Lord of the House

The boat was trapped in Qingjiangpu, and a few teenagers were getting used to the water, but they had to stay on the boat to take care of others; the next day, Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe went ashore on the mallard.

On the north bank is Tinghu County, Huai'an Prefecture. Historically, the Huaihe River has been diverted many times. There is no very accurate map in this era. Lin Fu can only roughly estimate that Tinghu County is located between Lianyungang and Yancheng in later generations. Because the north bank of Qingjiangpu is Tinghu County, the south bank is Yancheng County, and the north of Tinghu Lake is Xinpu County, all of which belong to Huaian Prefecture.

The reeds on the north bank are almost twenty miles deep. In the early winter of October, the cold current hit. Although the water was only launched after the sun rose, the Lin Bing and Fu Qing Rivers came ashore, and their lips were still purple from the cold.

Fu Qinghe is a martial artist with strong muscles and bones, but he is already in his fifties. No matter how strong his body is, there are limits. Lin Fu has also consciously strengthened his physique during this time, but a good physique cannot be exercised in a short time. After they were done, they were frozen enough; on the shore, the two changed into dry clothes wrapped in oil paper cloth, ate dry food, and basked in the sun before their hands and feet gradually recovered.

Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe went ashore and planned to get a boat that could travel through the shallow reeds to pick up everyone on the shore.

I walked along the river bank for twenty or thirty miles to the west, but I didn't see any boats parked on the bank.

The shallow water beach is full of endless reeds, and the water is too shallow to row a boat. Where will the big boats and small boats stop on this shore? It was only until I went to Qingpu Jindukou in Tinghu County that I saw a suitable boat.

Qingpujin is said to be a ferry, but it is prosperous but like a town, where various industries gather, stalls and shops, passing boats and horses, and tourists in a hurry make this place very lively. This is the main traffic road in the east of Huai'an Prefecture. In addition to the Qingjiangpu waterway that can pass upstream, there are also official roads running from north to south where they meet. Tinghu County has a water and land post office here, as well as an inspection department. .

Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe sat in a food shop in the ferry, sitting next to the window, observing the situation of the ferry, and whispered: "If you pay for a boat, it will cause suspicion in the eyes of others..."

In front of the ferry, there were more than a dozen soldiers who belonged to the Qingpujin Inspection Division. After inquiring, there were more than 80 swordsmen and archers in the entire inspection division. In addition, there were more than 20 guards in Qingpujin Station. It's okay to spend money to hire a boat. If you buy a boat directly, it's too difficult to keep others suspicious. Lin Bie nodded and said, "We can only wait until it's dark..."

Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe were sitting in the shop drinking. The fruit wine was slightly astringent and sweet, far from being able to compare with the later generations of strong wine. Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe drank slowly, and there was no drunkenness at all.

At dusk, four men walked into the shop, three long and one young, wearing long robes, but they were all strong and sturdy people, walking around and looking around, very different from ordinary people.

Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe were sitting next to the window, and they could see the ferry from the window. The four people who had just walked in were sitting on the table of the Eight Immortals next door. He said softly, "You said Ferry can't carry knives, why do they carry knives?"

Although the black-faced youth spoke softly, Lin Bie could hear it clearly; the black-faced youth's accomplice had a middle-aged man who thought he was the leader. , Fu Qinghe glanced.

Lin Fu watched a hawker selling sugar sand chestnuts pass by outside the window. He stopped the hawker and was about to let the hawker come over with a lotus leaf bag and a handful of chestnuts, but saw the middle-aged man's eyes swept across Fu Qinghe's face Shi hesitated to take a second glance, and there was a look of doubt in his eyes that could not be concealed.

Lin Fu glanced at Fu Qinghe, Fu Qinghe frowned slightly, and gave him a wink, motioning to go out first before speaking. Lin Fu took the waist knife and followed Fu Qinghe to the elm counter at the door of the store to check out, and walked across the street from the official road.

The previous four men had moved to their table—the table next to the window, better suited for observing the ferry—and the four men were observing the situation in front of the ferry.

Seeing Fu Qinghe being thoughtful, Lin Fu asked softly, "Master Fu knows where they came from?" The black-faced youth inadvertently revealed that they were carrying weapons with them, but they hid the weapons in him only because they were worried about the cross-examination of the ferry. Maybe they still have accomplices; besides, they don't look like ordinary business travelers.

"Old people from ten years ago," Fu Qinghe said, "but they don't recognize me anymore."

"Oh?" Lin Fu recalled how the middle-aged man looked at Fu Qinghe. He thought that Fu Qinghe had changed a lot in the past ten years. He glanced at the window of the shop again. On the officers and soldiers, they couldn't see what they were doing here. Seeing Fu Qinghe's brows furrowed and thoughtful, he was probably thinking about this too.

"Don't care about them, let's go to see the boat first." Fu Qinghe said.

Lin Fu followed Fu Qinghe to the ferry without a word. It could be seen that Fu Qinghe was very concerned about the four people who suddenly appeared at the ferry, but they first had to connect the two girls and the teenagers to the shore and hide, so they couldn't control too many things.

Lin Fu's identity card was not lost. He and Fu Qinghe carried weapons with them and were not afraid of interrogation.

Although Lin Fu was a side child of the Lin family in Dongyang, after he passed the examination as a scholar, it was also the seventh lady, Gu Yingxiu, who helped to speak, and the family allowed him to return to the clan. Different from the bamboo and wooden tooth plaques of the lowly Han people, his identity plaques are made of bronze, which indicate his status as a scholar and his origin from a distinguished family in Shiliang County, Dongyang, so he has the privilege of following servants and carrying protective weapons. .

In this era, even if you want to be a hero with a sword and walk around the world, you still need a good background; although the government's control of the people's weapons is not so strict that several families share a kitchen knife, ordinary people have no special Identity and proof, the public swaggered through the market with swords and swords in the public court, and was discovered by the government. It would be strange not to be arrested as a bandit, and even the slightest resistance would be shot.

Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe squatted on the bank to observe the canoe in the river, planning to start at night, when they heard the sound of ruts in the distance, they stood up and saw a team of officers and soldiers escorting four prisoners from the official road from the north.

Officers and soldiers escorted prison carts across the border, which always attracted the interest of ordinary people. Travelers and traders from the ferry immediately gathered to watch, Lin Fu and the others were far away, only to see a woman in a red jacket with a disheveled hair sitting in the last prison cart. Yes, the four men also came out of the shop just now, and were surrounded by the crowd.

Lin Fu subconsciously thought that these four men were here to rob the prisoner's car. When he saw Fu Qinghe's expression change greatly, he turned around and walked to the official road. Lin Fu didn't ask much, and followed Fu Qinghe. .

When they approached, the team of officers and soldiers were escorting the prison cart into the inn. Lin Fu could only see the face of the young woman in the red jacket on the last prison cart. Her face was haggard and haggard. The red jacket was cut with sharp cuts in many places, exposing the yellow cotton wool inside, and a small piece of meat was exposed behind the left flank, which was blown white by the cold wind of early winter, but the young woman's hands were shackled. Couldn't reach out to cover it.

Depending on the situation, the **** officers and soldiers would have to spend the night in the inn before heading out tomorrow.

The four men had already turned around and entered the shop earlier. Fu Qinghe looked solemn, and Lin Fu asked softly, "Is he also an old friend?"

Fu Qinghe walked to a place where there was no one, and said to Lin Fu with a dignified expression: "Fu can't stand by and watch the death of an old friend; if Fu encounters misfortune, the young lady and all the sons have to ask Lin Fu." .

Lin Bie stretched out his hand to hold Fu Qinghe, and said, "The cause of the incident is still unknown. Is it too early for Master Fu to ask for the funeral at this time?"

"..." Fu Qinghe didn't know what to say for a while.

"Master Fu thinks I am someone who is afraid of things?" Lin Fu said.

Fu Qinghe pressed Lin Bing's shoulder gratefully, and he didn't say many words of gratitude. The two went back to the restaurant to find the four men. The four men had already left, and they asked the shopkeeper about the direction of their departure. Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe chased north all the way.

Both sides of the official road are boundless fields, and there is a maple forest more than two miles to the north. The autumn leaves dyed in frost and red are better than fire. From a distance, it looks like a big bunch of wildfires burning in the fields, very beautiful.

The four men left from this direction. They wanted to hijack the prisoner's car, and they would not be too far from the ferry. The maple forest was most likely their hiding place. Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe walked straight into the depths of the woods.

Walking in a hundred and ten paces, I suddenly heard footsteps behind them. Lin Fu and Fu Qinghe turned around. Sixteen or seventeen men in strong suits and swords surrounded them. The middle-aged man in the restaurant Staring at Fu Qinghe, he said, "It really is you, but I thought it was a mistake. Since you sneaked away back then, why did you follow him today?" You could hear his excitement from his hoarse voice. .

"I'm not busy talking about old things for now. You have been active in Huaishang all these years. Even if Ziang and the others are arrested by the government, they should be transported from Huaishang to Liangjing. Why did the prisoner cart pass here?" Fu Qinghe asked, "Are you guys? Are you planning to hijack a prison van here?"

Huai'an Mansion is the downstream of Huai River, thousands of miles away from Huai Shang.

"It's none of your business to save Zi Ang," a short and stout man beside the middle-aged man scolded harshly, "What qualifications do you have to pretend to pretend to be a good person here, you bastard? Ang, Si Niangzi, it's a big deal to go on the road together, brothers walk together on Huangquan Road, not lonely..."

"You followed the prisoner car all the way, why didn't you get robbed on the road and drag it to the present?" Lin Fu ignored Fu Qinghe's old grievances with the group in front of him. The top priority was to figure out some key issues.

"They are rogue robbers on Huai River. The imperial court has arrested them for many years, and even set up special anti-robbery yamen in Huai Shangfu for these rogue robbers." Fu Qinghe didn't mind the evil words of these people in front of him. Bound introduced them, "If such a heavy prisoner is successfully abducted by his accomplices, the **** officers and soldiers will be executed without mercy, and even their family members will be executed. If they rob the prisoners on the road, the **** officers and soldiers will kill the prisoners without hesitation. We must wait until the officers and soldiers are separated from the prison van before we dare to attack.”

"Gao Sanhu, who is he?" The middle-aged man stared at Lin Fu with a frown and asked Fu Qinghe, "Your apprentice?"

"Tan Ye has a great life for me, and you don't have to worry about Tan Ye's leaking out about Liu Ma Kou."

"I'm not afraid of wearing shoes with bare feet, but I'm afraid of a bird." The short and strong man spat. With outsiders present, he calmed down a bit, and didn't mention any more about driving Fu Qinghe away.

Fu Qinghe smiled wryly and explained to Lin Fu, "Gao Sanhu was my cheap name ten years ago. If my old friend didn't mention it, I would have forgotten about it." He explained to the people in front of him, "I have lived in Jiangning for nearly ten years. Year, if Chengzu is willing, just call me Fu Qinghe, and take Gao Sanhu dead ten years ago..."

"The two halberds are high and the three tigers are high. You know that there were so many men in the army back then that you have no face to waste this name!" A man with half of his left ear stood up and sneered at Fu Qinghe resentfully.

Lin Fu thought to himself that Fu Qinghe really annoyed everyone back then. There were old friends in front of him, and none of them had a good face towards him. He bowed his hands to everyone and said, "Dongyang Tan Zong has seen you all..." Bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes Yes, Fu Qinghe covered up his real identity for him, and he didn't want him to be too involved, so he followed Fu Qinghe's meaning and signed a pseudonym.

Fu Qinghe said sincerely to the middle-aged man at the head: "Chengzu, I didn't mention him in the past; I can always do my little to save Zi'ang and the four girls. If you really want to save people, you can't rush them out. let's go."

Lin Fu thought that the "four girls" in the mouth of the short and strong man and the "four girls" in Fu Qinghe's mouth should be the young woman in the red jacket in the prison car. He heard Fu Qinghe call the middle-aged man in front of him "Chengzu", and instantly remembered who he was. Qin Chengzu and other rogue pirates' sea capture documents were also posted in Dongyang Mansion. The middle-aged man turned out to be the leader of the famous Liuma bandit.

Qin Chengzu pondered for a moment and explained to Fu Qinghe: "After the Huai Shang prefectures established the anti-robbery department, each prefecture allocated money to set up a new anti-robbery battalion, dedicated to exterminating me and other horse thieves, and it became increasingly difficult to operate in Huai Shang. Chen Hansan voted for the government again this year. We were active in Jiangling and did not get news in time. After the fall, Chen Hansan, the dead dog who led the officers and soldiers of the Three Battalion Anti-theft Battalion, was bitten by the dead dog in Jiangling. More than 200 brothers, only Less than fifty brothers rushed out. Huai Shang could not wait, so we went downstream, Zi Ang and Si Niangzi led the two brothers into Xinpu City to inquire about the news, UU read www.uukanshu.com for Chen Hansan to lead the crowd to chase The robbery camp that came here failed to escape... Chen Hansan sent his cronies to **** them to Jiangning for merit." When the name Chen Hansan was mentioned, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and wished to swallow his life.

"Where are the others?" Fu Qinghe asked. There were nearly fifty people who broke through in the autumn, and there were only sixteen people in front of them.

"Brothers with complete siblings, you see these people, Sanhei and Wu Qi are guarding outside the forest." The middle-aged man said with a gloomy expression.

"You only want to rob the official post with only eighteen people?" Fu Qinghe frowned and asked, "You also know that the team of officers and soldiers who escorted the prisoner car are all elites from the Chen Han Sansuo, and there are eight swordsmen and archers in the Qingpujin Inspection Division. There are more than ten people stationed in the vicinity, and there are more than thirty people in the post house, so you want to rob the official post?"

"Is there any way? Only after entering the inn will Zi Ang and the others be detained in a separate room... After leaving Qingpujin, this group of officers and soldiers have to take the waterway and take the official boat to Jiangning, and the chance of attacking is even slimmer." The middle-aged man said, from his tone, he could tell that he was still willing to discuss with Fu Qinghe about ways to save people.

The water depth at the estuary of Qingjiangpu is very shallow, which is not conducive to the passage of large ships. From Qingpujin up, the channel conditions are much better. As long as the shallow water beach is avoided, the passage of medium-sized boats of three to five hundred stone is very convenient. From the territory of Huaian Prefecture, passing through Fanliang Lake and crossing Hongzepu, you can enter the territory of Dongyang Prefecture, and there are rivers that run through to Jiangning Prefecture. When the officers and soldiers escorted the prison cart onto the official ship, and wanted to **** the person out unscathed, it was really difficult to go to the sky. But just like them rushing into the inn to save people, what's the difference between sending them to death?

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