The official boat sailed peacefully on the river, but it was very lively...
The five Ge Hong brothers were from the Shi Kingdom, which had little water. They had rarely taken a boat before, and the only boat they had ever taken was a small boat crossing the river. How could they not feel new and curious about such a stable and magnificent official boat now!
Although Ge Hong did not wander around the ship with the other four people, he was actually quite curious, so he would chat with the ship's steward or the gangsters from time to time to learn about the features and characteristics of the ship.
Chai Yan had no intention of stopping the curious behavior of Ge Hong and others. According to his words, it would be beneficial to have more knowledge.
Not long after the ship set off, Chai Yan returned to his cabin and had a good sleep, and did not come out until near noon.
Chai Yan yawned and walked out of the cabin, strolling all the way to the front deck, only to find that there was no one on the front deck, only the ship steward and Hang Baiqiu were talking.
The ship steward noticed Chai Yan coming, turned around hurriedly, raised his hands and said politely: "Master Chai, you're awake..."
Hang Baiqiu joked: "You woke up at the right time. Did you smell the aroma of the food?"
As soon as the meal was mentioned, Chai Yan felt hungry and hurriedly asked the boat steward: "Lao Du, when can we serve dinner?"
Du Shipguan immediately said: "Master Chai, wait a moment, I will go to the kitchen cabin to have a look. It should be soon..."
After saying this, Captain Du bowed to Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu and hurriedly left the front deck.
"Uh-ah!"
As soon as the boat steward left, Chai Yan stretched out a lot, and then walked to Hang Baiqiu's side.
Chai Yan looked at the scenery on the river and enjoyed the comfortable river breeze. He couldn't help but said happily: "This feeling is so comfortable..."
Hang Baiqiu curled his lips slightly and said, "You just came here. Let's see if you will say that if you wait a little longer."
Chai Yan smiled, looked around, and asked: "Why don't you see those guys? I just heard them making noise and making noise, and they looked so excited..."
Hang Baiqiu immediately laughed: "Haha, it's the first time for them to ride on such a big ship. They couldn't stand the swaying. They vomited and became dizzy. They all stopped eating..."
"Are you seasick? Hahaha..." Chai Yan didn't expect such a result, and couldn't help but laugh: "You will get seasick on this kind of boat, so what should you do if you go out to sea on a boat? Isn't that right?
Are you going to spit out bile?"
"Sea ship?" Hang Baiqiu became curious when he heard this and asked, "Have you ever been on a sea ship?"
"Uh..." Chai Yan thought quickly and nodded: "That's right. When I traveled around the world with my master, I rode on a fishing boat once."
Before time travel, Chai Yan went to the beach for a trip. At that time, he did experience going out to sea on a boat, and he was extremely uncomfortable when he was shaken.
"Oh..." Hang Baiqiu nodded understandingly: "No wonder you seem to be fine. It turns out that you have tried even more powerful ones."
Chai Yan smiled and said, "You don't get seasick too, don't you?"
Hang Baiqiu said: "I was dizzy at first, but I quickly got used to it and I'm not dizzy anymore."
Chai Yan blew the wind on the deck for a while, then felt cold, and said: "Why don't you go in, or you will catch a cold."
"Okay." Hang Baiqiu agreed softly, and followed Chai Yan to the cabin on the second floor.
The cabin on the second floor is relatively spacious, where you can write, draw, play chess and read books. It is a space specially customized for officials.
Chai Yan walked to a table with a Go board and asked with a smile: "Sir Hang, how about we talk about a game?"
Hang Baiqiu shook his head decisively and said: "No, you can find someone else to do it."
Hang Baiqiu doesn't have much trouble practicing martial arts, but he doesn't know how to play chess.
Chai Yan shrugged regretfully, went to sit on a chair by the window, and quietly admired the scenery outside.
Hang Baiqiu walked around the cabin twice and then asked: "By the way, you said before that you had to stop when passing Yaozhou City. Why do you want to enter the city?"
Hearing the voice, Chai Yan looked back at Hang Baiqiu and said, "Oh, I have a house in Yaozhou City. I need to take care of it before returning to Beijing."
Hang Baiqiu asked curiously: "You have a house in Yaozhou City? Who gave it to you?"
"No one gave it to me, I bought it myself!" Chai Yan emphasized.
Hang Baiqiu immediately didn't understand: "Why are you buying a house? You don't live in Yaozhou all the time."
"Uh-huh..." Chai Yan thought about it for a moment and then said: "Well, I can't explain it in a sentence or two. When I have time, I will tell you slowly...
."
Hang Baiqiu thought that there was a lot of time on this journey anyway, so it wouldn't be too late to talk about this later, and said: "But with such a little time, it will be difficult for you to find a buyer! Even if you find one, they will kill you.
price."
Chai Yan couldn't help but laugh and asked: "Who told you that I was going to sell the house?"
"Not selling it?" Hang Baiqiu said in astonishment.
"Of course not for sale!" Chai Yan affirmed: "Do you know that my house is right on the edge of Tianming Lake. It is a classic lake view mansion. What can I sell it for? I can't bear to part with it!"
Hang Baiqiu asked: "Then what are you going to do?"
Chai Yan said solemnly: "Leave it to my friends and ask them to take care of it for me. From now on, Yuanyuan and I can come and live at any time as long as we have time! I feel happy just thinking about it, hehe..."
Hang Baiqiu shook his head disapprovingly and said, "I can only say that you just have to think about it, come and stay at any time, because His Highness the Crown Prince will not let you be so free."
"What do you mean?" Chai Yan asked.
Hang Baiqiu said: "When you came to Yaozhou this time, you first saved Commander Gu's life, then you suppressed Lu Dan's group of bandits, and you also found the gold veins in Lintai Mountain. Which of these is not a great achievement that deserves promotion?"
When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne and becomes the new emperor, and after you are promoted to an official position, do you think he will allow you to be idle and go wherever you want?"
"Uh..." Chai Yan couldn't answer the words for a while, so he had to say: "Then I will retire when I get old, and then I can live with Yuanyuan. Is that okay?"
Hang Baiqiu flattened his mouth and said nonchalantly: "Let's wait until you are older..."
After a moment of silence, Chai Yan asked: "You just said that His Highness the Crown Prince will ascend the throne... When will he ascend the throne?"
Hang Baiqiu shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, it depends on the date chosen by the Ministry of Rites, but according to the traditional rules of the Sheng Kingdom, the enthronement ceremony will definitely be held within two months!"
"Oh, that's right..." Chai Yan said, "I don't know if we can dare to attend His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's enthronement ceremony."
"I hope so." Hang Baiqiu said.
Chai Yan nodded slightly and then said: "Sir Hang, if you have nothing to do, you have nothing to do. How about I teach you how to play chess?"
"No, I'm not interested in playing chess." Hang Baiqiu immediately refused.
"No, no, I'm not talking about playing Go..."
With that said, Chai Yan stood up and walked to the chessboard, grabbed a few white pieces from the chess jar, and said, "I'll teach you how to play backgammon! Don't worry, it's very simple..."
Unexpectedly, Hang Baiqiu was still not interested, and continued to shake his head: "As long as it's playing chess, I'm not interested."
After saying that, Hang Baiqiu turned around and left the cabin, leaving Chai Yan alone.
Immediately afterwards, Shangguan Peining's voice appeared at the right time: "Chai Yan, if you have nothing to do, you can come and play flying chess with me!"
"No!" Chai Yan refused decisively without any hesitation.
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