When the bright moon was over, the south gate of Hecang County was slowly opened.

In the moonlight, a figure came out of the city gate, their steps were very light, but they walked very quickly, the woman covered her child's mouth with her hand, and everyone did not dare to make a sound, for fear of startling the homeless people on the other side of the county.

Zhang Shuo and a group of "nobles" walked at the forefront, and when he walked up to the dock, he suddenly couldn't believe his eyes!

What is that?

Zhang Shuo was a little unsure at first, but by the bright moonlight, he finally saw clearly, what appeared in front of him was a pontoon bridge built with fishing boats!

That's right! It's a pontoon bridge built with fishing boats! Zhang Shuo saw that on the surface of the river, which was more than 1,000 meters wide, hundreds of fishing boats were neatly arranged together, like knotted shells on the body of centipedes.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been hard for Zhang Shuo to imagine that someone could build a bridge with a small fishing boat on such a wide river!

Moreover, Zhang Shuo was very sure that there was absolutely nothing on the river at dusk, otherwise the bridge would have been discovered by the displaced people before the construction began! In other words, the bridge was built after nightfall, and it would never take more than four hours!

Just when Zhang Shuo was shocked by the scene in front of him, the county commander Wu Pei walked in front of everyone, only to see him wave his big hand and shout in a low voice, "Cross the bridge!"

Immediately, a rather dignified old man at the front took the lead and walked on the pontoon bridge on the river, and then a group of "nobles" followed closely, Zhang Shuo saw that they were very skillfully lined up in a column, without the slightest crowding or pushing.

"Doctor Zhang, it's time for us to go!"

When the person in front of him was almost gone, Zhu Jun, a swinger, came to Zhang Shuo's side at some point, he pulled Zhang Shuo's sleeve, and reminded Zhang Shuo softly in his ear.

Zhang Shuo suddenly came back to his senses and nodded towards Zhu Jun, he followed behind the person in front of him, and stepped onto the pontoon bridge with hurried steps.

However, the pontoon bridge was not as smooth as Zhang Shuo imagined, he just stepped on it, and suddenly his body stumbled!

Seeing that he was about to fall into the river, Zhang Shuo panicked, at this moment, a strong and powerful arm rested on Zhang Shuo's chest, straightening his body, Zhang Shuo turned his head and found that it was a middle-aged man standing at the bow of the boat who helped him up.

Zhang Shuo had already noticed that on both sides of the pontoon bridge, there was a person standing on the bow of each fishing boat, and it was obvious that these people should be the owners of the fishing boats, and this pontoon bridge was from them.

Zhang Shuo arched his hand to the man at the bow of the boat, the man nodded slightly, and then Zhang Shuo continued to cross the bridge without looking back, he knew that now was not the time to say thanks, there were still tens of thousands of people waiting behind him!

The pontoon bridge under his feet is still swaying from side to side, but at this time, after suffering a loss, Zhang Shuo began to carefully learn from the person in front of him, taking small broken steps, and his feet were slightly separated to form a figure, so that his body was really stable a lot.

The distance of more than 1,000 meters is not long, Zhang Shuo estimated that he ran for five to six minutes, and when he arrived at the bridge, Zhang Shuo saw that the people who had run across the bridge before had gathered on the river beach, and at this time, Zhu Jun, who was following him, also caught up, and the two walked to the river beach together.

Standing on the river beach, Zhang Shuo looked at the people on the river, and at this time there was a group of women and children crossing the bridge on the river, some of the children were very small and were held by the women, and some of the children could run and followed behind their mothers.

Zhang Shuo saw the children running happily on the bridge, and asked Zhu Jun with a surprised face, "Those children are so young, how can parents rest assured that they can cross the bridge by themselves?"

"Hehe, Doctor Zhang is not a local!" Zhu Jun said with a smile, "Don't look at these children, but the children by the river, don't they start to go into the water at the age of three? ”

"Is the boat bridge the bridge on the river?" asked Zhang Shuo, pointing to the pontoon bridge on the river.

"Yes, that's the bridge. Zhu Jun nodded.

"You said that you will build a boat bridge every year, is there any festival that you can't do?" Zhang Shuo continued to ask.

"It's not a festival, it's just that the Wu people on both sides of our river worship their ancestors......"

It seemed that because he had successfully escaped from the county seat, Zhu Jun's tone was very brisk, and in this way, he began to tell Zhang Shuo in detail about the tradition of building a boat bridge, including the origin of this tradition and some interesting things that happened during the sacrifices over the years.

Late at night, the camp of the homeless.

It is said to be a big camp, but there are only a dozen tents in the entire camp, and they are all the leaders of the homeless people, and the ordinary homeless people can only find a clean place to lie casually, no different from beggars.

Looking down from the sky, the homeless people are spread on the ground like dead bodies, and if it rains at this time, almost all the homeless people will be reduced to chickens in soup.

Suddenly, among the homeless people spread on the ground, one of the homeless people stood up, he scolded and clutched his stomach, it seemed that he had eaten the piece of jerky for too long at dinner, and now his stomach hurt like a knife.

The homeless ran out of the camp in a panic and came to the barren grass by the river, and was just about to take off his pants, but suddenly he saw an unusual sight in his eyes!

Is that...... The homeless man saw the black line running across the river and the black dots wriggling on the black line, although he couldn't see it clearly from a distance in the night, but he instantly guessed what it was!

"Ahh......h Belch...... Scold...... ......The homeless man opened his mouth and was about to wake up his sleeping companion, but suddenly a cold light crossed his throat from behind him, and before he could spit out, the cry turned into a string of blood foaming from his neck.

The corpse of the homeless man fell to the ground, gradually becoming stiff, and behind him, a red sleeve dressed in black slowly wiped the sharp short knife in his hand with a silk cloth, looking at the people who were crossing the river in the distance, and silently retreated into the darkness......

The night was silent, the people on the river had almost withdrawn, and the last to step on the pontoon bridge were the soldiers guarding the city, at this time they took off their armor, and under the leadership of Wu Pei, they ran on the river at the fastest speed.

Soon, Wu Pei took a group of soldiers to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and there were no more people crossing the river on the river, and at this time, more than 30,000 people gathered on the river beach, which was slightly crowded.

"Let's get up, hey——!" On the river, I don't know which person who supported the boat shouted first.

"Hey, hey!" Suddenly, countless echoes rang out across the river.

I saw these boatmen put away the wooden planks on the boat, took out a firewood knife to cut the straw rope tied to the bamboo pole, and then erected the bamboo pole to prop it up, and the originally neatly arranged fishing boats suddenly scattered in all directions, and the fishing boats wandered briskly on the river like fish, and soon disappeared into the moonlight.

"Are these really fishermen?" Zhang Shuo muttered as he listened to the loud trumpets on the river.

"No...... These are Wu people!" Hearing Zhang Shuo's question, Situ Weiming, who was not far away, looked at the empty river and replied with a smile