The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is different, and the winter rain is cold in spring.

As we enter November, winter arrives. Although the winter in the south is not as heavy as in the north, the heavy snow makes people feel very frightened, but the continuous winter rain on people's faces is also painful.

On the official road near Lingyuan Mountain in Quanzhou Prefecture, a caravan composed of five carriages is struggling to march on the official road, and the sound of bells swaying on the necks of horses, the heavy wheezing of the charioteers and the sound of rain around them are intertwined, which seems to form a unique music.

"Eldest son, seeing that this rain is getting heavier and heavier, should we find a place to avoid it first?"

A man who looked like a nurse wiped the rain from his face with his sleeve and said to a young businessman who was walking beside him with the same difficulty.

Hearing the nurse's question, the young businessman who was originally concentrating on the road was slightly distracted, his feet slipped, and he was about to fall down when he leaned forward, but fortunately, the nurse next to him quickly grabbed him, and the young businessman stabilized his figure.

"We have to send these truckloads to Weitou Wharf before dusk today, our merchant ships have been waiting for two days, besides, this Lingyuan Mountain is high and dense, easy to Tibet, not very safe, let the guys hold on a little longer."

The young merchant raised his head and shook off the rain from his coat and looked at the surrounding mountains and forests alertly, but there was nothing unusual around him except for the sound of rain and leaves clashing.

This young businessman was none other than Zhou Guangwen, the eldest son of the Zhou family in Quanzhou.

After discussing various matters of the tobacco business with Yang Yingqian in Yongningwei a month ago, Zhou Guangwen returned to Quanzhou, and his father Zhou Jizu was naturally very happy when he learned the news, and immediately ordered everyone to prepare for going to sea.

Even though the Zhou family is a powerful maritime businessman, it has been preparing for more than a month.

It was already inconvenient to go to sea in winter, but in order to show Yang Yingqian's strength, the Zhou family still decided to go to sea, but the first shipment didn't know if it could sell well, so this time they only brought fifty stone goods.

It's just that Zhou Guangwen's heart has always been unsteady, since Wen Chengjun was kicked out by Yang Yingqian that day, the Wen family has been surprisingly calm for more than a month, and it seems that he swallowed this breath stiffly.

However, for the sake of safety on the road, Zhou Guangwen still brought more than 20 nursing homes, at least he could feel more at ease.

Although the leader of the nursing home beside him was a little reluctant in his heart, he still turned around and conveyed Zhou Guangwen's words to everyone behind him.

The caravan continued to advance with difficulty on the official road, because this place was in the Lingyuan Mountain, and the official road was built along the mountain, and the road seemed tortuous.

Zhou Guangwen took everyone around a big bend, and saw that they would be able to walk out of Lingyuan Mountain after walking for a while, and they would be able to reach Weitou Wharf in less than an hour after walking out of the mountain.

Suddenly, there were a few loud noises, which startled Zhou Guangwen and a kind of nursing home, and everyone turned their heads to look, and the official road behind them was already blocked by several boulders.

A nursing home beside Zhou Guangwen swallowed his saliva with palpitations, and forced himself to laugh calmly twice.

"The eldest prince who has nothing to do, I think it's because of the heavy rain in recent days, which has washed away the land around here, and that's why it's ........"

Before he could finish speaking, his voice suddenly stopped, as if something had suddenly shut his mouth.

Zhou Guangwen turned his head and saw that a long feathered arrow was nailed to the neck of the nursing home, and the sharp arrow had protruded from the other side of the nursing hospital's neck.

The nurse stared at the big eyes, and it seemed that he hadn't reacted yet, but the blood was already gushing out of his mouth and nose, and the nurse's body fell to the ground limply, and soon there was no sound.

"Protect the eldest prince!"

Li Yi, the leader of the nursing home, was the first to react, he followed Zhou Jizu to the north and south in his early years, and practiced a domineering kung fu, and under the drastic change, he quickly pulled out his waist knife to protect Zhou Guangwen behind him.

In just a moment, more than ten sharp arrows broke through the air, and seven or eight Zhou family's courtyards were shot to the ground on the spot.

A frantic shout sounded, and a bald head wielding a ghost-headed knife led dozens of people out of the bushes on both sides, and it seemed that he had been in ambush here for a long time.

"Eldest prince, we have been calculated, these goods are terrible, the small one will break through with you!"

Seeing that the other party came prepared, and the number of people was far greater than his own, Li Yi knew that he must not fall in love with war at this time with his many years of experience in the rivers and lakes, and only by concentrating on breaking through could there be a glimmer of life.

immediately yelled, took the remaining dozen or so nursing homes to protect Zhou Guangwen in the middle, and desperately rushed to the front of the official road, the back road was already blocked, and at this time, he could only rush forward, if he could escape to Weitou Wharf, he would be saved.

After paying the price of several more casualties, Li Yi took the remaining nursing home to protect Zhou Guangwen and rushed out of the encirclement and into the woods.

It's just a rush just now, although they rushed out, but the nursing home around Zhou Guangwen also scattered a few people, and at this time, only the head of the nursing home, Li Yi, and two nursing homes were left by his side.

At this time, the three of them were already injured, especially Li Yi, who was stabbed in the back just now in order to protect Zhou Guangwen, and at this time, the blood flowed down the placket of his clothes to the ground and mixed with the rain.

"Childe, let's hide here for a while, wait until the thieves outside disperse, let's find a way out, the dock can't go, they must have an ambush, let's take the path and turn back, except for Lingyuan Mountain to turn to Yongningwei, there are officials and soldiers there, it will definitely ......"

"It's a good idea, but it's a pity that since you're already in your grandfather's pocket, how could your grandfather and I let you escape so easily!"

Before Li Yi's words fell, a gloomy laughter came from not far away, and Li Yi and the two guards beside him hurriedly clenched the steel knife in their hands and looked ahead nervously.

……......

The beating flames scorched the casserole on the charcoal stove, and pieces of mutton mixed with a few vegetables bubbled and tumbled in the casserole.

Yang Yingqian took out a piece of hot mutton from the casserole and blew it and put it in his mouth, although only a simple green onion, ginger, garlic and a little salt were put in the casserole, but the umami of the mutton was greatly retained, and it had a unique flavor in the mouth.

Yang Yingqian, who was born in the north in his previous life, was a little unaccustomed to the clammy and cold in the south, and his body had been tight and uncomfortable for the past few days, and he couldn't stand it today, so he asked the people in the house to go to the market to cut a few catties of mutton, put a small charcoal stove on the table, and lit a fire to eat shabu-shabu.

felt that it was too boring to eat alone, so he called Sun Dayong, Liu Daniu and Ye Changqing to eat together.

Ye Changqing, who had been recuperating in the house, had also recovered at this time, but the mountain gate had been extinguished and there was nowhere to go, so he stayed by Yang Yingqian's side as a personal guard, which also happened to make up for Sun Dayong's shortcomings.

The water has not yet boiled, Zhan Haozhi came to the door with two jars of wine, these days the weather is cold, the guard is also for the sergeants to take a few days of vacation, Zhan Haozhi is bored, so he came to Yang Yingqian to drink, as the so-called early is not as good as a coincidence, a few people immediately pushed the cup and drank it.

When the wine was full, Zhan Haozhi stared at him in fascination, holding a wine glass in his hand to toast Yang Yingqian, I don't know if he drank too much, Zhan Haozhi's hand trembled, and half of the cup was spilled, and everyone couldn't help laughing.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Yang Yingqian's heart shook an unreal feeling, in his previous life, he was not a very happy person, although his family background was good, but until he went to college, there were few friends around him who could talk.

After coming to Daming, I slowly had so many close friends and brothers around me, and I also had a career of my own. Thinking of this, Yang Yingqian's heart couldn't help but flow with a burst of heat, and he tilted his neck and poured the wine in the cup into his throat.

It's spicy and rushing.......

At this moment, the gate of Yang's Mansion was violently slammed, and the sound of someone crying outside could be faintly heard.

Yang Yingqian frowned slightly, and motioned for Sun Dayong to go outside and take a look.

Not long after, Sun Dayong and a subordinate from the mansion walked in with a soaking wet young man.

The young man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he seemed to have walked a long way, not to mention the mixed sewage, his feet were still covered with mud, and his body was shivering from the cold wind outside.

The young man was carried into the main hall by Sun Dayong and the others, and when he saw Yang Yingqian sitting at the table, he quickly broke away from the arms of the two, ran to Yang Yingqian in a few steps and knelt down.

"Lord Yang, go and save my eldest brother!"