The heavy snowfall in Hangzhou last winter has long since melted. It was February in early spring, and the plowed ground was full of mud. Wang Jieru had to jump up and down all the time to keep track of the boy without making a loud noise. The boy asked Hai Rui
When calling him by name, Wang Jieru heard that his surname was Ma and his first name was Junxian.
At this time, there is a cold moon like a hook in the sky, and the stars in the sky are rustling in the cold wind. The rolling hills in the distance look like crouching beasts under the starlight. The sound of the cold wind blowing the dead trees and bamboo branches adds to the atmosphere.
The silence of this dark night.
The Tang River flows quietly in the dark night. Wang Jieru occasionally sees dark boats, which are moored silently without hearing the sound of oars. Wang Jieru followed Ma Junxian after he left the Yamen, and stayed with him for a whole day
I didn't see anything suspicious about him.
After Ma Junxian left the circuit court, he took the warrant and went to work in a shop selling preserved fruits. He did not immediately go to Hangzhou Prefecture or Qiantang County to file a complaint. Wang Jieru judged that he must have asked the person behind the scenes before he could decide on the next step.
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Waiting until the sun went down, Wang Jieru saw him saying something to the shopkeeper and packing his things as if he was preparing to leave. The shopkeeper took out a small bag and put some candied fruits in it for him, and then gave him another
Stringing copper coins together and touching his head. Wang Jieru judged that the shop owner was probably a relative or elder of this young man.
After Ma Junxian left the fruit shop, he walked quickly and headed straight to Liangzhu Town in the northwest of Hangzhou. He passed by a steamed bun shop on the way and bought several large buns and carried them in his hands. When Wang Jieru followed him out of the city gate, there were still people on the road.
Some pedestrians waited until the sky darkened, and there were no humans or animals left.
Wang Jieru judged that the person behind the scenes was probably in Liangzhu. Sure enough, when he walked to the Tanghe River, Ma Junxian looked back from time to time, as if to guard against being followed. But the abilities of the Ouchi guards were beyond the young man's imagination.
Despite his strength, he looked back several times and found nothing unusual.
Wang Jieru judged that the boy's home was nearby, because the sky was completely dark, but the boy was walking very fast. In the dark night, the yellow land reflected the starlight, which looked like a white ribbon to the human eye, but no potholes could be seen clearly.
.Wang Jieru used Qinggong to avoid disturbing Ma Junxian.
"This child must eat meat regularly at home." Wang Jieru knew that many people who cannot eat meat are prone to night blindness, but this boy was sure that he did not have this problem.
Following him around a river branch, Wang Jieru stopped. As far as he could see, there was a light like a bean on the Tang River in the distance, and there was a Wu boat parked. The light was from the boat. Because in the dark
In the night, the light was very obvious.
When Wang Jieru was following Ma Junxian, he carried a bag containing weapons, night clothes, and tools such as hooks and long ropes. When he left Hangzhou City, he had already changed into black clothes, and just then Ma Junxian turned back.
First, this night jacket also serves as a cover.
But at this moment, what he saw was a figure wearing a long gown standing there under the awning on the deck of Wu's ship. Wang Jieru was afraid of being seen by him, so she hurriedly ducked down and hid herself behind a tree on the roadside. She was also afraid of being too far away.
He couldn't hear their conversation, so he used the cover of trees to get closer to the ship.
Ma Junxian also saw the light at this time and called out in a low voice: "Is it Mr. Hong?"
The figure on the boat moved, and Wang Jieru heard a cough first. The figure asked: "Is it Chaosheng?" The voice was low, and it was hard to tell how old he was. Ma Junxian agreed, and Wang Jieru estimated that "Chaosheng" should be Ma Junxian's.
nickname.
Wang Jieru poked her head behind the tree and saw that Ma Junxian had rushed down a path along the river embankment. When he approached the water's edge, he jumped onto the bow of the boat. "Mr. Hong" stretched out his hand to support him.
Before Ma Junxian could speak, Mr. Hong said: "Ahem, you are still so frizzy. It's a slippery slope."
The young man said: "How cold is it on this boat? Sir, he's probably freezing. Why bother watching here?"
Mr. Hong said: "It doesn't matter, there is a brazier in the cabin. Ahem, just come in and talk about it. Is there anyone following you?"
Ma Junxian said: "No one is following me. I'll leave it to you, Mr. Hai..." Mr. Hong hissed and said, "We'll talk after we go in."
The two of them bent down and entered the low cabin from under the awning. Immediately, with a "sizzle", the cabin door was closed.
Wang Jieru stepped out from behind the bushes and said worriedly: "I didn't expect this guy to live on the boat. If I had known, I would have brought water with me."
Although she was worried, she was still a little happy in her heart. Unexpectedly, the mastermind behind the scenes was touched by him all of a sudden. Wang Jieru hesitated for a moment, then took off her boots and trousers, wrapped them in a bag and carried them on her back, slowly and slowly with her bare legs.
Wander down from the river embankment.
Braving the biting chill, he slowly approached the side of the boat and threw the stone he had just picked up from the roof of the cabin into the middle of the river.
The pebbles were like water, and with a "ripple" sound, the two people in the cabin were alarmed. They opened the window on the side of the river, and then the boat tilted slightly towards the middle of the river - it must have been that both people in the boat had reached the middle of the river.
Investigate on the side.
When Wang Jieruguang saw the boat moving, he stopped on the side of the boat, slowly used his arms to pull his body out of the river, and then lay down under the window on the river bank. Although the boat followed him and swung toward the river bank with all his strength, he
It took a while, but the two people in the cabin thought it was caused by walking around at home and didn't notice it at all.
Because his legs were covered with cold river water, he did not dare to neglect. He slowly unpacked the baggage, wiped the water with his pants, and quickly put on his clothes and shoes. Then he took out something similar to a stethoscope from the baggage and put it on his ear.
, the front end of the thing was a trumpet head, which he gently pressed against the bulkhead.
Through this device, the sound in the cabin was reflected in every detail. Wang Jieru was listening to Mr. Hong say: "Go on."
Ma Junxian said: "There was a person beside Mr. Hai who whispered something to him. Mr. Hai said, 'You have met with me, but you can go to Hangzhou Prefecture or Qiantang County, it's up to you.' Then I left."
Mr. Hong was silent and coughed occasionally. After a while, he said: "Based on my knowledge of Mr. Hai, after hearing what you said, he will definitely not let this case go. The matter has already reached five or six points.
"
Ma Junxian said: "Then I will go to Hangzhou tomorrow?"
Mr. Hong kept silent again, probably thinking non-stop. Wang Jieru waited for a while and listened to Mr. Hong say: "If it's all right, you can go see the censor Zhang Wenxi tomorrow. I heard that he has been
Tian is on patrol in Hangzhou, tell me that you have secret information about the left and right camps, and he will definitely meet you."
Wang Jieru was secretly shocked after hearing what Mr. Hong said. Outside the city of Hangzhou, there was an army stationed on the east and west sides of Hangzhou, called the "East and West Camps". The locals also called them the left and right camps.
If the case reported by Ma Junxian involves the garrison, the level of danger is extraordinary—Governor Wu Shanyan must know about it.
He only hoped that the two people in the cabin would talk more, but he didn't expect that Ma Junxian would obey Mr. Hong's words. He just said "Oh" and agreed: "Well, then I will go tomorrow."
Mr. Hong said: "Do you know where the patrol office is?"
Ma Junxian said: "I'll just go to the city and inquire."
Mr. Hong smiled and said: "Ahem, no need. There is no fixed yamen for the patrol officer, so he must live in the Yi Zheng Hotel. You can definitely find it if you go there directly."
When Ma Junxian agreed, Mr. Hong asked again: "Have you eaten yet?"
Ma Junxian just remembered and replied: "I bought some steamed buns on the way, and I'm going to eat them now. Have you eaten them, sir?" Mr. Hong said: "It's so late, how can I wait for you to come back to eat? I've eaten them long ago.
.There is a fish and a bowl of rice left there, you can heat them up..."
Ma Junxian said: "I eat steamed buns." He said to Mr. Hong, "This is the candied fruit that my uncle gave me. Please try it, sir."
Mr. Na Hong sighed and said: "If you take advantage of human affairs, you will suffer the consequences of heaven; if you covet the benefits of the world, you will suffer the loss of your nature. Be careful not to be greedy for the oriole and fall into a deep well, or to throw away the Sui pearl."
Birds. If your father hadn't been greedy, why would you, a good boy at such a young age, have to suffer like this?" After saying that, he coughed several more times.
When Ma Junxian heard what he said about his father's death, he didn't argue and just sighed.
Mr. Hong muttered something, and both of them were speechless.
Wang Jieru was anxiously waiting outside the cabin, thinking that I had been lying down for so long in vain. You two should say more! He has the skills to improve both the inside and the outside. After putting on his pants, he didn't feel cold, but he didn't dare to move.
I couldn't move, but felt uncomfortable all over.
After waiting for two more sticks of incense, it was almost midnight. The two gourds looked like saws, and they did not make a sound. After a while, the oil lamp in the cabin also went out, and there was a faint sound in the cabin.
, the two of them probably unpacked their luggage and went to sleep.
Wang Jieru gritted her teeth secretly, and had to slowly take off her pants and shoes, preparing to get off the boat. Halfway through taking them off, she suddenly heard the sound of oars in the upper reaches of the Tang River. It must be that a boat was coming down from above.
Wang Jieru was surprised, what kind of route did they take to sail in the middle of the night? He quickly pulled up his trousers and put on his shoes. Before he could finish packing, the sound of bowstrings sounded, the fire flashed across the river, two snaps, and rockets were nailed on.
Above the cabin!
Wang Jieru was shocked. She knew someone was coming to silence them, but she didn't care about disturbing the two of them. She kicked hard and put on her boots. At this time, the people in the cabin were already alarmed by the fire. Mr. Hong shouted: "Who?" He stood up.
Check.
Seeing that the matter was urgent, Wang Jieru grabbed the window sash on the river bank and broke the wooden pin with one force. She shouted into the cabin: "Don't open the window, they have bows and arrows! Come out of here quickly!"
Mr. Hong was standing in front of the window in his underwear, about to open it. He was shocked when he heard this. He turned around and saw Wang Jieru, and screamed in fright. Ma Junxian, who had fallen asleep with his pillow glued to his pillow, also started up.
Wang Jieru shouted: "I am Lord Hai's bodyguard. This child has seen me today. You..."
While he was talking, there was a loud "bang", and the boat from upstream had hit the Wu boat diagonally, causing the boat to shake wildly. The two people in the cabin could not stand and fell to the ground all of a sudden. They fell seven times.
Meat and vegetables.
Wang Jieru suddenly poked her head from the side of the cabin, and then immediately retracted it. By the firelight on the rocket, she saw three men on the enemy ship holding long hooks and hooking the Wu ship's gang, and were about to jump over to help. There were still people on the enemy ship.
There were two men standing on the deck holding bows and arrows.