Qin Xiao was worried about how to find the whereabouts of Han Yunong and the others, how could he have the heart to take the boat, shook his head, turned around to leave, but saw that the boat lady showed a trace of disappointment.

The boat lady is nearly thirty years old, but her appearance is not bad, there is a small red mole at the corner of her mouth, she is already beautiful, but that small mole makes her add a touch of style.

When Qin Xiao entered the city, Du Hongsheng introduced some to Kyoto City.

Kyoto Castle has three water systems, and the Imperial Court has built many canals to connect the three water systems, forming a very convenient waterway transportation.

The three water systems are like three dragons coiled around the city of Kyoto, and there are rivers in the city, and there are workshops in the rivers, and the rivers and canals are connected.

It's just that the boat is also hard work, and the average weak woman can't eat this bowl of rice, and the most important thing is that ordinary people will not let the female relatives of the family come out to show their heads, especially the yellow flower girl who has not yet come out of the cabinet, and it is impossible to come out to do such a thing.

Therefore, the boatgirls who support boats on the river are almost all poor families, and they rely on themselves to support the boats to subsidize their families, and they are often married young women.

After entering Beijing, southerners do not like to ride horses, and they can't enjoy the scenery by car, and many roads in the city are congested, so it is more elegant to visit Kyoto by boat.

For those so-called elegant people, let a boatman with five big and three thick boatmen support the boat, far less than a woman to support the boat, the earliest time, the boatman is indeed the boatman, but the business is cold, and so there are boatmen appearing, the boatman is prosperous, so there are fewer and fewer boatmen in Kyoto, but the boatman is more and more, in order to cater to the habits of the southerners, many boatmen are wearing the clothes of southern women, and try to clean up, so as to make their business more.

Qin Xiao was suspicious, thinking that if your brother was really from the government, how could he let a woman from a Taoist family come out and show his face.

However, he was depressed, and hoped to take this opportunity to ask the boat lady about some things in Kyoto, and after thinking about it for a while, he finally nodded, tied his horse, and suddenly thought of the fare, and asked, "How much does it cost to take your boat?" ”

Qin Xiao was not in the mood to take a boat to enjoy the scenery, but when he saw that the boat lady showed a disappointed look and wanted to leave, he couldn't help but say: "I rode out on horseback, you can only sit on the boat, you can't place a horse, throw the horse here, and it will be stolen later." ”

"It's out of the way." The boat lady's voice was gentle, and seeing that Qin Xiao was just worried about his horse, she immediately smiled: "You tied the horse to the tree, after the tour, I will send you back here, there have been guests who have done this before, and no one has ever lost a horse." If anyone dares to steal a horse, I will help you get it back. Lest Qin Xiao not believe it, he added: "My brother is a person from the government. ”

Qin Xiao sat down on the stool, the boat lady put away the plank, the pole entered the water, the water rippled, and the boat had left the shore.

"Where are we going?" Qin Xiao asked.

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive." When the boat lady got the business, her smile was even brighter: "It's only 20 yuan an hour, and if you charter a boat, it's 40 yuan in an afternoon, which is very cheap." ”

Qin Xiao thought that the boat fare was indeed not expensive, but the boat lady had already set up the boat board very neatly, Qin Xiao got on the boat, there was a small horse stool in the middle, at this time closer, and found that the boat lady's posture was not bad, perhaps because of the perennial boat, the complexion was slightly wheat-colored, and she looked very healthy, with a slender waist, a thin waist and hips, and a narrow shirt to tie the upper body, which also made the chest look quite plump.

Qin Xiao smiled: "Then take this road." By the way, I didn't ask my sister for her name. ”

"Sister?" The boat lady glanced at Qin Xiao, smiled, but it was full of charm, and said: "Others call me Qiu Niang, and guests can also be called like this, where are the guests from?" Listen to your accent, not like a southerner. ”

The boat lady said: "If the guests have nowhere to go, we can follow Luoshui to the east, passing through Taipingfang, Changshengfang and Tsing Yi."

There is a Taoist temple in Taiheibo, which is a famous scenic spot in Kyoto, and you can enjoy it by boat, and if you want to enter the Taoist temple to incense, I can wait. There are all kinds of snack shops in Changshengfang, and Tsing Yi Fang has beautiful scenery, which is a good place to go. If we take this waterway, we can come back here before dark without delaying the guests to go back. ”

"At first glance, it is the first time to enter Beijing." The boat lady smiled sweetly: "People who often come to Beijing don't take a boat tour, they have other places to go." ”

"Isn't business good?"

"I'm from the Northwest." Qin Xiao said: "It's the first time I entered the capital. ”

The boat lady is flexible, the pole into the water, not how hard, the boat goes down the water, very fast, there are a lot of boats on the water, these boat girls are very good at technology, staggered, do not affect each other.

The exchange rate of the Tang Dynasty is that one tael of silver can be exchanged for a consistent copper coin, and the consistent copper coin is a thousand copper coins.

Qiu Niang shook her head and said: "No, many people don't have business every day, and they hold boats on the river, and there are ruffians and hooligans who collect money, if they don't give it, they will make trouble." ”

"The first few years were fine, but now there are more cruise ships than before, there are fewer guests than before, and there is no work for half a day." Qiu Niang said: "It takes half a day to find guests every day, but my skills are very good, and I can find guests every day." ”

"If you can have thirty or forty dollars a day, you can earn one or two silver in a month." Qin Xiao said: "I can barely make ends meet." ”

Qin Xiao laughed, sat on the stool, and watched Qiu Niang's soft figure show its curves when she was holding the boat, especially every time she bent over, her waist was even more slender, and the lines curved down, but her buttocks seemed plump and round, wrapped in the gray cloth pants, and her clothes were about to be torn.

He was embarrassed to stare there, looking at both sides, it was indeed as Qiu Niang said, there were many cruise ships on the river, but there were not many guests.

"You still have to pay?" Qin Xiao was stunned, thinking that at the feet of the Son of Heaven, would anyone dare to collect protection money openly.

Qiu Niang said: "They asked me for it, but I didn't give it, I was in a hurry, and I worked hard with them." The tone was a bit stiff.

Qin Xiao laughed and said, "Do you think I'm very gentle?" ”

Qiu Niang glanced back, smiled and said, "The guest is beautiful and gentle, and he is a good person at first glance." ”

"By the way, Sister Qiu Niang, have you received guests from the northwest before?" Qin Xiao asked, "Have the guests over there seen in Xiling?" ”

"Yes, but very little." Qiu Niang said: "Some guests don't talk much when they get on the boat, and some talk a lot, but ..... But my mouth wasn't very clean, and I didn't pay attention to it. A few days ago, there was a guest from the northwest, and I don't know which part of the northwest it is, as soon as he got on the boat, he was full of big words, saying that he was born rich and noble, and he had a wide network of people in the capital, and said that as long as I ......! Speaking of this, he took a sip and said, "Anyway, the more I talk about it, the more indecent it becomes, and I drove it away." I thought that people in the northwest were like that, and when I saw guests like this today, it seems that there are still many good people in the northwest. ”

Qin Xiao immediately sensed that something was wrong, stood up, and stared at the oncoming ship, but he could already see clearly, although the person on the boat was wearing a hat, he was burly and obviously a man.

He looked back and saw that the boat coming from behind was also a boatman, with big shoulders and a round waist, and he was very tough.

While speaking, there was already a fork in the road, Qiu Niang said: "Let's go to the fork in the road, there is Taipingfang, I will take you to Ziyang Temple." "I was about to row the boat into a fork in the road, but I saw a pleasure boat coming towards me at a very fast speed.

Qiu Niang stopped the boat with a pole, and at this moment, he heard a loud whistle from the boat opposite, Qiu Niang didn't think much about it, but Qin Xiao heard a loud whistle from behind, he turned around, and found that not far behind Qiu Niang's boat, a small boat was also coming over at a very fast speed.

Qiu Niang didn't react at first, but when she saw the boat behind her, she immediately came to her senses, clenched the strut, her face was slightly discolored, and she was a little flustered, seeing that the two boats were getting closer and closer, Qiu Niang suddenly bent down, lifted a rag at her feet, and took out a kitchen knife from below.

Qin Xiao was stunned, and immediately understood, it seems that Qiu Niang has been on guard against someone asking her for trouble, and she actually prepared a kitchen knife on the boat.

The two boatmen were very good at boating, and they came over one after the other.

Of course, Qin Xiao had already seen that the two boats were coming towards Qiu Niang at this time, and frowned, thinking that he had gone against the water in the past few days, and everything was not going well, and he had also encountered these bad things when he took a boat to enjoy the scenery.

The hull of the boat shook violently, and the boat behind it was extremely fast, and it had already hit the stern of Qiu Niang's ship from behind, the boat was not big, and the hull of the boat shook like this, Qin Xiao's body was also shaking, standing unsteadily, and almost fell.

Qiu Niang's boat skills are exquisite, she has been on the water for a long time, although the hull of the boat shook violently, although her body also shook a little, but she quickly stood firm, holding a pole in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other, and scolded at the back: "Dog thing with no long eyes, looking for death?" She was beautiful, but when she scolded people, she was very spicy, and her pretty face was full of irritation.

The empire implemented a knife hunting order, and the common people were not allowed to hide their blades, but kitchen knives were not included in the knife hunting order.

"Bang!"

Qiu Niang is just a boat lady begging for a living on the water, her status can be said to be extremely low, earning some hard-earned money to support her family, but she didn't know how to offend these two men, and she came to find trouble in broad daylight.

Qin Xiao was prepared, his legs were spread left and right, and he stabilized his body, but his face was a little unsightly.

The boatman behind laughed, struggled hard, and the boat retreated, then slammed into the stern again.

The oncoming boat didn't hit it directly, it approached, holding the pole in his hand, but it poked straight into Qiu Niang's plump chest, and said with a strange smile: "Look at it so big, can you poke it with a pole." ”

Qiu Niang immediately dodged, the kitchen knife in her hand cut over according to the pole, the person on the opposite side was flexible, the pole was opened, and when Qiu Niang slashed the air, the pole had quickly probed over, poked Qiu Niang's shoulder, and the boat behind just collided, this front and back force, Qiu Niang "ouch" screamed, her feet were unstable, and she had fallen backwards, Qin Xiao saw this, and her body was bullied, one hand supported Qiu Niang's waist, and the other hand held her shoulder, stabilizing her body.

Qiu Niang was panting, her chest was heaving, Qin Xiao helped her stand up, she had already taken the pole in Qiu Niang's hand, and looked up at the boatman opposite, her eyes were already cold.