Chapter 5: The Shui of the Shui (Seventh)

He was not very tall and was about the same height as Ning Ziming, with his shoulders two inches narrower. But at this moment, facing the surging Juma River, he felt like he needed to look up to him. It seemed that the sunshine on both sides of the river was shining on him in an instant, and the surrounding trees, mountains, rivers, and the crowds lined up to cross the bridge all became a still set.

"If there really is one day, I will definitely walk side by side with my elder brother!" A sense of pride suddenly arose in my heart, and Ning Ziming promised.

"Good brother, I knew you wouldn't be a coward!" Chai Rong grabbed his arm, slapped his shoulder with his other hand a few times, and said with a smile, "What about the fathers? It's the fathers' business. We are ourselves! Since we are born as men, don't let this big and beautiful body down!"

"As brother said!" Ning Ziming still felt unresolved, but a little sunshine was already poured on his young face.

While the two brothers were full of confidence, a low sound of horse hooves suddenly came from their ears. When they turned around, they saw Han Jing and Zhao Kuangyin coming over like thieves. Four or five steps away, they quietly made a gesture and shouted in a very low voice: "Brother, Ziming, follow us. Go downstream, there is a ferry twenty miles away!"

"What's wrong?" Chai Rong was shocked and asked in a low voice while picking up the stirrups.

"On the road, don't ask Guo Shu and others for more people. The more people, the bigger the goal!" Han Jing waved his hand again, shook the reins, and left first.

Ning Ziming and others knew something was wrong, so they quickly rode their horses to follow. They ran seven or eight miles along the river beach in one breath. Seeing that there was no people around, Han Jing slowed down his horse speed again, turned around and explained with a pale face: "The Liao Kingdom drew the appearance of you three, and the soldiers guarding the bridge were checking them one by one. The floating bridge must be over. Let's try to get through the ferry. I'll find a way to send you onto the boat!"

"The ferry? Where is the ferry? Are there guards? How many people are there?" Ning Ziming felt nervous when he heard this, and his right hand instinctively touched the steel whip under the saddle.

"You go back to Youdu along the road. Don't worry about us. The three of us can find a way to leave no matter what!" Chai Rong pondered for a moment and quickly gave a solution.

There are too many vendors on the floating bridge, and even if they kill the guards and forcefully break through, they will not be able to cross the river for a while. Moreover, the entire Chai family caravan, together with many innocent people around, will be implicated. But it will be different from another place. With the martial arts of the three brothers, as long as they do not meet the Liao army in the brigade, they can easily fight for a bloody path.

This plan is not too good, but it is already the safest way at the moment. He not only took into account the skills of the three brothers, but also picked Han Jing and the family behind her out of the vortex. However, as soon as he finished speaking, he was strongly opposed by Jing Niang: "No! I just saw that Yelu Liuge's troops were stationed nearby. He is a powerful general with the highest number of Liao Kingdom, but it is not as easy as Yelu Yishe!"

"Brother Yelu Liu, is this madman actually here?" Chai Rong instinctively touched the steel gun head in his bag, his face full of vigilance.

Yelu Liuge was Yelu Deguang's cousin. When he invaded the south last year, he led a single army as the vanguard. Along the way, many Han heroes died under his sword. Due to the loss of the Liao army, he returned north, and he led the way in front of him, killing the Liao rebels who supported the crown prince Yelu Lihu, and killed a river of blood.

Such a murderer, whose name is in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, can already stop the child from crying at night. At this moment, there are still thousands of minions behind him. Once the three brothers meet, how can they escape from birth?

"I don't know why he ran up to the side of the Juma River again. That madman should have been stationed in Pingzhou!" Han Jing was obviously extremely afraid of this person. After taking Chai Rong's words, he added impatiently, "Don't worry about it for the time being, I'll find a way to send you on the boat. My father and he are sworn brothers, and even if he catches me, he won't do anything to me!"

"Who is Lingzun?" There were too many messages received in a short period of time. Even with Chai Rong's wisdom, his mind was a little unable to keep up. His eyebrows jumped and hesitated to ask.

"Brother, third brother, I asked Jing Niang not to tell you about this for the time being!" Zhao Kuangyin rode his horse and walked with Han Jing, explaining with a little embarrassment, "I didn't mean to hide anything, I just didn't want to cause trouble for you two. Jing Niang's father was not Kuang Si, and he was appointed as the Privy Council of the South Court of Liao Kingdom, and was left behind in Nanjing!"

Bum! A silent thunder sounded faintly in the clear sky, causing Chai Rong and Ning Ziming's bodies to shake slightly on the horse's back. The Privy Councilor of the Southern Court was left behind. Even if he had never heard of Han Kuangsi's name, they knew what these two official positions meant! This was almost the highest position that the Han people could reach in the Great Liao Dynasty. Not only did they have the right to mobilize the Han army in the entire Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but they could arbitrarily appoint and remove civil and military officials below the fifth rank of the Sixteen Prefectures of the Sixteen Prefectures. Zhao Yanshou, the former Privy Councilor of the Southern Court, was even one step away from being established as the emperor of the Central Plains by the Khitans, becoming the second Shi Jingtang!

"I know you all mistakenly think that I am from the Duke of Lu. I, I have never, I have no courage to explain!" Seeing the reactions of Chai Rong and Ning Ziming, Han Jing blushed and added anxiously, "I, I am right, I really have no malice to you. I, I can swear to the heaven!" (Note 1)

As he spoke, he raised his right hand over his head with tears in his eyes. "The sky is above. If the little woman has something to do to Brother Chai and Ziming, I hope the heaven will fight..."

"My Crystal doesn't have to do this!" Chai Rong instantly recovered from the shock and stopped him loudly. "We are not blind people. What you did for everyone along the way is vivid in my mind. Besides, I just told Ziming that my father is my father, and we are us. We can't mix together!"

"Yes, second sister-in-law, we recognize you as a person, so we won't care whose daughter you are!" Ning Ziming also took over the conversation and comforted her with a smile. "Besides, you have been comforting me on the way, be yourself, don't care who your fathers are. Have you forgotten all these words?"

"I, I..." Hearing Chai Rong and Ning Ziming say sincerely, Han Jingqiang smiled and rubbed the tears from the corners of his eyes. "I haven't forgotten. Let's go and cross the river as soon as possible!"

"Anyway, you are my second sister-in-law!" Ning Ziming added with a smile, shaking the reins quickly. At this moment, he felt a little sympathetic to Han Jing.

"Let's go!" Han Jing sniffed and urged the mount to lead the way. His originally slender and tall figure looked extremely weak from behind!

Zhao Kuangyin quickly followed and comforted him while walking.

While no one was paying attention, Chai Rong followed everyone, smiling bitterly and shook his head.

The situation is getting more and more complicated. I originally thought that Jing Niang came from a branch of the civil servant Han Yanhui family, but unexpectedly, she was the pearl in the palm of the Jiedushi Han Kuangsi! Although both of them were surnamed Han, the latter and the former had the attitude towards the Han people in heaven and earth. The former never forget that he was a Han man and repeatedly prevented Abaoji and his son from fighting in the south. However, the latter was regarded as a biological son by Empress Dowager Shulu since she was a child, and she wanted to replace the belt and bones with Khitan! (Note 2)

I was thinking about my thoughts all the way, and before I knew it, I had arrived at a ferry downstream. The location here is extremely hidden, and it is difficult to find without an insider leading the way. Suppose the trestle by the river is also very narrow, with only two narrow boats tied up and down like leaves, rising and falling with the water waves.

Before the four of them got too close, more than fifty Han soldiers had already jumped out of the wooden house next to the ferry. They all led their bows and shields and threatened loudly: "Stop, don't get close. This is the important place of the military aircraft, and dismount quickly to undergo investigation. Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

"Han Deyun, are you blind? You dare to shout and kill me? Wait for a while and see if I don't break your legs!" Han Jing suddenly felt as if he had changed his body, and shouted arrogantly. At the same time, he held a purple-red gold medal the size of a palm in the air.

"Big, Miss, why, why is it you?" Han Deyun, the leader of the team, was startled and bowed. Then, he waved the steel knife in his hand, ran forward a few steps, and shouted loudly at Zhao Kuangyin, "You thief, quickly let go of my eldest lady, get off the horse and be tied up. In the opinion of you and your youngest young people, Ben Duo pleaded with the adults, so that you can't wait for death!"

Hulala, the soldiers behind him surrounded him in two wings, vowing to tear the three brothers and others into pieces!

"You are bullshit!" Zhao Kuangyin knew something was wrong, so he leaned over and picked up a big copper stick from under the saddle bridge and raised it high, "Look clearly, who hijacked your eldest lady? We saw that she was too dangerous to walk on the road alone, so we were hired by her and worked as a bodyguard for her!"

"Yes, Han Dutou, you misunderstood them!" Han Jing put away the purple gold medal that marked his identity, rode his horse forward a few steps, and explained with a smile, "Look, they did not kidnap me at all. I asked them to be escorts and sent them all the way from Zhongyuan to Youzhou. Now that they have completed the mission, I promise to find a small boat to send them away!"

While saying that, she quickly blinked at Han Deyun. The latter also had a wanted notice sent by his superiors, and determined that the three brothers Chai Rong and the three masterpieces who secretly ran to visit Shi Chonggui some time ago. However, the proposition did not mention a word. Her eldest lady was also walking with the masterpieces of Zhongyuan. Therefore, Han Jing was confused by Han Jing's blinking actions, allowing the other party to get closer and closer to him.

"Misunderstanding, this is really a misunderstanding. Look, look, I've come to you, and they didn't stop you! Liuzi, get closer, come and protect me! Sorry——" Han Jing's face became more mysterious as he spoke, as if conveying an extremely important hint. Unpredictable, he turned over and jumped off the war horse, drew out the short sword, and crossed the neck of Dutou Han Deyun. "Let your people retreat, otherwise, don't blame my aunt for being ruthless!"

Note 1: Duke of Lu: Han Yanhui, whose courtesy name is Zangming. Duke of Lu of Liao, was the confidant of Yelu Abaoji. He once abandoned his official position and fled back to the Central Plains, but was persecuted by enemies and was unable to go north. Yelu Abaoji, Yelu Deguang, and Yelu Ruan all relied on him very much, and the use of "Kitan rule of Khitan and Han rule of Yanyun" was achieved under his strong support. Therefore, he was very prestigious in the hearts of the Khitans and Han people in various places.
Chapter completed!