Early the next morning, the Mei family's father and daughter, Wei Shuoren, and Xu Wancun accompanied Chu Qingliu to the small courtyard of Jiang Zhan's mother and daughter, took a soft package, and went straight to the ferry to get on the boat. At the second maid, Chu Qing didn't go, and they must have known all the reasons.

Jiang Zhan's mother and daughter are different from Chu Qingliu's men and women, and the Kainan Dart Bureau specially hired two medium-sized river boats, which were very thoughtful. Mei Zhanxue took Jiang Zhan's hand, and kept talking about family routines, Jiang Zhan said: "Aunt Mei, if you want to think of me in the future, go to Wanghaizhuang, Master said, these two places are not far away." Mei Zhanxue could only nod again and again.

Saying goodbye to the cherished, picking out the cable and opening the boat, not long after, the two river boats came to the middle stream and sailed eastward.

Jingjiang Jiuqu ileum, a big bend and a big bend, if there is nothing to play, or you can see, in terms of travel, it really has to delay a lot of work. Chu Qingliu took Jiang Zhan's mother and daughter with him, and he also had a lot of luggage, so he had to take a boat.

On the evening of the second day, the boat was stopped, and Jiang Zhan pulled Chu Qingliu ashore to walk idly. Seeing that the boatman was not in front of him, he said, "Master, I have something to tell you." ”

Chu Qingliu said with a smile: "Do you want to eat pastries again?" Also, if you walk out for two more days, the pastries will not have the taste of Jiangling City." He took out a little bit of silver and gave it to her, and said, "If you want to eat in the future, go and buy it yourself, and when the silver runs out, tell me." ”

Jiang Zhan put away the silver and said, "Master, someone also wants to go up and live in Wanghaizhuang, but she doesn't dare to tell you, she wants to ask me to come and beg you." ”

It's not a big deal, but there must be a reason for it. When I arrived in Wanghaizhuang, I was just a tenant, if it wasn't easy to make a living in my hometown, who would want to go to other places? Chu Qingliu said: "You tell me in detail. ”

Jiang Zhan said: "Yesterday, Master, you went back drunk and went back, so my mother and I went back and packed up our things together." was busy, and the aunt of Zhu Dartmaster's family in the dart game came to the house and said that she knew that we were leaving, and came to see us off. However, she was all a lie. ”

"This Zhu Dart Master went to Shuzhou with his father, and not long after he came back, he died in the north. Aunt Zhu said, let us stop the boat in Bailongdu tomorrow night, there is a Fan family shop there, where will I take you to meet her, she has something important to tell you. She will not say anything, but she will not say it until she sees you. She said that these boatmen must be spies of the dart bureau, and she can't believe it. If you listen to her, you will definitely be willing to take them to live in Wanghaizhuang. My mother said that she was an adult, so it was not good to tell you, because she was afraid that the boatman would be suspicious, so she asked me to come. ”

This kind of thing, Chu Qingliu naturally agreed. Jiang Zhan said again: "Master, just now, Senior Aunt Mei cried, did you see it?" Chu Qingliu nodded. Jiang Zhan said: "I told her that if she missed me, she would go to Wanghaizhuang to see me, and she agreed." Master, is this a lot of things for me?" Chu Qingliu said: "It's not a lot of things. ”

Jiang Zhan breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "That's good, I'm still afraid that you will scold me, so I didn't dare to tell my mother." Master, do you think I should tell my mother?"

Chu Qingliu said: "Needless to say. You think, if Aunt Mei goes, your mother will naturally be able to see you, so why do you need to say it? "It's hard to say whether these few words can fool this girl.

The master and apprentice lingered for a long time before returning to the ship. The next evening, Chu Qingliu stopped the boat at Bailongdu on time. After packing up a little, the master and apprentice went ashore all the way to find the Fan family's shop. As soon as she entered the door, the Aunt Zhu greeted her, took the two into the backyard, and began to talk. It turns out that this Fan family shop is Aunt Zhu's maiden home, and she can trust it the most.

Aunt Zhu looked at Xiao Zhan first, and then said in a surprising voice, "Mr. Chu, when it comes to Xiao Zhan's father, it's not that someone cut off his neck, he jumped into the river and died." This is what the baby's father told me. ”

"The six of them, just after the Spring Dragon Festival, asked the old dart head to send to Shuzhou in the east. At that time, there were no darts to protect, there were no goods to send, and all the people who went were empty, and there was no dart car. When they arrived at the ground, there were six of them, three of them stayed in Shuzhou City, Xiaozhan and her father, my baby and his father, and Qiu Laosan, the three of them were all sent to the other side of the river. It is said that the Shuzhou branch bought a lot of gold beads and spices along the coast and wanted to transport them to the capital to sell, and said that the people of the Rebel Alliance are very powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are afraid that they will not have enough insurance, so they want to go to the north to receive them. ”

Chu Qingliu didn't say much, and heard quietly. According to Aunt Zhu, things should be like this:

Jiang, Qiu, and Zhu were led across the river by a Shuzhou dart master and arrived at a town in Taipingzhou. After staying at the hotel and having dinner, it was dark. At this time, a person from the Shuzhou Dart Bureau ran into the store, with blood on his head and face, saying that he had met people from the Chaos League outside the town, robbed the gold beads and spices, and killed three people from the Shuzhou Dart Bureau.

When a group of five people arrived outside the town, the two parties were still fighting, but it was two people fighting two people, looking at the situation, it was the two people from the Chaoren Alliance who had the advantage, and the people of the Shuzhou Dart Bureau were almost unable to support it. There are already four corpses on the ground, and there is another person watching next to him, this person is in his fifties, he should not know any martial arts, and he is obviously not a person in the dart game, that is, he is the opponent.

Jiang, Zhu, and Qiu, three dart masters, and two Shuzhou dart masters, each drew their swords and rushed to the encirclement together, with seven enemies and two, and slowly gained the upper hand. When the old man saw that the situation was in crisis, he picked up a knife and stepped forward to fight.

Perhaps motivated by the old man's bravery, a member of the Chaotic Alliance took the risk of cutting down Qiu Laosan, but he was also cut by Jiang Dart Master with a knife.

Although the martial arts of the dart masters are not out of the group, they are all extremely shrewd, when one person is divided to fight the old man, and the remaining five people are surrounded by two people from the chaotic alliance. This dart master could have stabbed the old man to death with a single sword, but he wanted to spare his life so as to distract the two people of the Chaos Alliance.

The old man had no martial arts, but he had good knowledge and courage. After seeing the plans of the dart masters, they rushed straight to the blade of the dart master, as if they intended to seek death and not burden their companions. If you are injured, you don't shout or scream, and try not to distract the two.

Hearing this, Chu Qing's tears were already silent.

In the melee, Jiang Dart Master slashed out and slashed at the opponent. At this time, a dart master of the Shuzhou Dart Bureau was unstable on his feet, and suddenly fell to the knife of the Jiang dart master. Jiang Dart Master couldn't put away the knife, so in order to avoid cutting his companions, he had to turn around, wanting to take the knife, who knew that his body was only half turning, and a knife was slashing at the old man's heart, killing the old man.

Aunt Zhu said: "Old Zhu later said that the dart master of the Shuzhou Dart Bureau must have intentionally, and he intended to lead Jiang's father to make a mistake, so that he could kill the old man by Brother Jiang's hand." Mr. Chu, Brother Jiang, he didn't mean it. ”

Xiao Zhan said angrily: "You are talking nonsense! Master, you can't believe her, you want me to tell me that it was your surname Zhu who killed Grandpa Jiang! You are talking nonsense! It's dark again, and it's nonsense, who can see it so clearly? What are you talking nonsense?"

Chu Qingliu pressed her to sit down and said to Aunt Zhu, "You go down." ”

The dart masters fought together, killed four more people, and killed two people from the Chaos Alliance. But the only people here are Jiang Dart, Zhu Dart, and a Shuzhou Dart Bureau, and all three of them are injured.

Led by the dart master of the Shuzhou Dart Bureau, the three of them chased two or three miles eastward, saying that they wanted to recapture the gold beads and spices, but they couldn't see anyone. When he returned to the same place, he saw that all the bodies were gone.

Jiang Zhan said: "Master, what she said is all a lie. If the people of the Chaos Alliance can snatch the spices, they should be able to kill all the people in the dart game and run away. How could they leave only two people to fight more with less? How could they leave Grandpa Jiang with a person who didn't know martial arts? Aren't they stupid?"

Chu Qingliu said: "Jiang Zhan, you are right, there are no gold beads and spices in the first place. ”

Aunt Zhu said: "But what I said is not false!"

Chu Qingliu said: "You go on." ”

The three dart masters returned to the store, changed out of their bloody clothes, and rested for the night. Early the next morning, Jiang Dart Master was going to the city of Taipingzhou to report the case to the Yamen. If the dart master loses the dart, he usually tries to take the dart back, and the fighter wants to come back, and if he reports to the official, he will be ridiculed by the rivers and lakes. But the Kainan Dart Bureau has long stopped darts, and only protects its own property, which is no different from ordinary merchants, which is different.

What's more, the Chaos Alliance is already a life-and-death rival of the Kainan Dart Bureau, and the robbed goods can no longer be begged, and reporting the case is not a violation of the rules of the rivers and lakes. If you don't report the case, if the matter is revealed, you will not be able to explain it clearly, and you will be troubled by the government. Therefore, when the Kainan Dart Bureau encounters this kind of real rival, there is no need to talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes, and it has always been necessary to report the case.

But the dart master of the Shuzhou Dart Bureau stopped him alive, and he didn't allow Jiang Dart Master to report the case no matter what, but he couldn't say any reason. Among these three people, the prestige of Jiang Dart's martial arts is high, and he wants to report the case as a matter of duty, so how can he listen to that dart master?

The dart master had no choice but to tell the truth.

The three escorts of the Righteous Blood Hall were undoubtedly Jiang Yuefu. The Chaos Alliance made a move against the Kainan Dart Bureau, and Mei Hongtai ordered the people of the Shuzhou Dart Bureau to target the Iron Boat Gang and the Guazhou Ferry. The Chaos Alliance took action against the Iron Boat Gang, Shi Han ordered someone to rob Jiang Yuefu, and all kinds of things fell into the eyes of the dart masters.

Those days were the most bitter and miserable moments of the battle between the two sides, Wei Shuoren and Xu Wancun had not yet arrived, and there was neither a heavy knife nor the help of poison, which could really be said to be a surprise overnight. Mei Hongtai already has the heart of death, no matter what kind of outrageous things, as long as he can embarrass Qu Lingyu's father and daughter, he is willing to give it a try, so he ordered the people of the Shuzhou Dart Bureau to intercept and kill Jiang Yuefu.

This kind of thing, either not to do it, since it has to be done, it can only be done, and no mistakes are allowed. The Shuzhou Dart Bureau used the excuse of insufficient manpower and asked the Jiangling General to send someone over. Manpower, it's always better to have more, besides, the general number has gone to people, and there is a prevarication in case of a miss.

The two sides have killed so many people, and the so-called jewelry and spices have been implicated, if Jiang Dart Master wants to report the case, this kind of big case must be spread in the rivers and lakes. The matter is implicated in the Shuzhou Dart Bureau and the Kainan Dart Bureau, and the Chaos Alliance must know the rumors, know that there was a scuffle in Jiangnan Taipingzhou, and then peek into the inside story, and it was the dart master who told the matter together.

Since this is the case, what other case did Jiang Dart Master report? The three of them crossed the river and returned to the Shuzhou Dart Bureau. On the boat, Master Jiang was unsettled, and muttered over and over again: "Why does Master have to hide it from me? Why didn't Master tell me?" He didn't say anything wrong with Master wanting to kill Jiang Yuefu, nor did he regret that he killed Jiang Yuefu, a person who didn't know martial arts.

Aunt Zhu said: "Mr. Chu, in those days, men and women hated the Chaos Alliance to death, and they still hate it at this time. I hate you too, and I don't know if you're a good person or a bad person, but if you can be with the eldest lady of the Chaos Alliance, then you won't be a good person, I have this in my heart. ”

Chu Qingliu said: "So, it's all right to kill my stepfather?"

Aunt Zhu said: "At that time, there was really no way, Mr. Wei didn't arrive, Mr. Xu didn't arrive, only the medicine prepared by Miss, it was good, but it was not enough." People who go out can't come back when they leave, and when they don't dare to go out and stay at home, they can be killed. To be honest, people are going crazy. ”

When the boat reached the center of the river, the Jiang dart master jumped into the river. On the water nature of Jiang Dart Master, he couldn't die by jumping into the water, but he already had the heart to die, and he didn't come back when he went down to the water, so he sank like this, everyone knows that he is dead.

In order to have an explanation with Jiang Zhan's mother and daughter, Zhu Dart Master made up that lie with the old dart head, saying that Jiang Dart Master died at the hands of the Chaos Alliance.

This kind of thing, Zhu Dart Master still told his wife. Not long after, Zhu Dart Master also died in a fight, and many people saw the death, and it was indeed a battle with the Chaos Alliance, and it was not someone who did it.

At that time, Wei Shuoren and Xu Wancun also arrived, and the Kainan Dart Bureau was able to breathe with these two helpers. Aunt Zhu knew that this matter was unspeakable, so she didn't dare to tell anyone.

Recently, seeing that Chu Qingliu had taken Jiang Zhan as an apprentice and was going to take them to Wanghaizhuang, Aunt Zhu clearly said that she was very greedy. Her family is also an orphan and widow, how could she not encounter this kind of thing? I heard that Chu Qingliu promised to find the corpse of Master Jiang Dao, and knew that this matter would be revealed sooner or later, so I couldn't help but be a little afraid, I was very afraid that the old dart head Mei Hongtai would kill her and kill the child, so I ventured to wait for Chu Qingliu halfway up to explain the inside story.

Jiang Zhan knelt down in front of Chu Qingliu, tears rolling down his face, but he could still speak clearly, and said, "Master, you can't listen to her, what she said must be a lie, Master!"

Aunt Zhu said: "You are a child, I don't care about you when you say this." Mr. Chu, if no one tells me about it, how can I fabricate the things in the east? How Mr. Jiang died and where he was injured are all things that can be verified and verified, how dare I lie? Brother Jiang is dead, and his father is also dead, but the people in the Shuzhou Dart Bureau won't all die, right? I heard that Miss Qu is an extremely shrewd person, and there is no room for sand in her eyes, so she will be able to tell whether what I said is a lie or not. But I forgot that I just said bad things about this eldest lady.

When Aunt Zhu said this, she took out a small book with blood and handed it to Chu Qingliu. The book was soaked in blood, and there was also a knife wound, which turned out to be the "Sun Tzu Sutra" written by an anonymous person in ancient times. When you open the cover, you can see an idle chapter, which is the words "Confucianism by the water". This was picked up by Zhu Dart Master from the fighting arena, not only to keep it as a future credential, but also to save his life after this matter was revealed.