Chapter 1241: Sending Goose Feathers from a Thousand Miles Away
"ferry--"
As Yuan Sancai shouted, a shirtless man came out and bowed to show respect from a distance of several dozen meters.
"It's the third brother. I haven't seen him in so many years. He's grown so much... Where's your father? Oh, he must have died in March last year. I calculated it."
"Master, my father died in March last year. He is over there."
As the man pointed his finger towards the mountain wall behind him, Lei Zhen turned his head and shone his flashlight over there. Suddenly, he felt his scalp tingling.
Coffins, all coffins.
There are at least dozens of coffins hanging on the mountain wall, some of which are already rotten, while others are still well preserved, giving people a gloomy feeling.
"Who performed the ritual?"
"Master Ziyun."
"Dust to dust, dust to dust. That's good, that's good."
At this moment, Yuan Sancai's temperament changed again. The vulgarity disappeared from him without a trace, and what replaced it was not the demeanor of a god, but compassion for all living beings.
"Okay, let's row the boat."
"Master, please come in!"
The man respectfully invited Yuan Sancai onto the raft, reached out to pull out a small folding wooden chair, and asked him to sit down.
When Lei Zhen was about to go up, he was stopped by him.
"what?"
“Bang!”
The man took immediate action and grabbed his shoulder.
Almost instantly, Lei Zhen felt sore and weak all over. It was not the feeling of his joints being controlled, but an inexplicable energy that rushed into his body in a very domineering manner.
To the point that I can't muster any strength and can only let it control me.
Soon, his clothes were stripped off.
The man checked very carefully, confiscated all the weapons that Lei Zhen was carrying, and then checked various gadgets.
He picked up the small bottle of potion and looked left and right, unsure of what it was.
"Old Third, when you come out again, this will be my junior apprentice brother." Yuan Sancai said with a smile, "This time I am taking him back to the temple to accept him as a disciple on my behalf."
The man's eyes immediately became respectful, and he returned all the things except the weapons.
"There's still a box of milk. Do you want it checked?" Lei Zhen rubbed his arm unhappily and said, "Just check it if you want. Why did you just come up and start fighting? What's the point?"
“Hehehe…”
The man grinned with a simple smile and scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Alright, I'm a big man and don't bear grudges. Let's just forget about it this time..."
Just as Lei Zhen judged, inspection is inevitable. This is just the first checkpoint, and no one knows how many more checkpoints there will be later.
But he was indeed shocked. He never expected the other party to be so powerful.
He just stretched out his hand and grabbed, and I couldn't move... Are all the masters here like this?
If this is true, it would be terrifying. No wonder the prominent families are so confident.
"This is the third brother. His ancestors have been paddling rafts here for generations."
After getting on the raft, Yuan Sancai pointed at the man on the raft and introduced him.
"When the old one dies, the young one takes over, and when the young one dies, the younger one takes over. The hanging coffins you see are all members of their family. Generations of ancestors have been guarding this river."
"The third one is more honest and works the most seriously, so don't blame him. After all, this is his job."
Strange?
Lei Zhen is not surprised!
He will bully to death those who he can beat; those who he cannot beat are all good brothers to him.
"Third brother, what kind of kung fu did you use just now?" Lei Zhen leaned over and handed him a cigarette. "You grabbed me, and I feel like I'm completely exhausted."
"Actually, I don't have much skills. If I hurt you, you can punish me however you want." The third brother waved his hands and shook his head.
It was clear that he had great respect for the gym.
After knowing that Lei Zhen would soon become Yuan Sancai's junior fellow apprentice, his honest face was full of respect.
“Snap!”
Lei Zhen lit two cigarettes and put one of them directly into the third brother's mouth.
"this……"
"Go ahead and smoke. I don't refuse anyone."
"T-then...thank you, Taoist Priest!"
"Are you tired? Let me help you hold on for a while?"
"No, you dare not do such rough work. I am not tired at all..."
Very frightened, and at the same time a little self-abasement.
It was as if he was just a hard laborer, and he couldn't even imagine receiving Lei Zhen's care.
"Third brother, let me learn from you, haha."
"Master, you can just call me Lao San. That's what they all call me."
"What's your full name?"
"A cheap life doesn't deserve a great name, hehe."
The third brother scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.
His change of attitude was entirely due to Yuan Sancai, or more precisely, because of the dojo.
"If you don't have a name, you must have a surname, right?" Lei Zhen said with a smile.
"Yes, my last name is Mao."
"How about the name Mao... Mao Hegong?"
"Good! It sounds really nice!"
"So, from now on you will be called Mao Hegong..."
Lei Zhen is charming because he climbed up from the bottom and deep down he still has a loser's heart and is willing to talk to people from the bottom.
Of course, the third brother is at the bottom here, but he will not be at the bottom outside.
That’s why people at the bottom of society like Lei Zhen. Not only is he humble, but the way he speaks and does things makes people feel comfortable.
So he followed the third brother to learn how to row a raft, constantly asking him various questions with a humble attitude like a student, which made the honest third brother very happy and he taught him everything he knew.
Yuan Sancai, who was sitting in the back, was really bored. He didn't want to listen to the impact of the water flow on the raft, nor did he want to watch Lei Zhen paddling the raft tirelessly, so he simply closed his eyes and went to sleep.
Lei Zhen learns quickly and can now row the raft independently.
But he was not paddling a raft. What was important was to remember all the water flow conditions and whirlpools in this waterway.
Why do you want to get close to the third brother and give him a big name?
These are all preparations and also instincts.
God knows whether you can come out alive after going in. If you are lucky enough to escape, you may have to survive by chance. It is necessary to understand the water flow conditions of each section of this waterway in advance, and to establish a good relationship with the third brother guarding here.
Another half day passed and the third brother sent the two of them to the shore.
"Third brother, this box of milk is for you." Lei Zhen left the milk on the raft and said with a smile, "It was hard to get it from outside. It's very precious."
"Not right! Not right!"
"Are you still brothers? Take it!"
“This, this…”
The third brother was forced to give him a box of milk. He was so moved that he shed tears. He stood on the raft and waved goodbye to Lei Zhen until he could no longer see him.
Very honest and simple.
"Lei Zhen, you gave the milk away, so how can you give the Long family a gift?"
"A gift of goose feathers from a thousand miles away is worth more than the sentiment behind it."
"The problem is you only brought a carton of milk. Even though it wasn't very nice, it was at least a gift. Now you have nothing."
“Is there a goose in there?”
"What do you want a goose for?"
"Pluck a goose feather. If one is not enough, pluck a handful."
"Damn, you really are a thousand-mile goose feather?"
“…”
Yuan Sancai was convinced, but this was indeed Lei Zhen's style.
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