In the direction of the pier, the flames are soaring.

Although he couldn't see the situation at the scene, Lu Zhongsu had already guessed seven or eight times out of ten, and at this time, he sat down on the ground in a daze, and he just kept repeating two words in his heart, "It's over."

Su You stood beside Lu Zhongsu, looking at the sky-high fire from the direction of the dock in disbelief, and didn't know how to comfort him for a while.

Lu Zhongsu stood up with difficulty, and said with a firm expression, "No, I'm going there to have a look, I'm not done with the people of the Zhang family." ”

Lu Sheng hugged him and cried "father".

Su You patted Lu Zhongsu on the shoulder and smiled sadly, "The matter has come to this, what's the use of going?" Moreover, the person who burned the boat was not necessarily the one who did it. ”

"But that's half my life's work! Whoever did it, I couldn't finish with him. Lu Zhongsu angrily broke free of Su You's hand and staggered towards the door.

Three months ago, Lu Zhongsu's ship was scuttled by all the people of Zhang's boat company at this wharf; Now, three months later, at this dock, his ship was once again in a man-made accident. - No matter who it is, there is only one result, and that is that he has nothing left again.

The young man can still make a comeback, but how can he, an old man who is about to die, repeat himself again and again?

The tears in Lu Zhongsu's eyes had quietly slid down his cheeks, and the tears flowed through his somewhat chapped skin and seeped into the flesh, and there was a kind of hot pain.

Lu Zhongsu resolutely opened the door, but there were dozens of brothers standing outside the door who had been following him.

"Boss" They all cried in their voices, it was the sad state of the rabbit and the fox, why not the time when the mourning soldiers would be gods?

Lu Zhongsu waved his hand, although he was short, he suddenly burst out with infinite fighting intent, "Let's go, let's go save the boat." ”

"Boss Lu, how about listening to me?" Su You grabbed Lu Zhongsu again and shouted in a deep voice.

Lu Zhongsu replied without looking back, "If you persuade me not to go to the docks, it's best to rot in your stomach?" ”

"In the middle of the night, you climbed the city wall and went out? Even if you get to the docks, will you be able to save the burned boats? After Su You asked these two questions, he put down the hand that grabbed Lu Zhongsu and promised, "But I can let you have a fleet again." ”

Lu Zhongsu obviously realized his impulse, and he finally turned around after asking Su You's two questions, and then stared at Su You and asked, "Why can you give me back a fleet?" ”

"Just because I said you were my people when I was in the county office." After Su You said this categorically, he raised the sword in his hand again, "If that's not enough, there is still the sword in my hand." ”

The dozens of people behind Lu Zhongsu were a little puzzled when they heard Su You's words, they didn't have any doubts about Su You being the people in the government, but they didn't expect him to be in a high position, but most of them still have this mentality now, "With his sword?" Is he a sword immortal? ”

If they knew that Su You was holding the Sword of the Son of Heaven, maybe they wouldn't suspect Su You, such as Lu Zhongsu at this moment.

After Lu Zhongsu listened to Su You's words, his eyes lit up, who would dare to burn the ship of Su You, a master of the three grades?

If Su You makes a move, maybe Zhangjiachuan can only bow his head and admit it, right?

"Then I will believe you again." Lu Zhongsu nodded, and after whispering to Su You, he turned around again, and said in a deep voice to those brothers who were full of puzzlement, "We can't go out of the city at this time, let's talk about this tomorrow, I'm tired for most of the day, you can go back and rest first." ”

With the prestige of the past, the anger of the crowd was suddenly suppressed by Lu Zhongsu, although they were puzzled, although they were unwilling, they still silently retreated to their rooms.

Su You looked at Lu Zhongsu and chuckled, "Fortunately, the goods on your ship have been unloaded in Liangjun, otherwise Zhang Xin would have hemorrhaged profusely this time." ”

Lu Zhongsu naturally heard the meaning of Su You's words, no matter what, something happened to Su You's ship within the jurisdiction of Pengcheng, and this matter still had to fall on Zhang Xin's head. -- Whether this was done by the Zhang fleet or by the government, the result was the same.

Lu Zhongsu guessed Su You's train of thought from this, and his mood relaxed a lot, and a rare smile appeared on his face, "Zhang Xin's face must be ugly at that time." ”

Su You looked at Lu Zhongsu's broad arms, nodded and said, "Okay, senior, go back and rest, let's go to Pengcheng tomorrow to find Zhang Xin!" ”

Tomorrow quickly became today.

The weather on December 20 was sunny again.

Su You and the others went out of the city gate early in the morning, and when they arrived at the dock, they found that Lu Zhongsu's more than 20 boats had already been burned to the ground.

Lu Zhongsu's father and son and the more than 100 people behind them looked at the ruins of the ship after it was burned out, and their hearts were extremely uncomfortable, after all, these ships were built by their own hands; Although it took only three months to build these ships, they carried their lifelong hopes.

Su You could understand their feelings and wanted to comfort them, but he didn't know how to speak.

was in the embarrassing season, but I heard Wang Bodang rush back and report, "Sir, the few boats that docked just now promised to take us to Pengcheng, but they are all cargo ships. ”

Su You nodded and said with a smile, "We haven't been on a cargo ship?" Give them more fare to get on the boat and let them hold on faster. ”

Uncle Wang went as promised, and after the tea, everyone began to get on the boat in an orderly manner.

When the several boats hired by Su You headed for Pengcheng, it was the busiest time of the day at Pengcheng Wharf, with more than 1,000 laborers constantly carrying grain back and forth on the ship, and Zhai Rang, like other ordinary laborers, also had to participate in carrying grain to earn money.

Zhai Rang was wiping his sweat with a towel when he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and then saw dust flying.

Looking at the nearly 1,000 military horses fanning around the wharf, Zhai Rang thought a little puzzled, "Why are these officers and soldiers coming to this wharf early in the morning?" ”

Zhai Rang was stunned, but he heard a little brother who was good with him hurriedly said, "Brother Zhai, you go quickly!" They're definitely here to get us! ”

Zhai Rang was taken aback, and then realized the seriousness of the matter, of course he also thought of the truth that disaster comes from the mouth, in fact, when those angry partners killed people, he also thought about killing the county order, but after all, he was still too soft-hearted.

"What will you do if I'm gone?" Zhai Rang immediately thought of the consequences of his escape, and his mind of escaping swayed for a while.

"The law doesn't blame the people, but you are the leader, as long as they can't catch you, what can they do to us? If we don't admit it, it's just that! The little brother was also in a hurry, and kicked Zhai Rang into the river with one kick.

Zhai Rang was still sweating profusely just now, and he was almost frozen and cramped after entering the water, but he also knew that it was a good intention to kick his brother, so he dived straight into the river.

At this time, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers on the wharf had already formed a siege of the laborers, and one of the first generals waved his long knife and ordered, "Where is the thief Zhai Rang?" ”

The laborers were all dazed, and the room was silent for a while, and they all shook their heads silently.

The leading military general obviously thought that Zhai Rang would not be captured easily, otherwise he would not have brought such a person here, so he then shouted, "Kneel down with your heads in your hands, and dare to disobey the captor and kill him!" ”

In the face of nearly a thousand officers and soldiers, although the unarmed laborers were equal in number to them, they finally fell into a dead silence because of the lack of a soul figure.

The leading generals are obviously in a dilemma, how can they collect their troops if they can't catch Zhai Rang? If you just let these people go, how should you explain it?

When Zhai Rang first surfaced, it was when the leading military general said that he wanted to hunt him down, and of course he couldn't hear the general's questioning; At that time, he was extremely afraid that he would be discovered as soon as he appeared, but when his head came out of the water, he found that he was surrounded by all kinds of fire-burned planks.

Zhai Rang didn't have the heart to think about where these large and small burned wooden planks came from, he just wanted to swim to the other side as soon as possible, and then find a bush or something to hide.

When Zhai Rang came out of the water for the third time, he saw a cargo ship rushing in front of him, and when he just wanted to enter the water again, he found that the clothes on his back had been grazed.

"The officers and soldiers are even on the water?" Zhai Rang only had this sad thought in his heart, and when he wanted to get off the hook and leave, he was already caught on the boat.

Zhai let Qing know that he could not escape death, so he simply pretended to be dead.

Zhai Rang was lying on the ground, feeling that someone was walking around him for half a circle, and said inexplicably, "This is a dead man?" Could it be that there were still people on our boat yesterday? ”

"Zhai Rang?" A Zhai rang a somewhat familiar voice exclaimed, which made him slowly open his eyes; The person who appeared in front of Zhai Rang was Lu Zhongsu, and this ship was one of the ships hired by Su You.

When Zhai Rang saw that the person in front of him was an old man and not an official soldier, his body finally trembled, and his mouth trembled, "Uncle Lu? ”

Su You looked at Zhai Rang and couldn't help but nodded, this Zhai Rang is really not simple, he was obviously so cold that he was about to faint to death, but he could still hold back the feeling on his body with perseverance.

Lu Zhongsu hurriedly helped Zhai Rang take off his wet clothes, and ordered someone to get the stall, and then pointed to Su Youdao, "This is the imperial history of the dynasty, Su Yushi." ”

"The criminal Zhai Rang has seen Su Yushi, since Su Yushi has caught the criminal, please be sure to let those innocent people go."

"Who said I was going to arrest you? You think I'm in the company of those guys on the docks? After Su You asked this, he ordered again, "Senior Lu, you first help this guy change his disguise, so that no one will recognize him; The others disembarked with the officer. ”

In just a few words, Su You's boat had already approached the dock.

When Su You was about to step off the boat, several guards on the dock ran over and said loudly, "General Song, the commander of Pengcheng County, is here to handle the case, and the idlers should not go ashore at this moment." ”

Miscellaneous people, etc.?

Before Su You could answer, Lu Zhongsu had already shouted loudly, "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, this is the imperial historian and the envoy of the southeast economy, and you don't want your commander to hurry over to greet him?" ”

A few small soldiers were coldly scolded by Lu Zhongsu, looking at Lu Zhongsu's momentum, it didn't seem to be a fake.

When he looked at Su You again, Su You took out his waist card and shook it, then raised his sword again, and said coldly, "This is the sword of the Son of Heaven, you can cut it first and then play it." ”

How dare a few creeps doubt it? So Su You's people got down to the dock one after another.

General Song, the commander of Pengcheng County, that is, the leader of the officers and troops just now, also trotted all the way at this time, with a trembling look on his face.