Two firewood boats carrying eight sailors leaned against the shore, originally there were two firewood boats and one Zhuyin boat, but one was damaged when it was on the side that day, and only two were left, and the two small boats ran twice, carrying eleven crew members and nine corpses. Of the nine people who died, only three knew their hometowns and were to be cremated, and the other six were buried on the spot.

The Zhuyin ship anchored and stopped not far from the coast, and nearly 20 people were left on the ship, Chen Xin asked Hei Pao and others to hang their clothes with bamboo poles, put some dummies on the deck, and put them on guard a little farther away.

Chen Xin, Scar, Song Wenxian, Zhu Guobin, Wang Zugui, and Black Cannon are all among the eleven people, and there is also an old Wang who is in a trance, he insists on accompanying the body of the big boss, and after going ashore, everyone took an axe to a hill to cut firewood, the weather is hot, everyone is ** upper body, only Song Wenxian is still wearing clothes despite sweating, Zhu Guobin took a big axe and slashed at a tree, and the others took a short-handled axe to chop some small branches. When Zhu Guobin cut down a tree, the two of them came up and carried them to the beach.

With a "bang", another small tree was cut down, and Song Wenxian said to Chen Xin: "Brother Chen, how about the two of us carry this one?" ”

Chen Xin nodded and agreed, and walked towards the beach with Song Wenxian, Song Wenxian's body was thin, and he was older, and it was very laborious to carry, and he stopped twice before carrying it to the beach, Chen Xin asked Song Wenxian to rest a little, go to find a stone to erect, and start cutting off branches with a short-handled axe, at this time Lao Wang was guarding a few corpses in the distance, and only two of them were left on the nearby beach.

Song Wenxian was completely clothed, sat in place and kept sweating, and after sitting for a while, he looked at Chen Xin busy, and asked: "Brother Chen's words have won the hearts of the people, I don't know if there were people in the family who were officials before?" ”

Of course, Chen Xin can't say that he has been the director of the office, and while chopping, he said with a smile: "Whatever Mr. said, my family is a businessman, and I have never been an official, and I just do things according to my conscience, and I have never thought about winning the hearts of the people." ”

Song Wenxian sighed: "That Brother Chen was born to give his tongue, I won't be able to do it, although the family has been raised, in my generation, I have to do some things for others, I'm really sorry for the ancestors." ”

"Mr. Song is brilliant, he must have won the fame, why would he want to go to sea to do such a dangerous errand?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I did get a show."

"Then why didn't Mr. Song continue to take the exam?"

Song Wenxian shook his head and said: "In the middle of the show, I went out to travel, passing through Henan, Shandong and other places, all I saw were drought and flood for many years, the farmland all the way was barren, the artemisia grass was high, and the rural people were only six or seven out of ten, and the few were three or four out of ten. ”

Chen Xin heard him talk about sensitive words, and felt slightly strange, it stands to reason that this Song Wenxian was quite smooth all the way, not like a person who is shallow and deep, so he couldn't help but stop, and asked him rhetorically: "Then does Mr. Song think that the way of Confucius and Mencius has nothing to learn?" ”

"Not really, in the body or the truth, but it may not be used for the country, and now there are many dissent, so I traveled to Taizhou and learned Yangming Xinxue."

"Then Mr. Song has gained again?"

"No, whether it is rational or reasonable, it is not what I am looking for, thousands of people, food, clothing, housing and transportation, all kinds of things, have disturbed, whether everything in the world is a rational word, whether it is clear and whether it is done clearly. Maybe I'm too talented to do it. Disheartened, he didn't want to learn anything that he couldn't understand, but he had no money to eat, so he simply became a shogun, so he came to this ship. ”

Chen Xin saw that he was sweating too much, handed over the kettle that had just been fetched from the spring, and said, "These things may only be understood by a genius like Mr. Yangming, why should Mr. Song be so persistent." Just like this firecracker, I only need to make a request and kill people in a hundred steps, as for how to make iron and steel, and polish the pipe, it is a craftsman's business, and I don't need to understand. ”

Song Wenxian poured a few mouthfuls of mountain springs, and said with a smile: "Brother Chen can always say something different, now that the big boss is over, what are Brother Chen's plans in the future?" ”

Chen Xindao: "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll see it when I go back to Tianjin, if I still go to the sea, I will ask Mr. Song to take care of it at that time." ”

"Brother Chen is both civil and military, and it must not be a thing in the pool, when he soars into the sky, please take care of Brother Chen. Before getting on the boat that day, the big boss invited me to take the school Brother Chen, so I know how to talk back to the big boss. ”

"I don't know."

"I told the big boss that Brother Chen is indeed a scholar, but he may not have been a talent, but he is reliable, smart-minded, and calm, and he is up to the task."

Chen Xin was surprised: "Mr. Song is too complimentary, but why do you say that I may not have won the show?" ”

"Regardless of whether Brother Chen has been in the show, I also think Brother Chen is a friend, here may as well remind Brother Chen one or two, although Brother Chen knows a lot of words, but with Brother Chen's pen, unlike people who have been using pens for a long time, I think the big boss has long been suspicious, and then Brother Chen and I exchanged names, did not say their own words, where the fame, there are few words."

Chen Xin really didn't expect this, this is his habitual hard injury, and Song Wenxian said it in this place where there was no one else, it can be seen that there is no malice, and said to Song Wenxian with a wry smile: "Thank you Mr. Song for reminding me, there are indeed difficult things to say in the next life experience, it is inconvenient to tell each other, if there are any mistakes or omissions, please point them out." ”

Song Wenxian continued: "The next day, when I ordered the goods in the cabin with you, I said, 'The beneficiary has three friends, Youzhi, Youforgiveness, and Youduozhi', which I deliberately said wrongly. Ji's Chapter", if Brother Chen had passed the Xiucai exam, he would definitely have read it, but Brother Chen was not surprised, so it can be seen that Brother Chen's talent ......"

Chen Xin sighed secretly in his heart, the table can also make up one, there is no way to do these things, he can't memorize the imperial examination textbooks of this era, it seems that in the future, it is better not to pretend to be a reader, so as not to have too many loopholes, these days have been getting along, and they have been recognized by the big masters and Song Wenxian one after another, and they dare not underestimate the ancients anymore.

He arched his hand and said to Song Wenxian: "Thank you Mr. Song, Mr. Song's reply to the big boss is also well-intentioned." In the future, where you can get it usefully, as long as Mr. says a word, you will never shirk it. It's just that Mr. Song has taken good care of me since he got on the boat, and I don't know how he got into Mr. Song's eyes? ”

Song Wenxian smiled and wiped the sweat on his face: "Brother Chen is humble and studious, good at getting along with others, quick thinking, Wu Ke goes into battle to kill the enemy, Wen Ke can read and count, maybe other literati are all micro skills in the eyes, but for the brother just thinks that it is all the learning that has been applied to the world, this world, the light will chant poetry as a fart use, if you have no money to eat for your brother in the future, when you come to take refuge in your brother, I hope to remember that my brother is." ”

Chen Xin looked at the smiling middle-aged man in front of him, and felt that he seemed to like this interesting person a little......

Ten people spent two hours, cut firewood, set up three piles, and used an hour on the hill to dig six pits, because the lettering is really too time-consuming, Chen Xin asked Song Wenxian to write the tombstone on six wooden boards with a brush, ten people together to put six corpses into the ground for peace, the worst death was broken into pieces by iron bullets, everyone wrapped a ball of white silk grass into a ball, and also put it into the pit to bury it, Chen Xin bought people's hearts, pretended to the end, kowtowed to each person next to each other, and shouted: "Brother is on the road!" Cast a good family in the next life. ”

Others also learned from Chen Xin to kneel and sent every sailor on the road, but Song Wenxian did not kneel and bowed.

After cleaning up here, several people went to the beach to put the bodies of Zhao Dongjia and Han Yong and others on the pyre, sprinkled some tung oil on the pyre, Lao Wang knelt on the beach and watched them busy, and the scar pulled him a few times and didn't get up.

This old Wang is usually silent, in fact, his heart is not bad, but this kind of person likes to drill the horns of the bull the most, Chen Xin was a little worried in his heart, so he walked over and said to Lao Wang: "Brother Wang, don't kneel, people can't be resurrected after death, there are still Mrs. and Miss in Tianjin who need to be taken care of, if you are in a hurry and don't take care of Mrs. and Miss well, how will you explain to him when you see the big boss in the future?" As soon as Lao Wang heard the words Mrs. and Miss, his body shook slightly, and his misty eyes began to slowly regain some brilliance, and he muttered words.

Scar looked at Chen Xin with admiration, and saw that Lao Wang finally had a little reaction, and came to help Lao Wang, Lao Wang knelt for more than a day, and his knees couldn't be straightened, Chen Xin and a few other people came to set him up, put him on a big rock and sat down, Chen Xin put him down and said to him: "Lao Wang, you remember, although the big boss is gone, he arranged two things for you before leaving, you have to do it well, otherwise he will punish you then." ”

"Ah, what did the eldest brother arrange for me?" This is the first sentence that Lao Wang said in two days, he seemed to be ten years old in two days, and he didn't eat a drop of water, his lips were all chapped, and his voice was very hoarse.

"Before leaving, tell Mr. Sù Song, he is not at ease with the others, he must let Lao Wang bring his ashes back to Tianjin, and then take care of Mrs. and Miss until they are a hundred years old, and then you can go with them to see the big boss."

Song Wenxian also helped: "Yes, I heard it with my own ears, and the big boss told you to do it." ”

"Okay, okay, the big boss has arranged it, and my old Wang will definitely do it." Lao Wang's eyes radiated brilliance, from Chen Xin's description, it seems that the big boss just went out and arranged for him to greet the family affairs, and his future life is to take care of Mrs. and Miss, and then wait for the big boss to come back. Scar and the others all looked at Chen Xin with admiration, they all persuaded Lao Wang for a day, but it had no effect at all, and this Chen account room was done in a few words. Hurriedly brought a kettle and steamed cakes to Lao Wang, who muttered words in his mouth, and muttered while eating.

A torch lit four piles of firewood next to each other, the bodies of the three were slowly blackened, Scar and the others knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, crying and shouting loudly: "Big brother, you have ascended to heaven to become a god, you must remember to bless us." Scar will go to sea with you in the next life. ”

In the firelight, Chen Xin's lips moved slightly, and he said something softly in a voice that he could only hear.