Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty One: The Murder of Teacher Meng, the Journey to Yongzhou
When Chen Sanlang woke up, his head felt dizzy. He opened his eyes and saw that it was dark. It should be that at dusk, there was no light in the cabin.
I stretched out my hand and touched a soft body, which was full of touch.
Xu Jun was awakened and stretched. She should have been lying on the edge of the bed before, her hair looked a little messy, her hair was loose, and her eyes were as bright as stars, which made her look bright.
The entire cabin seemed to have become bright all of a sudden.
Chen Sanlang suddenly felt energetic, reached out and hugged her into his arms, opened his five fingers, covering a towering place in a very unhonest manner, slowly kneading it.
"What a weird thing!"
Xu Jun angrily asked again: "Are you hungry?"
When Chen Sanlang mentioned the word "hungry", he immediately felt hungry, as if a ball of fire was burning in his stomach, and it made a very cooing sound.
Xu Jun chuckled, broke away and left the cabin.
Not long after, the cabin door was pushed open from the outside after a while. Xu Jun walked in with a plate of things in his hand, put them lightly on a low table, and then took out another lamp and lit it. The light shone, adding a little warmth.
Seeing Yiren busy, Chen Sanlang praised: "The ancients said: Looking at the beauty under the lamp, you can eat beautiful women, and you will be sure not to deceive me."
Xu Junheng glanced at him: "I became slick and said, I must have learned bad things from Taoist priests."
If Xiaoyao Fudao heard this sentence, it would definitely be a cry of the sky.
Chen Sanlang held back his smile: "What's there to eat?"
Xu Jun put the things away from the wooden plate. The most noticeable thing was a four-legged copper tripod with hot charcoal inside. Then a small pot was placed on the mouth of the tripod. After a while, it heated up. The soup in the pot rolled, and a rich aroma came to his nose.
"It's chicken soup!"
Chen Sanlang's index finger moved sharply.
Xu Jun said: "The old lady specially ordered that an old hen be killed and stewed it until you wake up and eat it. I didn't expect that you would be at night after sleeping, so I had to heat it up again."
Chen Sanlang said: "I worry my mother, after dinner, I will go to greet you."
"No need, she was bumpy all the way on the boat and felt sleepy. She would have rested early. Let's go and greet her tomorrow morning."
Upon hearing this, Chen Sanlang had to give up.
The hardship of boats and rides is by no means just a saying, it is easy to make people sick and get infected with wind and cold. In this backward era of medicine, a small patient may be fatal. When he was in Jingxian County, Master Yang felt that he was old and could not afford to run around, so he chose to stay and did not follow him and leave.
While speaking, Chen Sanlang could no longer hold back his appetite and picked up the chopsticks to eat. Xu Jun was not hungry, but he also ate some with him.
After eating and drinking, Xu Jun packed up his things and went out.
Chen Sanlang stayed in the cabin, waiting around, but never saw Xu Jun coming again, so he had to sleep alone in disappointment.
There was nothing to say all night, and Chen Sanlang woke up the next day, and he was exhausted and became energetic.
From then on, the fleet was smooth sailing and no obstacles were encountered again, and it was very smoothly until the wharf under Yongzhou.
However, the day before arriving in Yongzhou, Chen Sanlang received a bad news about the situation in Jingxian County. The book said that Yuan Geshu failed to pursue him and was full of anger. He returned to Jingxian and beheaded hundreds of people. These people were all involved with Chen Sanlang before, but in essence, only one of so many people could be said to have a deep relationship with Chen Sanlang.
This person is Mr. Yang, the teacher of Chen Sanlang.
After reading the letter, it was dusk, the setting sun set, the sky was full of sunset, and the river was covered with bright red. Chen Sanlang sat on the bow of the boat, staring at the setting sun, and said nothing for a long time.
Xu Jun sat beside him and comforted him: "Sanlang, you don't have to blame yourself. The Yuan family will be punished by God."
Chen Sanlang sighed: "That day, I should have sent the teacher directly on board... The teacher is in poor health, and I thought that Yuan Geshu would not kill innocent people by chance. It seems that I am still naive."
The Yuan family has ruled Yangzhou for a long time and is harsh and harsh, but they are never as bloodthirsty as Shi Pojun. Killing people depends entirely on their mood, and they will start killing them if they are not happy. On the contrary, Yuan Wenchang is actually a wise man and focuses on fame and face. For example, if Zhou Fencao was asked to come out of the mountain several times, they were rejected by Zhou Fencao. If Shi Pojun was, I would have sent someone to cut off Zhou Fencao's head with one knife.
But Yuan Wenchang didn't, because he knew deeply that killing Zhou Fencao was easy, but after killing people, he would lose countless reputations, which was a loss that he could not bear.
Killing is actually a science.
But now Yuan Geshu killed Mr. Yang unscrupulously. Mr. Yang was a scholar. Although he had never been in the first place, the scholar was always a fame. As for the charge of his murder, there was no such crime.
From this we can see how angry Yuan Geshu was about not catching up with Chen Sanlang, and even lost his mind.
Chen Sanlang didn't think too much. He only knew that Yuan Geshu killed his Mengshi, and this revenge must be avenged.
Mr. Yang is a peaceful person, and Chen Sanlang is very concerned about his time when he is frightened. After Chen Sanlang passed the imperial examination and returned to his hometown, he took good care of the Chen clan affairs, and there is nothing else, just devoted himself to teaching.
But such an old man died like this...
Chen Sanlang sat quietly for a long time, and finally poured wine on the river to express his condolences. He looked at the endless Yangtze River and felt sad.
Yi's depressed mood was not eliminated until he stepped onto the land of Yongzhou. When he reached the ground, everything started again. I don't know how much he had to deal with it.
Chen Sanlang did not rush, but chose to find a place near the dock to stay. After a day of rectification, he continued to set off.
When you arrive on land, the ships are naturally useless, but they don’t have to be abandoned. Instead, they are given to the two governors of Chi and Xiongping. There are other arrangements and can be left as a backup plan.
After removing this group of people, Chen Sanlang now has the Chen family's soldiers as the main force, with about 200 people, all of whom are young and strong.
This group of people were recruited in Chenjiazhuang. After training for a while, they performed well. However, when they arrived in Yongzhou, they had to measure whether they could be used or not. After all, soldiers could not practice a hundred times without a drop of blood. Only by experiencing life and death struggles can they truly grow.
Moreover, the number of more than 200 people is far from enough.
In addition to these Zhuang soldiers, Zhou Bian Cao Song Zhiyuan and others had some family soldiers and entourages around him, but their combat power was even worse.
Among the entire team, the most worthy of relying on is of course Xu Nianniang and his daughter, as well as Chen Sanlang himself. In addition, Xiaoyao Fudao, with the four of them being there, it is enough to deal with many unexpected situations.
There were many female family members and more than a dozen supplies in the ranks. These cars were loaded with a large amount of food, cloth, money, and the lifeblood of their resources on which they depended for their survival.
And these things will definitely attract countless covetous and robbery as the team advances.
Those people may be vicious barbarians, bandits who robbed their families, or homeless refugees...
Chapter completed!