In the blink of an eye, the first month has reached the end of the month, and the atmosphere of the New Year has gradually faded, the big red couplet posted on the gate has slowly lost its original bright color in the wind and rain, and some rape flowers in the field have bloomed, yellow, one by one, very dazzling.

The businessmen who had rested at home for a long time finally ended the days of being at home, and they also left their homes, said goodbye to their parents, wives and children, and went out to work hard.

Now is the time of the year when there is hope, people have accumulated the energy of the winter, and the future of the winter will be slowly realized from this time, everyone is beaming, everyone is full of ambition.

Ideals, before encountering the cold iron wall of reality, will always appear colorful and full of temptation.

However, in the Sanjiang Dart Game, a different scene was presented.

People have not yet recovered from the large-scale sale of property in the Sanjiang Dart Bureau and the compensation for the loss of darts, and suddenly heard an even more explosive news: "Mr. Fan of the Dart Bureau, Qiao Lao Dart Head and Nie Feng of the Fourth Year were all killed overnight. ”

These three people are local celebrities, have countless protégés and old friends, and are also famous in the rivers and lakes, and now they died overnight at the same time, and for the cause of their death, the dart bureau is secretive and has not been announced, so all kinds of rumors are circulating in the community, some people say that the dart game entered the top master at night, about the dart board competition, the dart board these three dart heads fought in response to the voice, but they were invincible, and were slaughtered; Some people also say that there was a fight within the dart game, which resulted in heavy casualties, and some people speculate that the dart game was designed by the enemy, and the food was poisoned, which finally led to the death of the three dart heads.

What is the real reason, almost no one knows, for the outside world's speculation, the people of the dart game did not come forward to clarify, just silently busy with their own business, the atmosphere of the dart game is very dignified, in a hurry.

The burial of the three darts is very grand, the current chief dart head Chen Qi participated in the whole process, and the old dart head's son Qiao Zhong did not become the new chief dart head of the dart bureau as many people imagined, he did not seem to have any complaints, at the funeral, he did not say a word from beginning to end, only weeping.

After the first seven, Mr. Chen held a general meeting of the dart board, made new arrangements for the dart board, and formulated new rules to officially take over the dart board. Mr. Chen took care of the families and children of Fan and Nie Dou, and promised that the dart bureau would take care of their two families, young and old, and promised to raise the children of the two families until they became adults.

For abnormal things, people will always burst out of strong intellectual curiosity, but also will produce endless imagination, so, after the New Year, people find a new point of interest, that is, to discuss the rights and wrongs of the dart game.

However, the dart game is still the same, continuing its business, low-key and calm, although it has suffered a heavy blow, but this will not make the dart game pout.

Mr. Xu, who came to the dart bureau as a guest, had already left first, he was going to Yangzhou, because the goods he was going to transport to Yangzhou were robbed, and now he had to re-arrange a batch of goods, it can be seen that he was very anxious, and he left the next day after the dart game's accident.

If you don't survive this time, everything will be in danger, Mr. Xu said.

In the early morning of this day, before dawn, two carriages drove out of the dart board, and the old coachman in the dart board drove the car, dressed as a long away.

The carriage was not ornately decorated, dark gray in color, mottled in paint, and it could be seen that it had been some years, but the carriage was very strong, the wood was made of hardwood, and the joints and tenons had been honed over the years, and they were still tightly fitted.

The curtains around the dart cart were tightly drawn, and it was impossible to see through the situation inside.

The sound of hooves was so crisp in the streets in the early morning that no one paid attention to these two ordinary carriages, and no one knew who was sitting in them.

The carriage went all the way south, and after leaving the city, it drove on the official road, and there were fewer pedestrians on the road, and the curtains of the carriage were lifted on both sides.

Through the car window, you can see that there are two people sitting in the car in front of you, one is Qiao Wu, the other is Qiao Zhong, although the curtains are opened, but neither of them speaks, Qiao Wu has been closing his eyes, sitting on one side and pretending to sleep, this is the case since he left the dart game, and Qiao Zhong is looking out of the window in a daze, with a blank expression on his face, as if he has nostalgia, and there seems to be no expression, the car has driven far away, and they still have not changed.

There were also two people sitting in the car behind, one was Yun Qi, and the other was the big man who was following Mr. Xu, named Xu Fusheng, different from the people in the car in front, these two were peeling peanuts and chatting at the same time.

Yun Qi originally wanted Qiao Zhong to have a carriage, but Qiao Wu said that he wanted to be with Qiao Zhong, so Yun Qi ran to another carriage.

Yun Qi was very curious about this big man, looking at him, he couldn't help but think of the teacher Hu Changhu when he was in the academy, they were all the same tall and strong, and they all spoke boldly and straightforwardly, although they looked scary, but if you really approached them, you would find that they were actually very kind and cute, much better than many people who were kind on the surface and treacherous in their hearts.

"Brother Xu, I used to hear people say that the people in Guangdong and Fujian are not tall, you must not be from Fujian, right?" Yun Qi asked casually.

"Xiao Qi! I am a standard Anhui people, to the ancestors of eight generations are Anhui people, without a hint of fake, I am just begging for a life in Fujian, according to my view of those Fujian people, most of them are not very tall, and perennial by the sea breeze, by the sun, so it is also darker, thinner, but not to say that everyone is like this, tall, white skin and a lot, you will know when you go to Fujian, strange to say, the little girl over there is white and tender, but also very hard-working and skillful, can make a good soup, is after marriage, I don't know howSoon it became dark and thin, so I was more worried that you would not be able to walk when you saw those white and tender little girls, and finally became an aunt in Fujian. Ha ha. Xu Fusheng said with a hearty smile.

Yun Qi couldn't help but swell. As he grew older, the adults became more and more fond of making jokes about it, and he became more and more afraid of hearing such jokes, and every time he heard it, he would blush and feel embarrassed.

"Brother Xu, I'm still young." Yun Qi said in a low voice.

"It's not small, in our countryside, it's normal to get married at the age of thirteen, it's completely okay at your age, you can have children early and enjoy happiness early." Xu Fusheng said with a big grin.

"And how many children do you have?" Yun Qi asked casually.

I don't want to, these words are like a sword, which was inserted into Xu Dahan's heart at once, I saw that he seemed to tremble, his eyes were confused for a while, a painful look appeared on his face, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Yun Qi knew that his words had touched Brother Xu's painful past, and he couldn't help but say apologetically: "Brother Xu, if you don't want to say it, just don't say it, I'm sorry, I shouldn't ask casually." ”

Xu Dahan raised his head and smiled bitterly at Yun Qi: "It's been eight years, I still can't get over this hurdle, every time I think of it, I feel that this heart is being kneaded hard, there are some things, I don't dare to tell my eldest brother, I dare not tell my brother, I have been stuffy in my heart for a long time, now, I will tell you about it, maybe, I will say it, my heart will feel better." ”

Through Xu Dahan's narration, Yun Qi knew the end of the story.

It turned out that this Xu Dahan lived in Quanzhou, Fujian, and since his ancestors, he went to sea as a sailor to trade with Southeast Asian countries at sea, and although his life was not very rich, he was still passable.

Eleven years ago, Xu Fusheng's father went to sea, encountered a strong wind and waves, and as a result, none of the people on the ship were saved, and all of them were fed to the Sea Dragon King, at that time, Xu Fusheng was just 20 years old, and there was an old mother in the family, a wife, and two sons, the eldest was four years old, and the younger one was two years old.

At that time, the imperial court's sea ban was already relatively strict, and running a ship became a dangerous job, and all sailors had to fight with the sky and pirates, even if they returned safely in the end, they had to always pay attention to the search of the government, and be cautious every day, like walking on thin ice

Xu Fusheng has also thought about leaving the sea many times and going ashore to do some business, but he really doesn't know what he will do except for strength and some martial arts, so he has been floating on the sea.

About six years ago, Xu Fusheng and the owner of the ship sold a lot of goods to the South Seas, and then transferred to Japan, this time they gained a lot and made a lot of money, everyone was very happy, saying that they could live a good life for a while when they went back, but they didn't expect that as soon as the ship docked, they were surrounded by the government, thousands of arrows were pointed at them, and there was fire. guns, and even cannons on the shore, and the owner of the ship, seeing this, knew that he could not escape, so he led all the sailors to surrender.

The government detained the ships and imprisoned all the sailors on charges of fornicating with the Japanese and breaking the sea ban.

After more than a month of detention, most of the sailors were released, and only the ship's steward remained in detention, and it was not long before rumors spread that the government was going to put all these men to death, and it had been reported to Beijing.

Xu Fusheng and the sailors who were released got together to discuss countermeasures, and some people suspected that there was a traitor among them, because the dock they docked at was very secret, and ordinary people did not know, and not many people knew the date of their return trip, and now the officers and soldiers arranged a large army to ambush there, indicating that they had premeditated and knew their situation well.

The traitor was investigated and not found, but the death penalty of the ship's owner and the leading brothers was near.

On the day of the execution, the brothers bought some good wine and sent them all the way, and the owner of the ship was tied to the execution post, raised his head and drank a bowl of wine given to him by his brother, looked up to the sky and laughed, and then said three words to the toasting brother.

"Which three sentences?" Yun Qi asked curiously.

"In the first sentence, I colluded with the Japanese just to do business, so that the poor brothers could have enough to eat, although I have no regrets."

"The second sentence, hateful Qian Song is too villainous, so that we can't enjoy wealth and glory."

"The third sentence, eighteen years later, he is a good man again, and he continues to lead everyone to the world together."

"Qian Song?" Yun Qi frowned, the name seemed to be somewhat familiar, and he really couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Xu Fusheng continued, on the day the owner of the ship was killed, everyone knew who the mole was, it was that Qian Song, so in the evening, they got together to discuss how to get rid of the mole, but that night, countless people broke into their village, razed their village to the ground, and slaughtered it, including Xu Fusheng's mother, wife and two young sons.

Only Xu Fusheng and a few sailors fought to the death to escape.

Qian Song, Yun Qi suddenly remembered, wasn't that the Qian housekeeper in Shannan Village called that back then? Yun Qi's heart shook violently, but he didn't dare to say a word.

Is there such a coincidence in this world?