On this day and night, the evening breeze ruffled the vast water surface of East Lake, causing sparkling waves to reflect the lights on the lake.
There are faint singing voices on the boats on the shore, scattered on the water. Next to the shore of the lake, there are also many lit vendors selling some quirky items. A full moon hangs in the night sky, but the night looks deserted, reflecting the bustling and bustling under the night.
Jun Huailang and Shen Liufeng didn't take anyone with them, and the two of them walked through the night market by the lake and all the way to the shore.
Shen Liufengbao's cruise ship has stopped there and waited.
The boat was not big, and there was a small deck in front of it, with tables, chairs, lamps and lanterns on it. In the awning of the boat is the place where the cook cooks, and there is a basket of freshly caught fish, shrimp and crabs. Standing at the stern of the boat, the stern man was waving at the two of them, smiling and inviting them to board the boat.
"Today's cook, I brought it from home on purpose." Shen Liufeng said and went to the boat. He didn't learn any martial arts at all, so he was distracted when he talked, and he stumbled as soon as he stepped on it. It was Jun Huailang who quickly put his hand up and didn't teach him to fall into the lake.
Jun Huailang followed him onto the boat, and he heard him continue: "I have been cooking Su cuisine for more than ten years, and my craftsmanship is the best. I told my uncle to invite you to dinner, and he asked me to bring the cook with me. Come on, I'll tell you to try it."
The two were gossiping, and the stern man punted the boat away from the shore, and slowly rowed the boat into the lake. The cook brought them the wine that had been warmed in the morning, and went into the canopy and opened fire.
The boat broke through the water and drove slowly, bringing the cool summer breeze on the lake. There are willows and willows on the shore, the lights are bright, the lights on the boat are swaying, the full moon hangs high above the head, and the wine in the cup exudes a faint fragrance of osmanthus.
The scorpion said hello in advance. Knowing that the young master of the Shen family was happy, he slowly propped the boat along the way and rowed to the north of Donghu Lake.
There are no boats at the pier there at night, they are all on the shore, and there are no cruise ships around, and a row of bright lights on the south bank can be seen far away.
But after a little effort, the surroundings became quiet.
The cooks brought the dishes to the table one after another.
Taihu Sanbai, squirrel mandarin fish, crab flour cabbage, and silver fish soup are all seasoned Suzhou dishes. There is also Daozhi glutinous herring, which is marinated with wine lees and then fried. Once it is placed on the table, there is a refreshing aroma of wine.
Shen Liufeng greeted Jun Huailang to move his chopsticks.
Jun Huailang couldn't help laughing and said, "I only heard that Jiangnan was good before, but now I have come to Jiangnan for a walk, and sure enough."
Shen Liufeng smiled and said, "Then don't go back to Chang'an. It's rare for me to find such a good friend, and I'm not willing to let go."
Jun Huailang shook his head with a slight smile, and looked at the lights that were gradually receding from the south bank.
The shore is connected to the water surface, and it is bright and bright.
If he hadn't lived a new life, he couldn't imagine that it would take a long time before this piece of peaceful beauty would be smashed by a flood.
He gradually withdrew his smile and his eyes sank.
But Shen Liufeng didn't notice it, he drank and ate food, and chatted with him with a smile. That dish of fermented herring was very wine-flavored, and won his heart. After eating the top side, he used his chopsticks to dig out the fish underneath.
"Wouldn't it be more convenient to turn over? But my uncle always said that you can't turn over the fish when you eat on the boat, and I don't know what's the point..."
At this moment, a short cry for help came from the quiet lake.
"Help!"
But with just one sound, as soon as the word of life was spoken, it was as if someone covered the mouth of the caller for help, and the final sound disappeared shortly after.
Jun Huailang immediately retracted his gaze and looked towards the lake.
I saw a small painting boat not far away, no one punted the boat, and it was originally parked there. But at this time, the boat was shaking abnormally, and it seemed that someone was struggling inside.
Jun Huailang frowned.
But seeing Shen Liufeng standing beside him stunned for a while, he said firmly, "Why do I hear this voice, like Miss Xiaoqian?"
Jun Huailang couldn't hear it, but he also knew that the caller was a woman. This place is secluded, the pier not far away is no longer moving, and the surrounding ships, except for this one, are very far away.
Jun Huailang knew that there were not many people on his boat, but if they didn't care, no one would be able to save the girl today.
"Swipe over to take a look." Jun Huailang said to Shen Liufeng. "Nothing really happened."
At this moment, the two of them clearly saw that a girl was struggling to push open the window of the painting boat, and her clothes were already a little messy.
"You let me go!"
But after that, she was dragged back by a man.
"Want to jump in and die? Not so cheap..."
With a bang, the window closed, blocking his next words.
This time, Shen Liufeng clearly heard the woman's voice and saw her face.
"It's Miss Xiaoqian!"
He stood up abruptly from his chair, causing the boat to shake. But he didn't care too much, and quickly ordered the stern: "Quick, go to the boat over there!"
Hearing his call, the captain of the boat was in a hurry, so he punted the boat quickly, turned the boat in a direction, and rowed towards the painting boat.
"Who is such a beast!" Shen Liufeng spun around in a hurry on the boat. "How can this be good..."
Jun Huailang raised his hand and patted him to appease him. He also stood up and shouted to the painting boat, "Who is on the boat and what is he doing?"
That man was able to row the boat so far, he must have been sneaky and dared not be seen. Teach them to hear the voice and suspend their behavior. Even if you want to force the girl, you don't dare to show your disheveled ugly appearance in front of people.
Sure enough, there was a rustling sound on the boat, and a man hurriedly pushed open the door of the boat, as if to run to the stern and row the boat away.
But their painting boat is far less agile than this cruise ship, and within a moment, the two boats are next to each other.
Through the open boat door, Jun Huailang saw at a glance that there was a young man sitting in the painting boat, the same one who was in the restaurant that day, throwing money on the stage.
The men around looked like they were all servants, holding a woman in a light yellow dress. The woman's hair was messy, and her clothes were pulled apart. At this time, she barely covered her body and was very embarrassed.
"Who is meddling here?" When the young man saw the boat approaching, he clicked his tongue impatiently, and put the wine glass in his hand on the table.
Shen Liufeng's eyes turned red.
"Where are you a beast, you are wild here!"
He snorted angrily and went straight to the opposite boat. The two boats were so close that he jumped and jumped onto the opposite boat.
"Liu Feng!" Jun Huailang couldn't stop it, and followed him to the side of the boat.
Seeing that Shen Liufeng bowed and entered the painting boat, he reached out and grabbed Su Xiaoqian from them. Those servants were in a hurry for a while, some dragged Su Xiaoqian, and some pushed Shen Liufeng out.
But I don't know where Shen Liufeng's brute force came from, and actually pulled Su Xiaoqian out.
But following closely, Shen Liufeng was pulled by them.
"Come out first!" Jun Huailang reminded Su Xiaoqian quickly.
Su Xiaoqian ran a few steps outside the boat with her clothes on, and just when the boater threw away the bamboo pole to catch her, she reached out to Jun Huailang.
Jun Huailang took her arm, took advantage of the situation, dragged her to their boat, took off his robe, covered her, and pressed her into the cabin.
"Liufeng, come!" Immediately after, he turned around and shouted to Shen Liufeng.
But I didn't expect that the boy in the boat would be so bold. Seeing that Su Xiaoqian was rescued, he suddenly burst into flames and said loudly, "Leave this nosy person to the lake!"
The few servants immediately pushed and shoved Shen Liufeng. Shen Liufeng didn't know martial arts at all, and there was no way to be attacked by many sides, and he was immediately pushed out of the cabin.
Jun Huailang hurriedly reached out to pick him up.
But immediately following, the servant holding the bamboo pole lifted the bamboo pole and smashed Shen Liufeng into the lake with a stick.
With a thud, Shen Liufeng fell into the lake.
Jun Huailang's heartbeat stopped.
This East Lake is a naturally formed lake. The Yangtze River connected to it is the largest river in Dayong, and it is completely different from those excavated lakes in the palace.
If a person falls into it, even the corpse cannot be retrieved.
"Liufeng!" He ignored the people in the boat and leaned over the side of the boat. Fortunately, the lake was not cold, and Shen Liufeng was still struggling on the lake.
Facing the dark lake water, a sense of fear rose from Jun Huailang's heart, making his hand holding the edge of the boat tremble with cold. But he didn't care so much, he stretched out his body and tried to catch him.
"Penny, let him catch it!" Jun Huailang instructed the stern man at the stern.
The boatman hurriedly handed the pole over and jumped into the lake to save people.
But the boy on the opposite boat walked out of the cabin leisurely.
"Fight him down." He waved the fan in his hand and said with a smile. "You're a master if you die."
The servants on the boat immediately took the oars and bamboo poles and hit the two people in the water down. Although the scorpion was well versed in water, he was old and choked several saliva for a while, and he couldn't pull Shen Liufeng.
"You know who he is!" Jun Huailang said angrily. "He is..."
"I don't care who he is." The young man interrupted him with a sneer. "In this broken place, the King of Heaven, Lao Tzu, is the one who dares to offend me."
After speaking, he instructed: "Isn't there another one on this boat? Throw him into the lake for the Lord too!"
Those few servants became more and more arrogant at this time, and they got the order and jumped straight to the boat on Jun Huailang's side.
Jun Huailang clasped the edge of the boat with one hand and looked at them, gritted his teeth.
At this moment, a few black shadows flew not far away.
Those shadows were extremely fast, like swift ospreys on the lake. Just listening to a few whistling winds, a shadow fell on the roof of the boat. He landed so lightly that the boat didn't even rock.
Immediately after, two more black figures jumped into the water, rescued Shen Liufeng and Duke Shou, and took the two of them onto the boat with one jump.
Immediately after, a young man who was half a head shorter than Jun Huailang landed on his boat, with his back to him and the few people in the boat.
For a while, the air was quiet.
The young man was stunned for a moment, and then he said angrily: "What are you doing! Why don't you tie those two nosy people to your grandfather!"
One of the family members took a step forward boldly.
Immediately after, a sharp long knife was placed on his shoulder, clinging to the side of his neck.
"The Lord has an order, come one, kill one."
The boy held a knife in one hand and said. He hasn't changed his voice yet, the boy's voice is a little hoarse, not very pleasant, plus there is no ups and downs in his tone, it sounds a bit intimidating in the night.
The Ding didn't dare to move for a moment.
The young master only saw the person coming by the light.
Those few people were wearing uniform flying fish clothes, with embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists.
Jinyiwei people.
The young master was stunned for a moment, and then he stopped talking.
The one who can command Jin Yiwei is the one whose father and grandfather in Chang'an can't afford to offend.
"… Walk!"
After a while, he gritted his teeth and ordered bitterly.
The painting boat started and went away in a dreary way. The bird-like figure on the painting boat swept away, jumped to the stern, grabbed the bamboo pole, and rowed the boat towards the pier.
There were a lot of people on the boat, but none of the extra people spoke, and they all stood upright like statues.
The young man in front of him skillfully and quietly put away the knife, and the cold light lit up, revealing a scar on the end of his left eyebrow.
From the eyebrows to the eyes, the eyebrows were cut off.
"...Where is this going?" Jun Huailang couldn't help asking.
The boy didn't look at him, just turned around and clenched his fists at him neatly.
"King Guangling has an invitation," he said.
Jun Huailang couldn't react for a while: "…Who is King Guangling?"
The young man didn't speak any more, but Jin Yiwei who rescued Shen Liufeng next to him spoke up: "Young Master Hui, it's the Fifth Highness. Just now, the Fifth Highness heard your voice from a distance and asked his subordinates to rescue you."
... Xue Yan
Jun Huailang couldn't come back to his senses for a while.
This caught him off guard, but at the same time, he felt like he was in a different world and still in a dream.
Why did Xue Yan come
He couldn't return to God, and was speechless for a moment.
"His Royal Highness...?" Shen Liufeng, who was wet, came up. "Is the prince of Beijing here?"
Jun Huailang looked at him, not knowing whether to nod or shake his head for a while.
He just felt unreal.
At this moment, he looked up and saw a large ship not far away.
The boat had three floors, was tall and large, and from a distance, it looked like a giant beast dormant on the water.
A man stood on the deck, facing them, waiting quietly. Even if it was far away, Jun Huailang recognized it.
It's Xue Yan.