Yanzhou and his party spent several days and were almost assassinated, but Chang Yu still felt it was worth it.
After getting more than 100,000 shi of food and 500,000 silver, he also hit the Kong family hard in the face. Even if he was stabbed a few more times, he still thought it was a good deal, since no one would die anyway.
After the round with Li Muxian, Chang Yu did not cross the river to the west. According to the original plan, he wanted to go to Jining to meet up with Li Yan and the others, and then go south along the canal to beat up the governor of Donghe.
However, the army had arrived in Jining yesterday, and when he arrived it was already late at night, so he changed his plan and headed south along the Sihe River. As expected, he would meet up with Li Yan and others at the intersection of the canal one day later.
A drizzle fell from the sky. Chang Yu's wounds were not healed and he could not ride a horse. Lian Xin was riding with him, but Su Jing called her out to practice riding. She spoke harshly and reprimanded her. Lian Xin's eyes were filled with tears, and she was holding back tears. I didn't dare to cry, and no one dared to persuade me.
Li Muxian was chatting in a low voice with Chang Yu about what he had done in the past few days by the car. He was also shocked when he heard about Chang Yu's assassination. He only regretted that he was not there at the time, otherwise the murderer would not be able to get close, and even a bat would not be able to escape that night.
Chen Wangting and Qiao Sanxiu were very unhappy after hearing this, but they knew that they had neglected their duties and knew that the Taoist priest was usually arrogant, so they didn't say anything.
But it was Monk Haihong who narrowed his eyes and said, "Young adults were seriously injured and most of them recovered in less than two days, but is there any panacea?"
Chang Yu seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "Monk, doesn't he know that I have become an indestructible body?"
Monk Haihong was startled and then smiled faintly: "It turns out that you are practicing my Buddhist martial arts."
Chang Yu laughed loudly: "Great monk, I heard that you have also developed an indestructible body, right?"
"Do you believe it, sir?"
Chang Yu shook his head: "I don't believe it!"
The monk smiled and said nothing, clapped his horse and left.
Wuzhong approached on horseback with a look of disdain on his face. He took out the red tassel from his waist and flicked it with his fingers, buzzing: "Indestructible body of King Kong? Who can put your head forward and let me try to chop it with a knife?"
"Go away," Chang Yu shouted angrily, put down the car curtain and lay down.
At dusk, the rain was pouring. After traveling for more than 20 miles, there was wilderness everywhere and no village could be seen. Chang Yu saw Lian Xin, who was soaked and as embarrassed as a drowned chicken. He took a look and asked her to get in the car and ride with him. Su Jing refused, but saw the little girl. The eunuch raised his eyebrows and agreed.
"Change into clean clothes, don't catch a cold." Chang Yu got out of the car, took a bamboo hat, got on the horse and drove slowly, and said to Su Jing, you can also ride. After all, summer clothes are thin and close to the body when exposed to water, and Su Jing is still a woman. , the curves appeared, which attracted the guards' attention.
"No, I'm used to the wind and rain when I travel around the world, so I'm not that delicate." Su Jing doesn't know a good heart.
"Sir, you also have good intentions..." Li Muchian was about to persuade, but Su Jing choked angrily: "What are you doing?"
"You... don't know what's good and what's good!" Li Muxian was so angry that he walked away, while Wuzhong smiled evilly and whispered to Kuang Ren next to him: "This bull's nose is very bad. He always wants to ruin our good things."
Kuang Ren and the guards next to him laughed extremely obscenely, and glanced at Su Jing. Chang Yu couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
After walking for more than ten miles, the sky turned dark and the rain continued, so we finally found a small village to take a break. It was adjacent to the Si River to the west and the Baima River to the east, but the Baima River had dried up and there was no water.
"It's not raining heavily. Should we rest in the village at night or continue on our way?" Li Muchian asked Chang Yu during dinner.
Chang Yu looked up at the night sky. The drizzle was the most disturbing: "We don't need to be busy meeting Li Yan, let's go directly to Xuzhou."
"If we go directly to Xuzhou, it is faster to take the waterway." Li Muchian suggested: "From Sihe to Nanyang Lake in the south of Jining, go all the way south through Dushan Lake, and Weishan Lake will reach Xuzhou."
Chang Yu was slightly surprised: "Is the Taoist master so familiar with the waterways in Shandong?"
Li Muxian smiled slightly: "I am a poor person who knows everything about astronomy..."
"You laid a bird egg. I just heard about it while chatting with the villagers over there." Wuzhong curled his lips, and everyone burst into laughter. Li Muchian blushed: "You guy..."
But in this dark night, there was nowhere to find a big boat to ferry him and his party of nearly thirty people in a remote place.
It was not until the afternoon of the second day that four large boats were hired at the ferry port of a large town near Nanyang Lake to convert them into waterways. In fact, the boating speed was not very fast just relying on manpower, at least that was what Chang Yu felt, but when the boat was there Walking in the water and looking at the scenery on both sides of the strait has a unique mood.
Traveling by water is not about speed, but distance and convenience. After all, waterway transportation was far more developed than land transportation in ancient times.
"Let me ask, have you heard of officers and soldiers passing by Jining recently?" Chang Yu sat under the pergola on the bow of the boat, waving a fan and chatting with the boatman. The boatman said with certainty: "I heard that there were hundreds of thousands of people passing by, along the canal. Going south for dozens of miles, the nearby mountain bandits and water pirates all went far away to avoid the limelight." As he said this, he glanced at Chang Yu casually.
He must have regarded himself as some kind of hero, Chang Yu guessed. After all, ordinary people among the twenty or thirty of them couldn't tell whether they were thieves or soldiers just by looking at their appearance.
Before sunset, the boat entered Nanyang Lake, and suddenly there were more boats on the water, big, small, long, wide, transporting goods and even flower boats.
Flower boat? Where did the flower boat come from? Qiao Sanxiu was an honest man. He stared at the water and couldn't figure out the way. In his impression, the flower boat should be the kind of flower boat with lanterns, colorful silk and bamboo and beautiful women waving and ogling.
"This is not the Qinhuai River, but it's not that big." Li Muchian raised his hand and pointed at an inconspicuous boat not far away: "Have you seen that kind of lantern on the bow? I tell you that's what I do for a living, specifically to relieve the boredom of boatmen or tourists. of".
"Hey, Taoist Master Fang really knows everything. He is simply very knowledgeable." Chang Yu half-smiled, but Li Muchian said sternly: "I have never been involved in this, I just heard about it..."
It became darker and darker, and everyone laughed.
Sailing at night was very interesting. The river breeze was blowing and it was cooler than on land. The boatman made dinner. Although the grilled fish and fish soup were not elaborately prepared, they were extremely delicious. At least the dry food brought by Chang Yu and the others was much more delicious.
After dinner, everyone chatted until late at night. They fell asleep without realizing it. When they woke up, it was bright and they asked where they were.
"Just in front of Zhaoyang Lake is Weishan Lake." The boatman pointed to the boundless water due south and said.
Ah! Everyone was amazed. Unknowingly, they traveled nearly a hundred miles in one night. This waterway was really fast and convenient. Of course, they were a passenger ship and were faster than a cargo ship.
Weishan Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the north, rich in fish and beautiful scenery. Chang Yu wanted to visit, but he had to pass by it. The boatman told him that if he went to Xuzhou, he would have to divert the canal here.
From Jining to Xuzhou, the Grand Canal runs side by side with the four lakes. There are several waterways connected to it. If Chang Yu's boat enters Weishan Lake, he can also find a waterway connected to the canal, but it will have to be farther around.
After thinking about it, Chang Yu, who was in a hurry, decided to take the nearest canal to Xuzhou. After all, this was not the time for sightseeing.
When the boat entered the intersection of the lake and the river, the water surface became crowded, and the shore was also very lively with people coming and going. It was actually a market. The boatman, with Chang Yu's permission, docked the boat to buy some daily necessities.
Chang Yu and his party also took the opportunity to go ashore to stretch their waists, and the guards led their horses ashore to eat some grass nearby and move around.
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