Chapter 107: The Old Fisherman

Han Ruzi didn't have much time to think about it, and immediately said "yes", and the people outside stabbed the door to open the door, and Han Ruzi asked in surprise: "How do you have the key?" ”

"Shhhh

Han Ruzi walked out of the "cell" and saw three people outside, Jin Chuiduo, Yahuan and Jin Ergongzi, the four of them looked at each other for a while, no one moved, they didn't know the way.

Han Ruzi beckoned, motioning for the others to go with him, when Chao Hua arranged the room, he took the opportunity to observe the surrounding situation, and he couldn't see it clearly at night, so he could only see the approximately, but he already had a preliminary escape plan in his heart.

It is impossible to walk out from the main gate, there are guards there, although it is not strictly watched, four big living people will still be found when they go out, and the road outside is not easy to walk, it is easy to be caught up, Han Ruzi wants to take the waterway.

The village is built by the water, there must be boats, Han Ruzi had deliberately searched before, and found a place that looked like a simple wharf.

He had guessed correctly, there was a slope not far from them, and at the end was a wooden bridge jutting into the water, with seven or eight small boats parked on either side.

"Does anyone know how to row?" Han Ruzi asked in a low voice.

Jin Er Gongzi nodded, "I'll swipe it." ”

That's it, Han Ruzi walked to the bridge and was about to get on the boat, when he suddenly retracted his feet, untied the rope that tied the boat, and pushed the boat away with all his might, letting it drift with the current.

Jin Er found an oar, the four of them got on the boat and sat firmly, Jin Er paddled gently, and gradually moved away from the village.

They breathed a sigh of relief, and Han Ruzi asked the question again: "How do you have the key?" ”

Jin Chuiduo and Yahuan sat opposite. replied coldly: "The key is on Chao Hua." Subdue him. Naturally, there is a key. ”

"You didn't kill him, did you?" Han Ruzi felt that Chao Hua was not all bad people.

"Hey, he called you 'Your Majesty' twice, so you really think he's a loyal servant?" Jin Zhuoduo was very disdainful.

"Chao Hua must be the leader of the village, and killing him will cause trouble for your parents and brother."

Jin Chuiduo held the longbow on his lap and stared at Han Ruzi for a while before saying, "I didn't kill him, I just tied him up." ”

"You ...... Just leave everyone else alone? ”

"Shut up, you're still a captive."

Han Ruzi smiled and looked around. Seeing patches of reeds and endless waters, he said to Jin Er: "Don't be too far from the land, we will be able to identify the direction when it is dawn." ”

"Hmm." Jin Er responded.

"By the way, I haven't asked you what to call it yet?"

Jin Er glanced at his sister opposite and said in a low voice, "My name is Jin Chunzhong." ”

"How old is this year?"

"Seventeen."

"Oh, I'm fourteen this year, I should call you Second Brother Jin......"

"Don't dare to be."

Jin Chuiduo on the opposite side said: "What are you doing with him so politely?" He's a prisoner, and you should be tough. ”

"Hmm." Kim Chun-chung listened to everyone's words and concentrated on rowing while observing the land by moonlight. You can't get too far away or get too close so you don't run aground.

Yahuan is not a prisoner. smiled: "What's wrong with chatting, my name is Dragonfly, the same age as you, and I am also fourteen, Miss is one year older than you, and I ...... this year."

"Just you talk a lot." Jin Chuiduo interrupted Yahuan to speak, "We are still near the capital, far away from the grassland, we must be careful every step, and we can't be careless at all." Dragonfly, have you brought a coil? ”

The dragonfly patted the burden on his shoulder, "It's all here, both gold and silver." ”

"Second brother, have you brought the customs clearance paperwork?"

Jin Chunzhong nodded.

"Do you have all the paperwork?" Han Ruzi was a little surprised.

"Ha, do you think it's hard? Three hundred taels of silver each, very cheap. ”

Han Ruzi still faintly felt that he was the emperor of Great Chu, and couldn't help sighing, the frontier was confronting the Xiongnu army, and the rear actually bought and sold customs clearance documents, if it went on like this, would Great Chu really be finished?

Yahuan Dragonfly whispered: "Don't let us chat, you ...... yourself"

When the four of them escaped, it was already the second half of the night, and after half an hour, the sky was getting brighter, Jin Chunzhong was tired, Han Ruzi took over, tried it, and found that it was not too difficult.

When Jin Chunzhong took over again, Han Ruzi said: "You two have the same father and mother, and you are not the same biological mother as Jin Dagongzi, right?" ”

Jin Chunzhong smiled: "You guessed it right. ”

The morning sun rose behind the side of the golden pendulum, illuminating her and the dragonfly in a piece of light, Han Ruzi secretly praised, stood up and looked for the direction of the capital, but the terrain here is too low, and there are reeds and woods around it, so there is no trace of the city at all.

"There's a fisherman over there, we can inquire." Han Ruzi pointed to the reeds not far away.

An old fisherman holding a small boat with artemisia in his hand was also approaching them, and said loudly from a distance: "Morning, is there a harvest?" ”

Han Ruzi replied: "We are not here to fish, we are playing by boat, and we are lost for a while, may I ask my father-in-law, how to go to the capital?" ”

"I'll just say, how can there be such a handsome person as you in the nearby village. You are going in the wrong direction when you go to the capital. ”

Han Ruzi didn't want to look back, "Please ask my husband for guidance, where can we land, we want to go back to Beijing by land." ”

"In this case, then you can come with me, and I'll show you the way after we get to the shore."

"It is very good, and there will be great thanks when you go ashore."

Han Ruzi looked at the dragonfly, Yahuan grabbed the burden tightly, and it seemed that she didn't want to use the money for this kind of thing, but Jin Chuiduo was very generous, "Give him a hundred taels of silver." ”

Dragonfly's eyes widened, "Miss, do you think I'm a mule, can I bring a box of silver?" I only take ...... There is not much silver, I can only give five taels, which is already a lot, miss, I will wait for you at home for five months before I can get five taels. ”

"Five taels is enough." Han Ruzi said that he has often bought things outside in the past six months, and he has a general understanding of the value of silver.

The old fisherman didn't care about the amount of silver, he had already turned around, and rowed the boat into the reeds, his movements seemed to be soothing and casual, but the speed was much faster than the boat behind, and he reached the reeds in a short time. Stop the boat and wait.

Kim Chun-chung was a little worried. "You won't be fooled, will you?"

Han Ruzi hadn't spoken yet. Jin Chuiduo said: "We escaped at night, the news can't get here so quickly, and he is an old fisherman, what's so scary?" ”

Kim Chun-chung had no more doubts and rowed hard.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was still some distance, Han Ruzi asked, "You really don't care about Guiyihou?" ”

Jin Chuiduo's face was slightly angry, and after waiting for a while, he replied, "You also saw it." Father is obsessed with ...... With those three goblins, we couldn't have reached the grassland. Chai Yun was killed by me, after I leave, my father can choose whether to leave or stay, the eldest brother is willing to stay with my father, I can't control it. ”

"Aren't those people going to send your family to the grasslands?"

"Hey, all they want is you, they are not interested in the Jin family at all, these people in Chaohua are all local villagers, and they have never been more than a hundred miles away from home, how can they send us to the grassland thousands of miles away? I'm going to go on my own. Just take the second brother and the dragonfly. ”

"And me." Han Ruzi reminded, "You still want to give me to Dongdan Yu as a gift?" ”

The boat was already close to the old fisherman. Jin Tendow stopped talking.

"You can land in front of you." The old fisherman pointed to the reeds, "What a coincidence, you have met me, and further on, you have to be at least ten miles away to stop the boat, and it will be even farther from the capital." ”

"Thank you, uncle, what is the name of this lake?" Han Ruzi stood at the bow of the boat and talked to the old fisherman.

"Hehe, you don't even know the name of the lake, you dare to come to play, it's so bold. This is Kidnapping Lake, there is no view, I guess you also broke in by mistake, haven't you heard of it before? ”

Han Ruzi shook his head, he really hadn't heard of it.

The old fisherman slowed down and let the boat follow, and Han Ruzi asked, "Is there a riverside village near here?" ”

The old fisherman turned his head to look at him, "You came from the riverside village?" ”

"No, but we've been reminded not to go near there."

"That's right, the riverside village is not a good place." The old fisherman didn't explain much.

Han Ruzi asked cautiously: "The people in the stockade...... Is it a robber? ”

The old fisherman looked back at him again, "Sort of." ”

"It's only twenty or thirty miles away from the capital, can there be robbers gathering? Does the government care? Since entering the riverside village, Han Ruzi has this doubt, and wants to ask for an understanding, the yahuan dragonfly on the opposite side listened curiously, but Jin Chuiduo didn't seem to be interested, and gently stroked the bow on his knee.

"Official? The robbers were sent here by the government. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Han Ruzi became more and more surprised.

"You're an official?"

"It's not."

"Then what do you ask all this?"

"I know some ministers in the court, if there is really something to bend the law for personal gain, maybe I can convey it."

Jin Chuiduo snorted disdainfully.

The old fisherman thought for a while, and said without looking back: "Did you experience the Jingshi earthquake last year?" ”

"I was in ...... In the city, the memory is still fresh, what does the earthquake have to do with the robbers? ”

"Earthquakes can collapse houses and kill people, and the water from the Kidnapping Lake will come ashore and flood many villages, and many people will run out, but they will have no food or shelter, so they have to become robbers."

"Hey, I remember very well that at that time, the imperial court distributed a lot of corn to the victims, and everyone should have a share."

The old fisherman laughed a few times, "The court is good, but it's a pity that we are too far away from the court." The old fisherman mocked, and then sighed: "After the earthquake last year, the imperial court did send a batch of grain, but the local officials did not distribute it, but sold it at a high price, and the price was more than ten times that of usual. ”

"Could there be such a thing?" Han Ruzi couldn't believe it.

"Last year, rice was as expensive as gold, and this year it will return to normal, and the corrupt officials will count the corn that should be issued last year into this year's tax, and force the people to receive it according to their fingerprints, but in fact, the people get just a note that can be used to offset this year's autumn rent, and then the corrupt officials will use the money earned last year to buy low-priced rice to make up the number. But how many families will survive this year? Either starve to death, sell children, or ...... Go and be a robber. There are already many people in the riverside village, since last year, there are more people, this year it depends on the situation, if there are one or two more natural disasters and man-made disasters, there will be more people to join in. ”

Han Ruzi was indignant, "How can this be reasonable, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can there be such a bold and reckless corrupt official?" Who is it, please tell me. ”

The old fisherman laughed again, and the boat was already docked, and he stretched out the long artemisia and said, "Great Chu needs a good emperor like you." Your Majesty, please come ashore. ”

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