"Your Highness, this journey is difficult and dangerous, and the lower official cannot go with you due to his duties. This is Liu Yuan, the eldest son of Xiaguan, who has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his kung fu is quite passable, he has entered the hinterland of Liuyi many times, and he is relatively familiar with the terrain, so let him be a guide for you this time! Liu Cheng brought a young man in his twenties to Yang Yun and said to him.

Yang Yun looked at this young man, his eyes were bright, his movements were neat, he should be a good young man. So he said with a smile: "This trip is very dangerous, we dare not guarantee whether we can return safely, Lord Liu is willing to let your son be in danger?" ”

Before Liu Cheng could answer, the young man named Liu Yuan took the initiative to say: "Your Royal Highness dares to go to the danger in person with the body of a daughter, Liu Yuan does not pity this seven-foot body, even if he throws his life in Liuyi, the villain does not feel regretful." ”

"It is a great honor for this child to be able to follow His Royal Highness, if he unfortunately loses his life, he only complains about his fate. If he survives, let him follow His Highness to Xijing to meet the matter! Liu Cheng said solemnly to Yang Yun.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Cheng faced his son again and said solemnly: "Protecting Your Highness on this trip is your top priority, and if Your Highness returns safely, everyone will be happy." If anything bad happens to Your Highness, you will cut yourself off and don't have to come back. ”

Yang Yun was very moved by the behavior of the father and son, and at the insistence of the two, he had to agree and let Liu Yuan follow him to Liuyi together.

The big boat went down the river, and Yang Yun stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the beautiful scenery on both sides of the river, and his mood was very comfortable. Yanqin and Liuyue beside them, but they had no time to take care of this boundless beauty, they focused on paying attention to the surrounding environment, and they regarded Yang Yun's safety as more important than their own lives.

"Who?" Yan Qin suddenly shouted and ran in the direction of the cabin of the big ship, and after a while, he grabbed a thin boy who was about sixteen or seventeen years old. The young man was obviously also frightened, and came to Yang Yun tremblingly.

"The villain Cheng Erniu has seen His Highness the Thirteenth!" As soon as the young man arrived in front of Yang Yun, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"What are you sneaking out there for?" Yan Qin asked.

"Little ...... Villain, villain to thank His Royal Highness for saving his life to the villain's grandfather! The young man named Cheng Erniu stammered.

"A life-saving grace? Where does this begin? Yang Yun was very puzzled, asked the young man to stand up, and asked suspiciously.

"The old man that His Highness saved in the city yesterday is the villain's grandfather." Seeing Yang Yun and Yan Yuese, Cheng Erniu felt that his pressure was much less and he spoke much more fluently.

"That's just a coincidence, so you're welcome." What Yang Yun did was just a subconscious act as a doctor, but he didn't know that this was not a trivial matter in this era of strict hierarchy.

"Your Highness, there is one more matter, the villain has to report to His Highness!" Cheng Erniu said this, but did not continue, looked at Yan Qin and Liu Yue next to him, and then looked at Yang Yun.

Seeing Cheng Erniu's expression, Yang Yun understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "These two people are people I can trust, don't worry about what you have!" ”

Hearing Yang Yun say this, Cheng Erniu looked around again, and when he saw that no one was coming in this direction, he whispered, "Your Highness! The villain was in the back of the cabin just now, and vaguely heard a few soldiers talking, speaking of His Highness's name, listening to the tone, he should be ready to do something unfavorable to His Highness. ”

"Did you hear what they said?" Along the way, these days, Tang Hongyuan and his soldiers are still dutiful. But this young man shouldn't make something out of nothing, so he wanted to ask the truth.

"Well, the villain didn't hear what they said clearly? But they actually call His Highness by name, and they are sneaky, so I guess they may not be good for you. ”

"Okay, I see, you go down! If there's anything new, just let me know! After Yang Yun finished speaking, he motioned to Liu Yue to give Cheng Erniu a silver ingot, but Cheng Erniu resolutely refused to do so, and turned around and left.

This matter could not be determined, and Yang Yun was not easy to make a big move, so he quietly arranged for Qi Wei to send people to pay close attention to the words and deeds of these soldiers, and at the same time asked his guards to be more vigilant.

The ship continued downward, and after more than an hour, it had covered more than half of the entire waterway. During this period, Qi Wei arranged for people to pay close attention to the movements of Tang Hongyuan and these soldiers, but did not find anything unusual.

At this time, the river became narrower and the current was much faster. According to the boatmen, this section of the waterway is the most dangerous section, and after this section, you can go ashore after seven or eight miles of gentle waterway.

The big boat began to shake in the water, and suddenly a loud "boom" was heard, and the big ship began to shake violently.

"Oh no, it's on the rock, the water is in!" Someone shouted loudly. Immediately afterwards, the river water quickly flowed into the cabin.

"Your Highness, the big ship has been knocked out of a big hole, and it can't be used anymore, so follow me to the small boat." Tang Hongyuan and several generals hurriedly came to Yang Yun and pulled him onto a spare boat on the big boat.

Qi Wei and other guards were intentionally or unintentionally blocked behind by Tang Hongyuan's soldiers, so they had to get on another boat and follow closely behind, but just after a short journey, another small boat blocked between the two boats, Qi Wei secretly screamed badly, and immediately asked his subordinates to speed up the boat, wanting to catch up with the boat that Yang Yun was on.

Yang Yun's boat had just traveled a short distance when a wave came, and Tang Hongyuan shouted: "Not good! The boat immediately turned upside down, and everyone on board fell into the river.

Yang Yun, who was caught off guard, suddenly sank into the water and choked on several mouthfuls of water. But Yang Yun, who grew up in the countryside since he was a child in his previous life, often played in the river, and the water was still good, and after experiencing the initial panic, he finally calmed down and controlled his body to swim to the water.

Yang Yun was about to swim out of the water, when he suddenly felt a tightness under his feet, someone grabbed his right foot, he looked down and saw that it was a soldier on the same boat just now who grabbed him.

It seems that someone is really unfavorable to him, Yang Yun didn't have time to think about it, turned around, and smashed a fist on the soldier's head, the soldier took a beating, and did not let go, holding Yang Yun with his left hand, shaving water with his right hand, pulling Yang Yun, and swimming to the bottom of the river.

This entanglement, Yang Yun was dragged down another meter or two, Yang Yun was in a hurry, and kicked hard with his foot, just kicking on the soldier's face. This obviously made the soldier very painful, he subconsciously covered his face with his hands, Yang Yun took the opportunity to break free, used his hands and feet together, and quickly paddled towards the water.

Swimming in the rapids was much more difficult than in the pool, and Yang Yun struggled to swim to the surface while overcoming the force of the current, choking on several mouthfuls of water.

Finally swimming to the surface, he opened his mouth and took a few large breaths of fresh air greedily, which made his lungs, which were about to explode, much more comfortable. Then he wiped his hand on his head, then opened his eyes and looked around to understand his surroundings.

Qi Wei and the others' boat was about ten meters away from him, and they were in a hurry to rush towards him, and the people in the small boat in front of him also completely showed their intentions, simply took out their weapons and launched an attack on Qi Wei and the others.

Yang Yun was about to swim towards Qi Wei and the others, and four people appeared under the water one after another, and surrounded Yang Yun in the middle with a tacit understanding, one of whom was Tang Hongyuan, who was responsible for protecting himself this time.

"Your mission this time is to protect me, if something happens to me, you will all be killed!" Seeing that these people had unkind faces, Yang Yun angrily reprimanded.

"Haha, I was originally from the Chu State, and the families of these brothers have been settled, so you can accept your life!" Tang Hongyuan smiled proudly, holding a thin sword in his hand, and swam towards Yang Yun.