The former Jingzhao Mansion Shaoyin Wang Gao handed over all kinds of files before leaving Chang'an, at this time the family had been in advance for a few days, taking care of the family property and luggage and hiring Zhou Dong. With only two house slaves left by his side, he led his horse to the dock alone. When he arrived at the dock to take a boat, Wang Gao found that he did not even have a colleague to see him off.

He naturally understands the distress of his colleagues and friends, but it is inevitable that he will be a little lonely when he sees this situation. He sighed, and stood for a while in the cool breeze blowing on the Cao River, the sails on the river swayed, and the trumpets and songs were heard in the distance.

"It's okay, if you go away and forget about each other in the rivers and lakes, it's not in vain to get acquainted with each other!

The servants stood behind him, probably not understanding Ah Lang's words, but after he rubbed for a while, the hired boat docked, and then moved his things and left with Wang Gao.

There was a clay stove on the bow of the boat, and Wang Gao put the wine on it to warm up, and invited the boatman's servants to drink with him, and the boatman was a talkative man, and he took out all the anecdotes he heard to pass the time, but he was also at ease.

"Did Ah Lang see the grain ship on the dock?" The boatman shook his oars and pointed to the west.

Wang Gao said casually: "See." ”

The boatman smacked his lips and said, "The grain and cloth transported from various provinces in Shandong." We are not as rich as before, there are often droughts, there are many people in Chang'an, there is not enough food to eat, so we have to transport miles by ship from various provinces in Shandong. A few years ago, it was called a hard work to transport some grain, and the wharf could hear the complaints of grain transporters every day, and then a prince went to the Yellow River and said, 'If you don't believe in it, you can't cure this river', hey! He really did it......"

"The Three Rivers Law is nothing new." Wang Gao's expression was a little worried, "What are you doing mentioning that prince, what's the fun?" ”

"Ah Lang has a lot of knowledge, a reader?" The boatman looked at it for a while, and then said triumphantly: "I have seen the prince with my own eyes, don't believe me and listen to me slowly." ”

Wang Gao snorted: "The powerful man lives in a mansion, can you see him?" ”

The boatman said: "Speaking of how I met the prince, I have to tell some anecdotes...... "This is the point, and anecdotes are the appetizers during small talk."

So the boatman told how the king of Jin made a bet with the officials of the dock, how the weight of the ship's official food was weighed within two pillars of incense, and the middle inevitably added oil and vinegar to say that the king of Jin was as clever as Zhuge Liang, which can achieve the dramatic effect of curiosity and sighing. He also said that he had seen it with his own eyes, so he naturally wanted to brag about it to show that he was well-informed.

But the boatman's method of relieving boredom failed to make Wang Gao happy, and he really bragged to the sheep's ass...... Of course, Wang Shaoyin knew the relationship in his stomach, but he didn't want to talk about those things in front of the boatman.

Wang Gao, who was originally in a more open mood, felt tightness again when he heard this, and couldn't tell what it was like.

"It's windy on the river, so the old man goes in to rest." Wang Gao didn't want to listen anymore, turned around and went into the cabin, and took out a book from his luggage to read to kill his loneliness. I heard the boatman outside the cabin say to the servant, "Your family Ah Lang is really a scholar." ”

The boat traveled along the Cao River for more than half a day, and in the afternoon suddenly saw more than ten horses on the shore galloping from a distance, and the land road was dusty. Dock! ”

The servant on the ship hurriedly said, "It can't be a bandit?!" ”

"What bandits are there just out of Chang'an, Gyeonggi has annexed tens of thousands all year round, and even if there are bandits, they have already been wiped out." The boatman was calm, "Besides, they don't look like they're dressed." ”

Wang Gao also bent out of the cabin when he heard the movement, and covered his eyebrows with his palms to look at them for a while.

"On the boat, Ming Gong, please stop for a while, and get off the boat to have something to say." The people on the shore shouted.

Wang Gao frowned and replied, "What's the matter?" ”

The boatman squinted his eyes for a while, and whispered: "The hardcover men have strong bows and arrows on their bodies, I'm afraid that the comers are not good......"

Sure enough, someone on the shore scolded in a rough voice: "It's a lot of rubbing, toast without eating and drinking, and if you don't dock again, you will shoot your boat into a hornet's nest!" ”

"The sons and daughters are not restless, and the old decay will come over." The boatman hurriedly answered. Apparently these people are coming for the boatmen, or are they the enemies of the boatmen? The old man just earns a little gratuity to get by, and he doesn't have to lose his life for others. Fortunately, the passengers did not stop the docking, but only stood there without saying a word.

After the boat docked, the boatman handed over the rope, and the strong men helped tie it to a tree with a crooked neck, and saluted Wang Gao: "Please move a little." Another man asked the boatman, "Have you paid for the boat?" ”

"Yes, our rule is to pay first."

"Nacheng, you can go back, the boat passengers are our friends, don't worry."

The boatman turned his head to look at Wang Gao, who sighed and said, "You go back quickly, and you will be sent here." Now that the master had spoken, the slaves and the boatmen busied themselves with the ship's luggage.

The men were polite, and some jumped off their horses to help carry their luggage onto their horses and hunched on. But Wang Gao's horse was not ridden, and only three or five people dismounted and walked with him.

"There's an inn in the back, let's go there and talk about it in detail."

Wang Gao looked at the gang quietly, and his gaze paused on the face of a slightly chubby man with a white face and beard. He said coldly: "Why bother, hurry up!" ”

The crowd was silent. Wang Gao sighed sadly: "The wolf's ambition is exposed, otherwise the old man is not at fault, why bother to kill them all?" ”

The slaves heard that something was wrong with the words, and exhaled in fear: "Ah Lang......"

A shrill voice said: "Wang Shaoyin is a smart person, and he immediately guessed that he was going to take your life." ”

"People are swords, I am fish and meat, it's useless to talk about it!"

The shrill man laughed and said, "No, if the miscellaneous family gets the word, you will die of a violent illness and a lot of work, how can you do it here?" Wang Shaoyin cooperates a little, and the boss will not embarrass the old and young in your family. The sons of the Wang family have also grown up, you can rest assured that you will die, the miscellaneous family will make you die better, and the whole body will be sent back to your hometown for burial. ”

"Despicable villains take over the temple!" Wang Gao gritted his teeth and scolded.

At this time, a slave next to him realized that something was wrong, and stood there with trembling legs and couldn't walk: "Let's ...... Will it be extinguished? The eunuch laughed, and with a wave of his hand, two strong men grabbed them, and the servant begged for mercy: "Let's not say anything, let's give us a way to live!" ”

"Don't be ruined by the little guy's errand, find a secluded place......" The eunuch made a gesture with the palm of his hand. The two slaves didn't even have the courage to resist, one of them cried and the other peed his pants, and the men didn't care about begging for mercy, they dragged them away.

Wang Gao said: "Mustard people's lives, troubled times are coming." ”

The eunuch didn't care about him, and calmly assigned the errand: "After a while, you will lead the horse and wait, and the two brothers from the miscellaneous family and the inner factory will accompany Wang Shaoyin to stay overnight." When he dies, turn over the valuable things and divide them for everyone, and then let the county order be determined that the house slave stole money and escaped. ”G