By the time Zhao Meng returned to the camp at the foot of the mountain with a group of guards, Li Xiuyuan and Xu Fu had already fallen asleep.
It's just that some bandits on the sea can't disrupt Li Xiuyuan's state of mind during cultivation.
It took a lot of effort to persuade Xu Fu, who was curious in his heart, not to let him go to the mountains at night. He said that he wanted to take a trip to the mountains, but he had to wait until dawn.
In his opinion, Xu Fu now not only needs to practice, but also needs to cultivate his mind.
The same goes for Zhao Meng. Both of them are easily disturbed by something unexpected.
However, neither Li Xiuyuan nor Zhao Meng expected Xu Fu to be too curious. They spent three days and three nights on the island.
It wasn't until he returned to the camp carrying a bunch of unknown herbs and asked Li Xiuyuan to help identify them that Li Xiuyuan realized that this guy had gone to the mountains with a group of guards to look for the elixir.
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel a little dizzy when he looked at the medicinal herbs piled up like a hill.
Looking at Xu Fu, he smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that you need to buy an encyclopedia of medicinal herbs next time you return to the imperial city."
Xu Fu looked at the ship not far away and said quietly: "I have never thought about this. It seems that I will really find a medicine shop to learn from it when I go back to the imperial city next time."
"Be low-key when you go back and tell the truth." Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said, "You have only visited one of the three fairy mountains, and you still have two chances."
"I don't need any credit, as long as the king doesn't blame me."
Sighing, Xu Fu suddenly thought of King Qin in the imperial city, and couldn't help but replied lightly.
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but smile and said: "There are also practitioners in the imperial city. Give half of these herbs to King Qin and sell the other half."
Xu Fu was stunned, looked at him and asked, "Do you want the shopkeeper to keep some with you?"
"Why am I here? I am a wine shopkeeper, not a killer in the imperial city."
Li Xiuyuan smiled while cleaning up for him. It took him a full hour to clean up the herbs on the ground.
After a while, he said: "Give this pile to King Qin to complete your mission. Let the guards keep this pile in case of future need. Take this pile and sell it to the apothecary shop in the imperial city... …”
Xu Fu sighed slightly and said: "In that case, shopkeeper, if you come with me all the way, isn't it a waste of time?"
"So what?" Li Xiuyuan replied calmly: "I originally came here to go out with you, because the master also took my brother to travel, and I have to thank you."
"Why are you thanking me?"
Xu Fu was startled: "Without Shopkeeper Li, Zhao Meng and I and a group of brothers would have been killed by the arrows of the bandit killer."
Li Xiuyuan chuckled: "No more talking. When you get back, you and Zhao Meng will pick out a few reforged swords and practice quickly."
No matter how much he said, Xu Fu probably didn't understand what he was thinking.
So Li Xiuyuan simply stopped talking. Now he wanted to give these guys more confidence.
Taking advantage of the fact that we have just won a battle, let everyone have more confidence so that they can have the motivation to continue practicing in the days when they are not around.
Xu Fu pointed at the vast sea and sighed quietly.
He smiled bitterly and said: "Shopkeeper Li, would it be a sad thing if one day I was trapped on an isolated island forever like the bandits who lost their lives on a ship in the ocean?"
Li Xiuyuan picked up a medicinal herb, smelled it, and said with a smile: "A place where the body is at peace is a place where the mind is at peace. It's not the same as long as you practice wherever you are alive."
Xu Fu lowered his eyes slightly and murmured: "A good place for body and mind is a place of peace of mind. It seems that meeting shopkeeper Li is the greatest blessing in my life, Xu Fu."
Li Xiuyuan smiled casually and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. Along the way, I have seen the mountains and rivers of Daqin, and I am very happy."
Xu Fu pointed at Zhao Meng who was lying not far away and said, "Even Zhao Meng and a group of guards have to think deeply about you and always remember the benefits of you and those children."
Speaking of the children, Li Xiuyuan reminded again: "Remember, if you want to return to the imperial city, you must leave half of your manpower to watch over these children and not let them be harmed."
Xu Fu put down the tea cup in his hand and replied neatly: "I promise!"
…
After the Mid-Autumn Festival comes the Double Ninth Festival, which is the time to climb high and look far ahead.
No matter how smart Li Xiuyuan is, no matter how smart he is, no matter how smart he is, no matter how often he goes to sea, he would not have expected that the group of people would encounter a storm on the way back to the fishing village.
The autumn wind blows loudly in August, which is when storms on the sea become frequent.
Even though dozens of guards helped the guys, they still couldn't escape the nightmare of capsizing the ship.
Fortunately, everyone had already seen the shadow of the fishing village in the distance. One by one, holding the broken boat planks, they spent half a day struggling on the verge of death and finally climbed onto the beach.
When Li Xiuyuan pulled Xu Fu all the way to the beach despite the wind and waves, when Xu Fu lay on the beach and vomited.
Li Xiuyuan was secretly glad that fortunately, the storm came a little late.
If it were ten or eight miles further, most of the people would probably be submerged by the surging waves.
After Xu Fu vomited, he looked at Li Xiuyuan and shouted feebly: "I owe you another life. I'm afraid I won't be able to repay it in this life."
Li Xiuyuan smiled when he heard this: "This is not the first time I have fallen into the sea, but you are very lucky."
Li Xiuyuan sighed as Zhao Meng walked over as he watched the man dragging the helpless guards onto the beach.
Frowning, he said: "Next, in addition to practicing sword-drawing skills, you will also spend some time at the beach every day to practice water skills. The same goes for those children."
Zhao Meng bent over and vomited, while smiling bitterly: "The shopkeeper is right. It seems that we all have to practice our water skills."
After coming back to his senses, Xu Fu weakly shouted: "Zhao Meng, please count the number of people. Don't leave your brothers in the sea."
Zhao Meng was startled, turned his head and shouted: "Brothers, if you are still alive, climb up quickly."
…
There was no danger of a storm, except for the loss of a large fishing boat in the fishing village.
But everyone on the boat was happy because Zhao Meng took the bandits' den on the island and gave them a lot of coins.
Xu Fu even promised to compensate the fishing village for a large ship.
The required expenses were paid by the dynasty, and two large ships were ordered for the next trip to sea.
The old people in the village were naturally overjoyed when they heard that not only were they given a new sea-going ship, but they were also asked to build a new sea-going ship here.
If we come here, the entire fishing village will not have to worry about life for the next ten years.
Sitting under the eaves, looking at the rustling autumn wind in the sky, Xu Fu said leisurely: "Actually, there is no need to reach out to the emperor anymore. The money we brought is what we seized from the bandit's den..."
Upon hearing this, Li Xiuyuan quickly corrected him: "Remember, your ship has been capsized by a storm at sea. Your mission next spring is to return to the imperial city to present medicine to King Qin and apply for new fees."
Li Xiuyuan couldn't explain Xu Fu's fate to him, but it didn't stop him from telling this confused guy to go back to the imperial city first.
Let the aloof King Qin see the hope of immortality, this is the business.
Xu Fu was startled, and after being stunned for a long time, he said in a daze: "This is exactly what shopkeeper Li said."
"In this case, you can get together with me again in the Imperial City. Maybe it can help you and Zhao Meng reach a higher level. I will feel relieved in the future."
In Li Xiuyuan's opinion, a trip to Penglai in the East China Sea, even though he did not see the legendary immortal, could be regarded as fulfilling one of his wishes for his trip to the Qin Dynasty.
If this happens, his fate with Xu Fu will almost be over and forgotten.
While the two were making tea and chatting happily, the waiter on the previous boat led a man over from a distance.
Before Li Xiuyuan could raise his head, Xu Fu could not speak.
The visitor started shouting from a distance: "Brother, if you don't just stay in the imperial city and sell wine, why are you coming to this fishing village? What do you mean?"
Li Xiuyuan was a little curious, looked at him and smiled: "By the way, how did you know that I came to the East China Sea? Who told you?"
Xu Fu smiled and added a cup, picked up the teapot and filled it with water.
He smiled faintly and said: "If you were not my friend, I would definitely think that you were just like those bandits in the imperial city, and you were here to cause trouble for me."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and realized that this was indeed the truth. He couldn't help but point at the visitor and said with a smile: "Master is back?"
The visitor was naturally their mutual friend Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang sat down at the table carelessly, thanked the waiter, looked at the two of them and said, "Master is back, you are going all the way east, but it was brother Xiao Hei who told me."
Li Xiuyuan's heart felt warm, and he thought, could it be that Xiao Hei had a connection with him? Or did the old Taoist priest go to see Xiao Hei?
He was both surprised and surprised that Zhang Liang could find him.
After all, there must be a reason why this guy came thousands of miles away to find him.
Zhang Liang drank a cup of hot tea before sighing: "Master didn't come back, but he wrote me a letter and asked me to come to you..."
Li Xiuyuan was stunned, thinking that since Zhang Liang didn't say it clearly, there must be something he didn't want Xu Fu to hear.
After much deliberation, could it be possible that Master wanted him and Zhang Liang to meet some important person?
Zhang Liang poured a cup of tea by himself and continued: "It was Xiao Hei who asked me to go east and then follow the fishing villages on the seaside to find you. These words were written in the letter by the teacher."
Xu Fu laughed when he heard this, looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, it seems you can't go back to the Imperial City immediately to be your shopkeeper?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled faintly: "Didn't I say it before? A place of peace of mind is a place of peace of mind."
Zhang Liang shook his head, looked at the two men and smiled mysteriously: "During your absence, something big happened in the Imperial City. The leader of the Forbidden Army alone had several heads chopped off..."
After spending a while, Zhang Liang explained the scene in the imperial city to the two of them.
When Xu Fu heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that the emperor did not get to the bottom of it. Do just a few leaders of the Forbidden Army have such courage?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said quietly: "Let's stop this matter. You should never ask any more questions. Remember my words."
Since King Qin did not get to the bottom of it, it means that the mastermind behind the scenes was not undetectable.
It's just that the emperor didn't want to investigate, or the King of Qin knew who it was, but didn't really want to hold him accountable.
The last knife was raised high and then gently lowered.
If Xu Fu went back next time and chased him to death, the emperor would be furious... After much thought, he had to remind Xu Fu not to be stupid.
Xu Fu was agitated and seemed to have remembered something? He closed his mouth immediately and looked at the two people speechless for a long time.
Zhang Liang didn't know the reason. He looked at the two of them and laughed and said, "This matter has nothing to do with me, and I won't worry about it. By the way, I haven't seen you drinking for a long time."
Xu Fu took a long breath and said with a smile: "While everyone is here, let's have a drink."
Seeing Zhang Liang come thousands of miles away, Xu Fu knew that Li Xiuyuan was afraid that he would follow Zhang Liang and leave here.
This winter, he and a group of children practiced quietly in this remote fishing village.
Thinking of this, even Xu Fu, who had experienced some ups and downs, couldn't help but look at Zhang Liang and complain: "By the way, are you going to take away the shopkeeper when you come here?"
