Zhou Jin lay on the side of the boat and vomited for a while, and the dirt that kept vomiting attracted the fish to scramble for food, and the fish grabbed happily in stark contrast to the decadence in his eyes, and cursed: "You beasts, even if you eat, Lao Tzu will not kill you with all the poisons." The fish snatching up the river spat sour water to vent their displeasure, and Sven wiped the dirt off the corner of his mouth with his sleeve.

After spitting up, the river wind blew Zhou Jin's spirit was much better, and when he returned to Qingyu and Yu Lao Wu, he talked more and more, looked at the river through the window and muttered: "Brother Yu, you see that the river is calm and calm at this time, why was it a stormy wave just now, if it wasn't for the violent shaking of the cabin just now, I wouldn't have tossed like this, and half a little life almost got in." ”

"Zhou Gongzi is blessed with a big life, how can he be hurt by this little thing." Yu Lao Wu got up and walked to the window, pointed to the river and said: "Look at this river, there are countless fertile fields on both sides of the river, and the ripe rice is constantly swaying in the wind, which is very lovely, and this year should be a bumper harvest year." ”

As soon as the words changed, Yu Lao Wu said: "And the Shenming Beach we just passed through is just the opposite, there are rows of high mountains on both sides, which turns that section of the river into a 'pocket' shape, and the river wind will bring up the water on the river surface when it blows and scatters, so that the undulating waves on the river surface will roll straight to the hull of the boat." ”

This explanation made the two deeply admired, Qingyu and Zhou Jin both sighed, amazed at the world's big, strange but also extremely admired the wisdom of the predecessors, and was able to spy on the mystery, Qingyu admired: "The wisdom of the predecessors is also impressed by us, but I don't know which master has explored the mystery?" It is also so that Zhou Jinzhan and I can admire the grace and majesty of this sage. ”

Yu Lao Wu was slightly disappointed and said: "This master is not my Ming person. ”

"Not a Ming person? Who is that? I think that my Ming Dynasty is full of talents, and there are many talented people, can I still let some young people compare? Zhou Jin asked preemptively, with the pride of the people of the Heavenly Empire in his bones, and he was really indignant that such a mysterious thing could be answered by people from foreign lands.

Qingyu next to him gave him a roll of his eyes, and said to Zhou Jin: "Inch is long and short, although the Ming Dynasty is far stronger than other countries, but it is not better than others, there is always its own deficient side, learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses and learn from others' good is what I should do in the Ming Dynasty, fortunately, you did not enter the court as an official, otherwise you would not miss the Ming Dynasty." Qingyu thinks more deeply than Zhou Jin, a cynical "brainless" person.

Zhou Jin was speechless when he said this, and he only cared about drinking water vigorously.

Yu Lao Wu said noncommittally: "My Ming Dynasty is stronger than other countries in all aspects, but the Ming Dynasty is also slightly inferior to others, such as astronomy, geography, arithmetic, and things worth learning." ”

Qingyu has always been very interested in these folk things, so he asked, "Brother Yu, can you tell me about this master." ”

Yu Lao Wu returned to his seat and sat down, because the matter was too long ago, he sorted out his thoughts and seemed to slowly recall the past, and it didn't take long to talk eloquently: "Five years ago, a person from the Western Regions came on the passenger ship from Jinhua Mansion to Songlin County, and he caused a commotion as soon as he got on the boat. It's like there's always a jar on your head. ”

After talking for a long time, he was a little thirsty, and Yu Lao Wu was thirsty for tea and moistened his throat and continued: "The bearded man didn't pay attention to the fingers and feet of others, and more than 10,000 people who had been used to such fingering along the way, he walked straight to the owner's room, the first passenger ship of my Ming Dynasty was the owner's room, and there were two lanterns with the owner's surname hanging on the eaves, and the hotel on the ground meant the same as opening the door to welcome guests. Qingyu thought to himself that this bearded man should have been in the Ming Dynasty for some time, otherwise he would have known the ship's room without even asking, but he didn't know what to do.

Zhou Jin saw that Qingyu was in a daze, so he knocked Qingyu's head hard with the fan in his hand, this knock Qingyu took his thoughts back and stared at Zhou Jin hard, how could Zhou Jin stand his eyes as a wolf boat, he laughed a few times and turned his head to continue to listen to Yu Lao Wu's words, Yu Lao Wu said that he didn't notice the fight between the two.

Yu Lao Wu was not less interested, and spit flew sideways: "The bearded man came to the owner's room and knocked on the door, and after getting permission, he pushed the door in, and the owner was burying his head at this time, and when he saw someone coming in, he raised his head and saw that it was a foreign man, who was a little surprised at first and then calmed down. After a brief moment of surprise, the owner asked him what he needed, and after a brief understanding, he learned that he wanted a room, and asked if this was a boat to the pine forest. When everything was ready, the owner led him to the empty room, and at the door, when he saw that there were still people standing in the bow of the boat, pointing at him, he shook his head, and walked back in the place of the bearded man. ”

Yu Lao Wu picked up the tea bowl and wanted to drink water again, but he had to put it on the table after drinking, seeing that Qingyu and Zhou Jin listened carefully, it was not easy to stop, and he paused and continued: "That night, this passenger ship passed by Shenming Beach, the heavy dark clouds arched the sickle-shaped moon hanging in the air, the waves blown by the strong wind on the river hit the hull, the passenger ship shook violently in the river, and there was a danger of sinking the ship if you were not careful. The people in the cabin ran from the house to the bow of the boat to worship the river god with the owner, and the bearded man was also in the bow of the boat, but he happened to be surrounded by everyone in the middle, and looked at the inexplicable behavior of the people in front of him in surprise, his 'arrogant' behavior caused the side eyes of the people on the boat, thinking that what this exotic man was doing, blasphemy would only harm everyone, because the ceremony was going on at this time, it was inconvenient to speak, so he did not come forward to ask. ”

Just when people were speculating, the bearded man spoke in fluent Chinese: "The river here is narrow, the mountain peaks are towering into the clouds, and when the wind blows on the river, it is easy for the river to be turbulent and the waves crash on the shore, and this is completely caused by the terrain, not what you want to bow down to." The boat we have is big enough, but there are too many things on the boat, and we have to throw away some of them, otherwise everyone will sink to the bottom of the river, and as he spoke, he threw the two boxes of things he brought into the Qilin River. "When the box was pushed into the river, it accidentally knocked open, and in an instant, a layer of books floated on the surface of the river, and at this time, everyone was talking about something.

The bearded man's actions were not recognized by everyone, everyone ignored the bearded man's words, or knelt down religiously, only the owner of the boat understood his words, thinking that the river god also worshipped or the wind and waves did not show any signs of abating, holding the dead horse as a live horse doctor, simply according to the bearded man's words to try, throwing the things of the passenger officer on the ship It was impossible, so he had to throw the things on his own ship, the owner got up and called a few guys to put the tables, chairs and benches in the cabin into the river, Even the bed where he was resting was thrown into the river, and after nearly a cup of tea, the passenger boat crossed the Shenmei Beach safely.

After passing the Shenming Beach, the passenger boat sailed smoothly and safely on the Qilin River. Everyone got up and walked towards the bearded man, his words just now touched the bottom line in everyone's hearts and blasphemed the 'gods' in their hearts.

I saw a middle-aged man who was very angry, and stepped forward and said: "You foreign people are here to bewitch the people, have evil intentions, and blaspheme the gods, it can be seen that 'if you are not of my race, their hearts will be different', your words and deeds today have angered the river god, and it will inevitably bring disaster to everyone in the future, so you can only throw you into the river to comfort the river god." As soon as the man was instigated, everyone gathered the bearded man in the middle and was about to do it, and the owner of the ship stood aside and thought to himself, he must not have a death on his passenger ship, and the whole family still counted on this boat to live, and besides, although the bearded man was not disrespectful, it did have an effect.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the shipowner hurriedly walked into the crowd and stopped in front of the bearded man, and said, "Everyone, everyone, don't be impatient, and listen to the next word." You see that we are all safely standing in the boat, which means that the river god is not angry, as for the rest of us, we will wait for the boat to dock and twist him to the county office, and let the county lord interrogate, if you throw him into the river like this, the river god will be happy, and you will be unlucky. The "Da Ming Law" can be clearly written on the murderer to pay for his life, the county lord does not care whether you are sacrificing to the gods or venting your personal anger, just sentence according to the "Da Ming Law", it is not worth it to get into a lawsuit for a foreigner, everyone in the station has an old man to serve, and a wife and children to take care of, so I don't need to say it clearly. ”

After the shipowner's call of 'even beating and mending', everyone was speechless and a little dazed, and when they were about to retreat, the middle-aged man opened his mouth with a warning: "Count yourself lucky, I don't care about you now, and I will let you suffer from flesh and skin when you get to the county office." He turned to the crowd and incited: "This foreigner provoked the river god's ass and walked away, but we still often take boats, so we can't just let him go so easily." ”

Everyone nodded yes, and gathered around to nominate who would go to the county government to deliver the letter on behalf of everyone, and after a discussion, it was decided that the middle-aged man would enter the county government office on behalf of everyone to deliver the letter, and the middle-aged man did not shirk and agreed.

Zhou Jin impatiently interrupted Yu Lao Wu's words and said: "Who is this middle-aged man, he is extremely hateful, why do you have to kill people." Zhou Jin felt that since his life had been saved, why bother with those inconsequential things, there would not be a "river god" that could not be touched or seen, which was more important than his own life.

Yu Lao Wu said: "This middle-aged man is a firecracker seller in the county, and he has relied on the blessing of the 'river god' over the years, his family's business is prosperous and his wealth is rolling, of course he doesn't want this bearded man to figure this matter out, so he has to punish the exotic man with all his might." ”

"I see, it's really unprofitable, for the sake of selfishness, in vain for the sake of other people's lives, 'a gentleman loves money, and takes it in the right way' People like him can only relieve the hatred in their hearts when they see it once they see it." Zhou Jin said viciously.

Yu Lao Wu laughed and said: "I didn't expect Zhou Gongzi to be a happy and sorrowful 'young man', but I will disappoint you." After the matter of the 'river god' of Shenmeitan was clarified, his business plummeted, and after that, the shop was closed, and the people left Songlin County without a trace. ”

Yu Lao Wu said that his mouth was already dry, and he took the tea bowl and drank the tea that had been refilled with water to the bottom, Qingyu thought that this old man would be impatient to leave under the pretext of saying such a long thing, this is not good, how can it end like this, listening to a head and tail, it is like a fish bone in the throat is very uncomfortable.

Qingyu didn't want to miss such a wonderful story, so he rushed to Yu Lao Wu to give him water and lost no time in blocking the way out of his body, and said: "This thing sounds really suspicious, and I hope that Brother Yu will continue, so as to satisfy my curious heart, you say yes, Zhou Jin." Qingyu stared at Zhou Jin with a threatening look in his eyes.

Zhou Jin shivered at the cold staring at Qingyu's creepy eyes, like an evil ghost asking for his life, and hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, Brother Yu sent the Buddha to the West to talk about things to the end, it would be a pity if such a mysterious thing was missed." Together with Qingyu, he looked at Yu Lao Wu pitifully, and his eyes that were almost pleading were really unbearable.

Yu Lao Wu was embarrassed, but he had no choice but to continue: "Since you like to listen to me, I will finish this matter as it is. When the boat docked, everyone surrounded the bearded man in the middle, pushed and shoved to the county office, and there were more and more people watching the excitement along the road. Seeing that so many people were coming here, the messenger at the gate of the yamen hurriedly closed the door and ran to the back hall. ”