Chapter 321: Old Driver
On the river, the white-bearded old man slapped the three second-grade little grandmasters into the water with one rod, causing an uproar among everyone on the shore.
No one would have thought that this ordinary-looking boatman would have such terrifying strength, and he would shoot three second-grade little grandmasters with one stroke.
The middle-aged scholar who bore the brunt of the attack was slapped in the waist, screamed and fell into the water, grabbed his hands and feet indiscriminately, and was a landlubber who couldn't do water.
And the bearded man and the flower-clothed mother-in-law also fell into the water, but the flower-clothed mother-in-law stood at the farthest side, and when the bamboo pole came, it had already retreated a little, so it was much better than the middle-aged scholar.
And the bearded man also looked more durable, and the water was good, holding his waist with one hand, while swimming towards the middle-aged scholar, it seemed that the two should know each other and wanted to save him ashore.
Stirred up by this old man, the three of them had no idea of catching up again, if the rod just now had not been strengthened, the three of them felt that they were going to die.
The bamboo raft drove slowly towards the river, and the people on the river looked far away, and those who were unwilling had begun to find a way to cross the river, and it seemed that they still did not want to let go of this opportunity.
And the people in the rivers and lakes, who had originally made up their minds to see the excitement, began to disperse separately, talking excitedly about what happened today.
The battle between Liu Shaoqun and Zuo Qiu Yunzhong is destined to become a hot topic in the rivers and lakes, and the identity of this masked swordsman who forcibly rescued Liu Shaoqun from the crowd is also conjecturing.
As for who the old man who smashed down three second-grade little grandmasters on the river, he has become a mystery. This old man's strength is at least the pinnacle of a second-grade junior grandmaster, and it may even be a first-grade great grandmaster, but no one has yet recognized who he is.
On the bamboo raft, Liu Shaoqun was lying on his back, Xu Mingyuan had already given him two pills to invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, but he didn't know anything about medical skills, so much he could do.
Fortunately, Liu Shaoqun's strength is strong, and his body's recovery ability is much stronger than that of ordinary people, after taking the pill, his pale face has become a little bloody, and his breath has become a lot calmer, but he doesn't look like he's about to wake up.
"Thank you to Mu Qian's predecessors for coming to the rescue, the kid is grateful." Xu Mingyuan stretched out his hand to take off the square scarf on his face, looked at the man standing at the bow of the boat, and inserted the bamboo pole in his hand into the water from time to time, like an old man of an ordinary boatman, and said a little respectfully.
The old man listened to Xu Mingyuan's words, but turned his head a little unexpectedly, looked at Xu Mingyuan and said with a smile: "The old man has been ferrying on this river for decades, and there are only a few people who can recognize me, how do you know my name?" ”
"On this big river, who can play with a bamboo pole and a bamboo raft so powerfully, except for a pole across the river and Muqian, who else can there be." Xu Mingyuan looked at the old man and said with a smile.
This Hengjiang is not very famous in the rivers and lakes, but when he and his master came to Jiangnan to cross the river, Qing Xuan mentioned a few words, saying that the best boat in the world is Mu Qian.
However, at that time, they did not see any ferrymen on the riverside, so they had no choice but to give up. Today, Xu Mingyuan saw that the old man easily slapped the three second-grade little grandmasters into the water with a bamboo pole, and only then did he remember what his master said back then and guessed the identity of this person.
Those people on the shore may not be able to see it, but Xu Mingyuan, who has seen three first-grade battles, has seen some signs, this Mu Qian's strength is at least first-grade, but his strength may be a little worse than Liu Shaoqun and Zuoqiu Yunzhong.
Look at his soft and rigid shots, maybe it is the kung fu that he has comprehended from the water on the river, he has guarded this river for so many years, although he has a body of kung fu, he is unknown in the rivers and lakes, and he is indeed a strange person.
"Haha, you kid is interesting, so I remembered that there was a kid surnamed Xu back then, who was chased all the way to the river by the Xie family, obviously he didn't have any effort, he scolded while running, and lost 10,000 taels of silver tickets when he got on the boat, let me carry him across the river, but it is a little similar to today." Mu Qian lifted the bamboo pole and looked at Liao Kuo Dajiang, his face also showed a little nostalgia.
Xu Mingyuan listened to Mu Qian's words, but the expression on his face became a little weird, and after thinking about it, he asked, "I wonder if the person surnamed Xu can be caught by the Xie family later?" ”
"Since the old man has received the money, how can he be caught, isn't this going to ruin the old man's reputation? When the boy went ashore, he praised the old man for being an old driver if he was on that shore, although the old man didn't understand what this meant, but he explained that they praised the good support of the boat. Mu Qian smiled and shook his head.
Xu Xiaozi and Xie Jia, hearing these two words, Xu Mingyuan already had some guesses in his heart. He couldn't find any useful information after looking for a long time, but during this time in Chang'an, he also learned a lot about the Xie family.
The Xie family is a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, a thousand-year-old gate valve, although after the imperial examination system prevailed, it has lost the glory of the year, but the name of the Xie family for a thousand years is high in the Dawan literary circle, and the ancestor of the Xie family, Xie Jinyu, is the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle, with a very high reputation and status.
And Mrs. Xie is the youngest daughter of Xie Jinyu, and she didn't know how to meet Mr. Xu back then, and then came from Jiangnan to Chang'an, and she has been by his side.
It is said that Xie Jinyu, who was a scholar of Hongwen Xi University, strongly opposed this matter, and also quarreled with Mr. Xu, who won the last position of Jinshi, but asked His Majesty to marry in the palace, and was directly stunned, and this matter became the most sensational thing in the imperial examination that year.
But now it seems that not only is he not welcomed in Chang'an, Mr. Xu is mostly entangled with Mrs. Xie in Jiangnan Province, and he is also not liked by the Xie family, and he is even chased all the way by the family.
This time he went to the south of the Yangtze River, Xu Mingyuan also deliberately wanted to go to the Xie family, it is not realistic to recognize his relatives, I am afraid that Mr. Xie does not want to recognize him as a cheap grandson, but from the Xie family, he may be able to know some of the truth about the things back then, or the whereabouts of Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xie.
There are many theories about Mr. Yunji's whereabouts on the rivers and lakes, but none of them have been confirmed, saying that he is dead, no one has seen his body, and there is no grave. It is also said that he took his wife and returned to the overseas immortal mountain, but there is no definite evidence.
The bamboo raft docked, and after Xu Mingyuan expressed his gratitude again, he carried Liu Shaoqun, who was still unconscious, on his back, and carried the black slate to the shore, discerned the direction, and ran with light skills.
There were a lot of pursuers behind them, although they were temporarily stopped by Da Jiang, and Liu Shaoqun, who was unconscious on his back, was now more attractive than a beauty. (To be continued.) )