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Chapter 7 The Thief

Due to too many boats and the speed of passing the level was extremely slow, some people could not wait and wanted to exercise their privileges as a gentry. They sent people to Jinkou to request peace. Unexpectedly, they were beaten back without any mercy, which caused a lot of ridicule around them.

The gentry has clear and turbidity, and family status has high and low levels. Although some people were refuted of their affection, others also saw the opportunity to show their pride. Xu You took the boat and was moving slowly with the large army. From time to time, he saw people dressed in slaves holding office and card to sign up before the pass:

"Badong Chengyi..."

"Liu Wang, Linhuai..."

"Nankang Qibaozhi..."

"Langya Yan Zhen..."

Many of these people are middle-class and even second-class gentry, and they have a say in local counties and surrounding counties, but their usual prestige was coldly treated in this small Changhe Jinkou. Although the master of Jin who guarded the pass spoke a gentle tone and a humble attitude, no matter what the outsiders said, he had only one answer: "This is written by Liu Envoy of the Yangzhou Governor's Office, Wu County and Kuaiji counties, and strictly ordered all the trenches, trundles and crossings along the river to pass the clearance. No matter who it is, they must search in detail. If there are any frauds in favoritism and fraud, kill them!"

Liu Quan, the governor of Yangzhou, was born in the Liu family in Hedong. His brother, the secretary of the court, Liu Ning, had such a family background and power, not to mention the people before Changhejinkou, even those who could completely ignore his warrants in the entire Chu State were afraid that they had not yet been born.

Seven or eight scholars were wiped out in succession, especially the Yan family in Langya, who were unable to go to the line. Others knew that their identities were not as good as Yan Zhen, so they immediately became honest and lined up for inspection. It can be seen that from ancient times to the present, it is the same thing. The privileged class did not fail to abide by the law, but did not give them an environment to abide by the law.

It was unknown how long it took, but it was finally the extremely cool golden flag ship. It slowly arrived in front of Jinkou. Twenty soldiers wearing black silk and black armor boarded the ship one by one along the seven springboards he had built, unsheathed the sword in his hands, with a cautious expression, as if facing a great enemy.

Xu You's ship followed the left side of Jin Jing's ship, not far apart. Seeing this scene, he whispered: "Is this the Yangzhou Prefecture division?"

The army of Chu can be roughly divided into central and foreign armies. The central army is the guard army stationed in the capital and is also the most important military force of Chu. It is mainly composed of six armies, with the leaders being the leader, the guard, the left guard, the right guard, the Yunqi, and the Ranger. There are also the army led by the five garrisons, infantry, Yue cavalry, Changshui, the five lieutenants of the Shooting and the two generals of the Crane Shooting. The left guard and the right guard are in the palace, and the other army guards the capital. When there is any war, they are ordered to go out to fight. After the war is over, they will return to their original place.

The foreign army is compared with the central army, including Fangzhen soldiers, county soldiers, local town soldiers and private soldiers. Fangzhen soldiers are the army of each governor's office, but because the governor often serves as the governor of the state, he takes up horses to control the army and dismounts to control the people, he is also called the prefectures and prefectures, so Xu You asked this question.

Zuo Qi looked surprised and said, "It should be right. The Liu Envoy of Yangzhou once picked out the three thousand elite troops under his command, all of which were Xuan Shang, Xuan Banner, Black Armor, and Black Feathers. It looked like ink swept across the sky, and was known as Mo Yundu. Strangely, those ships just sent a few straight waters to check it. Why did they actually dispatch Mo Yundu to Guo Mian? And why did such a brave army be sent to arrest a thief? It's really unusual."

Xu You's eyes were still on Guo Mian, who was still sitting in the second floor of the beauty nest on the building. Although he didn't know his temperament, he was bullied by Mo Yun and could still sit still. He was either calm and confident in the face of danger, or he pretended to be calm and had a ghost in his heart.

He smiled slightly and said, "Xiang Zhuang is dancing with his sword, his ambition is to Pei Gong. I am afraid that catching thieves is fake, and robbing wealth is real!"

As if to confirm Xu You's speculation, I suddenly heard a person shouting: "Here!" Then the sound of gold and stone mixed with swords sounded. Before the people on the surrounding boat could react to what happened, a man wrapped in a blue cloak broke through the window from the cabin on the west side of the floor and rolled onto the side of the ship. Behind him were five or six Mo Yundus chasing, and the fierce and extremely fierce sword lights flying all over the sky.

The man was very skilled. He immediately got up and spread his strange steps under his feet, barely avoiding the long sword that was slashed, and then crossed the ship without hesitation and pounced into the cold river water.

"Catch him!"

"Where are people?"

"I fell into the water, no trace was found."

At this time, the crowd around the surroundings understood what had happened, and screams were heard one after another. There were those timid people who didn't even care about the excitement and ran into their own boat with their heads in their arms. However, some smart people immediately discovered the profound meaning hidden behind this scene, and disappeared quietly with their servants.

Whether it is Guo Mian or Liu Quan, they are all things that ordinary people cannot afford to offend. Not to mention the fact that such muddy waters are like this, even if they stand by and look at them, they are afraid that they will cause countless troubles.

Three naval combat ships sailed out of Tianjin and drove away the surrounding ships. The finished font shape surrounded the Jinjing ship, cutting off its retreat. After half an hour, I wonder if Guo Mian gave up on resistance or reached an agreement with the leading captain. Under the surveillance of the Jinjing ship, the Jinjing ship slowly sailed to the right bank of the long river, giving up the gap in front of Jinkou, and the river finally opened wide!

Without excuses to find thieves, he only counted the goods and collected Tianjin taxes, and the speed of clearance was countless times faster. Ding Ji was familiar with the thief Cao who was guarding the gate. When he submitted it to the office, he chatted for a few words, so he naturally would not be embarrassed. He quickly passed Tianjin and drove down the river.

After what I saw and heard just now, everyone was no longer sleepy. Xu You's habit of eating midnight snacks broke out in real time. Ding Ku'er went to have midnight snacks and sat opposite Zuo Teng, serving tea on one side of the autumnal equinox.

"Langjun, what do you mean by Liu Envoy? Could it be that catching the thief is fake, and dealing with Guo Mian is real?"

Anyway, the night is long and sitting is boring, so you might as well cut candles and talk to each other. Xu You smiled and said, "This is hard to say. I don't know much about Yangzhou's personnel. However, the world's affairs are clear and clear, and you can infer it based on clues. You also said that for other ships, only a few direct waters were dispatched, but for the Jinjing ship, there were twenty Mo Yundu holding swords."

Zuo Qi nodded and said, "Yes, this is obviously coming to Guo Mian."

"Guo Mian's reaction is also very strange. If he really possesses a thief, with his background, he can completely stop these people from boarding the ship. After all, Mo Yun is not Liu Quan himself, so he will not be afraid. Unless..."

"Unless he doesn't know there are thieves on his boat?"

"Not bad! Unless this thief was secretly installed on the boat by someone else."

Zuo Qi's eyes lit up and he said, "Framed? The so-called thief is actually on the same path as the governor's mansion?"

"Maybe...you see, after the thief fell into the water, the people in Mo Yundu just looked around the side of the ship, and did not actively send people to search along the river, but instead turned around to deal with Guo Mian..."

As soon as the words finished, the hull suddenly shook, and Ding Ku'er's voice came: "Who is it? You..." Then Ding Ji's terrified voice: "There is a thief... be careful!" Then it became silent in an instant.

Zuo Yu's expression changed drastically. He looked at Xu You and grabbed the ground with his right hand. The long sword that never left his body whizzed into his hand. He gently pushed his thumb, and the sword body was half a foot away from the sheath. The candlelight shook, illuminating the cold light in the room.

Xu You knew what Zuo Qi was thinking, because he thought of someone at the first time, An Yao!

Could it be that if you leave Jinling for hundreds of miles, you still cannot escape the pursuit of the darkness?

Xu You looked calm, stood up and grabbed the autumnal equinox hand, protected her behind her, and said, "Go out and have a look!"

The three of them left the cabin front and back. A wet man sat on the deck with his head down, his legs spread out in a horoscope. He was twisting the cuffs of his shirt one after another. The drizzle of water flowed all over the floor. At his feet, Ku'er and Ding Ji were lying respectively, with their eyes closed, but their chests were still undulating, and they seemed to have fainted.

The figure of this person has no similarity to that of Anyao encountered in Jinling City, but Zuo Qi did not dare to be careless. Who knew how many incarnations of Anyao had? He took a few steps forward and said in a deep voice: "Who is under your feet?"

The man laughed, raised his head and said, "You didn't see Yingzi, who ran away from the old man Guo Mian's boat just now? I didn't see her because she didn't see her because she was blind, but she couldn't guess who I was. That would be a little trouble. Maybe there was a disease here... I had a brain disease!"

Xu You watched coldly. This person was not handsome, with small and narrow eyes, high and straight nose, and extremely thin lips. He was originally a sharp look that he had no luck, but his slanted eyebrows were like the finishing touch, which immediately changed his temperament. The cynical expression he showed when he spoke, exuded an indescribable and deceptive charm.

Zuo Qi is an old man, and he will not be annoyed by the other party's unreasonable words, nor dare to really believe that he is the thief. Instead, he was energetic and said, "Since you escaped from the Jinjing boat, why not fly far away? You must know that Mo Yun from the governor's mansion is not an ordinary soldier in the prefecture. No one has been able to escape safely so far..."

"Go away? Haha, I'll go ahead and report to the official. Then Mo Yundu's mad dogs will catch up with you again. Isn't the unlucky one still unlucky?"

"We have no grudges, and we will definitely not meet again in the future. We are all people who are walking around the world. It is better to have less than one thing, and it is better to have more enemies than one friend. If you leave, I guarantee it with my life and I will never reveal a word to others."

The man stood up, and it was this time that he realized that he was very tall and his hands and feet grew a lot more than ordinary people. His eyes passed by Zuo Qi, looked at Xu You who didn't say a word, and said, "You were just talking, how could you become a mute?"

It turned out that he had been eavesdropping on his conversation with Zuo Qi. Xu You smiled and said, "I am a little afraid of being a child. I met my first time and didn't even report my name. I really don't know what to say!"
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