Hangzhou is located in the north bank of the lower reaches of the Qiantang River, is the political envoy of Zhejiang, Hangzhou has a long history, was the five dynasties of Wu Yue Kingdom West Mansion and the Southern Song Dynasty Kyoto, after the Song Dynasty, there is "heaven on the top, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below" reputation, and the river is belted, the lake and the mountains are beautiful, it is "the land of fish and rice, the house of silk".

Although there was still snow on the branches on both sides of the road, the snow had melted away, and in the afternoon, a horse-drawn carriage came by the clatter. There were six people sitting in the carriage, one was a middle-aged man around forty-five years old, one was a monk about sixteen years old, and the other four people wore Taoist hats and couldn't see their appearance with veils.

The six people are Wang Hou and his party. On the morning of the seventh day of the lunar month, although Haimo graciously asked everyone to stay in Putuo Mountain for a few more days, he was refused by Zhu Zhiwanyan, he wanted to take Daofeng to return to Jiuhua Mountain as soon as possible, so as not to worry Zong Shao and others. Wang Hou saw that Uncle Zhu insisted on leaving, and also proposed that he had promised the big idiot Taoist and Master Wu to go to Lushan.

Seeing that everyone was in a hurry, Abbot Haimo no longer held back, sent to the ferry port at the foot of the mountain, and said to Wang Houhe: "Wang Shaoxia, if he is free in the future, I hope to come to this temple to stay for a few days." Wang Hou hurriedly thanked him and took out a five-color Buddha's hand from his arms: "Abbot, this five-color Buddha's hand is really a good medicine for healing, please accept it." Haimo refused to accept it, but after Wang Hou's persuasion, he thanked him and accepted it.

When everyone arrived in Ningbo by boat, it was already evening, and they met with the coachman at the inn they had agreed before, and rested for the night. Wang Hou remembered that he might be known by many people at the martial arts conference, and the three women around him were beautiful, so after discussing with them, he bought four more Taoist hats, so that he could move more freely on the road.

Because of the cold weather outside, everyone didn't go out to play, chatted for a while, and rested early. On the second day, the carriage returned, there was still a little snow on the road, it was inconvenient to walk, everyone had nothing to do anyway, simply slowed down, it turned out that five days could reach Hangzhou, but it took nine days, it was the seventeenth day of the lunar month, and everyone arrived outside Hangzhou.

Zhu Zhi has decided to take Dao Feng back to Jiuhua Mountain, and the six of them will break up in Hangzhou. Zhu Zhi and Daofeng went north through Huzhou and Xuancheng to Jiuhua, and this route was easier to walk; Wang Hou and the other four traveled westward, passing through Huangshan and Jingdezhen to Lushan. Wang Houdao: "Uncle Zhu, let's stay in Hangzhou City for one night tonight, play for a day tomorrow, and hurry up the day after tomorrow, okay?" ”

In fact, Zhu Zhi was reluctant to break up with the four of them, and before he could answer, he heard Dao Fengyan say: "Okay, there is Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, which is the oldest famous temple in the south of the Yangtze River, Uncle Zhu, we will go to worship tomorrow." ”

Zhu Zhi said with a smile: "You like to see ancient temples, but your third sister-in-law doesn't like them." Zhu Zhi touched his bald head and said, "Third sister-in-law? Who is the third sister-in-law? Zhu Zhi glanced at Liu Hanyan, but did not speak.

Liu Hanyan asked, "Uncle Zhu, who is the third sister-in-law, can you tell us...... Nerd, you tell us. Wang Hou smiled: "I don't know who the third sister-in-law is, but ...... Ziping is my eldest brother, so I call Miss Li my sister-in-law. Yan Yue is the sworn brother of the eldest brother, and he is a month older than me, so I call his second brother and Miss Ouyang the second sister-in-law. But who Daofeng's third sister-in-law is, I can't think of it. ”

Dao Feng had already understood, and grinned: "Horse, white horse......" Liu Hanyan pulled him over and pinched his nose fiercely: "Little monk, you and the nerd will learn bad sooner or later, so let's just separate now." ”

While laughing, the carriage entered the city. Wang Houdao: "I don't know if there is a salt gang rudder in Hangzhou, we don't have much silver on us, let's see if we can borrow a little from them." He was joking with everyone, but he didn't expect the coachman who was driving the car to hear it, and the coachman parked the carriage in front of a mansion, got out of the car and bowed to Wang Hou: "Special envoy, this is the Hangzhou rudder of the Salt Gang, please lend me your blue and white jade." ”

Wang Hou was stunned, and secretly said that this coachman is very shrewd, I casually said that he was serious? Take the jade from her bosom and give it to the coachman. The coachman took it, said a few words to the guard at the door, and one of them hurried in.

Everyone has gotten out of the car and waited, and the effort was not great, so they saw three people walking out of the gate quickly, and gave everyone a deep look, and the person in the middle said: "Under is Jiang Feizhou, the helmsman of Hangzhou, and these two are Qian Yong and Zhang Jin, the deputy helmsman, and they have seen the envoy of the helper, please come in." At this time, Wang Hou and the four of them were still wearing Taoist hats, and he didn't know which one was the envoy of the helper, but when he saw the dress, he knew that it was not appropriate to talk outside, so he quickly let him in.

Entering the gate, the interior layout is not much different from the helm of the Salt Gang, although the scale is much smaller, but it is also quiet and gorgeous. Wang Hou hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be the helmsman of Jiang and the two deputy helmsmen of Qian and Zhang. ”

Master Jiang hurriedly surrendered his hand: "The envoy laughed, the envoy took the lead with the blue sky heroes of my gang at the martial arts conference in the capital more than two months ago, and he has already been famous all over the world, and it is really our honor to be here." ”

Wang Hou laughed when he heard this: "Lord Jiang Helm, do you know the Blue Sky Hero?" "Because I was busy with chores, I couldn't go to the capital to see the blue sky hero with my own eyes, but I have admired him for a long time, and I heard that he defeated more than 100 people in the Tea Horse Gang in Xi'an Mansion half a year ago, which is really impressive."

Wang Hou heard "raising his eyebrows and exhaling", but his heart was pang, and he secretly said Could it be that the Salt Gang and the Tea Horse Gang were just verbally reconciled? Otherwise, why is it not clear that the rudder below? Thinking of this, he didn't care about anything else, and asked, "Master Jiang, have you ever heard of the reconciliation between your gang and the Tea Horse Gang?" Seeing his serious expression, Master Jiang Duo didn't know how to answer, so he looked at him left and right: "Special envoy, Hangzhou is close to the sea, and there are more affairs of the Salt Gang here, and the Tea Horse Gang rarely gets involved. ”

Wang Houxin was still unresolved, and said with a frown: "Master Jiang, at the martial arts conference, the Li gang leader and the Ouyang gang leader of the Tea Horse Gang have been reconciled, and the two gang leaders agreed that no matter what grievances they had before, they would be written off, and from now on, the two families will help each other, and there can be no more grievances." In fact, he couldn't say it, Ouyang Gang Leader also said that day that if there were any grievances, it would all depend on Wang Hou and Zhu Ziping's ruling.

When Lord Jiang Helm heard this, he had already understood, and said with his fists clenched: "Special envoy, please rest assured, since the two gangs are reconciled, we will definitely comply, maybe Hangzhou is far away from Beijing, and it will take some time for the general helm to come down." Wang Hou thought about it, and introduced himself one by one, I heard that Zhu Zhi was the father of the Blue Sky Hero, Dao Feng was the top three in the Central Plains martial arts, and the Jiang Duo Lord was even more respectful.

On the second day, the Jiang Duo Lord waited for everyone in the morning, today is the eighteenth day of the lunar month, and the eighteenth day of each month is the most spectacular time of the Qiantang tide.

The best place to watch the tide is Haining Yanguan Town, which is a hundred miles away from Hangzhou, because it is relatively far away and there is snow on the road, so Jiang Duo decided to lead everyone to Meimei Dam. Meimei Dam is less than 30 miles away from the Yan Gang rudder, and Jiang Duo Master arranged another carriage, so that Jiang Rudder Owner, Qian Deputy Rudder Master, Zhu Zhi, and Dao Feng took one car, Wang Hou, Liu Hanyan, Li Zhixian, and Jin Minhui took another car, and eight people went to Meinu Dam.

In the car, Wang Hou was playing with Sven again, chanting: "Long memories watch the tide, and the people of Manguo compete for the river." The sea of suspicion is empty, and the drums are beating on all faces. The tide stands towards the waves, and the red flag is not wet. Don't look at it in a dream, the dream is still cold. ”

Liu Hanyan looked at him shaking his head, and couldn't help but say sarcastic, Wang Hou smiled and said: "Yan'er, this is the Northern Song Dynasty poet Pan Lang praised the Qiantang tide, describing the scene of people watching the tide and making the tide at that time. ”

The coachman is a native of Hangzhou, and he turned around and said: "The envoy is right, this Qiantang tide watching was the earliest in the Han and Wei dynasties, and the Tang and Song dynasties were the most vigorous, which has become a major custom. August 18 is the largest every year, the tide head is as high as 100 zhang, covering the sky and the sun, when the tide comes, it is like ten thousand horses galloping, the momentum can be spectacular, Su Shi has 'August 18 tide, spectacular world no' verse, although today is not August, but it is also very good-looking. ”

The four people in the car were greatly interested by him, and Liu Hanyan asked: "Master, since the tide is turbulent, is there really someone making the tide on the river?" The coachman laughed and said: "That's to attract more people to watch the tide, organized by the locals, and the tide has been tempered a lot, otherwise how can you do the red flag without getting wet." ”

Wang Hou was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but think that in the Chaoyin Cave, after Dao Feng took the five-color Buddha's hand, he casually brushed the tide away, and the "Four Styles of Communication" was by no means so sharp, what was the reason for this?

Li Zhixian saw that he was silent and silent, and said: "Wang Gongzi, I have heard for a long time that West Lake is a famous spot in the world, and after the tide of Qiantang, we want to go and see it." Without waiting for Wang Hou to answer, the coachman said: "Special envoy, if the Qiantang tide is magnificent, then the West Lake is delicate, you are here, but you must go to see it." ”

Jin Minhui came to the spirit: "Brother Wang, I have heard about West Lake a long time ago, let's go in the afternoon, okay?" Wang Hou nodded: "There is nothing to do left and right, after we saw the tide of Qiantang, we told the master of Jiang Duo that we would go to West Lake in the afternoon." ”

Unconsciously, the carriage had stopped, and Wang Hou helped the three of them get out of the car, only to see that the road was full of people. Together with Zhu Zhi and the four of them, under the leadership of the Jiang Helm Master, they walked towards the river.

The beauty dam is a T-shaped dam that goes straight into the river from south to north, like a giant arm stretching into the water, the tide that comes rapidly, after encountering the obstacle of the T-shaped dam, forms a "turning tide", here is one of the holy places to watch the tide of Qiantang.

At noon, I heard someone shouting from afar: "Coming, coming!" Sure enough, after a while, he heard the rumbling sound like a muffled thunder, Wang Hou looked up, a white practice flashed out of the sky, Bai Lian ran through both sides of the strait, the tide came from far and near, galloping, and from a distance, it looked like ten thousand cranes lined up in a line, flapping their wings. In the blink of an eye, the tide peak surged, rolling up a water curtain more than two feet high to cover the surface of the river, overturning the waves, spraying beads and splashing jade, which frightened everyone on the shore to retreat.