The Huang family prepared the ship very quickly, and before the banquet was over, someone came to inform that everything was ready. Although Huang Ben repeatedly begged Zhang Jiao and the others to stay for a few more days before leaving, looking at Wei Zisheng, who was worried, Zhang Jiao still decided to set off in the early morning of the next day.

"There are a lot of bandits in this area, you are a young man, why don't you listen to my grandfather, and when my family gathers some strong men, I will send you back." Huang Zu looked at Zhang Jiao very unconvinced, and felt that Zhang Jiao was just a hairy boy who had not dried up, although he might have some means to cure the disease and save people, but to take a group of women and children along the Yangtze River to a meeting thousands of miles away is tantamount to a fool's dream.

"Yes, little friend, on the waterway from here to Huiji County, there are many sail thieves and bandits near several large lakes along the way, and even our merchant ships usually prepare some money to buy the road, and even some people are often kidnapped by them to ask for ransom, I have ordered to go down, pick a hundred and ten strong offspring in the next few days, and escort you there." Huang Ben is not optimistic about Zhang Jiao, after all, he has only seen Fang Shi saving people, but he has never seen Fang Shi kill people.

"I'll go with you tomorrow, my Ma Yuanyi's life is yours, let me protect Engong along the way." Ma Yuanyi was also eager to try, because the last time he saw Zhang Jiao, he was still a weak teenager, and it didn't take long to be separated, and Ma Yuanyi didn't think he could become much powerful.

"It's okay, although the three of my brothers are not as powerful as my senior brother, but I think there are still some means to protect them when they go to Huiji. What's more, there are just some sail thieves on the road, so Old Patriarch Huang doesn't have to worry. Zhang Jiao arched his hand to Huang Ben and said.

"Humph! Thou art ignorant of the ferocity of the sail thief, and thou art pure and capable. Huang Zu parted his head and muttered, in his opinion, Zhang Jiao's thin arms and legs were not enough for a sail thief.

"Zu'er, don't be rude!" Huang Ben glared at Huang Zu, roared, and said to Zhang Jiao: "Well, since Xiaoyou insists on leaving tomorrow, I will gather some strong people tonight and send Xiaoyou there." ”

"That being the case, the kid has thanked Boss Huang for his kindness." Zhang Jiao looked at Huang Ben's unshirkable concerned gaze, and his heart was moved, but he did not refuse.

To say that the cohesion of the Huang family is not ordinarily strong, after the news of recruiting the Xiangyong Protection Master to go to Huiji County spread, hundreds of people from several villages signed up that night.

Although Zhang Jiao repeatedly said that he didn't need too many people to accompany him, Huang Ben personally selected a hundred strong men who were familiar with water, and pointed out that Huang Zu led the team, and told him again and again, for fear that he would go on a business trip.

Ma Yuanyi also borrowed a set of leather armor and a treasure knife from the Huang family, and he was determined to accompany Zhang Jiao left and right, and said that the sail thief was insidious, and he could block some cold arrows for Engong if necessary.

Zhang Jiao was moved in his heart and wanted to leave some gold and silver to give to the Huang family, but Huang Ben resolutely refused to accept it, so he made dozens of talismans to drive away plague and cure diseases that night and handed them to Huang Ben.

"Little friend, but you can move forward with confidence, if there is really a sail thief who does not have long eyes, holding this talisman, they will not dare to hurt you."

At the Jiangxia Wharf in the early morning of the second day, Huang Ben looked at Zhang Jiao's people who were on the deck, and he was still relieved, so he hurriedly ran to give Zhang Jiao a golden warrant, which was engraved with the Huang family's family seal, and the other side was also engraved with the word "Ben", which seemed to be the Huang family's patriarch's order.

"Old Patriarch Chenghuang is worried, don't pass it!" Zhang Jiao took the token and bowed to Huang Ben. Zhang Jiao felt that this righteous old man deserved his respect.

The humid river breeze blew through the mist on the river, and the people who saw off Huang Ben on the shore in the distance also slowly became smaller, and after a while, they disappeared in the morning mist, Zhang Jiao turned his head and took a deep breath, and put the token into his arms.

Zhang Jiao and the others were on a two-story building boat, Huang Zu led a few warriors with bows to patrol and observe by the railing, and two slightly smaller single-story building ships were distributed in front of the main ship, and two more followed behind the main ship unhurriedly.

The sky grew brighter, and the morning fog thinned out, and then slowly rose, forming a barrier at a height of four or five feet above the water, like a white veil floating in the air.

In the end, the waterway is much faster than the land route, and the aquatic plants and trees on both sides of the bank are constantly flying by, which makes Wei Zisheng, who is standing at the bow of the boat, very happy, at this speed, he will soon be able to reach home.

"Alert! Alert! ”

As the thin layer of mist floating in the air gradually shattered by the sunlight, a small boat in front of the main ship suddenly let out an exclamation.

"Sneer~"

Zhang Jiao stared intently at the distant sky, and some dense black dots were attacking the fleet, which were flying arrows.

"Hey!" Zhang Liang jumped onto the railing of the warship in front of him, and spewed out a strong air flow from the palm of his hand, blowing away the broken fog layer in an instant, and rolling those flying arrows into the sky.

"This ......" Huang Zu rushed over with a team of warriors holding shields, and just wanted to protect Zhang Jiao and the others, he saw the young Zhang Liang standing on the warship in front of him to show his might, his mouth was wide open, and his eyes were about to pop out.

"Shout out of those people's way." Zhang Jiao looked at the stunned Huang Zu and felt a little funny, reached out to close his chin, and said to Ma Yuanyi on the side.

"Don't get in the way!" Ma Yuanyi was also taken aback, he hadn't seen him for half a year, and the calm young man in front of him was already unfathomable, even his young brother had such powerful skills.

"We have no intention of disturbing the immortals, forgive our sins, forgive our sins!"

Dozens of grasshopper boats appeared on the river, some big men with bows wrapped in turbans stood on the boats, trembling with french, and many of them had broken arrows stuck in their bodies. To Zhang Jiao's surprise, there was a teenager on one of the ships.

"You have eaten the bear's heart and leopard's gall! How dare you plunder here! Huang Zu, who came back to his senses, turned red, and remembered what he had said to Zhang Jiao and the others before, "The sail thieves are fierce", and he was very ashamed, and he yelled at those water thieves with some annoyance.

"Spare your life! Spare your life! The grasshoppers watched the boats approach and avoided them.

"Wait for the rats! How dare you release arrows to commit murder! The warship slowly stopped near the grasshopper boat, and Huang Zu led a few people to jump down with the cable and swing to the grasshopper boat at the head.

"Don't dare, don't dare!" A boatload of big men was so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, only the young man in his early teens was pale and stared at Huang Zu.

"Who are you?" Huang Zu drew his saber and pointed at the young man, he thought that this young man might be the leader of this group of water thieves.

"I... My name is Su Fei, my father is the leader of this area, you... You can't kill me. Su Fei stiffened his neck, straightened his body, and looked heroic and righteous, but his slightly stammering voice betrayed the panic in his heart.

"Put your weapons down! Stay honest, my Huang family will have an immortal escort from now on, we will give you a way to live, if you are willing to belong to us, you can be hired by my Huang family merchant ship as an escort, if you are unwilling, you will disperse! If you wait for the next time you wait for Xiaoxiao to loot here, let the immortals wipe out the thieves and others! Huang Zu sneered and slowly put down the knife. He felt that he could use Zhang Jiao's authority to subdue some of the water thieves, and the Huang family's merchant ships would be able to go more smoothly in the future.

"Good...... I... Go back and tell my father..."The young Su Fei was very spineless, and he saw that he was inferior to others, so he agreed immediately.

"Wait for half a month, and if you think about it, you can go to my Huang family to report!" Huang Zu held his head high, and the fox was pretending to be a tiger.

"You kid, I didn't see that you were still thick and fine." Seeing that the group of water thieves were scattered, and they all retreated to the shore in grasshopper boats, Zhang Bao came over and patted Huang Zu, who was a head taller than him, on the shoulder, and joked in an old-fashioned manner.

"Master forgiveness, it was Huang Zu who didn't know Mount Tai before, and he collided with several teachers between his words, I hope you have a lot of adults, don't worry about the kid." Huang Zu hurriedly leaned over and saluted, although he thought that his martial arts were extraordinary, but compared with the few people in front of him, he couldn't even count as a dish.

"It's okay, let's move on." Zhang Jiao waved his hand, although this Huang Zu borrowed their might, but the soldiers let a group of thieves retreat without blood, and maybe even absorb some, so that there is no more bandit worries in this area, which is also a good thing.

"In fact, many fields on both sides of the Yangtze River are also very fertile, and the aquatic products in the river are also abundant, why are there so many thieves?" Zhang Bao asked Huang Zu puzzled.

"Although the fields on both sides of the strait are fertile, most of the harvest is not the people's rations, not to mention honestly farming and fishing, how can you grab it quickly......" Huang Zu smiled bitterly and shook his head, even in a big clan like them, some families still have hunger worries from time to time, not to mention the villagers of those small clans.

Zhang Bao was speechless, and followed his brother into the cabin without saying a word, frowning as if thinking about something.

After crossing a mountain pass along the river, Zhang Jiao ordered all the sails to be opened, and a Xun charm was attached to the mast, and as the sails gradually became whirring in the wind, the speed of the people became faster.

At night, the two sides of the river gradually disappeared from the surrounding mountains and ravines, the field of vision became broader, the brilliant starlight sprinkled on the river surface, and the calm breath was slowly heard.

With the subtle sound of the wind, the song seems to be far and near, as if there is a beautiful girl singing, and her tactful and melodious voice is rubbed into the hazy starry night by the wind, like a dream.

"It's almost home...... Wei Zisheng muttered when he heard the voice, walked out of the cabin in a trance, and stepped on the deck to look into the distance.

"The Jiangnan girl's Wu Nong's soft language is very good, and those lovely people are like this voice, very gentle, if the master likes it, I will let my family's shopkeeper here buy a few and give them to the master." Huang Zu looked at Zhang Jiao, who was intoxicated by the singing, and opened his mouth to speak.

"My sister-in-law is still waiting at home, those people are definitely not as good as my sister-in-law, my eldest brother just likes to listen to them sing." Zhang Liang got up and muttered at Huang Zu dissatisfied, he felt that Guo Jie often brought him some pastries and dried meat, and was the most perfect sister-in-law in his mind.

"Don't talk about it again!" Zhang Jiao's always peaceful face showed a little anger, and he said in a deep voice. He remembered that he had seen that scene in front of the county office, and his heart was blocked. He felt that it was the greatest evil to trade people as goods.