Chapter 15 Chapter 15: Water That Makes People Dream

There is a small table in the living room, on the table is a chessboard, black and white pieces are distinct, each occupying half of the country, the battle seems to be fierce, but there is only one chess player, dressed in Tsing Yi, wearing a black gauze hat, can't see Clear his face. "My lord." Someone walked up quickly. As if he didn't hear it, he continued to pick up a white ball and dropped it without hesitation. The man understood, bent down to his ear, and whispered a few words. There was a slight pause in the movement, and he quickly regained his composure. He couldn't see his expression under the black veil. He was still facing the chessboard, and there was a trace of satisfaction in his calm voice: "Well done."

"My lord, what should we do now?" He didn't answer, and slowly picked up a black seed from the bowl with his right hand. Although that hand was no longer like a young man's hand, it was still well maintained, with clean and fair skin. "In the past few years, the Thousand Hands Sect has always ruined my affairs. I only thought it was because of that thing, but I didn't expect it to be so." "Why did Jin Huanlai help him?" He let out a long sigh, dropped the chess pieces, and turned to the people around him: "Your people have been monitoring Jiang's house for five years, have they ever seen a flaw? As I said earlier, it is also a skill to be able to use it to such a degree. "

The man hurriedly said: "What the lord said is that we underestimated him by mistake. I didn't expect him to be so calm. He never went to other places except brothels and casinos. We also sent people to investigate these two places." However, I didn’t find much, so I was deceived by him like this.” "Go down and let them continue to follow." The man hesitated: "Now that I know it, and the Master of Shuicheng is helping me, why don't you do it..." "Arrest him to extract a confession?" He sneered, "You have done a lot of this kind of thing, but you have never asked anything. I think you have learned a little bit smarter."

The man's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly lowered his head: "This subordinate is stupid, what the lord taught me is right." "If it's really that easy, why should I wait until now," he turned sideways, his voice suddenly becoming stern, "pass down the order, and no one can do anything without my order." The man bowed in response: "Yes." At the foot of the mountain outside the city, there is a tall and lush old locust tree growing beside the intersection, the locust tree is full of flowers, yellow, yellow, white and white are really beautiful.

There are two men under the tree, one is standing, the other is hanging upside down on the branch, it is unbelievable that such a thin branch can bear the weight of a big man, and the man's toes are hooked on the branch, his body is still Swaying leisurely, he seemed to think it was fun. Jiang Xiaohu closed his eyes and felt a headache: "Master Jin is the richest person in the world, so he just lost a mere one million silver. Please don't dangle in front of me all the time, my eyes are blurred." Kim didn't respond. Jiang Xiaohu leaned against the tree and looked around: "Actually, it doesn't hurt to let them follow. Anyway, I have been following them for many years, and now I am not used to suddenly throwing them away."

"I don't like being seen." "Thief's fault." Jin Huanlai sneered: "I'd rather be a thief than a poor boy. At least the thief has money, and the thief is much happier than the poor boy. You must be jealous." Jiang Xiaohu raised his head: "Do I need to be jealous of you? At least, the poor boy doesn't have to worry about having too much money and nowhere to hide it." Jin Huanlai laughed: "When do you plan to do it?" Jiang Xiaohu was silent. Jin Huanlai sighed and changed the topic: "Where's your wife?" Jiang Xiaohu smiled wryly: "Going to work."

"It's a lot of trouble." Jin Huanlai stopped shaking, touched his forehead with his hand, feeling amused, "From what you said, she seems to be really nice to you." Jiang Xiaohu smiled: "Is it true, or is it too willing?" Jin also came to ignore him: "Since you have already made up your mind, why ask me." Jiang Xiaohu was silent. Jin Huanlai tilted his head and looked at him carefully for a while, and the upside-down body began to swing again, with a wider and wider arc, as if swinging on a swing, causing the leaves to rustle and the pagoda tree flowers to rustle down. When the height was parallel to that slender branch, his whole body shot out like an arrow off the string.

"This leader will not accompany you anymore, think about it slowly." Although it is deep in the mountains, the road is quite wide, and the traces of wheels can be seen faintly. Since the mysterious rise of Tianshui City, the city lord Shuifeng lightly opened this road. The main reason is that it is convenient to transport supplies, but it is also cheaper for pedestrians. You can often see horse-drawn carriages, ox carts and mules passing by, and people riding donkeys. There are many small stalls and shops on the side of the road, specializing in tea and rough food. There are two people walking on the mountain road, they look like a young couple, the girl is seventeen or eighteen years old, she is beautiful and lovely, walking in front happily, as light as a butterfly, and from time to time she pulls two wild flowers from the side of the road He held it in his hand and played with it; the man looked handsome, but at the moment he had a frowning look on his face, he followed behind slowly, sighing and muttering incessantly.

"Xiaohu, hurry up!" Miss Lan tore off a wild flower and stuck it on her temples, stopped and turned her head to urge him. "I can't walk anymore." Jiang Xiaohu complained. "No," Miss Lan was anxious, and dragged him away, "We need to find a way to get in quickly, this golden autumn meeting must be very lively, I heard that my father also received the post." It turns out that Tianshui City harvests early rice every year, and the wind and water will definitely set up a golden autumn party. While comforting the city residents, it also invites friends from all over the world to have fun. All famous people in the south of the Yangtze River are proud to receive the invitation. It is said that the person who received the invitation this time There are more than 60 people in total, including secret court officials. On the eve of the Golden Autumn Festival, Tianshui City will send a carriage to pick them up.

Jiang Xiaohu sighed: "But my wife, he didn't invite you, what are you doing?" "Can't you go without an invitation?" Miss Lan glared at him, then turned her eyes and regained her joy, "I heard that the Lord of Water City will come to host every year, I want to see him." Jiang Xiaohu was puzzled: "Look at what he does." Miss Lan seriously thought about it: "Tianshui swordsmanship is very powerful. I heard that the Lord of Water City is still very young and handsome. I want to go see him." Jiang Xiaohu stared at her for a long time, and murmured: "Honey, you forgot that you are already married, it's none of your business whether they marry a wife or not."

Next to it, an ordinary-looking carriage creaked past. The driver was a sackclothed man in his forties, who yelled loudly with a thick throat, and the husband and wife hurried to the side of the road. "Your father received the post, will he go too?" "My father has long since stopped asking about Jianghu affairs. His old man loves Jing, so I'm afraid he won't go," Miss Lan discouraged, and urged him, "If you wait any longer, you won't be able to get in when it gets dark. Tomorrow night is the Golden Autumn Festival. Before Heiqian, we must find a way to sneak into the city." Jiang Xiaohu was angry: "Do you know where Tianshui City is?" Miss Lan thought: "I heard that the entrance is in this mountain." Since Tianshui City came out of Jianghu, this name has almost only appeared in people's rumors. Not many people have seen it with their own eyes, and even fewer people have been there. Some say it is underground, while others say it is in mid-air. Others say that Tianshui City is actually no different from the outside world, with fertile fields, beautiful ponds, chariot and horse shops, men farming and women weaving, it is like a paradise... All kinds of stories are passed on miraculously, which undoubtedly adds a bit of mystery to it. Most of the people there kept silent, and the people in the city had very little contact with the outside world, and all the goods and materials should be transported by special personnel. Looking at the carriage in the distance, Miss Lan was stunned for a moment, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she whispered: "You see, that coachman is quite skilled, he must have practiced martial arts. With such a coachman, the people sitting in it must not be simple. If he has nothing to do and is running into this mountain, he is probably some hero sent by Tianshui City to pick him up, we just follow them." Jiang Xiaohu remained silent, and returned to his dejected look. The carriage stopped and went, and stopped at the entrances of small shops and stalls on the side of the road from time to time. Every time there was only one person who got out of the carriage, wearing a dark green robe, and went in with the sackcloth driver to rest, probably to drink some tea. After some snacks, I went out and got on the car in a short time. The two followed far behind. Jiang Xiaohu was curious: "Does my wife know who he is?" Miss Lan thought hard for a long time, then shook her head: "I don't know, Daddy doesn't care about affairs in the world, and there are not many visiting guests on weekdays, and I don't go out much." Jiang Xiaohu let out an "oh", and when he saw the two people coming out of the store, he quickly greeted them: "Honey, they are leaving again." "Follow up." The carriage had stopped seven or eight times, and the man on the carriage could not rest for half a cup of tea every time he entered the store, and then he started on the road again, stopping and going like this, it was like going around in the mountains, in order to meet his idol, Miss Lan worked tirelessly, pulling Jiang Xiaohu to chase the carriage, and the young couple were sweating profusely from exhaustion. "I can't walk anymore," Jiang Xiaohu pointed at the carriage, with a bitter face, "Wife, do you still want to follow?" Miss Lan stared at the carriage in a daze for a while, then suddenly stomped her foot and said in a broken voice, "I've been fooled!" "How did you fall for it?" "The people in the car have been replaced halfway!" "Change?" "Yes, although the coachman has not changed, the people inside are not the same as before," Miss Lan dragged him back, "People in Tianshui City are cautious in their work, they deliberately stop and rest so many times, in fact, they are afraid of being followed , Going around in circles here, the customers in the car have already been replaced in which store, and the one above is probably pretended by the person who came to meet them, if they continue to follow, they will definitely go out of the mountain along the same road." The two hurried back, and after a while, the carriage turned back along the same road, and it seemed that it was really about to go out of the mountain. The plan was very careful, one side sent a car to pick up the guests, and the other side sent people to wait for the response, the guests were transferred unknowingly, but the carriage was still driving around in the mountains with those idiots, maybe the real guests were already there. In the water city. "We are so stupid, we have been cheated for so long." Miss Lan sat down on the side of the road in a daze, the carriage stopped so many times along the way, in which shop did the person get replaced?You can't go to check one by one, if you alarm those who respond, how can you get in? "Honey, let's go back." Jiang Xiaohu persuaded her. "But I want to go to Tianshui City. I haven't seen the Lord of Water City yet." Miss Lan beat her leg, looked at him pitifully, and almost cried, "My feet seem to be worn out." Jiang Xiaohu was silent for a long time, then suddenly stretched out his hand to pull her up, and walked towards a small shop in front. "Take my wife to see other men, how can there be such a good husband as me in the world." With a wry smile. The small shop is leaning against the mountain, half covered by the jungle, with earth walls and thatched eaves, very simple, only two small rooms, with a small stove at the door, a ten-year-old boy in red is fanning the fire to make tea, the owner is a thin The old man with a stooped back, seeing a visitor, couldn't help being happy, and hurriedly smiled and greeted the two of them to sit down. The child in red also got up to help, serving tea and water, very sensible and diligent. The old man tremblingly put a small dish of pickled vegetables and radishes on the table: "The shop is crude, only rice and pickled vegetables, and the white flour buns are also okay, the two guests will just let it go." Miss Lan was a little confused, Jiang Xiaohu had already stretched out his hand to push away the plate: "We don't want to eat snacks, we just want to ask you for some water." The old man was slightly stunned: "The small shop has tea, and it doesn't cost money." "We don't drink tea." "What kind of water would you like to drink, sir?" "White water." The old man squinted his eyes and looked at the two of them, showing a look of embarrassment: "The two guest officials are unfamiliar, so they must not know the rules. Although the tea in the small shop does not cost money, the white water is very expensive." Jiang Xiaohu nodded: "A bowl of two taels of gold, is it enough?" "Enough is enough, so it's a regular customer!" The old man was overjoyed, nodded repeatedly, and told the children beside him, "Lin'er, quickly pour two bowls of white water for the guest officer!" A mere bowl of white water, where you can't drink it, actually costs two taels of gold!Miss Lan also knew that this matter was strange, so she whispered about Jiang Xiaohu. Although she had countless doubts, she didn't want to ask in front of others. The child is agile in his hands and feet, and in a blink of an eye, two bowls of white water are already in front of him. The old man looked at the two and said with a smile: "Such precious water can only be found in small shops. It tastes very good and can make people dream. Since the two guest officials have spent a lot of money, please remember to drink it up, otherwise it will be nothing. It's a good dream, I hope the two of you are doing well in your dreams, wake up early and have some snacks." Miss Lan looked at the bowl of water in front of her, hesitated, then turned to look at the small river. Jiang Xiaohu sighed: "Drink if you want, wife." Only then did Miss Lan feel relieved, thought about it, picked it up and drank it slowly, seeing that she had drunk it, Jiang Xiaohu had no choice but to pick up his own bowl and drank it down in one gulp. After a while, sleepiness swept over like a tide. Jiang Xiaohu yawned and reached out to hug her: "Honey, it's time to sleep." "Don't let go." The embrace was very wide and comfortable, with a familiar smell, Miss Lan was already in a daze, she gave a vague order, and obediently fell asleep in his embrace.