The eastern half of Ganzhou is currently under the rule of King Yue, that is, under the rule of the Jiangnan gentry.

That King Yue is the biggest gentry spokesperson in Jiangnan.

Now the relationship between the Yue and Wu kings is extremely tense, and there are signs of a major war on both sides at any time.

Because King Wu represents the official orthodox jurisprudence, the governance of the country still follows the law of the Xu State.

On the side of King Yue, the legal provisions are almost all biased towards the gentry in Jiangnan.

These gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, as local land snakes, do everything in their lives, but they don't do two things.

That is, if you don't do good things, you don't do personnel.

In addition to these two don'ts, the Jiangnan gentry still have three non-payments.

That is, taxes are not paid, people are not paid, and grain is not paid.

In the early years of the establishment of the Xu Kingdom, the gentry in Jiangnan relied on the priority of hugging the thigh of the founding emperor and successfully took root here.

Fortunately, in the past few years, he contributed a lot of materials to the imperial court, and he was the stable rear of the imperial court.

But later, after these gentry grew stronger, they began to evade taxes and resist taxes.

Especially since Emperor Xuanzhang, the national strength of the Xu State has begun to decline, and these gentry have directly begun to owe debts.

The taxes to be paid, etc., have been delayed year after year.

Until the fall of the Xu State, the debt has been in debt for more than 150 years.

It really dragged the creditor to death, and he was very free.

In fact, at the beginning of the troubled times, these gentry did not want to go it alone at first, but wanted to take refuge in King Wu and continue to enjoy life.

But King Wu was an aspirant, so he didn't want to be at their mercy, and even wanted to collect the taxes owed by the gentry over the years.

Just kidding, why should I pay back the money I owe based on my ability?

The gentry were not happy on the spot, and they had arranged several waves of killers openly and secretly, trying to get rid of King Wu, but they were unsuccessful, but they were caught by King Wu.

Seeing this, these guys simply didn't pretend to be at all, and directly set up another king of Yue, and brought all the land of Ganzhou and half of the state under their control, and fought against King Wu......

On the way to Jiehai Lake, you must pass through Liuwanfu.

This place is the current junction of Wu and Yue, and there are a large number of Yue Wang garrisons in the capital city.

There are many waterways in the south, and the army is also dominated by water troops.

There is a river and lake outside Liuwan Mansion, which has always been a battleground for soldiers in wartime.

It is said that there are no less than thousands of shipwrecks sunk in the lake alone.

Today's rivers and lakes are hovering many huge ships, looking from afar, very magnificent.

There are many soldiers stationed at the post stations along the official road, although there are not many people, but as soon as there is a disturbance, these people will immediately turn into scouts.

Many densely populated places have many portraits of wanted criminals.

One of the portraits depicts a very ugly person, but the bounty is also extremely high.

This person is known as the "wicked man", and he is very good at sneak attacks and disguise.

Relying on these two skills, he has killed many gentry and wealthy people, and is an important wanted criminal in the sphere of influence of King Yue.

Along the way, there were a lot of pedestrians on the road, but they all walked with their heads down, not daring to look around, for fear of being mistaken for a spy sent by King Wu.

When everyone is marching with their heads down, there are always different fireworks.

If you look closely, on the official road, there are two horses, one white and one brown, walking.

Immediately, there was one person each, and the man dressed as a scribe had no distinctive character in itself, except that he had a monkey, which looked unusual.

The boy on another white horse deserves a lot of praise......

These two people are Ye Ming and Mr. Wu who went all the way to Jiehai Lake.

Looking at the scenes on both sides of the road, Mr. Wu sighed:

"It seems that the chaos in Ganzhou is just around the corner.

I don't know how many people will have to die to end this mess. ”

"Is that gentleman going to contribute to the war?"

"What do I do? A pen in your hand? That's all I have to do with my pen and ink. ”

As he spoke, Mr. Wu glanced at the Dahao River and Mountain Road, which is currently calm,

"If I want to write, I must write about a prosperous country that is incomparably strong, mighty, and prosperous for all nations.

Don't ask for anything else, at least let the people of the present see a little hope for the future. ”

"That's a good idea, sir, and I'm looking forward to it even more."

As he spoke, he pointed to the vaguely visible rivers and lakes:

"Next, we have to walk a little bit of water, just to see the scenery in this lake."

Mr. Wu is also the first to be the first and thinks this is good.

Nowadays, although the inventory is strict, there is no blockade, and you can go everywhere.

The two led their horses and boarded a larger merchant ship to visit Jiangliu Lake.

The merchant ship was carrying silk cloth, as well as some guests.

There is a family of husband and wife, the man is dressed as a Confucian scholar, even if the weather is not hot at all, he also holds a folding fan, and a sword hangs from his waist, which looks quite magnanimous.

His wife is also a delicate beauty, which can be said to be pitiful to me.

The other people on the ship did not dare to communicate with the "master" who looked like this, and they were very respectful to him.

The man also looked a little disdainful of communicating with other mud-legged people, and his attitude was quite arrogant.

After seeing the two of them on the boat, the man's expression softened slightly.

When Mr. Wu saw the other party, he knew that he was also a literati.

Generally, when literati meet, whether they recognize each other or not, they will say hello to avoid being rude.

After the two sides greeted each other, they reported to their homes.

The man said that his name was Chen Yuan, and he was the son of the gentry in Jiangnan, and this time he brought his newlywed wife to serve under the command of King Yue.

Originally, his attitude was okay, but after hearing that Mr. Wu was famous, he suddenly turned cold, and he looked a little disdainful of being with him.

In his opinion, Mr. Wu, who writes about the market, is not even worthy of lifting shoes for those who recite the articles of the sages, and he is very contemptuous of Mr. Wu.

Seeing that the other party was arrogant, Mr. Wu also didn't like it, and he didn't have the intention of tending to be inflammatory, so he waved his sleeves and stopped talking to him.

The merchant ship was moving slowly on the lake, and the arrogant Chen Yuan and his wife stood on the side of the boat and looked around, chanting poems and writing poems, and they were full of spirit.

His wife laughed and praised him, and he admired his literary talent.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan was even more complacent, and continued to sell poetry.

Just as he was complacent, there was an ugly and ugly handyman with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, and he didn't care to let some sawdust fall at Chen Yuan's feet.

The ugly handyman hurriedly ran over and cleaned up at Chen Yuan's feet.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan's face sank, and he punched and kicked the miscellaneous servants, and the miscellaneous servants screamed again and again.

After beating up the miscellaneous servants, Chen Yuan felt more comfortable.

Seeing the handyman holding his head and leaving, Chen Yuan just sneered:

"A lowly inferior person deserves to be in the company of sundries and mud for the rest of his life!"

When Mr. Wu saw this scene, he frowned again and again, this kind of bullying of the children of the big clan, although he has not written similar plots, but when he really sees this kind of thing happening in front of him, he can't help but be angry.

But when I saw this, I just smiled.

Seeing this person's smile, Mr. Wu subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

For all this time, as long as this person showed such a smile, someone must have been unlucky.

At present, it seems that the unlucky one should be this Chen Yuan......

After a while, the ship met another merchant ship.

Both boats are of the same family, and if they want to vacate the goods, they invite the people on the boat to go to the other boat.

When Chen Yuan heard this, he was immediately a little impatient.

bluntly said that taking this boat was already giving them the face of the ship's shopkeeper, and they had to exchange it for it, which made him extremely dissatisfied.

When the ship's steward heard this, he didn't dare to offend him, and after talking for a long time, he still didn't make sense.

In the end, a special passenger ship could only be transferred and Chen Yuan was invited to board the ship.

In order to show sincerity, this ship carried Chen Yuan and his wife, and sent a handyman who had been beaten by Chen Yuan before to help.

Chen Yuan saw that the ship's steward had arranged this, so he nodded with satisfaction, and took his wife to board the ship with a proud face.

Mr. Wu saw that he hadn't encountered anything until he left the ship, and couldn't help but look at Yeming a little strangely.

"What do you want me to do? Change boats! ”

After Ye Ming said a word, he took Wu Monkey and two horses to the vacated merchant ship first.

Seeing this, Mr. Wu also hurriedly followed.

The passenger ship that Chen Yuan and his wife took alone was not very fast, but it was more than ten zhang away in front of the merchant ship they were taking, and people with good eyesight could directly see what was happening on the ship.

It can be seen that Chen Yuan beats, scolds and bullies the ugly miscellaneous servants at will, and has a very bad attitude.

After a while, the couple returned to the cabin to rest, and there was nothing to see outside.

Jiangliu Lake is not small, especially if you want to go to Liuwanfu, if the boat speed is not fast, it will take a night.

As the sun set in the west, after supper, the people on board were quiet and went to rest.

Mr. Wu also went back to the cabin to rest.

He didn't take many boats and wasn't used to sleeping on them.

After sleeping for a while, I felt a little insomnia.

I simply went straight up, intending to go to the deck to breathe.

Passing by the cabin where Yeming was resting, I originally wanted to try to wake up this person and have a "Yeming has not slept yet".

But after thinking about it, I still chose to give up.

It's good to go out on your own.

Everyone was asleep, the deck was empty, and the breeze on the river was comfortable.

Well, except for a little cold.

Mr. Wu took a few breaths of fresh air with a hint of damp smell and felt very comfortable.

Looking at the sky again, I saw that the sky was thick with dark clouds tonight, there was almost no light, and the river was also dark.

I wanted to stand for a while and then go back to the cabin to rest,

Suddenly, I heard another sound on the deck, and I was puzzled, but I found that it was Wu Monkey who came out and jumped on his shoulder.

"Why, you can't sleep either?"

Wu Monkey didn't answer, just scratched his cheeks and looked in the direction of the passenger ship in front of him.

Due to the darkness of the sky, only the vague shadow of the ship ahead could be seen.

Mr. Wu looked at it, and when he felt that there was nothing to see, he suddenly saw someone on the passenger boat in front of Chen Yuan and his wife coming out of the cabin.

Not only did he come out, but he also carried a sack on his shoulder, walked straight to the side of the boat, and threw it hard.

The sack was thrown into the river and sank directly.

Seeing this, Mr. Wu was a little puzzled, what happened in front of him?

Why do you want to come out and throw debris at night?

Just as he was in doubt, he saw the figure who threw the sack back into the cabin.

Then everything fell silent.

When Mr. Wu saw this, he felt very strange.

It's just that his impression of Chen Yuan is too bad, and he doesn't want to bother with this kind of thing.

Doubts are doubts, or go back to rest as usual.

In the early morning of the second day, both ships arrived outside Liuwanfu.

Due to the large number of ships coming and going, the distance between the two ships was shortened and they walked together.

Mr. Wu looked at the passenger ship next door and saw Chen Yuan standing on the side of the boat with his wife as usual, waiting to get off the boat.

But Mr. Wu soon found out what the problem was, and Chen Yuan was a little rude now.

Although he and the woman are husband and wife, according to today's etiquette, they should not hold hands in public, which is immoral.

Moreover, Mr. Wu also found that the woman appeared to have bruises on the side of her face, which looked like she had been beaten.

Especially that look, he looked a little haggard, as if he had just experienced great fear, and he was like two people yesterday.

At this time, he was completely frightened of Chen Yuan, and he didn't even dare to say a word.

This made Mr. Wu a little suspicious.

Taking advantage of the two boats docking, Chen Yuan walked forward while his wife was getting off the boat, and said to Chen Yuan:

"Brother Chen, as the saying goes, 'it is better to settle the dispute, and a line of egrets is in the sky', you and I know each other as fate, and there was a little collision yesterday, so forget it!"

When Chen Yuan heard this, he nodded, his expression remained unchanged, and he just said, "I don't care." ”

After saying that, he took his wife and left.

His wife was dragged away, and when she left, she turned back in some horror, looked at Mr. Wu, with a pleading look in her eyes, opened her mouth slightly, only moved her mouth, did not make a sound, and did not know what to say.

Seeing that their husband and wife were far away, Mr. Wu's eyes were slightly condensed:

"I didn't even hear the verses I put together haphazardly......"

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