In the middle of the line, a vast lake appeared in front of me, and the water was shining in the sky, thinking that this must be the lake. When I came to the lake, the lake water was as clear as a mirror, and dozens of white water birds swept by the water surface and flew away. As far as the eye can see, the distant mountains are stacked and green, reflected in the blue waves, the clouds, mountains and smoke and water, people are in the middle, as if they have come to a paradise, and they can't help but be drunk.

Bai Yixue thought to herself: "Jiangnan has been prosperous and elegant since ancient times, Zhong Shibo chose such a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live, and he is really happy like a fairy." He stood on the shore for a long time, but he did not see a ferry, and he could not help but become anxious, and immediately searched all the way along the shore of the lake. After looking for a stick of incense, I finally saw a farmer's fishing boat parked on the shore of the lake not far away, and immediately overjoyed, and shouted: "The boatman, the boatman!" After shouting a few times, a head poked out of the cabin, a man in his forties, glanced at Bai Yixue a few times, and said impatiently: "What's the matter?" There was a faint sadness on his face.

Bai Yixue bowed her hand slightly and said, "Brother Fisherman, I want to go to Xinghuawu, and I have to work hard to give me a ride, and the boat fare is not for you." ”

When the boatman heard the words "Xinghuawu", his face changed slightly, and he looked the white snow up and down with his eyes, looked wary, and said, "You...... You're going to Xinghuawu?"

Bai Yixue said: "Exactly." ”

The boatman frowned, and said angrily: "That's not a coincidence, I don't have time at the moment, you can ask elsewhere." With that, he returned to the cabin. Bai Yixue thought to himself, I finally found a boat, where do you tell me to find another one at this moment? He was on tiptoe, his body swept up out of thin air, and landed lightly on the bow of the boat, and the hull of the boat only shook slightly. The boatman was taken aback, rubbed his eyes, and thought he was dazzled, and when he saw clearly, he muttered, "You...... You ......" reached out and copied the oar on one side of the boat.

Bai Yixue said with a smile: "Big brother, don't blame, I do have an urgent matter to go to Xinghuawu, and I will drive you over to me." As he spoke, he took a few steps, took out twenty cents from his bosom, and stuffed them into his hand. The boatman was stunned and said, "No matter how much money you give, I won't be able to go." ”

Bai Yixue saw that his eyes were red and swollen, and his face was sad, obviously he had just cried, and said, "Dare to ask if the eldest brother has encountered any difficulties?" Maybe I can help. ”

The boatman stared at him, silent, as if hesitant. After a while, he couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, pointed to the cabin with his finger, and said sadly: "I...... My family's Bao'er...... Fast...... It's almost gone......"

Bai Yixue looked at it, and there was a little boy of five or six years old lying in the cabin, with a pale face and closed eyes, and asked, "Is it a sudden illness?"

The boatman shook his head and said, "No, it is...... ...... who was wounded"

Bai Yixue said: "Is it a child playing with each other and being injured?"

The boatman cried, "Early this morning, several wicked people went to Xinghuawu by boat, and one of the wicked men was Bao'er...... It's like this......"

Bai Yixue was furious in her heart: "Who is so vicious that he can bear to do such a heavy hand to a child?" and said: "Brother Fisherman, the younger brother knows a little about medical skills, let me go in and take a look at the child, how about it?"

The boatman was helpless, and when he heard him say this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said continuously: "Thank you for the petty officials, there are petty officials!"

Bai Yixue entered the cabin, came to Bao'er's side, leaned over to take his pulse, but felt that although the pulse was weak, the beating was quite smooth, thinking that he was injured by internal force, thinking that the martial arts of the person who started the attack was not weak, why did he bully a weak child, it was really a big violation of martial arts, which made people outrageous, and said: "May I ask your surname, eldest brother?"

The boatman hurriedly said: "Don't dare, the villain's surname is Luo, and he is the fifth." Boa ...... What's going on?"

Bai Yixue smiled slightly and said, "Fifth Brother Luo, Bao'er has been a little frightened, after I treat him, he can rest and recuperate for a while, there should be no big problem, you don't have to worry too much." ”

When Luo Wu heard this, he was so happy that he burst into tears again, "Knock", "Knock", "Knock", kowtowed three times, and said, "If Bao'er has a ...... Three long and two short, I don't want to live. If the petty official can heal him, you will be my Luo Wu's life-saving benefactor. ”

Bai Yixue helped Luo Wu up and said, "Fifth Brother Luo, please get up quickly, it's important to save the child first." He immediately sat down cross-legged and silently used Xuangong to heal Bao'er's wounds. Luo Wu squatted on the side and watched nervously, anxious in his heart. After a long time, Bao'er suddenly opened her eyes and shouted: "Dad, Dad, Bao'er is so scared, Bao'er is so afraid!"

Luo Wu was surprised and delighted, hugged him tightly in his arms, and said softly: "Bao'er is not afraid, Bao'er is not afraid, Daddy is here." After De Bao'er cried for a while, and fell asleep again, Bai Yixue asked, "Fifth Brother Luo, what kind of person is it that can do it to a child?"

Luo Wu's eyes showed a look of horror, he looked outside the cabin, and said in a low voice: "Little official, why are you going to Xinghuawu?"

Bai Yixue said: "The family teacher and the owner of Fubi Villa are world friends, and I went to Xinghuawu to visit the owner of Zhong Zhuang." ”

Luo Wu took a long breath and said: "The little official has a kind face, and he is a good person at first glance, and he is not a person who goes to Xinghuawu with those wicked people. ”

The white-clothed Xue Qi said: "They also went to Xinghuawu?"

Luo Wudao: "Early this morning, a large group of wicked people appeared out of nowhere, many of them with blades, and they were shouting noisily, saying that they were going to take our boat to Xinghuawu. Master Zhong, Miss Zhong, as well as Uncle Xue, Second Master Li, Third Master Ni, Fourth Master Cai, Miss Song, they take good care of us on weekdays, Third Brother Zhu and Fourth Brother Chen saw that they were not good, as if they were going to find the owner of Zhong Zhuang, how could they lead the way? Everyone was unwilling, how did these wicked people start to be ruthless, and forced us to send them to Xinghuawu with knives, otherwise they would ...... Chopped off our heads. After that, his face was full of horror.

Bai Yixue secretly thought to herself: "Could it be that Zhong Shibo got into trouble with some powerful enemy and came to seek revenge?" frowned: "Oh?

Luo Wu's face turned pale, and he looked palpitating, and said, "Isn't it?" Third Brother Zhu muttered a few words, and was slashed on the leg by a head Tuo with a knife, making a bloody gap. We saw that there were many of them, and they were all like fierce gods, and if they refused again, we were afraid that their lives would not be guaranteed, so we had to carry them to Xinghuawu. ”

Bai Yixue asked, "Are they here to seek revenge?"

Luo Wu shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know about this." However, the owner of Zhong Dazhuang is kind and polite to us fishers, how could he provoke these fierce and evil guys? On the way I sent them, I heard them say that they seemed to be going to Xinghuawu to ask for someone. ”

Bai Yixue muttered: "Asking for someone?" and secretly thought: "How could Zhong Shibo hide a person in the village for no reason? Yes, most of these people came to seek revenge and found an excuse. ”

Luo Wudao: "Yes." I heard from them along the way that if the owner of Zhongda Zhuangzhuang refused to hand over the people, he would set foot in Xinghuawu today. ”

Bai Yixue sneered: "How can someone in Xinghuawu want to step on it, and they can step on it?" thought to herself: "The four mountain villas have always shared weal and woe, if Zhong Shibo really provokes a powerful opponent, how can he sit idly by?"

Luo Wudao: "Yes, but these wicked people are many and powerful, and they are coming violently, I am afraid that the owner of Zhongda Village will also ......."

Bai Yixue said: "Fifth Brother Luo, how long have they been?"

Luo Wu looked at the vast water outside the cabin, thought about it for a while, and said, "It's probably more than an hour. ”

Bai Yixue slapped her thigh and said, "Fifth Brother Luo, please send me to Xinghuawu quickly." ”

Luo Wu hesitated and said: "Little official, these people are very fierce, if they don't obey at all, they will use knives and guns, and you will ...... alone."

Bai Yixue smiled slightly and said, "Fifth Brother Luo, you can drive the boat, I will take care of it." ”

Luo Wu saw him with a look of indifference, and thought: "This little brother doesn't look young, but his martial arts are very high, since he said this, he is sure to solve the crisis of the owner of Zhongdazhuang." He stood up and said, "Okay, I'll send the junior official over, but you have to be careful." With that, he got up and went to the bow of the boat, untied the cable, and rowed towards the middle of the lake.

The two talked, and Bai Yixue learned that Zhu Er, Chen Si and others were forcibly detained in Xinghuawu by the gang of villains, saying that they were going to take their boat back. Luo Wu had an octogenarian bedridden mother at home who needed to be taken care of, and he kept shouting to leave, and a strong man who was guarding them was upset and irritable by his quarrel, so he had to let him go. Bai Yixue was secretly frightened when she heard this, these wicked guests came to the door, since they were not good, they could make a child angry, it was really vicious and abnormal, but I don't know why Zhong Mobi formed a bond with them.

Luo Wu's strength is outstanding, the oars are like flying, although the lake is wide, it is only two sticks of incense, it is rowed to the center of the lake, only to see a small island in the center of the lake from a distance, the large apricot blossoms on the island are blooming delicately, pink like the glow, magnificent. Luo Wu saw several fishing boats moored on the shore, and said, "That's the boat of Second Brother Zhu and Fourth Brother Chen, but they arranged for someone to guard it, so we went around and quietly went to the island." ”

Bai Yixue thought that the current enemy situation was still unknown, so it was better not to startle the snake, nodded and said, "Okay, what the fifth brother said is true." Luo Wu rowed the boat, chose a remote place, and parked the boat. Baiyi Xue jumped ashore, and Luo Wu said in a low voice: "Little official, you are careful, if the situation is not right, you come here to find me, I will wait for you here." ”

Bai Yixue nodded, and walked quickly towards the center of the island, along the way, there was nothing unusual. Not long after, there was a faint sound of blades intersecting in front of him, which was quite dense, and it seemed that there were many people fighting fiercely, and Bai Yixue felt a pang in his heart: "Zhong Shibo and the enemy have already handed over?"

Bai Yixue came to the front of the village, the courtyard was surrounded by a wide river, there was a suspension bridge outside the door, and then the village gate, but it was unattended. The white-clothed snow path entered from the step, and the sound of the blades came from the grass hall in the village, and there was no one outside the grass hall. He quietly walked into the thatched hall, and saw that in the center of the field, seven or eight people were divided into two factions, or armed with swords, and they were fighting fiercely, and on the east and west sides of the hall, there were dozens of people standing on each side, all of them looked focused, looking at the battle in the center of the field, no one noticed him.