When the bright moon was in the sky and the stars were lit, Xie Yixiang was sitting on a big bluestone by the lake, silently wiping the crimson short knife in his hand with a thin crimson silk scarf. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The name of the knife is chaotic, just like its owner's state of mind at the moment. Xie Yixiang was in this situation, and he couldn't tell for a while, whether he was "leaving" because of "chaos" or "chaos" because of "leaving".

But listening to the waves in the lake, gently caressing the moss-covered bluestone beneath her, splashing a few cold droplets of water. She couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at the blue lake sleeping in the night, and thought to herself: "It turns out that this pool of Dongting Lake in front of me is not only connected to the Yangtze River in the north, but also integrates the four rivers of Xiangjiang, Zishui, Yuanjiang and Lishui, and the Haohao soup spans more than 800 miles, which extends from Yueyang City to Yiyang here. ”

Xie Yixiang was secretly distracted, and suddenly there seemed to be a slight cracking sound, pulling her back from her boundless thoughts.

Xie Yixiang looked down, but it was the thin silk scarf in his hand that was wiping the blade of the knife, and accidentally touched the blade, and was immediately cut into two pieces.

With the soft sound of the silk scarf breaking, at the other end of the lake, a man who was fishing near the lake with a reed bamboo as a rod raised his head in amazement and said to himself: "It's finally here." ”

Xie Yixiang was slightly stunned, raised her eyes and squinted in the direction of the man. But under the reed bamboo fishing rod in the man's hand, a large golden carp more than six feet long had been hung through the abdomen by his hook at this moment, and was struggling in the lake water, stirring up ripples.

It turned out that this big carp was not hooked as bait, but was hit by the hook, so it was the belly of the fish that was hooked. Xie Yixiang was slightly disappointed and secretly laughed to herself.

saw the angler smile faintly, suddenly threw away the reed bamboo fishing rod in his hand, and threw it into the lake. As a result, the strength of the rod disappeared suddenly, and the big carp that was hooked swam hard in the water of the lake, dragging it with the hook, the fishing line, and even the fishing rod, and desperately swimming to the depths of the lake.

The angler gently dusted off the dust on his body, and said lukewarmly: "Fish, fish, since ancient times, Taigong fished, and only those who wish can be hooked." Since you have unintentionally hit my fishhook, how can I bear to harm you?"

When Xie Yixiang heard this, she immediately couldn't bear it anymore, and said coldly: "Why do you pretend to be merciful in front of me? I have already said many times that the reason why I came to the rescue that day was that first, you are a hero in the world, and I don't want to see you die at the hands of those despicable villains; second, in the years that you have been in charge of Dongting Lake, as far as I know, there have been no great evils. Therefore, if it is the will of heaven to let this vast land continue to be unique and divide one side, then it is better for you to continue to sit down in the position of the lord of this Dongting Lake. ”

It turned out that the fishing man beside Xie Yixiang at the moment was naturally Jiang Wangcai, the owner of Dongting Lake who was rescued by her in the past.

On Longyue Island in Dongting Lake that day, this Jiang Wangcai was careless for a while, and was held hostage by Zhuang Haoming on the spot, but unexpectedly, Xie Yixiang suddenly made a move, snatched Jiang Wangcai from Zhuang Haoming's hands, and immediately pulled him into the crowd present. You must know that there were hundreds of green-clothed men under the Dongting Lake Gate at the time, as soon as Xie Yixiang entered the crowd, the chaos in his hands waved around, and everywhere he went, it seemed that he was hurting the enemy to protect himself, but in fact, he secretly cut through the green clothes worn by dozens of people.

And in the midst of this chaos, Xie Yixiang had quietly pulled a few green clothes from the Dongting Lake gang and held them tightly in his hands. After she and Jiang Wang rushed to the lakeside and jumped into Dongting Lake, they hurriedly changed their clothes underwater and changed into the clothes of those men in green.

In fact, her bold and reckless escape method was secretly learned from Yan Sidao. Back then, outside the Taiyuan Temple of the Purple Mountain, Yan Sidao used this method to blend in with the thousands of refugees present in one fell swoop, and then escaped a bloody disaster. Xie Yixiang saw this scene in her eyes back then, and when she was in danger, she naturally had a plan in mind.

Fortunately, Xie Yixiang grew up in the water town of Suzhou since she was a child, and her water nature is not bad, and although Jiang Wangcai is not skilled in martial arts, he is also the master of Dongting Lake, and his water nature is not bad. The two jumped into the lake in disguise, and kept their breath in the water, not moving in the slightest. When Zheng Qianjin and the others on the shore saw the two jumping into the water, they were already in a mess, so they had to send people into the water to search. Xie Yixiang and Jiang Wangcai had already changed into the green clothes under the gate of Dongting Lake, and immediately took a look at the hole underwater, and quietly blended into the search team, waiting for the opportunity to sneak back to the island.

The dragon leap island is more than ten miles long from north to south, and the woods and rock walls in it are very easy to hide. After the two returned to the island, Jiang Wangcai secretly found a few confidants and quietly found a small boat. As soon as it was dark, he got on the boat with Xie Yixiang, went down to the lake from the west of Longyue Island, went straight through the entire Dongting Lake, and came to the Yiyang boundary belonging to Changde Mansion.

However, Xie Yixiang's move to save Jiang Wangcai was done spontaneously, and he had no long-term plan at all. In the days after that, Xie Yixiang didn't know what to do, so in desperation, he had to stay by Jiang Wangcai's side temporarily. It wasn't until today, when the two of them mentioned the matter again on the shore of Dongting Lake, that Jiang Wang was provoked by Xie Yixiang's words, and he was not angry at the moment, but just reached out and stroked his long beard under his chin, and said with a smile: "Every word that the third lady said, Jiang should remember it in his heart, and he dare not forget it in the slightest." However, Jiang's heartfelt words, I don't know how the third lady feels?"

Xie Yixiang just snorted coldly and ignored it. Jiang Wangcai was bored, but he was not discouraged. At that moment, he shook his sleeves, stood up from the lake, and said slowly: "Right now, the Yuanjiang River in Yiyang is the place where I was born and raised by Jiang Wangcai, and it is also the foundation of my Jiang's life. Therefore, since I took charge of Huguang, I have never dared to do anything to forget my roots, and I have always taken the benefit of Huguang as my own responsibility, and I have never treated the people badly. At present, in the vast territory of our lake, every family is a man and a woman weaving, living and working in peace and contentment, just like a peaceful and prosperous world. Even the sudden drought last year did not defeat the people of Huguang. ”

Jiang Wangcai said in his mouth, and slowly walked to the big bluestone where Xie Yixiang was, showing a sincere expression, and continued: "In contrast, the current emperor is mean and unkind, and supports power, while the hundred officials in the court are greedy for life and afraid of death, and only care about fighting for power. In the entire court, no one cared about the survival of the people under his rule, so that there was a famine for thousands of miles, and the victims were everywhere. Based on this alone, someone in my Jiang is far superior to the current imperial court, but I didn't expect to end up with the title of 'Dongting Water Bandit' and 'Huguang Anti-Thief', and was despised by the people of the world. ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to be a little sad, couldn't help sighing, and said: "Alas, in all fairness, in fact, the current emperor and I were both born as ordinary people, and twenty years ago they rose from the tyranny of the previous dynasty, and each led the righteous army to divide one side. Today, twenty years later, the only difference between me and the emperor is that the territory he has divided is larger than the lake of my Jiang Wangcai. Could it be that because of the size of the territory divided by the two sides, the current emperor can claim to be orthodox, and I, Jiang Wangcai, have become a bandit in Dongting Lake?"

Xie Yixiang kept his head bowed and was silent, and when he finished his tirade, he immediately shook his head and said lightly: "You are also the master of one party, haven't you even heard of the words 'become a king or lose a villain'?"

Hearing Xie Yixiang's words "success and defeat", Jiang Wangcai suddenly burst out laughing, and his laughter was full of disdain, as if he had heard the most ridiculous words in the world. Xie Yixiang couldn't help but grow angry, and said coldly: "What's so funny?"

Jiang Wangcai suddenly stopped laughing, and said in a deep voice: "What a 'king and lose'! If this is said from the mouth of a bystander, it is naturally not wrong, but it is a pity that you, Miss Xie San, are not an outsider." ”

As he spoke, he slowly stepped forward, looked directly into Xie Yixiang's eyes, and said solemnly: "Jiang has read countless people in his life, and since getting along these days, he knows that the third lady is different, and she is definitely not a mediocre and worldly person. If it weren't for the fact that you had great righteousness and knew right and wrong, how could you ignore the will of the imperial court, the orders of your superiors, and your own life that day, and come to rescue Jiang Wang, such a bandit?"

Xie Yixiang was warmed up by his words, and hurriedly settled down, and said in a deep voice with an iron face: "Don't bother in front of me, no matter what you say, I will never help you." At present, I stay here just to save people to the end, and when it comes to this matter, I will naturally go to Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province alone to recover the stolen military salaries for the imperial court. ”