Chapter 5 Cao Gang
Xu Xian was infinitely happy in his heart and asked, "Aren't you not coming?"
Bai Suzhen leaned out, stood on the bow of the boat, and said with a soft smile: "If you don't come, won't it make Xu Daguan lonely in vain." ”
The morning breeze is blowing, and the white placket also dances, standing on the bow of the boat, like a fairy posture.
Xu Xian was stunned for a moment, but asked again: "What about Ao Li?"
Ao Lijiao's angry voice also came from the cabin: "Do I still use you, a pervert Xu Xianguan?"
As he spoke, he jumped out of the cabin, took Bai Suzhen's hand and "whispered": "Sister Bai, you don't know that this guy hugged and hugged the eldest girl at sea, people ignored him, and he also burned down other people's houses." The voice was loud, but even the captain who was far away could hear it.
Xu Xian suddenly had an urge to hit his head to death, am I a beast?
Bai Suzhenmei glanced at Xu Xian, with a hidden smile, but touched Ao Li's cheek, squatted down and whispered a few words in her ear. Both of them are dressed in white, and this scene makes it difficult to tell whether the mother is instructing her daughter or the sister is instructing her younger sister.
Then Ao Liting's eyes flickered, and she was moved, and suddenly hugged Bai Suzhen's head and kissed her on the lips. Bai Suzhen said "ah", covered her mouth in surprise, and looked at Ao Li helplessly. Ao Li's sneak attack was successful, and his face was full of smugness.
Xu Xian is envious on the side, you two don't take me with you when you play.
But when it was time to say goodbye, it finally came, and finally hugged Ao Li, twisted her cheeks, pinched her nose, and knocked her head...... "Xu Xian! you die!" Ao Li finally got mad and kicked him in the chest, and that sentimental emotion didn't know where to go.
After a bit of fighting. Xu Xian boarded the boat, and finally waved at Ao Li, and the boat left the shore. She found a lot of treasures from Ao Hun's Water Mansion, so she probably didn't have to worry about eating!
Seeing the two closest people leaving together, Ao Li sniffled, and finally couldn't help squatting on the ground and crying. I cried twice but saw that the boat was far away, and I felt bored, wiped my tears, jumped into the lake, and said silently in my heart: "I will definitely go to Taihu Lake to find you soon, Sister Bai, and the stupid Xu Xian." ”
The lake was silent, and Xu Xian looked at the scenery that was gradually moving away, his face was a little melancholy. Bai Suzhen patted him comfortingly on the shoulder and said, "I'll be back." ”
Xu Xian said: "Can I borrow your shoulder to cry?"
Bai Suzhen smiled and shook her head.
Xu Xian shrugged and said, "Forget it." ”
Suddenly, I saw a figure standing on the mirror-like lake, and the man next to him was unaware.
Bai Suzhen bowed slightly to Xiao Qian, but Xu Xian just stared quietly, and through the thin morning mist, she couldn't tell whether she was smiling or sad on her face.
The boat moved with the water, approaching and then moving away, and the layer of mist on the lake gradually thickened, obscuring the vision, but the shadow of the other party was still clearly remembered in his heart.
Bai Suzhen shook her head slightly and sighed: "Pervert Xu Xian." The voice was extremely soft.
Xu Xian hid his face and burst into tears, and entered the cabin, but saw a green shadow sitting in the corner, and said in surprise: "Why are you here?"
Xiaoqing's face was cold, and when she remembered her sister's instructions, she raised her head and said, "We went to Suzhou for Taihu Lake, not for you." "After the Qiantang River was subdued, there was no river to the north except the Grand Canal, and the Grand Canal itself had no water god.
Other rivers happen to be used as a test for Ao Li, but to enter the Yangtze River, the biggest obstacle is the Taihu Lake Basin, where it is said that there is a strong water god, and it is not a dragon, Bai Suzhen said that he wanted to go and see.
Xu Xian smiled and stretched out his hand and said: "Ten years of cultivation of the same boat, meeting is fate, young girl, I have had many misunderstandings with you before, and this time I will go together to release my suspicions." ”
Xiaoqing looked at Xu Xian's outstretched hand, although she didn't know what etiquette it was, but the meaning of the words was still clear, but shaking hands with a man who was "plain and unreasonable" was not in line with her habit after all, but Xu Xian seemed very sincere and couldn't help but hesitate.
Bai Suzhen said on the side: "Xiaoqing." ”
Xiaoqing said helplessly: "Okay, okay! I'll just hold it." Xu Xian realized that he was weird, and hurriedly corrected: "Then high-five." ”
After changing the tidying, the rough big hands and the delicate little hands gently closed, although they could not fully release the previous suspicions, but after all, there was a lot less mustard.
Goodbye, Hangzhou. Academy, West Lake, gathering and drinking, writing poems.
I'm here, Suzhou. Pharmacy, Taihu Lake, compiling books, selling medicines.
Everyone didn't understand why Xu Xian went to Suzhou while keeping his reputation, and even Bai Suzhen didn't understand this. Only in his own heart, like a mirror, this trip is only to write a book.
Xu Xian sighed a little, because fate met, but in the end, these three people went to Suzhou, and when they were fated, what kind of fate would be waiting for them there?
It's just that in this life, Bai Suzhen is not her own mother, and Xiaoqing has been staring at him closely, as if a big light bulb is showing off her brightness. Looking at the beautiful face under the white veil, in a trance, a thousand years of distance have been crossed.
Bai Suzhen was a little embarrassed by him, so she said: "I let Xuanji calculate, I am afraid that there will be many twists and turns in this trip to Taihu Lake, so I asked Hanwen to help." These are not polite words. Xu Xian, who has the true fire of the sun, the star-chasing sword, and the golden body handprint, has already surpassed Xiaoqing's strength, and his combat power should not be underestimated.
Xu Xian was stunned for a moment, she, want me to help her? A sudden burst of joy surged in her heart, and she couldn't help laughing, everything was already different!
Bai Suzhen was a little inexplicable, and Xiaoqing was annoyed: "If you don't want to help, forget it, you still ......"
Xu Xian waved his hand to interrupt her words and said, "For the white lady to go to the soup and fight the fire, Xu Xian is sorry for this." But there was still a smile on his face. Yes, everything has changed.
Bai Suzhen said gratefully: "Then thank you Hanwen." Xiaoqing muttered softly, "Crazy", Bai Suzhen glanced at him and turned his head.
After a few more words of conversation and laughter, Xu Xian asked the captain fairly: "I don't know when I can get to Suzhou?"
The captain smiled and said: "Master Xu, this can't be rushed, the water in this canal is gentle, but the boat is also slow." When I go to Jiaxing tomorrow, I'm afraid I will get Suzhou later. ”
Xu Xian smiled: "I said that I could go to Jiaxing tonight, believe it or not." ”
The captain shook his head and said secretly: Although this Xu Gongzi is a great talent, he always doesn't understand this boat.
Xu Xian said with a smile: "You don't hear it, the light boat has passed over the ten thousand mountains." With that, he mobilized the power of the water spirit under the passenger ship. The captain didn't realize it at first, but then he felt that his arms were light, and he didn't need to use force, and the boat was like a shuttle.
Xu Xian's Mercury has reached the realm of "returning to the star", resisting the current, like an arm and finger, holding this small boat as fast as a speedboat in later generations.
On the river, the power of the water spirit is very dense, the old force is not exhausted, the new force is born, and the flow of the water is faster and faster. Xu Xian was having a lot of fun, and he was even "overshiping" again and again, and Bai Suzhen was helpless against his childishness. But Xiaoqing showed some interest.
There were many boats coming and going on the canal, large and small, but while they were still walking slowly, they saw a small passenger boat flying by. I couldn't help but look at each other in shock: "What kind of ship is this, why is it so fast?" and then tried to take a closer look, but there was no trace of it, only to leave a white wave.
The captain did not dare to stand on the bow of the ship at this time, and the wind was strong. After rowing all my life, I suddenly felt a little seasick. Especially when the river reached the bend, Xu Xian drifted by in a small boat, which made his heart rise to his throat.
But the so-called happiness and sorrow are exactly like this. If Alto had not driven the Audi at a speed, the result would have been predictable, and the boat would have protested against the strike. In Xiao Qing's contemptuous gaze, Xu Xian's face also turned a rare red, which made Xiao Qing laugh for a while.
Fortunately, it is not far from Jiaxing, slowly shaken to the city of Jiaxing, along the curved waterway, looking at the wooden houses on both sides, and after a few small stone bridges, finally stopped at a small wharf, not far from the wharf is a restaurant with lights on, and there are faint human voices.
In addition to this light, Jiaxing at this time is quiet.
The cabins are cramped, and there are different men and women, so naturally they can't sleep together. Xu Xian boarded the boat and went ashore, but saw a young man in green clothes rushing up and asking, "Is it Xu Gongzi?" There was some surprise in his eyes.
Xu Xian didn't expect that his fans had reached such a point, and there were people hundreds of miles away who could see him at a glance, so he couldn't help but be very pleased, and said, "It's exactly below." ”
While accompanying the little girl, he said, "Please take a moment, I'll go and invite my son-in-law to come!" Xu Xian was inexplicable, so he said to Bai Suzhen in the boat: "Then wait!"
This city is not big, it is said that it is a moment, and it is indeed a moment, the little guy led a young man with brocade clothes and a belt, and turned out of the alley, not Jin Shengjie, who else can there be.
It turned out that although he didn't have time to go to Hangzhou to send off, he also learned a lot of information, originally he calculated the time, to wait for Xu Xian to arrive, and then went to Suzhou with Xu Xian, but he didn't expect Xu Xian to come so quickly. Fortunately, I left my mind and let the little guy wait here, so that he didn't miss it.
Jin Shengjie stepped forward and grabbed Xu Xian's hand and said, "Brother Xu made me wait so hard!"
Xu Xian saw that his face was red, and the smell of wine was still a little fatty, which looked like "so bitter". couldn't help laughing: "You're going to drink flower wine again!"
Jin Shengjie didn't even feel half embarrassed on his face, but said with a slight pride: "I didn't expect to hear such a good song in such a small town, and I can't say anything about that figure." I see you're alone, so let's go and take a look. If you don't dislike it, let's just stay there tonight. ”
He said a little sourly: "I'm just afraid that it won't enter your eyes." "Miss Caifeng is his eternal pain.
Xu Xian couldn't help but smile bitterly, you really went wherever you went, scooping all over the country.
It's just that this is going to upset someone.
"Indecent!" a clear drink broke the silence of the evening.
Jin Shengjie was stunned for a moment, according to the news he had gotten, Xu Xian should have come to Hangzhou alone this time! This voice was as clear as a silver bell, and there was a faint hint of delicate Wu language. Although it is drunk, it can't be more beautiful. These two words alone seem to be more beautiful than the large singing songs I just listened to.
Jin Shengjie also immediately heard that this was definitely not either Caifeng and Qingluan, and couldn't help but look at Xu Xian suspiciously.
Xu Xian had already discussed his identity on the road, and said: "This is a distant sister of mine, who wants to go to Suzhou and go with me." As he spoke, he beckoned to the cabin: "Sister, come out!"
Xiaoqing couldn't bear it anymore, opened the door curtain, and walked out. It's just that there is still a thin layer of anger on his face.
Jin Shengjie's eyes lit up, seeing this woman's gauze dress and light skirt, the palace sideburns and crows, and a pair of eyes were even clearer. Only then did I realize that those "peony red" and "Yutang Chun" were compared with one of them, just like vulgar powder. At this moment, it is like drinking a cup of tea after a greasy banquet, and the whole body feels refreshed.
couldn't help but praise: "What a character in the painting, good Xu Hanwen, even the golden house is beautiful, and it is not ......" but he was stunned. It turned out that Xiaoqing lifted the door curtain, and Bai Suzhen walked out of the cabin, smiled at Jin Shengjie and said, "Bai Suzhen has seen Jin Gongzi." ”
The smile was extremely gentle and kind, as if there was no reproach for his words. Jin Shengjie suddenly felt uncomfortable, and the amorous words that he was used to saying, now that he thinks about it, he only feels that every sentence is harsh, and he can't erase it.
Xu Xian stretched out his hand, Bai Suzhen smiled at him, raised his hand, and helped him get off the boat. wanted to help Xiaoqing again, but Xiaoqing just jumped lightly and didn't look at his hand.
Xu Xian didn't feel embarrassed, and turned to Jin Shengjie and said, "I won't listen to Xiaoqu, since Brother Jin is waiting for me here, I guess the food and accommodation are ready!"
Jin Shengjie came back to his senses at this time, and said busily: "Ready, ready." In his heart, he was annoyed that Xu Xian mentioned the stubble again.
He could still look at Xiaoqing, praise twice, and joke with Xu Xian. At this moment, he involuntarily accepted the appearance of Ping Yue, became serious, and turned around to guide them.
Xu Xian secretly laughed at her, she was a wanderer who ruled the world for all kinds. Then he gave an account to his father-in-law, and gave him money to mend the boat, and followed him into the brightly lit inn.
Maybe it's because the Grand Canal passes through the city from Jiaxing, the business in this inn is good, just downstairs is full of seats, but they all have guns and sticks, not like a good class.
As soon as I saw someone coming in, I looked over together, my eyes were quite unkind, and I saw that it was the two sons who eased up a little, and when I saw a woman in Tsing Yi with a very beautiful appearance, I wanted to laugh a few words.
When Bai Suzhen came in and swept around, the inn suddenly fell silent again, and many people choked on their necks, their faces turned red, but they also avoided a disaster.
But when I asked for a room, there was some trouble, it turned out that Jin Shengjie only booked an upper room, but now it is full. He had made up his mind to eat and drink with Xu Xian, live with the scoop, and get closer, how could he have imagined that there would be such a change, and he didn't expect that the business of this inn would be so good.
I was afraid of losing face in front of Xu Xian, so I couldn't help scratching my ears and cheeks, but let him pay a high price, the shopkeeper just looked embarrassed, but he couldn't vacate a room.
Jin Shengjie simply took out a silver ticket, turned to the master of the hall and said loudly: "Which one is in charge, I will pay fifty taels, please vacate a room." "This group of people is clearly a group.
Fifty taels is not said to be a night's stay, and it is enough to buy a small courtyard in such a small town, but the people in the hall laughed loudly, looking extremely disdainful, and a stout man said loudly: "Boy, it's great to have two stinky money, and I don't look at what the grandfathers do." The others chimed in: "Yes, yes." ”
Jin Shengjie said quietly: "One hundred taels." "At this time, there is a bit of gold Wancheng.
There was a lot less laughter in the hall, but no one answered him.
By the time Jin Wancheng raised the increase to three hundred taels, the needles had fallen quietly, and those who could spend three hundred taels for one night must not be idle.
An old man in his fifties with a white beard came out of the crowd, saluted first, and said, "Today's son is spending a thousand taels of silver, and no one dares to give you a house." And maybe it will be cleared at night, so let's ask Childe to live elsewhere!"
Jin Shengjie's face suddenly turned red, how could he have been treated like this by his second son, and he was about to have a seizure, but Xu Xian grabbed him and said, "Let my sister go up and rest first, we two big men, how can we not deal with it overnight." ”
Bai Suzhen was watching interestingly, Jin Wancheng, who was going to have a seizure about anything, glanced at her, endured this breath, and ordered Xiao Er to take Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing to the upper room to rest first.
The boss saw the nobles, and personally led them upstairs, and when they disappeared on the stairs, the hall became noisy again.
The old man twisted his beard and thought for a moment, but then felt his heart palpitate, and returned to the table. A man at the same table came up and said, "Fifth Master, who are they?"
The fifth master took a sip of tea and said, "Don't offend." "It's not easy to offend to be able to take a woman like that.
The man said again: "We came so early, why haven't the grandsons of the Salt Gang come yet?"
The fifth master spit out a mouthful of tea leaves and said: "We are not waiting for the salt gang, we are waiting for a noble person from Beijing, all of them give me some spirit, I heard that the gang leader is also coming." ”
Xu Xian sent them into the room, and Bai Suzhen laughed softly: "Hanwen, your friend is really interesting!"
Xu Xian smiled: "Although Ren has a surname, he is not a bad person." You can rest here for the night, and I'll have the food brought to you. ”
"What about you?"
"We'll think of another way and wait to see if there's anything to check out. And said a little apologetically: "Let you also accompany me to get into the dust, really"
Xiaoqing interrupted: "Don't be sentimental, if it weren't for the fact that you are still a little useful, we would have flown to Taihu Lake in one go." Naturally, he was ignored by Xu Xian.
Bai Suzhen shook her head and said: "Go high and high, but there is no such scenery, I actually like this world." I couldn't help but think of a conversation with Yu Xuanji, who was very dissatisfied with her thoughts. But I don't know that I have been flying in the sky for 1,700 years, and I am tired of it.
Xu Xian nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's just Taihu Lake." "As long as she can conquer Taihu Lake, she will be able to live the life she wants!
Although I say this with my mouth, I know it in my heart. can occupy such a large body of water as Taihu Lake, and it is so close to the old man of the Yangtze River, I heard that it is not a dragon clan. Adding up to these things, it is conceivable what kind of opponent she will be, and it is no wonder that she seems to have no confidence.
Bai Suzhen smiled slightly, and he felt relieved and relieved.
Xu Xian just walked out of the room, and felt that someone behind him swooped up, Jin Shengjie said angrily: "What is the surname Ren, Xu Hanwen, you explain it to me clearly." ”
Xu Xian just didn't cultivate, and Jin Shengjie, a drunken man, was not his opponent, so he easily avoided it, and said, "Brother Jin still has the habit of eavesdropping on people's speeches?"
Jin Shengjie asked anxiously: "You say, what is her relationship with you?"
Xu Xian Zhengse said: "I advise you not to hit her attention, otherwise it will be difficult to come and make friends." ”
Jin Shengjie's face stiffened, and he sighed deeply, with infinite loss, he responded, but suddenly bowed to Xu Xianna, calling him brother.
Xu Xianqi said: "What are you doing?" Could it be that his long-hidden domineering aura finally burst out?
Jin Shengjie's eyes were full of tears, "Please teach me how to meet a peerless beauty!" He has been in the Fengyue Field for many years, and he thinks that he is also a veteran of flowers, but he has to admit that he is incompetent in front of Xu Xian in this regard.
Xu Xian held his hand tightly and said seriously: "Actually, I am a virgin!"
Jin Shengjie couldn't help but take two steps back as if he had been struck by lightning, his face was full of shock, and said, "Impossible!"
Coming downstairs, Jin Wancheng was still not in his mind, Xu Xian first helped the second daughter to get a good meal, and then asked the shopkeeper to send a wine and food to the boat. I wanted to find a place to sit in the hall, but the hall was crowded with that group of people, and some even sat at a table with a dozen people.
But where there were still vacant seats, those people sat down to watch their jokes, and none of them wanted to let go.
As a gentleman's professional instinct, Jin Shengjie came to his senses, and he was about to take out a silver ticket to use his professional skills.
Xu Xian pressed his hand, walked up to the old man who had just spoken, and said, "I don't know if the old man has always felt a little worried recently. There were only four or five people sitting on this flat pear wood table, and the old man had one side to himself.
The fifth master was taken aback and said, "How do you know?" His disease is also an old problem, and it will inevitably attack every spring. It's not a serious illness, but it's always a nuisance. But when I went to seek medical treatment, no one could tell why.
Xu Xian said with a smile: "I have a little medical skills in the lower part, if I can ...... a pulse."
The fifth master immediately became suspicious, don't be the enemy to harm him.
But thinking about the appearance of the two women I saw just now, I was immediately relieved. Although he thinks very highly of himself, he does not think that he is qualified to make such a big battle. Especially the woman in white, she has never seen it in this world.
was even more worried about his body, so he glared at a few people at the table, "Why don't you have any eyes, and you don't give up your seat to the doctor." ”
Two seats were immediately vacated at the table, Xu Xian smiled and thanked him, and sat down to check his pulse, but the rest of the people stared at Xu Xian without blinking, daring to make any abnormal moves, they couldn't get out of their attack range.
Xu Xian's face was as usual, and he asked, "Have you practiced internal skills?"
The fifth master did not shy away from it, and said with a smile: "That's natural, after working hard in the rivers and lakes for so many years, who is not sick when you get old." If it weren't for this bit of qi to support, the bones of the body would have collapsed long ago. ”
Xu Xian said: "The root of this is precisely in this qi. ”
The so-called internal strength is a stream of energy, stored in the dantian, swimming around the body. Xu Xian opened his spiritual eyes, and he could clearly see the direction of qi, and there was clearly a trace of it penetrating into his heart.
The fifth master was taken aback and asked, "How is it possible?"
Although the warrior claims to know his body best, after all, he is not a healer and cannot heal his own diseases. Although a healer is not sick or healed, he is not a martial artist, because qi is an extremely complex thing, which is of great benefit to the human body, but at the same time it also has a great impact, and most of this cannot be controlled by taking the pulse.
But I can't say this to him, there are countless internal strengths in the world, but the difference is nothing more than the running route. Xu Xian now seems to know the practice of his internal strength, which is very taboo.
But if he is more sophisticated in medical science, I am afraid that there is no one in the world who can surpass Xu Xian, so Xu Xian fooled him very seriously with professional terms.
The fifth master looked sincere, nodded again and again, and asked, "What kind of medicine do you have to take for this illness?" As he spoke, he handed over a cup of tea, so that the subordinates next to him looked straight, and the fifth master's tea was not something that anyone could drink.
Xu Xian said: "It's not good to take medicine, you have to" let him hang on crutches, drank a sip of tea and smoothed his breath, and then continued: "You have to meditate for half an hour before going to bed every day, and the breath will be confined to the sea of qi, and it will have an effect." You can also give it a try now. ”
Usually martial artists practice, they are all big Zhou Tian, and Xiao Zhou Tian wanders all over the body, but Xu Xian wants him to do the opposite.
The fifth master was already extremely convinced of him, and when he tried it on the spot, the kind of "worrying heart" that didn't work after taking countless medicines really got better immediately, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and there was a little more respect in Xu Xian's eyes.
Fifty and knowing the destiny of heaven, what is "knowing the destiny of heaven", is knowing that you are always going to die. If you live to this age, if you don't obey the sky and the earth, you will serve famous doctors.
He pulled Xu Xian to chat, and said that he was curing the disease, and even a few people at the table couldn't help but interject and ask about some disasters, and Xu Xian naturally answered them one by one.
Jin Shengjie's eyes widened on the side, he didn't expect Xu Xian to have such a hand.
Xu Xian suddenly asked: "Seeing that the old man is not an ordinary person from the rivers and lakes, I don't know what is the matter with coming here today?"
One of the people next to him immediately replied: "We are from the Cao Gang Su Jiatang, this is our hall master, Fifth Master Qin." His tone was full of pride.
The fifth master also smiled and stroked his beard, obviously very satisfied with this name. Although he is only in charge of the section from Suzhou to Jiaxing, he is not the richest, but he is not far behind. And there are many subordinates, far from being comparable to ordinary wealthy businessmen.
The Cao Gang is known as the largest gang in the world, and there is no shadow of the Cao Gang in the world. And it is by no means a beggar gang, although there are so-called beggar gangs in this world, but a group of people called Hanako who are still worried about their diet can have much combat power.
Poor and rich in martial arts, practicing internal skills is called "practicing refinement and transforming qi" in Taoism, you can't eat enough, and you can't keep up with nutrition, how can you refine your qi. No matter how magical the martial arts method is, it can't escape the law of conservation of energy.
The formation of any organization must be supported by financial resources. If you want to be rich, eat the treasury. The standard of the Cao Gang is the imperial court silver that can be used to support the tiger skin of the world's largest gang.
Xu Xian was stunned, but suddenly it occurred to him, isn't the base camp of the Cao Gang in Taihu Lake?
(To be continued)