Chapter Eighty-Four: Sailing Against the Current
As mentioned last time, when Liu Feng and Meng Shan went to drink and return from drinking with Chu Yuntian, they met Brother Hai, a bully in Jiangdu, although it was a dangerous and dangerous moment, but they still had the help of nobles and avoided a difficulty.
Liu Feng, who returned to the ruined temple, recalled his journey from Yudong to Jiangdu, only to find that many of them were incomprehensible and mysterious. Just taking this encounter with Brother Hai and being rescued by a mysterious person, it is elusive.
Liu Feng, an ordinary young man in cloth, why always at some critical moments, some mysterious people appeared to rescue him, all of this bothered Liu Feng.
In order to find out the truth of the matter, Liu Feng thought about it and felt that now was the most clue of the Liu family, and he didn't say a word to Meng Shan, so he strode out of the temple gate and went in the direction of the Liu family.
It is said that this Liu Feng came out of the broken temple in a blink of an eye, and wanted to go to the Liu family and ask Liu Yan about something. Although this Liu Feng was very reluctant in his heart, he didn't have a clue to help him, and now the only clue was the prodigal swordsman. And this prodigal swordsman and Liu Yan have intertwined words since the battle in the barren forest, and it is obvious from the simple conversation between the two that the two seem to have known each other.
This is also a last resort for Liu Feng, after all, this prodigal swordsman is now the only hope on his sword cultivation path, and is he the one who saved himself and Meng Shan from a good hand this time? Liu Feng also wanted to find out, so he didn't want to care about anything else, so he still mustered up the courage to come to Liu's house.
Because Meng Shan has only been in this Jiangdu for a short time, he is not very clear about the relationship between the Liu family and Liu Feng, but he has heard Liu Feng and Jiang Tong talk inadvertently, and he vaguely knows some of the relationship between Liu Feng and the Liu family, but he does not know many of the details of the story. Therefore, when Liu Feng left the broken temple and said that he was going to Liu's house, Meng Shan didn't think about it very clearly, but he still kept up with Liu Feng's pace in a daze.
The early sun shines on the earth, or a familiar place, the high doorway, the majestic house, revealing a long-standing breath and familiar taste, the willow wind seems to instinctively have dependence and attachment to this willow house. When I arrived at the Liu family, the Liu family always felt a sense of peace and relaxation in their hearts, although this feeling was still there, but there was a faint trace of heaviness and longing.
The doorkeeper of the Liu family has been ordered by Liu Yan, and he roughly knows the relationship between Liu Feng and the Liu family.
Although Liu Feng was still a little inappropriate for a while, he didn't think much about it, so he simply nodded in response and asked, "Where is Master Liu?"
The caretaker at the door replied: "Go back to the young man, the master is in the hall." ”
Liu Feng didn't think about it so much, so he walked straight into Liufu, and Meng Shan, who followed behind, seemed to be a little suspicious and hesitated, and followed Liu Feng to the left and right.
Speaking of that Jiang Tong, since he and Qing Shibai took a boat to the west, there was nothing to do along the way, but a few people seemed to be deserted on that boat. Wang Can and Wang Xuan looked a little rusty from the beginning, and they looked like they were silent. Later, it was also because of that group of children that the two Wang brothers and sisters slowly became familiar with Jiang Tong and them. It's just that Wang Can is the son of a family, and he is an apprentice of Qing Shibai, and he is also proud in his heart, but he treats Jiang Tong with some disdain.
After all, this Jiang Tong didn't seem to have anything outstanding at a glance, so he became a big apprentice of Qing Shibai, and even he was wronged by it, and he was a second disciple, which couldn't help but make this Wang Can a little disdainful in his heart. But after all, this Wang Can was born noble, and he would not casually fight and be jealous of Jiang Tong who was born in this market. What's more, it is Wang Can's disdain for Jiang Tong.
On the other hand, Wang Xuan has a different mentality, because of that group of children, and Wang Xuan is a cardamom girl, she doesn't think as much as Wang Can, but she is a strong senior brother to this Jiang Tong, and the senior brother screams. It's not that this Wang Xuan has any meaning to this Jiang Tong, it's just that Wang Xuan thinks that this is what it should be, after all, they are all Qing Shibai's apprentices, and this Jiang Tong is still the eldest disciple admitted by Qing Shibai himself, and it is reasonable to call this Jiang Tong.
On this day, Jiang Tong and his boat sailed to the Sanjiang Gorge, which is one of the most dangerous and evil river channels in the river. The river here is meandering and turbulent. The boat went down the river from west to east, thousands of miles of waves, compared to the journey of nearly several months by land, but a day's streamer, talking and laughing has passed the ten thousand mountains.
Even so, going upstream, is only slightly inferior to ascending to the sky. Therefore, since ancient times, the three rivers and gorges of this great river have been titled: the boat out of Shu, the trust of returning to Shu.
The so-called out of Shu is to take a boat from Shu to go out, through the three river gorges, a thousand miles of travel is only one day. But this is easy to get out of Shu, it is difficult to return to Shu, after arriving at the three river gorges, it is to revet and stop, take the land mountain road, climb over the mountains and mountains, and walk for nearly a few months to return to Shu again. Therefore, the people of Shu usually come out of Shu from these three river gorges, and most of the people who come out of Shu from these three river gorges are those Shu merchants, and it is quite dangerous for the convenience of business.
The boatman saw that he was about to reach the basin of the Sanjiang Gorge, and the water was already gradually turbulent, and a few miles further ahead was a revetment in the Sanjiang Gorge. And the boatman also wanted to stop the boat here and let Qing Shibai and his gang get off the boat, so as not to delay them and miss the horse merchant team returning to Shu.
At this time, Qing Shibai was lying on the bow of the boat, drinking fine wine, and Jiang Tong and the Wang siblings and the group of children were all playing and resting peacefully. The boatman came out and came to them, and it was the only variable in the scene.
I saw the boatman say: "Everyone, this is the Sanjiang Gorge in front of you, and you will be on the shore later, so you should pack up and prepare a little, so as not to delay the horse merchant team returning to Shu this day." ”
Jiang Tong was puzzled, didn't this mean that you could go as far as Shu by boat? Why did you get off the boat and enter Shu by horse. So, Jiang Tong said: "Boat family, why didn't you tell us to get off the boat before we arrived in Shudi?"
This Wang Can didn't look at Jiang Tong, so he let out a trace of shameful laughter, as if he was laughing at Jiang Tong's loneliness. Although Jiang Tong was a little angry, he didn't bother with Wang Can. On the contrary, it was the boat family who came out and said that Jiang Tong and they listened, and then Jiang Tong and the others suddenly realized.
It's just that Qing Shibai still didn't move, and was still drinking the wine in his hand calmly, Jiang Tong came over and said to Qing Shibai: "Master, we are ready to get off the boat, and the boatman told us to prepare for it." ”
Qing Shibai turned his head, looked at Jiang Tong, and said, "You don't need to get off the boat, just ask the boatman to continue sailing." ”
Jiang Tong was puzzled, but looking at Master Qing Shibai's indifferent face, he couldn't understand it, and after he stopped talking, he still turned around and said what Qing Shibai said to him to the boatman. The boatman was stunned, and then said that Jiang Tong was joking, and he had already explained it clearly, telling Jiang Tong not to deliberately embarrass him.
Jiang Tong didn't know what to do for a while, on the one hand, the reality of the situation was not good, and on the other hand, it was the master's persistence. After thinking about it, Jiang Tong asked the boat family to go and talk to his master Qing Shibai to see if his master could change it.
The boat master came to Qing Shibai, and saw that he was a sloppy Taoist image, and said reluctantly: "Dao Chief, are you also from Shudi? If so, I don't know the situation of the Three Rivers Gorge, how can I go against the current with manpower, if the Dao Commander insists on this, I will withdraw the Dao Chief's money, and I don't want to go again." ”
Qing Shibai put down the wine gourd in his hand and said to the boatman: "Boatman, you just have to drive the boat, and you don't need to take care of everything else." In short, you can rest assured, my Qingshibai's boat fare will not be less than yours. ”
When Qing Shibai's words just fell, the boatman was a little shocked, he didn't expect that the famous sword immortal Qingshibai was the person in front of him, the boatman had a smiling face, and he didn't shirk anything anymore, so he responded: "Okay, Qingjian Immortal is here, we are going to be the first ordinary man to go up the river." ”
As soon as the boatman had finished speaking, he turned around happily, beckoned the sailor to sail, and went on.
Jiang Tong was stunned for a moment in this scene, only to see him scratching his head vigorously, and couldn't understand: This boatman just said that it was not possible, why he listened to the master's name, and was so willing to do so.
But if you think about it, after all, Jiang Tong's master, Qing Shibai, is also a well-known sword immortal, and no one in the world knows who doesn't know? But after all, this is a boat against the current, and I can hear that the boatman is so dangerous that it is not feasible. Why is this Qing Shibai so sure, saying that it is possible, and it also makes the boatman convinced.
Jiang Tong, who couldn't figure it out, came to Qing Shibai and asked, "Master, just ...... it?"
As soon as this Jiang fairy tale spoke, Qing Shibai looked at him at a glance, and Jiang Tong lost his voice. Wang Xuan and the group of children were also curious, so they also gathered around, wanting to find out.
Qing Shibai saw their appearance, and also knew what they were thinking, so he drank a few sips of wine indiscriminately and said, "Don't ask, isn't it just the cultivation of imperial things? ”
Everyone saw that Qing Shibai's words were weak, and he didn't mean to show off at all, and after repeatedly asking and begging, he had to give up. And Jiang Tong didn't seem to give up, Ren seemed to have something to say, standing in front of Qing Shibai.
When Qing Shibai saw Jiang Tong, he said again: "Why, this kind of unfazed appearance is not like my Qing Shibai's apprentice!"
Jiang Tong opened his mouth and said: "Master, I'm not asking you about the imperial object, I just want to know, since you are so powerful, I don't believe that you can't teach Liu Feng swordsmanship, but ask him to find some prodigal swordsman." Master, I just want to know, are you unwilling to accept Liu Feng, so you said this on purpose?"
Qing Shibai didn't intend to answer, but he saw anger and resentment in Jiang Tong's eyes, he knew the relationship between this kid and Liu Feng, and Qing Shibai also loved Jiang Tong, who had an abnormal talent in swordsmanship, so he also softened his heart.
Qing Shibai said: "Come on, come on, don't speculate anymore, what I said that day was all true." As for the details, the teacher will tell you them one by one, so that you don't have any complaints. ”
So, this Qing Shibai told Jiang Tong why he didn't accept Liu Feng, and Wang Xuan and Wang Can were also curious, so they also came over one by one.