Bao Zuwen took good care of Duo Duo along the way. Seeing that he was worried and couldn't bear it, he comforted him, "General Bao, you don't need to worry too much. The other official ship is going upstream, so naturally it's not as fast as ours."

It's flowing down so fast, they may still be on their way back."

"Little brother, you don't know something," said Zuwen, shaking his head. "Although they are going upstream, they can sail and take advantage of the wind. What's more, there are more than 20 oarsmen on the boat. Unless the boat is attacked by someone on the way,

Interception, otherwise there will be no delay."

Without waiting to speak, Zu Wen added, "Our two ships are carrying military rations. The return time cannot be delayed, otherwise they will be punished by military law. How dare they be careless?"

Originally, I wanted to suggest that Zu Wen stop the boat and observe it for a few days before leaving. After hearing what Zu Wen said, he gave up the idea. This road is unworkable. No matter what happened to the other ship, this

All boats must go downstream on time.

He grew up in a mountain village and has little knowledge. He has not been following Taoist Lin and others for a long time. He hid in the mountains for three months before. He has almost no idea of ​​the current situation. He only knows that the world is not peaceful and that people everywhere

Jiedushi held his own troops and fought in melee for years, but he didn't know who the Jiedushi were, let alone whose territory he would pass through next.

If you don't understand the situation, you won't be able to give any reasonable suggestions, and you can only sigh helplessly.

Bao Zuwen said, "We passed Ezhou yesterday, and we can arrive at Xiangzhou early tomorrow morning. You can get off the ship when we get to Xiangzhou."

After saying Zu Wenyan, he patted his shoulder, turned around and walked into the cabin.

Watching Ba Zuwen leave, he did not tell the truth to Liu Prefect that day and only said that he was going to Xiangzhou. Therefore, the messenger sent by Liu Prefect told Ba Zuwen that he was going to Xiangzhou, but in fact he was going further downstream.

of Ganzhou.

In this situation, we can only take one step at a time. If there is really war happening downstream, it is not a bad idea to disembark from Xiangzhou, but it will waste more time on the way. It only takes six days to take a boat from Xiangzhou to Ganzhou.

But traveling by land will take at least two to three months.

The official ship went down the river. The boss of the ship must also know that another official ship had an accident. He has been standing on the bow of the ship. When encountering ships going upstream, he will inquire about the situation downstream. However, these ships are all light boats and sampans.

He was moving close by and knew nothing about the situation downstream, and he had never seen another official ship.

Although this day was uneventful, everyone's mood became increasingly heavy. They did not encounter the returning official ship today, so something must have happened.

But regardless of whether something happened to another official ship, they could only bite the bullet and continue downstream. They were carrying military rations and had a mountain of military orders. If they were delayed, they would be beheaded.

In the evening, he met Bao Zuwen again. He wanted to know who might have robbed another official ship, but seeing Bao Zuwen worried and worried, he could only hold back this idea, even though he knew the details.

I can't help you, so don't ask around.

After staying up all night anxiously, the next morning, the boat docked at Xiangzhou Pier. Zu Wen and the boat boss immediately disembarked to inquire about the news.

The people who boarded the boat had gone down a bit from Ezhou before. This time the boat docked again and went down quite a bit.

I have been undecided about whether to disembark from Xiangzhou. I was hesitating when I found out that Mrs. Zhao and her family were still on the boat. Mrs. Zhao and her party of five people. The eldest lady who was close to Chen Liqiu was her daughter. In addition to their mother, daughter and

That maid also had two martial master-looking followers.

After weighing for a long time, he finally stayed on the ship for two reasons. First, he did not know martial arts, and it would take several months to travel by land. The war was chaotic, and the journey would be even more dangerous. Second, this girl Zhao was Chen Liqiu's confidante, although he did not

He has the ability to protect them, even if something unexpected happens, he can do whatever he can to protect them, and at the worst, he can know what Miss Zhao's situation is like.

At Chenshi, Zu Wen and the boss of the boat came back. It wasn't until he pulled out the anchor and set off that Zu Wen didn't realize he hadn't gotten off the boat. "Little brother, why are you still on the boat?"

"My schedule has changed. I have to go to Ganzhou," he said, then asked, "General, do you have any news about that boat?"

Pa Zuwen shook his head and said, "No, our two ships are not under the jurisdiction of Xiangzhou, and they don't pay attention to our whereabouts, but according to what they said, there seems to be no fighting happening downstream."

"There was no fighting. Who intercepted that ship?" he asked.

Pa Zuwen waved his hand and said, "As long as there is no war, I am not very worried. What I am most afraid of is the rebellion by the rebels. Ordinary water pirates would not dare to attack the official ship. Maybe the ship ran aground and was damaged.

Make repairs everywhere.”

Hearing what Zuwen said, he felt relieved. He was nervous and didn't sleep much last night. After Zuwen left, he went back to the room to lie down and rest.

The weather was already very hot at this time. After lunch, he went to the shade on the side of the ship. There were many benches on the ship. He took one and sat on the bench to enjoy the cool breeze.

At this time, apart from the officers, soldiers and oar workers, there were less than thirty people on the boat. These people were all going to Ganzhou, including Zhao's mother and daughter.

There are many forks along the river. Some rivers flow into the river, and some tributaries are diverted from the river to other places. At midnight, two tributaries appeared ahead. These two tributaries are branches of the river, one in the north and one in the south.

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Because there are tributaries to divide the water, the water flow of the river is not as fast as that in the upper reaches. There are several small sampans casting nets for fishing at the diversion of the two tributaries.

Seeing

The official ship went down the river from the upper reaches, and the small sampans left the tributaries one after another and rowed quickly towards the official ship.

Standing at a high place, he was the first to notice that something was wrong. He hurriedly ran back to the cabin and shouted a warning, "General, there are several small boats approaching us."

Ba Zuwen had not had a good rest in the past few days. He was resting in the cabin at this time. Hearing the warning, he hurriedly got up and rushed out of the cabin.

Seeing that the boats were acting suspiciously, Zu Wen immediately shouted an order and summoned the officers and soldiers to guard the grain.

Before all the officers and soldiers who were escorting the food ran out of the cabin, the awning of one of the small boats was suddenly lifted off, and a man jumped out of it, riding the waves and rushing towards the big ship. ??

Although most people in the world are good at Qinggong, it is not easy to practice it to the level of riding the waves. There is no doubt that this person is a master.

"They're from the Beggar Clan." The dead souls appeared. Although he didn't recognize the person, he recognized the person's clothes. The Beggar Clan disciples all had different numbers of yellow cloth patches on their chests. Due to the distance, he couldn't count them.

I could clearly see a few patches on the man's chest, but I could only vaguely see a lot of them.

The man rode the waves quickly, and after a while he approached the official ship. Using the force of his steps on the ship, he turned around and climbed onto the second deck.

This person seemed to know that the ship's rudder was on the second floor. After jumping on the deck, he immediately unsheathed his sword and rushed into the helm cabin.

We couldn't see what happened next, but before Zu Wen and others could get down to the second floor, the official ship began to turn and slow down.

As soon as the official ship slowed down, several other sampans took the opportunity to approach. Each sampan had two beggar gang disciples. One was dressed as a fisherman and the other was hiding in the canopy of the boat. They stayed close to the official ship, and the beggar gang was hiding under the canopy.

The disciples used Qinggong one after another to board the boat.

After these people boarded the ship, they immediately started a fight with Bao Zuwen and others, and screams were heard immediately.

I hate and fear the Beggar Clan disciples the most. These people do all kinds of evil and can do anything.

The incident happened suddenly, and he was not sure if these Beggar Clan disciples were coming for him. He could swim, and the current here was slow, so he would not drown if he jumped into the river, but these Beggar Clan disciples came here in a boat.

, even if he jumped into the water, they could use the boat to catch him.

Just when he was hesitating, a Beggar Clan disciple jumped from the second floor to the third deck. When he saw a bald man holding a walking stick standing in front of him, he thought he was a monk and slapped him when he came up.

"Where did the bald donkey come from? He's so damn depressed."

The opponent's slap was a forceful one and he was knocked to the ground. The Beggar Clan disciple ignored him and rushed straight into the cabin.

Most of the people who boarded the boat were family members of officials, and many were accompanied by martial arts masters. When they saw the thieves boarding the boat, they all drew their swords and stepped forward to stop them. However, this disciple of the Beggar Clan was very skilled in martial arts. He slashed all the way in, and no one was his opponent.<

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Although the Beggar Clan was small in number, they were all experts. Although the officers and soldiers were larger in number, they were no match for them. They killed them all in just a moment.

The Beggar Clan disciples then divided into two groups. A few people restrained the helmsman and ordered him to sail the official ship into the north branch. The other people came to the third floor and drove the people in the cabin to the deck and robbed them of the gold they carried.

Silver money.

There were also men among the people on the boat. One of them, an old man, saw the Beggar Gang robbing and committing murder. He stepped forward on a crutch and said, "Bold bandit, do you know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are!" A disciple of the Beggar Clan took out a knife with his backhand and chopped off the old man's head.

The old man's body fell not far away. After his head was chopped off, blood spurted out for more than five feet, all over his head and face.

Those pampered female relatives had never seen such a bloody scene. They were horrified and screamed.

"Shut up," a Beggar Clan disciple shouted angrily, "If you dare to yell again, I will be killed directly."

After being scolded, everyone no longer dared to say anything. Several Beggar Clan disciples, armed with sharp knives, searched everyone's money one by one.

By this time, he already knew that these Beggar Gang disciples were not here for him, but to rob the rice grains on the ship and the money of the people who boarded the ship. Another official ship must have also been robbed by them.

At this moment, a Beggar Clan disciple came nearby. After plundering an old woman's money, he saw the monk he had knocked down earlier wiping the blood from his face. He felt disgusted and kicked him directly.

He kicked off the boat.

This man exerted all his strength with this kick, and almost lost his breath. It was not until he was jolted by the cold river water after falling into the water that he regained his breath. He knew how to swim, and after falling into the water, he was face up again, worried about the nearby sampan.

When a Beggar Clan disciple came close to kill him, he simply remained motionless, closed his eyes and pretended to be dead.

The official ship changed its course to the north under the control of the Beggar Clan disciples, and he drifted straight downstream.

When we were far away from the official ship, we turned over, stepped on the water and looked around. We saw that the official ship had sailed into the northern tributary, and the sampans and small boats had also left with it.

He was currently in the middle of the river, and the current was not very fast. He had two options at the moment. One was to swim south and go ashore from the south. This would keep him away from the Beggar Clan, and there was no need to cross the river to get to Ganzhou.

The second is to swim north and land from the north.

The Beggar Gang robbed an official ship in broad daylight. This was a legitimate rebellion. Although the Beggar Gang committed all kinds of evil, they did not have the courage to openly rebel. Moreover, they were not masked to hide their identities, which shows that they were not prepared to survive at all.

, kill them all, and the news will not leak out.
Chapter completed!