Chapter 65: The Old Man on the River
Every time Shen Chaixing swims in the water, he is in a very happy mood, it is a special feeling, as if he is back to the days of fishing in the Xiangxi waterhole, the cool but warm water makes him feel kind, and sometimes he even feels that he is back in his mother's arms, safe, comfortable, and no longer lonely.
Similarly, Shen Chaixing's feeling for Lan Yue was cordial, and this feeling began at the moment when he witnessed Lan Yue's assassination of Jiang Yulin on Jingshi Changjie that day. In Shen Chaixing's world, everything is illusory, and only feelings are real. It's like Shen Chaixing's feeling for Zhu Yunzhen is "beauty", and Zhu Yunzhen represents everything in the world.
Shen Chasing Star chased towards the blue moon that was still in the water, and at the same time his eyes scanned the two sides of the river, looking for a suitable place to land, and suddenly found that someone on the left shore was sweeping forward with a sword, thinking that this must be the chasing soldier that Lan Yue said, he must have wanted to set up an ambush in front, and hurriedly swam towards the blue moon.
Shen Chaixing caught up with Lan Yue, patted Lan Yue, pointed to the left bank, Lan Yue immediately understood that it was Bai Shidao and Liu Yi chasing after him, and the two discussed, if they went ashore from the right side at this time, if the other party crossed the river with the help of bridges and boats to chase, with Lan Yue's current physical strength, it was passive, it was better to dive to the bottom of the river, as long as they reached the river, they could get out of trouble, their hearts moved, the two of them held their breath and dived to the bottom of a big boat.
Shen Chaixing held his breath, and the nine true qi in his body circulated internally in his body, which was not much different from usual on land, so Shen Chaixing felt fresh and fun. Shen Chaixing noticed something abnormal, and hurriedly grabbed the vein gate of Lan Yue's left hand, and separated two true qi into Lan Yue's body, and the lack of true qi in Lan Yue's body was connected again, and Jin Dan, who was a little uneasy just now, suddenly quieted down.
At this time, although Bai Shidao and the two did not find a bridge in front, they found that there was a narrow part of the river, so they squatted there, and the two looked for the clear river with their eyes. However, half an hour passed, and there was no one in the river except for the boats coming and going, so the two had to return in a huff.
Blue Moon and Shen Chasing Xing sucked at the bottom of the boat, Shen Chasing Xing used two purposes, on the one hand, he continuously output internal force to Blue Moon to heal his injuries, and on the other hand, he watched the underwater swimming fish with great interest, and Blue Moon concentrated on healing.
I don't know how long it took, the two found that the water area widened, the river deepened, the water flow accelerated, and the water color became slightly turbid, knowing that they had left the Cao River waterway and entered the waters of the Yangtze River, and saw that the blue moon had almost recovered, so they surfaced their bodies and took a big breath, no matter how high the internal strength was, but they would also feel uncomfortable after a long time of internal breathing, and it was always pleasant to breathe fresh air. The two had time to exchange names at this time, and Shen Chaixing talked about seeing Lan Yue on the long street in the capital that day, and Lan Yue suddenly sighed, as if she was in another world.
At this time, it was the height of summer, the two of them soaked in the river water, the river breeze blew, sending the smell of fresh aquatic plants, Shen Chaixing suddenly felt a little hungry, the two were about to land here, looking for a place to eat, suddenly found that the boat slowly stopped, and then looked, there was a ship with the flag of the Yulin Army in the distance sailing in his direction, busy diving into the bottom of the boat, Shen Chaixing put his ear on the wall of the ship, and eavesdropped on the movement of the boat.
After a while, I heard someone jump up and search, and the boat boss took out the customs clearance paperwork. It turned out that the nearby river and the generation along the river were blocked by the Yulin Army and the Jinyi Guard. The boat that Shen Chasing Xing and Blue Moon "boarded" from under the water was a transport ship from Wuxi, which was a fleet with a total of twenty boats, which was the largest leading ship.
After the inspectors left and the boat started again, the two surfaced, Shen Chaixing spit out a mouthful of river water, and said with a sad face: "It's impossible to go ashore to eat a big meal now, I don't know why, I've been feeling hungry lately, like a woman who is pregnant with a child." β
When Lan Yue heard this, she couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't make me laugh, my wound will open when I smile." Also, you are hungry not because you are pregnant with a child, but when you are growing your body, I can eat it when I am as old as you, especially the braised pork made by my chef Lao Wangβ’β’β’β’β’β’" said this, and thought of his family members in prison, and suddenly felt sad.
Shen Chaixing saw that Lan Yue's face changed abruptly, knowing that he might think of his family, and he felt the same way, so he changed the topic and said, "Why don't I dive now and catch some fish and shrimp to eat raw." I heard my father once say that when he went east along the river and crossed the ocean, there was an island country inhabited by the Japanese people, and the inhabitants of the island were the best at eating raw fish and shrimp, and the food they made had a different flavor, but they had to prick themselves before eating. β
Blue Moon was curious, "Why is that?"
Shen Chaixing smiled and said, "I don't know, Daddy said it's called 'sashimi'." β
Lan Yue couldn't cry or laugh when she heard this, so she could only stretch her face and say, "In that case, I won't eat it, it's really not cost-effective to think about it." β
Suddenly, someone on the boat shouted: "The ship has prepared wine and food, why don't you two come up and eat some?"
At this time, the boat had already gone north from the river road and entered the Cao Canal Road, and the two no longer had scruples, performed light work, and got on the big boat.
There were two people standing on the bow deck of the boat, both in their thirties and forties, Lan Yue saw that the first person was the Cao Gang leader Fu Lao Liu whom he had seen at the Loyalty Alliance Conference, and the person behind him was Cheng Zhijie, the Cao Gang who had seen him outside Jiangyin City, but he didn't know his name that day, but Cheng Zhijie did not embarrass himself that day, and the act of helping to bury the body afterwards left a good impression on Lan Yue, so he smiled at him first, which was regarded as a hello.
I saw that the rich old man stepped forward with a smile, hugged his fists and said: "Your Excellency is the blue moon and blue son, in the Xia Cao gang rich old man, I will first declare that although this gang is in the Loyalty Alliance, it has no ill will towards the son." β
said to Shen Chaixing: "It's windy on the water, why don't we go into the cabin and talk about it?"
Shen Chaixing looked at Lan Yue, Lan Yue nodded slightly, and the two of them secretly raised their skills and walked into the cabin.
Since this boat is the main boat for the helper, the cabin is spacious and comfortable, and it is divided into three floors, with a large living room on the third floor and a bedroom for the helper on the side.
The places where Blue Moon and Shen Chasing Star passed through were all guarded by young gangs, but none of them carried weapons. Obviously, the rich old six was afraid that Blue Moon would misunderstand, so he deliberately withdrew his weapon aside.
The wine and food have indeed been set up on the table, Lan Yue thought to herself that her Jindan Dafa is inviolable, and she is not afraid of the other party's poisoning, I don't know how Brother Shen is, seeing that his internal strength is so strong, especially above me, it should be fine. Let's listen to how the rich sixth man explains, if I really make a move, I only need to catch him first, and I will have no fear.
Seeing that the two of them were wet, the rich sixth wanted someone to take them to change their clothes, but Lan Yue didn't dare to leave the rich sixth before he knew the details, so he smiled and said: "You don't have to change it, my brother is hungry, let's eat it." After that, when the Jindan Dafa was transported, the water vapor on his body suddenly steamed, and there were not many clothes in the summer, so he dried the clothes after a while. Shen Chaixing can't do it, and he also learns to dry clothes. The rich sixth man saw it and admired it.
The rich old man persuaded him to drink and eat, and the two of them were suspicious, and they must taste every wine and food by themselves.
Blue Moon is not afraid of the Jindan Dafa Original, but Shen Chaixing is really hungry, and he doesn't think about it so much, so he eats a lot.
During the banquet, Fu Lao Liu talked about the past, it turned out that Fu Lao Liu had many times in his early years through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to the north to transport materials, grain and grass to the army, once, along the way encountered a storm, delayed the military aircraft, was accepted by the officers and generals tied up, after the beating had to behead the head, at that time happened to be met by Lan Yu, after asking about the situation, not only released Fu Lao Liu, but also made up all the freight silver he deserved, and ordered not to embarrass them in the future. Since then, the Cao Gang has been doing smoothly in the business of transporting military funds, and the rich old six felt that Lan Yu's kindness had prepared a generous gift to give to Lan Yu, but Lan Yu was returned intact. After the meeting of the Loyalty Alliance, Fu Lao Liu secretly told several helmsmen in the gang that if he met Blue Moon, he would just act like a person in front of him, but he would help Blue Moon behind his back to repay his kindness in the past.
As soon as the rich old six said this, Lan Yue thought about it, and the two sides suddenly got a lot closer, of course, with Lan Yue's prudence, he would not completely trust the other party because of the rich old six. The two sides talked about the wine, and during the chat, Lan Yue asked about the whereabouts of Fu Lao Liu's trip, and Fu Lao Liu saw that there were no outsiders, so he told the truth, this time it was indeed through the canal to Beiping to transport Jiangnan rice and other things, but it would be transferred to Taizhou for a short stay. Qi Shiliang, the leader of the Taizhou Salt Gang, is the sworn brother of the rich sixth, and the boat will secretly carry the salt gang to the north.
After the banquet was over, Lan Yue and Shen Chaixing were arranged to live in the bedroom of the third-story gang leader, because they were two people, the rich sixth specially added a bed and found some change of clothes.
After the rich sixth man arranged everything to leave, only the two of them were left with Blue Moon and Shen Chasing Xing, Lan Yue saw that Shen Chasing Star always showed a smile that could not be hidden, so she asked curiously: "What's wrong with you, laughing like this, can't you eat honey?"
Shen Chaixing said: "Is honey really delicious? I have seen beekeepers in the countryside, but I have never heard of honey is delicious, it seems that the Hou Ye is different from us countrymen, and the food is so β’β’β’β’β’β’ exquisite!"
Lan Yue didn't know how to answer for a while, so she simply stopped asking and prepared to fall asleep.
Shen Chaixing saw that he was no longer talking, and when he made sure that no one was eavesdropping around, he asked Lan Yue in a low voice, "Where are you going to go in the future?"
Lan Yue said: "I don't know the specifics, I have friends in Jiangyin who don't know how life and death are, but now I can't go over to investigate." Earlier, a Taoist priest told me a fortune teller and told me 'Xuanwuji', so I should go north, what about you?"
Shen Chaixing didn't answer and asked, "Have you heard of King Wu's treasure?"
Lan Yue was shocked in her heart and said, "How do you know this?"
Shen Chaixing didn't dare to say that he was the descendant of Queen Wu, firstly, he was afraid that he would not believe it, and secondly, he had his own childish thoughts, what if Zhang Shicheng and Lan Yu had a grudge against each other? So he just said that his father was the "blood thief" Shen Heng back then, so he had a clue to King Wu's treasure in his hand.
Then he said to Lan Yue: "Why don't you go to the north for the time being, let's get off the boat in Taizhou and take the treasure of King Wu?"