At dusk, two patrolmen wearing blue and black military uniforms went from store to store to inform them that the river would be closed tonight.

Gu Changhuai asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Last night, several bandit warships tried to break through the blockade of the Hongjiang River, and there was a fierce battle, and a thief ship rushed out, and now the top of the Qingjiang River is being searched."

"If you can't find it, won't you still be able to leave?" The eyebrow scar said.

"The three hundred miles of waterway up are all the world of the Qingjiang water camp, unless the water bandits scuttled the boat and hid it at the bottom of the river, otherwise you don't have to worry about it." A guest dressed by a local in the wine shop said, he was wearing a homespun brown coat, about twenty-six or seventeen years old, his thin and swarthy face was well-defined, his eyes were as clear as water, and his whole body was full of calm and elegant atmosphere. Everyone thought: Who could this Lord Xu be? It turned out that the horse gang of Henan Mansion was attached to the Qingyan Army, and there were not twenty but eighteen of the Qingyan Army who could afford the name of "Lord Xu", the most famous of which was Xu Boying, one of the "Little Six Jun". Fenglingdu is on the edge of the Blue Flame Army's power, and the person in charge here will only be a middle-level general, and everyone didn't expect him to be Xu Boying.

In these years, there were a certain number of escorts for the merchant ships that traveled all over the country, and more than ten or twenty merchant ships formed a fleet that could fight against ordinary bandits. Passenger ships pay a fee and follow the merchant fleet. Compared to other places, the water surface of the Qingjiang River is calm, and there is nothing to worry about a bandit ship that breaks out of the blockade line.

Gu Changhuai saw that he couldn't sail at night, held the wine bowl, frowned and sniffed, and shouted at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, do you only sell this kind of wine in this store, and you rely on this wine to survive the long night, what is the taste in your mouth?" ”

A month ago, the ban on commerce was lifted, and all kinds of people poured into the Lishui River Valley, and the first to enter Xuancheng and Lishui City, in addition to the shrewd and far-sighted merchants, were the eyes of various forces.

When Xu Boying walked into the wine shop, he had already noticed that several people were not weak, Xu Boying's cultivation was not high, but his eyesight was not weak, and the man who shouted that he was complaining about wine could not see through his depth, even if his cultivation did not reach the first grade, it was not far behind. The young Confucian sitting opposite him, the Scarface man at the next table, and the stunning woman who put her sword on the table at will all have a second-grade cultivation, even that beautiful girl, and she is not much weaker than herself.

Xu Boying said to Gu Changhuai with a smile: "Look at the momentum, the north wind will not stop tomorrow, and when I arrive in Xuancheng or Lishui at night, I will have a few good wines to try." Thinking of something, he turned around and asked the shopkeeper, "Did the Mei family's boat pass?" ”

"I haven't seen it yet, but the wine in Mingyuelou is very limited, and it can only supply the two restaurants in Lishui City and Xuancheng, I can't cut it off, even if I cut it off, I don't have the capital to buy it in this store."

"The Xuandang family of Tianshui Village has drunk a jade pot of spring snow, and he has been thinking about it in his heart, and he wants to open a restaurant to drink all day, you go to him, he has the ability to intercept a few jars of wine."

"Xuan Bandit has long intended to open a restaurant with me, but there is no wine, and I can't think deeply, Lord Xu said so, I just go to the river and wait, look at the hour, the Mei family's fleet is almost here."

Gu Changhuai heard the name of "Jade Pot Spring Snow" for a long time, but he didn't have a chance to taste it, hearing Xu Boying say this, his eyes were stunned, and the green tendons on his neck were exposed, and he asked: "What are you talking about, but the jade pot Spring Snow in the Mingyue Tower in Yongyang City?" The owner of this shop is going to intercept the jade pot spring snow? ”

Xu Boying smiled faintly and said: "The 'Jade Pot Spring Snow' can't be intercepted, and Yun Qingxu doesn't give anyone face, even his son-in-law, Jiang Lingtian, the governor of Yongyang Mansion, can't drink a few meals a month. ”

"I know this, non-celebrities and heroes are not allowed to drink, even when Xu Ruyu first went to Mingyue Tower, he could only drink on the second floor." Gu Changhuai was slightly disappointed, but he couldn't taste the most famous wine in the world, and he could talk about people who love wine.

"When Xu Ruyu was in Yongyang, he picked three pots of jade pot spring snow in Mingyue Tower and gave it to him, but he used it to reward the soldiers who fought bravely to kill the enemy, Mr. Gu was not in Yongyang City at the time, otherwise with Mr. Gu's cultivation, kill a few more bandits, and the jade pot spring snow has to be drunk every day." The sleeve sitting on the side said suddenly.

At that time, when he was in Yongyang, he picked three pots of jade pots for spring snow in Mingyue Tower, one pot was put into the well spring, and the people in the city drank together, and two pots were rewarded to the soldiers who fought bravely to kill the enemy. However, at that time, Donglin would protect himself, and seeing that the situation was unfavorable to Donghai County, he withdrew all the forces in Yongyang City. After the war in the East China Sea was settled, the Donglin Society's most profitable salt industry in Yongyang was heavily taxed by Xu Ruyu.

Gu Changhuai couldn't hear the ridicule in his sleeves, and he was embarrassed, "Hehe" laughed twice and didn't speak.

Shui Ruying said: "Shoujun Xu Xing pacified the Puji bandits, picked Mingyuelou to reward Xu Xing for the people of the East China Sea, and brewed 'Yuntianyuan', this wine uses the secret blending recipe, and the base material used is the jade pot Chunxue that has been aged for 30 years, but I have heard of its name, but I have not heard the aroma of the wine. ”

Xu Boying didn't know the identity of everyone, he was unconscious, and said with a smile: "Pick Mingyuelou and brew 'Yuntianyuan' a year ago, I heard that there are only three altars, about seventeen or eighteen pounds, I heard the girl say this, when the altar is opened, I have to stand closer, so as not to regret it later." ”

Shui Ruying smiled and said: "Of these three jars of wine, one jar will definitely be sent to Qingjiang, and with the surname of General Qingfeng, Lord Xu will definitely be able to get a cup." ”

Gu Changhuai shouted to himself: "A jar of wine is only a hundred cups, ah, ah, if Xu Ruyu can really enjoy with the people, it will be too late to defect now." ”

Hearing that he had the idea of defecting to others for a glass of wine, he smiled and said, "Mr. Gu, could it be that the Donglin Club also used wine to lure you over?" ”

Xu Boying's heart moved, he remembered someone, stood up, and asked politely: "Mr. Gu Changhuai, who is addicted to alcohol?" ”

Gu Changhuai laughed, looked at the sleeve and said, "The sleeve has always been partial to the Qingyan Army, I think it's for General Liang's sake?" Sleeves ignored it shyly, and wrote on the table with chopsticks: "So what? ”

Gu Changhuai laughed again, glanced at Xiao Yizhi, and then said to Xu Boying: "Gu Changhuai, who is addicted to alcohol, should not be the word sir." ”

Xu Boying vaguely guessed the identity of the young Confucian student, and when he saw that he didn't get up to tell him, he thought that he didn't want the others in the store to know, and said, "Xu Boying welcomes you to Qingjiang." ”

Sleeve said coldly: "We are not with them, it seems that you don't need to welcome them together." ”

Xu Boying was slightly stunned, he had heard of Sleeve's surname, and he couldn't mind her, but the matter of Shui Ruying was too sensitive, Xu Ruyu was in Fuzhou, and no one could make the decision for him in this matter.

Xu Ruyu and Youli have been married for nearly two years, and they have no heirs, but this matter of concubine is very normal in the eyes of the world, but Xu Ruyu is dedicated to Youli, even Jue'er is not included in the room. Everyone discussed in private, but they didn't dare to propose to him a concubine in person.

At this time, Shui Ruying appeared in Qingjiang Mansion, and the things that caught the wind and shadows two years ago would be boiling again, and Mrs. still had a taste in her heart. Jiang Youli is a flower boat piano artist, and Shui Ruying is also a flower boat piano art, which is harmful to Xu Ruyu's reputation. Xu Boying didn't admit it, but he was seen through by the sharp-minded sleeves at a glance.

Shui Ruying's face turned pale in an instant, and the eyes of the waves immediately dimmed, and he was especially pitiful when he saw it.

Xu Boying smiled bitterly and said to his sleeves: "Liang Bao is in the army not far from here, I want to pass on the book to him to greet him in the starry night, isn't it more appropriate than me?" ”

"Where's going to pick him up? We're just passing through here. ”

Xu Boying thought to herself: Even if she offended her, she will definitely not be able to fall on the shore in Xuancheng with the arrogance of water like a shadow, I hope Liang Baomo will blame me.

The next day, the passenger ship hired by Shui Ruying and Jue'er went to Xuancheng with the merchant fleet, and Sleeve Er regretted in his heart: if he didn't admit it, he wouldn't recognize it, and now if he goes ashore in Xuancheng, he will only let him look down, but unfortunately he can't see Liang Bao again. Shui Ruying has not had a smiling face since yesterday, only holding a book, sitting all night, and not turning a few pages, her face is much paler.

The riverside is littered with stones, the withered yellow river reeds blow a lot to the river wind, and the new reeds in the miscellaneous are newborn, and the new green dots. When I was about to reach the mouth of the Hongjiang River, I saw hundreds of sergeants resting on the gentle slope of the west bank, many of them with blood stains on their bodies, thinking that they had just returned from a fierce battle. Hearing about Xu Ruyu's courage in governing the army, everyone went up to the deck to see the armor soldiers by the river.

Liang Bao took off his leather armor, placed it on the river stone on the side, rolled up his sleeves, and immersed his right arm in the cool river water to wash away the bloodstains. The fleet was slowly coming, Liang Bao glanced at it, and saw that it was a fleet composed of private merchants in Jiangjin, knowing that such a fleet was the easiest for the eyes of various forces to penetrate in, he stood up and ordered the resting soldiers to leave the riverside and avoid the sight of the fleet.

The sails were puffed up, and in the blink of an eye, the flotilla sailed in front of us, and the long streaks of water cut through the surface of the waves. Liang Bao took a rough look, pointed at the reddish-brown river stone and went ashore, and when he climbed the river embankment, he felt that the wind suddenly gathered in his ears, and something was coming. Sideways to avoid it, he reached out and grabbed the copper coin just past the corner of his eye.

If you can shoot a copper coin a hundred steps with your wrist strength alone, that person's cultivation should not be weak. Liang Bao frowned slightly, turned around, and went to find the man. Jingwei beside him also noticed the abnormality, pulled out his weapon to protect Liang Bao in it, looked at the fleet with a solemn expression, and took out his horn and blew the trumpet, ready to warn the warships patrolling nearby.

Liang Bao waved his hand and said, "The copper coin has no strength, it doesn't seem to be malicious, let the fleet come over." But his eyes have been wandering over the flotilla of forty or fifty feet long.

Standing up from behind the boatman with his sleeves like a shadow, the corners of his mouth pursed, thinking: You have to stand up to recognize me, seeing Liang Bao standing there dumbfounded, he sneered and laughed, and said: "He hasn't changed like this." But seeing that Liang Bao was shocked, he waved his hand as if he was relieved to let the fleet leave as usual, and his face instantly turned blue, and he just thought: This dead man finally has a new relationship in Xuancheng, no wonder Xu Boying pretended not to know yesterday. I felt that it was dark in front of me, and my body couldn't stop trembling lightly, and Liang Bao, whose figure had become blurred, heard the sound on the river embankment, but there was only a buzzing sound in my ears, and I couldn't hear what it was.

After a while, I relieved myself, took a few breaths, and my heart became more and more depressed, and I couldn't stop panting.

"What's wrong?" Shui Ruying, then he saw the abnormality of the sleeves.

With tears in his eyes, he bit his lower lip and walked to the cabin without saying a word. Shui Ruying comforted for a long time, asked the original reason, took a sip of water, and before he could swallow it, a "fluttering" laugh erupted, and said: "I saw that you didn't take Liang Bao seriously, why are you so sad now?" ”

"How did I know it would be like this?"

"You didn't hear what Liang Bao said clearly?"

With tears on his face, Chu Chu said pitifully: "He waved us away, what can he say?" I felt a buzzing in my ears, and I didn't hear a word. ”

Shui Ruying sighed: "I don't know where the love starts, and it goes deep." He is in military affairs, and it is inconvenient to see him, so let's wait for him to go back in Xuancheng. ”

"Did he really say that?" Sleeve suddenly grabbed Shui Ruying's arm, then smiled shyly, let go of Shui Ruying's arm, and whispered: "Who said that he came to look for him, we were just passing by Xuancheng." ”

Shui Ruying hugged her lightly in her arms and said, "This time you will stay in Xuancheng." ”

Sleeve'er's face changed, and she said hurriedly: "I'll leave a letter for Liang Bao, I'll go to Le'an with you, Sister Ruying has no home, how can Sleeve'er leave?" As he spoke, he sobbed in a low voice.

"You and I need to say goodbye eventually, so why wait for him to say?"

In recent years, Shui Ruying's heart has been depressed, and people have gradually decreased, especially Xu Boying's attitude yesterday made Shui Ruying's last expectations in her heart shattered, how could she leave her at this time, no matter how Shui Ruying persuaded her, her sleeves just shook her head.

The two of them hugged each other and cried for a while, until the flotilla turned into the Lishui River in the evening, and the two stopped their tears. Shui Ruying was about to go ashore, but he didn't let his sleeves stop, and said: "I'll write a letter for people to take it, and I can't let you feel wronged." ”

"Since you're here, you have to see Liang Bao before making plans."

"It's gone, it's gone, who told him to let me go today, I don't want to see him again."

The two of them argued, and there was an uproar outside the cabin, and the two pushed open the cabin window to look out, but saw Jiang Youli and Jue'er leading more than ten people to stand on the stone steps of the river port and look this way.

Shui Ruying was flustered for a while, and saw that his eyes were red and swollen, mottled with fat powder, and messy green silk in the bronze mirror, and thought: Won't it be here to greet me? But even if the most important people in the fleet are Shao Haitang, uncle and grandson Fangwu, etc., who can come forward, why do you need Jiang Youli to come forward to greet them?

Sleeve said: "Xu Boying is not bad, Jiang Youli came to us. Sister Ruying, dress up quickly, don't compare her. ”

Xu Boying said yesterday that after seeing Shui Ruying, she thought: With her proud surname, she will definitely not want to go ashore, Xu Ruyu said that she may not say anything, but Liang Bao will resent me in her heart, so she sent someone to inform Jiang Youli overnight, and she will set the decision. In the afternoon, Jiang Youli, Jue'er, Tingxue and other female officials came to Lishui City, and learned that the fleet had turned around the estuary and waited at Lishui River Port. I don't know the twists and turns of the encounter between Sleeve and Liang Bao on the way, seeing that Shui Ruying and Sleeve have not shown up for a long time, Jiang Youli still hesitates in their hearts. Shao Ruyan gently kicked a stone into the water, and her eyebrows wrinkled impatiently.

The shadowy figure of the water stepped out of the cabin, and behind her was a pretty and pleasant sleeve.

Jiang Youli said with a smile: "Sister Ruying, I haven't seen you for two years, and you have lost a lot." ”

Jue'er saw her thin and muscleless appearance, and felt a heartache for no reason, seeing that her eyes were slightly swollen, she thought that she had just cried, and remembered that she had the same experience as her, and couldn't help but feel gloomy for herself. I thought to myself: I can always be there for him. Shui Ruying was afraid that she also hoped for this, but she couldn't let go of her dignity, so she always had to think of a way to give her a reason to stay.

Shui Ruying and sleeves can talk about Xu Ruyu's old man, Xu Ruyu's whereabouts, Jiang Youli naturally did not hide it from them, but the war in Fuzhou is far away, and I don't know when it will end. Liang Bao was recalled on the third day, and his military affairs on the west bank were handed over to Wei Yu and Feng Yuanyuan respectively.

On the eighth day, Xu Ruyu sent back an urgent message from Fuzhou, inviting Shui Ruying to serve in the Qingyan Army.

Shui Ruying has been floating around the world with the flower boat since she was a child, until she runs a flower boat by herself, although she is studying the piano art, but she has a wide range of knowledge, no less than a man, and everyone does not doubt whether she lacks ability. Another layer of concerns was brought to the table and said that Shao Haitang, Xu Boying and others had to say that there was no suitable position.

Jue'er knew what they were thinking, and couldn't help but be angry in her heart, stood up and said: "I don't have the ability to do it after all, it's better to let Miss Ruying take care of it for me, the general affairs of General Qingfeng's Mansion have always been taken care of by uncles and uncles, it's not always appropriate, it's better to set up a female official, but I can do this." ”

Xu Boying glanced at Jiang Youli, saw the look of approval in her eyes, and thought: But I don't know when women became so generous? Seeing Jue'er so supportive, although Liang Bao did not speak, he must have hoped for it in his heart. Xu Ruyu warmly invited Shui Ruying, I am afraid that it is also for Liang Bao's consideration, and Sleeve Er will never let Shui Ruying leave alone at this time, leaving him alone. Xu Boying and Shao Haitang looked at each other and smiled, and said: "I will immediately write to Ru Yu, if Ru Yu thinks it is not appropriate, we will think of other ways, Miss Ruying's knowledge makes me embarrassed, so that she can't let her go." The situation in Fuzhou and Chongyi may not be settled this year, but Taishan will set up a government and six counties at the end of this year, and a large number of talents are urgently needed. ”

Shao Haitang saw that he thought of a way to eliminate the concerns of the parties and seal the mouth of the world with the proposal of recruiting talents, and thought: Xu Boying has finally matured in government affairs and is worthy of Xu Ruyu's right and left hand.

Shao Haitang entered the decision-making level of the Qingyan Army, and undertook the affairs of the establishment of the laws and regulations of the relevant systems of the prefecture and county system, and did not share Xu Boying's government affairs, but Xu Boying was still the leader in government affairs, but many of the responsibilities of his uncle Fangwu's supervision were shared with Shao Haitang, who was familiar with litigation.

Shao Haitang saw that the matter of water like a shadow was a foregone conclusion, so he put aside this topic and said: "Xiao Yizhi and Gu Changhuai have been stranded in Xuancheng for nearly ten days, and there is no sign of leaving until Ling, it seems that the group headed by Xiao Yizhi in the Donglin Association is quite confident in us. ”

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