Chapter 67 Confession
The ferry was already waiting, and Huo Wu and Huo Lin's cousins did not exchange any more greetings and went on board.
But after getting on the boat, Huo Wu asked his son to accompany Huo Lin and went to talk to Du Laoba himself.
Du Laoba was in a hurry to go to Songjiang. After getting ashore, he would take people to Songjiang directly by land.
As for why not one way to the end?
Nowadays, there are chaos everywhere and the waterways are not peaceful.
When you go by land, you can still take a chance when you encounter danger; when you encounter water bandits on the water, you will die without a lifetime.
Huo Bao has a good impression of this clan uncle.
Knowing that Binjiang is unstable, it is easy to place your wife and children and turn around immediately. This is filial piety; knowing Huo Wu's identity, choosing to get close to him, and crossing the river to meet people immediately, is very decisive.
Just like Huo Wu advised Huo Lin, Jinling was better than Ansheng in Huainan, and it would be nothing more than waiting for a few days before picking up people.
Even if Huo Lin has reservations and concerns, he will still be pity for his flesh and blood, which is understandable.
Although the two branches are connected by blood, they have no place to live, so they still care about their own interests.
Huo Lin did not add points for his choice indirectly, but to be honest, talking about the current situation in Jinling: "The new magistrate can work harder than the previous one, and he added three taxes in half a month... The magistrate's subordinates all clearly marked the price... The city gate tax has also increased several times, and the inner city expelled vagrants and beggars, causing chaos outside the city..."
Huo Bao couldn't help but feel worried when he heard this.
Uncle Huo and his party lived outside the city.
Before Huo Wu left, he instructed Uncle Huo to rent a yard in the city, but I don’t know if Uncle Huo had rented it.
"Jinling is too close to Huainan..." Huo Lin sighed.
Not to mention the many Maitreya religious believers in Jinling, who knows when the incident will begin. Just say that Huainan Road is now Bozhou and Chuzhou are connected together. If you want to expand your territory at that time, you will either expand northward or southward.
There was Xuzhou Baishan in the north and raised the flag of the religion first. Someone occupied the territory, so the rest could only expand south.
The Yangtze River is bounded for thousands of miles, but how can it be stopped if you want to stop people from crossing the river?
Huolin was in a low mood.
After all, scholars are the ones who put aside the "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" and know what "the people suffer when they prosper; the people suffer when they die."
The chaos in Huainan and Huainan were still in chaos; the connection between Jianghuai was really fatal.
Huo Bao was silent, with a faint excitement.
Jinling! Jinling!
That collapsed wall!
When you sit in a place where the dragon and tiger occupies, you will jump out of Huainan and form your own pattern.
But the order in Jiangnan is still there, and it is not the time to move Jinling.
Huo Bao looked at him quietly and well-behaved, which made Holin feel strange.
Huo Wu was fierce and looked intimidating; this clan nephew was much more honest and weak.
"The son is not filial to the father" is also a big problem.
I heard that there are still several clan nephews and grandchildren here, and they are all here, and I just hope that they can really use it.
Huolin is not an ignorant person. He read a lot of historical books and knew that the appearance of the end of the dynasty is now revealed.
Huo Wu held the soldiers and became the lord of the riverside.
Only when the Huo family's children are brave can they truly become Huo Wu's help.
The narrowest part of the river in Jinling is only three miles away, but there is Guandu there; the widest part of the river is eight miles wide, which is west of Jinling.
The riverside section has more than five miles of water.
In less than half an hour, the ferry arrived on the other side of the river.
Everyone got off the boat and divided their troops on the spot.
Du Laoba and Zhu Qiang took 100 people to Songjiang, and Hou Xiaoming took 50 people to Changzhou.
The fifty people Niu Qing led before stayed at the Jiangbei Ferry Crossing with Niu Qing.
"Go back and plan well, use your brain, wait for three years, and it's not a matter of these days," Huo Wu instructed.
"It's just killing a dog official, what's the point of planning? One-sword matter!" Du Laoba disagreed.
"There are troops in Songjiang, and killing is easy to kill. What if you kill? Don't act recklessly. If you dare to ignore it, you will fall into danger and let Xiaojiu turn around and teach you a lesson!"
Du Laoba shivered and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, Brother Fifth, I'm just killing someone. I'll be careful not to disturb Xiaojiu!"
Huo Wu snorted: "You are going back to Songjiang, don't you plan to notify Xiaojiu? Let him know..."
Du Laoba suddenly became wilted and his face became bitter.
Not far away, Huo Bao was also instructing Zhu Qiang and Hou Xiaoming.
"The waiter is clever. If you have any shortcomings in Uncle Eight's behavior, you can help me. He can listen to people's advice. You can find the salt place there and find the back. Just stand by. I will go there in person... The Great Sage went to Changzhou to catch a front station, touching the news of the iron ore, and the number of bandits, and the number of people. I will go there a few days later..."
The two bowed to accept the order.
"The mission is important, and life is more important! When encountering problems, it is important to protect yourself!" Huo Bao said seriously: "The road we will go far in the future, don't let me down!"
"Ode to the Lord!" the two said in unison.
The ship carried two carriages, one was distributed to Du Laoba and the other was Huo Wu's.
Changzhou and Songjiang are in the same direction, both in the east, and Du Laoba led the more than 150 people to the east.
There were only a hundred people left, but none of them went to Jinling.
Zhu Gang brought fifty people to stay by the river and guarded the pier here.
Half of the previous ferry returned, and the other half stayed here and stood on standby.
Huo Wu and his son, Huo Lin and Xue Xiao took fifty people toward Jinling City.
It took about ten miles to arrive in half an hour.
Huolin and Huo Wu and his son said goodbye, and made an appointment to gather at the dock before Youchu, and went straight to the city.
When Xue Xiao came here, Huo Bao also asked him to go to the grain shop first and go back to the grain shop to gather.
Only Huo Wu and his son were left, and hurried to the small courtyard outside the city gate.
As soon as I arrived outside the courtyard, I heard something coming from the door.
"Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Feng Chen, Chu Wei, Jiang, Shen, Han Yang..."
The voice of the boy.
"It's a little stool!" Huo Wu smiled.
Huo Bao also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Open the door!"
Huo Wu couldn't push the door open, so he knocked directly.
The yard was quiet at first, and then someone said, "Uncle Huo Wu?"
"I'm not that? Open the door!"
"Squeak" the door opened, and Niu Erlang stood inside.
Someone came out of the main room, and it was Uncle Huo who was on a crutch.
Someone in the kitchen picked out the curtain, and Aunt Huo Liu was happy.
"Uncle Bao is back!" Several children saw Huo Bao and surrounded him.
"I'm back, it's good to come back!" Uncle Huo looked at Huo Wu and his son with all their hearts and their hearts, and felt relieved.
There were a lot of luggage and bamboo boxes in the yard.
"Is this going to move?" Huo Wu asked directly without greetings.
Uncle Huo nodded and said, "It's impossible not to move, it's getting more and more chaotic outside. These days, Dalang Erlang takes turns to stay at home, so nothing happened at home..."
"Where is the stone?"
"Shi Tou and Dalang go to clean up the yard in the city, and after a while, Dalang Erlang both took leave."
Huo Wu nodded and said to Niu Erlang: "Erlang, I have something to do with Master Jia. Please help Uncle Wu run away and pass on a message, so that he can come here for free!"
Niu Erlang didn't move immediately: "Uncle Fifth, has Master Jia raised his hand and printed?"
Huo Wuyi was stunned: "Mr. Shi has been promoted to a thousand households?"
"Well! Qianhu retired from illness, Uncle Shi was promoted to Dai Qianhu, and Jia Ermai was promoted to Dai Palm Seal. It was the day before yesterday!"
"I'd better go and pass the message to see if he comes!" Huo Wu said.
Niu Erlang responded and hurried to Qianhu House.
Uncle Huo hesitated and said, "Fifth Lao, this is too rude. If there is something wrong, you should go there in person."
Huo Wu helped Uncle Huo and said, "If you are promoted, you will be promoted, and you won't care about us... I want to see if Jia Er has been promoted or not, can you be divorced or not."
Uncle Huo said: "Mr. Jia and Mr. Shi have been taking care of us a lot in the past two months. They have brought rice and flour every month and have greeted people nearby. Otherwise, we can't be so peaceful."
"Brother, I have found Xiaoshun!" Huo Wu said happily.
"Ah?!Xiaoshun?" Uncle Huo stopped and said with a tremolo, "He...he's so good..."
"Okay, I have all my arms and legs, don't worry, brother!" Huo Wu said cheerfully.
Uncle Huo cried with joy and held Huo Wu to speak.
Aunt Huo Liu was beside him and shed tears: "It's so good, my uncle is relieved now!"
Aunt Huo Liu went to the kitchen to prepare food. Three small ones chattered around Huo Bao. Huo Wu helped Uncle Huo talk in the room.
"Uncle Bao, where is Brother Hu, and Brother Bao?"
"Uncle Bao, is my uncle Qing?"
"Uncle Bao, it's raining in Jinling. Is it going down there?"
"Uncle Bao, can you really beat ten of them at one time? Someone came over the wall to the house the night before, which was scary!" This sentence was said by the little girl following Niu Niu and behind the little stool.
Huo Bao first answered Niu Niu and Xiaoshou's words: "They haven't come back. They are in Jiangbei. It's not raining there and there is still drought." Then he said to the little girl: "You can't call me uncle, call me brother, my father and your father are brothers."
When I just picked up Xue Jin here two months ago, I was talking about my seniority. But two months later, the little girl had almost forgotten it, so she followed Niu Niu and shouted in a small stool.
The little girl felt a little embarrassed and stepped back towards Niu Niu, whispering: "Brother Bao...Brother Bao!"
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In the main room, the old brothers sat opposite each other.
When Huo Wu talked about everything after leaving, he did not say "a kind lie" as his son suggested, but instead told the truth about the encounter with Mr. Huo Er in Binjiang Xiaorong Village, which was strange about his age.
Huo Wu can fool the younger generation, but he is unwilling to fool his cousin.
Their team also needs to discuss how to speak to the younger generation and how to deal with the second master Huo.
Uncle Huo took a while before saying, "Your uncle said that if others mention this in the future, they will say that the eldest house is the stepson brought to the front!"
To put it this way, among the five sons of Mr. Huo, the eldest son and the second son, don’t look like a parent-child at the age of age.
Huo Wu widened his eyes: "Brother... This is what my uncle wants to tell others, so what is the actual situation?"
"The great master has not married, and his wife, 'Wu', on the tombstone, is a false reputation, and all five sons are adopted sons!"
Huo Wu was stunned.
"That little baby's strength?"
Chapter completed!