With two girls galloping, after more than ten days of long-distance travel, he finally arrived in Youzhou.

On the bank of the Longfeng River, Xu Buling turned over and dismounted, and waited on the ferry for the carriage and horses to cross the river.

Youzhou is two thousand miles away from Chang'an, and it is already a place far away from the emperor of the mountain. However, there is no 'Yan Wang' among the seven vassal kings, and the local military and political affairs in Youzhou are managed by the Liaoxi Metropolitan Protectorate, which is the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the strongest military strength of the entire Dayue is piled up in this area, facing the Northern Qi Middle Route Army and the Right Route Army head-on.

King Su's Xu family defended the Prince of Northern Qi and the Western Regions, and the two sides combined were more than 400,000 troops, which was considered a marginal battlefield. Youzhou border to Taiyuan and other places are frontal battlefields, the arms race between the two countries has accumulated a large number of soldiers and horses, and the entire Jiangnan and Shu are transporting nutrients here, dragging Jiangnan to the disaster and famine do not dare to reduce taxes, which can be seen how exaggerated.

In the past, Youzhou was the main area for smuggling salt and iron outside the customs, and it was a prosperous area. After the iron eagle hunting deer swept Youzhou, Qingzhou and other places, the Zhu family and the Lu family had broken their heads one after another, the rivers and lakes had no leader, and the businessmen who relied on these forces as protective umbrellas also ran out, and now on the ferry of the Longfeng River, there is only a depression left, and even some barrenness.

Xu Buling, as the prince of the vassal king, actually understands Song Ji's approach, and the dignified lord of the country can never let any local businessman brazenly smuggle salt and iron goods, and it is okay to sell smuggled daily items, but it is only a heavy blow to taxes. Transporting copper and iron to the Northern Qi Dynasty, if the Northern Qi Dynasty creates another 30,000 'Iron Rakshasas', it may be beaten back by the Northern Qi.

Xu Buling's side, Zhu Manzhi wrapped in a small cotton jacket, standing on the bank of the turbulent Longfeng River, inserting a small waist and saying:

"It looks very ordinary, Mr. Storyteller often talks about this, saying that there are often masters passing by from the Longfeng River, taking the unicorn and flying the phoenix or something, I didn't expect it to be such a river, and it is not as good as the Fen River......"

The Fen River is in Taiyuan, which is not far from Youzhou.

Xu Buling stood in front of him, raised his hand to put his arm around Manzhi's shoulder, and chuckled:

"When I'm done with the Tang family, I'll accompany you back to have a look."

Zhu Manzhi shook his head: "My father and mother have run away, it's just a forest of osmanthus flowers, what's there to see, let's go to Zhu's house to see, I heard that my grandfather is buried there, I haven't been to the grave yet......"

The nightingale stood beside him, recalled, and said softly:

"After the old sword saint died in the battle of the Zhu family, the wolf guard originally wanted to bring the corpse to the capital, but I don't know who instructed the old sword saint to bury the ancestral tomb of the Zhu family."

Xu Buling thought for a while, and said softly: "I heard Zhang Xiang say that it was Gonggong Jia who interceded with the Zhu family, so he only killed all the men. It is estimated that the burial of the old sword saint was also the instruction of Gonggong Jia...... The older generation of Jianghu people are actually quite moral, but now it is really not interesting. ”

Zhu Manzhi didn't know the situation back then, but after all, it was a sad thing, so he didn't talk much about it.

The ferry is not prosperous, the people who cross the river are the local people who come and go from the south to the north, and after waiting for an hour, dozens of people with baskets on their backs are gathered on the ferry to go into the city to purchase New Year's goods, and there are also people from the rivers and lakes who are in the dust.

Xu Buling led a wind-chasing horse that was one in a million, and his stature was relatively tall, standing out from the crowd, which naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Ordinary people didn't dare to come over to talk, a little girl of four or five years old, but she was attracted by the fox fur on Xu Buling's body, ran to touch it, and muttered strangely:

"Big brother, why did your clothes grow hairy...... It's as ...... as a blind bear."

“……”

Xu Buling looked at Xiao Budian, who was not as tall as his waist, and was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to explain.

Zhu Manzhi is very good at dealing with children, and said with a smile: "Little sister, what kind of eyes do you have, how can there be such a handsome bear blind man." ”

The little girl raised her head and glanced at it, and nodded thoughtfully: "It's the same......"

"Hehe......"

Xu Buling was completely speechless, raised his hand and touched the little girl's head, and the little girl's mother hugged her back, obviously afraid of offending the big family in the city.

Soon, several boats arrived at the ferry, and the boatmen wrapped in thick jackets lowered their pedals and collected the money one by one.

Xu Buling took two horses, and the small boat definitely couldn't go up, so he went to the larger one. However, the largest ship could only carry about two dozen people, and after two large horses went up, they occupied a third of the deck, and paid a few pennies for it.

The current of the Longfeng River is very turbulent, and there are reefs and rocks in the river, which is a relatively dangerous place, and it seems to be floating on a boat. The boatman swayed left and right on the river with a bamboo pole and skillfully navigated the reef, but the passengers on the boat were a little frightened.

There are many local people in Youzhou, there is a ranger who looks like he is in his twenties, holding a sword and leaning on the fence of the ferry, maybe the road is a little boring, he has been looking at the handsome appearance of the chasing horse, and finally walked to the front, raised his hand and made a salute:

"Brother Tai Ma is good."

On the rivers and lakes, it is common to pay attention to happiness and enmity, and it is common to talk and make friends in the same boat, but after going so far, it is really the first one who dares to talk to Xu Buling.

Xu Buling glanced at it - his appearance was ordinary and his temperament was ordinary, but it was very clean and comfortable to look at, not like a ruffian and hooligan on the rivers and lakes. The sword in his hand looked very quaint, and the wooden hilt was pulped, and it was obvious that he had held it all year round, at least it was very hard, regardless of his martial arts.

Seeing this scene, Xu Buling did not ignore it, turned around and raised his hand:

"Brother Tai won the award."

Seeing Xu Buling's response, the ranger smiled a little, and said heartily:

"In the lower left battle, I see that Your Excellency is also a person who practices martial arts, and you dare to ask your name."

Zhu Manzhi was in a panic, and finally encountered the drama of the Jianghu people's friendship, and hurriedly raised his hand to make a Jianghu salute, and said very boldly:

"In Xia Zhu Manzhi, people send the mixed number 'Fenhe Sword God', this is the nightingale, the mixed number is 'fierce in the night', this is the 'Eagle Finger Sanren' Xu Shan......"

Zuo Zhan blinked, obviously a little stunned, wanting to laugh but feeling inappropriate. Worry-free Chinese network

Xu Buling was also a little unable to cry and laugh, raised his hand and said:

"The surname Zuo is rare, Your Excellency is from Luliang?"

When Zuo Zhan heard this, he was slightly stunned:

"How did Childe see that?"

With a bit of pride in her eyes, Nightingale explained softly: "The surname Zuo is derived from the surname Jiang, and in ancient times, it was divided into the area of Luliang as the 'Zuo country', and the descendants took the country as the surname, and where did the surname Zuo come from in the world." ”

Zuo Zhan's eyes showed a little surprise, and he nodded: "Childe is from a family, right?" Sure enough, I'm very knowledgeable, and I don't know much about these things......"

The reason why Xu Buling knew was because he had recently investigated the hiding place left by Zuo Zhexian, and he had specifically asked Xiao Qi about this.

"I've just seen this thing occasionally, where does Brother Zuo go?"

Zuo Zhan was very talkative, shook his head and smiled: "Traveling around the rivers and lakes, isn't it just running around." A few days ago, when I passed by Fanyang County, when I was selling wine in a wine shop, I happened to meet a grumpy swordsman, who was older and more grumpy, and there was only a pot of wine left, so I asked him to give it to him, so I asked, 'Who are you?' He came to the sentence 'Sword Kui Situ Yue Ash', and I said, 'I also return the Sword Saint Zhu Six'......"

Zhu Manzhi was originally listening, but when he heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and his eyes were fierce.

Xu Buling was intrigued, and asked with a smile:

"The result?"

Zuo Zhan sighed, pulled up the hem of his sleeves, revealed the five clear guides on his wrists, shook his head and said:

"As a result, I was almost killed, and I was pressed to the ground without much seeing, and I had to pay for the wine. I haven't seen Situ seniors either, and I don't know if I met a true immortal, I wanted to ask for guidance from a teacher, but I couldn't find anyone when I got up, and I wasted a big opportunity, so I tried my luck and looked everywhere......"

Xu Buling nodded slightly. Situ Yue Ember is the first person in Tiannan Wulin, that is, a person from Nanchang, who is closer to Nanyue, and it is not realistic to come to Youzhou. For this ambiguous gossip in the rivers and lakes, it is only a braggadocio of the rangers.

In the middle of chatting, the ferry went to the center of the river, where the current was most rapid.

The Longfeng River is relatively dangerous, and the reason why several boats go together each time is because there are often accidents of capsizing and sinking ships. Xu Buling's boat is relatively large, and the boatman is an old man, very skilled, and the toll money collected is also expensive, and there is no accident. But a small boat in the distance, when passing a rocky beach, hit something, and in an instant it spun around on the surface of the river, and threw off several people sitting on the edge of the boat.

"Ahh

"Someone fell into the water......"

Seeing this scene, the two surrounding boats hurriedly propped up the boat and pulled over, and the people on the small boat were also hurriedly raising their hands to catch people.

The current was so strong that the man was swept far away when he fell into the water, and the boat was spinning again, losing its steadyness, and only one man grabbed the bamboo pole that stretched out.

Xu Buling frowned lightly and swept his eyes, but saw that the little girl who touched his clothes just now was probably too naughty to sit well, and was also thrown down, and was rising and falling in the turbulent river. The little girl's frightened face turned white, and she seemed to be crazy and threw herself on the side and raised her hand to grab it, but the distance was so fast that she couldn't touch it at all.

In the cold winter, the river water is cold and biting, and the child will freeze to death if he falls and does not hit the stone.

Zuo Zhan, who was standing next to him, saw this scene, threw his sword to Xu Buling without hesitation, rushed into the water with a leap, and swam towards the little girl, with very quick movements.

Zhu Manzhi was also a little anxious, lying on the edge of the boat and raising his finger: "Hurry up, hurry up...... It's right in front ......."

Xu Buling shook his head and sighed lightly, leaned his sword against the boat, and then rushed out of the ferry with a leap, landed on the water, and then tapped his boot on the water, stepped on a string of splashes, and rushed straight to the center of the river.

"Wow-"

"Look at ......"

There was an exclamation of surprise on the three ferries.

Zhu Manzhi was slightly stunned, and then shocked.

Zuo Zhan was swimming at full speed, when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, he looked back in confusion, and burst into a foul mouth in shock, his eyes were full of incredulity.

Xu Buling's body and mind were like willow leaves with the wind, sliding across the turbulent river, raising his hand to grab the little girl who fell into the water, and landed steadily on the boat, and the boat that was spinning in the middle of the river also stopped.

After putting down the frightened little girl, Xu Buling did not stop, and returned to the ferry boat by stepping on the water again.

The cold wind hunts, the torrent is turbulent, the handsome boy treads the waves, the scene is like an immortal falling into the mortal world, and it is like a mortal stepping on a fairyland, the so-called world is really free, I'm afraid it's just that.

The frightened little girl forgot to cry, shivered from the cold, and said stupidly:

"Mother, what a handsome bear blind man is flying ......"

Xu Buling dragonflies crossed the river like water, and glanced at Zuo Zhan who was floating in the water in a daze.

Zuo Zhan's eyes when he looked at him were exactly the same as the last time he looked at Zhu Liu, as if to say: flashy, not as fast as a master game, pretending to be a criminal......

Xu Buling suddenly understood what he felt in his heart when Zhu Liu and Li Hansheng chased him last time.

Hmph ~ Weak Chicken ......