No one bothered to pay attention to the movements in Huarong County anymore, and there were no unusual signs inside and outside the city. Every day, passengers come and go, business travelers come and go in a hurry, no one pays attention to three or five inconspicuous transit passengers, crossing the river from Catfish Town, another small fishing port in the county, bringing their bags to the north, changing their identities from time to time, and going straight to the Yanjing Flower World thousands of miles away.

The people in the county town are all talking about the free son who has been in the limelight in the local area, and he feels angry and respectable for his heroic act of donating 10,000 taels of silver to the Huimin Bureau for medical treatment and medicine after spending all day and drinking in the city. 10,000 taels of silver, and it takes seven or eight people to pick, is this person a fool or an idiot?...... O silver with white flowers!

Therefore, it aroused the strong interest of the people in the rivers and lakes in transit, and the news spread far and wide, and the son of freedom became a person in the limelight, and those who wanted to be unfavorable to him had to consider the consequences, so as not to become the target of public criticism.

At least, in the eyes of the official, he is a great good man, and the great good people are worthy of respect, and the little gangsters will never be allowed to be disadvantageous to the great good people, so the security officers everywhere have put forward stern warnings to those who are not careful, and ask these people to stay away from the son of Zizi and keep a distance for safety, otherwise they will be responsible for the consequences, including various unexpected consequences, such as the authenticity of the customs clearance guide .......

Zizi took a tortuous route, went west to Dongshan Township into the territory of Luedangjiangzhou, led the enemy to chase west, and then suddenly went north, along the Xiaomo Mountains all the way north.

His light car is incredibly fast, and the driver, Xie Yong, is an expert in driving, and he doesn't look for a place to rest after dark

Instead, he ran overnight, galloping for two hundred miles overnight, and arrived outside the Dadong Gate of Shishou County before dawn.

The pursuer was unprepared in advance, miscalculated, and thought that he had gone into a certain path at night and hid.

So he stayed behind and slowly looked for traces. Others thought that he copied the trail to the south, bypassed Zhushi Town and then went to Shangguan Road, walked towards Tiankou and crossed the river to Nanzhou Town, and entered Changde City, so he chased in the wrong direction.

He wanted to take the waterway, cross the river from Shishou County to Jingzhou Fucheng, threaten to visit Hankou and Wuchang, and then go north along the river to Qinhuai to have a good time.

As soon as he passed Shishou County, his speed slowed down again, and he wanted to leave, which was unfathomable and profound, making the people who were tracking suspicious, hated and annoyed, and couldn't grasp his correct driving route, so he couldn't formulate countermeasures, but he was led by the nose, but the people who were tracking all the way hated and gradually lost patience.

Jingzhou City, under the jurisdiction of Wuchang Prefecture, governs two counties, Xiantao and Shishou. In the nearby cities of the adjacent eleven counties, in addition to the state city of Jingzhou, Xiantao County is the largest city. Due to the rebellion of the Shuikou Mountain bandits ten years ago, Xiantao County was not breached, and it still maintained considerable prosperity.

However, the villages and towns in the suburbs of Zhou are more dilapidated than the county towns that were once plundered, and after ten years, the vitality has not yet recovered, and the traces of war can be seen everywhere.

Some of the villages and towns on the outskirts of the city have been rebuilt, some are no longer in their original areas, and some have completely disappeared from the world

Lose.

The original inhabitants of the villages and towns are no longer one in ten, and most of them are people who have moved from other places.

A tragic war, a terrible flood, tragic deaths, vicissitudes of life, the original residents were able to survive two terrible natural and man-made disasters, probably God was merciful and blessed by God, so these people believe in God and are extremely religious, that is to say, they are all fatalists, they are all people who are obedient and bow to fate, as long as they can live, they can endure any pain, grit their teeth and deal with it calmly, and rarely complain about God.

"Phew, the people are suffering, the people are also suffering!" Jiang Xing saw this, and sighed in his heart. "So my mother often taught me that I must get ahead, not to be an ant-like person, but to be a vicious demon, brother, my mother said that ghosts are afraid of demons...... ......Funny!

"The upper beam is not right, the lower beam is crooked", Hartol commented in time.

"Uh...... Xiaofeng, we are only called the primate of all things, because we can think and know how to distinguish between good and evil, beauty and ugliness...... "Helpless, Jiang Xing had to play the role of a teacher to save this little lamb who was led astray.

Most of the people who have newly moved from all over the country to settle down are from the central mountainous areas, these people live in the mountains and wilderness, in the company of wild beasts, compete with the mountains for fields, hunt for food, themselves have a rough bloodline, the nature of plunder is innate, do not hesitate to stand up and fight, in order to fight for the straight, can ignore their lives, ignore the royal law. Therefore, these new households are significantly different in appearance and temperament, and it is very easy to distinguish.

Among them, the typical representative is Pu Yi, a large landowner in Xiagao Town, who has many brothers in his family, and he is the third in line, also known as the third master.

In his early years, it was said that he was a lone thief, and he was a very ruthless character in the underworld in Wuchang, of course, he didn't admit it.

In the afternoon of this day, the light car crossed the county seat of Xiantao County and drove briskly to Xiagao Town, more than ten miles or half an hour.

Xiagao Town is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the largest outer river in Yunmengze, that is, the old Mengzhou City in the past, which has been flooded back and forth for hundreds of years, and the scenery is beyond sight every year.

But no matter how much the flood went, some places still stand. In the early years, the three cities of Mengyang have been vicissitudes

Tian has become Gaojiatan Bay, but Nancheng is still there.

At present, near Xiagao Town, there are water transportation offices, tax envoys' yamen, inspection offices and so on.

Along the way, three steps to win, five steps to a monument, including the former dynasty traitor Wang Huirong slaughtered more than 1,200 dissidents of the ministers of the Fengbo Pavilion.

This is to say that the town of Xiagao is more well-known than the county seat. Across the river is Jianli County, the town of Hankou.

This is the famous ferry port of Guyun Mengze, the south bank is called Mengjindu, and the north bank is called Heqiaodu. Three hundred years ago, there was a bridge here, but then the flood rushed around, and it was never rebuilt.

In short, the bridge was destroyed and not rebuilt, and many of the major disasters caused by the war were indeed reduced. In the past, since the famous minister Du Pre of the previous dynasty began to build the pontoon bridge, it has become a place where soldiers must fight. You kill me, I kill the past, you burn me to build, you build and I demolish, the fight and killing are endless, and now the bridge is no longer built, and the scourge of swords and soldiers is gone.

It is reasonable for the son of Zizi not to stay in the county seat and sail to Xiagao Town, because to go through the procedures for crossing the river, it is necessary to go through the procedures in Xiagao Town, and all kinds of procedures are very troublesome.

The tourists all rushed to Xiagao Town to stay overnight, so how could he be an exception? Only official personnel stayed at the Xiantao Post Station in the county seat.

It was about three miles away from the entrance of the town, and three yellow horses galloped in front, and three burly knights were majestic

Aang, slowing down his mount from a hundred paces away, let out a short whistle and ushered forward in small steps.

Xie Yong, the driver in front, handed over the horsewhip to his left hand and raised his right hand to signal his fellow travelers.

"Is it Luo Gongzi?" The middle-aged knight led by him shouted: "Brother Fang Chengliang, sent by the third master of Pu, came to greet Luo Gongzi's driver." ”

The horses on both sides approached the reins, and the light carts also stopped.

Jiang Xing got out of the car, and Fang Chengliang and the three of them leaped off the horse.

"Brother Luo Xiang, I am very grateful to have Brother Lao Fang come out. Jiang Xing saluted with a smile: "After a long absence, Brother Fang Kunzhong is more healthy and heroic, which is gratifying." The last time I passed through your place, I was in a hurry with Xian Kunzhong, and I couldn't get close to the deep talk, so far I still feel regretful, thanks to Xian Kunzhong's love and welcome, I feel deeply honored, I really dare not be. This brother is ......"

"Brother Liu Lixian. The third middle-aged knight's eyes were blazing, and his voice was like a bell: "As a guest in the mansion of Pu Sanye, I have long admired the name of Luo Gongzi, and I am very admirable, so I volunteered to come with Brother Fang Kunzhong to meet him." It's better to be famous than to meet, and it's better to meet than to be famous, Brother Luo is like Zhilan Yushu, the head of the three sons of the rivers and lakes, and his name is well deserved. ”

Hartol shook his little head: "Tut-tut! It's also a ...... to slap on the back It's equivalent to a god-level law decision?"

"Hehehe, Xiaoha, don't you think what he said is more pertinent?"

"Brother Liu has won the award, the brother is embarrassed, and he has won a false name, why worry about it? The brother is actually indiscriminate, the third son of Jiwei, how dare he call the head of the horse?"

"Haha! Brother Luo's benevolence and righteousness in Huarong County have already spread all over the rivers and lakes, Langya and Mengmei don't know self-love, and many friends in the rivers and lakes have already denied their names!" Fang Chengliang smiled: "Brother Luo, please get in the car, let's lead the way in front, Pu Sanye has been waiting for a long time, let's go!"

Pu Sanye is also a part of Qiu Yaoyao and Jiang Xing's plan, and he is still presiding over some of the rivers and lakes on both sides of the river, and his reputation is much worse than that of the Iron Arm Divine Bear in Huarong County, but the power is so strong that the Iron Arm Divine Bear is beyond his reach.

The iron-armed god bear is just a pride of one party, but the third master of Tianying Pu is a tyrant in the rivers and lakes, although he is not a man of the hour, he is also a famous celebrity, and his friends in the rivers and lakes in the past are usually very guests in the Pu family.

The last time Jiang Xing passed through Hankou Town, stayed in Hankou for a period of time, once went to Mengjin to visit the scenery of Gudu, crossed the north bank of the river and traveled to Gao Town, and once came to visit Pu Sanye.

But that was already two years ago, Zi Zaigong had just emerged, and although his fame was like the rising sun, it was not loud enough after all, so Tianying didn't treat him as a thing, and hastily met him as a gangster junior, so he didn't officially introduce Fang Chengliang's brothers.

Unexpectedly, today's situation has changed completely, and Pu Sanye actually sent the Fang brothers to greet him, although the feng shui turned fast, it also fully showed that Pu Sanye was a rather snobbish person.

"This is the benefit of pursuing fame and fortune, when you become famous, someone will flatter you, even if you used to be a cat or a dog in the past, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that you are already a celebrity. ”

Jiang Xing is waiting for the opportunity to educate the little girl, maybe the cruel and cold reality will touch her a little: "Then I want to be a celebrity, I want to ......", "My God! Xiaofeng, do you know how to be a celebrity...... Especially what does it cost to be a female celebrity?" Jiang Xing was shocked, the eccentric elf girl became a hero in the rivers and lakes, so how can ......she pay it back?" The age is a little younger...... Every time you come back from a robbery, I can pat the dust on your body for you...... When you come back from killing, you can pour a cup of hot tea to warm your heart, right?"

"Shut up!"

Jiang Xing looked at the little girl snuggled beside him, sighed, touched her long black hair, and said solemnly: "Xiaofeng, I was originally against you wandering outside at a young age, but I can't stop you, everyone has everyone's fate." I'll be very happy if you stop wandering. ”

"What, brother, are you going to drive me away?"

He rolled over and got up, like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, grinning his teeth.

"A young and beautiful girl like you, especially in the current dangerous situation, is definitely very dangerous. If I am a little negligent and there is an accident, your survival rate will be very low, and neither you nor I can afford the terrible consequences of failure......"

"I can protect myself...... Brother, you still care about me, don't you hate me and drive me away? Aren't you? I want to hear the truth!"

The phoenix stared at Jiang Xing with bright eyes, her expression was nervous, anxious, and frightened, without the slightest ambition of a female celebrity in the rivers and lakes, she was a little girl who was dreaming of spring and was afraid of waking up from her dreams.

"Jiang Xing, don't let her down, don't let the little girl fall into the devil's ......"

"Well, I really care about you...... I really don't want you to slip up ......."

Jiang Xing nodded solemnly.

"Wow, wow...... I'm so happy, I'm ...... Don't bother me, I'm going to calm down......"

The nervous little girl cried with joy, and her hands covered the blushing delicate girl in the car, helpless.

"Alas, what is the situation in the world......"

For the first time, Hartor was free from taunting, and looked at the little girl quietly, muttering to himself.

Pu Sanye already knew about the affairs in Huarong County, so it was not an accident that he warmly welcomed him.

If you're not in a hurry to cross the river, there are quite a few places to visit near the town of Shidamaka. Vassal elegance to visit Pingying Pavilion, Yangqing Pavilion, Dewei Hall and so on; look north to the south of the Yangtze River and look at Yunmengze, and then look far away to see the Xiaomo Mountains in the west, and go to the Fairy Cave in the east, all of which are good places to linger for a day and a half.

Jiang Xing is a revisit to the old place, and he is already a famous figure in the rivers and lakes, but he insisted on the company of the host Pu Sanye, only brought a coachman and a maid, and traveled freely with a food basket, and was not in a hurry to cross the river.

The follow-up people settled in the town one after another.

Some people don't want to show their faces, so they find another out-of-the-town house to spend the night.

The drought on both sides of the river has already been revealed, and there is no information about the autumn flood on the Yangtze River this year.

Standing on the Pingying Pavilion and looking south, although the turbidity of the river is rolling in more than twenty miles wide, the water potential is not as spectacular as the turbidity wave emptying in previous years.

Looking south, the faint green mountains in the misty smoke are the largest Eagle Mountain mountain area north of Yunmengze.

Looking back to the east, dozens of miles away from the mountains and even the heavenly peaks, that is the Xiaomoshan Mountain Range that stretches for thousands of miles in the Dongting Lake area.

The big sandbar on the north bank of the river, the barren grass and trees are overgrown, and there are no people for more than ten miles...... , There is no trace to be found, giving people the feeling that the world is impermanent, Fengge Dragon Tower, heroes and heroes, and now they are here?

There is really nothing to fight in this world, especially not worth fighting for with your life.

Throughout the ages, Henan has been killed, and the north bank has been killed, what has been left?

The corpses and soldiers have long since returned to dust, the soil has returned to the earth, the river is still the river, the mountain is still the mountain, but the man-made city is nowhere to be found.

There are very few people who come to pay their respects to the monuments, and a few well-dressed tourists actually come from all the way from the south coast.

It's incredible that five large and small ferries shuttle back and forth in rough seas, and take the risk to cross the river to see these untended monuments.

Gradually, there began to appear in the surroundings, and people who were not interested in the scenery and monuments appeared and disappeared in the lush forest.

Xiaofeng is still dressed as a maid, and sets up the tableware under an ancient tree in the west of the pavilion, it is almost noon, and the picnic in this place is really good.

Xiaofeng is like a wild horse without a halter, with a little mouse, and Jiang Xing's strange-looking golden eagle smeared with potion running around chasing small birds and beasts, teasing insects and ants, Xiaomei wrapped around Hartol's body from beginning to end, ignoring it.

After all, she is still a child, and she has completely forgotten her career in the rivers and lakes, and temporarily returned to her innocent childhood.

"Brother, it's the same woman from last time. Xiaofeng said in a low voice.

"Oh, she is the mysterious needle demon in the rivers and lakes, she is pretending to be a middle-aged noblewoman, and she really has some noble taste. Jiang Xing's gaze fell on a middle-aged lady on the steps in front of the pavilion, accompanied by the two maids on the side.

"I've heard Sister Yaoyao say that this is a vicious woman. Brother, you like to deal with this kind of demon girl. ”

"Hehe, that's not my fault. ”

"If she doesn't come, she comes......"

"You're going to kill her?"

"Break her pink legs, and she won't be able to linger. The little girl said with a smile, her face flushed, and she hurriedly turned her head to look around.

"Actually, she's the easiest one to get rid of. ”

"How?"

"She's a poor worm who has been deceived by her sweetheart"

"Hmph! She's a demon girl, she's scheming, she's going to do everything, she'll make people deceived?"

"It should be a fact. ”

"Should it be?"

She cared too much about the feelings of the fire qilin Jiang Baishi, and she found the wrong person and ignored the ambitions and desires of men. The result is conceivable, she is doomed to be used and abandoned. ”

"Brother, your estimate is so cruel......"

"You don't believe my estimates?"

"Brother, you know I trust you in everything. ”

"That's right, I guess, the Fire Qilin Jiang Baishi must have completely controlled her this time, and she had to make a final desperate bet. ”

"Well, she's coming. ”

Needle Demon Lin Xiaozhen, who is dressed as a middle-aged noblewoman, is approaching the two of them, with an elegant and reserved smile on her face, and her elegant temperament is not at all the glamorous demeanor of a slut.

Xiao Feng is like a carnivorous beast that has found the same kind of invasion of the territory, and he looks at the needle demon approaching Nana with a tiger's eye, and may show his sharp teeth and stretch out his claws at any time to tear the other party to pieces.

The Needle Demon glanced at her, ignoring her intense hostility.

"You already recognize me, thank you for not killing me last time......" The needle demon's eyes were complicated and profound, and he smiled solemnly: "Master Luo, you can make the people who come with you dizzy, and play with some old rivers and lakes in the palm of your hand, in just four years, you can have the achievements of moving the rivers and lakes, it is not accidental." ”

"Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say, the achievements can't be talked about, it's just a little luckier than others. “

Jiang Xing greeted him with a smile in a friendly manner: "Miss Lin, you said that I played tricks on some old rivers and lakes, is it unfair?"

"We know each other, don't we?"

"Oh! I forgot. Jiang Xing patted his head: "We people never pay attention to anything fair or unfair, and what we say is equivalent to saying it in vain." Just, what did you hear?"

"A wise man thinks a thousand times, and he will make a mistake. ”

"Yes, the things of the world, can they be as they should be?"

"If you play tricks on them, you will expose your weaknesses as a result......"

"For example?" Jiang Xing and Needle Demon talked eloquently, both smiling, and the atmosphere was quite friendly and friendly.

"For example, an accident that has been set up can stop their journey and lead them in the wrong direction, but it also means that you are disguising some of your actions and it is not difficult for the more astute people to detect them. ”

"Yes, you're the smarter one!"