One day in October of the fifth year of the liberation, on the Yangtze River, where the water was not rippling, a flat boat went downstream.

Three young men were talking on their knees in the dark canopy.

While speaking, a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, five big and three thick, leaned out of the cabin, stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the rolling river in front of him, and asked the captain at the stern of the boat in a loud voice: "Boatman, where should I go ahead?" ”

The captain stopped, straightened up and looked around, then bowed down again and replied, "This is the Xiangfan realm, probably almost to Jiangling." ”

The young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes said to the two companions in the cabin without looking back: "Bohan, Zicheng is in distress, do you want to go home and report the news?" ”

The three people in the cabin were silent, and their faces were sad.

Jiang Yanzhao had been left in an unknown mound in the north of Fuzhou forever, and tens of thousands of Ming army brothers were accompanied by him, and he would not be too lonely on the road to Huangquan, but Jiang Yansi didn't know how to tell the news to his family at all.

Grandpa is old, and Jiang Yansi is afraid that he will not be able to withstand the blow.

I'm afraid this matter can only wait for the imperial court to send someone to inform you. Jiang Yansi sighed in his heart.

"Bohan, people can't be resurrected after death, you have to look at the point, Zicheng died for the country, and died as he deserved." Zhu Guichao opened his mouth and comforted Jiang Yansi softly.

"That is, people can't die on the ground, and after eighteen years, they will be a good man." The young man who questioned the captain turned into the cabin and said.

"Disheng, shut up." Zhu Guichao glared at Zhu Guilin and scolded.

Although Zhu Guilin has a violent temperament, he has been afraid of his brother Zhu Guichao since he was a child, and he is angry when he sees him. had to shrink into a corner and stop talking.

"Disheng is a rough man, Bo Han must not take it to heart."

Jiang Yansi shook his head slightly. said: "It's okay, Disheng is right, since I joined the army, I know in my heart that sooner or later there will be such a day, I am just worried about my grandfather, afraid that he will not be able to withstand the blow." ”

"Hey......." Zhu Guichao also sighed when he heard this.

The three of them fell silent and did not mention getting off the boat halfway. Returning to Padang Province to pro-family.

These three people were ordered to go to Jinling to meet Jiang Yansi, Zhu Guichao, and Zhu Guilin.

Because of his injury, Ding Sijin was transferred from Fuzhou to Taiyuan Mansion, and went south to Jinling through the Zhou State.

And Jiang Yansi and the three of them asked Ding Sijin for leave. I want to go back to Padang and report the death of my brother Jiang Yanchao.

It's just that when people go to Padang, they lose the courage to go ashore.

All three of them stopped talking, except for the sound of the running water caused by the rowing of the boat. There was silence.

The river is much wider. The number of large and small ships gradually increased, scattered on the surface of the river, and only the shape could be faintly distinguished.

Because of the calm weather, the ship moved very slowly, and from a distance, it looked as if it was anchored in the river.

"Three Xiaolang, please sit down, it seems that the wind is about to rise." The rowing captain shouted.

Really. Just a moment later, the boats on the river suddenly became sideways. The rhythm of the undulating waves also suddenly accelerated, and the three people in the cabin were huddled together for a while, and then staggered back and forth, and were dizzy and dizzy, as if they were about to vomit out their internal organs.

Even the captain didn't dare to stand at the stern anymore, squatted down, grabbed the boat with both hands, and lost the leisure and self-confidence of Fang Cai.

It's also a shame that the three of them have grown up in the water town since they were young and are familiar with the nature of the water, otherwise, this river wave is enough to vomit in the dark.

The huge waves set off by the strong wind can be a foot high, and the boat can be easily wrapped up, and then thrown down heavily, a little small boat on the river overturned, and the people on it instantly disappeared into the water, and there was no trace to be found.

A white light broke through the sky, and its light was so strong that you could feel it even when you closed your eyes.

The storm comes and goes as fast as it comes.

After a while, the wind was far away, and the three of them opened their eyes, fixed their minds, made sure that they were still alive, and looked at each other and smiled.

The three of them climbed into the cabin and poked their heads out to look at the river, only to see that the waves had calmed down as before, and a few scattered planks were floating on the water, proving that the storm had come.

"Today, Zhenxuan, so many ships have capsized, and our ship has nothing to do." The captain rejoiced.

"What the hell, guess what I just saw?" The captain straightened the oar and said: "When the wind blew just now, my hand was not steady, and I almost fell into the water. I've been rocking the boat for half my life, and I've never seen such a big storm a few times, and it seems that God has blessed us with this catastrophe. I often hear the old people say that there is a white python in the river near here, and it will be stormy as soon as it shows its shape. ”

"You can't recognize the python god even when you meet it, who called you a mortal with the naked eye?" Zhu Guilin, the rough man among the three, said disdainfully.

Seeing that he meant to make fun of himself, the captain lowered his face and said, "I am a mortal with the naked eye, and I want to ask you, what does this python god look like?" How many heads? How many eyes? ”

Zhu Guilin saw the captain raising the bar with him, and said casually: "The python god is not a monster, and he doesn't have any strange appearance, just like us, they are all one head and two eyes." ”

The captain was still not convinced, and said: "As soon as you say it out of thin air, I will also listen to it as a joke, saying that I am a mortal fetus with the naked eye, can you chat and eat with the python god?" ”

Zhu Guilin smiled and said, "That's not all, I still sleep with him and travel in the same boat." ”

The captain didn't believe it, just smiled and shook his head, and bowed his head to row.

Zhu Guilin saw that his father didn't believe it, and said: "You have walked on this river for so many years, haven't you heard that there is a python god in Badong County?" ”

The captain raised his head suddenly, his eyes widened, and he said with excitement on his face: "Could it be that you are the Jiang family Xiaolang who was reincarnated by the heavenly python in Padang?" The captains along the river knew about it. ”

Zhu Guilin cracked his mouth, pointed at Jiang Yansi and said to his father-in-law: "Today you have seen the real person, this is the Jiang family Xiaolang who was reincarnated by the white python you said in your mouth, your boat didn't capsize just now, and I think it was because he ...... on the ship." ”

When the captain heard this, he hurriedly bowed down on the deck, thanking him more than once.

There was a sound of the river, the bank was broken for thousands of feet, and in the blink of an eye, the boat had sailed upstream, disappearing between the water and the sky.

In the second year of the Later Tang Dynasty (935), the autumn in Padang came exceptionally early, and it was already cold and sad just after the autumn equinox.

In previous years, as long as there was no frost, people would always wear single clothes and be busy in the yard, as if before the harsh winter after the scorching heat, only this season is pleasant.

However, this year's solar terms are in a hurry than in previous years, and the stinky sweat has not had time to dry out, and the accustomed autumn wind makes people shudder.

When the weather is cold, people are naturally too lazy to come out, and when the sun is not finished, they hastily end the work in their hands and close the door to have sweet dreams. (To be continued......)