Before seeing him, he heard his voice first, Chen Xiu shouted and rushed out of the mansion, but the carriage carrying Chen Wan'er had already left the city, leaving Cai alone to moan and cry, Chen Tongyi shook his hand and sighed and entered the mansion. Chen Xiu was at a loss, he helped his mother Cai to ask but couldn't bear it, the matter was too urgent, Chen Xiu, who was dedicated to studying, didn't know what was going on, and Wan'er didn't have time to say goodbye to him until the servant came to report, but it was too late, and what she wanted to say to Ah Mei had to be stuffed in her heart.

"Lord Chu, in previous years, you inspected the counties and townships, how majestic it was, and why did you act secretly today, the little ones will have their stomachs turned upside down." The squire wondered. Chu Xiong, the governor of Dongyang County, the subordinate official of the county Taishou, ordered to supervise the county and township, announced the fatwa, and also served as the chief of the prison lawsuit and arrest, etc., and he can be regarded as a pivotal subordinate official around the Taishou.

In previous years, Chu Xiong inspected the counties and townships under his rule, and he must first send someone to inform the counties and county orders, but this inspection was strange, and in the morning Taishou Yang Ji called him into the house to speak, but when he left the house, he was in plain clothes, and he brought a few attendants to secretly chase the wind and horses, and rushed straight to the black wound. Chu Xiong also seemed to be a little aggrieved, and said in a muffled voice: "Who dares to disobey Lord Taishou's order, as for why he is in such a hurry, don't ask more, just retreat." Several of the attendants were dry-mouthed, sleepy and tired, and seemed too lazy to ask, and retreated.

Chen Tong was worried, and it was difficult to sit still, although he had sent the little girl out of the city in a hurry, but the people and horses sent by Taishou Secret were menacing, and they must have entered the city at this moment, and what did it come from this time, and whether it was related to Wan'er, it really made him unpredictable.

On the second day, Chen Tong rushed to the county office early to deal with official business, and there really were no complicated official documents to review recently, but he was too anxious and bored to stay in the mansion. At noon, three plainclothes people broke into the hall, led by thick eyebrows and big eyes, followed by two attendants left and right, and the servants couldn't stop them, and were thrown into the door by the attendants by the collars, and the officials got up in a panic and told Chen Tong. Chen Tong had just walked out of the side hall, but the three of them were already standing in the main hall, with their toes high, and they looked like no one was in their eyes.

Chen Tong thought that he was a troublemaker again, and he was already irritable, but the man did not move at all, holding his head high and facing sideways, holding a fan leisurely. Chen Tong was angry and scolded: "Bold! When I see this official, I don't kneel down! Then he motioned to the official to step forward and scold, but before the official got close, he was beaten and rolled on the ground by the two attendants, and the leader turned his face and sneered, Chen Tong was stunned for a moment, and then looked shocked.

The attendant said: "Chen County Order, you are so bold, you dare to fight even the post master?" Licentious! Chen Tong was so frightened that his legs and feet were weak, and he hurriedly knelt down to the court, and said: "The lower officials have eyes and no beads, and I hope that Lord Chu will raise his noble hand and spare the villain." Supervisor Chu Xiong slowly sat down on the court case and said: "Lord Chen don't have to be afraid, this official is under the order of Yang Taishou today, and this time I came to convey something important, please follow me to the court." Chen Tong hurriedly got up and stepped forward, and the two entered the side hall.

After a few polite words, Chu Xiong said: "Lord Chen must know about the drought last year, Dongyang County is the only one in Dongyang County that has the most serious drought, the fertile soil has dried up, and the grain is almost no harvest. Now that it is the beginning of spring farming, Lord Taishou has specially ordered me to go to the prefectures to supervise the cultivation of tenant land and the payment of taxes and servitude. ”

Chen Tong breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned and asked, "This is the only thing my lord's trip?" Chu Xiong closed his fan and asked: "Could it be that Lord Chen thinks that the yamen has too little business??" Chen Tong hurriedly bowed his head and said: "No, no, no, the post superintendent misunderstood, but seeing the adult dressed up like this today, the villain thought it was something big." Chu Xiong smiled: "Lord Taishou attaches great importance to spring ploughing this time, if you don't dress like a commoner and sympathize with them, how can you reflect Lord Taishou's love for the people and sympathy for the people." ”

Chen Tong smiled stiffly, Chu Xiong seemed to think of something again, and said cautiously: "By the way, Lord Taishou specially asked me to remind you that this year's tenant land tax can only be higher than in previous years, and my lord knows better than me about the agricultural situation of Wujiao, as for how much, you can weigh it yourself, as long as it does not cause riots among the people." ”

Wusheng is the richest county under Dongyang County, Taishou Yang Ji looted most of the people's fat and people's ointment every year comes from this, Chen Tong as the head of a county, he is clear about the people's feelings, the rich are richer, the poor are poorer, the big rich are drunk and dreaming of death, and the small family is worried about the people's meals. The more Chen Tong thought about it, the more sad he became, and asked: "The villain dared to ask, the disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court last year was two..."

Cai learned from Chen Tong that Chu Xiong did not come this time for Wan'er's incident, so he regretted it, and cried and begged Chen Tong to send someone to chase Wan'er back, but Chen Tong did not follow, he thought that Yang Ji would settle this old account with him sooner or later, Wan'er stayed in the mansion for a day, the more dangerous it would be, it was better to let her live with her uncle Cai Shiwen for a while, the so-called sky is high and the water is far away, Yang Ji will not be able to do anything with him for a while. Chu Xiong stayed for seven days, during which he did all the things that were fake and fake, and then he whipped and left.

Chen Wan'er and his entourage did not stop, fled from Wusheng City overnight, trekked through mountains and rivers, and went to the Qiantang River, Chen Tong was worried that the people of the Yang Mansion were chasing along the official road, so he ordered the servants to drive to the Qiantang River, and then along the waterway all the way to the north, to the southern Xuzhou boundary, and then it was not far from Jiankang. Arrived at the head of the Qiantang River it was dusk, the carriage and horses were tired, the people were tired, the servants wanted to find an inn to rest, and then set off tomorrow, but Chen Wan'er was not allowed, where could she sleep at ease, the servants found the boat, and the group got on the boat again.

The remnant sun falls half a liter flat, a river spring flows, ripples and ripples, and it is clear and extinguished, and a few stardust falls; The lotus seeds are born according to the Nong River, the branches are thin and half scorched, and the withered roses have no intention of spring mud, fluttering and shaking, and picking up a few flowing flowers; Qixia is like a fat reflection of the evening clouds, the fishing fire is bright in three or two, the light boat is on the river, lonely, turning a few reef peaks; The sand gulls fly together to play in the water, the beautiful woman stands on the bow of the boat, the lone shadow falls at the stern, the river is full of sorrow and sorrow, and it is only after a few times that it rests. The servants fell asleep sleepily, the boatman hummed a little song and rowed the oars, Chen Wan'er stood on the bow of the boat, her brows were like a sinking night, the bustle was like a stream of water, the river breeze was slightly cool, she looked into the distance and couldn't see the long river clearly, and she had to see a five-foot fishing fire.

The boat traveled overnight, and the next day will arrive at the Lanling ferry, Chen Wan'er did not sleep all night, and was affected by the cold air of the river last night, suddenly felt dizzy, coughing and wheezing, and asked where the boatman went, she dragged her tired body slowly to the bow of the boat to look around, and suddenly it was dark in front of her, and her legs and feet fell into the river with a soft leg.

The boatman was an old man who was more than half a hundred years old, and he was shocked when he heard the cry for help, and he didn't see Wan'er in a blink of an eye, so he immediately threw down the wooden oar and rushed to the bow of the boat. Chen Wan'er's hands fluttered, struggling hard, crying for help in her mouth, the three servants seemed to hear the movement, and after waking up, they crawled out of the cabin with a rolling belt, and saw Wan'er who fell into the water in shock, and they were so frightened that they stared at each other, and they were at a loss.

There was no rope to be found in the cabin, only a broken wooden oar, the servant stretched out his arm to reach her, how could the struggling work boat drifted away, the wooden oar was too short for Wan'er to catch at all, the old man urgently asked if there was a good waterman, the servants were all afraid, you pushed me, no one dared to go into the water to rescue. After a while, Chen Wan'er seemed to have exhausted her strength, and she was already powerless to struggle, the river gradually choked her belly, flooding the top of her head, several times the water rippled, the river was calm as usual, the old man and his servants stood on the bow of the boat, and did not make any noise, staring at the lake where Wan'er sank.

"Get out of the way!" A few people hurriedly hid, and out of nowhere flew out a man, dressed in brocade white, as light as a swallow, walking like flying, stepping on the bow of the boat and jumping straight into the river, splashing, and then there was no movement. The old man and the servant looked around in shock, and before they could figure out what was going on, the ripples of the river opened, and the man carried the unconscious Chen Wan'er to the surface and swam towards the boat. "Quick!"

The servant fell down and grabbed Wan'er's arm, slowly pulled up the boat, and tried to pull the man up, but the man smiled disdainfully, jumped on the bow of the boat like a swimming dragon, and stood steadily, and the rocking boat almost shook several people into the river. Several people stood still in a ball, staring at him blankly.

The man straightened his shirt and said in a deep voice, "What are you still doing in a daze, bring your clothes." The servant hurriedly took out his clothes from the soft and draped them on Wan'er, the man sat cross-legged behind him, and then hit her on the back, Chen Wan'er spat out the river water, and then fell into the man's arms.

The man picked up Wan'er and shouted, "Zizhong, hurry up and bring the boat here!" Not far from the river, there was another small boat, and several sturdy men all hung swords on their waists, holding their bodies in plain clothes, smiling in the spring breeze, clustered in a ball, looking at this side, as if they were watching a play. Hearing the man's call, the leader responded in a loud voice, and the rest of the people hurriedly rowed the boat over.

After the two boats approached, the man stepped over and ordered the rest of the people to quickly support the boat to dock, but the servant was dumbfounded, trembling and panicking: "The hero stays!" This is my wife, you... You can't take it with you. As he spoke, he wanted to stop him, but Zizhong suddenly pulled out his sword and looked at each other coldly, so frightened that the servant was stunned at the bow of the boat and did not dare to move, and the man sneered: "With just a few of your minions, it is a blessing that your lady's life is still alive." Several men carried the boat away, and the servants did not dare to say a word, and rowed the boat to follow.

"Pour tea, Zizhong." Zizhong immediately poured tea, and the man slowly fed it to Wan'er's mouth, and ordered Zizhong to take a warm coat and wrap it around his body. Within an hour, the boat docked, and the group found an inn to rest, but Wan'er was still unconscious, but fortunately she saved her life, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.