Demoness, Where Are You Fleeing To?

Chapter 50 The pretender’s bet

"You kid, how do you talk? What do you mean by being shady?"

Li Chengji glared at Li Xuan: "But this matter really needs to be kept secret and cannot be known to others. Otherwise, we don't need to sneak out of the city and board the boat outside the city."

Li Xuan became even more curious about what Li Chengji was going to do: "What is it, can you tell me now?"

"You will naturally know where you are. Panyang Lake is a little far away. If you go upstream, you may not arrive until tomorrow morning."

Li Chengji remained secretive: "It's not that I don't believe you, but it's a matter of great importance. Before the matter is completed, your brother and I dare not say a few words, so as not to arouse the enemy in advance. You don't know the magical powers of those major repairs, as long as I am here If you mention it in words, they may be able to sense it."

Li Xuan looked slightly stern, thinking that what they were going to do this time was so dangerous?

Also, we went to Panyang Lake this time? Can you really arrive tomorrow morning? You must know that this world is an enlarged version. It is thousands of miles away from Nanjing.

According to Li Xuan's estimation, they could cover three to five hundred miles in half a day, which would be pretty good.

But then Li Xuan remembered that this is a world where immortal magic manifests itself, and it cannot be judged by common sense.

Not long after, a small two-story sailboat came slowly over. Li Yan did not wait for the boat to dock at the dock, but took a step directly to the deck of the boat: "There is no need to dock, hurry up." Turn to sail.”

The boatman above was obviously a family, a sixty-year-old man, a pair of strong middle-aged women, and a girl who was only four years old. The three adults actually recognized their father and son, and they all bowed down on the deck: "We untouchables pay our respects to our uncle."

"No need to be polite!" Li Chengji followed suit. He extended his hand to help: "Thank you for your hard work. Today I need you to take a night boat to take our father and son to Poyang Lake."

He threw two more ten-liang ingots of grain silver over and said, "This is the ship's fare. The extra money can be used to prepare a table of wine and food for us, father and son, to have a drink."

The boatman burst into tears of gratitude. The boat fare to Poyang Lake plus a table of food and wine, how could he need twenty taels? Five taels is too much.

Li Xuan watched from behind and couldn't help grinding his teeth. He estimated the distance to the sailboat, then took a few steps back. After a short run, he suddenly jumped up and landed on the deck of the sailboat.

"Not bad." Li Yan made a 'tsk' sound, and walked to the bow of the boat angrily and sat down: "First a few pots of rice wine, and then something to go with the wine."

Li Chengji, on the other hand, was tying his long beard with satisfaction. If Li Xuan was a little lazy in practicing the Divine Thunder Indefinite Art, he would definitely not be able to jump on this ship.

His performance this time even surprised him, because Li Xuan's landing posture was very stable, without any sway, which showed that he still had energy left and was not forced at all.

When the boatman completed the turn on the river and hung up the canvas, the small sailboat immediately galloped upstream like a cheerful fish. Not only is the speed faster than a modern speedboat, the hull is also very stable without any shaking at all.

Li Xuan observed the induction carefully and found that there was a force pushing the boat they were on to travel upstream quickly.

At first he thought it was the work of his father and brother, but then he felt something was wrong.

"It's Ying Tianshuijun's dolphin. I borrowed it to pull the boat. Otherwise, how could we reach Panyang Lake in half a day?"

Li Yan spoke to clear up Li Xuan's doubts, and at the same time poured a bottle of wine in his hand into the water.

The next moment, dozens of large fish that looked like dolphins but were several times larger jumped happily out of the water.

Li Yan couldn't help but chuckle and said: "You guys who are greedy for drinking, please hurry up. I will prepare ten jars of your favorite bamboo leaf green for you afterwards."

The speed of this sailing ship has indeed accelerated a lot. Fortunately, the hull of the ship was strong, and the boatman at the helm was also very capable. He was able to steadily control the direction of the sailboat at high speeds.

Li Xuan thought to himself that their home was located on the Yangtze River, so it was indeed a bit prestigious.

The so-called Yingtian Shuijun is the Water Dragon King in the Yangtze River section of Yingtian Mansion. As the Nanjing of the Jin Dynasty, Ying Tianfu was the master of this river section. He was undoubtedly the highest ranking dragon king among all the dragon kings in the entire Yangtze River, comparable to the dragon kings of Dongting and Pan Yang.

And these 'dolphins' that pull the boats are dolphins with dragon blood. It is said that a snake turns into a dragon in five hundred years, and a dragon turns into a dragon in a thousand years.

They are also very rare in quantity. But even if the dragon courts in all major rivers and lakes are financially strapped, they will still keep a few. Whenever the Dragon King goes out on a tour, he always needs a few dolphins to pull his carriage to fill the scene.

The boatman served the food very quickly, and soon a table was set up at the bow of the boat. Li Xuan tasted a few casually, and his eyes were filled with surprise. These dishes were very good, not as good as his family's chefs, but they had a different flavor. Especially the fish soup made him have endless aftertaste.

"What they usually do is the business of literati. Without this kind of craftsmanship, how can they attract customers? Especially the fish soup and fish breasts are one of a kind."

Li Yan drank wine and looked at Li Xuan with a somewhat teasing smile: "Brother, don't you claim to have outstanding literary talent, and you were originally destined to be the number one scholar? Look at this situation, even I can't help but feel poetic. . UU Reading www.uukanshu.net But I have no idea, so I can’t tell you why. But, little brother, you might as well write a poem today to let me and my father see your talent."

"Why not?"

Li Xuan glanced sideways at him: "But this poem can't be written in vain, it needs a bonus."

He was a person who memorized Tang poetry and Song lyrics, but he was looked down upon by others.

Li Yan laughed dumbly and placed a dragon-shaped jade pendant in front of Li Xuan: "As long as it is not a crooked poem and is a little passable, this thing will be yours. I will give you a moment, is that enough?"

Li Xuan took a look: "Han Jiaojue? Are you serious?"

This is a low-grade magic weapon. Although it is not a powerful thing, its function is only to store a certain amount of cold elemental essence and slightly increase the cold power of martial arts practitioners. But the value of any magical weapon will not be less than ten thousand taels of silver.

Li Yan waved his hand nonchalantly: "Your eldest brother keeps his promise and will never break his promise."

"Then it's settled." Li Xuan looked around. He looked at the setting sun that had reached the horizon, then looked at the sparkling water, and then smiled and recited: "A setting sun spreads across the water, Half the river is rustling and half the river is red. Poor night on the third day of July, the dew looks like pearls and the moon looks like a bow."

The setting sun is about to set, and its rays of light spread softly on the river. The river is half green and half bright red.

The loveliest thing is the night of the third day of July, when the dewdrops are like pearls and the bright crescent moon is shaped like a bow.

Li Yan suddenly froze, and he couldn't even notice that the wine poured from the flask hit his clothes. Li Xuan took the 'Han Jiaojue' with a smile: "Big brother is very kind, and little brother, I accept it with a smile!"

It feels good to use ancient poems to show off every day, not to mention it is profitable.

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