Swimming against the current, the speed of the ship was very slow, and it only entered the territory of Tuzhou Mansion at dusk the next day.

It is the flood season, entering the territory of Tuzhou Prefecture, and the water surface of the Yangtze River is quite narrow, which makes this section of the river turbulent, and the cluttered floating objects such as dead grass, broken branches and fallen leaves swirl down with the river.

Two corpses drifted in the distance. It's not surprising, since this morning, dozens of floating corpses have been seen floating from the upstream, at this time, without Lin Tie's additional instructions, the boatmen on the boat in front of them will take a long bamboo penny to hook the floating corpses, looking for objects that can verify their identity and send them to the big ship.

"It's a bronze brand, and the floating corpse also floated from Qingyang, and it's still a showman, surnamed Cui." The little loach master Ge Cunxiong handed the tooth tag taken from the floating corpse to Lin Bin.

The floating corpse had already been given to the boatman to take a penny to push it down the river, Lin Xulu was afraid of bad luck, so he turned his head to take a look, but he didn't take the bronze plaque.

"The flood in Qiupu this time is not small." Lin Mengde came over and took the bronze plaque and sighed, the floating corpses encountered in the river today were all drowned, and they all drifted from the counties south of the river bank under the jurisdiction of Qiupu Mansion.

"Natural and man-made disasters must never stop." Lin Jian sighed lightly, and asked people to put away the bronze plaque, maybe it will be useful in the future.

Generally speaking, when a local flood occurs, the government will organize civilian boats to salvage floating corpses along the river. Lin Jian and they could encounter dozens of floating corpses along the way, and it was foreseeable that there were not a few people who drowned in the Qiupu flood.

In the previous dynasty, Jiangnan was divided into Jiangnan East County and Southeast West County, and when Taizu established the country, most of Jianghuai was incorporated into Jiangnan East County called Jiangdong County, and Jiangnan West County was renamed Jiangxi County, Qingyang County is located in the mountainous area west of Qiupu Prefecture, where it is the division of Jiangdong and Jiangxi.

Judging from the household registration of the floating corpses in the river, the mountainous areas in the western border of Qiupu have been plagued by torrential rains and floods, and it is likely that even the mountainous areas in the eastern part of Jiangxi County are flooded, but the floods in the mountainous areas in the eastern part of Jiangxi County are mainly discharged into Dupoyang Lake, and it will be many days later to flow down.

Thinking of this, Lin Jian raised his eyes and looked at the riverbank, there were several groups of riders following the fleet on the shore, and there were also a few Wupeng sailboats at the tail of it, so I don't know if there are any water village forces in Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province hidden in it.

"Just stop here for the night, or do you want to go on another trip?" Big Loach Master Ge Cunxin stood on the stern deck of the Dongyang and asked loudly across the water.

Lin Jian looked at the reeds in the north for a while, and asked Lin Mengde beside him, "Is it here?" ”

"Hmm." Lin Mengde nodded in affirmation.

"Then stop the boat for the night." Lin Jian sent Ge Cunxiong, the little loach master who followed him, to inform the ships to prepare to dock.

"Which side?" Lin Xulu asked Lin Lian, he saw that there were many suspicious people on both sides of the road along the way, according to his meaning, he should continue the night voyage, so that he could enter the Yuxi River before tomorrow afternoon, and return to Dongyang as soon as possible, so that this heart could rest as soon as possible.

"Come to the north shore." Lin Jian asked the ships to go to the north shore together, choose a place near the shore to anchor and stop the ship, and prepare to spend the night.

The Yangtze River has turned a bend here, forming a large river beach on the north bank. In the dry season of winter and spring, these river beaches are exposed to the water, and in the flood season, this large area of river beach is not in the water, and grows into a large area of green reeds.

Lin Xulu looked at the unusually lush reeds by the river on the north bank, after the sunset sank into the distant mountains, the reeds were black and dreary in the twilight, Lin Xulu thought to himself: If there were dozens of thief ships hiding in the reeds, they would not be able to find out.

As it got dark, several campfires were lit on the shore, and the riders who had followed them dismounted and prepared to spend the night on the shore. They knew that the ship could not send people ashore to drive them away, and they were unscrupulous in their eyes, like wolves with prey, and they did not know how to pounce and bite, but patiently looked for opportunities. However, the few ships that were running in the tail were afraid of a sudden attack here, so they did not dare to get too close and stopped far away.

After a simple dinner, Lin Xulu went back to bed and lay down for a while.

Listening to the sound of the wind, the sound of the waves and the slight sound of the drizzle hitting the canopy, I couldn't sleep at ease, sat up and put on my boots, and pushed open the hatch, only to find that most of the lights outside the cabin were extinguished, only the lone lamp under the cabin canopy still emitted a faint light, only the figure of the guard on the deck could not be seen, and there seemed to be a lot of people standing in the bow of the ship.

It was dark and swarthy all around, and the rain fell in the river, sparkling and shattering, and the reeds were pitch black. The campfire on the riverbank was also extinguished by the rain, and it is not known if the riders who were watching had changed places to hide from the rain.

"What about the lights, who is responsible for watching the lights, and how do you keep the lights out?" Lin Xulu saw two black shadows coming over, thinking that they were the boatmen on duty, and asked loudly, "What do you think of the night, how about letting the thief ship come up while it is dark at this time?" ”

"Third brother, I made the lights go out." Lin Bin's voice came from the darkness.

Lin Xulu was a little embarrassed, touched his nose, and was about to ask Lin Jian why he turned off the lights, when he heard a slight strange sound from the depths of the reeds. He looked over vigilantly, but it was pitch black in the depths of the reeds, and he couldn't see anything, but the sound was getting more and more obvious.

Enemy attack! Lin Xulu's mind instantly occupied this thought, and he walked to the side of the boat, turned around and asked Lin Bin: "Old Seventeen, did you hear any voice?" ”

"There's ......a boat in the reeds," Lin said.

Lin Xulu wanted to say something, only to find that the guards on this ship were all standing on the deck covered in rain, and he thought that Lin Xulu had already noticed that there was something strange in the reeds, so he stopped and stared at the place where the sound came.

When Lin Xulu saw the six Wupeng boats coming out of the reeds, the six ships were only nearly twenty steps away from the Dongyang, and the ship in front of them hung out an oil lamp at this time. Although the lights were dim, the two sides were closer, and Lin Xulu suddenly found Lin Jiyuan, dressed in military uniform, standing neatly at the bow of the boat.

"Why are they hiding in the reeds?" Lin Xulu asked in surprise.

"I asked Jiyuan and them to come over," Lin Jian patted Lin Xulu on the shoulder, "We set off from Jiangning, there are several people on the shore and in the river who bite us and follow us, the waterway to Dongyang will not be quiet, everyone must be careful all the way; I'm afraid that there will be more people eyeing the estuary. Jiyuan and they got on the boat, we will go back to the mouth of the river immediately, and then go to the waterway of Dongyang, and Jiyuan will escort you. ”

Lin Xulu's mind was a little knotted, and he couldn't understand why Lin Jian made such an arrangement for a while, and thought to himself: Could it be that he knew that someone would be unfavorable to the estuary, so he deliberately transferred the Wu Wei from the estuary to lure the snake out of the hole, and he wanted to take the Wu Wei back to kill the horse gun at this time?

The rope ladder was lowered from the boat, Lin Jiyuan, Chen Shouyan and the more than 200 township Yongyuan rope ladders they took to Dongyang to Gu Wuchen as guards climbed up the "Jiyun 1", Zhou Pu and the little loach master Ge Cunxin led the Wuwei along the rope ladder down to the Wupeng boat, and the whole process was carried out by a faint copper oil lamp, in an orderly and orderly manner.

"You are of the same size as me, this official robe is for you to wear, so that the people who are watching you know that I am still on the boat," Lin Jian stuffed the cyan official robe that he had changed into earlier to Chen Shouyan, and then climbed the rope ladder to go down to the Wupeng boat, "When we hide in the depths of the reeds, you will immediately take anchor and set off, and lure away all the people on the shore and in the water." ”

The waterway to Dongyang will not be peaceful, Lin Mengde and the big loach master Ge Cunxin will stay on the boat and will not go back with Lin. When the six Wupeng boats that Lin Tie and they were on were hiding in the depths of the reeds, Lin Mengde gave the order to set sail.

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"The boat moved, the dog/mother, Lin Tie is really cunning, they all thought they were going to stop the boat here for the night, but they suddenly wanted to get rid of us while it was dark......"

On the riverbank, under a simple canopy set up with lacquered cloth and a few bamboo poles under the weeping willows, two men half-squatting stared at the reeds. Although the sky was dark, there was some faint reflection in the river, and I could barely see the vague shadows of the Dongyang and other ships through the rain curtain. The Dongyang lifted anchor and sailed, and the general situation could be seen from the shore.

"Quick, tell everyone to pack up their horses and get ready to go, this time we can't lose them again." A man took a sip, rubbed his hands, straightened his saber, and ran to untie his mount to the willow tree.

Lin Jiyuan and the others went down the water, and they took a masculine oarboat, and the roof of the canopy of the full cabin was not higher than the green reeds in the water. Lin Jian would use this reed swing to secretly cross Chen Cang, and the detectives on the shore were not aware of it at all, not to mention that they never expected that Lin Jiyuan and Chen Shouyan had come back from the front line of Dongyang and County for a few days, and they led Xiang Yong to hide in this reed dangling for a day and a night last night.

The river boats that followed there were farther away from the Jiyun Society and the Lin family's fleet, and they cleverly used other ships to block the view from the periphery, and it was even more unclear that Lin Jian would choose to do something here, at this time, seeing that the Jiyun Society and the Lin family's fleet suddenly anchored and raised their sails, they also hurriedly shouted the boatmen and sailors here, and followed the fleet of the Jiyun Society upstream.

The boat travels on the river, and there are no reefs and rocks in the river section here, although it is quite slow and troublesome to go against the water, but after all, do not use manpower. It's okay to keep an eye on the trailing fleet; The scouts on the shore were on horseback, and the road was very muddy after the rain, and it was a real torment to walk on a rainy night, but this time they were more worried about losing the boat.

Fortunately, in the early morning of the daylight, the Jiyun Society and the Lin family's fleet appeared in the field of vision, and the usual soldiers on the ship were clearly dressed and armored, except for their sudden sailing at night, there was no other place to be suspicious, and the "Lin Tie" wearing a cyan official robe was still standing on the bow of the ship with a saber at his waist.