5. Encountering fake water theft

The fleet of Fenghua Protectorate's Mansion did not sail for the full sail because Fairy Jingyi was seasick. Judge Fan asked the Zhou Shi and the Oushi who had been traveling back and forth on this waterway for many years. The Zhou Shi said that he could arrive in Jinling before the 12th of this month, and Judge Fan was relieved.

Zhou Xuan studied tea ceremony with Fairy Jingyi every day, played chess with Gu Liuquan, Sanqi and Siqi, drank with Lin Heishan, and bickered with Lin Hanyun. The days on the boat were free and easy.

Siqi saw Fairy Jingyi on the boat several times. Although her clothes were different, she looked familiar and was covered with a veil. She asked Zhou Xuan: "Master, why is this Taoist nun, Miss Lin so much like your maid Yunyi in Baiyun Temple?"

Zhou Xuan said in shock: "The fourth brother has good eyesight, you can see this. Come on, I will tell you a big secret-"

The four mysterious people prefer to explore secrets. When they heard that there is a secret, they are just excited and asked: "What secret?"

Zhou Xuan pulled Siqi aside and whispered: "Second, I have never told anyone about this secret, you have to keep it a secret for me."

The Siqi said: "You should keep the secret for your master."

Zhou Xuan sighed and said, "I am trapped by love. Since I saw Miss Lin, her elegant and graceful manners have made me admire her. But she is a person outside the world and a husband with a wife. I want to keep polite, so this affection has to be buried deep in my heart-"

The Sichizhe said, "So you found a woman with a figure similar to Miss Lin, and put on a veil to dress up as Miss Lin, and have a great time chatting?"

Zhou Xuan glared and said, "Fourth brother, what are you saying? You're so vulgar. It's simply blasphemy of my pure emotions. This is called sending love. Do you understand? I really regret telling you such a big secret!"

The four snobs snorted and left on their own. Zhou Xuan laughed secretly, and the tea fraud was covered up.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, the fleet passed Tongling for 200 miles, and Wuhu County was one hundred miles ahead. At dusk, it started to rain and snow again. The wind and waves on the river were high, and the twenty-foot boat was also bumpy. The river was flat a few days ago, and the waves were slow and sailed at night. Tonight, the wind and snow were mixed, and there was a southeast wind. Judge Fan did not dare to brave the rain and snow against the wind. He was afraid that Miss Lin would become dizzy again, so he ordered the boatman to find a suitable river bank mooring boat and wait for dawn to sail.

Zhou Xuan was painting Fairy Jingyi. This picture has been painted for two days. It can be seen that Fairy Jingyi in the painting has returned to secular life. She wore a snow-white wedding dress and the whale bone skirt is round and fluffy, making her look even slender with a low-cut cleavage. Her face is elegant and calm, her eyes and eyebrows show joy, and her hair bun has also been changed. The drooping ends are also curled with wavy eyebrows, and her eyebrows are green and red. She is a beautiful bride.

Zhou Xuan explained: "This is the Taoist robe of our Australian country. Female Taoist priests wear this kind of skirt. White represents flawless whiteness, and the round and fluffy skirt represents the deep and boundless way of heaven. The sky is round and the place is right."

Lin Hanyun exclaimed: "Wow, Brother Zhou Xuan painted his sister so beautifully. Hey, Zhou Xuan, when have you seen my sister's appearance? It's so strange and so strange!" He looked at this and that big eyes, and suspected that his sister and Zhou Xuan had an ulterior motive secret behind her back.

Mingfeng and Jianyue also exclaimed: "The painting is so beautiful, and the painting is so similar!"

Fairy Jingyi felt strange: "Zhou Xuan painted my appearance? It's impossible. I always wear a veil in front of him." When I walked over and saw it, I was stunned. On the two-foot painting, a beautiful pretty woman was wearing a strange and beautiful long skirt, graceful and beautiful eyebrows and eyes were picturesque. Although she was not very similar, as long as she saw her appearance, she knew that she was painting!

"Xuan, Brother Xuan, when have you ever seen the appearance of a female Taoist?" Fairy Jingyi was in a state of excitement and stuttered a little.

The four girls in the room stared at Zhou Xuan together, with a little smell of three trials, and Lin Hanyun's eyes were particularly wide open.

Zhou Xuan deliberately said vaguely: "I was just guessing randomly, thinking that Sister Daoyun should be like this, so she drew it like this."

Lin Hanyun could not believe this and shouted: "I don't believe it. Zhou Xuan, you must have met my sister. When did my sister ask you to see it, or did you peek at it yourself?"

Zhou Xuan shouted, "I'm wronged. I really haven't seen Sister Daoyun's true face. Sister Daoyun can testify."

Lin Hanyun went to ask her sister again, which made Fairy Jingyi very embarrassed. As if she had any affair with Zhou Xuan, she tried to defend herself weakly: "Hanyun, my sister really never showed her true face. She always wore a veil. And every time Brother Xuan came, aren't you here too!"

These words are simply a matter of slightest attempt to cover up, and the more you write, the darker you become, and you seem guilty.

Lin Hanyun said: "There were several times when I was not here, you two are here!"

Mingfeng and Jianyue two maids endured their laughter. It was so hard.

Zhou Xuan did not defend Fairy Jingyi, and watched the fun with a smile.

Fairy Jingyi was forced to no avail by Lin Hanyun. She suddenly took off the veil on her head. Of course, the veil hanging from the front of the veil was also removed, revealing the bamboo hairpin and a blushing face.

Zhou Xuan was stunned and finally saw Fairy Jingyi's true face. It turned out that she looked different from Lin Hanyun, with her face longer than Lin Hanyun, but it was just right compared to her tall figure. Her eyebrows were slightly raised and her eyes were big. This was very similar to Lin Hanyun, with a small mouth, a pointed chin, and a higher nose than Lin Hanyun. Her face had a strong three-dimensional feeling, very delicate and gorgeous, as delicate as tender stamens, as beautiful as peach blossoms, but not as bright as thick makeup, as beautiful as gorgeous as bright as the surface of the facial skin.

Zhou Xuan’s paintings were painted according to Lin Hanyun when he grew up. Of course, he could not draw the beauty of Fairy Jingyi, and it is hard to imagine that Fairy Jingyi, who is as elegant as a chrysanthemum, uses tea as a friend and expresses love music, would be so beautiful!

Fairy Jingyi said a little embarrassedly: "Hanyun, look, is this painting me? It's a bit like that, but it's more like you. Just draw you more steadily, and you can take a closer look."

Lin Hanyun looked at the drawing, then looked at her sister, turned her head and asked Zhou Xuan: "It's not an elephant."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll modify it immediately and it will be like it immediately."

Lin Hanyun looked at Zhou Xuan's smirk and suddenly woke up. He smiled and pinched Zhou Xuan's upper arm, and said sharply: "Okay, you did it on purpose. Sister, Zhou Xuan is too cunning. Among the two of us sisters, he just wants to see his sister's true appearance!"

Fairy Jingyi heard that her sister was too distorted and was very embarrassed. The two sisters were tricked. This made outsiders not know what they would think. She quickly put on the veil again, covered it with a veil, and said angrily: "Hanyun, stop making trouble. This portrait was painted by Brother Xuan for you."

Zhou Xuan said: "My sister Hanyun asked me to draw a short skirt for her. This was specially drawn for Sister Daoyun. It is not appropriate for Sister Hanyun to draw this Taoist skirt."

Fairy Jingyi stopped talking, and she had no choice but to become a female Taoist priest. Only she knew the pain, so how could she let her sister go along her path!

Zhou Xuan raised the brush again and said, "Please wait for a while and wait for me to modify it. Although I can't draw my sister's ice and snowy posture and graceful character, I must have a bit of a look. Sister Daoyun, can I take off the veil and let me take a closer look?"

Fairy Jingyi's face had not yet flushed, and she shook her head and refused.

Lin Hanyun advised: "Sister, let Zhou Xuan see it. I have seen it just now. It's no longer a big deal to watch it a few more times."

Fairy Jingyi couldn't sit still, twisted her waist and walked through the side door, and left.

Zhou Xuan made a concentric thought, re-touching the corners of the eyes and eyebrows of the person in the painting. Lin Hanyun on the side said: "Well, this time it's more like it. Brother Zhou Xuan, it's time to draw me now."

Zhou Xuan shouted: "You want to exhaust me so much that my hands are sore. Let's draw tomorrow."

Suddenly, someone outside was shouting: "Ah, a broken boat is floating over, calling for help!"

Zhou Xuan threw the pen and ran out.

Lin Hanyun shouted, "Wait for me, wait for me." He rushed over and grabbed Zhou Xuan's hand.

The two of them ran to the stern deck and saw a group of boats leaning over their heads and looking at Lin Heishan Mountain, and the rain stopped at this time, only tiny snowflakes were still floating. On the dim and vast river surface, several torches were shining on the glory. A half-inclined boat was climbing on the side of the ship, screaming: "Help, help!" There was also a woman's crying.

Lin Heishan shouted: "Let me find a way to save people!"

The half-sinking ship went downstream and passed by the warship in the Fenghua Protectorate's Mansion. Several people grabbed the ropes thrown by the navy and were dragged onto the ship to be rescued.

Lin Heishan shouted, "Hold this boat with a rope hook."

Dozens of boats gathered on the starboard side of the stern. Everyone had a five-clawed iron hook in their hands, connected with a thick and tough rope that was ten feet long, which was originally used for navigation and rescue.

The shipwreck gradually drifted closer, and Lin Heishan shouted: "Shake the hook!"

There was a loud noise, dozens of five-clawed iron hooks popped out like a strange snake. About twenty ropes were quickly straightened, which hooked the wrecked ship. The other end of the rope was tied to the hole on the side of the ship, and it was completely able to eat and hold.

Zhou Xuan felt the big ship tremble slightly, and when he looked at the sinking ship, he had stopped drifting.

Dozens of boats worked hard together to slowly pull the wreck closer. Four long wooden ladders were put on, and asked, "Can you climb up?"

The people on the shipwreck cried and thanked, saying, "Can you climb, you can climb!" They climbed up one after another, with nineteen people, plus the six people rescued from the warship, a total of twenty-five people. As soon as they got on the ship, they knelt down and thanked for their life-saving grace.

Judge Fan also came out at this time and asked who they were? Why did the ship capsized?

A black man covered in wet body said: "The little people are small salt merchants in Guangling. In order to make some small profits, they sent a boat of salt to Hukou a few years ago. They returned to the voyage the day before yesterday. They were homesick. They had not stopped the boat just now, and they accidentally hit the protruding rocks by the river. If it weren't for the help of the adults, we would have to be buried in the fish's belly."

Zhou Xuan felt that this group of people was a bit strange, not like the elephant should have after the disaster. Several people were wailing and looking around. They clearly heard the cry of a woman, but they didn’t see the woman at this time. They were all strong men. They shouted immediately: “Don’t move on the spot, search for your body first.”

The black man was stunned: "We are in trouble, we have no silver on our bodies. We will thank you for saving our lives."

Zhou Xuan shouted: "Brother Heishan, be careful of nothing wrong. Let the soldiers search them to see if they have weapons on them."

Lin Heishan had always been convinced by Zhou Xuan's wisdom and immediately ordered the soldiers to search for the bodies of these people.

Lin Hanyun asked Zhou Xuan in surprise: "Are these people all bad people?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "If you are a bad person, just search for whether they have weapons on them. You would rather search for a thousand mistakes than let one go."

There were also fifty soldiers on the ship. Twenty people came over and were about to search.

The black man shouted: "The little people are carrying some swords and going out to do business. Who doesn't bring a knife? Otherwise, what if they encounter a water thief?"

Zhou Xuan asked: "So do you think of us like water thieves?"

The black man smiled awkwardly: "This lord is joking, how could you be a water thief!"

Zhou Xuan said: "Okay, please hand over the weapons first."

The black man turned his head to look at his accomplices, and suddenly burst out with a roar: "Kill!" The nineteen people stood up together, pulled out a short sword from their arms, and killed the Fenghua soldiers who were surrounding them. The Fenghua soldiers were caught off guard and were immediately chopped over by five or six.

The black man kicked his legs and jumped over the heads of the two soldiers, like a big black eagle pounced on Lin Hanyun standing beside Zhou Xuan.

Lin Hanyun was shocked and let out a scream that shocked the eardrums, but he didn't know how to hide. Zhou Xuan beside her held her waist and rolled on the spot, avoiding the attack of the black man. Then three soldiers drew their swords and came to the black man.

The black man was so powerful. He flew up and down with a five-inch short knife in his hand. He killed the three soldiers in the blink of an eye and chased Zhou Xuan and Lin Hanyun. He was about to catch up. He suddenly took a kick in the chest and took a three-step back. Before he could see where the foot was kicked, he was hit hard on his chin, and fell to the ground, his teeth bit his tongue and spewed out a mouthful of blood.

The three and four cynical people stopped Zhou Xuan. They were studying the Zhenlong chess game just now, but they rushed over when they heard the sound of slashing and slaughtering.

Lin Heishan was furious and kindly tried his best to save a group of robbers. Tingpu Dao cut down five thieves in succession. Fenghua soldiers also tried their best to kill four thieves. Seeing that the situation was not good, the other thieves climbed over the ship bar and jumped into the cold river.

Lin Heishan shouted: "The dog thief escaped quickly, and no one of the living people was caught!"

Siqi stepped on the back of the black man's neck and said, "There is a half-life living here."

Suddenly, I heard the warship exclaim loudly, and the fire rose, as if the sails were burning. It must have been the fire set by the six thieves who had just rescued.

Lin Heishan asked loudly: "General Qi, have the thief captured it?"

Someone on the other side of the warship replied: "Kill four and escaped two."

Lin Heishan shouted: "Hurry up and put out the fire."

General Qi shouted: "Don't worry, garrison, you can put it out soon. Fortunately, it's rainy and snowy weather, otherwise it would be a bit troublesome. The thief used extremely flammable fish oil."

Judge Fan, Lin Heishan looked for a while, and saw that the firelight on the warship gradually faded, he felt relieved.

Lin Heishan said angrily: "Where is this dog thief?" He walked towards the black man who was stepping on the four cynical stomping, kicked him in the head, and blood suddenly flowed out of the ear hole.

"Tell me, who are you?" After asking several times, I didn't say anything. I thought this person was strong and unyielding, so I kicked him again, and with a "click", my neck was broken.

Zhou Xuan said: "Brother Heishan is too strong and kicked to death with one kick. But I heard the black man shout, "As a ghost, you must avenge the brothers on the lake - Lord Fan, Brother Heishan, what does it mean to avenge the brothers on the lake?"

Lin Heishan looked at Judge Fan, and was alert in his heart. Lin Heishan said: "Is it the remaining water thieves in Poyang Lake to take revenge?"
To be continued...