The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

Three small boats sailed down the river,

Each small boat carried five officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp who were good at swimming.

Two of them rowed, maintaining the boat's direction and speed.

The other three people held spears and poked here and there in the water and on the shore.

In a small boat going down the coast,

An officer stabbed hard into the muddy water near the shore, then slammed his spear on the deck, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and cursed,

"Oh my god! I'm so exhausted!"

"What kind of job is this for us spies? We have to worry about nothing behind the army. I really envy those bastards on the ship!"

"If you ask me, what could possibly happen when the sea is so calm?"

An officer who was also trying hard to dig underwater advised,

"Alright, stop yelling, kid. Our mission is over here. Let's hurry back to the fleet and report."

"Just go back and have a good rest. Our commander this time is the Duke of Zhenguo!"

The other officers and soldiers were also busy, and they spoke one by one.

"That's right, stop complaining and let's go back!"

"Don't worry about it, kid. We'll just do what the higher-ups tell us to do!"

"..."

When the officers and soldiers on the ship started their return journey on the shore,

Suddenly, an officer turned his head and saw the spear in the hand of the man who had put the spear on the deck. His pupils shrank suddenly.

"Huh? Old Hu, why is there blood on your spear?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone on the boat immediately looked at the spear in Old Hu's hand.

Old Hu also turned his head and saw that a trace of bright red was slowly flowing down the wet tip of the spear in his hand.

This discovery frightened Old Hu so much that his face turned pale.

"Could it be that we have been ambushed by rebels?"

An experienced veteran waved his hand and scolded with a smile,

"This kid is teasing you, don't you notice?"

"This river is so wide and full of water, where did the ambush come from?"

"If you ask me, it's probably you who poked the fish in the water earlier, but unfortunately you didn't catch it!"

"Hahahaha!"

When the other officers and soldiers saw Lao Hu's expression, they all burst into laughter.

"This Old Hu is really funny! Traitors are also human beings. Can they turn into fish and dive into the water?"

"It's a pity that he didn't pick it up when he poked it. Otherwise, it would have been nice to bring back a Yellow River carp as a snack!"

"Hahaha!"

"..."

Listening to everyone's teasing, Lao Hu's face also turned red.

He found a seaweed not far from the boat, and pulled it hard, but only pulled out half of it. He was so angry that he threw it into the water.

"Shut up, everyone! Let's not forget the time. Let's get back and report back!"

"OK!"

Soon, several small boats turned around and went upstream.

After waiting for the place to return to tranquility again, with no more noise except the sound of flowing water,

Suddenly, not far from the river where the boat had previously explored,

An inconspicuous weed floating on the water suddenly stood up quickly without any warning.

A shirtless man with an oil-paper backpack on his back swam towards the previous place at a rapid speed.

"Da Mao! Da Mao, how are you?"

At the same time, several other people suddenly emerged from the water and swam towards here at a rapid speed.

Each of them had unusually pale skin and was slightly swollen. One could tell at a glance that the edema was caused by soaking in water for too long.

Yes, these people were the Zhengshun Hall troops who were ordered to be distributed in this section of the river, preparing to ambush the Xuzhou army fleet.

After receiving the mission, they entered the Yellow River from Luoma Lake overnight. Dozens of miles away from the ambush site, they dived into the water and used a group of special hollow water plants with a diameter of up to five or six meters as breathing passages.

Then they grabbed water plants or rocks at the bottom of the water to stabilize their bodies, waiting for the imperial fleet to pass by.

By the time several lurking elite members of Zhengshun Hall arrived, the first man to arrive had already dived in.

The others were waiting anxiously in the water.

Not long after, the man emerged from the water and shook his head sadly at the people around him.

"Da Mao, it's gone!"

"He was hit in the back, and the external grass tube was pulled out. He held a large rock in his arms and bit the underwater plants to death with his mouth, so that he did not surface and was discovered..."

As he said this, he wiped his eyes and said,

"I, I can't pull him up..."

As he spoke, the man's eyes were red, and his hair and face were covered with water stains, and it was impossible to tell whether they were water from the river or tears.

The others also lowered their heads with serious expressions, and the atmosphere was terribly heavy.

After a brief silence, a man with a slightly intimidating tone began to reprimand in a low voice,

"Useless things!"

Then he scolded the others.

"This is the mission we came here for. We're all going to die sooner or later. Why are we crying?!"

A man said with red eyes,

"But Captain Wang, how many brothers are there? Ermao and the others died in such a cowardly way, it was not worth it!"

Captain Wang glared and said angrily,

"So what do you want to do? Fight with a few spies? And then be exposed and your plan will fail?"

The man lowered his head and said nothing after being scolded.

"Look at you all!"

"Twenty years later, he'll be a brave man again. What's there to be afraid of?"

Although I was scolding him,

Captain Wang's voice choked up.

He wiped the water stains off his face and immediately made arrangements on the scene.

"Let's go down and get Damao up before the next wave of dog noses arrive!"

"Old Wu, you are responsible for vigilance!"

As he said this, he cursed,

"That damned Da Mao, the mission hasn't even started yet, but we who got involved have to collect his body first!"

As he said that, he dived into the river.

The rest of the people immediately dived into the water.

Soon, they worked together to pull out Ermao, who was also shirtless.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he was biting a handful of water grass tightly in his mouth.

In his arms, he was holding a stone the size of a human head...