People come and go at Fenglin ferry. It is the only way from Xiangcheng to Hedong county and the only way for Xiangcheng people to the imperial capital. Xiangshui is the largest river in the northwest of the Empire. Many famous people have been bred on both sides of this river. For example, Li Luan, the previous leader of the Li family, and Luo Yao, the general who now guards Yong County in southern Xinjiang of the great Sui Dynasty.

Luo Yao, whose ancestral home is Hedong County, is regarded as the most outstanding figure in Hedong County in the past century.

There are at least dozens of ferries at Fenglin ferry. In addition to official boats, there are many fishermen who ferry by boat. The official ship is a ferry set up by the government at Fenglin ferry. The charge is low, and the ship is large and safe. However, because there are too many business trips through the ferry, it is obviously not enough to rely on an official ship.

Although the fishing boat is small, the local fishermen are good at steering. They grew up on the Bank of Xiangshui river. They are no longer familiar with the river.

However, it is obvious that Aunt Xi, the head of the red tea recruit, still doesn\'t trust these local fishermen. She ordered the team to stop on the shore and wait for the official ship on the other side to return. The carriages taken by red tea recruit were hired by fan Gu. In fact, these Coachmans are the only six or seven frontier people left by fan Gu.

After crossing Xiangshui, there are carts waiting for guests to hire. Therefore, there is no need to worry about being unable to travel after crossing the river. Moreover, the second largest city in Hedong county is Guanle city after crossing the river for more than ten miles. Because it is close to fenglindu, the most indispensable thing in Guanle city is the Inn and restaurant.

Because tea recruit too many people, if you hire fishing boats, you need at least a dozen. So it makes sense for Aunt Xi to insist on waiting for the official ship to return. After all, the red tea moves are all beautiful girls. Moreover, the tea move has accumulated a huge fortune in recent years, so we have to be careful.

After dozens of girls got off from the shore, they immediately became the focus of attention. These fishermen have never seen so many beautiful women gathered together, and each one is like an immortal. The rough men immediately became very enthusiastic, and many people rushed to invite the girls to take their own ferry.

Women with red tea moves never fear men. When they see those excited fishermen who are difficult to control, they will not be timid. Some even ask those fishermen about a good place on the other side.

While waiting for the official ship, many girls ran to the trestle to buy some fresh dried fruits. There are vendors who set up stalls near the trestle. Although the price of fruit snacks is much higher, they will never lack weight. This also reflects the pride of the people in the Sui Dynasty. The price increase is because it is not easy to transport the goods to the shore. In addition, it is naturally more expensive to sell in this place, but these vendors will never do the dirty thing of missing two kilograms.

In the eyes of the people of the Sui Dynasty, the price can be obviously increased, but business must be clean.

This is the character of the people of this powerful empire. If someone is not authentic in business, don\'t say that customers will not spare them, even peers will not spare him.

The pride of the people in the Sui Dynasty can be seen from the fact that even the vendors attach such importance to their credibility.

After the girls of red tea got off the bus, the ferry became lively and settled the car and horse money. The Coachmans of fan Gu returned immediately. They had to walk for two months to return to their hometown. But none of them would have thought that their family had long gone and their home had gone. It has to be said that the seven or eight Coachmans who returned to fan Gu failed to escape bad luck in the end.

The ferry became lively, and even the middle-aged man who had been fishing by the river for seven days and looked like an old well forever also looked at it. No one noticed. He made a quiet gesture behind him.

After seeing this gesture, seven or eight tourists immediately walked over to the trestle. Seeing them coming, many vendors near the trestle looked slightly changed. Similarly, no one noticed that they moved the weapons hidden in the dark to a place within reach.

In the forest behind the reed marsh, a cluster of thick leaves on a big tree suddenly moved. A man with branches all over his body made a gesture down. At least 50 people in dark red flying fish robes immediately held their weapons in the dense forest.

Gao Tianbao, who was blind for one eye, stood on a high slope. When he saw the old carriage staggering to the ferry, he couldn\'t help outlining a smile on the corners of his mouth. This smile was somewhat complex, including pride, relief and a bit of chilling blood.

He flashed the cloth he was wearing outside, revealing the flying fish robe that could call the wind and rain in the imperial capital.

At his waist hung two strange and rare weapons. Even if you look at the Jianghu, this weapon is not used by many people. It is difficult to practice well.

Hook.

The middle-aged man fishing also saw the old carriage and several tall horses alone behind the carriage. There was no one on the horse, so the carriage looked strange. The coachman was wearing a big hat and a coir raincoat on a sunny day.

However, he doesn\'t care whether it\'s weird or not. As long as the carriage appears at the ferry, the people in the carriage will definitely have no way to live. As the deputy governor of the Qing government, he has this confidence.

Just then, the fish floated up and down. He picked up the fishing rod, and a huge Koi jumped out of the water, struggling and splashing in the air.

The middle-aged man smiled and couldn\'t help talking to himself.

"Just right, a fish, fry and cook as I like..."

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"Officers handling cases!"

A loud cry came out from the reed marsh, followed by dozens of flying fish robes and knives. When there was no response from the business trips on the shore, these dozens of people had surrounded the carriage at the back.

From the beginning, they were not prepared for any assassination.

The reason why so many people were ambushed at the ferry was just to deal with something unexpected. An official\'s case handling was enough to keep those business travelers and fishermen away. In the great Sui Dynasty, most people maintained enough respect and fear for the government. It is by no means an easy task for this century old empire to maintain the authority of the government among the people.

There were corrupt officials in the Sui Dynasty, but corrupt officials were also pragmatic. The people of the Sui Dynasty didn\'t even hate officials who were greedy for money. They only hated officials who were greedy for money and didn\'t do practical things.

So Fang Xie once said, what an ideal country it is. Living in this country, even if it is poor, there seems to be nothing to complain about.

The girls of red tea move saw that Fang Xie\'s carriage was surrounded, and they were in some confusion. They ran back to Aunt Xi, but their eyes kept staring at the carriage not far away. In any case, Fang Xie is also a companion to them. Most of them will not be exposed to any secrets, so in their opinion, Fang Xie is still the landlord of the tea house and the big shopkeeper of jinyuanfang. A few days ago, Fang Xie\'s carriage was ambushed on the way. Aunt Xi explained to them that it was the enemy of Cui lueshang from that aristocratic family, so they were more interested in Fang Xie\'s righteous hand.

So, while they were watching the movement of the carriage, many people cast their eyes at Aunt Xi for help.

But aunt Xi didn\'t do anything at all. Just when the girls were disappointed, they found that they didn\'t know when there was a middle-aged man around aunt Xi who looked kind and carried a fat Koi.

When the middle-aged man came to Aunt Xi, the old lame took a step forward. This step was not big, but it just sealed all the angles that the middle-aged man could shoot.

"I\'ve been thinking about what kind of gift I should give you."

The middle-aged man looked at Aunt Xi and said with a smile. He raised the struggling Koi in Yang\'s hand and said gently, "fortunately, I\'m lucky today."

Aunt Xi looked at the Koi and shook her head slightly.

The middle-aged man looked gloomy and threw the koi on the ground. I don\'t know why, the carp that was alive a moment ago died after landing and didn\'t move.

He still kept smiling, but there was a chill in his tone: "since he has lost his qualification and value as a gift, it will be of no use."

He took a jade card from his cuff and held it up to Aunt Xi: "I know you also have a very powerful brand in your hand. That brand can ensure that your red tea move can walk anywhere in the whole Sui Dynasty without being blocked and made difficult. Although the power of the jade card in my hand is not small, there is no doubt that I dare not embarrass you. You and everyone in your red tea move have nothing to do with today\'s affairs. I can even arrange an official ship to send you and you alone People cross the river. "

He looked back at Fang Xie\'s carriage and said, "but I must remind you of this case... Even if you take out that sign, it can\'t be stopped."

"OK"

Aunt Xi said only one word, then turned and walked away.

The middle-aged man was stunned. It seemed that he didn\'t expect things to go so smoothly. At this time, he suddenly felt his body stiff. The arm holding the jade medal seemed to be fixed. No matter how powerful he was, he couldn\'t let the arm down from mid air.

For the first time in many years since he entered the bodyguard\'s office, he felt fear outside the town. So when he looked at the old lame, he found a sneer of disdain on his mouth.

"If you like, I\'ll crush you now."

The old cripple sneered and said, "what I don\'t like most is that people in the public door pretend to be cow force, just a broken brand... In my eyes, it\'s not as good as a piece of shit."

After he said this, the jade card in the middle-aged man\'s hand cracked with a click.

The old cripple took a sip of wine and turned away.

After he took at least five steps, the middle-aged man regained his freedom.

The old cripple paused, looked back at the middle-aged man, and said in a very light but very serious tone: "It\'s hard for me to understand how an idiot like you got into the position of deputy town caretaker. Don\'t you have a brain? Is a song and dance company protected by Jiupin experts really just a song and dance company? Is a woman who can call Jiupin experts an ordinary woman? Can you afford to provoke even without that brand?"

"Everyone said a good word, not because she didn\'t dare to manage, but because she didn\'t want to manage."

After he said this, he paused again, as if he were thinking about something. After a while, he suddenly thought of it, then smiled and said to the middle-aged man, "you teach me a word around the boy in the carriage... He said it\'s more stupid than an idiot... It\'s called stupid force."

Just at this moment, a loud scolding came from the surrounded carriage.

"Boundless God, don\'t you think people who practice Taoism are easy to bully? My Taoist priest tells you that I\'m a big Taoist who goes to the imperial capital to be a invigilator of the martial arts academy. If you offend me, believe it or not, I\'ll make you sick by pulling a piece of shit? Dare to search my car?! are you blind!"

The middle-aged man\'s face changed, but he saw Gao Tianbao running over quickly. His face was full of anxiety and fear: "big... Adult, there are only two people in the car... The boy of the Cui family in Xiangcheng is driving the car, and there is just a fat Taoist in the car."

"Haven\'t you been staring all the way!"

"I\'ve been staring at... I don\'t know... When did people disappear..."