"A river stretches for thousands of miles,

Heroes gather in nine cities.

3,000 BMWs came out together,

Wipe out the evil spirits in the world. ”

Qi Fei stood under the city gate, looked up at the two quaint characters on the city tower: "Jiangcheng", and couldn't help but think of the song "Chu Jiangfu".

This poem has a history of nearly 3,000 years, and it is rumored that it was composed by Jiu Aotian, the lord of Chu City, after the great war 3,000 years ago.

The nine cities of Chujiang are located in the Central Plains, and their geographical location is extremely important, and they are one of the main battlefields of the Great War that year. It is rumored that at that time, the people of Jiucheng were slaughtered by the demon army nearly half, and the blood dyed the Chu River water red, and the city lord of Chucheng at that time, Jiu Aotian, gave an order, and the heroes of Jiucheng responded to the call of a thousand people, and three thousand heroes under his leadership, rode a BMW, stood out of the encirclement, and went straight into the camp of the demon army like a sharp knife.

The three thousand heroes were all masters in the nine cities of the Chu River, and after three days and three nights of endless fighting, they finally repelled the demon army and saved the tens of millions of people on both sides of the Chu River. In order to commemorate the heroes who died in battle among the three thousand heroes, Jiu Aotian composed this "Chu Jiang Fu", which was finally passed down from generation to generation by the people of Chu Jiang Jiucheng.

There are nine cities on the Chu River, Jiangcheng is the southernmost city, and there are eight cities to the north, with Chu City as the center, and surround it.

Qi Fei retracted his thoughts, walked between the two rows of soldiers defending the city, and entered this thousand-year-old city that had experienced a baptism of blood.

When he entered the city, the first thing he had to do was to find a tavern, and where there was a tavern, he could find the wandering Taoist.

After some inquiry, he walked all the way along the main city avenue and walked into the first tavern closest to the south gate of Jiangcheng.

When the guy in the tavern saw a guest coming in, he immediately came up to greet him, and he was extremely enthusiastic, as if the little two and the guy in the world were so enthusiastic.

Sure enough, as he expected, in the corner of the tavern, the wandering Taoist was looking up at the rosacea nose and was very happy, and there were two large wine jars poured on the table, which must have been his results.

Qi Fei walked over, snatched the wine gourd in his hand, and scolded and scolded: "I'm really blind, I actually found a heartless master like you!"

Yunyou Daoist was not drunk, squinted a pair of small eyes and said: "Why is the old man heartless, you see, I also left you half an altar." With that, he lifted up the half jar of wine hidden under the table and slammed it on the table, "Drink!"

Qi Fei moved the wine jar to the side and said, "Who said this!"

"Which one is that?", the wandering Taoist asked, shaking his head.

"How can that Hong Sanniang be as easy to deal with as you say, I almost fell into her hands, you are good, and you are still in the mood to get drunk here. ”

Yunyou Daoist grinned, snatched the wine gourd in his hand, and said proudly: "Aren't you good, Master, how can I be willing to let you die, if you don't have it, who will roast me game in the future!"

Qi Fei didn't bother to pay attention to him, and called to the other side: "Xiao Er, bring me a bowl of Yangchun noodles and put less salt." ”

"Tell me what's wrong with that little fox?"

"Little fox!" Qi Fei glanced at him, and then said, "You can't fall in love with that red third lady, right?"

Yun You immediately blew his nose and glared, and scolded: "Hey, you stinky boy, the old man has always been decent, and the least greedy thing is beauty, even if I want to find a wife, I won't look for a product like Hong Sanniang." ”

"Since you are not greedy for beauty, why do you start drooling at the mention of Hong Sanniang!"

Yun You was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to react, and he quickly wiped the corners of his mouth and chin, and explained: "That's wine, I'm hungry for wine." ”

"It's not that you don't look down on Hong Sanniang, but your body is not good, what a powerful character Hong Sanniang is, just tossing it twice can make you unbearable. ”

The two of them unconsciously talked about this kind of topic, and it was so obvious and explicit, that it immediately attracted the guests in the tavern to look at them and point at them and laugh at them.

Qi Fei picked up the hot noodles, didn't like to burn his mouth, and ate them directly, and said while eating: "When I finish eating, let's leave quickly, so as not to be embarrassed here, maybe it won't be long before the woman chases after her." ”

Yun You still shook his head with great enjoyment next to him, and returned: "What's the hurry, it's hard to come to Chujiang Nine Cities, let's have a few more days of fun." ”

Qi Fei was suddenly stunned for a moment, so much so that he forgot to swallow the noodles he had just eaten in his mouth, and a question suddenly popped up in his mind because of the words of the wandering Taoist:

Where is your destination?

When he left Shiyun Town not long ago, he often thought about this question and asked it often, but after a long time, every time the answer of the wandering Taoist was the same sentence: "How big the world is, the four seas are home, where we haven't been, where is our destination." ”

So, gradually, he stopped asking, because even the Yunyou Daoist himself didn't know the answer to this question, what "the world is big, the four seas are home" can't be counted as an answer at all, it can only be regarded as a direction, a direction pointing to the answer or the destination.

But today he suddenly remembered this question again, and he racked his brain again to think about it, but finally did not come up with an answer. He didn't know where he was going in the end, and he didn't know what the rest of his life would be like.

However, not only him, but who knows what his life will be like in the future!

He said to himself in his heart, "If there is no answer, will we not go on forever, and there will never be an end until the day when I die of old age." ”

Yunyou Daoist naturally didn't know what Qi Fei was thinking at this time, so he took a sip of wine lightly and said to himself: "Three thousand BMW horses are out together, and the evil demons in the world will be wiped out! ”

"The Nine Cities Conference?", Qi Fei quickly swallowed the noodles in his mouth and asked, "What is the Nine Cities Conference, why have I never heard you say it?"

Without waiting for the Yunyou Daoist to explain, the guest at the table next to him asked, "Little brother is from out of town, right?"

Qi Fei hugged his fist at the man and nodded yes.

The man cupped his fists in return, and then said: "No wonder little brother, you don't know about this Nine Cities Conference, the Nine Cities of Chujiang have produced heroes from generation to generation, and the Nine Cities Conference will be held every three years, which is the event that we Chujiang people are most looking forward to." ”

Qi Fei turned his head to look at Yunyou Daoren, and when he saw him smiling and nodding, he asked, "May I ask this eldest brother, what is this Nine Cities Conference for?"

"The strong people of Chu Jiang gathered in Chu City to discuss and learn. When the man said this, his face involuntarily showed a look of pride and pride.

"Oh. Qi Fei said in his heart, that is, the heroes of the nine cities of Chujiang sat together to talk about the Dao, and then competed in martial arts.

"The Nine Cities Conference is held every three years, and the two of you are lucky to be able to catch up with this year's event. ”

Qi Fei immediately asked, "What does this big brother mean is that the Nine Cities Conference happened to be held this year?"

"That's right, and just half a month later, now the masters of the Nine Cities have begun to go to Chu City, and the people of Chu Jiang have also gone to Chu City one after another. ”

Qi Fei didn't expect that his luck was really good, to say that the event that was only held once in three years was not to say that he could run into it.

He turned his head and asked, "Master, are you going?"

The wandering Taoist smiled and said nothing, but the meaning was very clear.

"If you don't want to miss this event, you might as well join us, a few of us are natives of Jiangcheng, not only can we lead the way, but we can also tell you the story of our Chujiang on the way. ”

When Qi Fei heard this, it would be great if he could do this, so he immediately hugged his fists and thanked him, and saluted him with wine.

After they had eaten and drunk, they set off on the road together.

The Chu River is a branch of the great river Tang River, the upstream is in the southwest, the downstream is in the northeast, Jiangcheng is in the upper reaches of the Chu River, and Chucheng is located in the middle reach, the best way to get to Chucheng from Jiangcheng is to take a boat.

Most of the cultivators have flying beast mounts, and their speed is naturally extremely fast, while for ordinary people, they can only take boats without flying beasts.

In fact, there are still many advantages of taking a boat, especially the Chujiang River is wide, the water potential is gentle, there are few rapids and waterfalls along the river, the boat runs on it, such as walking on the ground, and the scenery on both sides of the river is beautiful, and it is early summer, sitting on the bow of the boat, letting the cool breeze blow on the face, it is really enjoyable.

A flat boat sailed away from the Jiangcheng wharf, the boat was spacious, just enough to sit five people, plus the boatman who shook the pulp, it was not too crowded at all.

The young man sat at the stern of the boat, took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and flowed like a child in the cool river, looking at the more than ten small boats on the river in the distance, and suddenly found that the rivers and mountains under his feet were so beautiful.

The sunset is gradually setting, the afterglow dyes the sky in the west, reflected on the surface of the river, swaying and floating with the water waves, sometimes broken, sometimes gathered, sometimes converged, but it is like a human sophistication, sometimes gathering and sometimes scattering, clutching continuously.

The banks were lush and green, and the poplars were in rows, gradually turning into outlines as the light dimmed, and the old man who shook the paddle put down his oars and lit an oil lamp to hang on the bow of the boat.

After a while, the fish were attracted by the light and swam over, only to see the old man cast the fishing net, dozens of fresh fish were caught, he picked seven or eight of the most delicious and put them in the fish basket, and the rest were put back into the Chu River again.

The old man shook the pulp for decades, and naturally ate fish for decades, and in less than half an hour, seven or eight fresh fish were stewed by him to the fullest aroma, which aroused everyone's appetite, and even those who had just eaten couldn't help but want to have another bowl.