Wuchang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, the corresponding name of the north of the Yangtze River is called Jiangxia, located in the center of the Great Song Dynasty, the two roads of water and drought are unimpeded, so it is also particularly prosperous. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It was late at night when he passed through this place, but the lights on both sides of the strait were still bright, and Li En, who was blowing the wind on the deck, showed a trace of fatigue, and his habits had been completely disrupted by the day and night in the past few days.

The man who passed through the air on a bird was condescending, looking down on the earth, and did not look at these low-level people in the slightest. This made the boss of the four friends of the old man very faceless, and said unwillingly: "Let's go back to the Wudang faction and ask about the situation, there must be something strange in this!" ”

Xue Tao couldn't sleep, so he said to him: "Boss, why don't we go ashore and enter the city after dawn, one is to inquire about all kinds of news, and the other is to buy some medicinal materials and supplement some materials for the journey." ”

Zhan Kaijiao lowered his voice and said, "But if we stop the ship, it will be dangerous, don't forget those officers and soldiers who ambushed us." ”

Xue Tao saw that Captain Ouyang was not on the deck, so he said in a low voice: "Then I will secretly get off the boat with my second brother, and come to meet you quickly after I am done, so that Captain Ouyang will not know." ”

Zhan Kaijiao hesitated and said, "Fourth, let's wait for this matter to wait until dawn!" ”

Xue Tao said impatiently: "When the dawn comes, the boats are out of the waters of Wuchang, it will be too late!" ”

"No, we can't act separately, and we don't need to hide this matter from the owner of Ouyang, when we get to Wudang Mountain, let's take Li Gongzi up the mountain together, so that it is safe and can do things." Zhan Kaijiao said resolutely.

Xue Tao had no choice but to give up and returned to the cabin.

Zhan Kaijiao said to Li En, who was sleeping against the side of the boat: "The wind on the river is strong at night, you are prone to wind and cold when you sleep like this, why don't you go back to sleep in the cabin?" ”

Li En sighed and said, "It turns out that the journey is so hard and dangerous. ”

Zhan Kaijiao said: "This is the rivers and lakes, dangerous and hard, but life is not necessarily much better than this." ”

Li En asked, "I don't know if Miss Gao and Miss A-Qing have successfully arrived at Mount Emei?" ”

The deafening drum sound woke him up from his dream, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that Zhan Kaijiao and Zha Tiankuo had already rushed to the deck, and at the same time told Xue Tao to be optimistic about Jin Shenghan and Li En.

But curiosity drove Li En to open the porthole of the cabin, and looked towards the sound of the drum, and saw a large square-headed barge with a white flag moored on the south bank, with a big drum on the bow, and two men with white handkerchiefs were beating the drums, which were strong and majestic, accompanied by the desolate sound of suona.

Xue Tao immediately asked, "Is this going to be a funeral?" But you don't need to beat the drum for the funeral? ”

Li En also asked: "Xue Xiashi, is this the funeral vessel?" No, where is the custom to carry the coffin by boat? ”

Xue Tao sneered and said, "Have you seen the white flag hanging on the ship?" ”

Li En nodded, "That's not a white flag, it's a spirit flag, if I'm not mistaken, there are also mourners dressed in linen and filial piety on the boat and monks who do things." Jin Shenghan, who was lying on the bed, said: "This should be a funeral ceremony in some ethnic minority areas, different from our Han people, don't talk about and collide with them." ”

But there was already a quarrel on the deck, and it was Zha Tiankuo and a Wuchang local arguing.

Xue Tao immediately said to Li En: "You stay in the cabin to take care of my third brother, I'll go check the situation!" So saying, they went out of the cabin, and saw a small boat with a white flag and white cloth trimming blocking their sailboat, and on the small boat stood two men dressed in linen and filial piety, one of whom shouted: "My master is summoning spirits, and all ships are not allowed to pass, and it will soon be over." ”

Zha Tiankuo was dissatisfied: "But isn't the conjuring held at night?" We still have urgent things to do, and we can't wait. ”

Another man on the boat said in a strange manner: "If you insist on passing, if you disturb the unjust souls in the water, my master will blame it, and you will bear it yourself!" ”

Zha Tiankuo said: "What ghost, I never believed in this set, your master has a big name, such a big shelf?" ”

At this time, a small boat with the same makeup came from the front, and an old man who looked like a butler waved his hand to signal the sailboat to go along, and Zha Tiankuo threw a grateful look at the old man.

The old man glanced at him, and then looked towards the cabin of the sailboat, which surprised Li En behind the porthole, this old man's eyes revealed a breath of death, he was cold all over, and hurriedly turned his head, the Fu boatman was at the helm, and the other boatmen took the sail and swayed upstream, passing between the two small boats, and when passing by the big barge, Li En couldn't help but look outside again.

The drum on the bow of the boat stopped, but the suona sound did not stop, and the wooden fish sounded, and two white pans suddenly landed on the mast of the big ship, and the cloth on the left read: Hongyan is destined to go from the water to the water and the water does not return, but the white cloth on the right is empty.

Li En immediately said: "This should be a couplet, but why is it only half?" ”

Jin Shenghan said: "The deceased is a beautiful woman from the boat family, but it's a pity, Li Gongzi is only eight years old, why don't you put the lower link on the top, so that this beautiful woman who died of incense and jade will be blinded." ”

"This ・・・・・・・" Li En hesitated, and Jin Shenghan said: "Li Gongzi can't be right, right?" ”

Zhan Kaijiao and Xue Tao walked into the cabin, and Zha Tiankuo was still looking at the barge.

Li En took advantage of the three of them to talk, and quickly thought for a moment in his mind, and said: "Youth is fleeting, and it is rare to be born out of thin air", Xue Tao said: "Okay, yes, the battle is neat." ”

The owner of the Ouyang ship walked in from outside the cabin and left a sentence, "Bullshit, this is the funeral ceremony of the Shui family, only for unmarried girls who fall into the water, if there is a young unmarried man who has this couplet, he will be taken back to the underworld by the girl to marry." ”

Sui Han Siyou was immediately surprised when he heard this, Li En's face also changed, and he hurriedly said: "Wansheng is just right nonsense, this doesn't count." ”

Ouyang's old face was full of wind and frost and said seriously: "But this is your own face, no one forced you?" ”

Zhan Kaijiao comforted: "What's right has to be matched with a secret marriage, bullshit, I never believe in this." We hurried to the boat and ignored him. ”

Li Enxi also comforted himself: "This doesn't count, it doesn't count!" But a crow's cry suddenly came from outside the string window startled him, and it also frightened the four friends in the cabin.

Lao Fu also entered the cabin and said, "Boss of the boat, the two small boats behind are chasing us, won't they want to trouble us?" ”

Zhan Kaijiao said again: "Ignore them, let's hurry up!" ”

Ouyang said: "The section from the front to Yichang is the territory of the Tujia and Shui families, and we don't want to offend them." ”

Xue Tao said: "What are you afraid of, it's a big deal that we just abandon the ship and take the dry road." ”

Jin Shenghan also said: "What are you afraid of, can we still hear the conversation in the cabin of the barge?" Even if they hear it, as long as Li Gongzi doesn't admit it, what can they do with us? ”

Li En suddenly became clear and said, "Yes, I didn't board the ship and answered correctly." ”

The owner of the Ouyang ship said, "Then stop the boat and see what they are chasing after them?" ”

Lao Fu had already stopped the boat, and besides, their sailboat was going upstream, and the speed was not as fast as that of a small boat, just now the man shouted from afar: "Please stop the boat, please stop the boat!" ”