Fifty-four, the night terror of the spring river
The Northern Liao people swore a heavy oath, and since Yao Xitong dared to swear, Xiao Baoer believed in him again, believing that he had the ability to change his life. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
She said, "If you don't help me change my life, you won't die well." ”
This oath was ruthless enough, Yao Xitong gritted his teeth and repeated, "If I don't help you change your life and let the dream of rhino incense happen, I won't be able to die." ”
Xiao Bao'er smiled with satisfaction, "In Northern Liao, not dying well means that the soul cannot ascend to heaven. It doesn't seem to be the case in the Central Plains, and not dying well means that the death is extremely miserable. ”
"Yes!"
"Thousands of knives, five horses splitting the corpses, slashing in half, splitting the car, throwing the oil pot, it feels very miserable...... I want you to be struck to death by lightning, choked to death by water, blown off a cliff by the wind, or inexplicably set yourself on fire......"
The people of Northern Liao believed in the power of nature, and Xiao Baoer believed that being punished by God was more tragic than man-made death. Hearing her say this, Yao Xitong asked cheaply: "Why don't you say that I was eaten by a beast?"
"I'm worried that the beast won't digest it, you're a bad person!"
The carriage travels to the ferry, a river separates Zhongling County and the capital, this river is called the Spring River, the river surface is broad, and the scenery on both sides of the river is peculiar. On one side is a lofty mountain that rises from the ground, and on the other side is a vast plain with abundant water and grass.
Xiao Bao'er had never seen such a wide river, jumped out of the carriage and ran towards the ferry, and found that Yao Xitong did not follow behind her, so she held back her excitement and turned back, "Leather jacket, what bad things are you thinking about?"
The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, and the change of the Great Summer Palace indicates that the troubled times are coming, and everyone will inevitably be swept into the torrent of history. No one escapes, no one is spared. In this case, Yao Xitong didn't think about too many things, he said, "I want to tell the crow to do something." ”
"Didn't you let him stay in Zhongling to investigate the married life of Miss Yuning and Yang Shusheng?"
Yao Xitong didn't answer, took out a small bird from his sleeve pocket and flew into the sky. The bird belonged to Xiao Bao'er, and after flying back from Beiliao, he was forcibly begged by Yao Xitong.
This bird is called the bean eagle, a kind of eagle, which has been kept in a cage since childhood to limit its development, and once it is raised, it is smaller than the carrier pigeon, but the flight speed and altitude are incomparable to the carrier pigeon.
The bean eagle is not hardy to cold, and once it is released, it spreads its wings desperately towards its destination, and must rely on its body temperature to keep warm when it is free. The Northern Liao people would put a leather jacket diagonally on their shoulders regardless of cold or heat, and the bean eagle was usually placed where the leather jacket came into contact with the body.
Xiao Bao'er was lazy and took the bean eagle directly in her arms, Yao Xitong didn't want to learn from her, so she personally sewed a bird's nest and raised the bean eagle in her sleeve pocket.
"Why don't you let Sanji go?"
"There's a word called confidential, and it's inconvenient for others to know. ”
"What is so mysterious?"
"You'll know when you see Gao Wenyu. ”
Yao Xitong didn't want to say, and Xiao Baoer didn't bother to ask. The two of them live together, and no matter how confidential it is, she will know about it sooner or later.
In winter, the water is shallow, and in order to avoid touching the reef, all the boats have stopped operating, and there are only small boats left at the ferry that can carry more than a dozen people.
The boatmen gathered together to chat, and when they saw Xiao Baoer and Yao Xitong, one of the boatmen hurriedly stepped forward to greet them and asked them if they wanted to take the boat.
Yao Xitong looked at the group of boatmen carefully, and pointed to a few small boats far away from the ferry, "Xiaoxiao, shall we go over there?"
The boatman who picked up the passengers said, "You two are visiting Chendi for the first time? You can go over and see, those boats are all fishing boats in the summer, and they are smelly and fishy." My boat is a special passenger ship, never used to net fish, and the cabin is clean. Although there is little wind and waves on the river in winter, it takes a day and a half to get from here to the other side, can the two of you endure the smelly and fishy cabin?"
Xiao Bao'er has lived two lives without taking a transition boat, and the only means of transportation she believes is horses. After listening to the boatman's description, he didn't bother to look at it, and said directly, "We'll take your boat, when can we leave?"
Yao Xitong couldn't help but sigh, "Xiaoxiao, you don't even ask about the fare?"
Xiao Bao'er didn't worry about the money, the crow gave her money when she left, and asked her to keep it a secret from Yao Xitong.
She asked proudly: "Listen to this, you don't have the money to take a boat?"
"Xiaoxiao, don't forget that we were robbed by bandits, and our bags and silver were given to them with filial piety, and I only have a few taels of silver on me, which I want to plan to use. ”
"But......" Xiao Bao'er looked at the ship greedily, and the smart didn't say that she was rich.
Yao Xitong politely inquired about the fare, and pulled Xiao Bao'er towards the boats that had not taken passengers in the distance.
Xiao Bao'er followed him step by step, and asked, "Don't you have enough money?"
"Enough. ”
"Why do you have to go there?"
"If you don't compare prices, how do you know that the boatman didn't lie to you?"
"Why did he lie to me?"
Yao Xitong was too lazy to explain this childish question, and taking Xiao Baoer out was like taking a curious baby, and he could hear "why" all day long.
"Why don't you answer me?"
"Princess, thank you God. ”
"Why?"
"Because you can't do this, you can't do that, you don't understand this, you don't understand that, God actually let you live until now. ”
This sarcasm was very straightforward, Xiao Baoer understood, and shouted: "Leather jacket, I am your life-saving benefactor, if you don't repay the favor, how can you take revenge?"
"If I hadn't met you, my life would have been in danger?"
Yao Xitong's answer was completely logical and workable, Xiao Bao'er didn't know how to refute it for a while, and only said, "You...... You...... You...... I've made a note of this topic, so I'll be here for today and I'll continue when I've figured out how to say it. ”
Yao Xitong couldn't help but smile, the silly princess is sometimes very cute, but she can't stop fighting, I really think that the world revolves around her!
The two of them soon came to the boats some distance from the ferry, and the boatman dressed as a captain did not say anything to solicit passengers, and judging by the fishing nets drying on the shore, these boats may really be used by fishermen and merchants.
Yao Xitong Nunu mouthed, "Xiaoxiao, ask the price." ”
"Why me?"
"You can't do this, you can't do that, it's pathetic, it's my duty to teach you something. ”
"I ...... I...... I ......"
"I know you're a princess, but it's rare for a princess like you to know nothing. ”
"I ...... I ......"
"Don't worry, I'll write it down for you, and after a while I figured out how to answer, let's continue the discussion. ”
Xiao Bao'er honestly went to the boatman to ask for the price, covered her nose and walked back and said: "I asked several boatmen in a row, and the prices they quoted are not cheap, let's go take the boat over there!"
Yao Xitong asked thoughtfully, "Are you sure?"
"Sure, if there are cheap ones that don't sit, why do you want to sit on expensive ones?"
Yao Xitong smiled and said nothing, Xiao Bao'er panicked when she saw him like this, it turned out that it was because he was good-looking, and now she understands that there is a kind of smile called ill intentions.
She said tentatively, "Forget it, let's take a fishing boat, it smells bad, it's more expensive, and it's not in the way." ”
"Xiaoxiao, you are crossing the river for the first time, how can I be willing to let you take this kind of boat?
The first to pick up the passengers seemed to expect them to turn back, and with a smile on his face, he led the two to a new ship.
The ship's brown deck and new railings attracted Yao Xitong to take a few more looks, and the boatman hurriedly explained that the ship had hit a reef not long ago, and the railing had been specially repaired......
When the two were talking, Yao Xitong deliberately glanced at Xiao Bao'er and found that she was deaf to the boatman's explanation, and her beautiful eyes patronized the seats in the search cabin, and she couldn't help but shake her head and walk into the cabin first.
The boat was small and large, and it could seat more than ten people, and before it was full, a few short-dressed men in the cabin began to loudly question why the ship's owner didn't start the boat.
At this moment, the two scholars shouted from a distance to give up the ship and wait, seeing that the two of them should be dressed as children of rich families, it is estimated that because the building ship is out of service, they chose a semi-new merchant ship.
The two scholars were together, and there were fifteen passengers sitting in the cabin. Four short-dressed men who don't look like ordinary people. An old man huddled in a corner, looking as if he was dozing off.
There were a total of seven scholars dressed up, Yao Xitong sat next to Xiao Bao'er, the two scholars who got on the boat behind sat together, and the remaining four scholars ignored each other and sat in the four corners of the cabin. The three women, Xiao Bao'er, the nun sitting next to her, and the woman holding the baby opposite,
"Let's sail!" I only heard the captain's very charming shout, and the boat slowly sailed towards the other side of the river in the face of the bloody sun.
The cabin was quiet, most people were silent, only the two scholars who came up later were whispering about the scenery on both sides of the strait and related poems.
Xiao Baoer is not used to taking a boat, and always feels that the boat is constantly shaking, making her dizzy and disgusting.
Yao Xitong lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong, seasickness?"
"What is seasickness?"
"Do you feel weak all over your body, pantothenic acid water in your stomach, and you especially want to run out and vomit out the feeling of churning in your stomach?"
Yao Xitong's vivid description made Xiao Baoer more and more uncomfortable, "This is seasickness?"
"Yes. ”
"I feel like I'm seasick, what should I do?"
Yao Xitong took out the purse and put it under her nose, "Sniff a few times, this smell can relieve your discomfort." ”
Xiao Bao'er reached out and grabbed the purse, "Sanji meets again." ”
Yao Xitong had long expected her to be like this, and she tugged on her purse and didn't let go, "Why are you like this, you call Sanji when you see anything." ”
"This was originally mine, and you have to go back again. ”
"Seeing that you are so alive, you don't want to vomit?"
Xiao Bao'er wilted when she heard the word "spit", she sniffed the smell of herbs coming out of the purse, and muttered to herself: The purse is mine, my Sanji, you promised me......
Seeing that she was half-dead and still thinking about her purse, Yao Xitong smiled and said, "You call Sanji anything, do you remember how many Sanchi you have? This is also yours, that is also yours, am I Sanji?"
"No, you're my friend. ”
As the sky grew darker and darker, the shipman lit a dead wind lamp and hung it at the door of the cabin, and said to everyone in the cabin: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is only fish soup and steamed bread for dinner, and please use some of them." ”
Hearing this, the people sitting in the cabin walked to the deck one after another. With the flow of air, Xiao Bao'er smelled the smell of fish soup on the deck, and the nausea that was easy to suppress surged again, and her little face turned a lot whiter.
Yao Xitong handed his bag to Xiao Bao'er's arms, walked out of the cabin with the Son of Heaven sword, and when he came back, he held a steamed bun in his hand, "Eat a little, look at the speed, we can reach the other side at noon tomorrow." ”
"Don't, you eat it yourself!"
Yao Xitong looked at the cabin, in addition to Xiao Bao'er, there were sleeping old men, nuns and women holding children.
He put the bun in his arms and said to Xiao Bao'er almost in a whisper: "I'm outside, you are not allowed to eat alone for a while." ”
Xiao Bao'er waved him away like a fly, what kind of nonsense did this person say, the boat stopped in the middle of the river, and there was a sparkling water all around, how could there be anything good to eat?
A dinner, a warm sailor, these passengers who don't know each other gradually get acquainted.
I heard the faint sound of conversation outside the cabin, in which Yao Xitong and the two scholars were discussing poetry. Xiao Bao'er said secretly: The unprofitable character of the leather jacket must be what he likes about those two scholars......
"Girl...... The girl ......" The woman holding the baby opposite called out softly to Xiao Bao'er. The latter lazily asked, "Something?"
"Girl, are you seasick?" the woman smeared with a lot of fat, and her white face was not even recognizable.
Xiao Baoer didn't want to talk to her more, so she nodded and agreed with her statement.
The woman said with a smile on her face, "Everyone is in the same boat, and when you see that you are uncomfortable, the bread must be difficult to swallow." I have osmanthus cake here, can you barely use some?" As she spoke, she had already forcibly stuffed a paper bag into Xiao Bao'er's hand.
The latter opened it and saw that there were two pieces of yellow osmanthus cake in the paper bag, and there was a fragrance of osmanthus from a distance.
"This thing is soft and glutinous, you should put on a little first. ”
Xiao Bao'er rarely ate the food handed by outsiders, and under the woman's eager gaze, she picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and sent it to her mouth. When she was willing to eat, the woman said, "I'll go out and pour you a bowl of hot water." ”
As soon as the woman left, Xiao Bao'er put back the osmanthus cake that had been brought to her mouth. Xindao: The leather jacket is simply amazing, how does he know that I will have pastries to eat?
The woman's hot water never came, but the passengers who had gone out to eat returned to the cabin one after another.
The ship drifted unhurriedly in the water, and the passengers who came back were all tired and drowsy. Yao Xitong looked like this, only to hear him ask lazily, "Have you received food?"
"Half Immortal, how did you figure it out?"
Yao Xitong was just about to answer, when the woman holding the baby walked in from outside the cabin. I saw that her hair was scattered, her face was flushed, and she hurriedly returned to her seat, completely forgetting that she had promised Xiao Bao'er hot water, and she didn't even look at Xiao Bao'er, which was really strange!
Xiao Bao'er wanted to talk to the woman, but Yao Xitong grabbed her sleeve and whispered, "Don't make trouble, watch the play with peace of mind." ”
As he spoke, the show began. The four scholars who were sitting separately in the corner suddenly jumped up, two guarded the door, and the two drew their hidden knives and struck the seats with knives to wake up all the sleepy passengers.
Xiao Bao'er asked, "Water bandits robbing?"
Yao Xitong nodded, "Almost, this is the first one." ”
Xiao Baoer looked at him in surprise, what is the first game, is it possible that there are several games?