Lao Sun Tou and Lao Wang Tou are two boatmen on the Bianshui River, and on weekdays, the two old men use their own boats to carry goods and deliver goods to the major city wharves along the river for a short distance to earn some hard money to live, and the days are not too sad.

This evening, a heavy rain fell, and the business was naturally not able to be done, so the two old boatmen stole half a day of leisure, docked the boat near the dock, boiled a few free white fish caught by themselves, and cooked a pot full of vegetables.

After a few cups, the old grandson suddenly felt that the hull of the boat shook, as if someone stepped on the bow of the boat, and then the canopy 'tuk' sounded twice, not the sound of wind and rain knocking, but someone knocking on the canopy.

The old grandson stretched his neck and shouted: "Who! ”

"Boatman, do you do business?" The person outside said angrily, his voice was indistinct in the wind and rain.

"This is windy and rainy, how to deliver the goods, the guest officer should wait for the rain to stop and come again, wet your goods, the little old man can not afford to eat."

The old grandson got up and was about to lift the curtain to speak, but suddenly the curtain opened, and a gust of wind and rain rushed in from outside the warehouse, and immediately wet half of the old grandson's face; Even if he couldn't open his eyes due to the wind and rain, the old grandson still saw a hand stretched out, which was a hand holding two ingots of gold, and the thick fingers of the hand made the ingot of gold particularly large.

The old king also saw the gold ingot, and he also knew the words on it, which was a crescent moon ingot cast by Kaifeng Mansion with ten taels and one ingots, and the pure gold was pure and true.

The old grandson opened his mouth wide and was about to speak, when a voice outside sounded: "Are these two ingots of gold enough to buy your two small boats?"

The old grandson opened his mouth and stammered: "This ...... How my broken ship is worth so much. ”

The voice outside looked extremely impatient, and asked, "I only ask if you are enough, if you are too little, you can say, I will buy your two small boats." ”

The old grandson said, "This ...... Little Lao'er, this small boat is already dilapidated, why don't the guest officers go to the boat workshop at Hexi Wharf to top a new one, a ship like ours only costs fifty yuan, and these two ingots of gold are enough to buy five ......"

Lao Wang Tou covered Lao Sun's mouth and said repeatedly: "Enough is enough, guest officer, I sold you." ”

The man outside flipped his palm, and two ingots of gold fell on the board of the boat, and said: "Take the gold immediately, leave the boat and go home to sleep, don't look around, don't meddle in your affairs, wake up, go to the Hexi workshop to buy a new boat for each of you to continue your livelihood." ”

The old grandson still needs to ask again, the old king grabbed the two ingots of gold, quickly bit it with his teeth, and made sure that it was genuine, and dragged the old grandson out of the cabin, and the wind and rain blew in his face, instantly wetting the clothes of the two.

On the bow of the ship stood a stout man in black, wearing a hat and holding his arms on the bow of the boat, and then looking at the forty or fifty men in black standing tall and short on the shore, all of them pressed their hats low, and could not see their faces; How dare the two boatmen stay for a long time, they climbed ashore with a rolling belt, trotted all the way to the main road, and ran until they ran to the street of Bianhe, and then they dared to look back at the river.

I saw that the dozens of black-clothed men had all boarded the boat and entered the cabin, leaving only two people outside to row the boat off the shore with a long penny, all the way downstream.

The old grandson took a breath, wiped the rain on his face and asked the old king: "Brother, what's going on, I seem to be dreaming." ”

The old king stuffed a piece of gold ingot into the old grandson's hand and said: "Just take it as a dream, this is ten taels of gold ingots, and it is worth at least more than two hundred yuan when exchanged for copper coins, such a good thing was almost missed by you, but fortunately, the old man's brain is not confused." ”

The old grandson said: "But, why do I think it's a little weird." ”

The old king said, "What do you want to do?" Let's go to Huitong Yinzhuang on Bianhe Street to exchange it for copper coins and buy a new boat to make a living. The rest is just for the sons to marry a daughter-in-law, people are willing to buy at a high price, we are willing to sell, what's so weird? Don't think about it, don't mess with it, go home and sleep, it's best to forget about it. The two of them trembled, and disappeared without a trace in the wind and rain.

The two boats had traveled less than a mile downstream, and they saw that the water ahead was turbid, and a tributary was flowing into the Bianhe River with the rainwater on the shore; The dynasty who was holding the boat came in and whispered, "Son, it should be this tributary." ”

Su Jin lifted the curtain and looked at it, nodded and said, "Yes, this is it, can you draw it?" ”

Wang Chao said: "There is a lot of rain, and the water is surging, but there should be no problem." ”

Su Jin said: "Go out to help, tie a few pennies to the side of the boat, and row up with some strength." ”

A few companions quickly got up, picked up the idle penny and propped the boat up the current, crossed the bottom of an arched bridge, and slowly rowed the boat into the small river, the other boat following closely, and the dim light and pouring rain made the two boats like ghosts.

After entering the river, the water flow is gradually slowing, along the river on both sides of the ancient willows, high walls are lined up, it is to the backyard of the mansions in Sock Lane, occasionally there are a few dilapidated houses mixed in, but such weather, such an evening, all the doors and windows are closed, I think I must have eaten dinner early and went to bed.

After traveling for two or three miles, the two small boats slowly stopped outside an unusually tall wall, which was the high wall of the Xia family's backyard, Wang Chao looked up, smacked his tongue, and turned back to the warehouse and said to Su Jin: "Son, I'm afraid this wall can't climb up, it's all moss, not to mention, the top is not made of cornices, even if there is a hook, you can't catch it." ”

Su Jin said softly: "You can't touch the wall, touching the wall will leave traces, the traces of the moss being stepped on can't be covered by the rain, there are a lot of big trees in the backyard of the Xia family, see if there are branches out of the wall, hook the trunk to get in from the tree." ”

Wang Dynasty agreed, and led a few people to slowly row the boat along the wall, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the eyes could not see clearly, although it was difficult to identify, but at the same time, it also gave the two small boats better camouflage.

Finally, after advancing hundreds of steps, the dynasty found a large branch that sprouted horizontally, with a black crown, and he didn't know what tree it was. Wang Chao took out the rope and stood on the boat and threw it up, throwing it several times because the height was too high, he didn't even touch the edge of the branch, and muttered angrily.

Su Jin looked around the left and right, suddenly his eyes lit up, pointed to an oblique ancient willow and said softly: "Climb this tree, it will be at least seven or eight feet high, don't throw the hook if it's black, it's a bad thing if the hook is not reliable, tie it up with a few pennies, and directly send the hook and cable to hang on the branch, you should be able to get it." ”

The dynasty immediately moved, ordered someone to splice the four pennies together, hung the hook and cable on the top of the penny, climbed the willow tree, and slowly stretched the penny upwards, the four splicing of the penny with thick arms are amazing, but it is also extremely difficult to control, the dynasty lifted his arm to hold his breath and concentrate on the penny inch by inch to stretch up, the penny swayed upward, until it touched the trunk of the tree and made a slight sound, the dynasty could no longer support it, the penny broke from it and fell on the river surface, fortunately, the surrounding rain and wind were noisy, and the sound did not seem to be too harsh.

Fortunately, although the penny was broken, the hook was actually hanging somewhere on the branch, and I didn't see whether it was reliable or not.

Mahan volunteered: "I'm going to climb fast, I'll go first." ”

Su Jin said softly: "Be careful, tie the hook firmly after going up the tree, and pay attention to the movement inside, it is said that there are vicious dogs, don't alarm the vicious dogs." ”

Ma Han nodded, rubbed his palms, stretched out his hand to test the firmness of the rope, and then jumped like a sensitive ape like a sensitive ape in three steps and two steps to climb into the air, everyone held their breath and looked up, only to see Ma Han climb faster and faster, and when he was about to reach the top, he heard a loud 'snap', Su Jin secretly screamed badly, only to see that the trunk hooked by the rope suddenly broke, and a black branch fell down, and Ma Han's body also fell.

Everyone exclaimed in surprise, only to see Mahan stretch out his arm suddenly, and his arm suddenly grabbed the end of the broken trunk as if it had suddenly become an extra piece, and his fingers grabbed the trunk with force, and his toes flipped upward, and in the blink of an eye, he was already sitting firmly on the trunk.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu also caught the fallen branches, lest it smash the boat.

Su Jin cheered, Ma Han didn't cover it, he really had two brushes, this kung fu was very handsome, and what was even more rare was that he reacted immediately when he was in danger.

Mahan gasped for a few breaths, his heart fluttered, and he fumbled to tie the rope to the thicker branches, and at the same time looked into the courtyard, which was pitch black, and he saw nothing or sound, so he reached out and shook the rope a few times, indicating that it was safe.

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "Leave two to watch the boat, and the rest of the people hurry up!"

One by one, everyone climbed the rope to the treetops, and then put the rope away and hung it on the branches, and at the other end, Ma Han had already hung down the rope and slid into the backyard of the summer mansion.