After the fish market was over, Xie Xiao came back with two fresh fish and some scattered silver. Yang Yue left breakfast for him, reheated it and served it to him.
"Isn't it exposed?" Watching him eat this summer, he also took a piece of cake and tore it up.
"Who is the lord, how could it be possible to reveal his fault."
To be honest, Xie Xiao was still a little nervous when he was fishing with Dong San in a boat, and he couldn't reveal his flaws, and he basically didn't speak much. Fortunately, Dong San was so full of himself that he only asked a little about who was in his family, and seeing that he was very skilled in fishing, he didn't see any flaws.
"Is my sister okay?" Xie Xiao asked.
"It's okay, just talk less. I gave her something to eat in the morning, and she ate it too. A Rui doesn't want to die anymore, I guess he wants to understand..." Looking at Yang Yue this summer, he said curiously, "Dayang, How did you persuade him?"
Yang Yue smiled, Xie Xiao was in front of him, he didn't want to say more, he just said: "It's nothing, just persuaded."
This summer, she patted him on the shoulder hard: "If I were the general manager of the Six Gates, I would give you a promotion and a raise! Such a good Yang, you can't find it with a lantern." She pointed out that it was not Yang Yue's persuasion. It was Yang Yue who was willing to persuade A Rui, how could ordinary people do this kind of mind.
"You quickly become the chief arrester, I can wait."
Yang Yue laughed.
The next few days passed peacefully. Xie Xiao never noticed Dong San's strange behavior. Fortunately, the two of them have been fishing in peace. Xie Xiao's fishing skills have become more and more proficient, and he can catch hundreds of kilograms of fresh fish every day, selling a lot of money, and the fish owner is very satisfied.
Cen Shou has always remembered the cubicle of Dong San's family, and has been trying to figure out what is hidden in the cubicle, but the cubicle is sealed with mud. find.
"You can rent the house next door to Dong San, then hire masons to carve stone lions in the courtyard, and then secretly dig a tunnel from the next door into Dong's house, calculate the orientation, and dig through the ground of the compartment. The sound of the mason's percussion , it can cover up the movement of tunnel digging." This summer he talked eloquently.
"That's a good idea!" Cen Shou stood up, "Why didn't you say it earlier, it should be done right away."
"Brother, calm down, there is only one problem with this idea." This summer motioned him to sit down first, "I have calculated that the rent for a house in New River City starts from three months, and the rent is at least two or three taels; Hire stone masons, at least two people, plus stone lions, daily food, seven to eight eight, at least fifteen taels of silver to do this."
"Stop talking." Cen Shou raised his forehead.
"We can't get that much money at all." This summer finally concluded, "So we can't do it."
"... I wish the eldest son could reconcile with us sooner."
"yes… "
This summer took a long sigh.
After eating the fish for a long time, Yang Yue has already used eighteen martial arts to make fish, but even Uncle Beggar began to sigh when he saw the fish on the dining table.
"Can we eat some meat? Shredded pork and minced meat are also fine." He asked.
I don't want to eat fish this summer, but I don't want to spend money on meat, so I suggested to Yang Yue: "Dayang, we can make fish balls, either fried or eaten in soup."
"Isn't that still the smell of fish?"
This summer, he continued: "Just put more green onion and ginger. By the way, you can also make fish cakes."
While talking, Xie Xiao came back with two fresh fish, his trousers were pulled high, and after handing the fish to Yang Yue, he said to Jin Xia, "There is something wrong today."
"What's the matter?" Cen Shouteng stood up.
This summer, he graciously brought a stool for Xie Xiao to sit on: "Brother, tell me, what's the matter?"
"I arrived on the river today, and before I started casting the net, another boat came across the boat. There were lanterns on the boat, and they flickered brightly and dimly, two long and two short. I knew something was wrong at first glance, but I could only pretend I didn't care. Dong San covered the boat's lantern twice, and then the boat left."
"It must be the person who came to connect with him!" This summer said immediately.
"After the fish was sold at the fish market, Dong San gave me the silver taels he earned today, saying that he would use a boat to help people deliver goods tomorrow, and let me take a rest tomorrow, and those silver taels would be considered compensation."
"You received the money?" Cen Shou asked.
"Of course, he said it all. If I don't accept it, I won't make him suspicious."
"He must use a boat to connect with people, so he must send you away. Let's get a boat and follow him!" After so many days of suffocation in the other courtyard, when the snake finally came out of the hole, she was very eager Excited, "It's time to close the net!"
The days when you have to go fishing before dawn is finally coming to an end, Xie Xiao said, "I'll go get a boat again, and we can wait in the deep grass at the estuary."
"Dayang, bake some more cakes, we'll take them to eat." Chao Yang Yue said this summer.
Yang Yue said: "I'll go, you don't have to go."
"No, your water is not as good as mine." Jin Xia said, "Besides, there are brother Xie and second brother Cen, maybe it's not my turn to do it."
Mrs. Shen frowned and said to Jinxia: "It's enough to have the two of them, you can't go!"
"Auntie... I'm catching fast, and catching thieves is something that should be done." This summer he persuaded with good words.
"No, it's too dangerous, you can't go!" Mrs. Shen's tone was unquestionable, and she turned to Uncle Beg and said, "You have her in jail, if she sneaks out, I will only remember yours."
Uncle Beggar's face was full of grievances that the city gate was on fire and Chi Yu was affected.
This summer, I didn't expect Mrs. Shen to be so serious, and she suddenly recalled the scene when she was holding her hand tightly at the ferry, preventing herself from going into danger - "No, I can't let you go to death again!" Her words were still in my ears. side.
She looked at Mrs. Shen suspiciously: "Auntie, why are you?"
Mrs. Shen looked at her with complicated eyes. It took a long time before she said, "You call me aunt, because we have this fate, and I can't watch you go into danger regardless."
"I know you're nice to me, but... it shouldn't be like this. You see, my mother is nice to me, my father is nice to me, and they always ask me to be careful, but they won't let nothing I do."
"That's because they are not your biological parents!" Mrs. Shen burst out.
As soon as this statement came out, this summer was suddenly stunned, and there was silence everywhere.
Mrs. Shen's chest was ups and downs, obviously her mood was agitated. Seeing that she seemed to be full of words this summer, she couldn't say any more, and hurriedly got up and went back to her room.
"She, she... What the hell happened to her?" This summer came back to her senses and became annoyed in her heart, "What does this have to do with me being my parents' biological son? They raised me from childhood to adulthood, and their hearts Don't feel bad for me, don't I know?"
No one answered, Xie Xiao, Cen Shou and others, including Yang Yue and Uncle Beggar, didn't know what to say.
This summer, he turned his anger to Uncle Beggar, and slapped the six-door's making card heavily on the table: "Uncle, don't say I didn't tell you beforehand, I'm the six-door catcher, and although my position is low, I'm at least a member of the imperial court. People. If you dare to detain me, you are against the court!"
"Girl..."
Uncle Beg looked at her helplessly.
This summer, he also stared at him with his neck stuck in his throat: "Go against the imperial court, but there is no good fruit to eat!"
"Girl..." Uncle Beg sighed, "Sit down, look at the grievances, the circles of eyes are red, it's not that it can't be discussed."
This summer's eyes are indeed red, so he sits down awkwardly and flattens his mouth: "she... how can she say such a thing, my father and my mother are good to me, she doesn't understand anything!"
"Yes, yes, what she said was wrong, but she said the wrong thing because she cared about you." Uncle Beg comforted her.
Chun Yumin quietly handed Jin Xia a handkerchief and looked at her sympathetically.
This summer, he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, and stared at Uncle Beggar: "This matter is about reason, and the country is at home. Uncle, you have to help me? I can't be dizzy right now."
Uncle Beg moved his body in embarrassment: "...Well, I'll talk to her again, maybe your aunt can change her mind."
"You should go quickly!" urged Jin Xia.
"I haven't finished breakfast yet, this..."
He dragged him up this summer and put a bun in his hand: "Uncle, it's all up to you!"
Uncle Beg had no choice but to go to Mrs. Shen's room.
He stared at the door, until the figure of Uncle Beg disappeared in the corner, jumped up this summer, and said to Cen Shou and Xie Xiao, "Go! Let's go now!"
"Tiaohu Lishan, high!" Xie Xiao gave her a thumbs up.
"What a tiger, my uncle is at most a cat in front of my aunt... Go, go quickly."
Before I could wait for Yang Yue's pancakes, I took two more buns this summer and sneaked away with Xie Xiao and Cen Shou.
**************************************************** *********************
Mrs. Shen frowned deeply, sat in the room, took the clothes to sew absent-mindedly, and poked her fingers after a few sews, so painful and angry, she had to rest her hands.
Although the door was not closed, Uncle Beg still knocked on the door panel and asked with a smile, "I just saw that you haven't finished your breakfast, are you hungry, will I give you another point?"
"No." Mrs. Shen turned her head and asked him anxiously, "I just said something wrong?"
Uncle Beg stepped into the room and sighed: "It shouldn't have been said, that child's eyes are red."
Hearing this, Mrs. Shen was even more annoyed.
"There's something I've wanted to ask you for a long time. Ever since you met this child in Hangzhou, you've been unusual for her, and you've been paying attention to all the big things and the little things. If you say such things again today, it's possible that you are better than other people's parents. Still worrying about her? What is the reason for this?" Uncle Beg asked slowly.
"I..." Mrs. Shen hesitated, "I can't talk about this right now, not because I can't trust you, but because I still need someone to confirm it. In short, this child is very important to me. You can't watch her go wrong."
"Is it important?"
"Yes, just like a daughter." Mrs. Shen said, "So, you must help me take good care of her, and don't let her go to fight against Japanese pirates."
Uncle Beg coughed a few times: "This... I've been looking for you for a while, she must have slipped away long ago."
Mrs. Shen said anxiously, "Why is this child... what should I do if something goes wrong?"
"You can't help my mother, and you are not her mother." Uncle Beg comforted her, "Can't you see this child, he has a big idea and a clever person, and besides Xie Xiao and Cen Shou are also there, no Something happened."
Mrs. Shen looked at him.
"Or I'll go after her right now, tie the girl back with all kinds of ties, and tie her to the leg of this table for you, you can see her when you look up, and no matter where she goes, tie a rope... "
Mrs. Shen couldn't understand the meaning of his words, and she knew that it was impossible to limit everything this summer, and sighed: "Okay, you don't need to say such things in front of me on purpose."
Uncle Beg stopped and asked tentatively, "I really don't need to go after me?"
"No need." Mrs. Shen picked up her clothes and sewed them again. Suddenly she thought of something, raised her eyebrows and looked at Uncle Beg, "Did you let her go on purpose?"
"Heaven and earth conscience..."
Uncle Beggar immediately made a pair of June Feixue's injustice.
"Okay, okay, don't explain." Mrs. Shen had to spare him.
**************************************************** ********************
On both sides of the estuary where the Qingpo River exits the city, there is a reed bush about two people's height. The reed bush is not big, but it is more than enough to hide a boat.
With his head resting on the top of the boat, Xie Xiao had no worries and fell asleep.
Cen Shou just closed his eyes and rested his mind, his ears kept paying attention to the movements around him, not letting go of any subtle sounds.
Leaning his head on the side of the ship, looking up at the Milky Way in the night sky from the gap between the reed leaves this summer, looking for Vega, then looking for Altair, thinking about what Lu Yi is doing now in Cengang, and when he will be able to do it. Coming to Xinhe City to meet her, he sighed silently.
He took out the marriage stone from his arms and gently rubbed it in his hand, probably because he was carrying it on his body.
"You, can you really protect me and Master Lu together?" She looked at it and thought, "You must be useful, this is a big deal, but you can't fool me!"
This summer, he put the marriage stone in the palm of his hand and told her in his heart for a long time. Cen Shou narrowed his eyes and glanced at her several times, but she didn't even notice it.
At three quarters of ugly time, the sound of the boat breaking water was faintly heard not far away, and Cen Shou pushed Xie Xiao to wake up.
Xie Xiao grabbed the face of the river and woke up in an instant. He quietly pushed aside the reed leaves and looked at it—it was indeed Dong San's boat. Because there was a lantern on the boat, he could vaguely see Dong San's face.
When Dong San's boat sailed far away, Xie Xiao rowed the boat out of the reeds. He was worthy of growing up on the water. His boating skills were so good that the boat followed Dong San's boat silently.
When approaching the heart of the river, Dong San's boat stopped. He raised his lantern and covered it with his sleeve, flashing two lengths and two shorts. After a while, there are also lights in the distance echoing...
The two ships approached each other, and soon they would be together. Dong San seemed to be discussing something with the visitor.
"What should we do? Go up and catch them now?" Xie Xiao was about to move.
"No hurry, just wait."
Cen Shou observed calmly.
This summer, my eyesight is not as good as the two of them, so I can only see a rough figure. It didn't take long for the two boats to separate, and Dong San still returned along the path he came from.
"Don't worry about Dong San, go after that boat first! Hurry up!" This summer hurriedly called Xie Xiao in a low voice.
Under the cover of the dark night, Xie Xiao let the boat turn around silently, staggered away from Dong San's boat, and chased straight towards the joint's boat.
The boat went down the river and went so fast that Xie Xiao chased it so fast that he couldn't care about the sound of the water in the end. The people on the boat seemed to be aware of it, looked back several times, and then rowed the oars very fast.
"He found it, fast!"
Now that he was discovered, Cen Shou took up another oar and rowed forward. The huge sound of water roared, and the small boat seemed to be flying on the water.
There is no oars, so this summer, I can only lie on the side of the boat and paddle with my hands.
Soon the two boats were less than three feet apart, and the people on the boat turned around and raised their right hands.
"Be careful!" Cen Shou hurriedly shouted with sharp eyes.
Xie Xiao reacted very quickly. Hearing the sound of the hidden weapon breaking through the air, he raised the paddle to block it.
Cen Shou used his internal strength and threw the oars out, hitting the man's vest. The blow was so powerful that the man suffered pain and fell into the boat. Xie Xiao rowed a few times, the two boats approached, Cen Shou leaped into the boat, and stopped the man before he got up.
"Don't let him turn around, be careful he has a hidden weapon in his mouth."
He also jumped over this summer, still remembering the loss A Rui suffered last time, and quickly reminded Cen Shou.
Cen Shou clamped the back of the man's neck with his hand, and with a little effort, the man suddenly retched and heard a few more dings, and sure enough, three thin needles fell out of his mouth.
"Sure enough!" Cen Shou said fiercely.
Xie Xiao jumped over with the rope and saw the thin needle spit out by the Japanese pirates. When he remembered what happened last time, he was extremely annoyed.
The Japanese pirate raised his head and muttered a long list of Oriental dialects, and the three of them were suddenly dumbfounded. The original thought was to extract clues from the mouths of the Japanese pirates, but none of the three of them could speak Oriental dialect, which would be troublesome.
"Don't pretend to be grandpa!" Xie Xiao kicked over again.
The man's nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he muttered another piece of Oriental dialect.
This summer pushed his forehead annoyed, and asked Cen Shou, "Your eldest son can understand this, will you?"
Cen Shou shook his head in difficulty.
"What should I do now?" Xie Xiao asked.
With a wave of his hand this summer, he said decisively, "I'm stunned, tie it back first!"
**************************************************** ********************
In the whole other courtyard, there is no one who understands Oriental dialect. The Japanese pirates are tied up here, unable to ask questions, and they have to waste food and feed him, which is really distressing. After discussing with Cen Shou for half a day this summer, they finally decided to report the matter to General Qi stationed here. General Qi had fought against Japanese pirates for many years, and there must be people in the army who knew the Oriental dialect.
The two then went to the army and were blocked outside the camp. Only after inquiring did they find out that General Qi led the army to Taizhou, and they might not be able to come back in three or five days.
"Excuse me, who is in charge of the city now?" Cen Shou asked.
"You should naturally go to the yamen for matters in the city."
Jin Xia asked: "What if traces of Japanese pirates are discovered? There are limited yamen in the yamen, and there are many things to worry about, I'm afraid they won't care."
The sergeant guarding the camp gate thought for a moment: "You might as well report to Mrs. Qi, she will make a decision."
"Mrs. Qi?" Jin Xia was startled, "Brother, do you mean General Qi's wife? Can she take care of Japanese pirates?"
When reporting to a woman, Cen Shou instinctively frowned, feeling that it was absurd.
As if they had expected this reaction, the sergeant smiled and said, "You believe me. Right now in the city, the only one who dares to call the shots is Mrs. Qi."
This summer, Cen Shou and Cen Shou were suspicious, and asked the sergeant where Mrs. Qi lived, so they looked for it. Fortunately, it was nearby and arrived in a short time.
After knocking on the door, a maid came to open the door with no shyness in her eyes, looked them up and down, and then took the waist cards of Cen Shou and Jin Xia to take a closer look.
"Jinyiwei, Six Doors..." She returned her waist card again, "Please wait a moment, wait for me to report to Madam first."
"You Lao sister." This summer politely said.
The door was closed again, and Cen Shou shook his head this summer: "Did you see that, even the maids below are so heroic and valiant, this Mrs. Qi is definitely not an ordinary person."
Cen Shou still frowned: "No matter how unusual she is, she is just a woman. This Japanese pirate incident is no trivial matter. What can she do about it? I just want her to contact General Qi quickly."
"If you underestimate a woman, you will suffer a big loss, brother." This Xia said with a smile.
Cen Shou didn't say anything, just snorted.
After a while, the maid opened the door again and said to them, "Mrs. please come with me."
This should be General Qi's residence in Xinhe City. Following the maid to the inner hall, a young woman wearing a half-old Tibetan blue lake crepe jacket with peony and Zhai pattern horse-faced skirt was busy at the table. The huge Eight Immortals table was full of spear heads and wolf heads. , as well as waist knives and other things, it can be said that it is a sword, light and sword shadow, and the cold air is threatening...
"Madam, someone brought it." The maid replied.
The young woman was still wiping with a waist knife in her hand. Hearing this, she raised her eyes and said indifferently, "You two, please sit down. Watch the tea." It's a good thing, not to mention that there is a Jin Yiwei following.
Looking at the sharp blade on the table, Cen Shou realized just now that the Mrs. Qi in front of her was indeed extraordinary.
"I heard that General Qi's mandarin duck formation is very powerful. He uses spears and wolves." This summer looked at the swords on the table with interest.
Mrs. Qi put the waist knife in her hand into the sheath, looked at Jinxia, and smiled slightly: "The girl is in the capital, and you know the Yuanyang formation?"
"Yes, my boss highly admired General Qi's improved Mandarin Duck Array, and he told us about its many changes, such as the Five Elements Array, which is suitable for street fighting, and the Three Talents Array that can be charged and pursued. We all admire General Qi. Tight." Jin Xia laughed.
Cen Shou glanced at Jinxia and sighed: This flattery is really good.
Mrs. Qi really softened her face to them, and asked, "I heard that you are the catcher of Six Doors, and this official is Jin Yiwei. I don't know what's the important thing about this visit?"
"That's it..."
This summer, he explained the whole thing in a very orderly manner, from meeting Dong San outside Hangzhou city to how Xinhe city followed him. He was so detailed that Madam Qi frowned upon hearing it.
"I don't know if there are people who understand Oriental dialect here, Madam, or can I find someone who understands Oriental dialect?"
Cen Shou asked at the end.
Mrs. Qi smiled slightly: "I understand Oriental dialect, I will try him."
This time, not only Cen Shou, but even this summer was slightly surprised. "Ma'am, do you know Oriental dialect too?" she asked curiously.
"I've been with the general against the Japanese for many years, and I have dealt with the Orientals a lot. The so-called know yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles. So I specially invited Mr. Xi to teach the Oriental dialect." Madam Qi got up and said, "The two sit down for a while. , I'll change my clothes and go with you."
"Thank you ma'am!"
This summer and Cen Shou hurriedly got up to give salute.
Mrs. Qi turned out of the inner hall and winked at Cen Shou this summer: "What? Did I say that Mrs. Qi is unusual?"
A woman went to learn Oriental dialect because her husband resisted the Japanese. This is indeed not an ordinary woman. Cen Shou had nothing to say, only nodded.
"By the way, why does your eldest son speak Oriental dialect?" asked this summer curiously.
Cen Shou sighed and said, "Master has high requirements for him. In addition to Oriental dialect, he also learned Korean dialect and Mongolian dialect."
This summer, he sighed and said, "Thanks to his talent and intelligence, if it were me, I would die of suffering."
Cen Shounuo teased her and said, "The eldest son is not here now, you don't need to flatter."
"Brother, flattery is irrelevant, you have to do it when you get the chance." He taught him this summer with a straight face.
Knowing that she couldn't tell her earlier, Cen Shou raised his hand to show weakness.