Chapter 52 Someone Holds an Umbrella During the Day
After eating and drinking, the old man didn't feel the slightest drunkenness, and said with a smile: "The old man wants to cross the Qiu Xingjiang River west and go to the land of Hanzhou, I don't know if the little brother wants to go together?"
Li Wenshuo was stunned, and said in his heart Qiu Xingjiang is very close, just outside the city, but after spending this Qiu Xingjiang is still more than a thousand miles away from Nahanzhou, and Qiu Xingjiang is deep and fast, where is it so good, even if the two of us get lucky with the strength of wine, no one is fine, what should you do when you wake up and regret it?
Said helplessly: "Senior, what does Hanzhou mean, although Fenghua Prefecture is not big, it is not small, the east and west are separated by nearly a thousand miles, you have finished shopping?"
The old man thought for a while, nodded, and said: "Thinking about it this way, I went to Hanzhou last month, and there were fleeing victims everywhere, and there were few people selling wine in the inn, and even if there were, it was all some rough wine mixed with water." β
Hearing this, the surrounding guest officials all burst into laughter, saying that this old man can really brag after drinking, Hanzhou is based on more than a thousand miles, and the road is difficult, even if an ordinary caravan travels together, it may not be able to arrive in a month, not to mention that you are an old man buried in the loess with half of your body, and you went to Hanzhou last month, doesn't this mean that you have walked back and forth for 2,000 miles in a month?
The old man seemed to be used to it, and he didn't care about other people's laughter, and said, "In that case, how about you accompany me to see the vast river of Qiu Xingjiang?"
Li Wenshuo sighed and said with a wry smile: "Senior, this Qiu Xingjiang can be seen only five miles out of the city, why do you want me to accompany you?"
The old man's eyes widened, he pointed at Li Wenshuo's nose with his finger, and said angrily: "Then the Qiu Xingjiang River is flooded with water thieves, you can rest assured that my old man will go alone, in case the old man and I are robbed by that group of water thieves and lose my life, you are not afraid that your own conscience will be uneasy?"
Li Wenshuo was also very helpless, and said in his heart, you know that there are water thieves and you have to go, you deserve to be robbed by water thieves, and besides, other water thieves are not stupid, you are an old man with two sleeves and a breeze, and when you get to the riverside, you will be treated as a penniless poor scholar, where will you spend that effort to rob you, Li Wenshuo rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Senior, you also know that there are water thieves who are still going, isn't this self-defeating?"
After the old man raised his eyebrows slightly, he pointed to the long sword on Li Wenshuo's waist and said with a smile: "What, is this sword on your ranger an ornament?"
Now it's really similar to the decoration, Li Wenshuo thought so, and said with a smile: "Then follow the old man." β
He wasn't very worried, although he couldn't run his internal force now, and his right arm hadn't fully recovered, but with his swordsmanship, even so, it was more than enough to deal with a few idle water thieves.
As he spoke, he pulled Li Wenshuo out of the inn.
Seeing that he was a little hesitant, the old man patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, boy, I'll call my nephew in a while, that kid is still quite capable of fighting." β
"Old man, you call me?"
Li Wenshuo looked at the young man who suddenly appeared in front of him, only to see that he was not very tall, his face was ordinary, and there was no expression on his face, what was even more strange was that this guy was holding an umbrella in the sunny day, although in the land of the south of the Yangtze River, he often saw girls traveling with umbrellas, for shade, but this kind of thing is rarely seen in the north, not to mention that the sun is not very vicious today, and you are still a big man.
"Just in time. The old man immediately smiled when he saw this young man, took the young man's arm and dragged him in front of Li Wenshuo, and said with a smile: "The boy surnamed Li, this is the nephew I told you, how is it, he looks quite strong." β
Although Li Wenshuo complained a lot in his heart, it was not easy to say it, so he hugged his fists and smiled: "Under Li Bo, I don't know what to call this brother?"
Hearing this, the young man holding the umbrella was stunned, and said in his heart, Aren't you called Li Wenshuo, why haven't you seen it for half a month in a blink of an eye, and even changed your name, thinking of this, he looked at the old man on the side suspiciously, only to hear a crisp sound, but was slapped on the head.
"Why are you stunned, don't say hello when you see someone. β
The umbrella man frowned, but he didn't refute, turned his head to look at Li Wenshuo, and wanted to clench his fist, but he was still holding an umbrella in his right hand, and put down his raised left hand, and said, "Do you want me to tell you my name?"
Li Wenshuo was stunned, what kind of people are this, and said with a smile: "If you don't tell me your name, what will I call you." β
"You can call me Lao Huang. β
"Okay, Lao Huang. Li Wenshuo was a little helpless, glanced at the dirty butter paper umbrella, and asked suspiciously: "Lao Huang, what are you doing with the umbrella in broad daylight?"
"I'm not very fond of daytime. β
Li Wenshuo felt inexplicable despair, and swore that he would not ask any more questions, and he didn't like the daytime? What does it have to do with your umbrella, even if you hold an umbrella, the day is still daytime.
The breeze blew gently, like an invisible hand caressing the earth, and like a silk hair fluttering, like a silk thread trembling.
Li Wenshuo only felt an itch on his face, his right hand gently stroked the scabbard, and he didn't understand why he followed these two strange people to see Qiu Xingjiang, what was there to see in the river, what should he do now is not to take care of his injuries, practice martial arts, and go to Huashan again to find a field?
Or when the time comes, go to the Black Snow Valley, and tell her in front of Na Luo Jiuyi that I like you, do you promise to be with me, it's best if you agree, if you don't agree, you will be forcibly resisted, a good girl's family, not at home embroidery to be the leader of the Demon Sect.
Hey, Li Wenshuo was thinking nonsense, his mood was inexplicably a little melancholy, and he suddenly missed Liu Ye, that was the first friend he met when he arrived in the rivers and lakes, and the days of fooling around with him were really good, although he was idle all day long, either drinking or visiting the Qinglou, but Song Xue'er played the piano very well, and I don't know what happened to Li Juexian after returning to his hometown, whether he finally became a family member with the girl who was waiting for him, and said that he would make his name resound in the rivers and lakes in the future, as soon as this person disappeared, there was no news at all, and he didn't know whether he was dead or aliveγ
Mobei City in Xijun, about five miles out of the city is the Qiu Xingjiang River, although there are many bandits in the estuary, but Fenghua Prefecture is located on the border, not to mention that there are large and small military towns in various places, all of them can fight well, even the ordinary people of Fenghua Prefecture are not very easy to provoke, so the bandits in Fenghua Prefecture and the like, generally only attack those passing merchants, and will not and dare not loot the towns at all, or they are extremely strong, well-informed, and can retreat when they see the army coming to crusade, or they are living extremely miserable.
And this water bandit outside Mobei City belongs to the former type, and it is said that he has such and such a connection with a general in the city, but because of this, Li Wenshuo is even less worried, how can such a large-scale water bandit work hard because of their three people.
Walking in the city, the street is also very lively, if it weren't for the huge city wall that is ten zhang high not far away and the giant crossbows all over the wall, Li Wenshuo thought that he had returned to Jiangnan, the old man walked very slowly under the support of Lao Huang, looked up at the butter paper umbrella above his head from time to time, and said with a smile: "Xiao Huang, your umbrella has been used for 20 years, it should be replaced." β
"I don't like other umbrellas. β
Hearing this, Li Wenshuo looked at the old man and the young man who were crowded under the butter paper umbrella, and he didn't pay attention to them, moving his right hand little by little, if he really fought, it was estimated that he would have to use his left hand to make the sword, Li Wenshuo thought like this, frowned slightly, and adjusted the position of the scabbard to facilitate drawing the sword with his left hand.