"Why?" The master was puzzled.

Xiao Lao Dao said on the ground: "Wait until tomorrow and you will know......"

Early the next morning, after everyone had breakfast, Xiao Laodao asked the grandfather to bring the hat that the showgirl brought yesterday, put down the curtain, and covered his face. Let's draft, revise it tomorrow, I wanted to stop for a day, but I can't stop every day, and I barely write a draft chapter.

Leaving the inn, everyone led their horses towards the ferry, and from a distance, they saw men and women, old and young, standing on the bank of the ferry, fifty or sixty people, and the girl suddenly shouted: "So many people are crossing the river today?" ”

Xiao Laodao glanced at the showgirl and said, "We'll understand by the river." ”

Soon the people came to the bank of the river, and saw a canopy and three canopy boats parked in the river.

The master looked at the boat, it was the boat of the captain yesterday, and the captain also saw them at this time, and immediately shouted: "Come on, it's the young master." As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the master.

The grandfather immediately understood why Xiao Laodao let himself cover his face, and when he saw that the shouts of the captain fell, the fifty or sixty men, women, and children on the shore all surrounded him, looking at the grandfather like a monster.

Xiao Laodao hurriedly scolded everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, let the trouble go, and a few people from the poor road still have to take a boat." ”

One of the old men asked, "Dare to ask this young man, did you really meet a water dragon in the river last night?" ”

The grandfather took a closer look at the old man, and his heart suddenly jumped, isn't this the uncle who used to patrol the river by the river, and then his son took over him, and the relationship between the grandfather and his son is not bad.

The master didn't even dare to say anything, fortunately he brought a hat, otherwise he would have to recognize the old man, and he looked at the people around him, at least four or five looked familiar.

The master didn't say anything, Xiao Laodao hurriedly called the old man a joke, "Last night, my apprentice went out, and he did encounter some unclean things in the river, you don't have to do this, I hope to get out of the way and let us go." ”

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly smiled, "Don't blame the Taoist chief, we have lived by the Yellow River for generations, and the water dragon is begging for life, which is rare to see in a hundred years, and the people who can survive under the mouth of the dragon king, except for the son of Master Liu of Sanwangzhuang, there is no second person, this morning I heard that there is a young man who killed the water dragon and all of them retreated, I waited for the old and young to come to pay respects......"

When Xiao Laodao heard this, he turned his head and glanced at the master, as if to say, you saw it, I know that yesterday's incident was a big deal, why did you ask you to cover your face, if you don't cover it, you will already be recognized by others, and you will report to your parents while stopping you, can you still go?

Xiao Laodao also smiled at the old man and said: "Old brother, you have also seen it, can you let us go over, we are still in trouble, hurry up." ”

When the old man heard this, he showed a curious expression and said, "You will not hinder your business by chasing you. "However, the old man said so, but Che did not get out of the way." looked at the master and said, "Can you let this young master ...... Take off the hat and let me wait to see the heroic face? ”

When the master heard this, his heart suddenly jumped again, and Xiao Laodao said: "Oh, this is not good, yesterday, I jumped into the river to fight with the dragon king, I was soaked, and when I returned to the inn, I contracted the wind cold, everyone, don't look at it." ”

As soon as Xiao Laodao said this, the people around him looked very disappointed, at this time, the master suddenly felt the hat on his head move, and the master thought that someone behind him picked up his hat, but he didn't notice that there was someone behind him, and quickly turned his head to look behind him.

At the same time, the hat flew up from the top of his head, and the grandfather looked up to see that grandma's, the hat was originally hung by a fishing hook, and when he looked at the hook, he saw a naughty child in his teens, holding a fishing rod in his hand. This kid actually fished the hat with a hook behind him.

When the child saw the grandfather looking at him, he laughed, dragged the fishing rod and ran, and the hat was also dragged away by him on the ground.

The master didn't chase the child, he swept his eyes at everyone, and saw everyone looking at him blankly.

Xiao Laodao hurriedly shouted at this time: "Ladies and gentlemen, you have all seen it, Poor Dao didn't say anything, my apprentice really got the wind cold, hurry up and get out of the way, be careful that he dyes the wind cold to you again." ”

Everyone was immediately in high spirits and moved out of the way.

Some people will ask, the hat on the master's head was picked away, and these people didn't recognize him?

I can't recognize it, because, when leaving the inn, Xiao Laodao wrapped the whole face of the master with a torn clothes, leaving only a pair of eyes outside, looking at the lively people, the wrapping was so tight, no one was interested in seeing what kind of face was under the clothes.

When everyone got on the boat, they breathed a sigh of relief, Xiao Laodao told my grandfather that the torn clothes on his head could not be taken off, and when he arrived at the south bank of the river and passed through Sanwangzhuang, I am afraid that there would be more people who knew you!

Xiao Laodao's words are true, on both sides of the Yellow River, there are not many people my grandfather knows, but the people who know him ...... It can be said that it is a household name, and many people tell the experience of the grandfather slaying the dragon as a story to the children.

The grandfather and their three horses were led to three uncovered boats, and the grandfather and several people were all sitting on the tent boats.

At this time, the captain seemed very excited, and kept talking in his mouth, complimenting and asking long and short questions.

There are a few people in the grandfather, only Xiao Laodao and the showgirl occasionally answer a few words with the father-in-law, of course, the answers are basically lies or perfunctory words, especially Xiao Laodao, who chatted with the grandfather without a word of truth, and the grandfather and Xiao Chujiu and Xiao 11 did not say a word.

When the boat arrived on the other side of the river, Xiao Laodao paid the boat money, Xiao Laodao was not like the grandfather who spent money lavishly, and gave them a double share according to the price, which was a lot, and several captains were very happy.

After getting off the boat, everyone did not stop for a moment, quickly passed through Sanwangzhuang, and after walking away, the master could finally take off the torn clothes on his head, and he breathed a long sigh of relief. As for Wang Xiaojin, the grandfather still has a headache, I don't know why, the grandfather's feelings for her are just like that of her brother and sister, if she has to marry her, she will feel extremely awkward. What will happen in the future, the master doesn't know, he can only take one step at a time.

A few days later, everyone approached Luoyang, Xiao Laodao did not let everyone take the official road, took the path from Luoyang, and passed through Luoyang, at the same time, Xiao Laodao also changed the Taoist robe on his body, and several people were divided into two groups. Xiao Laodao walked in front with two apprentices, and the master walked behind with a ghost monkey and a showman, half a mile apart.

Xiao Laodao asked everyone to do this, mainly because he was afraid of the revenge of the flower thief, just imagine, the master killed the three sons of the flower thief, these days, they are afraid that they have already noticed it, maybe they have found the body. In this area of Luoyang, it is not clear that there are all spies at the moment, and they are investigating their whereabouts, not only flower thieves, but I am afraid that the government is also sending people to find them. The information that those people know is the number and dress of the grandfather, as well as the approximate age of several people. If they are still swaggering together, the people who look for them will be recognizable at a glance.

After walking on the ground in Luoyang for two days, at this time, everyone came to a remote village, Xiao Laodao first found a family in front, and after the three masters and apprentices of Xiao Laodao entered, the master arrived with the hind feet of the showman, looked around the village, saw that no one was following, and also walked in, and the three of Xiao Laodao's masters and apprentices converged together.

This family has a lot of houses, but there is only one honest young man who lives there, this young man's surname is Wu, and the people in the village call him Wu Er. This Wu Er's parents, in the past, were doing small business in Luoyang City, and the family was okay, but then one day, his parents suddenly got a strange illness, and overnight, the two of them died, Wu Er was still young at that time, only thirteen or fourteen years old, after the death of his parents, he sat at home and ate nothing, and when he grew up, the savings that his parents had accumulated in the past were almost spent by him, at this time, he lived by working for others for a short time.

A very honest person, he can hardly even speak well, in Xiao Laodao's words, this Wu Er has been pampered since he was a child, and when he grows up, he doesn't even know how to feed himself. However, he was quite obedient, Xiao Laodao gave him some silver and asked him to go out to buy something, and he bought it back immediately, and he was not greedy for Xiao Laodao's penny change.

These days, after a long journey, Xiao Laodao saw that this small village was quiet and remote, so he stayed for two more days. Wu Er, although he didn't talk much, he kept observing the grandfather and a few people, and the grandfather didn't care, thinking that he might be just curious.

On the day of leaving, Xiao Laodao gave Wu Er a certain amount of silver, which made Wu Er very happy.

However, when a few people just walked out of the village, Wu Er rushed up from behind with a small burden on his back, and he wanted to go with the grandfather and a few people.

Wu Er said, look at a few masters who are doing big business, take me with you, you can be a cow or a horse.

Xiao Laodao asked him, how do you know that we are doing a big deal? Wu Er raised his hand and pointed to the big burden on Xiao Chujiu's horse, and said, I have also helped people dig soil in the past.

As soon as Xiao Laodao heard this, he immediately understood, this Wu Er seemed to be honest, but his brain was not stupid. In the Luoyang area, there are many ancient tombs, and there are many tomb robbers, Wu Er said that he has helped people dig up soil, which is not uncommon, and in some places, people in the whole village rob tombs together.

Xiao Laodao shook his head and asked Wu Er to go home, they don't want outsiders. When Wu Er heard this, he didn't say a word, and turned around and went back.

The crowd continued to walk forward, and when they looked back after a while, they saw someone behind them with a burden.

Xiao Laodao frowned.