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Chapter 315: Leaving the Fire

The big boat crossed the Yangtze River, and Fang Xie stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the waves cut by the bow below, but his mood still did not calm down. The inexplicable hallucinations on the mountain platform before made him have some doubts in his heart, and the hallucinations were so real that the images in his mind never dissipated for a long time.

Although Fang Xie has been on the run for more than ten years, he rarely takes a boat. At this time, this scene overlooking the bow of the ship and breaking the waves made him feel a little more emotional.

I don't know when, the black boy Yan walked behind him wildly. Fang Xie didn't look back, but seemed to know about his arrival: "Come and explain why you want to lie to Chen Hu and Chen Ha?" ”

After saying this, Fang Xie turned his head to look at the two old urchins not far away. The two men seemed to be afraid of this shaky feeling, and the two of them sat on the deck with pale faces holding hands, still talking something in a low voice. After listening to this, Fang Xie couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

Those two guys were actually ridiculing each other. He said he was afraid of water, he said he was afraid of fish.

This reminded Fang Xie that when he was in the imperial capital, he once said that he would tie up Chen Hum and Chen Ha and sink them into the river to feed the fish. Apparently these two people also thought of this, so they didn't dare to approach the side of the ship at all. They were originally from the southwest, and they lived not very far from Yongzhou. It stands to reason that the two of them should be familiar with boats, but think about the fact that they lost their father when they were young and later their mother also died of illness, leaving only the two of them to rely on each other. Because of his evil and murder, he was locked in a cave by Prince Yang Qi for more than ten years, so he was also very unfamiliar with boating.

"Your Excellency must have guessed it."

Yan Mad was silent for a while and then asked rhetorically.

Fang Xie nodded.

Yan Mad asked again: "Since the adults have already guessed, what are you going to do?" ”

Fang Xie looked at Yan Yan and smiled: "From the day Chen Hu and Chen Ha killed people in the square, I knew that Your Majesty would never let such two people live. The two of them acted without restraint at all, and they were amazingly cultivated, they could be deceived by Xiao Yijiu to go to the imperial capital to make trouble, and naturally they could be deceived by others again. ”

"Your Majesty is right to do this......"

Fang Xie paused and asked, "Then why didn't you kill the two of them?" ”

"Because I can't beat them."

Yan shook his head and replied.

Fang Xie shook his head: "If you think this sentence can deceive people, you must first ask if you are biased." I just want to ask you one thing, will you be happy and relieved when you kill the two of them, or will you be more comfortable not killing the two of them? ”

Yan Mad didn't answer, so Fang Xie knew the answer.

"Your Majesty wants them to die, and we as courtiers naturally have to obey them, otherwise it will be a felony of disrespecting the will, right?"

Fang Xie smiled and said, "But Your Majesty didn't tell me directly, let me get rid of the two of them." Since Your Majesty didn't say it, why should I do it? As for whether His Majesty has arranged for someone else to do this, I naturally don't know. Since I don't know..... guess what I'll do? ”

Yan was stunned for a moment, and then asked tentatively, "Whoever will kill them, the adults will kill whom?" ”

Fang Xie nodded: "That's it, whoever kills them, I will kill them." Of course, you can tell Gonggong Su about the fact that I have already guessed that His Majesty sent someone, but it will not affect my decision. This trip to the southwest takes half a year between the round trip. If I don't try to make Chen Hum and Chen Ha become useful people to the Great Sui, then I will feel that I have lost. Yan Crazy ...... You've been with me for a long time, and since I know you're not really stupid, you naturally know some of my temperament...... I have never done such a thing. ”

Yan Yan frowned and said: "My lord has a bright future, why do you need to affect your career because of these two people?" ”

"Yan Crazy ......"

Fang Xie looked at the black boy and sighed, "You are here to persuade me, but have you ever persuaded yourself at that level?" If that's what you really think, you won't drag it out until Wei Jun on the way, and you won't bring the two of them back alive. Chen Hum Chen Hu's cultivation is shocking, but the two of them are not as easy to deceive as children before their minds are opened. It's impossible to kill the two of them, and it's not too difficult to outwit them. Even if there are no people secretly supporting you, won't you succeed in tricking the two of them into taking poison on your own? Even if you hand them two a bottle of poison and tell them that it's sugar water, they won't suspect you. But they didn't die, not because they weren't easy to kill, but because you didn't want to. ”

Yan Mad was silent, but his fingers were tangled and rubbed back and forth.

"I don't think I know about it."

Fang Xie said to Yan Yan word by word: "You can go and tell those friends in the secret, I won't give them another chance." If Chen Hum and Chen Ha die on the way to Yongzhou, then I will use the time of my life to dig them out of the shadows, dig them out and kill them one by one. ”

"I don't like to threaten people because threats don't mean much in themselves. I like to do it, and I will do it when I say it. ”

Yan was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "I understand." ”

"What do you understand?"

Fang asked.

"Your Excellency, you are not a qualified adult...... But sir, you're a good friend. ”

Fang Xie couldn't help but smile: "I don't have many friends, and I will feel distressed if I have one less." ”

"But with such a temperament as an adult, it seems that he is not suitable for being an official."

"Perhaps......"

Fang Xie stood at the bow of the boat and stood with his hands in his hands: "I always don't believe in what others believe about me, why do others say I can't do things that I am not sure about?" Even if it really doesn't work, you have to do it to find out. ”

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No matter how wide the Yangtze River is, there will always be another side, and the big boat first crossed it at the request of Fang Jie, put down those people, and then set sail again, going all the way west against the river. Take the waterway to Yongzhou, you have to go up one hundred and fifty miles against the current, reach the confluence of Luoshui and the Yangtze River, and then change to Luoshui all the way to the south, if you don't delay on the road, you can reach Yongzhou in less than 20 days.

It was already completely dark after only thirty miles of walking against the current, and even though it was a large official ship, and even though the sailors were experienced local fishermen, no one dared to sail at night. There will always be many legends about fairies and ghosts among the people near the river, such as river gods and water monsters.

The people along the Yangtze River have been circulating a story that many years ago, the gods descended to subdue the water monsters that were harming in the Yangtze River. But the water monster felt that it was unfair, and it said to the gods that since man is a living being, I am also a living being, why should you favor humans? They are not as strong as I am, so it is only natural that they should be eaten by me. The gods said that you are a bully, and the water monster said that you don't let me eat people, isn't it a bully?

This sentence left the gods speechless, so the gods set the rules. The great river belongs to humans during the day, and the great river belongs to the water monster at night. If someone is eaten by a monster in the river at night, the gods will not punish him, but can only blame him for not following the rules.

This story is naturally fake, and the story is just a story after all.

But the moral in this story seems to be very deep, and the more I think about it, the more I realize that what the water monster said is actually very reasonable. This world is such a world, and it is not wrong to be born strong.

Fang Xie listened to an old boatman tell the story when the ship was docking.

He thought back to what the monster had said to the gods, and suddenly realized that if the monster was real, then it must be a wise man.

"My lord, it is a rule that you must not touch if you don't go to the boat at night, so we can only rest on the shore, but we will go as soon as the morning dawns, the waterway of more than 100 miles, because it is a countercurrent will not be too fast, but if nothing else, you can reach the confluence of the two big rivers in two days, and the county guard has sent someone to notify the local government in advance, and there should be a big boat there to greet you."

The old boatman explained apologetically.

Fang Xie waved his hand and said, "I know, even if there is no rule that boats cannot be carried at night, people will always be tired, and they should rest when they should rest." ”

Hearing him say this, the old boatman's heart warmed.

"Thank you for your kindness, the grass people will retire."

Fang Xie nodded, looking at the endless Mangdang Mountain in the distance on the north shore and fell into deep thought.

On the north bank of the river, about a mile away from the official boat, a small boat also docked. The fisherman first goes ashore to tie the ropes and then prepares to make a fire for cooking. This is a couple, because they live by the river all the year round, so the man's complexion is darker and there is a layer of rust, and he looks very strong, that is, the woman is also very flexible and vigorous, and her skin is much whiter than that of the man, and the pair of plump thighs wrapped in the cloth skirt must be very fatal if it is wrapped around the waist.

The age of the fisherman is about 30 years old, but the people by the river have been exposed to the wind and the river for a long time, and they look older than people in other places. Or this fisherman feels particularly sorry for his wife, so the woman's posture is not bad.

The woman lit a fire and greeted today's guests.

It's a group of seven or eight people, both men and women. The boatman's woman is welcomed all the year round, and it can be seen at a glance that these people are not easy to mess with, and the sky is already a little dark when these people come, so she does not plan to take this business. Unexpectedly, these people made a bold move, and directly threw out an ingot of twenty taels of silver, so that she had no way to refuse.

Twenty taels of silver is the usual harvest of the husband and wife for two months.

The Great Sui was rich and strong, so the price of daily needs was not high. Twenty taels of silver, enough for the two of them to live for two years. You must know that in the restaurant in the town, if you want a few dishes and a pot of wine, it will cost you a lot of money at most. Even in the imperial capital, it is reasonable to ask for a table of one or two silver.

For the sake of the silver, the fisherman's woman agreed, but she kept on guard, for she had stumbled upon the weapons hidden in the men's packages.

"Hostess, let's go around the shore casually, you just cook, we'll just count the money. Prepare a few more jugs of wine, and we'll settle them all. ”

The man at the head gave an explanation, and then left with the people.

The woman watched them walk into the night, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief: "In charge, I always feel that these people are not good people. ”

"Whatever!"

The fisherman smiled and said, "Let's just make money, and we'll come back when we send it to the place." ”

As he spoke, he pinched the woman's full breasts, and the woman was shy to avoid it, but her eyes were full of happiness.

In the night, the fire swept out with the people. With the help of the shelter of the grass and trees on the shore, he quickly approached the official ship where Fang Xie was. They hid behind the grass and looked over the boat.

"It can't be delayed any longer, maybe Fang Xie will be suspicious now."

Lihuo frowned, lowered his voice and ordered: "Lu Minglan, Gao Xiao, Li Sanxing, the three of you have the best water nature, and you will quietly touch the big boat tonight." Although those two idiots are good at cultivation, they are not very vigilant, and they are looking for an opportunity to poison their food! ”

"But...... Will poisoning implicate others? In case Fang Xie is also poisoned, how can we substitute for Su Gong? ”

"Those two people don't eat fish, and the cook will definitely make some special meals."

Lihuo sneered: "As long as you observe carefully, you won't make mistakes." If you can't poison the food, won't you poison the water in their room while the two of them are away? ”

"Anyway......"

He clenched his fists and said word by word, "Those two idiots must be allowed to meet Hades tonight!" ”

Just as he finished saying this, his face suddenly changed.

In the darkness of night, you can't see anyone around.

But for some reason, Lihuo is sure that he will be killed if he moves. He didn't know where this sense of crisis came from, but it was so real and clear. It's as if there is a weapon wandering around you, and you don't know where this weapon will pierce your body in the next second.

It's not just him.

All of his men felt that way.