Author: Dragon Slaughter

In the evening, the evening smoke rose everywhere and the darkness was vast.

Above the endless river, a light boat flows down the river.

Smoke rose from the back of the boat, and the fisherman was preparing food in the stove made of ash and mud. The fireworks of the stir-frying pan mixed with a strong bean fragrance spread in the boat.

"It smells so good! What dish is fried by the boat?" Suddenly a sound from the tent.

The person who asked the question was a white-shirted scholar in his thirties, with a high eyebrows and a bright nose, and a bit of demeanor in his words and demeanor.

The boatman who was driving the boat leaned in and smiled at the white-shirted scholar, "It's the broad beans fried by my wife. If the guest is not in a hurry to go ashore to rest, I will teach her to serve it, but the wine on the boat is not good, I'm afraid you won't be used to it."

The white-shirted scholar waved his hand with a smile: "No need, thank you for your kindness! I wonder how far we are from Sutou?"

Seeing that he refused, the boatman was not very polite and replied: "In a moment, I will arrive at the pier in Qua Town, Yunxiang County. This is the largest market town nearby. There are many merchants coming and going, and there are good inns to rest. Wait until the dock is near, and the villain will call a few guests to go ashore."

"It's a labor!"

The scribe in white clothes nodded with a smile, and inadvertently glanced at him diagonally.

It was in the corner near the bow of the boat, a young man with black brocade robe and silver black boots was sitting quietly with his eyes closed.

The white-clothed scholar noticed this unusual boy as soon as he got on the boat. It was not because the other party was alone at such an age and was traveling far away with a knife. After all, there were many young swordsmen in the world, which was very common. Instead, the other party's clothes were ingenious, regardless of the materials and tailoring. Although there was nothing special at first glance, you could tell that it was not something that ordinary people's children could wear.

Especially with his arrogant and vicious eyes, he couldn't tell what material the silver belt on his waist was.

With this preconceived idea, the more the scholar in white clothes saw the boy's demeanor, the more he saw that the young man's demeanor was extraordinary. Although he was just sitting in a corner, he looked like a green pine and cypress, with a unique high standard.

He secretly guessed the other person's origin in his heart, and then he wanted to look away. Unexpectedly, the boy's eyes suddenly opened, his eyes were bright and as fierce as a knife, and it pierced straight into his heart.

Fortunately, the other party just glanced at him and turned toward the stern.

Almost at the same time, a 17 or 18-year-old servant suddenly came in from the stern of the boat and stumbled to grab the white-shirted scholar, his face full of panic.

Seeing his appearance, the white-shirted scholar immediately turned a deep face and shouted in a low voice: "What are you running away! What's the panic-like look like!"

The servant was still shocked and said, "Master, I saw the water monster!"

Upon hearing this, the white-clothed scholar appeared on his face and shouted in a low voice: "What a water monster! What are you talking nonsense?"

"It's true! As the young man saw with his own eyes, a black hairy claw reached onto the boat and asked for food to his sister-in-law who was cooking. His sister-in-law had no choice but to scoo up a spoonful of broad beans and fry it for it, scorching the water monster so hard that it squeaked. She refused to let go, and grabbed the fried broad beans and went back to the river!"

Hearing the servant's words come alive, the white-shirt scholar also showed a look of surprise and doubt on his face, and then lowered his voice and asked, "What does that water monster look like?"

The servant shook his head like a rattle: "The water monster's body was outside the boat, and he only stretched his claws up. The little one was frightened, and his hands and feet were numb. How dare he stretch his head out to see?"

He said that, and reached out and grabbed the white-shirted scholar's arm tightly: "Master, don't go over. If there is any mistake, don't redeem it for the little one!"

The white-shirted scholar grinned in pain, and quickly waved his sleeves and shook them away. But looking at his servant's tears, it was not easy to speak out and blame the loyal servant again.

He stretched his neck and looked at the stern of the boat for a while. Seeing that the boatwoman was still standing by the stove and working hard, he felt relieved and told the servant in a deep voice: "Even if there is really any water monster, it is okay. Since it is asking for broad beans from the boatwoman, it must be a vegetarian and should not harm people. Don't say anything again. Once the boat is docked, we will go far away immediately. Let's change to land by land in the next few days."

When the servant heard this, he immediately had a backbone and nodded fiercely and said, "I'll listen to the master!"

The white-shirt scholar ignored him, but subconsciously glanced at the boy diagonally opposite him, but saw that the boy was also looking at him with a smile on his face.

He was stunned and then bowed to the other party and said, "I wonder what the young hero thinks?"

The young hero mentioned by this white-clothed scholar is naturally Qi Jingzhi.

After leaving Chaozhou City, he headed east, leaning against Jiao Yulang's wallet, he had to worry about boats or horses along the way, and he had no worries about food and drink. He originally wanted to change his clothes, but then he thought that this was given by an old friend and there was no special mark. He really didn't have to give up on his food because of the choke. If he met Qingyuanzi, Xin Changji and others, and those mountain tourists, it would be useless to dress whatever he wanted.

When he was careful and alert, he walked hundreds of miles away from Chaozhou and into Junzhou. There was no one following him after him, and his heart was completely let go.

Faced with the proactive show of the scholar in white clothes, Qi Jingzhi immediately folded his fists and returned the salute: "There was indeed a foreign object following the stern of the boat just now. It's gone away now, and I think it's no big deal."

Somehow, when the scholar Baishan said this, he immediately calmed down and a smile appeared on his face: "Wu Yingdian, who was previously a doctor of the Ministry of Rites in the middle of the capital, has now resigned from his post and left Beijing and returned to Xunyang County, Junzhou to worship his ancestors. I wonder if the young hero Gao's name?"

"Oh, it turns out it's Lord Wei."

Qi Jingzhi smiled and said, "In Xialinzhou Huaide County, Qi Jingzhi, a hunter in the mountains, was white."

"It turns out that the young hero is actually a national surname, and he is disrespectful! Wei has just been a minor official and is not known as an adult!"

Hunter, white-bodied, Wei Yingdian obviously did not believe it, but did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he became more and more polite: "It is fate to spend the same boat together. If Young Master Qi does not dislike you, how about you and I behave like brothers?"

Qi Jingzhi was stunned, but was touched by the word fate. After hesitation, he nodded and smiled: "It's good."

He said that, then stood up and stepped out of the tent: "This boat is a little stuffy. How about Brother Wei, follow me to the bow of the boat for some breath?"

Wei Yingdian naturally couldn't get it, so he immediately stood up happily and followed his servant.

The three of them stood at the bow of the boat, and the river breeze immediately blew on their faces. The three or five sails in front of them were shadows, and the sky was vast, and their hearts were immediately relaxed. Especially the two masters and servants of the Wei family, the worry in their hearts disappeared.

When the boatman saw them coming out to blow the wind, he said that he couldn't wait. He raised his hand and pointed at a dark shadow in the water sky ahead and said, "Several guests, under that hill is the dock of Qua Town."

The three of them looked in the direction he pointed, and they could see a vague smoke in the house.

After staying for a while, the pier was looking away from afar, becoming more and more clear.

Wei Yingdian felt more and more comfortable, and suddenly opened his mouth and chanted: "Under the setting sun, the wine was free, and two or three flights had not reached the shore. The fallen flowers and the lemon hut was late, and the fish sold by the broken bridge was scattered."

Qi Jingzhi stood aside and actually heard a little leisurely feeling from it: "This person is an open-minded person. He was so scared of the water monster in the servant's mouth that he was so scared that he didn't want to leave it behind in a blink of an eye."

Qi Jingzhi just closed his eyes and sat quietly, and was extremely sensitive to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. When the foreign object in the water climbed to the stern, he felt a sense of his heart. Although he didn't know what it was, he did not notice malice from the other party. Especially the fisherman who was cooking obviously did not deal with this situation for the first time, so he let it go.

Then Wei Yingdian continued, "Brother Qi, although I haven't returned to my hometown for many years, I remember that the rice wine produced in Qua Town, Yunxiang County is excellent and is known for its mellow and refreshing taste. When I get ashore later, Brother Yu will definitely buy a few fresh fish and take it to the inn for the store to renovate a table of good dishes, and then drink it with me!"

Before Qi Jingzhi could respond, the boatman on the side shook his head first: "Now at this time, the guest officer can't buy fish on the pier, so he can only go to the inn and the restaurant to try his luck. There are usually a lot of them in these places."

Wei Yingdian was stunned when he heard this: "Why is this? It's far from the time when the sun sets."

He pointed to several nearby light boats that also headed towards the dock: "So many merchants traveling on the river have landed, and there must be many people who want to buy fish and wine. How could fishmongers not make any money?"

When the boatman heard this, he shook his head again: "It's not that he doesn't make money, there is only one old man in Qu'a Town who sells fish, and he only sells it for half a day, and he won't wait after noon."

"Boatman, the more you say this, the more you become, the more you become speechless! How could there be only one fishmonger in such a large market town?"

Wei Yingdian obviously disbelief and said with a suspicion: "When Qu'a guards this Xunjiang, how could there be fewer fishmongers who rely on water to eat? Besides, only one old man can sell fish, so he can't supply the entire market town?"

"Of course it can be supplied." The boatman replied in a muffled voice and stopped talking.

"Hey, from what your boatman means, it's like the old man occupied all the fish in Xunjiang. He only sold it for half a day, and it won't be after noon..."

Wei Yingdian had not finished speaking a word, but suddenly felt that his sleeve was pulled from behind.

He stopped talking and looked back and saw his servant pointing at the river with a discomfort and whispering: "Master, please say less. This place is probably a little different from the rules elsewhere."

Wei Yingdian was stunned when he heard this, then woke up and quietly glanced at the boatman not far away, and then closed his mouth like a stream.

Qi Jingzhi listened silently for a while, and was amused and surprised. He immediately asked, "Boatman, do you still have fresh fish on your boat? It's the same for selling two of them to us."

The boatman immediately shook his head: "It's not just fishmongers, but even those who are sailing on the river can't catch or sell it when they arrive."

"Oh? It's such a big rule!"

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi felt a little angry in his heart, not only surprised. It was like someone occupied all the wild animals in Komatsu Mountain and did not allow others to go hunting in the mountains. How domineering and arrogant is this?

He did not ask about the reason anymore. He just looked at the boatman's increasingly restrained expression, and then he knew that it was a waste of time to ask, and he would not cause disaster to others. When he saw the old man selling fish tomorrow, he might be able to see some clues.

While talking, the light boat slowly landed on the dock.

Qi Jingzhi and the master and servant settled the ship's money, and followed the boatman's guidance to find the largest inn in the town.

After a while, Wei Yingdian was like a ok, forgetting all the previous speculations and unhappiness. The first thing he did when he entered the store was to ask the inn shopkeeper if there were fresh fish and qu’a yellow wine. After receiving a positive answer, he had to pull the newly-know Brother Qi to drink it.

While Qi Jingzhi was amused and crying, he could more or less think about how frustrating the etiquette department, which was the most concerned about etiquette rules, would be. No wonder he was resigning and returning home.

Since the young man could not refuse, he had to respect him rather than obey his orders.

The two of them immediately found a table in the quiet corner and sat down, drinking it with a plate of peanuts and a plate of cold fish.

The orange-yellow wine is poured into the bowl, emitting a strong aroma. After entering the mouth, it only feels fresh, sweet, fragrant and beautiful, and the mouth and tongue brings saliva.

After three or five bowls of rice wine were eaten, Qi Jingzhi was actually aroused by Wei Yingdian.

His experiences with Wei Yingdian were far different, so naturally there was no question of how much wine he had to drink with his confidant, but he also realized the kind of spirit of meeting him and drinking for you.

In the eyes of Qi Jingzhi, a young man in the mountains, compared with the two plates of ordinary side dishes and a bowl of old country wine in front of him, whether it is the rare night banquet in Caojiang that is hard to come by or the birthday banquet of Dragon Mother in Chaozhou City, it is too bland and boring.

So at the end, when the young man raised the wine jar and drank the remaining half of the jar of rice wine in one go, and when he looked at Wei Yingdian again, the former doctor of the Daqi Literature Department had already crawled under the table.

Qi Jingzhi's cultivation was so diligent that he was only slightly drunk at this time. He helped Wei Yingdian to the bed with the servant of the Wei family, and then returned to his room.

He was not at ease, but sat cross-legged on the couch and took out Qi Huchan and the last small piece of Donghai iron.

The gold-induced energy to repair the sharp knife of the cow's ear is a difficult and meticulous task. It has been regarded by Qi Jingzhi as part of his own practice of Guxia, and he practices diligently every day.

Today, not only has the most of the Niu Er sharp knife been repaired, but even his own practice and the Red Gold Pearl have achieved considerable benefits.

During this process, he gradually discovered that compared with refined iron, burnt steel and flower syrup, the gold energy contained in the East China Sea sinking iron is the most pure, and the supplement is the greatest and hardest to trigger. Therefore, even after so long, there is still something left. However, the last small piece of sinking iron is too small and obviously not enough to be used, so it is also necessary to find another iron material.

Now Qi Jingzhi's vision is gradually broadening in his practice. In his opinion, Qi Huchan absorbs gold energy like his own practice. There is no doubt that the purer the gold energy, the more stable the foundation of his younger brother will be. Therefore, it is best to make a choice in the selection of iron materials, rather than be inadequate than be indiscriminate.

Qi Jingzhi had already thought that before he found a better iron material, he would only use sinking iron to feed Qi Huchan and Red Jinzhu in the future. Fortunately, the Liaozhou he was going to belong to the East China Sea, and there would be no shortage of good sinking iron.

It is worth mentioning that after killing the paper-armored boy of the same realm with one knife, Qi Jingzhi finally had a little more love for Jianren Life Insurance, which had not yet been found out in the background, and was ready to feed him equally.

Who knew that Jian Rensheng was not grateful and did not eat a single bite. I don’t know if it was because of the lack of spirituality in the knife, or if the golden energy of the East China Sea was not in line with its taste.

After some practice, Qi Jingzhi visualized the anger in his heart and gradually entered the deepest state of concentration.

The night was getting darker, and I don’t know how long it took, Qi Huchan, who was placed on the boy’s knee, suddenly jumped up and pulled out a piece of the blade.

Immediately afterwards, a clear sound of sword sounded throughout the inn!
Chapter completed!