After shopping around Guanshui Street, all the items that needed to be bought were purchased. Chen Ping'an was about to go back home. Unexpectedly, A Liang suggested taking a night boat trip to the Danjiang River. Only Lin Shou nodded in agreement.
Chen Pingan didn’t mind going to see the dangerous shoal after putting away his things, but Li Baoping tugged on his sleeve, Chen Pingan understood, and weighed some money bags. The scattered copper coins were enough to buy Put down the candied haws.
Zhu Lu took his father Zhu He to visit the weapons shop. Li Huai complained that he was hungry, so A Liang asked Yi Cheng to take him back to Pillow Station for a midnight snack.
The group of people parted ways.
Lin Shouyi walked side by side with the man in a bamboo hat and asked softly: "Senior said that Li Huai is the most blessed. Is that copy of "Duoshui Cliff" that seems to be newly engraved the most valuable?"< /p>
A Liang nodded lightly and revealed the secret: "It's just new. It's been a few years. The things written in the book are worthless. The messy water method practice is deliberately used to mislead the disciples. But The material of the book is relatively precious. It can be stored for hundreds of years without being infested by insects."
A Liang took off the small gourd and took a sip of wine, "And if I read it correctly, this book will not be damaged by insects. Several silverfish have been born in it. Of course, you can't see it with the naked eye. This thing is one of the charms of the world. It is extremely subtle. It swims between the lines of the words, just like the living fish in the river. The silverfish use the spiritual energy contained in the words of the book as a symbol. The bait, when grown, is no more than the thickness of a hair. There are many kinds of silverfish in the world, and the varieties in that book are ordinary. But if you sell them to dignitaries who like novelties, you should get three thousand taels of silver. So it is one of the most valuable books in that bookstore."
The young man was speechless.
You can earn three thousand taels of silver from a silverfish that you can’t even see. Is money the least valuable in the world outside the small town?
A Liang seemed to have seen through the young man's thoughts and said with a smile: "When you really start to practice in the future, you will understand that gold and silver in the eyes of the people in the market can be piled up into mountains and spent by you in just a blink of an eye. It's all over if you don't say it. Having said that, since you have to spend money like water, it means that the vulgar yellow and white things are actually very valuable."
Lin Shou nodded.
A Liang smiled and said: "If you tell Chen Pingan this, he may not understand."
Lin Shouyi shook his head and said: "It's about money, he must understand."
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A Liang laughed loudly and took the boy to the riverside of Hongzhu Town. There was a lot of people. The boy was used to the desertedness of his hometown town at night and was a little uncomfortable, especially as he seemed to be able to smell it every time he breathed. The smell of powdery powder may feel fragrant at first, but the more you smell it, the more you smell it, and it becomes a bit cloying.
When the two of them walked through the alley and came to the river, their vision suddenly opened up. Both sides of the river were covered with thick bluestone roads, with birds and birds singing, laughter, and many beautiful women leaning on the railings of tall buildings. The pink and tender arms like white lotus roots are exposed, the women's dresses are red and green, and a series of lanterns hanging from the high buildings make the women's faces radiant and more charming.
Palm boats of different sizes in the river slowly move along both sides of the river, with bamboo curtains hanging down. Most of them are two women sitting at the bow and stern of the boat, plus one person rowing a boat.
Compared with the carefree posture of the woman in the high-rise building, and loudly soliciting business, Although the boat girls are dressed in the same mood, they are just a little more demure in their expressions.
The younger women are like the little girl next door, and the older women are like ladies. . From time to time, some women from high-rise buildings would ridicule, curse, and throw fruits and vegetables at the boatmen's girls who were competing for business. The latter took it for granted and did not care about it. Unless they were hit on the spot, they would rarely get up and glare at them.
Once a conflict arises between a boatman's girl and a brothel girl, it will inevitably trigger a burst of loud applause from men, lest the world be in chaos.
Lin Shouyi felt a little numb, "Senior A Liang, aren't we going to rush to the Danjiang River to enjoy the scenery?"
A Liang said roguely: "Since it is the confluence of three rivers, Then of course this is considered Chongdan River."
Lin Shouyi was speechless.
A-Liang squatted by the river, looking at the boats passing by slowly just a few feet away. Every time a boatman's girl made a secret glance or greeted him with soft and waxy words, A-Liang was so moved. They would all take a sip of wine silently and think to themselves. Lin Shouyi squatted down, raised his ears and eavesdropped. He heard intermittently something like "Shou Shen Ru Jade", "A Gentleman", "Sex" with a knife on his head, etc. Lin Shouyi couldn't help but laugh, "Okay" , Dare you think that senior A Liang is no better than yourself?
A Liang turned his head slightly and looked at a small boat not far away. A plain-looking woman was sitting on the bow of the boat, looking around openly. She did not look like a woman in the flesh business. Instead, she looked like a wealthy lady on a night outing, but she looked like a twenty-year-old girl rowing behind the woman, with a pretty face.
A Liang stood up, waited until the boat approached, and suddenly took out a dazzling gold ingot, "Is it enough?"
The woman smiled softly, neither nodding nor shaking her head. , the girl who was rowing the boat, her eyes were straight, and she wished she could take over this business for the woman.
The woman glanced around the man in the bamboo hat, stretched out her finger, and tapped the young man Lin Shouyi, "Young master, you can board the ship alone."
A Liang quickly Putting away the gold ingot, "This boy is a pauper, he has no money! He is penniless!"
The woman said softly: "I don't need to accept his money."
The girl Following the direction of the woman's finger, she saw a young man with a flushed face, red lips and white teeth, and a handsome demeanor. He looked like he was a good reader, and she smiled shyly.
The poor man in a bamboo hat who had money but couldn't spend it was left aside with a look of confusion on his face. He thought to himself that this woman was blind or had a tricky appetite. She was so handsome and deserved to be beaten. How could he not look down on the young man and fall in love with Lin Shouyi, who was as thin as a bamboo pole? If she follows this plan and brings over the thinner Chen Ping'an, then she still has to pay for it?
A Liang murmured: "It hurts my feelings."
The woman looked at the young man with a smile. For some reason, the plain-looking woman actually looked a little...The charming meaning was, "Aren't you going to get on the boat?"
Lin Shouyi shook his head.
A Liang sat on the steps and took a sip of wine. "Boy, hurry up and board the ship. The worst thing is that you won't have to drink gourd wine in the future. Is there any wine in the world that tastes better than flowers?" Wine. Don't miss it."
Lin Shou didn't move at all, but he rolled his eyes at the back of the man in the bamboo hat.
Hua Fang had no choice but to continue moving forward, and his colleagues behind him had already begun to urge him.
The woman still turned her head and looked back at the boy with a smile.
The young man was indifferent and looked at her coldly.
Painted boats kept swimming past the two of them, surrounded by plump and thin boatwomen, spread out like pictures of ladies.
Lin Shouyi asked softly: "A-Liang, are you specially waiting for her?"
A-Liang held up his bamboo hat, shook his head and smiled: "It's just a whim. I want to know how big this fishing net is."
The young scholar sat next to him and looked at the rosy women openly.
On the stone pavement along the riverside, there were children running around with baskets in their arms, and the clear voice of selling apricot blossoms sounded once in the east and once in the west.
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Zhu Lu wanted to pick a dagger for himself. While the blade was sharp, he wanted it to look better. Unexpectedly, the weapons shop was closed, and the girl stood at the door in silence, without saying a word.
Zhu He consoled him: "I'll just come back tomorrow."
The girl leaned against a horse post outside the shop and looked up at the night sky.
Zhu He asked softly: "Are you worried?"
Zhu Lu shook his head.
Zhu He asked carefully: "On the last stretch of the journey away from Qidun Mountain, the lady took the initiative to ride on the same mountain turtle with you. Did she say something to you?"
Zhu Lu hummed and said listlessly: "Miss asked me to be polite to everyone."
Zhu He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Miss is not wrong. When you go out, you should be kind and make money. "
Zhu Lu whispered: "Forget it about A Liang. After all, he comes from Fengxue Temple. Although he is not at all like the gods I imagined before, gods are gods, no matter how annoying they are. , I can tolerate it. But Lin Shouyi and Li Huai are nothing. But because they have been classmates with the lady for several years, they don't regard themselves as outsiders at all. They are an illegitimate son born of a cheap maid, and a useless son. Why? On an equal footing with our lady? Especially that one..."
Seeing that she didn't want to continue, Zhu He took over, "Chen Pingan?"
The girl pursed her lips.
Zhu He sighed, "There are no outsiders here. What Dad says next may be a bit unpleasant..."
The girl suddenly brightened up and interrupted the man's words, "Dad , in the letter home to the lady, the young master wrote a lot of essays specifically for me. The young master’s running script and regular script are becoming more and more perfect., the letter told me about the ups and downs of his personal pursuit of a group of horse thieves, that he met an eldest grandson of Chen's Zhuguo, and also told me about the scene of the Taiping Fire, saying that there are all kinds of wonders in Dali Capital, and on the streets There are actually people riding snakes, pythons and cranes swaggering through the city, and the people in the capital have long been accustomed to it. The young master also said that at the north gate of the imperial city of Dali Capital, there is a living golden-armored door god on the left and right, which is said to be a gift from a Taoist sect. The founding gift for Da Li is four or five feet tall. Dad, do you think it’s fun or not? "
Zhu He said helplessly: "It is safer to call you Second Young Master. "
The girl smiled brightly, "The eldest son is not here. Besides, the eldest son is so honest and honest. Even if he hears it, he will not be angry." "
Zhu He shouted softly: "Don't be rude! "
Zhu Lu's eyebrows were lowered and his eyelashes were slightly twitching.
Zhu Lu whispered: "Young Master, well, it was the Second Young Master who once said to us servants that you will have a good life. People with good fortune can enjoy happiness even while lying down. People with bad luck will suffer when they come to this world. If Li Huai's life is good, Lin Shou's life is good, and he becomes a student of Shanya Academy. He will probably become famous in the future. To say the least, it will be more than enough to become a millionaire. "
The girl slowly raised her head, "That Chen Pingan's life is actually not bad. At least he doesn't have to call others Miss or Young Master. ”
Zhu He didn’t dare to look at his daughter.
The reason why children are born in the family is that they are born in the mother’s womb.
Zhu He She hesitated to speak.
The girl's eyes were firm and she said firmly: "Dad, it doesn't matter. The second master said that there are many ways to escape from the humble status when we get to Dali Capital City, and Dali's border army is willing to recruit. If a female warrior accumulates enough military exploits, she might even become a royal wife.
Zhu He looked at the girl with a different look in front of him, feeling a little strange but also a little relieved. He nodded and said: "When the time comes, we, father and daughter, will join the army together, and we will still have someone to take care of her." The second young master is now firmly established in the capital. Let's try to get him to help us choose a better frontier army. There won't be too many bad battles, and the military merits won't be too difficult to obtain. In short, before leaving the lowly family, we can't humiliate our Longquan Li family. Feng, even if you really start your own business in the future, you must still be grateful to the Li family..."
The girl laughed, walked forward quickly, took Zhu He's arm, and pulled him back to the pillow Yi, jokingly said: "I know, I know, dad, when did you talk so much. "
Zhu He rubbed his daughter's head, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to say, "When I have the opportunity, I will say sorry to Chen Ping'an and fight on the top of Qidun Mountain, no matter what my original intention is. If you do something wrong, you have done it wrong. Then you must apologize when you need to apologize, and you must make up for it when you need to make amends. "
Zhu Lu was silent for a moment, maybe because he was in a good mood tonight, and said with a bright smile: "Okay! ”
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Hongzhu Town follows the Dali ritual system and has two temples, Wenchang Pavilion and Wusheng Temple, which are large-scale.There is a statue of a civil official holding a jade scepter, and a statue of a military commander wearing armor and hanging a sword, with a civet cat on his feet.
The two temples in Hongzhu Town were built in the south of the city. They were not far apart, about five or six hundred steps apart.
The night was dark, and the two statues shook almost at the same time. Dust fell from their bodies, and waves of light golden ripples rippled on the surface of the statues.
At the same time, the two clay golden statues of the River God Temple on both sides of the Xiuhua River and Yuye River are in similar condition.
In the Qidun Mountains in the north of Hongzhu Town, a man with bare chest and belly was holding a wine flask in his hand and three wine flasks hanging on his waist. Although he was full of alcohol and drunkenness, his footsteps He staggered, but every time he took a step, the distance was as long as five or six feet. Walking on the mountain road, it was like walking on flat ground. He soon came to the stone flat on the top of Qidun Mountain, burped and stamped his feet heavily.
Wei Bo, the land lord of Qidun Mountain, appeared not far away.
The man glanced at the handsome young man holding the green staff and said with a smile: "I'm glad that I finally broke the shackles of the magic on my body. Not only can I regain my true form of the land, but I also hope to become a mountain god on my own. It seems that I got a great opportunity recently."
Wei Bo's face was gloomy, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
The man wiped his mouth and asked bluntly: "That one is called. How strong is A Liang's swordsman?"
Wei Bo remained silent.
The man said calmly: "It's a very important matter. I'm not in the mood and I don't have the time to waste time with you. If you don't speak, I will smash your golden body and you won't have a chance to come back to life."
p>Wei Bo asked: "Before I answer, can I know the reason?"
The man nodded and said: "That man killed two of our top dead warriors in Dali, a warrior in the seventh realm. Li Hou and Hu Yinglin, the qigong practitioner on the eighth floor, are both masters of the Zhuye Pavilion under the empress. When His Majesty learned the news, he was very unhappy and felt that this person had broken the rules first, so Da Li wanted to argue with him. I want an explanation."
Wei Bo felt heavy.
The man's tone was stern and he sneered: "I advise you not to get involved. It's best if you can pluck yourself cleanly. If you can't pluck yourself cleanly, you might have to go to the Danjiang River to take a bath again. But I'm sure that no one will be willing to risk their lives this time to help you pick up the fragments from the bottom of the river, put the golden body together piece by piece, and finally secretly bring it back to Qidun Mountain for you, right? Righteous God?"
Wei Bo smiled miserably.