Gaohai County is located in the upper reaches of the Chongxiao River, it is summer, dozens of fishing boats in front of the beach are cast back and forth to cast nets and bait, the harvest season, should be celebrated.

At this time, in the branch of a stream in the lower reaches of the Chongxiao River, there was a gray-robed man with his hair tied with a wooden hairpin leaning over to wash his face.

Behind him, a little scholar in green clothes put down the bookbasket that he had carried all the way, and was a little dissatisfied with the man who became a gentleman at a young age.

Originally, how good it was to be a teacher in his hometown who taught people to fish, neither wind and rain, nor scorching sun, not to mention being loved everywhere, the most important thing is that he would not be hungry every day like now, and he had to cheat the daily meal with clever words every day, and in the end he said that others took advantage of the sky.

The little scholar in Tsing Yi shrugged his face, patted the wooden bookbasket that was almost the same height as himself, and pouted: "Sir, when will we go home, where is there more knowledge to learn in the "mountains and rivers" every day?"

He folded his fingers and whispered, "I'm twelve." ”

The gray-robed man's eyes were bright, like a spring breeze for ten miles, and he said with a smile: "In the afternoon, I read the books for half my life, and I often didn't understand the places before, so I thought it was my own problem, but now four years have passed, and I have traveled thousands of miles through mountains and rivers.

The man didn't mind wiping the water stains on his robe, pointed to the vast turquoise river in front of him, and said with a gentle smile: "As for whether there is any knowledge between this mountain and water, naturally there is, and it is very big, just like fishing and fishing, planting seedlings in the fields, climbing trees and planting trees, how can it be if you haven't learned?"

The little scholar in Tsing Yi named Dangwu was very reluctant to say "um", took out the kettle from the book basket, shook it, swallowed and foamed, and handed it to the man, "Sir, drink water." ”

The young gentleman secretly admired in his heart, although he had suffered all kinds of hardships with himself, but this heart was really in line with himself, even if the most desired thing was in front of him, he still chose to wait calmly.

I never thought that the scholar in Tsing Yi tilted his head and said hurriedly: "Sir, if you don't drink, I can drink if you don't drink." ”

The gray-robed man suddenly rolled his eyes and smiled bitterly, could he have seen it wrong?

Then on top of respecting the teacher, add eclecticism and be good at pursuing what you desire.

Anyway, I'm full of knowledge, even if the black becomes white, it should be logical.

He didn't take the kettle and shook his head, "Drink it, sir is not thirsty." ”

When the little scholar heard this, he pulled out the pot plug and poured it up, and finally poured the wine pot and said pitifully: "Sir, it's finished." ”

The man rubbed the little scholar's hair, with a smile on his face, and took out a somewhat wrinkled Sydney pear from his arms, which seemed to have been hidden for some days, and bit off half of the wrinkled on it, and put the rest in the palm of the young man's hand.

Dang Wu said happily: "Sir, you are so good. “

The young gentleman did not speak.

In his opinion, there are some things that don't need to come out of his mouth, such as the sentence he just suppressed in his heart.

"I'm better with you. ”

It's more like his name, why don't you speak, you don't have to speak, just in your heart.

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Gaohai County is divided into two by a small river, its source is still the Chongxiao River, the high-rise buildings in the city are distributed on both sides, there is constantly the sound of shouting from it, occasionally you will see a wooden window, there are women shaking handkerchiefs and smiling, its face is like a peach blossom, delicate and vivid.

Jiang Huai walked on the street on the left side of the river, sometimes looking at the boats that occasionally floated in the river, sometimes looking up at the shy girl who opened the window to cover her face, and stopped on a covered bridge to rest.

The young man put his hands on the bridge porch, looking at this lively and peaceful place, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and a word of praise was born from his heart.

"You can stay in good places, and you can forget your worries when you drink. ”

As he spoke, he raised his wine and drank as he stared at a small boat swinging in the river behind him.

A swarthy young man wearing a hat on it looked into the distance, as if Jiang Huai looked at each other for a breath and immediately lowered his head.

When the boat was only a few feet away, the swarthy boy propped up with the penny of the boat, and his body jumped up like a swallow, and with a light touch at the end of the bridge, it floated down from the other end.

As soon as the man fell, the ship came.

The boy fell into the boat, pressed down a few ripples, straightened the hat on his head, and continued to prop the boat away.

When the boat drifted to a remote place in Gaohai County, the swarthy young man docked the boat to the shore, removed the hat from his head, and sat on the stone steps by the water and laughed.

He took out the gray pouch from his arms, weighed it in the palm of his hand a few times, and sighed: "It's so light, I thought it was the boy who was wandering around, but I never thought that he was a poor bastard who drank and forgot his worries!"

The young man's name is Lu Yongnan, of course, it is not from the father and mother who have died, but from the rotten good man who only raised himself for a few years and also flew into the western sky.

Brave man, brave man?

But the boy felt that it was really cheesy, so he claimed that he had no hands, and the thief had no hands!

In particular, the wonderful technique of turning over and crossing the bridge to get money is really tried, mainly because the teenager has cultivated the ability to catch fish and fish since he was a child, and the most important thing is that his eyesight is very strong.

Which people are leisurely wandering people, those people are people who travel the rivers and lakes, and which ones are high-ranking officials and nobles with solid family backgrounds.

He knows better than anyone else, and he knows better than anyone else.

The swarthy young man named Lu Yongnan looked around before he carefully prepared to open the gray pouch, and the fly meat was also meat.

But just as he was about to tear open the bag, a hand gently pressed on his shoulder.

Lu Yongnan turned his head to look at it, his heart was shocked, he never thought that it was the stupid young man who drank on the covered bridge and was regarded as fish in his mouth.

Jiang Huai smiled, took the void bag and tied it back to his waist, and before he could speak, the swarthy young man stretched out his hand and said with a big grin: "Count me master, I washed the Dragon King Temple in the big water today, if you want to kill or fight, come here, according to the rules, you take it with one hand, if I blink my eyelids, I won't call Lu... Handsless!"

The young man in white shook his head and quipped, "You just want to lose an arm, or get a beating?"

The swarthy young man said angrily: "Don't be a big-tailed wolf here, I understand the rules of the rivers and lakes, stealing people's things is to pay back, do you want it, don't let me go, don't say I owe you something when we meet in the future." ”

Seeing that the young man in white was motionless, Lu Yongnan stopped his hand and joked "Wretch!", put the hat on his head, turned away, and hummed a little song leisurely.

"Stop!"

When Lu Yongnan heard his voice, he turned around and said angrily: "I gave you a chance just now, but you don't want it yourself, and after a while, you and I will clear up." ”

Unexpectedly, the white-clothed young man actually took out a tael of silver from the void bag, pinched it between his two fingers and asked with a smile: "One or two silver, can you help me catch a dragon's beard fish." ”

The young man hurriedly returned, and asked anxiously, "Are you sure it's not two but a dragon's beard?"

Jiang Huai nodded, "One is enough." ”

The swarthy boy rubbed his hands, jumped into the boat, and followed the river to the river.

Rather than stealing things, going into the water to catch fish is his best skill.

A dragon's beard fish usually costs five taels of silver, but at this summer and summer time, a piece of five hundred wen is considered a high price!

The young man pressed the hat, revealing a hint of pride, he never thought that he would encounter such a good thing today, not only was he caught and did not trouble himself, but he also sent the door a fair and honest silver.

What a complete idiot!

Just after a few incense sticks, Lu Yongnan turned into a boat and returned quickly, and in a fish basket made of bamboo strips in his boat, there were two half-dead golden long-bearded fish with non-stop bleeding in their abdomen.

He carried the fish basket ashore, shook it in front of the white-clothed young man who was still waiting in front of the shore, and said proudly: "I'm lucky today, there are two dragon beard fish that are in love and have been caught by me, and one or two pieces of silver will be given to you, which is also a fair deal." ”

The white-clothed young man put down the wine jar in his hand, glanced into the fish basket, and asked with a smile: "Since you have such ability, why do you still steal, can you tell me?"

Lu Yongnan raised his eyes and glared, "Do you want it!"

Jiang Huai nodded, shook his head again, and shook the silver taels in his hand, "I don't want the fish, but I can still give you this silver, but you have to promise me not to act like this from now on, even if it lasts for a month."

The swarthy boy wiped the water stains on his face, and stood like a wooden man, stupidly distracted.

The fish basket in his hand fell directly to the ground, and he muttered in his heart, "You're not a fool!"

But on the surface, he hurriedly nodded again and again like a chicken pecking rice, "Don't do it, don't do it in the future!"

Jiang Huai didn't peek into the other party's heart this time, threw out a tael of silver between his fingers, and turned away, just as it was true.

It's not that he has a lot of money and no place to spend it, nor is he overflowing with kindness, but seeing that the young man is not the same age as himself, if he goes down a crooked path because no one corrects him, wouldn't it be the most disappointing thing in the world?

If Mr. Yu had quarreled that day and chose to abandon his books to join the army, or practice martial arts and keep fit, how could he have a good scenery of drinking with a sword on his back now.

The ridiculous scene here happened to be in the eyes of the two of them, a young man in a gray robe wearing a wooden hairpin, and a little scholar in Tsing Yi carrying a height of his own back.

It was the young gentleman who was silent and the scholar Xiao Dang.

The little scholar scratched his head and asked, "Sir, the man in white really thought that the man in white would keep his promise, so he was not afraid that he would not recognize people in the blink of an eye and continue to steal." ”

The young master smiled, flicked his sleeve, and made a silent gesture to signal that the man had not left.

Lu Yongnan, who got a tael of silver so easily, didn't seem to be so happy, shook his hand and picked up the fish basket and threw it into the boat, and walked away.

But when he looked at the pedestrian's waist, chest, abdomen, and all the places where the silver could be hidden, he hesitated a little, without the usual chic and refreshing meaning, and his heart kept recalling what the young man said.

He gritted his teeth, walked to the place of the covered bridge, and then stole five taels of silver from a person with a convenient method of climbing the bridge, and after he left, he directly threw the one or two silver sent by the young man into the river with the fish basket with two dragon beards, and only then did a smile appear on his face.

In his opinion, stealing things is not to make ends meet, but only to like it, from the bottom of my heart.

As for what the young man in white said, it was like a drop of mercury, and he disappeared without a trace.

According to the young man's words, "Who are you, you care that Lao Tzu is dead, why don't you die?!"

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At the mouth of the river on the shore, when the swarthy young man Lu Yongnan left, why not say a word and smiled at the little scholar: "The young man in white didn't think that the fisherman would keep his promise, but according to what he wanted to do, he did what he thought he should do, and it didn't matter what the result was." ”

Afternoon was puzzled: "Didn't you lose a tael of silver in vain, I think he is still secretly distressed." ”

The young gentleman didn't answer, smiled and pressed the little scholar's head and slowly walked towards the county seat, but whispered, "What a second man!"

At the source of the tributaries of the Chongxiao River in Gaohai County, there is a tall red brick gate bridge erected here, and after it is a wide avenue.

On the high gate bridge, someone once carved the four big characters of "finishing touch" with a thin blade.

This gate is known as the Hualongmen by the locals, and some people also call it the Fish Dragon Gate.

Jiang Huai calmly walked across the gate bridge, glanced at the four big characters on it, and then didn't look at it anymore.

It is estimated that it is just like what his father said every day that he wants his son to become a dragon, and the implication is that when he walks through this door, he will be like the carp turning into a dragon, mainly to mix a festive season, or fill in a little ethereal luck.

After passing through the Dragon Gate, the pedestrians of the originally lively market were scattered on both sides, and a middle-aged man rode a tall horse leisurely across the Dragon Gate, occupying the middle of the road, riding a big horse with his head held high.

There are several people accompanying him, with a long knife at his waist, and he is an official body, and he scans the four directions from time to time.

He Ye, the county commander of Gaohai County, was originally also a protégé of Shangde Academy in Tai'an City, but Mingyue came out first, and his stamina was insufficient, so he climbed to the Three Realms and Qi Realm early, and successfully cultivated one thing and embarked on the Four Realms of Cultivation and Things, but later he practiced in a thousand ways, day and night, and finally he was not allowed to step into the Five Realms of Literature and Courage, and his teacher even claimed that he was separated by thousands of straits, and there was no hope of crossing the Five Realms in this life.

The unambitious young man participated in the imperial examination, and was assigned to this Gaohai County to be a rich man through some small means.

For more than ten years, he has not taken the initiative to transfer to other places, and some people have been carrying them.

The breeze on both sleeves, the high wind and the bright festival, may pick up the confidence that has been trampled on by everyone?

If you want to say who He Ye hates the most, it is Yu Zhong, who was a classmate back then, but the treatment was very different from him.

He Ye is ruthless and cowardly to that Yu Zhong, he is too talented, and he likes to make fun of people every day, obviously cynical, but he still climbs the realm like drinking water, and he is also cowardly, his ability is higher than him, and he will take away the silver in his pocket in vain by comparing characters and learning at every turn.

But when he found out through the grapevine, the dog thing also stepped into the officialdom, and was even assigned to the westernmost town.

This county lord, who has always only entered but not exited, and has been picking the door to the extreme, paid money privately and held a flower show for three days to applaud.

Those days were really the proudest days of his life.

No matter how high the talent is, no matter how high the cultivation is, it is not that Lao Tzu is rich, and he does not live freely.

But he thought about these words in his heart, and he didn't dare to make a noise everywhere, if he was really careless, he would accidentally reach the ears of that Yu Zhong, and with that person's temperament, he should take off the cloud robe and go thousands of miles to find trouble for himself.

He Ye rode by in a dashing manner, and kept waving to the surrounding crowd, which really made it look like an investigation into the WTO, and his intention was to show off and shock the people.

Behind him, several blades with half a sheath on their waists are telling everyone, don't be restless and guard yourself, you stink Lao Tzu's official uniform, and you don't have your good fruit to eat.

But He Ye, who was looking ahead and waving around, suddenly turned his head to stare at a young man in a hat who was tiptoeing about to slip away in the shadow of the crowd.

He tightened the horse rope, put his feet on the saddle lightly, and came out like a swallow, fell behind everyone and grabbed the young man's shoulder fiercely with one hand, and even threw the hat on his head directly, looked at it, and said meaningfully: "It's you little brute who doesn't know what to do, it's really the same as the old guy back then, and you don't change your dead nature." ”

He grabbed the boy's sleeve and shook it violently, and several money bags fell out with a bang.

Immediately someone exclaimed, "Damn, the little rabbit cub dares to steal my silver." ”

"Jean, Jean, that's my silver. ”

The crowd pointed out.

He Ye glanced around angrily, bent over and rolled up his sleeves, threw all the money bags at the guards holding knives behind him, and said loudly: "Whoever has the silver will go to the county government to claim it, but if you can't say how much silver is in it, even if it is less than one copper plate, it is the same crime for this person." ”

Some people looked at each other, and even the real lost owner didn't say much, so they could only beat the dog as a meat bun and never go back.

But one of them really came out and said, "The gray bag is mine, and there are two copper plates in it, and the county lord can check it." ”

He Ye looked at the young man in gray robe and wearing a wooden hairpin on his head, and then glanced at a young boy in Tsing Yi who was cowering behind him, and with a wave of his big hand, he immediately started with a gray bag,

He just weighed it, didn't even look at it, threw it out directly, and sneered: "Look at your poor sour appearance, two copper plates are embarrassed to take them out." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and even the boy in Tsing Yi behind him put his forehead behind the man in shame.

It's really shameless.

The gray-robed man who took the money bag smiled and said nothing, but the wooden hairpin on his head had a faint aura that ordinary people could not detect, but after the man turned away, it dissipated.

He Ye pursed his lips and waved his hand behind him, and immediately the two of them set up the swarthy young man with a face like ashes and kept struggling, ready to return to the yamen.

The young man who claimed to be Lu Wushou turned his body and said angrily: "Let go of me, you beast-raised thing!"

He Ye just wanted to get on the horse, raised his eyebrows and loosened the horse rope, turned around and threw a palm on the young man's face, and the corner of the latter's mouth flowed blood, and he scolded angrily: "Since you want to die so much, let you go to that old guy who also has unclean hands and feet!"

"Take it away, put it in the water prison for three days and three nights and then try it!"

Lu Wushou was suddenly dizzy, but in a blink of an eye, he saw the white-clothed young man who gave him a tael of silver, struggling and begging: "Hey, the one who bought the fish, save me, save me, I won't do it again!"

No one responded.

The swarthy boy bowed his head, he knew what he would do if he was caught in a water prison.

Even if you don't use the criminal law, just soaking in water for three days and three nights, without eating or drinking, will be dead and lifeless.

He suddenly remembered the indiscriminate man who had also been arrested and imprisoned for stealing, and his eyes gradually darkened.