Le Zuo's temperament was very anxious, and after dawn, there were already three hundred soldiers gathered there in front of the Liu Mansion. Liu Ye took out a hundred people and divided them into five teams, each team of twenty people went to the local tyrants in Chengde to wander around, and one of them walked around in front of Liu's mansion. In addition, Liu Ye also instructed the soldiers to go around seven times a day, so that Liu Jian could discuss countermeasures with the local tyrants after three days. Liu Ye and Ma Hong took 200 soldiers a day later, plus 47 young and strong slaves, 23 old and weak slaves and 19 dancing girls to Shaobi Hu Xunxu Gan. All the two hundred soldiers were dressed as domestic slaves.

Everyone rushed for a whole day, and at dusk they arrived at the shore of Shaobi Lake, at this time the remnant sun was spread in the water, the ripples of the autumn wind were rolling in the remnant sun, and the ships in the distance were slowly approaching.

Ma Hong took a deep breath, bent down and put his hand into the lake, picked up a handful of lake water and washed his face, wiped the water droplets on his face with his sleeve, and said to Liu Ye, who was squatting aside to wash his face: "Senior Brother Ziyang, I want to ask, do you have a grudge against Xu Gan?" Why pick on him? ”

Liu Ye looked at the lake, his eyes were dull for a moment, and then he said: "I don't know Xu Gan, if you want me to answer, I will tell you that in addition to Xu Gan's money, there is a small reason for more food and grass." ”

Ma Hong sighed and said, "I think this small reason is the main reason!" ”

"Three years ago, here was a small ferry, there was a half-hundred-year-old man at the small ferry, the old man had a granddaughter, the first time I came to this ferry was four years ago, I was sixteen years old, the granddaughter of the old man was about thirteen or fourteen years old, a very clever girl, not pretty, but very attractive. Whenever I pass by in the spring, the maiden will give me a straw hat woven from grass; When I pass by this ferry in the summer, the maiden will give me some lotus leaves or lotus flowers; Whenever I passed through this ferry in autumn, the maiden would give me some of the shells she had picked up; The girl was very stubborn, and when I gave him a copper coin, she only took one. ”

When Liu Ye said this, the corners of his mouth trembled for a while and paused.

Ma Hong asked, "This girl is very interesting. ”

Liu Ye nodded and continued: "It's really interesting, I've passed back and forth from this ferry twenty-three times in two years, and I can receive gifts every time. Two years ago, there was a flood in Chengde, and I suddenly worried about the safety of the girl, so I came to this ferry to see her when the rain stopped, and fortunately the girl was still alive, but the old man was washed away by the flood. I wanted to take the girl to my house, but she refused, saying that she was afraid that her grandfather would not find her when he returned. ”

Liu Ye stopped again when he said this, reached into the lake and picked up a shell, looked at it carefully, paused for a while, and continued: "At that time, I saw that she was stubborn, and it was not good to rush to take her away, so I left. I quickly forgot about this after leaving, and I didn't go to the crossing for half a year, and when I went to the ferry again half a year later, the ferry boat was gone, and the girl was gone, but I saw her yellow dog. The yellow dog had a new owner, and I heard from the new owner of the yellow dog that on the third day after I left, Xu Gan led people to ransack the small village near the lake, and the girl was abducted by Xu Gan. ”

Ma Hong picked out a round stone from the lake, carefully counted it for a while, and said, "Well, this stone is very good, and I will tell the teacher your story when I give him the stone, I think the teacher will be very happy." ”

Liu Ye sighed, sat on the ground, and raised his face slightly to look at the sun. Ma Hong looked at Liu Ye's eyes, which were overly watery and exceptionally bright.

"So Senior Brother is very unhappy with Xu Gan, so he wants to do him?"

Ma Hong played with the stone in his hand and said slowly.

"Maybe!"

Liu Ye spit out three words.

The boat in the distance has docked, more than a dozen small boats, there is a person standing on the small boat at the head, a middle-aged man waved to the people on the shore with a smile on his face, and when the boat docked, the man jumped off the boat and asked loudly: "Dare to ask which one is Liu Ye, Liu Gongzi?" ”

Liu Ye stood up and said, "It's down there." ”

The middle-aged man walked over and said, "I am very happy to hear that Liu Gongzi is coming." Please come on board and talk. ”

Ma Hong looked at Xu Gan carefully at this time, he was about seven feet six inches long, about forty years old, his real age should be younger than his apparent age, because the wind and the knife left a lot of marks on his face. One of his eyes was blinded by a knife and covered with a black cloth. The remaining eye was full of energy.

After everyone got on the boat, Liu Ye, Ma Hong and Xu Gan sat alone in the cabin. Liu Ye introduced Ma Hong to Xu Gan and said that Ma Hong was his brother Liu Liang.

After that, everyone fell into a short silence, Ma Hong and Liu Ye's faces were full of sadness, the sadness seemed to freeze the lake, Ma Hong admired Liu Ye's acting skills in his heart, and Liu Ye also appreciated Ma Hong's expression in his heart.

Xu Gan saw that the two of them were so low, so he coughed and said: "Two brothers, don't be too sad, although Yuan Shu forced you to leave your hometown, but your life is still there, this is more important than anything else." ”

Ma Hong sighed, tears flowed out instantly, slapped the square table with one hand, and scolded: "Yuan Shu's guy not only robbed my Liu family's property, but also occupied my Liu family's land, fortunately, my brother was resourceful and escaped with us, but my parents and my brother's family were almost all killed by Le. ”

At this time, Liu Ye's eyes were red, he sniffed, tears popped out like broken threads, he patted his thigh and said: "Fortunately, Brother Xu is willing to take us in, otherwise we will have no place in Yangzhou." ”

Xu Gan took Liu Ye's hand and comforted: "Brother Liu, my brother is a rough person, I don't know how to comfort people, but since Brother Liu has come to defect to my brother, my brother naturally can't treat Brother Liu badly, in the future, I will be the boss in the village, you are the second, let's fight against Yuan Shu together, how about it?" ”

Liu Ye sniffed, Peng Teng knelt on the ground, and shouted, "Big brother, please accept the little brother." ”

Xu Gan hurriedly grabbed Liu Ye and said, "Brother, there is a brother, don't worry, you will fight against that Yuan Shu to the end." ”

There are four small islands in the center of Shaobi Lake, all of which are not far apart, and one of them is called Liudao by Xu Gan. Most of Xu Gan's subordinates are stationed on this island, Xu Gan's subordinates include the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, ordinary people, and some of the rogues that Xu Gan has integrated, plus the wives of Xu Gan's subordinates, there are nearly 3,000 people living on the four islands, including more than 1,500 young and middle-aged people. This time, Liu Ye brought more than a dozen glamorous dancers and some jewelry, which really made Xu Gan very happy.

When Ma Hong landed on Liudao, he looked at this island, and saw that its terrain was dangerous, there were mountains on the island, and the woods were dense. Xu Gan is an excellent leader, Ma Hong can see from the eyes of his subordinates that they worship Xu Gan, they are willing to work for Xu Gan, so they take advantage of people. With the two advantages of people and geographical advantages, coupled with the fact that Le is not good at water warfare, and does not have excessive military talent, it is normal that he has not defeated Xu Gan three times.

However, what Ma Hong cares about is that the soldiers of Lejiao captured by Xu Gan are now following Xu Gan. When Ma Hong asked why, they said that Xu Gan was very good to them, and they seemed to be really alive here.

The lake wind blew through the trees, the leaves rustled, and a group of women carried wooden basins to the lake to do laundry, they talked and laughed, their eyes full of happiness; In the woods, a group of children are running around, playing games that Ma Hong doesn't know; It is rumored that Xu Gan is brutal, but Ma Hong sees the scene here, but he doesn't know how to evaluate Xu Gan. When he arrived on the island last night, it was late at night, so Xu Gan arranged a place to live for the people brought by Liu Ye, and told Liu Ye that he would pick up the wind and wash the dust for everyone tonight.

After Liu Ye arranged the people he brought, he stayed with Xu Gan all day, while Ma Hong wandered around on this small island, and Ma San followed behind Ma Hong.

Ma Hong was tired of shopping, so he leaned against the tree to rest, when suddenly a cloth ball smashed on Ma Hong's head. Ma Hong smiled and picked up the cloth ball and looked at a boy who ran over, the boy was about eleven or twelve years old, his skin was very tanned, and as soon as the boy ran to Ma Hong's side, he shouted: "Brother, play with us!" ”

Ma Hong is only thirteen years old, and it is normal for him to be called brother by an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, but Ma Hong's psychological age is not thirteen years old.