The next day, Captain Wu informed all the guards, including Yang Qing, that they would start to set off by boat and waterway in the afternoon, and let everyone prepare their luggage. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Boss Xiao went out with a group of guards in the morning and rented a flat-bottomed two-masted passenger boat and moored it at the Taihu Lake wharf. In the afternoon, all the guards and the eldest lady and the second son of the Xiao family had all stepped on this ship, set sail towards the north of Taihu Lake, and cut the waves.

Of course, in addition to the Xiao family's caravan of more than 50 people, there are also about 40 crew members such as the captain and the first mate, sailors, and cooks.

"Watch the Dawn depart, a new expedition awaits us", the captain is a half-hundred-year-old, gray-haired, large-bodied, and piercing-eyed man, standing on the bow of the ship and laughing at the sky.

It's a pity that Yang Qing and his party have long been hiding in the cabin, and the cold in the north can only be resisted by these crew members who have been begging for a living on the water for countless days.

"Don't clash with Captain Ke and his crew, report any problems directly to me", Xiao Mingzhu shouted to all the guards, "I can only rely on these boatmen for the next month." ”

Yang Qing lay on the wooden hard bed in the cabin, the bedding on the bed had a musty smell, which stimulated Yang Qing to sleep for a long time, and this compartment was also sealed, giving people a dull feeling that he was about to suffocate.

The Dawn of the Watch had three levels of cabins for guests, the first of which was home to the worst of the sailors, and it was convenient to reach any part of the entire hull in the shortest possible time, with sixty cubicles.

The conditions on the second floor are ordinary, with thirty cubicles, which is where the Xiao family's guards rest.

The third floor is the most high-quality, not only the space is very open, but also the windows and doors, standing by the window can see the beautiful scenery of Taihu Lake. Of course, there are only four high-class houses that can be lived, and it is not the turn of Yang Qing's third-class guards.

Since escorting Xiao Meiniu last night, she has never called herself again, as if she had forgotten him.

If you rush in autumn, spring or summer, it may not take five or six days to go out of the Taihu Lake and directly enter the Wu Gorge, and then drive directly into the Han River in two days.

However, now it is the weather in the middle of winter when the north wind is howling, and the wind is already very slow, so the captain has no choice but to lower the sails of the 'Watch Dawn', and then all 40 sailors sing the slogan 'One, Two, Three, Hey' in the bilge, which resounded throughout the surface of Taihu Lake.

When you are accustomed to seeing the blue sky and white clouds, countless water waves lapping, and the green hills on both sides of the river, Yang Qingchu's excitement on the boat is now only disgust, just come out every day to see the scenery repeated countless times and then return to the cabin to practice martial arts.

The whole person is like being imprisoned in a cage, and he can't fly if he wants to.

The knock on the door interrupted Yang Qing from the asana of "Dragon and Tiger Gong", and the boring life of day and night made him have to practice the exercises to pass the time.

Yang Qing's current physique is as high as 2.7, and practicing Dragon and Tiger Gong can no longer bring him a slight increase in potential points, but the kind of concentration and calm that the practice of "Dragon and Tiger Gong" brings to people has not weakened in the slightest.

"Captain Wu, is there anything wrong?" I haven't seen him for more than ten days, and this captain is also full of stubble and tired, how can the days on the water make people who live on land all day unbearable.

"There will be a routine customs inspection in the afternoon, and after their water village, they will be out of the sphere of influence of Hanshan Mansion", Wu Chengliang relayed the eldest lady's instructions to the new guard, although he was his own subordinate, but deep in his heart he subconsciously wanted to escape from this person.

"What do you need me to do?"

"When the time comes, you just have to stand on the bow of the ship with everyone and let those customs come in and search for it. ”

Closing the door and sending Captain Wu away, Yang Qing felt a little strange, there are also prohibited commodities and trade monopolies in this world, and it is really a sparrow that is small and has all five organs.

When the hustle and bustle began to make noise throughout the 'Dawn of Watch', Yang Qing estimated that the time should be to the water village set up in Hanshan Mansion on Taihu Lake.

Yang Qing got out of the cabin, and the entire field of vision suddenly became crowded. Now the 'Dawn of Watch' is in a circular water wall, and there are countless archers standing on the entire water wall, and these people's eyes are all looking down and murderous.

There are countless large and small ships of different shapes moored in this water village, which are nothing more than boats.

The waterway in front was blocked by a horizontal wooden vertical gate, and behind this vertical gate was the Wuxia waterway, and the green hills on both sides of the river were instantly crowded together, and there was only a fifty yard wide river channel in the middle.

Yang Qing followed behind the other guards, standing in rows on the bow of the ship like a prisoner to receive countless scrutiny, and then he saw a lot of soldiers in sharp armor jumping from the water village onto the boat, one by one rushing into the hull to search.

Yang Qing turned his head to look at the situation, Captain Ke was on the battlements of the water village and didn't know what to say with a fat man with a big belly and a silk satin.

And Xiao Meiniu stood at the front of the bow of the ship, looking at a cargo ship on the left with a complicated expression, with a flag of double swords and shields flying on it, and the hull of the cargo ship was covered with a black canvas.

"My lord, the 'Overwatch Dawn' is just a passenger ship, not a cargo ship capable of transporting a large number of items", Captain Ke was a little puzzled, usually there are routine inspections, but they are just routine, why are they so strict today.

"There's no way Captain Ke, the inspection is strict now, and you can only do it as your subordinates," said the Governor of Customs, looking like he was doing business.

"My lord, there is no one in the cabin," a soldier searched from the Dawn of Watch and reported to the governor.

"Alright, you can go," the Governor of Customs smiled and patted the old acquaintance on the shoulder, signaling that the search was over.

"Phew" Seeing the big fat governor leave the water village under the escort of his men, Captain Ke spat the ground.

He really wanted to sneak into the governor's mansion one dark night, but he ended up with white knives in and red knives out.

This kind of governor is like an insatiable vampire sucking every income of the 'Overwatch Dawn', and life on the water is already difficult to do, except for the wind and sun, and the risk of water thieves blocking the road, it is not easy to win a piece of money with his life and honor the governor.

Ten years of customs officials, millions of snowflakes of silver, this position of customs governor is full of oil, of course, the consequence is that they are water businessmen can only have clear soup and little meat.

"Get all the sailors ready to take their positions, let's go," Captain Ke said in a huff back to the deck of the Overseeing Dawn and began to command.

"All the passengers can go into the cabin and rest," Captain Ke commanded all the Xiao family guards by the throat, and the cross-log gate stuck in the waterway was also twisted by the customs officer "Kerala" with a rope.

As soon as the Xiao family's guards dispersed, they stayed on the deck for a few quarters of an hour, and the whole person was shivering with cold, as if they were in an ice cellar.

"Boss Xiao, why don't you go down to avoid the limelight, as the saying goes, avoiding color is like avoiding revenge, and avoiding wind is like avoiding arrows", Yang Qing saw that this top boss was just on the deck, his eyes were staring at the ship behind, and his expression was even more angry when he was suspicious.

"I know now, it turns out that your Jiangnan is not hostile to Jiangbei, but hostile to our Xiao family", Xiao Mingzhu took one last look at the water village that disappeared from sight, and then got into the cabin without looking back.

"What the hell is she talking about?" Yang Qing was a little confused now, but he knew that this beautiful boss was really angry, unprecedentedly angry.

"It seems that this sycophant has been slapped on the horse's leg", Yang Qing was a little helpless, it was not so simple to be a guard these days, he kind of realized the group of disciples who followed him all day long.

After entering the Wu Gorge, the field of vision becomes very narrow, and the mountains on both sides of the river are very close, and you can even see the maple trees growing vigorously on it.

......

The customs governor, who was still imposing just now, walked out of the water village and entered a round stone castle, and immediately changed into a respectful expression.

This round stone fort has many windows on it, and because it is built on the top of the mountains, the scenery below the water village is also unobstructed.

"My lord, all the men of the Dawn Watch are on deck, and there is no one in the cabin," the Governor of Customs flattered Qu Feng reported to a young man in the bunker in a black cloak and a fox fur and a sable crane inside.

If an outsider saw it at this time, he would definitely not be able to believe the situation here, the governor of the Taihu Lake Customs, who was under one person and above ten thousand, actually surrendered to such a young man.

The handsome man with bright facial features put away the telescope in his hand, and through this telescope, he took a look at what had just happened in Shuizhai, of course, the focus was to count the armed strength on the 'Dawn of Watch'.

"I didn't expect that Xiao Mingzhu was still noticed by the woman Xiao Mingzhu's cargo ship", the young man also noticed Xiao Mingzhu standing on the deck through the telescope just now, and he also saw the abnormal performance of this woman.

However, when he heard the situation explained by the big fat governor, he smiled heartily, "Even if you find out, you can't escape the palm of my hand." ”

"Governor Pan, you can go out", the man in black gave an eviction order, as long as he knew that the Xiao family's guards were not hidden in the cabin, then things would be easy to handle.

"Yes, Lord Fang", the invincible customs governor swallowed nervously, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and every time he came in to talk to this lord, he was terrified.

After watching the disgusting fat man leave the gate of the stone castle, he walked to the table on the east side of the stone castle, pulled out a palm of white paper from a thick book, and then took a pen and wrote on it, 'One of the iron cloth shirts is a good hand, and the rest are not worried, and act according to the plan. ‘

After writing this sentence, he rolled up the letterhead, walked to the birdcage rack on the west side of the stone fort, took out the most majestic wild goose from it, and inserted the letterhead he had just written into the small cylinder of the wild goose's legs and feet.

Then he walked to the window, threw the black wild goose in his hand into the sky, and the sea was wide and the sky was high for the birds to fly.

The black shadow of the bird slowly disappeared into the northern sky, he stared at the distant Wuxia from afar, lowered his head and smiled lightly, "Even if you Xiao Mingzhu sees it, there will be no way to your Xiao family in the world tomorrow."

In the end, he couldn't help but laugh wildly, his handsome facial features were now cruel and hideous, and his loud laughter echoed throughout the customs water village.