Chapter 10: The Fishing Boy
The surface of the water was calm like a mirror, and the white buoy was motionless, like a speck on the mirror. The young man in the reflection was expressionless, looking at the buoy deadly, and the hand holding the fishing rod showed green tendons.
"The fat old man often said that fishing is not fishing, fishing is the heart. Although I don't understand it, how can I save him. The young man secretly turned to it in his heart.
"Nine less! If you don't have bait on your hook, how can any fish take the bait? Behind the boy was a young man of eighteen or nineteen, with a long sword hanging from his waist, standing straight.
"You know what! Don't you know that Jiang Taigong is fishing like this? The boy replied angrily, waving his rod angrily.
The fishing line flew to a low bush on the shore, and the boy pulled desperately, pulling and not moving.
"Eleven! Go over and take a look. ”;
The young man walked briskly over and cut through the branches and leaves, as if startled. But soon crouched down and fiddled with something.
"Jiu Shao, the fish hook has hung a boy who has fallen into the water, and there is still breath.";
"Hey, hey! Ben Jiu is very powerful, and empty bait can also catch people. Wake him up, what Young Master Ben fished up belongs to Young Master Ben. The boy waved his hand casually, as if he had done something insignificant.
After dinner, the sky was still very bright. The boy walked out of the tent and beckoned to the young man guarding the side: "Go, go and see." ”
I've never seen such a good-looking boy on the road, if I'm a few years older and put on women's clothes, it's not an exaggeration to say that the country is alluring. It's just that the look is arrogant, and it's hard to please people at first sight.
The young man looked at the road for a while, as if inspecting the goods, and said proudly: "Your life was saved by me." ”
He got up from the ground and bowed deeply: "Thank you Brother Tai for saving your life!" ”
The young man smiled coldly: "Thank you? How much silver is worth? ”
The road is long, and there is no hope of reciprocation for kindness, isn't this the righteousness of human beings? What kind of peculiar boy would say such a thing.
looked at the road with disgust, some ragged clothes, the young man didn't look back, and asked casually: "Eleven, how much can you buy such a young master in the mountains?" ”
"Nine less, two taels at most." Eleven behind the young man replied tightly.
The road is angry, the real anger. Scholars can be killed but not humiliated, and they are dignified scholars, and they are valued in silver, but they are not worth two taels?
With a whole set of clothes, he raised his head and said proudly: "I am a dignified tribute, not a young man in the mountains. Brother Tai is a living person who has been denominated in money, don't you think it's rude! ”
"Gongsheng? It's almost the same to coax the countrymen. Chang'an City was full of people, and officials touched everywhere. What is the little Gongsheng! The young man pursed his mouth and hit the road mercilessly.
"Isn't Chang'an City terrible? I grew up in Chang'an since I was a child, and I am also a Chang'an person. "I'm a little unconvinced.
"Yo! I can't see it, you're still a person from Chang'an. It's just that your appearance can make people believe it? I don't know if this fallen son is from the family in Chang'an? The young master teased in a mocking tone, and it was not uncomfortable to give way.
"The doctor of the hospital road is the grandfather." The road replied proudly.
The young man tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head: "Imperial Doctor Lu? Haven't heard of it. Eleven, an unknown imperial doctor, how much silver will he expect? ”
"Three hundred taels is tight, and five hundred taels are broken." The young man was still very simple.
"Haha! Even if what the wild boy said is true, it will be worth four hundred taels at most. The boy nodded knowingly.
This young man is richly dressed and has an extraordinary momentum, and he is also accompanied by elite guards, so he knows that he is coming from an extraordinary way at first sight. At the beginning of the road, the momentum was lost, but at this time, the original heart of the young man was aroused.
"Aren't you amazing! How much silver are you worth? ”;
"Haha, hahaha! Eleven, he actually asked me how much silver I was worth. Not to mention how much silver this ninth master is worth, just this trip, the silver earned by this young master will scare you to death. The boy burst out laughing, as if he had said something incredible.
"Eleven, tell him.";
"Excluding expenses, the profit is more than 6,000 taels.";
"Bragging!" Six thousand taels, this is a number that I can't even think of after passing the road.
"You can't imagine it, it's because you're poor and you don't have the ability." The boy looked at the road as if he were looking down at an ant.
"You're very capable!" Being so bullied by a teenager who looks one or two years younger, where can I endure it when I get there.
"Purchased 100 carts of grain from the official treasury of Chengdu Prefecture for 500 taels. It was transported to Yunnan Prefecture and exchanged for more than ten carts of jade from the mountain people. Back in Chang'an, the price has increased more than ten times, this is my ability. The young man smirked his fingers and looked at the road sarcastically.
"You! What are you capable of? ”;
"I was a tribute student at the age of thirteen, and I was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.";
"Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, the ability of a scholar, what is there to brag about. But thirteen-year-old Gongsheng, it's quite reluctant, it's good to add you three hundred taels. What else is there to do? ”;
was added three hundred taels at once, and I didn't know that I was relieved when I was on the road, and I faintly felt a little proud of being recognized.
"I know the herbs, which will detoxify and cure diseases.";
The young master looked very reluctant, as if he had given Lu a great favor: "It's still of some use, plus three hundred taels for you." What else?"
Between teenagers, they don't want to be looked down on by each other. When I got on the road, I forgot that the other party was hateful to live people in silver money, and for a while I always wanted to be worth a little higher, even if it was a little higher.
"Cooking and laundry, I don't know if it can be counted." I felt a little embarrassed when I walked by, and my voice suddenly became inaudible. However, for reasons not to be misunderstood, he has never said that he will be poisoned.
"Count you in two." The young master is very generous, but he doesn't care if the scholar does these things, is it a bit lowly.
"Counting your family background, a total of one thousand and two taels, you are worth so much, right?" The boy looked at the road with wide and beautiful eyes.
Although it is very uncomfortable to be valued like this, I think of the only two taels at the beginning, and one thousand taels more at once, I finally feel better. I nodded very reluctantly.
"Okay, I saved your life. Your life is worth a thousand and two taels. Add in the ginseng soup made from 200 years of ginseng that saved your life, and you owe me a total of 1,502 taels. Do you pay cash or do you have an IOU? The boy looked at the road seriously.
I was dumbfounded, and I didn't expect that saving someone's life would be like this. His own life was indeed saved by the other party, and the three soups were drunk by himself. There is nothing wrong with the year of ginseng, two hundred years of ginseng is indeed worth five hundred taels. But his own cheap life was added by himself for a thousand taels.
This young man is not a man, he is a demon. Compared with this young man, Fang Gege is about to become a bodhisattva!
You can't do anything that is on the road. If you run, you can't run away. Not to mention his own physical weakness, the young man's long sword doesn't seem to be a vegetarian.
Honestly, he took out the fifty taels of silver from the square grid and handed it over. The marionette generally made an IOU under the leadership of the teenager, and the whole brain was empty.
Without even looking at the passerby, he handed over the small bag and threw it to the young man behind him.
The young man's face turned a little pale, and there was a flattering smile on his face: "Jiu Shao is really powerful, he caught a big fish, and Wang Shiyi has seen it." ”
"Look at you, you don't have any money on you. If you follow my convoy back to Chang'an, the cost will be about 100 taels. If you don't want to, now you can go. There is your handprint on the IOU, and I will go back to Chang'an to find your grandfather who is a doctor to collect money. The boy was about to leave as if he was fine.
For the high price of 100 taels, I didn't dare to worry about the opening. I'm afraid that I will encounter a trap that I can't think of again. But the grievances in my heart were really uncomfortable, and I couldn't help but say to the young man;
"Brother, don't you think it's too much?";
"I'm a merchant, but I can't afford to be a brother like you, a scholar. Kindness is not expected to be reciprocated, that is what you scholars pay attention to, and my generation of businessmen will only have value and benefits. The young man looked indifferent.
"Just a merchant, if you dare to bully a scholar like this, aren't you afraid that I will go to the government to report you?" The road is angry.
"From beginning to end, have I insulted you in the end? Your life was not saved by me?; Didn't you add it to yourself desperately?; Ginseng worth 500 taels is not what you ate in your stomach?
Besides, is it noble to read? Don't eat, don't you dress? There are more scholars in my house who are begging for food and rice, and it is not uncommon to raise people to become scholars. ”;
The young man waved his sleeves, didn't bother to look at the road again, and walked out lightly.