"Young Prince, Prince Xu and General Lan have all made great contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang, but they ended up ruined. And like Prince Xu and General Lan, who were beheaded by Zhu Yuanzhang all over the country, I don't know how many others, and in the end, only Miss Lan and the young prince were able to escape and ascend to heaven. ”

"Young Prince, the killing of Zhu Yuanzhang is not only to avenge Prince Xu and General Lan, but also to die tragically under Zhu Yuanzhang's knife, tens of thousands of innocent souls are hated, this is the unshirkable responsibility of the living who escaped by luck. Therefore, Zhang will invite the young prince to join the religion again, and I hope that the young prince will not refrain again. ”

Xu Jizhong couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when he heard that the daughter of the deceased was still in the world, but Xu Jizhong was always disgusted with the matter of joining the church, and now that his wife's life and death were uncertain, Xu Jizhong didn't have the heart to think about him at all, so he said politely: "Sect Master Zhang is gracious, and I have received it in my heart." It's just that at this moment, Xu's family is in a precarious situation, life and death are unpredictable, and he really has no intention of doing more. I hope the sect leader will forgive me. ”

Zhang Hanyang was stunned for a moment and said, "Even if Miss Lan is first, the young prince still refuses to be invited to join the sect?"

Xu Jizhong sighed and said, "Xu is very relieved to learn that the daughter of the deceased is still alive. It's just that he is a useless person who is unknown and shallow in his education, and even if he joins the church, it will not be of much help to your religion. Moreover, your religion has a great reputation and is full of talents, even if Xu is missing, there will be no obstacle to the major affairs of your religion. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Hanyang looked at Xu Jizhong and was silent for a long time, and finally nodded and said: "Since Xu Xianggong insisted on refusing, Zhang was inconvenient to be reluctant." Xu Xianggong took care of himself, and Zhang said goodbye. With that, he turned around and left, followed by Wudao.

Xu Jizhong saw that Zhang Hanyang's face was quite unkind when he was leaving, and said secretly: I am afraid that I have offended him by refusing twice. It's okay that they don't come back and don't come back to pester. Thinking about it like this, he breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and said to Xu Pu: "Let's go, let's go find your mother." "Take Xu Pu and walk towards the ferry.

At this time, the second watch had passed, and most of the boatmen had rested, so Xu Jizhong asked four or five families in a row before finally renting a ferry.

Xu Jizhong stood at the bow with his son, the boatman took the boat to steer and paddle behind the boat, and the ferry slowly left the ferry port and headed for the opposite shore.

At this time, the moon stars are scarce, the moonlight is like water, and the river surface is reflected in the sparkling waves. Xu Jizhong looked down at the undulating waves on the bow of the boat, and his heart was also undulating.

When the ferry boat reached the center of the river, I saw a canopy boat from a distance, coming quickly from the opposite side, a figure swaying on the bow of the boat, and bursts of words came.

At first, Xu Jizhong didn't care. Seeing that the ship on the opposite side was approaching, and the words of the people on the boat gradually became clearer, Xu Jizhong vaguely heard someone mention the words "Master Horse", and he couldn't help but be surprised, and said secretly: The Lord of the Horse he was talking about, could it be Han Jinhu? Then, when he heard someone on the other side mention his name, he was even more surprised in his heart: Could it be that it was Jinyiwei on the boat opposite? Thinking of this, he hurriedly pulled up his son, turned around and got into the cabin.

As soon as he hid in the cabin, he heard two soft noises outside, and the boat shook a few times, and then he heard Sasha's footsteps coming towards the hatch.

Xu Jizhong hurriedly blocked his son behind him, and said in his heart: Could it be that they found out?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a squeak, and the hatch was pushed open, and a thin-faced and golden-eyed old man walked in. Seeing this person, Xu Jizhong was shocked, this person was the Taoist priest named Yuan Zhengqian who he met on the boat during the day, and He Jiuxiao was with him.

Yuan Zhengqian entered the cabin, smiled, and said: "Poor Dao has long seen that the person on the bow of this boat looks like a young prince, and it is really good." As soon as he came in, he was followed by an old man in a black robe with a cane, but Xu Jizhong had never seen this person.

After this person entered the house, he also smiled and said to Yuan Zhengqian: "The Taoist is called 'Golden Eye Taiyi', and his eyesight is really extraordinary. ”

Yuan Zhengqian smiled: "Brother He praised it falsely." If it weren't for Brother He's insistence that we come back overnight to check, we wouldn't have gained so much. ”

Xu Jizhong saw that the two were talking to themselves, and they didn't seem to have an idea of themselves, so they wanted to take this opportunity to sneak attack each other, and then take advantage of the chaos to dive. His sword had been lost when it fell into the water during the day, so he grabbed a bench next to him and waved it at the two of them.

Before the bench was moved, Xu Jizhong felt that the gray shadow flashed in front of him, and at the same time, he felt that his chest had been poked twice, and then he found that he couldn't move, holding the bench with one hand, and stood in place stunned.

It was Yuan Zhengqian who saw that he was going to make a move, so he flashed over and clicked on his acupoint.

When Xu Pu saw that his father was suddenly motionless, he thought that he was seriously injured, grabbed Xu Jizhong's hand and shouted, "Daddy!

As soon as I shouted twice, I felt a numbness in the back of my neck, and I suddenly fell asleep.

Yuan Zhengqian fainted Xu Pu and put him down on the bench beside him.

At this time, as soon as the hatch opened, two more people walked in, Xu Jizhong could see clearly, one was He Jiuxiao, and the other was a yellow-shirted man surnamed He.

Xu Jizhong couldn't help but secretly complain: he was just saved by Zhang Hanyang, who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, it would fall into their hands again. This time, I'm afraid that no one will come to the rescue.

He Jiuxiao walked up to Xu Jizhong, put down the bench in Xu Jizhong's hand, and said with a smile: "Young prince, within one day, you and I met three times, and it was really fate." Yuan Zhengqian and the others also laughed.

He Jiuxiao said again: "Where did the rebellion of those two demon sects go, why didn't they go with the young prince?"

Xu Jizhong was not angry in his heart, but it was useless to quarrel with him now, so he just snorted and didn't say anything.

At this time, the boatman found that an outsider had boarded the ship, and thought that he had encountered a robber, so he rushed into the cabin with two boats and sticks in hand. When they came in, they saw that some of them were dressed and did not look like robbers, so they did not move, but shouted, "Who are you?

He Jiuxiao took out a silver ingot from his bosom and threw it to the boatman, and said, "You don't care who we are, and don't ask us what we do, just ferry the boat to the other side and give you a silver ingot." ”

The boatman checked the silver in his hand and said secretly: "There are only a few taels of silver in this ingot, and I only earn two taels on this trip, and I only need to cross to the opposite side, and I can earn ten times more silver." This trade can be done. So he put on a smiling face and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please take it, and the villain will continue to sail." Walk. After that, he ignored Xu Jizhong's father and son, and left the cabin with Zhouzi.

He Jiuxiao turned around and said to Yuan Zhengqian: "Yuan Dao Chief, please solve the young prince's acupoint." ”

Yuan Zhengqian hesitated: "This ......"

He Jiuxiao said: "With the Yuan Dao Chief and the martial arts master here, the young prince will not act rashly. Besides, if we treat the young prince like this, once the commander-in-chief knows about it, who can bear it?"