At night, the boats docked at the river. Although they were following the current, the water was too gentle, so they still needed trackers. At night, the trackers usually stopped pulling. Even the boatmen were very cautious, and it was easy to crash into boats when sailing at night.
The place to stay overnight was already located in Gaoyou County, Yangzhou, which was still sixty miles away from Jiangdu City. Guo Song also increased his vigilance.
At the first watch, Guo Song was awakened by a burst of birdsong, followed by the angry cry of Mengzi. He suddenly turned over and grabbed his sword and quiver. This must be someone walking at night in the woods on the shore, which alarmed Su.
Birds and even fierce birds were alarmed, that is, someone climbed up the tree.
Guo Song quickly knocked on Liu Yan's cabin door. Liu Yan was sleepy and asked in a daze: "What happened?"
"There is something unusual on the shore, please go to the stern cabin!"
The stern cabin is a special cabin with no windows, thick shipboards, and only one door. As long as it is locked from the inside, it is difficult for outsiders to get in. Unless the ship sinks or burns, it is difficult to threaten the safety of the stern cabin.
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Liu Yan was startled and quickly asked the tea boy to carry his suitcase and run quickly to the stern cabin.
The stern hatch was locked from the inside. Guo Song turned over and jumped onto the roof of the boat, lying on the boat to check the surrounding situation.
Not far from the shore lay a dozen trackers, wrapped in blankets and sleeping soundly, forming a natural early warning system. Several warriors from the Hidden Sword Pavilion were also secretly protecting the ship, and they were also on the shore.
Guo Song looked towards the water again, and he suddenly found that there were three boats on the other side of the river. Originally, there should have been only two boats. Either the boat stopped in the middle of the night, or the person who came was unkind.
Guo Song stared at the water. He looked at the water at an angle. The water was sparkling and he could see it very clearly.
At this time, he saw four reed pipes moving on the water. Guo Song sneered, took out four arrows, and shot one arrow after another at the reed pipes on the water.
The water surface began to fluctuate violently, revealing two men in black struggling violently in the water. They soon stopped struggling. After a moment, four black figures floated on the water.
Guo Song found three more reed pipes moving this way. They obviously didn't know that the four people in front of them had all been shot dead.
Guo Song did not hesitate, he opened his bow and shot three arrows, and soon three black figures emerged from the water.
In a very short period of time, all seven assassins who were about to come over by water were shot dead.
Guo Song did not show up, and continued to hide in the darkness, like a black panther hiding in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to devour.
After a while of burning incense, the people on the opposite boat finally realized that something had happened to the seven water ghosts. A man in black squatted on the bow of the boat, lit a rocket, and was about to shoot it into the air, when an arrow "Whoosh!" came from the ground.
The shot came from the opposite side and hit the man in black. The man in black screamed and fell on the deck. The rocket did not shoot out. A man ran out of the cabin. Just as he was about to pick up the rocket, he suddenly screamed and ran out.
The man covered his neck and took two steps back, then fell into the river.
The unfired rockets gradually ignited the boat shed and the ship began to burn.
When Guo Song saw that the ship's shadow did not move, he knew that there was no one on the ship. He stared at the other ship. There was a shouting sound from the bow of the other ship. It seemed that someone was shouting for fire. This should be a fire.
An ordinary ship, nothing to do with the Assassins.
Guo Song's attention turned to the shore again. At this time, there was a sound of horse hooves on the shore. The birds in the forest were frightened again and the sound of horse hooves gradually faded away.
The shore once again fell into the silence of the night, and there was no more movement. The trackers on the shore continued to sleep soundly, and they had no idea what had happened.
It was still dark, and Liu Yan's official ship continued its journey southward, as if nothing had happened.
It was not until an hour later that the Gaoyou County Magistrate rushed to the Cao River with dozens of government officials. The boatmen on the Cao River fished out nine corpses from the water. Seven of them had arrows in the head, and one was burnt.
Another corpse had an arrow in the neck.
But everyone was wearing a diving suit and carrying a sharp knife. On a small boat that was not completely burned, seven waist tags were also found. The tags actually had the words Tianyuan Pavilion written on them. They were clearly a group of assassins who failed in their assassination.
The county magistrate of Gaoyou was so frightened that he ordered the body to be transported to the countryside and buried secretly, so that he did not dare to publicize the matter.
In the afternoon, Liu Yan stood on the bow of the boat. He had already seen Yangzhou City in the distance.
He felt quite complicated. When he learned that Guo Song had killed nine assassins who came by water, he was very angry, but at the same time he was a little nervous, so that he didn't sleep all night.
According to the agreement, the warriors from the Hidden Sword Pavilion would meet him before docking, and they had already arrived in Jiangdu first.
Guo Song walked forward slowly and asked, "Have they not arrived yet?"
Liu Yan shook his head. Unable to suppress his dissatisfaction, he asked Guo Songdao: "Master Guo, why do you think the people from Hidden Sword Pavilion didn't play any role?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, there were actually two groups of assassins last night. If the assassination on the water failed, the assassins on the shore would come over. However, because the rocket launcher on the water failed, the shore realized something was wrong and retreated. The ones from the Hidden Sword Pavilion
People should be keeping an eye on the assassins on the shore, and there should be news later."
Liu Yan nodded, "I hope so! Otherwise, I will be very disappointed."
At this time, Guo Song saw a ship approaching quickly and said with a smile: "They are coming! I will take the first step."
After Guo Song finished speaking, he lightly jumped from the stern of the ship to the cargo ship next door. The two ships passed each other. Guo Song's figure disappeared.
Even as Liu Yan's staff, Guo Song will maintain a low profile and will not appear in public.
At this time, a ship docked Liu Yan's ship. Several warriors stood on the bow of the ship and raised their badges high to Liu Yan. The leader shouted loudly: "Strong as a mountain!"
This was their confirmation password. Liu Yan nodded, "Come here!"
The two boats hitched the planks, and five warriors quickly boarded the boat.
Liu Yan frowned and asked, "Why are there only five people?"
"Inform the Lord Liu, the other five are protecting you secretly, and the five of us are publicly protecting the Lord."
Liu Yan asked again: "Do you know what happened last night?"
"I already know that there were seventeen assassins in the woods on the shore last night. We kept an eye on them. They later changed their plans and retreated."
The corner of Liu Yan's mouth twitched. It seemed that Guo Song was right. These warriors in the Hidden Sword Pavilion only noticed the assassins on the shore, but did not notice the assassins in the water. Are these warriors really reliable?
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After burning incense, Liu Yan's passenger ship arrived at Jiangdu Wharf. Gongs and drums were beating on the wharf. A group of officials had been waiting for a long time, including Yangzhou Governor Li Jiangnan, Sima Zhao Zheng, Yan Railway Supervisor Huangfu Wen, etc., and there were still people standing behind him.
Dozens of local wealthy squires.
Huangfu Wen had a sneer on his face, Liu Yan was obviously here to compete with him, Jianghuai Salt and Iron Transport Envoy and Yangzhou Governor, Yuan Zai's good method, the blocking position was very accurate, but he was so easy to deal with?
"Shijun Liu is here!"
I saw a large ship docked on the shore. Liu Yan got off the ship. Everyone came forward and saluted, "Welcome Ambassador Liu to Yangzhou!"
The leader is Chief Shi Li Jiangnan, who was transferred to Yangzhou from Longyou Yuanzhou just this year, and has always known Liu Yan.
"We look forward to it every day, hoping that Ambassador Liu will arrive soon. Now we finally have a backbone in Yangzhou, don't you think so?"
"Li Changshi is absolutely right. With Liu Shijun in charge, our Yangzhou finances will not be so embarrassed."
Liu Yan said a few polite words to everyone, and then said to Sima Zhao Zheng: "Zhao Sima, the boat stopped in Gaoyou County last night, but there was some harassment at night. I hope Zhao Sima can send someone to take a look."
"The office will send someone to investigate as soon as possible. I wonder what kind of harassment it is?"
Liu Yan glanced at Huangfu Wen meaningfully, "Safe!"
Zhao Zheng was startled, "I'll send someone right away!"
Huangfu Wen was secretly startled. What did Liu Yan mean by this? Did someone assassinate him last night?
Li Jiangnan introduced other officials and a group of wealthy squires to Liu Yan. Everyone saw the ceremony one by one, and then they surrounded Liu Yan like stars holding the moon and entered the city. Li Jiangnan had already set up a banquet to welcome Liu Yan.
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Guo Song returned to the docking place last night, only to learn that the body had been taken away by the Gaoyou County Magistrate, but the half-burned shipwreck was still parked on the shore without being processed, and no ship paid attention to it. Only a few locals paid attention to it.
Children search for treasure in the boat.
"What good things did you find?" Guo Song stepped forward and asked with a smile.
"We found two bronze medals." A child said with a smile, waving two bronze medals in his hand.
"Sell it to me!"
Guo Song grabbed a handful of copper coins from his arms and said with a smile: "This is at least one hundred coins. Can I exchange it for you two bronze medals?"
The eyes of several children suddenly lit up. They handed the bronze medal to Guo Song, took the money and ran away.
Guo Song looked at the bronze medals in his hands, Luo Tao, the second-level warrior of Tianyuan Pavilion, and Zhang Fu, the second-level warrior of Tianyuan Pavilion.
Guo Song frowned, were those people from Tianyuan Pavilion last night? They were too weak! Moreover, these two bronze medals were engraved in Yin characters. You must know that even Sun Xiaozhen's third-level warrior bronze medal was engraved in Yang characters. Yu Chaoen
To be so stingy?
At this time, Guo Song seemed to have discovered something. He dug lightly in the groove with his hand. He thought it was blood, but he found something wrong. It was Zhu Ni showing his name.
Guo Song immediately pulled out his dagger, gently picked off all the red mud, and washed it with water. The bright carvings in the grooves appeared in front of Guo Song's eyes. They were two new brands. I'm afraid they were carved less than three days ago.