Volume 2 The Customs of the Kingdoms Chapter 122 The Fish Ring

The Langbei River starts from Xinlu, crosses Shuiyue, passes through the border of Daxun, passes through here in the north, and then pours into Daqin, and finally goes straight to the ocean in the far north.

At this time, the Langbei River is flowing endlessly, and from time to time it beats a wave, in which occasionally a water demon floats on the surface of the river, fluttering one or two, and then sinks into the bottomless river.

No one knows how long the Langbei River is, but the width can peek one or two, the narrowest part of the river can have several miles, the rapid flow of the river, the water potential is fast, the widest place is dozens of miles, and you can't see the end at a glance.

At this time, there is a red light boat on the North River in this cage, which is going down the river, so it is not fast.

It is said that it is a light boat, but it is also six or seven zhang long, and the light boat of more than ten meters is not small, and there is a middle-aged man standing on it, and the water blue vitality around the body is uncertain, floating on the water surface, making the boat go more lightly.

Hei Feng sat in the corner of the boat, staring at the river, and then his eyes lit up, and he grabbed a silver-white paw print, and caught a big fish of nearly one meter from under the water.

He smiled slightly, and smiled at Qin Qing: "Brother Qin, you have a good day today!"

As soon as Qin Qing's aqua blue vitality was collected, he also chuckled: "This cage fish is a major feature of the cage Beijiang, the meat is fresh and tender, and it even has the effect of quenching the body of low-level martial artists. ”

"It's a pity that this fish is extremely alert, even if a stranger jumps into the water, he may not be able to catch one for a day of diving, but you have a keen perception, every time you shoot, you will get something!"

Hei Feng smiled unabated, the dagger in his hand appeared, cleaned up the cage fish, and said with a smile: "I'm just lucky, maybe they came here because they were attracted by Brother Qin's water vitality?"

Qin Qing shook his head, there was no response, his water was calm and calm, it was possible to speed up the boat, and it would be really a joke to attract this cage fish to come.

The black wind caused a bonfire, put the cage fish on the shelf, and asked, "I don't know where we are now, where is Brother Qin going?"

Qin Qing lightly set a fire on the bonfire, looked at the river bank and said, "We should have arrived in the Great Qin Country, I came from Shuiyue this time to go to the Great Qin Lingshuang County." ”

Black Wind concentrated on grilling the fish, but only let out a soft sigh.

"Where is Brother Li going this time?" Qin Qing said with some curiosity.

"Liang Qi!

"That's a bit far, and besides, this boat can't reach Liangqi. Qin Qing looked at Hei Feng's somewhat puzzled eyes, and continued: "The further north, the colder the climate, the calmer the water potential of the Langbei River, the fewer water demons there are, but there are more and more big demons, there are many big demons in the Tianxing Realm, and they rashly pass by by boat, just giving those big demons a tooth sacrifice." ”

"The ocean in the extreme north is the holy land of the water tribe, and some of the big demons in it can also gallop in the Central Plains, and the cage north river that leads to the extreme north ocean naturally has many demon clans gathered. ”

A flash of surprise flashed on Hei Feng's face, as if he didn't expect the Langbei River to be so dangerous, and immediately asked humbly, "Then where should I return from here?"

"In a hundred miles we will be able to go ashore!"

"Huh?" Black Wind obviously didn't expect to be able to go ashore so quickly, even if they were thousands of miles away from the far north, how could they go ashore so early?

Qin Qing sighed slightly, and said to Hei Feng: "Brother, you are not a person from Great Qin, so you don't know, a hundred miles ahead, the two banks of the Langbei River have shrunk, only three miles wide, and the world also calls it Sanlikou, the water potential is turbulent, it can be called the most in the north of the cage!"

Hei Feng understands now, the water is turbulent, and it is not suitable for boating, but it is common sense.

But how keen his perception was, he suddenly found a bitterness between the other party's eyebrows, and said in surprise: "Isn't there any hidden secret in these three mouths?"

Qin Qing was taken aback, he didn't expect that he had been captured by this young man just a little bit of heart, he was slightly shocked in his heart, but he said flatly: "After we get off the boat, my brother will know!"

All the way down the Langbei River, the distance of 100 miles has been reached in less than one day.

Hei Feng also really knew what the water was turbulent, and before he got close, the light boat was a little unstable, and it all relied on Qin Qing's water vitality to forcibly suppress the river.

After traveling for several miles, the splashes on the surface of the river have formed a whirlpool, swallowing things on the surface of the river.

In the end, Qin Qing really couldn't hold back the light boat, and the two of them were forced to get off the boat.

Hei Feng turned over and got on the horse, Qin Qing was still walking when he first met, and at this time he also discovered that the other party should have an extremely exquisite step technique, so that he could walk so leisurely.

In fact, Hei Feng dismounted and walked much faster than Hong Shan, but if you don't ride a horse, why do you want to walk?

The two of them walked through the woods by the river, and after walking only ten miles, they saw a small town with people in the distance.

The two looked at each other, and they were a little happy, you must know that the two of them have been on the cage Beijiang for several days, and they live on fish all day long, although it is an extremely delicious cage fish, they are also a little tired, not to mention that the craftsmanship of the two is not very good, even if it is a cage fish in hand, it is a mess.

At this time, there are small town people, and it is also a little happy to be able to relieve their appetite.

The town is not big, there are tens of thousands of people, and most of the people in it are surnamed Zhao, in fact, not only here, but also in the entire Great Qin, there are surnames Zhao and Qin, because Daqin has a strange surname system: Qin and Zhao are combined, and the son follows the father's surname;

It means that if a man and a woman get married, and the two are surnamed Qin Zhao, then the son follows the father's surname, if one of the two people in the marriage is not surnamed Qin Zhao, but has a different surname, regardless of whether it is male or female, the children are the same as the surname Qin Zhao, which means that unless the two people who are married are not surnamed Qin Zhao, there are only two choices for the children born: Qin or Zhao!

This has led to the fact that almost everyone in Daqin is surnamed Qin Zhao, and the cohesion is extremely strong, and the mobilization of the people by the Daqin royal family is really a shout, and Qin Zhao responds!

The two of them chose a restaurant, and they went up to have a crazy meal, with strange flavors, milky white grapes, red plum beads, kung pao hares, tiger skin peanuts, etc., and ordered more than a dozen dishes, and the straight little two looked excited.

"That's all for now. ”

Xiao'er was just about to retire, Hei Feng seemed to remember something, and said, "Wait, do you know how to make fish? I have a cage fish, can you make one or two for you?"

As soon as his voice fell, the little second ah screamed, and the recipe in his hand fell to the ground without noticing, and some of the surrounding diners also suddenly quieted down, and the dishes were not clipped, and they all looked at Hei Feng's side.

It's a little scary to be quiet for a while!

Hei Feng frowned slightly, obviously not knowing what he said wrong, but Qin Qing's face on the side changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "My brother is not a person from here, I don't know your fish ring day, and I have committed a taboo, everyone forgive me!"

The vitality in his hand flashed, and a piece of Yuan Stone appeared in his hand, gently slapped it on the table, and shouted: "Take the Yuan Stone and cook quickly!"

Whew! Everyone exhaled in unison.

In an instant, the restaurant suddenly regained its vitality, and Xiao Er picked up the Yuan Stone, looking a little excited, this is a hard-won thing, he can make a lot of money from it this time!

Many diners were discussing, more discussing where the middle-aged man had just taken out a piece of Yuan Stone, but there were extraordinary martial artists who guessed that it was a virtual stone, and showed respect to this martial artist who could hold a virtual stone.

It's just that no one noticed that a guy in the restaurant quietly slipped out of the restaurant after seeing this scene!

Hei Feng saw that the surroundings had returned to the same appearance as before, but his eyebrows did not stretch out, but asked Qin Qing in surprise: "Although I am not a person from Great Qin, but as a powerful country in the northwest, I still know a thing or two about some of his customs and customs." ”

"I know that there should be a cold food festival in Daqin this season, what is this fish ring day?"

Qin Qing sighed, and then said a little heavily: "The fish ring day in Sanlikou is the Cold Food Festival, he is different from the fire ban in the rest of Great Qin, he is forbidden to fish, and he can't even mention it." ”

Speaking of this, Qin Qing lowered his voice: "Three days later, it will be the Cold Food Festival of Daqin, and it is also the Fish Ring Day in the Sanlikou area, but people in this area generally don't wait for the Fish Ring Day to arrive, so they don't mention the word fish, let alone eat fish." ”

Hei Feng frowned, he didn't find a dish for cooking fish on the recipe just now, he thought that the people here were close to the Langbei River, and they were already tired of eating fish, but he didn't expect it to be because of the fish ring.

If it was just a simple fish ring, Hei Feng would have laughed it off, after all, each local custom is different, but looking at the performance of the diners just now, this fish ring is probably not so simple!

Looking at Hei Feng's contemplative appearance, Qin Qing sighed again, obviously guessing that the other party was doubting about the fish ring, and said slowly: "The fish ring in Sanlikou has been around for a long time, this is indeed not as simple as a simple fish ring, they will fish the ring just because of fear, and they are simply afraid of the water king!"

"Shuijun?"

"The water in Sanlikou is turbulent, one is because of the terrain, the two banks are narrow, resulting in the river being turbulent, and the other is because of this water king. ”

"Shuijun is entrenched under Sanlikou, controlling the water potential of Sanlikou, and can easily let the river water pour back, bringing great disasters to the people on this side!"

"But this Shui Jun is also quite aware of the rules, as long as the people near Sanlikou sacrifice hundreds of boys and girls to him every year, he will not make waves, and this fish ring day is the rules set by the people in the Sanlikou area in order to screen out a hundred boys and girls, and it has been decades now. ”

Hei Feng's eyebrows have been tightly screwed together at this time, for decades, every year, hundreds of boys and girls are screened?

In the end, he still couldn't hold back and asked, "How to screen boys and girls?"

This time, Qin Qing did not hesitate, and replied directly: "Naturally, it is to screen those who do not abide by the rules of the Fish Ring Day, it is forbidden to mention fish and eat fish on the Fish Ring Day, and the violator's family will contribute to the boys and girls of this year, even if they don't, they will contribute when you have them." ”

"Therefore, everyone stopped mentioning fish and eating fish early before the arrival of the fish ring day, because they were afraid that the fish ring day would violate the fish ring day and bring disaster to the family!"

"Even, if it weren't for their land to rely on the Beijiang River, where fish is their main source of income and subsistence food, I'm afraid they would have been eager not to eat or mention it from beginning to end for a year, so as not to break the precepts!"

Black Wind wanted to ask something more, but the next moment it was interrupted by a somewhat sharp and sad voice.

"Sir, help us!"