"Mengzi, why do I feel wrong? It's been so long since we rowed, it looks like the island in the middle of the lake is still far away from us. I whispered to Niu Meng.

Niu Meng looked towards the island in the middle of the lake, "No, right?" Maybe we're rowing slowly, it's quite far. ”

"Let's take a look." With that, I asked Niu Meng to row first, put my hands into the lake by myself, and made sure that the boat was rowing forward.

After about another incense stick, Niu Meng asked, "Brother Jiu, it seems that something is wrong, it feels like we haven't moved, and Jinling City can't be seen." ”

That's when I remembered to look back, and it was pitch black behind me, and I couldn't see anything. It stands to reason that the lights at the ferry can be seen.

"Don't panic yet, take a look again, and row back this time."

Niu Meng and I rowed for a long time, but the lantern on the island in the middle of the lake was always far away from us, and the distance did not change at all. But the ship is obviously moving.

"Brother Jiu, you said we wouldn't encounter ghosts hitting the wall, right?"

Ghosts hitting the wall are not really ghosts, but it means that people walk at night, easily lose their way, and if they walk long enough, they will return to the same place and keep going in circles.

Especially on those dark nights, you can't distinguish the direction through the celestial phenomena, and you are more likely to encounter things like ghosts hitting the wall.

I've heard Nan Ya say before that he stole an ancient tomb. The ancient tomb is very delicately designed, with a staircase that cannot be walked to the end.

Later, Nan Ya found out that because the steps were designed to be very long, coupled with the dark environment of the ancient tomb, and there were many forks in the steps, if you didn't distinguish carefully, you would eventually go to the original steps.

I haven't seen it, so I can't understand what it's like to have a never-ending staircase.

But the situation that Niu Meng and I encountered was far more complicated than a ghost hitting a wall.

I thought about it, took off my coat, threw it into the lake, and said to Niu Meng, "You come to row, I'll go down to the lake and push the boat away." Now that the lake is calm, the clothes won't drift too far if they drift, and if we were spinning in place, we should be able to see the clothes. ”

After saying that, I jumped into the lake, grabbed the stern of the boat with both hands, and used my feet to push the boat to row.

As I moved forward, I looked back at the clothes I had thrown away, and it was indeed getting farther and farther away from us, until I slowly lost sight.

In this way, the two of us advanced for another half hour, and not only did we not find my clothes again, but the location of the red lantern on the island in the middle of the lake still did not change.

"Brother Jiu, are you still scratching?"

I got back into the boat and rowed back, we've been rowing for more than an hour. This time, I will go back for the same time, and if I can't go back, I won't leave, and wait until dawn. ”

Niu Meng didn't say anything, and the two of us started to paddle back again.

Along the way, Niu Meng began to sing with his broken gong voice again, and I didn't care about him, I was hoping that he would make some noise and see if he could attract something to come, even if it was to attract some fish.

I don't know how long it has been, anyway, at least one hour, or maybe two hours, I still can't see Jinling City, except for the two red lanterns on the island in the middle of the lake, I can't see anything around.

Niu Meng said that his arms were sore and he couldn't move.

I took off my clothes, wrung them out, and put them behind my head as a pillow, "Sleep, wait until dawn." ”

Niu Meng estimated that he was really tired, and he snored after lying down for a while.

I stared at the dark sky, not sleepy at all.

Except for the snoring of the cows, the silence was terrible.

I stared at the dark sky for a long time, felt bored, didn't feel sleepy, closed my eyes and fell asleep.

In a daze, I felt as if the boat was moving, and it was very fast.

When I opened my eyes, I couldn't see anything in the darkness in front of me, and I wanted to move, but my whole body seemed to be frozen, and I couldn't move, even my fingers couldn't move.

I could feel the boat rowing very fast, but I couldn't shout if I wanted to, but the snoring of the cow was still around.

In this way, after another half an hour, the boat suddenly stopped, and I regained consciousness, and quickly sat up and woke up Niu Meng.

Niu Meng rubbed his eyes, "Isn't it still dawn...... Brother Jiu, are you back? ”

Niu Meng pointed to the side, his expression very surprised.

I turned my head to look and saw that we were only a few feet away from the ferry port of Yongquan Lake, and there were two red lanterns hanging in front of the ferry, much like the two lanterns we saw on the island in the middle of the lake before.

What surprised me even more was that not far behind the ferry was Jinling City, and the tall city walls could be faintly seen. From the city gate, you can also see part of the street, which is full of lights and people.

"Mengzi, something is wrong, this doesn't seem to be the ferry port of Yongquan Lake...... "I drank alcohol before, and now I can see clearly. I remember very well that the timber at the Yongquan Lake ferry was not so new, and this ferry was as if it had just been built.

On top of that, when we both came, where were the red lanterns hanging at the ferry?

"It doesn't matter if it's or not, just go up and see if you know." Niu Meng began to paddle to the shore as he spoke, and I hurriedly put on my clothes.

I was afraid that Niu Meng would be worried, so I didn't tell him about the speeding of the boat just now.

Soon, the two of us docked, and just after tying up the boat and preparing to jump onto the ferry, there was a loud shout from behind us, "Who's coming?" ”

When I looked back, I saw that the shore was densely packed with people, all of whom looked like ordinary people.

At the head was an old man, who was also very strange, and looked to be at least seventy or eighty years old, but his hair and beard were black, and his eyebrows were very long.

"Who is coming, who is the Yamen." Niu Meng scolded back loudly, he is like this, if the other party is an officer and soldier, he will be polite, but the other party is the people, if you scold me, I will scold back.

I patted Niu Meng and whispered to remind Niu Meng, "Don't speak, I always feel wrong." ”

Then he smiled and handed the waist card that Yao Xiaomei gave me to the old man, "Old man, we are going to the Drunken Immortal Tower." ”

The old man took the waist card and looked at it, nodded, and handed it back to me, "Since it is Lord Yao's intention, let me come." ”

After saying that, he waved his hand at the crowd behind him, and the group dispersed.

I went ashore with the ox and followed the old man into the city.

When you come to the city gate, the tall city gate is engraved with two words "Jinling".

Niu Meng was stunned and tugged at my clothes, "Nine...... Brother Jiu, isn't this right...... The plaques at the city gate have been replaced with Jinling? Shouldn't it be Yingtian? ”

"Don't ask, just follow along." I'll go back to Niu Meng.

It's not just that Yingtian has been replaced with Jinling, the wall tiles of this Jinling City look new, and there are guards at the door, and the clothes worn by the guards are indeed the clothes of the Ming Dynasty guards.

But these guards give me a strange feeling, like I don't feel a sense of popularity in them.

The old man didn't know what to say to the guard, but the guard nodded, and the old man took us in.

After entering the city, the people around me were staring at me and Niu Meng, pointing and not knowing what they were talking about.

I saw a little girl eating a string of sugar gourds in her hand, and the hawthorn on the sugar gourd had eyes and a mouth.

The middle-aged male shopkeeper who sold silk stood at the door and bared his teeth at me and the cow, his teeth were particularly sharp, like dog's teeth.

"First time?" The old man in front of him suddenly opened his mouth to ask, but he didn't stop or look back.

"Hmm."

"Dare to ask the son's name."

"The old man is polite, it's just a cheap name, Nanjiu."

"Oh, Nan. Who are you? ”

"Brother."

"I see, since it's the first time I've come, I'll tell you some rules. You can have as much fun as you like here, except for the palace, you can go to all other places in the city.

Here you can taste the best food in the world, meet the beautiful girl, and enjoy the life of the gods, and the price is only a bowl of blood.

However, you can only stay for one night, and the next day someone will give you a ride away, and you won't remember what happened tonight. Do you understand? ”

"Old man, dare to ask what kind of place this is?"

"Oh? Don't you know? ”

"I haven't heard of it."

The old man suddenly laughed, "Bai Yujing in the sky, five cities on the twelfth floor." The immortals caressed my top, and my hair was immortalized. ”