At this moment, Lu Yao was chatting with several members of the council, and Xie Bi'an was also busy doing his own thing.

Inside the secluded realm, outside Jinhua Mansion, between the riverside.

The fog obscured half of the sky, and it was already dawn, but because of the fog, it was still impossible to see the surroundings.

Before the sun could be seen in the sky, the sound of roosters crowing in the distance could be heard.

At this time, it was the dawn and the day was approaching, but for some reason, the cold wind on the riverside was still biting, and the cold air was fierce, which made people feel a little panicked.

"Whoa, whoa..."

The reeds plucked out, and a swaying boat slowly rowed out of the reeds, rippling on the surface of the small lake, and the ripples spread, and you could vaguely see the red light passing by on the quaint oars in the boatman's hand.

At this time, on the shore, there was a man dressed in black with a white face, looking at the boat standing not far from the lake, standing quietly with his hands folded.

Seeing that there were people waiting on the shore, the boatman lowered his head slightly, pulled the hat on top a little down, and then shook the oars vigorously, and gradually moved closer to the man in black on the shore.

The sound of rippling water continued to sound, and when the man in black looked up, the small boat that was still in the middle of the lake had arrived in front of him at some point.

"Sir, do you want to take a boat to the shore?"

The hoarse voice sounded from the mouth of the boatman who bowed his head in front of him, and there was a dry feeling, which made people sound very uncomfortable.

Xie Bi'an looked at the boatman in front of him who was stiff and wanted to take him across the river, smiled softly and did not refuse, raised his steps and got on the boat.

"Crunch crunch ~~"

Stepping on the wooden boat, Xie Bi'an raised his body and heard the boat below shaking, and from the sound it made, it could be judged that the boat was many years old.

"Let the guest officer smile, this ship has been with the old man for a long time, and it is inevitable that there will be shortcomings in some places."

"But don't worry, although it doesn't look reliable, but this ship is very stable, and after each trip to the guest, the old man will carefully re-check it, so you just have to rest assured."

Xie Bi'an heard the boatman who couldn't see his face clearly with his head down, his expression was calm and he didn't say anything, just nodded.

"Let's go to the other side, then."

After hearing Xie Bi'an's words, the boatman immediately answered, then waved the oars, and just wanted to move the boat to the opposite shore, when he heard a hurried sound in the distance:

"The boat is slow, wait for the little student!"

The boatman stopped his movements, and Xie Bi'an also suddenly realized, raised his head and looked in the direction where the voice came.

Following the line of sight, I saw a young man with a bookcase on his back and dressed as a scholar in Confucian clothes, who was constantly rushing over here.

This scholar's green shirt was old, and his steps were a little hurried, and he could see that he was not cultivating, just an ordinary person.

Xie Bi'an touched his chin, stared at the scholar with interest, and looked at it carefully.

Seeing that the boatman stopped the boat and waited for him, the green-shirted scholar had a happy face, hurriedly trotted up, and after gasping for a while, he thanked the boatman again and again, and then greeted Xie Bi'an and the boatman politely:

"Thank you to the boatman and this gentleman in black, Xiaosheng is grateful!"

"My name is Ning Caichen, and I want to go to Kyoto to get fame this time, so I'm in a hurry, please forgive me!"

After the scholar named Ning Caichen finished speaking, he bowed down to the two again.

Hearing the scholar's words, the boatman's body shook suddenly, but it was only for a moment, and it returned to the previous twilight state, seeing the boatman return to the bow of the boat, rowing the oars hard, Xie Bi'an turned around, looked at Ning Caichen with a smile and said:

"Mr. Xiao is too polite, it's just a gesture."

"Now the world is not peaceful, demons and monsters are everywhere, scholar, you are quite bold, you dare to go to Beijing alone to catch the exam, aren't you afraid of any accidents on the road?"

Looking at Xie Bi'an, who was leaning on the beam of the boat in front of him and raising his eyebrows, Ning Caichen put down the bookcase in his hand, and while digging into it, he lowered his head and replied to Xie Bi'an:

"Harm... Sir, don't scare Xiaosheng, how can those strange things be so easy to encounter. ”

"Xiaosheng has traveled hundreds of miles all the way, and I have never seen any demons or ghosts, so don't scare yourself, sir."

Ning Caichen bent over and kept touching it, grabbed a cloth bag, and picked it up.

When I opened it, I saw that there were a few cold baked cakes inside.

The scholar in the green shirt took out three biscuits from them, then wrapped the cloth bag again and put it back in the bookcase.

After closing the bookcase, Ning Caichen finally finished his work, only to see him take a bite of the baked cake, and his expression showed satisfaction.

"Sir, after a long journey, Xiaosheng doesn't have anything to eat here, only this coarse cake can still be used, if you don't dislike it, sir, you will eat it first, as a cushion for your stomach."

Ning Caichen bit the baked cake, his mouth was slurred, and then handed a baked cake to Xie Bi'an, who was leaning on the beam of the boat.

Seeing the baked cake handed over by the scholar in the green shirt with a smile, the corner of Xie Bi'an's mouth hooked lightly and took the baked cake.

"Thanks, little scholar."

I haven't encountered evil along the way, so it's really a lucky thing in this world.

You'll soon come across it, though.

Xie Bi'an took the baked cake with an inexplicable smile on his expression.

By this time, the boat had reached the middle of the lake, and it was still not far from the opposite shore.

After Ning Caichen handed the baked cake to Xie Bi'an, he turned his head and walked to the bow of the boat, handing over the baked cake in his hand as he walked.

"Boatman, I'm a little tired after rowing for so long, so it's better to stop for the time being and take a good rest."

"There just happen to be some coarse cakes in the small cloth bag, you eat a little first, if it's not enough, there are still here."

Ning Caichen looked at the boatman in front of him who had been rowing silently since he got on the boat, a little strange, but he didn't think much about it, just being a boatman didn't like to talk.

Hearing the movement behind him, the boatman moved his hoarse voice and replied to Ning Caichen's words:

"When you say that, you're a little hungry..."

The boatman's figure began to tremble, and an inexplicable chill gradually flowed from his body.

After Ning Caichen heard this, he was a little happy at first, and wanted to hand the baked cake in his hand to the boatman in front of him, but he couldn't help but shudder here.

"It's strange, there's no wind here, why is it so cold all of a sudden..."

The scholar muttered in confusion, and looked up at the boatman who had turned around and stood up straight.

All of a sudden, their eyes met.

Smack!

Hearing only a sound, the baked cake in the scholar's hand suddenly fell to the ground, Ning Caichen's eyes were full of horror, and he wanted to retreat in a hurry, but he tripped and fell to the ground by the wooden steps under his feet.

Ning Caichen, who fell to the ground, raised his hand and pointed at the boatman in front of him, and suddenly let out a miserable howl in the middle of the lake:

"What the hell!!"

The next chapter will be written in a while, and I will write it after the author has a good meal, that's all, thank you for your support!

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