After the black shadow in the water swallowed the live chicken, the iron hook penetrated deeply into its mouth, causing pain. It suddenly exerted force and rushed towards the deep water.
This force then pulls the entire boat.
But after the boat docked, it was fixed to a boulder on the shore with a cable.
As a result, the black shadow's attempt to escape was immediately blocked by the boulder.
Fang Xiaoyue did not deal with the opponent, but kept exerting force with both hands to quickly retract the rope.
When the rope was at its shortest, a big herring more than two meters long appeared in front of him.
Perhaps this big herring knew that once it was pulled into the boat, its fate would be very tragic, so it flapped its tail desperately on the water, struggled desperately, and kept splashing water.
At this time, Fang Shangou did not hesitate at all. With a swish sound, the thick-backed knife was unsheathed and struck the big herring on the head in an instant, almost splitting the big herring's head in half.
With this fatal blow, the big herring was severely injured and could no longer struggle. Fang Xiaoyue easily pulled him onto the deck.
Seeing this scene, the boat owner's family and Cheng Xiaoyue, who were still worried on the shore, ran to the boat and looked at this huge fish that was beyond their imagination in shock.
In this big river, due to the width of the river and the depth of the water, big fish of 70 to 80 centimeters can often be seen.
But a big fish like this, which is 2.8 meters long, can only be said to be rare.
"Sauerkraut fish, chopped pepper fish head..."
At this time, the boat owner's wife was thinking about what dishes to make with this big fish.
"Can this water monster also be eaten?"
The ship owner came to his senses at this time, and his words were trembling and startled.
Indeed, there are many taboos for people who live on the water.
To be honest, most people really don’t dare to eat water monsters like this.
After all, there is a very simple truth. If you eat a water monster, will other water monsters retaliate against you?
Fang Xiaoyue didn't say much. Whether the boat owner and his family would eat or not had nothing to do with him, and his concerns were justified.
He didn't dare to guarantee that if you eat this fish, those water monsters will definitely not cause trouble for you.
In fact, this was not the only water monster he found in the river. He had discovered a total of three water monsters before.
Unfortunately, these water monsters were extremely cautious. When they saw the gluttonous herring monster being hooked and pulled into the boat, they ran away quickly.
Of course, Fang Xiaoyue did not expect that the water demon would be so timid.
But having said that, even if the herring demon didn't take the bait, I'm afraid it wouldn't easily get on the boat.
Because generally speaking, water monsters will never come ashore or on a boat unless they have to.
In fact, Fang Xiaoyue originally planned to keep vigil to prevent being attacked by the water monster.
As a result, after keeping watch for most of the night, the water monsters never appeared again.
At noon the next day, although the proprietress of the boat did not dare to eat the meat of the fish demon, she still tried her best to cook a feast of demon fish. Fang Xiaoyue, Fang Shangou, Cheng Xiaoyue and others were all mouth-watering and shouted "Hello".
I have to say that there are some benefits to eating this demon fish meat.
After eating the demon fish feast, when Fang Shangou went to the bow of the ship to practice the Sky-shattering Sword Technique, he quickly got started.
And the little girl Cheng Xiaoyue felt warm inside her body after eating the demon fish meat, and her strength became much stronger.
This demon fish is more than two meters long. It is impossible to finish it in one meal, and you will get tired of eating the meat of this demon fish.
So Fang Xiaoyue asked the boat owner's wife to make the remaining fish meat into smoked fish.
Compared with fresh fish, smoked fish can undoubtedly be stored for a longer period of time without spoiling.
But at night, Fang Xiaoyue found that the evil spirit outside the reeds where the boat was parked became more and more intense.
There is no doubt that after catching the herring demon, more water demons followed.
It seems that the water demon is also vindictive
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At night, the shipowner and his family fell asleep.
Fang Xiaoyue, Fang Shangou and Cheng Xiaoyue stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the water.
Taking Fang Shangou was to continue to train him, while Cheng Xiaoyue was to give her courage.
After all, if this little girl follows him, she may not encounter more such things in the future.
There are more and more black shadows flowing underwater around the ship, and there are as many as five or six that can be seen with the naked eye.
The moonlight was very bright today, and even Cheng Xiaoyue saw the water demon swimming in the water.
This made her face turn pale, but what made Fang Xiaoyue very satisfied was that Cheng Xiaoyue did not scream in fear, but stood calmly behind Fang Xiaoyue.
Not long after, there was a splash on the water, and a big black fish more than three meters long jumped up from the river towards the bow of the boat.
While in mid-air, the big black fish turned into a monster with a human body and a fish head, wearing armor and holding a harpoon.
"Bold human beings who dare to fish for my clan will suffer death!"
The black fish demon waved the harpoon and rushed towards Fang Shangou who was standing at the front.
Fang Shangou instantly pulled out the thick-backed sword behind him and struck the leaping black fish demon with one strike.
The black fish demon reacted smartly, and immediately raised the harpoon in his hand, but the thick-backed knife was too powerful. The harpoon suddenly broke when blocked, and the black fish demon was immediately chopped open from the head by the thick-backed knife. It stopped when it reached the chest.
This scene made Cheng Xiaoyue tremble behind Fang Xiaoyue. She covered her mouth with her hands and tried her best not to make a sound, but her pale face showed the panic in her heart.
Fang Xiaoyue sighed softly and reached out to cover his eyes. He was still a child after all.
But after a while, Cheng Xiaoyue pushed away Fang Xiaoyue's hand, suppressed the fear in her heart, and looked towards the river.
At this time, Fang Shangou's face was pale and his legs were shaking slightly.
After all, for a 14-year-old child, the scene of beheading a fish monster with his own hands is still a bit beyond his psychological endurance.
Fortunately, after the blow, Fang Xiaoyue stretched out her hand to pull him behind her, pulled out the sword from her waist, and waved it towards the river.
At this time, several fish demons in the river jumped out of the water. Their strength was much stronger than the black fish demon before, and the weapons in their hands also slightly emitted a dark green demonic light.
But the next moment, a silver-white sword light flashed across their waists, and then the fish monsters were disconnected from their waists, and green blood suddenly spurted out.
This was Fang Xiaoyue's first time to take action, but after the star power driven by Wuqu Sword Art was revealed from the sword body, it immediately turned into silver sword light. Its sweeping radius exceeded fifty or sixty meters, covering the entire One-tenth of the river channel.
As soon as the sword was released, the water monsters that were lurking under the water and had not yet taken action all let out whining sounds and turned around to run away.
This scene tonight will probably leave a deep shadow in their hearts.
However, the noise at this time had awakened the shipowner and his family, and Fang Xiaoyue could only blame the incident on herself, saying that the noise was caused by a martial arts competition with Fang Shangou.
After getting the boat owner's family across the lake, Fang Xiaoyue saw the fish demon corpses half-sunk and half-floating on the river. Countless fish gathered from all directions and pounced on the fish demon corpses to eat.
This is not surprising. For ordinary creatures, the meat of these monsters can be regarded as a great tonic. It contains the condensed moonlight of monsters.
As long as those fish eat monster meat, the chances of turning into monsters and opening up their spiritual intelligence will greatly increase as they age.
Therefore, monster meat is extremely tempting to ordinary creatures.
After the fight with the fish monster that night, perhaps all the water monsters in the river knew that an expert was passing by, so in the next two days, Fang Xiaoyue and his party never encountered any accidents.
Two days later, the ship docked at the pier in Beijing.
Fang Xiaoyue gave the remaining boat money, said goodbye to the boat owner and his family, and took Fang Shangou and Cheng Xiaoyue ashore.
once again
Stepping onto the land of the capital, Fang Xiaoyue felt a little emotional, while Cheng Xiaoyue and Fang Shangou who were following him all the way there felt like their eyes were full.
The reason is simple, the capital city is much more prosperous than Kuangluo County.
There is a lot of traffic and a constant flow of people. The shops on both sides of the street sell a variety of goods. Even the candy figures, sugar paintings, and candied haws hawked along the street are more beautiful and exquisite than those in Kuangluo County.
After staying at the inn, he didn't let the two of them go out for fun. After all, the capital was no better than Kuangluo County. Although it was extremely prosperous, there were also many bad people.
If these two little guys go out, they might be deceived and abducted.
After staying in the inn for one night, Fang Xiaoyue took the two of them to the dental clinic the next morning.
To put it bluntly, Yafang is an agency under government management. The Yafang people here can help you buy and sell houses and a series of other things.
And transactions such as houses, people, etc. must be brokered by Ya people, otherwise the government will not approve them.
Yafang is located in the capital's shopping mall, which is the largest commodity trading place in the capital. Merchants from all over the country gather here, and a large amount of grain, fur, silk, cloth and even livestock are traded here every day.
Therefore, there are more people coming in and out than other places.
Fang Xiaoyue and Fang Shangou also squeezed in for a while before entering.
However, the communication here in the dental office was very easy. After seeing the official certificate presented by Fang Xiaoyue, the steward of the dental office immediately greeted him with a smile, and then took Fang Xiaoyue to look through the houses recorded in the eucalyptus.
These houses are listed for sale by their landlords in Yafang and are spread throughout the capital.
Fang Xiaoyue also expressed her needs, which was to be closer to the Hanlin Academy.
After all, he will work in the Hanlin Academy from now on. The distance is closer and it is more convenient to commute by himself.
According to his request, the manager of the dental office quickly compiled a list of houses, and then called a young dental man who looked very shrewd to take them to see the houses.
There is no need to say more about the process of looking at a house.
After looking at seven houses, Fang Xiaoyue finally chose the one closest to the Hanlin Academy.
The house closest to the Hanlin Academy was too small. Although it was enough for a dozen people to live in, Fang Xiaoyue still chose a larger house after considering the future.
As for a large house that can accommodate three to four hundred people, he will not consider it.
He couldn't afford such a big house.
Even if he sells all the gifts Qian Laipeng gave him, he still can't afford it.
What's more, when he went to Beijing this time, he only brought five thousand taels of silver notes with him.
But having said that, houses in Beijing are really expensive.
For a house of the same size, the most you can buy in Kuangluo County is 110 taels of silver.
In the capital, the house that Fang Xiaoyue purchased cost him a full 1,300 taels of silver.
This is because the owner of that house has retired and returned to his hometown, and the sale price is still the same as when he left Beijing.
Now three years have passed, and housing prices in Beijing have risen a lot.
The price of a house of the same size next to that house is only 1,700 taels of silver.
So in fact, Fang Xiaoyue took advantage.
Of course, this is also because he is a sixth-grade official. It is impossible for a commoner or an eighth- or ninth-grade official to buy a house for 1,300 taels. Yafang will at least increase the price to 1,700. Two to go.
After all, people in the dental clinic have made a lot of money relying on these methods.
After settling on the house, paying the money, and applying for the deed, Fang Xiaoyue gave the man ten pieces of silver and asked him to find some people to clean the house so that he could move in tomorrow.
If you want to hire a group of people to clean the house, five taels of silver at most is enough, and the remaining five taels are Yaren's travel expenses.
After all, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers.
Early the next morning, Fang Xiaoyue took Fang Shangou, who was in high spirits, to move into the house he bought.
Let’s talk about this house
The area is not too small, and it is divided into two courtyards, inside and outside.
Entering through the gate is the wind wall, and bypassing the wind wall is the outer courtyard. The outer courtyard has two rows of twelve wing rooms, plus a kitchen, warehouse, etc.
The inner courtyard has eight wing rooms plus a small garden.
All in all, as far as the living environment is concerned, it's pretty good. There are pools, flowers, trees and trees, so it doesn't make people feel desolate and boring.
The first thing Fang Xiaoyue did after moving in was to write the words herself, and then asked Fang Shangou to find someone to make a plaque for Fang Mansion and hang it up.
After that, we went to the human market for a walk. It happened that Dong Linbo's house had been confiscated because he had committed disrespect, and all his servants were sent to the human market for official sale.
Fang Xiaoyue fell in love with a cook, but the cook's wife and two daughters were also for sale, so Fang Xiaoyue simply revealed her identity and packed up the cook's family and bought them back.
Of course, the price of cooks in the uncle's house is not low in the market.
After all, technical jobs are popular everywhere, especially those that are inherited in an orderly manner.
It is said that the chef of Dong Lin Bo Mansion is a family member, and has been passed down for more than 100 years in the Bo Mansion for five generations.
A cook like this must be extraordinary in his cooking skills.
Fang Xiaoyue is also a master who is unwilling to wrong her verbally, so she is willing to spend three hundred taels of silver to pack up her family!
It can also be seen from this that this Daze country does not treat people too seriously.
In fact, Fang Xiaoyue made inquiries in the market very clearly.
An ordinary adult man is only twenty taels of silver, an adult maid is fifteen taels, and underage children are usually sold with their parents at half the price.
Elderly servants, eight taels to twelve taels.
