This year's winter was particularly cold, but much shorter than usual, and it was not yet early February, and the land was already showing signs of recovery. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the southwest direction of Jiannan Road, there is a reed swing with a radius of more than 700 miles, and the waterways in the reed swing are criss-crossed, if there is no local guide to guide the way, outsiders will get lost in the reeds if they drive their own boats.

And it is precisely because of the weirdness and unpredictability of the reeds, as if it was made by a god craftsman, that it has been called a heavenly river.

During these days, the water of Tianhe rose unconsciously, and then overnight, the young shoots of the reeds also emerged, looking at a yellow-green from a distance, the reeds stood up like arrows, a gust of wind blew, and the brushes did not lose their stubbornness swaying with the wind.

At noon, several fishing boats were drifting on the water, and suddenly the boats were moving away like frightened fish.

Not long after the fishing boat disappeared, a two-masted officer ship raised its sails and came against the current, the black battle flag of the Tianhe Naval Division was hoisted on the mainmast, and more than a dozen officers and men of the Naval Division were sitting or standing listlessly crowded into the bow of the boat.

The waters of the Tianhe River are open, and the tributaries are connected to almost every river and lake in Jiannan Province, so it has naturally become an important waterway hub.

During the peaceful years of Jiannan Road, a large number of merchant ships traveled to and from the Tianhe River every day, and over the years, the water transportation route of the Tianhe River became particularly prosperous.

However, while the business was prosperous, it also made many small people breed evil thoughts, and gathered people to do the thiggling activities in the Tianhe.

In order to maintain the Tianhe River, an important economic lifeline, the imperial court set up a naval division here to be responsible for exterminating water thieves and also transporting military supplies for the imperial court.

When the thieves of Jiannan Dao were surging, the Tianhe Sailor could barely be in a safe corner with more than a dozen warships, but almost all the officers and troops on the land were defeated by the thieves, and the Tianhe Sailor did not dare to land on the shore at all, and was already isolated in the reeds of the Tianhe River by the thieves.

At this time, it was one of the main warships of the Tianhe Naval Division that scared away several fishing boats.

There are a lot of water thieves in Tianhe, but it is almost impossible to shake the warships of the official army and sailors head-on, the ships of the water thieves are much smaller than the warships of the officers and sailors, and the sturdiness cannot be compared.

Therefore, most of the officers and men of the sailor division were leisurely basking in the sun, enjoying the rare warm time in this winter, and occasionally when the ship approached, they would stand up vigilantly just in case.

An old soldier holding a spear in the bow of the ship craned his neck and asked the leading lieutenant, "Qiantou, do we really want to do this?" His tone was a little unbearable and confused.

When the captain who was sitting on the deck leaning on the side of the ship heard this, he immediately pouted angrily: "Old Bangzi, when you decided to do it, you agreed, and now it's too late to regret it." He snorted and said coldly: "In that fire, you didn't have a lot of lives on your hands."

The old man lowered his head, his wrinkled old face was pale and bloodless, and his eyes were full of helplessness and fear.

The lieutenant who was called Qian Tou glanced at Lao Bangzi, and said with a soothing expression: "Lao Bangzi, it's not that we are ruthless, but that there is really no hope for the future, and even the Longwu Army has been defeated, what can we do with the Tianhe Water Division?"

Lao Bangzi gritted his teeth and said, "But Captain Peng ...... them."

In the middle of the conversation, a one-eyed man standing next to Lao Bangzi pushed him violently, and interrupted angrily: "It's the surnamed Peng who is sorry for the brothers, he simply wants to be a loyal minister and wants to go crazy, and he plans to secretly go ashore to join the Longwu Army, I'm afraid I won't even see the shadow of the Longwu Army, and the thousands of lives of our brothers will be handed over to the hands of the Great Qin thief."

The old man sighed and couldn't speak anymore.

At this moment, a painting boat appeared in front of the Tianhe Navy Division's warship, the painting boat was luxuriously decorated, the flower windows were still tied with cotton silk, and there were two men in leather armor standing at the stern of the boat, both holding steel knives and staring at the warship vigilantly.

The officers and soldiers on the warship also immediately became vigilant, since the riot in Jiannandao, the water trade of Tianhe was almost cut off, except for some fishing boats on weekdays, there were hardly any boats, and at this time a gorgeous painting boat suddenly appeared, which inevitably made people suspicious.

Captain Qian hesitated for a moment, and immediately said to the one-eyed man: "Blind Chen, go to the cabin and keep a close eye on the people." As he spoke, a fierce color flashed in his eyes: "If the situation changes, you can kill it first!"

The blind man shouted his order and trotted into the cabin.

The boat was slow, but it was in the same narrow waterway as the warships, and the two boats could barely stagger across each other as they lined the waterway, lined with reeds.

When the two ships were separated by about ten meters, Captain Qian looked up and saw that on the deck of the bow of the painting boat, there was a **** couch, a square table, and a young man in brocade clothes sat on the brocade couch with his eyes closed.

Next to the square table, there is a girl wearing a big red cotton jacket, the girl is beautiful and unprovoked, her figure is enchanting, the thick cotton jacket can't hide her perfect figure at all, and a pair of willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes exude a charming style all the time.

Seeing that the painting boat was about to overtake, Captain Qian suddenly shouted: "Lower the sails, stop the boat!"

The officers and men on the warship also shouted, but their eyes were all focused on the girl, and their eyes all showed lustful colors, they had been on the water for too long, and their desire for women had almost reached the point of being difficult to control.

The old man turned his head, sighed lightly and shook his head, he knew very well what kind of tragedy would happen next.

Hearing the shouts of the officers and soldiers, the painting boat seemed to be unmoved, and still moved forward slowly, and a guard at the bow of the boat said unceremoniously: "Be quiet for the young master, if you annoy my young master, be careful of your heads!"

The officers and soldiers had already been fascinated by the girl on the painting boat, and where could they hear the warnings of the guards, and shouted arrogantly: "Lao Tzu is provoked, what can your young master do to us?"

The momentum of the samurai on the painting boat was not weak at all, and when he saw that the officers and soldiers were about to jump over, he immediately waved his steel knife in front of him, looking like he dared to swing his sword and cut people at any time, and said sharply: "Bold soldier thief, do you know who my young master is?"

The officers and men on the warship were enraged by the samurai of the painting boat, and they drew their swords and threatened: "Do you think you can scare people with a sword?" Be honest, otherwise it doesn't matter who your young master is, you will talk about it with a knife! ”

Captain Qian clasped his hands around his chest, and he had been watching coldly, and he might have been afraid of the other party's identity before. But this is not the same as in the past, he only needs to hold the knife in his hand to speak.

The guards of the painting boat were still arguing with the officers and soldiers, and a burly old man walked out of the cabin, and after waving his hand to drink the samurai back, he bowed his hand to the officers and soldiers with a smile on his face and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am really sorry, the people below do not understand the rules, if there is something offended, the old man is here to apologize to the military masters."

When the officers and soldiers saw that the other party was soft, they were even more unforgiving, and shouted: "Now there is a fart to talk softly, Lao Tzu suspects that you are water thieves, and immediately stop the boat for inspection, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu for not having long eyes with the knife in his hand!"

The burly old man made a bitter face and wanted to explain aloud, but the officers and soldiers on the warship were no different from thieves, and immediately a few impatient officers and soldiers jumped onto the painting boat.

But before the officers and soldiers could land, there was a sudden scream in the air, and several arrows flew in, and several officers and soldiers were still in the air, and they could not avoid it at all, and they were all shot by the arrows and fell down in desperate screams.

One of the officers and soldiers was shot through the shoulder by an arrow, and he was the only one who jumped on the boat who did not die on the spot, but before he could secretly rejoice, a figure rushed towards him, followed by a steel knife that shone with cold light.

Hearing only the sound of "poof", the faces of the officers and soldiers instantly became distorted, and their eyes were full of fear.

Rushing to the front of the officers and soldiers was the samurai who spoke just now, the samurai stabbed out with a knife, mercilessly stabbed into the lower abdomen of the officers and soldiers, and said with a murderous face: "Remember, the master's name is Wan Xiaodao, and when he becomes a ghost, he will come to the master for revenge!"