When the first ray of sunshine in summer shines on the Xijiang River, the big ship leaves Qingzhou. Looking back, the pier behind it has long since disappeared into the mountains and gradually disappeared.
"Master, you don't call yourself Yu'er when you get up." Before he could see the scenery of several peaks, Nangong Ruyu's voice sounded behind him.
It was only when she listened to the sound of water that she remembered that she was sitting on a boat, traveling with her master, clamoring for Xiaohua to comb her hair and wash her face, and then ran out to find Li Ye.
"Miss, please slow down." Xiaohua called after her.
Li Ye held Nangong Yu'er's hand and stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the turbulent river, pointing at the mountains and saying: "It is better to travel thousands of miles to read thousands of books. Yu'er, you haven't read a single volume, so you should go first." A lot of way.
Nangong Ruyu held his hand tightly and replied: "Master, aren't we just sitting here?"
Li Ye looked at her and smiled: "It's all the same."
Nangong Ruyu thought for a while, nodded and replied: "It turns out that taking a boat and taking a car are the same."
Li Ye and Nangong Ruyu stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the oncoming canyon scenery. Xiaohua sat leaning on the boat plank behind and stared at the two of them blankly.
Nangong Jue was Nangong Ruyu's distant cousin. He walked up from the back of the boat and asked, "Sir, would you like to take the lady back to the cabin, where it will be more comfortable?"
"Let her see more of the scenery outside." Li Ye waved his hand and said calmly.
"Sir, that box of gold coins?" Nangong Jue asked.
"What are you afraid of? Just put it somewhere, I really don't believe it..." Li Ye said coldly, thinking of Xi Jiangyue locked under the cabin.
Nangong Jue responded and stopped asking questions.
Stretching, Li Ye thought about being in a big boat, carrying a box of gold coins, and taking the young lady of the Nangong family down the river to Qingzhou, where swords were facing each other. He couldn't help but feel extremely proud.
Nangong Jue saw the happy expressions of the master and the apprentice, and stepped forward and said: "Xijiang Shuizhai doesn't know that Xijiang Yue has been imprisoned by us!"
"Don't worry." Fan Xian said with a smile: "Their Qingzhou informants will naturally find a way to inform Xijiang Water Village."
The big ship on Qingzhou Pier had already sailed away. Ergouzi was standing on the edge of the pier like a fool. His spy suddenly had a bad feeling.
I saw that the boat was gone this morning, so I thought the lady and others had succeeded. Unexpectedly, after waiting on the pier for a long time, there was no reply!
The lady didn't come back, and everyone didn't come back!
He was made to wait until dark, but the pier was still unusually calm.
It was only then that Ergouzi finally confirmed that something had happened.
We set out overnight, paid for a carriage, and walked downstream along the mountain road overnight, running all the way until we reached Xijiang Water Village, which was about to enter Gyeongju.
Going all the way in, they finally found the master, and the two of them entered the backyard heavily.
The boss of Xijiang Shuizhai, who was only thirty years old, the famous Dongfang Ming and the fifth son of the Wang family, listened to Er Gouzi's report and slowly opened his eyes, feeling chilly.
"As long as the boat is still on the water, I can find them!"
Er Gouzi stood in the garden with his head down, hearing the faint anger in these words.
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On this day, many boats suddenly appeared on the Xijiang River in Yangjiang City, cruising up and down, and parachuted onto the Xijiang River overnight.
The only person who could mobilize so many ships to concentrate on the waterway in two days could only be the famous Xijiang Water Village.
It is said that Xijiang Shuizhai specializes in making a living on the waterway of Xixuanyu, whether it is transporting goods, passengers or related industries, especially the secretive business of private salt and tea and horse trading, which gives them extremely powerful strength.
After the Wang family, a man named Dongfang Ming became the eldest brother of Shuizhai and worked hard to build a good relationship with the government. Legend has it that this man could call someone in the government a brother.
So over the years, although Xijiang Shuizhai has officially reduced its underworld business, it has gradually begun to clean itself up and come to the public openly.
The person who issued the order was Dongfang Ming, the eldest brother of Xijiang Shuizhai, the illegitimate son of the royal family of Qingzhou, and the ruthless man I call the Fifth Young Master.
What surprised him was who could take care of Xi Jiangyue without anyone noticing, and probably even killed many of his brothers manually.
The Nangong family in Qingzhou has been eaten by the Wang family. Dongfang Ming decided to give it a try to see if he could take advantage of the new situation and take back what originally belonged to him in a fair and just way.
Dozens of boats in the Xijiang Water Village searched the river for a long time, but they still couldn't find the obvious large ship, which was a bit surprising.
Dongfang Ming listened to the report from his men and said coldly: "It seems that those people have not come down. Don't be anxious and continue to wait."
"Counting the time, it took two days... I didn't expect that the other party never came down."
Dongfang Ming was extremely angry and cursed: "Continue to search, you will see people alive, and you will see corpses if you die!"
At noon, a large ship slowly left the bustling dock in Yangjiang and headed downstream.
At the same time, dozens of boats from the Xijiang Water Village sailed upstream, looking for traces of the enemy.
Before the sun went down, the two sides finally met at a shoal in the Xijiang River.
Dozens of ships rushed up quickly and surrounded the big ship in the middle of the river.
The leader of the water village shouted towards the big boat: "People on the boat, listen, pay someone and we can let you live."
There was silence on the big ship.
The leader of the water village made a gesture, and a total of seven ships came closer. They stretched out bamboo poles to hook the side of the ship. The bandits took out their short knives and prepared to board the ship.
Suddenly, the big boat started to move. As a group of water bandits were stunned, it suddenly accelerated and rushed downwards.
The huge power generated by the big ship instantly shredded all the bamboo hooks on the side of the ship. A dozen water bandits who were climbing up fell into the water, dying. !
The big boat sailed rapidly downstream, leaving only countless bamboo pickaxes on the Xijiang River and the water bandits struggling on the water and calling for help.
The big ship sailed down at an extremely fast speed... and immediately left the sight of the water bandits.
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Letting the big ship deal with the water bandits on the Xijiang River, Li Ye and the four people around him got off the ship in advance at the dock downstream of Yangjiang River, rented two carriages, and followed the official road to Guazhou City.
In the south of Guazhou City, there is a mixture of three religions and nine schools. Everyone knows that the boss of Xijiang Water Village is looking for a woman, and has been looking for an unknown number of days.
There is a courtyard in the south of the city, which is the connection point of Xijiang Water Village here.
As Li Ye got closer and closer to the yard in the carriage, someone suddenly approached, each with a weapon in his hand, and the atmosphere became tense for a moment.
Nangong Jue, who was following the carriage, beat the gang up, instantly alerting the owner of the courtyard.
"Catch them, they dare to come here to cause trouble!" Someone rushed out from the small courtyard.
Following this shout, the thugs drew out their daggers, roared, and charged towards Li Ye and others!
Li Ye felt his left hand tighten slightly. He turned around and saw Nangong Ruyu frowning, clenching his fists and trying to rush forward.
"Don't be afraid, the master is here." Li Ye patted her little hand gently and said, "You are still young, just watch your brothers and the master when it comes to fighting."
Xiaohua stood behind him and also clenched the long sword in her hand.
Dang Dang Dang! I saw four people from Nangong Jue surrounding Li Ye. I saw countless short knives flying at the entrance of the small courtyard, followed by countless muffled groans, and the thugs blocking the way were all knocked away!
Nangong Jue led four practitioners from the late Nascent Soul stage of the Nangong family. He just waved the long knife in his hand and knocked away the thugs, and his momentum soared into the sky.
Li Ye calmly led Nangong Ruyu and walked into the small courtyard.
"Although there are thousands of people, I am going." He patiently explained to Nangong Ruyu.
Nangong Ruyu nodded, looking at the fight beside her, feeling very excited and sweating from her little palms.
"Master and brothers are still good, these guys are vulnerable." Nangong Ruyu laughed excitedly.
Li Ye touched her little head and replied, "Because your master is so awesome!"
Xiao Hua, who was following behind, couldn't help laughing when she heard this. Looking at Li Ye who turned around, she quickly covered her mouth.
The group of people went straight to the front of the hall.
In front of the main hall, the owner of Xijiang Water Village, Dongfang Ming, finally stood up.
Looking coldly at the group of people approaching, he said, "Everyone, please step back. Don't be embarrassed. We have a distinguished guest from the Buddha's capital."
He looked calm at this moment, but inside he was extremely shocked. He had already guessed that the other party was the person on the ship that came from Buddha City. However, he didn't expect that the other party was not afraid of him at all, but instead came to his door blatantly!
Without waiting for the invitation, Li Ye took Nangong Ruyu's little hand and entered the living room naturally with his feet.
Li Ye held Nangong Ruyu from the bottom, Xiaohua sat next to him beside Nangong Ruyu to protect her, Nangong Ming, Nangong Jue stood quietly behind him, Wu Er, Li Hu pressed the handle of the knife and stood in the living room door.
When Dongfang Ming saw what the other party did, he was so angry that he almost burst into anger. Is this still his territory?
Suppressing the anger in his heart, he cupped his hands to Li Yeyi and said: "Dongfang Ming has met the young master. Although my men have offended the young master, you don't need to play such a heavy hand. We all have to walk on the rivers and lakes."
If he still couldn't tell that Li Ye was a big shot from the imperial city at this time, then he would really be an idiot.
Among the five realms, the official officials in the imperial city have always been the most terrifying existence in the five realms. Any force that attempts to confront the official will only end up being wiped out in the end.
"Dongfang Ming?" Li Ye looked at the young man in black robe in front of him and smiled gently.
Pointing to the door, he said: "I don't want anyone to know that I have come to your house. You have to deal with this matter morning and night."
Dongfang Ming's hands were trembling, and his heart was already shaking.
After all, he is the leader of Xijiang Water Village and a well-known figure in the underworld. When has he ever been bullied like this?
It's just that he is a smart man. Although he is not sure of his judgment yet, he already has a rough guess about the identity of the other party.
If the speculation is true, then this young official is in trouble.
Suppressing his anger, Dongfang Ming said respectfully: "I wonder what your orders are when you come here today."
Li Ye glanced at him and said softly: "Please send away the people watching outside first, and we can talk slowly..."
Dongfang Ming didn't know what Li Ye's plan was. His face was gloomy, and he went out of the hall to explain something to the master who was standing outside the hall.
Li Ye poured a cup of warm tea for Nangong Ruyu and gave it to her to drink slowly.
"Don't worry, no one will grab the water from you." Looking at Yu'er who almost choked, Li Ye said softly.
"Well, Yu'er, listen to the master and don't be anxious." Nangong Ruyu replied softly after drinking the water.
Looking at Dongfang Ming walking in, Li Ye put down his tea cup.
"I came here today to ask you something."
Looking at Dongfang Ming, Li Ye said calmly: "A few nights ago, at the Qingzhou Pier, a guest came on the boat I was on and asked me to detain him. I don't know what the owner of Dongfang Village thinks of this matter. I'm going to prepare him." How to face it?"
