Chapter 50: The Gamble of Pretending to Be a Criminal
"You kid, how do you talk? What do you mean by being unsightly?"
Li Chengji glared at Li Xuan: "But this matter really needs to be kept secret and not let others know." Otherwise, we wouldn't need to sneak out of the city and board the boat outside the city. ”
Li Xuan became even more curious about what Li Chengji was going to do: "What is it, can you always say it now?"
"When you get to the place, you can naturally know that it is a little far away in Panyang Lake. Swimming against the current, it may not be until tomorrow morning. ”
Li Chengji is still secretive: "It's not that I don't believe you, but the stakes are high." Before the matter is accomplished, neither your brother nor I dare to divulge a word, so as not to attract the enemy in advance. You don't know those supernatural means of overhauling, as long as I mention a word here, they may be sensed. ”
Li Xuan's expression was slightly abrupt, thinking to himself that what they were going to do this time was so dangerous?
Also, this time I actually went to Panyang Lake? Can I really get there tomorrow morning? You must know this world, but in the enlarged version, it is thousands of miles away from Nanjing.
According to Li Xuan's estimate, in half a day, it would be very good for them to walk three or five hundred miles.
But then Li Xuan remembered that this was a world where the immortal law appeared, and it could not be treated with common sense.
Not long after, a small sailboat with two floors slowly approached, Li Yan didn't wait for the ship to dock at the dock, he took a stride and went directly to the deck of the ship: "There is no need to dock, quickly turn to the sail." ”
The boat family above is clearly a family, a sixty-year-old man, a pair of sturdy middle-aged women, and a girl who is only four years old. The three adults all recognized their father and son, and bowed down on the deck: "We untouchables meet our uncle." ”
"No need to be polite!" Li Chengji also followed, and he stretched out his hand to help: "It's hard work, I need you to take a night boat today and take our father and son to Poyang Lake." ”
He threw over two ingots of ten taels of silver: "This is the fare of the ship, and the excess can prepare a table of wine and food for us, so that our father and son can have a drink or two." ”
The boatman was grateful, and the fare for the boat to Poyang Lake plus a table of wine and food, where did he need twenty taels? Five taels was too much.
Li Xuan watched from behind, and couldn't help grinding his teeth for a while. He estimated the distance to the sailboat, then took a few steps back, and after a little run, he leaped to his feet, and landed on the deck of the sailboat.
"Not bad. Li Yan sighed, and walked to the bow of the boat and sat down a little stupidly: "Let's have a few pots of rice wine first, and then something to accompany the wine." ”
Li Chengji is satisfied with his long beard, if Li Xuan is a little lazy in the practice of the god and thunder indefinite, he will definitely not be able to jump off this ship.
His performance this time even surprised him, just because Li Xuan's posture on the ground was very stable and did not sway at all, which showed that he still had spare strength, without a little reluctance.
When the boatman had finished turning on the river and hung up the canvas again, the little sailboat was immediately like a cheerful swimming fish, galloping upstream. Not only is it faster than a modern speedboat, but the hull is also very stable and does not wobble at all.
Li Xuan observed and sensed it carefully, and found that there was a force that was pushing the boat they were riding to move quickly upstream.
At first, he thought it was his father's brother's handiwork, but then he felt that it was wrong.
"It's the 虺 (huǐ) dolphin under the command of Ying Tianshui Jun, I borrowed it to pull the boat. Otherwise, how can we reach Panyang Lake in half a day?"
Li Yan spoke out to solve Li Xuan's doubts, and at the same time poured a pot of wine in his hand into the water.
In the next moment, there were more than a dozen large fish that looked like dolphins but were several times larger, jumping happily from the water.
Li Yan couldn't help but chuckle and said: "A group of greedy goods, hurry up, I'll prepare ten jars of bamboo leaf green for you afterwards." ”
The speed of this sailboat has really increased a lot. It is also thanks to the sturdy hull of this ship, and the boatman at the helm is also very capable, and under the rapid speed, he has always firmly controlled the direction of this sailing ship.
Li Xuan thought to himself that their family was on this Yangtze River, and it was really a bit of a row.
The so-called Yingtian Water King is the water dragon king of the Yangtze River section in Yingtianfu. As the Nanjing of the Great Jin Dynasty, Ying Tianfu is undoubtedly the one with the highest personality among all the dragon monarchs in the entire Yangtze River, comparable to the dragon monarchs of Dongting and Panyang.
And these 'dolphins' pulling boats are dolphins with dragon blood. The so-called five hundred years into Jiao, Jiao thousands of years into a dragon.
They are also very rare in number and very precious. But even if the dragon courts in the major rivers and lakes are financially constrained, they will raise a few. Whenever the dragon king goes out on patrol, he always needs a few 'dolphins' to pull the cart to fill the scene.
The boat's food was served quickly, and a table was set up at the bow of the boat in a short time. Li Xuan tasted a few bites casually, and there was a bit of surprise in his eyes, these dishes were very good, not as good as the chef at home, but they had a unique flavor. Especially the fish soup, which made him have an endless aftertaste.
"What they usually do is the business of literati and elegant customers, without this skill, how can they attract customers? ”
Li Yan drank wine and looked at Li Xuan with a somewhat ridiculous smile: "Little brother, don't you boast of your outstanding literary talent, and you were originally the first to take the exam? But I have no ink on my chest, and I can't say why. But you, little brother, might as well write a poem today, so that my father and I can see your talent. ”
"Why not?"
Li Xuan glanced at him: "But this poem can't be in vain, it needs a colorful head." ”
He is a person who is familiar with Tang and Song poems, and he is actually underestimated.
Li Yan smiled dumbly, and put a dragon-shaped jade pendant in front of Li Xuan: "As long as it's not a crooked poem, it's a little passable, and this thing will be yours." I'll give you a moment, is that enough?"
Li Xuan glanced at it: "Han Jiaojue, are you serious?"
This is a low-grade magic weapon, although it is not a powerful thing, and its effect is only to store a certain amount of cold true yuan, and slightly increase the cold power of Wu Xiu's hand. But the value of any magic weapon will not be less than 10,000 taels of silver.
Li Yan waved his hand indifferently: "Your eldest brother will never break his word." ”
"Then it's settled. Li Xuan looked around, he looked at the remnant sun in the sky that had reached the horizon, and then looked at the sparkling water, and then smiled and chanted: "A remnant sun spreads in the water, half the river is sorrowful and half the river is red." Pity the third night of the first month of July, the dew is like a real pearl and the moon is like a bow. ”
The sunset is about to set, and the glow is softly spread on the river, half of the river is green, half is bright red.
The loveliest thing is the night of the third day of the seventh month, when the dew drops are like pearls, and the bright crescent moon is shaped like a curved bow.
Li Yan's whole person froze suddenly, and he couldn't even know that the wine poured out of the wine jug hit the placket of his clothes. Li Xuan smiled and took the 'Han Jiaojue' over: "Big brother loves, little brother I will laugh and accept!"
It feels very good to pretend to be forced with the poetry of the ancients every day, not to mention that it is profitable.