Not long after the boatman left, the captain came out of the boat.

The day is dazzling, and the entry and exit of large and small boats on the long river is particularly complicated.

"Is it okay?" said Zhao Lin nervously.

The captain said leisurely: "What you only see at night is what you don't see, it's eye-catching." I have not gone wrong in this waterway for more than 50 years, and any of those on duty on the dock dare to stop my boat? Rest in the cabin, don't probe!" Perhaps the man on duty saw him, but he didn't say a word and let him go. In a moment the boat was over the river, leaving behind the dock and the pile of boats.

Everything is far away. On the vast river, there is no danger. Zhaolin breathed a big sigh of relief. Maybe it was because he was wheezing too loudly, which caused the captain to laugh for a while.

"The south bank is full of knights who are not afraid of death. Zhao Lin couldn't help but spit out a complaint.

"I'm not a chivalrous man! Those who dance with swords and sword only know how to fight and kill!"

"Isn't Master Chu also a sword-wielding sword?"

"He has a good heart. The captain's voice softened. When the boat was stable, he sat down on the ground in the bow. "There are countless people under the Black Rock Cliff who have been helped by him. ”

"You're also being helped by him?" said Zhao Lin curiously.

"It's old. The old man's gaze cast into the distance. "Blackstone Cliff wasn't so peaceful in the past. ”

"Don't they all say that the businessmen of Black Rock Cliff are the most sincere?" Zhao Lin smiled.

"Isn't it honest to be able to do the business of the Feather Sword Sect?" the old man smiled and talked about a past: "My son is addicted to gambling, and he will lose if he gambles for a long time." I don't know how he met a lender, borrowed money to pay off the debt, and ended up signing a terrible contract, and less than a month later, the debt collector came to collect the house deed. drove away again and again, seeing the profits, the whole family couldn't pay off the money for a few lifetimes. If you take away the title deed, you have to threaten your life and let people sell their sons and daughters. My daughter-in-law was almost forced to jump into a well, but fortunately was rescued by the villagers. They asked me to go to Master Chu...... Where do I know the boss of an old man?"

"And then?" Teru-in was piqued with curiosity.

"I had no choice but to go to the dart board to find the steward. A young man from Svenwen said, "I've written it down, let me go back and wait." I waited at home for three days, and when I saw that the creditor was about to come to the door again, I couldn't wait to make a desperate plan. Then the young man of Nasvenwen came, and he brought his creditor with him. The creditor seemed to be afraid of him. ”

"He is the head of Chu?"

The old man smiled and nodded: "The creditor has repaid the deed and land deed, and brought a new debt contract." Chu Zhangmen said: The principal must be repaid, but the interest is not such a repayment method. There is a shortage of workers at the docks, so let your son go to work at the docks tomorrow. Half of the wages are used to pay off the debt, and half are used for livelihood, which should be enough for ten years. If you violate this covenant again, you will be responsible for life and death. The creditor also promised sincerely. When he was leaving, he said to the lender, "You can choose whether to do a one-day business in exchange for your life or a stable business for a lifetime." My old man never forgot that look in his life, and he had a determined ruthlessness. ”

"He has always been domineering, who dares to go against his will!" Zhao Lin smiled bitterly.

Since then, there has been an unwritten rule under the Black Rock Cliff: no loan, big or small, should be higher than two cents. If you want to know about such a thing, you should ask the scholars of Ningxiang Pavilion - there are too many. ”

Zhaolin was silent, and suddenly a wisp of sadness floated in his heart. He seemed to slowly understand Chu Tao's obsession, but there was more sorrow. Chu Tao has done too many things to hold a salary, however, this person who is used to arranging everything can't arrange his life and death in the end.

There was a faint cry in the cabin.

Zhao Lin was afraid of some accidents, so he chased in.

Leng Fengyi held a piano sheet and burst into tears. I don't know if it's because I heard their conversation, or because of the sadness of a few days of wandering.

Li Zhaolin didn't understand her at all. "I'll be home at dawn. He said.

"If you can't get home, you'll never get there......" Feng Yi said sadly.

Zhao Lin was deeply powerless: "If you still have a little kindness in your heart, at least listen to him once." I'm not for you, the boatman isn't for you, none of the people on the docks who help us are for you—it's his favor, it's his want to keep you alive. ”

"I thought I would die at Blackstone Cliff and be with him from now on...... Even if he dies under his sword...... tears streamed down her cheeks, and deep despair filled her low eyelashes, "Zhaolin, he'll be fine, will he's fine, right? The rumors we heard at the docks were the ones he was suspicious again...... He wouldn't be stupid enough to actually joke with me...... He just didn't want to see me again...... Just like when he married Svilan, he deliberately wanted me to break my thoughts. ”

When I heard this, I suddenly felt sad. If it is like Leng Fengyi's imagination, it may not be bad. However, he didn't allow himself to be silent anymore, there was about Chu Tao's injury, and the reason why he hadn't seen her repeatedly, Leng Fengyi was the one he should know the most. "I promised him never to say it, but I think that I can't pay clearly, and I can't accept it with peace of mind. Zhaolin sighed, "You have never seen him coughing up blood, nor have you seen his determination to fight hard, and of course you have not heard the ridicule and abuse of all parties on the south bank." You can hate him for being ruthless, or you can not accept his arrangement, but you can't not know that he is protecting you with his life and all his reputation. ”

Feng Yi seemed to be used to hearing it, her eyes were full of emptiness, as if everything she said had nothing to do with her.

"He is desperate to save you, but you are plotting to harm him. I just thought you were an ordinary woman who had a rough time. It's ridiculous!" Recalling that Chu Tao had warned him a long time ago, Leng Fengyi was not simple, but he never thought that she was actually like a snake and scorpion—was she really just angry for Qi Heng for a while? Or, at all, she only cared about herself?

"I don't understand," Zhao Lin really couldn't swallow this breath, "You were still scolding Qi Heng for being a wreck a few days ago, why do you care so much about the fate of a wreck? Even if it was Chu Tao's doing, what if it was Chu Tao? I don't understand where you got the poison...... What's more, you should know Chu Tao better than me. On the one hand, he let out the wind and let the rangers chase after Qi Dashao, and on the other hand, he secretly ordered two or three masters of the Feather Chasing Sword Sect to protect him in case of mistakes. ”

Leng Fengyi stared miserably at the river outside the porthole, her eyes lost. When Shen Yanfei quietly appeared that day, she hated him so much that she really wanted to kill him. She won't forget how he tortured her with Li Luo. But when Shen Yanfei said that she was just a transaction between Chu Tao and him, it was Chu Tao who deliberately drove Qi Heng crazy, because of the bitter hatred between him and the Qi family. Keep her in her hands, and you can use the Qi family as his puppet. Her mind was in turmoil.

Shen Yanfei put down a packet of medicinal powder on the table and left.

As shrewd as she was, she didn't know why she listened to Shen Yanfei. Was it because of jealousy, or was it because of the devouring poison that had not been exhausted, or was it just because of the catharsis of despair? She couldn't give herself an explanation, so she easily decided to let everything end on the top of the black rock cliff. and with all ends, there will be no more suffering.

"Maybe he miscalculated you. Zhaolin said a little harshly, "He once told me that Leng Fengyi is the most shrewd and intelligent woman in the entire rivers and lakes. I never thought that all your shrewdness was used against him. ”

Feng Yi froze in place as if she had been struck by lightning, unable to refute it. But that wasn't the case at first. Memories are elusive. But there is always a faint trace. She flipped through the sheet music and read it page by page, trying to find some old traces. Suddenly, those most beautiful moments seemed to come back to her, touched by her. At that time, I was young, with green skirts, golden hairpins, riding horses, singing, and squandering time. Chu Tao saved her repeatedly, or just because subconsciously, he still regarded her as the girl who talked about the rivers and lakes with him on the top of the black stone cliff...... Sadly, apart from him, who still remembers Leng Fengyi's original appearance? Even she herself has faded away.

She suddenly realized Chu Tao's anger and heartache - watching her former confidant drift away, holding authority and walking on the opposite side of herself. Where should the original intention that cannot be recalled be placed?

"Chu ......" she rubbed the sheet music and called softly in her heart.

"What's that!" I heard the old man suddenly exclaim, and I saw that behind them, shadows appeared heavily on the ship, and the sail shadows approached quickly like ghosts, and it was vaguely visible, the white clothes on the ship were dotted, and the soldiers were like stars.

"White-clothed Holy Envoy!" she looked around in horror, and then saw that in the direction they had come, the dock under the black stone cliff had been surrounded by a sea of fire. The boat suddenly didn't know what it had collided with, and it shook violently. "Get down!" the old man shouted, and a rain of arrows flew down, and landed on the roof of the boat, through the porthole, and straight on the table.

Li Zhaolin pressed her past and hid her in the dead corner of the cabin. The shadows of arrows swept overhead, thumping and thumping everywhere, and in an instant the cabin was like a spider's web.

It's finally here, these demons! Feng Yi closed her eyes sadly, not wanting to resist. All the hideous horrors of memory came over her, gnawing at her bones inch by inch. She couldn't bear the pain and sorrow a second time. She really wanted to jump out and sink herself into this vast river. But Zhao was dying and tugged at her shoulder, which made her hurt for a while.

"No, I can't. He said, "How can they let you die so easily?"

Immediately afterward, there were a few glimmers of light on the river to the north, and under the eaves, white lanterns made of paper swayed and flickered in the wind.

"Give me to them, I don't want to drag the innocent down. She said to Lin.

"You have to live. Li Zhaolin took the sword of self-defense, glanced at her and said, "If you die, how will you see him underground?" and then slammed against the hatch.

The speed of the ship suddenly increased, and the old man shouted loudly into the cabin: "There is help!"

Feng Yi looked at the north through the curtain in surprise - the word "Qi" on the white paper lantern had been clearly outlined. She knew that she must live tonight—it must be him again, insisting that she stay in a world without him, is it absurd and ridiculous, or is it a malicious punishment?