Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Wharf
Two days later, Lin Shan and Jiang Protector galloped and left the county town.
Before leaving, he went to find Wu Yuanwai from the funeral shop in the west of the city and introduced his five younger brothers to Mr. Zhao.
After Mr. Zhao learned that the five of them had "amazing talents" in the "archaeology" major, he immediately became a guest secretary and valued them very much.
Before parting, all the elders of the Zhao family wanted to send Lin Shan away, but naturally they were rejected without hesitation. He didn't want his mother-in-law and mother-in-law, he just wanted to go to the capital to meet fellow immortal cultivators for a while, and by the way, see if there were more ancient rhymes and opportunities over there.
At present, he was carrying 8,000 taels of gold from the Zhao family, all of which were converted into silver tickets from the official designated institutions of the Great Song Dynasty, which were also convenient to carry on the road.
After all, starting from southern Xinjiang all the way, you have to walk to Luzhou Mansion first, then take the waterway Jialing River down the river, cross Jingxiang to Jiangling, and then go all the way north to Bianliang, Tokyo, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.
On the way, it went around and around, tens of thousands of miles.
The surrounding cities passing by naturally can't be let go, and if you encounter an antique with ancient charm, you must take it down.
After all, now I want money and money, and I want strength and strength. There is no need to continue to cringe at all, as long as the appearance is not too ugly, no force dares to provoke an immortal cultivator.
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Leaving Qihe County, at the invitation of Lin Shan, Jiang Protector first accompanied him to his hometown Qinghe County.
It's just that after arriving in Qinghe County, Lin Shan went to the Lin Dart Bureau to inquire secretly, and Master Pu seemed to have never come back since the robbery two years ago.
Lin Shan knew that the robbery was a scene directed and acted by the county guard, and he also confirmed to Jiang Protector that the person who connected that day was indeed Yang Huaili, the county leader.
So he deliberately sneaked into the house of Juncheng in Qinghe County and tortured him by the way.
Yang Juncheng didn't have a temper after being found at the door, and honestly said that after the robbery, there were some survivors who came back, and they were indeed caught and thrown into the prison, but there was no Master Pu in it.
He took Lin Shan and the others to the prison, and saw the dart master under Wang Darttou who was imprisoned inside, and there was indeed no Master Pu. I asked these dart masters, and none of them had ever seen Master Pu being caught.
Lin Shan rescued these people, and Yang Juncheng naturally didn't dare to disobey in the face of the innate master, but had to find a way to hide it, otherwise the county guard knew that he would have no good fruit to eat.
Unable to find Master Pu, Lin Shan could only be treated as if he had hidden in order to avoid pursuit, so he had to give up temporarily.
Then he quietly returned to the Lin Mansion, and Lin Shan did not alarm anyone, just silently looked at the hut where he had lived for ten years, and then left resolutely.
It's just that before leaving, I seemed to hear that there were still clansmen in the Lin family discussing Lin Fan.
A year ago, Lin Fan was specially accepted as a disciple by a passing immortal and taken away to cultivate immortals! At that time, it spread throughout Qinghe County...
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Lin Shan and Jiang Protector went non-stop, and rode to Luzhou for about three days, and the two of them took a little walk around the city, and Lin Shan regretted that he did not find the "favorite" antiques.
But it's normal to think about it, when I was in Qinghe County, I also found a famous painting in the study of the head of the Lin family, and the rest of the Golden Bell or a bunch of Buddha statues and items obtained in Qiqi County were all things of the Black Lotus Sect in the ancient tomb of Yelang.
Listening to the conversation between Lei Zhenzi and the two, the Black Lotus Sect used to be an immortal cultivation sect!
The remaining tokens belong to the legacy of the ancient organization of Nightingale, and the last wave was also fished out by the Zhao family from the major families or folk collections after launching a hundred years of contacts and accumulation, which shows how difficult it is to obtain the ancient rhyme.
Lin Shan didn't expect to pass by a place, he could meet it casually, and after he didn't get anything at the moment, he simply took a boat with Jiang Protector and drifted all the way along the Jialing River.
When taking the boat, Lin Shan saw the mountains on both sides, and couldn't help but think of the famous sentence of his previous life.
"The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed over the ten thousand mountains."
After seeing more scenery, he returned to the canopy and continued to polish and cultivate.
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Half a month later, the two came to Gangneung successfully.
Jiangling is the place where the trade of the nine counties of Jingxiang gathers and is extremely rich, and various century-old families and famous gangs are located here. There are even water bandits from all walks of life blocking the river and robbing them, and the government is inexhaustible.
Such a prosperous city is also a transit place in the northern god capital.
The two got off the dock on the other side, and the boatman who sent them from Luzhou rowed away.
This is a public pier from all over the world, bringing together boats from all over the world. The boatmen could only be sent to them, and the remaining thirty miles of waterway to the pier outside Gangneung City were taken over by the local gang "Sanshouwu".
Want to go to Gangneung? No problem! You can only take the ship of the "three docks".
This kind of domineering behavior just started, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among many parties, but the three heads of the dock not only had a large number of their own gangs, but also had a strong background on the side of the Gangneung government, and over time, local boatmen around Gangneung joined the gang one after another.
If you don't join, you won't have business, and if you can't beat them, you can only join them.
Other foreign ships had no choice but to unload passengers at the pier designated by the three docks, and the rest of the waterway business was handed over to the three docks to be responsible.
After Lin Shan and the others learned about the rules, they had no intention of breaking them, anyway, they were just passing by, and whoever made money drove the boat was the same.
So the two waited in line at the public wharf, after all, Jiangling is the center of Bashu in the west, Jianghuai in the east, and Jingxiang nine counties, and there is a lot of natural traffic.
Under the hustle and bustle, Lin Shan and Jiang Protector also chatted with each other.
Protector Jiang vaguely said along the way that he was also yearning for cultivating immortals, and hoped that Lin Shan could give him a boost. Lin Shan naturally pretended to say that Jiang Protector did not cultivate the Immortal Spirit Root, and he could not do anything about it.
As for himself, although he had three immortal cultivation exercises in his hands, he had no intention of handing them over to Jiang Protector one by one.
After all, these things are all things that can be encountered and unwanted, and I am fortunate to have strengthened them, so how can I casually explain to others.
I was also in exchange with Jiang Protector at the beginning, and neither side owed anyone.
While the two were chatting, large boats and small boats on the river came from the direction of Jiangling from time to time, and hurriedly headed for Dongting Lake downstream.
And from time to time, a large group of people hurried behind him, cutting into the queue and rushing to Dongting Lake by boat.
Some of them were dressed in black, some were dressed in yellow robes and short sleeves, and some of the whole team painted their eyebrows red, I don't know if they thought they were going to the market. The surrounding crowd also began to talk about it.
"What's going on today? So many people go to Dongting Lake? ”
"I don't know! It seems that it was someone from the Hong family of the Lingling County clan who cut in line just now. ”
"I also saw people from the Wuling Great Sect Divine Fist Gang."
"Hey, look, there's another team, the people of Yichang Yudaomen."
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At this time, Lin Shan and Jiang Protector couldn't sit still, not because they had any thoughts about the people on the other side of Jiangling and the people from various counties going to Dongting, but that the people behind them had been cutting in line.
The two of them had arrived here in the morning, but now it was almost noon. There were not many people in the front team, and the ships coming and going were all occupied by these sects that came from behind, and they were transported to Dongting one by one.
The ordinary people in line naturally did not dare to make trouble, and some idle heroes had no choice but to give up when they saw a large number of people, and obediently languished in the sun on the dock.
But the Protector of the Mountains and Rivers can't wait.
Seeing that another team of red-clothed people came to cut in line, Jiang Protector stepped forward directly to stop him, and his words were like gold.
"Go back!"
“???”
The people in red were stunned for a moment, looking at each other constantly, feeling that this person was inexplicably a little crazy.
The young man in the lead frowned at Jiang Protector and said, "This brother, we are from the Imperial Sword Gate, and we have an urgent matter to rush to Dongting, so let me go!" ”
Jiang Protector just said Nunu at the back of the crowd, or two simple words.
"Line up."
“!!!”
At this time, all the red-clothed people in the Royal Sword Gate were blown up, who in the nearby Jingxiangzhou County didn't know about the Royal Sword Gate? There are still people who dare not to give them face!
"Where's the stunned blue?"
"Can you afford to pay for the delay?"
"Don't be embarrassed, get out!"
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It's just that the young man in the lead seems to be very prestigious, but as soon as he raised his hand, there was an instant silence behind him.
"Friend, hurry up! We don't have time to spend here, and as an apology, this ingot is compensation. ”
After speaking, he threw out a horsehoe silver, a full fifty taels, it seemed that he was really anxious, and he didn't want to entangle with people too much.
Jiang Protector didn't bother to stretch out his hand, letting the silver roll on the ground, just simply blocking in front of people.
Now the people in red can't help it, it's just a slap in the face! In front of so many people at the dock, if there is no explanation today, I am afraid that the Royal Sword Gate will become a laughing stock in the rivers and lakes.
At this time, the young man in the lead still stopped his subordinates and did not make a move, but carefully observed the Jiang Protector, but he couldn't see through the cultivation on the other side, and faintly felt that this person seemed to be relying on something.
When he was angry, he hugged his fist: "Let me go crazy in the lower sword gate!" Director of the door, I am the father of the family, dare to ask my brother to give face, if you feel less, you can discuss again! ”
The young man's name is "Let Me Be Crazy", but he is not crazy at all! Lin Shan felt that his father was a little sorry for his character by giving him this name.
"Is it for the sake of reverse?" Lin Shan secretly complained in his heart.
Jiang Protector was unmoved, he waited all morning, naturally it was impossible to continue to cut the queue for others, and said that he would not let the Imperial Sword Gate pass.
As for what door director I swim? Haven't heard of it. Even if you offend? I'm not here anyway, and when I go back to the capital, you dare to come to Nightingale Headquarters to find me?
The young master of the Royal Sword Gate has no choice now, after all, he doesn't even give his father's face as a congenital master, if he doesn't make any moves, it will definitely be difficult to convince the public in the future.
A group of people behind him turned their heads one after another, and when they saw that the young master was no longer speaking, they naturally understood and rushed up.