An assassin? Call me the Master of Raising Prices!

After the last experience that was half assassination and half probing, Li Yizhen became much more honest. After entering the Yangtze River from Bianzhou, he went upstream. Not to mention stopping at cities as before, even when he had to stop for supplies, Li Yizhen rarely left the cabin.

The journey was smooth, and in just ten days, he had reached Chuzhou. Due to the assassination in Bianzhou, there were soldiers escorting on the shore and official ships on the river to lead the way. Zhao was much more relaxed during this period. He didn't have to follow Li Yizhen all the time, nor did he have to use his true energy to feel the surroundings all the time. He just had to hide in the upper cabin to be the finale.

When he arrived in Chuzhou, Li Yizhen was finally willing to leave the cabin. Perhaps there was a shadow, the boat didn't even get off, the banquets of the local officials were all eaten on the boat, and even the singing girls and dancers who accompanied the wine were not called. The local officials were shocked. The intelligence given by the superiors said that this young marquis was not happy without sex, so why did he become Liu Xiahui in Chuzhou?

How could they know that being assassinated right after leaving the brothel was a huge blow to a young man. If it weren't for the long time, it's hard to say whether Li Yizhen can stand up. Not to mention Liu Xiahui, he is simply a living eunuch.

After staying in Chuzhou for two days, he started the boat again and continued to go upstream. He had to get off the boat and change horses in Yuzhou and enter Jinguan City along the official road. After passing Chuzhou, the water was turbulent and the terrain was undulating. Bandits and water bandits were particularly rampant.

Fortunately, it was the harvest season, and robbing on the water was far less practical than robbing on the land. For five days, the wind was calm and the river breeze was blowing. Li Yizhen's mood was much better. He often walked out of the cabin to lean on the railing to write poems. Although they were nonsense doggerel, he enjoyed it.

"Brother, how many days are there? This boat hurts my butt..." Li Yizhen just finished a doggerel and turned around and forgot it completely. Seeing Zhao Jue got out of the cabin and asked with a smile.

Zhao Jue held the knife and released his true energy far away. Not to mention people on the shore, there were not many living things. As a killer, Zhao Jue liked this atmosphere very much. Quiet and lonely.

"It's almost done, brother. It's just an assassination. What are you afraid of? In my opinion, you can drink and sing as usual. You won't die as long as I am here."

Zhao Jue looked relaxed, and he was more timid when he was close to home. Although he didn't stay in Shu for a long time, the unique scenery and people in Shu still made Zhao Ju unforgettable.

After hearing Zhao Jue's teasing words, Li Yizheng also smiled and sat down on the railing, feeling the wind on the river comfortably. With his hands open and his eyes slightly narrowed, he looked calm and proud.

One of them sat on the railing, and the other held a knife to appreciate the beautiful scenery by the river. It was so comfortable.

It was almost autumn, so the days were naturally not as long as in summer. Unknowingly, the sky had darkened, as if it had crossed the evening in an instant, and even the afterglow of the dusk disappeared in an instant.

Li Yizhen couldn't stand the cold wind on the river, so he returned to the cabin early to avoid the wind. Only Zhao was chewing dry food in the wind on the river under the weak light of the small lantern. The river was long, and the mountains on both sides in the darkness were like ferocious beasts with their mouths wide open.

After eating the dry food in the river wind, Zhao felt that there was nothing to do tonight, so he took the knife and went back to the cabin to lie down. This is what it's like to be on a business trip. Most of the time, I'm lonely. This time the journey is long, and most of the time I'm bored. Fortunately, the environment is quiet, which is a good thing for cultivation.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, the last Tongxuan Pill was taken, which moved the whole body's true qi and digested the medicinal power. Close your eyes and feel the true qi wandering around the acupoints of the body, nourishing the blood, flesh, tendons and bones of the whole body. The external true qi was taken back, the body and mind were guarded, the Yuan was returned to one, the mind and spirit were combined, and the medicinal power of the pill was silently refined.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao exhaled a breath of turbid air, opened his eyes with satisfaction, and smiled as if relieved. Just when he was about to release his Qi, he felt the boat stop. Zhao Jue stabilized his forward leaning body, stood up puzzled, and walked out of the cabin.

Seeing Zhao Jue coming out, the anxious expression of the boatman leaning on the oars eased a little. Looking at Zhao Jue, he said anxiously, "Sir, there are boats chasing us from behind, and there are boats blocking the road in front. It's really..."

Blocking the road? What a joke, don't you know how wide the Yangtze River is? Can there be boats blocking the Yangtze River? Zhao Jue looked at the boatman with a little suspicion, his hand already on the knife handle at his waist. The Qi spread, and there were indeed several small boats coming towards him from behind. There were two or three small boats parked not far ahead, just blocking the way forward. It seemed that he had encountered pirates.

Even though Li Yizhen was slow to react, he also got out of the cabin and looked at Zhao Jue in silence, with an unremovable worry on his face, and he didn't even put on his clothes properly.

"It's nothing serious, let's wait and see what they plan to do." Zhao Jue held the knife indifferently, half comforting, half confidently said, "Calm down, we are on business, not fugitives, why panic? Put on your clothes."

Li Yizheng had seen Zhao Jue take action, and he was much calmer after hearing this, but the boatman was still terrified and hesitated, and reminded carefully, "My two adults, at most you can give them some silver to send them away..."

"Heh, send them away? Only I am robbing others, and others are robbing me? The Tang Dynasty is desolate!"

"I have to use silver to send these people away before I am an official, and I have to use silver to send these people away after I am an official, then I am not an official in vain?"

Zhao Jue's tone was light, but with disdain and sarcasm, his expression was contemptuous, as if it was a trivial matter that he could easily handle, and he didn't take it to heart. He still squinted at the river surface, and even had the leisure to open his hands to feel the wind blowing from the river surface.

The boats behind looked far away, but they were moving very fast. One could tell at a glance that they were veterans. They were gradually getting bigger in the sight. In just two quarters of an hour, sparse figures of people could be seen on the boats.

There was still some distance to go, and the voice had already come, "The boat ahead, leave the shadow woman behind, take off your clothes and jump into the river. Don't say that I won't let you live, there is still a way to survive if you jump into the river, when I get on the boat, everyone's head will fall to the ground, and no one will be left alive!"

Hearing the voice coming from the river wind, Zhao sneered and said nothing. Have they always been so brave? Or is there really a master?

Not caring too much, Zhao unsheathed his Tang sword three inches, and the true energy condensed on the sword, affecting the great forces of heaven and earth, nourishing the sword's momentum. In a duel between masters of the same rank, whoever enters the accumulation stage first will take the lead. Zhao couldn't be sure that there were no masters among the people who came. Although the true energy released did not sense the fluctuations of another true energy, there was a young marquis of noble status on the boat, so he couldn't be careless, so he still accumulated momentum first, and the lion fought the rabbit with all his strength.

The great forces of heaven and earth were affected, and for a while, the wind was calm, and a strange and unique momentum flowed on the river.

But the boats behind them seemed not to feel it, closing the distance at a high speed, and in just a short while, they were close to Zhao Jue's boat.

Before the people on the boats got close, the swords were already unsheathed. Seeing Zhao Jue holding a sword on the second floor, the leading man drew his sword and pointed it at Zhao Jue and shouted angrily.

"Little bastard, do I want to fuck you? You are shameless. You take my words as fart. If I don't chop you off, I will kill you!"

Ha, it seems that he is really brave!