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Chapter 607 Meeting an old friend in a foreign land

Zhou Chang brought the skinny monkey and "accompanied" Yang Yi onto the deck.

Standing on the deck, looking at the riverside pier in the distance.

The other accompanying boats had all come to the shore to celebrate the festival, and only their main ship was at the end, still swaying in the river.

The dock on the shore is decorated with red and green Lantern Festival lanterns.

Looking back at the river, the wind was strong and the waves were rough, the wind was as cool as water, and even the moon shadow in the river was covered with a layer of halo.

It's really not a good idea to be on deck watching the wind tonight.

Yang Yi was following behind him, having already curled himself up in his cloak.

Although Zhou Chang complained in his heart, he still subconsciously searched the dark river surface dotted with lights.

Where is Yuan Qi?

Are you also alone, leaning on the railing, gazing into the distance, feeling sad?

The skinny monkey knew what Prince Yi was thinking, so he joined him in the search.

There are still many boats traveling on the river. Perhaps it is because today is the Lantern Festival and everyone is eager to go ashore to celebrate the festival. However, due to the crowds, long queues have formed in front and back.

After a long time, the two found nothing and felt very cold.

Zhou Chang turned around and found Yang Yi trembling.

After all, the effect of the alcohol wouldn't last long, and it would soon dissipate in the cold wind.

Since he couldn't find Yuan Qi, he said to Yang Yi: "Master Yang, it's cold on the deck, you should go back to the cabin first, I..."

Before he could finish his words, the skinny monkey suddenly pointed at Jiang Xin and said, "My Lord, look."

Zhou Chang turned around and looked over, but saw nothing: "What? What did you see?"

"Your Highness, over there..." The skinny monkey leaned out of the side of the boat and pointed desperately.

Zhou Chang looked in the direction where he was pointing, and there was nothing on the vast river except the ships waiting to dock.

The skinny monkey was anxious, pointing in one direction and jumping up and down: "There, there..."

Finally, with the help of moonlight, Zhou Chang finally saw a long ship with rows of lanterns hanging on it.

He blinked hard again and focused his gaze on the second floor of the bow.

A man dressed in a moon-white gown and a silver-green fox fur coat, standing at the railing of the pleasure boat, gazing into the distance alone.

"Beauty is like the moon, hidden by the evening clouds."

Zhou Chang thought of this in his mind, his eyes already stunned.

Under the bright moonlight, although the face could not be seen clearly, the cold wind from the river blew up the man's silver fox fur, and his clothes fluttered. It was that familiar figure and shape. Who else could it be but the long-lost person?

"Right, Your Majesty, that's Miss Yuan and Liu E, right?" The skinny monkey was chattering proudly on the side.

Zhou Chang couldn't see anyone else at all, and he had no intention of looking for where Liu E was.

"Oh, yes..." Yang Yi also came over and was able to confirm it even though his eyes were a little blurry.

Seeing his own prince staring in amazement, the skinny monkey jumped towards the pleasure boat and shouted, "Miss Yuan, Miss Yuan..."

Zhou Chang felt embarrassed for a moment, but wanted to stop it, but the consciousness of Prince Yi in his heart would not allow it.

The cold wind was howling over the river, and the skinny monkey's voice disappeared as soon as it was sent out, so the other party had no chance of hearing it.

However, Liu E accidentally looked over here, was suddenly surprised, and quickly pointed to Yuan Qi.

Yuan Qi suddenly turned his head, as if he had been staring for a long time before he saw Zhou Chang clearly. Then he smiled brightly. His beautiful face was even brighter than the moonlight, which instantly brightened Zhou Chang's eyes.

The entire dark river surface seemed to have turned into daytime.

While Zhou Chang was still immersed in the light, Prince Yi's consciousness had already emerged. He raised his hand and pointed forward, commanding: "Come over quickly..."

At this moment, I was so lucky that I decided not to get off the boat to celebrate the festival. The main ship was still floating in the middle of the river, and it was only a stone's throw away to get there.

Yuan Qi also seemed to say something.

Zhou Chang had the illusion that the pleasure boat was also turning around.

The skinny monkey also quickly ran to the side of the hold and ordered the officers and soldiers guarding the ship to turn around.

However, the main ship was too big and difficult to turn around. Zhou Chang did not feel the movement of the ship for a long time, and his eyes were uncontrollably fixed on Yuan Qi's pleasure boat.

The river is wide and the pleasure boat is in the middle of the river, so it can still approach slowly.

The boat was divided into two floors and was brightly lit. The closer one got, the more one realized that there seemed to be few people on the boat. All the windows on the first floor were closed. Only Yuan Qi and Liu E, as well as a few other people, were standing on the second floor.

Zhou Chang stared at the pleasure boat as it approached little by little, and he had never felt time passing so slowly.

At this time, Gao Yuan and Jin Run received the order from the main ship to turn around and rushed to the deck.

As soon as Gao Yuan stepped onto the deck, he saw Liu E on the second floor of the pleasure boat. His eyes lit up, and then he could not move, and he even forgot to greet Prince Yi.

Jin Run is always polite and courteous.

Zhou Chang did not wait for Jin Run to salute, and asked impatiently: "Master Jin, how can we get to the other boat?"

Jin Run was unable to react to Prince Yi's question.

The skinny monkey pointed to a pleasure boat not far away and showed it to him.

"This..." Jin Run was embarrassed. "Your Highness, the river is windy right now, and it's a pleasure boat. I'm afraid that even if we build a floating pier, it won't be stable. If we put a small boat down, it may not be safe either..."

Jin Run has been very conscientious along the way and put Prince Yi's safety first.

"Don't say anything more, just..." Zhou Chang was about to force an order on Jin Run.

The thin monkey pulled Zhou Chang aside and whispered, "Your Highness, the river is windy and rough at night. What's the point of crossing to the other side? Why don't you go ashore with Miss Yuan to enjoy the lanterns and visit the market? Wouldn't that be better?"

At that afternoon, Zhou Chang had already allowed Skinny Monkey to go ashore with Jin Caosi for a tour.

But since Prince Yi was not going, the skinny monkey insisted on staying by his side.

Because of the cold wind and high waves today, by the time the first official ship carrying grain docked, the moon was already high in the sky. Most ships had difficulty docking, and many ships were still floating on the river.

It became extremely difficult for the skinny monkey to get ashore later.

Fortunately, Yang Yi brought people on board later, otherwise the skinny monkey would have felt even more bored.

Now that Yuan Qi had this excuse, he naturally wanted to persuade Prince Yi to go ashore for a swim.

Zhou Chang originally had no feelings about today, but now that he had met Yuan Qi, his mood was completely different: "You are right, then let's go ashore first, go ashore."

The skinny monkey began to gesture towards the pleasure boat, indicating that Yuan Qi's boat should follow their boat and move towards the shore.

Yuan Qi didn't know whether he understood or not, and he didn't react at all.

Zhou Chang turned around and looked at the lights on the dock, the colorful lights, the moving figures. He had no interest in them just now, but now he just complained that the boat was too slow: "Commander Jin, if we keep going this way, how long will it take to get ashore? Go as fast as possible."

Jin Run was even more embarrassed: "Your Highness, our official ships are still stuck in front. Many merchant ships have been transferred to other docks. Today is the Lantern Festival. This is the largest dock outside Beiji City. Many boatmen come here to enjoy the lanterns, so there are many people and boats. Your Highness needs to wait patiently for a while."

Zhou Chang had no other choice but to look at the colorful stars in the distance. Then he had another idea and asked the skinny monkey, "Monkey, how much money do we have left? Bring it all to me. I want to go ashore and buy lanterns."

Before the thin monkey could answer, a soldier suddenly ran over from the stern and reported loudly: "Sir, there seems to be a suspicious ship approaching, there may be pirates."

"Pirates? Why are there pirates here? Aren't pirates all on the sea?" Before Jin Run finished speaking, there was a flash of fire passing over the heads of several people.

Suddenly someone shouted from the stern: "Fire, fire..."

"Oh no, it's our ship. Protect His Royal Highness Prince Yi." Jin Run drew the sword from his waist and looked around.

Zhou Chang was stunned for a moment. What was going on?

His eyes involuntarily looked back at the river, originally looking for Yuan Qi's pleasure boat, but suddenly he discovered that a dozen black-sailed boats had appeared on the river and were approaching quickly.