The carriage traveled all the way to the bank of the Yangtze River, and there was a ferry crossing the river not far away, and you could see that the merchant ships gathered there, and many ships carrying people across the river ploughed the river water on the calm surface of the Yangtze River, shuttling back and forth.

Today, Wu Meiniang and her entourage did not bring the forbidden army to escort them, but there are actually many masters in this team, Ding Yufeng needless to say, even if it is Chen Fang, in fact, he is half a master at this time.

There are also secret guards guarding the heirs and prisons around, which can be regarded as well-guarded, although there is no forbidden army, but ordinary Wang Yang bandits, if they meet, they are also good-looking.

In fact, there is no forbidden army, and Wu Meiniang doesn't want to go anywhere by herself, which has attracted a large number of local officials.

Originally, it could have been brought less, but these forbidden soldiers were all ordinary sergeants, and it was better not to bring dozens less, just dozens of forbidden soldiers, which were really not as powerful as Ding Yufeng, and not as good as the heirs and eunuchs who were secretly guarding.

The group is actually not a small number of people at this time, there are no less than ten people in the main family alone, Wu Meiniang's family, a queen, two princesses, and three princes, there are already six of them, and the concubine of the concubine and Princess Gao'an and Zheng Jieyu are four again.

There are also the two princesses of Western Qin over there, and there are eleven people with noble status here.

Wu Meiniang's ten maids, originally Xiaolan Xiaoyu, and later Luoyang added Meilan Zhuju, spring, summer, autumn and winter eight, at this time Chun and Xiaolan were serving on the side of the horse, and Chen Fang also had a maid sent by him, and she had not yet given her a name, Ding Yufeng counted them one by one, and there were thirteen maids and female guards.

This group of people is centered on Wu Meiniang, Zheng Jieyu and Shufei, all three of them are dressed as noblewomen, Wu Meiniang is holding Shufei's hand, and Zheng Jieyu is accompanying her.

In the back, Chen Fang led Gao An, and the second princess looked a little invisible.

As for the group of little princes and princesses, they fought all the way, except for Princess Anding, who was older, the rest of the princes and Taiping were really out of Yangzhou, and they kept making trouble. Playing all the way, it's not lively, Wu Meiniang is not restrained, seeing her children happy, she is actually happy in her heart.

This big gang, whoever sees it, thinks it is an official eunuch or a person in a wealthy businessman, naturally, the concubine will be recognized as an elder, Wu Meiniang and Zheng Jieyu will be wronged, and they will be treated as concubines, and the horses and princesses in the back are considered juniors, and there is a group of smaller ones, that is, children in the family, needless to say the maids on the side.

The only thing that seems to be abrupt is the second princess, but it can also be regarded as the wife of a wealthy official and merchant to accompany distant guests to play.

In fact, this is also everyone's intention, so that this group of people appeared in the land of Wu Yue without being abrupt.

When the group arrived at the river, naturally there were maids to inquire about the boats crossing the river.

Wu Meiniang looked at Jiang Mian, took Concubine Shu's hand, suddenly remembered something, looked behind her, deliberately looked at Ding Yu and Feng Yi, and also glanced at Chen Fang, seeing what he and Gao An were talking softly, and smiled.

"Sister, sister heard the story of Bodhidharma crossing the river before, and I don't know if it's true or not?"

The story of Bodhidharma crossing the river with a reed takes place in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and according to legend, it is what happened after Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu of Liang, that is, Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu in Liang Chenzhong of the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty.

According to legend, Emperor Wu of Liang and Patriarch Bodhidharma discussed, Emperor Wu of Liang felt obscure, Patriarch Bodhidharma said goodbye, Emperor Wu of Liang sent people to chase, and then a group of people chased to the riverside, and suddenly the two peaks on both sides of the river sandwiched everyone in the middle.

Bodhidharma folded a reed by the river and crossed the river.

This story took place in the Southern Dynasty Houliang during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, so Wu Meiniang knew it at this time.

"I don't know, sister, do you think that's true?"

"Dingyu, can you do it?"

There Wu Meiniang set her eyes on Dingyu, if it was about martial arts here, naturally no one could compare to this apprentice of the horse.

The master is not as good as the apprentice, I am afraid that it is under the whole world, Chen Fang and Dingyu are also a rare pair, a strange pair.

"Carving insect skills!"

Ding Yu spit out four words lightly, obviously not feeling anything about crossing the river with a reed.

"Ahem, Dingyu, don't talk nonsense, fortunately there are no monks here."

There Chen Fang reprimanded softly, his own apprentice.

"It's okay, there are no others here, and after the Yangtze River, I have the opportunity to see the grand occasion of a reed crossing the river."

Chen Fang walked to Wu Meiniang's side at this time and suppressed his voice.

"Niangniang, this thing is actually not difficult, ordinary people can cross the river with a bamboo pole!"

"Oh, is there such a thing?"

Chen Fang really wanted to talk to Wu Meiniang about buoyancy and balance, but in the end, he still forgot it, if he talked about it, it would actually be a little out of harmony with this era. This is not the age of science.

A few people said a few words, and the maid over there had already returned, and had already found a boat.

Everyone walked forward, and on the other side of the dock, the boatman was already waiting, and when they saw a group of nobles, they bowed slightly.

Wu Meiniang and her entourage of twenty-four people, in the eyes of those who are begging for a living by the river, it is also a big business. Moreover, these people are richly dressed, and even the clothes worn by the maids are not ordinary cloth clothes, but silk and satin.

Often this kind of boat passenger can give more rewards, so naturally they have to serve well.

Chen Fang looked at the big ship carrying passengers, this boat is indeed not small, such a boat can generally carry fifty or sixty people across the river, and on this side of the Yangtze River, it is often necessary to carry enough guests before the boatman will depart.

At this time, Chen Fang looked at the boat, there were already a few guests, he looked at Wu Meiniang, Wu Meiniang shook her head, meaning that there was no need to drive away the guests.

Chen Fang walked to the boatman's side, took out an ingot of five taels of silver, and gave it to the boatman.

"We've chartered this boat, let's leave now, no need to wait for the guests to be full."

The boatman got five taels of silver, naturally smiling, they are carrying people across the river, a person charges only a few pennies, a boat full of people will be a hundred dollars, at this time I didn't expect to get five taels of silver at once, naturally nodded and agreed, to get on the boat will have boarded a few guests please disembark.

Generally, when encountering a chartered boat, the original guest will give a few dollars for tea, and no one will generally be embarrassed, after all, it is just a change of boat, and Yangzhou Wharf here, there will not be much more time.

In this era, the days are quite leisurely, and most people will not have the consciousness of hurrying.

The boatman wanted to get on the boat and invite someone, and Chen Fang called the boatman.

"If you have already boarded the ship, please disembark, get ready to sail!"

Over there, Zheng Jieyu had already helped Wu Meiniang, and Wu Meiniang pulled Concubine Shu onto the boat, which generally talks about etiquette, since everyone is pretending, it is natural to have a look.

The elders come first, the juniors follow, and finally the maids.

On the boat, there were originally three people on the boat, a small couple, and a small trader.

Seeing Wu Meiniang and her party, these three people all stepped aside, Wu Meiniang and her party were dressed, they naturally saw that they were either rich or expensive, where did they dare to get close to the people of the rich family.