Chapter 40: Harvesting the Golden Rice Fish
The Zishui River slows down in the territory of Dongshan Fort and forms a huge lake, which is called Dongshan Lake. Dongshan Fort has also achieved the reputation of the land of fish and rice because of Dongshan Lake.
Autumn is the best season to eat the special golden rice fish of Dongshan Lake, the golden rice fish is the size of the thumb, no thorns, only a transparent backbone, the fish meat is delicious, the name of the golden rice is because it is in the autumn to the spawning season, the fish roe in the body is rich, the color is golden, so it gives its golden rice name, but also expresses its preciousness and people's love for it.
On this day, the sun is shining, the autumn breeze is refreshing, and the lake is sparkling. A large boat sped at full speed toward a small island in the center of the lake.
On the deck of the bow of the ship stood a young girl, who was now stretching her graceful figure in the wind with her arms outstretched, and under her messy and fluttering hair, a beautiful and playful pink face appeared from time to time.
The island in the lake flickered faintly, the big boat slowed down, and a beautiful young man walked out of the shipbuilding, his expression was diametrically opposite to that of the girl, and he was extremely cold.
"Sister Xue, it's here, you go in and rest, and close the net for a while, it's messy and dirty. The beautiful boy said to the girl at the bow of the boat.
"The net is in the stern of the boat, and if it doesn't get in my way, I'll just watch the situation here. The girl replied.
"You don't have a time to be obedient. The boy was dissatisfied.
"Brother, you are only one year older than me, don't always educate me in such an old-fashioned tone, will you?" The girl retracted her outstretched arms, turned her head, and looked disdainful, "I came out to relax, not to listen to your nagging." ”
The beautiful boy looked cold, but his cultivation was good, and he just shrugged helplessly after listening to the girl's rebuttal, "Whatever you want, always take other people's concern for you as discipline." ”
"Hee-hee, little old man. ”
The beautiful boy shook his head and walked towards the stern of the boat.
The big boat slowly approached the small island in the center of the lake, which was only a few square meters, and stopped at a distance of more than ten zhang and anchored. Several small boats had been lowered, and the boatmen rowed him closer to the central island. The island is surrounded by a concentration of spawning and breeding places for goldfish, which is also the best place to catch them. Lake Higashiyama is now full of boats catching golden rice fish, but none of them are leaning here, and it is a dedicated fishing ground for Dongshan Fort. The boatmen in the fort put their nets here a day or two in advance, and then come to collect the nets, that is, to harvest the golden rice fish.
After the boat lifted the net, it was dragged closer to the stern of the big boat, and the boatman on the big boat caught one end of the net and began to tow it to the big boat.
The fresh golden rice fish jumped and fell into the cabin, the bulging body was very full, and everyone in Dongshan Fort was about to enjoy a big meal, and tomorrow was the Golden Rice Fish Festival.
"Look, what is this?" suddenly cried out a boatman.
Everyone also saw that there was a corpse hanging in the net out of the water, and the corpse was still holding a black wooden stick in its hand.
The boatmen stopped what they were doing and looked at the beautiful boy together.
"Let's drag it up first. The beautiful boy frowned.
The heavy corpse was thrown onto the deck when it was on board, and his face was pale in the sun.
"Bad luck, Dongmen Gongzi, throw him down, we can't take him back to the fort. "A boatman's road.
"Look, does he still have breath?" said the beautiful boy known as the son of the East Gate.
"I don't know how long I soaked in the water, but I still have a breath. The boatman muttered, reaching for the corpse, "I don't have any breath, throw it away." ”
"Take the stick from his hand. The prince of the east gate commanded.
A boatman stepped forward to fetch the wooden stick from the corpse's hand, but after several exertions, the stick did not loosen in the slightest as if it had grown in the corpse's hand. Another boatman also went up to help, and until the body was hoisted, he was unable to remove the stick from his hand.
"Then throw it down together, come in the water, go in the water. Dongmen Gongzi waved his hand.
The two boatmen lifted the body and walked towards the side of the ship.
"Wait. The girl who had been in the bow of the boat was alarmed, and as soon as she came over, she saw that the boatman was about to throw a man into the water.
"Sister Xue, don't come here. Dongmen Gongzi said eagerly.
"He's dressed in a blue robe, he's a samurai, and he throws it into the water without asking?" the girl's tone was more like a lesson.
"It's true that he's a samurai, but what is there to study about a dead man? Datou and Huzi have been checked just now, and there is no breath at all. Dongmen Gongzi said.
"Then it should also be brought ashore and buried properly, which is a sign of respect for the samurai. The girl didn't back down at all, "This is the rule of Dongshan Fort for treating samurai, don't you even understand this?"
"Dongmen Xue, I'm your brother, okay? Do you still use you to teach me the rules of Dongshan Fort? Hitting a corpse in the water is an unfortunate thing, and then bring the corpse back, our Golden Rice Fish Festival will not be over? If he still has breath, it is not our fault that we throw it into the water, but he is just a corpse. Dongmen Qi, who has a good cultivation, was finally aroused by his sister's tone.
"Lift him to the bow of the ship, quick. Dongmen Xue no longer reasoned with the Dongmen Banner, which was already blushing and thick-necked, and directly ordered the two boatmen. At this moment, the confrontation between their brother and sister is the point, and it doesn't matter whether this corpse of unknown origin is thrown into the water.
"You!"
Dongmen Qi resisted the urge to explode, turned his face to the side, and ignored the embarrassed eyes of the two boatmen.
Seeing that the Dongmen flag was silent, the two shipwrights had no choice but to obey Dongmen Xue's orders and carry the body to the bow of the boat.
The bright sunlight shone on the pale corpse, and the moisture on the corpse was evaporating little by little.
Dongmen Xue walked around with his hands behind his back, looking at this strange corpse from a distance, his little face showing timidity and curiosity alternately.
There were a lot of people just now, and she argued with Dongmen Qi for her sense of existence, but when she was really faced with a strange corpse alone, she was only sixteen years old and still beat a small drum in her heart: Knock knock!
At the same time, a strong sense of curiosity in his nature also made him interested in this strange corpse: who was he, why did he die in the water, was the black stick in his hand precious, and why did he not give up until he died?
Turning around, Dongmen Xue's footsteps involuntarily approached the corpse little by little.
"The dead man's face is really ugly, but it shouldn't be ugly to look at his appearance, his nose is firm, his chin is hard, and his figure is ......" Dongmen Xue unconsciously bent down, and a tender finger pointed at the corpse's eyebrows, "It is said that people live with a breath, I will give you a breath, you relax your hands, you are still holding a wooden stick when you are dead, are you tired." ”
Dongmen Xue's cultivation is now in the first realm of the Iron Mind Realm, and she can barely release a trace of Nian Qi, and the Nian Qi is imprinted on the corpse's Yin Tang Acupoint through her fingers, and it disappears immediately.
"Huh, where?"
Dongmen Xue felt very strange, a trace of his thoughts disappeared without a trace, and his normal reaction had to shake the corpse, but he didn't even shake his eyebrows.
"I'm so useless in Dongmen Xue, I can't even shake a corpse?!"
The little girl gritted her teeth, and compared with the corpse that was still a little scared just now, the tender little finger was the center of the corpse's eyebrows, and she took out the ruthlessness of sucking breast milk back then, mobilized all the thoughts in the dantian, and attacked suddenly.
moved, it was not the corpse, but the nian qi in the snow dantian at the east gate, just a breath, she felt empty in her body, and all the nian qi was lost in an instant. No, it's the feeling of being swallowed up by a bottomless pit.
"Mom!"
Dongmen Xue was hollowed out of his body, and his body fell forward weakly, lying directly on the corpse.
"Ahh
A terrible scream rang out. The direct cause of Dongmen Xue's screams was not because she was lying on the corpse's chest weakly, but because she saw that under her unintentional impact, the corpse under her actually opened its eyes.
Dongmen Qi rushed to the bow of the ship with everyone, and looked at an unbelievable picture in disbelief: the daughter of the lord of Dongshan Fort was lying in the arms of a corpse in broad daylight.
"Dongmen Xue, you're enough!"
Dongmen Qi roared angrily, rushed forward with an arrow step, grabbed Dongmen Xue, and lifted it up, "How are you going to play?
"I'm ...... He's alive!"
Dongmen Xue trembled his hand and pointed to the corpse on the deck.