Chapter 21 Against the Current

Young people will always be washed away by love, but if they don't look for love at this time, when will they wait?

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Gao Jin arranged for him to rest in the guest room, but Zhan Kaijiao and the other four people had already been poisoned and injured, and he was called by Elder Jian to help, and first cleaned the wounds of the four with clean water. He endured the smell of blood, and was busy until the time of his son, serving the four of them to drink the antidote, and then resting for a while.

Early in the morning of the second day, Mr. Gu came and said to them: "Nephew Gao Xian led his fellow Jianghu to Luoyang by dry road, and Gongzi Li continued to go to Mount Emei under the leadership of the four friends of Sui Han, Elder Ke, you and Lao Yu went to join Brother Gao, and we went to Luoyang by water!" ā€

Li En looked at Mr. Gu with a questioning look.

Zhan Kaijiao, the four of them came over, gave their hands to the order, Mr. Gu said: "The four of them are the four chivalrous warriors known as the four friends of the cold in the rivers and lakes, responsible for escorting you to Mount Emei for medical treatment, this road is far away and full of dangers, you should be more careful!" ā€

Li En nodded and thanked him, and Zhan Kaijiao said: "In Xiabei Mountain, Mei Zhan opened a cellar, a disciple of the Wudang faction, I misunderstood Li Gongzi yesterday!" ā€

Zha Tiankuo also said: "Yes, I am Tianshan Xueju Zha Tiankuo, a disciple of the Tianshan faction. This golden warrior is Nanjiang Qingzhu Jin Shenghan, a disciple of the Ming Sect, and Xue Tao is a Jinsong in Shuzhong and a disciple of the Emei faction. ā€

Li En bowed to the four of them and said, "There are four knights leading the way!" ā€

Mr. Gu said: "It's not early, you should hurry up!" After arriving at Mount Emei, no matter what the result of the medical treatment is, you should not stay there for a long time, Miss Gao will take you to Luoyang to meet us! ā€

Li En responded, Zhan Kaijiao wrapped his clothes tightly, picked up his sword, and said, "Brothers, we are leaving!" Li En hurriedly supported him, and they said goodbye to Mr. Gu and Gao Jin, and then left the high mansion, called a carriage, and rushed down the street to the head of the Xunyang River.

A sailboat shone dazzlingly in the morning sun, the boatman saw that the carriage stopped, so he put down the trestle, Zhan Kaijiao and the four took Li En to board the ship, the bow of the ship said a melodious "Departure-----", the white sail was raised, and the ship went upstream, heading west.

The boatman brought breakfast to the cabin, facing the white porridge and sashimi, Li En frowned, he was not used to eating fishy food, Zha Tiankuo opened a jar of wine, filled it for everyone, raised a bowl and drank freely, Li En still frowned and persuaded: "Four knights, your injuries are not healed, don't drink!" ā€

The four of them were dismissive, and Zhan Kaijiao said: "Young man, although you can't accept some things for the time being, if you want to mix in the rivers and lakes, you have to learn to accept them." ā€

After breakfast, Li En fell to the ground and fell asleep, making up for the sleep he had last night, and now he had a good dream, and when he opened his eyes again, it was dark again, but the sky full of stars and a hooked moon were exceptionally clear.

Xue Tao brought a bowl of grass carp soup over and said, "You have been reading the name of the little junior sister in your dreams, and this time you went to Mount Emei to meet her, you fell in love with the little junior sister at first sight!" ā€

Li En blushed, took the fish soup to drink, Xue Tao slapped the lamp, and said, "Be careful of fish bones!" Then he sat down and said, "Is the little junior sister interesting to you?" ā€

The boat was moving very slowly at night, but it was very steady, Li En smelled the fishy smell, and when he heard the fish bones, he frowned, he couldn't accept the food here for the time being, so he put down the fish soup and asked: "Xue Xiashi, is the little junior sister you said Miss Gao?" Are you her brother? ā€

Xue Tao nodded and said, "Yes, but the little junior sister's martial arts are very poor, and she is not bad." ā€

Li En continued to ask: "How long does it take to get from Jiangcheng to Mount Emei?" ā€

"If it's a tailwind, it's a maximum of ten days to go by water, and if it's a dry road, it's going to be a long time!" Xue Tao took out a bottle of wine and drank it alone.

"So where are we now? How long did I sleep? Li En was looking for a topic to chat with, and felt hungry in his stomach, so he had to pick up the fish soup and drink it with a frown.

Xue Tao looked at his appearance, and wanted to laugh, and said, "You slept for a day, and we have now arrived outside the Dafa Temple, and in front of us is Huang Qikou." ā€

At this time, there was a crane cry from the night sky above their heads, and Jin Shenghan rushed over and said: "Fourth, a person riding a white crane just now surpassed us, I saw that he was in the same house as the boss, and I saluted him, but he didn't answer, and flew away!" ā€

Xue Tao asked: "Maybe people didn't hear your greeting!" ā€

"Then he should have heard my greeting, right?" Jin Shenghan said dissatisfiedly: "I don't even give the affection of our four friends!" ā€

Xue Tao comforted: "Third brother, don't be angry, the rivers and lakes are big, everyone has it, come and drink!" ā€

Li En could not smell the wine, so he went out of the cabin, came to the bow of the ship to blow the wind, and the sailboat slowly went upstream, and an old boatman was at the helm, and he went up to talk to him.

The old boatman, a native of Huangshi, said in a Hubei accent: "If it goes well, I will be able to get home tomorrow, but unfortunately I can't stay long every time I go home." ā€

Li En said, "Then why don't the boatmen bring their families on board to live with them?" ā€

The boatman said: "We are no better than the boatmen in the lake, the wind and waves in the Yangtze River are also dangerous, there is no need to let the family follow him on the adventure." ā€

Li En asked, "What, will there be danger in the Yangtze River?" ā€

The old boatman pointed to the front and said: "The front is the Yellow Mouth, the Yangtze River suddenly tightened here, and the mouth was relaxed until the front, so this is also a place where river thieves and water bandits often haunt." ā€

"Then are there still water bandits and river bandits?" Lee asked.

"Even if there is, you don't have to be afraid, with our four friends in the cold, these little thieves will not come to their own death!"

As he spoke, he saw Zhan Kaijiao and the other four people coming over, and Li En muttered: "The senior is famous in the rivers and lakes, isn't it also secretly attacked?" ā€

Zha Tiankuo said, "What are you muttering?" Let's go to sleep, we're going to go back tomorrow? ā€

Li En retorted: "But I can't sleep now?" ā€

At this time, I heard a firecracker explode, and a colorful fireworks bloomed in the night, Li En was surprised: "Fireworks, there are still people setting off fireworks at this time, what day is today?" ā€

Zhan Kaijiao said vigilantly: "Today is not the Midyear Festival, what kind of fireworks to set off, be careful of ambushes!" ā€

The four brothers immediately pulled out their weapons and held them in their hands, guarded carefully, and then said to Li En: "You quickly hide in the cabin, you must not come out without us calling you!" ā€

Li En said: "Won't it? But he saw a large number of torches on both sides of the river, and countless rockets "whizzing" at their sailboat like meteors.

The boatman was surprised: "It can't be a robber and a bandit, right?" If you don't say hello, you will release a rocket! ā€

Sui Han Siyou immediately waved the weapon in his hand to block the rocket, but one of the rockets shot on the sail of the ship, igniting a raging fire, and the old boatman shouted: "Hurry up and put out the fire!" ā€

Jin Shenghan shouted: "The other party is overwhelming, it seems that we have to abandon the ship!" ā€