Along the ancient canal of Suzhou, an official ship went straight to Taihu Lake, and the boats coming and going on the lake were weaving, half of which were supplies to help Changzhou.

Not only money, food, gunpowder, but even flammable materials, after all, the Qing soldiers were fierce, and Changzhou was too small to withstand the attack of the Qing soldiers. Hou Xuanyan has already prepared a plan in case he can't hold it, and the jade will be burned.

Hou Xuanyan sat in the cabin, and because it was hot, he was wearing casual clothes. Wearing a green shirt and a square scarf, the powerful Governor instantly became the scholar of the small town of Jiading.

Now is the season of boating and cailing, Suzhou is no longer the front line, and the dissolute Jiangnan scholars can no longer sit still at home. The green lotus leaves of Taihu Lake have no signs of yellowing, and the blue waves stretch for several acres until the shore.

A few small boats, swinging on the lake, from time to time came the coquettish laughter of young girls. Hou Xuanyan was deducing the direction of attack of the Jinling Qing soldiers in the cabin, when suddenly a beautiful and crisp singing voice floated from the lake. The singing voice is euphemistic, and the tune is fresh and sang: "The concubine lives under the East Lake, and Lang lives by the Nanpu." Looking at the smoke and water, recognize the Cailing boat. ”

Qin He in the cabin said: "My lord, Suzhou scholars and prostitutes take a boat to Cailing, every year. Do you want to drive them away? ”

Hou Xuanyan stretched out his arm and said with a smile: "We are fighting desperately and bloodily, in order not to ask for such a peaceful world, go, go out and have a look." ”

When I came to the bow of the boat, I saw a painting boat in front of me, on which several white-shirted scholars held wine glasses and looked at a woman in a daze. If it was the daughter of an ordinary family, she would have turned her face and been annoyed, but this girl held the pipa and giggled. Hou Xuanyan said: "What you said is really good, more than a dozen merry scholars invited the girls of the Qinglou to swim in the lake. ”

Qin He stood beside him, looking around with a pair of eyes, and did not find anyone who could. When the scholar on the painting boat saw his dress, he thought that he was also coming to Taihu Lake for boating, and raised his glass and said: "This brother, you have watched the singing and dancing of our Bao'er girl, but you hide the beautiful woman you accompany you in the cabin, which is not kind." It's better to come out, everyone has fun together in this Taihu Lake, so as to live up to this beautiful scenery, right? ”

The scholar's companions applauded, and in their opinion, this was the romance of the scholar.

Hou Xuanyan shook his head, ignored him, and sighed with a wry smile: "I finally know, "The merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river", the meaning of this poem. ”

Seeing that he was so arrogant, the people on the painting boat couldn't help but feel that their faces were dull, and their sour words were sarcastic. Hou Xuanyan originally wanted to come out to see the beauties and listen to the song to relax, but he lost this interest. His identity pattern was not disdainful of bothering with these sour literati, and he turned back to the cabin to contemplate the upcoming battle.

After a while, there was a quarrel outside, and Hou Xuanyan asked, "What's going on?" ”

Qin He lifted the curtain of the hatch, went out to investigate, and came back and said, "Commander, a cargo ship in front of me has knocked over a pleasure boat, and people on both sides are theorizing. ”

Hou Xuanyan got up and walked to the bow of the boat, only to see a big man in coarse linen clothes, bowing to several scholars.

There were also three beauties beside the scholars, soaking wet, the tulle clinging to the body with water, and the exquisite curves were undoubtedly exposed. They shyly hid behind the scholars, but unfortunately these scholars, who were also chickens in the soup, were busy reprimanding the boatmen, and no one remembered to maintain their dignity.

The big man looked vicious, but his tone was unexpectedly gentle, and he couldn't stop apologizing: "You guys really can't help it, our brothers are in a hurry to transport armor to Changzhou, and we didn't notice that your boat is hidden in the reeds. ”

The scholars did not give up, blushing and scolding, and after a while, the painting boat behind also caught up, and they should be familiar with the scholars who fell into the water. first teased and joked a few words, and then helped them insult the boatman.

Hou Xuanyan stopped his official ship and said loudly: "The battle ahead is about to break out, and as soon as the Qing soldiers arrive, the sons and daughters of Changzhou will fight and bleed." This shipman is a transporter of armor, and he can be regarded as rushing to the front line. If you want me to say that this matter is settled, you are not drowned or injured, so let it go. ”

He has been in the top position for a long time, and when he speaks, he has an undoubted spirit, and several scholars suddenly exploded.

"Who are you, and you dare to point fingers here."

"He's just afraid that he's going to make himself a prince and minister."

"We are Suzhou Junyan, the pillars of the country in the future, will the country rely on a few front-line soldiers in the future?"

"Ridiculous, simply ridiculous."

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In particular, a few men on the painting boat were even more sneering and sarcastic.

Hou Xuanyan's eyebrows were raised, the pupils in his eyes constricted, and he patted the bow railing, Qin He's face changed greatly, and he half-knelt down and said, "The commander is angry!" The guards in the cabin rushed out, swords drawn.

Qin He said loudly: "Take it for me!" ”

The scholars were dumbfounded, and a few of the prostitutes who accompanied them were frightened, and even the shippers were shocked.

Qin He scolded angrily: "Blind your dog's eyes, this is the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Hou Xuan is waiting for the lord." ”

The soldiers set up the road boards, caught a few people like chickens, and slipped them to the official boat, Hou Xuanyan asked across the boat: "Boat family, which one are you from?"

Although I haven't seen Hou Xuanyan, his famous boatman still knows it. The burly man bowed his head and said, "We are the Gu family's fleet, and we have been ordered by the owner to deliver supplies to Changzhou. ”

Hou Xuanyan smiled and said, "Is it the original Zhang family?" ”

Dahan scratched his head and said abruptly: "My lord knows everything, our original owner is the Zhang family, and then the Zhang family made a mistake, and we were taken over by Master Gu." ”

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said, "You go back and tell your owner that during this time, all boats that run to Changzhou will be subsidized by one or two silver." Changzhou is not as good as Suzhou, the money and food are not enough to resist the Qing dogs, and you have worked hard recently. ”

Everyone on the cargo ship was happy, and after thanking them for their kindness, they sailed to Suzhou City.

Hou Xuanyan turned his head, the smile on his face gradually dissipated, and he looked coldly at the eight scholars who were pressed to the ground.

One of the leaders, who was holding his neck and just wanted to show his spirit of not being afraid of the powerful, was shocked by Hou Xuan's momentum and stammered speechless.

"Xia Wanchun of Songjiang Huating, on the wedding night, left his wife in the cave room, and came here angrily to resist the Qing Dynasty. Others are also readers, you are also readers, and you have all read books to the belly of a dog? ”

A scholar's face turned purple, struggling to stand up, but was kicked in the knee by Qin He, looking up with a fierceness in his eyes, and shouting loudly: "I'm not guilty!" ”

Hou Xuanyan took the cup of tea handed by his subordinates, and just wanted to take a sip to moisten his throat, when he heard this, he raised the teacup and splashed it on his face. Scolded: "Fart! With the invasion of foreign races, we and other men cannot defend themselves from the enemy outside the country, and let our compatriots suffer all the cruelty. It's a man who is guilty, how can you be innocent? You are a group of people who have brought disaster to the country, and you talk about it on weekdays, insulting the king and scolding the ministers. It's useless at all, it's just a bunch of Sven scum. Now because of a trivial matter, he insults the shipwrews who delayed the transportation of war preparations. ”

The eight scholars were speechless, they were good at dragging the book bag, ridiculing and sarcastic At this time, they didn't dare to use it.

When Hou Xuanyan saw their faces, he was disgusted, he waved his hand sideways and said: "It's important for us to go to Changzhou, don't delay the time to send them to the shore, take them all to Changzhou, one person with one armor, and organize them into the city defense team." ”

When the eight people heard this, they were immediately frightened and their faces turned like earth, and they trembled like chaff.

Qin He pointed to the four prostitutes behind him, and three of them were soaking wet, shrinking aside and not daring to speak.

"My lord, what should I do with these four?"

"What the do you need to ask? Sleep with Lao Tzu! ”