Suzhou River.

The mountains and the sea are full of clouds and mist, and the mist shrouds the surface of the river.

A simple bamboo raft drifting along the river.

On this day, Su Chen received a handyman job in the miscellaneous service hall to deliver letters to Lou County. After delivering the letter, he was returning to Gusu County on a bamboo raft to make a mission.

Because it was going downstream, he let the raft float on the misty river surface and went down the river in the direction of the county seat.

He meditated on the raft, silently transported the Great Zhou Tian, cultivated the middle dantian, and tried to comprehend the true qi of the inner family.

Su Chen's Lower Dantian has been cultivated and matured, and he has rarely used the Lower Dantian's quenching and blood-replenishing medicinal materials recently. Instead, they began to take qi-tonifying herbs such as ginseng medicine to cultivate the true qi of the inner family.

As he cultivated, his sense of qi became stronger and stronger.

Su Chen calculated that if he continued to take qi-replenishing herbs, he should only need to cultivate for a few more days to half a month, and he would be able to cultivate the true qi of the inner family in the middle dantian.

Once there is a faint sense of true qi in the middle dantian, he has officially stepped into the realm of a second-rate martial artist. In the huge rivers and lakes of the thirteen counties of Wu County, the second-rate good players can be regarded as capable figures.

At this time, there were about hundreds of zhang away in front of Su Chen's small bamboo raft. There was a large cargo ship carrying rice, also sailing slowly on the misty river.

It's just that because of the fog, they can't see each other dozens of feet away.

This rice cargo ship is a watertight cargo hold, and the deck of the ship is spacious and bright cabins. On the spacious deck at the bow of the ship, a table is set up with dishes to accompany wine, fine wines, and chopsticks.

The wealthy businessman of the Li family, and the graceful and noble Mrs. Li sat on the master seat of the wine table.

Li Jiao accompanied the wine on the side.

On the other side of the wine table is the handsome and dashing Wang Fugui. With a tall posture, a brocade dress, and a cold light sword at his waist, he looks like a personable son of a family.

After Li Jiao accompanied the Li couple to drink a few sips of wine, her face was a little red, and she occasionally looked at Wang Fugui, all with a look of admiration and admiration.

In addition, there were also several inner disciples of the Medicine King Gang who had a relationship with Wang Fugui.

Everyone was drinking at the wine table, watching the hazy mountains on both sides of the strait, laughing and chatting.

More than a dozen maids and domestic servants were waiting to add wine and food.

The wealthy businessman of the Li family went out on this trip and went to the towns on the outskirts of the county to buy a batch of grain, which was about to be transported back to the rice store in Gusu County.

Li Jiao asked Pharmacist Li Kui for leave to rest for a few days, and accompanied her father and mother to the countryside to buy grain.

Wang Fugui naturally accompanied Li Jiao to the countryside to play.

He pursued Li Jiao for a long time, and wanted to strike while the iron was hot to have a good relationship with Li Jiao's father and mother, and made this good thing happen.

Fourteen or fifteen years old is the age to talk about marriage, and the two of them have already reached the realm of third-rate martial artists, and they are no longer worried about shaking the stability of the dantian.

"Senior Brother Wang, among the younger generation of disciples of our Medicine King Gang, that is a rare leader, one of the best figures, and the future is immeasurable!"

"In the future, Senior Brother Wang will definitely be able to soar in my Medicine King Gang and be promoted to the top level, I will still need Senior Brother Wang's support in the future!

At the banquet, the rest of the inner disciples also praised Wang Fugui from time to time.

"Where, where and where, the brothers and sisters support each other!"

Although Wang Fugui has the arrogance of a disciple of the family in his bones, he has always been quite humble on his face, waving his hand again and again.

Mrs. Li looked at Wang Fugui, the low-key "future virtuous son-in-law", from time to time, and couldn't smile from ear to ear, naturally she was satisfied.

I heard that this Wang Fugui is the nephew of the county commander of Gusu Wang, and he is a son of the Wang family of Wu County. Of course, this kind of background is extremely noble, and the future is limitless.

The wealthy businessmen of the Li family naturally knew Wang Fugui's intentions.

In the past few years, her daughter has grown more and more out, delicate and moving, plus she is the inner female disciple of the Medicine King Gang, and the suitors have mostly entered the carp that has crossed the river, and the matchmakers in Gusu County have almost broken through the threshold of the Li family.

But he was reluctant to agree, thinking of waiting for the price and selling, choosing a good husband.

Wang Fugui can be called the one with the best family background among Li Jiao's many suitors.

However, although the powerful have a good background, if he is a stubborn person, he Li will definitely not push his daughter into the fire pit in order to cling to the powerful.

In the past few days, the wealthy businessmen of the Li family are quite satisfied with Wang Fugui's conversation and demeanor, and after careful observation of cultivation.

It's just that the Li family is still not sure about Wang Fugui's family background. After all, the fact that Wang Fugui is Wang County's nephew is just a rumor in the market, and it has not been confirmed in person.

He still needs to confirm this matter himself, so as not to make jokes.

"Wang Gongzi, I heard that your father is serving in the Taishou Mansion of Wu County?!"

The wealthy businessman of the Li family knocked on the side and asked tentatively.

"Yes, my father served as the head of the Taishou Mansion, and my father asked me to come to Gusu County because he wanted me to experience a period of time in my uncle's jurisdiction. ”

Wang Fugui said calmly with a bit of humility.

He knew what Li Jiao's father wanted to ask, and euphemistically named who his uncle was.

The people of Wu County know that the person who governs this Gusu county town is naturally Lord Wang County.

"Very good, very good! It's time to be young and have more experience!"

Li Fushang had a little calculation in his heart, and he smiled.

Wang Fugui entered the Medicine King Gang as the first disciple of the newcomer's inner sect, and this family should be true.

Even if the identity of the nephew of the county order is mixed with water, the most unfortunate is also a distant relative of the county commander, who was born as an official eunuch, and is still much stronger than his identity as a wealthy businessman.

The Li family is quite satisfied with this, and in the future, the Li family will climb this high branch, and it is just around the corner to soar.

In fact, it stands to reason that the children of official eunuch families generally rarely marry wealthy businessmen.

However, Wang Fugui and Li Jiao's situation is a little special, they are learning art from the same teacher in the Medicine King, and after a long time, it is normal to give birth to children.

The marriage of brother and sister is also a beautiful talk on the rivers and lakes.

Over the years, the Li family has been doing business and has really earned a lot of money, and it can be regarded as a wealthy family in Gusu City.

His daughter Li Jiao has always admired this Senior Brother Wang. If the Wang family doesn't care too much about the woman being a businessman's family, it is possible to achieve something good.

The people drank wine and talked happily.

Both sides know it, since both sides are satisfied. That is just waiting for the palace to send a matchmaker to the Li family to propose marriage and achieve a good marriage.

On the Li cargo ship, the Li couple, Wang Fugui and others were drinking and laughing.

Completely ignorant of the side a hundred zhang away, a shuttle-type clipper that can take more than ten people vaguely appeared.

At the bow of the clipper stood a cold and thin man with a nose like an eagle's hook, with dark skin and a bright water splitting knife in his hand, looking at the Lee cargo ship in front of him, with a greedy fierce light in his eyes.

"Brothers, row hard, catch that big fat sheep, and reward each of them with a hundred taels of silver!"

The thin man shouted in a deep voice.

On the fast boat, more than a dozen fierce villains had excited red light in their eyes, rowing desperately with oars in both hands, chasing the cargo ship in front.

This clipper has a light draft, is light and flexible, and is the most conducive to water warfare.

More than a dozen villains rowed together with water oars, and the speed was far from comparable to that of a cargo ship carrying heavy cargo.

The clipper silently broke through the thick fog of the river, broke the waves, and chased after the cargo ship.

On Lee's cargo ship, a sailor took a few sips of wine and came to the stern to release the water, and accidentally caught a glimpse of a clipper ship rushing out of the mist and chasing after the cargo ship.

The sailor was stunned for a moment, stared carefully and looked not far away, and saw that the villains on the fast ship had fierce faces and carried blades, and he couldn't help but tremble in shock, and peed his pants in fright.

"Water ~ water bandits! no, water bandits are coming!"

A frightened scream resounded through the cargo ship.