107 Water Bandits
The rain fell for two days, and in the past two days, Sang Zhuyue complied with the agreement and carefully learned calligraphy and painting with Shen Tingjun.
Yes, although he only said at the beginning that he wanted to learn Danqing's techniques, Shen Tingjun's handwriting was really eye-catching. Anyway, learning the same is learning, learning two things is also learning, one thing is not bothering the two masters, there are many debts do not worry, Sang twisted the moon and broke the jar and broke the calligraphy to learn.
The two of them spent the past two days in the flower hall.
Sang twisted the moon or painted or practiced calligraphy, Shen Tingjun was either pointing by the side, or bored by the side to help polish the ink.
He was obviously a minister of the DPRK and China, and even when he was on the ship, he had to deal with many official documents every day. However, in the past two days, he seemed to have no worldly burdens at all, just accompanied Sang Twisting the Moon like this, looking at Sang Twisting the Moon, as if there was nothing else to pay attention to in this world except her.
Seeing this, Su Jin's heart was full of sorrow.
Hou Ye's tender offensive is menacing, and his own girl is already not strong-minded, but now she is about to be broken by him again.
Obviously, Su Jin didn't know that the so-called heart defense thing actually didn't exist as early as that day when she went to light the candles in the room for the two of them. She didn't think about the deep meaning of Sang Xuanyue's promise to follow Shen Tingjun to learn the Danqing technique. She didn't think deeply, nor did she have a chance to think deeply, because her whole mind was filled with anxiety, panic, and so on.
She didn't know what to do to get the girl to turn back. She was worried that the girl would fall again, and the next time she wanted to get out, she was afraid that it would be more than just a bone break.
I haven't experienced the love between men and women, but there are too many things written in the book. Women are the most tender like water, if you really recognize a person and entrust a true heart, you are afraid that you will be disappointed and will have no ambition.
Su Jin fell into a sad thought and couldn't extricate himself.
She really wanted to share her thoughts with others, but the maids who came with her this time were only Su Wen and Su Ying. Regarding the origin of these two people, Su Jin actually has some speculation in his heart. She wasn't sure who their hearts were towards, and if she told them this, she was afraid that she would alarm Master Hou. With Hou Ye's enthusiasm for the girl now, if he knew that she not only wanted to make trouble secretly this time, but also wanted to persuade the girl not to be tempted, Hou Ye could leave her a whole corpse, it would be all Hou Ye's kindness.
Su Jin's distress had nowhere to tell, so she could only look at the time when Su Wen and Su Ying went to wash up at night, and found the girl and whispered a few reminders.
Sang twisted the moon into the warm quilt, her mouth and nose were under the quilt, and only her eyes and forehead were exposed.
Sang Xuanyue listened to Su Jin's words silently, her face was neither happy nor angry, no sadness or fear.
It was quiet inside, and the rain outside the house seemed to stop at any moment.
Sang Xuanyue listened to the sound of the rain, Xu Shi had already made a decision in his heart, and now he didn't feel that the sound of the rain was annoying. She felt at peace in her heart, so she said to Su Jin: "I know what you said. ”
"Since you all know, then you are still ...... with Master Hou"
"But Su Jin, feelings are the most uncontrollable thing. I also told myself more than once in my heart that I should stay away from him and not play with fire and burn myself, because the consequences are not something I can bear. But he approached me again and again, helping me again and again. He was such an arrogant person, and after being rejected by me once, he even tried his best to get close to me and please me. My heart is not made of stone, and I cannot be as calm as my heart is to him, and I cannot be indifferent to what he does. ”
For the first time, Sang Twisting Yue showed her heart to the maid who was close to her.
Her face was very calm, "Su Jin, I've thought about it." Whether he is unwilling or I am unwilling, we are entangled again, so let it be. Even if it's just a greedy joy, it will end miserably in the end, then I admit it. ”
Su Jin had all kinds of tastes in his heart, and looking at Sang Xuanyue's gaze, he first hated iron and steel, but then turned into deep compassion and pity.
She understood what the girl meant, but it was precisely because she understood that she knew that the girl was really moved this time.
She recognized her feelings and was ready to break off before she was old. So what else can she say?
As I told the girl, it's a big deal to treat this as a dewy marriage, as a greedy joy. As long as the girl can make a decision at the end of the curtain and stand in a chic manner, this is actually not impossible.
But I'm afraid that when the scene ends in the end, the Hou Ye can leave in style, but the girl is deeply trapped in it and can't extricate herself.
……
The rain finally stopped, and on the day of setting sail again, Sang Xuanyue's heart was particularly open.
She stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery on both sides of the river, looking at the trees that had been washed by the rain and become more and more verdant.
Suddenly, a cloak was put on his shoulder, and he didn't have to look back to know who was coming. The familiar aroma of pine and cypress was on the tip of her nose, and her every breath was his smell, which made her relax physically and mentally, and she couldn't help but smile happily on her face.
"I'm so happy to be able to leave for Minzhou?" Shen Tingjun asked with a little yin and yang.
Sang Twist Moon looked sideways at him. In the clear sunlight, his figure became more slender and straight. And he is still wearing a black power suit, which makes his cheeks more and more white and cold, his facial features are deep and charming, and even the yin and yang weird tone has inexplicably become cute.
Lovely?
Thinking that she actually used such a word to describe the majestic and solemn Wu Anhou, Sang Xuanyue couldn't help but want to laugh.
And she laughed out loud.
The corners of her mouth curled slightly, and her peach blossom eyes shone with a delicate light. She looked at him with a smile, and Shen Tingjun forgot everything she had to say at this moment. The dissatisfaction in my heart was swept away at this time.
He coughed lightly, turned his head sideways, and said strongly: "The sky is still a little cold, and the water vapor brought by the river is also very washy." Go back to the cabin, lest you get a headache. ”
Sang Twisted Yue responded: "Okay." ”
Shen Tingjun took her hand and pulled her to the cabin.
The two are handsome and pretty, talented men and women, and they are really a good pair of jasper beauties. Looking at it from afar, people can't help but blush with envy.
But no one knew that the hands that were holding together were sweating slightly.
This is the most intimate physical contact between the two after piercing the layer of window paper, and Sang Xuanyue let his love for him flow freely.
Although they did everything they could in the past, they don't know why, now it's just a hand-holding, which makes people uncontrollable palpitations, uncontrollable nervousness, and even the blood seems to become more hot and hot.
When he arrived at the cabin, Sang Xuanyue was still drawing and writing. Shen Tingjun's official documents, which had been shelved for two days, were not processed, and now he is also busy.
The two were busy at the two tables, and occasionally one raised his eyes to look at each other, and he couldn't help but rejoice, and even the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were filled with spring love.
After driving for two days without wind and waves, I passed through Hezhou and arrived in Cangzhou in a blink of an eye.
The Cangzhou waterway extends in all directions, and there are many water bandits here, and flooding has always been a major problem that plagues the imperial court. The imperial court sent troops to suppress the bandits more than once, but the dense waterways of Cangzhou Mansion brought great difficulties to the bandits. Whenever the sailors attacked, the bandits fled in all directions along the waterways, and they couldn't chase them, but their efforts were in vain.
In the long run, the court also knew that this was not a solution. So, I began to think of another way out, that is, Zhao'an.
However, although Zhao'an has curbed the water bandits to a certain extent, it has not curbed all the water bandits. Nowadays, there are still some bandits who secretly rob passing merchants, and even kill people and steal goods.
Shen Tingjun and his entourage thought that they had already done their homework, and they knew exactly what would happen in the waters here, so as soon as they entered the waters of Cangzhou, everyone including Cheng Yi and Cheng Lin was busy.
But it didn't matter if they didn't know, because the boats that had been following them earlier, and the captains of those boats, across the wide river, were denouncing the bandits for peeling off their skins at the sight of people. Of course, this is still good, after all, there is a "water ghost" in Cangzhou, and that is really ruthless. But all the boats that he was allowed to intercept were cut down by the men and thrown into the river to feed the fish, while the women were taken back to be used by the women for their sexual pleasure. As for the ship's belongings, from gold, silver, and jewelry, to a teapot and teacup, they will take all the things they can take away, and if they can't take them away, they will directly scuttle your ship, and then they can't burn it clean for you, so that if you want to sue the official afterwards, there is no physical evidence.
Sang Xuanyue was still painting with peace of mind, but the voices of the boat bosses were too loud, and the things they said were too sensational, so she couldn't help but pause her pen, and her face was full of melancholy.
Shen Tingjun didn't know when he looked over, and he asked, "But it's scared of you?" ”
Sang Xuanyue nodded and shook her head, "I'm not afraid, I thought of the nurse." At the beginning, the nurse went south alone, and I don't know if she met this water bandit. ”
"Xu has met, Xu has not met, after all, I will go to Minzhou in a few days, and you can ask the nurse yourself when the time comes."
Sang Twist Yue glanced at him and complained softly, "You really can't speak. ”
Shen Tingjun chuckled: "What did I say wrong again?" ”
"Can't you say, the nurse must not have met? This is also good for calming my heart, so that I will not regret that the original arrangement was too careless, and almost brought disaster to the nurse. ”
"Okay, it's my fault, I said the wrong thing."
He carried the pot on his back so good-natured, and looked at her and smiled, Sang Xuanyue couldn't hold back his complaints and dissatisfaction. She looked slightly embarrassed, turned to the side slightly, looked at him and asked, "Do you know that there are water bandits here?" How human are they? Can we take care of all these people on our ship? ”
"You don't need to worry about this matter, I have already known about this matter, and I have made thorough arrangements. Don't worry, nothing will happen to you. ”
That being said, it's clear that the flooding here is not ordinary. So much so that the captains of the ships all ran over after discussion, wanting to find Shen Tingjun to carry the enemy together.
After the "typhoon" disaster, the bosses of these ships faintly took their passenger ship as the leader.
They drove ahead and chased after them desperately. I saw that there were often boats racing on the river, and I didn't know what kind of big competition I thought it was.
And this is really because, these ship bosses intuitively feel that the people on this boat are not ordinary people, and they think that there is a big trouble of Cangzhou bandits in front of them, so they don't want to hug their thighs to reduce some losses.
However, I have to mention that these ship bosses who run merchants all year round have really sharp intuition. They can find Shen Tingjun, and I have to say that they really have a vision.
But Shen Tingjun didn't have time to meet them, so he only asked Cheng Lin to discuss a charter with them. Don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, just look at the face of the people of Daqin, and the protection they should be given still has to be given.
The boat continued to move forward, and as the waters in front of it deepened and widened, the deep green of the river became more and more intense. It seems that there are countless ghosts hidden underneath, and when you let your guard down, they will immediately jump out from below, catch you and devour you completely.
It was dark, and everyone went back to the cabin to eat and rest. There were only a few sentry left, walking from one side of the splint to the other, always on the lookout for movement on the river.
When she arrived, Sang Xuanyue put down the book in her hand, and she finally couldn't stand it anymore. She yawned twice in succession, and then looked at Shen Tingjun, who was still concentrating on reviewing the official documents.
Shen Tingjun raised his head and looked at her teary-eyed appearance, and knew that she was very sleepy. He put down the pen, took Sang Yue's hand, and sent her to the cabin where she lived.
"You have a good rest, don't worry about any movement outside. Get a good night's sleep, and when you wake up tomorrow, the wind will be calm. ”
The favorite crime site of the Cangzhou water bandits is within 100 kilometers of here. Cangzhou is also a small state capital, and it can be crossed in one or two days. The water bandits can only act tonight, otherwise tomorrow, when they arrive in other state capitals, they will not have the right time and place, so it will be inconvenient for them to do so.
Sang Xuanyue looked at Shen Tingjun in front of him, he had also been busy for a day, reviewing official documents for a day, but he didn't show any fatigue between his eyebrows. He even had the spirit to wait for the night battle, he was in good spirits, there was a sharp light between his eyebrows, but the eyes he looked at her were so gentle.
Sang Xuanyue said softly, "Then I'll go in, you...... Stay safe and don't get hurt. ”
"Okay."
Shen Tingjun didn't follow up, but only watched Sang Xuanyue enter the cabin at the door of the cabin, and then the door slowly closed in front of him, and then he went back to the flower hall to continue to be busy.
During the second watch, there was still no movement on the river. The people in the cabin seemed to have stayed up for a long time, and seemed to be very sleepy, and they finally couldn't help it, and leaned on the cabin and snored.
On the third watch day, when people are most sleepy and tired, changes occur suddenly. Out of nowhere, many small boats appeared, and many people came out of the river and threw hammers at the bottom of the boats.
There was a loud shout on the river.
"Oh no, the bandits are coming, they're scuttling boats!"
There were bandits, boatmen, guests who traveled far away, and there were also ship bosses who were full of goods and traveled north and south to make a living.
The clatter of swords and soldiers, the sound of running and crying for help, and the sound of tea cups and cups being knocked to the ground and falling into ping-pong, the whole river was lively for a while.