At the end of autumn and the beginning of autumn, the breeze caressed, and there was a faint cool breath in the heat. On the winding mountain road, the sound of hooves was crisp, and in the dust and ash raised, three fast horses drove at high speed.

The horses were panting, spitting mist, sneezing, and covered with dust, showing that they had traveled a great distance. Of the three knights, two young men and a stout man, their clothes and cheeks covered with dust, beads of sweat dripping down their faces, rushing out of the ditches and turning them into several large flower faces.

Shu road is difficult, since the beginning of the Sichuan, the road has been circling in the lofty mountains, the so-called official road is just in the middle of the mountainside to dig out a few paths, extremely narrow, while leaning on the steep cliffs, turn your head, you can see the foot of the knife-like rock wall and the rushing river.

"Brother Lin, look!" The strong man who was at the front had already dismounted, glanced around a few times, and suddenly pointed to the boundary monument on the side of the road, and shouted excitedly.

The young man in the middle hurried forward and walked side by side with the strong man. This boundary monument is old, the handwriting is mottled, and three bright red characters can be faintly seen - "Xuzhou boundary".

Look at the foot again, the Jinsha River of the stone bank cloud cliff is rolling with waves, the Minjiang River from the snow mountain flows endlessly, the two rivers flow here, focus on the convergence, the water lifts the boulder, the waves are slapped, the waves are like the clouds and snow in the sky, whistling and crashing between the cliffs, instantly turning into a rebellious dragon, roaring and rolling into the Yangtze River.

"This is Xuzhou?" The young man patted the horse's back, his dark face revealing a deep sense of surprise.

Xuzhou (now Yibin, Sichuan) is located in the south of Sichuan. It is at the junction of Sichuan and three provinces, and crosses the water in the east. West to Jiayang. It is bordered by Zhaotong in the south. Liangshan in the west. The Minjiang River and the Yangtze River rush and flow here, and since ancient times, it has the reputation of "three rivers into Sichuan and Shu, and a sail to Xuzhou".

The little guy on the back wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead. He took the water bladder and pastries from the horse and handed them to the two people in front of him: "Third brother, Commander Gao." Let's eat some dry food first! ”

From Beijing to Sichuan, day and night, the fatigue and hardship can be imagined. The third brother took the pastry and devoured a few bites, and poured a meal of water into it. Cool droplets of water ran down his neck and into his chest. Indescribably refreshing and clever, he put down the water bladder, looked at the Yangtze River, and took a long breath: "Xuzhou, it's finally here." It's not easy! ”

"Isn't it easy?" Commander Gao smiled and said, "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, we will set off." From north to south, from east to west. Across the four provinces of Beijing, Shandong, Henan and Hubei provinces, day and night for more than ten days, the three of us together, the fast horses have been replaced by no less than twenty horses, until today to arrive at the border, can it be easy? ”

"It's okay, it's okay. It's a tour! The third brother grinned. Looking forward.

The mountain road spirals, hanging horizontally in the belly of the mountain, and stretches forward. It took another while, but it suddenly broke off. No more outlets can be found.

After a few more careful looks, he still did so, and his eyes suddenly widened. His face was full of astonishment: "It's broken." No way! ”

When I arrived at the Xuzhou border, there was no way?! No one believed it, but it happened! The three of them were so scared that they didn't dare to nibble on the steamed buns. Hurriedly stepped forward.

Sure enough, as the third brother said, he had only advanced less than 200 zhang, and the cliff had already fallen. No matter how much you search, you can't even see a sheep intestine trail ahead. Seeing the faint green mountains opposite, Commander Gao swallowed and spitted at the mouth, and said angrily: "It's so evil, I can't even see a road!" Could it be that this Xuzhou is isolated from the outside world? ! ”

It is obviously impossible to isolate from the outside world, Xuzhou is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and Baiyi haunts, and it has been the southwest half of the wall and the important town of Sichuan since ancient times. How can there be no access to the outside world?

The third brother frowned and pondered for a long time, his eyes fell on the turbulent river, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he jumped up excitedly: "Who said there is no road." Isn't that what it is?! ”

Looking in the direction of his finger, the three rivers merged, the waves were monstrous, and the water splashed against the cliff wall, flying straight to the halfway up the mountain. Commander Gao's eyes widened, and he said in horror: "Brother Lin, you mean, crossing the river?!" ”

Brother Lin nodded and said: "Sichuan and Shu have been 'seven mountains, one water and two fields' since ancient times, and the land and waterways are interactive, and there is no way to go on the shore, so there is only a boat." ”

At the confluence of rivers and lakes, the water flow is turbulent, just like a river leading to the sky, not to mention the wooden boat, even if a boulder falls down, it can't turn over a wave. The high commander was dumbfounded: "Brother, don't scare me, how can you sail on this river?!" Even if you can sail, which one?

yes, who would dare to ferry?! The third brother sighed, shook his head silently, and his brows were tightly wrinkled together.

"Hey," the little guy behind him glanced at him from a distance, and suddenly exclaimed: "Third brother, third brother, look, there seems to be a boat ahead!" ”

Before the words fell, I heard a melodious mountain song between the cliffs:

"Hey-

Chrysanthemums bloom on the cool mountain,

The smell of flowers is fragrant,

If you have affection, you will speak early,

Don't wait for the flowers to be a pair

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From the cliff at the foot of the mountain, slowly walk out of a leaf bamboo row, there are two old and young, each holding an embroidery on the left and right, slowly holding the water. The song came from the boat, and the bamboo raft was like a leaf on the wind and waves, bumping and swaying, but it never overturned.

Is there really someone holding a boat to cross the river, or is it such a simple bamboo raft?! Commander Gao's eyes widened, and he didn't dare to take a breath.

The third brother had already jumped up, shook his arms and shouted: "Uncle, uncle, can you give us a ride, we want it."

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The current was so strong that he shouted a few times before the boat could hear it. Two? It is a sturdy old man and a delicate girl. The girl was fair-skinned, with a beautiful face, wearing a blue-black slanted gown, a crepe skirt, and a five-colored silk thread inlaid with bamboo at the collar, cuffs, and waist, which was a typical Miao girl's dress.

The boat slowly stopped, Miao Nu turned her head, looked at them a few times, and said in surprise: "You are the Hua family?!" ”

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This girl's Mandarin has a Sichuan accent, crisp and sweet, and several people are very comfortable to listen to, the third brother hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes, we are all Hua family!" Miss. We have urgent business to cross the river, can you please make it convenient and give us a ride?! ”

The girl turned her head and said to the old man, "Daddy." These three Chinese family members want to cross the river, do you want to take them? ”

The old man shook his head. His face was embarrassed: "The Hua family has always been insidious, so it's better to deal less with them!" ”

The third brother couldn't understand their Tibetan language. But look at the old Miao man shaking his head. Knowing that things were not good, he hurriedly said, "Miss." You can rest assured. As long as you can take us across the river, I'll give you as much money as you want to cross the river!" ”

This remark angered Miao Nu. She slapped it on the water fiercely, and said angrily: "Daddy said, the Hua family is insidious and cunning, and there is nothing wrong with that, just talk about money when you open your mouth and close your mouth." Only you Chinese people will be like this! Help people and take money, if it is passed back to the cottage. Jiuxiang and Eighteen Docks will laugh at us! ”

Her voice was crisp. With a nice Sichuan and Shu charm, he said it quickly and quickly, and the old man of the Miao nationality nodded with a smile and cheered for his daughter! The third brother's face turned red, and he laughed embarrassedly: "Miss is right, helping others is the source of happiness, but I am too vulgar, forgive my sins!" Well, can we get on board now?! ”

The daughter glanced at Daddy and asked for his consent. Then he nodded and said, "Hurry up and get on the boat, but your horses can only stay on the shore!" ”

The third brother nodded, slapped them the horse's back a few times, and released them back into the mountain forest, and the three of them got on the boat.

The bamboo row is extremely simple. As soon as the three of them got on the boat, they shook and sank into the water, and the two of them were landlubbers, and they were suddenly pale with fright, only the third brother appointed himself as a little white dragon in the river, and sat still.

The father and daughter slowly propped the boat, and the bamboo raft was like a leaf, gently drifting towards the opposite shore.

The third brother was on the boat. The sound of the water sounded softly in his ears, and his heart was silent, and his body seemed to float on the water. The stone walls on both sides of the bank are towering, the green pines are forested, and the beasts and apes are crying endlessly. Green and secluded. The rushing river rolled eastward, spiraling to the sky.

His gaze wandered, and he landed on the highest cliff, and suddenly exclaimed, "What is that?!" ”

High on the top of a cliff, hundreds of coffins are hoisted by ropes, and although they have passed for thousands of years, they have not withered. Miao Nu said lightly: "This is the hanging coffin of the servant, and it is the place where our ancestors are buried in the rock!" ”

This is the hanging coffin?! The third brother gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely: "I don't know how these coffins are hung to the ground, amazing, really amazing!" In the future, if I can hang here, watching the green mountains and green waters, and the rivers rushing, what a happy thing it is! ”

Miao Nu listened to him and stopped talking about money, so she didn't talk so annoyingly, nodded and said softly: "My wish is the same as yours!" ”

Not only you and me, but I'm afraid everyone in the world has similar wishes! He hummed and sighed as he looked at the stone carvings on both sides of the river, his eyes full of envy.

The girl propped up the oar with both hands, opened her lips and sang: "

Sixty and seventy died,

How many can one hundred and eighty?

The emperor also has a return date!

Who can never fall like a mountain that holds up the heavens?

Who can stand like the rock wall of the barrage?

I would like to be this Dongjiang water,

Every year it goes straight to the west! ”

Miao girls can sing and dance, and the mountain song will come when she opens her mouth, this song is elegant and lofty, and it is secretly in line with the scene, which can best provoke people's hearts. The third brother looked up at her and said enviously: "Miss, you sing so beautifully." Do the women of the Miao family have such a beautiful singing voice as you? ”

The old man who was in the water said with a smile: "Hua Jialang, my daughter is a well-known lark, I don't know how many 'Mido' like her!" ”

"Daddy-" The girl screamed hurriedly, shyly stepping on her feet, the bamboo row shook slightly, and the high commander was so frightened that she screamed.

The third brother was stunned for a moment and muttered, "Mido? I also have a lot of rice at home! ”

Miao Nu leaned back with a smile: "Miduo, this is our Miao language, in your Chinese, it is the meaning of the young man, not that you eat rice!" ”

It turned out to be such a Mido, and the third brother laughed and said: "The young man is 'Mido', so the girl should be 'Mi Shao'?" Understand, understand! ”

"It's not 'Mi Shao'," the girl said urgently: "Miao is called a girl, and it's called 'Michai'!" You're a person, do you like to be smart?! ”

As soon as she was in a hurry, the smell of Sichuan Yin Shu came out, and the third brother laughed happily: "I'm 'Mido', you are 'Michai', say it earlier, I know!" ”

Listening to his Shengchuan sound, the two of them immediately laughed heartily, which made the girl blush.

They were all young people and laughed for a while. The estrangement gradually faded, looking at the girl's crystal skin and white wrists, he was puzzled: "Miss, are you specially ferrying on this river?!" ”

Miao Nu listened to him and said "Miss". couldn't help frowning: "You are really not straightforward, I have a name!" What's your name? ”

The third brother is busy

My name is Lin Wanrong. Everyone calls me Lin San, also called Third Brother! But unknown?! ”

The girl snorted, "Don't call Miss! My father's name is Bouyi. I was born by the lotus pond, according to the customs of our Miao family, take my father's name and my birthplace, my name is Yilian! ”

"Elaine ?!" Lin Wanrong shouted: "This name is so good! God, why didn't I think of such a beautiful name?! The next time I give birth to a daughter, my name will be Lin Yilian! Wonderful. Great! ”

He was open-mouthed, Yilian blushed, and said embarrassedly: "Since your name is Lin San." Then I'll call you Third Brother! Third brother, we're not ferrymen—"

A third brother? The muscles on his face immediately twitched: "Elaine, can you remove the word 'A'?" The three words of Ah Sange, I really can't climb it! ”

Elaine looked at him puzzled: "Then I'll call you Brother Alin." Brother Alin, my father and I are not ferries, we are Miao doctors in the village, and we went up the mountain to collect medicine today. On the way back, I met you! ”

As she spoke, the bamboo raft had reached the center of the river, washed by the torrent, and the boat seemed to float and fall leaves with the wind. Violently bumped up. Gao Chief and Side were dazed and pale. His body had already begun to slide on the boat.

Daddy Buyi propped up the oars with both hands and shouted, "Elaine, get the rope quickly!" ”

Lin Wanrong reacted faster, and before the girl came to her senses, she had already snatched the rope on the bow of the boat. Staggered to the other side of the bamboo raft and struggled to tie the rope. The two of them took the opportunity to hold the rope tightly, and their bodies were about to be stabilized!

A few big waves hit. The hull rises and falls, sometimes in the air, and then to the bottom! Yilian's father and daughter held bamboo trees in their hands and slapped the waves sharply, trying their best to maintain the balance of the boat. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. Lin Wanrong grew up by the lake since she was a child, and she was excellent in water, so she hurriedly took a paddle next to her. The two of them slapped the waves together.

I don't know how long it took to be bumpy, but the boat finally passed through the waves, although it was still a little undulating, compared to Fangcai. But it is a hundred times stronger and a thousand times stronger. Lao Gao Side and the two were soaked in clothes, hugged each other tightly, panting fiercely.

Daddy Buyi gave Lin Wanrong a thumbs up and praised: "Hua Jialang, good job!" ”

Lin Wanrong smiled, sat on the boat, panting. The Jinsha River, the Min River, the Yangtze River, and the confluence of the three rivers are really thrilling!

Yilian wiped the water droplets on her face and sat beside him with a smile: "Brother Alin, I didn't expect you to be so good at water and paddle well, other Chinese families don't have your ability, even my father praises you!" ”

"That's it!" Lin Wanrong took two breaths and revealed his true form, and said triumphantly: "I have a well-known nickname, called the big tiger on the land and the little white dragon in the river, how can I be famous?!" ”

Yilian is a girl from the Miao family, with a straightforward and cute personality, she looked at him puzzled, and said very seriously: "Brother Alin, you look so black, it's not right to call the little white dragon, it's almost the same to call the little black dragon and the little oolong!" ”

Lin Wanrong's cheeks trembled, gritting her teeth bitterly, she was embarrassed to speak! Lao Gao just relieved himself, but he laughed again!

"Elaine, I see that the road is cut off on the mountain, how do you usually cross the river? If we can't cross the river, wouldn't our Xuzhou Mansion be isolated from the outside world?! The hardships on the river made Lin Wanrong remember deeply, and she hurriedly seized the time to ask.

The girl shook her head: "Usually there are no such big storms, Daddy and I can easily get through, today is because of you, there will be some trouble!" Besides, we Miao people rarely cross the river, and Master Yin is not allowed! If someone from outside comes in, then it will have to be approved by the old man before he can send a big official ship to pick them up! ”

Old man Fu Yin's grace? Lin Wanrong snorted, in this Sichuan and Shu Mansion, King Cheng has many protégés, in the past, King Cheng once threatened the lives of the Miao people, forcing An Bi to lure Lin San! It was also since that night that Sister An turned back to Miao Village in a sad mood, and Lin Wanrong naturally remembered it vividly!

At this moment, when I heard Yilian mention Fu Yin, I didn't get angry: "Yilian, Daddy Buyi, I look at your appearance, it seems that you have some resentment towards our Hua family, is someone bullying you?!" ”

Bouy shook his head and didn't speak. Elaine said lightly: "Daddy, Brother Alin helped us paddle, he doesn't look like a bad person, he shouldn't go to sue the official, oh?!" ”

Wouldn't I be a bad guy if I paddled for you? This girl is so cute, Lin Wanrong laughed, and was about to speak, but she felt that her body was heavy, and the boat had already landed!