The movement on the lotus water alarmed the nearby villages, and the villagers looked at it from a distance and thought that it was the government that was exterminating the bandits, but they stepped forward to take a closer look and found that it was the water bandits robbing the passing caravan.

Seeing that it was none of their business, the villagers avoided one after another, and did not dare to come forward to see the excitement, for fear of setting themselves on fire. Some people also ran to report to the police.

Some people of good deeds stood on the slopes of the higher hills, looked at the boats on the lotus water, and found that the bandits on the boats had begun to rush onto the boats and fought with the people on the boats. In the upper reaches of the lotus water, there is another fleet heading south, and there are also officers and soldiers running on the shore, advancing by land and water, as if to rescue the ship.

However, at this time, on the deck of the ship, Xu Ziling was struggling to fight with the Liangshan tribe. Nearly half of the Su family's guards had fallen, and their defensive line had been forced to shrink to the large hatch in front of the ship.

Although the strength of the Liangshan tribe is weak, they can not be afraid of death, Xu Ziling kept waving his fists, and anyone who was hit by his fist flew out upside down and lay on the ground unable to move.

On the deck of the building, it was already full of people, and the troops who had lost their combat effectiveness were slowly sent off the ship, and new troops were constantly coming up.

Uncle Fang was pinned down by Chao Gai and others, and the fifth and sixth children were defended together with Xu Ziling. The eighth child went to ask for help, and the time was almost up.

In the cabin of the building, the women and the old man hid in a cargo hold next to the hall of the building, this cargo hold is used to keep valuables on weekdays, and the cabin door is the hardest than other cabins, so Su Wan brought everyone here and locked the hatch.

Listening to the shouts outside, all the women were extremely nervous, for fear that someone would rush in. Rao is Su Wan, and he is also a little worried. Although she has experienced some assassinations, she has not experienced the battle of thousands of people.

The women were all leaning against the wall, and only the white-haired old man sat in the center of the cargo hold. Su Wan looked at him and said, "Grandpa Zhang, you can also lean over some, if the thieves rush in after a while......"

But I heard the old man say: "It's okay, the old man is half in the ground, why are you afraid of death, if the thief comes in, the old man can still block one or two for you." ”

Su Wan knew that the old man was gentle on the surface but very stubborn in his heart, so he no longer persuaded him, and in the current situation, he could only choose to trust Uncle Fang.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the cargo hold, and then there was a violent knock on the cargo door, and the women suddenly stopped breathing.

She didn't hear the sound of the hatch being breached, Su Wan didn't know how the people outside entered the cabin, but it was too late to think about it, she was really afraid that the old man would die here for them, so she immediately pulled out the dagger and walked to the old man's side.

Seeing Su Wan standing beside her, the old man sighed and did not speak.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

No matter how strong the hatch is, it can't withstand the constant knocking.

With a thud, a steel fork pierced the hatch, which split in half, and the knocking stopped.

A big man with a purple face walked in with a steel fork and laughing.

Seeing the daughters of Yingying Yanyan, the big man straightened his eyes and said with a smile: "There are so many beauties, if they are caught together, how can I be the only one." ”

Seeing that they seemed to be weak women, the big man simply put down the steel fork, rubbed his hands, and walked towards Su Wan, walking a few steps, the old man who was ignored by him actually stood up and blocked in front of him, he raised his hand and slapped the old man directly to the ground.

Su Wan screamed, angrily attacked, holding the dagger and stabbing straight at the big man.

The big man smiled, stretched out his hand and grabbed the blade of the dagger, without the blessing of true qi, no matter how sharp the dagger was, it couldn't break his protective true qi.

Su Wan held the dagger tightly and wanted to pull it out, but she couldn't move a bit.

The big man grabbed the dagger and pulled it forward, and Su Wanden was brought to the big man by the dagger and almost hit him.

Su Wan, who reacted, hurriedly let go of the dagger and hurriedly retreated.

But I saw the big man snort and inhale the air in front of him, revealing an intoxicated expression: "The smell of a rich woman's body is really likable." ”

Su Wan was ashamed and angry, and threatened: "Do you know who I am? If you dare to touch me, you will never recover. ”

The big man walked towards her slowly, and said with a smile: "Miss Su, how could I not know, but if I just flirt a few times, my brothers will not blame me." ”

The big man kept approaching, and Su Wan retreated again and again until he hit the wall, and there was no place to retreat. Seeing that the big man was approaching, a bench suddenly smashed into him, and it was Ming Xia holding the bench.

Glimpsing the speed of the bench, the big man didn't even look at it, grabbed the leg of the stool, and pushed it hard, causing Ming Xia to take a few steps back and crash into the maid.

The big man looked at Su Wan's arrogant and luxurious temperament and delicate and beautiful face, and couldn't help but purse his chapped lips, swallow his saliva, and leaned forward with a big face.

Looking at the big man who was close at hand, Su Wanhe, who had been dressed and fed since childhood, had suffered such a grievance, and tears flowed out immediately.

Dahan continued to step forward, wanting to kiss Fang Ze. Just when the big face was less than a foot away from Su Wan, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine and wanted to turn back.

In despair, Su Wan saw Dahan pause, a little red light pierced out of his throat, stopped in front of the tip of her nose, and the blood slid down the red light, and a few drops even fell on her brocade shoes.

After standing for a few breaths, the big man fell down and lay in front of the sluggish Su Wan.

But I heard someone ask urgently, "Mingxia, are you okay?" ”

Su Wan slowly came to her senses, and when she saw Xu Ziling who was supporting Ming Xia, she had mixed feelings in her heart.

Let's go back in time.

Xu Ziling fended off the attack of Liangshan's troops in front of the large cabin door, believing that as long as he held the gate, it would be impossible for Liangshan's people to enter the inside of the cabin. However, he suddenly remembered the process of taking Mingxia into the cabin.

The Su family's building ship is very well repaired, and the windows on the first and second floors are extremely thick, so as long as the hatch and windows are closed in case of war, and the large hatch in front of the ship is guarded, no one can enter the cabin. But because of the height advantage of the third floor, almost no one can climb up with light skills or hook locks, so they often neglect to take precautions, and even open the windows, which is also the reason why Xu Ziling can enter the ship on this floor.

So he was afraid that there were also people with unique skills in Liangshan who could climb to the third floor, so he went to the periphery to inspect it, and found that there were many small holes in the hull of the ship, leading to a window on the third floor, and someone climbed up with the help of something.

Xu Ziling came to his senses and quickly rushed to the cabin, and happened to see the scene of the big man pushing away Ming Xia and insulting Su Wan at the door of the cargo hold, so he made Chixiao shoot towards the big man.

The big man is not weak, but he pretends to be smart, thinking that no one can find him, and the flying sword shoots, and he has time to take precautions in the future, and is killed by a blow.

Fang Mingxia was pushed, and the bench touched the bridge of her nose, and at this time, Xu Ziling was gently pinching her straight nose, luck stopped the bleeding for her.

Ming Xia could feel the warm feeling coming from her nose, but when she was pinched by Xu Ziling in front of everyone, she still had a red face and hot ears.

Su Wan wiped away the tears, ran to the old man before, and found that the old man had just fainted, so she breathed a sigh of relief and helped the old man to the chair.

The shouts outside were getting louder and louder, and it seemed that the officers and soldiers were coming.

Sure enough.

After a while, the fifth and sixth elders walked in, saying that the Liangshan thieves saw the officials and soldiers coming, and they fled with Wangfeng.

Then Uncle Fang also came, and he was relieved to see that Su Wan was fine, he overestimated the operational efficiency of the officers and soldiers, and he didn't expect that someone would be able to enter the cabin from the third floor.

Fortunately, there was no danger, but some guards were damaged.

The government hurriedly came to Zhao An, the prefect of Dongping Prefecture, and heard that the Sujialou ship in Jiangnan was looted by the Liangshan bandits in Heshui, so he mobilized the officials and troops to rush over non-stop.

He was not so attentive because of the Su family, but because Zhang Wenhua was his friend, and he said through letters before that he would take the Su family's ship to Yunzhou.

Seeing that his friend was fine, Zhao An was relieved. Directly picked him up on the boat and took him back to Dongping Mansion with him.

With the help of the officials and soldiers, Uncle Fang and others quickly cleaned up the corpses and blood stains on the ship, and handed over all the corpses of the Liangshan people to the officials and soldiers to be transferred to the government for centralized cremation, and the bodies of their own guards were sent to Yangzhou by speedboat and buried in the Su family's cemetery together.

After everything was dealt with, the boat began to sail again, and now it was less than three days away from Bianliang.

Xu Ziling and Uncle Fang stood on the deck, looking at the thick layer of blood flowing with the river on the river, and their hearts were full of emotion. Human life is like a mustard, and he has already experienced it deeply. The people of Liangshan are not all traitors, but they died on this lotus water, and no one will care about them after that.

What are they fighting for? Is it the rice in the belly, the wine in the mouth, or the love and righteousness for Chao Gai Song Jiang and others, or the banner that acts for the heavens?

Just as he was thinking a lot, Uncle Fang beside him patted him on the shoulder and said softly, "Thank you this time." ”

Xu Ziling came back to his senses and shook his head: "I have also received a lot of kindness from your Su family, you don't have to talk to me about these polite words, Uncle Fang, it's too angry." ”

Uncle Fang laughed: "You kid is sincere. Either way, count me in debt to you. ”

Xu Ziling looked at the scenery moving backwards on both sides of the strait and stopped talking.

After a while, Su Wan, who had changed into a green dress, came over, and said to Uncle Fang and the others, "I want to talk to him alone." ”

Uncle Fang responded, patted Xu Ziling's shoulder again, and took the old five and eight back to the cabin.

Xu Ziling glanced at Su Wan, who wanted to speak and stopped, and said, "Needless to say, thank you." ”

Su Wan straightened her hair that was blown by the wind, and said slowly: "I, Su Wan, have always had clear grievances, and you have protected my innocence, as if saving my life." I know you like money, so I'll give you 10,000 taels as a thank you, how about it? ”

As soon as he heard that there was money to take, Xu Ziling instantly became energetic: "Your life is worth 10,000 taels?" ”

Su Wan, who had just changed her impression of him, was stunned for a moment, and said softly: "Then how much do you want?" ”

Xu Ziling touched his chin and said, "Thirty thousand taels, is there any?" ”

Su Wan gritted her teeth and replied, "Okay, 30,000 taels will be 30,000 taels, and the grievances will be written off from now on." ”

Xu Ziling stretched out his palm: "A word is a certainty!" ”

Su Wan was stunned for a moment, although she was not very happy, she still slapped her hands with him.

After that, the two of them stood silently on the deck, looking at the not-so-beautiful scenery around them, and each thinking about something.

After a long time, Xu Ziling jumped up, and the sword flew into the distance. The clothes are moving in the wind, and the red light under the feet is quite chic. It attracted Su Wan's attention for a while.

But he flew to the shore and stopped, picked up something, washed it in the water, put the round thing in his coat pocket, and flew back to the ship.

Seeing Su Wan's strange expression, Xu Ziling was surprised: "Did you see that the money was not picked up?" ”