The candles in the prison were lit and extinguished, and the faces of all the jailers changed slightly. The official of Kaifeng Mansion had also read the Spring and Autumn Period, and when he heard the words, he didn't ask more, and he only used torture. After fighting for a while, Zhang Bing fainted, so he woke up with cold water and continued, and so on again and again, until the execution of the errand had some complaints, and the official gave up, and went to Yin Lin, the Kaifeng Mansion, to beat him up.

In the evening, Fan An secretly soaked urine in the hammer bone cane, nail leather whip, sandwich superstick and other torture tools, and Wang Bingqi, who was on duty together, said: "Old Fan, why are you doing this? "It turns out that the secret of the prison officials of Kaifeng Prefecture at this time is to use the torture equipment soaked in urine to torture, the wound is not easy to rot and easy to heal, and it usually requires the prisoner's family to use money.

Fan An's face was gloomy, and he sighed: "Expect Lord Yama to look at Wenqu Xingjun's face and raise Lao Fan from the eighteenth layer of hell to the seventeenth layer after death." After soaking the torture equipment, he mixed Zhang Bing's own urine into his food and drink, which is also a secret recipe for pain relief and stick sores.

A flat-bottomed sailboat was moored at the Songzhou wharf, a little light was shining in the cabin, Chen Dong was lying flat on the narrow bed, unintentionally reading, his eyes were only staring at the dim candle flame, his face was solemn, and he didn't know what he was thinking. The ship was the Chen family's property, but in order to avoid people's eyes, he could only live in this small cabin with a hidden compartment.

Suddenly, three rapid knocks from outside hit the boat gang, Chen Dong jumped up from the bed board like a spring, blew out the oil lamp, opened a ship board in the corner of the cabin wall, quickly drilled into it, and then re-covered the boat board from the bottom. He was already familiar with this series of subconscious actions, escaping from Bianjing to Yingtianfu, and every time the official mission searched, he dealt with it like this.

In order to prevent the official from discovering, this dark compartment is extremely narrow, only allowing one person, and after covering the ship, it is pitch black inside, and only a glimmer of gray light can be seen faintly from the gap in the board. Chen Dong held his breath and waited quietly, sometimes the official errand was also a false story, and the boat boss would pass the customs with some money. Sometimes, they have to look around in a pretentious way, hoping to find one or two prohibited goods, and ask for more seals.

This time, as the footsteps of "knock-knock-knock-knock" approached, the hatch creaked open, and Chen Dong's heart also rose to his throat.

"Master, this is my duty civilian ship, and I really don't have any private goods?" The ship's boss, Xu Youshan, with a crying voice, seemed to be an official who had been blackmailed. At this time, if you don't complain about hardship, you will honestly give money, but it will make the inspector suspicious, thinking that you are a thief.

"Hmph," a voice said, "there are a lot of civilian boats coming and going, and there are a few boats that don't carry it." Another official said, "Let's be honest, is it private salt or tea?" The two men walked back and forth in the cabin, knocking on the bulkhead from time to time with the handle of their knives, trying to find the hidden compartment where the smugglers were entrained.

When the official messenger walked to the deck overhead, dust fell, and Chen Dong remained motionless, for fear of being discovered by him.

Xu Youshan, the boss of the boat, didn't dare to take any chances, so he leaned over with a smile and gave the leading official a handover from his sleeve, which was about twenty times. Those who give and ask for bribes on the Bianhe River have rules of proportion, and he does not dare to give more, lest people think that he has brought a lot of forbidden things.

The official looked at the number of Jiaozi, and secretly said in his heart that this is a person who understands the rules, but he frowned and scolded: "Fuck, you are waiting to get rich, but the old man drinks the northwest wind at night and sends the flower child?" After saying that, he pulled open his pants and urinated in the cabin, and another official also laughed: "That's it." "Come over and pee together.

Xu Youshan saw where they were standing, his face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "The old man can't help it, this .....", and hurriedly took out a twenty-threaded Jiaozi and went up again.

The most annoying thing about the clinker official was that he was interrupted when he was peeing, and he reached out and pushed him away, shouting: "Standing honestly, annoying the master, believe it or not, I detain your boat?" Seeing Xu Youshan standing awkwardly and honestly beside him with Jiaozi, he whistled and continued to enjoy himself, and deliberately aimed the urine column at the gap in the plank, so as not to overflow onto his boots.

The dripping urine was like an initiation, and Chen Dong's hat and clothes under the plank were all wet. Suffering this humiliation, Chen Dong was almost swallowed by the burning anger, but the last trace of reason forced him to endure it. His eyes were cracked, and he almost crushed his teeth, and he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. His fists clenched, his nails digging deep into his flesh. A few drops of dark red blood dripped onto the ground.

The official ran out of urine before he was satisfied, gently took the added jiaozi, and left the cabin with a curse. Only then did a low voice come from above: "Young Master, the official is gone, are you okay?" ”

The boat board moved slightly, Xu Youshan hurriedly helped lift the boat board, and Chen Dongcai, who was blue in face, climbed out. Looking at the ship boss who was full of concern and guilt, Chen Dong was silent for a moment, unexpectedly squeezed out a smile, and said slowly: "It's okay, find a set of clean clothes." ”

After Xu Youshan went out, Chen Dong closed his eyes for a long time, still feeling angry, he slammed his left fist on the bulkhead, and said in a deep voice: "If the universe is reversed, if you don't kill all the traitors and rats, I, Chen Dong, swear not to be a human being." ”

On the bank of the Yellow River, Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxue carefully followed behind the group of peasants who were about to smuggle to the Xia Kingdom. There was a leader in the group who was extremely vigilant, looking left and right from time to time.

Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxue did not dare to approach, and only walked through the rugged and cramped rocks a little far from the river bank, hiding their bodies from time to time, so they were never noticed.

It didn't take long for these people to stop at a river beach, Zhao Xingde couldn't help but be stunned, the riverbed not far downstream here subsided and fractured, forming a waterfall, not only the water flow was turbulent, not suitable for ferries at all, and there was no shadow of half a ferry on the shore. Li Ruoxue's eyes were also full of doubts, and she followed Zhao Xingde to hide behind a huge mushroom-shaped stone pillar to watch how the peasants crossed the river.

The group of peasants only hesitated to follow the leader's action, getting closer and closer to the river, the leader looked left and right again, stepped into the river, to the shore of a dark and rugged boulder, bent down to grope, he moved with both hands, and gradually lifted the end of an iron cable, he beckoned three or five big men to work together, and pulled the iron cable up with a bang, until the whole iron cable was exposed to the water, and actually crossed the wide river, until the opposite bank.

The peasants waiting to cross the river looked surprised. At the beckoning of the leader, he put the burden in the leather bag he carried with him, and each person blew up a sheepskin bag and tied it to his body, and in groups of three or five people, tied it with ropes in front and back, and went down to the turbulent river along the iron cable.

The Yellow River crashed on the shore, making a huge roar all the time, but dozens of peasants actually endured the impulse of the turbulent river with just the traction of an iron cable, holding the iron cable with both hands alternately, and moving towards the other side of the river little by little. Because of the strong current, they moved very slowly, and the first group did not reach the opposite shore until half an hour later. Whether it was will or endurance, this group of farmers crossing the river shocked Zhao Xingde.

"If you erect a recruiting flag on the other side of the river, gather this group of peasants and train them a little, you will be a strong soldier who will fight for a million." Zhao Xingde sighed, Li Ruoxue also nodded, frowned, and said, "Do we also want to cross the river like this?" ”

At this time, the peasants had all crossed the Yellow River, and there were naturally people on the other side to meet them, and the leader here slowly put the iron cable back into the river, and there was no trace of it from the shore, and looked vigilantly for a while before leaving.

Zhao Xingde pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "If there is no other smooth road, these farmers will not be willing to risk their lives. In order to prevent the other party's sneak attack, and in order to prevent the peasants from fleeing to the Xia country, the imperial court built beacons in the places where the rivers were slow and easy to cross, and sent sentinels to guard them.

"If the two countries exchange troops, as long as the Xia army uses these iron cables to send elites to cross the river first to attack Fengsui, and then seize the ferry, just like Lu Meng crossing the river in white to take Jingzhou, this river defense will be useless." Zhao Xingde looked at the turbid river full of whirlpools, couldn't find a trace of the shadow of the iron cable, and sighed with emotion.