Piano, chess, archery, royal, book.

In May, everything that should be repaired at home was repaired, and all the tiles were replaced with new ones, and Ma Yuecai finally told Cai Yan: "I want to take you home." ”

Although Cai Yan knew that Ma Yue would not forget to send himself, he was overjoyed at this moment.

Before leaving, Ma Yue made the final preparations. There is a difference between going to the south and running around in the north, where there are horses and food, and as long as you run fast, you are not afraid of encountering bandits.

Although the north has just experienced a great chaos, there are still a few folk bows and crossbows, and there are real swords and guns to fight, and no one can not let go of Ma Yue. So he was not afraid at all on such a few long trips to the north.

But the south is completely different, most of the wood that is good at making bows and crossbows grows in the deep mountains and old forests of the south, and the raw materials of the glue used to burn bows are also mostly in southern animals.

The south is a place where bows and crossbows are prevalent, not to mention that across the Yangtze River and winding rivers, the luck on the big river is not something that a person can say. Especially a landlubber like him.

Whether in his previous life or in this life, Ma Yue was a landlubber, swimming at most fifty meters and starting to sink after that.

Therefore, going to the south is a very important and cautious decision.

The most important thing is that there is no one in his hands now, and he can't recall Guan Yu and Yang Feng's right-hand men. They have their own official positions, and if they are promoted, they will be able to help themselves in greater need, not just as a swordsman.

But now Lao Tzu really needs a few good hands.

It's a pity that the only people he can use now are Heifu and Liu Dalang, and Ma Yuma still needs to take care of the housework for his wife at home.

In June of the second year of Zhongping, the weather gradually became hotter, Ma Yue took Cai Yan and Heifu Liu Bo, and a group of four people left Luoyang and embarked on the road to Wu County.

A group of four people, two caravans, three horses, bows, crossbows, arrows, swords, and swords.

After going out of Luoyang to Yin, Henan, they went down the Yingshui River after getting on the boat, and their destination was to go to Lujiang County.

The boatman was a middle-aged man in his forties, with rough fingers and a stiff back, and patched clothes that had brought him the ordeal of time, and there were seven sailors on board, running barefoot around the gang, and it was a good passenger ship.

It is difficult to travel directly to Wu County from Henan Yin, not to mention the boat and waterway all the way, not to mention Ma Yue and Cai Yan, even the boatman may not be able to afford it. Therefore, they had to turn to Lujiang County first, disembark at the port there, and after crossing the Yangtze River, there would not be too many big rivers, and they could go directly to Wu County by land on horseback.

The voyage was formulated to determine the direction, the ship left the port, Cai Yan went to the cabin, Heifu and Liu Bo moved the luggage to the ship, and their horses and carriages were sent home.

Ma Yue and the three of them all carried knives around their waists, which didn't matter, but as soon as Heifu and Liu Bo moved their luggage, they revealed the bow arm that had unloaded the bowstring and the arrow crossbow, and the boat boss was in trouble.

The bow and crossbow are not allowed to be carried privately wherever you go in the world. Although the guests on the boat had seen a lot of boat bosses with bows and crossbows, Ma Yue and the three of them really didn't look like good people, so he had to ask.

The boss of the boat handed over the stern rudder to his cronies, walked up to Ma Yue barefoot, and asked with a smile: "This strong man, I don't know if you went to Lujiang to find relatives or friends, we people on this boat are not allowed to carry bows and crossbows, once they are checked by the sailors at the checkpoint, they will lose their heads." ”

"You don't have to worry about it, my master has a seventeenth-class lord, you just need to send us to Lujiang County."

The one who answered was Heifu, the cavalry commander of the former Northern Army, who was now Ma Yue's personal entourage, and said that Ma Yue's seventeenth rank was very proud, and his words unconsciously carried a domineering taste.

Seventeenth rank lord, and then up is the chief of the great concubine, and above the chief of the eldest is the marquis, can it be the same as ordinary people?

When the boat boss heard this, he hurriedly saluted Ma Yue, originally looking at Ma Yue's appearance like a man begging for life on the edge of a knife, but he didn't expect the title to be so high...... Ordinary people can't be promoted to such a height, if this man is a martial arts lord, he has to kill people to accumulate it, this man has such a high title at such a young age, how many people did he kill?

Ma Yue waved his hand, signaling that the boat boss didn't need to be polite, and said with a smile: "The boat family, I have never been to the south, and I would like to ask you what is the situation in Yangzhou in recent years, and how much is it affected by the yellow scarf?" ”

As soon as Ma Yue said this, the boat boss felt that this nine-foot man was not as fierce as he looked, but was a little close, so he hurriedly said to him: "You sit first, and the little old man will introduce you to Yangzhou." ”

"Yangzhou is not very chaotic in recent years, at least much calmer than the Central Plains, but the year before last there was a thief named Huang Huang who united with Jiang Xiaman to raise troops near the Lujiang River, and the thieves under his command once reached more than 100,000, and captured the four counties and divided the land as the king. However, later His Majesty worshiped Lu Kang and appointed Lujiang Taishou, but he was suppressed in a year. ”

"Lu Kang? Terrible. ”

As soon as Ma Yue nodded, he heard the boat boss say with a sad look on his face: "Don't look at the calm on the ground, but the river is not very peaceful. Sili is better on the boundary, and then go south, from Jiangxia, Lujiang, Jiujiang to Wu County, which is the most frequent place for water piracy. ”

"Once upon a time, there was a Jiang Ling'er, who was younger than you, and there was a fleet of 100 ships that sailed across the river, but he only got along with those rich and powerful, and never embarrassed us. However, I haven't seen Jiang Ling'er's fleet since last year, and I heard that I am looking for a famous teacher to learn the scriptures. After he left, the river was not very peaceful, Zhou Tai Jiang Qin of Jiujiang, as well as Jiangxia's sailors, and even the subordinates of Xue Zhou, the leader of the sea thieves, sometimes brought more than a dozen sea boats to the river to beg for a living. Alas......"

Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, these are all the future elders of the Sun family, Ma Yue also knows them, but he didn't expect them to have such a big reputation now, Ma Yue was aroused, and then asked: "Who are Jiang Ling'er and Xue Zhou?" ”

"Jiang Ling'er's name is Gan Ning, and he always likes to carry a bell on his body, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's water thieves can't be compared with him at all, and the county officials are all his friends, and they are very powerful." Ma Yue noticed that when the boatman said Gan Ning, there was not the slightest disgust on his face, but he was a little fascinated, and then said: "That Xuezhou is a native of Guangling, and after the army was raised a few years ago, he was surrounded and suppressed, and he snatched several broken building ships from the navy and rushed into the sea, and he did not die. Over the years, they have come out with sea ships and often plundered along the coast. ”

Ma Yue nodded secretly, originally he thought that there were many heroes in the north and were the center of gravity of the world, but he didn't want the south to have countless talents who had already shined at this time.

But this is not the north, Ma Yue can only pray in his heart that he will not let himself meet those 'big people' in this small boat!