Volume 1 Wandering Rivers and Lakes Chapter 96 Embarking on a journey
The money was in place, Zhao Siliu was still very reliable, and in less than two hours, he brought back three horses and a sufficient amount of black beans to Lin Zining.
Although the three of them were riding horses, Lin Zining had cast spells on all three horses, which was not much slower than Lin Zining, a low-level monk in the foundation building realm.
Since he was leaving Zhenhai Mansion, Lin Zining naturally wanted to take Wang Zijun to the grave of Wang De and his wife to pay respects and say goodbye.
Lin Zining and the three of them rushed to the city gate when they first came out, and they arrived in the Hidden Dragon Valley in less than half an hour.
Seeing that there were traces of new soil buried on the ground, Ning Yunxin asked Lin Zining, "This is where you fought before?" ”
Lin Zining nodded and replied: "This is here, you see, this long one is the crack in the ground." ”
Wang Zijun added: "At that time, it was terrifying, like an earthquake. ”
Ning Yunxin glanced at Wang Zijun and said, "How do you know?" Didn't you faint then? ”
Wang Zijun wanted to bluff Ning Yunxin, but he didn't expect her to have such a good memory, she remembered it after only listening to it once, and when Ning Yunxin said this, the whole person was like a frosted eggplant, and her face immediately collapsed. had to change the topic and said: "Let's hurry up, otherwise we won't be able to catch up with Wangjiazhuang when it's dark." ”
After running for nearly an hour, the three of them finally arrived at the Longwang Temple in Wangjiazhuang.
Ning Yunxin was feeding the three horses outside, while Lin Zining accompanied Wang Zijun to go in to worship Wang De and his wife.
Seeing his parents' tombs, Wang Zijun involuntarily shed two lines of tears, but he didn't cry loudly anymore.
However, the silent tears just show that Wang Zijun is growing.
Lin Zining didn't say anything, put the incense, candles, paper money and offerings he brought, first lit the candles, and then burned the paper money for Wang De and his wife in front of the grave.
The things to worship were ready, Lin Zining pulled Wang Zijun's sleeve, and then turned around and left, leaving Wang Zijun alone.
When Lin Zining left, Wang Zijun knelt in front of the grave, burning paper money while pouring out his lovesickness and parting.
"Daddy and Auntie, don't worry, Brother Zining is very good to me, not only for me to eat and live, but also to buy me beautiful new clothes. I've had a great time these days, don't worry over there, I'll be fine on my own. ”
"Daddy, you used to always say that I was ignorant and disobedient, but now I am sensible, I listen to what Brother Zining says very seriously, and Brother Zining always praises me for being smart and clever."
"We're going to leave here today, A-Niang, when I grow older, I'll marry you a beautiful daughter-in-law and come back, and when the time comes, I'll build you a beautiful and imposing tomb and burn a lot of paper money for you."
Wang Zijun was burning the paper money, while talking, the paper money in his hand turned into ashes, but he didn't know if Wang De and his wife in the underworld could receive it.
Seeing the candle flame flickering and finally extinguishing, Wang Zijun wiped away his tears, got up and walked to the tombstone, leaned on the tombstone, rested his chin against the tombstone, and stayed for nearly a stick of incense before turning to leave.
When Wang Zijun walked out of the temple gate, he saw Lin Zining and Ning Yunxin each leaning on a tree trunk and closing their eyes to recuperate.
When the two of them heard the movement, they both opened their eyes and looked at Wang Zijun, whose eyes were red and swollen.
Lin Zining walked up to Wang Zijun and asked, "Do you want to go to the house to have a look?" ”
Wang Zijun shook his head and said in a low voice: "No need, there should be nothing left at home now." ”
Seeing that Wang Zijun was in a low mood, Lin Zining didn't force it, Wang Zijun really went back, and he would see things and think about people, and he would add a little sadness.
Wang Zijun stayed inside for a short time, the three horses were also rested, and Lin Zining was also afraid of long nights and dreams, so he said, "Then let's go on our way." ”
Chuzhou and Xingyuan are separated by Zhennan General's Mansion, Hanzhou and Jingzhou.
From Chuzhou to Xingyuan Mansion, there is an official road connected, starting from the west gate of Zhenhai City, you can turn to this official road by walking six or seven miles to the southwest, and you can rush to Nanzheng County, Xingyuan Mansion by walking more than 12,000 miles along this official road.
In addition, it goes south along the Chu River, in the territory of Ningzhou and joins the Tongtian River. The source of the Tongtian River is in Jingzhou, at the northern foot of Wanshan Ridge, from Jingzhou to the east, through Zhenxi General's Mansion, Bazhou, Xingyuanfu, Jingzhou, Hanzhou, Hongzhou and Ningzhou, and finally flows into the East China Sea.
However, from the waterway along the Chu River to the south, it will pass through Luanping County, and Lin Zining is afraid of encountering extraneous branches of the Tawau Aquarium Festival, so he naturally does not dare to take this road. And the waterway is going up retrograde, the speed is slower, and at this juncture, the faster the better.
Therefore, Lin Zining's plan was to go south out of Zhenhai City first, go to Wangjiazhuang to worship Wang Zijun's parents, then turn northwest in Wangjiazhuang, cross the Zhennan General's Mansion, change the waterway in Hanzhou, go up the Tianhe River, cross Jingzhou, and finally go ashore in Nanzheng County, Xingyuan Prefecture.
The three of them did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately turned over and got on their horses, at this time the sky gradually darkened, the summer heat gradually dissipated, and there was a little pleasure in whipping the horse.
After walking for more than an hour, the sky finally darkened.
Wang Zijun is riding a horse for the first time, and if there is no Taoism in his body, Lin Zining is afraid that he will be injured, so he doesn't dare to keep hurrying. Seeing a long banner in the distance on the side of the road, with the words "Chunlai Inn" written on it, Lin Zining said to the two: "There is an inn one or two miles away, we will rest there today, and we will hurry tomorrow morning." ”
Ning Yunxin was indispensable, but Wang Zijun was relieved when he heard this.
Like other boys, Wang Zijun also had a dream of being a general since he was a child, always fantasizing about himself whipping his horse on the battlefield, entering and exiting seven times in a million army, killing the enemy to lose his armor and hug his head.
When he first sat on the horse, Wang Zijun was indescribably excited, but when he got off the horse in Wangjiazhuang just now, he felt a little tingling in the flesh on the inside of his legs, and now he felt that his skin and flesh seemed to be stuck with his pants.
After driving for so long, the three of them had already left Zhenhai County and arrived in Ziping County on the west side of Zhenhai County. This is the southern town of Ziping County, which is about 40 miles away from the county seat of Ziping.
The three of them rushed to the Chunlai Inn, and immediately a guy heard the movement and went out to greet them.
The guy was very good at coming to things, and when he saw the three of them, he saw at a glance that this was a posture of going out for a long distance, so he said: "The three guest officers, please, have worked hard along the way." Will you eat first, or will you rest first? ”
Lin Zining and Ning Yunxin both jumped off the horse neatly, but Wang Zijun had some difficulty getting off the horse.
After getting off the horse, Lin Zining immediately said: "I want three upper rooms, a table of good dishes, and three basins of hot water, and these three horses must also be fed well." ”
Lin Zining's words were neat and the arrangements were appropriate, and the guy knew that he was an old man, not the kind of rookie who had just entered the rivers and lakes, and he couldn't be regarded as a wronged leader.
Like this kind of inns distributed on both sides of the official road, what is done is the business of merchants and people in the rivers and lakes, and the shopkeepers inside are the best at observing words and feelings, especially in places where there is no store in front of the village and no store, and the shopkeeper is the best at stealing customers.
Lin Zining has read a lot of stories about black-hearted shops stealing customers in books, speaking of which, stealing customers is quite light, and the loss is only silver taels.
Even the last time Lin Zining came to Chuzhou from Xingyuan Mansion, he also met a black-hearted shopkeeper, if he wasn't alert, I don't know what would have happened.
The guy greeted the three of them and shouted, "Three distinguished guests, three upper rooms, one table of good food!" ”
As soon as the three of them entered the lobby of the inn, they saw several tables of guests sitting in the lobby eating.
When the diners in the lobby saw Lin Zining and the three of them coming in, they turned their eyes around, and some of them withdrew their eyes when they saw that they were new guests, and then they ate, while some people stared at Lin Zining and the three of them non-stop.
Speaking of which, Lin Zining, Ning Yunxin and Wang Zijun are indeed very strange together, although Ning Yunxin wears a hat to cover his face, but his graceful posture will inevitably not attract the attention of others.
Looking at the appearance of the three of them, they don't want to be a family, nor do they want to be brothers, and those who have a heart inevitably have a little more ideas to explore.
Lin Zining and the three of them walked to the counter, paid ten taels of silver in advance, received the room key, and followed the guy upstairs.
As soon as he walked halfway, Lin Zining glanced at a table not far from the gate and saw several white-clothed women staring at Ning Yunxin, and couldn't help but have a little more questions in his heart.
Chunlai Inn has three floors, and Lin Zining and the three of them are three rooms next to the east on the second floor.
Lin Zining led Wang Zijun to the room in the middle, and as soon as he entered the door, he took out a bottle of gold sore medicine and asked Wang Zijun to take off his pants. Although Wang Zijun was a little embarrassed, he was still obedient, gritting his teeth and hissing as he unbuttoned his belt and took off his pants.
When Wang Zijun took off his pants to his calves, Lin Zining saw that Wang Zijun's legs were already blurred with flesh and blood, and asked, "It must be painful, why don't you say it, there's no need to rush like this." ”
Wang Zijun scratched his head and grinned: "It's nothing, it doesn't hurt to ride on a horse." ”
At this moment, the shopkeeper came in with two basins of hot water.
The little second is also a lively person, and when he saw Wang Zijun's legs, he asked, "This is just a short time of riding, right?" Do you want me to go get the herbs and wash them? ”
Lin Zining asked, "Is the medicine effective?" ”
The shopkeeper said: "The effect of the medicine is very good, and there are specially bought from us to do business, and the price is also cheap, I will go and get it?" ”
Lin Zining nodded and said, "Give us three copies, and send one to Gu Nian over there." ”
It didn't take long for Xiao Er to bring the herb over, and when Lin Zining saw it, it was a cluster of small yellow flowers, and he knew the origin of this herb, which was indeed very effective in relieving soreness and cleaning wounds.
Lin Zining sprinkled the small flowers into the pot, made a cup of tea, and said to Wang Zijun: "Okay, you gently pour water on the wound yourself, it will be a little painful at first, just bear with it." ”
Wang Zijun poured water on his leg, and it was so painful that he grinned his teeth, but when the blood stains on his leg were washed off, the stinging sensation disappeared, and instead there was a slight coolness from his leg, which was very comfortable.
At this time, Wang Zijun couldn't help but smile and said: "I didn't expect this herb to be really powerful, when we go on the road tomorrow, we will also buy some and bring it, so we won't be afraid of wearing out the skin in the back." ”
Lin Zining hummed a few sentences and said, "If you think it's good, buy some." ”
Wang Zijun saw that Lin Zining's head was not high, so he asked, "Does Brother Zining have something on his mind?" ”
The scene just now just made him feel curious, Lin Zining didn't want Wang Zijun to worry, so he said, "It's okay, I'm just a little tired." ”