There are not only refreshments on the cruise, but also wine and salt-brine cooked food, but Su Tong is worried about going to the Jiaofang Division to eat wine in the afternoon, and on the boat, he will look at the scenery, drink tea and eat snacks, and then play chess.

Since Shen Xi came to the capital city of Tingzhou, he has never been to the Tingjiang River to enjoy the scenery along the river. The green mountains and green waters are naturally picturesque, and the passenger boats rushing by the river, the boats moored at the ferry, the old men fishing by the river, or the farmers who can occasionally be seen among the mountains and fields, all seem to be a rich and colorful landscape painting.

Shen Xi felt that he should bring a paintbrush and paper out to sketch, and it was a pity that this scenery was not included in the painting.

As soon as noon arrived, the sky suddenly began to rain heavily, and the sky and the earth were gray, and everyone could only hide in the cabin, and the interest in a good cruise on the river disappeared at once.

Originally, he was going to wait for the rain to stop, but the rain became heavier and heavier, Shen Xi took the opportunity to say that it was better to go back, Su Tong saw that the river could not continue, so he could only let the cruise ship return to Tingzhou Wharf.

"Today, I wanted to look for flowers and ask the moon with Shen Gongzi, but looking at this situation, I'm afraid I have to make another appointment."

Su Tong had a touch of regret on his face.

At this time, the Teaching Workshop Division will not be open, and the place of the wind and moon will not open the door until sunset to do business, and it seems nondescript to go to the Teaching Workshop Division during the day.

When the cruise ship docked at the dock in the middle of the city, there were already many ships berthed around, but except for a few cargo ships that were in a hurry and were not afraid of the rain, they were still unloading, and the other ships were waiting for the rain to stop.

"It seems that we still have to wait before we can leave, there are no umbrellas on the ship, and it is not appropriate for us to go back in the rain." Zheng Qian wanted to get off the ship, but as soon as he walked out of the cabin, heavy rain poured down, and half of his clothes quickly became wet, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated...... With such a dense rain, it is estimated that it is enough to choke on an umbrella, and it is not realistic to go back in the rain.

Someone next to him pointed to a boat not far away and asked in surprise, "Isn't that the official ship I saw in the morning?" ”

Everyone looked at this, and sure enough, it was the official boat that they met on the way to the river. Heavy rain due to the wind. There was not a single figure on the deck.

"Brother Su, do you think we should go over and say hello?" Zheng Qian asked suddenly.

Su Tong glanced at him: "Since it is an official ship, why should we greet them?" Aren't you asking for trouble? ”

Zheng Qian smiled and said, "I see, it seems that there are women on this boat." It is estimated that they stopped at Tingzhou Mansion at noon to rest temporarily, but they did not expect to encounter this rain, so they could only stop here and wait for the wind and rain to subside before going on the road. Why don't you go up and see what's going on? ”

Su Tong was angry, but the people on the official ship just now were rude, and he was not interested in sticking a hot face to someone's cold ass. Therefore, he categorically refused: "Since it is a meeting in Pingshui, it is impossible to meet in the future, why meet each other?" ”

Zheng Qian was silent, Shen Xi looked at the sky and asked, "Boat family, is there a hat?" I want to get off the boat, and when the weather clears, I'll send the hat back. ”

The boatman hurriedly helped Shen Xi find a hat, and Su Tong asked puzzledly: "Brother Shen, this is all in the city, and it is safe on the dock." If you want to go back, you don't have to rush it...... I think it's better to wait for the wind and rain to light up before leaving! ”

Shen Xi sighed: "Brother Su, you don't know the hardships of my age, if I come out for a little longer, my family is worried, this rainy day, if I am still outside, they are afraid that I will fall into the river, I don't know what will happen...... Troublesome! ”

"That's ......"

Su Tong smiled, "Then I can't send it down." ”

Shen Xi hurriedly waved his hand: "No need to send it, I know the way home." It's not far from my house. ”

Bidding farewell to Su Tong and the others, Shen Xi wore a big hat, and with the support of the boatman, he carefully stepped on the board of the boat and walked down. When he was down-to-earth, he turned around and shook his hand to Su Tong and the others who were watching, and then trotted all the way to his house.

But the wind and rain were too great, Shen Xi could only cover his face with a hat, and after running for a short while, his body was already wet. He could only stubbornly continue to run forward, when a voice came from the side: "Come here!" Come here! ”

Shen Xi took a side look and saw a wine shop on the side of the road, an old man sitting on the seat by the door drinking, with two plates of side dishes in front of him, it was the old Xu Tou he saw by the dock before.

It was rare to have a place to shelter from the rain, so Shen Xi rushed in without thinking. As soon as the man entered the door, he took off the hat, and his whole body was soaked, and he shivered with cold.

"Look at you like this, it looks like you've been fished out of the river."

Lao Xu looked at Shen Xi, the white thing he used to pretend to be blind had been taken out of his eyes, a pair of eyes were bright, where was there a little bit of a blind man?

Shen Xi shook off the water on his body and asked curiously, "Why are you here?" ”

"Come here to shelter from the rain and have lunch by the way, heh, it's rare for me to sit down and be a guest." Old Xu Tou looked high-spirited. With his patched clothes, he sat in the wine shop and ate wine with side dishes, and his small life was good. But with the shabby and depressed old Xu Tou that Shen Xi had seen before, where did he get the money?

"Don't be surprised, Lao Yu was lucky to meet a big customer today. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the courage to come in and drink, and I would have been kicked out a long time ago. ”

Old Xu Tou said, waving his hand to let Shen Xi sit down and speak.

Shen Xi sat at a table with Lao Xu Tou, this wine shop is very remote at first glance, the business is not very good, the storefront on the first floor, there are only six or seven tables in total, and I don't even see the shadow of the store and Xiao Er.

"This is your place?" Shen Xi asked.

"If the old man has that ability, he still needs to go out and beg for a living with a cheeky skin?" Old Xu Tou shook his head with a wry smile, picked up the chopsticks in the bamboo tube and handed them to Shen Xi, "Eat together?" ”

Shen Xi didn't want to eat in such a strange place, one didn't know if the dishes and food were clean, and the other was a little vigilant: "I've already eaten on the boat." ”

Lao Xu Tou saw what Shen Xi was worried about, took back the chopsticks, and smiled slightly: "Little brother, the old man has seen it from the beginning, you are different...... The old man has pretended to be blind for so many years, and if you can detect something wrong at a glance, you are the only little brother. ”

Shen Xi frowned and said, "How do you know that I can see it?" ”

Lao Xu Tou had a bit of smugness on his face: "When you come out to walk the rivers and lakes, if you can't even do the basic observation of words and feelings, you will definitely not be able to get along." You, Shen Qigongzi, won the head of the government examination at a young age, and in the future, it will really be the life of the Zhongju people to take the jinshi...... What I said that day was just a normal inference, and it would be nice to get a few pennies in reward, don't you mind. ”

Shen Xi glanced at Lao Xu, he didn't expect an old charlatan to explain this to him.

He looked at the storm outside, and was a little worried for a while.

"Little brother, it's rare that we are destined. How is the old decay showing you the face? Don't charge money, just say casually, if you believe it, feel free to reward it. Unbelief...... Hehe, just treat it as old rotten nonsense. ”

People are polite, and Shen Xi can't be too rude. But it's not a very pleasant thing to be stared at by an obnoxious bad old man.

Shen Xi said: "You don't need to see my face, you said that you can tell hexagrams." I have a word I want you to test. ”

"Okay."

Lao Xu Tou directly stretched out his hand, dipped a little wine in the wine glass with his index finger, and asked, "What words do you say?" ”

Shen Xi said: "The six palaces have no color of the Dai." ”

Lao Xu Tou wrote the words on the desktop, because there were many strokes, he just wrote this word for a long time, and then asked, "What do you want to know?" ”

"It's up to you to guess, if you can figure out one or two. I don't mind giving you a few pennies, I just have it. Shen Xi took out a few copper plates from his arms, all of which were the pocket money that Zhou gave him on weekdays.

Lao Xu stared at the words for a long time, and sighed faintly: "If the old man is not bad, Shen Dagongzi is the same as the big customer that the old man met today, and he came to the old man to tell the fortune, both for the same purpose." ”

"Oh?" Shen Xi looked at Old Xu.

Old Xu Tou said affirmatively: "Find someone." Shen Gongzi, I don't know if what the old man said is right? ”

Shen Xi had to re-examine this old man, in Shen Xi's impression, this was an old liar who ran around the rivers and lakes and abducted and deceived everything. may not even have a relative around him at this age, and he has to come out to beg for a living in the year of the sixtieth year. His life experience is indeed much richer than that of ordinary people, and only those who have experienced the wind and frost know better how to speculate on the minds of others. Understand some truth.

"Hmm." Shen Xi didn't hide it, and handed over a few copper plates, "Where are the people?" ”

Lao Xu Tou sighed: "It's hard to say, it's hard to say." Just like today's chief advisor, she was looking for her father, but her father had been an official for many years. Suddenly disappeared, you say this thing is not strange? Someone asked her to look all the way to the south, and she really found it, and I have only one opinion for her, which is to go north. Haha, Shen Gongzi, do you know why? ”

When Shen Xi heard this, he suddenly remembered something.

At noon, the official boat came down the river from the north, and it may be the "big customer" in the mouth of Lao Xutou.

If an official suddenly disappeared, there were only two possibilities in the Ming Dynasty, one was secretly arrested, or someone else was assassinated. If the person is dead, the body must be transferred and buried, and it is very difficult to find it, but this possibility is not high, after all, the people do not fight with the officials, and it is a capital crime to kill an official at any time, and the biggest possibility is to be secretly arrested by Yousi, and the direction of going is nothing more than the north and south of Beijing.

Shen Xi thought it through, but he still shook his head.

Lao Xu Tou smiled, and then said: "The one that Shen Gongzi is looking for, I literally calculate, should also be related to the official family, the official family's affairs...... It's really unpredictable, and it will cause trouble. It's as if Shen Gongzi already understands something, but hides it in his stomach and doesn't say it, it's the same reason. ”

When Shen Xi heard this, he immediately put the copper plate back, and said coldly: "You won't get a reward for selling Guanzi." If you say it, I won't mention it to anyone, how can I bring you trouble? ”

Lao Xu shook his head: "It's okay if you don't make a few pennies." Since Shen Gongzi wants to know, then I might as well remind you that some people are far away in the sky and close at hand. Life is like this many times, you deliberately look for it, but you can't find it, if you don't want to, he just appears in front of you. ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, this old slippery head, what he said is equivalent to not saying it, is it really my money blown by the wind?

"Don't say it."

Shen Xi saw that the wind and rain outside had become lighter, picked up the hat and left.

As soon as I got out of the door, I saw someone hurrying over from the direction of the pier, but it was a woman holding a rickety umbrella and hurriedly trotting all the way to this side.

The woman seemed to be looking for someone, and when she arrived outside the wine shop, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on her face, and she hurried inside without bothering to arrange her hair, which had been blown by the wind and soaked by the rain.

It happened to pass by Shen Xi.

"Sir, I've found you."

The woman walked up to Lao Xu Tou, her face was a little eager and eager, "The little woman went back and thought about what you said, thought about it, but didn't know where to go, this world is big, if you only go north, how can you find your father?" ”

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