Early the next morning, Wang Qianzong, Li Jiangzong and other military attachés of the left battalion sent Han Xiufeng, Du San, Pan Er, and Datou to the wharf. Qin Wu felt that Fengjie was not a good place, and when Han Xiufeng and Du San finished saying goodbye to a group of officials, they beckoned his son and nephew to set off on a boat.

"Master Han, Master Du, the official of the Fengjie County Government arrested another person from the Copper Heavenly King last night."

"Caught another one?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"I heard the people on the dock say that it seems to be the long-term entourage of the transport official, who came to look for Tuesday, but was arrested by the official guarding the wharf in Fengjie County."

Han Xiufeng thought that they were unlucky enough, sat down and said with a smile: "Regardless of him, it's none of our business." ”

Pan Er looked back at Fengjiecheng, who was getting farther and farther away, and asked: "Young master, why is it none of our business, the big men of Kuizhou want to turn big things into small things and small things, so naturally they won't embarrass the turtle son surnamed Zhou, if he is still not convinced, and still holds a grudge, what should he do if he sends chasing soldiers?" ”

"It's true that I want to turn big things into small things and small things, but I'm afraid it's unlikely that the Yunguan surnamed Zhou is not embarrassed. Think about it, if you are the prefect of Kuizhou, will you knock on the bamboo pole sent to the door or not? ”

"Why didn't the fat sheep sent to the door be slaughtered, if I were the prefect of Kuizhou, wouldn't this official do it in vain if I didn't knock him a few thousand taels of silver!"

"That's it," Han Xiufeng smiled, and continued: "The surname Zhou will definitely bargain, at least stay in Fengjie for three or five days." In front of it is the Three Gorges, the river is turbulent, and the danger is full of dangers, and if it is not done well, the boat will be destroyed and people will die. We can't get up fast, he can't get up faster with hundreds of thousands of catties of official copper, one hundred and ninety miles of waterway, to say the least, it will take half a month, this is still lucky not to capsize, if the boat capsizes and sinks copper, this road will be delayed for a longer time. ”

"What if they send another pursuer?"

"Does he dare?"

Du San couldn't help laughing and said: "Eat a trench and grow wise, I don't dare to borrow a few guts from his turtle son." ”

Han Xiufeng smiled heartily: "So from now on, we don't need to worry about it anymore. ”

There is no need to worry about being caught up by the enemy, everyone is in a good mood, going down the river, talking and laughing, while enjoying the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Sichuan River.

The general name of the three gorges of the Three Gorges, Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge, it starts from the White Emperor City of Fengjie in the west and reaches the Nanjin Pass in Yichang in the east.

In the Three Gorges, the Qutang Gorge mountain is the most majestic, the mountains on both sides of the river, the top and bottom are steep, such as the axe to cut it, and some of the peaks are more than 3,000 feet high. The cliffs of the river are very cramped, so that the width of the river is only 300 feet, and the narrowest point is only 100 feet. Among them, Kuimen Mountain is particularly majestic, it can be called the world's Xiongguan, so there are five characters engraved on the cliff wall of "Kuimen Tianxia Xiong".

Outside the mountain, the water potential of Qutang is also strong, it "locks the water of the whole Sichuan, chokes the throat of Bashu", the river water is here, the water is rushing and roaring, it is a grand view. For the "male" of the mountains and rivers of Qutang Gorge, there is a poem that is written most appropriately: Kuimen leads to a line, and strange stones are inserted horizontally. The peak is connected to the sky, and the boat travels from the cave!

The boatmen, including Qin Wu, didn't dare to go any further, so they propped the boat to the shore and asked his son Goudan and his nephew to send Han Xiufeng and the others to Yichang on the gorge road. And those ships that go up are carrying goods, and they can only find the slender man to pull the boat.

Dozens of slender men wore straw sandals, bare buttocks, and pulled ropes on the rocky pile on the shore trudging hard, shiny backs, heavy beads of sweat, bare feet, crawling bodies to pull the cargo ship upstream, the straightened rope tightly wrapped around their strong backs.

"Oooo Ouch! ”

"Guys, don't be distracted! Ouch! The slender men sang rhythmically to each other with their brethren at the bow of the ship, and the sound of the trumpets echoed through the deep mountains and valleys.

Han Xiufeng glanced back, carrying a cloth bag on his back and shouted, "Big brother, Brother Pan, it's time to hit the road." ”

"Oh, let's go." Du San relieved himself and followed with his waist knife and luggage.

Goudan and his cousin were boatmen on the boat, and when they went ashore, they turned into porters, walking in front with two loads of luggage, followed by the big head with the burden, and Han Xiufeng, Du San and Pan Er followed behind with the luggage.

The gorge road is composed of a headway, a trough road, and a plank road.

The cliffs on both sides of Qutang Gorge are hundreds of zhang high, and the narrow gorge is less than 300 feet wide.

"Second brother, this road is really difficult." Du San didn't dare to look any further.

Han Xiufeng didn't dare to look down, and said with a smile as he walked close to the cliff: "Big brother, if you guess correctly, this is the legendary Dangerous Stone Bird Road." ”

Although Du San was literate, he hadn't read a few books, because as long as the martial arts examiner wrote the martial arts scriptures silently, he asked curiously: "Dangerous Stone Bird Dao, why did you choose such a bird name?" ”

"This bird is not another bird, this is taken from the Tang Dynasty poet Liu Changqing's poem in the poem, 'dangerous stones lead to bird roads, and there are more people in empty mountains'." We are walking on the bird road, and people haven't seen it yet, so I'm really worried that we won't be able to find a place to rest when it's dark. ”

"Master Han, I'm familiar with this area, and there will be people in another twenty miles." Dogan said back.

"Okay, I'll listen to you from here to Yichang."

"Master Han, don't worry, with us, we won't let you and Master Du sleep in the open."

……

Just when Han Xiufeng and others were crossing the mountains and mountains, Zhou Zhi County, who had just arrived in Fengjie, was taken to the Yamen of the Kuizhou Prefect by Kuiguan to patrol Tong Zhu and several officials from Fengjie County.

Futai neither ascended nor summoned him, so he waited in the gatehouse, and the door didn't even make a cup of tea.

Just like sitting on pins and needles, a long entourage walked in and arched his hand: "Master Tong, just bring it, please go back." ”

"Then I'll go first."

"The little one is for you."

"Brother Tong......" Zhou Zhixian subconsciously stood up.

Tong Zhu thought to himself that you know that you are scared now, so he arched his hand and said perfunctorily: "Brother Zhou, junior brother will take a step first, you can do it yourself." ”

"But ......" Without waiting for Tong Zhu to speak, the family of the Kuizhou prefect turned around and said: "Master Zhou, the mansion invites you to sit down for a while, and you will naturally be summoned when you finish your official business." ”

"Oh, the lower official is not in a hurry, the lower official is waiting here."

They waited for nearly two hours, and it was not until it was dark that the officials were busy holding the lamps, and the prefect's family came to send a message to him to the second hall.

Zhou Zhixian thought that it was a blessing or a curse, and it was a disaster that could not be avoided, so as soon as he walked into the second hall, he knelt down and kowtowed, kowtowing and begging for mercy: "The lower official has seen the mansion, the lower official is confused, and the lower official is confused, and the palace is really forced to see this drudgery on the lower official stall, it is really a last resort, raise your noble hand, and give the lower official a way to live......"

"Master Zhou, you are mistaken, the contemptible surname is Wu, and he was favored by the government and was hired as Xixi."

It turned out to be not Futai, it turned out to be a friend of Futai.

Zhou Zhixian realized that there was room for maneuver in this matter, so he hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Mr. Wu, you are the Xixi of the mansion, you have naturally seen the world, and you must know how hard this errand is in the official stall......

Master Wu didn't bother to rub his tongue with him, looked at him and asked coldly: "Master Zhou, as an official of the imperial court, you actually know the law and break the law, the prison guards are the first to steal, and you instructed your family servants to frame others in the back, and you also caused two lives, and it is not an ordinary human life, how can you let my family Dong Weng raise your noble hand!" ”

There is no need to go around in circles when it comes to this, Zhou Zhixian asked eagerly: "Mr. Wu, is it okay for the lower officials to lose money?" ”

"The Xiebiao side wants to be appeased, and if you don't lose enough money, Xietai will not agree to be the first one." Master Wu paused, and then said: "The incident happened in Kuiguan, and the supervisors, committee members, and patrols of Kuiguan must also be dealt with one by one. You must know that they are all the coats of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, especially the Fan Supervisor, who has the right to perform secret folds and monographs, and can reach the heavens to listen. ”

"Two thousand taels, the lower official is willing to give two thousand taels!"

"Two thousand taels, Master Zhou, your net worth is worth two thousand taels?" Master Wu looked at him like an idiot.

"Mr. Wu, the lower official is really only two thousand taels ......" Zhou Zhixian didn't care whether the other party was an official or not, and fell to his knees again, kowtowing while crying about the unlucky things he had encountered since he became an official, a handful of snot and a handful of tears, looking so pitiful and pitiful.

Master Wu was unmoved, picked up the tea and said, "Master Zhou, since you can't get the silver, please go back." But you can go, the hundreds of thousands of catties of Yunnan copper you have transported, my family Dong Weng will also order Fengjie County to escort Qingzhuang all the way out of the country. But neither your brother nor any of the people who have been imprisoned can go away, and if you are falsely accused, you will sit back and sit back on the rod of the law. As for you, wait to be impeached! ”