Everyone turned from the Yangtze River to the south, gradually throwing off the officials and troops, and Shi Bao revisited Jiang Jing and Chen Xizhen and others who received them on the boat.

Although Jiang Jing is only not a talent, but he is also a literati, and he usually does not contact these Jianghu people, at this time, after listening to what everyone said, he sighed and said: "I also happened by chance, I didn't expect to meet you here, since we have fate, let's advance and retreat together." ”

Fei Bao smiled: "You scholar, you are very good, and it is rare that you are willing to advance and retreat with us." ”

Jiang Jing first recruited the favor of these people, and everyone looked at Chen Xizhen again.

Chen Xizhen followed Liang Hongyu and Chen Liqing all the way, after arriving in Runzhou, he went to the famous Taoist temple here, in his opinion, after Liang Hongyu and Chen Liqing arrived, they left directly, and there should be nothing else, so after hearing that the He family had an accident, he didn't care, and then it was too much trouble, Chen Xizhen always felt that something was wrong, so he went to inquire, and then he knew that Liang Hongyu and Chen Liqing were in the He family.

Chen Xizhen's heart was almost frightened, so he found it out of the city, and when he rushed to the ancestor of the He family, it happened to be a big battle, and he didn't know that Liang Hongyu rushed directly into the official army, so he pulled Chen Liqing back.

At this time, Chen Xizhen looked at Shi Bao and couldn't help but sigh secretly, it was because they offended Mingjiao that they had to flee from south to north, but they didn't expect his apprentice and daughter to get involved with Mingjiao again.

Chen Xi sighed in his heart, but his face was normal, he saluted Shi Bao, and said: "If the little girl and the little apprentice were not for the help of the Heavenly King, I am afraid that it would have been damaged a long time ago, Chen Mou has thanked him here first." ”

Shi Bao was ashamed and said: "It's not that we are protecting Ling Ai's disciples, but that Ling Aihe and his disciples have helped our He brothers' family, but this time we didn't wait to protect the disciples, but it was Shi's mistake." ”

Chen Xizhen was stunned, looked back at Chen Liqing sharply, and said, "You...... Where's your sister? ”

Chen Liqing said irritablely: "Senior sister was surrounded by the official army, if it weren't for you, I would have broken in and snatched people back!" ”

Chen Xizhen's face changed greatly, and he paused: "Oops! Why didn't you say it earlier! ”

Chen Liqing said without showing weakness: "You won't listen to what I said!" ”

Chen Xizhen stood there with a calm face, he wanted to kick a few to death, and Shi Bao on the side felt uncomfortable, so he came over and said: "Mr. Chen, don't worry, the disciple is auspicious, and there will be nothing wrong, if it is taken by the government, our Mingjiao is the power of the whole sect, and we will definitely save her." ”

Although Shi Bao said this, he was sad in his heart, a girl entered the official mansion, even if she could be rescued, this person was also ruined.

Chen Xizhen frowned, and secretly said in his heart: "Yes, Liang Hongyu is favored by Emperor Xiyue, it is related to our souls, if we are dead or injured, how can we be fine!" Thinking of this, Chen Xizhen couldn't help but gradually calm down, he was different from Chen Liqing, and Liang Hongyu didn't have a deep relationship, just to complete the task given by Emperor Xiyue, so after he learned that Liang Hongyu should be fine, he was no longer worried, and his brows were relaxed little by little.

"Shi Tianwang doesn't have to be polite, please send someone to inquire about the news of my apprentice."

Shi Bao hurriedly agreed, but Chen Liqing shouted: "I don't want others to inquire, I want to go back to her by myself!" ”

"Don't mess around!" Chen Xizhen said in a deep voice: "You have become like this, once you go back, how can those officers and soldiers not recognize your reasoning?" When the time comes, not only will you not be able to save your junior sister, but you will also ....... ”

Before Chen Xizhen finished speaking, Chen Liqing snorted coldly, turned around and left, and went straight into the cabin to close the door. ”

Shi Bao waved his hand and said, "The real person is polite." He asked someone to lead Chen Xizhen over and rest in the cabin.

At this time, Jiang Jing on the side said to Fei Bao: "Brother Fei, I don't know where we are going?" Now Jiangnan is the world of the Zhu family, and ordinary places are afraid that they can't avoid them. ”

Fei Bao said with a smile: "I have a Zhuangzi in the east of Taihu Mountain, where you can hide, everyone can follow me all the way." ”

A few people said a few words of gossip, and each went back to the cabin to rest, Fei Bao looked at the direction, the big boat turned its head, and headed south, on the road, Chen Liqing hid in the cabin and refused to come out, even if Chen Xizhen knocked on the door, she didn't come out.

The big ship walked for a long time, and then found a place to dock, Fei Bao asked people to go ashore to buy wine and meat, and cooked it on the boat to eat, Chen Xizhen went to call Chen Liqing twice and didn't see her come out, I couldn't help but panic, regardless of pushing the hatch open, but there was no one in the cabin, only a letter was left, saying that she went back to find Liang Hongyu, and asked everyone not to wait for him, just do it yourself.

After Chen Xizhen finished reading it, he was angry and worried, so he said to Shi Bao: "Heavenly King, the old man can't walk with you anymore, so he has to go first." ”

Shi Bao said: "Why don't I go back with the old gentleman." ”

Chen Xizhen waved his hand and said: "The Heavenly King should go south, the foundation of your Holy Sect is in the south, if you want to save the little apprentice and the little girl, you have to transfer people to the north, and our father and daughter have offended Si Tianwang, if Shi Tianwang doesn't go back, I'm afraid I can't let the Holy Sect transfer people to the north." ”

Shi Bao is also worried about this, and they are so troublesome, I am afraid that the matter of Mingjiao going north will also be blown up, he must go back as the main person in charge to say it, He Conglong's family has a big incident, and he is injured, and it is impossible to follow Chen Xizhen back, and Fei Bao and the four of them are just cooperating with Mingjiao, and it is impossible for them to follow Chen Xizhen's actions, in desperation, Shi Bao had to say: "Then Mr. go back, be careful." After speaking, he took another token and gave it to Chen Xizhen, and said: "We have an inside line in Runzhou, and as long as Mr. goes back, as long as he takes this token, he can ask them for help." After speaking, he whispered the identities of Wu Zhi and Zhao Yi and Chen Xizhen.

Chen Xizhen said gratefully: "Thank you Shi Tianwang for making a move." After saying goodbye, he got off the boat and went back to Runzhou.

After Chen Liqing got off the boat, she went all the way north, this land route is not like a waterway, walking fast along the water, but this land route is slow, in the evening, Chen Liqing is still some distance away from Runzhou, when she got off the boat, she didn't eat, this stomach is also hungry, and her body is a little tired after a day, Chen Liqing can't help but look around, planning to find a family, ask for some wine and food to eat.

In the haze, Chen Liqing saw a farmhouse on the side of the road at a glance, and there were bursts of aroma coming out, Chen Liqing was overjoyed, strode over, and saw that the farmhouse had a fence made of a fence, Chen Liqing touched the fence forward, reached out and patted it in front of the fence, and then shouted: "Is there anyone in the house?" Passers-by beg for a bite to eat. As she spoke, she covered her sword with her clothes, lest the peasant see that she was carrying a sword and think that she was not a good person.

An old lady's voice sounded in the house: "Who is knocking on the door of my house?" With the words, an old woman walked out, towards the fence, and a man came out of the stove room on the side, with a dark body and a fierce appearance, but in front of the old lady, he was extremely honest, stretched out his hand to support the old lady, and said, "Mother, what are you doing when you come out?" ”

The old lady smiled kindly and said: "Mother has been dreaming these days, the ancestor said that he found a daughter-in-law for you to come back, let the mother remember to pay attention, just now the mother heard the voice of a woman talking, so come out to see." ”

The man couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mother said that I laughed, where did the woman come from when the black light was on fire." ”

The old lady waved her hand again and again and said, "Don't speak, my mother will go over and take a look." Saying that, he walked forward, the man was helpless, so he took a dry wood, lit a torch, walked forward, and moved to the front of the fence, under the torch light, the old lady saw Chen Liqing at a glance, couldn't help but smile, and said to the man: "Look at what my mother said, is this a woman." ”

The man was also a little surprised, and said to Chen Liqing, "Who are you?" Why did you come to my house? ”

Chen Liqing heard the old lady's words just now, and her heart was a little estranged, and she wanted not to stop here, but from here, she couldn't see anyone else no matter how far she looked, so she had no choice but to bow to the old lady and the man, and said: "I have seen my mother-in-law, the little woman is greedy for late, and she missed the night, so she can only worry about her mother-in-law, beg for a bite to eat, and spend the night, go tomorrow morning, and have her own silver in return." ”

The old lady smiled and said, "Girl, let's talk, come in and talk again." As he spoke, he walked over, opened the fence with his own hands, stretched out his hand and pulled Chen Liqing in, and said to the man: "Wang'er, you quickly stew the big fish this morning." ”

The man was a little embarrassed and said, "Mother, I'll leave it to go into the city tomorrow to change your dressing." ”

The old lady said in a continuous voice: "Stew quickly, stew quickly, your mother and I are in good health, but I don't need any medicine to use it." ”

The man was a filial man, so he had no choice but to get to the puddle dug by his own house on the side, caught a big fish and walked towards the stove room, Chen Liqing hurriedly said: "I have silver ...... here." She was halfway through her words, and the hand that was in her clothes stopped, and when she got off the boat, she was angry, and she didn't have any money, and she was penniless, and she couldn't even find a big man.

The old lady waved her hand and said, "Hey, this fish is produced in the Yangtze River, so what kind of money can I use." While talking, she dragged Chen Liqing towards the house, and after entering the inner room, she pulled her to the dirt pit and sat down, and said, "The girl just waits for that kid to do it." ”

The old lady was outside just now, the torch was too dim, she couldn't see clearly, she would sit in the house, just by the edge of the oil lamp, the old lady came over on the left and the right side, seeing that Chen Liqing was born beautiful, with a heroic face, she couldn't help but like it in her heart, and she smiled like a chrysanthemum blooming on her face.

"Girl, my family's surname is Tao, my son's name is Tao Zongwang, there are ten acres of river beach land at home, my son can still go to the river to fetch some water, and a lot of money is exchanged, the old lady lived with this son in the early years, she was tired for a long time, and now she wants to rest, if she has a daughter-in-law, the family's money will be handed over to her."

Chen Liqing was disgusted when she heard the old lady talking to her son before, but now she just couldn't cry or laugh, and her face was helpless.

The old lady changed her law and praised her son, Chen Liqing was really not in a hurry with such an old lady, so she could only listen patiently.

This time, Tao Zongwang came in with a clay pot, and inside was a large pot of stewed fish, and a strong aroma wafted out.

Chen Liqing was hungry at this time, smelled the aroma, immediately moved her index finger, jumped down from the earthen kang, stretched out her hand to pick it up, and before she could get the fish pot in her hand, she heard someone shout: "There is a fragrance in this house!" With a slamming voice, the door was kicked open, and with the sound of footsteps, the man was in the courtyard, and before the people in the house could react, the door was pushed open, and two men dressed in the clothes of the lieutenant of the bureau broke in.

One of the two people had a fat face like a pig, and the other hung their eyes, the two of them first saw Chen Liqing at a glance, and exclaimed at the same time, and then squeezed their eyebrows and came over, the old lady was shocked and scared, so she stretched out her hand and pulled Chen Liqing behind her, and then said with a smile: "The two officials are hungry, right?" But please eat the fish, which was freshly stewed, and we didn't even use chopsticks. ”

The fat face was about to scold, and the hanging eyes hurriedly pulled it, and then brought the fish basin over, and said, "Okay, let's eat the fish first." As he spoke, he brought the fish pot to the table of the earthen kang, and both of them were reincarnated as hungry ghosts, not even chopsticks, so they started to catch them directly, and shouted while grabbing them: "This fish is salty, and it is the right thing to bring some steamed buns over." ”

Tao Zongwang was angry and was about to speak, but the old lady hurriedly pinched him, and then scolded: "Don't go and bring the steamed bun for the official!" ”

Tao Zongwang is a filial son, he didn't dare to argue in front of his mother, so he had to endure his anger, so he went to the kitchen to get the steamed buns, Chen Liqing also hid behind the old lady, did not move, and only said in her heart: "The old lady will not move the two of you, if you spray green smoke on the ancestral grave, you will get out of it after eating." ”

These two lieutenants were like starving ghosts reincarnated, even swallowing and plugging, a three-pound big fish, a plate of steamed buns all went in, so that the two guys couldn't stop burping, Tao Zongwang was angry, and it was difficult to do it in front of the old lady, so he had to squat at the door, looking outward, out of sight and out of mind.

The fat face wiped his mouth, got up and looked at Chen Liqing behind the old lady, and said, "This ...... Belch! Who are you? ”

The old lady said with a smile: "This is my daughter-in-law, and that is my son." ”

After listening to the fat face, he straightened his teeth and said, "It's a pity, it's a big piece of mutton, and it stays in the dog's mouth." ”

The old lady just forced a smile and didn't dare to refute a word, the two guys glanced at each other, and suddenly the hanging eyes pointed to a big stone on the ground, and shouted, "What is this?" ”

The old lady hurriedly said: "Back to the official, this is a stone that presses pickles." The hanging eye got up and looked at it, and exclaimed, "Oops! Where is this an ordinary stone! ”

The old lady was shocked when she heard this, and said, "I don't know...... What does the official mean? ”

Hanging eyes pointed to the stone and said: "This is a strange stone, we should serve the bureau to find a strange stone and wonderful tree for the official family, old lady, this stone can be tributed, your family is blessed!" As he spoke, he leaned over to take a closer look, but immediately got up again, pinched his nose and exclaimed, "Oh my God, why does this stink!" ”

Tao Zongwang looked annoyed, and said coldly: "That's a stone that presses pickles, how can it not stink!" ”

The fat face snorted coldly and said, "Didn't you hear clearly? This is a strange stone, it is a tribute to the official family, you immediately get rid of this smell, and then we will be good at flowers! ”

The old lady said with a bitter face: "Official, this stone has not been tied to pickles for twenty years, and the salt and brine have been soaked in it, how can you get the taste." ”

The fat face squeezed his eyes towards the hanging eyes, and said: "This is easy, we should be the director of the bureau encountered such a thing, and we have dealt with it well, originally this is a secret trick in our bureau, and we can't spread it, but for the sake of you inviting us to eat a meal, I will tell you that it's okay, you buy three hundred catties of agarwood and two hundred catties of ambergris, and smoke it a little bit, and there is a March and May one." ”

The old lady was stunned when she heard this, but Chen Liqing was so angry that she was about to scold, and snorted coldly: "This official, do you know how much it costs to pay for three hundred catties of agarwood and two hundred catties of ambergris?" I'm afraid I can't buy it without a thousand taels of gold, right? Do you think it's worth it to smoke this broken stone with these things? ”

With a salivating face, he said: "Little lady, you are wrong, this is not a matter of money, but a sincere heart to pay tribute to the official family, don't you want to pay tribute to the official family!" Speaking of the back, the voice of the hanging eyes changed, full of threats, and the old lady was so frightened that she hurriedly said: "We don't dare, we don't dare!" ”

"Humph! Forgive me for not daring! The fat face shouted: "Then it's decided, we are waiting for you to go here, so we will invite Hua Shigang!" After the two lieutenants finished speaking, they were about to leave, but Tao Zongwang got up violently, blocked the door, and shouted, "You two stand for me!" ”

The fat face pulled out half of the knife with his hand, but his hanging eyes looked at Tao Zongwang obliquely and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Tao Zongwang pointed to the stone and said, "We don't have so much money at home to serve this thing, if you want it, take it away immediately!" ”

The old lady also hurriedly said: "Yes, two officials, we also want to give the official family a snack, but you have also seen our family, where can we get so much gold." ”

The fat face said with a grinning face: "Old woman, why don't you have a thousand taels of gold in your house, isn't it the one behind you?" ”

The old lady didn't understand it at first, but when she looked back, she saw Chen Liqing and then knew that the fat face was talking meat, and she couldn't help but be annoyed: "Don't talk crazy, this is my daughter-in-law." ”

Hanging eyes patted his fat face, then pressed his knife back, and said: "That's it, it's just that your family really has no money, we will take it away, but after we take it back, we have to dispose of it like this to be tasteless, although we take care of you and don't need you to spend money, but you can always take some of our brother's hard-earned money." ”

The old lady has been used to being bullied by these officials for so many years, and hurriedly agreed: "That's as it should be." I trembled to the head of the earthen kang, touched the place against the wall for a long time, took out a small cloth bag, looked at things distressedly, and came over after a while, opened the cloth bag, and there were more than a dozen or two pieces of silver in it, the old lady saw that these two guys had bad intentions and bad intentions towards Chen Liqing, and wanted to send them away as soon as possible, which was the first to come out of the blood.

The fat face saw that the old lady was still holding the cloth bag and refused to hand it over, so she reached out and grabbed it, and then bowed her mouth towards the hanging eyes, and the two of them walked out, the old lady was a little confused, "Official, don't you want this stone?" ”

The two fellows had to stand still, looking at the stone with a look of disgust, and the old lady didn't know what they were going to do, so she also stood there and watched, and after a while, she pointed at Tao Zongwang and said, "You, carry this stone to the city for us." ”

Tao Zongwang's eyes widened, and he was about to scold, but his fat face was also glaring, and he drew a knife and said, "Don't you move?" The old lady trembled with fright, and said continuously: "The official is merciful, and the subordinates are merciful!" ”

Hanging eyes snorted coldly and said, "We have taken care of you, but this kid doesn't know how to lift!" ”

The old lady hurriedly said: "The old body said about him, the old body said about him!" He walked over and whispered to Tao Zongwang: "You stubborn species, can these people be offended?" You just have to go with them, this stone is not sinking, even if it stinks, it will not hurt you, and when you come back tomorrow, my mother will definitely persuade this girl to stay and be your daughter-in-law. ”

Tao Zongwang couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't have the same knowledge as his mother, seeing Chen Liqing's good temperament, but he didn't have an official frame, he knew that he was a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, such people had human lives on their hands, where could he be persuaded to come back, but he was helpless, so he had to say to the old lady: "Mother, you are worrying, I will go." After saying that, he picked up the stone and walked out, and the two lieutenants snorted proudly, and followed out behind with a curse.

The old lady stood in front of the door worriedly, watching her son and the two officials go away, and then came back and whispered to Chen Liqing: "You wait." Then he went to the kitchen, and after a while, he used the remaining fish soup in the pot to order a big bowl of noodles for Chen Liqing and brought it in.

Chen Liqing was really hungry, and she didn't care if the soup was left, so she ate it in a big gulp, and after a while, she ate a bowl of noodles, the old lady looked at it with a smile, and when a bowl of noodles reached the bottom, Chen Liqing wiped her mouth and just wanted to speak, her body was crooked, and she fell on the kang and fell asleep.

The old lady sighed and muttered: "Girl, I can see it, you are also everyone's, if the old woman doesn't use this trick, you can't be an honest wife for my son, now I will wronged you first." After speaking, the old lady helped Chen Liqing onto the kang, and then took off her coat, the old lady should have sent Chen Liqing to her son's house, but she really didn't have the strength to hold Chen Liqing, so she had to be in her own house.

The old lady took out a pair of red wax from the bottom of the box, looked at it carefully, and said softly: "This is still what the old man used when he got married!" As he spoke, he wiped off the dust from it, then lit it and put it aside, and he came out and locked the door, but went to Tao Zongwang's house and sat and waited for his son to come back. The dragon is in the water