At night, the boats docked by the river, although they were downstream, but the water was too gentle, they still needed a slender man, and at night, the slender man generally did not pull the fiber, even the boatman was very careful, and it was easy to hit the boat when sailing at night.

The place to stay overnight is already located in Gaoyou County, Yangzhou, and it is still sixty miles away from Jiangdu City, and Guo Song has also raised his vigilance.

At the end of the watch, Guo Song was awakened by a burst of birdsong, followed by the angry chirping of the fierce son, he turned over all of a sudden, grabbed the sword and bow and quiver casually, this must be someone walking in the woods on the shore at night, alarmed the birds, even the fierce son was alarmed, that is, someone went 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 an anomaly on the shore, please send you to the aft cabin!"

The aft cabin is a special cabin, with no windows, thick boards, and only one door, as long as it is locked from the inside, it is difficult for people from the outside to enter, unless it is a shipwreck or a burning ship, it is difficult to threaten the safety of the aft cabin.

Liu Yan was startled, and hurriedly asked the tea boy to carry his carry-on box and run quickly towards the tail cabin.

The tail hatch was locked from the inside, and Guo Song turned over and jumped onto the top of the boat, crouching on the boat to check the surrounding situation.

Not far from the shore, there were more than a dozen slender men, wrapped in blankets, who were sleeping soundly, forming a natural early warning system, and several samurai from the Hidden Sword Pavilion were also secretly protecting the ship, and they were also on the shore.

Guo Song looked at the water again, and he suddenly found that there were three boats on the other side of the river, and there should have been only two boats, either they stopped in the middle of the night, or they were not good.

Guo Song looked at the surface of the water, he looked at the surface of the water at an oblique angle, and the surface of the water was sparkling, and he could see it very clearly.

At this time, he saw four reed pipes moving on the water surface, Guo Song sneered, pulled out four arrows, and shot one arrow after another towards the reed pipe on the water surface.

The surface of the water began to fluctuate violently, revealing two men in black struggling violently in the water, which soon stopped struggling, and in a moment, four black shadows floated on the water.

Guo Song found that the three reed pipes were moving in this direction, and they obviously did not know that the four people in front of them had all been shot.

Guo Song did not hesitate, and shot three arrows with his bow, and soon three black shadows also floated from under the water.

In a very short period of time, all seven Assassins who were about to come by water were shot.

Guo Song did not show up, and continued to lie in the dark, like a black panther hiding in the shadows and waiting for an opportunity to eat.

After a stick of incense, the people on the opposite boat finally realized that something had happened to the seven water ghosts, and a man in black crouched on the bow of the boat, lit a rocket, and was about to shoot into the air, an arrow 'whoosh!' The ground shot from the opposite side, hitting the man in black, the man in black screamed, turned over and fell on the deck, the rocket did not shoot, a person ran out of the cabin, just about to pick up the rocket, suddenly also screamed, the person who ran out covered his neck and took two steps back, and plunged into the river.

The rockets that did not go out gradually ignited the shed, and the ships began to burn.

Guo Song saw that the shadow of the ship did not shake, so he knew that there was no one on this ship, he stared at the other ship, and there was a shouting sound from the bow of the other ship, as if someone was shouting for fire, this should be an ordinary ship, and it had nothing to do with the assassin.

Guo Song's attention turned to the shore again, and at this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves on the shore, and the birds in the forest were startled again, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually faded away.

The shore fell into the silence of the night again, and there was no more movement, and the slender men on the shore continued to sleep soundly, and they had no idea what was happening.

Before dawn, Liu Yan's official ship continued to set off for the south, as if nothing had happened.

It wasn't until an hour later that the Gaoyou County Commander arrived at the Cao River with dozens of officials, and the boatmen on the Cao River fished out nine corpses from the water, seven of which were shot in the head, one was charred, and the other was shot in the neck.

But everyone was wearing diving suits and carrying sharp blades, and on a small boat that had not been completely burned, seven waist plates were also found, and the word Tianyuan Pavilion was written on the waist plates, which was clearly a group of assassins who failed to assassinate.

The Gaoyou County Commander was so frightened that he transported the body to the wilderness and buried it secretly, not daring to publicize the matter.

In the afternoon, Liu Yan stood at the bow of the boat, and he had already seen Yangzhou City in the distance.

He was quite complicated in his heart, and when he learned that Guo Song had killed nine assassins who had come from the waterway, he was so angry in his heart, but at the same time he was a little nervous, so that he didn't sleep all night last night.

According to the agreement, the warriors of the Hidden Sword Pavilion would join him before they landed, and they had already arrived in Jiangdu first.

Guo Song slowly stepped forward and asked, "Haven't they arrived yet?" ”

Liu Yan shook his head, he couldn't hold back the dissatisfaction in his heart, and asked Guo Song: "Guo Gongzi, why did you say that the people of the Hidden Sword Pavilion didn't play any role?" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Envoy, there were actually two groups of assassins last night, if the assassination on the water failed, then the assassins on the shore would come, but because of the failure of the rocket launch on the water, the shore found that something was wrong and retreated, the people of the Hidden Sword Pavilion should keep an eye on the assassins on the shore, and there should be news later." ”

Liu Yan nodded, "I hope so!" Otherwise it would be so disappointing to me. ”

At this time, Guo Song saw a ship coming quickly, so he smiled and said, "They're coming!" I'll go first. ”

After Guo Song finished speaking, he jumped lightly from the stern of the ship and jumped onto the cargo ship next door, and the two ships staggered by. Guo Song's figure disappeared.

Even if he is Liu Yan's staff, Guo Song will maintain a low-key state and will not show up in public.

At this time, a ship approached Liu Yan's big ship, and several warriors stood on the bow of the boat, raised their waist cards to Liu Yan, and said loudly for the first person: "Magnificent like a mountain!" ”

This is their confirmation password, Liu Yan nodded, "Come here!" ”

Two ships hit the board, and five samurai stepped aboard quickly.

Liu Yan frowned and asked, "Why are there only five people?" ”

"Qi Yu Liu envoy, the other five people are secretly protecting, and the five of us are openly guarding the envoy."

Liu Yan asked again: "Do you know what happened last night?" ”

"The lowly already knew that there were seventeen Assassins in the woods on the shore last night, and we kept an eye on them, and they later changed their plans on the last hand and retreated."

The corners of Liu Yan's mouth twitched, it seems that Guo Song is not wrong, these warriors from the Hidden Sword Pavilion only noticed the assassins on the shore, but they did not find that there were also assassins in the water, are these warriors really reliable?

........

After a stick of incense, Liu Yan's passenger boat arrived at the Jiangdu wharf, where gongs and drums were beaten, and a group of officials had been waiting for a long time, including Yangzhou Governor Shi Li Jiangnan, Sima Zhao Zheng, and Huangfu Wen, the salt and iron supervisor, and dozens of local wealthy squires were standing behind.

Huangfu Wen sneered, Liu Yan obviously came to fight with him, Jianghuai salt and iron transfer envoy and Yangzhou assassin history, Yuan Zai's good means, the card position is very accurate, but he is so easy to deal with?

"Liu Zhijun has arrived!"

I saw a big boat leaning on the shore, Liu Yan walked down from the boat, and everyone stepped forward to salute together, "Welcome Liu Zhijun to Yangzhou!" ”

The leader is Changshi Li Jiangnan, who was only transferred to Yangzhou from Longyou Yuanzhou this year, and he has known Liu Yan for a long time.

"We look forward to it every day, and we look forward to Liu Yuanjun's early arrival, and now we finally have the backbone in Yangzhou, don't you say?"

"Li Changshi is so right, with Liu Yuanjun in charge, our Yangzhou's finances will not be so embarrassed."

Liu Yan and everyone said a few polite words, 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 lowly will send someone to investigate as soon as possible, I don't know what kind of harassment it is?"

Liu Yan glanced at Huangfu Wen meaningfully, "Safe!" ”

Zhao Zheng was taken aback, "I'll send someone right away!" ”

Huangfu Wen was secretly stunned in his heart, what did Liu Yan mean by this, could it be that someone assassinated him last night?

Li Jiangnan introduced Liu Yan to other officials and a group of wealthy squires, and as soon as everyone saw the salute, they hugged Liu Yan into the city like the stars holding the moon.

.......

Guo Song returned to the dock last night, only to learn that the body had been transported away by the Gaoyou County Order, but the half-burned wreckage of the ship was still moored on the shore and not disposed of, and no ship ignored it, only a few local children were looking 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 grinned as he shook 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 a hundred coins, can you exchange two bronze medals?" ”

The eyes of several children suddenly lit up, and they stuffed the bronze medal to Guo Song, took the money and ran away.

Guo Song looked at the bronze medal in his hand, Luo Tao, a second-level warrior of Tianyuan Pavilion, and Zhang Fu, a second-level warrior of Tianyuan Pavilion.

Guo Song frowned, those people from Tianyuan Pavilion last night? It's too weak! And these two bronze medals are engraved in Yinwen, you must know that even Sun Xiaozhen's third-level samurai bronze medal is engraved in Yangwen, Yu Chaoen will be so stingy?

At this time, Guo Song seemed to have discovered something, and gently dug in the groove with his hand, he thought it was blood, but found that it was wrong, it was Zhu Ni showing his name.

Guo Song immediately pulled out the dagger, gently picked out all the vermilion mud, washed it with water, and the bright and dangling nicks in the groove appeared in front of Guo Song's eyes, which were two new brands, and I am afraid that it had been carved for less than three days.