Chapter 38

Years do not pass, the seasons flow, and it is midsummer of the year, the wind is blowing, and the vegetation is growing. On this day, on the bank of an ancient ferry called Dayi in Yazhou, a ferry was carrying more than a dozen passengers who were going to cross the river. Go, there was a voice calling from the wind on the shore: "Boatman, wait!"

The boatman turned around and saw four or five people approaching the road. They quickly approached the front. They were dressed in ordinary clothes and their clothes were dusty. One of them was a slightly thin young man with quiet eyebrows and bright eyes. The rest followed him and watched. Should be the leader.

"Boatman, come back! Go to the other side!"

A man beside him shouted at the boatman, with a deafening voice.

Although this ancient ferry is close to the road, the only ferry is the only way to go from the west bank to the east bank, but because of its remote location, there are not many ferry passengers, and the river surface is far and wide, reaching a width of several tens of meters. The water is very fast, and it takes at least half an hour to go back and forth. Sometimes the boatman can't go several times a day. At this moment, when he sees someone coming again, he has a happy face, and answered in a loud voice. He hurriedly propped the boat back, accompanied by a heavy With a local accent, he bowed to those people and said, "Guest officer, my boat is small. I can only board two more people this time, and I can't squeeze all of you. Jiang Xin is in a hurry, and it is not good for many people."

Everyone else looked at the young man. He narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at the opposite bank, and nodded.

The boatman said the price was fixed, and hurriedly ordered the passengers who had boarded the boat to sit together and make room for the new passengers.

The man said to the people around him, "Yang Yun and I will go first, you wait for the next trip." He said "please" to the boatman and got on the stern of the boat.

This man is Pei You'an. Seven or eight days ago, he left U-Tsang, took the short road to Yunchuan, and set foot on the road to the capital. However, due to the dangerous terrain, mountains and rivers, and impassable post roads, this section of the journey was not fast, and only came to this ancient ferry to the east coast today.

The boatman hurriedly bowed, saying he didn't dare, waited for someone to go up, clicked the pole again, pushed the boat away from the shore, and then slowly supported the ferry with the water and headed for the opposite bank.

The boat was gradually approaching the heart of the river, the wind was strong, and the water flow became turbulent, and some of the passengers were timid, so they became nervous. The boatman came back and forth all the year round, his face did not change his face, he stood firmly on the stern of the boat with bare feet, while punting the boat, he told the guests the local story. He was quite talkative and eloquent. Not so scared anymore.

Yang Yun has always been vigilant. At this moment, when he was in the river, he protected Pei You'an, leaned on the side of the boat, and looked at the people on the same boat. He saw a young woman dressed as a local at the stern. She was in her early twenties, with fair complexion, probably timid. Holding the burden in his arms tightly, closing his eyes and motionless, the rest of the people are also ordinary passers-by, and there is nothing suspicious. Thinking of reaching the other side, the post road will gradually resume smooth, and you can travel by horse from tomorrow. When I was able to speed up the journey and slowly relax, I suddenly heard Pei You'an beside him ask the boatman, "Uncle has been here for many years? After landing, I don't know how far it is from Huayang Mansion? What is the best way to go?"

The boat master said with a smile, "I've been in charge of the boat for half my life here, and if you ask me, you'll ask the right person! After reaching the shore, go straight ahead, after a few dozen miles, there is a three-way road, and go east for two hundred miles. Huayang Mansion. The guest officer is doing business?"

Pei You'an looked at the boatman, smiled slightly, and said, "Exactly. Thank you boatman."

The boat gradually reached the heart of the river. The hull was slightly swayed by the current, and the boatman's expression became serious. The bamboo pole with the thickness of the calf bent too much, and suddenly it broke into two sections. The incident happened suddenly, and no one thought that even the boatman seemed to be stunned, standing at the bow of the boat, motionless.

The hull suddenly lost its strength, and immediately spun in the vortex in the heart of the river. The hull swayed from side to side, and all the passengers on board panicked, and the young woman even screamed.

Yang Yun was startled, but he had already seen a spare bamboo pole lying across the bottom of the boat, and shouted: "The captain of the boat is in a hurry! Next!" He picked up the bamboo pole and handed it to the boatman.

The boatman then reacted back, and hurriedly came over to pick up the pole. When he passed by Pei You'an's side, he unexpectedly changed. saw him bend over suddenly, put his hand into his waist quickly, and took out a dagger. Jian then wiped it towards Pei You'an's neck.

Yang Yun was terrified, but he reacted immediately and shouted, "Lord, be careful!" His eyes were splitting, he dropped the bamboo pole, and flew over, trying to stop it, but it was too late. The boatman was far from Pei You'an. It's too close, the dagger is only in the blink of an eye, the movement is accurate and ruthless, there is no half-point boatman's appearance, it is clearly a well-trained killer.

Seeing that Pei You'an was about to splash blood on the bow, the situation changed again. He seemed to have been prepared for a long time, his eyes flashed past, his body leaned back, and the dagger was swung in the air. The boatman was stunned, but before he could react, his wrist was firmly clamped by Pei You'an's five fingers, and he saw a backhand. With a "poof" sound, the dagger had pierced into the boatman's heart without a root. , leaving only the dagger stuck in his chest.

The boatman's figure suddenly froze, and one of his own hands was still holding the dagger tightly, as if he had inserted himself into his heart and killed himself.

The boatman hunched his body and stared at Pei You'an, his eyes full of unbelievable horror.

A wave came, the hull swayed, the boatman leaned back, and with a bang, he plunged into the water, and was swallowed by the current in a blink of an eye.

Everything was between lightning and flint, until the boatman fell into the water, and the passengers on the boat reacted. The screams were all over again, and the young woman even cried.

"My lord! Are you all right?"

Before Yang Yun could breathe out a breath, he felt that the hull was shaking so badly that he almost lost his footing. When he turned around, he saw a few passengers panic and stood up. The hull immediately lost its balance, and there was another whirlpool on the river. Come, the hull of the hit ship capsized to one side, accompanied by a burst of screams, four or five people on one side, with a series of "pops", all fell into the water, struggling to call for help.

"Stabilize the boat! I'll save people!"

Pei You'an immediately drank at Yang Yun.

Yang Yun's water was not as good as Pei You'an's, and with a sigh, he regained his senses. He hurriedly picked up the bamboo pole just now, stood on the bow of the boat, placed the pole on a river stone protruding from the water, and struggled to resist the current. The hull finally stabilized and stopped spinning. Pei You'an had already jumped down the river, and soon sent several drowning people back to the boat one by one, and finally climbed up by himself. The young woman was dragged to the stern of the boat by the current. He didn't see it. It was also her life. She grabbed.

After grabbing the young woman's hand, Pei You'an frowned slightly, instead of pulling her up immediately, he glanced at her and let go of her hand suddenly.

The young woman looked like she was about to drown, but when she saw Pei You'an let go of herself, with a fierce look in her eyes, she grabbed the rope, and jumped up. There was also a dagger in his hand, and he stabbed towards Pei You'an.

The boat screamed again.

With the slight "click" sound of the broken wrist, the young woman screamed in pain, and the man fell into the river again, his head ups and downs in the water a few times, and finally sank slowly.

The rest of the passengers on the boat are ordinary people, so how could they have experienced such a thrilling experience today? Knowing bad luck, I got on a pirate ship today. Seeing Pei You'an's calmness, he killed two people in a row without leaving any leeway. At this moment, he turned his head and swept his eyes to himself, sharp as electricity, and his face was pale when he was frightened. Being a good man, he kept defending himself.

Pei Youan knew that among the remaining people, there was indeed nothing abnormal, his expression gradually slowed down, he returned to the bow, sat back slowly, and twisted his wet clothes.

Yang Yun calmed down and took advantage of the water potential to slowly propel the ferry forward, and finally docked the boat.

As soon as they landed on the shore, the ferryman took his belongings and ran for his life without turning his head. Yang Yunfu pushed back and brought the rest of his entourage back. After landing, he saw Pei Youan standing by the river, looking at Jiang Zhu, thinking about it, remembering the series of thrills just now, and still having lingering fears, he walked over.

"My lord, I've been following along this way. It really happened today! Fortunately, my lord was lucky and there was no danger. It's a pity that the two of them died, so I can't ask for a confession. Your lord knows who is going to harm your lord. ?"

Pei You'an retracted his gaze and said lightly, "I don't have many enemies, but they're not too few, and it's hard to say for a while. It's a pity, I just started a little harder, otherwise you can ask."

Hearing his usual tone, Yang Yun didn't seem to take the assassination of Fang Cai to heart. He felt relieved, and couldn't help but ask again, "I saw that the lord seemed to have been prepared for the assassination. How did the lord see him? Is there anything wrong? I can also see that he is stable in the bottom plate, but it is not unusual for a person who is a punter all the time to practice such a bottom plate, so he is not vigilant. Fortunately, the adults are alert, otherwise, if the adults make mistakes, I will die. Insufficient reparation."

Pei You'an said: "This boat master is indeed a local, with dark skin, and the way he handles the boat is correct. It is indeed normal to look at it, but have you noticed that his feet and calves have lighter skin than his face and arms. There are a lot of them, and it can be seen that they are definitely dressed in barefoot shorts. You think, how can a boatman wear shoes and long clothes all year round? So I asked him if he was here all year round, and he said yes to me, naturally he was lying."

Yang Yun showed admiration and said: "I'm nowhere near the adults! Please advise the adults in the future! But that young woman, how can the adults see that she is wrong?"

Pei You'an said: "It's very simple. This young woman is fair-skinned, obviously she is not a rough peasant woman, but she goes out alone. This is abnormal at first, but it does not rule out that she has special circumstances. When she pulled it up, the back of her hand was smooth, but the palm was calloused, and her position was comparable to that of someone who practiced swords all year round, so I concluded that she and the scorpion must be a group."

Yang Yun suddenly realized: "I also watched Du Ke just now, but I didn't pay much attention to this woman. I learned a lesson this time, and I must be more prepared in the future."

Pei You'an said: "Remember, if there is a difference, it is a demon. Especially women. You will know later, it is always right to be more careful with women."

Yang Yun admired the five bodies and said sincerely: "Your Excellency is wise, your subordinates remember it."

Pei You'an smiled slightly, turned his head to look in front of him, and said, "If my expectations are correct, the lord should have entered the capital at this moment. There is no need to delay here, there should be a post station in front of you, go ask for a few horses, and raise your spirits on the road. , get there early."

Yang Yun should be, and the group walked along the post road and hurried away.