Qu Hao slept soundly on Ji Jiao's boat, and then walked out of the boat.

He took a closer look at his surroundings. The boat is parked in a very clever position, above the boat is a nearly vertical steep slope, and there are many thorns and trees above the steep slope, if you don't lie on the ground above and push the grass to see the boat below, and to get down from the shore you have to slide down the steep slope, it is not easy, and it is even more difficult to go up, you have to use both hands and feet to climb up.

Qu Hao saw a rope hanging into the water at the bow of the boat, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was two bamboo cages with more than a dozen large live fish each.

He caught one of the big ones, found the kitchen knife on the ship, cut it, washed it, salted it, roasted it, and had a delicious breakfast. After eating, he cleaned up the scene again, leaving no traces, and then returned to the canopy boat, put down the tarpaulins at both ends, and waited quietly for Ji Jiao's father and son.

Qu Hao understood that Ji Jiao's father and son caught so many fish and didn't take them away, which can only show that they wanted to take Meng Yao away to reduce their burden.

Obviously, Ji Jiao took a lot of effort to find this place, it seems that because their home is not nearby, and the boat is unattended, they have to do it as a last resort, trying to hide it so as not to lose it.

Qu Hao waited patiently, but Ji Jiao's father and son did not appear that day. Qu Hao was not in a hurry, he ate and slept on the canopy boat, and continued to wait.

The Yangtze River, which has entered early winter, is very cold at night, but fortunately, with the protection of the canopy, Qu Hao does not feel any discomfort. Since there are no sound sources, it is quiet enough to hear a slight wave sound.

Ji Jiao never appeared, and Qu Hao had no choice but to wait patiently. During the day, he was worried that Ji Jiao would suddenly appear, so Qu Hao could only stay in the canopy, and only came out early in the morning and at night to do the fish caught by Ji Jiao's father and son.

On the morning of the eighth day, Qu Hao finally heard the sound of footsteps and talking slowly approaching the canopy boat, how dare Qu Hao slack off, and gently pulled out the copper flute sword, holding the copper flute in his left hand and the sword in his right hand.

When Ji Jiao lifted the tarpaulin, he was surprised to find that a sharp sword suddenly stretched out from the canopy and pressed against his throat. On closer inspection, the person holding the sword was actually the passenger who fell into the Yangtze River covered by a fishing net and thought that he had already been eaten by the fish.

was held to his throat by the sword, and Ji Jiao had to raise his hands and beg for mercy: "Strong man spare your life, I will give you whatever you want, don't kill me." As he spoke, he groped his way back in the boat.

"Give me everything? Well, where did you hide my wife, hand it over. Qu Hao said, holding the sword and following Ji Jiao who retreated out of the canopy, and saw a young man standing on the shore who looked younger than Ji Po but looked very similar, Qu Hao estimated that he was Ji Po's younger brother, this young man saw Qu Hao holding a sword against his father's throat, and was as frightened as a wooden chicken.

"I really don't know about this, your wife got into a carriage and left." Ji Jiao replied.

"Fuck your bullshit, you pushed Lao Tzu into the water with a fishing net, don't you just want to occupy my wife?" Qu Hao shouted angrily.

"That's what I thought at first. But after we carried her for a while, we got into a carriage, and the carriage could not pull when it was going uphill, so the coachman told us to get out of the car and reduce the weight, but the coachman shook the whip and left quickly while we were relieved, and threw us both off. Ji Jiao said.

After saying this, Ji Jiao had already retreated to the shore.

"What's the coachman's name? Where are the people? Qu Hao asked.

"I really didn't ask about this, the coachman looked to be in his twenties, and his accent didn't look like we were from Chu. His carriage looks like Chen Guo's carriage, with an eagle carved on the back of the carriage. Ji Jiao said.

He didn't dare to believe Ji Jiao's words, but they seemed to coincide with the old man who sold pears and described that only one elder and one young passed without a woman's company. Although the old man who sold pears would not lie to him, the person he said was not necessarily Ji Jiao's father and son, because there were too many pedestrians. He had to find Ji Po, and if the two fathers and sons said the same thing, he would believe it.

"Where's Ji Po?" Qu Hao asked.

When Ji Jiao heard this, he was shocked and shouted: "You don't want to find him, you kill me, I won't tell you." ”

After speaking, Ji Jiao suddenly squatted down, regardless of the danger of the sword, hugged Qu Hao's legs, and tried to knock Qu Hao down.

Qu Hao had no choice but to fight back with the weapon in his hand, and the copper flute in his left hand slammed into Ji Jiao's head, and blood immediately came out of Ji Jiao's head, and the attack was much smaller, but he didn't let go of his hand.

At this time, the young man standing opposite Qu Hao saw that his father was injured, and he screamed and rushed up, if Qu Hao wanted to kill him, he could stab him in the heart with a wave of his right hand, but Qu Hao didn't want to kill him, he wanted to leave a living mouth and ask where Ji Po was, so he swept over with a copper flute and beat him to the ground.

At this time, Ji Jiao seemed to have increased the strength of his hand, and shouted: "Ji Heng, run, leave me alone, go home and farm." When he heard this, he knew that he was leaving a last word, asking his son to stop being a boatman, and it was clear that he would fight to the death to save his child.

Qu Hao was worried about being fallen, so he could only knock a copper flute on him again, which happened to hit the position of the last time, only to see him immediately fall to the ground on his back.

When Ji Heng saw his father's miserable appearance, his face turned pale with fright, and he turned around and climbed up to the riverbank.

Qu Hao jumped over Ji Jiao and rushed to follow. But to go up the steep slope, you have to use your hands, Qu Hao had to put the sword away, and then climb up the steep slope, so that the speed is a beat slower. When he climbed up the steep slope, he saw that Ji Heng had already distanced himself from him.

Ji Heng ran a distance and plunged into a jungle, Qu Hao chased after him closely, and also rushed into the jungle.

Since there is no road in the jungle, Qu Hao is not very familiar with the terrain here, and after chasing for a while, he can't find any trace of Ji Heng, maybe he hid in a place that is not easy to find.

Qu Hao could only give up when he saw this situation, one was that the situation in the jungle was unfamiliar, and perhaps someone had artificially set up a trap or trap to catch wild beasts, which was too dangerous; The second is that he is now in the light, Ji Heng is in the dark, which is also a very dangerous situation. There is no need to take such a risk.

Qu Hao retreated from the jungle and returned to the side of the canopy boat, seeing that Ji Jiao had already died of anger.

Qu Hao had no choice but to climb up the steep slope again and hide himself near the top of the canopy boat, believing that Ji Heng would definitely come back to check on his father's condition.

After waiting for about an hour, I saw Ji Heng really come over quietly, with a long wooden stick in his hand.

Qu Hao didn't alarm him, let him go and let him go down to the position of the canopy boat.

Seeing that his father was dead, Ji Heng knelt there and cried loudly, and Qu Hao's tears flowed down when he heard it.

Ji Heng cried for a while, walked to the boat, found a kitchen knife and a clay pot, and began to dig a pit under the steep slope. Qu Hao was so sad that he wanted to go down to help him, but when he thought that going down would definitely be another life-and-death duel, it would be a disservice to help others, so he endured it again.

Ji Heng dug for more than an hour before digging a pit that was long and wide enough to accommodate his father's body, then removed the awning of the awning boat and put it at the bottom of the pit, spread some sleeping mats on the boat into it, hugged his father in, covered it with a quilt, and finally buried the excavated soil inside.

After filling in the soil, Ji Heng dragged the boat without a shed upside down, buckled it upside down on his father's tomb, stuck the oar upside down in front as a tombstone, and then began to bow down.

After doing this, Ji Heng began to climb up. By the time he climbed the steep slope, Qu Hao's sword had reached his chest.