Shen Qiu stood on the stone steps of Luoyang Wharf, looking at the early morning landscape in front of him.

In his memory, Luoyang should have no wharf, but the Huaishui in front of him turned a corner for some reason and connected to the outskirts of Luoyang.

The wharf is filled with boats, from multi-masted merchant ships carrying goods to rowing fishing boats that catch fish and shrimp in the big river.

There are bluestone stone steps that extend from Luoyang City all the way to the wharf.

It is said that this was funded and built by the Heluo Gang, in order to let the goods of Tiannan and Haibei be transferred as quickly as possible and ensure the smooth commercial operation of the Heluo Gang.

In front of them, most of the merchant ships docked in the wharf were also loading and unloading, hundreds of short-dressed laborers were busy, shouting trumpets, and slender men and porters stopped at the wharf and other businesses.

Some of the small traders unloaded their goods from the boats and simply sold them on the spot, so that there was a small market behind the wharf, and the buyers of the city people got up early in the morning for these new things.

"This dock is really lively."

Shen Qiu carried the Yanling knife and sighed, beside him, Qingqing, who was wearing a skirt, grabbed a handful of marshmallows, and was eating sweetly, this snack in Luoyang City was quite suitable for her taste.

Yesterday, she followed Li Yijian's maidservant Hanxiang for a day in the city and bought a lot of local specialties, saying that she wanted to go back to Suzhou to give gifts to relatives and friends, but in fact, most of them were small snacks sold for herself.

Shen Qiu didn't talk about her, children, they were all so greedy.

"Senior Brother Shen Qiu, that boat is what you want to take."

Beside Shen Qiu, Li Yijian, who was wearing a soft hat to cover his hair, pointed to a loaded ship docked at the end of the stone steps in front of him, and said to Shen Qiu:

"This is a ship specially designed for my family to transport medicinal materials, the ship is all old people who are used to walking from Luoyang to Badu, your salute has been put into the boat, set sail this morning, and by dusk the day after tomorrow, you can arrive in Badu."

This Luoyang boy said intimately:

"My father has sent a letter to the business in Badu, and the flying pigeon has passed the book, which is faster than your ship, and when you get to Badu, the steward over there will prepare for you to go to Suzhou."

"This is really a nuisance uncle."

Shen Qiu was polite, and Li Yijian waved his hand.

After Shen Qiu agreed to introduce Suzhou Falling Moon Merchant Square to the Li family last night, the relationship between the two has moved closer from meeting in Pingshui, and it is natural to make these preparations.

"Let's go, let's bother for two days, it's time to go."

Shen Qiu pushed Qingqing, who was still looking left and right, and the girl responded obediently, she said goodbye to Li Yijian, and followed her senior brother to step on the rickety plank and board the merchant ship.

In a short time, the ship set sail, and at the shout of the elongated voice of the outline, the sails on the board were lowered, and with the help of the wind, the ship slowly departed from the port.

Shen Qiu stood at the bow of the boat and said goodbye to the bald young man waving his hand on the dock.

In this ancient time, it was difficult to walk, and I don't know when the next time I will see you.

The river boat, no more stable than the sea boat, this Huaishui is wide, it is an important trade route in the Central Plains, after leaving the dock, Shen Qiu can also see that there are boats on both sides of the boat.

It's like a wide road, and pedestrians on the left and right go on their own side, which is quite regular, but this scenery is just like that.

Shen Qiu watched for a while, then returned to his room, held the sword jade in his hand, entered the dream, and continued to practice martial arts.

Different from the gentleness of returning home, the closer he got to Suzhou, the heavier the worry in his heart became.

If this is recognized by the Yaoqin girl, things will become troublesome, and even Qingqing feels that the senior brother is very different from the past, and for those who have a heart, it will be difficult to hide this groundless speculation.

Shen Qiu can only take one step at a time now.

At noon, when he was practicing the Wind and Thunder Finger with the three "enthusiastic" black-clothed guards in a dream, Shen Qiu was suddenly awakened by a violent shaking.

He heard a loud noise, and the rocking of the ship stopped.

He himself was thrown off the bed by a bump, but fortunately, he reacted quickly, supported himself on the ground with one hand, turned over lightly, and stood firm again.

Outside the cabin, there was an angry shout from the head of the outline, mixed with local vernacular, which made Shen Qiu unable to hear it really, but he still subconsciously clenched the single knife in his hand.

Immediately afterwards, Qingqing rushed into the cabin and shouted to his senior brother:

"Hit the ship!"

"Huh?"

Shen Qiu's eyes widened, and he asked:

"This river is as wide as the surface of the river, how can it hit a boat?"

"I don't know."

Qingqing waved her finger and gestured:

"As soon as we turned across the bay, a cargo ship suddenly appeared, and the outline head couldn't dodge, so it crashed into it, fortunately, our ship was not broken, but a few unlucky people were thrown into the water."

"Now Grandpa Outline is negotiating with the other party."

"Let them negotiate."

Shen Qiu nodded, put down the knife, and said to Qingqing:

"Don't be nosy."

"Uh-huh."

Qingqing jumped on the bed, picked up her baggage, flipped through it, and took out an oiled paper bag, which contained some dried fruits, she sat cross-legged on the boat, and ate slowly.

But a moment later, the head of the Li family led a middle-aged man in green clothes into the cabin.

Looking at the face of the outline, it seems that he was frightened.

"Two young heroes."

The middle-aged man in Tsing Yi leaned over Shen Qiu slightly, and he said:

"Master Lei is invited."

"Huh?"

Hearing this invitation, Shen Qiu's eyes narrowed.

After Lei Shiyin entered the city that day, Luoyang City was calm, and there were no rumors of infighting in the Heluo Gang.

Shen Qiu thought that it would take some time for the internal affairs of the Heluo Gang to be cleared, but he didn't expect that Lei Ye to be waiting for them on the river more than ten miles outside the city.

This is the way of the invitation, but it is very peculiar, by the time of the collision of the ship...

It seems that the matter of the Heluo Gang is quite big, so big that this gang leader has to be careful.

The Tsing Yi steward probably saw Shen Qiu's suspicions, so he whispered:

"Miss Shiyin is also here, don't worry about the two young heroes, please come with me."

Shen Qiu nodded, he took the Yanling knife and glanced at Qingqing, who also quietly clenched the small dagger in his hand, he reached out to hold Qingqing's hand, and walked out of the cabin under the leadership of the steward.

Seeing Shen Qiu and Qingqing walk onto the wooden planks erected by the two boats, he took a few steps behind and said to the outline head with his head bowed:

"Today's things..."

"Little old man, I don't know anything."

The outline wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a smile:

"It's just that the boat was careless and suffered, and it was all the fault of the little old man."

"Well, that's fine."

The steward of Tsing Yi nodded, he shook his hand and threw a rolled up silver ticket into the hand of the outline head, and he said softly:

"It's not easy for the brothers to sail, and if you are frightened today, you will buy some wine and meat, and let the brothers be frightened."

On the side of the ship, Shen Qiu and Qingqing went on the deck, and they had short shirts, and the silent wrestler led them into the cabin.

Shen Qiu looked left and right, the people on this ship were all dressed as sailors, but each of them was strong and strong, with steady steps, and on the deck, there were also prepared weapons.

Obviously, they are all people who practice martial arts, probably the confidants of the mysterious Lei Ye.

"Qingqing"

Walking into the cabin, the light dimmed, but then Lei Shiyin's coquettish voice sounded from the cabin, a fragrant wind came to the face, and the girl who had changed into simple clothes stepped forward with a smile on her face and took Qingqing's hand.

I haven't seen each other for a few days, but these two girls are quite close.

"Brother Shen Qiu."

After saying a few words to Qingqing, Lei Shiyin gave Shen Qiu a blessing, and she said to Shen Qiu in a soft voice:

"This shouldn't have been such a secret meeting, but please forgive me, the matter is not over yet, and there must be no fanfare."

"Understand, understand."

Shen Qiu nodded.

"My daddy is waiting for you."

Lei Shiyin took Qingqing's hand and said to Shen Qiu:

"Qingqing and I won't go in, I'll prepare some things for Qingqing to travel, and I'll take her to clean up."

"Go ahead."

Shen Qiu glanced at Qingqing.

The little junior sister pursed her lips and nodded, she has experienced a lot of things, and this Qingqing can be regarded as having grown a little.

But in this situation, if the leader of the Heluo Gang really has bad intentions, there is not much that the Shen Qiu brothers and sisters can do after all.

This feeling of not being able to grasp safety made Shen Qiu quite unhappy in his heart, this river and lake are dangerous, and he has no force to use, and he is really controlled by others everywhere.

But he didn't change on the surface, and followed the Tsing Yi steward into the cabin.

There were windows open here, and the light was not dim, Shen Qiu thought that he would see a middle-aged man with a gloomy face, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the cabin, someone would greet him in the cabin.

"Oh, it was this mighty young man who saved my daughter? What a talent, what a young hero. ”

In front of Shen Qiu was a middle-aged man with a big belly, a happy face, a gentle and mercenary face, he rubbed his hands, and while saying words of praise, he enthusiastically stretched out his hand to support Shen Qiu's arm.

He led Shen Qiu to sit at the square table in the cabin, which was already full of delicacies.

"Come on, Shen Shaoxia, let the old man thank you well."

The... Is it Lei Ye, the leader of the Heluo Gang?

No way?

Several question marks flashed in Shen Qiu's heart.

The dragon head in front of him not only has no charlatanism, but his appearance is not very outstanding, and his dress is not exquisite, he wears a square scarf, wears a coarse cloth robe, and holds a hookah in his hand.

The eyes are big and very bright, and the most striking thing is the belly.

is like a general's belly that is pregnant in October, so that this Lei Ye is obviously tall, but at a glance, it always looks like a ball.

Although the square scarf was covered, Shen Qiu could still see the bare scalp, probably because of hair loss.

Lei Ye is always smiling, and he is full of witty words, not like a wealthy businessman, but like a walking uncle.

In terms of bearing, it is not even as good as Li Yijian's father.

But because of this somewhat sloppy dress, it gave Shen Qiu a sense of intimacy.

It's like an exchange between the two, and there is no such awe-inspiring atmosphere at all, like bragging and chatting with the uncle next door in the afternoon.

"Come on, come on, eat the vegetables."

He beckoned Shen Qiu to taste the delicious food, and introduced this dish to Shen Qiu, and the wine he used was also a good wine from Suzhou.

"My old Lei is a rough man, and he doesn't understand those cumbersome etiquette."

After drinking two glasses of wine, this Lei Ye laughed, and said to Shen Qiu while smoking a hookah:

"I lost my wife a few years ago, Shiyin is my only heart, that gang of bandits who killed a thousand knives, actually dared to kidnap my daughter, I am about to help the people, to fight with them to the death."

"But unexpectedly, my daughter came back by herself."

Lei Ye glared, looked Shen Qiu up and down, he took a sip of hookah, and said to Shen Qiu:

"Shen Shaoxia, I'm getting old, and I'm often worried about Shiyin, I think you are also a good man in the rivers and lakes, and you will definitely have to do a great career in the future, so it's better for me to match Shiyin with you..."

"Lei Ye!"

Shen Qiu almost squirted out a sip of wine.

He hurriedly dissuaded:

"You've been drinking too much. Don't mention such jokes again, my sister and I also accidentally saved Shiyin, and I really don't dare to take credit. ”

"Such a humble teenager is really rare in recent years."

Lei Ye put down the hookah, said with a smile, and talked to Shen Qiu for about half an hour.

He patted his knees and looked out the window, and the bow of the ship that had been hit was almost repaired, and he sighed:

"Alas, there is no such heroic boy in my Heluo Gang, this poetic matter is very involved, I also heard my daughter say, you don't want to be involved, this is indeed the old words of the rivers and lakes."

"Since Shaoxia is in a hurry to return to Suzhou, I won't keep it, today is just the first time I met, and we will come to Japan for a long time in the future, and slowly catch up."

"Steward Zhao!"

Lei Ye called, and the steward in Tsing Yi immediately stepped forward and handed a small box to Shen Qiu.

Lei Ye said:

"Here, with my Lei Lie's personal seal, the Heluo Gang has rudders in Badu and Suzhou, if Shen Shaoxia has a need, he can use this seal to find the local steward, they will do their best to help."

Shen Qiu excused himself, but was forcibly accepted by Lei Ye.

This pot-bellied, dragon-like figure personally sent Shen Qiu and Qingqing, who was carrying the package, out of the cabin in person.

After the two ships separated, one went to Luoyang and the other went to Badu.

In the cabin back to Luoyang, Lei Ye picked up the hookah, his face was still smiling and gentle, and he asked:

"How?"

The butler in Tsing Yi, who was standing beside him, leaned over and said:

"Young and old, thoughtful, not like a small family."

"Although he is equipped with a knife, the eldest lady also said that he used a knife to kill bandits, but it is just a disguise, I smell the smell of herbs, and he also wears gloves on his hands, I guess, the strongest kung fu is probably in his hands."

"The kung fu is not high, that is, the first glimpse of the door, but there is a brave spirit, it should have been killed. The two came from Taihang and were indeed from Suzhou. ”

"Their master's name is Lu Buji, who is the head of the Suzhou Small Dart Bureau, and he was on the list a few years ago."

"It's just that the unruly road died a month ago, died at the hands of the black-clothed guards of the Northern Dynasty, and the news of the beggar gang is that in this month, a black-clothed guard of the Northern Dynasty happened to disappear in Taihang."

Lei Ye nodded.

He exhaled a puff of smoke and commanded the steward:

"Let Suzhou be at the helm for a good life, such a character, who dares to ambush the black-clothed guard at a young age and avenge the division, must be restless. If there is something wrong in Suzhou, go to help. ”

"It's good not to be eager, but to keep a good relationship. By the way, did my brother come back? ”

"Uncle arrived in Luoyang yesterday."

Steward Zhao whispered:

"But this morning I went to Funiu Mountain... Went alone. ”

"Bang"

Lei Ye slapped on the table, and he said coldly:

"What to do! Why don't you send someone to help my brother! ”

"I'll go."

Steward Zhao immediately turned around and went out.

He knows the same as the mirror in his heart, the martial arts of his own uncle, one person is enough to slaughter the barberry cottage, why do you need to help?

It's just that the uncle's strength is limited after all, and there are always small fish and shrimp that run away.

Lei Ye's meaning is already very clear.

Unexpectedly, the dog dared to kidnap Miss Shiyin, and wanted to go up and down this Funiu Mountain...

If no one is left, they all go to Huangquan!