Chapter Fifty-Seven: Pingtao City Dock
In the morning of spring, when the sky was still bright and late, when Gan Fei walked out of the south gate with his feet and shoes and wide robes and big sleeves, the sky was just bright, and the bustling crowd was already flowing endlessly in the city gate cave, and the prosperity and liveliness of the imperial capital could be seen.
The stall selling fruit next to the gate of the city has been opened, and the man without scales is squatting next to the stall, holding the half-peeled citrus in his hand and eating it with relish, seeing Gan Fei coming out, he hurriedly put the remaining citrus into his arms, threw a baht of copper coins to the stall, and nodded to greet him: "Teng Gongzi, villain Wu Ling, I have been waiting for a long time, please here." β
Wuyan deliberately said it very loudly, and sure enough, he did it very seriously, so the guards guarding the city gate just glanced at Gan Fei, looking at Gan Fei's appearance, most of them were the scholars of the Han clan who were hired by big families to serve as Xixi, this kind of thing is not uncommon, so he walked away without care.
Gan Fei saw that today's outfit was different from the past, the clothes were bright, the brocade clothes were embroidered, although it was not the appearance of the prince of Guijie, but it also seemed to be the right-hand man of the Haoqiang family, it seemed that the realm of the water was still a lot of effort to recruit the handsome people in the world.
Gan Fei returned the salute: "Ha, there is Lao Wu Gong, please quote me." He also pretended to be realistic, and the tone of this crepe speech was still the result of the afterburner learning in the past few days.
Leading the way without scales, he took Gan Fei a few steps, stopped in front of an ox cart parked under the cypress tree on the official road, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and bowed down to invite: "Teng Gongzi, please, the villain will drive the car for Teng Gongzi." β
The preparation was really thoughtful, Gan Fei deliberately showed the politeness of the scholar, owed the debt, walked into the car, and whispered when he rubbed shoulders with Scaleless: "This cow pulling the cart will not be changed by your little demon in the water." β
The scaleless face did not change color, sniffed, and replied with two words: "Rented." Seeing that Gan Fei was already seated in the carriage, he hurriedly lowered the door curtain and said loudly: "Son, sit down, and then let's go." β
The wheels of the ox cart creaked, the cart rumbled, and the scaleless sat in the position of the emperor, snorting from time to time, and the whip in his hand crackled.
When the ox cart left the crowded official road and turned to the small road, Gan Fei in the carriage couldn't help but smile and said: "Think carefully, you can't see it, and the ability to drive a car is a little insufficient, the driver who drives the car will not dress so well like you." β
Scaleless smiled: "There's no way, it's just a villain, and you can only wear multiple hats." β
Gan Fei rolled up the curtain of the cart and stretched his head out to look, the ox cart was wide and comfortable, but the speed was not fast, no matter how the scales urged and scolded, the ox only made a few moo calls, and the four hooves struggled forward, and it was not much faster.
"I remember the place you said was in Poyang County, right?"
"Pingtao City Dock in Poyang County is on the edge of Poyang Lake. A non-regular answer.
"How many years do I have to go according to this situation? I can't run as fast as my own two legs. I said you can't rent a wagon?" Gan Fei was clearly not satisfied with the speed of the ox cart.
Scaleless face bitter: "Childe, you don't know the way, in the entire territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, in addition to the wealthy families, where can there be carriages to rent? β
Uh, thinking about it, Gan Fei suddenly had nothing to say, the Jin State's instruction to recruit folk horses has lasted for several years, not to mention carriages, even ordinary people's horses have become a rarity.
"But don't worry. Seeing that there was no one along the way, he lowered his voice and said: "At night, the villain will naturally cast a spell, which can make this ox have the effect of galloping horses, but it can be reached within three or five days." β
"Ha Luha, and this kind of magic is excellent, very good. Gan Fei relaxed, leaning against the inner wall of the carriage, blowing the oncoming breeze. ...,
"Actually, you don't have to rush so much. Wu Yan said, "The dock master is preparing to make a welcome party for the Junyan invited from all over the country on February 18, it doesn't matter if you arrive early or late, as long as you can get to the dock before the eighteenth." β
Gan Fei snorted lightly: "Why doesn't it matter? I can start doing what I want to do if I arrive early and feel at ease, and the sooner I arrive, the better." β
"Exactly, Childe is going to do great things. "No scales can only echo.
"From what you said, there are some other scholars in the world who have been brought by you dust-related messengers this time?"
"There is more than one villain in the dust messenger, there are seven or eight, that is, in the mortal realm of my clan to seek, the son is knowledgeable, at this time, there are talents but can not be officials, there are many people who can not be appointed, it is said that those dust messengers will not return empty-handed, it is expected that this time there will be more than a dozen people, but well, some of those people will chant poetry and paint, some will make flowers and wood, some are good at building buildings, some are skilled in hand carving, such as the son of such a commander is not, so the villain is extraordinarily courteous to the son, only the son came alone, the villain's credit has overshadowed those messengersγ β
We must rescue these mortals who have fallen into the hands of demons, Gan Fei secretly made up his mind, but he was still peeling back the cocoon to find out some more information from the scaleless mouth: "Pingtao City Dock, you really got a place, who is this dock owner?"
"Don't dare to hide it from the son, this dock master is the transformation of the Absolute Wave Divine Venerable, and he only pretends to be a mortal, he and Ling Tao Divine Venerable have never been at odds, so he gave the name of this city dock, and it is also the Han Ling Tao Divine Venerable. β
Absolute Wave Divine Venerable, this is a powerful character among the three monsters of the water, Gan Fei heard that it was him, not only did he not have the slightest fear in his heart, but he was even extremely excited, the top master among the demons had never had the opportunity to see it, and he didn't know if he could compete, but he wanted to see it. Thinking of the discord between Jue Lang and Ling Tao, he turned his mind to think about the name of the city dock, Ping Tao Ping Tao, if it means depreciation, then this screen word should be read to be dismissed, that is, the meaning of removal, I couldn't help but laugh dumbly, the demon is now a virtue with a lot of boring people, and he still plays such tricks in the text, and laughed at the moment: "Since it is the old monster of Ling Tao, you should not read Ping Tao, but read the Tao Chengwu, even I have not read any books, I know that you are cold enough to be cold, and you want to be vassally elegant?" β
"Exactly, Childe's insightful and extraordinary vulgarity can be compared. No scales could only reluctantly echo again.
Hahaha, it is the first time for Gan Fei to be praised like this, although he knows that he is flattering but also really useful, he opened his mouth very pleasantly and smiled, smiled and smiled, and felt that the bamboo shoes on his feet were very unpleasant, so he took off the bamboo shoes, leaned on his feet, and reached out and rubbed his feet.
Scaleless looked back, wanted to say it but was embarrassed to say it directly, but he still carefully considered the words before saying, "Ah...... This one...... Childe, there is something that the villain wants to talk about first. β
"Tell me!" Gan Fei didn't care.
"This ...... Our Absolute Wave Divine Venerable has a habit of cleanliness, and if the son can do what he likes, the Divine Venerable will definitely look at it differently, and it will definitely be helpful in major events. β
"What do you mean?"
"Uh...... For example, that god hated those scholars who were scattered, not to mention the hot and cold swings, and his body was dirty, and there were a lot of lice......
"Don't worry, this son never obeys, and as long as he takes a bath, there must be no lice on his body, and it's a big deal to take another bath when he gets there. "Gan Fei didn't take it seriously at all.
Only then did Wu Yan carefully say the next words: "Also, the god doesn't like to see people picking their feet and picking their noses, so when the son sees the gods, he can't pick his feet, he can't pick his nose, and he can't pick his nose after picking his feet, which is a big taboo." β...,
Gan Fei heard the sound of the strings, and raised his hand to pat the scaleless head: "Hey, you see me touching my feet and thinking I'm picking my feet? β
"No, no, it's just a momentary thought, a momentary thought, and there is no offense. "It's really hard to serve people, Wuyan thought with some indignation, but he still had to say words to laugh and flatter.
Gan Fei wiped a handful on his feet again, and leaned in front of the scaleless nose: "Besides, this foot doesn't stink, I'm afraid of picking my feet!"
Wu Yan hurriedly responded: "It's not smelly, it's really not smelly, the villain just said this move, the god doesn't like it, and please pay attention to one or two, pay attention to one or two." β
"Don't worry, this son is such an indecent person?" Gan Fei withdrew his hand, almost subconsciously put the hand that had just touched his foot to his nose and smelled it, his heart moved, and he faintly felt that something was wrong, and then he felt something strange in his nose, and unconsciously stretched out his finger into his nose, and suddenly seemed to think of something, quickly put down his hand, pretended to have nothing to do, looked at the scenery along the way, sniffed, was stunned for a long time, and put on the bamboo shoes he took off.
Wuyan didn't make a sound, and drove forward intently, at least, it seemed to be concentrated, otherwise, the frowning expression because of the peculiar smell would fall into Gan Fei's eyes, this is the uncle, how can you offend him because of the smell of his feet?
"Got there...... There's a place to take a bath, right?" Gan Fei said suddenly after a moment of silence.
"Yes, there is a son's rest place in the city dock, and it also specially arranges fragrant soup bathing. Scaleless replied busily.
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This way, no scales tried his best to flatter Gan Fei, lived in the best inn, and ate the most delicious meal, Gan Fei felt that time passed quickly, of course, no scales also suffered once, that was in the inn where he stayed on the first night, he found that Gan Fei's eyes were a little straight when he saw the rogue and coquettish wild swallow who was wandering around in the inn, so he rushed over to flatter: "Childe, although it is an ordinary color, but the figure is okay, the style is enough, the long night is lonely, why don't you ask the villain to warm the bed for Childe in the future?" Who knew that Gan Fei, who had straight eyes in his eyes, suddenly woke up and turned his hand into a big mouth: "Duh......! This son is clean and self-loving, how can he linger in the prostitution? Such filthy words, never mention it again!" "Scaleless aggrieved touched the beaten aching cheeks, and Gan Fei's eighteenth generation ancestor in his stomach, and secretly thought angrily, and still cleaned himself and loved himself? Pure self-love is such a kind of eyes that are about to bulge out of the color of the squint? People, it's really not a thing, what you think in your heart and what you do in your hands are fundamentally two different things! But there was no way, his life was in the hands of others, and he could only retreat in a sneering manner, and the next day he was still salivating and flattering to serve the uncle.
Jiankang to Poyang Lake, the journey is not short, there are thousands of miles away, the ox cart stops and goes, day and night, it still took eight or nine days to the end, in the words of no scales, it is unreasonable to rush too fast on the road, because Gan Fei came as the identity of Teng Xiang who did not know it, in this case, if the spell is cast to drive the ox too fast, will it not make a mortal suspicious?
has come to the vast Poyang Lake, no scales drive the ox cart, along the lakeside path, the wheels in the rugged lake ground bumps endlessly, even with the car on the Gan Fei kept shaking, I don't know how many turns into a few lanes, far away to see a large magnificent dock fort presented in front of you, said to be a dock fort, but almost like a high wall and solid tile manor, is to accommodate 10,000 people at the same time, just afraid will not be crowded.
Gan Fei froze his mind, his spiritual power flowed, and he used the technique of detecting qi and searching for demons, and threw himself directly at the city dock. Unexpectedly, where the spiritual power reaches, there is no black and bloody wind of demon movement, it seems that this Pingtao City Dock is not where the water demon realm is located, and even the demons of the water rarely use spells here. ...,
The ox cart finally stopped in front of the dock fort, and the scaleless turned over and got out of the car, and deliberately shouted loudly: "Teng Gongzi wait, the villain will report inside." β
"There is Lao Wu Gong. Gan Fei sat upright in the car and took the manlike of the scholar.
After a short time, he heard the sound of kicking and stomping, and a loud voice shouted: "Pingtao City welcomes Mr. Teng Ziyan." β
Gan Fei lifted the curtain and saw a man in a big red robe bowing and saluting, standing behind him without scales.
"I have admired the city lord Gao Yi for a long time, and when I saw it today, I was so lucky. Gan Fei returned the salute, and at the same time looked at the man in the big red robe, and said secretly in his heart: "Could this be the Pingtao City Lord?
"Mr. praised it, and Xiao Ke thanked the head of the family. The man in the big red robe straightened up, Gan Fei saw that he was only in his thirties, his face was thin, and his face was shrewd and capable, "The head of the family asked Xiao Ke to apologize to Mr. again and again, Mr. came from afar, the head of the family was going to greet him in person, but the day before yesterday, the lord of the county guard had something important to summon, and the head of the family went to Poyang City, not in the dock, and when he returned the day after tomorrow, he would kiss Mr. Xie." β
Sure enough, he is not a quaint old monster, Gan Fei couldn't help but secretly admire the careful actions of these water demons, if he didn't know it first, this place would be like a local strong and self-reliant Dock Castle, and if what he said is true, the influence of this Dock Castle is even related to the court officials, and even the county guard has important matters to discuss with this Absolute Wave Monster.
Wu Yan hurriedly pointed to the man in the big red robe and introduced: "Teng Gongzi, this one is the head of the city, Fan Gongtai Fan, and when the head of the family is not there, he is the master of everything. As he spoke, he winked at Gan Fei.
Gan Fei Ha got out of the car with a smile, and once again took a deep look, full of scholarly demeanor: "The city lord is gracious, why is Teng so restrained? β
That Fan Gongtai also laughed loudly, and raised his hand to say: "Mr. has worked the journey, and he has entered the city to rest." β
Whether it was Gan Fei or Fan Gongtai, or the scaleless who tended to follow him, when he walked into the city dock, he didn't notice that a slender figure flashed among the reeds outside the city dock.