Chapter 38: Storm on the Dock

Chapter 38: Storm on the Dock

Chapter 38: Storm on the Dock
Two days later, Lin Shan and Protector Jiang rode their horses at full speed and left the city of Zangke County.

Before leaving, he went to find Mr. Wu, the owner of a funeral home in the west of the city, and introduced his five younger brothers to Mr. Zhao.

When Mr. Zhao learned that the five people had "astonishing talents" in the field of "archaeology", he immediately treated them as guest officials and held them in high esteem.

Before leaving, all the elders of the Zhao family wanted to see Lin Shan off, but they were naturally rejected without hesitation. He didn't want to be fussy, he just wanted to go to the capital to meet his fellow cultivators and see if there were more ancient charms and opportunities there.

At that time, he was carrying 8,000 taels of gold given by the Zhao family, which he converted into silver notes issued by an official institution designated by the Song Dynasty, which made it convenient to carry on the road.

After all, if you start from southern Xinjiang, you have to walk to Luzhou Prefecture first, then take the Jialing River down the river, cross Jingxiang to Jiangling, and then go all the way north to the capital of the Song Dynasty, Tokyo Bianliang.

The journey was tens of thousands of miles long.

Of course, the surrounding cities that we pass by cannot be missed, and if we come across antiques with ancient charm, we must take them no matter what.

After all, he now had both money and strength. There was no need to be timid. As long as the appearance of greed was not too ugly, no force would dare to provoke a cultivator.

……

After leaving Zanghe County, at the invitation of Lin Shan, Protector Jiang first accompanied him to his hometown Qinghe County.

But after arriving in Qinghe County, Lin Shan went to Lin's Escort Agency to secretly inquire and found out that Master Pu seemed to have never returned since the robbery two years ago.

Lin Shan knew that the robbery was a self-acted play by the county magistrate. He also confirmed with Protector Jiang that the contact person that day was indeed the county magistrate Yang Huaili.

So he sneaked into the home of the county magistrate of Qinghe County and interrogated him.

When someone came to his door, County Magistrate Yang did not lose his temper. He honestly said that after the robbery, there were some survivors who came back and were indeed caught and thrown into prison, but there was no one like Master Pu among them.

He took Lin Shan and the other two to the prison and saw the escorts under Wang Biaotou who were imprisoned there. Master Pu was definitely not among them. He asked the escorts and they also said that they had never seen Master Pu being captured.

Lin Shan rescued these people. Facing a master of innate talent, County Prime Minister Yang naturally did not dare to disobey. Instead, he had to find a way to keep it secret, otherwise he would be in big trouble if the county governor found out.

Unable to find Master Pu, Lin Shan could only assume that he had hidden himself to avoid pursuit and had to give up for the time being.

Then he quietly returned to the Lin Mansion. Lin Shan did not disturb anyone. He just silently looked at the small house where he had lived for ten years, and then left resolutely.

But before leaving, he seemed to hear that some members of the Lin family were still discussing Lin Fan.

A year ago, Lin Fan was specially accepted as a disciple by a passing immortal and taken away to cultivate immortality! At that time, the news spread throughout Qinghe County.
……

Lin Shan and Jiang Hufa rode non-stop for about three days before arriving in Luzhou. They strolled around the city for a while, but Lin Shan regretted that he did not find the antique he "liked".

But it was normal when I thought about it. When I was in Qinghe County, I only found a famous painting in the study of the head of the Lin family. The rest of the items I got in Zangke County, whether it was the golden bell or a bunch of Buddhist statues, were all things from the Black Lotus Sect in the Yelang Ancient Tomb.

Listening to the conversation between Lei Zhenzi and the other two, it turns out that the Black Lotus Sect used to be a sect of immortal practitioners!

The remaining tokens belong to the relics of the ancient organization Nightingale. The last wave was fished out from major families or private collections by the Zhao family after mobilizing their connections and accumulation over a hundred years. This shows how difficult it is to obtain ancient rhymes.

Lin Shan didn't expect that he could find it just by looking around wherever he passed by. When he found nothing, he simply took a boat with Protector Jiang and drifted along the Jialing River.

While riding on the boat, Lin Shan saw the mountains on both sides and couldn't help but think of the famous quote from his previous life.

"The monkeys on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed ten thousand mountains."

After seeing enough of the scenery, I returned to the boat tent and continued to hone my skills.

……

Half a month later, the two arrived in Jiangling smoothly.

Jiangling is the place where all the nine counties of Jingxiang gather for commerce. It is extremely rich, and various century-old families and famous gangs are located here. There are even various bandits who block the river to rob, and the government cannot eliminate them all.

Such a prosperous city is also a transit point to the imperial capital in the north.

The two men got off the dock on the opposite bank, and the boatman who had brought them from Luzhou rowed away.

This is a public wharf with boats from all over the world. Boatmen can only deliver to them, and the remaining 30 miles of waterway to the wharf outside Jiangling City is completely taken over by the local gang "Sanshouwu".

Want to go to Gangneung? No problem! You can only take the Samsoo Wharf boat.

This kind of overbearing behavior naturally caused dissatisfaction from many parties at the beginning, but Sanshouwu not only had a large number of gang members, but also had a strong background in the Jiangling government. Over time, local boatmen from all around Jiangling joined this gang.

If you don’t join them, you will have no business. If you can’t beat them, you have no choice but to join them.

Other foreign ships have no choice but to unload passengers at the designated dock of Sanshouwu, and the rest of the waterway business is left to Sanshouwu.

After Lin Shan and the other man understood the rules, they had no intention of breaking them. After all, they were just passing by, and it didn't matter who made money or drove the boat.

So the two of them lined up at the public pier. After all, Jiangling was connected to Bashu in the west and Jianghuai in the east. It was the center of the nine counties of Jingxiang, so naturally there was a lot of traffic.

Amid the hustle and bustle, Lin Shan and Protector Jiang started chatting casually.

Along the way, Jiang Hufa hinted that he also yearned for immortal cultivation and hoped that Lin Shan could help him. Lin Shan naturally pretended to say that Jiang Hufa did not have the spiritual roots to cultivate immortals and he was powerless.

Although he had three books of cultivation techniques in his hand, he had no intention of handing them over to Jiang Hufa to try one by one. After all, these things were something that could only be encountered by chance, and he had worked hard to strengthen them, so how could he just share them with others?

I had made an exchange with Protector Jiang in the first place, and neither side owed anyone anything.

While the two were chatting, large and small ships appeared on the river from the direction of Jiangling from time to time, hurriedly heading downstream to Dongting Lake.

From time to time, a large group of people would rush up behind him, cutting in line and clamoring to take a boat to Dongting Lake.

Some wore black clothes, some wore yellow robes with short sleeves, and some painted their eyebrows red. I thought they were going to a market. The people around them also started to talk about it.

"What's going on today? So many people are heading to Dongting Lake?"

"I don't know! The one who just cut in line seems to be from the Hong family, a prominent family in Lingling County."

"I also saw people from the Wuling Sect's Divine Fist Gang."

"Hey, look, here comes another group of people from the Yichang Yudao Sect."

……

Now Lin Shan and Protector Jiang could no longer sit still. It was not because they had any idea about the people from the other side of Jiangling and various counties heading to Dongting, but because of the group of people behind them who kept cutting in line.

The two had arrived here in the morning, and now it was almost noon. The team ahead was still full of people, and the boats were occupied by the sects behind them, who were transporting people to Dongting Lake in groups.

Ordinary people queuing naturally did not dare to cause trouble. Some idle heroes had to give up when they saw the large group of people and just stood at the dock to suffer in the sun.

But Guardian Lin Shanjiang couldn't wait any longer.

Seeing another group of people in red clothes coming to cut in line, Protector Jiang stepped forward to stop them, being frugal with his words.

"go back!"

"???"

The people in red were all stunned for a moment, staring at each other, feeling that this man was inexplicably a little crazy.

The leading young man frowned at Protector Jiang and said, "Brother, we are from the Yudao Sect and we have urgent business to attend to at Dongting. Please make way!"

Protector Jiang simply nodded toward the back of the crowd and uttered two simple words.

"queue."

"!!!"

Now the red-clothed people of the Imperial Sword Sect were furious. Who in the nearby Jingxiang Prefecture didn't know about the Imperial Sword Sect? And someone dared not to give them face!

"Where did this fool come from?"

"Can you afford to take the responsibility for delaying something important?"

"Don't be shameless, get out of here!"

……

But the young man in the lead seemed to have great authority. He just raised his hand and the people behind him instantly became quiet.

"Friend, we have to make do in an emergency! We don't have time to waste here. As an apology, this ingot of silver is considered compensation."

After saying that, he threw out an ingot of horseshoe silver, weighing a full fifty taels. It seemed that he was really in a hurry and didn't want to get entangled with others too much.

Protector Jiang was too lazy to even stretch out his hand, letting the silver roll on the ground, and simply standing in front of the crowd.

The people in red couldn't help it now. This was simply a slap in the face! In front of so many people at the dock, if they didn't give an explanation today, the Yu Dao Sect would probably become a laughing stock.

The leading young man still stopped his men from taking action at this time, but carefully observed Protector Jiang. However, he could not see through the opponent's cultivation level, and vaguely felt that this person seemed to rely on something.

He then calmly clasped his fists and said, "I am from the Yu Dao Sect, Ren Kuang! The sect leader, You Zheng, is my father. I dare to ask you to give me some face. If you think it is not enough, we can discuss it again!"

This young man's name is "Ren Wo Kuang", but he is not crazy at all! Lin Shan even feels that his father's name is a bit unfair to his character.

"Is it for cross-dressing?" Lin Shan secretly complained in his heart.

Protector Jiang remained unmoved. He had been waiting for the entire morning, so it was impossible for him to continue to let others cut in line. He refused to let the Yu Dao Sect pass no matter what.

As for the so-called Director You? I have never heard of him. Even if I offended him, so what? I am not here to hang out anyway. Do you dare to come to Nightingale headquarters to find me when you return to Beijing?

The young master of the Yu Dao Sect was now at a loss. After all, he didn't even give face to his father, a congenital master. If he didn't take any action, he would certainly find it difficult to convince the people in the future.

The group of people behind him turned their heads, and when they saw that the young master stopped talking, they naturally understood what he meant and rushed forward roaring.

(End of this chapter)