The Hot Water Mountains stretch for hundreds of miles.

Merchant ships docked at the ferry port at the junction of the three counties tonight.

According to the boatman's words, he will be able to reach Luohe City at dusk.

As for why I didn't go on the boat tonight, it was probably because of the tiring boat, which was originally a human behavior, and it was understandable to find a place to stay overnight.

The ferry port at the junction of the three counties is actually a huge bazaar.

Merchant ships of all sizes float on the river and travel from place to place at the ferry.

The people of the three counties are in their own faction, and the boats are lit up with lights, selling famous local specialties, which is extremely lively.

The four of them stayed on the boat, watching the boats slowly shuttling on the river.

Brother Xiao was awakened by the sound of selling, and the fishing rod in his hand had long been hooked somewhere.

The old man Murong played chess with Xiao Di, and there was a wine jug next to him, and whenever he was happy, he always had to hit the pot and drink a little wine.

The crossbowman was a little surprised, this Xiao Di's chess skills could compete with the so-called chess saint of Old Man Murong, but it was still a little bit worse.

Brother Xiao watched the two play chess with great interest at first, but in the end, he was thrown into the river by the flute because he was pointing fingers next to him.

Now he was so happy that he landed on a little woman's merchant ship.

So Brother Xiao began to "guide the country and promote words" by himself.

provoked the handsome little woman to laugh again and again.

The crossbowman watched Brother Xiao and the little woman row away, and he didn't know where this guy was going, so he just left one sentence, "The three of you will pretend to be high on the boat, and I will accompany the little girl to take a look at the scenery of this ferry market" and walked away.

As she went, the little woman turned to the crossbowman and smiled meaningfully.

The crossbowman had a bad feeling in his heart inexplicably, but the boat carrying Brother Xiao and the little woman had already disappeared into the group of ships, and the two of them could no longer be seen.

The crossbowman was about to get off the boat and chase after him, but a chess piece blocked his way.

Old man Murong looked at the chessboard and said, "Jiren has his own natural appearance. ”

The crossbowman stopped.

In front of him, a young chivalrous man with extraordinary skills, an eccentric old man who does not show his mountains and waters, the chivalrous man may still be hidden, and the old man is not just a chess player.

Since the two of them have the intention to stop it, then they must have the bottom in their hearts, even if the crossbow man insists on chasing him, it will be in vain to think about it, it is better to calm down and take a look at this prosperous business scene.

The crossbow man let go of his worries, lay down on the bamboo chair, and heard that there was a merchant under the ship who was selling, and threw a coin to the merchant on the ship, and asked him to come with some fruit to dissipate heat.

After a while, a man carried a basket of local fruits such as lychees and pipa on the boat with a smile on his face, and a young man behind him carried a large watermelon.

The crossbowman hurriedly got up to pick it up.

The man smiled even more happily, and it looked particularly abrupt on that swarthy face.

The man's mouth was full of praise and good-heartedness, so he didn't get his hands dirty.

But how did the crossbow man know what he was talking about, Luonan County was originally located in southern Xinjiang, and there are so many hidden ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang, each ethnic group has a different language, and many people here are left over from the migration of various ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang.

Even if Yan Li implements the official language system of one country, for these people, they will have that flavor when they speak, and after a long time, they will form a speech, and Yan Li's officials can only let it go.

After the crossbowman took the basket and put it down, the man hurriedly urged the young man behind him.

The boy placed the watermelon on the small table next to the bamboo chair and smiled at the crossbowman.

The crossbowman looked at the basket full of fruits that were about to explode the edge of the basket, and then looked at the watermelon that was the size of three or four heads, and felt that he had taken a big advantage.

Then he took out a coin from between his sleeves and handed it to the merchant.

The man tried his best not to refuse, and said something in his mouth, but seeing that the little Taoist had no reaction, he insisted on giving himself a fortress, and hurriedly said a few words to the young man on the side.

The young man held back his throat and said in an extremely lame Yan Liguan dialect: "Daddy said, Xiaodao Chang's coin is already a big advantage for us in exchange for these things, why don't you know yet." ”

The crossbowman was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and said with a smile: "Little brother told your father that this coin should be the basket of money." ”

The young man wanted to say something more, looked at the man who was staring at him on the side, and said a few words to the man.

The man reluctantly accepted it.

After the man and the boy thanked the crossbowman, they got off the boat.

The crossbowman casually took a few strings of lychees from the basket and moved the basket to the side of the chessboard.

After two more glances, I felt bored.

Only then did he lie back on the bamboo chair and glanced around, his heart empty.

He opened a lychee and was about to throw it into his mouth, but the corner of his eye was deflated, but he found that there was a basket of objects on the edge of the boat.

The crossbowman walked to the edge of the basket and saw that most of it was local specialties such as honey and water wine, but there was no fruit.

He looked up and saw a man and a teenager smiling at him on a small boat in the middle of the river, and the smile no longer seemed abrupt on the two dark faces, but was extremely simple and heartwarming.

The crossbowman took out a pot of water and wine from the basket, waved it towards the middle of the river, and watched the man and the boy leave.

The crossbowman lay on the bamboo chair, no longer looked at the night scene in the river, closed his eyes, smiled on his mouth, and slowly fell asleep.

In fact, people's hearts should be like this, interests should never be put in the first place, whether it is honest with anyone, then others will naturally remember your goodness, and find ways to repay you, then even a small thing is enough to warm a person for a long time, or even a lifetime.

Just as the crossbowman never thought of taking advantage of the father and son, and the father and son, thinking that they had taken advantage of him, carried all the fruit on the ship to him; Later, the crossbow man felt that he had taken advantage of it, so he felt that he should make up for it, so he gave an extra coin, and after the father and son took the coin, they knew that they were ashamed of it, so they emptied all the belongings on the ship in return.

As for who took advantage of whom in the end, there is no need to care about this, even if the father and son still have reservations, even if the crossbow man is just a good heart, how can there be so much, even if they are warm.

The world is big, we should always think about the good, there are many people with ulterior motives, but good people must account for the majority.

Walking the rivers and lakes, nothing more than that, using more snacks, suffering is also a blessing.

One night at the ferry in Sanxian County, the crossbowman was surrounded by dreams, and he didn't wake up until the boat began to travel to the center of the river.

In addition to the large watermelon, there was a letter on the table.

The two were still playing against each other, not knowing that the river outside the boat was choppy, and there were so many delicate rivers and mountains on both sides of the boat.

The crossbowman opened the envelope, and a few lines of words were written indiscriminately on a piece of rice paper:

Brother Xia'er, the eldest brother has gone to Luohe City first, it is expected to be only fast and not slow, and when he arrives in Luohe City, he will find water and find pleasure, and you and I will live in the beautiful building.

At the end of the letter is a big smiling face, crooked.

It is not difficult for the crossbow man to think that when Brother Xiao was painting this smiling face, his mind had already flown to Luohe City, but after thinking about it, he felt that there were many suspicions in this matter.

Brother Xiao said in the letter that he would arrive in Luohe City before the crossbowmen, so he should have left last night, but last night the ferries of the three counties did not sail through the big boats and big ships that traveled long distances, and some would also dock in the ferry for the night, so the possible reason is that there were boats waiting in front of them.

Looking at Brother Xiao's handwriting again, it is indeed from him, but as far as the crossbow man knows, Brother Xiao has always scoffed at the ink of the dance text, and he writes nonsense, and after he writes it, he has to scribble and change it, and add some of his own mood symbols, and those lines of words are not like this, although they are messy, they are almost all smooth.

So the question is, since the letter is definitely written by Brother Xiao, but why is the contrast so big, the crossbowman has a little headache when he thinks about it.

In the end, I didn't think about it directly, and after reading the letter, I casually threw the envelope and stationery into the river, and watched the two pieces of paper drift with the water and slowly sink.

The crossbowman's mood became heavy, and he completely lost the comfort he felt when he woke up.

The boat out of the hot water mountain range, is the southern boundary of the territory, at a glance the hills and valleys, but there is no such high mountains and mountains.

The Luo River flows all the way to the west, and the flow speed is more gentle, as if it is still.

When it comes to passing through the hills, there is a flat river in front of you.

This is a rare terrain in southern Xinjiang, which can be extended to the capital of Nanyun, and it is not difficult to think why King Yan moved his capital here.

Surrounded by mountains, it can be blocked by natural dangers, and the water and soil in the middle are abundant, which can be developed, making the capital more worthy of its name.

From a distance, above the flat river, a city gradually came into view.

The crossbowman looked at the city worriedly, from small to large.

On the side, the old man Murong and Xiao Di also put away the chessboard.

The three of them stood on the edge of the boat, looking at the city under the sunset, magnificent and exquisite.

There are more and more boats around, different sizes, and occasionally whistling by, and the laughter of handsome men and beautiful women comes from the boat.

Xiao Di asked on the side, "Brother Murong, what are the customs and customs here?" ”

Old man Murong looked at the city in the distance and said, "It's better than the Xichuan barbarian." ”

Xiao Di smiled and was noncommittal, "Brother Murong played black chess last night, but one was missing at the critical moment, so you were able to revitalize that game of chess, I don't know if you can talk to Zaixia." ”

The old man Murong turned his head and said angrily: "It's clear that you kid took advantage of the old man's inattention to steal the day, if it weren't for the old man, I suddenly found out, you would still be able to rely on it." ”

Xiao Di was completely speechless, and turned to the little Taoist and said: "Little crossbow brother, Xiao Mou has followed all the way, you have not asked the reason, it is already a favor, if you have a place to get Xiao Mou in the future, just open your mouth." ”

The crossbow man clenched his fists and nodded, but he didn't speak, but he didn't want to have too much intersection with this person.

The crossbow man thought about it, and still said the worry in his heart, "You say, will something really happen to Brother Xiao?" ”

Old man Murong still said, "Ji people have their own natural appearance." ”

Xiao Di said: "Brother Xiao has a straightforward temperament, and nothing will happen to him. ”

The crossbow man didn't ask again, but he was still worried in his heart, after all, Brother Xiao was not a brother to him, but he was already like a brother, if something happened to his relatives, anyone could be at ease.

It's just that the crossbowman doesn't want to say it anymore, but he's afraid that he really says it to himself.

The three of them looked at the scene of the twilight in Luohe City until the boat stopped at the official ferry under Luohe City.