An autumn rain, the temperature dropped sharply, the cold wind in the wilderness became more biting, Wang Geng wrapped the hemp pieces on his body more tightly, but he still felt cold and biting, he carefully walked through the open field, carefully looking for it on the withered yellow grass.

Half an hour passed, he found two pieces of melon, he carefully peeled off the soil, hid the melon in his arms, looked around like a thief, the figure who was also looking for was far away, no one noticed him, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Two small pieces of sweet potatoes are not enough, he must also find them, homeless people like them, the purpose of living every day is to find food, if you are lucky, you can mix into the city, with the help of restaurants or well-wishers, you can have a full meal, but it is not so easy to enter the city.

The hunger in his stomach was even stronger, he couldn't help but press the sweet potato, and tightened the hemp slices tightly, and then looked, this piece of land has been searched by countless people, and he can find two sweet potatoes, which is lucky enough.

Sighing softly, he felt that he had to take a risk today, to look near the Zhuangzi in front, this is a certain danger, the Zhuangzi in front belongs to the local Zhou Valve, strictly speaking, it can be regarded as a small dock fort, the walls around it are very high, and there are Zhuang Ding guards at the door, these Zhuang Ding are very fierce, if they are caught, they will have to go to half a life.

There are many homeless people like Wang Geng outside Yangzhou and in the subordinate counties, and they are mostly scattered in the mountains and forests, like a mouse, hiding from the government.

In the evening, Wang Geng returned to the grass hut in the grove, two fires had been burned in the open space of the woods, he just came back, two little figures ran over, he happily took out a broken clay pot, and the two villains shouted excitedly.

All the food was poured into a large clay pot containing all the food found today, and the two children sat by the fire and looked at it happily.

Wang Geng is actually not very old, only thirty-two years old, but he has been a homeless for three years, he originally had three children, and now there are only two left, and the youngest died last winter.

"Scar, I'll tell you something. ”

The next-door neighbor's Han Zheng came over and quietly told him that he was going to put grain in Liubao Town in two days, Wang Geng was very surprised, Liubao Town was twenty miles away, he had been there, the town was not very big, it was not as good as some big dock forts, but this is an important wharf outside Yangzhou, and many ships spent the night here, so there are many wine shops and green buildings in the town, and the town is very prosperous.

"Really?" Wang Geng was a little skeptical, and Han Chong nodded mysteriously: "I'll go tomorrow, and the whole family will go." ”

Han Chong's whole family is actually just him and his son, his wife has already been sold, and his son is already fourteen years old, much older than Wang Geng's two children, so he can go out to find food.

"Who did you listen to?"

"The old man who fishes, the town has posted notices. ”

Wang Geng believed it and immediately decided to leave early tomorrow morning, twenty miles, and two hours. The next day, the cold wind in the early morning woke up Wang Geng early, he looked up at the sky, and then woke up his wife and children, the family of four quickly got up, he woke up Han Chong and his son, and the two families went on the road in the cold wind.

He didn't go far before he heard the figure of Si Si Suosuo behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw that almost all the people in the grove had risen, and it turned out that everyone knew the news.

Countless Wang Geng and Han Chong poured towards Liubao Town!

Liubao Town, outside of Yangzhou, is the second large berthing point for northbound ships, and the town has always been relatively quiet. As an important mooring point, it is natural to give birth to many things to satisfy passing travelers, many Qinglou taverns and casinos, whenever night falls, the town is bustling, and after dark, the boats on the pier leave one after another, and the noisy town gradually quiets down until the afternoon.

The Cao Gang has a rudder in this town, the rudder is surnamed Yan, this Yan rudder is in his thirties, in two simple words he is stout, even in winter he only wears a short coat, showing thick and powerful arms, every day he has to take his two brothers around the town.

There is no garrison in the town, this is not a pass, but it is too late to arrive here from the ship from Yangzhou to the north, this is an era that is not suitable for night sailing, no ship will sail at night, if there is anything, the imperial court sailor will arrive within half a day, and at the same time, Jin County, thirty miles away, can also send a catch.

As usual, Lord Yan Helm walked slowly along the stone path, this was his territory, and he was the king of this area.

Soon he found that today was different from the past, and that there were many more homeless people in the town, and these homeless people were easily recognizable, most of them were skinny, draped in sackcloth, hiding in corners, shivering.

"What's going on today?" asked Lord Yan casually.

"Who knows, it's cold. ”

This is true, the weather is cold, it is difficult to find food in the wilderness, and it is very cold, in the town, whether it is to find food or a warmer place, it is easier, in previous winters, as in winter, many homeless people run to the town.

The Lord didn't feel anything, on the contrary, he was a little proud, because there were more eyes of reverence or fear.

But he ignored the fact that this year these displaced people came earlier and there were more people.

In the evening, Lord Yan Helm returned to the dock, and the brothers in the gang who were guarding the dock reported to him today's situation, simply put, there was no situation, Lord Yan Helm took a look, there were already some boats on the dock.

"Is there a boat today?" said the brother, when a fleet of boats came in the distance, and the helmsman looked up, and soon recognized the flag on the mast.

"Tell the brothers, it's coming. ”

The brother looked up, turned and picked up a gong and struck it vigorously, and out of the house by the dock came some men, who were quickly busy.

The speed of the fleet was not fast, and it took a while to arrive, and it was evident that the draft of the ship was very deep, and the helmsman always stood on the dock, occasionally laughing with the people around him.

The flotilla came to shore, and from the ship came a slender man with a knife at his waist and his hair disheveled, but on his feet was a pair of fine boots, which were very clean, as if they had been newly bought.

Lord Yan Helm laughed and stepped forward to greet the slender man, the two didn't say much, obviously very familiar, said that Hu was very casual, the two of them chatted and watched the boat land, and after the five fully loaded boats all landed, the slender man went to the next room with Lord Yan Helm, and none of the others got off the boat.

"Brothers, hard work!"

The Liubao men guarding the dock shouted and waved, and several men carried dustpans and food boxes on board, and each boat was delivered.

The gang on the ship did not start immediately, but first finished the affairs on the ship before returning to the cabin to eat.

The five boats did not stop separately, but all five of them were connected together, and only the innermost one had a gangplank to go ashore.

Everything is the same as ever, except for the periphery of the marina.

In the small liquor shop opposite the wharf, there are two men and a woman drinking tea by the window, these three people came down from a cargo ship on the side, but, looking at the draft, the cargo ship is not carrying much.

The three of them had already eaten, and they were slowly drinking tea, and their eyes couldn't stop looking at the dock and at those Cao gang men.

"Who is that person?" The girl spoke first, staring at Xuantian on the side, Xuantian said lazily: "This person who came is called Zhuang Jun of the Water Jiao, he is a good hand on the water, and he is estimated to be a martial artist, and this guy is very cautious in his work." ”

The woman picked up her teacup, hid her gaze, and looked at the dock, which was in a good position to have an unobstructed view of the pier.

Silence!

After a while, a young man in Tsing Yi appeared on the dock, the Cao Gang just glanced at him and ignored it, the Tsing Yi guy seemed to be very interested in the Cao Gang's boat, and wanted to go over to have a look, but before he got close to the grain boat, he was stopped by the Cao Gang.

Xuantian got up and threw down a dime of silver, and the woman and another man also got up and followed behind Xuantian. The three of them staggered towards the dock, looking as if they had returned to the boat to rest after eating and drinking.

But Xuantian didn't go back to the dock, but walked straight to the house on the edge of the dock, and as Xuantian walked out of the wine shop, a group of men in sackcloth suddenly appeared around, and they walked silently towards the dock.

The Cao Gang man who was guarding outside the room came over to interrogate, Xuan Tian smiled, as if he wanted to explain, but suddenly the sword flashed, and the Cao Gang man fell down without saying a word.

There were a lot of Cao Gang men on the dock, but no one noticed this, Xuantian easily walked to the door and pushed the door in.

The young man in Tsing Yi on the dock saw the Cao Gang man at the door falling, he smiled and stepped forward again, the Cao Gang man was a little impatient, and warned sharply, the young man in Tsing Yi laughed, but he didn't say a word, at this moment, a Cao Gang man found that the situation was wrong.

"Stop! Don't ......!"

Before the words fell, the young man in Tsing Yi had already jumped up, slashed his fists, and the fist was strong, blocking the voice of the Cao gang man.

As soon as the young man in Tsing Yi made a move, the men in Mai who came from all sides drew their swords and rushed up.

The Cao Gang has been stable for too long, for more than ten years, no one dares to fight the idea of Cao Liang, they have forgotten, danger!

The Mai men rushed to the front in the blink of an eye, the sword light flashed, and the Cao Gang everyone was caught off guard, several people fell in the sword light, and the remaining two people were struggling to support.

The young man in Tsing Yi punched the Cao Gang in front of him to vomit blood, and before he could react, the young man in Tsing Yi got on the Cao boat with a shake of his body, and at this time, the Cao Gang who was eating in the cabin had not come out.

The young man in Tsing Yi did not rush into the cabin, but continued to rush forward, and in the blink of an eye he was on the fifth boat.

At this moment, there was a loud bang, followed by a long laugh, and the two figures rushed out of the roof one after the other, and when the figure in front came out, the figure was stunned, and then it was chased by the figure behind, and the two fought in mid-air, and the winner was separated in the blink of an eye, and the person in front fell straight down the street.

Xuantian landed on the roof, looking at the fierce battle on the ship with his back hand, and at the same time as the fierce battle on the boat, a fierce battle broke out at one end of the street, which was where the rudder of the Cao Gang was.

"The fraternity will do things, and no one will stand back!"

Xuan Tianlang shouted, and a letter arrow flew out of his hand, and the arrow exploded in mid-air, forming a red light cluster, which looked like a red star from a distance.

Wang Geng and Han Chong were outside the town, they were very disappointed, they rushed to Liubao Town before noon, and did not see any relief food, just when they did not know what to do, someone secretly told them to wait for the red star in the sky to go to the dock.

Seeing the red color at this moment, Wang Geng and Han Chong's father and son immediately picked up the sack and rushed to the town, Han Chong didn't know where to find a wooden stick, and the front end of the wooden stick was sharpened.

Displaced people from outside the town flocked into the town and soon filled the streets.

"Grain at the docks!"

I don't know who shouted, and the crowd immediately rushed to the dock.

Xuantian looked at the crowd and smiled with satisfaction, he didn't worry about the outcome of the battle at all, in order to ensure success, he transferred some elites from Xuzhou and Jiangnan, some of these elites were the aftermath of the bloody battle, some of them were rookies, and some were trained by him personally, plus the information provided by Liu Han, plus he personally took action, the victory was secure!

(End of chapter)