Song Ting and Youjian stayed at the town inn for one night, and on the second day, they wanted to cross the river by boat, but when they mentioned the nameless island, the captain was confused: "Nameless island? What Nameless Island? I haven't heard of it! ”

I asked a few boatmen again and again, but they all shook their heads, saying that they didn't know what the nameless island was. asked Ziyunguan again, and they all said that they had never heard of it.

Song Ting looked at the vast Taihu Lake, suddenly felt hesitant, the ghost sword took two steps forward, stroked the white streamer on his chest, looked at him, walked over to his side, and whispered: "The world's masters, it is always difficult to be known, ask a few more, and someone will naturally know."

Song Ting stared at her, and found that she was a little different today, and she didn't seem to be as cold as before, so he smiled and said, "It's hidden in the city, let's go, let's ask ...... again."

At this moment, a sudden shout came from the embankment: "Someone has fallen into the water!" Someone's overboard! ”

Song Ting and Youjian heard the sound, walked forward quickly, only to see a small boat swaying on the lake, not far from the lake There was a big splash, an old boatman on the boat looked at the water with an anxious face, beat his chest, and was so anxious that tears fell: "Niu Niu! Girl! ”

The boatman next to him asked the old boatman: "Did Niuniu fall into the water?"

The old boatman's face was full of dejection, and he stomped his feet and said, "Yes! Who can save her? ”

Several boatmen next to them hurriedly stretched out their pennies to explore in the water, and kept shouting: "Niu Niu! Girl! ”

Although most of these boatmen make a living from fishing, but there are not many who can swim, and this is Taihu Lake, there are many big fish in the river, it is said that many big fish are eating people, and most ordinary people dare not dive into the deep water, so most of the boatmen do not dare to jump into the water to rescue.

The splash on the surface of the water gradually dissipated, and the old boatman was full of anxiety, and was about to undress and jump into the lake, but others hurriedly muttered to stop him, shouting: "You can't swim, you can't jump!"

The old boatman ignored it and was about to jump into the lake.

Poof!

Someone jumped before the old boatman, and plunged into the water, making a splash, the old boatman was stunned, and all the boatmen were stunned, and they didn't see who the person who jumped into the water was.

Song Ting was holding a sword in his hand at this time, looking at the splash on the lake, his face was ugly for a while, and he muttered: "Big woman, big woman, what kind of hero are you fooling......"

After about a bag of cigarettes, no one came out of the water, everyone next to him was anxious, Song Ting was also anxious, walked to the water's edge, and shouted twice, "Ghost Sword!" Someone next to him asked, is the one who jumped into the water your lady? Song Ting was anxious, and casually said yes, yes, the old boatman hurriedly let him get on the boat and wait with him.

Crash!

Something broke out of the water, revealing the head of a little girl, and the old boatman was overjoyed, shouting "Niu Niu! Immediately after revealing the head of an adult, her long hair hung down like a waterfall, floating on the water, she took a long "poof", spit out the stagnant water in her mouth, and hurriedly swam the little girl in the direction of the old boat, and after sending the little girl to the boat, she was pulled up by Song Ting.

The old boatman patted the little girl's face: "Niu Niu! Girl! ”

Song Ting saw that Youjian's clothes were wet, trembling all over, and hurriedly untied his coat and put it on him, helped her into the canopy, and sat down.

At this time, the little girl woke up faintly, and the old boat family saw that their granddaughter was awake, and cried with joy, and hurriedly hugged the little girl to kneel down and kowtow to Song Tingyoujian: "Thank you so much!" Thank you so much! ”

Song Ting hurriedly said, "Hurry up and burn some charcoal."

The old boatman hurriedly added charcoal to the stove, and as a puff of white smoke rose, the charcoal in the stove burned red.

As soon as they came up from the water, Youjian and the little girl were a little glazed-eyed, and the two of them were roasting the fire in a daze, and the old boatman poured two bowls of hot tea, and brought them to Song Ting and Youjian, and kept saying some words of thanks in their mouths, and was busy pouring tea for their granddaughter.

Song Ting picked up a bowl of hot tea, approached the side of Youjian, gave her a few sips, and found that she was shivering all over her body, trembling non-stop, and the picture of her saving him in Jiangning seemed to appear in his mind, it was still March at that time, and the water was colder than now, she must be trembling more than now, right? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a warm current in my heart, my eyes were hot, and I said, "I'm sorry for you."

The sword was still trembling, and he glanced at him weakly and said, "You know...... It's good to know, I'm afraid...... Afraid of water......"

Song Ting was next to her, glanced at her, and said with a slight annoyance: "Afraid of water, you still need to save it?"

Youjian shuddered and said, "I won't save ...... Who saved ......"

Song Ting was stunned, completely speechless, she couldn't imagine that her cold appearance like an iceberg actually hid such a chivalrous heart, the so-called "the greater the energy, the greater the responsibility", that's probably what it said.

Song Ting couldn't help but stretch out his left hand to hold her, so that her head was close to his left chest, and she glanced at him weakly: "Why are you ......" The body seemed to have no strength to resist, so he could only let him hold it like this.

The little girl also slowly recovered, and she could start talking, and she also came over to kowtow to Song Ting and Youjian to thank her.

At this time, the old boatman came in, brought a few fried two-finger-wide Taihu Lake white fish, and said busily: "There is nothing to entertain, I'm sorry."

Song Ting took out the beef and wine from the baggage, invited the old boat family to sit down and eat together, greeted him, and asked him why he took his granddaughter to fish alone, and what about the rest of the family.

The old ship's family sighed and told the truth: "Niuniu, this child has a hard life, she has no mother at the age of three, and when she was five years old, her father fell into the grass, and she doesn't care about her, and now I don't know if this unfilial son is dead or alive...... I can't help it, I can only live with my old bones, and live by fishing......"

Niuniu saw that her grandfather was crying as she spoke, so she stretched out her little palm and wiped her face for her grandfather, "Grandpa, don't cry, Niuniu has a grandfather, Niuniu is not bitter ......"

Song Ting looked at the little girl, she was a little thin, she looked malnourished, about seven or eight years old, maybe eight or nine years old, although her face was immature, her small facial features were very delicate and lovable. Such a well-behaved little girl, but she is an orphan, and she makes people.

"Alas, you are still young, how can you know whether it is bitter or not...... Go and pour tea for the two benefactors. "The old boat said.

Niuniu came over and added tea to Song Ting and Youjian, and after pouring the tea, she hugged Youjian's jade neck again, and said with a smile: "My sister is so fragrant......"

It's fragrant?

Hearing this, Song Ting got closer, and before he lowered his head, the ghost sword raised his elbow and lightly hit his left chest, although it didn't hurt, it reminded him not to get closer.

Song Ting was sitting precariously when he heard the old boatman ask, "Where are the two benevolent fathers going?" Want to cross the lake? ”

Song Ting said that he was going to the Nameless Island, the old boatman shook his head at first, and said that he didn't know, when Song Ting said that there was a Taoist temple there, called Ziyun Temple, the old boatman's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly said: "Oh, it turned out to be that!"

"You know?" Song Ting was overjoyed and stood up.

The old boatman said: "Outsiders generally don't know here, but I've been fishing in the Taihu Lake area for more than 50 years, where can I not know?" The place that Engong said was a bit far away, and it was deep in a puddle, so ordinary boats don't go there. ”

Song Ting said: "Do you want to find a big ship?"

The old boatman smiled: "You don't have to look for a big ship, if you can trust me, I'll take the two benevolent fathers over."

Song Ting hurriedly thanked him.

In a few moments, the boat departed.

The boat does not go to the middle of the lake, along the waterway, selects those small puddles to row, along the way the reeds thickets, water birds cooing in the reeds, the puddles of the lake are turquoise, the water is very clear, from time to time you can see the big and small fish swimming in the water.

Niuniu happily pointed to this and that for the sword, explaining to her what kind of bird this was and what kind of fish it was; At a time when the sky was clear, the blue sky and white clouds, the water in the water was rippling, and the blue waves were like washing, Song Ting couldn't help but revel in such a beautiful scenery, and almost forgot the purpose of this trip.

After walking for a long time, I vaguely saw a small island, and there were no other islands within a radius of ten miles, and this small island seemed to be outside the world, standing proudly.

The boat rowed to the shore of the island, Song Ting and Youjian got off the boat and gave the old boatman two silver taels, but he refused to take it no matter what. Niuniu waved her hand and said goodbye, her eyes revealing a deep reluctance.

Song Ting and Youjian walked to the island, the island scenery is beautiful, the flowers are ten miles, the flowers are colorful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the butterflies are flying, just like a paradise.

But seeing a small Taoist temple standing in the center of the island, it is particularly eye-catching, Song Ting and Youjian walked towards the Taoist temple, but two people suddenly came on the path, rushing forward, it was a man and a woman, looking dressed, like a peasant couple.

Song Ting was curious, how could there be farmers here? Looking into the distance, I saw several thatched huts located all over the place, and it was obvious that there were other people living on this island besides the people in the Taoist temple.

The peasant couple each carried a sack on their shoulders, the sack was bulging, but they didn't know what it contained, and every time they walked for a while, they looked back from time to time, and the man said to his family: "Mother-in-law, didn't chase after you?"

He glanced back: "Didn't chase after you, let's go!"

The two of them trotted along the road with a snickering smile on their faces, and the sack behind them was bumped upside down, when the couple bumped into Song Ting and Youjian, they glanced at the two of them curiously, and then hurriedly chose the road and ran, Song Ting clearly heard the man muttering: "Why is the woman in the city so good-looking......

Song Ting moved closer to the Youjian and whispered: "The countrymen probably haven't seen anything in the world, and when they see the girls in the city, they say it's good-looking."

Hearing this, Youjian gritted his teeth, his eyes kept wandering up and down towards him, and his face showed extreme dissatisfaction: "You mean, this girl is not good-looking?"

Song Ting whispered: "Good looking is good-looking, it's ......"

Ghost Sword's cold eyes crossed him: "What do you want to say?"

"Nothing." Song Ting shrugged his shoulders and muttered in a low voice, "It's just not gentle enough......"

At this time, two Dao boys suddenly rushed in front of them, holding black sticks more than three feet long, blocking the way of Song Ting and Youjian one after the other, and the slightly fatter Dao boy spoke: "You two little thieves, did you steal my master's ginseng fruit?"

The slightly thinner one shouted: "Chang Qing, don't talk nonsense with these two thieves, just take it!"

Chang Qing said: "Senior Brother Chang Jing, Master taught us 'immeasurable people', right and wrong, and we have not yet been distinguished, so we should not act rashly, so as not to injure good people by mistake." He shouted again, "Did you two steal my master's ginseng fruit?"

Chang Jing said: "There is no one else here, it must have been stolen by the two of them!" Senior brother, capture the two of them and go to see the master! ”

These two little Taoist boys, who are only thirteen or fourteen years old, speak like adults, and their mouths are such as "immeasurable people", which can't help but make people feel funny. Song Ting opened his mouth and said, "Two little masters, are you ......?"

Before he could finish speaking, the ghost sword had already interrupted, and he shouted coldly: "Two little hairy children who have not dried up! I also dare to play majestic in front of this girl, if you want to fight, what nonsense! ”

After the sword finished speaking, he struck.