Obviously, the dragon girl didn't know where her father sent Ji Yuan to Shuifu, so the location where the canopy boat and Ji Yuan were sent to the river was only a dozen miles north of Shuifu.

As he paddled and looked at the surrounding mountains with a blurred vision, and saw the snow-covered farmland and snow-capped forests along the river, he gradually realized that he might need to paddle a long waterway to get to the fishing spot before.

In the case of not knowing how long the specific road is, Ji Yuan also slowly accelerated the speed of the oars, and the speed of the boat was much faster with the increase of strength.

In fact, ordinary old fishermen can also reach the current speed of Ji Yuan, and it can last for a while, but they can't continue with Ji Yuan almost without losing any energy.

When rafting, Ji Yuan also tried his best to observe the scenery along the coast, and looking at the white, he knew that the "first snow" three days ago should have been falling for a long time.

At this moment, the speed of the boat's progress is about equal to that of ordinary people trotting, and Ji Yuan, who has re-put on the hat, is not in a hurry to speed up again, anyway, after eating so many good things in Shuifu and drinking ambergris, I feel that I can maintain the speed and row to the end of the Tongtian River.

And maybe because of the existence of the chess pieces, Ji Yuan has a feeling that Yin Fuzi should not be able to reach the champion crossing.

When I rowed until the evening, I estimated that I had traveled seventy or eighty miles of waterway, and I still didn't see Zhuangyuandu, but I saw a building boat moving slowly in front of me.

When I went out on such a cold day, I don't know if I came out to enjoy the snow along the river.

The huge oars on the stern of the building boat are swaying from side to side, and it is estimated that the pedal boatman inside is not very fast at the moment.

At this time, the sky was not completely dark, and there were already people on the building ship who began to hang up the lanterns, through the firelight, Ji Yuan could see that there were words on each lantern, but he couldn't see what was written vaguely, only that the words were the same.

In this way, the building ship must be the private property of a large family, and the words on the lantern are the surname.

Ji Yuan was bored anyway, so he rowed to catch up, guessing what the surname was, and measuring the difficulty level by distance.

Two hundred strokes, close to a lot, at least the font is not blurred in the line of sight, but still not clear.

After another two hundred strokes, it began to have a bit of an outline, and it seemed that it was a lot of strokes.

After another three hundred strokes, Ji Yuan finally had a guess, the surname is roughly like that, judging from the side of the head and the specifications of the lower middle, it may be a "Xiao" character.

This canopy boat is not far from the building boat, even if the cold wind is howling as the sky is getting late, you can clearly hear the melodious music and some conversations on the ship.

Behind the cleats on the top floor of the ship, there were several people standing or lying on the side of the railing, a man with a thick hat and a square crown, a younger man with a cloak and a fur hat, and two servants who were also dressed quite thickly.

The older man still had a glass of wine in his hand, and at this moment he looked at the small canopy boats rowing in the distance, drank the wine, and immediately a servant poured it for him.

"Zhonglou, there are some things, not how you want to be, you grew up with brocade clothes and jade food, under the care of your father and your mother, although you learn literature and martial arts, but you haven't suffered a few times after all?"

On the other hand, Childe was a little unhappy when he heard it.

"Dad, you have to suffer a lot when you practice martial arts, is it appropriate for you to say that if you haven't practiced?"

The old man smiled and pointed to the awning boat on the river behind the boat.

"In the freezing season, on the cold river, the fishermen rush for their livelihood, or have no income for several days, their stomachs are hungry, their bodies are cold, and they dare not rest under the pressure of hunger and cold...... Have you ever suffered this kind of suffering?"

The boy followed his father's hand and looked at the boat on the river, and the boatman had been rowing hard, as if he was powerlessly chasing the lights of the boat in the gradually darkening river.

For some reason, the rebuttal was not spoken.

This son had heard from his own people before that there had been no fresh fish in the market for many days, and even if there were fish, they were transported from other places, and it was rumored that they could not catch or catch fish on the Tongtian River for many days, which was of course very evil, but it could not affect them, the dignitaries, but what about the people who begged for a living on the river?

'Presumably, this fisherman must have traveled a long way down the river to catch some fish?'

"Zhonglou, you and I are still cold wrapped in fur, you look at the fisherman, the clothes are thin under the hat, he can only keep paddling now, and if he stops, maybe the sweat on his body can kill him... Well, he's pretty fast in rowing......"

The old man was preaching, and suddenly found that this Wupeng boat was actually very close to the building boat, and in terms of speed, it had the meaning of rowing a small pulp to catch up with the building boat.

Ji Yuan looked at the few people on the canopy boat on the river, there was an official spirit rising above his head, he should be a person with authority in Gyeonggi Province.

What I heard in my ears was this kind of troublesome gossip that only high-ranking officials and nobles had.

The boy also looked at the awning boat for a while, and finally turned his head to refute his father.

"But I don't want Hongxiu to be my wife, but I can't marry a concubine?"

The father warmed up with another glass of wine before he said with a sneer.

"What is your identity, and what kind of person is she? A prostitute has entered my Xiao family, how do you let your mother arrange a marriage for you, and how do you let the court view my Xiao family, your future career will inevitably be affected!"

"Dad, which of my Dazhen laws stipulates that the eunuch's family cannot marry a Qinglou woman, and Hongxiu is a performer who does not sell herself!"

This boy was obviously a little angry, and even his tone was a little higher.

"Hmph, it's just a lowly person! Besides, it's just a rumor that she doesn't sell her body, won't she just open her skirt to you?"

"You... Dad, you're just a strong word!"

The old man only sneered a few times and paused before speaking.

"Let you come out of this cold river and blow the cold wind to clear your mind, if you choose this step, you may not suffer less than the fishermen on this small boat in the future, or it will be more depressing, Dad will never lie to you!"

When Ji Yuan's canopy boat rowed by, he could even hear the "creak" of the boy's clenched fists, which showed how angry and unwilling he was in his heart.

'Oh, the troubles of the rich and powerful......

Shaking his head, Ji Yuan strengthened slightly, and the awning boat was a little faster, and it had already driven half of the hull of the building boat.

The boy on the boat made shallow finger marks on the wooden railing with his palms, and his eyes moved with the canopy boat, looking at the small boat as if it was struggling to overtake the big boat, his heart seemed to have a sudden realization, and the strength of his fingertips suddenly weakened.

At this moment, Ji Yuan felt something, turned his head upwards and looked at the son, who was already staring at the boat, and suddenly saw the fisherman who had been rowing his head turn his head back and forth, as if he was looking at himself, and he was also slightly stunned.

Ji Yuan nodded at him slightly, smiled and turned back to continue paddling, muttering to himself:

"It's interesting, it's interesting!"

But it's just a little interesting, this Xiao Gongzi's temporary weather changes do not represent a lifetime, maybe he will be interested in knowing a result in the future.

The canopy boat seemed to speed up again, and although it didn't look obvious, it quickly overtook the building boat and left it behind.

On the boat of the Xiao family's building, the boy frowned and looked at the canopy boat for a long time.

"Zhonglou, what do you want to say?"

"Dad, I can't talk about you, let's get the champion position first!"

The old man finally smiled, stroked his beard with his left hand and patted his son's shoulder with his right.

"After I return to Beijing, I will go to you Uncle Liu for tea!"

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