The next morning, the rooster crowed, and the sky was not white.

Li Yan stood in the courtyard, rinsed his mouth with willow leaves dipped in salt foam, and picked up a nail rake for plowing the land in the corner of the courtyard.

I saw that he broke the wooden stick handle three times and twice, took a stick about four feet long, wrapped it in a coarse cloth dipped in water, waved it twice at will, nodded, turned around and entered Cao Yongchang's room.

Xiao Cao was still asleep, lying crooked on the bed and sleeping in an ugly position.

He cut the firewood of the entire post house yesterday, plus carrying water, carrying hay, carrying hay, carrying water, so tired that Xiao Cao Shen fell on the bed, and slept until early in the morning without even taking off his clothes and shoes.

"Up."

Entering the house, Li Yan cherished words like gold.

Cao Yongchang slept deeply, he dug his nostrils, muttered a few words, and turned over again.

"Squeak~"

The chai door closed on its own.

"Ah!! 1”

Cha Xiaodao, who scooped water into the pot to make a fire for cooking, was startled and poked his head out of the house, Cao Yongchang fled barefoot, and ran into the yard like chickens and dogs.

Li Yan stood in the room with a pickaxe: "Come back and put on shoes and practice." ”

Cao Yongchang didn't dare to go back, and stood in the courtyard and replied pitifully: "What kind of practice do you say, isn't it just chopping firewood and carrying water." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, put on your shoes and wash your face, and hurry up. Fill the water tank or don't have breakfast. ”

Cao Yongchang rolled his eyes and muttered something in a low voice, but no one could hear clearly.

Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "What did you say?" ”

"I said I'd go right away."

Cao Yongchang replied with a frown, and trotted all the way into the house to put on his shoes.

After the three of them had breakfast, a head catcher from the county government visited.

This was ordered by Li Yan yesterday, asking Wang Dianshi to find an official person and go with him to persuade the monk to go to sea with him, so that he could agree to go to sea with him.

Before leaving, Li Yan told Cao Yongchang that he was not allowed to run away and wander if he couldn't finish his work, and he couldn't go to the gambling house to go to the yard again.

Then Zha Li and the two took the horses and set off together with the head catcher who led the way, and went to the Shiqiao River to visit the monk of the sea.

……

The head catcher who led the way was surnamed Zhang, and he knew the monk of the sea, and from his mouth, Li Yan also knew some rumors about the monk of the sea.

This monk who went to the sea, commonly known as Chen Yuewu, a native of Weihai, also started in the business of shipping salt tea.

This person was born in the green forest, has a high reputation in the rivers and lakes, has gone to sea to the ancient country of Ceylon and Manchuria, and has done business with the Dutch red hair.

It is rumored that he has seen a half-man, half-fish merman, and some people say that he salvaged the shipwreck of the ancient Yue Kingdom, but his net worth was not revealed......

However, now Chen Yuewu, who is more than half a hundred years old, settled in Shiqiao River, Jiaozhou, relying on his past savings to live for a long time, and be a rich man in Anshun, and occasionally went to sea in the first few years, but there are fewer in the past two years.

After a few people rushed for more than 20 miles, Li Yancha rushed to Shiqiaohe Village, passed through several stalls, and arrived in front of a deep house.

"My lord, it's here."

Zhang Zhutou pointed ahead: "In front is Chen Yuewu's home." ”

The courtyard of this house looks a little old, the whole wall is overgrown with creepers, blue bricks and black tiles, there are willow vines out of the wall, and the magpie's nest is exposed in the green shade, which is peaceful.

Li Yan nodded, Zhang Zhutou had the foresight, and walked forward to knock on the door of the house.

Not long after, a family member wearing a blue hat stretched out his head, and when he saw Zhang Zhutou, he was full of smiles: "Zhang Zhutou, which fairy wind blew you here." ”

Zhang Zhutou nodded: "Go and tell your lord that there is a distinguished guest visiting." ”

After he finished speaking, he dodged aside and let go of Li Yan and Cha Xiaodao.

Seeing that they were two tall young men, both wearing swords, one of them was carrying a wide red sword box, which looked strange, and he hesitated for a while.

"Eh, I said what are you doing in a daze, you can't fight."

Zhang Zhutou glared.

"Zhang Zhutou, I'll tell you."

Li Yan stopped Zhang Zhutou, who was about to get angry.

He took a few steps forward, and took out an official document signed in red from his arms and gave it to this family.

"The two of us are from the imperial court, and we want to visit Chen Yuewu and Mr. Chen on important matters, and I hope that the little brother will be able to say goodbye."

"Oh, okay, wait a minute."

Seeing that there was an official document, the family didn't dare to ask in detail, so he quickly turned around and left.

Chen Yuewu was standing in the courtyard reading the scriptures, but in his hands, he was holding two heavy iron galls, circling and rattling with each other.

A family member came running and shouted respectfully: "Master." There are guests visiting, and you are approached with important matters. ”

"I didn't tell you, I'm going to recuperate these days, and I won't see any guests."

Chen Yuewu is fifty-three years old, and he does not have the slightest weakened posture, but is tall, with a long beard hanging straight to his chest, thick eyebrows like ink, and a mighty spirit.

"Master, it's Zhang Zhutou who came, and he also brought two men, saying that they were from the government, holding the official document of the county government and asking me to hand it over to the master."

When Chen Yuewu heard that it was Zhang Zhutou who came with someone from the government, he couldn't help frowning.

As the saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials, and the "monk who walks the sea" is a strange person in the eyes of the people, but in the eyes of the government, he is a restless thorn in the people.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuewu took the official letter, first glanced at the seal on it, it was indeed the seal of the county's Yao County Order, then opened it and read it carefully.

The gist of the official document is that Li Zhenfu, who was sent by the emperor, was ordered to go to sea, and asked Chen Yuewu and his children and his family to be Li Zhenfu's helpers and guides at sea.

"Zuo Si calms the ...... The king's command ......"

Chen Yuewu pondered for a while, and then showed a look of embarrassment. He sighed, "Take the two of you to the front hall and wait for a while, and I'll be there later." ”

The family said yes and went back to the door. Gave Li Yancha the knife to the front hall.

The decoration in the hall is elegant, and only a few red corals on the table are quite precious. It is not difficult to see from the Buddhist scriptures, sandalwood and other things in front of the incense burner, as well as the hanging Bodhisattva portrait and the shrine that there is no wonder that there is a monk in the title of Chen Yuewu, and he is indeed a Buddhist who respects the Three Jewels.

After about a pillar of incense, Chen Yuewu changed into a set of coarse cloth clothes and walked into the hall, his eyes swept around.

He knew Zhang Zhutou, only Li Cha and the two, he didn't hesitate much, and set his eyes on Li Yan.

"The villain Chen Yuewu has seen Lord Zhenfu."

He stepped forward.

Cha Xiaodao secretly tugged at the corners of his mouth, but he didn't speak.

"You're welcome, old man."

Li Yan bowed his head lightly and accepted this salute.

Zhang Zhutou was also full of spring: "Old man! Your fortune is coming! You've read the official document too, right? Li Zhenfu is the emperor's errand, you and your children can make contributions from it, it is a wealth of the sky. ”

"I've read the official documents."

Chen Yuewu smiled, he beckoned, and a family came over with a solid wooden pallet, on which were one large and two small, three sandalwood boxes.

"Your Excellency, look up."

Li Yan didn't know which play he was singing, and when he opened the box, there were all kinds of dazzling gemstones, cat's eyes, rubies, tourmalines, and obsidian, which were so brilliant and gorgeous that people couldn't take their eyes off.

Chen Yuewu knelt on the ground with a plop, and his voice was quiet: "It's not that the villain is disobedient and calms the adult, it's really old and powerless, and the young and young in the family are even more unbearable. ”