Spring and Autumn I Am King

After Zhao Wuxi invited the future visitors to take a look, he found that the fisherman was just as he claimed to be, an authentic fisherman. 【Full text read..】

The fisherman was in his forties, his face was rough, caused by the sun, his thick black hair was tied into a bun, and he wore a green bamboo hat with wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. He was only six feet tall but very stout. He was dressed in a green hoodie and stepped on a pair of woven straw shoes.

how to say? His appearance is not impressive, but he is handsome and handsome.

After the fisherman came in, he also looked up and down Zhao Wuxi. Since the other party claimed to know Ji Ran, he treated each other with courtesy: "I wonder where Mr. Xin Wenzi is now?"

The fisherman stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Zhao Xiaosikou visited Pushang half a month ago, and it happened that Xin Wenzi was not there. After learning about it, he felt rude, but he couldn't rush back immediately, so he asked the old man to thank Xiaosikou on his behalf. And offer a return gift for Xiao Sikou..."

Hearing that Ji Ran still didn't plan to show up, Zhao Wuxi, who was busy with military affairs but found time to see the fisherman's father, frowned slightly: "Return the gift?"

The fisherman said: "To be honest with Xiao Si Kou, I have traveled in this Mengzhu Swamp for many years, and I quite know the depth of the path and the direction of the river. There is just a road leading to the rear of Si Kou's enemy..."

Zhao Wuxi's pupils shrank, and his heart was suddenly overjoyed. The reason he chose this place as the main battlefield was to prevent the enemy's dominant forces from being able to spread out, and the left wing had already prepared a cavalry charge. But the other wing wanted to make Rogue Zhi take a detour to attack the rear. In the end, because the silt in the grass and swamp, the river was crisscrossed, and there was no way to go, so it could only plan to ambush on the spot.

But the fisherman claimed that he was familiar with the terrain, and he was so sleepy that he brought a pillow, what else could it be if it wasn't a great gift?

But after the fisherman went out, Wu Jing, who was also in the tent, raised his own question.

"Si Kou, this person is probably not a fisherman."

Knowing that Wu Jing usually does not show mountains and waters, Zhao Wuxi is actually very careful. He can rest assured that things such as escorting luggage and other things are handed over to him, so he asks: "Why do you see it?"

"A normal fisherman, because he casts hooks all the year round, his hands are covered with calluses and scars. His knuckles are red, his fingernails are full of mud and dust, and he can smell a faint smell of fish and clams behind him... But these I don't have anyone, and I think his outfit is temporary."

"What do you mean. His identity is doubtful, and his intentions are deceitful?"

Wu Jing's suspicions were not unreasonable, but Zhao Wuxi also thought of another possibility: the news of his visit to Ji Ran, only the villagers in Pushang and Chu Kuangren knew, the enemy probably would not be careful enough to use this to send People cheat. It is more likely that this person who calls himself a fisherman may be Ji Ran himself!

He once again made an excuse for the fisherman to talk, but he didn't find anything in his remarks that was close to the legendary Ji Ran, except for his extensive knowledge.

This matter could not be confirmed immediately. Just to be careful, Zhao Wuxi also sent people to monitor the fisherman overnight, and at the same time sent people to follow him to explore the way the next day.

The result of the exploration was very smooth, and the monitoring of the fisherman did not reveal any doubts.

The coalition forces of Zheng, Wei, and Song who betrayed the party have been attracted, and tomorrow is the day of the decisive battle. The arrow had to be thrown on the string, and Zhao Wuxi could only take a risk. So he asked the fisherman to take Liu Xiazhi and others to take a detour... At the same time, he instructed Wu Jing to go with him, continue to monitor the fisherman, and allow him the right to act cheaply...

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They had to drill into the grass from the deepest part of the reeds, then detoured for four or five miles, arrived at the predetermined location for the night, and walked another four or five miles in the early morning of the next day, from the most desolate and unpopulated location to the rear of the predetermined battlefield.

As a result, the large army camped in front and the noise of drums attracted the attention of the enemy, and nearly a thousand divisions set off quietly in the afternoon.

The fisherman walked in the front with a quinoa stick, his thin straw shoes stepped on the muddy path as if he were walking on the ground. Liu Xiazhi followed closely behind. He chatted with his subordinates without a word, but did not reveal his identity as a thief of the Lu Kingdom, and Wu Jing stared at their backs dejectedly from the back.

In autumn and winter, Mengzhu is dry in many places, and the land above the water is low-lying and damp. The blue-gray sky was shrouded in lush reeds and barren swamps, and the road sometimes disappeared between weeds and puddles, only to reappear after half a mile. Even people like Thief Zhi who have stayed in the wider Onozawa for a long time know that if it weren't for the fisherman, they would definitely get lost.

The ground is soft in some places. The fisherman would go to the front and tap the quinoa stick to make sure he could get a foothold. Sometimes they had to wade through the quagmire, and when they landed, the mud covered their knees.

It was only then that the fisherman said the first sentence that had nothing to do with the direction: "Be careful, mud doesn't like strangers, if you go to the wrong place, you will be swallowed up by it unexpectedly."

There are also savages living here. They live in low houses made of mud and thatch among the wild grasses, and take small canoes to fish where there is water in the lake. This kind of life has been experienced by the thieves under the robbers. But they didn't hurt these characters. When they found that there were women in some low houses, some thieves didn't change their bad habits, and their eyes were immediately red, but Wu Jing, the supervisor, reached out to stop them.

His face was gloomy: "Those who dare to cause trouble will be dealt with by military law!" Wu Jing hated people who bullied women the most in his life, and he was severely punished every time he saw him.

Liu Xiazhi knew that he couldn't be fooled at this time, so he restrained his subordinates, and when they turned around, they saw the fisherman's face sinking like water, holding a quinoa stick in front of the frightened savages.

Seeing that they didn't want to cause trouble, the fisherman breathed a sigh of relief, grinned, and then shouted to the savages in the local dialect, Liu Xiazhi could hear it, this was to let them leave quickly and stay away from the battle!

"Get on a fishing boat and go to the center of the lake!"

After continuing on the road, Wu Jing became a little more friendly towards the fisherman. He asked the fisherman, "Do you know them?"

The fisherman took a big mouthful of water in his skin, looked up at the setting sun and said, "Everyone in the Mengzhu Caoze knows me, but I don't necessarily know them one by one."

"The entire Song Kingdom is fighting, but I don't think they know anything, and no one is recruiting."

"The generation has nothing to be recruited. The family's wealth is only shells, dried fish and canoes. The best weapons are rusted copper chips, and even the equipment for battle is incomplete. These savages have been here for generations. Life, old age, sickness and death, they never cared about the rise and fall of states outside Caoze. They didn’t know Zhou, regardless of Jin or Chu. They only knew that Duke Song ruled this lake, but Shangqiu rarely sent people to collect taxes, and whether his daughter Nanzi, Whether Uncle Xiao is big-hearted, or Xiao Sikou Zhao, there is no difference to them, they have never heard of it anyway."

until this time. Everyone discovered that the fisherman, who was as boring as a gourd when he first hit the road, was actually very talkative and knowledgeable, which further confirmed Wu Jing's guess about his identity.

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It's time for a late break. People are not allowed to cook rice with fire, they can only eat dried fish and chew fried corn to satisfy their hunger. In the dark, after taking a sip of wine, the fisherman started talking to Liu Xiazhi and Wu Jing:

"There is a famous Haize in the world. Lu has Daye, Jin has mainland, Qin has Yang Qi, Song has Mengzhu, Chu has Yunmeng, Wu and Yue have a district, Qi has Haiyu, Yan has Zhaoyuqi, Zheng has Putian, There are ten saplings in Zhou... These lakes have their own characteristics, for example, Mengzhu is full of reeds."

Liu Xiazhi said, "Of course, if it wasn't for these reeds being two people tall and blocking the view outside, we wouldn't be able to take a detour and attack, thanks to you knowing these paths."

The fisherman said with a smile: "Of course I know that, I like to travel to Haize, and my feet have crossed Mengzhu every mile no less than ten times. So I am familiar with those lilu that are so small that they don't even have a name, and I am familiar with every puddle. And the depth of lakes and swamps, familiar with the clean streams that can make the thirsty drink water. I am familiar with the reeds where travelers can live. The map of Song Guoshou’s Tibetan room did not draw the muddy and winding paths by the lake, but I knew it well. , which roads are taken by serious people, and which roads are taken by local people..."

Liu Xiazhi asked, "Then who did you take us on this road?"

The fisherman stared at him and looked up and down, with a smile in his eyes: "Naturally, the thieves who came to this desolate place to sell their stolen goods have left."

Hearing him talk about robbers, Liu Xiazhi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly laughed out loud: "You old fisherman, have you ever encountered robbers in person?"

The fisherman sighed: "Of course I have encountered it. After the recent chaos in the Song Dynasty, there have been more and more robbers, and there are hundreds of them at every turn. Even the old man and I are on the road alone. I have to bring a walking stick to protect myself."

Liu Xiazhi's voice turned cold in vain: "Then how did you survive this old bone!?"

The fisherman was not afraid, and raised the quinoa stick in his hand with a smile: "This quinoa stick has repelled dozens of thieves, do you believe it?"

Wu Jing has been listening by the side, and this will break out in cold sweat. This fisherman is really bold, even though he is a supervisor. But the robbers were fierce, and he couldn't hold them back!

"I believe……"

But Liu Xiazhi was only silent for a while, and didn't say anything more after popping out two words. In the early morning of the next day, when they set off on the journey, they continued to ask the fisherman: "You said you want to travel. Famous in the world, have you ever been to the Great Wilderness of Lu?"

The fisherman put on a bamboo hat and a scorpion, and the shimmering light of the stars sprinkled on it.

He replied indifferently: "The old cane can only defeat the small bandits, but it can't do anything with the robbers with nine thousand soldiers. The wild is too chaotic, and I dare not go. It's just that it has now become a part of Zhao Xiaosikou's territory. Lake, I heard that it is getting more peaceful, maybe you can go north and experience it.”

Liu Xiazhi lost his temper for a while, and asked again, "Since you've heard of Robber Zhi, what do you think of him?"

"I have heard about it. I heard that Robber Zhi gathered thousands of people in the party and ran rampant in the world. He said that he had a family, drove cattle and horses, was greedy and forgot his relatives, did not care about his parents and brothers, and did not sacrifice his ancestors... What's more hateful is..."

Liu Xiazhi asked fiercely, "What is more hateful?"

The fisherman smiled and said, "He is also violent, killing innocents, wives and daughters. After venting, he directly opens his abdomen and takes out his heart and liver, and roasts it on a charcoal fire..."

"Then do you think these are true or false?"

Liu Xiazhi gritted his teeth, and the angry group of thieves surrounded the fisherman from front, back, left and right.

Wu Jing was startled again, realizing that he had really found a chore for himself this time. Fisherman, fisherman, since Liu Xiazhi's surrender, no one except Si Kou has been able to convince him. I have teased this thief several times from yesterday to today! It's really disgusting!

The fisherman just looked at the dark sky, as if he was recognizing Liu Xing, who was in the middle of the southern sky at dawn. The starlight made his eyes as bright as Liu Xiazhi.

"I thought these legends were true, but it wasn't until I saw the real person yesterday that I realized that most of them were rumors. It's true that Robber Zhi has the ability to call on thieves, and it's not false that it doesn't conform to the world's morals and etiquette, but he also has a way of stealing. He is definitely not someone who kills innocents indiscriminately and is willing to fall..."

Liu Xiazhi was taken aback, and the momentum he had just held back suddenly vented: "Do you know who I am?"

The fisherman smiled and asked, "Who do you think you are?"

who I am? I am the abandoned son of the Liuxia clan~www.wuxiahere.com~ I am a savage who does not fit in the temples of Qufu, I am a wanted criminal who has fled in a hurry, I am a ranger seeking life in Onozawa, I am a general of nine thousand thieves, and I belong to Zhao Wuxi. The defeated general is the one who is living for the sake of a piece of Lu She's quicksand and the dream of sailing the sea.

But I am still me, proud of the thieves of the world!

Liu Xiazhi took a deep breath. The fact that he came to the Song Kingdom was very secret. Only a few important officials around Zhao Wuxi knew that this old fisherman was really not easy. from?

He has always been in awe of those who have the ability.

After a long time, Liu Xiazhi said, "You should be the most daring fisherman I have ever seen in my life..."

The fisherman turned his head and said with a smile: "You are also the most ambitious pirate I have ever seen in my life, General Liuxia, the dawn has come, we should continue on our way." (To be continued.)

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