The surging river does not return.

Wild geese flew overhead.

The sky is blue, the water is long, and there is a wine flag fluttering in the place where the water and sky are colorful.

A group of knights came from afar, strong horses carrying the sturdy knights. In the early spring, the water in the north of the river was misty, and the group of knights walked through the endless reeds, and the galloping horses' hooves landed on the slightly wet yellow mud path, kicking the thin layer of soft mud in all directions, startling the water birds in the reeds.

The leading knight drew his hard bow in his hand, and the sharp arrow that flew off the string hit a panicked waterfowl.

A knight rode into the reeds, carried the bird with the arrow, and laughed: "Hou Zi is a good archer!" ”

The leading knight smiled slightly, this is a young man, about twenty years old, the sun fell on his slightly yellow face, a few beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, he handed the bow in his hand to a squire beside him, and looked at the wine flag fluttering in the wind: "Wash it clean when you arrive at the ferry, I invite you to drink!" ”

"The return of the son is a great joy, and it is indeed worth drinking." The knight with the bird hung the bird on the horse's butt and ran to the leading knight.

The leading knight smiled indifferently, slammed his horse's belly, and ran towards the riverside ferry.

The vast land of Zhongzhou is thousands of miles long, with countless mountains and rivers, countless rivers, and countless ferries, but if you say that the most well-known of them, you have to count the Hengchuan Ferry on the north bank of the Liuyuan River and the Chuiyun Ferry on the bank of the Canglan River.

Chuiyundu has a long history, if you want to trace the source, you have to trace it back to at least the ancient god king period, legend, the ancestor of the Southern Chu people, the descendants of the fire god is through Chuiyundu to the south, so as to take root in the prosperous Jiangnan. Three thousand years ago, seven ragged men climbed to the top of the hill and cut down seven ancient cypress trees with rough axes to make a simple wooden boat and follow the surging river to the south bank. The thousand-year-old prosperity has passed in a blink of an eye, and today's Nanchu is powerful and makes people all over the world look sideways.

Chuiyundu was originally just a small wharf with relatively calm wind and waves, which can only be used for fishing boats to go back and forth, however, since the south Chu came to the north, after the destruction of Qu State, it was built on a large scale, and now Chuiyundu covers an area of 30 miles, not only stationed 3,000 soldiers of South Chu, but also all kinds of shops and wine shops, the travelers who come and go from the south to the north are also endless, it is already a riverside Jincheng, and the river is the warship row clouds, and the flag is even in the sky.

Wine flags are hung at forks in the road.

A graceful girl stepped on the low table on tiptoe, and tried her best to stretch out her hand to pluck the flag that was crumpled by the wind, the river wind was very strong, blew her eyes, lifted her long black and beautiful hair, and tightened the slightly loose skirt, showing more and more slender waist, slender legs, and small feet.

Drinkers kneel under improvised canopies, dressed in a variety of clothes and speaking with accents from all over the world. Xiao Er brought the wine up, and poured the unique Xueyang wine of Nanchu into the wine bowl. The crisp and cold aroma of wine wafted around, and the drinkers sniffed pleasantly, but no one drank, and they all looked at the girl with slanted eyes.

The girl knew that others were looking at her, her snow-white little face was dyed with a layer of red, she gritted her silver teeth, pressed her skirt with one hand, and pulled out the flag with the other, she wanted to straighten out the flag quickly, but the annoying Jiang Feng always went against her, straightened out this side, and wrinkled the other end.

"The leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost. The so-called beauty is on the water side. ”

A young gentleman shook his head and chanted. Another scholar sitting opposite him smiled meaningfully and sang along: "Tracing back to it, the road is long and obstructive." Tracing from it, it is like being in the middle of the water. "In the end, the words 'in the middle of the water' dragged on long and strangely.

"Hahaha." A dry drinker burst out laughing.

The old shopkeeper sitting behind the counter touched his gray beard, and smiled brightly, the girl was his granddaughter, smart and clever since she was a child, and she was even more gentle and graceful when she grew up, and her reputation spread in all directions, she was a famous beauty within a radius of 100 miles, although her granddaughter did not know poetry and songs, but the old shopkeeper thought that compared to the daughters in the hands of those nobles, it was not bad at all, otherwise, how could this rather remote wine shop business be so good?

"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman. Jagged wattles, left and right flowing. My Fair Lady, I covet it. I can't ask for it, but I can't think about it. Leisurely, tossing and turning. ”

The scholars sang one after another, becoming more and more bold and enthusiastic. The rough drinker slapped his sword on the table, raised the bowl of the sea, and laughed as he drank. Several soldiers sitting in the corner were smiling, silently drinking, and secretly watching.

The girl's face became redder and redder, so anxious that she had no place to put her hands and feet, she didn't want to get the flag, and wanted to jump off the low case, but in a blink of an eye, she found that everyone was looking at her in a daze, so she grabbed her skirt, jumped and didn't dare to jump, annoyed and embarrassed, she could only bite the cherry mouth red.

The beautiful eyes are flowing, graceful as plain.

The gentleman who sang the most happily stood up, put his hands together towards the girl under the flag, gave a gentle salute, and said, "Dare to ask the girl's name?" ”

"Ah......h

Hearing this, the girl covered her mouth and exclaimed, panicked and put down the hand holding the skirt, held it at her waist, and returned the salute, but did not speak, and did not dare to raise her head, and then, briskly jumped off the low case, and ran to the wine store without looking back.

The scholar looked at it in a daze, his eyes foggy.

"Hahaha." The room was full of laughter.

"Hoof it, hoof it."

The sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance, and a group of knights rushed from the narrow bluestone path. Rider parked the horse outside the canopy and rolled off the horse cleanly. The leading knight handed the reins to Xiao Er, looked at the wine shop, and did not speak. A knight beside him threw the bird hanging behind the horse's butt to Xiao Er, and said with a smile: "Wash and peel it clean, and serve the wine." ”

The wine shop is very simple and not big, there are only two courtyards before and after, there are more than a dozen low tables in the wine hall, each position is full, there is a sunshade and rain canopy outside the wine hall, but there are still a lot of vacant seats, the knight in the lead looked around, and walked towards the vacant place.

A group of about twenty people sat in the corner, and the swords in the sword pouch touched each other and clanged. The rough drinker who was drinking from the cow raised his eyebrows, and his broad hand moved towards the sword on the case, who knows, he paused halfway through, lifted the wine jar on the case, and poured wine into the wine bowl. The soldiers sitting in the corner looked at the knights' horses with a look of surprise on their faces.

Soon, Xiao Er brought wine up. The old shopkeeper also hugged a jar, and the girl followed behind him, bowing her head and pouring wine for everyone. The old shopkeeper smiled: "Where do the guests come from?" ”

"Yanjing."

The old shopkeeper turned to his granddaughter and said, "Que'er, the guest is a Yan person, I'm afraid that I can't get used to our Nanchu wine, so go and get the altar Yan wine." ”

"Hey." The girl responded crisply, but still didn't look up.

"It's okay, it's just to drink Yangxue wine."

The lead horseman smiled indifferently.

The girl named 'Que'er' raised her head, glanced at him secretly, and quickly lowered her head, and a red glow flew on her face, although it was only a hurried glance, she could tell that this was a noble child, although she looked average, but her temperament was arrogant, as unattainable as a lark in the sky.

"Knock knock."

The young nobleman tapped his finger on the case. Que Er bit her lip and poured wine, the wine was like a spring, poured into the earthy yellow pottery bowl, and the fragrance slowly rose. The young nobleman sniffed deeply, and a smile appeared on his face, but he was not in a hurry to drink, but took something out of his arms, put it on the table carefully, stared at it for a while, and then took the bowl and took a shallow sip.

Que Er poured wine for other knights, but the corner of his eyes looked at such things, this is a snow-white jade stone, like jade not jade, not gold, but its appearance is very peculiar, long ears, short tail, pointed nose, red eyes, is a little rabbit.

Que Er found that the young nobleman would inevitably look at it every time he took a sip, as if it had been a habit he had cultivated for many years, and his gaze was very gentle, gentler than the river breeze blowing through the reeds in the spring, and gentler than the song sung by the scholar just now.

This is a strange aristocrat, he doesn't even look at me, hum, so proud.

Wine, there will always be a time to pour it, and there is also the old shopkeeper and Xiao Er, Que Er put the wine jar on the table, turned around and walked towards the backyard, she was going to clean up the bird that was shot through by the arrow, but she was a little unhappy in her heart, not for anything else, but because she was thinking, nobles, are nobles like this? It's close, but it's thousands of miles away. Well, there are exceptions, such as the fat pig-like, obnoxious lord.

At the thought of the pig-like lord, Que Er's pace quickened, and everyone in the hall watched her walk, except for the young nobleman, whose gaze kept wandering between the wine bowl and the stone rabbit.

The commotion brought by the knights soon subsided, and the liquor shop returned to its proper appearance, and the soldiers were whispering about the earth-shattering battle of the previous year, and the rough drinkers threw themselves on the table, snoring loudly, and the gentleman who asked Que'er's name drank dizzily, and untied a long piano from his backpack, and played it with a ding-dong knock, listening to the tune of "Yilan Cao".

Outside the canopy there was a small flower garden, and the warm sunlight fell on the delicate violet flowers, which were sky-blue flowers, the petals were only the size of fingernails, and the river breeze blew, and they swayed in the wind, and a wisp of fragrance followed.

The young nobleman fumbled with the stone rabbit and stared at the violet flowers in the sunlight as if he was infatuated.

"Drive, drive!"

"Hahaha, old Que, if you're dead, get out if you're not dead!"

The sound of horses' hooves and loud laughter rang out at this moment, shattering the rare peace. The young nobleman paused and stroked the hand of the stone rabbit, slowly raised his head, and the cruelty flashed from the bottom of his eyes.