Chapter Ninety-Nine: On the Canal

Zhang Taiji vaguely remembered that Mu Lun and Shen Tugai had stolen a herd of cattle in Qianfo Mountain, and nine times out of ten it was from Ge Xiao'e's house. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At that time, Mullen thought that the nun was wasting good things by bathing in milk, and he was indignant when he said it, as if he had done a righteous act to steal someone's cattle in the middle of the night.

Witnessing Ge Xiao'e's beautiful face today, Zhang Taiji felt that not to mention people's milk, it was right to take a bath with Yaochi Xianlu!

"Mother is right!"

Li Yalan said with big eyes flashing.

"Oh! What did she say? ”

Zhang Taiji was thinking about things, and answered casually.

"As long as it's a man, no matter how old or young he is, he's."

After Li Yalan finished speaking, she narrowed her eyes, and the corners of her mouth rose up and stared at Zhang Taiji with a smile rather than a smile.

Zhang Taiji was uncomfortable, touched his nose and forked the topic and said, "Do you want to go to the capital with me to play?" ”

"Good! All right! Sister Xiao'e is also going to the capital! ”

Li Yalan clapped her hands happily, as if she was too excited to express herself, she suddenly lowered her head and kissed Zhang Taiji's cheek with her fragrant lips.

Zhang Taiji's body shook like an electric shock in an instant, his cheeks suddenly turned red, his heart was surging, and he looked at Li Yalan with wide eyes, Li Yalan was also stunned by his bold behavior, covered his face with both hands and turned his head and didn't dare to look at Zhang Taiji again.

The beauty is loved, the love is sincere, and the infinite charm!

In this situation, Zhang Taiji didn't know how many times he had dreamed in his previous life, but it felt so incongruous when it happened to him as a child at this moment!

Fortunately, the arrival of Zhang Fu and Miaoxiang alleviated the ambiguous atmosphere of lonely men and widows, this time Zhang Taiji planned to take the two of them with him, and when he said what he thought, Miaoxiang immediately expressed his willingness to go along, Zhang Fu seemed to have some concerns, but finally agreed.

While several people were talking, Zhang Jizhong came to visit, and then Zhao Shenyi and Hua Shou and others also came, followed by the old monk with Wukong and Wuneng brothers, and the house was full of guests for a while.

After Zhang Jizhong met Zhang Taiji, he explained to him the matters that need to be paid attention to when he went to the capital to meet the emperor, repeatedly told him to be cautious in his words and deeds, and left in a hurry after finishing his words

A few days ago, the Jiaozhou earthquake, the Jinan Road generation also had varying degrees of disaster, Zhang Taiji's unpredictable prophet early warning and out-of-body war against the dragon's deeds, quickly spread throughout Shandong and even the whole country.

The head of his own sect has great powers, and the people of the medical alliance such as Zhao Shenyi are naturally honored as members of the Taiji Sect, and today I heard that Zhang Taiji accepted the emperor's summons, and I felt even more that it was the right choice to join the Taiji Sect in the first place.

Zhang Taiji sent an invitation to Hua Shou, hoping that he could accompany him to Beijing, Hua Shou did not directly refuse, only said that he had been studying the meridian operation of Wukong's body recently, and he had already found that he didn't want to give up halfway.

Isn't that simple? Wukong can also go with him.

Zhang Taiji asked the old monk for his opinion, and the old monk agreed without thinking about it, and immediately brought Wukong to Zhang Taiji, and said solemnly:

"Wukong, you will follow Sect Leader Zhang in the future, you have to treat Sect Leader Zhang as a teacher, do you know?"

Wukong has grown a lot over the years, and the wildness on his body has converged a lot, and when he heard the master's words, he looked at the old monk and then at Zhang Taiji, and nodded obediently.

"Although Wukong is withdrawn and stubborn, he has a good nature and a clever mind, Sect Leader Zhang, you are open-minded and powerful, let him follow you, I will be relieved!"

Zhang Taiji listened to the old monk's words, as if he felt like explaining the aftermath, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and was about to ask but was stopped by the old monk raising his hand.

"The wish has been fulfilled, there is no more concern, the old monk can rest assured that he will go west."

After the old monk said this, he turned around and left, Zhang Taiji chased out of the door and wanted to see him off, but the old monk had disappeared without a trace.

"The cycle of birth, old age, sickness and death, the sect leader doesn't have to care, today's farewell, the master and his old man have already made arrangements, and if you want to come to the senior brother to follow the sect leader in the future, it is not a good destination."

Wu Neng said lightly, although Wukong did not speak, but the sadness of parting in his eyes was obvious, and the monkey Xiaobai was infected with this emotion, and there was no liveliness in the past.

The moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have joys and sorrows.

Zhang Taiji wanted to comfort them a few words, but he didn't know where to start, and a thousand words turned into a sigh.

Early the next morning, Guo Degang came to pick up Zhang Taiji with a team of guards early, and everyone set off to Jinan Road Mansion.

It is worthy of being sent to Xuanfu to travel, what a big pomp!

The entire street in front of the government was occupied, in front of which were ironclad knights opening the way, and the number of people was no less than two hundred, followed by luxurious and wide carriages, with maids and servants standing outside the carriage, and then behind were carts loaded with goods, and many officers and soldiers were surrounded by them.

After Zhang Taiji was taken by Guo Degang to see Pu Buhua, he was arranged in a carriage, and after a while, a gong sounded to open the way, and the team began to start slowly.

The group set off from Licheng, traveled all the way to the west, and came to the canal town in a few days. Linqing, by Linqing by boat along the canal to the north, if the river is not frozen, you can go directly to the north gate of the imperial city of the Yuan capital.

The team is still ten miles away from Linqing, and the representatives of the big and small officials and squires in Linqing came from afar to greet the emperor, followed the officials to Linqing City, and set up a banquet to entertain themselves, not to mention the gifts, Zhang Taiji was assigned a share, Zhang Fu and others were not in vain!

Zhang Fu was not only not happy when he got the gift, but he frowned, Zhang Taiji asked: "If you have a gift for free, why is it too little?" ”

"The young master said with a smile, I was just thinking that there are thousands of people here, if everyone has such a gift, I don't know how much money it will cost?

What's more, the gifts received by the officials in charge are probably ten thousand times more valuable than this! ”

Zhang Fu said with emotion.

"As the saying goes, if you are not in your position, you are not in your politics. Fauber is thinking too far, isn't he? ”

Zhang Fu shook his head and smiled, and didn't say much.

After a night's rest, the procession continued on its way to the canal wharf, where the official ships were already ready to stop, and the men boarded one after another, while the knights and carriages followed along the riverbank.

The boat ride of Pu Buhua, Toad and others is not only tall and gorgeous, but also has a famous chef and singer to serve on the boat, wine and delicacies, warblers and swallows dance, and enjoy it as if it were your own home.

No wonder these officials have to take a boat ride in the winter, or they will enjoy it, which is much better than sitting in a bumpy carriage.

Zhang Taiji has a special identity and has also been arranged on a separate boat, but there is no celebrity chef Meiji on his boat, except for the boatman, only Zhang Fu and other entourage.

Ten miles of people are divided on both sides of the strait, and the high-rise buildings enter the green clouds.

The official ships and boats passed by one after another, and the drums and gongs were heard everywhere.

The bending shore is frightening to return here, and the sound of the waves resounded day and night with spring thunder.

Thousands of fireworks in the city gathered, and thousands of sails on the river.

Because of the excavation of the Huitong River, Linqing became the intersection of the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Grand Canal of the Yuan Dynasty, forming a transportation hub that connects the Yuan Dadu in the north, reaches Luoyang in the west, and reaches Hangzhou in the south.

The development of the Cao transport industry has led to the prosperity of Linqing commercial trade, even if it is now the off-season of commerce, still the river sails are like forests, the goods on both sides of the bank are piled up like mountains, the street shops are lined up, and the merchants gather.

Sail all the way out of Linqing, there are many wharves along the river bank, each wharf is moored from the south to the north, and people can buy all kinds of goods and local specialties produced in the north and south.

The merchant ships in the canal saw that this group of official ships consciously moved out of the way, so the fleet moved very smoothly and quickly.

On the night of the second day of the fleet's departure, in the dead of night, Zhang Taiji was meditating and practicing in his room, when he vaguely heard an unusual noise in the room not far away, as if someone was stealing something.

He crept to the room, and by the moonlight he saw a man eating raw rice in his pocket, and the night was hazy and he couldn't see the person's appearance, but he was definitely a stranger.

"How long has it been since you eaten?"

Zhang Taiji asked softly from a distance of a few steps, the man was startled when he heard someone talking, and he was about to run away when he rushed out of the room, but as soon as he ran two steps, he was pressed down on the board of the boat by Zhang Fei, who was hiding in the dark, and couldn't move.

"You don't have to be afraid, I'm just afraid that you will have a bad stomach, not to blame you."

Zhang Taiji still said softly.

"Let him go!"

Zhang Fei silently let go of his hand, the man staggered to his feet, shook his head and looked at Zhang Taiji carefully, and said:

"Thank you, Childe, for a lot, I will do this thing when I am really hungry."

Hearing that this person spoke politely, and he had fallen to such a point, there must be something strange in it, Zhang Taiji did not rush to ask, but invited him to his room.

Zhang Fu and the others also came to check when they heard the voice, Zhang Taiji asked people to boil hot tea and took out the snacks they brought for him to eat and drink.

This person seemed to think that Zhang Taiji was no threat to him, so he took the dim sum and devoured it, and Zhang Taiji saw this person's appearance clearly through the light.

The man was well-proportioned, well-shaped, in his twenties, and looked like a well-read person by his dress.

"Who are you? How could you be so downcast? ”

Seeing that he had almost eaten, Zhang Taiji asked casually.

"It's hard to put into words! In Xia Yujin, it was a local businessman in Linqing, and the reason why he hid on the ship was to avoid debt collection. ”

Yu Jin looked quite honest and directly explained the reason.

"Looks like you owe a lot of money, huh?" Zhang Taiji asked.

"The money I paid back was more than ten times the original capital, but those people were still not satisfied, and the government supported them......

Regret shouldn't have been! ”

It is not difficult to hear in Yu Jin's words that nine times out of ten he borrowed money, that is, the usury of the Yuan Dynasty's official business, and asked in detail, as Zhang Taiji expected.

Since Yu Jin is not a villain, it is not a big deal to keep him on the boat, and it can be regarded as a small episode in the journey.

A few days later, the fleet passed through Cangzhou and came to Zhigu, and after arriving in Zhigu, everyone did not abandon the boat and went ashore, because the river in front of it was frozen and impassable.

When Zhang Taiji brought people ashore, the careless guards did not notice that there was an unfamiliar face in his team.