Chen walked and stopped, walked on the road for a month and a half, in Jiangdu City, he seemed to be fascinated by the fireworks of Guyangzhou, Pan Heng for half a month, and Huangfu Yingjun drank three glasses of two light wine, cut off two heads for him, so that Huangfu Yingjun sat firmly on the position of General Guangling.

This is also the emperor's authorization to him, to make Huangfu Yingjun really capable of containing Huangfu Wujin, so Huangfu Yingjun's power has expanded several times, not only Guangling general, but also promoted to Huainan Governor, with Jiangdu as the center, under the jurisdiction of Guangling, Shuyang, Xiapi, Pengcheng four counties of nearly 80,000 troops, Chuzhou's 250,000 troops, he actually commanded 30%.

After the arrival of the eunuch Luo Zhongguo, Chen Zhi finally went south from Jiangdu County, which had been dormant for nearly half a month.

It is not far from Jiangdu County to Jiangning Mansion, only a few dozen miles of road into the county of Jiangning Mansion in Jiangbei, and then more than ten miles to the south is the vast river.

At this time, it was already dark, and Chen Zhi stood by the river, looking at the dark and dreary river, looking a little worried.

Behind Chen Zhi stood a man in gray, about forty years old, different from other entourages in official uniforms, he was dressed very simply, and his appearance was extremely ordinary, and he couldn't be found when he fell into the crowd, but the sword on his back was not ordinary, wrapped in yellow silk satin, revealing a piece of black jade sword hilt, this was Shang Fang's sword.

The Shang Fang sword of the Daning Dynasty rarely appeared, because it was endowed with supreme power, and four words were engraved on the sword: 'If I come in person', the iron tablet of the Taimiao only has three Shang Fang sword restrictions, one of which is that the prince and above do not care, that is to say, this Shang Fang sword is in Chuzhou, except for not being able to kill the emperor Fu Wujin, it can kill anyone.

The man carrying Shang Fang's sword is called Wang Ping, this is not his real name, this is just the name he gave when he was doing things outside the palace, his name in the palace is No. 3, and he is one of the five national scholars around Huangfu Xuande, and only national soldiers can serve as the sword bearer, which is also the iron law of Shang Fang's sword.

Wang Ping saw Chen Zhi staring at the river and was silent, so he slowly asked, "My lord, are you not in the river tonight?" ”

Chen Zhi and Huangfu Wujin dealt with, at that time Huangfu Wujin was just an unknown hairy boy, but who would have thought that in just one year, Huangfu Wujin actually became a key figure in the Liangwang family, which made Chen Zhi always a little difficult to accept, but he had to accept it, the emperor personally ordered him to deal with this Huangfu Wujin, and even gave him Shang Fang Tianzi Sword, he knew the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

After a long time, Chen Zhicai sighed softly, "I don't know either." ”

He turned back to Wang Ping and asked, "What do you say?" ”

Wang Ping is not only his bodyguard, but also the sword-bearer, and at the same time his deputy, and his strong martial arts make Chen Zhi have an inexplicable trust in him.

"I recommend crossing the river, at night, sometimes it's safer than during the day."

Chen Zhi nodded, he understood what Wang Ping meant, it was easy to be discovered by Huangfu Wujin during the day, after all, the Yangtze River was his territory, he looked around, ready to look for a boat, not far away, there were three big boats moored.

"Nope! We went back and took a boat on the Gangdo Canal. ”

Wang Ping was very cautious, he did not believe that any boat on the river, and the boat on the canal could also cross the river.

A group of more than 20 people turned their horses' heads and headed northeast, and in a moment, a naval officer walked out of a large boat, he looked at the other party coldly and walked away, and waved his hand, "Go to the mouth of the canal to block them." ”

．．．．．．．． The Jiangdu Canal is a part of the canal excavated by the Sui Dynasty, after the defeat of the Jiangdu City due to the fire, it was silted up for more than 100 years, and was re-dredged 80 years ago, although it could not restore the grand occasion of the year, but it was barely able to pass the 300 stone boats, and there were many passenger ships that also went north from the canal.

An hour later, a double-decker passenger ship of 500 stone appeared at the mouth of the canal, it was already two watches, the river was very quiet, only this one boat entered the Yangtze River, sailed to the south bank of the river opposite.

The Yangtze River is very wide, and the waves are surging and the waves are beating against the wooden boat, which moves very slowly by rocking the oars, and it takes at least an hour to reach the other side at this speed.

On the big ship, Chen Zhi was a little anxious, "Ship owner, why don't you hang the sails, when will you go like this?" ”

The shipowner's surname is Wu, a thin man in his forties, and he hurriedly stepped forward and nodded: "This official doesn't know, this afternoon, the navy issued a strict order, within three days, civilian ships are not allowed to cross the river casually, and it is easy for them to find out if they hang their sails, which is terrible." ”

Wu shipowner charged a hundred taels of silver before risking to carry passengers, he wanted to collect money, but he didn't want to have an accident, so he was very careful, Bai Fan was easy to find on the river.

Chen Zhi was furious, "The shore of the land, is it not the king's land, this is the core waterway of the Daning Dynasty, is it forbidden if he wants to ban it?" ”

When Wu Chuandong heard him call the name of King Heiliang, he couldn't help but be afraid for a while, I was afraid that the ban on people crossing the river was for them, and he was in trouble.

"Official, I don't know, it's not completely forbidden, it's allowed to cross the river during the day, but you have to go to the inspection department to register and inspect first, and you can cross the river only after you get the river license, and you don't charge money, but it's not allowed at night, this is a rule, I heard that it is the Phoenix Club that has been beaten recently, to prevent the Phoenix Society's fine work, so it is so strictly checked, there was no before."

Checking the details of the Phoenix Society, this reason seems to be quite reasonable, Chen Zhi's face was a little embarrassed, but at this moment, a crew member suddenly shouted straight ahead in horror, "Boat, navy!" ”

Chen Zhi was also taken aback, and he saw clearly that a military ship with at least 3,000 stones on the river in front of him blocked the way of the passenger boat, only more than 20 steps apart, and it was about to collide with each other.

"Throw the anchor! Scoundrel! ”

Shipowner Wu remembered shouting that if their ship collided with the warship, everyone would be doomed, and at this time, Wang Ping, who was in the cabin, also walked out, he was not on the deck just now, otherwise with his eyesight, he would have discovered the warship a long time ago.

Wang Ping was still relatively calm at this time, he looked at both sides again, and couldn't help but sigh slightly: "My lord, we are already surrounded. ”

Chen Zhi was taken aback, and hurriedly looked around, sure enough, he saw a black shadow on the river, and more than a dozen big ships had surrounded them, and they happened to be in the middle of the river now, Chen Zhi began to get nervous in his heart, this is obviously Huangfu Wujin is going to arrest him, he is the imperial history Zhongcheng, the minister of the Qin mission, does he Huangfu Wujin want to rebel?

"Do adults know how to water?" Wang Ping suddenly asked him calmly.

"What?"

Chen Zhi's eyes finally showed a look of horror, is it that serious? He saw Wang Ping take off Shang Fang's sword from his back, and an ominous premonition surged up in his heart, "You.... What to do? ”

"My lord, I'm sorry, but I don't know how to water."

Wang Ping suddenly exerted his strength and threw Shang Fang's sword far into the river, Chen Zhi 'Ah! The earth screamed, and watched as Shang Fang's sword fell into the icy river and disappeared without a trace.

"Are you crazy?"

Chen Zhi grabbed Wang Ping's neck, his eyes were so anxious that his eyes were about to bleed, and he actually threw away Shang Fang's sword, how could he explain to the emperor?

Wang Ping pushed his hand away unusually calmly, and said lightly: "Don't you understand, adults?" Huangfu Wujin is here for Shang Fang's sword, otherwise he would have killed you on the way. ”

Chen Zhi looked at the river blankly, he understood what Wang Ping meant, with this Shang Fang sword, Huangfu Wujin can unscrupulously dismiss officials and mobilize the army, the reason why he doesn't kill himself halfway is because Wang Ping's martial arts are too high, they may not succeed, Wang Ping doesn't know how to water, and it is best to start in the river.

Could it be that Huangfu Wujin really wants to rebel?

Chen Zhi didn't have time to think anymore, hundreds of bows and crossbows were aimed at them, and an officer shouted: "Kneel on the boat and put your hands on top of your head!" ”

At this moment, Wang Ping suddenly jumped up, soared into the air as high as three feet and five feet, exceeded the side of the ship, and pounced straight at the officer like a gray eagle, and he saw that this officer was a lieutenant.

The soldiers were taken aback, hundreds of crossbow arrows were fired at him in unison, a dense rain of arrows flew in the air, only to see a flash of gray shadows, hundreds of arrows were shocked and disappeared, dozens of of arrows turned around and roared, a series of screams came from the ship, and more than a dozen soldiers were shot through the chest and died tragically on the spot.

But the officer seized the moment of opportunity, and in a frightened state, he turned over and jumped into the river, like a fish, and disappeared without a trace.

Wang Ping was in a hurry, he didn't catch the hostages, Chen Zhi was afraid that he would have to worry about his life, his feet were a little on the side of the ship, and he fluttered his wings like a goshawk and rushed towards the twenty or so soldiers on the other side of the deck, he had already found that it was more than twenty plum blossom guard sergeants, and if they were captured, they could also be hostages, but there was a trace of doubt in Wang Ping's eyes at this time.

Instead of carrying a bow and crossbow, the two dozen or so sailors each held a black iron rod and aimed it at him, only to hear 'Bang! Bang! There was a sound, fire erupted from the black stick, and white smoke rose, and Wang Ping couldn't resist the lead bullets even if he had the ability to reach the sky, and more than two dozen bullets beat him like a sieve, 'Bang! With a muffled sound, Wang Ping fell heavily on the deck, his hands and feet twitched, and he died of breath, but his eyes were not closed, staring at those black sticks, he didn't know until he died, what were those black sticks?

And he, Wang Ping, one of the five great warriors beside Huangfu Xuande, is a person with excellent martial arts, but he is the first person in the world to die under a flintlock pistol.

．．．．．．． Chen Zhi and the others were not killed by random arrows, and the navy restrained the urge to shoot everyone to death with random arrows, because everyone knelt on the deck with their hands on top of their heads, including Chen Zhi, who decided to save his surname at this most critical moment.

Chen Zhi and more than 20 entourages and five crew members were escorted to the big ship, and after being searched, they were locked in the cabin, but more than a dozen big ships did not leave, and more than 50 black-clothed water ghosts jumped into the Yangtze River under the command of Captain Lin Yuanyang, and dived into the bottom of the river to find the disappeared Shang Fang sword, Lin Yuanyang offered a sky-high price: those who find the sword will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver.

(To be continued)