A group of people, who were either wanted or wounded, and could not enter the city at all in the middle of the night, made do with spending the night in the cabin of Annan.

The An family has a big heart, and the cabin is also big, so they accepted four guests at once, but they didn't say anything. When Zhao Wu'an opened his eyes the next morning, Annan jumped out of the cabin with a tobacco leaf in his mouth, and eagerly asked what he wanted to eat.

Fooled the enthusiastic second brother of the An family, and watched him jump out of the cabin to Zhang Luo for breakfast, Zhao Wuan sat in the cabin and thought about it seriously, what An Qing said in the letter to his brother.

Five people, who had been far apart a day ago, gathered in a circle on a makeshift square table on the deck of a merchant ship and had breakfast together.

Annan is really enthusiastic, and a small table is full of snacks from all over the world, from simple steamed porridge and steamed buns, to exquisite Su's small buns, sweet and sour tofu brains, everything is available for you to pick. Rao and Zhao Wu'an both felt a little embarrassed, and became more and more curious about An Qing's letter.

"You're welcome, eat. I see that you are all coming from afar, I am afraid that you will not be used to Jiangning's morning tea, but fortunately there is a dock nearby, and it didn't take much effort to send someone to buy it early in the morning. Annan was the master, so he naturally didn't see it, he took a bun and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing while not forgetting to urge a few guests to move their chopsticks.

Duan Taoli only injured his right hand yesterday, and now he can only use his left hand to hold a spoon and scoop the tofu brain. The men were all eating their own food, but no one cared about her.

Duan Hunttian and Zhao Wu'an ate deliciously, but Li Huanglai was stunned that he couldn't drink half a bowl of gruel, so he hastily put down his chopsticks and walked to the back of the deck to look at the river. Seeing this, Annan pressed his hand on the table, quietly leaned over, and said in a low voice: "How many people, have you encountered something?"

Duan Hunttian was straight-minded, nodded and said: "The people in the rivers and lakes haven't encountered any major incidents, but they haven't been able to enter the city in the past two days." ”

This is really not a big deal in Duan Hunttian's opinion, the rivers and lakes are heroic, there are occasional misacts of self-defense, it is normal to kill people on the street, anyway, the crime is not to death, just flee for a few days. As for Li Huanglai's family and country hatreds, grievances and grievances, he didn't understand, and he didn't have the heart to understand.

Annan smiled kindly: "If this is the case, although the sin is not punishable by death, it is still not to be taken lightly." Recently, the control of Jiangning Mansion has become more and more strict. If you don't give up, I know a friend who is planning to go to sea in two days, but I can take a few people south to avoid the limelight. ”

Zhao Wu'an suddenly said: "An Qing said that you can take someone to Miaojiang." ”

"You can't go that far, the sea is not very flat too south. Fuzhou can stop, and after going ashore, go straight south, which is only three or four hundred miles. ”

"I'll have to wait for Anqing. Zhao Wu'an hurriedly drank a bowl of porridge, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and looked at Duan Hunttian, "Brother Duan, I'm just afraid that I will go south after the New Year." This time, Brother Duan may have to go by himself. ”

Duan Hunttian waved his hand and said: "It's okay, Duan's travel to the rivers and lakes is not a short time, and there are still a few brothers who can be relied on." It's just that I can't enter the city now, and I have to trouble Brother Annan to help me find someone. ”

"Well said, well said. Annan smiled and put down the dishes and chopsticks and stretched out his hand to Duan Hunttian, "But I am a businessman, and I have no worries about food and accommodation on my ship." If you look for someone, you may have to spend some money. ”

He compared a number to Duan Hunttian, Duan Hunttian was stunned, and then laughed and said: "Brother Annan is interesting, I'm afraid that what Duan Mou ate just now is more than this price! You're a friend, I, Duan, have made a deal!"

After receiving a few grains of silver, Annan smiled and summoned a fellow, gave a few words, and then swayed triumphantly to the edge of the guardrail, climbed over the railing, and sat down on the cabin, hanging his legs outside, lazily feeling the sun.

The weather was fine this morning, and most of the snow had disappeared yesterday. However, the weather is getting colder and colder before the frost and after the snow. While Zhao Wu'an kept warming his hands with hot air, he didn't forget to press the dislocated Duan Tao carp on the edge of the stove to warm it to prevent the wound from worsening.

Annan walked around on the river, ate a human meal, and was really well-informed. Before noon, the man took an old man with long eyebrows who was holding a dusty hand and got on the boat. When the old man saw Duan Hunting, he was so excited that he almost burst into tears, and sighed: "If you leave without saying a word, I really won't be able to find you again!"

"Hahaha, Brother Ling is laughing!How is Duan willing to leave Brother Ling to wander the rivers and lakes alone!" Duan Hunttian greeted his old friend warmly, and then introduced to a few people, "This is Ling Zhixiao, my brother-in-law." The two have been friends for nearly seven years now. Brother Ling once practiced in the Taoist temple, and now he is still half a Taoist priest, looking at the gods, but I promise that he is definitely a first-class hero. Without Brother Ling's help, there would never be today's Duan Hunting Heaven. ”

Ling Zhixiao, who had gray temples, and a few people one by one: "Taoist outcasts, I have seen a few." ”

At this time, Annan also jumped directly from the boat of unknown houses, carrying a bag of rice on his back, and greeted: "Come here, let's have lunch together, you're welcome on my boat!"

Zhao Wu'an naturally had no objections, and Ling Zhixiao also readily agreed, and the people at the table sat down again.

Annan's lunch was still cooked in a grand manner, and all kinds of flavors were available, so two large tables were specially moved from the bilge and placed side by side to put them down. Naturally, everyone ate to their stomachs again, and they couldn't sweep the dishes on the table.

After lunch, Zhao Wu'an learned from Annan to sit outside the railing and blow the wind, just when he was too lazy to squint his eyes and sleep, Li Huanglai walked behind him and coughed lightly.

"Zhao Jushi, I didn't get involved in the trouble of killing people on the street, so I won't waste time on this boat with you. ”

"Huh?"

Li Huanglai hesitated for a moment, his face turned slightly red, and he still said, "I want to go back to Jiangning Mansion." Staying here is a waste of time, and you can't find the drawings or do anything to restore the country. ”

"It's good to be on board. Zhao Wu'an said lightly.

"Come less! You were obviously afraid that you would be implicated by Duan Hunttian when you returned to the city, so you found this ship to take refuge. I didn't kill anyone, so why should I accompany you on this boat?" Li Huanglai coughed, "I'll go and talk to Tao Li." ”

"There's no way she's going to listen to you. Zhao Wu'an said confidently with a lazy emphasis, "Also, something more important than this is that as soon as you return to the city, you will inevitably be framed, and don't even know how you died at that time." ”

Li Huang was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"The woman who gave you the information, Remnant Mei, is a member of the Black Cloud Society. Black clouds crush the city and want to destroy it, you may not have heard of this name, but it is impossible that you have not touched its rudder. The two gates and seventeen pavilions of the Great Song Dynasty and the Leaf Creation are full of the eyeliner of the Black Cloud Society. The Forty Iron Cavalry of the Arsenal Division arrived at the farmhouse in time, most likely because the Black Cloud Society coordinated from it. You choose to hide now, and once you enter their field of vision, you will be cut down. Almost no one knows about the armory, so why did the remnant Mei sell you this information? As I said when I first met you, your self-righteous business is not worth mentioning at all. ”

From beginning to end, Zhao Wu'an didn't even look back, and Li Huanglai behind him had a blue and white face, which was very ugly.

"Momoko also told me, you want to marry her, right? Well, with the power of the armory, with 3,000 soldiers, to recover Valan, Momoko became the royal daughter, and you are naturally the regent of Valan. When the time comes, borrow troops from Miao Jiang, and then make a secret communication with the leaves, and fight together, maybe half of the Great Song Dynasty will be gnawed down by you. The plan is good, but is it true that the Tangut people and the Tubo people are blind? Although the Tubo have now retreated to the plateau, they still have full influence in Valan, and as for the leaf making, because now that the Western Xia was founded, it is impossible to break the treaty with the Great Song Dynasty and declare war. The hard-won peace between several dynasties is not something that you can destroy if you say sabotage. ”

Li Huanglai clenched his fists, the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, and said in a deep voice: "You don't understand the pain of losing the country at all, how can you talk about it on paper!"

"I don't understand the pain of losing my country? You are the son of three generations of declining nobles, how dare you say that I am talking about soldiers?" Zhao Wu'an's words were aggressive, but his tone was still lazy, as if he was not willing to quarrel with Li Huanglai, "The only thing I appreciate about you is your determination to overthrow this dynasty. But punishing a crime is the most ridiculous act in my opinion, otherwise I would have been wrapped in a yellow robe and become an emperor a long time ago. ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

"It's commendable, but it's naïve. Dynasties don't rise and fall as easy as you think. It's not that you and I don't have something in common, for example, we are both extremely dissatisfied with the current Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Wu'an stood up, climbed over the railing, and stood up straight in place, almost facing Li Huanglai's face, looking at each other.

"But there's so much more to do to achieve your goals. ”

Li Huanglai was stunned, seemed to realize something, and asked softly, "You also want to subvert ...... This dynasty?"

"I want to subvert all the sins of this dynasty, but that's a dream. Zhao Wu'an grinned and said softly, "But I'm going to do it." ”

I know it's a fool's dream, but I still have to do it.

Li Huanglai originally thought that Zhao Wu'an was just a little improper, but at least his thinking was clear. But at this time, hearing such a sentence that the bull's head was not in the horse's mouth, Li Huanglai couldn't help but have deep doubts about his previous judgment. What kind of madman is this person in front of him?

But in the next second, looking at the resolute look in Zhao Wu'an's eyes, he quickly realized that he was wrong again.

Because, there were once such people, although thousands of people went to me, knowing that it was impossible, but they had to try.

There have been countless such people, who have gone forward one after another, obviously with a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in front of them, and it is clear that one more or less corpse will not change the status quo, but they have to move forward and block the steps of the invaders for a while.

They may just be the only sons of a poor peasant couple who can't get enough to eat, or they may be rich sons from scholarly families who go to the frontier to watch the flowers.

But they did fight for something meaningless, they lived for peace, and they died for peace.

In the mouth of the old servant who pulled Li Huang to the big one, this is called foolish loyalty.

In Zhao Wu'an's mouth, this is called faith.

Ten years of night light, a warm wine.

Full of blood, Zhongzhou holds the sword.

My blood is not cold.