The dull-looking boatman under the bamboo hat is who it is if it’s not Jiang Suo!
Yi Haoran was shocked. He didn't expect to meet Jiang Suo here.
A few days before the fall of Wuzhou, he did not see Jiang Suo again. He originally thought that he had either deserted his post with other ordinary people or had died in the battle, but he never thought that Jiang Suo was actually in Wuzhou.
Judging from his appearance, I don't know if he really wants to make a living as a boatman or if he is just disguised as a disguise and is here to wait for me.
No matter what, Yi Haoran has made up his mind to fight the Australians to the end. Jiang Suo is a judge and is determined not to leave with the Australians again. There is nothing wrong with him meeting and talking with him.
He calmed down and said, "In that case, let's take your boat."
Jiang Suo led him to the dock. There were many small boats tied here for ferry business. Jiang Suo untied the cable and pulled the boat, and asked Yi Haoran to board the boat. Then he jumped on the boat and paddled away from the shore.
At first, neither of them spoke. It wasn't until the boat was near the center of the river that Jiang Suo slowed down his oar and whispered: "Master Yi, you're welcome!"
"Just survive." Yi Haoran sighed, "Brother Jiang, where are you?"
"I have been a man for two lifetimes, but I have saved one life!" Jiang Suo said.
It turned out that Xiong Wencan had taken him away when he escaped. However, he was discovered by the Australians shortly after escaping from the siege. Jiang Suo took his servants to the rear and had a scuffle in the dark. Although he was able to protect the large group of people from escaping, the people around him were not alone. The servants were also killed and injured. Jiang Suo also fell off the cliff while escaping and fainted.
Although he was knocked unconscious and his head was broken by the fall, he still escaped the search of Fubo Army. He hid in the mountains for a day, and when he saw that Fubo's army had withdrawn, he fled towards Teng County on foot.
On the way to escape, he was ambushed in the middle of the road and caught by bandits who specialized in intercepting and killing stragglers - needless to say, they were Gou Erhu's gang.
Originally, when a defeated army like Jiang Suo was intercepted, the gangsters would probably take away his armor and weapons and carry them with him, then stabbed him one by one and dumped his corpses on the roadside. However, this time, Gou Er found that he was carrying an Australian musket on his back, so he thought he was "Kun thief works carefully", he suddenly felt that the rare thing was worth living, so he spared his life.
Only during this trial did we find out that he was Xiong Wencan's general, commanding the "New Army" - Gou Xunli knew about this team. He was all smiles at the moment, untied the rope himself, said "offended", and invited him to join the army to fight against Kun. thief.
So Jiang Suo stayed among Gou Er's gang. Naturally, he didn't know that the middle-aged man who called himself Xun Li was the "heinous reactionary Gou Er" whom he was familiar with when he was in the Fubo Army.
But it doesn't mean anything to Jiang Suo whether he knows or not. He didn't care about surviving, as long as he could kill a real man. So he agreed to Gou Xunli without hesitation and joined the gang of bandits.
"...How do you know I'm here?" Yi Haoran asked.
"To be honest, I have been here for a few days." Jiang Suo said, "Brother Xun knows that you and I are old, so he specially asked me to come and join you to discuss the big plan."
Hearing "discussing plans together", Yi Haoran sighed deeply:
"Alas! I have the intention to kill the thief, but I can't save him! These days, I have been patrolling inside and outside Wuzhou City to see if there are any flaws in the thief - but I didn't expect that he was completely guarded! Today, I wanted to find a like-minded person, but there was no chance. No trace…”
Jiang Suo did not reply immediately and said: "Master Yi, didn't you teach me in the past? It is the true nature of a hero to do something when you know that you can't do something. It is true that we have suffered a defeat, but we are still alive. As long as we can live, there will always be something. Chance."
Yi Haoran was moved by his stubbornness. He nodded and said: "You are right! Let's do this 'know what you can't do but know what you can't do'!"
He immediately told Jiang Suo that he was looking for Chang Qingyun.
"I know the person you are talking about." Jiang Suo nodded, and as he spoke, he roughly described Chang Qingyun's appearance and habitual movements.
"Yes, it's him! Have you seen him?"
"I've been working as a ferryman here these days, and everyone who works in Dayunmen has seen me - speaking of it, there are quite a few acquaintances..." Jiang Suo smiled, "Fortunately, most of them don't recognize me. "
He picked up the ferry boat in a deserted river bend. The boatman either died or ran away. Although he is from Henan, he has been wandering in rivers and lakes for many years, and he also knows the nature of water and can paddle a boat, so he uses the ferry outside Dayunmen as a cover to look for opportunities to connect with Yi Haoran.
These days, Yi Haoran didn't wait, but saw many familiar faces.
He is a low-key person, and he has not been in Wuzhou for a long time. Few civil and military officials in Wuzhou City know him, but he usually leads troops on patrol, and he has met quite a few people.
"They have surrendered their thieves now, and they have passed the road. Don't worry if we recognize them, it is a bad thing if they recognize us."
"There are also many people who have never crossed the clear road." Jiang Suo said, "They are all scattered throughout the city."
Yi Haoran regained his energy and did not bother to ask about Chang Qingyun. He asked: "Do you know who there are? Go and find out secretly when you have free time."
"Master Yi, don't be anxious. I don't know much about literacy, so I'm afraid you won't be able to recognize it when I write it. I'll explain it to you one by one in a while. As for Master Chang, who you asked about, he is now working as a teacher at Sanhezui School. Copywriter master..."
"Is this true?!"
"I asked him in person yesterday." Jiang Suo smiled, "He originally came from Sanhezui and was escorted by soldiers with the labor team. When he was working casually, he was also escorted back by the whole team. A few days ago, I saw him crossing the river alone, so I asked him a few questions, and found out that he was now a copywriter in the prison camp. Although he was still a semi-prisoner, he was no longer escorted, and he was free to go out every day, as long as he was on time at night. Just go back to the camp location."
"In that case, why didn't he run?" Yi Haoran was a little surprised.
"He has no money and nowhere to go, so where can he go?" Jiang Suo said. "Besides, he doesn't have the Australian road in his hand. He can't take a boat or take the official road, so he can only walk on lonely trails. Nowadays, everywhere Making trouble with bandits, making trouble with Yao. Isn't it like seeking death to go out alone like this?"
Yi Haoran then thought about it and it was indeed the case.
Chang Qingyun worked as a copywriter in the prison camp and could move around freely, which was good news for him. Now that Chang Qingyun can move freely, it is much easier to do many things. He may not need to take the risk of sneaking into the camp. Immediately he said: "If we can have his help, great things can be accomplished!"
"Master Yi, that's what you said. I wonder if Mr. Chang is willing to join the gang?" Jiang Suo looked worried, "When he was on the boat, I checked his tone, and he didn't seem to hate Australians. Moreover, This person is greedy for life and afraid of death..."
"It's up to me to convince Chang Qingyun." Yi Haoran seemed quite confident, "I'm 60 to 70 percent sure. But since he is on campus as an errand, how can we go in to see him?"
Jiang Suo couldn't think of a way to do this, so he just said "act according to the situation".
"He will have to go out on business for three to five days in the camp. Then I will find an excuse and make an appointment with him."
"Okay." Yi Haoran nodded, "But you must not say that I asked him out - although he didn't tell me off last time, he may not be willing to get involved in this matter. If you say it, he will do something bad if he becomes suspicious."
Jiang Suo nodded. He rowed the boat to a deserted place on the shore and told Yi Haoran the names of the officials and generals he saw who had not been sent to prison camps to serve as laborers. There were more than a dozen of them. Jiang Suo didn't know the names of some people, but he roughly knew their previous positions or surnames. With specific characteristics, Yi Haoran could also roughly know who they were.
"There are also some people whose faces look familiar, but the specific situation is not known." Jiang Suo said, "Some of them are dressed as ordinary people, and some of them wear sleeve bands with thick hair - they were probably around Do things for them. By the way, a few days ago, I met Song Ming's personal soldier Zhang Yong, I don't know what to do for a living."
"General Song is still alive?!" Yi Haoran was surprised. He met the defeated soldiers who escaped from Bangshan Mountain and said that when Song Ming was crossing the pontoon bridge, the Kun bandits' cannon hit the pontoon bridge and drowned.
"He drowned after crossing the river. He was later rescued by soldiers. His life and death are unknown." Jiang Suo never mentioned that he rescued Song Ming from the river.
"General Song is a good man. If he is still alive, it will be a big help!" Yi Haoran was a little excited. Song Ming was different from himself and Jiang Suo. He was someone who had led soldiers - that is to say, as long as he was alive and not captured by the Kun bandits, he had at least seven or eight soldiers and servants around him, all of whom were elites who were good at fighting.
Originally, Yi Haoran was full of ambitions and wanted to do something earth-shattering in Wuzhou. However, when he left, he was in darkness and he didn't know where to start. Until he met Jiang Suo today, this man who was half disciple and half subordinate was not only alive but also provided a lot of information that he didn't know: there were still many of their kind lurking inside and outside Wuzhou City, which suddenly gave him confidence. ——No matter what happens to Governor Xiong, he, Yi Haoran, will fight him vigorously in Wuzhou!
In the evening, Yi Haoran returned to Luo Yangming's "Yuxin" rice store. The front door of Mihang was deserted. Even the planks had not been completely removed. Ah Chun was taking a nap at the counter. Apart from him, there was no one else in front of the door. Because the war between Guangdong and Guangxi has not subsided, Guangxi's food sources are basically cut off. "Yixin", like other rice shops that transship rice from upstream to Guangdong, has no business. The only business is to distribute the grain transported from Sanshui to the areas occupied by the Senate to maintain normal food supply.
This kind of business is operated according to the grain quota of the Planning Institute, and it only uses each company's distribution channels. The monthly business volume and profit are generally dead, and there is no need to spend much thought. Therefore, Luo Yangming spent most of his time away from Mihang, working in the aftermath bureau.
The sound of his coming in woke Ah Chun up, and he hurriedly greeted him: "Sir! You're back." She took the baggage and umbrella from his shoulders.
