In June, the night at the mouth of the river is unusually hot, and at dusk it is raining but no raindrops fall, and the air is unusually sticky, making people hope that the storm will come soon.

Sun Wenwan stood on the steps, looking at the corner tower in the distance, the light of the corner tower is just like the bright moon to provide a faint light to the night of the estuary, the bamboo and wood in the west garden of the bamboo hall are colorful, and the shadow spots fall on the dress, like the aquatic plants at the bottom of the clear lake.

Two days passed peacefully, yesterday at dusk, there were a large number of floating corpses floating into the sky, and I thought that the fleet personally supervised by Lin Jian was attacked upstream, and later I learned that Qiupu Mansion had been raining incessantly for more than ten days, forming a major flood, and thousands of people were drowned.

Sun Wenwan thought to herself that the fleet should enter the Yuxi River from the Yangtze River.

The courtyard door was squeaked open, Sun Wenwan glanced back, and saw that it was her father and cousin Sun Wenbing who pushed the door and walked in.

"It should be tonight," Sun Wenwan said, "The Qu family should send someone to keep an eye on the fleet that Lin Tie is transporting to Dongyang, once the fleet enters the Yuxi River, the changes that have happened here will not be able to fly back." ”

"Why wasn't it the flotilla attacked? If the murder and ransom robbery three months ago was really committed by Lin Lian, Lin Jian was with the fleet at this time, and the Qu family wanted to take revenge and attack the fleet. As soon as Lin Jian died, the estuary naturally disappeared, and it could not pose a threat to Quyang Town. Besides, the fleet at the mouth of the Yuxi River was attacked, and everything was pushed to Poyang Lake. Sun Wenbing said.

Now it is certain that Lin Jian intends to lure the snake out of the hole this time, but it is difficult to say whether the Qu family will plan it or not, and it is even more difficult to predict which head it will bite after leading it out of the hole.

At least it is easier and more convenient to organize an attack on the Yangtze River, and after the Hongzepu Rebellion, the Shuizhai forces in Poyang Lake are also ready to move, and they may not dare to really pull the flag to rebel, and the private armed fleet full of supplies and cash will still be actively dispatched.

Sun Jingxuan also tended to think that the Qu family was more likely to attack the fleet in the Yangtze River, and even if they attacked the estuary, they would never be able to completely solve the threat brought by Lin Tie to the Qu family, but might cause Lin Tie to fight back frantically, and the Qu family would have to bear the greater danger of being exposed.

"Anyway, isn't it appropriate for us to quietly withdraw from the estuary?" Sun Wenwan asked hesitantly.

"What's wrong? It's what you said after the fact, so what's wrong with it at this time? Sun Jingxuan asked.

"Uncle Fu and the others are still in the estuary," Sun Wenwan said, "In case the Qu family sends someone to attack the estuary, we really have to leave like this, and most of the marriages between Wen Pei and Lin Jingzhong will be yellow......

"We can't get involved in this kind of thing," Sun Jingxuan sighed, "No one knows what means the Qu family will use, what is certain is that if the Qu family sends people to attack the estuary, even if we stay twenty or thirty people, it won't change anything...... I think since Lin Jian has the confidence to lure the snake out, there will be arrangements on the estuary side, and it will not be completely defenseless, maybe after the incident, you Uncle Fu and the Lin family will be the first to withdraw to Prison Island, and Lin Jiayong will add nearly 300 soldiers from Prison Island, relying on the high wall of the prison to refuse, and should be able to hold out until dawn and wait for reinforcements to arrive. ”

"Lin Tie won't arrange it like this," Sun Wenwan shook her head, she was still inclined to think that the Qu family would send someone to attack the estuary directly, although she considered that everything should be based on the Xihe Society, but she couldn't do it if she completely stayed out of the matter and stood idly by, and said, "Not to mention that it is impossible for Lin Tie to give up the estuary and spoil people; There are no big boats on this side of the estuary, and although the distance from the estuary to Prison Island is only five or six hundred paces, such a short waterway is very deadly. If possible, it is better to evacuate the nearest house...... Dad, let's go to the south of the city with Wen Bing, I want to stay, no matter how I say it, I can be regarded as having an explanation for Uncle Fu, Xiaoman, and Miss Su Mei. ”

Sun Jingxuan glanced at the corner tower of the surrounding house in the distance, the earthen wall under the lamp was high and thick, more than a zhang high, and the corner tower on the four corners of the wall stood high again, like a fortress, and said: "Forget it, I will stay with you," and instructed his nephew Wen Bingdao, "Don't delay, go back to the south of the city immediately." In the past few days, there are many people who come to Jiangning to fish in troubled waters, tell your father and your brother, be careful of boats and food, that is the foundation of the Xihe Society, and there can be no mistakes. ”

Whether it is a bamboo hall or a thatched cottage or a new house that the widow of the Lin family has just moved into, the defense capacity is very limited, but the four built enclosed houses are like earthen forts.

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Qingfeng Xing was in the manor on the east side of the mouth of the Sanchai River in Longzangpu, south of the city, two fast horses galloped over, and the two knights didn't care about their breathing, jumped off the horse and didn't care about the horse, they went directly to the steps and slammed the door loudly.

"Squeak", the door opened from the inside, the gatekeeper poked his head out, looked at the sign handed by the passer, let them in, and looked at the two horses outside the door with their front feet half-kneeling on the ground and foaming at the mouth.

Hao Feihu and Song Jia had dinner in the garden, and the guards reported that the detectives of the Lin Tie Fleet rushed back, and immediately asked them to come in to report, and invited Du Rong and Qin Zitan to come over to discuss the matter.

"Lin Tie led the fleet into the Yuxi River before noon was attacked, from Poyang Lake rushed to each water village almost forty or fifty boats, eight or nine hundred people at the mouth of the Yuxi River to wait for the rabbit, Lin Tie led the fleet to force into the Yuxi River estuary, with a big boat to block the estuary and the thief ship to the death, waiting for the nearby officers and soldiers to arrive, Poyang Lake Zhujia Water Village hijacked eleven wooden boats full of supplies and drove away, Lin Tie led the fleet to stop at the mouth of the Yuxi River to rest, both sides have large casualties."

"Let's go to the estuary," Fei Hu stood up excitedly, "the Qu family has tested the reality of the fleet, and will attack the estuary tonight." ”

"It's okay for me to go over, and the young marquis and the young lady can't get into danger." Du Rong said.

"Are the children of luxury families still afraid of this danger?" Song Jia said with a smile, "I don't want to miss tonight's excitement." ”

Qin Zitan frowned and said, "It's still strange," and asked the person who reported the news, "Are you sure that Lin Tie was still on the ship when the fleet was attacked?" ”

"With officers and soldiers here, we can't get close to reconnoiter and reconnoitre."

"Even if Lin Tie let people pretend to be him, it is impossible for him to take other people to pretend to be the more than 200 military guards on the ship," Yu Feihu said, "As long as the defense of the estuary is empty, the Qu family would like Lin Tie to hide in the estuary and solve it together." ”

Although the convoy fought against the sailors who were several times their own until the officers and soldiers came to their aid, although they also suffered great losses, the combat effectiveness displayed by the more than 200 armed guards was also quite considerable, and they would not be able to transfer manpower from other places to impersonate.

Zitan still had doubts in his heart, but he couldn't figure out what would go wrong, so Du Rong immediately sent someone to prepare the ship. Tonight, the sky is mixed, and the risk is very high, because the luxury Feihu couple insisted on going over, and Du Rong did not dare to be sloppy about the guard.

Extravagant Feihu they took the boat to go to the Longzangpu Outer River, bypassed the west city of Jiangning City and entered Chaotiandang, and traveled more than ten miles to the heart of Chaotiandang Lake, and could see the lights of the corner tower of the estuary from afar, and the lights of the corner tower were as bright as a big star, and the luxury flying tiger made people drive the boat to the corner tower to go to the lights, and the outline of the prison island gradually emerged in the distance.

"Lean over ......" Fei Fei Hu thought that this place was still too far from the mouth of the river, and asked Du Rong to order him to go down and make the boat closer to the mouth of the river, Lin Lian dared to take in the assassins who were unfavorable to him, and he looked forward to this moment.

"It's really dangerous to go any further," Du Rong dissuaded, "there are as many as fifty or sixty suspicious boats on the outskirts of the estuary, and if we really have to get there, we will have to wait for the Qu family to attack." "They also hide the secret elite in Chaotiandang, ready to take advantage of the fire to rob at any time, and they know the movements in Chaotiandang clearly.

"I don't know where the Qu family transferred so many people?" Song Jia said with emotion.

"Hong Zepu is in chaos, the momentum is big, all the forces are in chaos, just buy a little, how many people still take the government in their eyes at this time? The Qu family let out a rumor, saying that the Lin family brought out 400,000 taels of silver from Shanglin and hid it at the mouth of the river, and I don't know how many families will take risks to try it," Zitan stood aside and said, "Besides, the Qu family controls the entire Quyang Town in their hands, and the things of male thieves and female prostitutes are bound to be done no less, not counting their self-raised private soldiers, and it is not a strange thing to collude with the surrounding water thieves and rogues." ”

"We can't wait here," Luxury Feihu ignored the hot and humid weather, and asked his wife Song Jia to help him put on his armor, "The Qu family launched an attack on the estuary, and it was a blink of an eye for the prison island warriors to send troops or not, we stayed here and waited for them to launch before rushing over, we won't be able to catch up." ”

Luxury Feihu is still accustomed to fighting on the battlefield, and has been holding back in Jiangning for more than half a year, so it is rare to have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, where can I miss it? Urging Du Rong to let the boat come over.

Du Rong will not let the Luxury Flying Tiger take risks, but he will also follow his wishes to let the ship catch up closer, the Luxury Flying Tiger is wearing armor, holding a double halberd and standing on the bow of the ship, watching the lights of the corner tower become brighter and brighter, and the outline of the prison island is getting clearer and clearer.

There was a small sand island overgrown with reeds ahead, and Du Rong commanded the boat to pull over, and further on it was too close to the mouth of the river.

In the dry water, there are many sand islands and sandbanks in the sky; In the flood season, there are only a handful of sand islands that can still emerge from the water. At this time, only a small piece of this sand island surfaced, but the reeds can grow in the water, and it is pitch black at night, almost a hundred acres in size.

"There are a lot of boats hidden in this reed," he said, pointing to the black reeds, and joked with his wife Song Jia, "If I attacked the estuary, I would choose to hide the boat here and wait for the opportunity......" Before he finished speaking, he heard a rattle in the reeds, and just as they were dumbfounded, several oarboats sailed out of the reeds.

The three sharp arrows of "whoosh" struck and plunged directly into the bulkhead of the ship behind the extravagant flying tiger.

The two sides were close to each other, and the nearest distance between the sides of the ship was only more than 20 paces, and they didn't have time to react at all, but they looked back at the three arrows that were still buzzing on the wall panel, Du Rong reacted quickly, and immediately surrounded the luxury Feihu in the middle with the guards.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, do the young marquis and the young lady have to wade into this troubled water tonight?" Lin Lian's low, majestic voice came from the shadows.

Lin is bound in Jiangning! Extravagant Feihu looked over in horror, the six oarboats were not hung with lights, and the shadows were building, and it was impossible to see which boat Lin Jian was standing on, but the light that was refracted by Lin Sharp Blade was extra cold, and the six oarboats were afraid that there were no less than four or five hundred armor soldiers waiting for them.

At this time, the lights of the corner tower in the direction of the estuary suddenly dimmed, and in the sudden darkness, the Qu family encouraged or the Qu family directly sent the men hidden in the sky to start cheering and launching an attack on the estuary, no one expected that Lin Jian would hide behind them with the elite and expose his hideous fangs.