Leaving the Black River, we hired a car and headed north to a small but small village by the river, like a small port.

After we found a hotel to stay, Pan Haigen sent his companion Ah Sheng out, and after a while, he brought back two people, one old and one young, who were said to be our guides this time.

After a day's rest here, and some supplies, we got on the guide's fishing boat and set off.

The two guides, the old one is about fifty years old, but he looks more like he is in his sixties, his surname is Huang, because he has been begging for a living on the river all his life, and the people here call him Lao Fish. may have been mixed on the river for half his life, his face is full of vicissitudes of wind and frost, and his body is full of scars, but his body is very strong, and his eyes are always half-squinted, but when he looks at people, his eyes are like a sharp knife.

Another person is called Dongzi, about thirty years old, is the nephew of the old fish, and is also his partner, he is short and strong, but he loves to talk and laugh.

In their mouths, I learned that this Yellow River is not the Yellow River in the Central Plains of China, but a tributary located in the Heilongjiang River Basin, called the Jingqili River, but now it belongs to Russia, so it is also called the Jieya River, and the locals here are used to calling this river the Yellow River.

Jingqili River, the name is a little unfamiliar, but it is somewhat familiar, when we went out of the boat, Dongzi pointed to the opposite side of the river bank and said, that is Jiangdong, the legendary Jiangdong Sixty-four Tun, just over there.

Ah, Jiangdong Sixty-four Tun, I thought about it, wasn't that the piece of Chinese territory that was seized by Tsarist Russia back then? Could it be that the place we are going to this time is there? (About Jiangdong 64 Tun, please Baidu by yourself.) ）

I glanced at Pan Haigen, he nodded inadvertently, I understood, it turned out that we came to Heilongjiang this time, and it turned out to be a cross-border operation.

When I looked at the two guides again, there was a calm look on their faces, and it was clear that as people who lived on this river, it should be a common thing for them to fish across the border.

I became more and more nervous, and subconsciously groped for the piece of jade through my clothes, and its origin seemed to be even more bizarre at this time.

The fishing boat sails on the Heilongjiang River, the river surface here is endless, and the vast and the sky are connected, as if it is the momentum of the sea, and the boat is sailing on the Heilongjiang River, as if it is sailing on the sea.

It was the first time I saw Heilongjiang, and I never knew the origin of this black letter, but at this time, the river water was actually black, but if you look closely, it is very clear.

Seeing that I was curious, Dongzi explained, this Heilongjiang River was originally the Qingshui River, but the surface of the river looks black, if you go up along the big river to the Luogu River, where the source of the Heilongjiang River is located, the river water is clearer. Legend has it that the place where the black dragon "bald tail Lao Li" fought the white dragon is there, and we are now going down the river, and when we reach the downstream, it is the Russian waters, and it is called the Amur River over there, and it is no longer called Heilongjiang.

Our fishing boat went down smoothly, and after traveling for a while and distance, we came to the shore to rest, and we took out our own food, and the old fish and Dongzi also took out some bacon and sausages and pickles, as well as white wine, and chatted with us while eating.

This is a deserted section of the river, looking at the north bank of Russia, only to see a large forest, lush, usually looking a little stuffy Dongzi a few sips of wine down, talk more, he saw that we are all looking at the opposite side of the curiosity, so he said to us, they have lived by the river since childhood, in fact, often in the winter when the Heilongjiang River freezes, quietly sneak to the north bank, go to the forest in Russia to play, there is actually nothing special over there.

In fact, in many border areas, there will be tacit "wild roads" between fishermen on both sides, that is, cross-border fishing, which is illegal and illegal, but the border issue has not been clear since ancient times. If you want me to say, this place was still our territory more than 100 years ago, why don't you let us go there?

The old fish took a sip of white wine, his face was a little red, he didn't have more stubble with us, listened to Dongzi's words, and only said lightly: "After crossing the river, that's your business, but I want to say it first, on the river, you have to listen to me, especially from here, if you encounter anything weird, you don't listen to me, something happens, I don't care." ”

Pan Haigen asked with interest: "Brother, what do you mean by weirdness?" ”

The old fish didn't reply to his words, looked up at the sky, stood up and said to Dongzi: "Master, work hard, you have to rush over in one go." ”

Dongzi snorted, rubbed his hands and said, "Don't worry, uncle, I understand." ”

At this time, it was getting late, and I didn't understand why I was sailing at night, and Pan Haigen's other fellow, Zhang Ye, who was long thin and withered, and who was always silent, looked at me with strange eyes and said, "Crossing the border during the day, do you want to be killed by a shot?" ”

I didn't say anything, I secretly regretted that I was so reckless, looking back, I seemed to be a small advertising salesman yesterday, walking the streets and alleys all day to pull customers, how did I become a cross-border element in the blink of an eye?

If he was really killed by a single shot, it would be even more unjust.

Pan Haigen came over, patted me and said, "Brother, don't be afraid, as long as we cross the confluence of the Jingqili River and the Heilongjiang River, we will arrive at that place, so there is only one checkpoint to break through, and that is it." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to a lighthouse in the distance, and my heart beat faster as I looked at it, and I knew that it was the border guard tower, and countless people who crossed the border to smuggle people were killed by the border guards.

The sky gradually got dark, there was no light on the dark river, and the five fingers could not be seen, the old fish gave an order, Dongzi turned off the engine, switched to the oars, and the two worked together, and our boat was so quietly, almost gliding, into the waters on the north side of the Heilongjiang River.

People at the border know that China is on the south side of Heilongjiang and Russia is Russia on the north side, so we have entered foreign waters at this time, and the lighthouse in the distance is like the one eye of a vicious beast, peeping at us in the dark, dangerous, and may appear at any time.

The fishing boat was sneaking in the dark night, just when I was engrossed in staring into the distance, the river suddenly surged, with a loud bang, the hull of the boat shook, our boat was almost slid out of the slope for dozens of meters, everyone exclaimed in a low voice, the old fish and the two hurriedly stabilized the hull, and saw a huge back on the river surface that was black but glowing with light suddenly surfaced, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"What's that?" Pan Haigen grabbed the side of the boat and asked in a low voice, but the old fish did not answer, and shouted: "Lie down, don't move, it's just a big fish, there's nothing to be afraid of." ”

But is it really just a big fish? I was shocked in my heart, what kind of fish is it, it is so huge, it has such divine power, if the force is greater just now, I am afraid that our ship will be overturned.

At this moment, the originally stable water surface suddenly stirred, and Fuyuko leaned down with a bamboo pole and shouted, "There are schools of fish crossing the river below, and the current is very fast." ”

"Steady!" The old fish only shouted two words, and hurriedly turned the rudder to avoid the fish, but at this moment, a huge suction suddenly came from the river in front of him, and from a distance, a huge whirlpool appeared on the dark river surface, which was rotating rapidly, and the surrounding river water was attracted by the whirlpool, and our boat happened to be on the edge of the whirlpool!

Dongzi's expression changed suddenly, and he exclaimed, "Those fish are hiding from that whirlpool, uncle......"

The old fish stood on the wobbling bow of the boat, as if walking on the ground, and glared: "Panic, light the fire, give enough horsepower, and rush out." ”

"Okay." Dongzi shouted, pulled the engine hard, and as soon as the rudder knob turned, the fishing boat immediately deflected and accelerated and rushed out.

But at the same time, the gravitational pull of the whirlpool suddenly increased, and I had already panicked, clung to the side of the ship, and looked back, stunned, unable to believe my eyes.

In the whirlpool, a huge black and heavy thing slowly rose up and kept rotating in the whirlpool.

I exclaimed, "What kind of monster is that......"

The old fish turned around when he heard the sound, lifted the fishing lantern and shone it from afar, but saw that the thing seemed to be a boulder, covered with aquatic plants and other things, but glowing with blood-red light, in the night sky, this strange thing slowly rose from the whirlpool in the heart of the river, and it looked simply eerie.

"Oh no, that's the legendary Blood Mill ......" the old eld's voice sank.