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Chapter 57: Stormy Fenglin Crossing [Please read]

In the rustling autumn rain, the maple falls and the sky is cold.

Gradually the frost wind is bleak and tight, and the evening rain sprinkles the river and the sky.

Fenglindu Inn.

Looking at the misty rain and the red maple leaves covering the ground, Yu Youquan couldn't help but feel emotional. After merging with Dragon Ball, he and Feng Yu became more and more destined.

This ferry is not that big, even far smaller than the pier of Zheng's Waterside Villa.

The passenger flow is relatively small, and there is only one wooden boat that is not particularly large.

But it is such a small ferry. Due to the remote and dangerous road section, there is almost no alternative ferry for dozens of miles around, and guests continue to arrive.

And because of this sudden autumn rain, it even caused rare congestion at the ferry.

He and his master were "trapped" at this ferry for only two or three days, when a team of escorts, a young monk, the upcoming vulgar governor and his beautiful concubine arrived.

There is nothing to say about the dart team, they are all masters of the rivers and lakes, and they have a lot of kung fu!
It is suspected that the dummy dart with a high degree of secrecy is being bet, and they are very cautious throughout the whole process. It looks like everyone is a green forest hero who wants to rob the dart, with an appearance of not being close to strangers.

This also caused everyone in the inn to be very smart and too lazy to talk to these escorts.

The governor was also accompanied by a group of stewards and guards, which was very impressive.

As for the most special one, he is a young hero, who seems to be a humble scholar who has defected to the governor.

Feather fan silk scarf, elegant and suave, from Yu Youquan's perspective, it seems to have some meaning to the concubine that the governor carries with him.

And the most interesting one belongs to the young monk, with a handsome face, giving people a sense of cleanliness, purity, kindness, and compassion.

Wearing a tattered linen monk's robe, he looked a bit down and out, much like a "poor monk" with no status.

But in fact, this Mai monk has a very high level of cultivation!
Yu Youquan guessed that this monk was probably an ascetic monk from a temple in the Northern Wei Dynasty who went south to promote Buddhism.

I have to admit that faith is indeed amazing in some aspects.

Especially when a religion is still in the rising stage of "pioneering", those "missionaries" all have great ideals and great perseverance.

They are willing to endure hardships for the faith in their hearts!

This is a bit like Xuanzang's journey to the East in his previous life to learn Buddhist scriptures, overcome many difficulties, and narrowly escape death, which is of very positive significance.
If you count their masters and apprentices, this little Fenglindu has a rare "competence" that is a bit high!

It was the arrival of these river-crossers with different identities and classes one after another that made Fenglindu this small ferry slowly become lively.

of course.

If the master and apprentice didn't mind being trapped, strictly speaking, the wind, rain and turbulence wouldn't be able to truly "trap" them both.

In the view of his master Zheng Xuancheng, Yu Youquan's practice of the Sword of Overturning Clouds and Rain is naturally related to wind and rain. This ferry and this wind and rain are undoubtedly an excellent practice experience.

Therefore, both master and apprentice were "trapped" in this Fenglindu willingly by the wind and rain!
Because they came earlier, the master and the apprentice occupied a better guest room, and as far as the eye can see, there is an endless misty river.

Maybe it's already late autumn, but it adds a bit of desolation and coldness.

At this moment, the voice of reciting poems sounded in Yu Youquan's ears.

"Mu Yu is good to let the boat go, the light wind makes the waves late.

The place where the guest stays in the deep bamboo, when the maple falls to enjoy the cool.

The son mixes ice water, and the beauty snows lotus root.

The black on the head of the cloud should be the rain urging the poem. "(Note)
Yu Youquan followed the prestige, and suddenly saw Pang Bi Pang Inspector Pang Bi Pang, who was fat and short, and looked a bit like a monkey, was shaking his head and reciting poems.

And the object of his pretentiousness is surprisingly the beautiful concubine next to him who is holding an oil-paper umbrella with a graceful figure and a light waist.

I saw that she had black hair and a lazy bun. A branch was inserted diagonally in her dark hair, which made her long neck appear. The indescribable romance arouses infinite reverie.

And hearing the committed lord recite poems for her affectionately, the beauty's beautiful eyes look forward to melodiously, with indescribable affectionate grace.

Seeing this, Yu Youquan felt a little helpless to complain.

She sighed that the governor had no limit to pretending to be coquettish, and he didn't even know what he was doing, but also admired his good acting skills as a little concubine holding an umbrella.

Does this little concubine know how good the governor's lord is at writing poems?

No, she knows very well!
Because not long ago, the governor Pang wrote an awesome and peerless poem.

"Fenglin Ferry, Ferry Lin Feng, there is a broken boat at the Fenglin Ferry."

"There is an old man on the broken boat, limping and half bald."

Yu Youquan immediately doubted life after listening to it.

The level of this poem is comparable to that of Zhang Zongchang in the previous Republic of China!

What made him even more doubtful about his life was that this young woman was able to interpret the poem with infinite meaning.

for example.

A few words in the first half describe the dilapidation and decline of Fenglindu.

The broken boat and the lame bald old man show that he cares about the national economy and the people's livelihood, and loves the people like a son.
As soon as the woman said this, Lord Inspector was taken aback.

After savoring it for a while, the aftertaste is endless. Is he so talented in writing this poem?
Worrying about the national economy and people's livelihood, ah yes, yes, the little beauty really guessed it right!

Governor Pang turned around and rewarded the old man punting with a piece of silver, which made the old man shed tears of gratitude.

Yu Youquan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

This concubine is very well-rounded and has excellent acting skills. She knows how to please a man very well. She can turn a black man into a white man with just one lip. She is not a good person in the traditional sense.

But he seemed kind-hearted, and while making the master happy with his small mouth, he also gained substantial benefits for the boss of the ship.

Can't make people hate it!
The woman holding the umbrella must have known that the poem was plagiarized by the governor's aide Lu Heng, but her performance was flawless.

The water-sharp eyes were filled with admiration and tenderness, and the governor who was bathing in the monkey and crowned was very pleased.

But no matter what, he could still see that Governor Pang and his staff Lu Heng were happy about the rain!

Especially for staff member Lu Heng, this "visit to encourage poetry" gave him an excellent opportunity to perform.

After getting excited, Pang Jieshi directly pulled the beauty in his arms into the house.

But Lu Heng, the staff member, was in trouble. Not long ago, he was so excited that "the clouds and rain inspired poems", but in an instant he became miserable.

The bitter wine enters the throat and the heart hurts, and Ye Weiyang does not have her in the dream!
I think he is full of talent but he is under this idiot governor, how can he be inferior to me?
of course.

Equally anxious was the escort escort team, headed by Mr. Zhang, who repeatedly came to the ferry to watch the sky and the rain.

However, he did not have the leisurely elegance of Governor Pang and Staff Officer Lu. The purpose of watching the rain was to see if the continuous autumn rain had any intention of stopping.

Seeing the continuous rain, the head of the bearded bodyguard was even more frowning, as if everyone owed him millions of dollars.

During this process, the bearded man asked the boat boss more than once if he could cross the river, but the boat boss just shook his head repeatedly.

His little dilapidated boat really didn't dare to cross the river in the stormy weather, maybe it was just a loss of man and boat!

As for the calmest ones, they still belonged to Yu Youquan, his master and his apprentice, and the monk in sackcloth.

Faced with the miserable wind and rain, the monk in sackcloth remained calm, chanting sutras and doing homework on time every day.

As a result, in Fenglindu Inn, the sound of monks knocking on wooden fish can be heard every morning and evening.

Besides doing his homework every day, Yu Youquan also spends more time watching the rain and water. The wind, rain, and endless turbulence are more like opportunities for enlightenment to him.

It can only be said that the feelings between people are not connected!
"Ju Li, when will you be able to comprehend 'shi'?"

"anytime."

Yu Youquan said very confidently.

For most practitioners, understanding "shi" is the key threshold for stepping from the Tianmen realm to the Qi-eating realm.

It's like breaking through the gate of heaven in the first level, and the key to practicing in the second level is to use "potential" to more efficiently refine all kinds of precious energy that you eat.

For Yu Youquan, who has the ability to look inwards and observe himself, there is no secret to him about the inhalation and transformation of vitality, the amount of vitality, the state of the flow of energy in the meridians, the restrained accumulation of momentum, and the explosive release.

Zheng Xuancheng: "Then don't pierce that layer of window paper for now, and start to refine the precious energy exchanged along the way."

Are you going to start breathing right now?And you don’t use “momentum” to refine it?

Yu Youquan didn't understand Master's arrangement for a while, because it violated the common sense of practice in essence!

(Note: Adapted from Du Fu's "Bringing a Prostitute to Enjoy the Coolness and Rain at Night".)
(End of this chapter)