Bao Hongwu's eyes were red with anger, he pointed to the boat and gritted his teeth and scolded: "Damn boatman, Lao Tzu is going to cut you with a thousand knives!" ”

At this time, a group of knights came galloping on the official road along the river in the distance, and there were embroidered guards with sharp eyes and shouted in a low voice, "It's the eighteen horsemen of the East Palace!" ”

Bao Hongwu was also taken aback, he rubbed his eyes and took a closer look, sure enough, the East Palace also intervened, and the prince sent his most elite East Palace Eighteen Horsemen, this is the Prince's eighteen personal guards, known as the East Palace Eighteen Horsemen, usually do not leave the prince, I didn't expect them to come and intervene today.

The Eighteen Knights of Tianxing and the other Celestial Star also saw a group of embroidered guards on the dock, but they did not stop, but continued to rush forward along the river bank, and they wanted to go to the front to intercept them.

At this moment, a large boat came from the opposite bank, and a group of embroidered guards who were anxious saw it, and they all shouted excitedly, "Boatman, this way!" Sail the boat over. ”

It was a rather large ferry, which could carry a hundred and ten people, and the boatman was also two young men who were extremely strong-looking, who looked like brothers, "Where are you going?" ”

One of them asked angrily, but it was not a Luoyang accent, but an accent from Donghai County, and several Tiqi suddenly became suspicious, and asked professionally, "Where are you from?" ”

Bao Hongwu was so anxious that he couldn't get the tiger talisman and he couldn't explain it to Uncle Shen Guo, so he scolded his subordinates viciously: "When is it, get Lao Tzu on the boat!" ”

The leader was angry, and the embroidered guards didn't dare to ask again, and they got on the boat one after another, and Bao Hongwu shouted repeatedly, "Catch up with the boat in front!" ”

As soon as the two boatmen held up the penny, the ferry left the dock and drifted downstream, neither fast nor slow, always keeping a certain distance from the boat in front.

Bao Hongwu was so anxious that he stomped his feet, according to his temper, he had already chopped the two boatmen into the water with a knife, but now he has a request for people, and a group of bastards under his command are very good at eating, drinking, and gambling, none of them can make a boat, and they have to look at the faces of the two boatmen.

For the first time, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom, about ten taels, and stuffed it into one of the boatmen, and said with a smile: "Brother, sail the boat faster, catch up with the boat in front, and I will give you another hundred taels of silver." ”

Unexpectedly, the boatman did not accept the money, and his tone was listless, as if he had not woken up, "I don't want money, I want to be faster, but I can't afford it!" There are no sails or oars, they can only go with the water, and the boat is as fast as the water is, and the other party is the same, and it is already good to be able to follow them. ”

Bao Hongwu touched a soft nail, and hated in his heart, "It's over, Lao Tzu has to kill you two bastards with one sword." ”

The two boats flowed one after the other, and the four boatmen were naturally Wu Jin and the three brothers of the Chen family, Qiao, who rushed to the dock first, grabbed the two boats on the dock, and sent the boatmen to the other side, and they became fishermen, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

The small boat in front is Wu Jin and Chen Zhu, and the big boat in the back is the Chen brothers, they are all people who grew up in the sea, the surname Shui is not ordinary, and all kinds of ships are also handy, they are waiting for the opportunity.

Gradually, the two ships sailed out of three or four miles one after the other, and the huge black and swarthy mountain shadows of Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan were faintly seen in front, and the time came, the thin and tall man of the ship in front handed a wine jug to Jia Zhi and said with a smile: "Longmen Mountain is windy in front, drink wine to warm up." ”

Jia Zhi has been in the army in the northwest for many years, and he is also a person who is addicted to alcohol, he took the wine jug, stared at the chasing ship behind, and poured more than a dozen sips of wine, only then did he wipe his mouth and return the wine jug, "Thank you, big brother, can you speed up the boat faster, get rid of the chasing boat behind, we will give you a hundred taels of silver." ”

He took out a hundred taels of silver ticket and shook it in his hand, "This is Qi Dafu's silver ticket, one hundred taels, you, you..... He suddenly felt dizzy in front of him, the tall and thin figure of the boat lady swayed, he muttered a few words, and his body fell to the boat.

Meng sweat pills attacked, took him over, originally Wu Jin's plan was to take him down in the water, but Chen Zhu was worried that the tiger talisman fell into the water, it happened that Chen Biao brought a bag of sweat medicine, Chen Hu brought a pot of wine, the plan was changed to drugged to arrest people, in the middle of the river, when Jia Zhi relaxed a little, but all his attention was on the big boat behind, Meng sweat medicine wine was handed to him.

Jia Zhi was not a little defensive, and when he thought of something, the person had already fallen, Wu Jin moved quickly, rummaging through his whole body, and finally felt something strange in his lower back, a bulging thing, wrapped in layers of bandages.

Wu Jin didn't untie the bandage, he directly pulled out the dagger, and cut off the bulging things, sure enough, it was the half of the tiger talisman, so far the two halves of the tiger talisman were all in hand, he casually inserted a knife into Jia Zhi's heart, Jia Zhi screamed, and died, he was Zhang Chongjun's henchman, since he had betrayed, it would be a disaster to keep it.

Chen Zhu was quick, and took out a stack of silver tickets from Jia Zhi, twenty hundred taels of silver tickets, which were the deposit given to them by Uncle Shen Guo, and he stuffed them into the leather bag around his waist.

It's not that he is rare with this money, he is the second young master of the Phoenix Society, and he can't look down on Wan'er 8,000 taels of silver, the key is that he was born as a pirate, and it is very taboo to return empty-handed, even if he is on a mission, he must have money in his account.

Chen Zhu and Wu Jin nodded, and at the same time jumped into the water and swam to the opposite shore, Chen Hu and Chen Biao brothers on the big boat behind could see clearly, knowing that it was the two of them who succeeded, and the two suddenly shouted, "Oops! Who shoots me cold arrows. ”

The two fell into the water at the same time, and even the penny was taken away, Chen Hu's shout shot a cold arrow, which frightened the embroidered guards to lie down together, and after a while, they got up and hurriedly looked for the boatmen on both sides of the ship, and the two boatmen had long disappeared.

At this time, the big boat had lost control, slithering around in the river, there were no oars or pennies on the boat, and a group of embroidered guards were so shocked that they were at a loss, staring at each other, and no one could do anything.

But at this moment, the bottom of the boat suddenly broke, the river water poured in rapidly, and the boat traveled more than 200 steps, and finally overturned half of the boat, and overturned in the river, and a frightened cry sounded on the water.

"Help! Gollum.... Save me! This is Bao Hongwu's voice.

On the bank of the river, the eighteen knights stood on their horses, looking at a small boat spinning on the river, and a large boat that was half sinking and half floating, with black spots on both sides of the big boat, drifting with the water, it was the man who fell into the water.

Two knights had already gone into the water to intercept the boat, the first knight surnamed Xu, called Xu Chong, was the chief of the guard beside the prince, he looked at everything that happened in the river with gloomy eyes, and finally looked at the opposite bank, the opposite bank was pitch black, and nothing could be seen clearly.

Tianxing asked in a low voice, "Xu Chang, can you still get the Tiger Talisman?" Xu Zhong shook his head and sighed softly, "Cranes and mussels compete, and fishermen benefit!" ”

"I don't know who the fisherman is?" One of the guards asked.

"You should think of it!"

Xu Chong smiled faintly, "The people involved in the Tiger Fu are nothing more than three factions, Uncle Shenguo, Donggong, and one faction can only be Li Chongjun himself, even if Li Chongjun is too late, it is also the work of the King of Lanling County, and there will be no others." ”

"Could it be the emperor?" Inspiration flashed in Tianxing's mind.

Xu Chong pondered and nodded slowly, "There is also this possibility, I heard that Empress Shen has hinted at this matter to the emperor, maybe the emperor is taking it to heart." ”

As he was talking, the two East Palace guards slowly dragged the boat to the shore, Xu Chong stepped forward to take a look, only to see a corpse lying on his back in the middle of the boat, his heart was soaked, he sighed in his heart, and it was really a step late.

But Xu Chong did not stop there, he ordered his subordinates to drag the corpse ashore, broke the corpse's mouth, smelled it, and there was a strong smell of wine.

He shook his head suddenly, "It's not the emperor who sent someone to do it, this is a very ordinary wine on the market, and the emperor's people don't use sweat medicine." ”

He turned over and got on his horse, and ordered him to go back to the right and left, "Go back!" ”

"But the Tiger Talisman .....," Tianxing asked again.

"The prince's order, the tiger talisman must not fall into the hands of Uncle Shen, our task has been completed!"

Xu Zhong whipped his war horse violently, and the war horse galloped north, and the eighteen knights of the East Palace quickly disappeared into the vast night.

．．．．．．．． Wu Jin and the Chen brothers went to the opposite bank, and after walking less than half a mile, the treasure bead came up with four horses, and as soon as they met, they asked, "Have you got the tiger talisman?" ”

She cares more than anyone else, Zhang Chongjun is her uncle, if something happens, their family can't escape the relationship, her grandfather didn't hide her, told her the cause and effect of this incident, and then let her go out with confidence, she is especially cooperative with everyone, without a little of the temper of the eldest lady, all for one purpose, to grab the tiger talisman.

Wu Jin nodded and smiled: "The Tiger Talisman has arrived!" ”

Baozhu was overjoyed, "Then let's go back immediately." ”

Wu Jin stared at the other side and did not answer her words, although he couldn't see the other side clearly, but he felt it, and he could hear the sound of horses' hooves, he only heard a faint sound of horses' hooves speeding north, and then smiled: "It seems that we have to go another way." ”

"I know!"

Baozhu is obliged, "There is still a way back to Beijing, you follow me." ”

They turned on their horses and galloped northeast from across the river...... An hour later, they entered the capital through the west gate, and it was already two o'clock in the morning, and they were lucky enough to return to the capital just in time for the closing time.

After passing through the East Courtyard, without waiting for Wujin to report the battle situation to the King of Lanling County, he heard Chen Ying's roar, "I don't drink this damn medicine, it has no effect at all, bring the doctor again, when will I get better!" ”

The Chen brothers looked at each other, no one dared to go in, tonight such a lively thing did not let this eldest lady participate, it is estimated that it will not stop for ten days and half a month, everyone looked at Yuan Qing as if asking for help, only he could appease Miss Chen's anger rushing to the sky.

Unexpectedly, Wu Jin didn't care about brotherhood at all, and smiled, "I'm going to report to the old prince now, it's more urgent, you go and appease her." ”

He slipped his feet and slipped away, leaving the three Chen brothers at the gate of the east courtyard with big eyes, only to faintly hear Chen Hu say: "No way, this bastard slipped away, let's follow the old rules, pull out three grasses, whoever draws the short one, who goes first." ”

(To be continued)