The course of the Yellow River has become wider and narrower here, and the surging water in the upper reaches of the river has been abruptly closed by both banks, stirring up huge waves on the bank, and countless whirlpools are hidden under the calm water. The reef to which the iron chain was attached was revealed by the collapse of a cliff bank that had been washed away by the river.

Before they reached the reef where the iron lock was hidden, the waves crashed on the shore and brought the fog and rain to the sky, which had already soaked the clothes of the two of them, and it was even more amazing when they got closer. Looking up from the reef, it is like a falling sinkhole, and the erosion and hollowing out of the river day after day make the banks on both sides of the river rise like dangerous rocks, which makes people worry. The roar of the waves, which could be heard more than ten miles away, was repeatedly stirred in this narrow groove, like hundreds of war drums beating at the same time, and like thousands of thunderbolts ringing in the ears alternately. Therefore, according to old legends, this is the roar of the river god, which can make people's souls take it.

Li Ruoxue bit her lip tightly, looked at Zhao Xingde with concern, tightened his clothes and pants, stepped into the river, and bent down to pull up the iron chain hidden in the river.

It took all his strength to pull the chain up and hang the chain with a hook of cast iron that was driven deep into the reef. If the man who led the crossing of the river saw this, he would have been astonished, for the weight of the chain itself and the tremendous force of the river would normally require three men to pull it. Even though his strength was amazing, Zhao Xingde also felt that his arms were extremely sore, and he rested on the reef for a while, before he bent down and pulled the iron chain, exhaled and opened his voice, fighting with an inch of strength, and pulled up a section again, and the iron ring snapped on another iron hook, and then the chain between the two iron nails relaxed, and then the iron ring that was hung last time was removed and the iron hook was vacated. After doing this more than a dozen times, the iron chain slowly appeared on the surface of the water, swaying with the waves, and no matter how hard Zhao Xingde tried at this time, he couldn't pull it up for half a point.

"That's it." Zhao Xingde wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked ashore step by step, he gently hugged Li Ruoxue, and said in a deep voice: "You wait for me here." Then he turned and stepped into the river, and groped slowly along the chain, when suddenly his feet were empty, and there was no place to exert any strength, but he could only hold on to the thin chain, and exchanged his hands, and crawled foot by foot toward the other side of the river.

The more you reach the middle of the river, the more powerful the river will wash, and if you don't have an iron chain to resist the momentum, you will fall into the waterfall downstream before you have not swam a tenth of the way.

The river is full of undulating waves and looming whirlpools, when the waves come, as if there is a huge force to shoot him off the water, Zhao Xingde can only close his eyes and hold his breath, tightly grasp the life-saving chain, until his chest is loosened, the end of his nose regains air, and he knows that this wave has passed. And when passing through the whirlpool, it was as if countless water monsters and river monsters were desperately pulling him deep under the water, and there was even a feeling that his ankles and waist were held by invisible hands and pulled down with great force. At this time, only two arms were hard to hang on to the iron chain, even if it was a few inches and inches to move to the other side of the river, to get rid of the suction of the whirlpool.

Every time Zhao Xingde floats in the river, Li Ruoxue's heart has to be tightened once, she is afraid that Zhao Xingde will be distracted, so she tightens her mouth to prevent herself from exclaiming, and her eyes are full of tears. "If he gets drowned in the river, I'll jump in." Only when I read this sentence did I feel a little relieved.

Passing through the distance of less than 300 feet on both sides of the Yellow River, but it was so far away that it seemed to go to hell, when he gradually felt that the scouring power of the river was weakening, Zhao Xingde knew that he had passed through the most turbulent section of the river in the center of the river, he had spare strength, so he stepped on the water, turned around and waved his hand to Li Ruoxue, and suddenly pretended to be exhausted, and plunged into the river, and when he surfaced, he was already a few feet away, still holding on to the iron chain.

It doesn't matter what he does, Li Ruoxue actually has a sense that the world is spinning, and after calming down slightly, she saw Zhao Xingde continue to move towards the other side with a lively spirit, biting her lip and stomping her feet: "Bad thing!" She wept with joy, tears that she had been holding back for a long time and slid down her cheeks.

After Zhao Xingde arrived on the other side of the river, he first checked the iron chain over there. The end is also nailed under the reef, and there are two hooks for retracting the chain. This swarthy iron rope was hung here in what year, and how many people crossed it, only the surging river knows.

After resting his strength, Zhao Xingde once again followed the iron rope back to the Song Kingdom on the other side, he stepped on the ground on the shore, and walked towards the river bank with water. Li Ruoxue rushed into the water desperately, and the two hugged each other, "Bad thing," she pounded and beat him hard in his arms, "Don't leave me again." The waves wet her hair, and she couldn't tell which was the river and which was the tears.

After resting for about an hour, Zhao Xingde tied Li Ruoxue tightly behind his back, then went down to the Yellow River again, and the two of them crossed the river together. This time he also tied a hemp rope around his waist, and the other end of the rope was tied into a large loop and hung on the iron chain, in case he missed and did not grasp it, this rope could still save his life.

Li Ruoxue wrapped her hands around Zhao Xingde's armpits, her chest and abdomen were tightly pressed against his back, she felt that her cheeks were feverish, she was ashamed, her feet were empty, the cold river water soaked her whole body, and her mind suddenly calmed down. The river was getting more and more rapid, and the waves were getting bigger and bigger, and she only followed the method told by Zhao Xingde, tilting her head upwards and trying to breathe the air with water droplets. Suddenly, a big wave came to the head, and the river with mud and sand was suddenly blinded, and then there was a bang, and the blue sky disappeared, as if falling into the water, she desperately held back her fear and panic, except for hugging Zhao Xingde tightly, she didn't do any extra struggle, only tried to hold her breath, waiting for the river to recede and see the light of day. However, this time, it seemed too long, and her consciousness gradually blurred, leaving only one thought: "You can't let go, you can't ...... Yuan Zhi ......"

With the experience of the previous two times, in addition to needing more strength this time, for Zhao Xingde, he passed the torrent in the middle of the river smoothly, Li Ruoxue's hands had been holding him tightly, and he smiled happily: "It's finally here." The beautiful woman behind him did not respond, and an ominous warning came to Zhao Xingde's heart, and when he looked back, he saw that Li Ruoxue was already lying softly on his back.

"Ruoxue!" Zhao Xingde shouted loudly, but she still didn't have the slightest reaction.

"Ruoxue, wake up!" There was already panic in his voice, "You must hold on!" ”

The water of the Yellow River poured mercilessly around him, and the roaring waves in the sky were like clouds of smoke at this time, Zhao Xingde's mind was already blank, and there was only one thought in his heart, he must save her back, his hands were desperately staggered and moved forward, and the iron chains that were tight because of the impact of the river were also violently pulled and swayed by him.

Finally, his feet stepped on the ground on the shore, Zhao Xingde almost lost his strength, and was still busy putting Li Ruoxue off his back, kneeling on one knee first, letting her spit out the mud and water choking into her chest and lungs face down, and then lying on Li Ruoxue's chest and listening to the slight heartbeat, Zhao Xingde was ecstatic, and immediately held up her chin, pinched the bridge of her nose and blew into her mouth.

At this moment, time passed as slowly as if it frozen, Li Ruoxue coughed a few times, woke up slowly, and saw Zhao Xingde's vague shadow, and there seemed to be a colorful glow behind him, and couldn't help muttering: "Yuan Zhi, have we been reborn in Elysium?" ”

When she said this, Zhao Xingde couldn't help crying with joy, holding her face and saying, "Yes." Where you are, there is Elysium. Li Ruoxue smiled slightly, pouted and said, "The oil tone is slippery." At this time, she also saw clearly where there was the colorful glow behind Zhao Xingde, which was clearly the mist formed by the Yellow River rapids on the bank, and under the reflection of the sun, it reflected the beautiful colors like a rainbow.

Just as the two of them were facing each other and forgetting everything, the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and a rather majestic voice came in mid-air: "Did you two escape from Song Guo?" Zhao Xingde was awakened, and when he looked up, he saw that one person and one rider were already standing in front of him.