"Okay, thank you for your hard work, boatman." Mu Run replied.
Soon the boatman came back after asking questions and said to Mu Run: "He can sail the boat. Girl, come with me."
After seeing the sleeping boatman, Mu Run was happy, "It's you, Guo San'er."
"Who is your guest?" Mu Run was wearing a power hat, but Guo San'er didn't recognize it for a moment.
Mu Run took off the power hat and said, "A few days ago, I took your carriage to Sujiazhuang, did you forget?"
Seeing her face, Guo San'er immediately remembered. After all, Mu Run is also a rare beauty, which is impressive. "I'm just a little blind. I want to go to Youdu, sir?"
"Can you come over?"
"You can take the guest officer with you."
"Last time, we were just piggybacking on each other. Are you doing business and talking about piggybacking?" Mu Run smiled and got on the boat.
Guo San'er raised his hand and scratched his head and replied: "What a coincidence, I really brought him along."
The boat slowly left the dock and drifted farther and farther on the river.
Mu Run sat cross-legged on the bow of the boat and took out an oil paper bag from the small bag she brought with her. It contained puffs, one bite at a time, sweet and delicious.
"What on earth do you do? Why do you drive a carriage and sail a boat? I might not be surprised if you set up a stall on the roadside and sell barbecue."
"Haha, no, no, I am a boatman. The last time I drove a carriage, I was taking a relative to Beijing." Guo Saner said with a smile.
Mu Run took another bite of puffs and said, "Can you tell me about Youdu? This is my first time going there, so I don't know if there is anything I should pay attention to."
Guo Saner glanced at her and then said: "To put it simply, Youdu is a relatively large night market. As the old saying goes, there is something strange at night, so it is also called Guishi. Guishi will sell some that we can look at in the ordinary market.
There are many things you can’t find, and there are also prohibited goods.”
"Then the court doesn't care?" If it were her, she would definitely expel such a market.
Guo Saner smiled and said: "Gui Shi has existed for more than five hundred years, which is longer than the Rong Dynasty."
Mu Run: "...So it's not that I don't want to, but that I can't."
Guo San'er nodded, "There are many filth and filth inside, including some of the imperial court's felons. For example, Mr. Yin Ge, the boss of Youdu Changji, was originally the prime minister of the imperial court. Because of corruption, bribery, abuse of power, and countless crimes committed by the imperial court.
They have always wanted to capture him and bring him to justice, but Youdu protects him. Unless he comes out of Youdu, the court will be helpless. And such people are everywhere in Youdu. A person selling groceries on the roadside may be a gangster.
"
"Oh, this dark city of love is a city of sin, filled with sinners."
"It seems that you can say the same. Guests should be more careful after entering."
While they were talking, their boat arrived in front of a cave.
There are three big red characters written above the cave - Ghost Gate Cave.
"After passing the Guimen Cave, it's Youdu's territory." Guo San'er said to Mu Run.
Mu Run looked back at the calm river, "So, our current location is the boundary between the imperial court and Youdu?"
"Yes." Guo San'er asked: "Sir, are you sure you want to go to Youdu? Once you get there, you will suffer the consequences."
"Go." She wanted to check for information about spiritual roots. Youdu was a harbor of evil and crouching tigers, hidden dragons, which made her even more certain that she could find useful things there.
As the boat entered the ghost gate, a sudden gust of water-cold air hit her face. Murun was weak and couldn't help but shudder.
Guo Saner said to Mu Run: "The waterway in Guimen Cave is relatively complicated and may be a bit bumpy. Please sit still, sir."