After sending away the city, Cao San untied the cable, paddled away from the dock, and headed towards Shouzhou City.

"This is Brother Li's knife, what a good knife!" Fan Li took out the Dragon Yin Knife from the cabin and handed it to Li Rong, with a look of reluctance on his face.

"Thank you for the compliment, there are still a few good knives there in the junior brother, it is better to give them to the eldest brother Fan." Li Rong took the dragon sword and said.

Of course, the Dragon Yin Knife could not be given to Fan Li, Li Rong went through many tests when he built the Dragon Yin Knife, and at the same time created several knives of the same shape, but it was not as good as this one, so it was sealed.

"Brother is too polite," Fan Li said, "How can Big Brother ask for your things?" ”

Fan Li is also a person who makes knives, and he loves the sword very much, so it is okay for him to give up the Dragon Yin Knife, but he does not want to miss the opportunity to get the same sword. It's something that money can't buy.

"This time, thanks to Brother Fan's help, I escaped a catastrophe, and a little thing is not enough to express the friendship of the younger brother." Li Rong said.

"We and other people should help each other when we are in trouble," Fan Li said.

"Saving people is the chivalrous heart of Brother Fan, but it is a fact that he can save the life of the younger brother twice, if the eldest brother saves him in the future, the younger brother will definitely help." Li Rong said.

Judging from Fan Li's behavior and demeanor, he is also a good man who will repay his kindness, and he is worth befriending, not to mention that Fan Li's Black and White Society is one of the top gangs in the Jianghuai area.

Fan Li no longer talked about this topic, and the two talked about sword techniques, martial arts, and even speculation. It turned out that Fan Li was nicknamed "Splashing Wind Knife", and he was good at making a three-foot horizontal knife, worshiping under Liu Xuan, the head of the Black and White Society, and was Liu Xuan's proud disciple, and was very famous in the Jianghuai area, and was regarded as the successor of the next head of the Black and White Society.

"Fengshen Knife" Liu Xuan is one of the eight grandmasters on the list, with a hand of "Water Moon Knife Method" to dominate the rivers and lakes, he is also the head of the Black and White Society, and the "Purple Lion King" Li Zhaokun, one is in the northwest of the town, and the other dominates the southeast. Both of them are grandmaster-level masters in the land list.

"It's a pity that I don't have good talent and can't comprehend the essence of the master's knife technique, so I really laughed and left." Fan Li sighed with some frustration.

Liu Xuan usually worked Fan Li, but Fan Li didn't seem to have a thorough understanding of the "Water Moon Knife Technique", so he could only choose other knife techniques.

"Lingshi's Shuiyue knife technique pays attention to change, I think Brother Fan has a cautious personality, so it is better to practice those fierce and simple knife techniques." Li Rong said.

Fan Li is tall and has long arms, amazing divine power, and a calm personality, so he is really not interested in the "Water Moon Knife Method" that emphasizes change.

"That's what the family master said to me," Fan Li said, "Brother Li has a deep insight into sword techniques, and the family master will definitely be happy to talk to you." He is in Sizhou this time, and my brother can accompany me to meet his tutor if he wants. ”

"It's an honor," Li Rong said.

"Fengshen Knife" Liu Xuan is a master master on the list, and he is also a master who is good at swordsmanship, if he can ask one or two, he will definitely benefit a lot.

Cao San drove the boat and went east along the Huaishui, and arrived at the river north of Shouzhou City in half an hour.

"Big brother, there seems to be a Shouzhou sailor searching the passing ships on the water in front, maybe it is to search for Brother Li, what should we do?" Cao San returned to the cabin and said.

"Zhao Gui, the assassin of Shouzhou, has a very good relationship with Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and it is not uncommon for him to come forward to mobilize the sailors." Fan Li said, "You just paddle over." ”

Cao San responded and turned around to row outside the cabin.

"Brother may have to be wronged for a while, Shouzhou Navy Division wants to search the ship, I am afraid that the face of the Black and White Society will not be very effective, in case the officers and soldiers insist on entering the cabin to search, I hope that my brother will cooperate. The boat has a hidden compartment in the bilge that allows people to hide underwater for a while. Fan Li said to Li Rong.

"There, too, is a last resort." Li Rong said.

On the river, the Shouzhou Navy Division arranged a row of boats and yachts along the north and south banks to block the river surface, exposing only a narrow waterway, where the officers and men of the Navy Division strictly inspected the boats.

Huai Shui shipping is busy, and there are many ships coming and going, waiting in long lines for the sailors to search and inspect.

"What are these officers and soldiers searching again? It was a waste of delaying our trip. One of the boatmen said disapprovingly as he looked at the long line of boats in the distance.

"I heard that it was to hunt down the Jiangyang thief, and someone sneaked into the Yue Wang's mansion and stole the Yue Wang's beloved sword, so the government sent someone to arrest this Jiangyang thief." The other boatman said mysteriously.

The shipwrecks talked a lot, but no one dared to raise objections to the officers and soldiers, and they all waited there honestly, listening to the officers and soldiers to search and inspect them.

"The thieves may be hiding in these brocades, and they should all be removed," shouted the two soldiers who entered the cabin to search for them.

"Master Jun, we are all businessmen, how can we hide the Jiangyang thieves, besides, there are people in the brocade, please raise your noble hand." The merchant on the ship laughed, and took out a few strings of money from his sleeve and handed them to the searching soldiers.

The officers and men took the opportunity of the search to rub the oil, and the merchants also knew this truth, and obediently sent a few strings of money, so that the officers and soldiers would not mess up the brocade silk and make it difficult to sell if it was dirty.

One by one, the ships were inspected and released, and they quickly headed downstream. However, it still took a lot of time for so many ships to be inspected, and it was already dusk when it was Cao San's turn to be in the boat, and everyone was very anxious.

Cao San rowed the boat to the temporary inspection office and waited for the officers and soldiers to search with peace of mind.

The two officers and men arrogantly jumped onto the boat, "Stand aside, we will search the cabin to see if there are any hidden river and ocean thieves inside." ”

Cao San's boat was quite old, and the draft was shallow, so at a glance it was clear that there was not much oil and water to fish, and the officers and men did not have a good face.

The two officers and soldiers bent down and got into the cabin, and when they saw Fan Li sitting in the cabin, they were taken aback, their expressions tightened, they held the short knife at their waists, and shouted at Fan Li and asked him to go out.

Fan Li said quietly: "Two military masters, the villain is from Sizhou, not a Jiangyang thief. ”

"Do you say it doesn't matter, go out and wait for the inspection," the officer said.

Fan Li shook his head helplessly, did not refute anything, and was not guilty of seeing the same knowledge as these ordinary officers and soldiers, so he stood up and followed the officers and soldiers out of the cabin.

"Who the hell are you, where are you going?" One of the officers and soldiers asked, and the other hurried back to the ship to report to his superiors.

"In Xia Fan Li, a native of Sizhou, I am going to go back to Sizhou, please ask the official to make it convenient," Fan Li handed over a string of money.

Fan Li is burly, his spirit is exposed, and he knows at a glance that he is not an ordinary person, no wonder the officers and soldiers are surprised when they see it, and they think that Fan Li may be a Jiangyang thief.

After a while, a man who looked like an officer in the sailor, and a rich man in brocade clothes beside him came over with several capable samurai.

"It turns out that Captain Zhang is here," Fan Li said to the officer, "Xiao Ke passed by Shouzhou and was about to go back to Sizhou, but he didn't expect to meet Captain Zhang." ”

"Master Fan, that gust of wind blew you here?" Zhang Ning smiled when he saw Fan Li.

Fan Li presided over the shipping in the Sizhou area of the Black and White Society, and he mostly dealt with sailors, so he knew Zhang Ning.

"It's not like the wind blowing back home," Fan Li said, "I want to go back early when I'm out for a long time." ”

"Master Fan, please," Zhang Ning said, "Master Li, this is the helmsman of the Sizhou branch of the Black and White Society, it can't be a Jiangyang thief who infiltrated the palace. ”

Fan Li is calm and unpretentious, but he is quite shrewd in handling things, and often gives regular examples to Zhang Ning and other officers and soldiers of the First Dry Water Division, and the relationship between the two sides is quite good.

"Slow down, this Fan Helm Lord is not a Jiangyang thief, but I don't know if there is a hidden in the ship, it's better to search it again, the Jiangyang thief is extremely vicious, and he must be arrested and brought to justice, so every ship can't miss it." Li Gui said.

A helmsman of the Black and White Society is not in Li Gui's eyes, although Fan Li's aura is strong, and his skills should be quite clever.

Zhang Ning's face changed, and he said to Fan Li, "Master Fan, the matter of chasing Jiangyang thieves is tight, I hope to forgive me." ”

"There, it's our duty to cooperate with the government to arrest the thieves," Fan Li glanced at Li Gui and said, "Just ask Captain Zhang to search." ”

Li Gui waved his hand and ordered the two Xuanyi guards beside him to search. The two jumped onto the boat, got into the cabin and looked at it, and returned to the official ship when they found nothing, shaking their heads at Li Gui to signal that they had not found it.

Li Gui groaned for a moment or two, and did not stop Fan Li's boat. Zhang Ning hurriedly ordered his subordinates to let him go.

Cao San hurriedly propped up the boat and left Shouzhou City far away.