Wu Jie's clothes happened to be leaning against the shore, and he was only about thirty steps away from the embankment, and when he looked closely, he saw three strong men.

All three of them were dressed in short clothes, and they wore short weapons such as iron rulers and chains around their waists. Because the night was dark, I couldn't see their faces clearly. But the man at the head gave people a strange feeling, he was not tall, and even a little thin. Standing in the moonlight, in a trance, it looks like a lurking leopard, and at the slightest sound, it will immediately jump out and tear people to pieces.

"This person has martial arts, it seems that there are still some doorways, moth, you go back to the cabin first." Wu Jie's personal entourage, Lian Laosan, is a grandmaster-level figure, and when he stays with such a person every day, he can also see how a person's cultivation is.

This thing is a bit mysterious, but it's actually easy to understand. For example, compared with an athlete at the level of an athlete and an ordinary person, the spirit is definitely very different, and it is difficult not to attract attention.

Moth shook his head, but he didn't care: "The concubine is here to see, these people should be headless ghosts begging for a living on this water." "She has followed Wu Jie in the past few years, and even the emperor has seen her, and her eyes are broad. There is naturally a trace of nobility in his chest, and he is not afraid of things.

"It's the underworld!" Wu Jiexin smiled, and suddenly understood: "These guys won't be here to fight this old man's autumn wind, right?" ”

The so-called headless ghost is the underworld of the Ming Dynasty, also known as the "general" and "thorn tiger", which is a specialty of the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of the underworld, it actually began to appear in the Ming Dynasty. In the past, there was also a so-called ranger in the Han Dynasty, but the rangers at that time were all local wealthy families, and they also had industries. By the Ming Dynasty, as the budding capitalism grew further, merchants manipulated prices. Controlling the flow of goods has caused many farmers to either go bankrupt. Or they feel that the yield of the land is too meager. The proletarians who have split out of the countryside. They are active in cities and towns, and do not rely on part-time jobs, but do business to make a living, and specialize in robbery. Carry the gang and beg for a bad life.

These people come together. or start a fight, raise people to collect debts, and live as a thug; Or open a visit, attached to the government. Inspect the yamen. Get money out of it.

Since Wu Jie traveled to the Ming Dynasty, he has devoted himself to the imperial examination. Later, because of chance, he became a close minister of the Son of Heaven. Now he is the world's most famous champion, a bachelor of Hanlin, who is all on the upper route. It can be said that there is a great deal of talk and laughter, and there is no vain correspondence. I really haven't touched the grassroots of the lower classes.

Looking back now, I wonder what this society is like. It's a bit vague.

I didn't expect to meet a club member today, and it seemed that he was coming to find trouble for himself. made an idea to hit the government, these underworld elements are really fat enough, they really don't know whether to live or die.

I don't know if they have something to rely on, or if they are brain-dead.

If you have something to rely on, you are not afraid, the underworld elements have colluded with the government. Not to mention the local government, now, even Governor Hu Zongxian, who has the military and political power in the entire Jiangnan region, has to give Wu Jie a few faces. I'm afraid that these three people are brain-dead, then there is no logic at all.

Worried about the moth, Wu Jie beckoned behind him.

Lian Laosan walked quickly to Wu Jie, protected the master and the housewife, and said in a low voice: "Master, the other party has martial arts, and it is not low." He saw it too.

Wu Jie: "How is it better than you?" ”

Lian Laosan: "If you go back to the old man, it's not a small boast, except that the person at the head is a little troublesome, if you want to take it down, you have to use three or five moves, and the last two, one move is enough." ”

Wu Jie smiled: "Then there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

As the boat spoke, the three men on the embankment became impatient.

The young man at the head shouted: "Wu Na boatman, what are the ink and ink traces, if you don't come to see me, I will come to see you." ”…,

After saying that, the young man said, "Huh! He jumped down with a thud and stomped the springboard.

"Bump!" The springboard bent into a large bow and bounced him up.

In a blink of an eye, he stood in front of Wu Jie.

Wu Jie was taken aback: This guy has so strong feet and moves so fast!

"I've seen the old man, born in the water, begging for cold food on the water from Yangzhou to Nanjing. Where did the master come from and where is he going? ”

Wu Jie can see that this descendant is the same age as himself, and he is also in his early twenties, and he is not tall. But it looks very clean and neat, although the body is thin, there is no fat at all, like steel bars.

This person has a good face and is quite handsome. It's because I've been on the water for a long time, not to mention my dark skin, and I have a lot of spots on my face, like rust.

As soon as he spoke, he showed a mouthful of neat white teeth, which made people like it in their hearts.

It's just that this guy likes to tilt his head when he looks at people, and there is a trace of evil in his eyes, and he is estimated to be an unruly person on weekdays.

Wu Jie didn't think anything about his appearance, when he was twenty years old, he was the most rebellious, and he didn't like anyone.

But even the third child was annoyed, and shouted: "Bold, I didn't kneel down when I saw the eldest master, I shocked him, can you afford to be guilty?" ”

Lian Laosan used to look tall and mighty, but as Taijiquan Kung Fu became deeper and deeper, his divine light was restrained. In addition, he always looked like he was bowing his head in front of Wu Jie, and he had no sense of existence anymore.

The aquatic student probably couldn't see that he had kung fu, and he didn't take it to heart.

suddenly sneered: "What kind of big man, he wants to be a banner after pulling a tiger skin, and he really thinks he is an official master?" ”

Lian San's face flashed with green energy, and he slowly clenched his fists, just waiting for his master to come over with a look, and then he took down this ancient open-eyed pariah.

Wu Jie smiled: "I'm really an official, aren't you afraid of being taken down by the government for punishment if you collide with the official ship?" ”

Shui Sheng laughed out loud, he laughed, and the two men on the shore also laughed, as if Wu Jie had said something funny.

Wu Jie asked kindly, "Shui Sheng, what are you laughing at?" ”

Shui Sheng still tilted his head, spit into the river, and said, "Master, don't hide me, do you really think that you can pretend to be the official master by pulling a few flags and erecting a few signs?" I don't believe you to visit, how many official ships are there in the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River every day. Don't talk about boats like you, I've even seen the dragon boat of the emperor Lao'er. Isn't it just to escape the banknotes, you and I know it, so don't hide it. ”

Wu Jie came to his senses at this time, this aquatic student thought that he had bought a license from somewhere, hung up an official ship brand, and could evade customs and taxes.

In the Ming Dynasty system, a certain tax had to be paid for each place when materials were circulated. However, the famous scholars and the government are not among them. Therefore, many merchants will bring a show to clear customs when they are sailing.

Wu Jie's ideal in life is to succeed Yan Song in charge of the finances of the Ming Empire, and he is also more concerned about this kind of thing, so he intends to listen to some news in the mouth of Shui Sheng, and said with a smile: "Pretending to be an official ship is a serious crime, it is better to bring a scholar, you are so sure that I am not a court official?" ”

Wu Jie looked at Shui Sheng up and down: "To tell you the truth, I am a court official of the sixth grade, aren't you afraid?" After entering the Hanlin Academy, Wu Jie's official uniform also changed from grass green to red robe.

It's just that it's already April, and the court clothes are too thick, and it's more cumbersome to wear. If you have trouble moving, you take it off and throw it in the box.

To be honest, Wu Jie is really a little uninterested in the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty, and the complements on it are really ugly. The civil officials are all birds, and the military officials are all beasts. …,

Therefore, even if he was on an errand in the Hanlin Academy or the emperor, he was always dressed in cloth. Anyway, his grade is not enough to go to court, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't wear it.

Today, it happens to be a cloth dress.

"Pull it down, where is there an official like you?" Shui Sheng laughed and walked a few steps, sat in front of Wu Jie's small case, grabbed a handful of pine nuts with his fingers, and chewed them in a few bites.

Wu Jie had previously set up a small table on the deck, on which were placed a few plates of pine nuts, peanuts and other snacks to admire the moon with moths.

Shui Sheng: "We have been walking on this waterway for 20 years, and we have never seen any kind of official." Those who can make official ships are at least the magistrates of a county, and they are all bad old men in their seventies and eighties. Look at your age, you are younger than me, why do you use this kind of boat? ”

"Do officials have to be old men, then, who do you say I am?" Wu Jie laughed in his heart, this kind of thing is too far away from ordinary people, don't talk about me Wu Jie, even if it is Shen Shixing, it can be regarded as a rising cultivator in the political arena now, isn't it only in his twenties?

Shui Sheng peeled another peanut, threw the peanut skin to the ground, pointed at Wu Jie and said, "In my opinion, you are a businessman. ”

Wu Jie was stunned: When did I become like a businessman, we are also famous celebrities in the world, and we have poetry and books in our hearts, and we are not a bit of a philistine!

Shui Sheng: "The problem is in your clothes, it is said that if you can ride in such a big boat, your family will be rich." According to the rules of my Ming Dynasty, merchants are not allowed to wear silk, you are dressed in cotton clothes, you don't look like a person who can't afford to eat, what can you be if you are not a businessman? ”

The problem is also in the clothes, Wu Jie smiled bitterly, it's not that he can't afford to wear satin, he really doesn't like that feeling, the northern climate is dry, and silk is easy to have static electricity when worn on the body, where there are cotton clothes that are comfortable?

"You're sharp-eyed."

Shui Sheng said proudly: "That's it, we are old rivers and lakes, and I don't know how many people have seen it." Also, the officials are half-bad, and according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, they can't bring their families. You kept bringing your wife and your children. Just now, I heard the baby's cry from a long distance, and then I was sure that this was a fake official ship, so I came to the door. ”

Wu Jie was helpless: "Admire, admire." You have a bite of the Ming Dynasty system, and you came to it today, but you don't know what to say? ”