The date of payment marked by the guy who destroyed the cemetery and extorted money from Xie Fu is today.

The autumn wind blows the sky full of yellow leaves, and the river water is clearer than in spring and summer. The Linjiang River in the southwest of Jincheng, the depth can reach more than four zhang, the width can be 12 zhang, carry 90 percent of the water transportation task of Jincheng, the river surface is dotted with white sails, the wharf is full of large boxes of long ropes, crowded with sailors who load passengers and goods.

There is a small bay, half of the stone shore, half of the mudflat, half of the largest wharf of the Linjiang River to have half a mile of land, the same is the Linjiang water, lead here, just calm down, let the other companions continue to flow south, they stay here, raising half a bay of reed grass, so quiet that they don't even spit out a bubble, unless the windy day, the river waves cross the mouth of the stone bay, and the waves are like white geese like a white goose rushing in, the reeds will be surprised and inexplicably swaying, a long time ago the old water and mud, and then there is hope to get a wash.

There is no wind today, the sky is so blue that it is in a trance, a large pile of reed grass has just been harvested not long ago, piled at the water's edge, the water is also how deep it is, it is covered by the reed roots and leaves, and it is impossible to see the bottom at a glance. The second master commanded the people and carried the silver here. This is the place designated on the paper to pay the money.

In order to prevent people's eyes, all the silver was disguised as stone. 50,000 taels of silver, 5,000 catties! That guy was afraid of getting into trouble, so he wouldn't ask for a silver ticket, just cash! Then he has to be able to move away! How is he going to move? The second master thought that if he dared to bring a few coolies, cover his face and pick up a flat burden to raise money, he had to press them down and ask them to understand! Don't look at the few people brought by the second master, they are all elite soldiers! It's okay to knock down a litter of thieves. He looked around, where did the thief come from?

The hour has come. No one came. The longing sail-colored ship shadow in the distance, the sun walks leisurely.

The water in the bay also walked. A rope, soaked in water like a rotten hemp rope, no one paid attention to it, and now it was pulled by an inexplicable force, and it moved, but it was not rotten, it was quite strong, and when it was pulled, it pulled the reeds and grass apart. A small boat came out of it.

A small boat with a single cabin. On the broadside, the planks are tilted to the bilge, and there is no one in the cabin. The boat followed the rope a little further, following the water. Naturally, it is anchored on the rocky shore. You can see a big plastered font on the board: "Load!" ”

The second old man pinched the strand of his beard on his chin. Understood: the thief first hid the boat in the haystack, and when the time came, he pulled it out and loaded it with silver!

Is there a thief who thinks so beautifully?

The soldiers all looked at the second master with blank eyes: "Do you want to pretend?" ”

The second master gritted his teeth. With a black face: "Pretend!" After all, this is what his father Xie Xiaoheng meant. However, the second master quietly gave an order, half of the soldiers stayed to load the silver, and the other half crawled on the stone bank, hiding their bodies with dry grass, and touched the rope forward, wanting to see who was pulling the rope in front, but the rope was unexpectedly long, and it never reached the end.

The faces of the soldiers loaded with silver became more and more weird: 5,000 catties of heavy objects, such a big pile! They thought that this small canoe would not be able to hold so many things, and even if it did, they were afraid that it would be crushed. As a result, it was loaded and loaded, but the boat was never full or sank. Moreover, before it was finished, the rope moved again, and it was pulled forward, and the boat also went out of the bay.

The second old man's cheeks twitched. Xie Xiaoheng ordered him to "take it", if he didn't finish loading, he would let the boat go, which was not fulfilling his father's order. What happens if I don't fulfill my father's mandate...... He still doesn't think about the consequences, think about how to complete the task!

So the other half of the soldiers were called back, and chased after the boat, and threw the silver into it with all their might, until at last it was all gone, and the boat was almost out of the bay.

What's next? The soldiers still looked at the second master. The second master shouted: "Chase!" The soldiers couldn't catch up on the shore anymore, so they had to nominate a few who knew how to swim in the water, and the others waved their arms and shook their heads on the shore, and they were strong.

The boat was unhurried, and actually drifted close to the Linjiang wharf, and the water knew who was pulling the end of the rope - the three-masted and four-sail Louguang ship, which could load 10,000 tons of goods in one breath, and could also receive hundreds of distinguished guests in the shipyard. It had already set this time to go to sea. The rope of the one-cabin boat is far under its side. It had already set a time to leave, and as soon as it moved, the boat moved, and after starting, the owner checked that there was no problem with all aspects of operation, and then went offshore, so the boat followed.

But it's useless to just walk. Someone has to take the money from this boat, right? Halfway was intercepted by the two masters' capable soldiers, and the owner of the big ship shouted that he was wronged, and he didn't collude with any thieves to pull this boat, so how could the thieves take the silver?

When he was disturbed, an old soldier felt that the boat was floating on the water, it was too light, and he looked inside with the side of the boat, and his face turned white: the boat was as clean as a cat licking, and there was nothing left. The second master and they returned to the bay, but they did not find any trace of silver, or any trace of taking the silver.

The second old man hung his head and went back to report to the old lady: the silver was "given", and he didn't catch any tails. The old lady was helpless, and after thinking about it for a long time, she still consulted with her closest thinker.

Mingzhu, Jasper, and Xie Yunzhou.

Yunzhou groaned, and didn't speak, listening to others first. Jasper preemptively said, "There is a man under the boat who has taken all the silver!" ”

"Was the man hiding on the board or under the water?" Mingzhu asked.

"Dodge on the board?" Jasper said tentatively.

"Such a small boat, they can see the planks, there is no one." The old lady replied.

"That's under the boat, in the water!" Jasper began to blush.

"How does he get the money from the planks?" Mingzhu is embarrassed, "He's a monster?!" ”

"He can make a hole in the board and reach in and get it." Jasper clapped her hands.

"What about the boat leaking?" Yunzhou asked at this time.

"Plug it up with material from the bottom!" Biyu doesn't have the ability to do it herself, but that doesn't prevent her from believing that others will.

Yun Zhou was convinced, but had other questions: "How long can he stay in the water?" Is he alone in taking all that much silver? Where did you take it and move to? ”

"This ......" Jasper and Mingzhu had no choice but to look at the old lady together.

"It took three or four quarters of an hour from the beginning of the loading of the silver to the discovery that it had been lost." The old lady sighed, "Plus—the man who delivered the money arrived at the water's edge early, and the boat had not yet come out of the haystack, and it was more than half an hour, and I had not heard of anyone on the river who could hold it for so long, and if there was, it was only in the legend." ”

Yun Zhou asked at this time, "Grandma, are there all reeds over there?" ”

The old lady said, "Yes." ”

Yun Zhou said again: "The reed pipe is hollow, right?" ”

Appreciation appeared in the old lady's eyes: "Yes." (To be continued......)