The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 366 Via Jieyang Ridge

On the Bianhe Wharf outside Tokyo, there is an endless stream of boats, and the trackers are shouting chant and pulling big boats.The coolies were shirtless, sweating profusely as they transported the goods off the ship.

In a small restaurant on the shore, Mu Xu sat in the thatched shed at the door, looking at the city wall like a dragon in the distance, and his thoughts went nowhere.

"Brother, if you want to swim down Tokyo, you might as well stay for a few days. Anyway, today is only the eleventh of September, and it will be nearly a month until the eighth day of next month. We still have plenty of time." He suggested softly.

Mu Xu was interrupted by Zhu Wu's words, shook his head lightly, and said, "No, I just remembered something, not wanting to enter Tokyo City."

Speaking of this, he saw that Ruan Xiaoqi and Zhang Shun both showed regret, but Wu Song had a calm attitude, so he couldn't help laughing, "Brother Zhang Shun has never been to Tokyo City, so it's understandable to be fascinated. But Qilang, aren't you Have you been here before, why do you still look like this?"

Ruan Xiaoqi scratched his head, grinned and replied, "Then Tokyo City is like the dwelling place of the gods, how can you think there are too few people there?"

Wu Song interjected, "Qilang came to Tokyo City with his brother, and he must go to a prosperous place, so I thought so. Last year I came to Kaifeng Mansion for business, and because I didn't have enough money, I stayed at the Xicheng Inn. There are many places nearby. Ordinary people don't live happily, and they are harassed by local hooligans every day, where is the fairy abode?"

Zhu Wu also said, "As the saying goes, living in the capital is not easy. In this day and age, except for those high-ranking officials and nobles, ordinary people can barely make ends meet."

Mu Xu sighed, "Yes, this is still in the capital, if you go to a remote place, I don't know what to do!"

Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly became heavy, Zhang Shun quickly changed the subject, "Have you ever been to Jiangnan?"

Mu Xu understood Zhang Shun's intentions, raised his glass to him, and replied, "I went to Gusu in the past, and my husband was there..."

At this point, Mu Xu sensed something was wrong, and quickly changed his words, "That is the hometown of my old friend. I once went to pay homage to an elder, and I also stayed in Yangzhou for a few days."

A few people didn't pay attention to the grammatical errors in Mu Xu's words, and they all began to discuss the scenery of Jiangnan with great interest. Zhang Shun even patted his chest and said that when he arrived in Jiangzhou, he would go into the water himself and catch some people from the Xunyang River for them. The specialty live mandarin fish is served with wine.

Ruan Xiaoqi immediately became interested when he heard the words, and clamored to agree with Zhang Shun that they would go into the water together to compete in fishing skills.

Several people rested at Bianliang Wharf for more than an hour. After drinking and eating, they boarded a boat and continued southward along the canal. It took six days to reach Yangzhou, and then crossed the river and entered Zhedong Road, which took another eight days. Time finally reached the boundary of Jiangzhou.

At noon that day, a few people came to a mountain, Zhang Shun said, "After passing this Jieyang Ridge, it is the Xunyang River, and Jiangzhou is a waterway, not far away."

Ruan Xiaoqi wiped the sweat from his forehead and complained, "It's the end of September, but it's still so hot."

Zhu Wu smiled and said, "Qilang, you think this is still Shandong, let alone September, even in October, some places in the south of the Yangtze River are still as hot as a furnace."

"Okay, if you have the skills to tease your mouth, why don't you go to a restaurant to rest your feet, have a few more glasses of wine, and go to the summer heat." Wu Song has always been addicted to alcohol, and after a few hours of driving, the bird has already faded out of his mouth Yes, Busy suggested so.

As soon as this remark came out, Ruan Xiaoqi immediately clapped his hands and shouted, "Then what are you waiting for, let's go quickly! By the way, Brother Zhang, you are a local snake in Jiangzhou, do you know any wine shops near here?"

Zhang Shun replied, "There is one behind the mountain. I have never been there, but I heard that the store is not very clean."

Mu Xu, who had been silent all this time, said, "It's fine if it's just a robbery to buy road money, but if it's like the Mengzhou Caiyuanzi couple, doing ten-flavored meat business, then it's time to send him on his way!"

Wu Song immediately remembered the human flesh workshop, and his face was extremely ugly. He continued, "If that's the case, I don't need my brother's orders, my younger brother will be the first to burn down that black shop."

When several people heard the conversation between the two, they all became curious and hurriedly asked for details. Wu Song hurried on the road, and at the same time told what happened at Shizipo.After hearing this, everyone was filled with righteous indignation, gearing up to go to the wine shop that Zhang Shun said.

As the saying goes, looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, you can only see a mountain, but when the group of five people turned over, it was getting dark. As Zhang Shun said, there is a wine shop at the foot of the mountain, with its back against the cliff, and the door is close to the mountain. Strange trees, front and back are thatched houses.

Several people entered the hotel, but there was no one in the store, Ruan Xiaoqi shouted, "The store is here, there are guests coming!"

I only heard the answer from the inside, "Come on, come on!" A big man came out from the side of the house.Several people looked for the sound, and saw that the man had a messy red beard and hair, a pair of eyes like copper bells, a torn turban on his head, a cloth vest with a collar, his arms were exposed, and a cloth towel was wrapped underneath , It doesn't look like a kind person.

The man came up to him, asked a few people to sit down, and asked, "How much wine do you drink?"

Mu Xu replied, "Cut five or six catties of yellow beef, and add two cents of wine to taste."

The man didn't move when he heard the words, and said, "Forgive me, the guest, our rule here is that you must pay for the wine before you can drink."

Zhang Shun slapped the table and said angrily, "You guys are so ignorant, grandpa is from Jiangzhou, how come you don't know there are such rules?"

"Guest officer, although this Jieyang Ridge belongs to Jiangzhou, but across a river, the customs are different."

Hearing that this guy dared to argue, Zhang Shun was immediately annoyed, and wanted to get up and teach him a lesson, but Mu Xu held him down, and only listened to him, "It's up to you." He untied a burden on the table , picked up a piece of broken silver and threw it to the man.

When the man caught the silver, his eyes were immediately attracted by the gold and silver, and he said in his heart, "Hey, this must be at least a thousand guan, it's time for Grandpa to make a fortune."

In order not to attract the attention of the guests, he hurriedly moved his eyes to other places, and once he collected the broken silver, he turned around and walked back, saying, "The guests will wait for a while, the wine and meat will be here soon."

That man thought he had a plan, but he didn't know that Mu Xu and his party were all old Jiang Hu, so he had already seen his greedy eyes, and deliberately saw what he had to say.

Not long after, the man returned from the back hall, holding a tray in his hand, on which were sliced ​​beef and sifted wine.Put the wine and meat on the table, pour a large bowl of wine for several people one by one, and the man stood aside to watch.

At this time, Mu Xu remembered the identity of this person, and he was the one who was as famous as Sun Erniang and his wife in Shuihuli, so he urged the judge Li Li.He picked up the wine bowl, looked at the cloudy wine in his eyes, and sneered, "Li Li, you are not good at urging the judge to pour sweat medicine, you are far worse than that hag Sun Erniang!"

Mu Xu finished speaking, and without Li Li's explanation, Wu Song stepped forward, grabbed Li Li's skirt, punched him, and cursed, "How dare I treat you like a thief at the age of Tai Sui?" Let’s break ground, let’s eat a few punches from Grandpa first!”

Although Li Li was skilled in martial arts, he was no match for Wu Song. In addition, the incident happened so suddenly that he had no time to react, so he took a few punches in the face.

Even a tiger couldn't withstand Wu Song's fist, let alone Li Li, who was beaten so hard that his eyes stared in the blink of an eye, and he fell to the ground so tired that he passed out.

"Brother, how to deal with this guy?"

Hearing Wu Song's question, Mu Xu thought for a while, and replied, "Hmph, I hate this kind of people who care about human life the most in my life! Let's go to the back hall to see, if it is really a human flesh business, then I will kill him with one knife, and I will come back later." Burn the bird shop."

Wu Song took the order to go, but Zhang Shun on the side was hesitant to speak, Mu Xu saw him casually, and immediately knew what he was worried about, so he couldn't help but said, "Brother is afraid, so brother's boat will be hit by fire!" To my hands?"

Zhang Shun cupped his fists and said with a wry smile, "Brother Mingjian, that's exactly the case. It's also my family's misfortune. My mother and I have persuaded him many times, but my brother just doesn't listen. He is now doing business without money on the Xunyang River. It is impossible for us to pay him back." Will really meet him."

Mu Xu looked at Zhang Shun and said solemnly, "For the sake of Mrs. Zhang and my brothers, even if Zhang Heng falls into my hands, I will spare his life. But you have to persuade Brother Ling again when you have time. It's God's will, it's nothing for him to kill those who are rich and unkind, but he can attack innocent people, is this what a hero does?"

(End of this chapter)