In ancient times, women's hair was also used as a token of affection, and the green silk sound was affectionate, representing a feeling of longing.

This kind of body hair and skin thing is not easy to give to a strange man, so the meaning expressed by Liu Wan'er is obvious.

Shen Yichen opened the small note with his hand, and a dignified font appeared on it. After all, Liu Wan'er was born in a scholarly family, and her handwriting is not inferior to that of ordinary literati.

"Shen Gongzi, after the Winter Solstice Poetry Meeting, Wan'er always remembers that justice will not be absent, don't dare to forget it."

"The chapter in the brocade box is the work of my father's crying blood in the edict, and he intended to present it to the emperor to prove his innocence, but he did not send it until his death."

"When my brother helped his father to decorate the body, he found this letter and searched for ministers who were familiar with his father, but no one was willing to help. In order to prevent being discovered by the eunuch Wang Zhen, the music has been kept by me closely, just so that one day I can reach the heavens. ”

"Wan'er now handed over this letter to Shen Gongzi, hoping to see the belated justice that Gongzi said in the future."

"This great kindness, Wan'er is toothless and unforgettable, and she may not be able to repay her in this life, but she only looks forward to the next life to tie the grass and serve the son."

Shen Yichen finished reading the words on the note, and found that there were many places where the pen and ink were blurred, and it was obvious that when Liu Wan'er wrote, she wrote while crying.

To be honest, as soon as he saw Qingsi, Shen Yichen's mind flashed thoughts such as repaying the favor with his body. But at this moment, his heart was a little heavy, and the words on the note were more similar to the last book written in despair.

This wisp of green silk is Liu Wan'er's way of feeling that she may not be able to repay herself in this life, and she promises to repay in the next life. And even the self-proclaimed family has changed from the slave family commonly used by women to his nickname Wan'er.

Just when Shen Yichen was about to roll up the note and put it in the sachet, he also accidentally found that there was a line of small characters on the back of the note.

"Shen Gongzi, the eunuch Wang Zhen controls the government and covers the sky with one hand, Wan'er knows the difficulties and dangers that this matter will experience, and she does not want to cause Gongzi to be in danger because of her own affairs."

"If you feel that you can't do anything, you will burn the music in the brocade box to avoid leaving trouble. Wan'er is still grateful for Childe's kindness, because Childe gave a ray of light in the darkest moment of Wan'er's life. ”

After reading the last little word, a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of Shen Yichen's mouth, he didn't expect that he would also become someone else's light one day.

packed up his things, Shen Yichen did not choose to open Liu Qiu's recital, because it was already known from Liu Wan'er's note that this was a self-defense recital.

And this thing is useless to tell the truth, if it is useful to defend yourself, will you still die unjustly?

If you want to avenge your grievances, it is not this recital, but the fall of Wang Zhen.

It can only be said that this last words that the Liu family regards as their lives are as valuable as chicken ribs in the eyes of others.

"Brother Chen, don't catch a cold when the bow of the ship is foggy, why don't you go back to the cabin and sit down?"

Ah Niu saw that Shen Yichen had been standing at the bow of the boat since he got on the boat and looking at the contents of the brocade box, and he didn't know if he was concerned about something important, so he didn't dare to bother.

It wasn't until Shen Yichen put his things away that he spoke.

"Okay."

Shen Yichen nodded, it was true that his clothes were wet after standing for a long time, so he turned around and returned to the cabin.

The canopy of the boat is not large, only a few square meters, and there are square tables and chairs in the center of the boat, and there is a stove for making tea and cooking.

Under normal circumstances, the bird boat will not stay overnight in the cabin, but if you are in a hurry, it is okay to lie down, but the comfort level will definitely not be very high.

Of course, Shen Yichen is not picky about food, clothing, shelter and transportation, as long as conditions permit, he plans to minimize the time to rest on the shore. Day and night boating, with the fastest speed to the Beijing Division.

"Shen Xianggong, the kettle is boiling tea, but the tea is not good, if you don't dislike it, you can drink tea to warm up."

The boatman watched Shen Yichen sit down, and also said hello.

"Thank you, boatman."

"You're kind to Shen Xianggong, you are the head of the Sanyuan case, and it is my blessing to be able to take my boat."

The name of Shen Yichen's little Sanyuan case leader can be said to have spread all over Yingtianfu, and even the illiterate boatmen on the riverside have heard of his name.

Hearing this, Shen Yichen smiled and was not complacent. He lifted the kettle from the stove and poured a cup of tea into the clay bowl on the table.

Indeed, as the boatman said, tea leaves are not even coarse tea, just some broken tea foam. It can also be seen from this that the living conditions of ordinary boatmen's homes are not very good.

Shen Yichen also doesn't have any tea tasting habits, and tea is just for him to quench his thirst, so he doesn't care whether the tea is good or bad.

Blowing away the floating tea crumbs, he took a slight sip, and then set his eyes on the boatman.

The boatman had a lot of vicissitudes of appearance, and he looked like he was forty or fifty years old. However, Shen Yichen knows very well that this kind of person who begs for a living on the water all the year round is much younger than he seems, and should only be about thirty years old.

"Boatman, how long will it take us to get to Jingshi all the way?"

"Back to Shen Xianggong, if you don't stop around the clock, you can reach Jingshi in ten days at the fastest with a small boat like ours."

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal starts from the Zhenjiang section, and the length of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to Beijing is about 1,500 kilometers.

Even if it is fifteen days at the earliest, it means that the boat has to travel about 100 kilometers a day, which translates to a speed of about four kilometers per hour, which is very close to the walking speed of ordinary people.

Don't look at this speed as if it is quite slow, in fact, in ancient times, it could travel 100 kilometers a day, which can already be called a rapid speed. This must also be achieved on the basis of a combination of day and night sailing, as well as oars and sails.

may be an idle relationship, Shen Yichen simply chatted with the boatman about family life. I learned that he was only thirty-five this year, and he had run Caoyun in his early years, and he was very familiar with the river channel of the canal to the north of Beijing.

Later, he married a wife and had children to take care of the family, and the risk of Cao Yun was too high, so he settled down to live by the Yingtian River. If he hadn't met Ah Niu, and the passenger was the head of the three-yuan case, he might not have accepted this business.

After chatting for a long time, Shen Yichen felt a little sleepy as the boat was bumping.

Perhaps seeing Shen Yichen's tiredness, the boatman put down the oars, took out the futon from a wooden box and said, "Shen Xianggong, there is no such thing as a bed on the ship, so you can only be wronged." ”

"It's okay, just rely on it for a while."

Listening to Shen Yichen's words, the boatman suddenly sighed: "Shen Xianggong, the villain has also seen many dignitaries, but no one has ever been willing to talk to the villain about these common things, and no master is as easy-going as Xianggong. ”

"Everyone says that you are the reincarnation of Wenqu Xing, and now the villain believes in Xianggong and really has a bodhisattva heart."

The boatman's words made Shen Yichen not know what to go back to, many sparse and ordinary little things in his eyes were great respect in the eyes of the people at the bottom.

Perhaps one of the differences between modern and ancient thinking includes the fact that all men are created equal.

Shen Yichen was wrapped in a futon, leaned on the cabin and fell asleep in a daze. When he woke up and opened his eyes, he found that the thick fog on the river had lifted, and the sun was shining on the river.

"Ah Niu, how long have I been asleep?"

"Brother Chen, it's probably more than an hour."

So long?

Shen Yichen rubbed his eyes, he felt that he was just squinting for a while, but he didn't expect that more than two hours had passed.

Pushing away the futon and standing up, Shen Yichen found that the boatman had already made lunch at the stern of the boat, probably worried that the oil smoke would smoke him, so he specially brought the stove out.

The food on the ship was very simple, a pot of fish soup with prepared dough cakes, and it was just like that.

In the afternoon, in order to pass the boring time of taking the boat, Shen Yichen took out a book and sat on the bow of the boat to read.

Not to mention, with the gentle river breeze and the warm sun of spring and summer, reading has a unique taste.

In this way, down the Yangtze River, when night is about to fall, the buildings on both sides of the river gradually increase, and you can vaguely see the brilliant lights in the distance.

"Shen Xianggong, there is Zhenjiang Mansion in front, and it will soon go out from the big river to join the canal."

The boatman looked at the lights and informed Shen Yichen of his itinerary. In ancient times, the Yangtze River did not have a specific name, and it was generally called a big river.

"Hmm."

Shen Yichen nodded, Yingtian was about a hundred kilometers away from the Zhenjiang Mansion waterway, and he thought it would take a day to reach it. As a result, the speed was much faster than the block he expected, and he arrived in less than half a day.

However, after arriving at the canal, most of the time it is countercurrent, and the width of the water surface is much smaller than that of the Yangtze River, and the wind blowing is not strong enough, so the speed will slow down a lot.

Leaving the Yangtze River to join the canal, this section of Zhenjiang Mansion is called the Inner Canal, which is about the same width as the Qinhuai River. In addition, since the Song Dynasty, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have always been rich places, so the scenery on both sides of the strait is also very similar.

There are all kinds of Qionglou painting boats, brothels and other custom fireworks places.

"Brother Chen, I see that you are a little tired today, why don't you find an inn in Zhenjiang Mansion tonight?"

Although Ah Niu doesn't talk much, but the basic eyesight is still there, Shen Yichen took a boat for the first time, and he can clearly feel that he is not very tired of adapting, so it is best to get off the boat and rest for one night before setting off.

However, for Ah Niu's words, Shen Yichen shook his head, looked at the boatman and asked, "Boatman, can the canal travel overnight at night?" ”

Arriving in Jingshi a day earlier, the more time to prepare would be, so Shen Yichen did not plan to dock ashore.

"Shen Xianggong, there are many boats on the Zhenjiang Canal, and the boats are more congested at night and prone to collisions, if you offend the prince of the noble family, you may get into trouble."

"In addition, there are gangs on the river that rely on water to make a living, and it is easy to cause more trouble at night, so it is better to cross the Zhenjiang River and then walk at night."

After all, the boatman has experience in transporting, don't look into the bustling urban river, it seems that it is more convenient to sail at night.

In fact, it is precisely because of the prosperity and the intricacy of various forces that you have a foreign ship that does not have a wide field of vision at night, and it is a troublesome thing to provoke either side.

The dragon crossing the river may not be able to suppress the head snake of the ground, not to mention Shen Yichen's fame.

In ancient times, traveling far away was not only the inconvenience of transportation and road conditions, but also a major issue worth paying attention to, and even higher priority.

"What the big brother of the boat family said is very true, Ah Niu, let's go down and find an inn to settle down."

Shen Yichen has never been a person who messes around, and the boatman is very reasonable about what he says. So they greeted Ah Niu, and the two of them went down from the bird boat, ready to find an inn to spend the night.

The canal scenery of Zhenjiang is brilliant and brilliant from the boat, and the crowd is bustling after getting off the boat, showing prosperity.

It was only in this crowd that Shen Yichen saw many ragged homeless people, huddled at the corner of the street begging for a bite to eat, which was in stark contrast to the scenery he had seen before.

On the one hand, there is peace and prosperity, and on the other hand, natural disasters and man-made disasters are struggling to survive.

"Ah Niu, these should be Zhejiang refugees who have been flooded, right?"

"Well, the floods in Zhejiang have been serious since the beginning of spring this year, and many farmers who can't survive can only drag their families to flee the disaster. Ying Tianfu's city defense is strict, so they can't enter the city, and it seems that Zhenjiang Mansion has been slipped in a lot. ”

Listening to Ah Niu's words, Shen Yichen understood why there seemed to be no shadow of natural disasters in Yingtianfu, and it turned out that the homeless people were not allowed to enter.

The ancients said: I don't hear anything outside the window, and I only read the books of sages. Although Shen Yichen has not yet reached this point, in fact, his main focus is also on the imperial examination, and he does not pay much attention to the changes in the outside world.

Now that you are out of Yingtianfu, you can see the dark side under the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

"Let's go, find a place to eat first."

Shen Yichen sighed and took his eyes off the homeless, even if he had compassion, he couldn't do anything in the face of the current situation.

"Okay, Brother Chen."

In comparison, Ah Niu seems to be accustomed to it, because this kind of natural and man-made disasters become homeless, which is a common thing in ancient times.

The two walked along the canal, and the women in the Qinglou by the river saw Shen Yichen looking dignified and dressed in shirts, and they all greeted him.

"Childe, the painting boat has prepared a delicious food and jade dew, why don't you drink with the concubine??"

"Childe is a talent, and the slave's heart is like a deer, and I hope that Childe will have mercy."

"The son has a long night, and the slave family is very lonely, please stay."

I have to say that Shen Yichen has really inherited the advantages of both parents in terms of physical appearance.

Not only is he tall and handsome, but he also inherits the handsome appearance of the Shen family, coupled with this talented shirt, he can be called a young man, and it is not surprising that he can attract the favor of many Qinglou women.

However, even on the banks of the Qinhuai River, Shen Yichen is not much interested in Fenghua Xueyue, let alone the vulgar fans of Zhenjiang.

didn't go far, Shen Yichen saw a vendor selling duck blood soup, which was the prototype of the famous duck blood vermicelli soup in Nanjing in later generations.

So he beckoned Ah Niu to sit down and drink a bowl of duck blood soup at night, which can warm up his body and not increase his appetite, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

The vendor's movements were very quick, and in a short period of time, two bowls of duck blood soup had been served on the table, and just when Shen Yichen picked up the spoon and was about to taste it, there was a noise in his ears.

I saw a group of gorgeously dressed boys walking towards the green building next to the canal, one of them holding a bag of pastries in his hand, which was constantly being thrown, attracting several homeless children behind to compete for food.

This kind of behavior similar to teasing monkeys caused the other sons to laugh and throw them more energetically. He even tricked the homeless children in different tricks, making them learn to bark as dogs, and whoever barked the most was thrown to whomever he wanted.

When the pedestrians and traders on the street saw this scene, they shook their heads and sighed that the world was declining, but the other party was obviously not a person to be messed with, and no one dared to stop it.

"Straight, this is too insulting."

After seeing this scene, Ah Niu put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and scolded angrily.

Shen Yichen was also angry at the moment, Ying Tianfu he had come into contact with a lot of sons, and it could even be said that he grew up in the environment of a gentleman.

I don't know if it's because Ying Tianyun's level is too high, or for some other reason, even if he eats, drinks and has fun, he doesn't make fun of children with no bottom line, at least Shen Yichen has never seen it.

Today's scene can be regarded as letting Shen Yichen see that the poor and homeless people in the eyes of some noble sons and brothers are really not regarded as people!

At the moment when Shen Yichen and Ah Niu were indignant, a strong man in coarse linen clothes next to him also stared at the group of sons and brothers in front of him, his face was very cold.

If you look closely, you can see that they subconsciously put their hands on their waists, revealing the outline of short knives and daggers.

"Brother Ye, I can't help it, sooner or later I have to rebel, it's better to take this group of miscellaneous sacrificial knives first!"

One of the strong men, who couldn't stand it anymore, said to a middle-aged man led by him.

"No, this is Zhenjiang City, heavily defended. Kill this bunch of wretchants, we won't go out. ”

Before Brother Ye could reply, a man next to him shook his head and vetoed it, they came to Zhenjiang for important matters, and they couldn't mess up their proportions.

"Wang Neng, are you afraid?"

"Canghuotou, I'm not afraid of rebellion, but I'm still afraid of these miscellaneous pieces?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Brother Ye finally spoke: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, we still have important things to do, we must endure it!" ”

Just when Brother Ye was appeased, someone at the table next to him stood up and walked towards the group of boys.

This person is none other than Shen Yichen!

The style of the literati should never just dance and write and chant the wind and the moon, but should also have the courage to stand up when encountering injustices!

Shen Yichen not only has the blood of a martial artist, he also has the style of a literati!