The two of them got off the boat at the mouth of the river.
After disembarking, we had a big meal and drink at a nearby inn, and then continued our journey.
There were not many boats entering the river. It was sunset now, and there were fewer and fewer boats on the river, with only one remaining.
However, it is a bamboo raft.
"How about the bamboo raft?" Phytolacca asked.
"Why not?"
The two of them immediately got on the bamboo raft and handed the boatman a few pennies.
"Sit tight!"
The old man who was punting the boat had white hair on his head, but his body was very strong.
There was a pole on the boat holding the fishing line, as if waiting for the fish to take the bait.
Zhao Zhen felt a little strange after seeing it, so she asked: "The boatman is fishing while fishing, isn't he afraid that the river will hang the bait?"
The old boatman opened the bamboo tube and took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "If you want to fish for fun, if you have it, you will have it, if you don't have it, you won't have it."
"Can you pick it up and take a look?" Phytolacca asked.
The boatman said: "Okay."
Phytolacca lifted the rod, and then saw that the hook was empty, with no bait at all.
"Sure enough, it was carried away by the river." Phytolacca said.
Zhao Zhen said: "That's not unnecessary."
The boatman who punted the boat said: "That's not necessarily true. You can catch fish even without bait."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "There is no bait, so how can a fish take the bait? I have never seen it before."
"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean you don't have it."
The boatman smiled and said, "Someone lent me this rod and caught a big fish weighing more than four kilograms on that river."
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then shook her head and said: "That's nonsense."
"That's really what happened."
The boatman exerted force on his hands, and the bamboo raft continued to move forward. He said, "If you don't believe it, don't believe it. There are countless strange people and strange things in this world, and there are always things that are puzzling."
Shanglu was very curious and asked: "Old man, why don't you tell me about it?"
"Don't you believe it?" the old man asked with a smile.
"I believe it."
From Phytolacca's perspective, nothing is impossible in this world.
"That happened many years ago..."
The old man recounted what he had experienced in the past, and talked about the Mr. Qingshan who had no money to take the boat, and then about the fish.
"I didn't think it was anything at first."
"But when we got back to the boat later, the old man suddenly remembered whether the man had used bait or not."
"So I put aside the belly of the fish and looked carefully, only to find that there was no bait at all."
The old man took a deep breath and said, "I was quite scared at that time."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen shook her head and said, "Maybe the bait has turned into fish dung."
The old man grinned with a row of yellow teeth. He did not refute, but just said: "Maybe."
After listening to this, Shangluca began to think.
If it were anything else, he might not be able to guess it yet, but he clearly remembered Mr. Qingshan that the old man mentioned.
'Mr. Chen is really different from ordinary people...'
Shangwei also didn't expect that he could still hear these rumors among this small river.
I don’t know how many things Mr. Chen left in this mortal world during those years, which really makes people feel sad.
After the two got off the boat, they approached Yan County.
Zhao Zhen asked: "Did you believe what the boatman said?"
Shang Lu nodded and said, "Well, because he is telling the truth."
Zhao Zhen shook his head. He felt that Phytolacca was taken for granted and he believed the story he made up like this.
He no longer asked about this matter, but said: "Further forward we will reach Yan County, but are we still on the way?"
"Shun."
"Is this so..."
After the two arrived in Yan County, they each changed to a fast horse.
Shangluca, who was sitting on the horse, asked: "Where will Brother Zhao go next?"
Zhao Zhen said: "To the southwest, to Anning County, maybe you can also take the opportunity."
A glimmer of light flashed in Shanglu's eyes, he nodded and said with a smile: "What if I agree?"
Zhao Zhen became alert at that moment.
The two looked at each other for a long time.
Shang Lu suddenly said: "The place I am going to is called Qiuyue Fang, has Brother Zhao heard about it?"
Zhao Zhen stared at him and said, "The same place?"
"Is this a coincidence?"
Shang Lu put his hands behind his back and had a short knife hidden at his waist. He was planning to take action if something unexpected happened.
Zhao Zhen also protected her arm, and there was a small sword hidden under that arm.
The two looked at each other for a long time, both of them wary of each other.
But after a moment of stalemate.
But Shanglu took back his hand, looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "Maybe it's just fate?"
Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment and then let go of her hand.
"Just take it as such."
If the stalemate had lasted for a while, Zhao Zhen might have made the first move, but at the end, he hesitated.
Because he was indeed curious about this person.
Could it be someone from Qingbohou...
But no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it didn't look like Zhao Zhen. He knew his brother very well, and with his similar temperament, how could he allow such a person to exist.
"drive!"
The two rode fast horses one behind the other on the official road.
The sound of horse hooves gradually faded away, and along with the last ray of twilight, they headed straight for Qiuyue Square.
Phytolacca was in the lead, and Zhao Zhen was not willing to lag behind. There was a competition between equestrian skills, until the end they were competing against each other, walking side by side. You didn't let me, and I won't let you.
And when they arrived at Qiuyuefang.
But something suddenly happened!
I saw several shadows suddenly jumping out of the forest.
"kill!"
As soon as the words fell, dozens of people drew out their long swords and took advantage of the night to kill the man on the fast horse on the official road.
Zhao Zhen looked startled and quickly shook her hand to hold the dagger.
Shangwei also drew out his knife at the first moment and asked: "Come to kill you?"
Zhao Zhen was silent and said: "You can leave first, I can handle it."
Shanglu shook his head and said: "Maybe he killed me."
"Kill them!"
With a loud roar, under the night, the light and shadow of swords passed before my eyes.
Zhao Zhen mobilized her inner strength and faced each other with a short sword, but she could not gain the upper hand while sitting on horseback.
"Get down!"
Shanglu shouted loudly, swung his sword, and blocked the flying arrow with a shock.
Zhao Zhen stretched out her hand to take an arrow and said, "The arrow is poisonous!"
"Yeah!"
Shanglue cursed, then slapped his horse on the back, abandoned his dagger, and charged into the crowd.
"Don't go!" Zhao Zhen exclaimed, but it was already too late, but for a moment, he was stunned.
Zhao Zhen saw the fluctuation of his energy and blood and exclaimed: "Eighth-level warrior!?"
"boom!"
I saw Shanglun punching a person in the face, and blood overflowed and dyed the falling moonlight red.
"Lord Protector!!"
"kill!"
Suddenly, two secret guards rushed over. They both drew their swords and killed the man in the secret.
At this time, these two waves of talents met.
For a moment, there was chaos in the forest, with three forces fighting together. It was dark again, and the only things that could be seen were the lights of swords and the screams.
Shanglu took the opportunity to arrest Zhao Zhen and find a safe place.
"Who are you?!" Phytolacca asked.
Zhao Zhen raised her voice and asked: "Who are you!?"
As screams sounded in my ears.
When Phytolacca saw that the arrow had stopped, he pinched his fingers and blew a whistle.
When Zhao Zhen saw this, she said loudly: "Go back!"
There was a whistle and a sharp shout.
It became quiet in the blink of an eye, and the sound of swords faded away, leaving only wails all over the place.
Under the moonlight, there were countless corpses lying on the official road.
But there were only two figures standing in front of the corpse.
Zhao Zhen and Shangwei panted.
The two looked at each other, and then there was silence for a while.
They were all suspicious of each other, but they had yet to take action.
"You took a step back when we were in Yan County. This time, I will take a step back."
Zhao Zhen looked at him and said, "Thank you so much for saving my life."
Shanglu looked at him, and after pondering for a long time, he nodded slightly.