There were also a man and a beast squatting on the boat.

The little girl's big eyes flickered, looking at Wu Ye curiously, full of vigor and vitality, like a little beast, there was a big yellow cat squatting beside her, like the little girl, with her front paws on the ground, squatting on the ground, her brown eyes were rolling around, staring at Wu Ye without blinking.

Wu Ye couldn't help but take a few more glances when he saw this pair of lively friends.

The little girl kindly reminded: "Come up again when the boat is stable." ”

The big cat's front paws also waved at Wu Ye, signaling Wu Ye not to worry.

Wu Ye smiled dumbly.

The ferry docked to the shore, and the little girl seriously put the rope on the stake before letting Wu Ye get on the boat.

Wu Ye stood on the boat, not shaking at all.

The little girl put the noose away and said, "Grandpa, it's all right." ”

The ferryman touched lightly, and the ferry made a wave of ripples and slowly sailed away.

The big cat jumped and stepped on the little girl's shoulder, still staring at Wu Ye with its head tilted, and the animal's instinct made it seem to notice that Wu Ye was unusual.

Wu Ye smiled: "Little girl, this dog you raise is so beautiful." ”

The little girl patted the big cat's head dissatisfiedly and said, "This is the cat." ”

Wu Ye then teased: "Oh, it's a pig, it's so cute." ”

The little girl rolled her eyes and said, "This is the cat." ”

Wu Ye was still about to speak, and the big cat meowed at Wu Ye angrily, proving that he was indeed a cat.

The little girl said angrily: "I hate it, I made Rhubarb angry." ”

The old man said, "Cuicui, don't be rude." ”

Cuicui hugged the rhubarb, walked to the bow of the boat and sat down, ignoring the flamboyant Wu Ye.

Suddenly, there was the sound of galloping horses' hooves on the opposite bank, and a feathered arrow broke through the air and shot at the ferry, Cuicui held the rhubarb, and had no time to dodge, and was about to be shot in the chest by the feather arrow.

The old man of the ferryman held the penny in his hand, and could only shout anxiously in the same place: "Cuicui, be careful!" ”

Cuicui watched the black feather arrow in front of her get closer and closer, and her thin body didn't know what to do. At the moment when the feather arrow was about to hit the body, there seemed to be a gust of wind blowing in front of her, and Cuicui opened her eyes again, and the feather arrow was gone.

The handsome-looking, but very annoying big brother stepped on the edge of the ferry, and the feather arrow in his hand was the feather arrow that almost killed him just now.

Wu Ye said softly, "Stand back." ”

Feathered arrows kept flying from the opposite side, and the sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer.

Cuicui was not happy to listen to Wu Ye's command, and several feather arrows flew on the opposite side, if it wasn't for Wu Ye's shot, they would have shot at her body long ago.

The old man hurriedly hugged Cuicui in his arms and hid behind Wu Ye.

On the dirt slope on the opposite bank of the river, a man who ran out first, stepped on the grass and slipped on the soles of his feet, and rolled down the slope in embarrassment, and the war horse behind him was in hot pursuit, and several feathered arrows shot at the place where he rolled down.

When the fleeing man came to the shore, he saw that the ferry was stopped in the middle of the river, and without thinking about it, he jumped on the zipline that crossed the river, and crawled towards the opposite bank with his hands and feet.

The cavalrymen who pursued him reined in their horses on the shore and shot arrows with their bows, which rained down on the fleeers.

The feathered arrows that had just been fired at the ferry were all stray arrows, but they were actually targeting this escaped guy.

The escapee was shot by a feathered arrow, screamed, and fell into the river, where a stream of blood bubbled out.

The cavalry raised his whip and ordered the ferry to dock immediately.

The old man did not dare to disobey the order, and put the ferry boat on the shore, and the three cavalrymen jumped on the ferry, scolding, and asked the old man to quickly swing the boat to the middle of the furnace river and salvage the wounded fugitive.

One of the fat cavalrymen scolded Wu Ye with cross-eyes: "Things that don't have long eyes, don't get off the boat quickly." ”

Wu Ye hurriedly lowered his head, jumped off the boat, and hid far away.

Cuicui hugged the old man's leg and said, "I want to be with grandpa." ”

The fat cavalryman kicked Cuicui away.

Wu Ye gently stretched out his hand and caught Cuicui, and Rhubarb took advantage of the cavalry's inattention to jump off the ferry and run into Cuicui's arms.

Seeing that Wu Ye caught Cuicui and was not seriously injured, the old man was relieved in his heart, and was pushed by the cavalry to helplessly hold up the penny and row towards the river.

The ferry came to the area where the escapees had just fallen into the water, and the three cavalrymen released their claws and shot into the water, but they did not catch anything.

The fat cavalry snatched the penny in the ferryman's hand and stirred it in the water, and found nothing new.

Wu Ye took Cuicui in his arms, his brows furrowed slightly.

"There, there's blood there."

The wounded escapees were still bleeding, and the blood drifted to the surface of the river to attract the attention of the cavalry.

Whoosh, three flying claws shot in there. The cavalry pulled hard, and the escapee, who had wanted to sneak to the surface of the water to breathe, was firmly hooked by the flying claws, and three more wounds were added to his body.

The cavalry pulled the escapee onto the ferry, and then dragged it to the shore, where the iron claws with inverted blades were deeply embedded in the escapee's body, and the river soaked it, and the blood from the wound flowed out and turned a miserable white.

The escapees lost so much blood that they fell unconscious and were dragged by the cavalry.

Cuicui couldn't bear to look at such a cruel picture, and used Wu Ye's sleeves to cover her eyes, and the rhubarb stepped on Cuicui's shoulder, and also learned from Cuicui and blocked her eyes with her claws.

The leader of the cavalry raised his whip and whipped it at the escapee, who instinctively twitched, but did not wake up. The leader threatened the ferryman and Wu Ye: "This guy killed Zhuang Chengling's youngest son, and he will be punished by five horses." Hmph, it is said that he is still a Zheng person. ”

Wu Ye's hand hidden in his sleeve clenched into a fist.

The cavalry tied the fleeer to the war horse and dragged it all the way, running in the direction of Cai Guo.

Cuicui waited for this group of fierce Cai cavalry to go away, and then hurriedly ran back behind the old man and said sympathetically: "That person is so pitiful." ”

The old man sighed, stroked Cuicui's hair with pity, and said, "Girl, everyone has their own life, and that is his life." ”

"Young man, are you going to Cai Guo?"

Wu Ye nodded.

The old man persuaded him: "Listen to my old man's advice, turn back as soon as possible, the old man will send you back to the other side, Cai Guo is a very vicious place, see that you are a scholar, go to Cai Guo and be careful that your life is not guaranteed." ”

"Oh, thank you for the reminder, but I have to go to Cai Guo." Wu Ye said.

The old man said: "Then you have to stay away from Shangcai City, the group of soldiers just now should be Zhuang Ke's subordinates in Shangcai City." I heard that Zhuang Ke received an order from Cai Pinghou last year, burned and robbed in the Yanling of Zheng State, burned half of the people in the city, and formed a blood feud with Zheng Guo, and the Zheng people of Cai Guo fled, and those who did not have time to escape were executed on the spot as soon as they were caught. ”

Wu Ye's face became more and more heavy, and he said goodbye to the old man, and his figure disappeared in place in a flash, leaving only a gust of breeze.

Cuicui's eyes widened in disbelief and said, "Grandpa, where was the big brother just now?" ”

The old man had lived back and forth in the Lujiang River all his life, and he was well-informed, and he suddenly understood that Wu Ye was not an ordinary person. said: "Cui'er, this big brother is not an ordinary person, he is a master. ”

Cuicui stood on tiptoe, gestured with her hand on the top of her head, and said with a smile: "How tall is it, is it as tall as me?" ”

The old man also smiled and said, "It's as tall as you and rhubarb." ”

When Rhubarb heard this, he immediately climbed on top of Cuicui's head and stood up, as if wondering how tall he was with Cuicuijia.