I don't know how long it took, Zhou Ning opened his eyes again, he was already in the turbulent water, he was slightly stunned, and then he woke up to realize that he jumped under the cliff in order to avoid Xiang Yu's pursuit that day, and he survived in the water of the Yangtze River. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In this turbulent wave, Zhou Ning squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, all he could see was probably just the trees on both sides of the river that were rapidly retreating, and the rest of the place was mostly a vague silhouette in the dark, and the silhouette also flew backwards like a streamer, and the surroundings were dark.

In just a short moment, it was almost soaked into a steamed bun......

Finally break out of the water, this section of the river is probably the intersection of the Huai River and the Yangtze River in the ditch, the water is deep and rapid, the dangerous shoals are connected, the reefs are numerous, Zhou Ning drifted with the tide in the river for a while, and then was washed close to the shore by the current, and leaned towards the shore.

The night in the sky is bright, there is no trace of dark clouds, a bend of the moon exudes a cold light, the starlight is dotted, gathered into a vast galaxy like eternity, the night scene by the river, the undulating mountains in the night, and the endless river are shrouded in the clear brilliance of a star and moon.

Zhou Ning climbed up the shallows by the river with some difficulty, calculated the time, and calculated that it was about eight o'clock in the evening, and was about to find a place to dry his clothes and pants, when at this time, a bright light suddenly came from the direction of the downstream of the river.

Zhou Ning looked up with some doubts, only to see five or six warships of the Chu army, brightly lit, along the river, as if sailing from the sky, the battle flag on the bow of the ship hung the "Du" flag, hunting in the wind. On the lookout at the bow of the ship stood a big man in charge of the lookout.

"Du Ziqi...... Could it be Duvoy? ”

Zhou Ning was slightly stunned, did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly lowered his body on the shallows, his nose had already smelled the fishy smell of the earth, and after a while, the lights of the battleship had already shone over, Zhou Ning's heart was slightly cold, and he was ready to escape, but fortunately he was on the backlit side of the southwest, and the lights were difficult to reach far away, just passing not far in front of him, heading towards the upper reaches of the river.

Relieved, watching the battleship go away, Zhou Ning stood up and looked towards the other side of the shoal.

This place is a little far away from the official road, according to estimates, it should still be in Jiangdu, probably because of the war just now, the air seems to be filled with the smell of blood, Zhou Ning hesitated slightly, or walked towards the official road.

At this time, on the official road, there are not many pedestrians who used to come and go, and the marks of a large number of people walking through are clearly imprinted on the road at this time, and it has been more than ten days since the city of Yangzhou was broken, and the fleeing crowd has long been gone, and no one knows where they have gone now.

Standing on the quiet official road, Zhou Ning was also a little dazed for a while, Yangzhou can no longer go, the canal is the richest, since Xiang Yu has taken Yangzhou, the next step may be to seize Liyang, consolidate the rear, Danyang, Zhenjiang, the nearby northern slope, Xin'an County is afraid that it has also fallen into the war, the bandits on the road are probably following the uprising to join in the fun, and now the only thing that can be determined is that their goal is to go to Luoyang.

In addition to saying to Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and Shang Xiufang that he would meet in Luoyang, he also had to go to Luoyang to meet his uncle, and try his luck by the way to see if he could get the legendary He's Bi.

Luoyang is in the north, so ...... Should you go north? But which side is the north?

At this moment, at this time, only jingle bells were heard, jingle bells, and the two horsemen galloped side by side from north to south, along the official road in the direction of him. In a moment, the two horses galloped in front of him. Zhou Ning only felt that his eyes lit up, but he saw that the two horses, one yellow and one white, were tall and had bright saddle bridles. On the yellow horse sat a young man about twenty years old, dressed in a yellow shirt, tall and thin. The white horse was a young girl, about twenty years old, with a fluttering white shirt and an extremely pretty appearance. Both of them had long swords hanging from their waists, and each held a horsewhip in his hand.

As she passed by him, the girl in white slowed down her horse and asked softly, "This boy, have you ever seen a little beggar-like child passing by here?" ”

Zhou Ning shook his head honestly and said, "I've never seen it." ”

The girl in white smiled slightly, thanked each other, then turned the horse's head, and muttered a few words to the arrogant young man in the yellow shirt, the two looked at each other and smiled, and urged the horse away together.

Zhou Ning glanced at them, determined the direction again, and walked forward along the official road.

On the way, he met a group of refugees, and when he asked, no one could figure out who was hiding, not even the Sui army or the rebel army. It turned out that after Xiang Yu captured Yangzhou City, he did not continue to attack other cities, but stationed in Yangzhou to consolidate the rule of the Jianghuai region, but Li Zitong led 50,000 people into Hailing City, claiming to be the king of Chu.

"Dare to go against Xiang Yu, then Li Zitong is a fat guts......" Zhou Ning sighed, asked them about the location of the city, and walked towards Runzhou City.

Runzhou City is one of the most important cities in the upper reaches of Yangzhou City, and it is the only way to go to the sea from the inland to Yangzhou City, second only to Yangzhou in importance, and of course it is the Grand Canal that runs through the north and south.

The scenery in the city is unique, the river is vertical and horizontal, hundreds of stone arch bridges are erected on the river, people live by the water, the dwellings of high and low are lined up one after another, because the water becomes the street, because the water becomes the city, because the water becomes the road, the water, the road, the bridge, the house are integrated, a group of tranquil, simple water city scenery.

The clouds in the sky flowed, and gradually there was a slight wind, followed by a misty drizzle, until about nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, Zhou Ning arrived at Runzhou City, unlike what he thought, the city had not yet been captured by Xiang Yu, Zhou Ning mixed in the middle of the villagers and peasants who rushed to the market, mixed into the city.

Even if there are many wars around, the city is still a good scenery, on both sides are full of rows of shops, the shops, full of all kinds of goods and handicrafts, very prosperous, patronizing a lot of people, compared to the former Yangzhou City is not bad at all.

Zhou Ning touched the silver taels on his body, soaked in the river water for a long time, and lost most of it, what was left at the moment was probably not enough to support him to Luoyang City, and smiled slightly bitterly, but no matter how you say it, the Five Organs Temple still has to be sacrificed.

I found a small restaurant nearby, next to the restaurant is a medical hall, and next door is a somewhat dilapidated courtyard, the trees inside and outside the courtyard are golden, and a few fallen leaves fly down from time to time.

Zhou Ning glanced over there, lifted the curtain, walked into the restaurant, sat at a table by the window, and ordered some dishes. Quietly listen to what others are saying.

"Ahem...... Ahem, the world hasn't been peaceful lately...... I heard that Xiang Yu and Li Zitong are amassing troops to face each other at the place in the north, and maybe they will attack us in the near future. ”

Under the eaves, the rain curtain weaved a thin curtain, covering the outside world, just when this group of people were talking to each other, a few more men and women opened the curtain and walked in, their whole bodies were soaked, they looked around, there was no extra space, Zhou Ning saw that they were soaked, so he said: "If you don't dislike it, just sit here." ”

The current young man thanked him, Zhou Ning smiled but didn't say anything, probably tacitly, the situation is difficult, everyone is not easy, and he is not in the mood to greet miscellaneous things.

The rain was still falling, and the man sitting at the other table checked out and left, and the restaurant was a little quieter.

Maybe it was a little boring, but the young man took the initiative to find the topic: "In the Song Shidao of Xialingnan, may I ask your Excellency ......?"

"Song Valve's Song Master?" Zhou Ning was a little stunned, his mind was spinning, and he arched his hand slightly: "In the next Zhou Ning, Yangzhou people." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Zhou." Song Shidao smiled and poured him a glass of wine, and several people chatted while drinking.

Not surprisingly, the remaining man and woman, the male is the famous master of the Song Valve, "Silver Beard" Song Lu, with a set of self-created "Silver Dragon Crutch Method" famous in Jiangnan, is the uncle of Song Shidao, is one of the core figures of the Song Valve. The woman's name is Liu Jing, and she is Song Luxinna's concubine.

The three members of the Song family are all people who are used to running on the dock and have seen all the big and small scenes, and the four of them chatted with relish for a while.

In the distance, the rain curtains outlined the city scattered through the streets and alleys, and after a while, there was another noise outside......