Chapter 310: The ship arrives in Yongzhou

Hu Qiong's big official boat went upriver and traveled for a few days. In the afternoon of that day, I saw a large ship coming from the upper reaches of the river like an arrow to the south. When the two boats merged, a girl suddenly ran out of the opposite boat, shouted "Help...... on this boat, and two men chased after her. The girl jumped, "plopped", and jumped into the river.

The two men on the boat jumped into the river, picked up the girl, and pushed her onto the boat. The girl struggled and screamed, "Help......"

When Hu Qiong saw it, how could he ignore it? Flew and jumped into the opposite boat, and asked the two people, "What's the matter?"

One said: "Don't do your business." You get over there. ”

Hu Qiong stood still. The man had to explain: "This is a servant girl in the old man's family, who stole something, and the old man was angry and sold her to Changsha." You're nosy. ”

The girl said, "No, I was robbed by them and wanted to sell it elsewhere." ”

The two men were about to push the girl into the cabin. Hu Qiong stepped forward to stop him and said, "It's not too late to make it clear that you will leave." ”

"Why didn't you make it clear?"

Hu Qiong said: "I think this girl seems to have a grievance. When she makes it clear, you deal with her, and I don't care. ”

The man snapped, "Are you nosy?"

Hu Qiong said firmly: "She has grievances, why don't I save her when she dies?"

Another man gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, good, it's you who is looking for death." Leaving the girl, he turned around and entered the cabin, and when he came out, he already had a bright steel knife in his hand, and said fiercely to Hu Qiong: "Are you leaving?"

Hu Qiong stood on the bow of the boat, becoming more and more convinced that the girl was coerced, and said, "If you let this girl go, I will naturally leave." ”

The man was no longer polite, and raised his knife and slashed at Hu Qiong. How could Hu Qiong be afraid, seeing his steel knife slashing, a dodge, the steel knife cut empty, Hu Qiong grabbed his trouser belt with both hands, and with his momentum, he threw him into the river.

Another man shouted, "It's against you." ”

With these words, three or four more men ran out of the cabin, and only then they heard screams from the cabin: "Help......

One person took the lead in stabbing at Hu Qiong with a sword, Hu Qiong let go of the sword and ran in front of the other party, how could the man have thought that Hu Qiong would meet the sword, and hurriedly retreated, Hu Qiong snatched the long sword. Hu Qiong stood on the bow of the boat, holding a long sword, majestic and inviolable.

The five or six men knew that he was powerful, and rushed over with their swords in hand. The bow of the boat was narrow, how could they fight, Hu Qiong flew over their heads and flew down to the canopy. He ran to the stern of the boat and kicked open the door, only to see seventeen or eighteen young girls tied up inside. This immediately reminded Hu Qiong of the gang of people who kidnapped the girl on Dongting Lake. Fortunately, the masked man in white did not come. Hu Qiong took advantage of his absence, flew up and jumped on the canopy of the boat, and killed the oncoming group.

This group of people surrounded Hu Qiong and fought each other, but where were they Hu Qiong's opponents? Hu Qiong's long sword stabbed indiscriminately, and they all stabbed them into the river. Hu Qiong jumped to the bow of the boat, kicked all the canopy with a few kicks, ran into the cabin, and cut all the ropes on the girl's hands and feet with a sword.

The man who fell into the water shouted, "You have the ability, don't go." ”

Hu Qiong said proudly: "I'm waiting for you." ”

The gang swam ashore and ran away.

The rescued girls knelt on the bow of the boat and thanked Hu Qiong for saving her life. Hu Qiong asked them, "Are you all taken captive?"

The girls said, "Yes, yes, we are all taken captive." ”

The girl who jumped into the river was a little older, and she said: "They kidnapped us, taught us to sing and dance, and then sold us to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and some to Huacheng." ”

"It's disgusting. Do you know where their nest is?"

The girl said, "They put us all in sacks, and I don't know where they took us. But it's not very far from here, it's a few days away. I remember it was in a pit, surrounded by high mountains, and when I came out, I had to pass through a cave with a river in it, and I came out by boat. I don't know about the rest. ”

Hu Qiong asked, "Where are your homes?"

Some of the girls said they were from this province, some were from Guizhou, some were from Sichuan, and some were from Hubei.

Hu Qiong knew that they were far away from their hometowns, so although they were rescued, how could they return to their hometowns? Hu Qiong jumped onto his boat and asked his uncle what to do? The uncle said: "In front of them is Qiyang County, send them to the county government, and the government will send them back to their hometown." ”

Hu Qiong beckoned these captive girls to come to her official boat, and the big boat came towards Qiyang County.

In the early morning of the second day, the boat arrived at Qiyang Wharf. Zheng Wenjun and Hu Qiong went ashore and took these girls to the county office. When the magistrate heard that the new prefect of Guilin had arrived, he personally greeted him outside the yamen. After entering the ya, after offering tea, Zheng Wenjun talked about the girl, and the magistrate was shocked, and he didn't want to buy and sell people in his own territory. Hu Qiong brought these seventeen or eighteen girls into the ya, and the magistrate personally questioned them, and after asking about the situation, he promised Zheng Wenjun in person that reliable personnel would be arranged to send these poor girls back to their hometowns safely.

Zheng Wenjun and Hu Qiong had lunch at the county office, bid farewell to the magistrate, and then returned to the official ship. Continue swimming against the current. On this day, Yongzhou City was already in sight, the official ship docked by the river, and Hu Qiong went ashore, ready to inquire where Shuangqiao Village was. saw two people standing on the shore early in the morning, and when the two saw Hu Qiong's appearance, they walked over and asked, "Excuse me, are you Hu Gongzi?"

Hu Qiong said: "Exactly." ”

The two said: "We are explained by my son-in-law, the son-in-law has urgent matters to deal with, and he is not at home, please forgive him, and when he turns around, he must go to the village to get together." When Gongzi was leaving, he asked us to give this gift to Gongzi Hu. Then he put his hands on it.

Hu Qiong took it and opened it, and inside was a guqin, mottled with ancient patterns, known to be a thousand-year-old guqin. Hu Qiong hurriedly said to the two family members: "Such a generous gift, I dare not be ashamed, please greet your son on my behalf, when I turn around, I will definitely go to the house to visit." ”

The two family members agreed, turned around and rode away. Hu Qiong stood on the shore, thinking that she had only met Yan Kun twice, and she had been so generously courteous by him, and thinking about his high friendship was really touching.

Hu Qiong stood on the shore and sighed, but saw a person galloping from the south on horseback, and when he approached, he saw that this person was in his forties, with a wide forehead, a pair of slender eyes, a big and pointed nose, and a small rooster mouth.

When Pei Yingjun saw Hu Qiong standing on the shore looking at him, he couldn't help slowing down his horse and was stunned for a moment. Hu Qiong shouted: "Pei Daxia, don't you remember me?

Pei Yingjun jumped off the horse and looked at Hu Qiong, looking familiar. Hu Qiong said: "I am Hu Qiong of Jingzhou, does Pei Daxia remember the incident of beating away the wicked by Dongting Lake?"

"Oh, it's you,...... Hu Shaoxia. He finally remembered.

Hu Qiong said: "I accompanied my uncle to Guilin, Guangxi to take office. I am fortunate to meet Pei Daxia here. Please come to the boat for a while. ”

Pei Yingjun said: "Don't bother, I'm going to rush to the front." By the way, Qiyang County rescued more than a dozen girls, do you know?"

Hu Qiong smiled: "That's exactly what happened to save them." ”

"Spider-Man" Pei Yingjun was overjoyed and said, "I don't want to, Hu Shaoxia has achieved this." You can be called a hero who eliminates harm for the people. I'm following this group of traffickers here, and I'm going to go to Yongzhou City to investigate. Is Hu Daxia also going to Yongzhou City?"

Hu Qiong said: "I also want to go to the city." One of the rescued girls said that the lair of the wicked was nearby. It is said that it was in a pit in the ground, surrounded by high mountains, and when it came out, it had to pass through a cave with a river in the cave, and came out by boat. ”

Pei Yingjun said happily: "We acted separately and met in Yongzhou City to exchange news. I'll go too. "Ride away.

On the second day, Hu Qiong's official ship docked outside Yongzhou. Uncle Zheng Wenjun said: "Yongzhou City is a famous place, I want Liu Zongyuan to be the Sima of Yongzhou, in Yongzhou for ten years, to promote the good and eliminate the disadvantages, build water conservancy, create a school, and do a lot of things that are beneficial to the people." In his spare time, he traveled to the mountains and rivers of Yongzhou and wrote the "Eight Records of Yongzhou", which was passed on to future generations. Although I can't compare myself to the ancients, when I come to this city, I always have to follow the traces of the ancients and have a good time. ”

And they came into the city, and found an inn to stay in. After breakfast on the second day, his uncle Zheng Wenjun said to Hu Qiong: "You go to investigate the affairs of these wicked people and eliminate this evil for the locality." I'll take my family to play in the footsteps of Liu Gong, you don't have to worry about me. ”

Hu Qiong agreed. My uncle took his two families to explore the past. Hu Qiong came to the teahouse in the city to drink tea, there are many people here, and it is just time to find out the news.

One day, nothing was found. In the evening, Hu Qiong returned to the inn, and soon after, her uncle also returned. The family had a meal, not for a long time, Hu Qiong only felt dizzy, couldn't afford to earn, and saw that everyone in the room fell down, and he couldn't hold on, so he also fell to the ground with a "bang".