impossible." Xiao'e hurried alongside Lin Zhou, "But why did it have to be a Jurchen?"

"Huh?" Lin Zhou was silent for a moment when faced with this question, then turned to look at Xiao'e: "Hey, that's a good question. It's not about why she's a Jin person, but that this cute little girl just happens to be a Jin person. Just like you just happen to be Marshal Yue's daughter, there's no logic to fate."

"Is she pretty?"

"She's quite pretty," Lin Zhou replied truthfully. "She has a round face, and her eyes squint when she smiles."

"Is she prettier or am I prettier?"

Lin Zhou shut up. As someone who had been in a relationship, he knew all too well that he couldn't say a word at this moment. Answering "who's prettier" would be a fatal question.

"Brother, why aren't you saying anything?"

Xiao'e continued to press for answers, but Lin Zhou simply looked up at the sky and saw the gloomy weather that looked like it was about to rain. Just then, the sounds of winter grain being transported and stored in various places at the beginning of spring could be heard from afar.

Arriving at a bridge, one sees thousands of grain ships lined up below, stretching endlessly, with children chasing each other and merchants bustling about. If one were not told that this was the Southern Song Dynasty, anyone would think it was an absolutely unprecedented era of peace and prosperity.

The flower girl, carrying a basket and selling jasmine blooming in her greenhouse, approached Lin Zhou, gave him a graceful bow, and said, "My lord, please buy a bouquet for your wife. She is beautiful, and these jasmine flowers would be absolutely stunning with her."

Xiao'e blushed with embarrassment and quickly waved her hands, but before she could explain, Lin Zhou took out two strings of paper money and handed them over: "I'll take both baskets, and the baskets are mine."

"Thank you, sir!" After taking the money, the girl placed both baskets of jasmine flowers in Lin Zhou's hands, and quickly ran into the crowd as if afraid he would change his mind.

"Brother~~" Xiao'e said discontentedly, "Why waste money buying these useless things————"

"Oh, you pick them out, then go home, dry them, and use them to make tea."

A few years ago, Xiao'e would have been one of the most prestigious young ladies in Lin'an. Not to mention these odds and ends of jasmine, even if she wanted peonies from Luoyang, her servants would go to great lengths to get them for her.

But in all these years of hardship, the only person who still buys her flowers is Lin Zhou, who seems to be in a daze all day long.

With her head bowed, she picked a few jasmine flowers, tore a thread from her clothes, and stood beside Lin Zhou, carefully stringing the still-dew-covered blossoms together to wear on her wrist.

"Brother, is it pretty?"

"You look great, you look good in anything."

"You didn't even watch it!"

Lin Zhou didn't look at her at all, because at that moment a group of flower boats were going downstream on the bridge. His eyes were fixed on the woman on the boat who was wearing brightly colored clothes and playing the zither. It wasn't that she was particularly beautiful, but she was the most beautiful woman Lin Zhou had seen since he came to the Song Dynasty.

"Damn it—" Lin Zhou exclaimed sincerely, "It's bigger than my head—"

"Brother!" Xiao'e followed his gaze and immediately understood what he was looking at. She stomped her foot angrily: "Why do you like looking at those prostitutes?"

"It's huge! My God!" Lin Zhou gestured and pointed to it for Xiao'e, "It's bigger than both of our heads—how did it grow like that!"

Xiao'e raised her head and stared intently at Lin Zhou, then grabbed his chin and said, "No! You! Aren't! Allowed! To! Look!"

But Lin Zhou still desperately turned his head and followed the girl all the way away. When the flower boat got closer, the girl playing the zither also noticed Lin Zhou. She even nodded and winked at him flirtatiously. Lin Zhou took out his silver coins to give her a reward.

"Don't give it to me! You can't give it to me!" Xiao'e snatched the money from Lin Zhou's hand: "Money doesn't grow on trees!"

Xiao'e didn't care about anything else and quickly dragged Lin Zhou off the bridge.

"Oh dear, you're ruining my fun." Lin Zhou carried a basket of jasmine flowers in one arm and clutched a few banknotes in the other. "Spending a little won't cost much. It's better to just enjoy it."

"She reeks of perfume and rouge, brother—how can you like a woman like that?"

"Holy crap—it's bigger than my head! I've never seen many like it in my life."

Xiao'e glanced down at herself. Although she moved very quickly, Lin Zhou still caught the movement. Lin Zhou sighed and shook his head, saying, "You probably have no hope."

"I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm just going to become a homeless person!"

After dragging and pulling him all the way, they finally managed to get Lin Zhou back to the shop. This was Xiao'e's first time there. As soon as she walked in, the first thing she saw on the table was her favorite milk candy.

There were three women sitting at the table eating her candy. Xiao'e was not a woman with a good temper; her charming and innocent nature was only revealed in front of Lin Zhou.

When she saw someone eating her candy, her anger flared up instantly. At that moment, the girl automatically equipped herself with a hostility radar. Although everyone present was meeting for the first time, she accurately targeted all her hostility at Hongliu, one of the three.

"Hey, Da Chuan's back." Lin Zhou walked over, took off his coat and padded jacket, and hung them on the rack. "Why is everyone so tense?"

Hongliu didn't answer Lin Zhou's question, but instead raised her head and looked at Xiao'e with a defiant expression: "You're the Yue family's daughter?"

"Exactly."

"Swords, spears, halberds, which would you choose?"

Xiao'e hooked her foot behind her, and Lu You's staff, which reached his eyebrows, landed in her hand with clean and swift movements. Hongliu stood up and reached for a wooden knife beside her, saying, "Please."

"What the heck?!" Lin Zhou rushed forward, "What are you two doing?!"

Xiao'e used her staff to block Lin Zhou from the side: "Today, I'll also have to see the Wanyan family's swordsmanship."

"Haha, then let's see how powerful your Yue family spear is."

Lin Zhou looked around and spotted Lu You hiding nearby, munching on sunflower seeds. He quickly called out, "Go up and tell them to stop!"

"I want to see it too!" Lu You said with great interest. "Miss Hongliu came early this morning, clamoring to see the Yue family's spear technique."

"Would you like to witness the Lin family's marksmanship?" Lin Zhou pulled out his pistol.

"I'll go, I'll go—"

Lu You stepped forward: "Please don't be hasty, gentlemen. This place is not to be trifled with. Even a small damage here would cost hundreds or thousands of strings of cash. Brother Lin still relies on this place to support his family."

Upon hearing this, both of them simultaneously felt the thought of "not breaking their own things," and Xiao'e pointed inside:

How about going into the inner courtyard?

"please."

"Stop hitting them! Why are you attacking me right away?!"

Lin Zhou was about to chase after them, but Tang Wan spoke up at this moment: "Brother Lin, I'm afraid you can't stop them today. If the two of them don't decide a winner, you won't have a single day of peace from now on."

Eagle looked at Tang Wan with admiration: "Sister Tang is amazing. It's true that being older has its advantages."

"Tsk—" Tang Wan turned her head and looked at Brother Ying with a look of disgust and helplessness.

"My dear—Wan'er, my dear—" Lu You quickly went up and grabbed Tang Wan's hand: "Wan'er isn't old, not at all—"

"You guys are disgusting."

Lin Zhou cursed, and by then the fighting had already begun in the courtyard.

At this moment, Xiao'e immediately drew her gun, while Hongliu drew her sword, both of them radiating murderous intent.

"Place your bets." Lu You took out a string of cash and placed it on the table: "I bet on Miss Yue to win."

"I'm also betting on Miss Yue to win." Tang Wan naturally followed Lu You's lead and placed her bet.

Lin Zhou thought for a moment and also took out his money, but Lu You grabbed his hand: "Brother Lin, if you don't want to die, don't buy anything from anyone—"

"Is that another way of saying it?"

"You're not married, you don't know—" Lu You glanced at Tang Wan: "You understand?"

"I understand, I understand—" Lin Zhou quickly withdrew his hand.

After a moment's hesitation, Eagle took out his wages: "I'll buy Miss Red Willow!"