From Junzhou to Xiangyang, it only takes half a day to cross the Han River by boat. When Song Qingshu left Junzhou City, he carefully inquired about the news. Fortunately, the wanted order had not spread all over Xiangyang Road.

He rented a small boat and planned to go directly to Xiangyang. As he was lying on the bow to rest, an arrow suddenly hit the cabin. Song Qingshu woke up suddenly, and his hand was already on his sword.

At this time, the boat reached the middle of the river, and two small boats appeared behind it. On the one in the front sat a big man with a beard, rowing vigorously, and there was a little girl next to him. The boat in the back was larger, and there was a man standing in the boat.

Monk and several Mongolian military attachés.

The Mongolian military attachés rowed the boat vigorously and shouted, "Don't escape the rebels!" Another military attaché bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot at the big man.

Song Qingshu's ship was accidentally affected.

Faced with this change, the boatman did not dare to stay in the river and hurried to the shore.

The man didn't know what his plan was, so he followed Song Qingshu's boat. As soon as he landed, the boatman threw away his oar and ran away. Song Qingshu hid in the reeds not far away, intending to wait and see what would happen.

The big man with the beard came ashore. After all, he was carrying a little girl, but he couldn't run very fast. He was quickly caught up with the Mongolian officers and soldiers.

Eight Mongolian military attachés and a Buddhist monk surrounded the two men, and the steel swords in their hands were ready to kill them on the spot.

The bearded man stepped forward, punched a Mongolian military attaché to death, and took the steel knife from his hand. Seeing the situation, the remaining seven Mongolian military attachés swarmed forward and forced him back with seven steel swords.

If he didn't take the little girl with him, he could have escaped unscathed, but at this time he had to assess the little girl's safety while fighting. Even if this bearded man was a second-rate warrior, he was unable to do so.

The monk also took action, and he turned out to be a second-rate warrior. Together with several Mongolian officers and soldiers, they attacked the bearded man.

The bearded man couldn't resist, and he soon received two wounds on his body. One of the Mongolian officers even took the opportunity to slash the little girl behind him with a knife.

The little girl was about to be killed by a knife, when a figure suddenly rushed out from behind her and picked her up, avoiding the knife.

Before the Mongolian officer who made the sneak attack could see clearly who was coming, he felt a chill on his neck, blood flowed out, and he fell to the ground.

"What a fast sword!"

The bearded man and others looked at him simultaneously and saw that he was a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer, holding a broken sword dripping with blood in his hand.

This person is naturally Song Qingshu in disguise. He put on a beard and deliberately pretended to be a middle-aged man to deceive others.

"The Yuanzhou Army and Horses Division is doing business. Anyone who is not involved must leave immediately, otherwise I will not kill you!" Monk Fan was quite afraid of Song Qingshu. He thought he was also a master, so he wanted to scare him away. The death of an ordinary Mongolian officer is not a big deal.

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Song Qingshu twitched his beard and said with a smile: "Yuanzhou actually came to Xiangyang Road to do business. Who knows whether it is true or not."

Upon hearing this, Monk Fan knew that Song Qingshu was deliberately looking for trouble, so he asked the remaining six officers and soldiers to entangle Song Qingshu, and wait until he had dealt with the bearded man before dealing with him.

"How many officers and soldiers who have not yet entered the army want to deal with me?" Song Qingshu weighed it, raised the broken sword, and killed one person in one step, killing all six officers and soldiers in a moment.

The man with the curly beard had obviously been injured before and was no match for Fan Seng at this time. Both of them were at the second-rate level, so if the fight continued for a long time, the man with the curly beard was bound to lose.

Song Qingshu made up his mind, saw the opportunity, and used the Mingyue Sword to attack Fan Monk.

Although the sword was not enough to hurt him, it left him with lingering fear. When he was distracted, he was slapped by the bearded man. Just as he was about to retreat, a steel knife suddenly appeared behind him.

"Ah!" Monk Fan screamed and was stabbed to the core by the steel knife. He fell to the ground and struggled for two times before dying.

"What a quick move!" The bearded man sighed inwardly. This middle-aged swordsman was so secretive that he easily killed several officers and even attacked the monk without revealing any of his inner strength. He was definitely a master!

"Thanks to the hero for rescuing me, Chang Yuchun is extremely grateful!" The bearded man immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

It was indeed him! Song Qingshu quickly helped Chang Yuchun. Somehow something happened, which caused Chang Yuchun, who was supposed to meet Zhang Sanfeng and Zhang Wuji, to escape to Hanshui more than a month late.

"I think Da Xia's swordsmanship seems to be from Wudang. Which one of the Seven Heroes is Da Xia?"

Although Song Qingshu didn't have many moves, Chang Yuchun, a seasoned swordsman, had extremely sharp eyesight, and he could immediately tell that he was using Wudang swordsmanship.

Song Qingshu sighed secretly and was about to speak when he suddenly remembered that his voice would definitely make him detect flaws. So Song Qingshu waved his hand and pointed at his throat.

"Ah!" Chang Yuchun understood what he meant. It turned out that this hero was actually a mute. But I have never heard of any of the Seven Heroes of Wudang being mute. Isn't this mute a member of Wudang?

While he was wondering, Song Qingshu had already started writing on the sand with a steel knife.

"It turns out to be the hero Song Zhongsong!" Chang Yuchun held up his hands to express disrespect, still thinking about this name in his heart, why he had never heard of it. Could it be that he had just come down from the mountain to explore the world?

Chang Yuchun is upright by nature and would not suspect that this is a fake name.

Song Qingshu looked at the little girl next to him again. If nothing else happened, she was little Zhou Zhiruo!

Song Qingshu was so eager to save people just now that he didn't have time to take a closer look. At this moment, he saw that little Zhou Zhiruo was only about twelve years old and was wearing an old fisherman's shirt. She was barefoot. Although she was only ten years old, she still had a beautiful face.

Well, it’s the embryo of a stunning beauty.

Seeing Song Qingshu looking at her, she stared at Song Qingshu with her big eyes.

Hey, why does this uncle look so strange?

Zhou Zhiruo had a strange feeling in her heart. She always felt that the person in front of her was not an uncle, but rather someone of the same age.

Song Qingshu turned his head and wrote on the ground: What is your name?

Little Zhou Zhiruo is literate and her voice is very pleasant. Just listen to her say: "My surname is Zhou and my name is Zhiruo."

After confirming his identity, Song Qingshu nodded without doubting his identity.

According to the plot development of the original book, this is his future goddess! But the goddess has not grown up yet, but Song Qingshu has changed his "heart".

"Uncle Song, Zhiruo thanks you for saving my life." Zhou Zhiruo knelt on the ground and kowtowed sensibly.

Song Qingshu twitched the corner of his mouth, lifted Xiao Zhiruo up, threw away the distracting thoughts in his heart, and wrote on the ground with a steel knife to communicate with Chang Yuchun.

Although he knew the general plot, he still had to pretend to be ignorant, which was very hard.

After a brief exchange, the three of them did not dare to stay here for a long time, so they put the boat on the river and stayed overnight.

Chang Yuchun suffered internal injuries and planned to enter the Yangtze River Estuary along the Han River and then go north to Anhui to seek medical treatment. Although he did not say it explicitly, Song Qingshu guessed that he was going to Butterfly Valley to find a medical fairy. But he did not know if Zhang Wuji was there at this time.

There.

The boat was parked far away in the countryside. Song Qingshu went to the town to buy food and brought it to the boat to cook. Before he could do it himself, Xiao Zhou Zhiruo had already cleaned the fish and meat, and washed the vegetables. After a while,

Four large bowls were cooked.

Smelling the fragrant food, Song Qingshu was surprised and moved his index finger. Zhou Zhiruo only ate a small bowl, then served a bowl of rice for Song Qingshu himself, picked some fish, put the good parts of the meat in his bowl, and poured it over the rice.

Serve with gravy and it looks delicious.

After a while, the two of them had destroyed the food.

Song Qingshu touched his bulging belly, stopped the urge to speak in time, and gave a thumbs up to little Zhou Zhiruo.

Little Zhou Zhiruo also knew that Uncle Song was praising her, so she smiled sheepishly and said, "My father is not at home all year round, so I cook the food all by myself. The taste is just so-so, just like Uncle Song."

She was grateful to Song Qingshu for saving her life. If Song Qingshu hadn't hugged her and escaped the knife from the officers and soldiers during the day, she would have died long ago, and how could she still be cooking here.

That night, the three of them rested against the cabin. It was cold on the river, and the only quilt was wrapped around little Zhou Zhiruo, but when Song Qingshu woke up, he found that the quilt had been spread over him, and the little girl huddled up in the corner.

Song Qingshu looked at Zhou Zhiruo, who was sleeping soundly, with a complicated expression.

What a wonderful girl, but it's a pity that she didn't meet her husband.

Zhang Wuji was definitely a betrayer in the original work, and he failed more than one girl. In the eyes of future generations, wouldn't he be a "heart arsonist"? He showed favor to girls, stole other people's hearts, and then couldn't give them an explanation.

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If you only engage in ambiguity and don't talk about marriage, isn't this a hooligan? A scumbag!

Song Qingshu secretly spat, thinking that Xiao Zhang really didn't deserve to have such a good girl...

The scene he remembered most deeply was later, during their wedding in Haozhou, Zhang Wuji actually let Zhao Min leave on the wedding day! This was the reason why Zhou Zhiruo turned evil.

Xiao Zhang had no idea how much pressure Zhou Zhiruo had to bear to get married to him. When he passed the throne to her before his death, he even forced her to swear a poisonous oath...

By the way, that old nun seems to be the type who is out of balance because his wife (senior brother) died and doesn’t like other people’s good deeds...

Song Qingshu stared at little Zhou Zhiruo with his heart racing, but he didn't know that Chang Yuchun had woken up on the boat.

He happened to see Song Qingshu's appearance and was startled, wondering if this person had an ulterior motive?

Chang Yuchun coughed and said, "Song Daxia, across the bay is the border of Xiangyang."

Song Qingshu had told them before that he was going to Xiangyang for business. Although Chang Yuchun was grateful for his life-saving grace, he was also worried about his ulterior motives at this time, so he reminded them tactfully.

Song Qingshu nodded, realizing his gaffe. But he is really not an idiot. Would you believe me when I said I was thinking about something just now?

Ah, I can't speak...Song Qingshu is really mute at this time, eating Coptis chinensis and unable to express his suffering.

Forget it, just be embarrassed if you're embarrassed, this face is fake anyway.

Song Qingshu comforted himself and covered Zhou Zhiruo with the quilt. Another quarter of an hour later, he arrived at the first bay entrance of Xiangyang City, where Song Qingshu was about to disembark.

He cupped his hands to Chang Yuchun, indicating that we were destined to see him again, and jumped down decisively.

Chang Yuchun rowed the boat back to the center of the river, and then Zhou Zhiruo woke up. She rubbed her eyes, looked at the quilt on her body and asked, "Brother Chang, where is Uncle Song?"

Although Chang Yuchun has a full cheek and thick beard, he is actually only twenty years old, so Zhou Zhiruo calls him eldest brother.

"He just got off the boat..."

Zhou Zhiruo came to the bow of the boat and could see the young man's back on the shore in the distance.

"Uncle Song, Uncle Song..."

Song Qingshu vaguely heard the little girl's shout. He looked back and saw that through the thin river mist like white gauze, little Zhou Zhiruo was waving to him.

"What a lovely little girl." He shook his head and raised his hand to signal her not to shout anymore.

Song Qingshu believed that they would definitely see each other again, but he was looking forward to what Zhou Zhiruo would look like when he grew up...

"Uncle Song, Zhiruo will never forget your life-saving grace...Zhiruo..."

The boat rowed farther and farther, but Song Qingshu couldn't hear what she said clearly...

After he bought a horse in the town and drove for a long time, he finally saw a city that was taller than the walls of Junzhou City.
Chapter completed!