After capturing and killing all the thieves, Du He and Li Yifeng were immediately treated like heroes.

In any era, heroes are admired and respected, especially the heroes of ancient times, and even more so the heroes of cold weapons.

Du He and Li Yifeng saved more than 150 lives on a boatload with only two people, and when the bodies were counted, the people on the boat found the bodies of 98 thieves. Two people faced ninety-eight bandits, and without harming any of them, they successfully rescued them, such a brilliant result, which made people worship with supreme respect.

Now Du He no matter where he goes on the boat, as long as he meets someone, he will greet him warmly and call him "Du Hero".

The owner of the merchant ship is a fat big fat man named Xu Shi, with a round belly, holding two jade beads in his hands, flexibly playing with it in his hands, and at a glance he knows that it is a merchant or a very good one. originally held his own identity, and when he got on the boat, he saw that the two of them looked like they were ignoring it, but now they are flattering in every way, and they just can't wait to serve tea and water in person, so they almost didn't open their mouths to call the master.

The accommodation of the two of them was also moved from the guest room on the second floor of the cabin to the luxurious room on the top floor.

For this kind of businessman, Du He and Li Yifeng did not have any good feelings, but just politely said a few polite words.

Li Yifeng is a man in the rivers and lakes, and he is not used to making hypocritical gossip with such businessmen, so he goes to the deck under the pretext that the air is stuffy.

Du He wanted to know something from Xu Shi's mouth, so he could only chat with him patiently, and pretended to ask casually: "There are less than 300 people in this ship, how can there be nearly 100 thieves in one go?" ”

Xu Shi's diligent fat face was slightly embarrassed and a little difficult to speak, and said: "It's a shame to say that our Xu family is in the iron ore business, and we take the route from Qingzhou to Yangzhou." Du Yingying also knew that this iron ore was cumbersome. It takes a lot of labor, and the economy of Jiangnan is not so developed, so it is rare for us to make a trip. So every time I buy goods, I recruit some laborers temporarily. It's the same this time, who would have thought that such a thing would happen. In fact, according to the family's regulations, this temporarily recruited hired worker should be hired from the locals and brought to Qingzhou to assist in the transportation of iron ore. But Xu Shi is only a side branch of the Xu family, not a member of the lineage. Therefore, it is mainly to make money by himself, and how the Xu family has nothing to do with him.

This hired labor from Suzhou to go to Qingzhou, not to mention food and accommodation, and also needed to pay wages on the way to the north, which was already a big expense.

Xu Shi had the intention to make money, so he was naturally unwilling to do so, he changed the merchant ship to a half-merchant and half-passenger cargo ship, to carry passengers to earn extra income, and at the same time he was unwilling to pay an extra penny, so he changed the rules, did not hire local laborers, and directly hired local strong men in Qingzhou, which could save a lot of money.

The reason why it was required to hire local workers in the first place was because the locals were trustworthy and reliable, and there was nothing else. All this time, Xu Shi didn't care. I walked a lot at night, and I eventually met a ghost. Now is the time for him to ask for his own suffering.

Although they did not suffer great losses because of the existence of Du He and Li Yifeng, the corpses of more than ninety thieves and a few casualties were enough to smear the Xu family with dust. He originally belonged to the side branch, but now that this kind of thing has happened, his status is even more worrying.

Seeing Xu Shi's expression of a dead father, Du He smiled secretly in his heart, and he knew some of the reasons.

He is the best at using soldiers, and there is a cloud in "The Art of War": knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. So before going south this time, I had a certain understanding of all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in the south of the Yangtze River.

He not only knew that the Xu family in Jiangnan was a big merchant family with the same name as the Su family in Jiangnan, but also knew that the Xu family had a talented girl named Xu Hui, who was known as a prodigy since she was a child. Du He still remembers that this Xu Hui will soon become Li Shimin's talent, and she is the only woman who has been truly favored by Li Shimin after the death of Empress Changsun.

Jiangnan Shaotie, the Xu family monopolized the Jiangnan iron industry, all blacksmiths need to buy raw materials from the Xu family, with the status and financial resources of the Xu family, where do they need to temporarily recruit labor from Qingzhou, it is obvious that this Xu Shi is greedy and cheap to cause this incident.

In a few words, Du He knew the cause and effect, and knew that the other party was just using Xu Shi's greedy surname to set up a situation, Xu Shi himself didn't know anything like a fool, and it was in vain to ask if he asked.

Sending Xu Shi away, Du He closed the door and wondered secretly? These words with Xu Shi are not all fruitless. Merchants do business, and the emphasis is on secrecy. In ancient times, dragons and snakes were mixed, and even in peaceful and prosperous times, there would be some lazy people who did the business of robbing houses and houses.

Iron ore is valuable, and when it comes to business, it is impossible for the Xu family to make trouble in the city, and everyone knows it. But in fact, those beam-jumping clowns not only knew the exact route of the Xu family's business in advance, but also knew Xu Shi's greedy surname, and recruited ruffians and hooligans from everywhere in advance to make all preparations, which shows that the group of beam-jumping clowns have really worked hard in the more than ten years that have not been discovered.

Judging from the current situation, my own analysis is not bad. Those remnants of Li Jiancheng have already begun to fight the idea of Jiangnan Dajia, and they have planted eyeliner in the major families. As long as you can follow the vine, you will definitely be able to uproot those clowns who jump off the beam.

As for Wei Xiang, Du He also interrogated him behind his back, but Wei Xiang didn't say a word, not a word.

To deal with this kind of tough guy who has experienced the tempering of life and death, Du He knew that it was useless to torture him, and he did not use the mental interrogation method on him. His biggest advantage now is that he is in the shadows, and no one knows about his existence, so it is convenient for him to visit secretly, and if he is too eager, his identity will be exposed.

According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Xiang's behavior is extremely bad, and he must be sentenced to death.

Li Shimin was tolerant of the people, and once said that "the weight of the death penalty is a matter of human life, and special attention must be paid to it." Therefore, he personally decreed that the condemned prisoners should be carried out five repetitions. After being convicted, the condemned prisoner had to report to the emperor five times, and each time he had to strictly understand the situation before deciding whether to carry out the death penalty, with the aim of valuing human life.

In this way, all the sinners in the world who are sentenced to death must have Li Shimin, the emperor, personally interrogated five times before deciding whether to be sentenced to death.

This gives one person the power to approve the death penalty, which can effectively reduce the death penalty and put an end to unjustification. The death penalty can only be applied to criminals who are legally required to kill and where there are no circumstantiating circumstances.

Wei Xiang is such a person, according to the regulations, the death penalty must be taken to Chang'an, investigated the cause, five repetitions, and then executed in the autumn of the following year.

There are two reasons why Du He decided this, one is that he wants to see if Li Jiancheng's remnants have mixed into the officialdom and become a big official, if the Yangzhou assassination history is notarized, Wei Xiang will be sentenced to death, and then sent to Chang'an. If this Yangzhou assassin has been bought, or it is the remnant of Li Jiancheng at all, he will definitely take another action, either kill people and kill people, or give a light sentence. If this is the case, the matter will be a big deal, the assassin history in the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to the mayor of the prefecture-level city, and he was the chief official of the political axe of the state-level administrative division. Such people let those remnants be co-opted and bought, and the Tang Dynasty will be in danger. However, this is just a precautionary move by Duhe, and the surname may not be very large. The key lies in the latter reason, which leads the snake out of the hole.

Wei Xiang is a talent, a rare warrior.

Du He, who has fought against him, has a deep understanding of this, although Wei Xiang is not his opponent, but he cannot underestimate the value of this fierce general who is still famous.

It's like him and Rotong!

In terms of martial arts, Du He can defeat Luo Tong, but when he charges into battle, he is not as good as Luo Tong.

Luo Tong is brave and good at fighting, and he learned the martial arts of fighting on the battlefield, while he Du He learned the skills of fighting alone with the enemy.

Wei Xiang is exactly like this, his martial arts, his surname Ge will be similar to Zhang Feifei's fierce general once he is on the battlefield, charging into battle, invincible.

Li Jiancheng's remnants are already living in the shadows, and the supply of talents is far less than that of Datang. They have no reason to give up such a talent, once they learn that the plan failed, Wei Xiang was captured, and in case, someone would be sent to rescue, and it was on the way to Chang'an.

Capturing their group of characters is a meeting gift prepared by Duhe to those remnants hidden in the depths.

They drove on the sea for three days, and finally returned to their original course, and they were already approaching Yangzhou.

It's early in the morning. Du He came to the deck, which just walked out of the cabin to attract the attention of the beautiful scenery in front of him, at this time the sky is slightly bright, the sea is particularly dazzling, the light red light, reflected in the sea, so that the world, let a red breath shrouded, just like the heaven and earth are covered with a layer of red veil, let people look sideways.

A figure standing on the bow of the ship is Li Yifeng.

"Yifeng!" Du He shouted and stepped forward, and the two fought fiercely on the boat, and the relationship became even closer, and they became extremely close friends.

"Ah Xiang!" Li Yifeng shouted, "There are still three hours, and we can go to Yangzhou!" "He's a little bit of an arrow.

Du Heyi knew some things about him from his mouth, and joked with a smile: "I'm in a hurry to see your little junior sister!" ”

Li Yifeng's face flushed slightly, and he didn't answer, he had already acquiesced.

After half a ring, he said: "By the way, what are your plans when you arrive in Yangzhou!" ”

Du He didn't hesitate and said: "Let's take a look in Yangzhou first, as the largest metropolis in the southeast of my Datang, this is the first time I have come." Why don't you want to take a stroll around! What about you? ”

Li Yifeng reluctantly said: "I will directly transfer the boat to the south and go to Hangzhou......" He wanted to speak and stopped, but he didn't say it yet.

Du He heard the faint parting sorrow in his words, and said with a smile: "I heard that the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is like flowers, especially the West Lake in Hangzhou. Since you have come to the south of the Yangtze River, you must go to this West Lake. After I worship Zhou Lao, I will go south to Hangzhou, and you and I can drink it at that time. ”

Li Yifeng raised his eyebrows and said, "That's great!" ”

Perhaps it was because the sky was beautiful, the wind was blowing strongly, and the boat was extremely fast, and it was only two and a half hours before they arrived at the crossing of Guangling.

(To be continued)