Chapter 20 A pot to please the gods, a pot to honor the soul
Now just after the twilight of spring, Feng Wudao sits on the passenger boat, looking at the white rapids under the boat, the clear waves swirling, and then looking at the green peaks on both sides of the river embracing precipitation, the trees are luxuriant, and the mountains are handsome, but it adds a bit of interest to this boring road. In addition, after the rain has passed, the woods and mountain streams are a little cold, and the apes in the distance have been singing for a long time.
Yu Wenyong lay on the bow of the boat and vomited a lot of meat. He wiped the corners of his mouth and looked at Feng Wudao: "You know that I am seasick, do you mean not to ride a horse, but you want to take a boat?"
Feng Wudao still had half a pot of sake left in his hand, and he poured half of it into the lake: "It's really boring to drink by yourself, and I invite the gods in the rivers and mountains to have a drink." ”
"I ask you, why didn't you say that?"
"Yuwen Gongzi has wronged me, and it is rare for me to have a good heart. ”
"Kindness? What kindness can you have?"
Feng Wudao said with a smile: "I see that Prince Yuwen is eager to avenge Master Yuwen, so I chose to take the water route instead of the land route." Isn't that kind, but what?"
"We're going all the way north, where can you go by water?"
"I don't know this Yuwen Gongzi, this is called Beiwangjiang. Everyone knows that most rivers are from their backs to the south, from west to east. But these mountains and rivers are the same as people, there are always a few that are not as good as the customs, but they want to go against the flow of the world. This is the case with the Beiwang River, which flows from south to north, not only that, but this river is steep and the water is turbulent, not to mention a thousand miles a day, it is always better than riding a horse. Besides, if you are traveling on horseback, you have to find an inn to stay in on the way, which is inconvenient. I'm not kind, what is it?"
After hearing it, the boatman laughed and said, "This son seems to be quite familiar with the mountains and rivers, but he is a local?"
Feng Wudao glanced back at the boatman, his eyes narrowed slightly: "The boatman laughed, where am I familiar, but I once read a book, but I specifically mentioned Beiwangjiang, and when I arrived here today, I remembered it." ”
"I see. Since the son is the first time to come here, you can stay a few more days, the peaks on both sides of the river, although not to say how famous, but also a rare beauty, just this season, the best to go up the mountain. The boatman said.
"Boatman, I have heard that there are many mountain bandits here, who often rob pedestrians, and if those thieves are in a good mood, they will have some money, and if they are in a bad mood, they will be killed for money. I wonder why the boatman dares to do business here?"
The boatman looked at the mountain peak and said, "Son, life is not easy, even if you know the danger, what can you do? If you have no money, even if you have this life, it will only be a drag." The old and young in the family are waiting for me to take the money home, not daring, but helpless. ”
Feng Wudao smiled slightly, but stopped talking.
In the blink of an eye, it was already dusk, and the boatman brought wine and food.
"Two sons, it's time to eat, this fish I just caught from the river today, it's very fresh, it must be a combination of the two sons." And this wine, which I bought from a tavern in the city, is not that I am stingy, but the price of this wine is to be calculated separately. ”
Yu Wenyong had already cleaned all the things in his stomach during the day, but he was so hungry that he said to the boatman: "Okay, I know, since the two of us are on your boat, are you afraid of missing your money for wine and food?
Seeing that Yu Wenyong's tone was not good, the boatman hurriedly apologized: "Don't be angry, I won't disturb the two, please eat, please eat." ”
Feng Wudao looked at the boatman, and tapped his fingers on the table a few times.
And where can Yu Wenyong care whether Feng Wudao eats or not, along the way, all kinds of expenses are his silver taels, and he is already dissatisfied with Feng Wudao, if Feng Wudao doesn't eat, it just saves him money.
Feng Wudao looked at Yu Wenyong, who was swept away, and said with a smile: "Yuwen Gongzi eat slowly, I'm afraid that no one will rob you of this meal." ”
"Rob, where is there anyone else here but you and me? You have to say the boatman, if he comes to eat, I just save money for a meal. Yu Wenyong raised his head and took a sip of wine and said.
"The boatman, Yuwen Gongzi can invite the boatman to come and eat with him, if he agrees, I will pay for this meal." ”
"Is this true?" Yu Wenyong glanced at Feng Wudao.
Feng Wudao smiled: "Seriously!"
"Boatman, boatman!"
Yu Wenyong suddenly shouted loudly to the boatman. The boatman came out of the shed and asked with a smile, "Two sons, what are your orders?"
Yu Wenyong pointed to the wine and food on the table and said, "You sit down and eat together." ”
"It's not going to be okay. When the boatman heard this, he hurriedly refused.
Yu Wenyong saw that the boatman was unwilling, and saw Feng Wudao's playful expression, and said: "Let you sit down and eat, you just sit down and eat, where is the nonsense." Don't worry, even if you eat, the cost of this meal will not be less than yours. ”
"I still can't help it, the two sons enjoy it slowly, if there is no other command, I will enter first. So saying, the boatman stepped into the canopy.
Feng Wudao smiled, "What's the matter? That boatman doesn't want to sit down and eat, right?"
"Cut, what a villain, I'm afraid I'm not worried that you and I will blackmail him for food, don't eat, anyway, I will eat it myself, and pay for it myself. ”
Feng Wudao shook his head and sighed.
In the night sky, a dark cloud covered the moon, and Yu Wenyong, who was originally eating, suddenly had a dizzy brain, his body shook, and he looked at Feng Wudao, and a phantom had appeared.
"Wind without a way, you have... Didn't think... The ship began again... Shaken?"
"It's a little. Feng Wudao said.
"I'll just say it, or I'll ...... How can this be opened again...... I was dizzy, I ......" Before the words were finished, Yu Wenyong lay on the table, Feng Wudao looked at Yu Wenyong, and said: "You still have two mouthfuls of food, I am hungry, and I have to accompany you to play a play." ”
Feng Wudao said, threw the wine jug in his hand on the bed, and lay on the table himself.
After a while, the boatman came in with a probe in his head, glanced at the two of them, and said behind him, "The two of them have passed out, come out." ”
Two more people came out of the canopy.
"Big brother, as you said, these two stinky boys really haven't seen anything in the world, so easy to deceive. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, search your body first, see if there is anything valuable, and after the search, throw them into the river, and you don't know it. The boatman said.
"Well, I see that this stupid boy was very arrogant and domineering just now, I think he must be a rich master, search for him first. ”
"Whoever searches first is the same, remember, be careful, otherwise we will throw them into the river in a while, if we find that there is still money to be found, it will be too late to regret it." ”
As he spoke, the boatman put his hands on Yu Wenyong.
Suddenly, Feng Wudao smiled and asked, "Do you three really want to kill for money?"
"You... Why aren't you fascinated?" the boatman looked at Feng Wudao with a surprised expression.
"If you don't know what to eat, if you don't drink, you'll be fine. Feng Wudao leaned back slightly, crossed his legs, and looked at the three people in front of him.
"Big brother, what now?"
The two asked the boatman, and the boatman's face was cold, staring at Feng Wudao: "Boy, don't say that the three of us brothers are ruthless and unrighteous, this is also for self-protection, if we let you go, it is difficult to ensure that you go to the yamen to complain." At that time, the three of us will die in the world, so I can only blame you for your bad life, if you eat wine and food, and you are finished by the three of us in a daze, there will be no pain. Now, I have to suffer some flesh and skin pain before I can go down to see Hades!"
"I'm sorry, I've never dealt with Hades, I'm afraid he doesn't want to take me. I think there's still a way to go, do you want to hear about it?"
"What way?"
"That's what I'll send three to Hades. ”
When the boatman heard the words of the wind, he was immediately furious, and said to the two behind him, "Take the guy!"
The two men each took out a short knife from their backs and pointed it at Feng Wudao.
Feng Wudao said: "When I got on the boat, I saw that there were only two large boxes in the canopy, which were really in the way, and I thought that there was something else in them. I'm afraid these two are hiding hard enough inside. Later, when I talked to you, I also made remarks, one is to tempt, and the other is to persuade you. But you still don't listen. I am a very fair man, and if you only want money, I will let you take the money as if you don't know anything. If you kill for money, then I will kill. ”
"Kill someone, kill whom, kill us? Boy, it's not that I look down on you, how can such a weak boy kill us. I won't talk nonsense to you, let's take my life!"
As he spoke, the three of them pounced on Feng Wudao, who picked up the three chopsticks on the table and threw them casually, and a bloody hole appeared in each of the necks of the three of them, and they fell on the boat in shock.
Feng Wudao picked up the wine jug on the table and poured the wine from the jug into the river.
"Invite the gods to drink during the day, and this night you should also pay tribute to the unjust souls in the river,"