It was the end of March when the boat left Huai'an. It was raining heavily on the river section. From a distance, the foothills along the river were soaked in water vapor.

Hurry~~

The rain was poured on the deck and in the cabin. Hong Lian supported her chin and looked out of the window with some excitement at the lead-green rain curtain outside the window. The quiet cabin, with the rustling tips of the pen wandering through the rice paper, the scholar raised his pen, put it on the inkstone and dipped it, looked at the back of the bed, picked up the rice paper and blew away the undried ink on it.

"Hong Lian, what do you think so trance?"

"No." The woman supported her chin and didn't turn her head. She looked outside and replied without blinking. "It's been so hard to take a boat, but it rains so heavily. I want to go out but I'm afraid that others will see it, so my body is not wet...ah... so boring, it's better to stay in the painting."

Lu Liangsheng just smiled and didn't say anything. He looked at the outlined graphics on the paper, took a brush and continued to trace the details of the terrain, and added the place name he had asked about.

Since leaving Hangzhou, it has been on the Grand Canal route of Yang Guangxiu that year. On such a rainy day, the river channel is spacious, and in the river channel more than ten meters, many ships passed by. When they met familiar boatmen who were passing by, they were even on the deck, they said hello to the boatman who was passing by on the other side.

In the past, there were many small docks on the flat terrain on both sides of the shore. Many small boats for people to eat were extended up, and the vast water vapor outlined the outlines of the villages and towns unfolded in the field of view.

The sound insulation of the cabin was not good. You could hear the noise of the next door. Hong Lian turned around in a depressing manner, approached the scholar at the small table over there, looked at the outline drawn on the paper, and tilted his head.

"Young Master, is this a map? Where is it?"

“The land of the west.”

Lu Liangsheng relied on his memory to draw down the places he had walked through that year, knowing that Hong Lian had never been there, he pointed to some places and told interesting things.

"Here... I was thrown here by the Great Sage and the boat. At once, there were all black people. Except for the teeth and soles of the feet, there was no place that was not black. When it was dark, I saw shadows shaking and I couldn't see people. The ship before was probably still there."

"Is it really that dark?"

Even though I had heard it before, Hong Lian still found it interesting to hear it from Lu Liangsheng. He continued the words and pointed at the place where the scholar pointed just now, "I remember, young master, you said that there are groups of horses with black and white markings nearby, but they are a little short and cannot ride."

"Well, there are also beasts with very long necks. Standing on the ground, you can eat the leaves on the tree without having to cushion your feet. Their bodies are spots, some of them look like the fur of a leopard. Unfortunately, they are so big that they are so big, and they end up eating vegetarian food."

Speaking of the journey to the west, there were naturally a lot of fun, but the toad Taoist in the bookshelf was not interested. The sound of rain mixed with the sound of men and women laughing, and they slept in the bookshelf with a quilt. They heard a slight snoring sound. They occasionally scratched their belly, rubbed their flippers, turned over and continued to sleep.

Soon, we left Huai'an, entered the river sections of Dongping and Jiyin counties. It took a whole night. After a morning of heavy rain, it was barely stopped. The clouds were wandering and the sun shone on the deck. The passengers who were hiding from the rain came out one after another, stood on the deck and basked for a while, or got off the boat nearby and went elsewhere.

The ship set sail again, and Lu Liangsheng walked around the boat. Most of the passengers stood together, either looking at the water silently, or whispering to their companions, attracting attention from others.

After walking for a while, Lu Liangsheng asked Hong Lian to hide his body and play with him. He leaned against the fence of the ship's side and took a book and read it casually.

"This young man, be careful when he is on a boat. If he encounters a reef or turbulent flow, be careful to fall into the water."

Lu Liangsheng raised his face and saw the boatman taking a gourd and filling a mouthful of wine. He was looking at him with a smile. He couldn't help but smile and patted the fence.

"The boatman's ship is solid, so I don't worry. Besides, the canal is spacious and built back then, I'm afraid that the reefs from all over the place will be removed, so how could such a thing happen?"

"That's not necessarily the case. What if I meet a turtle from where I overturn the ship?"

The boat joked publicly, and looked at the river section, and smiled and said, "But the young master also said the truth. If His Majesty had not built this river, there would be such a prosperous scene in the north and south. There were hundreds of ships passing through this canal every day. It was comfortable by land, saving time, and taking some passengers at the same time, and you could make a fortune. Occasionally, you met a woman from a pretty good family, hehe... This is worth it! Hiss~~ so cold."

The boatman touched the back of his neck and looked up at the sky. Lu Liangsheng, who was beside him, laughed dryly. In the scene that others could not see, Hong Lian stood next to the old man with a yin energy, and signaled a wink. Then the woman left.

"Huh? Why isn't it cold again? It's really strange to be sunny. By the way, where is the young master going? My boat is coming to Hejian County."

"Get off the boat at Sikou Pass."

"Go to Wanfo Temple to worship Buddha? The mountains and rivers are good. Last year, when I was free, Lao Xie went to the temple to worship Buddha."

The words of talking and talking gradually drifted away as the ship went north. After two days, after passing Wuyang County, the river boat stopped at the Sikou Pass Wharf. Not only Lu Liangsheng, but also several merchants who bought and soldiers took the old donkey from the bottom cabin, bid farewell to the boatman and walked southeast with the reins. They had been here two or three times before, and the path was familiar, so they no longer inquire from other people.

Dong~~

Lying far away like the Buddha's straggling mountain, the sound of bells echoed among the foothills, and crossed the river water that egrets crossed. Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey into the foothills. In the distant and heavy bells, incense swayed around the mountainside, forming a thin layer of smoke. At the foot of the ancient temple, stalls were spread all over the sides of the blue brick path, and tea shops shouted and mixed with noise.

"I don't know that tea is expensive when going up the mountain, so I sit halfway up the mountain and say I'm tired... The passerby will drink tea first when going up the mountain, and the Buddha will take a look at it."

"Go up the mountain to pick up goods, one piece of 10 cents, regardless of weight!"

"I don't take any penny, I only pick ten times a day!"

In the sudden voice, many tourists called the man and handed the things up the mountain to the other party, which attracted a lot of scolding from the porter.

"If you understand the rules or not, how can we live without charging money?!"

"Just wait until he comes down and get some clean!"

There were also older porters who interrupted their words and waved the stick in their hands.

"Hey, you guys just came here to ask for money? That guy doesn't want to pay any money. He has been picking goods here for seven or eight years. The hosts who went up the mountain all said that he was kind-hearted and kind. You still want to beg for food here and keep your mouth shut!"

On the winding stone steps, Lu Liangsheng heard the noisy movement below and looked back. The figure with things hanging on his hands on his body and hands walked up lightly. When he passed this side, he happened to meet Lu Liangsheng's sight. He was stunned for a moment, quickly lowered his face and accelerated his pace, causing the guests behind to chase him and shout.

"Wait, don't walk so fast, I want to be exhausted!"

At this time, Hong Lian's words rang in the bookshelf: "Young Master, why don't you leave?"

"Let's go now."

Lu Liangsheng looked at the figure that had run away, smiled and replied, and continued to move forward, walking through the iron chain bridge hanging in the Ten Thousand Buddha Caves, on the gravel road, passing through the lush pine forests on both sides, and the temple with red walls and black tiles revealed its grandeur.

In the Buddhist temple, there was a steady stream of smoke, and outside the temple gate, a fat monk in green was sweeping away the fallen leaves on the stone steps with a broom. Lu Liangsheng walked over and bowed to the other party.

"In the lower Lu Liangsheng, I don't know that the Dharma is pure and great..."

The monk looked up, his big and round face, and his eyes squeezed into a crack, which made Lu Liangsheng stunned for a moment. His words stopped immediately. The fat monk let go of the broom and pointed at him.

"I don't know you, I know me? Let's sit there, wait for me to sweep, and then talk to you."

Well......

Lu Liangsheng claimed to have looked at it. In addition to his old attitude, he was really a monk Fajing. He led the old donkey to the stone bench under the old pine. Looking at his plump body and tightly robe, he couldn't help laughing.

"Master Fajing, how did he become a monk? He also said that he had eaten too much and was driven out of the temple to practice alone?"

The fat monk was over fifty years old and had a lot of wrinkles on his forehead. He glanced at the scholar over there, stopped and turned around with a broom on his back.

"I haven't seen each other for twenty years, Master Lu has learned to ridicule people."

His serious expression suddenly appeared, and a smile appeared on his face, and he burst into laughter. Over there, Lu Liangsheng also laughed out loud and reached out to invite the other party to come and sit down.
Chapter completed!