The boat went all the way to Huazhou along the Bianhe River.
night.
Sun Lei was drinking with everyone by candlelight in the cabin. Sister-in-law Gu was good at cooking and made many delicious dishes to go with the wine.
During this period of time, I have been living in Zhuangyuan Building, and everyone is very restrained. They are afraid that the charlatanism in them will be noticed by the scholars, so they dare not take more than two sips of wine.
"Brother, we won first place again this time, so Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing are nothing!"
Li Yan said to Sun Lei with a smile.
"The trouble is that now everyone in Tokyo is busy with scientific examinations. When the top three are selected, the imperial court will attack us in Liangshan."
Sun Lei smiled and shook his head and said, "All gains require sacrifice. If you want to be the best in the world, you have to bear the pressure of being the best in the world."
"Haha, don't worry, brother, I will go all out with my little brother and the others!"
Lin Chong and others laughed and said.
"Brother, there is something on the river!"
Wang Dingliu, who was rowing, shouted.
"what's the situation?"
Sun Lei and others stopped drinking and came to the bow.
"Brother, it's a corpse!"
Shi Xiu took the rope and fished something out of the water. When he got close to the side of the ship, he saw clearly that what was floating was a corpse.
"Corpse?"
Sun Lei frowned and looked at the corpse whose skin was a little white from soaking. It was not swollen at all. It must have been thrown into the water not long ago.
"Why are there corpses on the Bianhe River?"
Lu Zhishen frowned and said, "It's daylight on the Bianhe River. If there were corpses, someone would have reported them to the officials and taken them away."
"It looks like there's a fight going on around here. Judging from the wound, it seems like he only fell into the water half an hour ago!"
Li Assistant looked at the body that was picked up and said.
"These are military armors, what's going on!"
Lin Chong looked at the armor on the corpse with a strange expression.
"This is where?"
Sun Lei looked at the dark river around him and asked.
"Brother, in front is Chen Qiaoyi!"
Lin Chong looked at the surrounding terrain and said, they had arrived to the north of Kaifeng Mansion.
"Chen Qiaoyi? Is this the Chen Qiaoyi where Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao rebelled?"
Sun Lei asked.
"It's that Chenqiaoyi!"
Lin Chong nodded.
"It's interesting, let's go and have a look in front!"
Sun Lei pointed to the direction where the body floated and said.
The further you go, the more corpses there are. There are already nearly a hundred scattered corpses.
"The fighting looks very brutal!"
Sun Lei looked at the corpses and said with a strange expression, this place is not far from Tokyo, who dares to massacre officers and soldiers here?
Suddenly, a pale hand grasped the side of the boat. There was a white wound on that hand, and the skin and flesh were turned out. Maybe because it had been soaked in water for a long time, the wound had no color at all. The white skin and flesh were horrifying. .
"who!"
Wu Song stepped forward and pressed the hand. He only felt that the hand was as cold as a corpse.
But Wu Song is not afraid of corpses. This corpse is a fake corpse turned into a zombie. He can also tear up the monster.
Wu Song used his arms to pull the man up from the water.
"Hey! Isn't this...Liu Tang?"
Sun Lei was stunned for a while. The person Wu Song was holding had wet red hair, a broad purple-black face, and a large cinnabar birthmark on the temples, which was covered with black and yellow hair. It was Liu Tang, the red-haired ghost.
"Liu Tang?"
Everyone also looked at the person Wu Song was carrying, it was Liu Tang who was beside Chao Gai.
"Brother, Liu Tang is not dead yet!"
Wu Song stretched out his hand to test Liu Tang's neck, and there was still a weak pulse.
"Resuscitate him and ask what happened! Row the boat and keep moving forward."
Sun Lei said, Liu Tang was seriously injured and there were corpses all over the river. Something must have happened.
Wu Song placed Liu Tang on the deck. Li Zhu took out a bottle from his arms, opened the bottle cap and shook it at the tip of Liu Tang's nose. Liu Tang, who was originally unconscious, woke up leisurely.
"You...you..."
Liu Tang's lips were pale and his eyes hadn't been fully opened yet. He could only feel that there were people around him as he murmured.
"Brother Liu Tang, what happened?"
Sun Lei looked at Liu Tang and asked.
"Is it Brother Sun Lei? Please help Brother Sun Lei to save King Chao Tian!"
When Liu Tang heard Sun Lei's voice, he suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Sun Lei and shouted.
"King Chao Tianwang? Something happened to Chao Gai?"
Sun Lei looked at Liu Tang, who suddenly rose up. He didn't look as weak as before. However, Liu Tang's sudden uproar only lasted for a moment, and he quickly lay down.
"They and the army want to kill King Chao Tian!"
Liu Tang said.
"Song Jiang doesn't care about you?"
Sun Lei asked with a frown.
"King Chao Tian wanted to leave, but Song Jiang did not agree. The supervisors believed that King Chao Tian was rebelling..."
Liu Tang briefly talked about the situation. It turned out that after Chao Gai left Tokyo, he had a showdown with Song Jiang, saying that he would lead people to abandon their official positions and return to the world, but Song Jiang was not willing. Chao Gai's departure would definitely affect his future, and both parties were unhappy. scattered.
Chao Gai was determined to leave, so he summoned several of Liu Tang's confidants, and was about to leave overnight. However, the news was leaked for some reason, and was discovered by the prison army. They believed that Chao Gai had defected, and led his army to pursue him all the way. Liu Tang was captured while covering. The army surrounded and cut him down, and he fell into the Bian River.
"Let's go to Chenqiaoyi!"
When Sun Lei learned that Chao Gai had fled to Chenqiaoyi, he immediately asked Shi Xiu and Wang Dingliu to row there.
Chenqiaoyi, a ruined temple.
"King of Heaven, we only have so many people around us."
Wu Yong looked at Chao Gai and said, there are only dozens of injured cronies in the ruined temple, and the rest have been killed in the battle.
Chao Gai's eyes were dull. He had not yet recovered from the grief of Liu Tang's death in battle. If Liu Tang hadn't led his people to desperately stop them at the Bian River, they would not have been able to escape.
"King of Heaven, I need to come up with an idea!"
Seeing Chao Gai's behavior, Wu Yong patted Chao Gai's shoulder and said, apart from hundreds of cronies who came out with Chao Gai this time, there were only a few people who had robbed the birthday card. Now Liu Tang has died in the battle, and only a few of them are left. Next he, Xiao Rang, Jin Dajian, Han Long, Shi Yong, Bai Sheng.
"I will fight them! I must avenge Brother Liu Tang!"
Chao Gai held the Pu Dao tightly in his hand and said.
"King of Heaven, no! How can these people stop the army now?"
Xiao Rang quickly advised him that he regretted it very much now. He already had an official status, so why should he rebel again? Is Ansheng having a hard time?
But Chao Gai wanted to leave, and they could only follow him out of loyalty. They thought it would be fine just to leave, but in the end they were deemed to be rebels, and everyone was suddenly in a desperate situation.
"Then what else can we do? We have been running away for a day and a night! We can't get rid of those people at all!"
Chao Gai said irritably.
"King of Heaven, let's try again! There's no chance we can get rid of it!"
Wu Yong looked at Chao Gai and advised.
"King of heaven, no good! The enemy is chasing us again!"
Han Bolong ran into the ruined temple and said in a panic. Everyone in the temple looked frightened and nervous and clenched their weapons.
"Why are you here so soon!"
Chao Gai's face was ashen, but Liu Tang only gained more than two hours at the cost of his life.
"King of Heaven, let's go quickly!"
Everyone looked at Chao Gai and said, now they are unable to resist and can only escape. Fortunately, they have rested for more than two hours and have recovered some strength.
(End of chapter)
