Lin Piao looked up at the moon in the sky.

It's already after midnight.

Lin Piao looked at Shen Hong, he knew that there was no problem with Erzhu's physical strength, but Shen Hong hadn't practiced after all: "Are you tired?" I'll change you for a moment, and you can tell me which direction to row. ”

"It's nothing, it's nothing."

Lin Piao sat on the boat, thinking of the luggage they had packed, which he still packed one by one with a list, and felt a pity in his heart.

"Luckily, we have all the silver tickets with us." Lin Piao hugged the small burden he was carrying, and although his flesh hurt, he felt a lot better when he thought that the big head was still on his body and that he could still buy other things when he arrived at the state capital.

Erzhu looked at Shen Hong: "Let's find a place where we can go ashore first, or row farther away." ”

"Go farther away, you may end up in a den of thieves if you go ashore hastily."

Erzhu looked at the appearance that there were no wharves and ferries nearby, and thought about it, the barren mountains and mountains may be the territory of bandits.

Lin Piao relaxed a little in the middle of the night, drifting in the dark night and water, sighed, and had the heart to joke: "I thought that wealth and power were the most terrifying things, but I didn't expect that someone would dare to rob the Wen family's boat, the world is really dangerous." ”

Shen Hong looked at his sister-in-law's slightly relaxed appearance: "No one came to chase us, I think it was probably for Wen Shuo." ”

Lin Piao was stunned for a moment, not even for the Wen family, not for Wen Jieqing, but for Wen Shuo.

Because Wen Shuo is the young master of the Wen family.

Chapter 111

Lin Piao thought that after the matter of the five princes passed, the internal affairs of these families also stopped.

"I've heard that they've been exiled several times, but they haven't stopped yet?"

"The more this is the case, the less they will settle down, like gamblers, and those who lose will want to win more."

Lin Piao nodded, thinking that it was really a golden sentence, and looked at Shen Hong, a thin layer of moonlight crossed his side face, and his expression when he said this sentence was extremely cold, and even a little cold.

Seeing Lin Piao's eyes looking at him, Shen Hong's expression softened a little: "Sister-in-law, is the night wind blowing badly?" ”

Lin Piao shook his head: "It's okay." ”

"If you don't feel well, you say, I'll give you my coat."

"It's not cold now, it's cool to blow like this."

Shen Hong looked at Lin Piao in the dim moonlight, he hugged his legs and shrunk in the middle of the boat, and his aunt leaned next to each other, he was in a hurry to get up at night, his hair was only pulled at random, a little loose and messy, a few short strands of hair were blown and shook on his cheeks, he rested his chin on his arm, his face was a little pale, almost pitiful.

Shen Hong wanted to give him a sideburn and pin those strands of hair behind his ears, but he just watched quietly until Lin Piao noticed that it was a little itchy, raised his hand to brush the broken hair, and pinned it behind his ears.

They spent the rest of the night on the boat, and almost as soon as it was about to dawn, they finally saw a pier of some size.

The sky turned gray, and the darkness in the sky began to fade little by little, and in the distance you could see the vague figure of the men on the dock carrying things and loading goods.

The people on the dock also saw them, and gathered together to look at them at the dock, and they talked and cried out loudly across the water: "Where do you come from?" ”

Lin Piao's drowsiness was still dazed, and he shouted at them, "Where is this?" ”

"It's Zhou County!"

Lin Piao's eyes looked at Shen Hong, and Erzhu's eyes also looked at Shen Hong, and Shen Hong said: "Zhou County is the midpoint to the state capital, and it is a necessary place, we can go up and rest for a while, and find another boat." ”

Erzhu nodded, Shen Hong spoke, and he rowed towards the dock violently.

The boat docked, and the people on the shore helped them build a board to facilitate them to walk up, Lin Piao stepped on the plank and staggered to the dock, and the feeling of stepping on the ground finally made a heart fall into place.

"Have you been robbed by the water bandits? I see you're not dressed as ordinary people, but where are you going? "When the people on the dock looked at their boat, they guessed that it was like a spare boat, and it was not the first time they had seen such a thing, after all, there were quite a few bandits in the vicinity, and every now and then there would be a such thing.

"We went to the state capital to join our relatives, and we encountered water bandits on the way, but fortunately we escaped and were fine."

The people on the dock looked at them: "People are fine, you must know that the water bandits near us are very fierce, elusive, it's okay if you don't meet, and if you do, few will come back, your fate is good, this is all the tail to see that nothing happens, this is the greatest blessing." ”

Lin Piao looked at these workers, they were all very hospitable, and he wanted to show them the way to the county government, and he also wanted to recommend inns to them, so that they could settle down and rest first, which looked very much like doing business.

Shen Hong asked them about the name of the boat and some things, and then asked the guy at the dock to take them to the inn first.

On the way, Lin Piao looked at Shen Hong with an innocent face: "But we don't have any money, we only have a little bit of silver on our bodies." ”

As soon as the man heard this, his originally cordial and enthusiastic attitude was half folded: "Then how much money do you have left?" I'll see what inns are enough. ”

Lin Piao quoted the price in his heart: "Three or four taels." ”

"How many days do you want to stay?"

"Three to five days."

"Oh, that's okay, it's okay." The man's face is a little bad, and he will definitely be able to live, but he doesn't make much money.

But after thinking about it, they were in trouble, and all the money on them was gone, so they should be considered to be doing good deeds, and these people looked very decent, and they also made people feel good, maybe they would be good people once, and they would still remember him in the future, so they led them to an inn with suitable conditions.

"Well, this is it, everything is good, the price is good, you can live for three taels of silver and you can eat two meals."

Lin Piao looked around, felt that he was not slaughtered by the travel and tourism area, and thanked the guy with great satisfaction.

When they arrived at the inn, they didn't get a good night's rest, and the first thing they did when they entered the house was to fall asleep.

Before going back to each house, Lin Piao also asked Shen Hong specifically: "Later, are we going to find the county here?" ”

Shen Hong shook his head unexpectedly: "It depends on where Brother Wen is." ”

Wen Shuo is not here, it is not cost-effective for them to go to suppress the water bandits.

Lin Piao nodded, returned to the house and fell asleep, although he fell asleep for a while when he was on the boat, but he never slept steadily between the half-asleep and half-awake on the boat, Lin Piao fell asleep as soon as he hit the pillow, slept until three poles of the sun, the sun shone into the window and shone into the house, and he began to get up so hot that he couldn't sleep, pulled his clothes to spread the heat, and stretched his waist to get up.

Shen Hong and Erzhu had been rowing all night, and Shen Hong was so hot that he couldn't sleep at noon, except for Erzhu who fell asleep on the bed like a pig.

They had lunch first, ordered a table of dishes to eat, and Lin Piao thought of Wen Jieqing and Wen Shuo: "I don't know where they went in the boat, I don't know how far they have gone." ”

Shen Hong said: "If they want to get their luggage back, there is a high probability that they will come to Zhou County, and if they are in a hurry to return to Luodu, they will not stop on the road." ”

Lin Piao nodded, and as soon as Shen Hong analyzed what happened, everything became a multiple-choice question, and the blank feeling of floating on the water surface dissipated, and Lin Piao's mood was much better.

"So if we haven't waited for them in Zhou County these days, we don't have to wait for them and we don't have to worry about this matter, right?"

Shen Hong nodded.

After all, it's someone else's business.

Lin Piao'an settled down to eat, although the food here is completely incomparable with that at home, but after all, after so many twists and turns in one night, this is the first meal in one morning, and his stomach is already rumbling with hunger, and ordinary meals taste exceptionally fragrant.

Erzhu slept until the afternoon before waking up, got up and had dinner together, and on the second day, not long after they got up and had breakfast, they heard that Wen Jieqing and Wen Shuo had come to Zhou County.

The two Wen brothers almost went straight to the Zhou County Government in order to mobilize the forces of Zhou County and find a way to take everything back.

Everyone in Zhou County suddenly discussed, saying that the water bandit was really fat, and he dared to rob the young master of such a famous family.

Lin Piao went downstairs and could hear the diners talking.

"I think it's a good robbery!"

"What are you talking about, this bandit is not robbing the rich and helping the poor, can the money be spent for you? You're helping the bandits talk. ”

"You don't know the inside story, think about it, this water bandit robbed this Wen family brother, it was too good, the water bandit has been entrenched in this area for so many years, the elusive can't be caught, and the county doesn't want to care, now that he has robbed this kind of character, can the county still care? Do you dare to ignore it? ”

"You are right! Now, isn't that why this bandit must be eradicated?! ”

"That's for sure, you don't know where this Wen family brother came from, they are from the Wen family in Luoyang, and they are well-known, in a place like ours, how can anyone dare to offend them? If the county doesn't do this well, the black gauze hat may not be able to keep it! ”

"Really? What is the origin of this Luoyang Wen family, so powerful? ”

The diners below explained the history of the Wen family in Luoyang in a colorful way, as if the Wen family in Luoyang was the regent of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, as if Wen Shuo only wanted to stomp his feet in Zhou County, and tomorrow the Son of Heaven would issue eighteen holy decrees to behead all those who offended Wen Shuo.

It is said that Wen Shuo and Wen Jieqing are currently living in the county mansion, and just like the arrival of the Tianlong people, the county has to kneel on the ground and tremble to wash their feet.

Lin Piao almost wanted to wipe his sweat when he heard this.

After they had lunch, they went to the county mansion to find the Wen brothers, and when they arrived at the gate of the county mansion, they bumped into the Wen housekeeper who came out of the county mansion.

When the Wen housekeeper saw them, he hurriedly greeted them and led them into the county mansion.

"Young Master Shen, come on, our young master is talking about you, you are here, fortunately you are all safe, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

"Wen Shuo and Brother Wen aren't hurt, are they?"

"No, no, nothing happened."

Wen Shuo and Wen Jieqing lived in the best guest room in the county's mansion, and they cleaned out two rooms that were connected for their brother to live in.

"Wen Shuo."

"Brother Wen."

They went in and saw him and called him.

Wen Shuo stood up suddenly: "Brother Shen! Sister-in-law! ”

On the way to escape, they were bitten by the bandits, and they were followed by the escorts of the other two boats, who were also seriously wounded, and they had abandoned the ship and fled when they saw that the situation was not right, but they seemed to have no interest in the things on the boat, and only some of the people got on the boat, and most of them came to chase them.

At that time, Wen Jieqing told him that these people would not come for money, but for them, but who could be the one who wanted their lives? Who can there be?

Although he knew that the relationship within the family was no longer the same as before, and it was impossible to reconcile as before, no matter how much he thought about it, he didn't want to believe that his uncles were actually trying to kill him.

He remembers that even one of the uncles in the family who had the worst relationship with his father would often hug him when he was a child, give him money to spend, and prepare gifts for him.

In this way, even when the incident was the most troublesome, the third uncle who had done the most wrong things was only found out and exiled from his official position, and he never thought of taking his life.

But now, they actually want to kill him?

Wen Shuo saw Shen Hong and Lin Piao, just like seeing the backbone and family, Shen Hong was smart, and he would definitely not sit idly by when he came, and his worries and fears dissipated a lot, Lin Piao was a good person who never harmed people, simple-minded, so that people were steadfast, and there was no fear like a man's back.

Looking at the second aunt and the second pillar on the side, they are all down-to-earth people, and the second pillar is also very capable of fighting, in this unfamiliar place, there is nothing more reassuring than seeing a reliable acquaintance.

"Where's Brother Wen?" Lin Piao looked left and right, but didn't see where Wen Jieqing was.

"My second brother has gone to the silver village outside, and he wants to take some silver tickets out."

Lin Piao looked at him in surprise: "You all have silver tickets on the boat?" ”

Wen Shuo nodded helplessly: "How could we have thought that someone would dare to ...... their Wen family's ship."

Lin Piao shook his head in his heart, thinking that fortunately they were not so confident, and he was very vigilant to put the silver ticket with a small burden and carry it closely.

"So what are you going to do now?"

"What can I do, it must be to get things back, talking about banditry." Wen Shuo looked at Erzhu: "Erzhu, haven't you suppressed bandits?" What do you think you can do this time? ”