The number of this gang of water thieves is obviously not much, only seven people climbed onto the big boat, Xie Xiaowan slaughtered two, and kicked one into the river, leaving only four water thieves.

Zhao Xing and the other three guards dragged three more water thieves, and those family members gradually overcame their fears and picked up the guys to join the siege.

Although these family members are all rabble, they still have a few strengths to fight against the wind, not to mention the ferocious water thieves, but any robbery of the ship will inevitably kill everyone on board, and then scuttle the ship and destroy the corpses, so if you want to survive, you must desperately resist.

The tide was soon reversed, and seven or eight men chased after a water thief and beat him from bow to stern, and finally beat him to death. This water thief was also unlucky, he was beaten beyond recognition by the sticks, and finally let the hateful family members divide the body.

The remaining three water thieves saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly jumped off the boat to escape, one of them was dragged back before he had time to jump, and the head and face were a mess, if it wasn't for Zhao Xing shouting to stay alive, this thing would probably end up like his companions.

The remaining two thieves jumped into the river, turned around and glared viciously at the people on board, and quickly swam towards the shore. The family members cheered loudly, and the miscellaneous guys in their hands knocked loudly.

The corpses on the ship were collected, and five of the eight corpses belonged to the family, and seven or eight others were injured to varying degrees, the scum of these family's combat effectiveness can be seen, if it weren't for Xie Xiaowan to stabilize his position, the seven water thieves today would probably be enough to wash the ship in blood.

At this moment, the stern of the boat was full of corpses, and the injured family members and nurses were all gathered at the stern of the boat to bandage and treat, and the screams of pain came and went, which was unbearable.

In the cabin, Fei Hong and Fei Cai's faces were gloomy, Fei Maoxian and Fei Maozhong both stood aside with sad and angry expressions, and there was a person lying on the ground, it was the water thief who was captured alive, but at this moment, black blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth, and he was already dead of anger.

"Master, this person actually has a poison sac hidden in the back of his teeth, and he has already committed suicide by taking poison!" Zhao Xing, the martial artist of the courtyard, used his sword to pry open the mouth of the water thief and inspect it, with a solemn expression.

Fei Maozhong said angrily: "It must be a dead soldier sent by King Ning, it is too much to deceive people!" ”

Fei Hong said in a deep voice: "Minshou (Fei Mao, don't talk nonsense without evidence)!" ”

"Dad, do you still need evidence, how can ordinary water thieves hide poison in their mouths, besides, who forced us to move our family from Yanshan County to Shangrao County, and the blood feud of the uncle......"

"Enough!" Fei Hong flicked his sleeves and shouted.

Although Fei Hong has a gentle and generous temperament, he cannot be disobeyed when he starts a fire, Fei Maozhong suddenly shut up and didn't dare to say any more, but secretly clenched his fists.

Fei Hong was silent for a moment, and then said calmly: "When you go to Shangrao County, hand over the body of the water thief to the government and let them deal with it." ”

Fei Cai sighed secretly, King Ning was powerful, and there were traitorous ministers in the court to take care of him, and his actions became more and more lawless, and he simply covered the sky with one hand in the Jiangxi realm.

Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao is the fifth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the uncle of Zhu Houzhao, the current Zhengde Emperor, and his fief is in Nanchang, Jiangxi, about 500 miles away from Shangrao County.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the feudal kings of various places held military power, so the power was very large, but since the "Battle of Jingyan", Zhu Di, the king of Yan, raised troops to rob his nephew Zhu Yunwen of the throne, in order to prevent the repetition of the mistakes of the past, Zhu Di cut off the military power of the feudal king under various excuses, and formulated a strict system to restrict the feudal kings in various places and strengthen the centralization of power. For example, the feudal kings of various regions were not allowed to leave the fiefdom without authorization, they were not allowed to make friends with local officials, they had to report even when they left the city, and the names and marriages of their children had to be approved by the emperor.

Therefore, after Zhu Di became the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, the real power of the vassal kings in various places was greatly weakened, and he basically had no ability to resist the central rule, so he could only take preferential treatment, honestly play birds and dogs, and be a "man-making" machine.

However, there is one vassal king who is an exception, and that is Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, who is not willing to be lonely. Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, first bribed the popular eunuch Liu Jin with a lot of money to restore the three guards, and later Liu Jin was executed, and the power of the three guards of King Ning was cut again, and King Ning hooked up with Qian Ning, another popular man in front of the emperor, and used money to open the way, made friends with many important ministers of the court, and successfully restored the power of the three guards again.

In recent years, Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, has become more and more rampant, encroaching on a large number of people's land and plundering wealth, raising dead soldiers, colluding with thieves, wantonly persecuting and imprisoning local officials, and even killing the entire family of officials who opposed him.

When Fei Hong was an official in the court, he was one of the cabinet scholars, and he had repeatedly obstructed King Ning from restoring the three guards, and bluntly reminded Emperor Zhengde that King Ning asked for the restoration of the three guards, but unfortunately Emperor Zhengde did not think so.

King Ning therefore held a grudge against Fei Hong, colluded with favored traitors such as Qian Ning, and often spoke ill of Fei Hong in front of the emperor, and finally forced Fei Hong to resign and return to his hometown.

King Ning obviously didn't intend to let Fei Hong go like that, and when Fei Hong returned to Jiangxi by boat from the capital, he secretly sent someone to burn Fei Hong's boat and luggage. After Fei Hong returned to Yanshan County, Jiangxi, King Ning instructed the hooligans to steal Fei Hong's things, set fire to the house, and even dug up the ancestral grave of the Fei family, and threw the coffin and bones indiscriminately.

For the sake of safety, the Fei family moved to live in the county seat of Yanshan County, and King Ning actually sent thieves to invade the county seat, kidnap Fei Hong's eldest brother Fei Dian, and finally cruelly dismembered his body.

Fei Hong was sad and angry to play the court for help, but it was useless, Emperor Zhengde was a foolish and fun-loving guy, at this time he actually went to the border town of Xuanfu to tour the mountains and rivers, and the eunuchs and favored ministers around him were friendly with King Ning, so all the twists and turns that were unfavorable to King Ning were detained, and they could not reach the emperor's hands at all.

In the end, there was really no way, Fei Hong had to move his family to the neighboring county Shangrao County, for the sake of safety, he deliberately took a carriage first, and then changed to a big boat to take the waterway, but he still let the thieves sent by King Ning catch up.

Fortunately, these thieves came in a hurry, obviously unprepared, otherwise the boatload of people would have died today.

Xu Jin naturally didn't know the reason, he just thought that he was unlucky, and he could meet water thieves if he took a tailwind boat, and at this time he was still distressed about Xie Xiaowan's neck where five fingerprints were pinched.

"Xianggong, it's okay, it's going to be a stasis in a few days!" Xie Xiaowan was a little embarrassed and pushed away Xu Jin's hand touching her neck, and there were many people around.

Xu Jin frowned and said, "Then how can it be done, at least you have to find a doctor to take a look." ”

Xie Xiaowan hurriedly shook her head and said, "I really don't need to, it costs money to find a doctor, Xianggong, we don't have much money, we have to save some money." ”

Xu Jin said with a smile: "Fool, money is not saved, it is earned, we have to be treated if we are sick or injured, you don't have to worry about money!" ”

Xie Xiaowan sighed as if she didn't understand, but the little appearance with a little grievance, obviously she was still reluctant to spend money to see the injury, she was born in poverty, she received a thrifty education since she was a child, and she couldn't wait to break it in half to spend it, and a little injury and pain would pass, there was really no need to spend this unjust money.

"It seems that I have time to instill some modern financial management concepts in this little girl, just by saving money and using it for nothing, money is king!" Xu Jin said secretly in his heart.

At this moment, two guards carried a corpse past, Xu Jin couldn't help frowning, this corpse he recognized, it was the water thief who was captured alive, at this time his face was black, and the corners of his mouth were dripping with black blood, obviously poisoned to death.

"Could it be that all the water thieves are so kind now? It is a bit unusual to be caught and commit suicide directly by taking poison! ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, Fei Hong's hometown is in Yanshan County, it's almost the New Year, what are you doing with your family in Shangrao County? And shouldn't Fei Hong be an official in the court?

Although Xu Jin knew from the historical records that Fei Hong was a prodigy of Lianzhong Sanyuan and had been a member of the cabinet, he really didn't know much about his life, so he couldn't figure out the essentials after pondering for a while.

At this moment, Fei Maoxian and Fei Maozhong's brothers walked out of the cabin and walked up to them and took a deep look.

Xie Xiaowan hurriedly hid aside and didn't dare to take it, Xu Jin hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Brother Fei, why did you make such a big gift!" ”

Fei Maoxian said solemnly: "Brother Xu, today I am fortunate to have the help of the virtuous couple, and dozens of people in my Fei family have been able to survive, and I dare not forget it, and I am grateful!" ”

Xu Jin shook his head and said: "Brother Fei's words are serious, there are eggs under the nest, and we are just saving ourselves!" ”

The Fei brothers were even more impressed when they heard this, and Fei Maozhong said ashamedly: "Brother Xu, I am young and frivolous in the next year, and I have offended a lot before!" ”

Xu Jin smiled and said, "It's okay, it's not me who eats deflated anyway!" ”

The Fei brothers were stunned for a moment, and then laughed, but Fei Mao smiled bitterly.

Fei Maozhong shook his head and smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Xu, don't be complacent, this time will be found sooner or later, next time don't compare the pair, let's compare the poems!" ”

Xu Jin's eyes flashed a trace of strangeness, saying that he used to practice calligraphy and liked to copy poems, Tang poems and Song words needless to say, the famous poems of the Ming and Qing dynasties are also at hand, if necessary, you might as well be a copyist, it is estimated that the second son of the hanging fee can still do it.

Fei Maoxian reminded with a smile: "Second brother, Brother Xu is very right, and the poetry is definitely not bad, don't repeat the mistakes of the past then!" ”

"No way!" Fei Maozhong said proudly, he is still very confident in his poems, not to mention that he can be clever with his pairs, but writing poems is a great test of skills and accumulation, he doesn't believe that Xu Jin, a poor student, can compare to himself from a scholarly family.

Xu Jin didn't answer, just smiled and didn't say anything, Fei Maoxian was secretly surprised, this son is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and this old man is calm, I'm afraid that fifty-year-old people are not as good.

"Brother Fei, what did the water thief ask just now?" Xu Jin asked quietly.

Fei Maozhong opened his mouth to speak, Fei Maoxian made a look at people, coughed lightly and said: "This thief knows that he is guilty of death, and he actually committed suicide by taking poison, but he didn't ask anything, by the way, Brother Xu, please come to the cabin, my father has something to ask!" ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, it seems that this water thief attack is really unusual, he is likely to jump into the pit this time by taking a hitchhiker.