A sneeze sounded, and a soaked scholar covered his body and began to tremble.
Although everyone was sent ashore by the Eight Kings before, they avoided the possibility of falling into the river and drowning. However, when they were drenched by the river water and now the evening breeze blew, these weak and weak scholars began to catch a cold, and each one of them started to catch a cold.
Sneezing.
It's not winter yet, it's just autumn. If it were winter, people would probably die.
"It's better to go back to the city quickly. We were delayed a while ago and it's already very late now." Li Xiuyuan looked at the sky and said immediately.
Zhu Yu twisted his wet clothes and looked at them: "Everyone here has fallen into the water. Why is Brother Li the only one who didn't fall into the water? Even the maid next to him didn't fall into the river. It makes me so envious."
Everyone on the boat was soaked. Only Li Xiuyuan and the maids Xiaodie and Du Chunhua were okay.
And it was thanks to Li Xiuyuan that they were fine.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Maybe I was lucky, so the eight kings in the river temporarily rescued me, saving me from the danger of falling into the river."
"No, let's not talk about this anymore. Come back to the city as soon as possible. If it's too late, the city gate will be closed." Wang Ping said with a chill all over.
"Yes, I almost forgot about closing the city gate." There was also a scholar who slapped his forehead and thought about it.
"Quick, pack up and say goodbye, let's go back to the city quickly."
If we go back too late, we will have to spend one night in the wilderness.
Everyone hurriedly packed up, saluted, and prepared to return to the city.
Li Xiuyuan naturally followed them back to the city, but when he was leaving, he thought of something and took out one or two hundred silver from the salute and gave it to the boatman.
"Boatman, your boat sank into the river this time, causing you heavy losses. These one hundred taels are my compensation for you. Please give the remaining silver taels to the boatman's family so that others will not suffer.
A little loss.”
"This, how can this be done?" The boatman said flattered, "How can I ask for this young master's money?"
"We are somewhat responsible for this matter. If it hadn't been for this trip, you wouldn't have encountered such a thing. Just accept the money." Li Xiuyuan put the money in the hands of the boatman without saying much.
He quickly left with his guards and the maids around him.
The boatman was stunned. After a while, he knelt down from behind and said, "Thank you so much."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he shook his head slightly.
"Master, did you give me too much money?" On the way, Du Chunhua lowered her head slightly and whispered.
I feel heartbroken for my young master's generosity.
Li Xiuyuan said: "It's a bit too much, but the losses for others are also great. One life was lost, and the boatman's livelihood was ruined. When this happened, two families were implicated. One hundred taels is a lot for them, but for them,
As far as the Li family is concerned, it's nothing, and we can't just pat our butts and ignore everything."
"It's up to them to take care of it. We're just taking the boat along, so it's not the young master's turn." Du Chunhua said.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "That's the truth, but they also kindly invited us to cross the river before. Besides, they scholars don't have the money to compensate, so we had to spend money to repay the kindness of crossing the river.
"
Although every family that can produce a scholar is not a poor family, not every family with a scholar is a wealthy family. It is impossible for them to pay one hundred taels for compensation.
Several scholars also saw Li Xiuyuan losing money to the boatman, and they were all a little embarrassed at this time.
Especially the leader, Zhu Yu, blushed a little.
After all, he organized this trip, so he is somewhat responsible for what happened now.
He didn't say anything, but Li Xiuyuan helped him deal with the aftermath, which made him feel ashamed and a little embarrassed to face Li Xiuyuan.
Because of this incident, everyone said little on the road and just kept their heads on the road.
However, these scholars were really weak and sneezed when they got wet in the river water. Even though they knew it was too late and the city gate would be closed, they still walked around and rested from time to time.
Li Xiuyuan was so tired that he could only accompany them.
If it weren't for the moral difficulty, he would really want to leave them behind and return to the city alone.
With this delay, the sky became dark.
"No, let's take a rest. I really can't walk anymore." Zhu Yu gasped for breath and couldn't help but stop.
The other scholars were not much better. They all felt tired and tired and just wanted to sit down and rest.
At the end of the day, Wang Ping's leg strength is still good, and he's not tired yet after walking.
As for Li Xiuyuan, there was no problem. His steps were flying along the way, and he was carrying Xiaodie, who had been scared to death before. If he hadn't been waiting for them, he would have entered the city by now.
"No, let's take a break again. Didn't you take a break before?" he said with a twitch in the corner of his mouth.
For the first time, I felt that this scholar was such a trouble.
"Brother Li, it's no problem if you didn't fall into the water. We fell into the water and were blown by the cool breeze, so our bodies will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable." Zhu Yu said.
"Hey, look, there are bright lights over there. It looks like a night market. Why don't we go to the night market to change into dry clothes and hire a few carriages to take us back to the city."
Suddenly, the scholar named Zhong Qingxu pointed not far away and said in surprise.
night market?
Is there a night market near Guo Beicheng?
Li Xiuyuan looked in the direction he pointed. There were indeed lanterns and flames among the mountains and forests for some reason, but he couldn't see any night market.
At that time, there were several vague figures floating in that direction.
"Chunhua, what did you see there?" Li Xiuyuan frowned and pointed in that direction.
Du Chunhua took a look and replied softly: "Master, there is indeed a night market there. It is very lively. There are many lanterns and stalls. This city is a city, and it is much more lively than the village. There is a night market just at night.
.”
When Li Xiuyuan heard what Du Chunhua said, his heart immediately froze.
There is such a huge difference between what I see and what they see.
There is no doubt that there is a problem with the so-called night market, because your eyes will not be fooled by illusions, and what you see is what you see, but the eyes of ordinary people will be confused, so what you see is often not necessarily true.
The night market in their eyes may not be a night market, but a ghost market.
A market where wild ghosts gather.
"Let's go, let's go. It happens to be getting late tonight, so we'll go there for a walk, and then go back to the city early tomorrow morning."
Zhu Yu was delighted when he saw there was a night market there. He happened to have walked for a while and was tired.
"Let's go together, let's go together." Several exhausted scholars hurriedly agreed.
Li Xiuyuan thought for a moment and then advised, "How can there be a night market in this wilderness? I'm afraid there may be problems. You'd better not go there and hurry back to the city as soon as possible."
"Brother Li, you are too careful. It's not far from the city. What's weird about the night market here? Since we have met, why don't Brother Li go with us so that we can have some fun?
." Zhu Yu said.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "I have something to do when I return to the city, so I won't go with you."
Although he is not afraid of ghosts, there is no need to be so bored as to accompany these scholars to visit the ghost market.
He couldn't see the market in his eyes, only the mountains and forests, will-o'-wisps, and ghostly shadows.
How could a normal person drill into that kind of place?
"Since Brother Li still has something to do, we won't force him to invite him. We will say goodbye and return to the city another day to visit Brother Li." Zhu Yu said.
"That's fine, everyone, be careful." Li Xiuyuan said, "However, I still want to remind you that it is unlikely that a market will appear in the mountains and fields. I think there is a greater chance of a ghost market."
"Ghost market?" Everyone was stunned.
Immediately, a scholar chuckled and said, "Brother Li, you must have read too many books about ghosts and ghosts. If there really is a ghost market, I really want to see what the ghost market looks like."
"Ghost market? Interesting, interesting. I have never seen a ghost market. I just want to go and have a look." Zhu Yu also looked very interested.
"Go together, go together." Other scholars also said.
It looks like there is a bit of boldness in the crowd.
Li Xiuyuan tried to persuade but was laughed at. He couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Everyone takes your leave."
After saying that, he did not continue to do such a thankless job, and left with the escort maid.
I have already figured out that it is a ghost market, but I still want to go there, and I really think it’s a fool’s head.
But before he had gone far, Wang Ping suddenly caught up with him: "Brother Li, wait, wait for me."
"Wang Ping, didn't you go to the market with them? Why did you come back?" Li Xiuyuan said.
Wang Ping looked around at this time and said in a low voice: "Brother Li, tell me honestly, is that place really a ghost market?"
"Nine times out of ten, even if it's not a ghost market, it's still a gathering of wild ghosts. It's not a good place anyway."
Li Xiuyuan said: "If you don't want to wallow in the quagmire like last time, it's best not to go."
Wang Ping was startled and couldn't help but think of the skinless evil spirit he met in the abandoned inn that day, and he shuddered all over.
"Brother Wang, what are you doing? Come here quickly, don't make us wait." Zhu Yu's voice sounded from behind.
"I, I suddenly heard something urgent, no, I won't go." Wang Ping hurriedly replied.
Now that he heard it was a ghost market, he still dared to go there.