The ace special forces of the Sui Dynasty

Before Liu Ziqiu could answer, Changsun Wuji had already said to himself: "The servants died in the [-]th and [-]th, and the dead in the car, looking at each other. The Tongji Canal was filled with human life!"

Zhang San was busy at the stern of the boat, Guanyin's servant girl and maidservants were still in the cabin, only Liu Ziqiu could hear these words.However, just after Gao Jiong, He Ruobi and others were executed for "slandering the imperial court", he dared to speak out here, and he really deserved the name of "Wuji".

Liu Ziqiu was impressed by the boldness of eldest grandson Wuji, and admired him for being able to care about the government at such a young age, so he couldn't help but interjected, "May I ask you, how long would it take to go from Jiangdu to Luoyang without Tongji Canal and Hangou?"

Changsun Wuji didn't expect Liu Ziqiu to answer his words, he was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said: "If there is no fast horse, it should be in January."

Liu Ziqiu tapped his pole, turned the bow of the boat in one direction, and said, "At our current speed, can we reach Luoyang within ten days?"

Changsun Wuji thought for a while: "When I came here, I walked for nine days. But..."

"The speed of the journey is the second most important thing." Liu Ziqiu took the long pole back and continued, "The transportation of materials saves time and effort is more important. The cost of water transportation is less than [-]% of that of vehicles and horses. The imperial court only pays for taxes, food, and salt every year. The transportation can save a lot of money. People and merchants can also benefit from it.”

Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment, then suddenly nodded and said: "There is some truth to it, it seems that these people deserved to die."

But Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "It's not always true. You can't take one side of everything. You see, the court is like a boat, and the people are like water. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. It is a good thing to build a canal, but it consumes too much power of the people." , it would be counterproductive.”

Changsun Wuji has always regarded Liu Ziqiu as a martial artist with great skills, but he never thought that he would be able to say such a thing, he couldn't help but look at him with admiration, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Dare to ask your name, brother?"

When leaving Jiangdu, Liu Ziqiu rescued Guanyin's servant girl.Although Changsun Wuji was grateful, he only planned to give him more rewards at that time, and didn't take him very seriously, and didn't even ask his name.

Unlike when he was facing Yuan Tiangang, Liu Ziqiu was still very willing to make friends with this famous official in history, he quickly leaned the penny on his shoulder, and replied: "Don't dare, I'm next to Liu Ziqiu!"

"When a leaf falls, you can know autumn." Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "Good name! Xiongtaiguo is very human."

Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "How can a countryman choose a name? Because he is the eldest son in the family and was born in autumn, so he is called Ziqiu."

Speaking of this, Liu Ziqiu couldn't help thinking of his parents and family.Since the day he was specially recruited into the army at the age of 17, he has performed missions except for training, and has never returned home once.Coming here now, I'm afraid the hope of going home is even more slim.

Liu Ziqiu suddenly felt a little sad, and looked up to the front.A passenger ship ahead was about to turn a corner, and there was a handsome young man standing at the stern with his hands behind his back, looking towards this side.

Zhang San shouted from the stern: "Da Niu, get up!"

The water in this area is very slow and there are many bends, so it is not easy to sail.Big boats rely on pulling, while small boats rely on poles and sculls.Just now Liu Ziqiushi was too busy talking and forgot to pole, so the speed of the boat slowed down.

Liu Ziqiu's pole was in a hurry, the boat turned a corner, but it was still far away from the boat in front.

Suddenly, there was only a ringing of crisp bells, and a large piece of water jumped out of the water and stopped in front of them.The boat couldn't hold back and crashed into the center.

The bow of the ship was raised high, Changsun Wuji couldn't stand, and fell to the deck with a "slap".If it wasn't for Liu Ziqiu's sharp eyes and quick hands, he stretched out his pole to stop him, and he would have slid straight into the river.There were bursts of screams from Guanyin's maidservants and maidservants in the cabin.

The handsome young man on the front boat was full of anxiety, his mouth was wide open, and he didn't know what to shout.

This handsome young man is none other than Gao Xiu'er in disguise.After practicing the internal skills of opening and closing eyes and looking left and right, Gao Xiu'er's eyesight has improved greatly, and she has seen Liu Ziqiu who was talking to her eldest grandson Wuji at the bow of the boat.

Gao Jiong was an extremely personable minister, and his family raised many talented people, among them were masters who were skilled in disguise.Gao Xiu'er has been intelligent since she was a child, and she knows everything.Even Liu Ziqiu, who was a special soldier, started to have doubts about her disguise method after being together day and night for a month.Dressing up as a man is a piece of cake for her, Liu Ziqiu is far away, how can she recognize him?

Seeing Liu Ziqiu's boat being attacked, Gao Xiuer hastily called the boatman to rescue her.Seeing that the situation is not good, the boatman is willing to listen. The boat goes faster and flies away.

On this side of the boat, Zhang San shouted from the stern: "Beware of thieves! Get back quickly."

There was a sound of "ding ding dong dong", and another big card was blocked behind them, and they had no way to retreat.

On the east bank, a man was hiding somewhere, and shouted, "Listen up, people on the boat, come to the shore quickly!"

There was a panic on the boat, only Liu Ziqiu was unusually calm, cupped his hands towards the shore, and said, "I'm at Yuhang Niu Da, and I'm greeting Shan Erge!"

Liu Ziqiu didn't know the second brother Shan, but he had always read the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and he knew that Shan Xiongxin was the leader of the green forests in the thirteen provinces, and he was righteous.Liu Ziqiu wanted to get close on purpose, hoping that the other party would show off his face.

"Second Brother Shan, Big Brother Shan? I don't know anything!" The man on the shore sneered, "Hurry up and send the women and belongings up, and I will let you go there!"

It's fine if you don't give face, this tone clearly doesn't take Shan Xiongxin seriously, could it be that there are false records in the romance?

"Not good!" Liu Ziqiu was wondering, when he suddenly saw a string of bubbles on the surface of the water, he yelled quickly, jumped into the water with a fish leap.

At this time, Guanyin's servant girl had already got out of the cabin, walked to Changsun Wuji's side, and said, "Brother, I'm afraid."

Changsun Wuji suppressed the fear in his heart, forced himself to be calm, and said: "It's nothing, the officers and soldiers patrolling the canal will be here in a while."

Avalokitesvara suddenly pointed to the side of the boat: "Brother, look!"

I saw a ball of blood foam emerging from the water surface on the port side, slowly spreading with the waves, and blooming into a gorgeous red flower.

Changsun Wuji hastily covered the eyes of Guanyin's servant girl: "Little sister, you go into the cabin."

Guanyin's maid said stubbornly, "I won't go!"

"Ah!" Zhang San also exclaimed.Another cloud of blood rose from the stern.

"Wow", water splashed everywhere on the right side of the boat, Liu Ziqiu's head was covered in blood, and he waved a few dagger-like things in his hand, and shouted towards the shore: "Man, thank you! We are short of someone!"

A few whistles came from the shore, but there was no more movement.Liu Ziqiu strenuously paddled forward, waving the object in his hand again and again, cutting the rope, and with a "wow", the fish sank into the water, the water surface became calm again, and the surrounding blood color gradually faded.

"Brother Big Niu, I lost you again this time." Zhang San wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Just, why didn't they stop the boat ahead?"

Liu Ziqiu looked up and saw that the boat in front had long since disappeared, he couldn't help but shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's your flag that caused the trouble."

Zhang San spat, stretched out his hand and pulled off the small flag with the word "eldest grandson" written on it, and threw it into the cabin.

The identity of the civilian ship was restored, and the journey was indeed unimpeded.A few days later, the boat turned southwest and entered Luoshui.In the evening, we finally arrived in the east of Luoyang City.

On the pier, a sharp-eyed domestic servant had already seen Zhangsun Wuji standing at the bow of the boat, waving his hands and shouting desperately: "Master, Miss, here, here..."

"There will be a period later!" Changsun Wuji cupped his hands, turned around and left without saying a word, but Liu Ziqiu's name had already been firmly remembered by him.

With the support of the maidservant, Guanyin's maid carefully stepped onto the diving board, and when she landed, she still waved her hand and said, "Big brother, remember the ball you promised me."

On the river bank, the eldest grandson brothers and sisters boarded a gorgeous carriage, surrounded by a group of house slaves and maidservants, and left without a trace.

"Bah!" Zhang San spat in the direction where the eldest grandson and his sister were heading away, "Brother Big Niu, who are you? You saved them twice and didn't even give you a reward. The richer you are, the younger you are." gas!"

In fact, Changsun Wuji already felt that Liu Ziqiu was not an ordinary person, and it would be cliché to give him money without saying thanks for his kindness.However, he still gave Zhang an extra 30 taels of silver when he settled the ship's bill just now.Zhang San naturally would not tell Liu Ziqiu about this.

But Liu Ziqiu knew that Changsun Wuji was not a stingy person, and he didn't think about asking for a reward when he saved people, so he couldn't help but said flatly: "Brother Zhang, since the guests are on your boat, you are naturally responsible for their safety. What reward do you need for your job?"

Zhang San was at a loss for words for a while, but he didn't give up, and said: "Brother Daniel, if you have nowhere to go, why not follow me to go boating."

It is true that running this waterway makes money, but dangers are everywhere. If there is a helper like Liu Ziqiu who is as powerful as Liu Ziqiu and knows some "Second Brother Shan", the benefits are self-evident.It's just that he never thought about how such a powerful person would be willing to be his deputy?

Liu Ziqiu lightly tapped his right foot, took a long bundle that was placed on the bow of the boat in his hands, cupped his fists, and said, "Thank you, Third Brother Zhang, for your kindness. I will go to Luoyang City to find someone next time, so I will leave now!"

Hidden in the baggage is the spoils he captured in Tongji Canal, which was the unique weapon of the water bandits, and later evolved into the Emei thorn.Liu Ziqiu took a total of three sticks, one was given to Changsun Wuji, and he took the other two sticks with him, planning to find some time to modify it a little, as a sharp weapon for killing people and self-defense.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, is a great city with a radius of one hundred miles and a population of one million. Luoshui flows through the city from west to east, and is divided into two districts, north and south.The entire Luoyang City consists of three parts: Miyagi, Imperial City and Guocheng.Miyagi is where palaces are located, and Imperial City is where government offices are located.Waiguo City occupies the largest area. It is the private residences of officials and the residences of ordinary people. There are ten vertical and horizontal streets each, which divide the whole city into [-] Lifang and Fengdu, Datong and Tongyuan.To the northeast of Miyagi, Hanjia City was built, with more than [-] grain cellars inside.On the west side, Shanglin Xiyuan was built, diverted from Luoshui to build a canal, and then merged into a lake. In the lake, three islands of Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou were built, and sixteen courtyards were built around the canal. gorgeous.The prosperity of Luoyang City was unparalleled in the world for a while.

Liu Ziqiu stood outside the east gate of Luoyang, looking at this majestic city, but lost his mind.Finding someone here is like looking for a needle in a haystack.