Jolene asked, "What did she say?" Wang Hou replied, "The woman in white said, 'I can help you avenge you, and I am willing to follow you.'" The young man grew up in a mountain village, and he had seen this scene, so he was so frightened that he dropped a sentence and turned around and fled. ”

Jolene clapped her hands and applauded: "The woman in white, you did the right thing, I like it so much." But young people, it's not wrong. Helper, isn't it you, young man? Who is the woman in white? ”

Wang Hou shook his head: "This young man is not me, you have also seen it, he is my eldest brother Zhu Ziping, the woman in green is my sister-in-law Li Jingxi, and the woman in white is Zhou Jingjing, the rudder of the Tea Horse Gang Xi'an, and her father is the helmsman of Xi'an, and he is on the 'Tiangang' horseboat." ”

"Zhu Ziping?" Qiao Lin thought for a while and exclaimed, "I remember, isn't it, at the martial arts conference, I first defeated Taisang Boxer, and then defeated, Daci Dharma King." In the end, with you, tied for the first place, that person? ”

Wang Hou cocked his thumb and praised: "Qiao Lin is so smart! With that, he looked at her slyly. Jolene followed his gaze and touched her face and asked, "What's wrong?" What is on people's faces? …… Oh, I see, you're saying that if I'm like that, Miss Zhou, you're going to run away like you're big brother, right? ”

"Jolene is so smart!" Wang Hou raised his thumb again, saw her lower her head, didn't know what she was thinking, and called out twice, "Qiao Lin, Qiao Lin." ”

Qiao Lin raised her head, stretched out her hand to grab Wang Hou and walked out, and said, "Helper, people are hungry and haven't eaten seafood for a long time, I'll take you to a place to eat seafood." ”

The climate of Guli is relatively humid, from December to January of the following year, it is the best time of the weather, often clear skies, fresh air; March and May are the hottest months; June and September are the rainy season, and there is often a sudden rainstorm; In October and November, the northeast monsoon blows, which is why Zheng He stopped here for a month and then took advantage of the wind to go to Kulrumos.

The history of the Ming Dynasty recorded: "Guli, a great country in the West. It is bordered by the sea in the west, Kezhi in the south, wolf slave in the north, and Kanba in the east. It can be reached in three days from Kezhi Zhou, and ten days from Ceylon Mountain, and Zhufan will also meet. Because of its strategic location, it became an important maritime trade center at that time. In addition, ships can freely anchor in the port here, replenishing fresh water and food, so that more ships can dock here, and Guri will become more prosperous.

In the evening, along the main road from the port to the east, coconut trees are lined up, and wooden houses made of coconut leaves are hidden in the forest, and peacocks and herons are pacing leisurely in groups of three or five. Under the big tree, you can see fruit stalls within a few steps, and simple wooden frames are lined up with sieves, in which various fruits are neatly stacked. Two sticks were held in front of the stall, the ends of which were tied to the two ends of the tarpaulin, and the other ends of the tarpaulin were tied to the branches of the trees at the back. In front of a stall, a woman asked in Chinese, "Uncle, how much is this fruit?" ”

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to gold and silver, the copper coins minted by Yongle, namely "Yongle Tongbao", became the common currency at that time with its exquisite casting and neat appearance. Zheng He's translator Ma Huan's "Yingya Shenglan" recorded: "The country of Java used Chinese copper coins of all dynasties, and the old Hong Kong country also used Chinese copper coins, and the country of Ceylon especially liked Chinese copper coins, and every time they exchanged jewelry." ”

The old man selling fruit stretched out two fingers, and the woman took out four Yongle Tongbao from her pocket and handed them over, and picked out two fist-sized fruits from the basket, and then continued with a middle-aged blue-robed man beside her. The blue-robed man and the woman were Wang Hou and Qiao Lin, in order to avoid attracting attention, Wang Hou specially changed the white robe to the blue robe, and the two were called helpers and elders.

It was the first time for Wang Hou to see such a fruit, which was golden oval, with purple stripes on it, and a light fragrance, and asked, "Elder Qiao, what kind of fruit is this?" Qiao Lin replied: "I don't know, the last time I came, I ate it once, and I heard that it is called ginseng fruit." ”

"So this is the ginseng fruit?" Wang Hou took a bite, the flesh was refreshing and juicy, with the flavor of different other fruits, and nodded, "Well, it's delicious!" I have read a book called "The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", which was written by Tang Xuanzang, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, telling what he saw and heard during his nineteen years of travel in India and the Western Regions. ”

Jolene turned her head to look at him, looked away, and said in a low voice: "If you are not happy to be alive, what else do you need, immortality?" Wang Hou's heart trembled, and he said, "Elder Qiao, didn't you say that there is a seafood restaurant not far from here?" Why can't you see it yet? Qiao Lin didn't answer, and after walking a few feet, she suddenly jumped up, dragged Wang Hou forward, and shouted: "It's good today, let's eat seafood!" ”

When the passers-by heard the cry, they hurriedly turned sideways to avoid how far away, and looked at her with puzzled eyes, wondering whether the woman was mad, or if she was having a happy time, and how she looked like a little girl.

The two walked out of about a mile, turned to the left at the fork in the road, went up the slope, and after a short walk, they saw an apricot yellow wine flag waving in the wind, and the words "yes shore" were particularly conspicuous. When I got closer, I saw a spacious field surrounded by trees on three sides. In the middle of the venue, a platform more than one person high and two zhang square is built with bamboo, and there are many tables around the platform, most of which are seated. It gets dark quickly, and oil lamps are lit around the venue.

Qiao Lin said, "Here it is, the 'Shore' seafood restaurant." Wang Hou praised: "The bitter sea is boundless, and the back is the shore, this seafood restaurant is called 'is the shore', which is somewhat interesting." ”

"It was originally on the shore, of course it was 'the shore'." Qiao Lin pulled Wang Hou around the stage and sat down at an empty table at the innermost part of the venue. The effort was not great, a young man in white clothes and white hats came over and asked in Sanskrit, Wang Hou didn't understand, but listened to Qiao Lin say: "Steamed lobster, garlic treasure fish, clam meat mixed with cucumber, crystal abalone roll, one plate each, plus two pomfret, two spicy crabs, and a bottle of wine......"

The young man answered. Wang Hou looked at Qiao Lin in surprise and asked quietly, "Elder Qiao, can you understand what he said?" Also, you are as familiar with seafood as Yan'er and like to eat seafood? Qiao Lin smiled and said, "These people who do business, you speak Chinese, they can understand." When I went to Daming, I passed by here, stopped for a few days, and came here to eat, I heard that Elder Liu, who also grew up by the sea, is of course familiar with seafood. ”

The effort was not great, and the ordered wine and food were brought up, and a table was full. Wang Hou looked at the big plates and couldn't help but sigh: "Elder Qiao, this dish is really affordable, can you finish it?" "The food is cheap, let it go." Qiao Lin grabbed the lobster, tore it apart, put most of it in Wang Hou's bowl, poured another glass of white wine, and asked, "Helper, have you drunk this wine?" ”

Wang Hou took a sip and replied: "I drank it when I was the helmsman of the Salt Gang, and I heard that it was brought from Shanxi, and we had a famous saying in the Tang Dynasty that 'grape wine luminous cup, if you want to drink pipa, urge immediately', but the wine I drank seems to taste different from this......"

The two were eating and talking, and suddenly there was a burst of music, and the two followed the prestige and saw a man and a woman standing on the platform in the middle. The man was twenty-six or seventeen years old, wrapped in a brightly colored cloth towel on his head, wearing a loose white stand-up collar long shirt with narrow trousers, and playing the bamboo flute with his head sideways, and the music was made by him; The woman is about the same age, wrapped in a sari to expose her navel, and her lower body is a floor-length piping straight petticoat, and her waist is gracefully twisted to the music.

Qiao Lin while eating, while introducing to Wang Hou, it turns out that this is a local specialty, come here to eat seafood can enjoy the ancient song and dance, the man's bamboo flute is called "Ban Suli", that is, a bamboo knot, taken from the local reed bamboo, about two feet long, the voice is low and ethereal, but it is nuanced, as if the Sanskrit sound blows through the heart, in this noisy it appears more pure and subtle. Although Wang Hou is not proficient in music, he also thinks it is very good.

At this time, an angry shout interrupted the music: "Puppy day, dare to steal Lao Tzu's money!" Everyone on the field looked at each other, not far from the stage, a strong man with a big shoulder and a round waist was holding a person in his hand; A few more people stood up with big shoulders and round waists, and one of them asked, "Second brother, how much money did you lose?" ”

Wang Hou is no stranger to these people, it is the six Mei brothers, who only came to Changle at the beginning, because of the unpleasant trouble with them because of the accommodation, after the matter was settled, they were grateful to themselves and called themselves "good people"; Not long after the fleet left Changle, they had a lot of emotions with the old subordinates on the treasure ship because of the different treatment, and it was they and Tang Jing who came forward to resolve the conflict, and later went to their ship to drink. Because there were many people, I didn't notice that they were also here, and they met a thief when they saw this posture.

The thief who was caught was a thin child, but he was fourteen or fifteen years old, and he didn't know what to shout, and he tried his best to break free from Mei's grasp. The second child grabbed him with his right hand, raised the money bag with his left hand, and responded in a rough voice: "Big brother, I didn't let him succeed, fortunately I was clever enough." ”

The boss waved his hand: "If you don't get it, forget it, let him go, more is better than less." The second child let go of his hand and scolded: "Puppy day, don't get out of here!" The thief glared at the second child viciously, and quickly disappeared with a bow. The second child wanted to scold again, but he heard the boss say: "Okay! We're almost done, check out! After the six left, the field quickly returned to normal, and the music began again.

Wang Hou saw that the matter over there was over, so he pretended not to see them, and the two of them came out because they didn't want to cause trouble. Qiao Lin said in a low voice: "Those people, are they from the fleet?" It seems that they are in trouble. Wang Hou was stunned and waited for her to say what was going on, but Qiao Lin's words made Wang Hou worried. It turns out that the people of Guli are divided into five classes: Huihui, Nankun, Zhedi, Geling, and Papaya, the Hui people are the most noble, and the Papaya people are the most humble.

The thief who was caught just now had a string of Buddha beads on his wrist, originally Guli was a Buddha country, and it was not uncommon to wear Buddha beads on his wrist, and the string of wrist beads was black and not eye-catching. But Princess Jolene had sharp eyes and recognized at a glance that it was made of agarwood, which means that the black Buddha beads were ten times more expensive than the golden Buddha beads! Not to mention a thief, even ordinary people can't afford to wear such wristballs! It can be inferred from this that the child just now is not a real thief, and there must be another reason why he came to steal money!

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