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The river bank of Hezhou was a pleasant sight. A white horse slowly approached the river bank and stopped.

Xiao Ziyan looked up the river. A few guest boats and fishing boats were cruising along. The fog was not very thick, and she could vaguely make out the other side.

"Snow, does this river have a bridge?"

Li Xuetian shook his head. "I've asked. There's no bridge, so I can only take a boat."

The two got off the horse. Li Xuetian touched the horse's back, "Horse, we're crossing the river. Thank you for carrying us all the way. Go, don't get caught." The white horse let out a low cry as if it had understood the human language. Li Xuetian untied the reins and patted the white horse on its head. The white horse leaped up and let out a high-pitched cry before flying into the distance.

There was a boat beside the river, and it was filled with talented people. When the people inside the boat saw Xiao Ziyan and Li Xuetian, they raised their hands and greeted them, "Little brother, why don't you come in and have a drink?"

Xiao Ziyan didn't care about these people. She picked one of the boats by the river and walked over to talk to the boatman. "Can you take us across the river?"

The boatman's face was full of the marks of time, his black and yellow skin was full of wrinkles, and a pipe hung from his body. He took a puff and exhaled the smoke, "It's alright. One person for a tael of silver." Xiao Ziyan nodded and looked towards Li Xuetian. "We'll take this boat and cross the river. What do you think?"

"Of course, all of them are the same."

Xiao Ziyan and Li Xuetian boarded the boat. The boatman picked up the paddle, "Sit properly, it's time to start the boat ~" The boatman used all his strength to paddle, the passenger boat slowly headed to the other side. Li Xuetian was afraid of the water, so he sat inside the boat and tightly held onto the pole, "Boatman, how long will it take to get to the other side?"

The boatman replied as he rowed, "It will take less than an hour. The river is so strong today, and it will take less than an incense stick to burn. Old Wang and this boat have been on the river for more than 20 years, and none of the boatmen here are as fast or as steady as me."

The boatman was quite talkative and kept chatting with the two of them. "Young people, you don't look that old. Are you going to visit your relatives in Jiangnan?"

Xiao Ziyan replied, "We are not visiting relatives. The first time we went to Jiangnan was to find someone."

"Looking for someone." When the boatman saw Xiao Ziyan and Li Xuetian dressed up, he glanced at the sabre at Xiao Ziyan's waist and said, "Seeing that both of you are holding weapons, you must know some martial arts, right?" Li Xuetian nodded. "I know a little."

"In the martial arts world, small clashes are essential. Sometimes, people would draw their blades to meet each other because of a small matter. However, I would advise both of you to not provoke 'Control Corpses' after you go to Jiangnan. Otherwise, your lives will be in danger."

"Control the body?" Xiao Ziyan and Li Xuetian were curious, and asked: "What is controlling the corpse? Is it an evil person? " The boatman shook his head and said, "It's not just one person, but a mysterious gang. I don't know the general situation, but I've been on the boat for many years, and I can always hear the people on the boat talking about the dangers."

Xiao Ziyan knew that the boatman Old Wang only cared about the two of them and smiled back. "Thank you for the reminder, Senior. We will take note of it."

When the boatman heard Xiao Ziyan call him "Senior," he immediately laughed happily. The wrinkles on his face became even more obvious, as if they were about to fall off.

Xiao Ziyan smiled. "Thank you for your praise."

"The boatman was paddling diligently, and just as he had said, the river was a little hurried, but in less than an hour, the boat had reached the other side." "Uncle, your ship's money." The boatman took the two taels of silver and said, "The Deng Prefecture is not far ahead. You should leave quickly. There is no need for you to spend the night in the wilderness."

Xiao Ziyan thanked the boatman and walked forward with Li Xuetian. The boatman stood on the boat and watched the two's gradually disappearing backs as he rowed the oar and hummed a small tune, "The spring tides are even with the sea, the moon at sea is born with the tide." The boatman looked at the rapidly flowing river and sighed, "The tide is about to come."

Xiao Ziyan and Li Xuetian followed the boatman's instructions and walked quickly. Sure enough, they came to the Deng Prefecture. The Deng Prefecture was an ordinary small town in Jiangnan without any special characteristics. Everything was normal.

Li Xuetian quickly pulled Xiao Ziyan along and ran to the eaves to avoid the rain. "You two, the rain won't stop for a while, come in and drink some tea, my store's new tea made from oil, it smells delicious ~" Hearing this, Li Xuetian looked into the room and hid himself under the eaves of the tea house, "Pauper, do you want some tea?"

It seemed that the rain was not small, and it would still be a while before she could help but nod her head. Li Xuetian was overjoyed as he grabbed Xiao Ziyan's arm, "Let's go, I happen to be thirsty too. Waiter, make two pots of good tea."

"Alright, both of you come in first. It's raining heavily outside, don't cool off." The waiter led Xiao Ziyan and Li Xuetian to their seats and then left to make tea. There were many people in the tea house, about seven or eight tables, but it was very quiet. Xiao Ziyan didn't like drinking tea, but she liked the atmosphere. Once the tea was brewed, Li Xuetian poured a cup and savored it. "This Jiangnan oil tea is different in taste from the ones in Sichuan." Xiao Ziyan couldn't tell the difference between drinking it, but she was still curious. "Is the tea of Sichuan better, or is the tea of this better?"

"Each of us has our own merits. There are plenty of tea in Shu Prefecture, such as Meng Dui Lu, Zhu Ye Qing, Mao Feng, Yongchuan Miao, and also Three Flowers Tea, Shu Tao Tea. But my favorite drink is jasmine tea, which is served here." I haven't had much to drink, so I'll have to drink more in the future. " Xiao Ziyan listened to Li Xuetian talk about a bunch of things as if she was listening to the Wordless Book of Heaven. She stiffly nodded and drank the tea in her hand. Li Xuetian also knew that the reason he told Xiao Ziyan about tea was because he was playing a lute to a cow. Thus, he didn't say anything else and just carefully savored the tea for himself.

Just as Li Xuetian was about to drink, the sound of wood shattering suddenly came from outside. It was the tea house's wooden door being broken by someone and three people walked in. They were all young men wearing white clothes, but their clothes were already wet by the rain. The three men had proud looks on their faces, looking like the most experienced old man in the world. One of them shouted, "What kind of weather is this? I'm having a good time flirting with girls! Damn it, it's raining! I wasted my time!" The three men were the sons of the prefect of Deng Prefecture, and they relied on their family's influence in this small area of Deng Prefecture. They acted like emperors every day, and no one dared to provoke them, and today, the three of them were assaulting the women, but who would have thought that the person who spoke was called Qin Bai, and the eldest was called Qin Yi, while the third was called Qin Chi. He continued, "Second Brother, don't be angry, that woman is also a son of Deng Prefecture. "Damn it." Qin Bai sat down on a chair, while me and Qin Chi also sat down. The way the three of them entered the tea house was very overbearing. Their voices were also very loud, instantly destroying all of the elegant surroundings of the tea house.

The waiter recognized the three of them and knew that he couldn't afford to offend them. Although the wooden door was broken, he didn't dare to provoke them. He went up to them with a fawning face and asked, "Three Masters Qin, you're here for a drink? This servant will treat you to some food." Qin Bai's chest heaved up and down, as if his anger had not yet subsided. Hearing the waiter's voice, he immediately slapped his mouth, "Drink your sister's bird tea! "Scram!" The waiter was not angered by the beating, instead, he was overjoyed. He nodded, "Yes, yes, those three lords, please sit here. This servant will be busy."

Seeing the three of them being so unreasonable, Li Xuetian frowned.