The rain was falling incessantly, but it was thin and soft, and the reeds were rustling.

In the blink of an eye, the surface of the river became hazy.

Afraid that the fire would attract the attention of the thieves, Sun Yuan and the others did not dare to raise the fire, so they just sat inside. Turning his head to look west, the fire in Fengyang City was still burning, and he didn't know when it would stop. These days, the western sky is illuminated by this reddish light from morning to night.

Although the rain is thin, it seems to have a continuous strength, as soon as it falls on the clothes, hair, hands and faces, it instantly penetrates, and within a moment, it is cold all over the body.

Sun Yuan whispered to Fei Hong beside him: "Old Fei, it won't work like this, I'm afraid that we will all be frozen out of illness tomorrow morning." It's better to lift your spirits and look along the river to see if you can get a boat. If you can't do it, it's good to find a shelter from the wind and rain. ”

Fei Hong still looked bitter as usual, and shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work, it's going to be dark." I didn't dare to light a torch, and I couldn't walk at all in this big night. ”

Sun Yuan sighed: "It must be a little annoying. ”

He broke a reed in boredom and made a reed flute, and as soon as he put it to his mouth, he stopped again.

"Childe, this time you are wrong to blame Wen Laosan." Suddenly, Fei Hong said sullenly.

"What?" Sun Yuan looked at him puzzled.

Fei Hong: "The third person is usually yin and yang, but he is a little proud in his bones, and he refuses to explain in a low voice. Earlier, he told the villain that when he first started yesterday, he wanted to kill the little ding. But after chasing it out for a long time, he felt that it was not appropriate to do so on the road, and he was about to return, when he saw Ding Sheng's figure. ”

"And then?" Sun Yuan felt that Fei Hong had something to say, and couldn't help but ask.

Fei Hong said: "The third child found that Ding Sheng's direction was east. ”

"What, to the east?" Sun Yuan took a breath of cold air.

Fei Hong nodded: "Ding Sheng is from Shaanxi, if he really went back to his hometown, he should have gone west." went all the way to the east, obviously chasing Liu Zongmin and wanting to tell the truth. At the beginning, the third child was not sure of this, so he didn't rush to start, so he followed him all the way for about an hour, and finally determined that this kid was looking for Liu Zongmin, so he had no choice but to start. After he came back, he refused to tell his son, because he was afraid of ......"

"Are you afraid of damaging my prestige in front of everyone?" Sun Yuan looked at Fei Hong with blazing eyes.

Fei Hong nodded silently.

After a long time, he said: "The son is benevolent and righteous, and the villains are admired in their hearts...... If you do some dirty work, let someone else do it! ”

"Benevolence and righteousness, I can't talk about benevolence." Sun Yuan smiled bitterly, and sighed in his heart: I thought that in ancient times, I only needed to do ideological work to win people's hearts, but it seems that things are not as simple as those written in those empty novels.

He touched his nose: "I don't understand either, my son has already explained the truth of human ethics to Ding Sheng clearly, and he also burst into tears and promised to go back to Shaanxi to serve his mother." Why did you think about looking for Liu Zongmin again in a blink of an eye, I don't understand, I don't understand! ”

"Childe, it's actually very simple." Fei Hong said: "Not to mention that the road to Shaanxi from here is far away, there are chaos soldiers along the way, and Ding Sheng doesn't know if he can return to his hometown alive." The key is that this person, no matter how strong you are and how determined you are, you have a kind of dependence mentality, and you need to gather in a crowded place. I thought that after the villain came to Fengyang, he also thought about asking the prince to write a letter of recommendation to General Hong, so that he could return to serve in the army. This thought is very strange, it seems that only by doing this can I feel that it is right, and Ding Sheng probably has this kind of thought. ”

Sun Yuan suddenly understood and muttered, "Organization, this is the power of organization." ”

A mature organization that not only controls your body, but also your soul. Especially in the modern organization of later generations, it can be said that your family, future, social relations, and wealth are all maintained in this organizational system. Without the organization, you are nothing.

This organizational system can be a country, a political party, a unit, a community.

And in this troubled world, the so-called organization, the most direct way to manifest itself is an army.

This is also the moment when Xiao Ding was moved by his words and cried bitterly, but the next moment he wanted to return to the team and tell Liu Zongmin. This is the power of the organization that gives him an inertia of thinking and behavior.

It's not that Xiao Ding is loyal to Liu Zongmin.

In fact, people are selfish creatures, and personal loyalty changes over time and circumstance and is unreliable. The charisma and abilities of leaders vary widely, but the strength of the organization remains constant.

Sun Yuan suddenly felt a little enlightened, smiled and muttered, "Interesting, really interesting!" ”

was talking to Fei Hong when suddenly, there was a "bang", which seemed to be the sound of a guqin. Because it was so far away, only a faint trace of music could be heard, and then it was torn apart by the howling river wind.

"What's that?" Fei Hong looked up in amazement.

As soon as some of the reeds over there moved, a man came over.

When I looked closely, it was a sentry in charge of the vigilance.

Fei Hong: "Jia Si, what's the matter?" ”

Jia Siwei saluted and said in a low voice: "Young man, big brother Fei, the little one found that there was a big boat parked in a river bend four miles ahead. Because the terrain on the bank of the bend of the river is quite high, and the river is full of reeds, but it is very secret. ”

"What ship?" Sun Yuan asked.

Jia Si: "If you go back to Gongzi, it's very big, and there is no problem with pretending to be twenty or thirty people." It looks like a merchant ship. ”

Sun Yuan and Fei Hong glanced at each other, and each saw joy in each other's eyes.

It's freezing so hard here, if you stay any longer, I don't know how many more people will fall ill tomorrow. It's better to go to that boat and deal with it overnight.

"Merchant ship, is it a big guy who escaped from Fengyang City?"

Fei Hong was careful: "Childe, it's hard to say that there are thieves on the ship." ”

Sun Yuan couldn't care about so much, and immediately made up his mind: "Let's go, let's go over and have a look." If it is a merchant ship fleeing out of the city, it is best, we have a history at hand, the merchant is afraid of the official, let him call the ship over. If it's a thief, kill it. Be careful not to alarm the people on board. ”

So, the group immediately took action and quietly touched that side.

After traveling for a long time, when I arrived at the river bay, there was a large merchant ship parked in the river in front of me. Because of the fear of revealing his whereabouts, there was no waiting on the boat, but a figure could be vaguely seen.

Sun Yuanyi waved his hand: "It's ready." ”

The donkey immediately led the ten men, bit the waist knife, took off his clothes and went into the water, and swam over.

When they swam to the side of the boat, Sun Yuan pushed Shi Daxiang: "Lord in charge, it's time for you to shout." ”

Shi Daxiang glanced at Sun Yuan angrily: "Thief, if I am an official of the imperial court on the ship, this official will definitely tell you about your identification of the Yan Governor's Mansion, and the national law must not allow you." ”

Sun Yuan's face changed, and before he could speak, Shi Daxiang had already walked to the river and shouted loudly: "Who is on the boat, this official is Shi Daxiang, the director of the Nanjing Household Department in Fengyang!" ”

There was a commotion on the boat, and after a long time, the lanterns were lit up, and several people shouted: "Ah, it's an adult, we have seen you before, but we recognize you." By the way, who are you around? ”

Shi Daxiang snorted: "I don't know, I don't know." ”

The above exclaimed: "Why did you come together if you don't know each other?" ”

Sun Yuan was helpless, and arched his hand: "Sun Yuan, the grain chief of Rugao County, Lower Yangzhou Prefecture, please make it convenient for the boatman to let us get on the boat." ”

"Ah, it's Sun Xianggong, we know you! I'm going to tell my godfather. ”

Godfather, Sun Yuan was shocked, could it be ......

After a while, a figure stood at the bow of the boat: "It turned out to be Master Shi, our family heard your voice, hurry up, dock, pick up Lord Shi and Sun Liangchang and them on the boat." ”

Then the light of the lantern, Sun Yuan recognized that the person was Yang Ze, the eunuch of the Fengyang garrison, and was immediately shocked.

The sound of the piano just now, the person who played the piano must be Shaoyu.

And next to Yang Ze stood Shao Wei in military uniform.