Just as Wang Heng's boat was heading towards the Lujiang River, on a small island in Peng Lize, a stout and rough-looking young man said to a sturdy young man: "Brother Jiang, do you think that Heng Gongzi will really come?" ”

This young man is Zhou Tai, the later famous general of Eastern Wu, who was only eighteen years old at this time, and he did not have the momentum of many famous generals, so he looked a little green.

Opposite him, of course, was Jiang Qin, who was only twenty-one years old now, but he looked much more mature than Zhou Tai.

Jiang Qin said in a deep voice: "If he dares to come in person and really has the ability, we will return the merchant ship to him and serve him." If he does not dare to come, or if he wastes his name, then you and my brother will sell the cargo and go happily! ”

Zhou Tai was a little puzzled: "Brother Jiang, you and my brother come and go freely in Peng Lize, and occasionally go to the Yangtze River to do his vote, isn't it happy?" Why do you have to serve that Heng Gongzi and be bound by that? ”

Jiang Qin laughed: "Youping, you're still too young!" ”

Zhou Tai said unconvinced: "Brother Jiang, you are only three years older than me, why do you have an old-fashioned tone?" ”

Jiang Qin shook his head and smiled, but he and Zhou Tai were more than brothers, and they could only explain to Zhou Tai in detail: "You and my brother robbed merchant ships on the Yangtze River, and then hid in Peng Lize, it is indeed happy and happy, but you and I are not young, you are eighteen years old this year, I am twenty-one years old this year, both have martial arts, and the art of war is not lost, do you live like this for a lifetime?" ”

Zhou Tai nodded thoughtfully.

Jiang Qin continued: "Even if we can live like this for the rest of our lives, will you and I become a family and have children in the future, and let them live like this for the rest of our lives?" ”

Zhou Tai subconsciously shook his head.

"With the skills of you and my brothers, you must always win a wife and a son, and the glory of the ancestors is the best, but it can't be wasted!" Jiang Qin's eyebrows fluttered and his spirit flew as he spoke.

Zhou Taidao: "Then why do you have to vote for that Heng Gongzi, you and my brothers are not from Jingzhou, why don't you find a background in this Lujiang?" ”

Jiang Qin said: "I have also paid attention to the general trend of the world this year, there is no place for you and my brothers in the north, our skills are all in the water, no one is afraid in the water, if you go to the north, this body has gone half of it in advance." And how many of the promising lords of the south are there? They are all busybodies. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Qin picked up a glass in front of him, touched a glass with Zhou Tai, and then drank all the wine in the cup, and the wine in the cup was Wu Lingchun.

Jiang Qin said again: "Recently, the prince of Heng has a big name, Ping Nanyang, beheaded Zhao Ci, Dingwuling, punished Cao Yin, and also made wine and printed books. is also a chivalrous and arrogant, you have also heard the song "Chivalrous Travel"! ”

With the strength of the wine, Jiang Qin said: "Zhao Keman Hu Ying, Wu Hook Frost Snow Ming, silver saddle shines on the white horse, sassy like a meteor." ”

Zhou Tai followed and chanted the following sentences: "Kill one person in ten steps, don't stay for a thousand miles, go to the clothes after the incident, and hide your body and name." ”

……

A few words from you, a few words from me, read out this popular "Chivalrous Journey", although the two of them were water bandits, they were not illiterate people, they both had read books, and their temperaments were also high-spirited and chivalrous, and they resonated with this generous and heroic "Chivalrous Journey", so they remembered this poem when it reached their ears.

Zhou Tai exclaimed: "This poem is really well written, I read it on Monday, and I can't wait to kill a few more wicked people!" ”

The reason why Zhou Tai became a water bandit was because he saw injustice on the road in his hometown, killed a bully and ran out, and fell into the grass with Jiang Qin.

Jiang Qin said: "Yes, if Gongzi Heng can write this poem, how can he be a person who is willing to be mediocre?" He is now forming a water army, it is the time to employ people, if we vote for him, it will inevitably be reused, and he will have a background in the future, maybe he can be crowned a marquis? ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Qin narrowed his eyes and drank another glass of wine, as if he had already seen the day when he was made a marquis.

Zhou Taidao: "Heng Gongzi's poem is well written, but how many traitors and evildoers in this world, the article is written in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, what if Heng Gongzi is also such a person who can only play with the pen?" ”

If Zhou Tai's words were heard by Wang Heng, he would inevitably feel like a confidant, and there would be as many people as could only play with the pen in later generations, but at that time, this kind of person was commonly known as "keyboard man".

Jiang Qin said: "Didn't I say it? If Heng Gongzi is such an incompetent person, he will not dare to come in person, and at that time, we will go and be happy. ”

Zhou Taizan said: "Brother Jiang is really fine, that's it!" ”

**********

At the same time, in Hanshou Academy, Cai Yan was a little uneasy, she was writing books silently, but she made mistakes again and again, she was a person who strives for perfection, as soon as she found out that she had written wrong, she crumpled the piece of paper into a ball and threw it in the paper basket, and after a while, the paper basket was full.

Cai Yong looked funny, he quipped: "Yan'er, don't you usually cherish this paper the most?" Why is it so much scrapped today? ”

Cai Yan said angrily: "Anyway, he sent it." ”

Cai Yong asked knowingly, "Who is he?" ”

Cai Yan realized that she had fallen for her father, and she said unruly: "Father is bullying people again!" ”

Cai Yong laughed, Cai Yan also felt that something was wrong, she picked up the paper in the paper basket one by one, opened it and smoothed it, although the manuscript was written wrong, but the paper was not full, and the blank space could be cut off and used to practice calligraphy.

This paper is very precious, it is the best white paper sent by Wang Heng, it is best to write, outside, such a piece of paper is worth ten dollars, usually Cai Yan cherishes it very much, and the manuscript is written silently with small characters, and there are very few mistakes, but today at this moment, her mistakes are worth a month.

Cai Yong no longer laughed at his daughter, he said with a straight face: "Yan'er, are you worried about Gongzi Heng?" ”

Cai Yan said angrily: "I'm not worried about him? He doesn't say a word to us when he's gone, so why should I worry about him? ”

Cai Yong said: "Isn't he afraid that you will be worried, so he won't tell you?" ”

Cai Yan's eyes looked out of the window in the northeast direction, and she said with her hand: "Why does he have to go by himself?" Isn't it enough to send someone for such a trivial matter? ”

Cai Yong said: "The big husband has something to do, and he doesn't do something, if he lets others go to everything and hides behind himself, can he still be called a big husband?" ”

Cai Yan was speechless.

Cai Yong said again: "Ten years ago, my father knew that he would offend the emperor and the ten permanent servants, but he still spoke up about the book, which is the truth. You must take your own responsibility. ”

Cai Yan nodded silently, her father has always been her idol, not only because of his erudition, but also because Cai Yong is loyal and outspoken, responsible, and worthy of being a husband.

Cai Yan sometimes fantasizes about her future husband, and the ideal husband in her mind is someone like Cai Yong.

For Wang Heng, of course, Cai Yan is far from the point where she regards him as the final candidate for her husband, and even some time ago she deliberately snubbed Wang Heng, but that was just a little careful thinking of her daughter's family, in her deep heart, she still cares about Wang Heng very much, which she may not realize herself.

She herself could deliberately be indifferent to Wang Heng, but if Wang Heng went out to discuss with the bandits about such a big thing as a merchant ship and didn't tell her, she would get angry.

She hopes that Wang Heng can be like her father Cai Yong, and be a big husband who stands up to the sky, but she doesn't want Wang Heng to risk himself.

This kind of contradictory careful thinking tortured the girl to the point that the tea and rice were not fragrant, and it was difficult to sleep and eat.

Cai Yong saw that Cai Yan didn't belong, so he picked up his teacup and drank the last sip of residual tea, and then said to Cai Yan: "Yan'er, you don't have the intention of writing silently anyway, why don't you go and make tea for your father?" ”

Cai Yan also knew that it was impossible for him to write silently in his state today, so he lifted the kettle, brought spring water, put it on the stove, poured out the residual tea in his father and his own teacups, rinsed it, put in new tea leaves, and waited for the water to boil.

These days, Cai Yong and Cai Yan's father and daughter have been indispensable for a day, and it must be green tea, Cai Yan's tea art is already quite similar.

Cai Yong watched his daughter doing this quietly, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly: "What an idiot!" ”

**********

At this time, Wang Heng was standing at the bow of the ship with his master Huang Zhong, facing the east.

The fighting ship has been away from Xiaoling for more than two hours, and it can enter the territory of Jiangxia County in the afternoon.

Wang Heng's eyes looked straight ahead, this section of the Yangtze River has a wide water surface, and the river water is rolling eastward, and the waves are magnificent, which makes people's minds open up a lot.

It's early summer, and the sun is shining down, and it's already quite hot, but on this river, as the boats move, the river breeze blows in the face, which makes people quite cool and feel relaxed.

There are not many merchant ships passing and passing on the river, only some fishing boats are fishing on the river, which looks like a leisurely picture.

Wang Heng grew up on the edge of the Yangtze River in later generations, and was accustomed to seeing the Yangtze River, but now when he sees the Yangtze River, he seems to have a different feeling from the Yangtze River seen in later generations.

As soon as Wang Heng entered the table, Huang Zhong beside him immediately felt it under the traction of the qi engine, Huang Zhong turned his head to look at Wang Heng, his face showed joy, it seems that Wang Heng is about to break through the second layer, even if he can't break through today, it must be in the near future.

Huang Zhong calculated the time, it had been more than ten months since Wang Heng broke through the first layer, and it had been less than half a year since Wang Heng felt that he had broken through the first layer, so now it was time to break through the second layer.

Wang Heng's skill has improved by leaps and bounds, which makes Huang Zhong amazed, this is much faster than his own original entry speed, thinking that after Wang Heng comes, he will be better than the blue, and he will be able to enter the fifth layer realm.

Huang Zhong's only worry was that Wang Heng's skills were progressing too fast, his mind couldn't keep up, and he was in danger of going mad, but he thought about it, as long as he always followed Wang Heng's side, there shouldn't be such a situation.

Huang Zhong didn't know that Wang Heng's young body was a soul with a psychological age of about thirty, plus he had experienced so many things over the past year, his heart had been tempered to be as resolute as steel, and he could definitely keep up with the progress of his skills.

Of course, Wang Heng can only be called a rookie in the relationship between men and women, which cannot be solved by being a human being in two lives.

Wang Heng was set for two hours, Huang Zhong had been guarding his side, and he didn't even go to Deng Zhan to call them for dinner, and when Deng Zhan came over, Huang Zhong also made a gesture to Deng Zhan not to call Wang Heng.

Deng Zhan immediately realized that Wang Heng was facing a breakthrough, although his true qi path was different from Huang Zhong's, but during the time he followed Wang Heng, Huang Zhong gave him a lot of guidance, and while his martial arts were advancing by leaps and bounds, he also had a lot of understanding of Huang Zhong's true qi path, and he knew that Wang Heng's breakthrough had reached the realm of the second layer of true qi.

Deng Zhan was sincerely happy for Wang Heng, and he didn't go to eat anymore, but stayed by Wang Heng's side to protect him.

More than two hours later, Wang Heng opened his eyes, and Huang Zhong was pleased to find that Wang Heng's current temperament was becoming more and more condensed, the meridians on his body had been strengthened again, and his true qi was now like a great river of the Yangtze River rolling and flowing in the strengthened meridians, endlessly, as if it would never dry up.

Huang Zhong said excitedly: "Shuping, you have broken through to the second layer!" ”

When Deng Zhan heard this, he saluted Wang Heng with a smile on his face: "Son, congratulations!" ”

His true qi broke through to the second layer, and Wang Heng was of course very happy, but he held back his excitement and saluted Huang Zhong: "Thank you, Master!" ”

Huang Zhong waved his hand and said, "This is your own talent and hard work!" ”

Having just broken through to the second layer realm, Wang Heng felt that he was full of energy, and he was anxious to try his martial arts to what level, so he smiled and said to Deng Zhan: "Kaiyuan, come, accompany me to try your hand." ”

Deng Zhan nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Deng Zhan is a martial arts idiot, and his talent is also outstanding, although he only practiced martial arts by himself in the first three years, lacking guidance, but he also practiced a good kung fu, and he was very lucky, after following Wang Heng, he got Huang Zhong's guidance, during this period of time martial arts have progressed rapidly, but he doesn't know what kind of extent his martial arts have reached, and now he is trying his hand with Wang Heng, which is also a good opportunity for him to test his martial arts.

The two of them tried their hands on the deck, and the sailors on the ship suddenly gathered around, life on the ship was very boring, and the sailors tried their skills to compete, of course, it was also a frequent pastime, but today there was a thorn Shi Gongzi on the ship, they didn't dare to make a mistake, and now it was the Thorn Shi Gongzi who wanted to compete with others, of course they all wanted to watch.

If it weren't for the Assassin Shi Gongzi in the competition, I'm afraid someone would have opened the bet at this time.

The two did not use blades, but fought empty-handed, although Huang Zhong did not teach Wang Heng boxing, but his martial arts pay attention to one law, ten thousand laws, his true qi has reached the second level, and his gestures can hurt people.

The two of them made a starting pose, Deng Zhan roared, and he rushed to Wang Heng with an arrow step, punching Wang Heng's chest, Wang Heng split his palms and opened Deng Zhan's arm, but his left foot kicked out silently and kicked Deng Zhan's right calf, Deng Zhan jumped back to avoid this kick, and the two fought together.

Deng Zhan still used the same set of punches and kicks when he started with Zhao Chou last time, but after Huang Zhong's guidance, his boxing is no longer purely offensive, although that kind of boxing is sharp, but there are many flaws, and it is okay to meet mediocre hands, you can win very beautifully, but if you meet an opponent with good eyesight, you can find his flaws in his boxing and defeat him in one fell swoop.

Now Deng Zhan's boxing skills have more toughness in the sharpness, and they are more dense than before, many flaws have been covered by him, and now if you want to defeat him, you must either rely on more than one step stronger than him, or you have a more clever eyesight, and you can find the fleeting flaws.

In terms of skill, today's Wang Heng is still slightly inferior to Deng Zhan, after all, Deng Zhan has been practicing martial arts for four years, and he is also practicing superior martial arts, although most of the time there is no guidance from a famous teacher, but in the past year, with Huang Zhong's guidance, he has also made up for this shortcoming, making him a great improvement in his skills.

And in terms of eyesight, after breaking through the second realm, Wang Heng was also pleasantly surprised to find that his eyesight was much better than the original, even if a fly flew on the opposite side, he could see clearly whether it was male or female, and some flaws in Deng Zhan's boxing method, Wang Heng could naturally see it, but Deng Zhan's boxing method was too fast, these flaws were fleeting, Wang Heng's speed could not keep up now, and it was difficult to take advantage of the flaws.

However, this is enough to surprise Wang Heng, Huang Zhong's true qi has such a great benefit to his eyesight, it is no wonder that Huang Zhong's archery is like a god, and he also said that it is easy to get accurate.

After Wang Heng's first few tricks, his fist method changed, his palm was like a knife, and he brought suction power when he came out of his palm, and he actually used a pair of palms to open the mountain in eighteen styles.

Huang Zhong nodded again and again from the side, Wang Heng's talent and comprehension are really outstanding, he didn't teach him to use the palm technique to make the knife, but he used it himself, and he used it so appropriately, this is indeed the best way to fight against Deng Zhan now.

Wang Heng's current skills are not as deep as Deng Zhan's, and his speed is not as fast as Deng Zhan's, even if he sees Deng Zhan's flaws, he can't take advantage of them, so trying to reduce Deng Zhan's speed and induce him to show more flaws is the only way to win.

And the eighteenth style of opening the mountain just has such an effect, and the suction power it produces can just restrain Deng Zhan's speed.

Deng Zhan soon found out that something was wrong, as long as he approached Wang Heng's side, he could feel a strong attraction, as if he had fallen into a quagmire, making his speed slower and slower.

In addition, Deng Zhan also found a problem, his martial arts pay attention to fast speed, light body style, so the next plate is not very stable, it is just on the flat ground, now it is on a constantly shaking boat, this problem is even more magnified.