Aspirations

Chapter 142
In terms of martial arts, Xia Xiang is far inferior to Yan Hao, and in terms of the way of checks and balances above the court, ten Yan Haos are not Xia Xiang's opponents.Xia Xiang's words immediately made him speechless, and he couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment.

"Xia Xianzun, this Taiwei was ordered by His Royal Highness Xingwang and Hou Xianggong, and with the permission of Cui Fuzun, can't you still patrol the small Hutuo River? You, a small seventh-rank county magistrate, dare to obstruct this Taiwei from handling the case. This Taiwei will report to His Royal Highness Xingwang and Hou Xianggong, and praise Xia Xianzun for his dedication to his duty." Yan Hao was extremely capable of mocking.

Man Tuo jumped to Xia Xiang's right, stood with his sword in his arms, and glared at Yan Hao.Lian Ruohan stood on Xia Xiang's left side, standing side by side with Xia Xiang, with a downcast expression, showing disapproval of Yan Hao in his eyes.

Cao Shuli stood behind Xia Xiang with a resolute expression on her face. Although she did not glare at Yan Hao, she looked at Xia Xiang firmly, full of tenderness.

"Thank you, Taiwei Yan. It is a great honor for me to be praised by Taiwei Yan." Xia Xiang didn't seem to understand Yan Hao's irony. Jing commends me to His Royal Highness Xingwang and Mr. Hou."

"You!" Yan Hao thought of fighting Xia Xiang several times in the past, and ended in disastrous defeat. He couldn't help but feel old and new grudges welling up in his heart. He waved his hand, "Get on the boat and search."

"Yes!"

Some of Yan Hao's entourage were government servants, and some were imperial troops sent by Wu Yidong.The yamen servants did not dare to board the boat because they were afraid of disturbing the county lords, but the imperial guards didn't care so much. In their eyes, only Wu Yidong had no government lords or county lords.Immediately, two people took the lead, leaping up to the ten brocades in one stride.

Man Tuo was about to make a move, but saw a person suddenly appear from the cabin, without saying a word, he kicked one person, and immediately kicked the person who was coming into the river.The other person was stunned, and another person rushed over, and a rampage also knocked him off the boat.

The kicker was none other than Zheng Hao.The person who hit him was Cao Shujun.

It turned out that Zheng Hao was also on board, Xia Xiang nodded and smiled at Zheng Hao.After Zheng Hao kicked people, he looked down the boat and saw the soldiers kicked into the water by him struggling in the water, he couldn't help laughing: "It's a pleasure, it's a pleasure. Let me kick another one, yes, it's you , Hu Hansan."

Zheng Haoyao pointed to a yamen servant on Yanhao's ship.

Seeing that Zheng Hao recognized the yamen servant named Hu Hansan, he subconsciously took a step back and bowed to Zheng Hao: "Hu Hansan has seen Zheng Tongjue."

When the servants from the government office on the boat saw Zheng Tongpan appearing, they all lowered their heads, fearing that Zheng Hao would call him by name.

Zheng Hao ignored the yamen servants, and greeted Xia Xiang and said: "Excuse me, Mr. Xia, it's not that I hide on purpose, but that even my wife doesn't let me show up. I can only move my wife a little bit first, even if I offend you, At worst, drink a meal and make amends. If you offend Mrs. Lian, it will be difficult to calm down."

Xia Xiang laughed, and understood Lian Ruohan's reason for letting Zheng Hao accompany him, and said with a smile: "Zheng Tong's judgment is serious, and Lian Niangzi actually knows the book and respects, so why would you make things difficult for you? I'm afraid you have selfish thoughts , the ulterior motive does not lie in drinking, but in..."

While laughing, Xia Xiang looked at Xiao Jia.

Like a male bear smelling danger, Cao Shujun quickly came to Xiao Jia's side, and smiled at Xiao Jia: "Miss Xiao, I'm Cao Shujun, it's my honor to walk with Miss Xiao all the way, Miss Xiao's demeanor is always in my heart, always Never forgotten."

Xiao Jia took a step back and smiled calmly: "Okay, don't put on an air in front of me, now is not the time to fight and be jealous, but now is the time to fight against powerful enemies together with the enemy."

"Who is jealous? I want to show off my Daofeng Xiangu in front of Mrs. Xiao." While speaking, Cao Shujuan gave Zheng Hao a hostile look, drew his sword in his hand, and turned to a soldier who had just boarded the ship. A sword stabbed, "The sword energy spans thirty thousand miles, and the light of a sword colds nineteen continents. Look at the sword!"

The one who jumped onto the boat just now was a tall and mighty soldier with a big knife in his hand.Before he could stand still, Cao Shujun's sword arrived, and he quickly blocked it with his knife to block Cao Shujun's sword.Then bullied himself forward, slashed at Cao Shujun's right leg with his backhand.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the knife was sent out, a kick came flying from the side, and he was too late to dodge. He was hit by the kick, his body wobbled, and he almost fell off the boat.He breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he was secretly rejoicing, Cao Shujun's left hand suddenly threw a punch, hitting his shoulder.He couldn't stand any longer, and fell down after a sway.

Zheng Hao kicked the kick just now.

Cao Shujuan's feelings for Zheng Hao increased greatly in an instant, and he gave Zheng Hao a thumbs up: "Flying without a trace, it is suspected that an immortal came down to earth. Zheng Tongpan, I admire you for being both civil and military."

Zheng Hao laughed, and waved his hands: "I only know the kung fu of a three-legged cat. When I was young, I practiced boxing and kicking just to strengthen my body. It's okay to fight some miscellaneous small characters, but I can't beat a master like Taiwei Yan. Taiwei, how about you come up and try and teach me how to kill people?"

Yan Hao's expression was not good, and he snorted coldly: "Does Zheng Tongpan think that the Taiwei dare not board the ship?"

"You Taiwei Yan is so bold, let alone boarding the boat, you are not afraid even if you go to the palace." Xia Xiang didn't bother to talk to Yan Hao anymore, turned around and whispered something to Lian Ruohan, and then said to Yan Hao, "Since Yan Hao The Taiwei has neither the emperor's order nor the order of the Cuifu, so don't blame me for being rude, Mantuo!"

"Yes." Man Tuo couldn't hold back for a long time, and when he heard Xia Xiang's words, he immediately drew his sword in his hand.

"Anyone who dares to board the boat will be killed!" Xia Xiang's face turned cold. "There are Zheng Tongpan and the official on board, and anyone who boards the boat without permission will be punished for murdering the court's official."

"Xia Xiang, how dare you!" Yan Hao was so angry that Xia Xiang said that he was not afraid to go to the palace, obviously implying that he had the intention of treason.He is just a small head of guards in Xingwang's mansion, no matter his quality or status, he is far from qualified to go to the palace, unless Xingwang becomes the emperor and he becomes the head coach of the forbidden army.

If you just kicked people into the water just now, and you still have some sympathy, now Xia Xiang orders that anyone who dares to board the boat will be killed, which is clearly a threat of tearing the skin. Wang Xinxin is used to being confident, how could he be afraid of Xia Xiang, a small seventh-rank magistrate?Even though Xia Xiang had Mantuo by his side, no matter how good Mantuo's martial arts skills were, there was only one person. He attacked Mantuo, and his men rushed onto the boat. What could Xia Xiang do with him?

With his mind set, Yan Hao leaped onto the top of the ten pieces of brocade, and as soon as he landed, Man Tuo stabbed with his sword.He chuckled, swung his lancet, and fought with Mantuo.

When his subordinates saw Yan Hao boarding the boat, they mustered up their courage and boarded the boat one after another.As soon as he took a step forward, the ten brocades suddenly started to move.Shiyangjin was more than twice the size of Yanhao's boat, and when it was moving, it came crashing into it with the momentum of Mount Tai.

Everyone was shocked, once they collided, the Ten Samples would certainly be damaged, and their boat would be damaged, or even smashed to pieces.Everyone couldn't care less about boarding the boat anymore, they all abandoned the boat and jumped into the water under the yelling.

Yan Hao was fighting Man Tuo vigorously, although he couldn't win for a while, he was not defeated, when he suddenly heard the wrong voice, he looked back and was so angry that he wanted to cut Xia Xiang with a knife.It's a pity that he was pushed too hard by Man Tuo, if he wanted to draw his knife to chop Xia Xiang, he might be killed by Man Tuo before he could hit Xia Xiang.

Before he could think about it, Yan Hao drew his knife and turned around, before he could stand still, he heard a "boom", and the ten brocades crashed into Yan Hao's boat, like a knife splitting bamboo, the momentum of the ten brocades remained undiminished. Forcibly knocked Yan Hao's boat out of a big hole of more than half a foot.

Xia Xiang and the others had been prepared for a long time. During the violent impact, they grabbed the railing in advance and stabilized their bodies.Xia Xiang reached out and pulled Mantuo just in time, Mantuo's body shook a few times, and then managed to stand still.Yan Hao was caught off guard, and his body shook suddenly. In desperation, he supported the ground with a knife, trying to use his strength to balance his body, but Man Tuo picked up the tip of the sword in time, and lifted his knife to the side. Yan Hao lost his support, and his body shook. Crooked, turned over and fell towards the boat.

Seeing that Yan Hao was about to fall on the boat, Shi Yangjin did not slow down, and continued to push forward against the boat. Yan Hao was in mid-air, and it was too late to turn around in time, and fell into the water with a plop.

Cao Shujun laughed loudly, and waved his arms at Yan Hao in the water: "Taiwei Yan, you love the water of the Hutuo River so much that you have gone down the river twice in just a few days. It's fun, don't disappoint the beautiful autumn scenery. We will wait for you." If you have something important to do, you don’t have to send it far away, there will be a later date.”

Shiyangjin smashed Yan Hao's boat into a big hole, and then drove away more than ten feet away, leaving only a mess on the ground and countless soldiers who fell into the water.Fortunately, the ship was damaged, not sunk, and can still sail.

When Yan Hao and the others hurriedly boarded the boat again, they were all in a panic like drowned chickens. They counted the number of people, but fortunately there were no casualties.Yan Hao was furious and furious, but there was nothing he could do. Looking at the ten brocades going away, he slashed at the railing: "Xia Xiang, one day I will pay you back a hundredfold!"

"Taiwei Yan, what should we do now?" Yamen servant Fu Xiaobin stepped forward and said, with a waterweed on his head, "Should I go back to the government office to change my clothes?"

"Ben Taiwei also fell into the water, there is no need to change clothes, what clothes do you change? No change!" Yan Hao kicked the school guest Fu and said angrily, "I will go into the water to check the mud at the bottom of the river later, who dares to say that When you get to the bottom of the river, you don’t have to come up to change clothes.”

The crowd fell silent for a while.

A small boat approached at some point, and there were two old men on board.One of the two carried a copper pot, and the other held steaming tea eggs. They hawked loudly: "Hot water, tea eggs. A pot of hot water is ten renminbi, and a tea egg is three renminbi."

Usually hot water is only worth a penny a pot, and tea eggs are at most a penny a piece. Now that the price has been doubled, everyone doesn't care about it, and they take out copper coins to buy it. After a while, they snapped up all the hot water and tea eggs in their hands. .

There are many people on board, and many people have not bought it.The thinner old man among the two said: "Don't worry, the official, there are still some on the little old man's boat, but it takes half an hour to cook, how about this, the little old man rocks the boat and follows, and the official just needs to be busy first." official business."

Yan Hao didn't know the two of them, he just regarded them as ordinary peddlers, the water was cold in autumn, so it was right for the soldiers to drink some hot water and eat some tea eggs, so he didn't stop them, let people set sail and continue to go upstream.The boats of the two old men followed closely behind, only a few feet away.

"I didn't expect to make a small fortune. Xia Xianzun is really a good person, a very good person." Zhang Xuehua fanned the fan while checking the tea eggs that were being boiled happily, "Old Lu, you said that Xia Xianzun is a good person?" Madam Mantuo told us to follow Yan Hao secretly to see what Yan Hao's plan is to attack the Hutuo River, do we both count as Xia Xianzun's people?"

"It's hard to say whether you count or not, anyway, I have long been a member of Xia Xianzun." Lu Dongliang smiled with pride on his face, "Little old man's family has two disciples and a maid, all of whom are by Xia Xianzun's side. Serve, now the little old man is working for Xia Xianzun again, old Zhang, if you want to get close to Xia Xianzun, you have to curry favor with me."

"Fawning on you? Pooh!" Zhang Xuehua laughed loudly, "Have you forgotten the embarrassing things you did before? When you went to Quanzhou a few years ago, you told the locals that you must be very poor and can't afford tea eggs. With you like this Did you bury those in your own hometown? If it spread overseas, and those islanders who have never seen the world think that our big country can’t afford tea eggs, you will be guilty of a serious crime.”

"I still can't afford tea eggs. I can afford them every day." Zhang Xuehua picked up a tea egg and cracked it open, peeled the skin and swallowed it in one gulp. "Who the hell can't afford tea eggs? Ah? Who can't?" rise?"

Old Lu Dongliang blushed, and said embarrassedly: "I went to Quanzhou, but I just said it casually to make them think I am simple and kind? You should also remember this matter, it is really very stingy. It's okay, don't talk about it. Far away, keep a close eye on Yan Hao, see exactly what they are doing, and we must not let down Xia Xianzun's trust in us."

"How could it be? The two of us have been sailing on the Hutuo River for decades. It is impossible for anyone to hide anything from us on the Hutuo River." Zhang Xuehua picked up another tea egg, cracked it open and put it in his mouth , "Let you say that I can't afford tea eggs, I will show you today."

Lu Dongliang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's okay, don't eat it, and be careful to choke you. Now tea eggs cost three pennies a piece, which is very expensive. I'll sell them to soldiers to make money, and I'll eat my own tea eggs when I go home."

While the two were talking and laughing, when they looked up, the boat in front stopped under the Zilong Bridge.

Several soldiers took off their shirts and jumped into the water.After a while, it floated up again. After getting on the boat, several other people went down again.So repeated several times.

"Strange, what are they doing? Are they going to the bottom of the river to check the silt?" Zhang Xuehua looked puzzled, slowly approached the big boat, and whispered, "Old Lu, do you think they also want to clear the silt?"

"How do I know?" Lu Dongliang stared, ignoring Zhang Xuehua's wild thoughts, directly brought a pot of tea eggs to the boat board, and hawked loudly, "Freshly made tea eggs cost four cents a piece, the quantity is limited, only Thirty."

As soon as the words were finished, the soldiers rushed forward, and several of them grabbed everything.

(End of this chapter)