Lanke Chess Edge

Apparently, Longnu didn't know where her father sent Ji Yuan to Shuifu, so the place where the Wupeng boat and Ji Yuan were sent to the river was only a dozen miles north of Shuifu.

When planning and planning, looking at the surrounding mountains with blurred vision, and seeing the snow-covered farmland and snow-covered forest along the river, I gradually realized that I may still need to draw a long distance to reach the previous fishing spot. location.

Without knowing the exact length of the road, Ji Yuan also slowly increased the speed of paddling, and the speed of the boat became much faster with increased strength.

In fact, ordinary old fishermen can also reach the current speed of Ji Yuan, and can last for a while, but they can't continue like Ji Yuan with almost no loss of energy.

While rafting, Ji Yuan also tried his best to observe the scenery along the coast. Looking at the whiteness, he knew that the "first snow" should have fallen for a long time three days ago.

At this moment, the speed of the small boat is about the same as that of ordinary people trotting, and Ji Yuan, who has put on his hat again, is not in a hurry to speed up again. Anyway, after eating so many good things in Shuifu and drinking ambergris, he feels that he can maintain his speed and row to the end of Tongtian River.

And maybe because of the existence of the chess pieces, Ji Yuan just has a feeling that Mrs. Yin probably won't be able to reach the champion.

After rowing until the evening, it was estimated that the boat had sailed for seventy or eighty miles, but I still didn't see Zhuangyuandu, but I saw a building boat slowly moving forward.

It’s such a cold day to go out on the boat, and I don’t know if I came out to enjoy the snow along the river.

The giant scull on the stern of the building boat is swinging from side to side. It is estimated that the pedal boatman inside is not pedaling very fast now.

At this time, the sky was not yet completely dark, and some servants on the upper boat had already started to hang up lanterns. Through the firelight, Ji Yuan could see that there were words on each lantern, but he could not see clearly what was written. Just know that the words are the same.

From this point of view, this building boat must be the private property of a rich family, and the characters on the lanterns are the surnames.

Ji Yuan was bored anyway, so he rowed to catch up, while guessing what the surname was, and measured the difficulty level by distance.

After two hundred strokes of the oars, it was quite close. At least the characters were not blurred into a ball in the line of sight, but they were still unclear.

After another two hundred strokes, it began to have a little outline, and Fang Fangzheng seemed to have made a lot of gestures.

After another three hundred strokes, Ji Yuan finally had a guess. The surname is roughly that. Judging from the radical on the top of the head and the size of the lower middle, it may be a "Xiao" character.

At this time, the black-covered boat was not far from the building boat. Even if the cold wind howled as the sky got darker, the melodious music and some conversations on the boat could be clearly heard.

Behind the plywood on the top floor of the building, there were several people standing or lying on the side of the ship rail, a man in a thick cloak and a square crown on his head, a younger man in a cloak and a fur hat, and two Also quite a thick servant.

The older man still had a glass of wine in his hand. Looking at the black-covered boat paddling in the distance, he drank up the wine, and a servant poured it for him immediately.

"Zhonglou, there are some things that you can't do as you want. You grew up with rich clothes and good food, and grew up under the care of your father and your mother. Although you studied literature and martial arts, you never suffered the real pain. several times?"

On the one hand, the son was a little unhappy when he heard it.

"Father, you have to suffer a lot when practicing martial arts. Is it appropriate for you to say that without practicing?"

The old man smiled and pointed to the black-covered boat on the river behind the boat.

"In the freezing season, on the cold river, fishermen chase for their livelihood, or have no catch for several days, hungry in the stomach, cold all over the body, and dare not rest under the hunger and cold...Have you ever suffered this kind of suffering?"

The young man followed his father's hand and looked at the small boat on the river. The boatman had been paddling hard, as if he was powerlessly chasing the lights of the boat in the gradually darkening river.

For some reason, that rebuttal was not uttered.

This son had heard from his servants before that there had been no fresh fish in the market for many days, and even if there were fish, they were brought from other places. It was rumored that there were no fish caught or caught on the Tongtian River for many days. This is certainly evil, but it still doesn't affect the dignitaries like them, but what about the people who are begging for life in the river?

‘Presumably this fisherman must have traveled a long distance to catch some fish, right? '

"Zhonglou, you and I are wrapped in furs and still feel cold. Look at that fisherman, his clothes are thin under the straw hat. Now he can only paddle continuously. If he stops, the sweat on his body may kill him... Well, he rowed It's pretty fast..."

The master was preaching, when he suddenly found that the small boat was very close to the big boat, and in terms of speed, it seemed that he was going to catch up with the big boat with a small paddle.

Ji Yuan took a look at the few people on the small boat with a black awning on the river, there was an official air rising above his head, it should be a family with authority in Gyeonggi Province.

What I hear in my ears are the troubles and gossips of this kind of dignitaries.

The young master also looked at the accountant's black boat, and finally turned his head to refute his father.

"But I didn't want Hongxiu to be my legal wife, so I can't just marry a concubine?"

The father drank another glass of wine to warm up before saying with a sneer.

"What is your identity, and who is she? A prostitute came into my Xiao family, how do you let your mother arrange a marriage for you, how do you let the court treat my Xiao family, your future career will inevitably be affected! "

"Father! Which article of my Dazhen law stipulates that the family of an official cannot marry a brothel girl, and Hongxiu is a prostitute but not a prostitute!"

This young man was obviously a little angry, and even his tone was a little higher.

"Hmph, it's just a mere lowly nationality! Besides, it's just a rumor to be a performer or not. Doesn't she just open her skirt to you?"

"You... Dad, you are simply arguing!"

The old man just sneered a few times and paused before speaking.

"Let you come out on this cold river and blow the cold wind to clear your mind. If you choose this step, you may suffer less in the future than the fishermen on this small boat with awning, or you will be more depressed. Father will never lie. you!"

When Ji Yuan's black-covered boat was passing by, he could even hear the "creak" sound of the young man's clenched fists, which showed how angry and unwilling he was.

'Heh, the troubles of the rich and powerful...'

Shaking his head, Ji Yuan stepped up slightly again, and the Wupeng boat was a little faster, and had already overtaken the half-hull of the Louchuan.

The young man on the building made shallow finger marks on the wooden railing with both palms and fingers, and his eyes followed the movement of the awning boat. Seeing the small boat struggling to overtake the big boat, he seemed to have a sudden realization in his heart. His strength also weakened immediately.

At this moment, Ji Yuan felt something in his heart, and turned his head to look at the young man. The latter was staring at the boat, and suddenly saw the fisherman who had been burying his head in the boat and turned his head back and forth, as if he was looking at himself. , was also slightly taken aback.

Ji Yuan nodded slightly towards him, smiled and turned back to continue paddling, muttering to himself:

"It's interesting, it's interesting!"

But it's just a little bit interesting, this young master Xiao's temporary weather changes can't represent his whole life, maybe he thinks someone will be interested in knowing the result in the future.

The black-covered boat seemed to speed up again, although it didn't look obvious, it quickly overtook the tall boat and left it behind.

On the boat of Xiao's building, the young master frowned and looked at the black boat for a long time.

"Zhonglou, what do you want to say?"

"Father, I can't say no to you, so let's get the No. 1 scholar first!"

The old man finally showed a smile, stroked his beard with his left hand and patted his son's shoulder with the right.

"After returning to Beijing, I will go to your Uncle Liu for tea!"