Vol 3 Chapter 55: The season of falling flowers meets again

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The two brothers Xu Haojie and Xu Haoyu are tall and handsome. Riding on a white horse, it is a majestic and majestic jade tree, which only provokes frequent scrutiny by village women and girls on the road.
In a blink of an eye, the two of them arrived at the carriage in front of the Jinfeng Commercial Firm. The firm's chief treasurer and several other important stewards and head guards were all standing on both sides, respectfully waiting for the Xu brothers to question.
Xu Haojie held a horse whip and asked in a deep voice, "Where is the red dog?"
The shopkeeper of the firm hurriedly stepped forward and pointed to the carriage behind which was tightly covered with cloth: "Master Huijie, right there."
Xu Haoyu immediately clamped down on the horse's back and let the white horse move forward a few steps. Then he picked up the cloth with a whip and looked at the probe. Only then did he say to Xu Haojie with satisfaction, "Big brother, the red dog looks like a mature man. It's a good product. I believe Qigu must be very satisfied this time, and I have to give my brothers more..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by his brother Xu Haojie’s cough. Only then did he realize that he shouldn’t raise the matter in the public, so he turned to the shopkeeper and said: "Our brothers will follow you to Yangzhou City, lest you There is a thief on the road."
The big shopkeeper of the firm secretly slandered in his heart that you don't need your protection. With so many guards and several masters, there is no problem crossing the mountains and rivers along the way. However, his mouth still said numbly: "If you are here, Shao Jie and Yu Shao, then no one will dare to rob this cargo. It's windy and sandy outside, why don't you get into the carriage and talk?"
Xu Haojie and Xu Haoyu glanced at each other, then nodded, dismounted and followed the shopkeeper into the carriage.
When Xu Haoyu opened the cloth to look at the Red Dog Beast, Chen Ke craned his neck to get a glimpse, but he couldn't see clearly. After a while, he sat down and muttered, "I don't know what the alien beast looks like? Does she have magical powers? The aunt of the Xu family knows how to do it! How unusual is the strange beast she likes!"
The red dog beast is just a mutant dog. Shi Xuan remembered that writing the seal with its blood would slightly increase its power, so he just smiled and said nothing.
Old Master Du Yifu was dissatisfied, and looked at Chen Ke with contempt: "How can there be any magical powers! It's all those people in the rivers and lakes who pretend to be gods and ghosts. Hmph, the strange beast is probably strange and rare. That's it."
Of course Chen Ke did not agree, so he pulled Shi Xuan into the topic: "Master Shi, I heard that you are from Xia'an Mansion. This Xu family also originated from Xia'an Mansion. You should have heard of it?"
Naturally, Shi Xuan would not say that the two outside were my nephews and they had to pay respects to me when they saw me. He just said perfunctorily: "I have heard of it, I have heard of it, but I have never seen it before." Unexpectedly, Xu Tianqi is already the deputy host of the Drizzle Building. In the past two decades, the Xu family has grown really fast. Xu Jinyi is probably doing a lot of effort in it, but I don’t know that she still has some distractions when she is delayed in the family.
Chen Ke also cared about Shi Xuan's perfunctory, and said with a smile: "If I can know one or two members of Xu's family, this single-gang business can be expanded several times, hey, unfortunately it can't be a relationship." There is a deep longing on his face. .
Old Master Du couldn't understand Chen Ke's appearance, and turned his head with a cold snort and stopped talking.
Seeing Du Yifu's dissatisfaction, Chen Ke said to Shi Xuan grinningly: "Master Shi is extraordinary, this is the way to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles?" Because the closer to Jiangnan, the more people leave the caravan. Many horse-drawn carriages were emptied, and some lower-level stewards used them to pretend to buy special products along the way. You can earn some when you return to Yangzhou. Therefore, in line with the principle of focusing on freeing up more horse-drawn carriages, Chen Ke moved here today. Shi Xuan and Old Master Du got on this carriage.
"That's right." Shi Xuan didn't dislike Chen Ke's verbosity, just to hear something about Middle Earth.
As soon as someone talked to Chen Ke, he immediately began to talk.
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In the evening five days later, the caravan had already reached the edge of the river, and Yangzhou City was on the opposite bank. At this time, everyone in the caravan got out of the carriage and stood at the dock, waiting to be transferred to the big boat.
At this time when there is a lot of rain in summer, the rain not only shook the bright and dazzling flowers, but also raised the water level of the river a lot. The river surface was more broad, and you could not even see the opposite bank. .
The waves on the river were violent, the turbid waves were emptied, and it was evening, and there were few people sailing. However, the Xu family brothers felt like an arrow. When they thought that today was Qigu’s birthday, they were furious, so the two found the firm. The shopkeeper, asked him to find the boss of the boat gang who belonged to the Drizzle Building, and he must arrange the boat to cross the river.
Shi Xuan looked at the rolling river, thinking of the same scene 20 years ago, and couldn't help but sigh. If he does not embark on the path of spiritual practice, he is now a middle-aged man who is only 40 years old. , Live in order to live. Out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly saw those boatmen who were worshipping the gods, thinking they were forced by the Xu family brothers, they had to ask the gods to bless them before they dared to leave the ship.
"Hehe, I didn't expect these boatmen to also begin to worship Purdue Bodhisattva." Standing beside Shi Xuan, Chen Ke also saw this scene.
Purdue Bodhisattva? Isn't it the name of the gods I gave to Fang? Unexpectedly, the followers of the Fang family have developed so well. They have already moved outside of Yangzhou, and I think they have been drenched in the expansion of the Xu family. Shi Xuan felt relaxed and smiled lightly: "Do you believe in Purdue Bodhisattva, Brother Chen Ke?"
Chen Ke grinned: "What is there to believe in this kind of clay bodhisattva? I believe in a living god, a national teacher on the spot, a real Nanguang! That has great magical powers! I have seen it with my own eyes!"
Oh, the real Nan Guang, I didn't expect Ding Mingde to have such a good life, but in his heart, the thought of learning civil and martial arts and selling to the emperor's house has not changed at all.
Now that there were news about a few disciples, Shi Xuan asked more questions. Unfortunately, whether it was Yan Jujian, Yan Nantian, Nantian Zhenren, Chu Waner, Chu Fairy, and Chu Witch, Chen Ke always shook his head and didn't know. In his posture, 80% thought Shi Xuan would use those false people to hit him in the face with extensive knowledge.
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Outside Yangzhou city, on the big river, Phoenix Building.
Starting in the evening, the whole building is brightly lit, and there is a lot of people inside, and the clothes are rich or expensive.
Xu Tianqi is already middle-aged, with a neatly repaired moustache on his mouth, frowning and looking at the half-dark river outside the window, and said to the lady next to him: "Why haven't Jie'er and Yu'er come back? Didn’t you send someone a letter saying that it’s completely in time?"
Before the wife answered the question, a ruddy old man next to him smiled: "Nephew Jiexian and Nephew Yuxian are filial, Brother Xu, you should be satisfied with such two sons. I think Fairy Jinyi won't mind. ." While speaking, he looked at Xu Jinyi at the top.
Xu Jinyi was wearing a red dress and she looked like she was in her twenties. She wanted to be successful in cultivation and beauty, but there was a faint fatigue and helplessness between her brows. He said with a smile: "The original poster Zhu said that , I’ve said both of them a long time ago. You don’t have to do these tricks, as long as you arrive."
On the top floor of the Phoenix Building, there are a total of six tables of banquets, including the elders of the Xu family’s head, the senior officials of the Yangzhou prefecture, the senior officials of the Fucheng, the upper floors of the Drizzle Building, and other gang leaders. There are representatives of famous schools who have come to celebrate the birthday. At this time, they all looked at Xu Jinyi in awe, as if everything she said and did was worthy of attention.
The lower floors of the Phoenix Building are other lower-level guests. They look upstairs in admiration from time to time as they talk about the wine.
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A medium-sized ferry has been prepared, and it is full of years old boaters. Xu Haojie and Xu Haoyu took a dozen people into the cage with the red dog and then stood on the deck and ordered to go. As for the others in the caravan, of course they did not cross the river until the next day was calm and calm.
Seeing the boat slowly sailing into the river, Xu Haojie smiled at Xu Haoyu: "Isn't it said that the dark waves are not suitable for sailing? Isn't that good?"
Xu Haoyu held the bow of the ship and looked at the wide river surface with a smile: "It's not that those boatmen are greedy for life and fear of death, and are not willing to take risks at all."
As we walked, the wind was getting bigger and bigger, and the waves were getting bigger and bigger. This medium-sized ferry was swaying from left to right, making the Xu family brothers pale, looking at the huge waves that hit them from time to time, as if they were all It is straight to the heart.
Everyone on the shore looked at the ferry that seemed to be overturned in the next moment. Some were worried, some were afraid, some prayed, and some gloated. For example, Chen Ke sneered and said, "The two brothers of the Xu family thought they were the supernatural powers of his family. Grandma, I'm afraid that such a big storm will feed the bastard."
Although Old Master Du is pedantic, he can be regarded as kind-hearted, and he glared at Chen Ke fiercely: "Isn't you afraid of retribution if you still say this at this time."
Suddenly the others made a huge cry together. The two hurriedly looked at Jiang Xin, only to see that the ferry boat had already half-turned over, and several people on the deck fell into the river like dumplings, and there were brothers Xu Haojie and Xu Haoyu inside.
"Who is going to save people?" someone shouted.
But the people on the shore, look at me and I look at you, and dare not move. How to save people in this kind of storm, that is to die!
Shi Xuan sighed, and walked up the river. Chen Ke wanted to stop, and hurriedly shouted, "Master Shi, this is not a joke, it will kill you!"
Du Yifu also shouted: "You can be a good man if you have this mind, but you can't give up his life in vain." As soon as the voice fell, Old Master Du's eyes widened, and Geyin had stepped firmly on him. On the water, walking towards the heart of the river like a walk, what seems to be under your feet is not water, but a flat road!
Because of the shout just now, everyone on the shore saw the scene of Shi Xuan stepping on the water. It was silent, and it took a long time for someone to kneel down and say, "The Bodhisattva has appeared, and the Bodhisattva has appeared."
"The gods descend to the earth, the gods descend to the earth."
Chen Ke opened his mouth wide and looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief. Shi Gongzi, who was still talking and laughing just now, turned into an existence he couldn't understand in an instant. This is even more miraculous than Nan Guang!
Old Master Du rubbed his eyes, then rubbed his eyes again, until he saw that Young Master Shi threw a boatman who had fallen in the water back to the shore, and then the boatman stood up intact and yelled with excitement, "God help me." The gods saved me." The old master gave a long sigh: "It seems that the old man has misunderstood the strangeness of the words."
Shi Xuan did not dare to mobilize the aura of heaven and earth. Unless he was using a flying sword, it would be inconvenient to fly. However, his body's true qi has been mixed with evil qi, and he adjusted slightly to make himself lighter than water. Go to the shipwreck.
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In the Phoenix Building. I don't know who first discovered Jiang Xin's overturning, and soon the entire restaurant knew about it.
"Then, isn't that the Xu family brothers?!" someone suddenly shouted.
Xu Tianqi and Xu Jinyi hurriedly ran to the window and looked closely, and saw Xu Haojie and Xu Haoyu among the men struggling in the huge waves.
"Seven sisters, please save your nephew." Xu Tianqi knew that this kind of natural force would make him useless at all, so he begged Xu Jinyi for permission.
How could Xu Jinyi not agree. Just as she was about to use her talented little supernatural powers, she heard the sound of everyone's air-conditioning. Looking around, she saw a young man carrying his hands on his back, taking a leisurely step, walking like a foot. Walking towards the heart of the river on flat ground, it seems that the huge waves and wind are not worth mentioning.
Xu Jinyi and Xu Tianqi were stunned. They looked at each other and saw the same surprise and excitement in each other's eyes. Then Xu Jinyi murmured: "Master Shi!" I am more grateful to Shi Xuan, so I no longer call him Senior Brother in my heart, but use Shi Shi who represents the half-teacher status.