We spent the next two days cleaning up the battlefield, and of course we found no evidence. This is not surprising, we want this to be known only to heaven and earth, you and me, but not to anyone else, so there is only "no" evidence.
However, the "clues left unintentionally" were still very obvious, so we even had to eliminate them ourselves. For example, a group of rioters, whom we called bandits and hooligans, had their tents all covered with official cloth. In addition to the part that was burned on this side of the river, there were still hundreds of official tents arranged very neatly on the other side of the river. This was a bit unreasonable, but we felt it was a pity to burn them, so we "cleaned them up" all. We also asked the officers and soldiers to go to the toilet here collectively. We must admit that this was an extremely genius and extremely boring idea. In addition, we burned some garbage there, so the stench here could be smelled ten miles away. "This group of damn bandits", at least now they are.
Another clue is that the salt is all official salt produced in Yandu. Many people may not know where the county represented by this place name is, but I know because I came back from there. However, compared to our "gang of dirty bandits and rebels", the salt in Yandu is very good, white and clean, so E Huan and Chen Ying proposed to use this to make a large number of pickled meat for the winter, but others disagreed, and I didn't feel that a lot of pickled meat was needed for the winter. I don't know what happened to this matter later, because I was not there soon. There were also regular soldiers' weapons discarded everywhere, so we had to "clean them up", which was also the order of Brother Yan.
** was the most unhappy among all the people, because he didn't fight in the war again. I just discovered that this person seemed to like fighting very much. I was a little worried that the people below helped me to brag too much, which made him think that fighting was very fun and interesting. I wanted to say something to him, but later I gave up the idea. People who have not experienced real war will not understand what I mean. And for him, this time is at most a formal exercise that is a little too real.
And I already wanted to go back, but I thought it would be best for me to discuss the defense of this place with everyone before I set off, but I didn't expect to wait for Lai Bin's good news.
It was the morning of the third day, Brother Yan shouted outside where I lived, saying that we should go to his house for lunch today. I thought that his Xiangyang courtyard was a long way away from here, and it would take half a month to get lunch, which was too much trouble, so I suggested forget it. I didn't expect him to be anxious. He had something else to do, so I didn't bother with him, and quickly "get up."
My eldest brother has spoken, and he is using my aunt as a reason to intimidate me, what else can I say? And in my daze, I suddenly thought that I might have to go back, and I got an idea. I came out and quickly put on my clothes while yawning and asked, "Is it right to go to your house?"
"Of course... Oh... My wife and I live in Zhujia Town on the edge of Wu County. It only takes half an hour to get there from here."
"Oh... uh, Brother Yan, why are you talking about this now? How did you know my sister-in-law?" He was a little disappointed and fastened his clothes slowly.
"None of your business." Brother Yan's attitude in this regard was obviously not very friendly: "You should prepare first, and then your family and Bin can go together. My wife's family has something to do at noon today, so I invite you to the banquet to show your face. You, the Marquis of Ping An Feng Yun, are not only a glutton, but you are also a big man with a reputation to show your face. And I will also introduce your sister-in-law to you."
It was this sentence that defined this good thing. This matter was indeed somewhat legendary, but I did not understand the mystery at that time.
Binbin was a bit sleepy that day. He said he had a nightmare the night before and didn't sleep well, so he wanted to sleep a little longer in the morning. But I had a heavy responsibility, so how could I let him be so lazy? After a lot of soft and hard tactics, I finally got him up at almost noon. After washing up, Yinling and I dragged the man's horse and hurried to follow the guide.
I expressed that I had some interest in attending the banquet, but he was just the opposite of me. He would only attend a banquet that he was interested in.
To be honest, I don't see anything contradictory about this. But for me who grew up with him, this is easy to understand.
It really took half an hour to get there, and I had to walk on a hot road in the countryside with little shelter. It was really painful. This feeling of pain was more painful than sleeping in a stuffy house in summer, but it should be better than sleeping in a stuffy house with a group of people in summer, so the degree of pain was about the same as sleeping in a stuffy house with a group of people in summer. It's just that I don't know the number of people, and I'm not interested in knowing.
But no matter how uncomfortable I feel, I feel much better when I am with Yinling who always looks at me with a smile. And Binbin who always has some high-level jokes is always joking with me, and time passes a lot faster.
When we got there, we found that this was a real wealthy family, with a courtyard that extended far to the misty river in the distance. However, none of us were in a hurry to enter this huge manor. Because we all saw the unique place outside the courtyard that looked like a city, we all stopped, so the guide could only wait for us anxiously. Yin Ling politely asked him to wait for a moment, but he stopped without hesitation. Regardless of how many there are in this town, there is such a big manor here. Regardless of how many people there are near this town, there are hundreds of people surrounding this place alone. The reason seems to be a piece of white silk pasted on the outer wall of this mansion. There is nothing special about the white silk, but there are a hundred words densely written on it, ten words in a row, a total of ten columns. Although Sheng Bin was also looking at it, she didn't react much, she was just looking at it. Yin Ling and I took a look at the silk, but we looked at each other, one was thinking about something, and the other was full of mixed feelings.
However, this hundred-word formation was very different from the one I had seen before, so it helped me get out of this confusion very quickly. The most different thing was that I didn't recognize a single word! These were not words at all, they were just like divine books from heaven. Sometimes some words seemed familiar, but I was soon convinced that I didn't recognize them at all. So I looked at them one by one, but this was just to prove one thing: I really didn't recognize any of them.
Compared to my complete ignorance, I believe that someone is a little bit better. Actually, I guessed that this person is a little bit better, so I was also very interested in covering up my shame and embarrassment and looking at my wife.
It was the first time I saw Yinling with such a blank expression on her face. She finally noticed me looking at her, she smiled at me, but could only say to me and Binbin with a somewhat bitter smile: "I don't know a single word."
I nodded honestly: "I'm the same as you."
Binbin was really frank, and said again: "I am the exact opposite of you all. I... don't know a single word."
Yinling and I looked at each other in surprise and couldn't help laughing. This family was just trying to show off their family knowledge. Just as I was about to ask the people next to me what was going on, suddenly, the person under the silk came over and bowed to Sheng Bin and said, "Sir, please follow me in with your companions."
"We are just about to go in." Binbin replied leisurely, and motioned for us to go in together. Then we all dismounted and went into the house. This time I was very careful not to let the saddle hit my body, or my body hit the saddle, but inevitably the innocent onlookers behind me were almost knocked away. I could only apologize a few more times and pulled my lovely wife - I use the word "delicate" because at least others think so - with the help of the guide, we squeezed into the crowd.
Yinling and I both felt something was wrong, but we still didn't understand why. Binbin was still very relaxed, still joking with us while walking in front. I paid attention to the two people who were leading me. I could see that they were not here for the same thing. The two of them even looked at each other and kept a distance.
Obviously, this family is a well-known and prominent family in the local area. Entering the courtyard is like entering another world. The courtyard is built with the style of Jiangdong water village, with bridges, weeping willows, pavilions and terraces. A river flows through, and you can hear the gurgling sound of water and see the comfortable green. Even without the cool breeze, you will feel much fresher.
Just behind a door, people suddenly appeared in the scene in front of me. At this moment, they were chatting in groups of three or four. Frankly speaking, it was a little different from what I thought at the beginning. I originally thought that these people - including those invited, except us - were just ordinary local rich people. Now it seems that these people are quite good in terms of feeling. From their faces and actions, we can see the knowledge and talent they have in their hearts. This is a very strange thing, but I always feel that in addition to people's appearance, there is something inside that can be seen. I find it difficult to know what it is or why. And I finally felt that this family's family learning is indeed very deep, and my wife might need to come. When I thought of her, I sighed unconsciously, but I found that she was sighing too.
The two leaders walked towards a middle-aged fat man sitting in the center of a pavilion. If nothing unexpected happened, this was Brother Yan's father-in-law, so I started to have some bad thoughts. Since there were almost no other fat people around, I naturally thought that Brother Yan's father-in-law chose Brother Yan in order to find someone with whom he could have common topics, such as how fat people treat Yan Xia, how fat people solve their weight problems, etc., so our fat man appeared in front of him in this lively way.
"When your heart gets old, you also get fat." This weak but very clear voice came from beside me.
"How do you know what I'm thinking?" This voice was much more powerful, but it slipped out of my mouth very unclearly.
"With your attitude, what do you think? You don't even know... anything..." She said to me expressionlessly, and then looked at me with a facial expression that was obviously pretending to be cute, and hummed for inquiry: "Hmm?"
I really have no other choice when I have such a lovely girl who knows you so well around me. And I am really happy that Yinling can be like this now, instead of appearing as a sister... Otherwise, I would be pulled by the ears several times a day, scolded dozens of times in the main hall, and nagged dozens of times, which would be very terrible. I couldn't help but shudder, thinking that fortunately, I didn't care at the time, but I will grow up eventually, and I will no longer be that child.
But when I think about the conversation between the teacher and I in the winter of the sixth year of Guanghe, it has only been more than two years - a lot has happened in these two years.
The middle-aged man came over, and then came the most annoying courtesy exchange. I have said that set of words no less than a thousand times, at least when I was the regent in Luoyang, it was impossible not to say it a hundred times a day, because that was the approximate number of court officials. At that time, it was just bowing all the time, which was not only tiring for the waist, but also required good speaking skills. Facing hundreds of various court officials, including those of strange appearances, I had to greet them one by one, and I had to be good at speaking, and I couldn't remember the wrong person, otherwise it would not only be embarrassing, but if I met someone with a ulterior motive, it would also leave a grudge, and they would always do bad things to you behind your back, and I didn't know what to do.
Therefore, I believe this person must be very impressed by my time-tested rhetoric skills. Perhaps because of this, even though I always say that I am an ordinary commoner, I am still treated as a distinguished guest. Of course, after being proud of myself just now, I thought that it must be my elder brother's instructions, and I suddenly became much more low-key and simple. However, Binbin seems to be more valued than me, but it is obviously not my elder brother's instructions, because it was when the servant under the silk finished talking to the fat man that the fat man's eyes began to look at Binbin with something wrong. I noticed that his eyes always stayed around Binbin, as if Binbin owed them money.
This time, Yinling was the first to notice something. She first put on a smile of understanding, then quickly leaned over and said one sentence that made me understand: "Binbin may be getting married."
After hearing about this, I looked at it carefully and found some clues: for example, the middle-aged fat man had a gentle look in his eyes, and he almost asked about the ancestral grave of Binbin's family. In fact, many times, some things can be solved easily, but the effort of solving them is definitely not that simple.
Although, I still don’t know how Binbin was chosen to marry, and whether it was recommended by Yan Wensheng, it doesn’t matter to me anymore. It’s very interesting just watching it.
However, I only witnessed the marriage scene up to this point that day. Binbin quickly left here and went into the inner room, which made me very dissatisfied. I originally planned to follow him in, at least to act as a parent, but Yinling held me back and told me not to be naughty. This made me very dissatisfied. What is naughty? Am I still a child? But just when I was about to make a fuss, Yinling glanced at me with a threatening look, and I decided to be honest immediately.
There was only one important event that I can remember at the luncheon that day, which was that after the banquet, I was told that Sheng Bin and the daughter of the Zhu family were going to get engaged. Sheng Bin said that he would go back to report to his parents, and the Zhu family naturally agreed. I can't remember anything else, including what I ate. The main reason was that I was approached by people all afternoon, and they kept asking about things that "happened" to me but I didn't know about them, so I didn't enjoy my meal very much. There was also a slightly more ordinary thing, which was meeting my sister-in-law. Her name was Zhu Xiuli, but her appearance was very fresh and refined, far from being as gorgeous as her name. Her temperament and character were also like her appearance. I had to respect and sympathize with her, but this feeling of sympathy must not be known to my impatient elder brother, otherwise he would have to sympathize with me. It is worth mentioning that the profound family knowledge of this family makes people respect and sympathize with me even more. This feeling of sympathy must not be known to my impatient elder brother and Sheng Bin, who had just been promoted from Binbin, otherwise they would have to sympathize with me even more.
I was about to leave. Seeing Sheng Bin leave first, I delayed a little. The only thing I said to him was, "If you have a wife, live a good life and don't dream of having two wives." Sheng Bin felt that I was like an old man. I told him that if he had two wives, he would have the same feeling as me. He, both sisters-in-law are very good. I am, because they are too good.
I wonder if I always make things interesting, so even though I am a little confused, I have survived to this day. Maybe life is about enjoying it secretly.
Yinling didn't go with me. She had to help deal with some things.
This is what is called insincere words, obviously insincere, but I told her not to tire herself out, which was also insincere. But when we parted, we were smiling and taking care of each other, knowing that this separation would last much longer than the last three days, but it was much calmer than the last time.
Yinling and I separated twice within a month of our wedding, and we didn’t know when we would see each other again the second time. But I felt that it might not be up to us to decide. Later events proved that this was indeed the case.
It was very hot, so I decided to take a boat upstream. Fortunately, there are many southeast winds in summer, so I boarded the boat at Dangtu and had a favorable wind all the way. I often lazily leaned on the upper shed of the boat every day, enjoying the wind. The water here is quite large, but you can still see the shores on both sides - it's just deserted, probably because of the flood.
The people on the boat had no idea who I was. This was what I asked the boat owner to do. For this reason, I kept my weapons hidden in the house and never carried them with me. I always sat there in casual clothes to rest and enjoy the breeze. This was how I could get the peace and quiet I was looking for. Every day when they talked, I would either say something or just listen. I was really free and easy. They would talk about me, but at this time, "I" and I were not the same person at all. Usually I would say a few words and express some unbelievable doubts, but usually I could get a very positive answer. It is worth mentioning that I also heard that the Yangtze River often had floods, so there were no farmlands in the flat areas within a dozen miles on both sides of this section of the river. Naturally, it was always barren. This also solved some of my doubts, but it also caused me to get into trouble. However, I did not feel any resentment about the arrival of this trouble. Instead, I was very happy.
It was early in the morning, and the cabin quickly became hot as soon as the sun rose. My clothes were soaked in my sleep, and when I woke up, I found that they were all on my body. Although I was still sleepy, I felt very uncomfortable and could not sleep anymore. I could only turn over and pull my underwear off my sweaty back. I listened carefully, and the whole ship was quiet. The boatmen were tired all day and were still resting.
I came out quietly and heard the old boatman shouting, "Who is this?"
"Uncle, it's me, big guy. I'm getting up to cool down. You can continue sleeping. I'm sorry for waking you up." He muttered to himself why he always made a lot of noise when he was so careful.
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. I'm old and I can't sleep well." The sound of a palm-leaf fan was heard in the old boatman's cabin, mixed with a few coughs. It seemed that the old man turned over and fell asleep again.
I sighed, but I didn't know why.
There was a little mist on the river, the air was stuffy, and there was no wind. I sat down at the bow and opened my clothes to cool myself down. Finally, I took off my clothes and used the bucket on the bow to draw some river water to wash myself. Only then did I feel better. I drew another bucket of water and was about to drink it. Suddenly, I found some wood chips floating on the water.
"I wonder if they are building boats upstream again?" I muttered to myself, as if thinking about something. I blew away the floating debris on the water surface gently, brushed off a layer of yellow and white particles with my hands, and drank it. The sound of cool water gurgled from my throat to my whole body. Even when I put down the bucket, I could still hear the same sound in my ears.
I don't think it was an illusion that I was enjoying the sweet river water, because I immediately felt that several boats were rowing towards us from the side, and the sound of water was the sound of oars hitting the water. The sound in the fog was indeed very clear, and I even thought I could hear how many boats there were.
As the sound of water became clearer and closer, I gradually felt a little uneasy. The uneasiness slowly spread throughout my body until I ran back quickly and woke everyone up. Most of the young boatmen didn't care, but they had some opinions about my nervousness. But the old boatman was a little uneasy like me. He quickly went to the bow and listened quietly. As the sound of water got closer and the whiteness in front of him was still there, he also began to feel uneasy.
"Who is it?" He frowned, suddenly put his hands to his mouth and shouted over there.
I was startled, fearing something bad might happen, so I lowered the old man's body and whispered in his ear, "Xin, it might be pirates. They seem to know where we are."
At this point, I couldn't help but look at our mast, and sure enough, there was a red and black flag of the Jingzhou officials and merchants at the top.
"Go and wake everyone up, let's go quickly." I hurried over and put down the flag as quietly as possible, whispering, "Quick...quick..."
I was a little nervous. An unknown danger was slowly approaching. I didn’t know if I was shouting “hurry… hurry…” to myself or to someone else.
However, I forgot one thing at that time, and the old boatman also forgot it, but we soon discovered that things were more serious than we imagined.
No wind!
So, when all the boatmen realized the seriousness of the situation, they suddenly found that they could not drive the boat away, and the few poles they had could not reach the bottom.
The people on the boat began to panic, because we had nowhere to go! When we were in Mingzi, we still had a glimmer of hope in the face of the mountains and peaks around us, but this time, facing the vast river, there was really no hope. Some people were ready to jump into the river, but not many people dared to do it. Even I was ready, but the bow and everyone shouted loudly, "Don't do it," so I gave up. There was no other reason, but "There are many dragons in the river here, and those who jump into the water will be bitten, and many will be dead."
"Everyone, take up all the weapons you can get, we are ready to start!" I shouted loudly and was about to go back to get my weapons. Suddenly, I felt that the atmosphere around me was a little different, so I looked around - these were far different from the scenes I had seen before - they were just boatmen, they were not soldiers.
Sighing, I could only sigh again, but I still took out my weapon and hid it on the side of the ship: "If they are bad guys who want to hurt your life, I will take action."
Everyone had no other thoughts, except to look at the direction of the sound from the side of the ship. This made them interested in me. But the person who knew me couldn't hold it in anymore. He was the bowman, and he anxiously asked me what to do. Now, everyone knew who I was.
"Marquis Ping'an Fengyun, this...what should we do?"
"I wonder who these people are?" I tried to comfort him calmly, "This is the territory of the Han Dynasty. It is under the jurisdiction of our Jingzhou army. They may even be acquaintances."
There was a lot of discussion around, some people were a little excited, some people even started to feel relieved. But I didn't have that kind of interest right now.
What is the situation now? The river here is wide, the water is gentle, and there are many shallows, so we dropped anchor early last night. There was no wind this morning, and we had no oars to row. There were more than a dozen boatmen on the boat, which was an official ship carrying salt. At this time, more than a dozen oars were rowing towards us. According to the bow, he had never encountered such a thing on the river. Even if it seemed to happen, he could use the wind to escape, but it seemed that God was not helping him today.
Those with sharp eyes had already seen such sampans in the fog, but soon they no longer needed sharp eyes, as the bows of a dozen black and frightening boats appeared vaguely here. I calmly asked everyone to put some things that could be used for resistance at hand, and this time everyone was really relieved, so relieved that everyone except me felt that nothing was wrong.
There are still such pirates and bandits in the territory of our Han Dynasty. This is what I think in my heart. Jinfan and Xiangzi are both ours, but who are these people
But when this group of people appeared in front of everyone, even I felt relieved. They were all dressed as government soldiers. The young man in front who looked like a general was dressed very decently and looked like the son of a wealthy family. I thought to myself that everything was really fine now.
The people on the boat threw a rope over to us boatmen to pull it, and soon many soldiers boarded the boat. I was wondering if there was no need for so much pomp and circumstance. But I had to let them do it on the surface. I was a commoner and they were government soldiers. But our boat was also a government boat, so we were one family. This might be a daily river inspection, but I didn't know whose subordinate this person was. It would be better if he was from Jingzhou, but judging by his weapons and clothes, they didn't look like him.
The captain hurried forward to salute. The general covered his nose with disgust and took a few steps back, motioning to the people around him. A soldier next to him immediately came up to stop him and asked, "Is this ship yours?"
"Oh, sir, we are one family. This is the official ship that transports salt to Jingzhou. This is our name." He had no choice but to hand a piece of red silk to the soldier who looked a bit like a rogue on the ground. On it was written what they did and the name list of everyone.
"Go away. I can't read. How many of you are there?" It sounded like they might be hunting down fugitives. They could just check the list and search the cabin again, and the matter would be settled.
"Thirteen boatmen and one... guest." He looked at me. I shook my head slightly, not wanting him to say my name, so he did.
"Guest? Is that the big guy?" I was easily recognized because of my strange clothes and appearance in the crowd. I said it was me at the bow of the boat, and he came over to question me, "Who are you?"
"I am just a commoner from Jingzhou, taking a government ship to visit my family." I answered calmly, thinking in my heart, he was going to ask me my name, should I tell him or not? However, to my surprise, he did not ask my name.
"Oh, now the official ship also takes some irrelevant people with it?" the man asked impatiently, as if he had no interest in the result of my inquiry.
"Oh, sir, this... is a relative of our salt official, sent to..."
"All right, all right." The captain interrupted the nonsense he had made up for me when I was listening with great interest: "You come with us."
"Go with you? Why?" The bowman and I were both very surprised. Could something big have happened
"We, the prince, are building a palace for the emperor, and you are requisitioned." As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers next to him came to tow the boatman on the boat.
"Hey, sir, what's going on? How could this happen?" The boatman started to panic, waving his hands at the bow, completely at a loss as to what to do.
"This is an official ship. In times of peace, you cannot do this without the emperor's order. Even if you want to conscript labor, you cannot board an official ship to recruit people without the emperor's order." I shouted loudly with a serious face.
"Yes, yes." The man at the bow seemed to have just remembered something and quickly responded.
"The construction period is tight and able-bodied men are scarce. If you are asked to do it, just do it. This is working for the emperor. It is an honor for you to be caught." The soldier's attitude was completely like that of a gangster, and the young general who was in the lead always looked at us indifferently, as if such unreasonable things had not happened around them at all.
"Stop!" When someone pulled me, I decided not to remain silent. Otherwise, I would be conscripted into labor without reason, and it would be unknown whether these dozen people could return alive.
I knocked away the soldier who was pulling me, quickly took out the spear from the corner of the side, and kicked away the soldiers who were dragging the boatmen while they were not prepared.
"Okay, you dare to resist our Xunyang County Marquis." I thought to myself, I must show you a lesson, and that gangster-like soldier is the best example.
With a loud shout and a sweep of the gun tip, a black ball appeared in the air, followed by a scream, an exclamation, and a sound of water, and a huge water flower rolled up.
"Anyone who dares to come forward will die under my gun." I used my gun to block all the boatmen behind me, and stood in front of everyone alone. There was a kind of heroic spirit in my heart, and I would not be afraid even if there were 100,000 soldiers in front of me. This feeling was really strange. It was the first time I was truly fearless.
"Who are you, you bold rebel?" The general finally spoke, and his words were truly righteous.
"This, this is the Marquis of Ping'an Fengyun appointed by the emperor." Chuantou felt that he should be able to speak proudly, but I would rather let him shut up.
"I am no longer the Marquis of Ping'an Fengyun. Now I am just a commoner. However, the law is the right way for a country. If you disregard the law and violate the rules, the world will be in chaos. Although Zhi is already a commoner, he will never condone such evil behavior. Now I am here. If there is anyone who is willing to die and wish to be famous in the world, please come forward. Who comes! Who comes! Who comes!" All the unhappiness and depression in my heart were swept away at this moment. I didn't know why I was so brave and calm when the disparity in numbers was so great. Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind, and I thought I might know.
The people around me also picked up whatever weapons they could use to resist, and pretended to fight me. Someone even started to make noises with me: "Come on, don't be a woman, come on, come on."
The people on the opposite side looked at each other, and finally looked at the young general, only to see that the young general walked to the front with a complicated expression, perhaps with some doubt on his face: "Are you really the Marquis of Ping An Fengyun?"
"How can this be false? If you want to prove it, just come up. You will know in the underworld within three moves. Come! Come! Come!" I waved at him, but I didn't expect him to take a step forward and perform a great salute to me.
"What do you mean?"
"Young Master..." The soldier next to us was as puzzled as we were.
"Don't be surprised, Marquis Ping'an Fengyun. I have always admired you as a hero who is unparalleled in the world. Today I am fortunate to meet you in person. I am extremely happy. I wonder if I can come to your mansion." His face was quite sincere, and he looked like a child indeed.
Suddenly, the soldier came out of the water, cursing, and snatched the knife from someone else's hand, and tried to chop me again. I was about to attack him, but he let out a strange cry and fell to the ground. I only heard him say, "You dog slave, how dare you hurt Marquis Ping'an Fengyun. Uh, Marquis Ping'an Fengyun, I'm sorry."
A sword was dangling behind this man, and the people behind me who had never experienced such a scene screamed in surprise. The man twisted a few times and died, followed by another round of screams from behind.
I hesitated for a moment, and suddenly a gust of wind came. This wind made me hesitate for a moment, and finally I smiled and decided: "Okay, I'll go to your place." I deliberately decided: "Is the post road from your place to Jingzhou easy to walk?"
"Have a good trip, have a good trip, a fast horse will arrive in two days."
"Okay." I turned around and said, "Take my luggage back. The wind is good now, so hurry up and send the salt back. I am the escort this time, so I will stay here for two days. You guys hurry back. If you delay, it will be fine if I am here, but if I am not here, you may be beaten with a military stick."
"Ah, there is such a thing?"
"Of course, Jingzhou is short of salt, so this time I was asked to secretly escort it. You'd better hurry up in four days, otherwise you'd better show them my luggage and tell them that I've delayed you. If you're late any longer, you'll be in trouble. Otherwise, you'd better get up so early this morning."
"Ah." The old boatman in the middle recalled: "Yes, then why didn't you do that?"
"I think there's still enough time. You're tired every day, and I can't bear to wake you up. Now, stop talking nonsense. The wind is just right, let's go."
"Well, then please... let them go first. Please follow me to the Marquis's residence. I am planning to host a banquet to welcome you and have a good chat with you."
"Okay." I slowly got on his boat.
Once I got on their sampan, I waved to them to hurry up. I sat down and said to the young general, "I need to rest. Please don't say anything. If I am awakened from my dream, I often hurt people."
After saying that, I closed my eyes slightly and rested on the boat. I also reminded him, "The air on the river is good, walk slowly."
No one understood me why I said these words, I thought someone would know. But when I woke up from a deep sleep in a dark room and looked at my body, I knew that no one knew, but fortunately, I knew it myself.
I sighed and said to the familiar boy in front of me, "You don't have the guts."
He had a completely different look at the moment, leaning back in the recliner very comfortably, looking at me lying on the ground below: "You are the Marquis of Ping'an Fengyun, who is the wisest and bravest man in the world, but I didn't expect you to be such a fool. You were tricked into coming ashore by a few words from me. I put poison in the wine, but you drank it, you are really stupid. I really doubt whether you are the Marquis of Ping'an Fengyun. Or maybe you have become stupider after becoming a commoner, haha."
"I know what you're going to do." I moved slightly and found a comfortable position in the ropes.
"You knew? You knew this would happen. It seems that you are not only stupid, but extremely stupid. Hahahaha..."
"I must be stupid."
"Why?"
"I don't want to bother with you." I continued to close my eyes and went to sleep.
"You! Good, you are very arrogant. I look down on people like you the most. How can you, an ordinary citizen of Xiangyang, be so powerful in the world? It's all because of the Yellow Turban bandits. If I had such an opportunity that year, my name should be praised in the world today. I am a descendant of the emperor, and I am proficient in both civil and military strategies. You can get it, but I can't. I am not convinced. Unfortunately, I may never have this opportunity again. At this time of peace in the world, what big things can I do. You came to me today, which means you are unlucky. You are still so arrogant to me today. If this is the case, you will be sentenced to death. Let me tell you, there are few people in this world who dare to treat me like this. I ask you, what is my last name? My last name is Liu! I ask you, what is the emperor's last name? His last name is Liu! Don't worry about the common people. Even if you are really the Marquis of Ping An Fengyun, I will still kill you... Hehe... Do you know how I will deal with you? Do you know how I will deal with you?... Did you hear me, how I will deal with you! Hun... He stood up and kicked me hard: "You little dog slave, why are you pretending to be dead?"
"I'm over it. I don't want to bother with you." His kick wasn't really heavy. I turned over and continued to pretend to sleep.
"Okay, okay, you go to sleep, I'll let you sleep. Tomorrow I'll strip you of your clothes and send you outside naked to be dragged by a cow. This will provide entertainment to the people on the construction site and also set an example for those who don't work seriously." He leaned close to my ear and deliberately spoke in a calm and slow tone: "I want Ping An Feng Yun Hou to lose his reputation from now on and never be able to raise his head. I'll also accuse you of a crime. Let me think about what the crime is..."
To be honest, I was a little scared; but I thought, if it really came to that, I would bite my tongue and commit suicide, and see what you would do.
Suddenly, the door of the room I was in was opened, and a strong light shot out from above, making me close my eyes.
"Mang'er... Mang'er, don't be reckless. This is Marquis Ping'an Fengyun, how could you do this?" An old voice came, indicating that my good luck seemed to be continuing, but I couldn't see the old man with his back to the light at the door for the time being.
"Uh, father, you are not seriously ill in bed, how did you get up?" The man's voice immediately softened a lot.
"Well, I was suffering from malaria and had the shaking, but I'm old and can't hold on any longer. I thought I would get over it, but suddenly, I heard that you drugged Ping'an Fengyun Hou and you're going to parade him through the streets tomorrow. I was so scared that the malaria got better about 70% of the time. Oh, you are so bold. Do you know who he is?" The old man's voice trembled.
"No matter what he was like before, he is just a commoner now. I execute a commoner because he offended me, so what?" He pointed at me fearlessly.
"You are confused. You haven't heard the rumors. There are rumors in the inner palace that the demotion of Marquis Ping'an Fengyun was just a temporary measure. There are also palace maids, the emperor and the empress still often mention the name of Marquis Ping'an Fengyun. They say what they will do when he comes back." My heart warmed. If they were not the emperor and the empress, it would be a good thing to have such a pair of adoptive father and mother who care about me.
“Is there such a thing…” The guy also began to be surprised.
"Quick, untie Ping An Feng Yun Hou."
"Wait, father, if this continues, he might hate me." He was a little anxious: "What should I do?"
"That can't be done. Untie them quickly."
"Wait...you go down first." The door was closed again.
"Hey, Mang'er, I know you want to be successful, so your father asked you to gather the power of the whole country to build a palace by the water and present it to the emperor. It's just that the project is too huge, but it can be completed in another three to five years. Release the Marquis of Ping'an Fengyun. The Marquis of Ping'an Fengyun is magnanimous and will not do anything to you." The old man was anxious. He came directly to squat beside me to untie the rope for me, and said to me in panic: "Please forgive me, my lord. I only have this one son. I have spoiled him for a long time. He has done some reckless things. My subordinates know that I spoil this son, so they don't listen to me, but listen to him first. As a result, I am sorry to the Marquis of Fengyun. I will teach him a lesson. Please forgive me for my face...ah."
The old man fell in front of me with blood hanging from the corner of his mouth, staring at me with eyes wide open, looking incredulous. Then an almost terrifying voice rang out, "Xie Zhi, now I have a reason. You must die. You killed my father."
A hideous-looking beast beside me was holding my gun and pointing it at me viciously with the tip of the gun dripping with blood.