On the same night, on the shore of Qiu Lake, a Wu boat swayed a lake of spring breeze, gently rippling on the water.

Suddenly, a hurried bell rang, and a glimmer of light from the cabin was reflected on the deck, and a thin rope was tied to the gangway, and a bell hung on the thin rope, which was now stretched straight, and the other end was far into the water, and the bell continued to shake with the rapid trembling of the thin rope.

Hahaha......, take the bait!

With a loud laugh of old and loud laughter, a stocky old man in a round-necked civilian robe and barefoot hurried to the deck with a book in his hand, and when he saw that the bell was ringing rapidly, he hurriedly threw the book aside, and hurriedly pulled the rope up from the water.

Two more men came out from behind, one was a sturdy and thin black man, who ran forward to help him pull the rope, and the other was a beautiful girl in green clothes, who unhurriedly rolled up the bamboo curtain, tied the rope to the hatch frame, and the light of the cabin illuminated the bow of the boat.

With the help of the man, the old man at the bow of the boat pulled the rope onto the bow of the boat, and a big grass carp was dragged onto the boat by him, and the big grass carp weighed thirty or forty pounds, and jumped hard, almost pulling the fat old man down.

When the fat old man saw that the big fish had already boarded the boat, and he was not afraid of getting off the hook again, he laughed heavily, and said smugly: How is it? What do you think? What did the old man say, I said that we can catch fish without fishing gear, right? Hahahaha......

The old man laughed triumphantly at his fat waist, which could barely be seen, and the big grass carp snapped at his feet, so hard that the cabin shook slightly.

The light shone on the fat old man's face. His hair and beard were already eighty percent white, and he had a round, slightly black face. The face is plump, and the eyes are bright. It gives a feeling of gentleness and generosity. A beard that doesn't know how to trim it, and it goes well with his equally fluffy and slightly crooked bun, which is completely raunchy.

Ha ha...... Ah Lang really has a way, so he can catch fish.

The lean man grabbed a whacking stick and struck it the fish's head, and at last the fat grass carp stopped jumping, and he leaned down and untied the string with great ease. Take off the hook and the bell, wash it with water, and hand it to the fat old man. Excitedly picked up the big fish.

The fat old man picked up the bell and shook the water inside, handed it to the girl in green clothes, and said, "Chanjuan, the bell will return you."

The beautiful girl in Tsing Yi took the bell from the fat old man's hand, squatted down and pulled up her trouser legs, and hung it back on his foot bell, and the old man also pulled out a thin rope from the side of the collar, and there was a small circle at the end of the rope, and there was a hook on the hook in the old man's hand. When I hung it on the iron ring, it got stuck, and I don't know what it was for.

The old man rubbed his hands together and urged the lean man with a smile: Hehe! Ah Sheng. Hurry up and pick up the fish, stew it and give it to the old man to drink! Chanjuan, hurry up and make the fire stronger. The old man's saliva is about to flow down.

The pretty maid in Tsing Yi pursed her lips and smiled, and turned back into the cabin with a word of agreement. The strong man named Ah Sheng pulled out a sharp knife from his waist. He slaughtered the fat fish in the bow of the boat. The fat old man squatted beside him like a child, staring at it. It was as if if he didn't blink, and this Ah Sheng could clean up the fish immediately.

Ah Sheng muttered while slaughtering the fat fish: The king summoned Ah Lang back to Beijing, what a big deal this is, Ah Lang is not in a hurry, this way stops and stops, until now, he has arrived in Haiyang County, and it is still a long way from Lin'an.

The fat old man glared at him and said: The king summoned the old man to return to Beijing, and the old man is not in a hurry, what are you anxious about?

Watching Ah Sheng scrape the fish scales neatly, the old man sighed again, looked up at the direction of Lin'an, and muttered: It's going to change the sky!

Ah Sheng buried himself in slaughtering fish, and said: Won't it? In the evening, the weather is very clear, and it should not turn cloudy.

The old man ignored him, stroked his beard, and said leisurely: This day has changed, and it is another bloody storm, let's arrive a few days late, and we can get a little less fishy smell on our bodies, what's wrong?

Ah Sheng looked up and saw the old man brushing his unkempt beard, and couldn't help but say: Ah Lang, you haven't washed your hands just now when you caught fish, this is a fishy beard.

Yes? Really!

The fat old man was so frightened that he ran to the side, picked up a wooden barrel with a rope, went down to the lake and filled it with water, and then washed his beard with a bang.

By the time he had finished washing his beard, Ah Sheng had already packed up the fish and sent it to Chanjuan.

The fat old man was washed with water, and there were drops of water on his beard, which wet his placket, and he ignored it, just leaned on the side of the boat and looked into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ah Sheng walked next to him, followed his gaze and glanced into the distance, but he didn't see anything to see, so he leaned on the side of the boat boredly and said to the fat old man: Ah Lang, the king should be of great use when you are summoned to return to Beijing, right?

The fat old man snorted, but said nothing.

Ah Sheng scratched his head and said: Since Ah Lang is not in a hurry to return to Beijing, then what are we doing in Qiuhu Lake, Zhongli is not far from here, doesn't Ah Lang have a cousin who lives in Zhongli, why don't we go there and be a guest for a few days?

The fat old man shook his head lightly, and said gloomily: The king's dictatorship, Jiang Qi's clan is withering day by day, my uncle, as a minister, can neither support Jiang Qi's orthodoxy, nor refuse to be a gentleman, my cousin is not upright, and he is quite dissatisfied with me, so why should I come to the door to ask for it?

It turned out that this person was Uncle Guan, and when he said this, this old man, who had been like an old naughty boy with a pure heart from rushing to the bow of the boat, had a hint of heaviness and depression in his tone, and his expression also had a trace of solemnity.

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, pointed to the water surface of the flashing silver snake in front of him, and asked, "Ah Sheng, do you know what is the strongest in this world?"

Shu Asheng didn't waste that brain at all, and replied directly: The villain doesn't know.

Guan Bo looked into the distance, and said in a loud voice: It's water! It is rigid and easy to break, and the good is like water. The water dwells in a good place, the heart is good, and the people are good, the words are good, the government is good, and the things are good. On the surface, it looks weak, but its goal has never changed, and no matter how big the bend is, it will eventually reach where it wants to go!

Shu Asheng said: There are so many doorways for water?

Uncle Guan sniffed his nose and said, "What's more! Water can also be used to clean your beard! It can also be used to stew fish, the old man has already smelled the fragrance, quickly move out the old man's jar of the best roasted spring!

After only a moment, Lao Di's face showed an optimistic, positive and cynical demeanor again, he pulled out two strings from under the collar and wrapped them around his ears, and the two silver hooks hung down, and then hung his beard on the hook left and right. It turned out that the hook he had just fished was his whisker hook.

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On the bank of the Yishui River, Tian Qiniang was half-lying on the bamboo couch, and a fishing rod was fixed on the edge of the bamboo couch, with a yellow umbrella cover on her head, covering her in the shade, and the warm sun shone warmly on his legs.

The turquoise water is very calm, and occasionally a breeze blows, blowing scales and fish drifting on the surface of the water.

Jiang Cheng took small steps and hurriedly walked over, Tian Qiniang opened her eyes slightly when she heard the movement, and saw that he had arrived, and said lazily: You, what are you doing in the morning, the old woman and I have already caught three fish, and you have just arrived.

Jiang Cheng said with a smile: "Ouch, even if Xiaohou came to fish first last night, it is impossible to fish more than you, the king."

He sat down on the Hu bed next to the couch and leaned over, and said to Tian Qiniang: Didn't the king deliberately want to find a wishful Langjun for Lijiang, how dare Xiaohou not care, when he went back yesterday, he asked someone to select all the men who were qualified to leave Jiang in Beijing, didn't this be another early in the morning.

Oh?

When Tian Qiniang heard this, she sat up with great interest, and said happily: Can you choose to come out?

Jiang Chengdao: I carefully selected five people in the morning, and I chose five people, my lord, listen to them first and see which one is suitable.

Tian Qiniang smiled: Okay, good, you say!

It seems that this Jiang Jiuye is really a professional pimp.

As she spoke, she beckoned, and the pretty maid who was waiting for her hurriedly presented a bowl of morom. This group is the cronies and girls around Tianhou, and she takes care of Tianhou's food, drink, and residence, Tian Qiniang has a look, and she knows what Tianhou needs, so she is the most favored by Tianhou.

Tian Qiniang drank a mouthful of mash and said to Jiang Cheng: You say, let me listen, whose son-in-law has this blessing.

Jiang Cheng said with a smile: This first one is Zhang Chunyi, a member of the Liqing Palace, who is only twenty-seven years old this year, and he is an official from the sixth grade, and he is one step away from being a doctor, and he is young and promising. This Zhang Chunyi originally married a wife, but because he had no heirs, he gave him a divorce, and now he has not married a wife.

Tian Qiniang frowned slightly, and said: The surname is Zhang? Doesn't it sound like a child of a high-ranking family?

Jiang Cheng hurriedly said: Yes, this background is ordinary, but he is only a talent...

Tian Qiniang waved her hand slightly, and said unhappily: No, how can Li Jiang marry a child of the Shu family? Who's next?

Tian Qiniang attaches great importance to his family, although when he was in power, in order to fight against the clan that was the enemy of him, he promoted and reused some of the children of the Shu clan, but this is only for political purposes, Tian Qiniang, who was born in an aristocratic family, looked down on those Shu clan from the bottom of his bones.

At the beginning, his beloved daughter Mrs. Mu married Mu Xinci, Tian Qiniang even disliked Mu Xinci's two sisters-in-law from humble backgrounds and were not worthy of becoming concubines with her daughter, and ordered Mu Xinci's two brothers to divorce their wives. Fortunately, Mu Xinci's two brothers and his wife were deeply in debt, and they couldn't bear to give up, so they hurriedly researched and proved that their wives were from a scholar family, so they gave up.

She refused to accept even her daughter's sister-in-law from a poor family, how could she let her daughter marry a poor child? So Jiang Cheng only said half of it, and she vetoed it.

Jiang Cheng was embarrassed and said: Oh, these people selected by the daughter, if you want to talk about appearance, character, and talent, you don't have to choose, but you are from a background......

Tian Qiniang said: Could it be that the five people you carefully selected are all from poor families, and there is no one from a high-ranking family?

This Jiang Cheng went around the bend, he must have an idea and a premeditated plan. (To be continued......)