Zhang Shixing hurriedly checked, only to see an arrow in the heart of the third queen, it seemed to be the arrow in the crowd when they fled from the south shore, but he kept holding on and rocking the boat to the north shore.

Yu Laosan's eyes were half-open and half-closed, and he weakly spit out a few words from his mouth: "I will never live up to my trust." With that, he closed his eyes and passed away suddenly.

Zhang Shixing hugged Yu Laosan's body and cried loudly, not knowing whether he was crying about this boatman who sacrificed his life for righteousness, or the country where the mountains and rivers changed hands, or his own life experience.

Zhu Yunwen clasped his hands together on the shore, bowed to Yu Laosan's corpse and said, "Amitabha, Brother Yu, may the Buddha bless you with an early ascension to bliss." ”

He said silently in his heart: "If I reascend the throne one day, I will definitely build a temple for you, praise your loyalty, and worship you forever." ”

He saw Zhang Shixing hugging Yu Laosan's corpse and crying bitterly, so he stepped forward and persuaded: "Good apprentice, people can't be resurrected after death, you have to mourn and change, we still have important things to do, the big guy must go on the road as soon as possible, and he can't delay here." ”

Zhang Shixing heard Zhu Yunwen say this, so he suppressed his sorrow, wiped his tears with his sleeve, pulled out the arrow on the back of the third child, flattened his body, tidied up his face a little, and then took out the flint, lit the boat, jumped back to the shore himself, pushed the boat into the river, and the boat swayed and drifted towards the center of the river, and the fire in the boat became more and more vigorous, even if it was a cremation for Yu Laosan.

Zhang Shixing and the others knelt down on the shore and kowtowed three times to the burning boat, which was regarded as seeing off Yu Laosan.

Zhang Shixing said silently in his heart: "Brother Yu, although you and I met in Pingshui, you were chivalrous and brave, saving the lives of a boatload of people such as me, and you made great contributions. And I don't know where your home is, and I can't bury you in your hometown, which is a great pity. You are begging for a living on the water, I have no choice but to let you return to the river, I hope you don't blame me. ”

Suddenly, there was an exclamation in his ears, and when he looked up, he saw that the small boat that was on fire was actually drifting towards a large boat going down the river, and soon the two boats collided, and the big ship was also ignited, and the people on the big boat were busy watering and extinguishing the fire, and some people used long poles to push the boat away.

Suddenly, a person jumped out of the big boat, and his body instantly disappeared into the river and disappeared.

Zhang Shixing began to think that the man jumped into the river to escape to avoid the fire, he blamed himself, only to find that the fire on the big ship had long been extinguished, and the people on the boat shouted endlessly, as if they were looking for something, but the boat was very fast, and the man floated and sank several times, and he was several miles away from the big ship.

Zhang Shixing saw that the man was still struggling in the river, and said in his heart that this was something I provoked, and I must save him. Then he took off his coat, and a fierce man plunged into the middle of the river and swam towards the man.

Although Zhang Shixing grew up in the north, he learned to swim in the few years when he served as a Jinyiwei in Beijing, and he practiced Neijiaquan for a long time, his kung fu was profound, and his inner breath was long, and he did not need to ventilate for more than half an hour in the water, so the water nature was excellent.

When Zhu Yunwen saw Zhang Shixing jumping into the river to save people, he couldn't let him go and left, so he had to wait anxiously by the river.

Huang Zicheng complained a little: "This Zhang Si, although he is a little chivalrous and courageous, but he doesn't know the priorities of things. ”

Sheng Yong gave him a farewell look and said, "Mr. Huang, if he hadn't had such a temper and knew people like Yu Laosan, how would we be able to live a big river." ”

Huang Zicheng was full of shame, and bowed his hand to Sheng Yong: "Brother Sheng's lesson is right, I am also thinking about Master Kongwen, and I don't want him to delay the trip." ”

Zhu Yunwen said leisurely: "Since you are out of Beijing, you will be thorny everywhere, and you are not in a hurry, so what if we wait for this apprentice?" ”

Huang Zicheng nodded again and again: "The master taught us." ”

While everyone was talking, Zhang Shixing had already rescued the man and carried him wet from the river to the shore.

Zhang Shixing placed the man on the shore and pressed his belly with his hand. Everyone gathered around to watch, and when Huang Zhan saw it, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Wang Shu." ”

Huang Zicheng also pointed at the person and exclaimed: "This person is Wang Shu, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and Huang Zhan is on the same list, and he is on the list. ”

After Zhang Shixing pressed it a few times, Wang Shu spit out a few mouthfuls of water, and slowly opened his eyes.

He saw Huang Zhan first, smiled bitterly and said, "Champion Lang, you are here too." ”

Huang Zhan scolded with a smile: "Where are you here?" ”

Wang Shu said: "The underworld." ”

Huang Zhan pointed to the bright sun and said, "You are really dizzy, this blue sky and white sun, where did you come from." ”

When Wang Shu heard this, he sat up suddenly, looked around at everyone, and exclaimed, "Huang Taiqing, Zhuangyuanlang." He didn't know Zhang Shixing and Sheng Yong, but they looked familiar and cordial, and they must have seen them somewhere.

He looked at Zhu Yunwen again, déjà vu, but he didn't dare to confirm it.

Zhu Yunwen clasped his hands together and said, "The little monk is empty." ”

Wang Shu took Huang Zhan's hand and said hurriedly: "Huang Hanlin, what the hell is going on, you can tell me about it." ”

Zhang Shixing said with a serious face: "Wang Hanlin, tell me why you jumped into the river first?" ”

Wang Shu sighed and said: "A few days ago, I was ordered to go to Guangde to recruit troops, recruited hundreds of people, I led these people to take a boat back to Beijing, I wanted King Qin to save the driver, who knew that when I was about to arrive in Beijing, there was news that the Yan army entered the city, and His Majesty set himself on fire." The soldiers I recruited did not want to return empty-handed, and when they heard that I was on the list of traitors, they wanted to send me to Beijing to receive a reward. But they were too embarrassed to tie me up, and I was just under house arrest in the cabin. Unexpectedly, the two boats collided, and the boat was in chaos, so I jumped into the river. ”

Huang Zhan scolded: "You landlubber, you can't swim, what are you doing jumping into the river?" Although you are on the list of traitors, when you reach the capital division, as long as you are willing to submit, you will not be reused. ”

Wang Shu cried: "Your Majesty is a benevolent and righteous king, as a courtier, when this country is ruined, can I not die for the country?" Otherwise, where is the courtesy, righteousness and shame? ”

The crowd listened in silence for a while.

After Zhu Yunwen heard this, he said: "Amitabha." Then he turned and left, tears streaming down his face.

Zhang Shixing helped Wang Shu up, followed behind everyone, and walked forward silently.

Wang Shu looked at him carefully for a long time and asked, "You seem to be a person from Jinyiwei, I have seen you in Jingshi." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "My name is Zhang Si, not a brocade guard. You don't have to talk nonsense, and you don't need to ask more, you will know later. ”

Everyone went up to the embankment, and in front of them was Puzikou City, which had not yet been burned by the Yan army, but after a big war, it was sparsely populated in the end, and there was a Yan army guarding the city gate, so everyone did not dare to enter the city, so they had to go around the city.

The group walked along the riverside road and hurried east. After walking more than ten miles, I saw a tavern on the side of the road and picked out a wine curtain.

Everyone entered the tavern and sat around a table, and the tavern owner came over and greeted, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you want to eat?" ”

After rushing for so many miles, they were already so hungry that they were close to their backs, Sheng Yong shouted: "What are you talking about, if there is anything good, just come up." ”

Zhang Shixing glanced at Zhu Yunwen and said to the shopkeeper: "Please ask my brother to bring me and the master a bowl of vegetarian noodle soup." ”

Huang Zicheng said on the side: "I'm a layman, bring me a bowl of vegetarian noodle soup." ”

Seeing this, Sheng Yong said impatiently: "Shop, then one person has a bowl of vegetarian noodle soup." ”

After everyone ate the noodle soup, Sheng Yong took out a Baiwen treasure bill to pay the bill, and the shopkeeper took it and smiled: "Guest officer, I'm really sorry." You are old this Hongwu treasure banknote, now Emperor Jianwen has died, and now the new emperor is going to be replaced, the year name is changed, this Hongwu treasure banknote is a piece of waste paper, if you have copper money, give me ten Wen. ”

Sheng Yong glared at him and said: "Lao Tzu only has this Hongwu treasure banknote on him, if you dare to slander Emperor Taizu, I will arrest you and sue the official." ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the shopkeeper had to say, "I'm unlucky." Go for yourself. ”

Huang Zhan couldn't bear to say, "Shopkeeper, I'm sorry." We are not white eaters, and we are indeed in a hurry, and we do not carry any money with us. Well, then, I will write you a banner to cover your meal. ”

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, it's like there's nothing." After that, he took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and handed it to Huang Zhan.

Huang Zhan held a brush in his hand, stained with thick ink, and asked the shopkeeper: "Brother, what word do you want to mention?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "I have opened a store for so many years, and there is no signboard, only a wine flag, so you can write me a signboard." ”

Huang Zhan picked up the pen and wrote down three big characters: "Xianjulou." ”

These three words were written with a dragon and a phoenix, and the momentum was extraordinary, and the shopkeeper nodded again and again.

Huang Zicheng saw it, shook his head again and again, and said: "You only changed a few bowls of noodle soup for these three words, which is really sweeping the floor." ”

Huang Zhan said: "It can be regarded as a temporary emergency." ”

The shopkeeper asked, "Where is this showman going?" ”

Huang Zhan heard Sheng Yong say that he was going to Yangzhou, so he said vaguely: "I'll go to Yangzhou to burn incense and make a wish." ”

The shopkeeper said, "There is still some way to go, and you write this word well." I will give you 100 articles to make Sichuan capital. ”

After that, he took out a money bag from the house, which contained a pile of copper coins, and said to Huang Zhan: "I see that you are not the usual way, and the people are unwilling to make treasure money, these copper coins, you use them in emergencies." ”

Huang Zhan thanked the shopkeeper, and everyone came out of the store, walked for several miles, and came to rest in a forest on the side of the road.

Sheng Yong said: "Brother Zhang, tell me what you and your master are going to do, whether you are traveling around, or presiding over a temple?" ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he bowed his head and was silent.

Zhang Shixing said: "I want to go to Huai'an Mansion with Master and others to make incense, if God has mercy, I will naturally be the abbot." ”

Sheng Yong looked at Huang Zhan, Huang Zicheng, and Wang Shu, and asked, "Are the three of you also going to incense?" ”

Huang Zicheng nodded and said, "I am a layman, so naturally I want to go to the incense with Master Kongwen." ”

Huang Zhan already knew that Kongwen was Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen, and when he saw that everyone didn't say anything, he had no choice but to nod and say, "I am also willing to follow Master Kongwen." ”

Although Wang Shu didn't know what to do, he was rescued by Zhang Shixing, and he was familiar with Huang Zhan and Huang Zicheng, and he had already guessed that the monk Kongwen was Emperor Jianwen, so he said firmly: "I am willing to follow Master Kongwen, whether it is traveling all over the world or being the abbot of a temple." ”

Zhang Shixing stared at Sheng Yong and asked, "Brother Sheng, what do you want to do on this trip?" ”

Sheng Yong avoided his gaze, sighed and said: "I am from Shandong, I have been doing business for many years, I have lost and earned, and now I am old and useless, so I want to return to the old pastoral, be a farmer, travel to the forest, and have no quarrel with the world, and live this life." ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he said to Sheng Yong: "Brother Sheng, the little monk dares to ask, do you do business by yourself, or do you take care of the master's family?" ”

When Sheng Yong heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, crying: "Weichen is guilty of capital crimes, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Yunwen said coldly: "Brother Sheng doesn't have to be like this. You still call me an empty word, the country will not be restored for a day, and I will not be called by my real name for a day. ”

And they all fell on their knees and prostrated their heads.

Zhu Yunwen ordered everyone to calm down and said: "In this dangerous place, everyone should still use pseudonyms. You don't have to be formal. ”

Zhang Shixing asked Sheng Yong again: "Brother Sheng, are you still incense with me?" ”

Sheng Yong bowed his head and said: "The country is like this, I can't escape the blame, I am willing to go to Huai'an with Master Kongwen, but all of you go to Huai'an, do you want to find that concubine Mei Yin?" ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said: "The concubine Mei Yin was once entrusted by Taizu, and now he has led an army of 400,000 to garrison Huai'an, and we will go to him to vote for him, and there is hope for the restoration of the country." ”