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The officers and men knocked on the door only once, and they knocked three times, and if they did not open it, they forced their way in.

It was too dark in the room, and the first officer and soldier who broke in was uncomfortable for a while, cursed a swearing, and was about to draw a knife, Ma Wei stepped forward, grabbed his arm, stuffed a bag of things into his hand, and said with a smile: "Hard work." ”

The officers and soldiers reacted quickly, and as soon as their palms touched something, they immediately grasped it firmly, and they didn't hold the knife anymore. Is it that big here? How many people live? Where did it come from? Where are you going? ”

"Two people, from Luoyang, went to Bingzhou to visit relatives, who knew that my brother was sick and trapped here."

"It's not called a building, is it?"

"Brothers, all surnamed Ma."

The officers and soldiers glanced at the man lying on the kang, turned around and went out of the house, beckoned his companion to go to the next house, and everyone understood that he had benefited, and he did not take a few steps before he got entangled and divided the spoils.

In the room, Lou Ji sat up and asked in surprise, "It's so simple?" ”

"It's as simple as that."

"You can get 5,000 yuan for catching me, but only a few hundred yuan for letting me go."

"I don't know how many people will share the 5,000 dollars from top to bottom, but they will divide the hundreds of dollars equally among five or six people, but there are more."

Lou Ji was dumbfounded, although he had traveled once before and suffered a little, this was the first time he felt the importance of money, "Then this place is not suitable for a long time, let's go find a boat elsewhere, and we will cross the river tonight anyway." ”

"Looking for a boat? Do you want to be scammed again? ”

"Eat a trench, grow a wisdom, let's hold the money tightly, cross the river and take it out."

"Okay, let's hit the road after eating."

The two of them ate half of the wine and food and left half of the baggage, Ma Wei went to the street to check the situation, and the building went to lead the horse, Ma Wei originally had a horse, and sold it a few days ago.

The officers and soldiers had just left the market, the two led the horses away, and they bumped into the owner of the house without going far, Ma Wei didn't say a word, paid the money and settled the bill, the owner's face immediately changed from gloomy, nodded and bowed to the two sons, watched them go away, thought for a long time, and ran to the front street to see the notice just pasted.

Ma Wei had been on the road once, so he knew the path and went upstream along the river with the foundation of the building, "There is a small village five miles away, and there may be boats there." ”

The village is really small, there are more than ten families, most of the men are not at home, women and children run away when they see outsiders, and finally only one old man comes out on crutches to meet each other.

The appearance of Lou Ji and Ma Wei is too obvious, at first glance, it is the son of a noble family, the old man is very polite, but his ears are a little deaf, and he can only hear one or two words clearly after repeating it several times, "Rice?" No, go to the market in front of you and look for it. Oh, it's a boat, no, no, there used to be one or two, and they were all requisitioned by the government. Let's go, go somewhere else and ask. ”

Ma Wei took out a few copper coins and shouted, "We hire a boat, a hundred wen!" ”

The old man still shook his head.

The two had no choice but to go to the village and continue upstream, Ma Wei no longer knew the way, and the two could only walk along the path, hoping to find another village.

Out of three or four miles, the front is more and more barren, the sun is setting in the west, the two of them are somewhat worried, suddenly heard the loud singing from the river, it is actually a person holding the boat to the shore, it seems to be a fisherman, just returned from fishing.

Lou Ji excitedly shouted "boatman", and Ma Wei reminded on the side: "Be careful, he came from the direction of the downstream village, maybe he came to deceive us." ”

"He's alone, we're the two of us."

"When it comes to the water, ten people will not help."

Lou Ji was also a little hesitant, and the boatman heard the voice and looked over here, and said loudly: "Did the two sons call me?" What are the commands? ”

Ma Wei glanced back in the direction of the checkpoint and said to the boatman, "Wait a minute. Then he whispered to the building foundation: "I have a dagger, let's subdue him when we get on the boat, force him to cross the river by boat, and when he reaches the other bank, give him more copper coins." ”

Lou Ji thought about it, nodded and said, "That's the only way, give him more money." ”

The two greeted the boatman, and Ma Wei arched his hand and said, "Boatman, do you want to carry people across the river?" ”

The boatman was a lean young man, and said with a smile: "The river bridge is not far from here, why are you two taking my boat?" The river is windy and rough, but it is not safe. ”

Ma Weidao: "We have an urgent matter to cross the river, and we have Luoyang Yin's official document on our bodies, who knows that the rules have been changed here, and the non-military department does not recognize the documents, and we have to delay two days back and forth to Luoyang, so we are looking for a boat to cross the river." Don't use your boat in vain, when you get to the other side, give a hundred dollars to thank you. ”

The boatman scratched his head, "That's right, but my boat is small, and it can only carry people, not horses." ”

Indeed, the ship was pitifully small, and the horses went up, and there was no place for men to stand.

Ma Wei said: "It's better to do this, we will tie the horse here and give it to you at a price, how about it?" ”

"It's useless for me to ask for horses, I can't afford to supply the daily fodder alone."

"If you bring it to the market, you can sell it for a good price, which is much more than a hundred yuan."

The boatman looked at the horse and said, "All right, you are pitiful, it is okay to give me a ride, tie the horse, and I will come back to fetch it later." ”

He tied the horse to a small tree, let it gnaw the grass on the ground, unburdened it, and walked down the river bank with Ma Wei to get on the boat.

The boatman stretched out his hand to help him, and when he helped him to the foundation of the building, he said with a smile: "The son brought a lot of things. ”

"It's all books." Lou Ji replied, glancing at Ma Wei, and felt that there was indeed something wrong with the boatman.

The boatman is long and the ship is offshore.

Mavi pulled the dagger out of his boot and held it in his hand.

The boatman was startled, "Childe, what are you doing?" Ship hijacking or hijacking? ”

"Don't want a boat or a person, you honestly hold on to the other side, the horse belongs to you, a hundred wen is not less than you, don't play tricks."

The boatman laughed: "I'm a poor man who can't read big words, where did I get the tricks?" The two of them are scholars at first glance, and their families are rich and powerful, so they don't dare to have bad intentions if they lend me ten guts. ”

Ma Wei snorted, still holding the dagger and refusing to put it away.

Lou Ji also stared at the boatman, feeling that this person was very bold, and he didn't look afraid at all.

The boatman was indeed not afraid, he held the boat one by one, and he was almost in the middle of the stream, and he sang again, high-pitched, and Lou Ji and Ma Wei could only understand a few words, probably singing about the hard life of the fisherman and the leisure.

A gust of wind blew, the boat shook, and the boatman reminded: "Two sons, be careful, this gust of wind is not small, don't fall into the water." ”

Neither of them knew anything about water, and reached out to grab the boat, and Mavi had to put away his dagger.

But the boat shook more and more obviously, and Lou Ji shouted: "Boatman, you are shaking the boat!" ”

Ma Wei also sensed that something was wrong and pulled out the dagger again.

The boatman laughed, threw down the artemisia, jumped into the river, and soon the boat shook and almost capsized, first the building foundation, and then Ma Wei, and fell into the water one after another.

The boatman got on the boat drenched and muttered to himself, "Two fools. First he reached out and touched the baggage left on the ship, frowning, "It's really a book, this transaction is not worth it." Touching it again, a smile appeared on his face, "I know that readers love to lie." ”

After a while, the boatman supported the boat, dragged up the two people who were floating in the water one by one, found a thin rope and tied it, threw it at the stern of the boat, and continued to sing, disdainful of the two who were caught.

At dusk, when the boat reached the opposite shore, the boatman shouted into the bushes: "Big brother, come and see, you have good luck today and caught two big fish!" ”

Four people came out of the bushes, clothed and straw sandals, but they all carried knives on their waists, and a man in front of him glanced into the boat, "What are you bringing them here for?" ”

"Big brother doesn't know, I saw a notice on the set, saying that he wanted to arrest the same party of the assassin and reward 5,000 yuan, I think these two people are a bit similar, they don't dare to take the big road, hire my boat, I guess there must be something strange."

The man got on the boat, threw the two of them to the shore one after another, and picked up the baggage, "There is goods." ”

"Some of them are books, the eldest brother keeps them, and there is a horse on the other side, should I bring them here, or will I sell them directly?"

"Sell it for some good wine and meat." The man was very happy, jumped ashore, and with the other three men carried the man and the baggage into the bushes.

The boatman crossed the river again, he knew it all too well, and dared to hold the boat even when it was dark.

Lou Ji and Ma Wei didn't get dizzy, but they were tied up by ropes, unable to move, looked at each other, and secretly complained in their hearts, the two noble sons didn't know anything about the people and things on the rivers and lakes, thinking that they could scare the boatman with a dagger, but they didn't even have the power to fight back.

In the bushes was a clearing, and in the middle of it was an iron pot, bubbling and bubbling, and I didn't know what was cooking.

The four thieves threw the captives on the ground, and one of them glanced into the pot and scolded, "Finally, you don't need to eat this kind of pig food, wait for the fourth child to come back, and have a good drink!" ”

The boss checked the baggage, threw the book aside, found the copper coins and jewelry, cheered, saw the winter coat, and cheered again, got up and draped it on his body, and said to his companion: "Do I look like a master?" ”

The three brothers all said that one saw the gourd and meat in the baggage, rushed up and grabbed it, and put it in his mouth.

The four thieves scolded and robbed, the boss regretted his slow start, threw away the robe, bit open the mouth of the gourd, poured a mouthful, laughed, as if the official was promoted, the merchant was expensive, and the farmer dug out the treasure.

In a moment, the wine and meat were eaten, and the four thieves were not full, but they were even more hungry, and they searched and searched, but they couldn't find any other food, and the thieves stared at the captive and licked their lips, "These two chicks are all good meat, boiled and eaten, and they must taste good." ”

Ma Wei couldn't help but speak, "There is also a way to steal, since you have already gained wealth and goods, why should you hurt your lives more?" ”

"What 'there is a way in the way', this is not nonsense, how can it be called without a way...... What about the Tao? The robber was so hungry that he drew his sword.

The boss stopped, "Don't move, these two people may be able to get five thousand dollars." ”

"I don't kill people, I just cut a piece of meat from my thigh."

"Phew, look at the way they look, it hurts to cut off a finger. Don't worry, I'll have something to eat when the fourth child comes back. ”

"Why hasn't the fourth child come back yet?" The robber stepped out of the bushes and looked into the distance.

The boatman wanted to fetch horses, sell horses, buy wine and meat, and he would not be able to come back for a while, so the four thieves carried the iron pot away, added firewood to keep warm, and sat in a circle and chatted.

"What did the fourth child just say? Someone is a fellow assassin? ”

"Seems to say so."

"Haha, joke, look at these two people, who can dance with a knife and a gun? Definitely mistaken. ”

"The same party does not have to do it."

Ma Wei couldn't help but speak, "You are also heroes on the rivers and lakes, don't you have the slightest sympathy for the assassin?" ”

The four thieves laughed, "We are not heroes, we are boatmen on the river, some people rebelled, we can't go home, we are here, we will hand you over to the government tomorrow, and we can go home in exchange for money." ”

Lou Ji said: "Where is your hometown? ”

"Less clichés." A thief got up and walked over, kicked the building, turned his head and smiled: "I've wanted to kick these little white faces for a long time, every time I see these people drinking and chanting poetry on the river, and there are groups of women around me, I hate it so much." ”

"Haha, then kick two more feet, don't kick to death."

As soon as the robbers kicked him, Lou Ji and Ma Wei lay on the ground, with nowhere to hide, but to be hard, and the pain came second, but they couldn't stand the humiliation and embarrassment.

The robber was tired and muttered, "It's been dark for so long, why hasn't the fourth child come back?" ”

"Big brother!" There was a cry from the river.

"Here we are." The four thieves came out of the bushes and greeted not only their accomplices, but also the long-awaited meal of wine and meat.

Lou Ji and Ma Wei glanced at each other, struggling to get up, just a few moves, a few more pairs of official boots before meeting, obviously not the robber just now.

The two looked up and saw several strong men standing in front of them, holding knives and guns, with incomplete armor on their bodies, and they didn't look like officers and soldiers.