Huang Renzhi looked like he was not shocked by honor and disgrace, and said in a light tone: "My lord also knows that this year, Ding Si Jingcha, the Zhejiang Party is bent on completely eliminating the Donglin Yanguan in the imperial court, and the two sides are incompatible. If Lord Zhang is assassinated, the most suspicious person is Donglin, who will definitely be suspected of assassinating the imperial court officials in order to eradicate the traitor. At that time, the Zhejiang Party took the opportunity to attack and slander Donglin. Master Zhang understands? ”

Zhang Wen had already guessed the reason, but he was only amazed that their tentacles stretched so long, and they could also get news about the secret affairs within the Zhejiang Party. He thought about it and suddenly realized, and looked nervously at the female lady standing at the door, and asked, "She, is she really good?" ”

Huang Renzhi still spoke lightly, confident: "Assassinating the imperial court officials, how can you not blatantly send soldiers and horses all the way over, right?" Especially Lord Zhang, you ......" He looked at Zhang Wen for a long time, and spit out with a smile, the word "civil official" has made the latter feel much shorter.

Zhang Wen unconsciously straightened up.

"Don't worry, Lord Zhang, no matter how rich the Shen family is, they can't let your two thousand taels of silver go down the drain like this."

Zhang Wen nodded again and again, and glanced at the silent Di Gu uneasily, "I hope so." ”

"Master Zhang will do the work here as soon as possible, so that he can leave for his post. Don't worry, you don't care how you become an official, as long as you have the money, remember to pay it back. ”

Zhang Wen hurriedly said: "I have never been to a local official, and I don't understand something, so I ask Mr. Huang for advice." Otherwise, if you are dismissed, there will be no place to collect your money. ”

Huang Renzhi nodded: "This is natural, as long as the old man knows, he will definitely know everything." ”

Zhang asked: "Then thank you in advance." ”

Because they are going to Zhejiang, there is the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, so they take the waterway. A group of six people boarded an official and merchant ship, and all the expenses were credited to the public.

This officer ship is nine feet long, two masts, fully loaded and displacement, 400 materials, tall and has a ship. Zhang Wen was an official of the imperial court and lived in the cabin upstairs.

The wooden cabin is well furnished, the bamboo curtains hanging in front of the carved windows, and the antique wooden tables and chairs in front of the windows all give people a light and elegant feeling.

Zhang Wen sat next to the heroine Di Gu, the hat had already been taken, and she was wearing a hard cloth mask on her face, and she didn't say a word, which made Zhang Wen a little curious, why didn't this person show his true face?

Aunt Di sat crookedly in a comfortable position, looking lazy and comfortable, if it weren't for the two holes in the mask, which exposed her blazing eyes, Zhang Wen would have thought she was asleep.

"I say the woman...... That Aunt Di, are you Jianghu people used to slapping your face when you meet? Otherwise, why don't you wear armor and always cover your faces? Zhang Wen half-jokingly.

A contemptuous smile flashed in Aunt Di's eyes, but she still didn't say a word.

Zhang asked again: "Does the girl think that if you don't say a word, don't move or smile, those assassins won't see you?" Or do you think that this official should also learn from you? ”

Aunt Di glared at Zhang Wen without any expression, but Zhang Wen was a little stunned in his heart.

"Alright, alright, you rest." Zhang Wen stepped back, "I just thought, according to the speed of this ship, we are going to stay here for a few days, how can it take ten days and half a month." Are you going to just let me talk to myself, I'm going to go ashore and see a log and talk about it? ”

"My lord, let's change to a regular suit."

Aunt Di opened her mouth coldly, causing Zhang to shudder, not because the words were as cold as a person.

"It's too conspicuous to wear an official uniform."

Her voice was gentle and even soft, and it didn't match her cold mask.

"You've finally spoken." Zhang Wen smiled.

Aunt Di said lazily, "I'm just reminding you, but your lordship is just pretending to be a servant, and it won't take long for those assassins to find you on this ship." ”

"Who made this rich man surnamed Shen feel that the life of this official is worthy of you." Zhang Wen said a little indignantly, but he still obediently went to change his clothes, so if the old man surnamed Huang was right in the next time, the gangsters were coming, and the only person he could rely on was her.

"To tell you the truth, did you get a scar when you were asked to protect someone like you do now?"

"If I can make people leave scars on their faces, I'm afraid the owner won't send me to protect adults."

"Is 2,000 taels of silver more or less for your host? The official is shy in his pocket, and he only has a box full of debts, which is really uncertain. ”

"Don't be presumptuous."

Zhang Wen wanted to hear Aunt Di praise herself, but she didn't take it again, and her dark eyes glared at him again.

"If I don't answer your question, my lord won't give up, will he?"

"That's what I mean."

"Okay. I can't show my true face because my face is on the wanted paper. Are the adults satisfied? ”

Zhang asked in a panic, "Wanted?" You...... Are you a river thief? ”

A contemptuous smile flashed in Aunt Di's eyes, she shook her head, and paused: "Don't ask more, my lord." If I leave, I'm afraid I'll be in danger. ”

Zhang Wen was angry that he was going to be frequently threatened by this woman who couldn't even show her face, and on the other hand, he had to give in to save his life, puffed up his chest, and said: "Okay, you are protecting the imperial court officials this time, I think no matter what mistakes you have made in the past, you can make credit for it, and this official will definitely not blame the past as appropriate after he takes office." ”

Aunt Di finally hooked the corners of her mouth, still with contempt, but her voice was still so pleasant, "Then I will thank the adults first." ”

Zhang Wen didn't say anything more, and that cold smile was probably all he could get right now.

At this time, in the sound of the wind and waves outside, suddenly drifted into a burst of piano sound, Zhang Wen listened to it, the sound of the piano is beautiful, still from the sky, presumably the person who strokes the piano is also born the same vulgar, Zhang Wen can already think of a white-clothed beauty on the river bank between the warm yellow candle flame lightly plucked the strings, the color of the landscape, dissolved in the mist vaguely, although the sky is still bright at this time.

Outside the cabin came a series of vulgar words of admiration from the servants.

Zhang Wen couldn't wait to pull up the bamboo curtain and push the window to find out, but before his hand reached the edge of the window, he was nailed to the wall panel by another cold hand. Aunt Di, who was sitting like a lazy cat a moment ago, is as sharp as an arrow at this moment.

"Can't this official just take a look at the lake and mountains from afar?"

The flute covered Zhang Wen's mouth and took him away from the window.

Zhang Wen looked at the window, then at the flute, picked off the other party's fingers, pressed his throat and asked, "What's strange about this piano?" ”

The flute girl didn't speak, and motioned for Zhang Wen to stand by the wall, while she walked vigilantly to the hatch, and the sound of the piano continued outside, but Zhang Wen stood alone in the corner, not knowing which direction to guard against the threat coming from, and suddenly felt strangely quiet.

This Aunt Di didn't make her words clear when it was critical, but since the rich man of the Shen family sent her to protect her "assets", Zhang Wen felt that it was safer to follow her and protect herself, but Aunt Di obviously didn't think so, and before opening the hatch, she made a look in her eyes and asked Zhang Wen to hide in the corner.

The moment the door opened, Zhang Qian's mouth twitched sharply, but after waiting for a while, he leaned over to look at the deck without hearing any sound.

"Nothing." Zhang Wen breathed a sigh of relief, and saw a servant sweeping the floor, and a handsome maid holding a tea tray, they seemed to be shocked by the chattering posture of Aunt Di, "A false alarm." Zhang Wen was about to go out, when he saw Aunt Di scanning the two of them up and down outside, and pushed Zhang Wen into the cabin. Zhang asked without knowing what to do, and when he staggered, he saw the face of the maid in pink clothes outside the door change, and the right hand under the tea tray flipped over, and the left hand was forced, and the heavy wooden tea tray was like a flying knife attacking the Di Gu.

"Be careful!" Zhang Wen fell to the ground and before he could shout, he saw the Di Gu easily block the tea tray, and from the right sleeve flashed a short sword at the maid, who also had an extra silver dagger hidden under the tea tray.

"Close the door!" Aunt Di reminded Zhang Wen in the interval between entanglements with the maid.

Zhang Wen hadn't gotten up from the ground yet, seeing that the sweeping servant had already broken the broom handle, and at this moment there were two more weapons in his hand, which were going around the back of the Di Gu. Zhang Wen was at a loss, and on the way to close the door, he grabbed a vase and threw it at the servant. The literati's strength caused the good bottle to shatter into slag before it could touch the assassin's body, and what was worse was that he also led the gangster's black hand back to the "main topic" of Zhang Wen, and half of the broomstick handle flew over and poked into the floor and jammed the hatch. Zhang Wen struggled to get up, and when he was desperately against the door, he shouted outside: "Someone! There are assassins! Where have all the people gone? I'm still an official. ”

When Di Gu heard the movement, she apparently rushed to Zhang Wen's rescue, because he hid behind the door for a few moments when he heard the assassin scream and let go of his hand, followed by the sound of hand-to-hand combat. Zhang Wen looked around anxiously, looking for something that could be used for self-defense, and at this moment, the door was kicked open, and Zhang Wen flew into the cabin with him.

The male assassin changed his short knife in his left hand, and his right hand drooped like an unsewn rag doll, and the blood chased from his shoulder to his fingertips, and his face was already blue, but he still gritted his teeth and pressed on Di Gu step by step. Zhang Wen hurriedly fled backwards, grabbed something with his hand and threw it at the woman.

Di Gu didn't have the time to fight the man anymore, so she flew up and kicked him on the injured shoulder, and in the gap between the man's stumbling back, Di Gu fell backwards, and the tip of the sword drew a thin red line on the man's neck, and before the last trace of fear appeared in the man's eyes, Di Gu had already spun around, threw the short sword into the air, and threw it at the female assassin in the cabin.