At noon on this day, the sunny spring gradually became cloudy and rainy, often raining for two hours in a row, followed by a light rain.

After walking for a few days, the group came to the banks of the Yangtze River. Because of the continuous rain for a while, the roads are muddy, and the villages and towns along the river are seen from time to time preparing for floods.

The village through which they are now passing is being built beside the river. Next to the embankment, you can see the surging floodwater, which is flush with the embankment.

The carriage traveled quite slowly on the dirt road, the embankment was forty or fifty miles away, and seeing that the dark clouds in the sky were pressed and the leaves were motionless, Chu Si's carriage was also deeply immersed in the mud pit, and it took half an hour to lift the wheels out of the mud with great difficulty.

"Lord Xie," a guard in his forties hurriedly approached Xie An's side and said in a deep voice, "Look at this weather, I am afraid that there will be strong wind and rain soon." The embankment is level with the flood, and if the wind rises, if the embankment cannot withstand it, everyone will be in danger. Please tell me how to do it. ”

Xie An looked up at the cloudy sky, and then at the surging water potential of the Yangtze River.

After a while, he shook his head and said with a faint smile: "Don't be nervous, look at it, this wind won't be strong, and the rain will only be a light rain, let's move forward as usual." ”

"Yes."

"On your lord's orders, move on."

In the neat sound of promises, the group continued to move forward.

As the dark clouds in the sky accumulated, the sense of crisis of the approaching storm began to envelop the heavens and the earth.

Chu Si saw that on the embankment, there were villagers running to the high hill in front, and in the distance of the embankment and in the fields below the embankment, you could see the figures of the old and the young running around.

The transfer of the villagers once again made everyone's hearts uneasy. Facing the strange gazes cast by the villagers, as well as their whispered ridicule, even Chu Si became uneasy.

She glanced at Xie An, who was already on the horse at this time, his black clothes were spotless, his hair was scattered over his shoulders, and he was blown backwards by the wind. He still has a smile on his face, and that smile is very calm, leisurely, and makes people feel at ease.

Chu Si met his smile, just had a certain heart, and immediately thought of something: In historical records, the biggest characteristic of this Xie An is calmness, this, he won't pretend to be it, right? Actually, he wasn't much sure, was he?

Thinking about this, she became uneasy again.

Turning his head to look at Chu Si in front of him, he saw an old couple in the figure of the villagers running in a hurry. The old couple touched about sixty. The husband has gray hair and wrinkles. He was happily pulling a wooden cart, and on the car, there was an old woman in her sixties, with gray hair and a smile on her face.

The old man was thin and small, dragging his wife on the cart, swaying towards him.

Chu Si looked up at the dark clouds, as if they would let go of the pouring rain at any time, then at the fragile side of the river embankment, the lapping river, and then at the villagers who were running around in panic. Finally, I couldn't help but ask the old man: "Uncle, why is it so urgent?" ”

The old man slowly raised his eyes, rolled his eyes and glanced at Chu Si, and then changed back to black eyes facing her. He smashed his dry lips and said in a thick country accent: "Are you a Jin person?" ”

"Nature."

"Do you know the word demeanor?"

"Wind, grace?" At this time, not only Chu Si, but also the guards, including Xie An, all looked at the old man in front of them curiously.

This person's linen clothes are torn, his face is wrinkled, his old eyes are cloudy, and he is missing two front teeth when he speaks. Such a poor and ordinary old man actually mentioned the word demeanor to them?

Chu Si shook his head in astonishment and said, "I don't know." ”

The old man smashed his mouth and said slowly: "Little girl, I see that you are well dressed, and the old man will tell you." Do you know that there is a very famous and great master in my dynasty, named Xie An? ”

Chu Si quickly turned his head to look at Xie An, and saw that the smile that had been hanging on his face had disappeared, and Wen Wen's face was only curious. Then he turned to the old man again, nodded and said, "Well, this person, the little girl has heard of it." ”

Hearing that Chu Si had heard Xie An's name, the old man was very proud, he shook his head, and said slowly: "This Xie An, once took a boat with his companions and played in the river. When they came to the river, suddenly there was a strong storm. The companion screamed in fright and panicked. Do you know how Xie An did it? ”

Chu Si wanted to laugh a little, she turned her head and glanced at Xie An again, and saw that Xie An was looking at her husband seriously, looking like he was listening carefully. He couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

The old man rolled his eyes again, and said slowly, in a tone of lesson: "That Xie An, but he stood up and said: Why are you panicking? This is very ungraceful behavior, do you know? After finishing speaking, he sat back down with a calm face, and his expression was similar to that of the old man. ”

Chu Si choked, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and at this time, some of the surrounding guards couldn't help but laugh lightly. Chu Si pretended not to hear, looked at the old man and asked enthusiastically, "Then what?" The wind and waves stopped? ”

The old man shook his head and said in a tone of great admiration: "No." The wind and waves behind were even greater, and the waves were so high that they turned Xie An into the water. Do you know? That Xie An fell into the water, and he didn't call for help, and he didn't struggle, but he still laughed until he was choked by the river and fainted. ”

When the old man said this, Xie An's coughing kept coming from the side. Chu Si forcibly resisted the urge to look at him, she was afraid that she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Following Xie An's cough twice, Chu Si asked in surprise: "What about the back, Xie An drowned?" ”

The old man rolled his eyes at Chu Si widely, looked at her with slanted eyes and contempt, and said in a "stupid" tone: "Of course he is not dead, he is a famous man, and the king of Yama will not accept him easily." So a wave pushed Xie An, who was choked by the water, to the shore with a smile on his face. ”