The big ship sailed into Honghu Lake, and all we could see was the vast sky and the earth, and the water was the same color.

Lu Shege sat by the window and raised his glass to drink in front of the lake.

Maybe she was led astray by Zhou Yang, or maybe she just likes the mellow taste of wine.

Ever since she got the little silver pot, she often filled it with fine wine and took it out for a sip whenever she had nothing to do.

When Zhexue saw it, she specially found someone to make a wine pot similar to a small silver pot, and also imitated her and filled it with fine wine for easy drinking at any time.

However, she only drinks wine to enjoy the tipsy feeling.

Zhe Xue is different. She has a high drinking capacity and drinks like water. She has the aura of a Liangshan hero who can't finish his job after three bowls.

Fortunately, I saw Zhe Xue drinking, one pot or two, but I never saw her drunk, so I thought I knew it.

A plate of salted peanuts, a plate of spiced broad beans, a plate of boiled peas, a plate of boiled edamame...

Lu Xiangge raised his hand and poured a glass of wine for Chen Xiaohu: "Brother Xiaohu, please drink less. I have something to ask you."

The reason why these cadres never touched Chen Xiaohu was because they thought they were a piece of meat that they could eat anytime they wanted.

Lu Sheige picked up the small silver pot and looked at it with squinted eyes, "Just like this wine pot, it's a bit sinister!"

Lu Sheige felt that Chen Xiaohu was right, but she always felt that Zhou Yang had a hand in this matter.

Finally he asked: "Brother Xiaohu, why do I think you don't look like water bandits, but like fishermen who have been robbed by water bandits?"

"right."

There are very few boats like theirs, with two boats and seven or eight men out fishing, it can almost be said that there are no boats.

After Lieutenant Shen was arrested, he was escorted to Beijing by special personnel. Lu Xiange did not interfere in the affairs of the court and went to interrogate Lieutenant Shen.

If Chen Xiaohu and the others really made a living by collecting boat tolls, they shouldn't be living in such embarrassment, having to ask their sister to borrow money to eat a bowl of noodles.

He never expected that these detectives pretending to be water bandits would actually tease the girl, and even shouted that they wanted to take the girl home to be the wife of the stronghold. Chen Xiaohu was so angry that he didn't care about anything else.

, jumped on the big boat and started fighting with those people.

"Originally, they were collecting money and we were passing by. It happened that the owner of the cargo ship was taking his whole family to visit relatives in Huaicheng. The owner had a little girl who was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Then

……That……"

Speaking of this, Chen Xiaohu really couldn't go on.

If others ask, Chen Xiaohu may not explain. There are some things he is too lazy to say, and no one will believe him. But it is his sister who asks this question, and he must not let her misunderstand him like this.

"So, the county government issued a reward list and said you are water bandits?"

"Yes, someone indeed said that. They also said that if you use bamboo sticks to mark the lake, the second time you cross Honghu Lake in the month, you can get half the fee reduced..." Lu Xiange told Chen Xiaohu in detail what he said on the winter solstice.

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Zhou Yang knew that Chen Xiaohu was not a water bandit, but he did not tell her the truth.

Chen Xiaohu didn't hear clearly what Lu Sheige said for a moment, so he asked, "Sister, who do you think is sinister?"

"We are not water bandits to begin with."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yang secretly caught all the meat as bait without eating it.

When Chen Xiaohu said this, he felt incredible.

Chen Xiaohu thought for a while and asked, "Do they need us to pretend to be water bandits to facilitate their work?"

"What?"

"We are not water bandits, and we have not confiscated tolls from any merchant ships." Chen Xiaohu clenched his fists and said indignantly, "Sister, you don't know which water bandits were disguised by Lieutenant Shen. If the passing ships don't After paying the fee, Lieutenant Shen asked his brother-in-law to lead a group of government servants to rob the ship openly in the name of suppressing bandits. In order not to cause trouble, some merchant ships would rather pay a few taels of silver for peace."

"This week Yang..."

Yes, they had a fight with those bad guys. Although the two sides only used fists, which were minor injuries that did not need to be bandaged, no knives were used and no one was killed. But why did those bad guys know that they had broken through what they had done? thing, but didn’t find an excuse to arrest them?

In the past, he had always been lucky, thinking that maybe the bad guys didn't recognize them at all.

During this period, they did suffer a lot. Fortunately, something happened to the Song family later, and Song Yunfei was not in the mood or manpower to hunt down Chen Xiaohu.

"After I left the capital, I went to Dongyang County. I originally planned to hang out with a few brothers with the escort agency to make a living. But who knows..."

"A substitute to deceive others? This is indeed possible!"

If Zhou Yang hadn't intervened, it stands to reason that those government officials who were used to being domineering in the countryside would not let Chen Xiaohu and the others go easily.

Lu Xiige said: "There is something I have never understood. Why did County Lieutenant Shen pretend to be you as a river worker? Is it because you are so powerful that he is afraid of you, or is it because you know people from the government?"

Chen Xiaohu was not greedy for wine, and because he was poor, it was rare for him to drink. When Lu Xiuge asked him something, he didn't even take the wine glass, and asked seriously: "What's the matter?"

Hearing this, Chen Xiaohu smiled bitterly: "Does everyone say that we are water bandits who intercept merchant ships on Honghu Lake to collect fees?"

After all, there are so many fishing boats on Hong Lake. Most of the fishing boats are couples or brothers fishing together, or father and son.

Chen Xiaohu was also helpless. After that, his brothers who had fought with the policemen no longer dared to show their faces. Even if they were fishing, they would go to secluded places with few people.

Chen Xiaohu paused for a moment before continuing, "Song Yunfei had one of his arms cut off by me. How could he swallow this breath? Naturally, he tried to find ways to find out about me. Fortunately, I was lucky. Dongyang County The Li family and the Lu family who run the escort agency are related by marriage. For the sake of your father and my uncle, you can take care of me. When Song Yunfei found Dongyang County, it was Uncle Li who secretly told me to let me and a few brothers escape overnight... "

Chen Xiaohu returned to Nanyang and settled in the Zhou family.

However, she always felt that something was wrong with this matter.

"Then you..."

Now that I think about it, probably not.

Lu Sheige still couldn't figure it out: "Since you figured out the identities of those water bandits, why didn't they arrest you, but instead let you come and go in Nanyang?"

"We are also unlucky." Speaking of this, Chen Xiaohu became even more angry. He picked up his wine glass and drank it all before continuing: "That time, another merchant ship was stopped. When the toll was collected, our fishing boat happened to pass by. .Zhou Quan grew up in Nanyang County, and he recognized that the leader who blocked the boat and asked for money was the county government's catcher, who had just changed into fishermen's rags."

"An old friend." Lu Xiangge poured another glass of wine for Chen Xiaohu, "When you went back to find your uncle, he was the one who sent me to the Lu family in Jiangjiaba."

"Who is this person?"

Chen Xiaohu's eyes widened and he sat upright suddenly.

If this man wasn't so troubled, he probably wouldn't have lost his sister. He was at fault, and this man is also not a good person.
Chapter completed!