041. Dragon Star Crossing the Strait
After receiving the task from King Qingming, who had just ascended the throne, Long Xing simply packed his bags and came to say goodbye to Yang Yong, who had become a friend, and met General Chang Dusheng, the palace guard, on the way. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The time to come to Xuantian Dao is not short, and with Qing Ming, he can often be active in the aristocratic class of the big subject country, so Long Xing also has a lot of experience with the etiquette of Xuantian Dao. He knew that although his current status in Qing Ming's mind was high, he had not made an inch, so he did not receive a position reward for the time being, but as Qing Ming's confidant, he obeyed him, and General Watsu Sheng was a high-ranking and powerful general in the army of the major subject countries.
After thinking for a moment, Long Xing shook to the ground and said respectfully: "I've seen the general!"
Du Sheng saw Long Xing's serious appearance from a distance, stepped forward and patted him on the back, and laughed loudly: "Haha! You kid is so sensible now! Get up! I was about to look for you, but I didn't expect to run into him!"
Long Xing looked at him with a confused expression. Wataru pulled him aside, saw that there was no one around, took out a map from his arms, and stuffed it into his hand. Long Xing took a look, and it was a map of the entire Xuantian Dao, although it was rough, but the national border was clearly recognizable, and a route was marked with a thick pen on it, starting from the Bronze King's Palace, passing through a narrow strait, crossing the coast, and reaching the country of Flames.
General Watari lowered his voice and said, "King Ming gave you what I gave you, take it!"
As he spoke, he pointed to the thick line and said, "This is the most convenient path for me to reach the Mansion of the Bright Monarch, the patriarch of the Deep Nitrogen Clan of the Flame Country. ”
Long Xing was about to thank him, but General Wataru took out a bulging bag from his arms, stuffed it into his arms, and said with a smile: "King Ming told me that I must prepare enough for you, this gold is enough for you to eat and drink back and forth!
Long Xing's heart suddenly burst into joy, thinking that when he was in the world, he even had to be scavenged by his mother for the New Year's money, not to mention what treasures he had, but now he suddenly had so much gold, not to mention how happy he was, and immediately thanked General Watari again and again.
Wataru patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "Your body and soul are from a foreign land, and you have abilities that people in the Xuantian Dao do not have, do your best! You will definitely be able to make a difference! King Ming said that you already have the imperial gold medal on you, and you will be of great use if necessary! You go to the barracks of the palace guards, and you only need to show the gold medal, and you can take a high-grade war horse as your leg strength for this trip!"
said goodbye to General Dusheng and saw Yang Yong. Yang Yong had already been punished because of Yun Chuan, and he no longer hated Long Xing, but he fell in love for a long time, and he was quite reluctant in his heart, so he stuffed a bag of the big genus coins that he had saved hard to give to Long Xing, Long Xing postponed it in every way, Yang Yong shouted: "Brother Long! If you take it, you will take it! Although gold is precious, in our big country, it is not as convenient as my big genus coin!"
Long Xing was moved for a while, his eyes were red, thinking that when he first arrived at Xuantian Dao, Yang Yong stared at him every day, fierce and vicious, but he didn't expect things to change, only to know that he was so loyal and brave, he was speechless for a while, and gave the other party a hug.
After seeing Yang Yong, Long Xing came to the palace guards and selected a jujube red war horse, rode on horseback, he opened his clothes, looked at the black spirit who was staying on his chest peacefully, and whispered to his butterfly friend: "Black spirit, this time to go to the country of arrogance, the good luck is uncertain!
The voice of the black spirit came, of course, only he could understand: "Master, you can rest assured!"
After practice, Long Xing's horseback riding skills have improved a lot, and with a hard clamp between his legs, the jujube red horse galloped out and headed towards a distant target.
After ten days of long journey, in addition to eating and sleeping, Long Xing did not dare to delay for a moment, and on this day, he came to the Qi Gorge marked on the map given by General Watar.
The Breath Gorge is a unique coast, with a flat sand beach stretching to the end of the sandbar in the sea, like a man's open palm, a narrow sandbar like five fingers stretching out to the sea, and finally sinking into the vast water. The gap between the fingers is full of large and small ships, all kinds of flags on the ship are waving, and people on and off the ship come and go, so it is not lively.
On the flat sand, not far from the coast, there were military camps that stretched for miles, and from time to time groups of soldiers patrolled the shore.
According to the established route, Long Xing needs to cross the sea next, but looking around, he doesn't know how to buy a ticket to get on the boat, this is not like the human road, there is no ticket office at all.
Two grunts came from his stomach, Long Xing touched his round belly, and laughed at himself: "The big fat man's belly can't be idle!"
As he spoke, he looked around and saw a noodle stall not far away, selling dry food such as steamed buns, and the steaming steamed buns in the steamer emitted bursts of wheat fragrance, his nose was very comfortable, and saliva gushed out at once.
Seeing Long Xing walking over with a tall horse, the noodle stall owner immediately greeted him warmly, he was a swarthy little old man, with a white towel wrapped around his head, and he was soaked by the heat around him, showing the style of a professional chef.
"Big brother, come in, go to sea, what do you want to eat?" The loud and high-pitched voice formed a strong contrast with his little man, Long Xing felt funny in his heart, and smiled and sat down with his guidance.
In fact, this noodle stall is very simple, and the small tables and stools are all temporarily placed, but there are many customers, everyone is holding a noodle bowl and gobbling it up.
Glancing at the boss, Long Xing asked, "What do you have to eat here?"
The boss replied proudly: "Noodles! My old noodle man is at the Qixia Wharf, which is famous! Big brother, you don't believe it, go and inquire, my old noodle man's noodles, merchants come and go, who doesn't want to have a bowl?"
Long Xing hummed and said, "Then bring me a bowl!"
After a while, the hot noodles came up, Long Xing smelled it, it was indeed fragrant, he devoured it, and the soup was drunk, he was so hungry that he couldn't tell whether the taste of this noodles was good or not, and he really didn't have time to taste it.
Wiping his mouth, Long Xing shouted: "Old face, check out!"
The boss came over with a smile, hunched his waist, and said with a smile: "Big brother, are you going to sea? Why don't you buy a few steamed buns as dry food? I don't think you have them with you! Although the coast of the Flame Country is not far from us, only 30 kilometers, but the wind on the surface of the Qixia Sea is particularly strong, and the wind direction is particularly strange and unpredictable, sometimes the boat tosses back and forth on the sea, and when the circle is less, it also has to travel for about a day!"
When Long Xing heard this, he was curious, and knew that the owner of this noodle stall must have a good understanding of the situation in the Qi Gorge, so he started talking: "Okay, if you think you want a few steamed buns, you can fill a few for me!"
When the boss heard this, he became even more energetic, leaned closer, and said softly: "Big brother, you are asking the right person! If you go directly to those merchant ships to board the ship, they don't know how high the price will be for you! I have a quota for the first-class merchant ships here, you see that we are so fateful, wait for you to follow me, I will send you on the ship, and it will be cheaper for you!"
Long Xing thought that this would be easier, and besides, he was not familiar with the Qi Gorge Wharf, so he nodded and agreed.
Asked the price, the noodles and five steamed buns were a total of ten large coins, Long Xing calculated the price of his ten days to eat and drink on the way, thought that it was reasonable, and took out the big coins from his arms and handed them to the other party.
As for crossing the sea, the boss said mysteriously: "In the past two days, the army on the other side has increased greatly, and there are many new soldiers on our side, and there are more patrols, and the inspection on and off the ship is very strict, and ordinary ships are not allowed to set sail now! It is really difficult to get on the boat! I have an old friend, he has some doorways, so his merchant ships still regularly go back and forth, there is just one flight today, hurry up and let me take you there!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly turned his head and beckoned to a young man: "Little noodle, look at the stall! I'll be back in a while!"
The young man nodded at him, Long Xing saw that his face was quite similar to the boss, guessing that the two people were father and son, and before he could react, he was pulled by the boss and walked straight to the shore.
The old man said as he walked: "Big brother, you are lucky! Let's come out at this point, you see, there are no soldiers!"
Long Xing saw that he was in a hurry, and only said that the time to start the boat was urgent, and he also quickened his pace and followed closely.
Soon they came to the water's edge, and the old man pointed to a big boat and said, "This is it! We will set off in a moment! It is really not easy to get on the boat now! Big brother! In this way, you give me 200 big coins! I will take you on the boat, and you don't have to pay another for the fare!"
His hand spread out and placed it on Long Xing's chest, Long Xing was inexplicably teased by him and was extremely excited, as if he couldn't get on the boat without paying the money immediately, he immediately took out two heavy strings of big coins from his arms, the old man's eyes lit up, he took it, and immediately smiled, and said softly: "Big brother, you wait! I'll go say hello to my friends and let you get on the boat!"
As he spoke, he walked over and greeted a crew member who was carrying things to the ship, the two people looked very familiar, the crew put down their things and listened to him intently, and then both of them smiled, the old man glanced at Long Xing, turned his back and gave the crew some money, turned his head and shouted: "Big brother!
Long Xing ran over, jumped on the boat, shook it, and finally stabilized himself, and the crew laughed and said, "You want to cross the sea? Get into the cabin! Be careful not to be seen by the patrol!"
Long Xing stepped in, and saw that the cabin was full of goods, so he found a clean place to sit down, much more stable than standing, and the ship was dangling, which was really uncomfortable.
The old man came in to say goodbye to him and said, "That guy just now is my friend, his name is Da Zhou, you just have to look for him if you have something!"
So saying, he ran back.
After a while, the ship became more and more lively, and the six crew members entered the cabin, and they all found a place to sit down like dragon stars, and looked at him vigilantly one by one, without saying a word.
Da Zhou flashed in and said, "Start the boat immediately!" After speaking, he glanced at Long Xing and came over and sat down next to him.
Long Xing smiled and said, "Brother Da Zhou, are you the boss here?"
Da Zhou glanced at him, pointed to the roof of the cabin, and said softly: "Go, go!
As he spoke, he took a closer look at Long Xing's outfit and said with a smile: "How much money did you give to the old man?"
Long Xing replied, "Two hundred big coins!"
"******!" Da Zhou's face sank, he took a sip, and scolded: "Turtle grandson!
Long Xing asked, "What's wrong?"
Da Zhou glanced at him and said, "Don't worry about it! By the way, you guy, do you have anything left with him?"
After he asked, Long Xing suddenly remembered, slapped his thigh, and shouted: "Ah!
He stood up, rushed to the hatch of the ship, poked his head out, and saw that the ship had already left the shore, and shook his head in a hurry, and pulled him back on Day, and said, "Forget it! Brother! Horses can't get on the ship at all! It's just that it's cheap and old-looking!"
After sitting down again, Da Zhou said: "You have a horse, and you are so generous, give him two hundred coins!
Long Xing couldn't help but cover the money bag he was carrying in his arms, and said with a smile: "Hehe, where!
The cabin began to rest.
Sure enough, the air flow in the Qi Gorge was very strange, the boat sometimes circled around, sometimes fought back and forth, and the action was very unpleasant, and it was easy to survive at night, the boat had reached the center of the sea, and Long Xing was drowsy.
Suddenly, the voice of the black spirit came urgently: "Master, wake up, wake up!"
Only then did Long Xing wake up and find that someone was rubbing his chest, he turned over and sat up, and by the dim light, he fixed his eyes and saw that it was Da Zhou, and the other people in the cabin were also sitting around, staring at him.
Long Xing shouted in his heart: "Oh no! It turned out to be a thief ship!"
Knowing that he is in a crisis, but not knowing what to do, he is really anxious.
At this time, I only heard the black spirit say to him: "Protect the gold in your chest! Rush out of the cabin and jump into the sea!"
Long Xing hesitated: "Jumping into the sea? will die!"
The Black Spirit raised his voice and shouted, "Trust me! Hurry!
Before he had time to think about it, Long Xing exerted his greatest strength, broke free from the crowd that surrounded him, rushed out of the cabin, and jumped into the air with all his might.