Chapter 16: The Lonely Boat of the Treasure of Onishi

At the fork of the Chaotianmen River, there is a dilapidated canopy boat, moored by the river, on the square inch deck of the bow of the ship, there is a man dressed in a robe, wearing a bamboo hat, his body is thin, his face is slender, his hair has been dyed with wind and frost, but he is very energetic, because in this warm and cold river, the average strong young man can not stand the cold river breeze.

But this old man who fishes alone in the cold river is not afraid, he is full of energy, he shakes the fishing rod in his hand, the hook flies out, and then a fishing line, the hook hooks a silver carp that runs up the river, and pulls it up directly, he takes the silver carp from the hook and puts it in the bamboo basket; He shook his arm again, and the hook flew out again, and once again he retracted the fishing line, and the hook again hooked a silver carp that was about to sink across the river, and he took it off the hook and put it in the bamboo basket again, and the two fish weighed four or five pounds in total. He sighed and said to himself, "What's the point of fishing like this?"

His name is Lao Jiangtou, his surname is Jiang, he was born by the river, grew up by the river, and the people on the dock did not see him far away from the river, so people called him Lao Jiangtou. Lao Jiangtou carried a fish basket, and the coolies who came and went all the way greeted him, "Lao Jiangtou, I went fishing, how many fish did I catch?" He smiled, squeezed out the folds on his thin face, and without replying, he carried the bamboo basket up the slope.

Lao Jiangtou carried the fish basket, slowly walked into the tofu workshop not far from the slope, and shouted: "Huan'er, give you this big silver carp, you still give me half a piece of old tofu, I went to boil the silver carp tofu soup, warm and nourishing," said and handed a big silver carp to Xiao Huan, who was making a fire in the stove.

"Uncle Jiang, it's such a cold day, I'm going out to fish in the river again", Ye Xiaohuan beckoned, stretched out his hand to take the big silver carp that was jumping around, and put it in the clear water of a large tank.

"Uncle Jiang, you have dinner at my house at noon today, you and Uncle Gen have two drinks, I just bought two bottles of aged Luzhou soju," Xiao Huan greeted Lao Jiangtou with a smile.

"Yuwa'er, I can't drink here with you today, and I want you to come with me and help me take care of someone," Lao Jiangtou said as he lowered his head and cleaned up the fish basket.

"Uncle Jiang, why do you have anyone who wants me to take care of it, you have relatives at home?" Xiao Huan knew that Lao Jiangtou's son had joined the army, and there was no one else in the family.

"It's not a relative, I'll understand if I go with me," Lao Jiangtou waved his hand, reluctant to say more.

"Xun'er is on vacation at the academy today, I'll go to your house immediately, there are guests at home, you go home first to take care of it," he said, took out a large piece of old tofu and more than ten pieces of spiced tofu, wrapped it with a big round lotus leaf, and handed it to Lao Jiangtou, who took the lotus leaf bag, and was not polite, and went out directly uphill.

Xiao Huan took a handful of dry thatch, lit it with a blow fire, stuffed it into the stove, and stuffed it into a small pinch of thin branches, saw that the fire was burning in the stove, and put in a few large dry firewoods, and after a while, the fire in the bathhouse crackled and burned.

I took two pieces of bacon and a piece of preserved fish from the backyard, a handful of dried beans and a packet of red sea peppers, and put them in a bamboo basket. Coincidentally, Ye Xun trotted all the way into the door during the holiday, "Sister, sister, where is it?" "Just shouting in the front yard.

Xiao Huan took a bottle of Luzhou soju and entered Uncle Gen's house, "Uncle Gen, there is someone from Uncle Jiang's house, let me help take care of it, the water in the stove is boiling, you boil the soy milk, Xun'er is on vacation, Xun'er and I will go to Uncle Jiang's house, just come when we go," Uncle Lao Gen's body was fine, nodded and let the two sisters and brothers go by themselves, Ye Xun and Uncle Lao Gen didn't see Uncle Gen for a few days, chatted a few more words, and went out with Xiao Huan.

Xiao Huan put the soju in Uncle Gen's house, took out a bag of white rice for Ye Xun to carry, carried the bamboo basket by himself, and looked at Xun'er, "Stinky boy, if you don't go home these days, you're strong, but it's dark, you guys have nothing to bask in the sun?" He asked teasingly.

"Sister, you don't mention it, carrying water, chopping wood, riding horses, archery, memorizing medical books, and being a carpenter to pull a big saw," Ye Xun scratched his scalp, and a shy smile appeared on his delicate face.

"What the hell, how many days have you been out here? Learn to stink and be poor, what place are you talking about? Still pulling a big saw? Do you have a fever? Xiao Huan was confused, stretched out his white and tender wrist, and reached out to touch Xun'er's forehead.

"Our academy belongs to the Mojia Academy, that is, the black-clothed gang, and I am a special disciple of Dean Zheng's general practice, that is, literature, martial arts, engineering, medicine, and agriculture are all to learn, including picking up big dung and growing vegetables," Ye Xun said proudly.

"No wonder, it turned out to be the Mo family known as Confucianism and Mo, the school run by the short-clothed assistant, I said that the rockery at the entrance of the academy is engraved with the four golden words of "love and non-attack"! ”

"Have you heard? Shunli Qianzhuang's Qian Batian was fired by Yuan Tiandi, and he was also beaten with twenty whips naked in public, Shunli Qianzhuang changed to a new shopkeeper named Hao Daqi, and gave Uncle Lao Gen twenty taels of silver to apologize, saying that it was the cost of soup and medicine," Xiao Huan said excitedly.

The two sisters and brothers didn't see each other for a few days, and they felt more affectionate, talking and laughing and going uphill along the riverside, and soon arrived at Lao Jiangtou's house.

The small courtyard where Lao Jiangtou lives leans against the river, surrounded by a bamboo fence in front, the whirring river breeze blows in his ears, the top of his head is facing the upright cliff, and the bottom is the rushing and turbulent river, and the apes on both sides of the bank keep playing and playing, making a squeaking sound.

Pushing open the small bamboo door of the small courtyard, Xiao Huan entered the courtyard, and called Uncle Jiang crisply, only to see Lao Jiangtou holding a ball of bloody cotton cloth in his hand to greet him, Xiao Huan couldn't help but be taken aback, "Uncle Jiang, did you kill a fish and cut your hand?" I couldn't help shouting, but I was called into the house by Lao Jiangtou, and I saw a man dressed in white and covered in blood lying on the bed in the house.

This person is injured after falling off the cliff Jinghe, that day she was bitten by a pit viper, she fell off the cliff with the black bear, she instinctively hugged the neck of the black bear, fell down together, she heard the whirring wind, hugged the black bear tightly, the body shook intuitively between the falls, the wind whistled and hit the pine branches that were slanted out of the cliff, the pine tree bounced up and followed the fall, and only heard a bang and fell on something, and passed out.

According to Lao Jiangtou, yesterday before noon, he went to the river under the cliff to go fishing, sat on the deck of the front cabin, put down the hook, saw that the fish drifted suddenly moved, the fish bit the hook, was waiting to reel in the hook, only to hear the loud sound of "dong" behind him, his canopy boat shook for a while, so shocked that his fishing rods were thrown in the river, only to see the bamboo strip canopy behind him collapsed, and there was a scarred girl lying in the cabin, he was blinded all of a sudden, only heard that the sky will rain and snow, how can it fall into? This is what is sung in the play, a sister Lin fell from the sky?

Lao Jiangtou saw that the girl was unconscious, and there was no one to help him, fortunately, not far from his house on the shore, he had to carry him into the house alone, he was also a doctor of some skills, and gave the girl some pills for the treatment of internal injuries, and fed the girl some water, at dawn today, the girl in white was awake, but she couldn't speak, and saw that there was no suitable food at home, so she went to the river to catch a silver carp, and asked Xiaohuan to take care of it, after all, he couldn't clean the woman's wounds as a man.

Ye Xun listened to what happened, and said: "She is Jinghe, the apprentice of Master Juejing, the gang is making a fuss, and she has sent someone to look for it for more than ten hours, but it turns out that she is here," and told the black-clothed gang about finding Jinghe and finding the treasure in the river, and the old Jiangtou changed his face when he heard it and said, "The treasure in the river has been found", Ye Xun only cared about talking about the experience of the day, and he didn't notice the change in the expression of the old Jiangtou.

"I have to inform Master and Master Juejing as soon as possible, Jinghe has found it," Ye Xun watched Xiao Huan cleaning the scars on the body of the woman in white, and hurried to Zhendao Academy to report the news.

And said that after Zheng Yi and Master Juejing heard Ye Xun's report, they were overjoyed, and hurriedly rode fast horses with Ye Xun and rushed to Lao Jiangtou's house, and the two thanked Lao Jiangtou repeatedly, Lao Jiangtou said: "That girl is injured, I have given him a decoction, the person is awake, just in the house, please go over and take a look." ”

Zheng Yi hurriedly walked in front of Jinghe, checked the injuries on his body, stretched out his two fingers again, put them on Jinghe's wrist, showed a puzzled look on his face, looked at the towering Baizhang high cliff above through the bamboo window, and said: "Mr. Jiang, the snake venom has been cleared, Jinghe can escape from death, Mr. is really a wonderful hand to rejuvenate."

"Mr. Zheng praised falsely, let me dare to be, I am also a rough doctor, the antidote to snake venom is my standing herbs, because the riverside is damp, there are many scorpions, centipedes, poisonous snakes and other poisonous insects, the wound is known to be bitten by a pit viper, the internal injury of the female baby is not light, she took an ancestral Yin and Yang Dan, fortunately, this female baby has a big life, everyone knows that you are a miracle doctor in Chongqing, please give this female baby another consultation, so as not to omission," the old Jiangtou is an old and kind person, and he chattered to Zheng Yixu.

"I've been diagnosed just now, the Yin and Yang Great Pill is a life-saving pill, Jinghe Little Master can live thanks to you, the poor nun and Jinghe don't dare to say thanks, the thank you gift is meager, some mundane things, please smile," Master Juejing took out a brocade box and a jasper Ruyi, and handed it to Lao Jiangtou with his chin head, Lao Jiangtou insisted on not accepting it: "It is my duty to save the dead and help the injured in danger, I dare not accept your generous gifts, please don't force it." ”

"Master, the old gentleman is a master who lives in seclusion, and he has a generous and benevolent ancient style, so you don't have to be reluctant, we will take the patient to the hospital for treatment, and in the future, the old gentleman has a life, and all the disciples of my Mo family must go all out to repay Mr. Dade, we will come to the door to thank you after arranging Jinghe Master." Zheng Yi said goodbye to the Awakening Master and arranged a big car to send Jinghe to the Rejuvenation Hall for treatment and recuperation.

Ye Xun sent Mr. Zheng and Master Juejing to go, and then asked Lao Jiangtou to go to the tofu workshop together, when he arrived at the tofu workshop, Uncle Lao Gen had already cooked the soy milk, poured the soybean milk into a cloth bag in a large wooden box, added brine, pressed a large wooden board on it, and put a piece of bluestone on the wooden board, the water in the soy milk was drained, and the old tofu was formed.

"Brother Gen, the treasure of Onishi in the river is out of the water, you know, right?" Lao Jiangtou saw Uncle Gen, glanced at Uncle Gen and asked.

"For decades, the Southern Ming Dynasty and the Qing court have not fished out the treasures, so why did they come out of the water? Where to start? Uncle Lao Gen frowned, "You come to the back room with me," Uncle Lao Gen pulled Lao Jiangtou into Uncle Gen's room, closed the door, and made Xiao Huan and Ye Xun outside the door inexplicable.

Uncle Lao Gen learned the root cause of today's search for people to pull out the treasure by pulling the net, fell into contemplation, and said for a moment: "The two of us are entrusted by the King of Jin for two generations, and we also bear the heavy responsibility of returning the wealth and the people, but we only have half a treasure map, for the safety of Xiao Huan Xun'er's two children, we have to hide incognito and hide in this remote countryside." ”

"Our two brothers have also seen the half of the treasure map, the mountains and rivers painted by the geographical scenery, not the Jialing River estuary area, the Jin prince with four thousand soldiers and horses along the river retreat to the mouth of the river, but also with many Western generals with their families, dozens of grain and heavy military ships were shelled by the Nanming Zeng Ying Department on the shore, sinking many ships, although we defeated Zeng Ying tens of thousands of people, but also suffered heavy casualties, the waves here are deep and deep, when fleeing for their lives, they can't take care of salvage, presumably the sunken gold and silver treasures of the war," Lao Jiangtou sank and said.

"There are dozens of grain ships and military pay ships that sank in that battle, with the strength of you and me and his sister and brother, how to compete with the imperial court, you have good water nature, I saw the opportunity to act during the salvage in the past two days, and first found out, I made an appointment with Lao Zhaohua to come and ask him what his good plan is," Uncle Lao Gen finished speaking, and turned his head to look at the courtyard, "Don't tell Xiao Huan Xun'er first, it's important to keep the blood of the prince of Jin."

"Uncle Gen, Uncle Jiang, what are you muttering? The silver carp tofu soup is stewed, as well as spiced dried tofu, peanuts, and ready-made Luzhou old roast, can you drink some? Ye Xiaohuan knocked on the door, showed a weird smile, invited the two brothers to the courtyard, and put the wine and food on the table.

The fish is a fresh silver carp caught by Lao Jiangtou, stewed with old tofu to make soup, and the aroma is overflowing, but Uncle Jiangtou Gengen drank a few sips of wine, put the wine cup aside, and ate rice, "Two old men, what's wrong today, usually a thousand cups are not drunk, but today I put down the wine glass without drinking two taels," Ye Xun and these two were used to joking, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"In the past two days, the wind and waves on the river have been high, so let's drink less on the river," Lao Jiangtou stood up, waved his hand, stretched his waist, and walked slowly to the dock.