126,【Hire a boat】
"Of course." Jiang Shen heard Fang Chang's question and explained carefully: "Those are made of bamboo and paper. Unlike incense, they are burned and cannot be received."
"And, even if you can receive it, these colorful carriages and horses will not become real. The little god wants to tie bamboo strips to paper to paste things, which is useless."
The fisherman dressed as a river god, named Zhou Peng, was originally a fisherman on the Xu River in this cave.
The name was taken by his father when he was born when he heard the baby crying in the house. He saw his boat cloak on his own boat and patted his forehead.
During his lifetime, he was willing to help others, and often rushed to others' concerns, relieved others' troubles, and saved others' dangers. He was always sympathetic to others' evil spirits and enjoyed others' goodness. After the disaster came, Zhou Peng bravely and wisely saved hundreds of lives and died as a result.
The surviving people were grateful for Zhou Peng's virtue and set up temples on the edge of the cave river to celebrate and recall his people.
When his ex-girlfriend Jiang Shen had achieved his merits and went to the reincarnation path to be reborn in a good family, he was chosen by Jiang Shen and asked the people to take office, becoming the god of Jiang Jiang.
The scope of Zhou Jiangshen's responsibilities is about a hundred miles upstream and downstream of the Jiangshen Temple, including the Dongxu River itself and the river banks on both sides. There is no fixed number of widths, but he and the mountain gods on both sides of the Dongxu River are aware of the boundaries of their jurisdiction.
The man in front of him suddenly came to visit, carried a square inkstone as a gift, and claimed to be the "mountain of the mountains in the clouds", Jiang Shen was quite afraid.
After all, he could not see the depth of the person in front of him at all. The only thing he could feel was that the other person's body was harmonious with the natural world, and had a spiritual charm in his actions. He must be a very, very tall and very powerful person than himself.
Jiang Shen carefully accompanied Fang Chang and presented the best spiritual tea he had hidden here.
Jiang Shen was afraid of such an expert coming to visit, but he was very happy in his heart, because the other party came with a gift and was obviously kind-hearted - it was a good thing to meet such an expert.
The inkstone that Fang Xiansheng brought as a gift was the only four-treasure shop in the study hall next to the Jiangshen Temple. The best-quality products he bought were better than those used by Jiangshen.
For gods like the mountain god, land and water god, literacy is the basic condition for taking office. Fortunately, when Zhou Peng was alive, he also recognized some words briefly, which was barely qualified.
After he became a god, his life remained unchanged and he was so lonely that he so lonely that Zhou Jiangshen sought relevant books and occasionally went to private schools to listen. Now he is very knowledgeable and reading and writing is no problem.
Fang Chang could see Jiang Shen's crampage, but he couldn't speak comforting him, so he had to chat and relieve himself.
Hearing Zhou Peng’s explanation, he asked: “Why didn’t the god Zhou Jiang try to stop it?”
Jiang Shen shook his head and said:
"The immortal Fang Shang knew that the fishermen had no great effect in offering sacrifices. Although they offered incense to me, this was not a transaction. Even if they ignored me, as long as they were still in the cave, the god of the rivers of the rivers of the cave, what they did on weekdays was their duty and could not be blasphemed."
"And they are respectful or offer good offerings to make the incense flourish, and they cannot take care of them at all. After all, many things outside of their responsibilities are harmful to the world if they do it."
"Their sacrifices every year are not meant to offer God, but to peace of mind, so there is no difference in the form. Everything is 'as long as they are happy'. Anyway, those are made of paper bamboo and are not wasted."
Fang Chang nodded, as if he understood Jiang Shen’s thoughts.
He lowered his head and drank a sip of the tea, tasted it carefully, and felt that the tea tasted very good.
What surprised him even more was that the flavor of this tea was faintly similar to the nameless tea he picked and dried on Xianqi Cliff.
"Zhou Jiangshen's tea is good."
"Fang Xian has a good vision. This is a spiritual tea given by the mountain god next to him. It was picked by a practitioner from a distant place from a steep and beautiful place and used special techniques to warm up."
"For mortals, they can even be called "immortal tea". Regular drinking can prolong life and prolong life, and it is difficult to invade all diseases. Even for us, this kind of spiritual tea is a rare spiritual creature and is of great benefit to our own body."
"If Fang Xianchang likes it, you might as well bring some with you later."
Fang Chang waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but there is no need to, because I made some tea leaves on the cliff, but it feels like the taste of this tea."
"But I am a little ignorant and do not know that this is spiritual tea. It seems that I am lucky to have a heartless achievement."
The two continued to chat, but as they talked, they talked about this great disaster in the world.
This is also a common topic among practitioners and gods in the past year and over the past year. Basically, chatting is inseparable from this.
Jiang Shen Zhou Peng pond pondered for a while and asked the other side with hope:
"The little god heard from his colleagues that a great disaster had arrived in the world, and chaos had begun in the distant states. At the same time, many local governments had strange failures."
"The most terrifying thing is that no one knows where this great disaster will begin and why it will end."
"You are very knowledgeable, and I wonder if there is any news about this matter? Will this great disaster affect the water palace in the water? Will it affect my small temple on the shore?"
Fang Chang was unable to answer Zhou Jiangshen’s question, so he could only shake his head silently: “I don’t know, just like Jiangshen said, this great catastrophe of heaven and earth is too obscure, and it has improved a little recently but it is still impossible to see clearly.”
Zhou Peng's expression instantly dimmed.
Looking at the expression of Zhou Jiangshen opposite, Fang Chang comforted him: "But there is no need to worry too much. I have experienced some things recently and I can roughly know that this great disaster should be partly related to the monsters."
"Some monsters are concealing their tracks and connecting them everywhere, as if they are conspiring to something, and the scope of the incident is very wide... I wonder if there are many monsters in this cave river?"
"Not much," said Jiang Shen. "The fishermen caught it hard. The living creatures in the water have a short lifespan. There is no chance of enlightenment. Moreover, fish are relatively harder than wild animals. Therefore, over the years, the number of monsters in the Cave River has been very clear, and most of them are familiar with me."
Nodded, Fang Chang instructed: "That's good. Just pay close attention to the movements in the water, walk with the monsters more often, and don't let them be recruited by that group of people."
"Thank you, Xiancheng, for your advice." Zhou Jiangshen curled his clothes and bowed sincerely. He made up his mind and turned around and did what Xiancheng said.
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"Shipman, what price is it for hiring a boat? Is it convenient now?"
The next morning, Fang Chang came to the riverside, and he casually found a boatman to ask about the price.
At this time, a large area of various ships were moored here, and the owners and shipmen were taking pedals to replenish supplies from the shore to the boat.
There were many people working, and even attracted vendors who sold breakfasts in wholesale, which was a bit lively for a while.
"Hello, I wonder if you are crossing the river or sailing?" Hearing Fang Chang's questioning, the busy boatman turned around and saw that it was a handsome young man, so he saluted politely and replied.
Fang Chang said: "I want to hire a ship and go down to Xingqing Mansion."
Chapter completed!