After passing Qizhou along the Chu River, he entered the territory of the Liang Kingdom, and the terroir and characters immediately changed greatly. Ran Ying heard her grandmother say that the Yongjia Rebellion of the previous dynasty, the Wuhu Chaohua, the Jin family and the Shi clan crossed south in a hurry, and several Northern Expeditions ended in failure, but Liu Yu's Northern Expedition went all the way to Chang'an, but it came to an abrupt end because of the political infighting. Since then, they have relied on the excellent climate and products on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and no longer think of going north to recover the lost mountains and rivers. While enjoying a peaceful life on the south bank of the Yangtze River, they sighed at the scorched earth north of the river.

However, they couldn't have imagined that since Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty reformed and implemented Sinicization, the poetry and grandeur of the Han family are still in Luoyang and Chang'an.

Qingyan said: "Since Liu Yu's Northern Expedition, the Han people in the south have never thought of fighting to the north. Now Xiao Yan, the emperor of Liang, is even more obsessed with Buddhism to the point of absurdity. Not to mention the construction of a large number of temples, he also sacrificed himself three times in Tongtai Temple, and asked the court ministers to donate huge sums of money to ransom him. ”

"How can such an emperor keep the country?" Ran Ying looked at the passenger ships and cargo ships coming and going on the wide river, and let out a sigh.

Her ancestors also shed their blood for such a person. She got the jade seal of the country, so she should send it to such a person.

Qing Yan stood at the bow of the boat with his hands on his shoulders and said, "With the current situation, Jiangnan is no longer able to advance north, so it depends on who swallows first between Yuwentai and Gao Huan." Both of them are ambitious, and once the north is unified, no matter who it is, they will definitely move south to unify the north and the south. ”

"If Yuwentai wins, then the Han people will really die." Born in the north and raised in the north, Ran Ying almost forgot that there is a huge difference between Hu and Han.

Since the Wuhu Rebellion in the north, it has experienced frequent dynastic changes, and the Qian, Xianbei, and Han people have all claimed to have established imperial regimes in the north, including Ran Ying's ancestor Ran Min also established a short-lived regime with the name of Wei. Hu-Han intermarriage has long been a very common thing in the north, from the emperor to the commoners. Yu Wentai's mother, Wang, was a Han Chinese. And Gao Huan is a Han person, and his wife Lou is a Xianbei person. Not to mention the wives and concubines married by those ministers in the DPRK and China, there are Hu and Han, and they are all lively and lively.

Qing Yan looked down at her, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Don't you want him to dominate the world?" Then why did you sacrifice for him? ”

Ran Ying silently looked at the vast river, and said in a low voice, "I didn't sacrifice anything for him." I just don't want to be a concubine. ”

Early this morning, Ran Ying woke up, opened the window of the cabin, and saw that Qingyan was already standing at the bow of the ship. After she freshened up, she walked to the deck: "Qinghiko." ”

Qing Yan glanced back at her, his expression a little solemn: "It's foggy." ”

"Where?"

Ran Ying looked at it, the river was filled with smoke and waves, and the mountains on both sides of the bank were hidden in the fog, and she couldn't see anything clearly.

"It should be almost to Dongliang Prefecture. However," Qingyan said, "It is too dangerous to sail in this weather, it is easy to touch the reef, and there are often river bandits in this area who take advantage of the dense fog. Just now, the owner of the ship said that he would stop the ship for a while and wait for the fog to clear before leaving. ”

While talking, she suddenly felt a violent shock from the bottom of the boat, Ran Ying didn't stand firmly, she stumbled, and almost fell into the river, and was pulled by Qingyan.

There was a creaking sound coming from underwater, as if something was stuck under the boat.

Someone in the stern shouted: "Oh no, the rudder is entangled in something!" The ship can't move! ”

When Qing Yan heard this, he raised his eyes and looked around, then turned around and entered the cabin to hold the Qing Yu Sword in his hand.

"I think something is wrong." He instinctively smelled the imminent danger.

At this moment, several clippers came on the river ahead, and they went down the river, and the bow of the boat pierced the surging river, stirring up bursts of white waves. When she got closer, Ran Ying faintly saw a flag on the bow of the boats, and on the black background of the flag, a vigorous white tiger was entrenched on it.

The owner of the ship exclaimed: "White Tiger Gang! ”

Before he could finish speaking, a sharp arrow flew like a meteor and pierced the owner's throat with a swish!

Ran Ying shouted: "It's a Jiang bandit!" ”

Before everyone on the boat could react, they only heard the swishing sound in their ears, and countless arrows flew towards this direction. Qing Yan stretched out his long arms, took Ran Ying into his arms, rolled on the spot, and hid behind the cabin.

In the midst of the chaotic arrows, there was the sound of iron claws hooking the side of the ship. Qingyan whispered, "They boarded the ship. ”

In a moment, the sound of arrows stopped. There was a stumble of footsteps, followed by one scream after another. The bandits began to plunder the merchants on the ships.

Qing Yan clenched his sword, got up and was about to rush out, when a rope suddenly flew behind him, firmly covering Qing Yan's neck. Immediately afterwards, Qingyan flew backwards and landed in the river with a pop.

"Aohiko!" Ran Ying hurriedly leaned over to the river to look, facing a river bandit in the upper river, looked at her with a smile, and said, "You can come down too!" ”

As soon as the rope noose was thrown in her hand, Ran Ying only felt that her shoulders were tight, and her upper body had been trapped by the rope.

Ran Ying grew up in the north and didn't know water. After falling into the water, I only felt that countless water poured into my mouth and nose, and my body became lighter, as if hanging in the air, and my limbs could not be strengthened. When she opened her eyes, the river around her was turbid, and she only felt a thunderous roar in her ears.

Gradually, I began to feel very comfortable. Her body became lighter, her limbs stretched out, she saw strings of bubbles rising in front of her, and she heard what seemed to be music around her. It's so light......

Her body sank violently, and she was lifted out of the water.

The water in the mouth, nose, and lungs immediately choked out. She coughed desperately, and water gushed out of her mouth and nose.

She was soaked, her hair was disheveled, and she looked around in embarrassment, finding herself thrown on the deck of a ship, surrounded by countless pairs of feet that kept moving.

"Aohiko!" She saw Aohiko. He was also soaking wet, lying on the deck over there, his eyes closed, motionless, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

"Aohiko!" She struggled to crawl over, but someone stepped on the back of her neck, and her eyes were so dark that she almost fainted.

Someone above shouted overhead, "The fog is clearing, get out!" ”

After that, the man lowered his body, picked Ran Ying up from the ground, and said coldly, "Be honest, or I will kill you." ”

Ran Ying looked at him. It was a young face. Long eyebrows and thin eyes, rhinoplasty and thin lips. The facial features are too sharp, and it looks a little cold.

Several clippers had already disappeared in the dense fog that was about to disperse, and only this one was moving slowly. Turning a few bays and crossing a reed bush, there is a water gate. Seeing that the building ship was coming, the door slowly rose.

The boat passed through the water gate, walked another mile or two, and arrived at a shore mouth, where it slowly landed.

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