Zhang Xing tossed and turned, and never slept all night. The next morning, I filled two more steamed buns, and arrived at the nearest Hejin ferry from Jinshakou at noon.

They disembarked at Hejin Ferry, and Wei Minwen rented a carriage and galloped towards Jinshakou.

On the way, Wei Minwen was close to the handlebar type, and he was more familiar, and asked if anything had happened in Jinshakou recently.

The handlebar shook his head with a smile and said, "Little brother doesn't know, although our Jinshakou is a little dangerous, but the river is not narrow, and the water saving is not big at this time, how can the boat capsize? ”

Wei Minwen paused and asked with a smile: "It's not a secret, when our brother and sister came by boat to Huaiyang, I heard from the people on the boat that a boat capsized in Jinshakou some time ago, and many people died." ”

The handlebar smiled and said: "Little brother Bacheng has been fooled, I am the person from the upper reaches of this Hejin ferry, and I have been driving in this area all the year round, and I have never heard of this." ”

Zhang Xing listened in the carriage. The family affairs between the Huaiyang Mansion and the Liaoyuan Zhongyong Marquis Mansion are imminent, and Miss Gu's reputation is particularly important, and the Huaiyang Palace's Mansion is going to hide the matter tightly. It seems that if they want to find someone, they still have to rely on Wang Jiye, the little second brother of the Wang family.

Wei Minwen smiled and said: "So that's the case, but it scared me, and I couldn't sleep well at night when I was on the boat." ”

The handlebar style is still smiling, "Look at the little brother talking should also be from our Jianghuai area, right? Why are you afraid of taking a boat?"

"Brother Wang can see it accurately, I am indeed a person from the Jianghuai area, only I drowned when I was a child, and I still can't swim in the water, and when I see the big river, my heart is hairy, and I am a landlubber. Wei Minwen smiled perfunctorily.

The handlebar style is getting more and more enjoyable. Joke Wei Minwen a few words. Both laughed. Laughed over. Wei Minwen asked again: "Since Brother Wang is a person from this vicinity, the water nature must be excellent, why don't you tell us about the strange things in this place?"

Hejin ferry is also one or two hours away from Jinshakou, handlebar type often catch the car, know that some customers like to listen to some anecdotes, immediately said: "Little brother wants to listen to strange things? I just have one here." ”

"Just two days ago, a family in the upper reaches of Jinshakou netted a box while fishing and opened it. Inside was a box full of pearls and jade, all of which were extraordinary. The family was so happy that they took the most inconspicuous of all and went to a pawnshop in a nearby town, and they could get two hundred taels of silver for a bead the size of a finger cover! At this time, the house was inexplicably on fire, and the family, together with their parents and children, did not escape, and if it weren't for the fact that there was a boy in his family who was a relative at his uncle's house, the family would have died!"

Wei Minwen was surprised and said, "How could such a tragedy happen? Then, what about the box jewelry?"

"The box jewels. It's gone!" said the handlebar, "where is the box of jewels that we mortals can withstand?" He fished out this box of treasures, and if he didn't return it immediately, and picked it up to exchange for silver, wouldn't he invite a big disaster?"

Wei Minwen grew up in the countryside and heard this story, and he used to sigh like a handlebar, but this time he vaguely guessed that this was probably done by people, not by gods and ghosts.

Although he had followed Uncle Fu to many places, and his knowledge was not what he had seen before, he still felt frightened in his heart. couldn't help but look at Zhang Xing in the car.

Zhang Xing leaned on the carriage, looking at the Huai River not far away in a daze, and didn't know if she heard what happened just now.

Wei Minwen shouted in a low voice, "Xing'er." ”

Zhang Xing turned his head. Wei Minwen couldn't see any panic on her face, guessing that she must have not heard the handlebar words.

Wei Minwen was about to speak. Zhang Xing opened his mouth and asked, "Big brother, how far is it to Jinshakou?"

The handlebar style rushed to respond: "It's coming, it's coming." ”

Zhang Xing actually listened to Wei Minwen and the handlebar style all the time. She had already seen the power of Huaiyang Palace, and she was not surprised at all.

It's also that the family is not acting well, and the wealth can't be exposed in the peaceful years, let alone this year. She heard Zhang Tao say that many of the jewelry of the ladies of the palace were custom-made in special shops, and all of them were recorded, and some of them were also marked with the royal family's records. The family took Miss Gu's jewelry to the pawnshop outside to pawn it, isn't it just a disaster?

As the handlebar style said, Jinshakou soon arrived. Zhang Xing got out of the car and was stunned for a moment when she looked at the mighty river in front of her.

She originally thought that if Jinshakou was not a ferry, it should be a dangerous beach lined with strange rocks, but she didn't want to be such a wide section of the river, the water flow was not very fast, and there were no male mountains and reefs on both sides, only some small branches of the Huai River and artemisia grass that was too tall to see at a glance.

Wei Minwen paid for the car and came over, looking at the scene in front of him, he was also surprised. There are shipwrecks in this place, and things must be washed away, and if you are looking for someone, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to find.

Seeing that their brother and sister were looking at Jiang He in a daze, they drove the carriage over, and said with a smile: "Little brother, I'm right, right? There is not even a family in this field, why do your relatives live around here? Eighty percent of you remember wrong." ”

On the way, Wei Minwen gossiped with the handlebar type, and the handlebar type asked them what they were going to do in Jinshakou? Wei Minwen made up a reason to find relatives. At that time, the handlebar shook his head, saying that they had misremembered, and his relatives must not have lived in the Jinshakou area.

Wei Minwen had no choice but to laugh and said: "Xu Zhen is a mistake in our memory, it has been too long, and my mother didn't make it clear before leaving." ”

The handlebar type was also a kind person, and he asked: "Then what are your brothers and sisters' plans next?" If you want me to say, you should go back to Hejin Ferry, find a place to live first, and then inquire slowly. ”

Wei Minwen looked at Zhang Xing, Zhang Xing turned around and said, "Brother Wang, how far is the next dock?"

"Oh, that's a little far, even if you take my carriage, it will take two or three hours, much farther than the Hejin ferry. The handlebar style endured for a while, and then he said, "Besides, it's been a little rough over there lately, and it's not easy to walk." ”

"Why isn't it peaceful?" Wei Minwen asked.

Shaking his head at the handlebar, he said, "I don't know, I've heard from people who have been there." Brother, this is the first time I've taken this job. ”

Wei Minwen spoke to the handlebar style, and Zhang Xing continued to look around.

The Hejin ferry port is upstream of Jinshakou, and the boat capsizes here, and if the things are not washed into the horizontal and vertical branches, they must float down. With such a wide river, if Zhang Tao wants to save a person, nine times out of ten, he will have to use some objects, and most of them will float down the water before he can get ashore.

Zhang Xing looked at it, beckoned Wei Minwen to come over, and said to him, "Big brother, let's go down and take a look." ”

Wei Minwen nodded.

The two of them quit the handlebar and looked around the neighborhood first. Although the water is not big this year, in the end of spring, the ice in the upper reaches has melted, and the water level of the Huai River is still higher day by day.

It has been more than ten days since Miss Gu was robbed, and the people from Huaiyang Mansion have come here earlier, and the traces of the accident have either been washed away by the water or erased by the Huaiyang Palace, where will they easily find out?

The two of them searched for a circle without success, so they went down the river, and did not go far, the river gradually narrowed, and there were no branches, but the artemisia grass on the riverbank was still as desolate and wide.

Zhang Xing was watching as she walked. Wei Minwen suddenly whispered, "Someone is coming." ”

As soon as Zhang Xing looked up, he saw two tall and strong men coming. Zhang Xing touched their sharp gaze and hurriedly lowered his head.

The two men got closer and closer. Zhang Xing and Wei Minwen are both dressed as peasant children. The two men looked at them a few times and walked over.

Zhang Xing waited for them to go away, and said to Wei Minwen in a low voice: "Big brother, these two are spies from the Huaiyang Palace. ”

"How do you know Lu Dao?" Although Wei Minwen noticed that these two people were not like ordinary peasant men, they were not as clear as Zhang Xing.

"They all have guys on them. Zhang Xing said in a low voice, "And with the same steps, it must be a martial arts background." "There are such people who are superior to others all the time, and only the people of Huaiyang Wangfu often have them.

Wei Minwen was surprised in his heart, Zhang Xing saw it clearly, nodded and said, "I didn't notice this." ”

The two walked and watched, and they didn't go far, and they met a wave of people, although they were also wearing ordinary village clothes, but they didn't look like them. Zhang Xing glanced at Wei Minwen and handed him a look. The two of them bowed their heads together.

After this group of people, Wei Minwen broke out in a cold sweat. The group stopped them and asked them several questions. He was a little flustered, and thanks to Zhang Xing's alertness, he took over the conversation, but he couldn't make sense.

When the two of them were tired of walking, they took out yesterday's steamed buns and ate and drank while eating and drinking in the clear river water. In the middle of eating, another wave of people came. After a few glances at them, he went over.

Wei Minwen said in a low voice: "Xing'er, I saw the second son of Mr. Wang's family. ”

He has seen Wang Jiye, but Zhang Xing has not seen it. Zhang Xing hurriedly stood up and looked at the back of the group of people who were far away. Wei Minwen hurriedly pulled her to sit down, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, he also recognized me and nodded at me." ”

Zhang Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Wang Jiye recognized them, but did not come over to say hello, so he should know why they came.

The Wang family has a good heart, and Zhang Tao is close to his family, thinking that Wang Jiye will help them with this.

After the two finished eating, they continued on the road, and only arrived at the Jinhua ferry in about a while. Not far from Jinhua Ferry, it is Jinhua Town.

Zhang Xing, Wei and Minwen searched for most of the day, but found nothing except for encountering several waves of Huaiyang Palaces along the way.

Wei Minwen asked someone to inquire, and the Jinhua Town he visited was the largest village and town in the vicinity, and it was expected that most of the people in Huaiyang Wangfu also lived here, and discussed with Zhang Xing, and the two decided to live in Jinhua Town.

The two found an inn to live in, and after Wei Minwen settled Zhang Xing, he went out to find Wang Jiye. Not long after Wei Minwen went out, she also came out. (To be continued......)