"Wait!"

Seeing that the boatman was about to hold the boat away, Cao Jianren hurriedly shouted.

Dongfang Shuo saw that Cao Jianren had stopped the boatman, and couldn't help but remind again: "Big brother, let's be careful." ”

"Don't worry, once you can enter the battle, you can let him go. However, you are right," Cao Jianren said, turning to the boatman and said: "The boatman, accept your hard work, and we will bother you to cross the river, but, [Zi said]: The gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable." Dare to ask the boatman, are you doing this for righteousness or profit?"

The boatman laughed and said:

"What righteousness, what kind of gentleman villain, the old man is the one who supports the boat, earning a little to support his family, I am naturally a villain, in front of the two adults, how dare to be a gentleman, if you two can give a little more reward when you are a gentleman, it is not impossible. ”

Cao Jianren smiled when he heard this, this old man was a little cute, and he was rushing to be a villain, as if he was afraid that they would not give money.

Just ask for money.

It's good to ask for something.

It's better to be early than after.

It's better to ask for money than to ask for affection.

Although Confucianism is more about righteousness, this righteousness is often easy to mix with feelings, and once it is mixed together, it is easy to pay it off and can't afford to pay it back. Because there is a saying that love is priceless, how can you pay it back, you can't pay it back, it's better to give money directly in the morning.

"Okay! [Zi said]: People can't stand without faith, and people can't stand without faith. In this case, let's put the villain first and then the gentleman, and spend a lot of money, when the letter is in advance. How much is the fare, boss, you just have to talk about it in person, so that we can take the boat with peace of mind. ”

"Yes, in fact, it doesn't cost a few pennies. As he spoke, the boatman brought out a small table from the cabin, which was a strange table, and the table was flat, but on the table was a chessboard, nine vertical and nine horizontal. The boatman pointed to the chessboard on the table and said:

"Legend has it that the heavens have nine layers, the earth has nine shades, and the heaven and the earth intersect, achieving the appearance of the eighty-eight sixty-four. I'm not greedy, as long as you fill the 8864 squares on this chessboard with copper coins. ”

Cao Jianren and Dongfang Shuo glanced at each other and nodded to each other.

Not cheap,

But it's not expensive.

It's just a matter of a few dozen dollars.

Cao Jianren was a little moved, and took out the peach talisman he carried with him, and looked at it, the peach talisman was gray, there was nothing, not only could he not see the location of his teammates, but he could not see the enemy's information, even Dongfang Shuo, which was close at hand, did not show this peach talisman.

Dongfang Shuo also took out his peach talisman, but it was also gray, and he couldn't see Dong Zhongshu beside him.

It seems that this [Ghost Valley] completely obscured the entire battlefield and blocked all information.

That's not a good thing.

But there is no good way to deal with it at the moment, so we can only take one step at a time.

Yesterday's [Tengu Devouring Sun] could only block information for a short period of time, but today's [Ghost Valley] can block information for such a long time, which is unimaginably true.

Cao Jianren felt that since he couldn't figure out the situation now, he could only see the move.

The two of them boarded the boat one after the other.

"Sit tight. The boatman shouted, and with a little penny of the stones on the shore, the boat brushed and sailed toward the other side.

In line with the mentality of being at peace when he comes, after Cao Jianren sat down, he hugged his fists to the boat family and said: "I don't know the old man's name, can you tell me?"

"Just a villain, He Lao asked, people in the countryside, how can there be any honorable surname, I sail on this river all the year round, everyone I Tao Zhu Gong, if you want, just call me an old Tao head. ”

"Old Taotou?" Dongfang Shuo couldn't help but repeat, feeling a little weird.

At this time, the boat was already in the middle of the stream, which was where the current was strong.

I saw that the boatman suddenly thrust the penny deep into the water, and the boat spun in the water, and the two people on the boat were unprepared, and almost did not fall into the water.

"Old Taotou, what do you want to do?!"

Dongfang Shuo shouted angrily, and then he wanted to get up and theorize.

Cao Jianren grabbed him and told him to calm down and wait to see how things would develop.

The boat stopped in the middle of the river, and fell with the current.

At this time, the boatman bowed his hand to the two of them, confessed the crime, and then said:

"The little old man has a small business, relying on a lot of strength to live, and since the two nobles can get on the ship, Mo Ruo paid the ship first, so as not to get another disgrace on the shore. ”

Cao Jianren said secretly, here.

Here Dongfang Shuo has already spoken:

"You old man, I don't know each other, just with the two of us, you can shorten your few pennies, and you are also shallow-eyed, right?"

"It's hard to say. Now in this world, wearing an official uniform and looking like a dog, who knows if there is a belly of male thieves and female prostitutes who are abducted and deceived. Xiao Lao'er's small business can't withstand the toss of your big guys, and it's refreshing to calculate it earlier. ”

After speaking, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he asked for money.

Dongfang Shuo is also convinced, do you think the two of us are like the masters who lack money and pay their debts.

Angry is angry.

The money that should be given still has to be given.

Otherwise, this dead old man won't drive the boat, what is the matter with this boat stopping in the center of this river, in case this old man has a bad heart and throws the two into the water.

Dongfang Shuo was helpless, took out a handful of money from his arms and handed it over, and said dissatisfied:

"A few pennies is worth your fuss, is it worth it, give it, give it to you, hurry up and row the boat!"

As a result, the old man's hands were still stretched out.

The money had already been put into the old man's hands.

"What do you mean?" Dongfang Shuo said angrily.

"I'm sorry, two adults, it's not almost. ”

"It's not enough? I have two hundred wen to say the least, and it's more than enough to pay you for the ship, why is it almost a little bit, you don't know anything about the ship, don't you want to blackmail and rob?"

Dongfang Shuo was furious.

The old man's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "We have discussed it in advance, but according to what you said, if there is a letter in front of you, you can't help but be trustworthy." Your saints have said, "Without faith a man cannot stand." Listen to the words of the saints. ”

Dongfang Shuo thought for a while, and said: "We have an appointment in advance, didn't you say that you can just put the grid of your chessboard full of copper wires, isn't my big copper coin enough? ”

"Two officials, don't scare me. The boatman said, returned the handful of copper coins to Dongfang Shuo, and then pointed to the chessboard and said, "Little old man, people from the countryside, I can't bear to be scared by you officials." Since the official has accepted our agreement, then please ask the two officials to put copper coins on it themselves, so as not to say that I am doing tricks. As long as you pay enough for the boat, I understand that without saying a word, send the two of you across the river. ”

(End of chapter)