167 times, visiting Xianyou Road did not recognize, and Long Yingu became acquainted with Hu Chun

"Is there a real immortal family retreat? Could it be the master who helped catch the five demons the night before?" Mei Zhenyi asked in surprise. Longgan Lake is not too far from Daguan Lake, it is only about 100 miles, if there is any immortal master nearby who helped that night, it is likely to live here.

"Master, does he know this immortal family? I also think this place is unusual, but I haven't noticed any trace of the immortals. Zhiyan also said on the side.

"If you don't want people to notice, you don't want to show your trace. Zhenyi, Zhiyan, since we are passing by here, people may have helped us, do you want to make a fairy fate?" Zhong Liquan asked, shaking his fan.

Mei Zhenyi and Zhiyan said in unison: "Of course I thought about it, and I just wanted to say thank you, but I don't know how to form this fairy relationship?"

Zhong Liquan smiled: "This kind of thing is reluctant, just see if people are willing to show up, let's go to the lake for a walk." ”

Ordered Zhang Guo and others to drive the carriage and horses along the lake to play on their own, and waited by the official road on the north side of Longgan Lake, Zhong Liquan led Mei Zhenyi and Zhiyan to walk in the other direction, and saw a fishing village a few miles away.

The village is built on high ground, there are many bamboo poles on the lake beach, many nets are dry, and there are more than a dozen boats next to the lake, and some people go up and down on the gangplank. Zhong Liquan walked over and asked, "Boat family, can you take your boat into the lake for a convenient trip?"

I asked a few in a row, and the boatman said that this was a fishing boat, and he wanted to go into the lake to fish, and he couldn't take idlers to play. Until the end, there was a young man in his twenties wearing coarse cloth clothes with patches, who was carrying fishing nets to the boat, and when he saw Zhong Liquan, he replied: "Dao Chief, it doesn't hurt to take a few of you on the boat, as long as it doesn't hinder me from fishing, but my boat is both broken and small, and there are big waves in the middle of the lake." I'm afraid it's not safe. ”

Mei Zhenyi: "It's okay, several of us are very good in the water, but I'm afraid that there will be some obstacles on the boat to delay your fishing, you take us out of the lake, and I will give you twenty catties of fish money as compensation." ”

The young man glanced at them, thought for a while, and said, "Are you passing tourists? The scenery of this lake is really good, you don't need twenty catties, ten catties of fish is enough." ”

After discussing it, I was about to board the ship. The young man stopped them and handed them a few things and said, "Tie this to your body, and you can keep you safe in case you fall into the water." ”

Mei Zhenyi saw that the young man handed over three "life jackets". Don't think that life jackets are only available in modern times, fishermen in ancient times had such things. There is a kind of cucurbitaceae plant called the gourd, which is like a cucumber-like long strip, but it is much longer than the cucumber, and after it grows up, it is like a gourd with a hard shell on the outside, and the inside is very light when it dries out.

One left and one right hang two gourds on the shoulder. Tie it with fine hemp rope and it is an old life jacket. Generally, fishermen with good water quality do not use it themselves, but when there are children on the boat to help, parents usually tie two gourds to the children in case they fall overboard.

Mei Zhenyi did not shirk, and took the gourd tied with a thin hemp rope to tie Zhiyan first. If you give it to the master, the three of them look quite weird, and they are secretly snickering when they look at each other. Giving the guy ten cents, the three of them boarded the boat and rowed to the middle of the lake.

I learned about it by chatting on the ship. This young man's name is Hu Chun, his parents died early, he is the only one in the family, and he usually fishes for a living. Hu Chun collected the money to remove the fishing nets and hemp ropes on the boat, so that the three tourists had a clean place to stay. Instead of fishing, he went straight to the depths of the lake, explaining the scenery and folklore of the lake.

Mei Zhenyi persuaded: "We just go to the lake with the boat to see the scenery, you don't have to deliberately greet us." Catch fish when you need to, don't delay your livelihood. ”

Hu Chun shook his head and said: "I received your fish money, so I have to accompany you to play, the fish splashed everywhere, don't stain the clothes of the three of them." ”

Zhiyan also asked: "We came from the Shuangfeng Collection, and we also saw the Lake Temple Fair, there are many shrines here, do you have immortals in this Longgan Lake?"

Hu Chun shook his head honestly: "No." At least I haven't heard of it. ”

Hu Chun is a rural fisherman. He is quite clever in speaking and doing things, and his manners are also very decent. He had never seen such a fairy-like figure as Zhiyan. Take a sneak peek from time to time. Mei Zhenyi was secretly laughing, winking at Zhiyan, which seemed to say: "Zhiyan, that guy peeked at you, you are very beautiful?" and then looked at the appearance of Zhiyan Fairy with two gourds hanging on a hemp rope on her shoulders, it was really funny.

Gradually, the boat had sailed into the lake, and the fishing village on the shore had become a small point on the horizon from afar, and Hu Chun asked again: "Three guest officers, where do you want me to rock the boat? There are several islands nearby, and the scenery of flowers and birds is good. ”

Zhong Liquan waved his hand and said, "No need, just cross the lake, and we'll get off the boat on the other side." ”

Hu Chun: "This lake is very big, I'm afraid it's going to get dark over there." ”

Mei Zhenyi: "What, isn't it convenient for you to go back? I'll give you more money." ”

Hu Chun hurriedly waved his hand and said: "That's not what it means, I'm easy to do, just stop the boat and rest for the night, I'm afraid that you will miss the night." ”

Mei Zhenyi: "Don't worry about us, it's not far from the lake to the official road, you can shake it slowly, we just want to see the scenery and don't rush away." ”

Seeing that it was noon, the boat stopped in the middle of the lake to rest, and the cool breeze felt very comfortable. Mei Zhenyi and Zhiyan both glanced at Zhong Liquan with inquiring eyes—why didn't they notice any traces of the Immortal Family wanting to show up?"

Zhong Liquan touched his beard and thought about it, and said to Hu Chun: "Young man, since you are not in a hurry, you can cast a net, and you will be idle anyway." ”

When Zhiyan heard this, he also persuaded: "Hu Chun, I have never seen a fisherman cast a net, it is rare to get on a fishing boat to swim in the lake, you can cast a net to open my eyes." ”

Hu Chun stood up, clapped his hands and said, "The water here is too deep and too clear, and it may not be possible to catch fish. ...... The three of them stood firm, and the boat shook when the net was cast. ”

Hu Chun stood still with one foot, stepped on the boat with one foot, held the knot with his left hand, and held the fishing net with his right hand. The boat shook slightly, and Mei Zhenyi saw that the master also raised the fairy fan and waved it towards the lake. I don't know what the hell is going on.

Hu Chun carefully collected the net, trying not to let the water droplets splash on Zhiyan and the others, this net did not catch a single fish, but there was something in the net.

It is an agarwood box, and the carved patterns on it are very beautiful, and although it was brought up from the water, the box is not wet at all. hit such a strange thing in a net, Hu Chun was also stunned. Zhong Liquan said on the side: "Young man, this may be worth more than fish, open it and take a look." ”

Hu Chun opened the wooden box, and it immediately shone brightly in the sun, only to see that it was full of pearls the size of a dragon's eye. Mei Zhenyi was born in a wealthy family, and she has never seen so many, so big, and so beautiful pearls!

Hu Chun opened his mouth wide and was dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time. Mei Zhenyi was also very surprised, could it be that the master was playing a trick of "turning stones into gold"? He carefully sensed it with his divine sense. But he didn't find any flaws, and then Zhiyan quietly said with a divine thought: "This is not an illusion, it is a real box of pearls, I don't know what the master is doing?"

Zhong Liquan patted Hu Chun's shoulder with a fan and said, "Young man, don't be stunned. Good luck, you're getting rich today!"

It took Hu Chun a long time before he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Pinch me, is this a dream?"

Mei Zhenyi stepped forward and pinched him, and said with a smile: "In broad daylight." Really, truly. At the same time, he said to the master with a divine thought: "Could it be that you have always stolen the things of that immortal family?

Zhong Liquan came back to his senses and made a joke: "Don't you want to see if the immortals in the hermit here will show up?" It's not bad to get married, if you can't afford to lose the pearl, you kid will pay to others, the eldest young master of Nanlu Gong is worth more than a box of pearls." ”

Mei Zhenyi and Zhiyan knew that the origin of this box of pearls was abnormal, and they waited for an immortal to appear, but they waited until the fishing boat docked at dusk. Nothing happened! This afternoon, Hu Chun's expression was a little trance-like, and he looked very absent-minded, and it was not until the boat docked that he came to his senses and said, "Several, the place has arrived, please get off the boat." ...... There is a small road leading to the official road in front, and I will give you a ride, and I also happen to buy some oil and salt in a nearby town, and do some things by the way. ”

Mei Zhenyi and others took off their "life jackets" and got off the boat. Hu Chun put the box of pearls into his arms. He found a big rock on the shore and tied the boat to them, and followed them ashore. Zhong Liquan smiled: "Young man." If you just throw the boat away like this, you won't be afraid that someone will steal it?

Hu Chun replied: "I usually stop the boat like this, and no one will steal it here." ”

The flowers and plants on the shore of the lake are knee-high, and in front of it is a bamboo forest, and there is a curved path in the forest leading to the north official road. Hu Chun's face changed and said: "This is a wilderness, how can there be a woman crying, is something wrong?" quickly quickened his pace and ran over.

Turning a corner in front of me, there was a woman sitting on the side of the road, wearing a hairpin on her head and a lake-blue lichen skirt, covering her face with her hands, and was crying there. Hu Chun stepped forward and said, "Little lady, why are you the only one in this wilderness, what happened?"

The woman lowered her hand and raised her eyes, the tears on her face were not dry, but everyone felt that their eyes were bright. I saw that her bright eyes and bright teeth and beautiful face were beautiful, about twenty years old, Mei Zhenyi had not seen a beautiful woman, but she was quite surprised to suddenly see such a woman in this wilderness.

What's even more special is that with the divine sense sense, she can't detect the fluctuations of the divine qi on her body, and there is only one explanation - this person is not a mortal! He found the anomaly, and of course Zhong Liquan and Zhiyan also found it, and they all stopped talking and just watched.

The woman replied: "My surname is Long, and I live by Longgan Lake." This morning, while playing by the lake, I accidentally dropped a box of pearls in the water and was washed away by the waves. I have been walking around the lake for most of the day, and I don't know how to look for it, but when I see that it is getting late and I am lost, I am anxious and afraid. ”

Mei Zhenyi already understood what was going on when she heard this, Zhong Liquan made a ghost and asked Hu Chun to cast a net to take away other people's things, and now this Long Yin Gu appeared to block the way. All three of them looked at Hu Chun to see how he answered.

Hu Chun was stunned, leaned over and asked, "What does the girl's lost box look like?"

"One foot long, more than six inches wide, and one inch thick, carved agarwood. ...... Could it be that this eldest brother saw it?" Long Yingu stood up and nervously grabbed Hu Chun's sleeve.

Hu Chun: "I cast a net in the lake today, and I did put a box on it, and I asked the girl one more thing." How many pearls are in the box?"

Long Yingu: "No more, no less, exactly ninety-nine eighty-one! Since you found it, please give it back to me." ”

"Wait, I'll be clear. ...... Three, please come and testify, I didn't take a single pearl in the box. Hu Chun took out a wooden box and put it on a stone on the side of the road, opened it, and counted it one by one, no more, no less, exactly eighty-one pearls. Then he closed the box and handed it to Aunt Long Yin: "The girl takes it back." It's all here, don't lose it again. ”

Mei Zhenyi and the others were secretly surprised and nodded again and again, they didn't expect that this mountain fisherman had no greed, so he returned a box of pearls to Aunt Long Yin so quickly, and he did not be ambiguous at all. Long Yingu took the wooden box and bowed down: "Please ask the name of Engong, and thank you in the future." ”

Hu Chun hurriedly stretched out his hand to help: "My surname is Hu, my name is Hu Chun, and I am a fisherman in Hujia Village. The girl doesn't have to be polite. Who hasn't been in trouble when they just happened to help you. It's getting dark, so go home. ”

Long Yingu's expression was about to cry again when she saw the sky: "I'm lost and I don't know how to get home." ”

Hu Chun asked: "I know all the areas around Longgan Lake, where does your family live?"

Aunt Long Yin: "I can't tell. I just remember that there are three large camphor trees on the shore of the lake, and it is not a long walk from there to the shore. ”

Hu Chun thought for a while, and said, "I have an image, and I saw three big camphor trees from a distance when I was fishing in the lake. It's not close, you have to go around most of the lake, and it's too late to walk today. ”

Aunt Long Yin was anxious, opened the box and took out a pearl and said, "I beg Brother Hu to give me a trip, this is a little thank you from the little woman." ”

Hu Chun looked at the sky and said: "It's a sunny day, you can also watch the starlight sailing when it's dark, and it doesn't hurt to go to the shore if you don't go to the lake." The girl doesn't have to give me this pearl, the five-dollar boat money is enough. If it's inconvenient if you don't bring money today, it's not too late to pay when you meet later. Then he turned to Zhong Liquan and the others: "Everyone, I won't accompany you forward, I want to send this girl home, don't let her sleep in the wilderness, you can't go far along this road is the official road." ”

Zhong Liquan hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for this little brother!" and took a step forward to salute Long Yingu and said: "In the next Zhong Liquan, known as Mr. Donghua, I have the fate to see the girl today." What a blessing!" Mei Zhenyi and Zhiyan also saluted together: "Dragon girl." Fortunately!"

Long Yingu glanced at Hu Chun and asked weakly, "Brother Hu, these three are ......?"

Hu Chun: "These three are passing tourists. All good people. ...... Dragon girl, it's going to be dark soon, let's go. ”

Long Yin Gu bowed back, and as Hu Chun went, the figures of the two disappeared at the turn of the path. The three of them stood there and watched, and after about a cup of tea, Mei Zhenyi laughed: "Master, people have appeared, and you have also reported your name, but Aunt Long Yin ignored you!"

Zhong Liquan knocked his apprentice on the immortal fan: "What are you laughing at, don't people pay attention to you?"

Zhiyan pursed his lips on the side and said, "We are swimming in the lake to find a friend of the Immortal Family, but Long Yin Gu appeared, but it seems that she is not here to see us." ”

Mei Zhenyi: "Today is not our immortal fate, but that Hu Chun has immortal fate." ”

Zhiyan gave him a light punch and joked, "What, are you disappointed?"

Mei Zhenyi: "No, no, no, I'm just happy for Hu Chun, that person is very good." ”

Zhong Liquan: "It's not bad! Seeing that he is not honest and ignorant, he is smart and careful in doing things, and it is even more rare to have such a heart." No wonder Long Yingu took back the pearl and asked him to give him a ride, just to take this opportunity to get acquainted. ”

Zhiyan: "Master, if you report your name, then Long Yin Gu should also be able to see our identity, but she doesn't pay much attention to it, and she doesn't even reply to her secret thoughts, which is a bit strange." ”

Zhong Liquan groaned: "Maybe there is her own reason, it should be this Long Yin Gu who helped with the demon the night before yesterday, she didn't show up at that time, and she won't say anything about the identity of the Broken Immortal Family today." In that case, let's not be strong. ”

Mei Zhenyi said with a smile: "We didn't come in vain today, Master waved a fan to help Hu Chun hit that box of pearls, and it was also an opportunity for him to get to know Long Yingu." ”

Before he finished speaking, he received another fan on the door of his head, and only heard Zhong Liquan say: "That Aunt Long Yin lives in seclusion in Longgan Lake, and it is not easy to find a chance to get to know Hu Chun with her magical powers, whether we can have this one or not, we just met by the way, and we can't help." ...... Whether Hu Chun has an immortal fate or not is all in his own behavior!"