Chen Shu did not immediately pick up the wine glass, but stretched out his right hand and made a downward gesture, signaling Yao Guangqi to put the wine glass down, and said at the same time: "You are grateful first, I still have something to tell you, you promise me, let's drink again." ”

Yao Guangqi was stunned for a moment, and listened to Chen Shu continue: "This girl has been spoiled by me, the older she gets, the more disobedient she becomes, her mother is not early, and I am also negligent in disciplining her, this girl doesn't like to read, so she has to dance with guns and sticks, and I can't do anything with her." As for her, a girl's family, she can't get a fame, and she doesn't want to be in front of me. Hey, the girl is not staying, since she wants to go with you, I can trust you, I will entrust this girl to you. ”

Yao Guangqi listened to the speciousness, he touched his head, and asked uncertainly, "You mean, let her go with us?" You know, this time we went north, not an ordinary travel, but an important mission, this must be difficult, this ......, I'm afraid the danger is also indispensable, Yueru sister is a girl, I'm afraid it's not very suitable for ,......"

Chen Yueru listened to Yao Guangqi's words, her expression changed from expectation to disappointment, and then gradually became angry, and finally simply slammed the chopsticks on the table, stared at Yao Guangqi fiercely, and said with wide eyes: "What? Are you afraid that I'll drag you back? ”

Yao Guangqi originally wanted to say something, but was frightened back by Chen Yueru's aggressive attitude, his original intention was to simply reject the father and daughter, and after thinking about it, just now he didn't accept Chen Shu's kindness in recommending a teacher for himself, and at this moment he rejected Chen Yueru, people trust him so much, but he turned the other party away, he really can't say it, so Yao Guangqi's refusal has never been spoken, and in the end it is worth lowering his head, blindly bowing his head and eating without saying anything.

Chen Shu saw that the scene was a little embarrassing, picked up the wine glass again, and said to Yao Guangqi: "I'm a girl, I'm used to it, my temper may be a little big, but I don't say it with a kind heart, and she has also learned kung fu from a famous teacher, and ordinary three or five men are not her opponents, she follows you around, and maybe she can help you." Come, girl, the three of us drink this cup, even if Dad practices it for the two of you. When you leave your father's side, you can't be so anxious anymore, you have to be careful in everything. He choked up a little as he spoke.

Yao Guangqi really couldn't say anything to refuse, watched Chen Shu drink the wine, smiled awkwardly, and drank it too.

Early the next morning, when Yao Guangqi and the three of them packed up and set off, Chen Yueru was already standing at the gate of the small courtyard of the three, Zhang Yu and Yuan Heng looked at each other, and then they both looked at Yao Guangqi, Yao Guangqi smiled embarrassedly, and said in a low voice: "I didn't say it last night, Sister Yueru went on the road with us." ”

Zhang Yu frowned, pointed at Chen Yueru and whispered, "Wouldn't it be inconvenient to bring a woman." ”

Yao Guangqi naturally knew the meaning of Zhang Yu's words, Zhang Yu's identity was special, Chen Yueru and his father were officials of the imperial court, and the three brothers could help catch the water thieves on a whim, once they had to go together for a long time, if Zhang Yu's identity was leaked, it might be endless trouble, so Yao Guangqi hesitated at the moment.

At this time, Yuan Hui suddenly laughed, turned around and patted Yao Guangqi on the shoulder: "Boy, this is your life, don't hesitate, people can't follow their fate, take her with you." Ignoring Zhang Yu and Yao Guangqi's surprised eyes, he strode out, and said generously to Chen Yueru: "Although my brother is not handsome, he has unparalleled wisdom and good vision." ”

Chen Yueru's face flushed, and she took a sip: "What nonsense are you talking about, this Taoist priest, and the monks don't cultivate morality, I think you can't cultivate the Tao in your life." ”

Yuan Hui didn't quarrel with Chen Yueru either, he took a step forward with his robe, and said as he walked forward: "Who said that I want to cultivate immortals and gain the Tao?" I'm not a Taoist priest, I said it a long time ago, I'm a monk, haha. ”

Several people still chose to go north by boat this time, and they still took the Cao boat, or the fleet when they came, but there was no Chen Shu in this fleet, because he wanted to deal with the case in Cao County and other imperial courts, and the person who replaced Chen Shu's escort was Song Xiang, the political envoy of Shandong, who came in person.

This Song Xiang knew that Chen Shu would inevitably be promoted after making great contributions this time, so he took special care of Chen Yueru, not only arranging the last ship with the least salt for a few people, but also specially assigning two shipwrights to take care of a few people and two shipwrights, which was already a very high-level preferential treatment. At first, Yao Guangqi felt that those boatmen were just rough people who carried salt to make the boat, and they shouldn't be able to do anything except run errands and drive the boat, but when he got on the boat, he realized that with these boatmen, the itinerary that he thought would be very boring suddenly became interesting.

The boatmen are very good in water, a fierce man pricked down, when he floated up, he would catch a fish in his hand, it would not take long, the big fish and the small fish would catch a lot, the two boatmen were also very good, and they supported two pots in the bow of the boat, a pot of stewed fish, and a pot of steamed rice. The way the boatman stewed the fish looks very simple, throw the fish into the pot, simply add some condiments, but the taste is excellent, the boiled fish soup is white and fragrant, the fish meat is soft and smooth, Yao Guangqi ate three bowls of rice in one go, and ate countless fish.

The boatmen make fish, not only with stew, they will also grill, sometimes on the bow of the fire pile, the newly caught fish, simply clean up the internal organs, but also simply smear a little condiments, on the fire on the roast, the boatman on the fire to grasp the heat is very accurate, the grilled fish outside is burnt and crispy, the inside is tender and soft, as soon as you eat it, you can't stop.

If you think that the boatmen only cook fish to eat, you should underestimate them, and their fishing songs are very good, they can sing high-pitched and passionate tunes, and they can sing soft and gentle songs, and once someone sings first, the boatmen of other ships will sing along, and even the boatmen who are following the boat in the same direction, or the boat that is facing the opposite direction, will also be accompanied by the boatmen. Along the way, the fishing songs of the two boatmen make the boring itinerary less monotonous.

After passing Texas, a few people got off the boat, this was Yuan Hui's idea, Zhang Yu and Yao Guangqi didn't know where Yuan Hui was going to lead the way, but they both made up their minds and went with Yuan Hui's arrangement.

Four people stayed in Texas for one night, the next morning, the four people got up at dawn, there was already a big car waiting for the four people at the door of the inn, seeing the four people come out, the coachman arched his hand to Yuan Hui, Yuan Heng nodded, then jumped into the car, shook his head, and signaled the three people to come up.