(Subscribe)

Chapter 315 Lihuo

The big ship crossed the Yangtze River, and Fang Jie stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the waves cut by the bow below and still felt uneasy. The inexplicable hallucination on the opening platform before made him feel a little confused. The hallucination was so real that the picture in his mind never dissipated for a long time.

Although Fang Jie had been in trouble for more than ten years, he rarely took a boat. At this time, this scene of looking down at the bow and walking through the waves made him feel a little more emotional.

I don’t know when the black boy Yan Kuang walked behind him. Fang Jie didn’t look back, but seemed to know his arrival: “Let’s explain why he lied to Chen Heng and Chen Ha?”

After saying this, Fang Jie turned his head and looked at the two old naughty boys not far away. The two seemed to be afraid of this shaking feeling. The two of them sat on the deck with pale faces holding hands, and were still talking softly. Fang Jie couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth after listening.

The two guys were actually ridiculing each other. He said he was afraid of water, and he said he was afraid of fish.

This reminded Fang Jie that when he was in the imperial capital, he once said that he tied Chen Heng and Chen Ha and sank them into the river to feed fish. Obviously, these two people also thought of this, so they didn't dare to get close to the side of the boat. They were originally from the southwest, but they lived not very far from Yongzhou. Logically, they should be familiar with boats, but they thought that they lost their father when they were young and their mother died of illness, leaving only them to depend on each other. Because they committed evil and were locked in the cave by Prince Zhong Yang Qi for more than ten years, they were also unfamiliar with boat rides.

"Sir, you probably guessed it."

Yan Kuang was silent for a while and asked back.

Fang Jie nodded.

Yan Kuang asked again: "Since the lord has guessed, what are you going to do with it?"

Fang Jie looked at Yan Kuang and smiled and said, "Since that day, Chen Heng and Chen Ha killed people in the square, I knew that Your Majesty would never let such two people survive. They acted without any restrictions at all, and their cultivation was amazing. If Xiao Yijiu was deceived into the imperial capital and caused chaos, he would naturally be deceived by others again."

"Your Majesty is right to do this..."

Fang Jie paused and asked, "Then why didn't you kill them both?"

"Because I can't beat them."

Yan Kuang shook his head and replied.

Fang Jie shook his head: "If you think this sentence can deceive people, you must first ask if you are biased. I just want to ask you one thing, will you feel relieved if you kill them, or will you feel more comfortable if you don't kill them?"

Yan Kuang didn't answer, so Fang Jie knew the answer.

"Your Majesty wants them to die, so we ministers must obey them, otherwise it is a serious crime of disrespect for the order, right?"

Fang Jie smiled and said, "But Your Majesty did not tell me directly and asked me to get rid of the two of them. Since Your Majesty didn't say it, why should I do it? As for whether Your Majesty arranged for others to do this, I naturally don't know. Since I don't know... guess what I would do?"

Yan Kuang was stunned for a moment, then asked tentatively: "Whoever will kill them, will the adults kill?"

Fang Jie nodded: "That's the saying, whoever comes to kill them will kill. Of course, you can tell Eunuch Su about what I guessed was sent by His Majesty, but it will not affect my decision. This trip to the southwest will take half a year to travel. If I don't try whether I can make Chen Heng and Chen Ha useful people to the Sui Dynasty, I will feel that I am losing. Yan Kuang... You have been with me for a long time. Since I know you are not really stupid, you naturally know some of my temperament... I have never done anything like this."

Yan Kuang frowned and said, "Your future is bright, why do you have to influence your career because of these two people?"

"Yan Kuang..."

Fang Jie looked at the black boy and sighed: "You are here to persuade me, but have you ever persuaded yourself that level? If you really think so, you will not drag it all the way to Weijun before taking action, nor will you bring them back again. Chen Heng's cultivation is shocking, but their minds are as easy as kids to deceive them. It is impossible to kill them with both of them, and it is not too difficult to defeat them. Even if there is no one who secretly supports you, will you be able to deceive them by yourself and take poison? Even if you hand them a bottle of poison and tell them it is sugar water, they will not doubt you. But they are not dead, not because they are not easy to kill, but because you don't want to kill them."

Yan Kuang remained silent, but his fingers were tangled together and rubbed back and forth.

"I just pretend I don't know about this."

Fang Jie said to Yan Kuang word by word: "You can tell your friends in the dark, and I will not give them another chance. If Chen Heng and Chen Ha died halfway to Yongzhou, then I will use my life to dig them out of the dark, dig out one to kill the other."

"I don't like threatening people because threats themselves don't make much sense. I like to do it, and I will do it if I say it."

Yan Kuang was stunned, then nodded: "I understand."

"What do you understand?"

Fang answered the question.

"Sir, you are not a qualified adult...but, you are a good friend."

Fang Jie couldn't help but smile: "I don't have many friends, I feel sorry for one less."

"But the adults' temperament does not seem suitable to be an official."

"Maybe..."

Fang Jie stood at the bow and stood with his hands behind his back: "I always don't believe what others think of me. Why do others say that I can't do it if I am not sure about it? Even if it really doesn't work, I have to do it before I know it."

...

...

No matter how wide the Yangtze River is, there will be another shore. The big ship first crossed over at the request of Fangxing, put down the people, and set sail again, and headed west against the river. Go to Yongzhou by water, and go up 150 miles to the intersection of Luoshui and the Yangtze River, and then go to Luoshui and go south. If the road is not delayed, it will take not twenty days to reach Yongzhou.

After walking thirty miles against the current, the sky was completely dark. Even though it was a huge official boat and even if the sailors were experienced local fishermen, no one dared to sail at night. Among the people who were facing the river, there were always many legends about gods and ghosts, such as river gods and water monsters.

There has been a story circulating among the people along the Yangtze River, saying that many years ago, the gods came to the earth to conquer the water monsters that were harmful to the Yangtze River. But the water monster felt that it was unfair. It said to the gods that since humans are creatures, I am also creatures, why do you favor humans? They are not as powerful as me, so it is natural to be eaten by me. The gods said that you are bullying the weak by being strong, and the water monster said that if you don’t let me eat people, isn’t it bullying the weak by being strong?

This sentence made the gods speechless, so the gods set rules. The big rivers in the day belong to humans, and the big rivers in the night belong to water monsters. If there are still people who are eaten by water monsters in the big river at night, the gods will not punish them, and they can only blame themselves for not abide by the rules.

This story is naturally fake, and the story is just a story after all.

But the meaning in this story seems to be very deep. The more you think about it, the more you can say, the more you make the truth. This world is such a world, and it is not wrong to be born powerful.

Fang Jie heard an old boatman tell this story when the boat was docking.

He recalled what the water monster said to the gods, and suddenly realized that if the water monster really existed, then it must be a wise man.

"Sir, it is a rule that we must not touch on the boat at night, so we can only go to the dock and rest. But we will go as soon as the sky is dawn. The waterway of more than 100 miles will not be too fast because it is countercurrent. However, if nothing unexpected happens, you will be able to reach the intersection of the two rivers in two days. The county magistrate has sent someone to notify the local government in advance, and there should be a large ship there to greet you."

The old boatman explained apologetically.

Fang Jie waved his hand and said, "I know that even if there is no rule that the boat cannot be run at night, people will always be tired. They need to rest when they should."

After hearing what he said, the old boatman felt warm.

"Thank you for your kindness, and the people will leave."

Fang Jie nodded and looked at the endless Mangdang Mountain in the distance on the north bank and fell into deep thought.

Just about a mile away from the official boat, a small boat also stopped on the shore. The fisherman first went ashore to tie the ropes and then prepared to cook. This was a couple. Because they lived by the river all year round, the man's skin was darker and had a layer of water rust, which looked very strong. Even the woman was very flexible and agile, with her skin much whiter than that of a man. The pair of plump thighs wrapped in a cloth skirt would be very fatal if they were wrapped around her waist.

The fisherman is about thirty years old, but the people on the riverside are long-term windy and sunny, which makes them look older than people in other places. Or the fisherman feels particularly sorry for his wife, so the woman's beauty is pretty good.

The woman was setting fire while greeting today's guests.

There were seven or eight people in a group, including men and women. The boatman's women were welcomed and sent to each other all year round and saw that these people were not easy to mess with. In addition, it was already a little dark when these people came, so she didn't plan to take over the business. Unexpectedly, these people took advantage of their actions and threw out a ingot of 20 taels of silver, which made her unable to refuse.

Twenty taels of silver were the usual harvest for the couple.

The Sui Dynasty was prosperous and powerful, so the daily price required was not high. Twenty taels of silver was enough for the couple to live for two years. You should know that in a restaurant in the town, it would cost only seventy or eighty cents at most. Even in the imperial capital, it would be reasonable to have a table of one tael of silver.

For the sake of money, the fisherman's woman agreed, but she kept on guard because she accidentally saw the people's packages hidden.

"Boss, let's go to the shore casually. Just cook and we just count the money. Prepare a few pots of wine and we settle the bill together."

The man in the lead explained and then took the person away.

The woman watched them walk into the night and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "The head of the family, I always feel that these people are not good people."

"Don't care!"

The fisherman smiled and said, "Let's just make money and come back when you send it to the place."

While speaking, he pinched the woman's full chest, and the woman shyly avoided her eyes but was full of happiness.

In the night, Li Huo took people out quickly. With the help of the shore grass and trees, he quickly approached the official ship where Fang Jie was. They hid behind the vegetation and observed on the boat.

"You can't delay any more, maybe Fang Jie will have some doubts now."

Li Huo frowned and lowered his voice and ordered: "Lu Minglan, Gao Xiao, Li Sanxing, you three are the best. You will quietly touch the big ship tonight. Although those two idiots have good cultivation, they are not very alert. Find an opportunity to poison their food!"

"But...will poisoning involve others? If Fang Jie is poisoned to death, how can we tell Eunuch Su?"

"Those two people don't eat fish, the chef will definitely make some food."

Li Huo sneered coldly: "As long as you observe carefully, you won't make any mistakes. If you can't poison the food, won't you poison the water in their room while they were not there?"

"anyway……"

He clenched his fists and said word by word: "Those two idiots must be allowed to meet the King of Hell tonight!"

Just as he finished saying this, his face suddenly changed.

In the night, there is no one around.

But for some reason, Li Huo was sure that he would be killed as soon as he moved. He didn't know where this sense of crisis came from, but it was so real and clear. It was as if a weapon was wandering around him, and he didn't know where the weapon pierced into his body the next second.

Not just him.
Chapter completed!