Cheng Guang said while eating peaches: "Although I have the silver, I can't hand it over to you, I heard that this peach orchard is the rich man Li, and Li Yuan's family is outside." You're a wild man who came out of there again, and you're here to make trouble. We eat Li Yuanwai's peaches, and even if we give money, we can't give you the silver. ”

The black dwarf man argued: "I am a guest of Li Yuanwai's family. I'm in charge of this peach forest. If you eat the peaches, you must give the money, and get the money quickly. ”

Feng Laifu said: "Let's go, go with you to see Li Yuanwai, eat a few broken peaches from him, and he can still ask me for silver! It's all you, the wild dog, barking wildly here!"

The black dwarf man was scolded by the three of them. Both of them shouted that they wanted to go to the village to see Li Yuanwai. The black dwarf man said: "When you arrive at the village in a while, break your legs!"

Zhang Chengfu: "You tell them to come and try it! The master will burn you to your bird village!"

Everyone shouted and turned around the peach forest, only to see a large village under the mountain pass, surrounded by a wall of white powder, surrounded by a green willow outside the wall, a threshing field in front of the door, and several tethered horse piles on both sides.

One of the vermilion gates, at this time, several Zhuang guests are hanging flowers at the door, cleaning the courtyard. As soon as the group reached the door, the black dwarf man shouted to several bankers in the door: "Come and help me tie up these peache-stealing thieves!" Four or five bankers in the village stopped their work and looked at them. One of the bankers said: "After eating a few peaches, it is worth a few dollars, so you have to tie them up." Let them go. ”

The black dwarf man said: "Let me manage the peach orchard outside the staff, and now I have caught the peach thief here, and the thief is gone, and I tell the outside, you will all be scolded." ”

When a few bankers heard this, they wanted to come forward and pull it. Zhang Chengfu wants to go up and do it. Wang Shi hurriedly stopped and said: "Rank and listen to me, we are specially here to see Li Yuanwai in the village to ask about something, just now I walked to the peach orchard, I was thirsty for a while, so I picked a few peaches to quench my thirst." The man who looks at the peach, without knowing it, asks for a tael of silver and a peach. So the argument arose. I also bothered you to go in and tell Li Yuanwai alone. Let's just say that there are merchants who want to meet. ”

When all the villagers heard Wang Shi say this, they all complained that the black dwarf man was reckless, and why did people ask for one or two pieces of silver if they ate a few peaches. One of the Zhuang guests said: "You see, our village is doing a happy event, and Li Yuanwai is in the mood to see you merchants." Let's go, don't worry about eating a few peaches, you can just go yourself. ”

Wang Shi said: "Even if the village is doing a happy event, we are here to congratulate each other!

Zhuang Ke said anxiously: "What is there to congratulate, the staff is worried about this matter." ”

Zhang Chengfu said: "That is, why are happy events distressed. You can laugh and laugh. ”

Another Zhuang Ke said: "Don't look for unhappiness here! I will be annoyed for a while, and I will tie you up." ”

Zhang Chengfu said angrily: "Come on! Come on! Come on! You tie one up!"

Cheng Guang said: "Even if someone has something, forget it, let's go back." Why argue with these people? ”

The black dwarf man just entangled and refused to let go, and he made a fuss for a while. Li Yuanwai was sitting in the hall and worried, and when he heard the noise outside, he stepped out to see, walked to the gate of the village, and saw Li Xiaosi, who was guarding the Taoyuan, was arguing with a few guests. Then he stepped forward and asked, "Li Xiaosi, why is there any noise here?"

Li Xiaosi saw Li Yuanwai coming out of the house, so he hurriedly let go. He stood on the side and replied: "The villain was patrolling the peach forest at noon today, and when he saw these wild men stealing peaches, he took them to the village and asked the foreign magistrate!"

Feng Laifu said: "We are merchants who do silk trading, because we saw a large mulberry garden, asked the people in the village, said that the mulberry garden is a foreigner's family, so we want to come to the village to ask, there are silk goods to sell." Passing through the peach orchard, he was thirsty and ate a few peaches, and the black dwarf asked for a tael of silver. Push and shove to the village, so it is noisy. There are many rudenesses, and I hope that the staff will forgive me. ”

Li Yuanwai said: "What is it worth eating a few peaches, but there is something at home tonight, and it is inconvenient to keep guests, so a few guests should leave quickly." lest they be implicated. ”

Wang Shi saw the strangeness of what he said, so he asked: "Since there is a happy event, we just came to ask for a cup of wine to eat, why do you want to drive us away." ”

Li Yuanwai sighed: "This family business is not reluctant. ”

Wang Shi said: "Is it a forced marriage, it can't be done." ”

Li Yuanwai said: "There is a Yaojia Mountain behind this house, and a few years ago, two strongmen came out of nowhere, gathered three or five hundred minions, resisted the government, and plundered the passing merchants. The big leader is nicknamed the Tiger of the Lower Mountain: Zhao Yi, the nickname of the second leader, the Tiger of the Mountain, Zhuge Zhan, the two of them set up camp on the mountain, and the government has repeatedly gone to attack, how can this mountain be surrounded by cliffs on three sides, only one road in the south is passed, and the pass is guarded by thieves, and the officers and soldiers cannot go up. A few days ago, the two leaders, Shangshan Tiger Zhuge Zhan, led a group of minions to the village to plunder, because they saw the beauty of the little girl Cherry, they wanted to marry as a wife, and the little minions took the red satin and came to the appointment, saying that they were going to marry tonight. Therefore I am troubled. ”

Zhang Chengfu listened and said: "Even if this is the case, we still have to sit and wait here." After a while, if he dares to come, he will help you get rid of this evil. ”

Li Yuanwai shook his hand and said: "If you kill that Zhuge Zhan, even if they can't help you, the thieves will definitely wait for you to leave, and they will come to take revenge, and the lives of the people in the village will be lost at that time." ”

Wang Shidao: "There is no need to be anxious, I have a way, you just need to listen to my arrangement." Let your wives live in peace in the future. ”

Li Yuanwai said: "What is the trick of the strong man to retreat the thief and keep the place safe, it is really like regenerating parents." ”

Wang Shidao: "The words of the staff are heavy. ”

Li Yuanwai heard that Wang Shi said that he had a good plan to retreat from the thief, so he hurriedly introduced the four of him into the living room, and everyone sat down and ordered the maid to serve tea.

Li Yuanwai said: "What is this strong man's plan?" ”

Wang Shi said: "Your village only does happy and happy things, and when the thief comes in the evening, he will first introduce the back hall to drink, and the minions who come together will let the villagers entangle themselves with the banquet." Just wait for the wine to get drunk, and then they will start to bring him to fruition, and they can't go alone. He saw that the second leader came to greet his relatives and did not return for a long time must be suspicious, and he must send a minion to the village to ask, you will recruit into the village, warm hospitality, only said that the second leader is in the village on the cave room, drunk at night has not woken up, the second leader instructed, if the big leader makes people to ask, just spread the word, let the big leader also come to the village to drink and celebrate. Let the little minions report back, and deceive the big leader, Zhao Yiyu, the tiger of the lower mountain, to this point, and I will end him together. ”

Li Yuanwai was shocked when he heard this: "If you can't kill this thief, I'm afraid that it will affect my village." ”

Zhang Chengfu jumped up and said, "You old man is so unreasonable, dare to look down on my brother." Don't talk about these two sick cats. The day before yesterday, the four King Kongs of the Iron Rope Gang, who were rampaging across the Yangtze River, were killed by my brother by his means. Hurry up and put the food and drink, my brother has eaten for a while and fights. ”

Li Yuanwai said: "There are all kinds of wine and food, I am not afraid of you eating, just don't mistake me." Then he beckoned his servants to serve the food and drinks. Wang Shi, Zhang Chengfu, Feng Laifu, and Cheng Guang pushed the cup and changed the lamp, sat and ate wine, just waiting for dark.

Look at the sun sinking in the west, the sky is gradually getting dark, and at this time Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang are already drunk. Zhang Chengfu was also half drunk. Li Yuanwai came to see Feng Laifu, Cheng Guang was already drunk on the table, and said: "The strong man should not drink, otherwise the thieves will come in a while, how to resist the enemy." ”

Wang Shi said: "You just have to act according to the plan!"

When he saw Hai, Zhuang Ke came to report, "It's coming!"

Li Yuanwai greeted the door, saw a team of people and horses in the distance, with torches, was coming to Zhuangzi, and came to the barn in front of the village gate for a while, for the first man wearing a red scarf, wearing a big red robe, a thin gold belt at the waist, pedaling black boots, riding a high-headed horse, leading the minions to the front of the village, jumping off the horse to hug his fists and saluting: "The father-in-law is polite, don't blame the son-in-law who is late!"

Li Yuanwai pretended to be happy and led him to the back hall, and all the villagers stepped forward to climb these minions to the backyard to drink and feast.

Zhuge Zhan came to the back hall and saw that the table full of wine and food had been prepared, and said happily: "Father-in-law is really troubled. Where is my lady, please come out and have a drink together. He sat down on the top without giving in.

Li Yuanwai said: "The bride is in the room, just wait for the king to eat the wedding wine, and then she can be sent to the cave room." ”

Zhuge Zhan laughed, drank a few glasses, stood up and said, "Take me quickly, so as not to worry about the lady waiting in the room." ”

Li Yuanwai got up and led the way in front, passed through the hall a few times, and led Zhuge Zhan to the back garden, Li Yuanwai pointed with his finger and said: "This is the little girl's boudoir, the king please!"

Zhuge Zhan laughed and stepped into the house, but there was no light in the house, and it was pitch black: "Where are you, lady, my husband is here!," Seeing that there was no movement, he groped in the room for a while: "My father-in-law is really a housemaker, and the lamp is reluctant to be lit, how much lamp oil is consumed." Let the lady sit alone in the dark". While he was groping, there was a pop, and a dagger stabbed into Zhuge Zhan's chest. Then there was another slam of pokes. More than a dozen stabs in the chest. Wang Shi saw that Zhang Chengfu had a hand, so he shook the fire and lit the lamp, and saw that Zhuge Zhan had fallen to the ground. Zhang Chengfu, whose blood was spattered, was all over his face. Wang Shi walked out of the house, and Li Yuanwai saw that the lights in the house were on, so he hurriedly walked over to see that Zhuge Zhan was already lying in a pool of blood. Frightened, he was a little bit of a six-god, and he had seen this battle there.

Wang Shi said: "Go and lock the door of the village immediately." ”

Li Yuanwai ran to lock the door tremblingly, Zhang Chengfu and Wang Shi came out later, and saw that the door of the village was locked, and Li Yuanwai didn't know where to hide. Wang Shi and Zhang Chengfu each held a short knife in their hands, and when they walked to the backyard, everyone was already drunk.

Wang Shi and Zhang Chengfu walked over and grabbed the minions' hair with their left hands, and strangled their necks with daggers with their right hands, and the blood sprayed outward, like cutting leeks. He didn't wake up until he died.

Wang Shi shouted: "Get up and go back to sleep, drag these dead bodies to the back garden, and the rest of the people wash the blood stains on the ground." ”

When these bankers heard the shouting, they were startled when they squinted their drunken eyes one by one, and they woke up with a lot of wine, only to see blood all over the ground. Twenty or thirty bandits died under the table.

Zhang Chengfu said: "What else is it going to do, it's washing!"

Zhang Chengfu and Wang Shi went back to the front hall to continue drinking, the two sat down and drank a few more glasses, Li Yuanwai came out of nowhere: "I don't know what to call the two strong men, they have such means, and a large group of bandits have been cleaned up by you all at one time." ”

Wang Shi said: "Xiaosheng's surname is Wang Mingshi. He pointed at Zhang Chengfu and said: "This surname is Zhang, you can call him Zhang Chengfu." ”

Zhang Chengfu said: "I'm cutting some meat, and I'm also coming to a few jars of wine." ”

Li Yuanwai said: "This meat can be served, but this wine is not to be eaten, and after a while, the big leader will come down." I still have to fight, I'm afraid that you will drink too much and make a mistake. ”

After Li Yuanwai finished speaking, he asked his subordinates to serve two more cooked geese and a few plates of beef.

Waited until the fifth watch, a minion knocked on the door outside the door, Zhuang Ke opened the door, brought the minion in, Li Yuanwai happily invited the minion into the back hall, and sealed the red envelope of five taels of silver, the minion thanked Li Yuanwai and said: "The big leader saw that the second leader came to the village to marry and did not return for a long time, let me come to inquire about the situation, I am afraid that there will be any accidents." ”

Li Yuanwai said: "The second leader came to marry at night and drank drunk, this will be happy in the cave room, the second leader has something to say, if someone in the cottage asks, he will ask to bring a message to the big leader, let the big leader come to the village to celebrate the banquet." ”

The minion asked again, "Where are the brothers who came with the second leader, why didn't you see them?" ”

Li Yuanwai said: "As soon as I arrive at the village at night, I will drink, and I will be drunk. Sleep in the wings. ”

The little minion believed it to be true, because he got a red envelope of a few taels of silver from Li Yuanwai, he was happy and not suspicious, Li Yuanwai personally sent him out of the door, and also told him to go back to the village and the big boss to come and drink.

The little minion returned to the cottage happily, saw the big leader, and went down the mountain to Zhao Yi, and said: "Return to the king! The second leader and the brothers were already drunk in the village, and the second leader said that the big leader should go to the village to feast and entertain together." ”

Zhao Yidao: "Have you ever seen the second leader?"

The minion said: "I didn't see it, Li Yuanwai said that the second leader is happy with the bride in the cave room." ”

Zhao Yi lit up fifty minions, took a big ring knife, and his minions each held knives and guns, and ran to Li Yuanwaizhuang with torches.

After a while, when he arrived at the gate of the village, Zhao Yiyi waved his hand, and the minions lined up left and right, shouting: "Li Yuanwai, come out quickly." ”

Li Yuanwai hurriedly opened the village door with a few villagers, only to see Zhao Yi, the tiger who went down the mountain, holding the reins in his left hand and a shiny big ring knife in his right hand, and the cold air was pressing. The minions are all fierce and vicious, lined up on both sides. Li Yuanwai accompanied him with a smile and said, "The big boss is here so soon, hurry up and go into the village to drink." The food and drinks have been prepared for you. ”

Zhao Yi said: "Li Yuanwai will invite my second brother out to meet, if you can't come out, I will burn down your village today." If my second brother is half a little late, none of the old and young in the village will want to live. ”

Li Yuanwai was trembling with fright, and his body looked like sifting chaff. I cried out in my heart. Now that the thieves are coming to ask for people, how is it good, they can only hurry up and invite Wang Shi and Zhang Chengfu out, I hope they can win. Thinking of this, Nai pushed his mouth and said, "The second leader is in the little girl's room at this time. I will now go and call to you. Wait a minute, big leader!" Li Yuanwai went straight to the front hall after speaking, and when he walked to the front hall, he saw Zhang Chengfu and Wang Shi eating cooked goose, and said anxiously: "The thieves outside are coming to the door with people and horses, and they keep saying that they only need to see the second leader." How is it good now. ”

Originally, Wang Shi wanted to use a trick to trick him into the house, and use the same method to kill these bandits easily while he was not being caught in secret, but he didn't expect that Zhao Yi would be suspicious and refused to enter the village. I secretly said in my heart: It seems that I can only fight. Then he said to Li Yuanwai: "Don't panic, watch me go out and get other people's heads." Standing up and walking outside the village gate, Zhang Chengfu went to find a lancet, held it in his hand, and then went out to the village gate.

Wang Shi came to the door and saw Zhao Yi sitting on the horse with his minions, pointing with his right hand and saying loudly: "You are the sick cat Zhao Yi?"

Zhao Yi put the knife on the saddle: "I am Zhao Yi, what are you?" ”

Wang Shi said: "Your grandfather, my name is Wang Shi." ”

Zhao Yi was furious: "Quickly call my second leader out and spare your life." ”

Zhang Chengfu held a knife behind him and shouted: "The second leader of your family has been sent to the west by me." ”

When Zhao Yi heard this, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth in his mouth, urged him to sit down on the horse, and rushed over with a knife, this Wang Shi was not tall, but in addition to Zhao Yi's body being eight feet long, and sitting on a horse, Wang Shi looked even shorter. Seeing that Zhao Yi was about to rush to the front on a horse, Wang Shi raised his left hand, pressed his right hand on the elbow machine, and a sleeve arrow swished straight at the horse's neck, and the arrow in the horse fell headlong in pain, turning Zhao Yi off the horse, before Wang Shi made a move, Zhang Chengfu saw Zhao Yi's horse arrow fall to the ground, and jumped out to fight Zhao Yi with a knife, Blocking it with a knife, seeing that he was gradually lacking, this Zhao Yi's knife was as fierce as a knife, and the minions watching from behind shouted loudly and cheered. Zhang Chengfu has begun to retreat, Wang Shi saw that Zhang Chengfu was defeated, and rushed forward with a vertical step, with a move of Huang Yun, slapped his palms on Zhao Yi's head, and shouted in his mouth: "You dodge quickly, I will deal with him." Zhang Chengfu was in a critical situation, when he saw Wang Shi coming to fight, he slashed towards Zhao Yimian and jumped away.

Zhao Yizheng was at a loss to cut Zhang Chengfu, but when he saw Wang Shi attacking from the side, he didn't chase Zhang Chengfu, and hurriedly made a move Su Qin's back sword, Wang Shi saw Zhao Yi turn around and cut with a knife, worried that he would escape to the cottage for a while, and there would be nothing to do with him at that time. Decided to make a quick decision, not to give him a chance to breathe, one move pushed the boat, his left hand held his knife with his palm, and hit Zhao Yi's right eye with the palm of his right hand, and the black beads that were hit were suddenly thrown out, and the eye sockets were broken by the beating. Zhao Yi drew his knife and left, Wang Shi stepped forward quickly, and with only one palm on his neck, his cheekbones were shattered, and his ears seemed to be in a rock concert. Wang Shi grabbed Zhao Yi's hair with his left hand, and slapped his neck with his right hand. I only heard a click, and the cervical vertebrae were cut in two. Zhao Yi collapsed and died on the ground.

When the minions in the back saw that Zhao Yi was dead, they shouted and wanted to flee, but Zhang Chengfu chased after him with a knife and killed several of them. Wang Shi also just chased forward, picked up Zhao Yi's knife in his hand, cut it when he saw someone, and chased forty or fifty minions all the way to the foot of Yaojia Mountain. The remaining dozen minions saw Wang Shi and Zhang Chengfu chasing after them with knives, so they all knelt down and begged for mercy, and one of them said: "We are willing to wait, two heroes, and we will push you to be our village master." ”

All the minions said: I am willing to recommend Wang Shi and Zhang Chengfu to be the owners of the village. Wang Shidao: "I am the innocent body of a good family, how can I fall into the grass!"

Zhang Chengfu said: "My brother doesn't want to be here, so let me be the owner of the village here, we don't occupy this mountain, other strongmen will occupy it, and we won't harm one party." ”

Wang Shi said: "If you are willing to stay here, you can do it, I will go up the mountain with you, and when everyone is ambushed, I will go down the mountain." ”

Wang Shi and Zhang Chengfu and all the minions went up the mountain together, at this time the sky was already bright, and the group walked up along the road in front of the mountain, but saw that both sides were full of cliffs, walked five or six miles of mountain road, came to a pass, a wooden door in the middle, the little minions stepped forward and shouted open the door, and walked forward for three or four miles, only to see that both sides were set up with bows and crossbows, and the wood. Wang Shi said: "No wonder the officers and soldiers can't attack, this mountain road is so steep, if you throw a few pieces of wood on it, you will roll to death, there is nowhere to hide, even if you can rush up, you will be shot into a hedgehog by the crossbows on both sides." ”

Wang Shi and Zhang Chengfu came to the Gathering Hall on the top of the mountain, and summoned several small leaders, Wang Shi asked: "I killed your big leader Zhao Yi, and killed your second leader, Zhuge Zhan, if you want to take revenge, come to me." Wang Shi looked around at the crowd, and the minions below were silent. Wang Shi continued: "Zhao Yi, Zhuge Zhan, forcibly marrying Li Yuanwai's daughter is not a heroic act, so I will eliminate harm for the people." Today I am here to elect my brother Zhang Chengfu to sit as the master of this cottage. Would you like to? There was a reluctant handout of money to send him down the mountain. Those who are willing to stay, everyone is a good brother. In the future, follow Brother Zhang to work hard, if I know who doesn't listen to his orders, don't blame my surname Wang for being ruthless, talking about the power of the dantian, slapping the palm of his hand, and slapping the head of the stone lion next to him, bang, the lion's head was crushed. ”

The frightened minions below all said in unison: "I am willing to listen to the orders of the master of Zhang Zhai." ”

Seeing that everyone was willing to obey, Wang Shi hugged his fist at Zhang Chengfu and said, "Brother, you can do it yourself." I'm going down the mountain. ”

Zhang Chengfu reluctantly held Wang Shi's hand: "What's wrong with staying here to be a soil emperor, I want to go to Jinling." ”

Wang Shi said: "How can I fall into the grass, my parents died because of bandit robbery, if I fall into the grass, how can I see my parents underground in a hundred years." ”

Zhang Chengfu saw that Wang Shi insisted on leaving, and personally sent Wang Shi to the bottom of the mountain. The two said goodbye in tears, Wang Shi said goodbye to Zhang Chengfu and ran to Li Yuanwaizhuang, at this time Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang had not woken up yet, and it was almost noon. Wang Shi called Li Yuanwai and instructed him to call a few Zhuang guests to bury the bodies of the killed bandits and the bodies of Zhao Yi. Wake up Feng and Cheng. Feng Laifu rubbed his eyes and asked the maid for a basin of water, Feng Laifu washed his face, saw that the sun was almost noon, and then stumbled and said: "I was drunk last night and missed a big event, what if the boatman leaves today." Cheng Guang said: "No, the shipowner He Gongchao is not a cunning person." Seeing that we did not return, we must wait on the ship. While the three of them were talking, someone outside the village gate was asking Zhuang Ke, and Feng Laifu said: "It's the shipwright Zhang Shan." The three of them walked out of the village, and Zhang Shan saw them come out and complained: "You didn't return overnight, I planned to leave early in the morning today, but you haven't come back yet, Boss He sent me to inquire." ”

Feng Laifu said: "I was drunk here yesterday, so I stayed for a few more days. I overslept this morning. It's up to you to go back. ”

The three of them said goodbye to Li Yuanwai. Walking towards the back road, Cheng Guang said: "Why didn't you see Brother Zhang." ”

Wang Shi thought in his heart, if he said directly, Zhang Chengfu became the king of the mountain and entered Chengli, if it is spread and said that I am involved with the king of the mountain, I will definitely cause trouble again. So he lied: "Brother Zhang left first, saying that there is a distant cousin here and he wants to defect." He won't go with us. ”

Cheng Guangdao: "I haven't heard him talk about it before. ”

Wang Shidao: "I also knew about it just now. ”

As soon as a few people got on the boat, He Gongchao said: "Where did the masters go and delayed for so long, look at the sun is almost over, so I have to rest again tonight and leave tomorrow morning." ”

The three of them went back to their rooms, and when they were having dinner, Wang Shi saw Zhang Shan carry the food to the Xuankong room in a basket.

After eating, I went back to my room alone. Lying alone in bed feels even more lonely.

Xuankong broke his collarbone by Wang Shi, tied a wooden stick to his chest by himself, and asked Zhang Shan to help wrap it with a strip of cloth, and the food he ate every day was sent by Zhang Shan and he didn't go out. I took some medicine to invigorate blood and remove stasis, and lay on the bed to recuperate.

There was nothing to do all night, and after breakfast, He Gongchao pulled up the anchor, stretched the boat open, and continued to go downstream. The ship traveled for two days to Anqing, there was nothing else, after lunch at noon, Wang Shi was standing on the deck and watching the river view, Cheng Guang said: "The front is not far from Jinling." This is your first time in Jinling. ”

Wang Shidao: "No, I went to Jinling for the exam last year, and I went there once with a few classmates. ”

After another day, in the evening, the boat was moored at Tongling Wharf, and He Gongchao said happily at dinner in the evening: "There are only two days to go to Jinling." This trip finally arrived safely, although the road was a little dangerous, it was safe. I'd like to invite you to have a drink tonight. He Gongchao lifted the wine jug and poured a glass for everyone, first took the wine glass and drank it all, and then persuaded two more glasses of wine.

After eating, Wang Shi took a stool and sat on the foredeck to watch the scenery on the dock, people came and went, busy. There are also two large ships parked next to it, and under the big ship there is also a very chic red building boat, which is divided into two floors, and is surrounded by very exquisite carvings. Wang Shi saw that He Gongchao was also standing next to him, so he asked, "What does this ship do?" It's so good-looking, it's not like an ordinary passenger ship. ”

He Gongchao said: "This is an official ship, specially used in the yamen, a boat to transport the officials. ”

I saw a group of people walking down from the dock, a middle-aged man in front, with white skin, three strands of green silk under his chin, and a soft-winged yarn hat on his head. Wearing a red court robe, a jade belt around his waist, and his official boots are seven feet long. There was a middle-aged woman behind her, with her hair in a bun, a few phoenix wings and vermilion hairpins inserted on it, a round face and a slightly chubby face, wearing a white silk gown, and showing off the flowers. The maids on both sides held on. Behind the lady was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, with long hair reaching to her waist, wearing a white satin gown, with a yellow silk tie tied around her waist, followed by two maids on her left and right. There are more than a dozen family members in the back, wearing soapy clothes and waist belts, and holding waist knives in their right hands. hugged the official ship.

Wang Shi watched for a while, sat straight until midnight, and then went back to the room. Ever since Genku Dao Chang was injured, the ship has been very calm, and there is no right or wrong. Wang Shi has been bored these days. I always wonder if I was too heavy on Xuankong. But at that time, either he died or I died, and it would be good to spare his life. But when I thought about it, I was worried again, after this Xuankong injury was healed, it would definitely be inevitable that he would come to me for revenge, it would be better to beat him to death at that time, and it would be a pleasure to come, saving a lot of trouble in the future. I don't know who this thief will go to Jinling to visit, and whether he will bring out a master to seek revenge on him. The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't sleep. I heard the drum beating on the dock outside. Comfort yourself and say that it is a blessing and not a curse, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided. It doesn't matter so much about him, and it matters to sleep. lest you doze off tomorrow. Just closed your eyes. But I heard the shouts of killing and crying outside, and there was a lot of noise. Wang Shi turned over and sat up from the bed, pushed open the window to take a look, and saw that the official ship next to him was fighting. A group of black-clad masked men and the ship's men slashed at each other, and the sonorous sound of swords touching each other was endless. Wang Shi hurriedly pushed open the door and rushed to the deck, shouting to the cargo hold below, "The ship's boatman quickly put on the sampan." ”

He Gongchao and several shipwrights were sleeping in the cargo hold below, and when they heard Wang Shi shouting, they hurriedly came up from the cargo hold and put the sampan on the stone ladder of the wharf. Wang Shi quickly ran off the boat, ran along the stone ladder on the dock to the official boat, and as soon as he came up, he saw two men in black fighting with a man. Wang Shi rushed over with an arrow step, and the dragon girl offered flowers with both palms, knocking the two black-clothed masked people into the water, and saw that there was a helper, the spirit was shocked, and he fought hard, Wang Shi rushed into the first floor, only to see three black-clothed people in the aisle were hacking a tolerance to death, and wanted to rush into the room, Wang Shi hurried a few vertical steps, meteors and moons, just one palm, and beat the three black-clothed masked people to death. The middle-aged obese man in the room was so frightened that he hugged the fat woman. Wang Shi saw that he was fine, turned over again, and rushed upstairs quickly, four or five tolerances were fighting against a few masked black-clothed people, Wang Shi came from behind, looked at the masked black-clothed man's vest is palm, and immediately hit the black-clothed man A mouthful of blood spurted out, at this time, the front tolerance raised a knife and slashed, cutting off half of the black-clothed masked man with his head and shoulders. Wang Shidao: "You are so ruthless!"

This tolerance turned around and went to help the tolerance next to him, the man in black gradually lost the wind, at this time was killed by Wang Shi seven or eight, and there were five or six black-clothed masked people left on the boat, seeing that all the tolerance was around, the man in black jumped into the water and fled for his life. Wang Shi saw that the siege had been relieved, and he was about to leave under the boat, when a man came over and stopped: "Thank you for saving the strong man just now, otherwise we would all have been killed by these thieves." ”

Wang Shidao: "When the road is uneven, it should have drawn a knife, and it is not worth anything." ”

The tolerance said: "I am Lord Zhu's personal guard, Xu De, I will invite the strong man to meet my lord." ”

Wang Shidao: "What adult?"

Xu Dedao: "Our Lord Zhu was originally the prefect of Jiujiang, and now he has returned to Jinling after his term of office. ”

Wang Shi saw that Xu De insisted on asking him to come to see Lord Zhu, this Lord Zhu's name is Zhu Fu, who was originally the prefect of Jiujiang, and now he has returned to Beijing to stand by. I don't want to be robbed on the docks. Fortunately, Wang Shi arrived in time to pick up a life.

Xu De took Wang Shi to the door and saluted Zhu Fu with a fist: "The thieves came to attack just now, fortunately, this strong man helped to beat the robbers to death, and only a few escaped with their lives." ”

Zhu Fu heard that the robbers were all killed, so he breathed a sigh of relief, hugged his fist at Wang Shi and saluted, and said, "Thank you for your help, I don't know what to call a strong man." ”

Wang Shi said: "Xiao Ke Wang Shi." When Lu saw injustice, he should have drawn a sword to help, it was nothing. ”

Zhu Fu saw that although Wang Shi was not tall, he was still handsome, so he sat down with the guest and the host, and ordered the maid to serve tea. Wang Shi took a sip, put the teacup on the table next to him, and Zhu Fu said: "I see that the strong man is so good, I don't know what the strong man does to make a living." ”

Wang Shidao: "I am now following two Jinling merchants to sell silk and satin. Give them all the way to guard the cargo. ”

Zhu Fudao: "How much profit can I get?"

Wang Shidao: "When I first started doing it, I didn't know it yet, but I heard Boss Feng say that I can earn two or three hundred taels of silver at a time, and give me a dividend." ”

Zhu Fu laughed when he heard this: "In other words, a trip will be at most twenty taels of silver." After saying that, he shook his head with a smile.

Wang Shi asked puzzledly, "Why did you shake your head?" ”

Zhu Fu said: "You have such a good kung fu, it's a pity to earn such a little silver, why don't you be a personal companion with me, I will give you five hundred taels of silver every month." ”

Wang Shi was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and he was speechless in a daze.

Zhu Fudao: "You think about it first, think about it, come to me, go to Jinling, go to the yamen and ask where I live." Then he commanded his servants to bring over a plate of silver, fifty taels and one ingots, a total of five ingots. Wang Shi looked at it and thought to himself, if he is an honest and honest person, he has so much silver, and he is also a corrupt official, and he can't follow a corrupt official to harm the people, but if he doesn't accept his money, he will definitely be angry. He took the money, thanked him, took his leave, and went back to the ship. Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang came over and asked, "What's the matter!"

Wang Shi said: "There was a thief on the official boat just now, a group of black-clothed people rushed onto the boat to rob, I went up and killed a few black-clothed masked people, and the remaining few jumped into the river and escaped." ”

Cheng Guang said: "What kind of official is on that ship, have you ever seen it?" ”

Wang Shidao: "See, it's Zhu Fu, the prefect of Jiujiang, who is now returning to Jinling after his term of office." ”

Cheng Guangdao: "Jiujiang Prefect, if you knew it was him, you shouldn't have saved it." ”

Wang Shidao: "Why?"

Cheng Guangdao: "Jiujiang prefect is the most greedy and ruthless, last year outside the gate of Jiujiang Mansion, Zhang Yuanwai's son on West Street, Zhang Jiafu, fell in love with Wang Gouzi's family who sold tofu on the street, 17-year-old daughter Wang Chunhua, so he called a few splashes and helplessly went to Wang Gouzi's house to rob people. In the two pushes, Wang Gouzi was beaten to death by Zhang Jiafu. Zhang Jiafu snatched Wang Gouzi's 17-year-old daughter, Wang Chunhua, home and forcibly accepted her as a concubine. Hu Shi, the wife of the king dog, wrote a complaint, went to the yamen of the Jiujiang prefect to shout grievances, and the prefect Zhu Fu was promoted to the court to handle the case, listened to Hu's statement, and read the case again, so he ordered the officials to arrest Zhang Jiafu and a group of splashes to the court. Zhang Yuanwai hurriedly met the master from the back hall. The master went to the front of the hall to pass the word. Zhu Fu retreated from the hall and beat Hu Shi on the board. said, your king dog died of illness himself, and bought his daughter with Zhang Jiafu as a concubine for fifty taels of silver, and now he thinks that the money has been spent, and he comes to sue him again and blackmail people for money. beat Hu Shi and blasted him out of the door. When Hu returned home, he died of illness and grief shortly after. This Zhu Fu, colluded with Haoqiang to do many unconscionable things, but you went to save him. ”

Wang Shi was speechless for a long time. Feng Laifu said: "Brother Wang is also warm-hearted, and he knows these things there." I saw a thief just now. So he went to the rescue. He can't be blamed for that. ”

Wang Shi went back to the room and lay on the bed, he couldn't sleep for a long time, the more he thought about it, the more he didn't feel good, he didn't expect that he was enthusiastic about killing thieves, but he helped corrupt officials. The next morning, after breakfast, the official ship lifted anchor and went downstream down the river, Wang Shi stood on the deck, saw Xu De changed into a new black silk shirt, with a waist knife hanging from his waist, and saluted Wang Shi from a distance. Wang Shi also returned the salute. He Gongchao and Ximen Fu put away the sampan, pulled up the anchor, and were about to support the boat to go offshore, when three men ran down from the dock, one was white-faced and beardless, one was slender and yellow-faced, and the other was relatively short, shouting to take a boat, originally the ship was already spent by Feng Laifu and Cheng Guang, but the boat owner would still take some individual passengers on the way, and it could be regarded as the boat owner earning a few wine money, these things are unwritten rules. He Gongchao saw that there was business coming to the door, so he hurriedly put on the sampan again and took the three men onto the boat. He Gongchao said: "There is also an empty guest room, the three of you can only squeeze it" One of the short men said: "I am alone, not all the way to them." ”

He Gongchao looked at Wang Shidao and said, "Then he will live in Brother Wang's room, there is still an empty bed in Brother Wang's room." ”

The other two men were placed next to the Xuankong Dao Chief. The short man was placed in Wang Shi's room. Wang Shi hugged his fists and said: "In Xia Wang Shi, what is the name of Brother Tai?"

The short man hugged his fists and said, "In Xia Lai Simao." ”

He Gongchao took the three of them to their respective rooms, and then came back to prop the boat into the river. All the way down the river. It didn't take long to see the official ship in front of him, because Zhu Fu had been robbed once last night, so he was cowardly, and he heard these guards say that Wang Shi lived on this cargo ship, so he told these people to slow down the boat, and waited for Wang Shi and their ship to catch up, and then went all the way down. After a day, the journey went smoothly, and at night the boat had arrived at the Wuhu wharf, and the boat was moored on the edge of the wharf, and Zhu Fu also asked the servants to moor the boat next to Wang Shi's boat, and the two boats anchored next to each other. Wang Shi sat on the deck after dinner and watched the river view, and Xu De also stood on the boat and watched. When the two saw each other, they hugged each other and saluted, and Wang Shi said: "Xu Tou, good Yaxing." ”

Xu De said: "Each other." My lord, let me ask you, how are you thinking about it? ”

Wang Shidao: "I am used to being free all my life. It's better to be an idler and be free. ”