The night falls on the wasteland, overhead, the stars are brilliant, the crescent moon hangs obliquely in the sky, the blue halo sprinkles to the earth, and in the distance, there is the sound of the river flowing eastward. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

It's still the same crossing, and the ferry is still nowhere to be seen.

Gu Xiaozhao and his entourage can only stay at this ferry for a while, if they want to cross the river, if they don't step into the realm of the grandmaster and break the qi reservoir of the three levels of essence and spirit, they can push open the gate that blocks heaven and earth, connect with the breath of heaven and earth, and attract the qi of heaven and earth to be used, so that they can cross the river with a reed.

Crossing the river with a reed, at least the current Gu Xiaozhao can't do it.

If the boatman and the ferry had disappeared, they would have to cut down the bamboo and wood near the ferry to make a simple wooden raft so that they could cross the river. Of course, if you do this, the carriage and mount will have to be abandoned.

When Gu Xiaozhao and his entourage arrived at the ferry, it was already late, and it was close to dusk, and several entourages spent some time cutting down a lot of bamboo and wood with sharp axes in their hands, and Su Qiao'er also took action to cut some of the reeds on the river bank back, and very carefully weaved these reeds into ropes.

Now, by simply weaving these bamboos and ropes, it is possible to make a simple raft that can carry several people across the river without any problem.

It's just that when night fell, it was somewhat inconvenient to cross the river in such a situation, so Gu Xiaozhao decided to rest at the ferry and wait to cross the river early tomorrow morning.

They lived in a small compound in the middle of the reeds, and they didn't need to eat and sleep.

Although it is not polite to be uninvited, it is enough to leave some small pieces of silver on the stove before leaving.

There is a stove in the small courtyard, and there is an iron pot and two clay pots on the stove, and there is a lot of firewood stacked next to the stove, so that there is no need to eat dry food that is difficult to chew. When you go out, all kinds of inconveniences, and the accompanying dry food is mostly hard wheat cake and salty and hard jerky, only in this way will the preservation time be longer.

However, most of these dry foods are used in uninhabited places, and they are only used for temporary emergencies.

Now, with a stove and an iron pot clay pot, you can take hot food, there is no need to be harsh on yourself, Gu Xiaozhao and his entourage carry refined corn with them, and they can make corn porridge, put some salted jerky in it, and cook the jerky, so it can be regarded as a delicacy.

There was a huge camphor tree planted in the courtyard, and there was a stone table under the tree, Gu Xiaozhao came out of the house with a wooden bench and sat at the stone table.

At this time, in the corner of the courtyard, Su Qiaoer was competing with the stove, boiling corn porridge mixed with salted dried meat, and a fragrance came to her nose. Outside the courtyard wall, the sound of mounts snorting could be heard from time to time, and at this time, the coachman was tending to the mounts and feeding them the soybeans he carried with him.

In addition to this, there are two guards.

One of them was inspecting the raft to see if the ropes were tied tightly enough to be swept away by the river and fall apart.

The other stayed at the shack at the ferry, on the one hand to see if the ferry had returned, and on the other hand, to be on guard.

After Gu Xiaozhao and the others had dinner, the guards who were inspecting the raft at this time would go out to replace him, responsible for guarding and watching.

On this trip, in addition to Su Qiaoer, Gu Xiaozhao also brought three entourages, all of whom were old rivers and lakes, often traveling with the Gu family's caravans, and had also experienced some bloody battles, everyone was very experienced in the rivers and lakes, and they had all walked this relatively remote road.

Early tomorrow morning, the coachman will return to Qinghua County with the carriage and two mounts, and the remaining two guards will continue to accompany Gu Xiaozhao and Su Qiao'er.

"Okay! It's time to eat......"

By the stove, Su Qiaoer's cheers came.

Then, she walked over with a clay pot in small steps, a little face was covered with soot, like a little dirty cat, the clay pot had just come down from the stove, and the temperature was a little high, but it was difficult to get through Su Qiao'er, who had already opened up Xiao Zhoutian, she was holding the clay pot with both hands, and she didn't feel hot at all.

Placing the clay pot containing corn porridge on the stone table, Su Qiao'er untied the bag placed on the stone table, took out a pair of bowls and chopsticks from it, and then put the corn porridge into the porcelain bowl and placed it in front of Gu Xiaozhao.

"Young master, please use it first!"

"Let's do it together!"

Gu Xiaozhao opened his eyes, no longer cultivating with luck, he glanced at the table casually, and said softly.

"Young master first, after the young master has eaten, I will be with Huang Chuanjiang and them!"

Su Qiao'er smiled, shook her head, and retreated.

Although Gu Xiaozhao did not treat her as a maid, whether it was before or now, she treated her as a sister, however, she is very clear about her duty, and she will definitely not be pampered and arrogant, you must know that since she was sensible, her father Su Zhiwei has always told her that the Gu family has the virtue of regeneration for their family, and they must repay it for a lifetime.

Gu Xiaozhao didn't force it, and ate by himself.

After bowing his head and drinking two mouthfuls of porridge, he suddenly raised his head, and a sound of people came from the side of the avenue in the distance, right on the other side of the ferry.

After a while, Huang Chuanjiang, a guard lurking on the side of the shack at the ferry, rushed into the courtyard.

"Young master, there is a guest!"

"Got it!"

Gu Xiaozhao nodded.

A quarter of an hour later, there were more people in the courtyard.

This is a group of Jianghu tourists wearing leather armor, wearing lily clothes and hats, each holding knives, guns, clubs and other weapons, pushing several wheelbarrows, the carts are loaded with bulging cloth bags, I don't know what is in the cloth bags, it looks very heavy.

Through the traces on the wheels, Huang Chuanjiang whispered to Gu Xiaozhao that this was a group of smuggler salt dealers.

The initial contact was not friendly, and when these Jianghu guests arrived at the shack, they directly pushed the wheelbarrow to the small courtyard, and the man who ran in front of him to explore the way shouted from afar outside the door.

"Zhang Loach, come out quickly!"

After that, he saw Gu Xiaozhao's coachman Gu Side, his face changed suddenly, he suddenly pulled out the horizontal knife on his waist, pointed at Gu Side with the tip of the knife, and shouted.

"Who is you?

Seeing this, Gu Side had no choice but to pull out the horizontal knife on his waist.

For a while, it was inexplicably rushing.

Just as the two sides were confronting, the follow-up troops of this group of Jianghu guests arrived, and a middle-aged strong man with a withered yellow beard called out to his subordinates who explored the road and asked him to put away his weapons, and then, he spread his hands, walked forward a few steps, and came to Gu Side, with a smile on his face, and asked in a low voice.

"Who is Your Excellency, and where is the master here?"

With the same content, the tone and attitude of the speech are different, and the effect achieved is naturally different, and the momentum between each other is no longer tense.

Things quickly became clear!

After that, the man frowned and walked back, called a few people to discuss in a whisper, and then came over again, saying that they were merchants, and the boatman named Zhang Loach was a friend, and if he usually came here at this time, he would rest in Zhang Loach's small courtyard, and then Zhang Loach would take them across the river by ferry on the second day.

The other party said clearly, it was reasonable, and Gu Xiaozhao and the others were not the masters here, and they couldn't do anything about the dove occupying the magpie's nest, after consulting Gu Xiaozhao, Gu Side also let these people enter the courtyard.

As a result, the two groups of people were divided into two ends of the small courtyard, and they were clearly distinguished.

Gu Xiaozhao and his entourage, at first glance, are the driving of a wealthy son's travel, there is Gu Xiaozhao, who is not gorgeously dressed but has a unique temperament, and Su Qiaoer, a maid who is as beautiful as a flower, and then, followed by three powerful martial artists, the martial artist named Huang Chuanjiang has his temples bulging high, and at first glance he is a martial artist who cultivates the inner family exercises.

There are more than 10 people on the side of the smuggler salt dealers, all of whom are powerful and powerful, and they are all fighting men who lick blood from the knife edge.

Although, they sell illicit salt for hygiene, and by chance, they will occasionally do some business without capital, but although these guys are ruthless, they are all discerning guys, and they will not be dominated by greed and are reckless and impulsive.

The situation in front of them was just as strange to them.

You must know that the boatman Zhang Loach is one of their accomplices, this small courtyard is also a place to store illicit salt and looted goods, some time ago, they made an appointment with Zhang Loach, saying that they would come here in the near future to store some important things.

I don't want to come here, Zhang Loach is nowhere to be found, but there is a group of outsiders here.

Gu Xiaozhao and his entourage due to the small number of people, they also gave up a lot of territory, a few people rested under the shack in the corner of the yard, today's night is very good, it is not like it is going to be windy and rainy, instead of resting in the room, it is better to choose here, the air is much more refreshing.

The Jianghu with a withered yellow beard is the leader of this group of people, known as the Yellow Bearded Tiger.

After entering the small courtyard, he pretended to be meaningless in and out of each room, and did not find any traces of rummaging in the room, the organs in the house were still there, and the cellar behind the courtyard was also closed, and there was no trace of anyone entering or leaving, which means that Gu Xiaozhao and the others who entered the room were not very regular.

From this point of view, Gu Xiaozhao and others are telling the truth.

Where did Zhang Loach go?

Huang Xuhu didn't have an answer in his heart, and he couldn't help but be a little irritable.

Someone suggested to him that he should simply not do anything, pick up the guy and do Gu Xiaozhao and others, that boy can be used as a fat sheep to blackmail, if the little maid is sold to the tooth man, how much can be exchanged for a sum of money, even if he doesn't buy it, it is good to keep it for his own family.

Anyway, there are many of my own families, and there are only three guards over there, even if the head of the guard is very good, he is outnumbered.

Huang Xuhu was a little moved.

He is also a martial artist who cultivates the inner family exercises, attracting true qi seeds in the dantian qi sea, and the true qi has also passed to the head Baihui acupoint, in his opinion, that Huang Chuanjiang is almost the same as his own cultivation, fighting, he only needs to drag that guy, wait for the brothers to solve the others, and then work together to besiege and kill Huang Chuanjiang.

It looks like this plan should work.

However, Huang Xuhu finally shook his head and rejected this suggestion, however, he did not completely disagree, but said that he needed to observe more.

After all, Gu Xiaozhao and the others behaved too strangely!

Instead of getting along with each other in a different place, a group of Jianghu guests suddenly broke in, how could they be careful and vigilant, and they would naturally reveal a nervous atmosphere.

However, in Gu Xiaozhao and others, this cannot be seen.

Is the other party posturing, or is there no fear?

You'll have to look closely!