Secretary Xing and his entourage left the hot pot restaurant after checking out the bill, full of hot and energetic energy, laughing all the way down the hundred-step stone steps of Chaotianmen, and boarded the Jiangyu No. 4 passenger ship moored on the shore.

Ge Daochang and Mr. Bao also walked out immediately, went to the pier and hurriedly bought two tickets to Wushan, and followed them on the boat.

At nine o'clock in the evening, a long whistle sounded, and the river boat left the dock and sailed down the Yangtze River.

There were sixteen bunks on two floors in the fourth-class room, and the smell of sweat and smoke filled the cabin, and I didn't have much money on hand to afford a second-class cabin, otherwise the air above would be much better.

Ke'er sniffed the blanket and barely spit out her hairy belly, which was full of salty and smelly feet.

"Xianggong, this is really dirty." Kerr frowned.

"Don't be afraid, Ke'er, Lu Xun once said, 'The weak lady who can't help the wind sweats, and the stupid worker who is as stupid as a cow sweats', these are the body odors of the workers and peasants, although they are smelly." Secretary Xing said eloquently.

Erya slept on the bottom bunk and put Mei Niang on the bed, she was used to it, but she didn't care.

Before dawn, Mei Niang woke up early, jumped off the bed and stretched, feeling a little hungry, so she limped out of the cabin to find food, and followed the smell all the way to the restaurant. At this moment, several chefs in the kitchen have begun to prepare breakfast, and there are a few fresh fish washed and ready to be cooked on the workbench.

A vicious big wolf dog suddenly came out under the table, several times bigger than Mei Niang, and couldn't help but open the blood basin and bite it.

Mei Niang was furious, put down the fat-headed fish's body, bowed her mouth, and made a warning "snort" sound, and spit Xingzi sprayed the wolf dog in the face.

The chef who was boiling porridge heard the movement and raised his eyes to see Mei Niang stealing fish, and shouted: "Miwa, bite it to death!" ”

When the black-backed wolf dog heard the shouts of his master, he became even more unscrupulous, and roared twice and pounced. Mei Niang's body flexibly dodged the other party's blow, stretched out her sharp claws and slashed at the wolfdog's neck like lightning, cutting through the thick fur and instantly cutting its carotid artery.

"Whew" The big black-backed wolf dog howled miserably, fell to the ground, and died after a few convulsions.

Mei Niang snorted, picked up the big fish and limped away.

The cooks were stunned, a three-legged old cat actually raised his hand to kill the wolf dog "Miwa", which is simply unbelievable, they quietly followed behind with sticks, and saw him holding the fish leisurely into the fourth class.

"Get up! Whose cat actually ran into the kitchen to steal fish and killed the wolfdog on the boat? A meaty-faced chef shouted, and the sound echoed through the fourth-class cabin.

Erya was awakened, rubbed her eyes and said, "What's wrong?" This is my cat. ”

"Look at this thief, this thief, this time you have been caught, and you have to compensate us for our losses." The chefs shouted.

"Little girl, where are your adults?" The cook shouted.

Arira jumped down from the top bunk: "You have something to say to me." ”

"Why is it a hairy boy?"

"What's the fuss," Secretary Xing said slowly, "I'm their elder." ”

"Well, let's talk about it, your cat not only stole fish in the kitchen of the restaurant, but also killed the baby, which must be compensated." The chef exclaimed angrily.

The other passengers in the cabin also woke up, puzzled by what they said.

"Baby? Is it fatal? Someone on the top bunk looked up and asked in surprise.

"How can a cat kill someone? It's just nonsense. The people in the lower bunks scoffed.

"It's not human life, it's dog life." The chef blushed.

As soon as these words came out, they caused a lot of laughter, and even the passengers in the next few cabins gathered around to watch the excitement.

A cook dragged the bloodied corpse of a black-backed wolfdog and threw it on the ground with a "poof", saying, "Look, this is Miwa." ”

"Just kidding, dogs are cats' natural enemies, it's impossible." Someone in the hallway said.

Ke'er smiled and said: "Xianggong, this person is extremely rude, openly yelling at you, it is better to report to the official and let the yamen deal with it." ”

Her words angered the chef, and he said angrily: "You don't say anything, you even make fun of people, now follow me to the police on the ship." ”

"What's going on? I am a police officer on the No. 4 ship in Jiangyu. At this time, a man in a police uniform rushed over when he heard the news, glanced around with his eyes, and asked seriously.

Ke'er asked quietly: "Xianggong, is he a servant of the government?" ”

Secretary Xing nodded and whispered: "It's the youngest officer, it turns out that I have hundreds of such people under my command." ”

After listening to the chef's account, the police officer said: "Although it was the cat who committed the crime, the pet owner has the responsibility of supervision, and the compensation is deserved." ”

At this moment, Mei Niang was hiding under the bed, holding the fathead fish and nibbling on it, ignoring it at all.

"We want to compensate the fish and wolf dogs, a total of 1,000 yuan." This is the final price agreed upon by the chefs.

"Little comrade, this is your mistake, we admit how much it should be for stealing a fish, but the demand for compensation for the wolf dog is too much, everyone knows that how can a weak cat kill a fierce wolf dog? Chairman Mao repeatedly admonished us to 'apply Marxist-Leninist theories and methods in everything, and to conduct systematic and thorough investigation and study of the surrounding environment. Facts are all things that exist objectively, yes, they are the internal connections of objective things, that is, regularity'" Secretary Xing shook his head and talked eloquently, and his neck "gurgled" twice, almost stretching out his long neck.

"Where is all this nonsense? That's it, and I quickly lost money. The police officer said impatiently.

Secretary Xing's neck stiffened: "We don't have so much money." ”

"yes, it's a clear rip-off?" The people watching the excitement on the side were in a hurry.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a milky white tunics squeezed in, looked at Secretary Xing and said in surprise: "Aren't you a few people at the Chaotianmen Wharf hot pot restaurant last night?" I remember a big cat who was quite human. ”

Secretary Xing also recognized it: "Yes, such a coincidence." ”

"Isn't it a thousand dollars? Meaningless, I paid. Mr. Bao took out a wad of banknotes from his pocket, and pointed out ten brand-new 100-dollar bills that had just been issued and handed them to the chef.

The cooks happily carried the baby's body back to the kitchen to peel and disembowel and stew dog meat.

"It's all gone." The police dispersed the crowd.

"Comrade, I'm really sorry to let you break the bank if you don't know each other, may I ask your surname?" Secretary Xing asked politely.

"My surname is Bao, the inheritor of Chinese Confucianism, and the chief of Qingcheng Mountain, Changdao Guan Ge, went to Wushan for inspection." Mr. Bao replied.

"I'm Secretary Xing, this is Ke'er, and Erya and Youliang."

"Secretary? You are," Mr. Bao was stunned.

"Oh, the former secretary of the county party committee, a large grain-producing county." Secretary Xing said proudly.

"Secretary Xing, are you going to travel somewhere?" Mr. Bao's gaze swept over several people.

"Yes, we're going to visit Wushan."

"Great," Mr. Bao said enthusiastically, "We can go all the way, Secretary Xing, you are the leader, Bao is willing to be a volunteer tour guide for you." ”

As the saying goes: "If you take someone's hand, you eat someone's mouth is short." Facing Mr. Bao, who had just paid a huge sum of 1,000 yuan for himself, Secretary Xing was really embarrassed to refuse.

"Do you know Master Qiao in the capital?" Arara asked suddenly.

Mr. Bao stared at Youliang in surprise: "Do you know Master Qiao?" ”

"Master Qiao of Confucian Gong has seen it before."

"He is the founder of our Chinese Confucian exercises, highly respected and unfathomable, but unfortunately he is said to have died abroad." Mr. Bao said regretfully.

Youliang recalled in his mind the scene when Master Qiao went crazy and ate his intestines in the Shwedagon Pagoda Fulu Palace in Myanmar, and later heard that he was slapped to death by the Hakka grandmother.

But he didn't need to say this, he was willing to pay such a large sum of money for others when he first met, he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, if Master Liu Shisan was here, he would see the problem.

At this moment, Mei Niang had basically eaten up the fathead fish, kicked the whole fish bone into the corner, burped out from under the bunk, climbed into bed, closed her eyes and recuperated.

Youliang didn't understand why Erya wanted to take in this old female cat who participated in the killing of the abbot and her grandfather, if it was himself, he would never let Mei Niang live one more day, he once persuaded Erya, but she always couldn't bear it. Alas, a woman's mind can never be fathomed by a man, just like Nizi.

At this time, Daochang Ge, who was dressed in a gray sermon robe, walked into the cabin, and Mr. Bao introduced Secretary Xing.

"Wushan Mountain is connected to Daba Mountain, and the whole mountain range is like a 'Wu' character, hence the name. The Yangtze River passes through the mountains to form the Three Gorges, the scenery is beautiful, and it is necessary to visit it. Ge Daochang said.

"'Erect the stone wall of the Xijiang River, cut off the clouds and rain of Wushan, and the high gorge out of the Pinghu Lake, the goddess should be safe', how heroic is the chairman's poetry, how can it not make people yearn for infinitely." Secretary Xing said.

Ge Daochang smiled slightly: "The preface of Song Yu's "Gao Tang Fu" of the Warring States period reads, 'The former king tasted the Gao Tang Dynasty, and slept day and night. I dreamed of a woman and said: Concubine, the daughter of Wushan, is also a guest of the Tang Dynasty. Wen Jun travels to the Tang Dynasty, and is willing to recommend the pillow seat. Wang is lucky. Go and say: The concubine is in the sun of Wushan, the obstruction of the high hills, Dan is the morning cloud, the twilight is the rain, and the morning is twilight. In fact, the most famous place since ancient times is this sentence 'Wushan clouds and rain', so that later generations used it to describe the tryst between men and women. ”

Youliang and Erya have never studied classical Chinese, so they are confused.

Only Ke'er giggled knowingly: "This Taoist chief said it too well, Xianggong is like the king of Chuxiang, and the slave family is naturally the goddess Yaoji, what a situation it is for you and me to walk on Wushan Mountain's 'Wushan Cloud Rain'." What kind of ghost poem did you say, 'cut off the clouds and rain in Wushan', give up halfway, not to mention the scenery, and it's easy to 'go crazy'. ”