Chapter 184: Repaying the Favor
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a coat walked out of the crowd, stepped forward, and said: "We have all benefited from the grace of Lord Bai of Jiuquan River Patrol in our previous lives, and after seeing the benefactor today, our emotions are a little difficult to control for a while, and I hope the benefactor will not be surprised." ”
I shook my head, looking at the sincere appearance on the man's face, I was also a little moved for a while, but before I could speak, I saw the man continue: "The grace of the Bai family I received in my previous life has not had the opportunity to thank each other so far, and I hope that the young master of the Bai family can accept our worship to relieve the heart of repaying the kindness." ”
He didn't pay attention to me anyway, and went straight down.
"Thanks to the kindness of the Bai family, I can't repay it, and I am willing to be a cow and a horse in the future, and let the Bai family send it."
After the man knelt down, hundreds of people behind him knelt down in response, and they sang in unison all day long, directly showing me stupidity.
Hurry up and wait for the reaction, seeing that the stop can't be stopped, and then looking at the sincerity on everyone's faces from the inside, without any false meaning, I couldn't help but be greatly moved, and after thinking about it, I was going to bow down and return the salute, but I saw the boatman who was holding the boat and said lightly: "Okay, you guys wait here, and when the descendants of the Bai family cross the estuary, you still have to contribute." ”
After saying that, I walked straight forward, seeing that the figure was about to disappear in the thin smoke, I hesitated, quickly helped the man at the head of the group up, bowed down to everyone, and hurriedly followed.
Before leaving, I suddenly remembered what my grandfather used to say to me: But do good deeds, don't ask about the future.
Hurrying behind the boatman, looking at the woods hidden in the smoke around me, I asked with some curiosity, "What kind of trees are these?" ”
The boatman didn't look back and said, "My mountain and forest." ”
I thought about it, but I had no memory of the trees in my mind, and then I looked at the boatman's character of cherishing words like gold, so I didn't continue to ask, and followed in silence, until finally stopped in front of a straw hut.
The grass shed has been a long time, and there is a lot less thatch laid on it, and it can no longer have the effect of sheltering from the wind and rain, and the pillars supporting the roof are also crooked.
Although the outside of this grass hut is broken, the tables and chairs in the shed are complete, and there is a teapot of tea on the table.
After the boatman hooked his head in, and with a wave of his hand, a rickety old man came out with a plate of wine and meat, and some cold dishes to accompany the wine.
I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when I saw this, didn't I say that I went to the Ghost Gate Gorge, why did I still drink.
After the crowd had sat down around the edge of the wooden table, the boatman took off his hat.
His hair was messy, the beard on his chin was messy like a chicken nest, and his face was oily and shiny with hair, and at first glance he had just entered middle age, but his face was wrinkled and sunken, just like an old man in his sixties and seventies.
The boatman casually put the hat on the bench on the side, and the old man on the side poured wine into the wine glass in front of everyone with interest, and then the boatman picked up the wine glass and said lightly: "The wine warms the stomach, and it is good to drink it on the road." ”
Drink it all by yourself.
I didn't feel comfortable listening to him, especially the word "on the road", just like I couldn't come back from this trip, but when I saw that the Kinmen Buddha head and the red carp had already drunk and put the wine glass on the table, I thinned the wine in the cup and lowered it to my throat.
It's not a good word, but wine is good wine.
As soon as I finished drinking, I felt a warm current begin to spread in my stomach, and my hands, feet, heels, and faces soon became hot, and I couldn't feel the cold around me, and my whole spirit was also shocked.
"It's a long way to go, drink this cup and fill your belly, and you can go on the road with peace of mind."
This time I couldn't help frowning, feeling that this guy must have done it on purpose, but under the fence, I had to listen to his orders when I went to Guimenxia later, so I had to endure my anger and began to gobble up the food on the table.
To tell the truth, I, the red carp and Jin Xiaofa are really hungry, we haven't eaten for almost a day or two, plus after several fierce battles, our physical strength has already reached the limit, and it doesn't matter if we eat it full, a table of wine and food is eaten and drunk by us, and it won't take less than a moment.
During the whole process, only the boatman and the old man did not move their chopsticks, and after watching us finish eating, the old man said lightly: "Sect leader, recently, can someone pass through the Guimen Gorge and enter the Yellow River Ancient Road?" ”
"Yes." The boatman said.
The old man raised his eyebrows, and his tone seemed to be a little shocked: "Who? ”
"I don't know."
The boatman said and drank another glass and said, "There are a lot of people who have come to inquire about this place recently, is it because you Jinmen are unruly and leaked the news?" ”
A flash of panic flashed on the old man's face, but he immediately covered it up and said: "Feng Yi's clothed mound was raised at the bottom of the river, and the content inside pointed directly to the ancient road, I don't know if it was the will of heaven or someone deliberately did it. ”
When I heard this, I glanced at the old man in surprise, and said in my heart, Didn't you Jinmen do this well-dressed mound, how could it have become the will of heaven.
The boatman glanced at the old man lightly, and snorted coldly: "Don't think I don't know what you Jinmen are fighting now, nothing in the Yellow River can escape the wisdom of the sect leader, you had better restrain yourself, otherwise since some things can be given to you, they can naturally be taken back." ”
The old man's body was slightly stunned, Mu Ne nodded, and said after a moment of silence: "Then how many people have entered the Ghost Gate Gorge during this time?" ”
"One hundred and twenty-four." The boatman said.
"So much?" The old man's face once again showed a look of shock, and then he asked, "What about the one who entered the Yellow River Ancient Road from the Guimen Gorge?" ”
"One."
At this moment, even me and the red carp looked at each other in some surprise, not to mention that they are definitely not ordinary people who can get here, but this is less than one percent of the probability of passing through the Ghost Gate Gorge, which already makes people start to beat a little drum in their hearts.
The old man was silent for a long time, constantly glancing at me in the middle, and finally said with some hesitation: "Now that there is a ghost wave over there, what do you think is the chance that a few of them will survive it." ”
The boatman glanced at him, reached out and picked up the hat next to him and put it on his head, and said lightly, "What does your life and death have to do with me?" Then he got up and left the hut.
After the boatman left, the four of them sat there with a somewhat ugly face, and no one said anything for a long time.
The old man sighed softly, looking a little speechless, I smiled and said, "It's better to go, but it's ......."
I looked at the red carp and Jin Xiaofa and said, "You two can go back with the Buddha, I'll do it alone, the matter over there has nothing to do with you, there's no need to take this risk with me." ”
After saying that, the red carp glared at me, ignoring me, I smiled bitterly twice, knowing that I would definitely not be able to shake her off, turned to look at Jin Xiaofa, and saw that the fat on his face trembled, and he opened his mouth to speak, I waved my hand to interrupt him and said, "You can stay, bother the Buddha to work hard, and send my friend back." ”
The old man touched his beard and nodded, got up and sighed, "Without further ado, let's hurry up and go." ”
It was only at this time that I looked at the old man with some curiosity and said, "The ghost waves in the Ghost Gate Gorge are only three days, why don't you wait for three days and then sail?" ”
The old man's figure was stunned, and he said lightly: "I'm afraid time won't be able to wait." ”
I didn't understand the meaning of his words, shook my head and got up and followed out, on the way Jin Xiaofa looked at me with a little guilt on his face, I patted him on the shoulder and said: "It's better to do what you can than to die, you can prepare good food and drink for me outside, and if you can't eat enough when you go out, I can't spare you." ”
Turning back along the road, before reaching the shore, the air began to be filled with a noisy sound, as if someone was arguing, and it was getting more and more intense, and I panicked at that time and hurriedly ran over.
Before the people arrived, they saw the group of people before them gathered together, you quarreled with me, all of them were red-faced and red-eared, and the sound of fighting came and went, and many people directly rolled up their sleeves, and they had the posture of fighting a battle.
I came to the old man's side, looking at the scene that was about to get out of control, I was a little confused for a while, and then I saw the old man laugh dryly and said: "The Bai family is really a big face, just crossing a ferry, and it may even be killed, it is really ridiculous to let so many river patrollers fight for a life-threatening errand." ”()
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