Han Changwan lifted his eyelids, his gaze seemed to be laughing at Leng Linjiang's words, laughing at his words as if without Xie Mengxia, he would be able to protect himself.

Leng Linjiang's face was red when Han Changdui looked at him, and the whole person became more and more charming without knowing it, but when he opened his mouth, he instantly broke this coquettish feeling, and he was a rough man: "If I can't protect that ancestor, it's you who is unlucky." ”

Han Changdui seemed to be persuaded by Leng Linjiang, and said lightly: "Cheng Zongqi will pretend to be a maidservant and blend in with you." His expression was gentle, and he silently soothed Leng Linjiang's restless heart: "This is a ringing arrow, you and Cheng Zongqi each bring three in case of emergency." ”

As he spoke, he handed over three small thumb-thick dark yellow bamboo tubes, each with a slender twist hanging from the end.

Leng Linjiang hesitated for a moment, and didn't pick up the arrow: "This, if it is discovered by the water bandits, won't I die a miserable death?" ”

Han Changwan glanced at Leng Linjiang: "The water bandits want people, and they won't search your body." ”

"You promise?" Leng Linjiang asked.

"Guaranteed." Han Changdui said.

Leng Linjiang was relieved to have three arrows under his hand, and hid them in his sleeve, but he didn't want to hear Han Changdui add again.

"You'll have to put the arrows away, or I won't know where to get you." His voice was still as gentle, but the words he uttered were not so good.

Leng Linjiang was used to hearing it, he turned his head, and he thought he was deaf and couldn't hear.

Han Changwan patted Leng Linjiang's shoulder and said two words lightly: "Don't worry." ”

After waiting for a while in the tea shed, on the official road leading to Liangzhou, the sound of rapid horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and everyone looked up in unison.

The dust was flying all over the sky, and the sound of horses' hooves was messy like a drum, and the group galloped to the outside of the tea shed, turned over and dismounted, and saluted in unison: "My lord." ”

Han Changwan nodded slightly, stood with his hands in his hands, and said calmly: "Say it." ”

A young man led by crossed the crowd, the hem of the light gray cross-collared robe was stained with some mud, and a pair of leather boots were even more muddy, and he bowed and said: "The subordinates have carefully inquired in several villages along the way, and that group of people is indeed a water bandit on the Jialing River. ”

"Didn't the villagers report to the official, are all the people in the village dead?" Leng Linjiang jumped out in a delicate grass-colored skirt with a fallen horse bun, and the beads between the buns were swept away by the warm sun slanting westward, and the bright golden light could almost blind people's eyes.

The young man subconsciously closed his eyes by the golden light, and then opened his face to see Leng Linjiang's grease and powder, endured and endured, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Seeing Leng Linjiang's face darkened, his eyes danced with anger, the young man hurriedly took a step back, shrunk his shoulders and smiled: "Lord Shaoyin, you are angry, the villagers have reported to the official, and Li Zheng has also reported to the county, but the county is short of manpower, and only a few people were sent to squat in the village for a few days. ”

Leng Linjiang frowned angrily, and shouted loudly: "If you can't prevent it, don't you prevent it?" ”

Xie Mengxia walked over with the corner of her skirt swaying and patted Leng Linjiang's shoulder: "Don't shout, the powder is going to fall off." ”

Leng Linjiang: "......"

Young man: "....."

"......" Han Changdui was silent for a moment and looked at the young man: "You continue." ”

The young man's shoulders shook slightly, gritted his teeth and held back a smile, not daring to look at Leng Linjiang and Xie Mengxia again: "This group of water bandits has been entrenched in the Jialing River for more than 30 years, saying that it is a water bandit, usually no different from ordinary fishermen on the river, the government has eliminated it several times to no avail, and has not found out where their thieves are nesting, as for the matter of sacrificing to the river god, it was ten years ago that the water bandits recruited a scholar who can pinch and calculate, known as the god operator, it only started, the old woman should be a bad memory, and the sacrifice to the river god is once every two years, Every time the god operator will divinate a sacrificial place and the number of sacrifices needed, so the location and number of people who sacrifice to the river god are different each time, but they are always on the river from Liangzhou to Chang'an City, and in the past half a month, the villagers of several villages have sent their girls away, and the gang of water bandits have not yet sacrificed to the river god's girl, and they dare not break into Liangzhou City to snatch the girl, and they are already looking for people everywhere, planning to buy some back. ”

Han Changdui raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at Leng Linjiang and Xie Mengxia.

The appearance of a hairpin full of beads and gorgeous clothes is really eye-catching.

In the night of the river soup, the moonlight is reflected on the surface of the river, and the sparkling and broken floating shadows ripple away.

The river is extremely quiet in the middle of the night, and a building boat pushes the river, the water is sparkling, and the sound of the water is far away.

The ship was not very large, with only two floors, the second on the deck, with the dim lights on the window paper, and the first floor, below deck, a huge bilge with no windows and only a narrow door to enter and exit.

There were many people walking back and forth on the deck, their steps so low that they could barely be heard, but the sound of swords clattering was very clear.

The moonlight shone on the sword, and the dazzling cold light fell on the rippling waves along the way.

There was only one light in the huge bilge, which was extremely dim, and a hundred or so people were crowded inside, and the cabin became cramped, and all kinds of inexplicable fat powder smelled mixed together, and it smelled a little high.

Leng Linjiang and Xie Mengxia, Cheng Chaoyan and the three of them were crowded in an inconspicuous corner, at this time, the three of them had already changed their clothes, only light makeup on their faces, and gray coarse cloth clothes on their bodies, and hastily pulled a simple bun that could no longer be simple, and there was nothing in the hair.

Leng Linjiang took advantage of the faint light and looked at the people in the cabin quietly.

There were more than 100 girls in the cabin, all of them in jinghai cloth skirts, beautiful and ugly, but they were all just over the age of twenty.

I bought a hundred girls in one go, even if one person only paid three or five taels of silver, it was a lot of money.

Leng Linjiang silently calculated an account in his heart, and found that being a water bandit did cost more money than being a courtier.

He recalled the memories of Jialingjiang in his heart, and was shocked that he had read a little less, vaguely remembered a sentence and a half, and did not remember it so clearly and in detail.

"The Jialing River starts in Fengxian County, flows through Gyeonggi Province, Shannan West Road, and finally joins Jiannan Road."

"The tributaries of the Jialing River are complicated, the river water is abundant and turbulent, the river is wide and calm, and the boats are often destroyed and killed in the dangerous shoals and rapids."

"Yungui, Yungui, the yellow bone fish in the Jialing River is very delicious, I ate it once last time, I never forget it, do you think we can eat a meal this time?" Xie Mengxia suddenly leaned on Leng Linjiang's shoulder and asked in a low voice.

In fact, he didn't have to keep his voice so low, but he seemed to be a thief.

After the bandits sent these bought girls to the cabin, they probably thought that these helpless girls would not be able to escape, so they only locked the door from the outside and did not leave anyone to guard it.

The cabin was noisy, and some of the girls knew each other, and after a moment of boredom sat on the floor, and began to talk about, at first whispering, then into a noisy noise.

In such a situation, Xie Mengxia deliberately lowered his voice, but his heart was much weaker.

Leng Linjiang pushed Xie Mengxia's head away, and said with a smile: "Go back and hit a boat, so that you can eat enough." ”

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, which sounded very familiar, and he hooked his lips and smiled.

The person outside seemed to stop in front of the door for a moment, then pushed the door in, put the steaming meal in the food box on the dining table, and turned his head to greet Han Changdui: "My lord came out of the palace, I haven't used the twilight food yet, and the lower official has sent it to you." ”

Han Changdui sighed, and glanced at Yao Ji expressionlessly: "Drinking too much?" ”

Yao Ji laughed twice: "Bao Cheng finished the exam, he is finally free, this happiness, I drank two more cups, and the adults forgive the sin." ”

Han Changdui pursed his lips and asked again: "Is the apricot blossom light rain delicious?" ”

Yao Qi nodded again and again: "Do you want to taste it?" ”

Han Changwan lightly spit out a word: "Okay." ”

Yao Qi was suddenly very excited, and quickly spun out of the room, but after a while, he quickly spun back again, holding an unopened wine jar in his hand, and resting heavily on the dining table.

"My lord, after suffering in the tribute courtyard for so many days, I have to have a few drinks today." Yao Qi smiled and unsealed the wine jar, and the strange aroma of wine spread out in an instant.

Han Changdui was endlessly curious about this wine, and smiled slightly: "Okay." ”

Although the name of this wine is elegant, the wine flavor is not heavy, but it is full of aroma, but the aftertaste is greater than usual.

Yao Qi had already drunk a jar at first, and now she drank a few glasses with Han Changdui, and the wine became emboldened, and she began to be unscrupulous.

After she left the palace today, she went back to the public house of Jingzhao Mansion to take a bath and change her clothes.

This dress was rewarded to her by Xie Mengxia last time, the material is excellent, and it is the most comfortable to wear at this season, but it is a pity that the sleeves are wider, and it is a little cumbersome to fight.

She doesn't usually wear much clothes, thinking that there should be no fight today, so she puts it on.

After drinking a few more sips of wine at this time, she began to dislike the inconvenience of the wide sleeves, reached out and rolled up the sleeves high, tied them with strips of cloth, and revealed two arms that were not very white.

Han Changdui originally had an excellent amount of wine, and he always took small sips with the wine cup, and he was not drunk at all.

He watched Yao Qi drink wine and eat meat in a proud manner, and saw that he was about to step on the Hu bed to stand on the food table, sneered, and hurriedly reached out to drag her: "Come down, fall carefully." ”