Chapter 40: The Lonely Boat in the Cold River

I don't know how long it took for Yun Meng to wake up from his deep sleep, open his worried eyes, and find that the light in front of him was very dim, "It seems that the sky is not yet bright, but why do you feel that the sky is spinning, as if you are sitting on a boat." It seems that I didn't drink too much wine yesterday, and I still want to wait for the banquet to disperse and have a good chat with my brother, but I didn't expect to be so drunk. Also, why is it so cold in this tent, is it because the coals in the brazier have been extinguished? Yun Meng felt that everything was too chaotic to remember many things.

"Qingyao, water." Yun Meng felt the heat in his throat, so he called out to Qing Yao softly, but no one answered. "It is estimated that Qing Yao was too tired along the way, and he slept too heavily at this time. Forget it, let's get up and pour some water yourself. Yun Meng thought to himself, and his hands began to slowly grope for the edge of the bed.

"No, it's not like a barracks tent. What is this place? Yun Meng was secretly shocked in his heart. Because Yun Meng didn't touch it a few times, his palm touched something similar to a wall, and the other side and behind him were the same, where was there such a tent. Yun Meng shook his head vigorously again, it was not that he had not woken up yet, but that this place had been shaking from side to side. Yun Meng sat up with a grunt, rubbed his eyes vigorously, looked the place up and down, left and right with the help of the dim light, and listened carefully, and there was clearly the sound of water. This time I understood what kind of tent it was, but the cabin of a small boat.

"Someone, someone......" Yun Meng shouted loudly, and after a while, a beam of light shone in, stabbing Yun Meng quickly closed his eyes, and after a while, Yun Meng opened his eyes again, it turned out that the dark curtain in front of the cabin door was lifted from the outside, and the sunlight outside shone in, and Yun Meng saw more clearly through the sunlight, this is indeed the cabin of a ship. Yun Meng also noticed that at this time, there were two people leaning against the hatch on the left and right, looking at Yun Meng. Yun Meng looked out from the inside and saw it very clearly, these two Yun Meng didn't know each other, both of them were wearing black clothes, covered with black cloaks, and the feet seemed to be wearing black fast boots, and the waist card on the waist reflected the light of the metal in the sun, but it was not clear what words or patterns were on it.

The two of them look like they are about thirty years old, the one on the left has a short figure, a leopard head and eyes, and the one on the right is not tall, short and capable, but the eyes are not big but bright, these two just look at Yun Meng and don't speak. After a while, Yun Meng strengthened his courage and asked, "I don't know what the two of you are called?" Excuse me, why are you here? What's going on here? Shouldn't I be at Shouchun Camp......"

Before Yun Meng finished speaking, he was stopped by the person on the left waving his hand, and this person's voice was like a Hong Zhong, and said: "Gongzi asked too many questions, in fact, Gongzi and I are the same, we are also acting on orders, we can only say so much, as for the side, no matter what Gongzi asks, I will not say anything." ”

"Can you tell me where we're going?" Yun Meng asked again.

The two exchanged glances at the cabin door, and the person who spoke just now only said two words, "Jiangzhou". "Jiangzhou, why do you want to go to Jiangzhou?" Yun Meng became more and more puzzled in his heart, and wanted to open his mouth to ask, but he saw the person with small eyes and lowered the door curtain, and Yun Meng suddenly saw darkness in front of him.

Yun Meng was full of doubts and clueless, day and night, and did not know the hour, he stayed in this dark cabin, sometimes awake and sometimes groggy, and every once in a while, a pot of water and a bowl of food would be passed from outside the door curtain. Where does Yun Meng still have the heart to eat, what happened to him in a short period of time is too unbelievable, and the people around him are like evaporating from the world, I don't know where they have gone? Could it be that he was kidnapped by robbers? Or did you encounter something else......

It was quiet outside the cabin, except for the sound of oars hitting the water and the occasional call or two of waterfowl. Yun Meng also tried to lift the curtain of the door and go outside the cabin to see if there was a chance to get out, but the curtain could not be opened from the inside. So Yun Meng gave up this path, forced himself to calm down, and slowly reorganized everything. Yun Meng remembered that he followed Xu Hong to the Shouchun camp, it was already deep winter, the weather was very cold, and the wind was also very strong. There seemed to be some conflict in the camp that day, Brother Yin was very emotional and angry, but then it subsided, and everyone drank a lot of wine together, but what was the reason...... By the way, it was because of an official letter from the Ministry of Officials, and I felt that this matter was a little strange at the time, but what is the connection between this and what happened to me now? Yes, yes, Xu Hong, this person must be the key. Yun Meng seemed to remember everything, Xu Hong, black clothes, black cloak, waist card...... The two people outside the cabin were almost the same as Xu Hong's outfits, they should be in a group. Yun Meng continued to think hard, as if his brother had mentioned a name, but he was interrupted by Qing Yao at that time, what was it? …… It seems to be Jingzhou...... Jingzhou North Mansion! Yes, what Brother Yin was talking about at that time was this Jingzhou North Mansion. Yun Meng had served in the Jingzhou camp for several months, but he never knew that such a team existed, what exactly did this mysterious team do? Also, why did the man say that he was the same as them, and what did he mean by that? However, since it is related to Xu Hong, it must also be related to the teacher Huan Yuan.

So, Yun Meng waited for the water and food to be delivered outside, and wanted to test the two people outside the cabin. In order to conserve his strength, Yun Meng drank some water, leaned in the corner of the cabin, closed his eyes slightly, waited and listened. After about two or three hours, there was movement outside, and I heard what seemed to be a slight sound of footsteps from far and near. Then the footsteps stopped in front of the hatch, and then the dark curtain began to move, and in a moment a fresh breath blew in, but there was no obvious light to be seen. "It should be night." Yun Meng thought to himself. It looked like something like a kettle was handed in first, and then it seemed to be a bowl, and just as the small slit on the door curtain was about to be closed again, Yun Meng opened his mouth and asked, "The two people outside are from Beifu?" No one answered outside the cabin, but Yun Meng found that the small slit had not been closed again.

Yun Meng was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that Fang Cai's own words had worked. He struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Since the two of you are working for the Northern Mansion, you must also know the relationship between Yun Meng and Huan Yuan, the general of the expedition to the west. ”

"What if you know?" A voice came in, and it sounded like the one with a short figure.

Yun Meng thought to himself, "Finally speaking, as long as you are willing to speak, I will have a chance to find out the truth." Yun Meng continued: "I know that the two of you treat me like this, and you must have been on the orders of my teacher, but the general didn't let the two of you be injured or killed, right?" "There was no response from the outside.

Yun Meng then said: "The silence of the two shows that they are right. Think about it, why did the general go to such great lengths? If there is no hopelessness in the future, why not have a simple pleasure? ”

"And why do you say that?" Another voice came.

"Finally, I can't hold my breath anymore." Yun Meng thought to himself. Yun Meng paused for a moment before continuing: "It's just because of the deep love between master and apprentice, after all, there is more than ten years of love!" The teacher just wants to punish Yun Meng and teach me a lesson, hoping that Yun Meng will learn his way back. Yun Meng's words were not only like talking to himself, but also like he was saying to the two outside.

As soon as Yun Meng's voice fell, one voice said to another: "The younger brother feels that the eldest brother is too worried, if the head of the family wants to shut up this kid, he doesn't need to go far to Jiangzhou, just find a place to do it." Moreover, General Xu also told us a thousand times not to embarrass us. I don't know if I just want to scare and scare this kid, you and I don't take it too seriously, and the meaning is okay, after all, whoever offended us can't bear it. ”

"But is he really like us?" Another voice asked.

"What can it be, what can it be, maybe that kid is a son's life, but you and I can only be pawns. Big brother has to learn to be flexible in everything, don't take it too seriously. We can't grudge against this kid, and besides, he has nothing to do with you and me, no hatred or hatred, so why bother? The same voice said again.

"But, General Xu, did you explain that you want to take strict care of him?" The latter asked again with a little confusion.

When Yun Meng heard this, he felt that the time was almost up, so he interjected: "The two eldest brothers, I promise that I will never cause trouble for the two of you, Yun Meng just wants to be able to breathe outside the cabin, and I am about to suffocate to death in this cabin." ”

Then I heard the first person say: "Big brother, I don't think this kid's request is too much, these four times are all surging rivers, where can he go?" Just look at it, and if you don't say it, I won't say it, and that kid won't say it, who will know? ”

Yun Meng heard it: "It turns out that there are only these two people!" Where did Xu Hong go? What about Qingyao? ......" Yun Meng was thinking about it, when he saw that the curtain in front of him was lifted from the outside, and then a wind lantern shone in.

"Childe, you slowly get out of the cabin." A voice said, so Yun Meng followed the illumination of the light, bowed over, and slowly walked out of the cabin, because he had not been active for several days, his legs and feet were a little stiff and numb, and he was still a little unstable when he got out of the cabin, and the boat swung with the river, Yun Meng almost fell, but fortunately he was supported by a person beside him. After Yun Meng stood firm, he turned around and saw that it was the thin man who helped him, and Yun Meng arched his hand and thanked him. The man said to Yun Meng with an expressionless face: "The stern of the boat is wide, son, come with me." ”