Chapter 58: On Poyang Lake

Liu Ze stayed in Niuzhu for one night, and at dawn on the second day, he opened the window and saw that the fog was thick and covered the sky. It turned out that the north wind stopped in the second half of last night, and the cold and warm air currents blended, forming a heavy fog. Liu Ze and the three of them had breakfast and walked towards the riverside, but along the way, they saw the flow of people, vague, only heard the sound of people, and the tall tree houses were hidden in the boundless mist, creating a fairyland. When he came to the ship, the sailor lifted anchor and prepared to sail, only to hear one person shouting: "The boatman is slow, the boy wants to go to Anhui County, can you give me a ride?" Liu Ze and Lu Su looked at each other and smiled, listening to the voice It was the person who borrowed the money last night, covered by the fog, he couldn't see his face, and vaguely saw a thin figure hurrying over, Liu Ze said loudly: "But what about Jiangdong Mi Gongzi?" The man was stunned, and immediately hurried to the riverside, and said to the boat: "It turned out to be Liu Gongzi's boat, and he was disturbed many times, so he took the liberty of it." Liu Ze said with a smile: "When we meet in Pingshui, it is fate, so get on the boat." When the man heard this, he was stunned, but he quickly stepped into the boat. Liu Ze said with a smile: "Mi Gongzi has saved a lot of shipping fare. The man's face turned red and he said, "When you arrive in Anhui County, the money you borrowed will be doubled." Liu Ze smiled and said, "Do you think I look like a person with bad money?" Lu Su said on the side: "Mi Gongzi is young, and it is not easy to travel. The man's eyes turned red and he said, "It's really hard." Liu Ze staggered the topic and asked, "I don't know if I want to go to Anhui County to find relatives or friends?" "My family has a commercial house in Anhui County, so I'm just going to take care of the business." Lu Su's family is in Dongcheng, and most of the Jiangdong characters are familiar with it, so he said casually: "Su is a family from Dongcheng, I haven't heard that there are businessmen in Jiangdong's Mi family, and Anhui County has a branch, it must be a rich party with strong financial resources, so it can be done." The Mi Gongzi said for a long time: "I don't know where Liu Gongzi wants to go?" Liu Ze said: "I and Zijing, I have heard for a long time that Jingxiang is prosperous, and I am here to visit Shuoru Jieshi." Mi Gongzi said: "It turns out that Liu Gongzi and others want to go to Jingxiang, and the younger brother has a reluctant request. Liu Ze smiled: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." "Can you let the little brother accompany you and go to Jingxiang." Of course, passing by Anhui County, the younger brother went to raise money by himself. Liu Ze and Lu Su glanced at each other, and Shi A said: "Wu Na son, it's so boring, my son-in-law borrowed your money, and now he wants to bother me and others." Seeing that Shi A's words were ugly, Mi Gongzi had no choice but to say: "When you arrive in Anhui County, you can repay the borrowed money." With that, tears rolled in his eyes. Liu Ze said with a smile: "This is going to Jingxiang, not just one day, the business in Anhui County does not need to be taken care of by the son?" Mi Gongzi saw that Liu Ze's words seemed to have the meaning of turning around, and said: "Mi Hua in Anhui County, the old man of the Mi family, the boy went to Anhui County to take care of it in his name, but in fact, he just traveled to the mountains and rivers." "Mi Hua?" Liu Ze was stunned, this person seemed to be very familiar.

Lu Su said: "Since Mi Gongzi is so leisurely, why not go to Jingxiang together?" Liu Ze thought for a while, and suddenly remembered that Qiao Xuan had mentioned Mi Hua, who was the person in charge of the Mi family's business in Anhui County, and Qiao Xuan's family went to Qingzhou through the big ship of the Mi family's trading house, and then changed ships to Xiangping. In this way, the person in front of him deliberately concealed his identity, just now Lu Su said that the Jiangdong Mi family did not do such a big business, so this so-called Jiangdong Mi Gongzi is actually the Mi Gongzi of Qu County. Seeing that this person was only seventeen or eighteen years old, Wenwen was weak, and he deliberately changed his voice, Liu Ze thought about it, and looked at Mi Gongzi's neck, at this time the weather was still cold, and Mi Gongzi's clothes were tightly wrapped around his neck, Liu Ze smiled helplessly, and said: "Mi Gongzi talks elegantly, he must be full of poetry and books, walk together, and have a good conversation all the way." Mi Gongzi was excited when he saw that Liu Ze also agreed.

The big boat goes west, the green hills on both sides of the river glide past, the river is full of thousands of boats, and the river is rolling eastward, galloping endlessly. Liu Ze came to the Yangtze River for the first time, including his previous life and present life, and he was extremely excited in his heart, and sang loudly, "Rolling the Yangtze River East Passing Water." The song is accompanied by the sound of oars, and the green hills on both sides are stirring, which makes people reverie. Lu Su heard this song "Linjiang Immortal" for the first time, and was shocked by the atmosphere of the lyrics, and thought to himself, it is rumored that this song was composed by Ming Gong, and sure enough, the lyrics and songs are passionate, the meaning of the words is far-reaching, and Ming Gong is really a person who has reached the world. After Liu Ze sang a song, Lu Su said: "Childe's song is generous and sad, resonant, and makes people feel a lot of emotion. Mi Gongzi said: "It is rumored that this song was composed by Dongping Liu Rundong, is Liu Gongzi close to him?" Liu Ze said with a smile: "As soon as Liu Rundong's song came out, Dongping sang it, Xiang and Liu Rundong, no relatives and no reason, they are all surnamed Liu." Mi Gongzi said: "That Liu Rundong is really a great talent, and the poems he wrote are spread in the streets. His wife, Cai Wenji, is good at music and rhythm, and composes music for it, and it is rumored that he and his wife sing songs and harmonize, and they are also infatuated with their children in the world. Liu Ze smiled, he didn't expect that the matter of the two of them would spread so far. Lu Su said: "Childe, please look, the river is surging, rushing to the sea, the green mountains on both sides of the river, sandwiched out, facing this scene, Childe will have a masterpiece." Liu Zexin pointed to the west, and saw a small boat on the upper stream, hanging with sails, flying down the stream, Liu Ze said: "This can be said to be the green mountains on both sides of the strait, and the lonely sail comes from the side of the sun." Lu Su and Mi Gongzi showed shocked looks on their faces, and Liu Ze buckled the side and recited: "The wind is urgent, the sky is high, the ape is howling, and the white bird of Zhu Qingsha flies back." Boundless falling trees and Xiao Xiao, endless rivers rolling. Mi Gongzi said: "Listen to the meaning of the words, the autumn scenery of the river is also." Liu Ze's old face turned red, and he was about to phrase it, but Lu Su applauded and shouted: "From spring to autumn, the son thinks far away." ”

A few people talked and laughed on the boat, and soon arrived at the ferry port of Anhui County, Mi Gongzi said: "After I get off the boat, change to a small boat to go to Anhui County, and I can go back and forth in half a day, and I will be annoyed by Liu Gongzi for a while." Liu Ze smiled and waved his hand, and Mi Gongzi went by himself. Lu Su said with a smile: "This woman travels thousands of miles alone, and she has great courage. Liu Zeleng paused for a moment and asked, "When did Zijing see the clue?" "Niu Zhu met, although he pretended to be a man, it was difficult to hide the anger of his daughter's family, so he knew it." Liu Ze said: "The Mi Gongzi on the boat mentioned, oh it should be Miss Mi, mentioning Mi Hua, it reminds me of the Mi family in Qu County, this woman is not the Mi family in Qu County?" Lu Su said: "Mi Zizhong and Liu Xuande are very close, Su first suspected that this woman's desire was not good for Ming Gong, and then looked at it, and it seemed that there was no malice. Liu Ze smiled: "This girl is only eighteen years old, and her body is weak, what can she do?" Lu Su smiled: "If you go out alone, there will be a hidden secret." "How do you know about this Mi family's family affairs?" Lu Su said: "Guo Fengxiao must know. Liu Ze said: "Since leaving Xuzhou, Fengxiao has been busy with military affairs and rarely communicates with letters. ”

As the two were talking, Shi A took a tube and said, "Ming Gong, Xuzhou Guo Junshi wrote a letter." Liu Ze said with a smile: "Fengxiao's letter is really timely and rainy." When he opened it, Guo Jia said that Mi Zhu defected, was recognized by himself, and was imprisoned in Pengcheng, waiting to be released; Mi family since Mi Fang, Mi Zhu does not support Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu and Mi family have turned against each other, Mi Zhu's younger sister, somehow, claims to go out to play, so far has not returned to Yunyun. In addition, he talked about the placement of the army in Xuzhou. Liu Ze asked Shi A to write back to Guo Jia, saying that he had a safe journey and had now arrived in Anhui County. Shi Ah let the scribe write a letter, carefully roll it, put it into a small pipe made of reeds, tied it to the pigeon's leg, Shi Ah raised his hand, and the carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew to the direction of Xuzhou.

Mi Gongzi really kept his word, did not spend half a day's effort, returned to the boat, carried a package on his back, and after getting on the boat, he first took out ten silver cakes, and held them to Liu Ze with both hands, Liu Ze smiled, took five silver cakes, and Mi Gongzi said: "The remaining five silver cakes are used as fare." Liu Ze said with a smile: "The fare is just a joke, and it can't be true." Mi Gongzi took Liu Ze's hand, put it in his hand, and said: "The eldest husband is full of words, how can he not believe in his words." Liu Ze and Lu Su looked at each other and smiled, and Liu Ze handed the silver cake to Shi A.

The big boat moved forward, and soon entered Poyang Lake, (called Peng Lize at that time), Poyang Lake converging the water of the nine rivers, the weather is thousands, and everyone can see their hearts shake and smack their tongues. Seeing that it was still early, Liu Ze ordered to settle down in Caisang, and by the way, take a look at where Zhou Lang would train in the future. Walking through the vast blue waves, the lake water is clear and the bottom can be seen deeply. Sparkling, waterfowl gathering, indescribable beauty of the landscape. "Shelu Shichuan Cheng, the spring breeze is bright. The long wave is wide, and the big boat is light. Singing the music of the fishing village, flying obliquely and the geese are frightened. The clouds are covered with pavilions, and the city of Yuzhang is faint. Liu Ze suddenly remembered a poem about Poyang Lake, and chanted in a low voice. Mi Gongzi was surprised by Liu Ze's quick thinking, but he didn't know that such a talent came from Liu Ze's hobby in his previous life. Lu Su tasted Liu Ze's poems, combined with the scenery he saw, it was really appropriate.

When the ship was on the way, suddenly the bell rang, and several large ships surrounded him, and Shi Awang saw it and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to be on guard. On the big boat that came first, a big man, with his hair and shoulders, holding a nine-ring big knife, with a big copper bell tied to his waist, stood on the bow of the boat, majestic, looked at Liu Ze's big boat and shouted: "Wu Na listened to the boat, I only keep money, do not hurt people's lives, and the acquaintance quickly took out the money and property on the ship, if you hesitate, Hugh blames me for being ruthless under the knife." In order to keep it secret, Liu Ze took an ordinary big ship, and the defense on board was low, and he was a little worried in the face of the sudden robbers. Shi A held a sharp sword, stood on the bow of the boat, saw that the two ships were less than two feet apart, jumped up, and the long sword danced into a sword flower in mid-air, and rushed towards the big man. When the big man saw such a distance, Shi A jumped over, and his heart was overjoyed, and while waving his sword to greet him, he shouted to his subordinates: "And wait until I kill this man, and then it's not too late to do it." "It's a shame that the big man said so, otherwise, with a hundred special elite combat power, the robbers wouldn't be able to get much benefit.

Shi Aben thought about capturing the thief and capturing the king first, grabbed the big man, and forced him to let him go, but he didn't expect the two of them to fight together, and they were evenly matched. The two of you went back and forth, killing in the dark on the bumpy bow of the ship, doubling and rolling for more than a hundred rounds. The big man hadn't met an opponent for a long time, and when he saw that Shi Ah was strong, he shouted loudly.

Liu Ze saw that the man and Shi A couldn't fight for a long time, recalled the bell when the robber first came, and saw the copper bell on his waist when the big man and Shi A were fighting, and looked up to see that the boat was hanging with a sail made of Shu brocade, and suddenly remembered a person, and secretly said Could it be him?