Wishing You Eternal Happiness

Years do not live, the seasons are like flowing, and in the midsummer season of the year, the breeze is swaying, and the vegetation is growing. On this day, on the bank of an ancient ferry called Dayi in Yazhou, a ferry carried more than a dozen passengers who were going to cross the river. Go, a call came from the shore with the wind: "Boatman, wait!"

The boatman turned his head and saw four or five people coming up the road. He soon approached. The group was dressed normally and his clothes were dusty. One of them was a thin young man with quiet eyebrows and bright eyes. The remaining few people followed him and looked at him. Should be the leader.

"Boatman, come back! Go to the other side!"

A man next to him yelled at the boatman, loudly.

Although this ancient ferry is next to the road, the only ferry is also the only way from the west bank to the east bank. However, because of its remote location, there are not many passengers, and the river is far wide, reaching several tens of meters wide. The current is very turbulent again. It takes at least half an hour to go back and forth. Sometimes the boatman can’t go a few times a day. At this moment, seeing someone coming again, his face was joyful, and he responded with a loud voice. With a local accent, he bowed to the people and said, "Guest, my boat is small. I can only board two more people on this trip, and I can't squeeze all of you. Jiang Xin is in a hurry, and there are too many people at a disadvantage."

The others all looked at the young man. He squinted slightly, glanced at the other side, and nodded.

The boatman said that the price was fixed, and he was busy shouting that all the passengers who had boarded the boat would sit together and make room for the new guests.

The man said to the people around him: "Let's go with Yang Yun first. You wait for the next trip." He said to the boatman, "Thank you", and got on the stern.

This man is Pei Youan. Seven or eight days ago, he left Uszang, took a shortcut to Yunchuan, and embarked on the road to the capital. However, this part of the journey was not fast due to the difficult terrain, mountains and waters, and impassable post roads, so I came here today to Gudu to the east coast.

The boatman hurriedly bowed, not even dare to say, waiting for people to go up, once again clicked the ball, pushed the boat off the shore, and then followed the water, slowly propped the ferry towards the other bank.

The boat gradually approached the middle of the river, the wind was strong, and the current became turbulent. There was a timid passenger in the ferry, and he became nervous. However, the boatman has been returning all the year round, without changing his face, standing steadily in the stern of the boat with bare feet, while punting the boat, while telling the guests about the local story. He is quite talkative and eloquent. I'm not so scared at the beginning.

Yang Yun has always been vigilant. At this moment, he is in the middle of the river, so he is guarding Pei Youan, leaning on the side of the ship, and looking at the people in the same boat. There is a young woman dressed as a local at the stern, in her early twenties, fair complexion, and about timid. Holding the burden tightly in his arms, closing his eyes motionless, the rest of the people are also ordinary passers-by, and there is no suspiciousness. When you think of the other side, the post road will gradually become smooth, and you can walk on horses from tomorrow. When he was able to speed up the journey and slowly relax, Pei Youan suddenly asked the boatman: "Uncle has been here for many years? After landing, I don't know how far is Huayang Mansion? How can the road be convenient?"

The ship master smiled and said: "I've been in charge of the ship for half my life, and you ask the right person! When you get to the shore, go straight forward, after dozens of miles, there is a three-way road, two hundred miles eastward, and the front is Huayang Mansion is here. The guest officer is going to do business?"

Pei Youan looked at the boatman, smiled slightly, and said, "Exactly. Thank you, the boatman."

The boat gradually reached the middle of the river. The hull was swayed slightly by the current, and the boatman's expression became dignified. He no longer talked with others. He carefully supported the penny and broke the water forward. Suddenly, he heard a "pop" in his hand. The thin-legged penny was bent too sharply, and suddenly it was folded into two pieces. It happened suddenly, no one thought that even the boatman seemed shocked, and stood still on the bow of the boat, motionless.

The ship's body suddenly lost its strength, and immediately shook in the vortex of the river. The ship swayed from side to side, and the passengers on the ship were all panicked, and the young woman screamed again and again.

Yang Yun was startled, but he saw a spare Penny's across the bottom of the boat, and shouted: "The boat is off and panic! Then!" He picked up the Penny and handed it to the boatman.

The boatman responded and hurriedly came to pick up the dagger. When he passed by Pei Youan, his life unexpectedly became unpredictable. He suddenly bent over, and quickly reached into his waist, and found out a dagger. Jian wiped Pei Youan's neck.

Yang Yun was horrified, but he reacted immediately and yelled: "My lord, be careful!", his eyes were splitting, and he dropped the Penny, and Fei body rushed over, trying to stop him, but it was too late. The boatman was away from Pei Youan. It's too close, swinging a dagger in the blink of an eye, the action is accurate and ruthless, where there is a half boatman, he is clearly a well-trained killer.

Seeing that Pei Youan was about to splash the bow with blood, the situation changed again. He seemed to be prepared for a long time, and the brilliance of his eyes flashed past, his body leaned back, and the dagger waved blankly. The boatman was startled, but he did not react, his wrist was firmly clamped by Pei Youan's five fingers, and he saw a backhand. Accompanied by the "poof" sound of gold and iron entering the flesh, the dagger had pierced the boatman's heart and entered without a root. , Only the dagger stuck in the chest.

The boatman's figure suddenly condensed, and one of his own hands, still holding the dagger tightly, looked as if he had penetrated his heart and killed his life.

The boatman crouched and stared at Pei Youan, his eyes filled with unbelievable horror.

A wave came, the hull shook, and the boatman leaned back and plunged into the water with a "bang", and was swallowed by the current in a blink of an eye.

Everything was between the electric light and flint, until the boatman fell into the water, and the passengers on the boat reacted. There was another exclamation, and the young woman even cried.

"My lord! Are you okay?"

Before Yang Yun had time to exhale, he felt that the hull was shaking so badly that he was almost unsteady. When he turned around, he saw a few passengers panicked and stood up. The hull immediately lost its balance, and the surface of the river was just another whirlpool. Then, the hitting hull overturned to one side, accompanied by a scream, four or five people on one side, several "puffs", all fell into the water, struggling to call for help.

"You hold the boat! I'll save people!"

Pei Youan immediately shouted at Yang Yun.

Yang Yun's water was not as good as Pei Youan. He shuddered and recovered. He hurriedly replied. He picked up the bamboo pole just now, stood on the bow of the ship, and put the pole on a river rock protruding from the water, struggling to resist the current. The hull finally stabilized and stopped spinning. Pei Youan had already jumped down the river, and soon sent a few people who fell into the water back to the boat one by one, and finally climbed up by himself. At this time, he heard a faint "help", followed the sound and turned his head and saw that he was on the same boat. The young woman was caught up to the stern of the ship by the current. He didn’t see it. It was because of her fate that she grabbed a section of the rope that was dragged in the water by the stern. Then she did not sink. She immediately came to the stern of the ship and reached out. She grabbed.

Just grabbing the young woman's hand, Pei Youan frowned slightly, did not immediately pull her up, but glanced at her and let go.

The young woman originally looked as if she was about to drown. Seeing Pei Youan let go of her, she showed a fierce look and grabbed the rope. She leaped forward and was very agile. She actually climbed to the stern, just like the ship master just now. There was also an extra dagger in his hand, and he stabbed towards Pei Youan.

The screams of the boat started again.

Accompanied by the slight "crack" of a broken wrist, the young woman screamed in pain. She fell into the river again, her head floated in the water a few times, and finally sank slowly.

The rest of the passengers on the ship are ordinary people, so how can you ever experience such a thrilling experience today? Knowing bad luck, I got on a thief ship today. Seeing Pei Youan calmly, he killed two people in a row without leaving any leeway to start. At this moment, he turned his head, two eyes swept to him, sharp as electricity, prematurely scared, and a few cleverly stood up and kowtowed for mercy. As a hero, he kept arguing for himself.

Pei Youan knew that among the remaining people, there was indeed nothing unusual, his expression gradually slowed down, returned to the bow, and sat back slowly, twisting the wet clothes on his body.

Yang Yun settled down, taking advantage of the water pressure, struggling to slowly hold the ferry forward, and finally landed the ship.

As soon as it reached the shore, the passenger took his belongings and ran away without looking back. Yang Yunfu went back and carried the remaining entourage back. After he got ashore, he saw Pei You standing on the river bank and looking at Jiangzhu, thoughtfully, thinking of the thrills that had just happened before, so he walked over.

"My lord, I had been following along this route. I really had an accident today! Fortunately, the adults are lucky and there is no danger. It is a pity that the two of them are dead, and I can't ask them to confess. The adults know who is going to be against the adults. ?"

Pei Youan retracted his gaze and said indifferently: "I don't have many enemies, but they are not too few, and it's not easy to say for a while. It's a pity that I just started a little harder, otherwise I can ask."

Yang Yun heard his tone as usual, and did not seem to take the assassination of the assassin to his heart. He felt relieved and couldn't help but ask again: "When the assassination was just now, I saw that the adults seemed to have been prepared. How did the adults see him? Is there anything wrong? I can see that he has a steady bottom, but this kind of perennial punter, who has practiced such a bottom, is not unusual, so he is not vigilant. Fortunately, the adults are alert, otherwise if the adult is wrong, I will die. Insufficient compensation."

Pei Youan said: "This ship is indeed a local. His skin is dark and his palms are correct. You can see that it is really ordinary, but have you noticed that his feet and calves have a lighter skin color than his cheeks and arms. There are a lot of things on it, and you can see that the very young are dressed in barefoot shorts. You think, how can a boatman wear shoes and long clothes all the year round? So I asked him if he is here all year round.

Yang Yun showed admiration and said, "I'm nowhere near an adult! I would like to ask the adults for advice in the future! But the young woman, how can the adults see that she is wrong?"

Pei Youan said: "It's very simple. This young woman is fair-skinned, obviously not a rough peasant woman at work, but she goes out alone. This is the first abnormality, but it does not rule out that she has special circumstances. I just grabbed her and wanted her. When she pulled it up, the back of her hand was smooth, but the palm of her hand was grinded, and the position was comparable to those who practiced swords all the time, so I concluded that she and the man must be in the same group."

Yang Yun suddenly realized: "I also saw the passenger just now, but didn't pay much attention to this woman. I learned a lesson this time, and I must be more prepared in the future."

Pei Youan said: "Remember, if there are differences, it is a monster. Especially women. You will know from now on. It's always right to be more prepared against women."

Yang Yun admired the five-body cast and said sincerely: "My lord is wise, my subordinates remember it."

Pei Youan smiled slightly, turned his head and looked ahead, and said: "If I was right, the prince should have entered the capital at this moment. There should be no more delay here. There should be a post in front of you. Go and ask for a few horses. , Get there early."

As Yang Yun responded, the group of people walked quickly along the post road.