Big businessman and little fisherman

The big boat sailed into Honghu Lake, and saw the vast sky and the earth, and the waves of the water were the same color.

Lu Yange sat by the window, toasting to the lake and drinking.

It was probably because Zhou Yang led her into a bad mood, or she naturally liked the mellowness of wine.

Ever since she got the small silver jug, she often filled the jug with fine wine and took it out for a drink when she had nothing to do.

When Zhexue saw it, she asked someone to make a wine jug similar to the small silver jug, and imitated her to put fine wine in it for drinking at any time.

However, her drinking is just a small drink, enjoying the feeling of being slightly drunk.

Zhexue is different, she has a high alcohol capacity, drinking like drinking water, she has the aura of a Liangshan hero who can't pass three bowls.

Fortunately, watching Zhexue drink wine, one jug or two jugs, but I have never seen her get drunk, I think I know it well.

One plate of salted peanuts, one plate of spiced broad beans, one plate of boiled peas, one plate of boiled edamame...

Lu Yange raised his hand and poured Chen Xiaohu a glass of wine: "Brother Xiaohu, please drink less, I have something to ask you."

Lu Yange said: "I have one thing that I have been unable to understand. Why did Lieutenant Shen use He Gong to pretend to be you? Is it because of your high kung fu that makes him afraid, or is it because you know people from the government?"

Like them, there are very few boats with two boats and seven or eight men out to fish, almost none.

"A substitute to cover up? This is indeed possible!"

"After I left the capital, I went to Dongyang County. I was planning to hang out with a few brothers in the escort agency, so that I could make a living. But who knows..."

"what?"

Finally, he asked: "Brother Xiaohu, why do I think you don't look like water bandits, but like fishermen who have been looted by water bandits?"

"Correct."

"So, the county government issued a list and offered rewards, saying that you are water bandits?"

Chen Xiaohu couldn't hear what Lu Yange said clearly for a while, and asked, "Sister, who are you calling vicious?"

"Originally, they collected money, and we passed by, and it was irrelevant. Coincidentally, the cargo owner on the cargo ship took his whole family to Huai City to visit relatives with the boat. The cargo owner has a young daughter who is only fifteen or sixteen years old. Then ……That……"

Chen Xiaohu went back to Nanyang and settled down at Zhouquan's house.

"Yes, someone really said that. They also said that you use bamboo sticks to mark, and you can reduce the fee by half when you pass Honghu Lake for the second time in the month..." Lu Yange told Chen Xiaohu in detail what he said on the winter solstice .

"We are also unlucky." Speaking of this, Chen Xiaohu became even more angry. He took up his glass and drank it before continuing: "That time, another merchant ship was stopped, and when the toll was collected, our fishing boat happened to pass by. Zhou Quan grew up in Nanyang County, and he recognized that the leader who stopped the boat to ask for money was a catcher from the county government, who just changed into a fisherman's rags."

After Xianwei Shen was arrested, he was escorted to Beijing by special personnel. Lu Yange did not intervene in the affairs of the court, and went to interrogate Xianwei Shen.

If Chen Xiaohu and the others really lived by collecting tolls on the boat, they shouldn't be living in such a predicament, having to ask their sister to borrow money for a bowl of noodles.

During this time, they did suffer a lot. Fortunately, something happened to the Song family, and Song Yunfei didn't have the mood and manpower to chase and kill Chen Xiaohu.

"That you……"

Unexpectedly, the meat used as bait was not eaten, but was caught by Zhou Yang secretly.

Hearing this, Chen Xiaohu smiled wryly: "Does everyone say that we are water bandits, who specially intercept merchant ships on Honghu Lake to collect fees?"

"We are not water bandits, and we have not confiscated the tolls of any merchant ships." Chen Xiaohu clenched his fists and said with righteous indignation, "Sister, you don't know, those water bandits were pretended by Captain Shen. If the passing ships don't After paying the fee, Lieutenant Shen asked his brother-in-law to lead a group of yamen servants to rob them in the name of suppressing bandits. In order not to cause trouble, those merchant ships would rather pay a few taels of silver for safety."

Thinking about it now, probably not.

"This week..."

That's right, they had a fight with those poor masters. Although both sides only used fists, that is, some minor injuries that did not need to be bandaged, no one was killed without using a knife, but why did those poor masters know that they smashed through what they did? things, but did not find an excuse to arrest them?
In the past, he always had a fluke mentality, thinking that maybe those bad guys didn't recognize them at all.

Zhou Yang knew that Chen Xiaohu was not a water bandit, but he didn't tell her the truth.

Lu Yangge felt that Chen Xiaohu was right, but she always felt that Zhou Yang had a hand in this matter.

Chen Xiaohu is not greedy for alcohol, because he is poor, it is even rarer to drink alcohol. When Lu Yange asked him something, he didn't even take the wine glass, so he hurriedly asked seriously: "What's the matter?"

Speaking of this, Chen Xiaohu really couldn't continue.

Lu Yange still couldn't figure it out: "Since you have seen through the identities of those water bandits, why didn't they arrest you, instead let you come and go in and out of Nanyang?"

However, she always felt that something was wrong.

After all, there are so many fishing boats on Honghu Lake, and most of the fishing boats are family couples or brothers fishing together, or father and son.

Chen Xiaohu thought for a while and asked, "Could it be that they need us to pretend to be water bandits to facilitate their work?"

It never occurred to him that these arresters pretending to be water bandits would tease and tease the little girl, and even shouted that they would take the little girl home to be Mrs. Yazhai.Chen Xiaohu was furious for a while, he didn't care about other things, jumped on the big boat and started fighting with those people.

Chen Xiaohu paused for a while before continuing, "Song Yunfei had an arm cut off by me. How could he swallow this pain? Naturally, he tried to find a way to find out about me. Fortunately, I am lucky, Dongyang County The Li family and the Lu family who run the Escort are relatives in-law. In view of your father, my uncle also took care of me. When Song Yunfei found Dongyang County, it was Uncle Li who secretly told me to let my brothers and I escape overnight... "

Lu Yange picked up the small silver jug ​​and narrowed his eyes, "Just like this wine jug, it's a bit sinister!"

If Zhou Yang hadn't intervened in it, logically, those yamen servants who were used to running amok in the village would not have easily let Chen Xiaohu and the others go.

"We were not water bandits in the first place."

Chen Xiaohu was also very helpless. After that, those brothers who had fought with the policeman did not dare to show their faces again. Even if they were fishing, they would go to secluded places with few people.

If someone asked, Chen Xiaohu might not be able to explain, he was too lazy to say some things, and no one would believe him.But it was his younger sister who asked this question, and he certainly couldn't let his younger sister misunderstand him like this.

The reason why these yamen servants didn't touch Chen Xiaohu was because they felt that they were a piece of meat that could be eaten in one bite whenever they wanted.

When he said this, Chen Xiaohu also found it inconceivable.

"An old friend." Lu Yange poured another glass of wine for Chen Xiaohu, "When you went back to find my uncle, he was the one who sent me to Jiangjiaba Lu's house."

"Who is this person?"

Chen Xiaohu opened his eyes wide and sat up straight suddenly.

If it weren't for this busy person, he probably wouldn't have lost his sister.He was wrong, and this person is also not a good person.

It was because of his meddling that the siblings were separated for so many years.