In the blink of an eye, in Laba, Liyanaza had been gone for a few days.

On this morning, Zhao Ta finally came out of Zhuangzi.

Since Rianaza left, he has locked himself in the lodge and has not gone anywhere.

Even if it was some matters of the palace and the court, they all asked Yao Pingzhong to pass back and forth and do it on his behalf.

At this moment, his expression was a little indifferent and lonely, and the yellow horse carried him slowly through the streets of Tokyo.

The Tokyo city of Laba is actually very lively, the court rewarded Laba porridge to the courtiers, some big shops also set up a large pot in front of the door to boil, in the temple, the people's homes today are Laba porridge as the staple food.

The aroma of rice crackers boiled porridge permeated the sky above the capital, and the New Year was approaching, and everyone was happy on their faces, and they looked like a peaceful and prosperous world in a trance.

Zhao Ta went to the Broken Jade Building, and a large group of people were drinking porridge around the cauldron in the backyard, and they all stood up and saluted when they saw him coming.

Zhao Ta asked Jian Suyi to bring him a big bowl and put more dates.

After drinking the porridge, he called Ouyang Bei to the secret room, Ouyang Bei had ended his miserable singing career at this time, and Ouyang Renzhi changed his profession to others.

Zhao Ta handed a letter to Ouyang Bei and asked him to leave for Longyou immediately and deliver the letter to Liu Suiyun.

Ouyang Beiru was amnesty, he didn't want to stay in Tokyo for a moment since he left the theater, don't say go to Goolan to listen to music, even if it is difficult to go out, there are few people in Tokyo City who don't recognize him as a "wicked person", seeing that although he is not chasing, he always points behind his back, so that he can't raise his head.

Then Zhao Ta returned to the house, and there was also Laba porridge rewarded by the palace in the house, and after drinking it below, he plunged into the study and did not come out until it was nearly dark......

Taihu Lake in winter, a quiet, the water is not rippling, the lake is not frozen, although there have been a few snowfalls, but the weather is not cold enough, all slowly melt.

The sky is blue, mixed with some goose feather white clouds, and the water surface is like a mirror, cold and dazzling.

On the shore, the cold winter wind blows the flowers and leaves, but the reeds are blown open, and the reeds sway out of all kinds of style.

The wintering waterfowl come and go, shuttling among the reeds to feed, chase and play.

The lonely green pines in the distance, the withered fallen leaves, and the temples that have existed since ancient times, converge into a moving scenery in this bleak season.

Just above the lake, a large ship was drifting slowly.

The boat is a painted boat, hanging lanterns are colorful, the top is painted with yellow paint, the ship pillars are carved beams and painted phoenixes, sail closer, you will find that even the lanterns are painted with all kinds of character style, the portrayal is lifelike, and it is about to come out.

This kind of painting boat, even on the Bianhe River in the capital, is very rare.

The eldest young master Zhu Ruxian is sitting in the painting boat, he is now thirty years old, with a beard under his chin, and his body is white and fat, but his expression is no longer as frivolous and frivolous as he was more than ten years ago when he cut down the sacred tree of the village in Yan Village, Qingxi County.

In front of him sat Wang Zhonghong, the commander of the Ying Feng Bureau, Zhu Mian's right-hand man, although his face was also old, his two temples were bulging high, and his face was stiff, and he seemed to be as strong and powerful as his arms.

Zhu Ruxian stretched out his hand and touched his beard, and asked the sailor to pick up the curtain to watch the scenery on the lake, and after a while, he couldn't help nodding slightly.

At this time, the attendant began to set the wine, and after a while, dozens of kinds of fresh fruits and delicacies from the Lingnan area were spread out, and he took the famous wine of the south of the Yangtze River in the south of the Yangtze River, patted open the mud seal, and filled it with the two.

Then Zhu Ruxian ordered the attendants to go to the back to call people, and asked two red-clothed maids to accompany them left and right, pouring wine and waiting under their shoulders, and five courtesans in green skirts played the piano and sang and danced in front of them.

After three glasses of wine and two sets of dishes, Zhu Ruxian sighed faintly at Wang Zhonghong: "Although you and I drink from time to time, we can't listen to such a tune, and we can't drink such a little wine. ”

When the courtesans in front of them heard this, they all lowered their faces with shame, their red faces were silent, and they pinched the corners of their skirts, a little at a loss.

Wang Zhonghong smiled and said: "These camp prostitutes are all newly sent, and they have not been touched, although they have also taught some powder tunes, but where is the eldest prince at home, it seems to be drinking twilight songs, and the tricks are interesting, no wonder the eldest prince can't bear it." ”

Zhu Ruxian nodded, these courtesans are all Taihu camp prostitutes, most of them are the families of some criminals, there are petty officials and officials, there are squires and landlords, and there are naturally more poor people, all of them are the sins of the whole family, so they are filled with camp prostitutes.

The camp prostitutes are different from the Workshop Division, the status of the camp prostitutes is extremely low, and they have no freedom, and they usually have to do all kinds of work, which is very different from the elegant place of the Workshop Division.

And since Zhu Mian took charge of the Ying Feng Bureau, the scale of the Taihu camp prostitutes has been expanding day by day, and every time they go below to look for flowers and stones, they encounter people who resist, not only demolish the house and push the wall, but also take people to ask for guilt, that is, even their wives and daughters are taken away and filled into the Taihu camp.

In recent years, this matter is still very serious, flowers and stones are rare, and the camp has deceived some fishermen's daughters and farmers' daughters by Taihu Lake into the camp in the name of laundry work, and then they have never returned, and they are forcibly used as camp prostitutes.

And these ordinary people, all of whom have no way to complain, will be beaten up more often when they go to look for them, and if they are killed, they will directly tie up the stones and sink to the bottom of Taihu Lake.

There are also water thieves and heroes on the Taihu Lake, but this place is not as dangerous as Liangshan, although there are some islands, but in order to dig Taihu Lake stones over the years, these islands have almost been demolished.

It is difficult for water thieves to gather, so they can only live by the lake, there was once a water thief called Hu Da, and the line is probably the Xunyang River Zhang Heng's deeds.

But this water thief has a family, once went out to the lake to do a business without capital, the family entered the military of the Ying Feng Bureau, and his daughter was killed directly after being ruined, and his wife asked him to avenge his daughter, but he said: "Don't dare." ”

The wife said angrily: "Are you killing people on the water less?" Why don't you dare to take revenge! ”

He said: "I dare to kill anyone, but I dare not kill anyone who should be served." ”

His wife quarreled with him, and when she got tired of the quarrel, she scolded her, stretched out her hand and hit her, and her was also killed by her head.

Hu Da was so irritated that he brandished a steel knife and went to the camp overnight, but was killed by random arrows before he could get close.

Don't say that the area of Taihu Lake in Suzhou is the two Zhejiang roads, but everyone knows that it should be fiercer than the tiger.

Zhu Ruxian is used to enjoying himself at home, although he is accompanied by a prostitute at this time, how can he be happy at home, he turned his face to a woman in a red dress next to him and said, "Little lady, what is your name?" ”

The girl in the red dress whispered, "The slave family calls the spiritual heart." ”

Zhu Ruxian glanced at her appearance: "The best birth, the name is good, the heart, sing the song that you are good at, if you sing well, this adult will reward you with dignity." ”

This spirit was born well-behaved, and at this moment accompanied by a smile of twelve points, got up and saluted Zhu and Wang each with a thousand blessings, and said: "The slave family has learned a sentence or two since childhood, and when I went to the camp and listened to some words, when I didn't like it, I asked the adults to bear with me." "Let's go to the front of the brocade felt.

After a while, the planting board was tapped, the silk strings were slowly picked, and the soul sang a double tune in a subdued manner, the song was called "Chaoyuan Song", and the lyrics were:

You are a born offspring, you have been romantic, ruthless and affectionate, and you only look at your smiling face to ask. I am also clever in my heart, and my face is fake and cruel, and my mouth is pretending to be hard. When he wants to promise, how can he respond to this shame? I saw him pretending, and I didn't worry about him often. I look at these flowers and moon shadows, bleak and cold, according to him alone, according to me alone.

Singing this, Shui Xin saw that Zhu Ruxian and Wang Zhonghong were happy, so he straightened his sideburns, and sang more and more vigorously:

Your piano sound, poignant charm, how can you ruin your youth! That is more soft and fragrant, and what is the meaning of love? She takes care of herself Yaoqin, and I am independent and cold. God, God! Early achievement of the young Qin Jin, the young Qin Jin.

Zhu Ruxian and Wang Zhonghong clapped their hands and laughed when they heard this, "What a young Qin Jin." Then he ordered the attendant to take two red silk horses and reward the spiritual heart.

The song and wine in this boat, from noon to the cold west, the boat is already in the center of Taihu Lake.

Zhu Ruxian was a little drunk, looked at the figure in front of him, and picked up another glass of wine, but he didn't even reach the edge of his mouth, and spilled it directly into his arms.

He couldn't help laughing and said, "If you're drunk, I'll go and rest." ”

Wang Zhonghong said: "Is the eldest prince good? ”

Zhu Ruxian stretched out his hand and hugged the spiritual heart next to him: "It's okay, let the spiritual heart serve me." ”

As he spoke, he got up slowly, and two more attendants helped him and went to the private room at the back of the boat.

In the elegant room, there is a large wooden bed, a satin quilt brocade, and a charcoal basin.

After Zhu Ruxian sat down, he reached out to untie Lingxin's dress in a daze, and said, "Little lady, go to bed with me and rest!"

When the dress was half-undone, revealing the mandarin duck playing in the water belly pocket, Lingxin's little face was pink, half pushed, half but, and said: "Big boy, big son come slowly." ”

Zhu Ruxian smiled: "Don't be slow, no matter how slow you are, I'm afraid that the little lady will run away." ”

Ling Xinjiao smiled and said: "On this big winter lake, where can the slave family run, if they are not drowned, they will also be frozen to death." As he spoke, he leaned forward slightly, and his cheek was half a point closer to Zhu Ruxian.

Zhu Ruxian only felt that he was exhaling like an orchid, and he was even more dizzy for a while, and wanted to open his mouth to laugh again, but at this moment, Lingxin's mouth opened slightly, and the silver light flashed inside, and a cold light shot out.

Zhu Ruxian has also learned boxing and kicking, and when he suddenly saw Hanmang, the wine immediately woke up halfway, and he subconsciously wanted to dodge.

It's a pity that the distance between the two is too close at this moment, although the speed of the cold mang is not as fast as the arrow, but it is not slow, and this time it actually shot straight into his throat.

He only felt weak, his eyes widened, his throat made a "whine" sound, and he barely raised a finger to the spiritual heart in front of him, with a shocked and unbelievable expression.

Lingxin took a step back at this moment, her little face was full of smiles, and said, "Eldest Prince, can this Qi Hair Silver Needle of the slave family be used?" ”

Zhu Ruxian was blocked by the silver needle at this moment, he couldn't breathe, his face turned purple, how could he be willing to die like this, he couldn't help but raise the only strength he had left, and shouted in a slurred voice: "Come, come......"

Lingxin saw that he was sealed by his own qi silver needle, and he still had the strength to call someone, so he couldn't help but have a cold face, opened his mouth again, and another silver needle shot out, but this time it hit Zhu Ruxian's eyebrows, and then she pushed out with another palm, hitting Zhu Ruxian's chest, Zhu Ruxian immediately squirted blood, and fell on his back on the bed and died.

At this moment, the outside seemed to hear movement inside, and someone asked, "Eldest Prince, what do you command?" ”

Lingxin glanced at the wooden door, unhurriedly fastened her dress, then retrieved two silver needles, and then walked towards the door.

When she got on this boat, she had already been searched on her body, and she couldn't bring it with her, only seven Qi Hair Silver Needles were hidden in her mouth, but this was enough for her, after all, she didn't care about anyone else in the whole painting boat except for Wang Zhonghong, a master.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, and when I heard no response from inside, the wooden door was directly pushed open with a "bang", and then Wang Zhonghong appeared in front of the door.

Lingxin opened his mouth and spit out, and two silver needles shot out, Wang Zhonghong was immediately terrified, and hurriedly flashed to the side, taking advantage of this vacancy, Lingxin's body was like a ghost, and he just flashed out of the room.

Wang Zhonghong was caught off guard, and when he came back to his senses and looked into the room, he saw Zhu Ruxian lying on the bed, with blood on his neck and chest, and he couldn't help but tear his eyes and shouted: "Little slut, how vicious, he actually harmed the life of the eldest son!" Come on, come on, catch this little slut for me! ”

At this time, although Lingxin rushed out of the house, the soldiers outside had already drawn their swords to surround her, and Lingxin exhaled the qi needle again, injuring three people in a row, and grabbed a steel knife and ran towards the hatch.

When I got to the hatch, a team of soldiers outside who should be in charge of the bureau blocked the way, but the spiritual mind and body method were erratic, and it only took three or five moves to kill a few more people.

At this time, Wang Zhonghong had already caught up with him, and in a hurry, he didn't take any blades, but punched Lingxin's body.

His punch is full of vigor and momentum, and if it hits his body, he will break his bones and tendons.

Lingxin's expression was solemn, this time she assassinated Zhu Ruxian, she was most afraid of this person, this Wang Zhonghong is a famous martial arts master, known as the first fist and foot in the Ying Feng Bureau.

Her feet were slick and she was able to avoid this punch, but her skin was painful from the blow, and there were officers and soldiers in front of her who swung their knives.

At this moment, suddenly there was a lot of chaos outside the cabin, and a loud voice shouted, "Water girl, I'm here to answer you." ”

Lingxin was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, and after dodging a few knives, he saw that the hatch had been broken, and many officers and soldiers were cut to the ground by a group of men outside.

There were torches lit outside, and under the torches stood a big man, seven feet five or six in stature, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with three locks of hair covering his mouth and a slight beard, wearing a bamboo hat on his head, wearing a set of white coarse cloth clothes, a belt woven of raw silk around his waist, and a pair of blue and white thick cloth linen shoes on his feet.

Lingxin said happily: "Brother Shi! ”

Wang Zhonghong could see clearly in the cabin at this time, and couldn't help shouting: "Shi Sheng, do you want to rebel?" Don't forget that your family is in Suzhou! ”

The man sneered: "Commander Wang, are you rebelling against me?" ”

Wang Zhonghong is a big two at the moment, this Shi Sheng is a hero in Suzhou, and he is not comparable to ordinary thieves, even if he is a fist and kick, he is also very good.

This person has been living in Suzhou, but he has never had a conflict with the Ying Feng Bureau, Zhu Mian has sent someone to monitor him for a period before, only to see that he has interacted with some high-ranking people, I don't know the origin of the characters, but I am jealous, as long as he does not harm the affairs of the Ying Feng Bureau, he will also go with him.

Zhu Ruxian was assassinated today, but he didn't expect this person to answer outside, Wang Zhonghong couldn't help but be angry in his heart: "Shi Sheng, the eldest prince was assassinated by this female thief, you are an accomplice with her, what is it if you are not a rebellion!" ”

Shi Sheng glanced at him and didn't speak, just signaled with his eyes that Lingxin was coming over.

Wang Zhonghong hadn't seen his movements anywhere, when he saw soldiers coming from the stern of the boat outside, and couldn't help shouting: "Give it all to me, life and death don't matter!" ”

As he spoke, the soldiers in the cabin also attacked outward, and immediately got together.

Outside, although Shi Sheng only brought seven or eight people, but all of them were brave, although some of them had already hung the lottery, but they fought for their lives, fought and retreated, and after a while, they came to the bow of the boat, only to see that there were two small boats below, Shi Sheng shouted in a low voice: "Don't fall in love with the war, get on the boat and go quickly." ”

Everyone jumped on the boat one after another, Wang Zhonghong chased after him, only to see the two boats quickly rowing away, can't help beating his chest, although this painting boat has a soldier, but there are no bows and arrows and other things, can not attack from a distance, at this moment can only order the big boat to swing its head to chase.

But at this moment, it is not as good as daytime, the painting boat is not a warship, and the darkness above the lake is unsightly, where can it be pursued.

After a while, there was not even a shadow of the boat, as if it had never been there......

(End of chapter)