Chapter 110: Zhou Guanzhong
Walking into the tea shed, Wang Lie looked at Zhou Guanzhong in the mouth of the old boatman, Zhou Guanzhong was in his forties, with a Chinese face, dignified appearance, slightly dark skin, warm eyes, and high temples.
It is a bit strange that a martial arts master is willing to be an ordinary boatman with peace of mind.
"Is there anyone here, can I sit here?" Wang Lie walked across from Zhou Guanzhong and said.
"Naturally, feel free to sit, Lao Liu, there are guests, say hello." Zhou Guanzhong said casually, and turned back to greet the owner of the tea shed.
"Brother Zhou, I want to go to sea, can I hire your boat?" Wang Lie didn't talk nonsense, and said directly, in fact, with Wang Lie's martial arts and status in the rivers and lakes, he could directly force those boatmen to sail out to sea, but Wang Lie is not a bully, maybe he is arrogant and not humiliated, and for ordinary people, Wang Lie can also get along peacefully.
"It's not a good time to go to sea. That Zhou Guanzhong raised his eyes and glanced at Wang Lie, but he didn't see anything abnormal, Wang Lie's cultivation had already reached the realm of returning to the basics, and the idlers couldn't see that he had martial arts. In this week's crown, Wang Lie is just an ordinary weak scholar.
"There is never the best time, now is the best time for me, Brother Zhou just needs to say what the price is needed for you to take me to sea. Wang Lie said in a flat tone, this Zhou Guanzhong has martial arts but is willing to be a boatman, I am afraid that there is also a person with a story behind him, maybe there is any big enemy, but these Wang Lie are not interested in knowing, he just needs a person to take him to Xia Ke Island, for Zhou Guanzhong's privacy. Wang Lie was not interested in inquiring.
"Don't dare to be the title of Brother Zhou, you can call me Lao Zhou, there is no problem to go to sea, but it costs ten taels of silver, and it takes five days to return, if it is beyond time. Add one or two a day. That week, Guanzhong lowered his eyes again, picked up the bowl and took a sip of the liquid in the bowl, and he didn't know if it was wine or tea.
"Money is not a problem, when can you go. Wang Lie said.
"Don't be in a hurry, I'm talking about ten taels of gold, not silver. That Zhou Guanzhong raised his head and looked at Wang Lie, this young boy was generous.
Wang Lie smiled slightly, there is such a thing as money. There is no precious place for him, he doesn't care, before leaving the South Shaolin Temple, Huang Sheng gave him a hundred taels of gold after careful consideration, Wang Lie didn't spend much along the way, and the rest was enough for this Zhou Guanzhong as a fare, "Money is not a problem, as long as you send me to the place." All this gold is yours. Wang Lie casually threw the package on the table and made a muffled sound. Listening to the voice, you know that the weight is not light.
Zhou Guanzhong casually picked up the package, his face remained unchanged, and he shouted, "Lao Liu, pay you back the tea money." He reached into the package and found a piece of gold. There are three or four weights, Huang Shang prepared no broken silver for Wang Lie, and he was not worried that Wang Lie would show his wealth and attract the attention of thieves, Wang Lie's martial arts, what thief could steal his money.
The owner of the tea shed was also a man in his forties and fifties. Looking honest, he took the piece of gold thrown by Zhou Guanzhong in a panic, and said in a loud voice: "It's too much, too much, Old Zhou, you are also a lot older, and all the money you earn is to save up for a daughter-in-law, live a good life, don't be so extravagant." ”
Lao Liu, the owner of the tea shed, is real, from the perspective of an ordinary person to persuade Zhou Guanzhong, presumably Zhou Guanzhong's style on weekdays is the same, this small tea shed, can not make so much money in half a year, instead of being greedy, he persuaded Zhou Guanzhong.
"You just take it with you, and the excess is calculated as interest, you give it back to Lao Zhang of the restaurant for me, this son, can we go?" Zhou Guanzhong casually threw out another piece of gold, carried the burden in his hand, and said to Wang Lie.
The corners of Wang Lie's mouth lifted and he smiled: "Let's go." This cheerful style is just right for his appetite, and if he can return to Xia Ke Island as soon as possible, Wang Lie doesn't want to delay for a moment.
Zhou Guanzhong led the way with the honorarium given to him by Wang Lie, and came to a small boat on the dock, which was about the same size as Wang Lie's first ship, the Qianshandu.
"This is your ship?" Wang Lie watched Zhou Guanzhong jump on the boat and asked, he knew that such a small boat was not suitable for navigation, although Wang Lie was strong in martial arts, but the sea was ruthless, if something happened at sea, no matter how high his martial arts were, it was useless, he couldn't fly hundreds of miles back to shore.
"Don't worry, don't look at my small ship, but it is very sturdy, and it is no problem to sail at sea for a month or two, but you have to tell me where we are going first, so I can prepare food supplies in advance." Zhou Guanzhong said.
"Go and prepare food for a month, if you don't brag, a month is enough to reach your destination. Wang Lie looked at the east and said, his eyes did not look down, he stepped out, the person had already arrived at the boat, and the boat did not even shake.
Zhou Guanzhong's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "It's a downward walk, I didn't expect that Gongzi also has a unique skill, no wonder he dares to go to sea at this time." ”
"I don't ask where you come from, you don't have to be curious about me, I'm just hiring you to go to sea, and after you send me to the place, you and I have nothing to do with it. Wang Lie said in a flat tone.
"Refreshing, generous, and refreshing, the value of this business, you can rest assured, I never brag in Zhou Guanzhong, this radius of 100 miles, no one's helm level exceeds me, I will definitely send you to your destination safely." Zhou Guanzhong patted his chest and said, after speaking, he left Wang Lie on the boat with confidence, even threw the bag of gold in the cabin, casually touched a few pieces of gold and stuffed it into his arms and went ashore to prepare food and water.
The corners of Wang Lie's mouth raised, this week's crown is also a very interesting person, if it weren't for the important things in his body, Wang Lie would like to hear the story behind this week's crown, just now Zhou Guanzhong's departing figure, Wang Lie could see his martial arts at a glance.
This week's martial arts in the crown turned out to be the foundation of Shaolin martial arts, Wang Lie has a deep relationship with Shaolin Temple, but those who are qualified to intersect with him are all senior monks of Shaolin Temple, and he also knows a low-level disciple, this week Guanzhong may be born in Shaolin lay disciples, similar to Xiao Feng, it is normal for Wang Lie not to know, after all, Shaolin disciples are all over the world, Wang Lie cannot know them all, but since he was born in Shaolin, it is not an outsider, Wang Lie thought in his heart If this Zhou Guanzhong is really committed to being this boatman to avoid the enemy, should he help him。
I don't want to think about this problem for the time being, Wang Lie sat cross-legged on the bow of the boat, closed his eyes and healed his injuries, he was pressed for time, and every bit of time could not be wasted, he went back to the Immortal Changchun Valley this time, he planned to kill the three major families, but he didn't go sightseeing.
Wang Lie still doesn't know that the Su family has been wiped out by the Xiaoyao faction, the beggar gang, the Fang family, and the Xie family, and the Xiaoyao faction and the beggar gang have been forced to disappear by the Fang Xie family, otherwise he will be even more anxious.
More than an hour later, Zhou Guanzhong came back, and brought a few laborers to carry some food and water onto the boat, and even did not forget to bring a few large jars of wine, ready to be ready, Zhou Guanzhong said hello to Wang Lie, propped up the penny, and the boat left the dock and headed for the sea.
Wang Lie opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Guanzhong's action of holding the boat, he actually used the Shaolin stick method, and used Shaolin martial arts to support the boat, no wonder Zhou Guanzhong dared to say that he was the person with the highest level of helm within a radius of 100 miles, except for him, I am afraid that no other martial arts master would deign to be a boatman.
"Here to the east, three days, two days to the north. Wang Lie said in a flat tone, the location of Xia Ke Island is secret, and the route is unclear at one time, so he can only let the boat go for a while, and Wang Lie can point out the direction at any time.
After saying this, Wang Lie closed his eyes again, he sat cross-legged on the bow of the boat, his body swayed slightly with the boat, but his posture did not fall apart for half a minute, but remained relatively static with the boat, Zhou Guanzhong saw this scene, he lived at sea, he knew very well the difficulty of this state, and admired Wang Lie very much. However, he did not go to talk, but concentrated on rowing his boat.
The sea voyage is very boring, especially the two have not talked, except for the sound of rushing water, there is no other sound, every evening, Zhou Guanzhong will temporarily stop rowing, make a dinner and the two eat quietly, and then Zhou Guanzhong sleeps at night, but Wang Lie is sitting cross-legged on the bow of the boat from beginning to end, from the first day, except for dinner in the evening, he does not move or speak, and has maintained that state.
On the fifth day, Zhou Guanzhong spoke: "Childe, which direction to go next." At this time, he had come to the place where Wang Lie said for the first time.
"Seven days to the east, a ship is coming from the southeast, you pay attention. Wang Lie's eyes didn't open, and he spoke. The reason why he reminded the latter sentence was because before going to sea he had heard that pirates were raging on the sea now, although he was not afraid, but he could hide from the past, although killing a few pirates would delay at most an hour or two, but what Wang Lie didn't want was to delay time.
"Is there a ship coming?" Zhou Guanzhong was stunned, he looked to the southeast, but he didn't see anything, on this sea, he could see at least thirty or forty miles at a glance, he didn't believe that Wang Lie's ears could hear a sound farther away.
What Zhou Guanzhong didn't know was that there was no barrier on the sea, and Wang Lie's ear power was enough to hear Baili's unexpected movements, but he didn't see it, just because the ship hadn't appeared in his line of sight yet.
Zhou Guanzhong shook his head, since he didn't see it, he wasn't worried, slid the boat, and headed east.
After more than half a day, Zhou Guanzhong suddenly found that a big ship appeared in the southeast, he saw the other party, and the other party could naturally see him, the big ship seemed to change its course and galloped towards them, was it afraid of something? (To be continued......
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