Zhu Wenyu and Tang Yun followed the prestige, only to see that the goddess peak was full of smoke and clouds, as if wrapped in a layer of light veil, verdant, really like a quiet girl, even better The hour was close to noon, the sun shone on the goddess peak, emitting a colorful halo, the goddess peak seemed to be faintly overflowing with a circle of holy aura, the two couldn't help but be stunned.

"On the high mountain, a tree, oh locust yo, hey, what are you doing on the fence, Wanglang is here, hey. The mother asked her daughter, 'What do you want?' ''I look at the acacia flowers, when will they bloom yo feed, I look at when the locust flowers will bloom yo feed yo feed'. Tang Yun looked at the Goddess Peak and sang in a low voice.

"Yun'er, what are you singing?" Tang Yun sang in a very low voice, and it was in the Sichuan dialect, Zhu Wenyu didn't hear it clearly, but felt that the voice was tactful and melodious, and it was very good, and when Tang Yun finished singing, he asked.

"It's nothing, it's just a little tune we have there." Tang Yun blushed and said.

"Oh, that's good." Zhu Wenyu came out of the gods.

As the passenger boat kept going down the river, the goddess peak gradually approached, and only felt that the peak was ten thousand feet high, pointing straight to the sky, and when he looked up, he was almost above his head, like a giant, standing on the bank of the river, looking down at this light boat swinging with the waves on the river. But Zhu Tang and the others did not have a feeling of depression at all, only that it seemed that it was still a slim girl, standing by the river, with a soft white veil on her head, staring at herself with a smile, as if she was whispering to herself. Tang Yun and the others involuntarily walked from the bow to the stern, and kept looking at the Goddess Peak who was gradually staying behind them.

"Between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day." Zhu Wenyu couldn't help but groan.

"The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed over the ten thousand mountains." Tang Yun groaned, and the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Brother Yu, if we have a chance in the future, let's just live next to the Three Gorges, right? Every day, you can see the scenery of the Three Gorges, how beautiful. ”

"Hehe, then we're really savages." Zhu Wenyu said with a smile.

"Savages are savages, aren't there many worldly masters who live in such deep mountains and dense forests? Hmph, you just won't accompany me. Tang Yun snorted.

"Okay, good, okay, listen to you, listen to you, accompany you, accompany you." Zhu Wenyu frowned. As soon as he talked about being a master in the world, Zhu Wenyu remembered the sloppy old Taoist priest he met in the town the day before yesterday.

"That's good, Brother Yu, say okay, don't cheat, if you cheat, you'll be a pig and a puppy." How did Tang Yun know Zhu Wenyu's thoughts? Laughed.

In that Wu Gorge is really the weather is thousands, step by step is different, a time the heron sings the green peak, a moment the wind blows the fog top, in the clouds and mist, the twelve peaks or hidden or appear, or high or short, or green or green, or show or male, all straight like the pillar-like cliff straight into the river, the stone cliff cut up like a wall, or bare nothing, not an inch of grass grows, or the wild grass is dense, the water is dripping, such as the mountain tiger, such as the cloud dragon, such as the valley ape, such as the peak pine, the form is different, just like the cliff carving and carving of the ghostly axe. In this way, they traveled all the way to seventy or eighty miles of waterway, and Zhu Tang and the others admired seventy or eighty miles all the way, and they were greedy to see endlessly, and they felt that they could not see enough even if they watched for three days and three nights.

"Brother Chen, there are some waterways on the side of the mountain along this coast that lead to the mountain, where do they lead?" Zhu Wenyu asked.

"Oh, those are small waterways in the mountains, but they are just springs flowing down from the mountains, and they are not far or deep, and the big ships can't get in, aren't they just some barren mountains and mountains? Usually no one goes. Chen Lian, who was standing at the bow of the boat, replied loudly.

"Oh." Zhu Wenyu sighed smoothly, and still watched the scenery on the riverbank with Tang Yun.

Flowing water waits for no one, the boat is more than sails, and after a while, I heard Chen Lian shouting at the bow of the boat: "Childe, Miss, the front is the Xiangxi River, and then the front of the Xiangxi River will be to Xiling Gorge, today we have to rest in the Xiangxi River for a night, and set off again tomorrow morning." ”

"So fast?" Tang Yun was surprised, feeling a little disappointed, only feeling that this Wuxia had passed too quickly, and there were still many, many beautiful scenery that had not been seen, not seen clearly, not enough.

The Xiangxi River is actually just a small wharf, it is the estuary of the Xiangxi River water flowing into the Yangtze River, but it is the only place between Wuxia and Xiling Gorge where you can stop the boat and dock to take a breath, so if the passing boats do not plan to cross the Three Gorges at night, they must stop and dock here, but crossing the Three Gorges at night is really a dangerous thing, so eight or nine out of ten boats will spend the night in this Xiangxi River.

Although this Xiangxi River is a must-rest place when the boat passes through the Three Gorges in the past, it is not lively, there are only more than 100 households, two rather simple inns, even on weekdays, there are few people, in fact, this place is between the mountains of the Three Gorges, the traffic is really inconvenient, and it is very desolate. Most of the boats in the past are just to stay overnight here, preparing to set off again the next day to continue crossing the Three Gorges, most of them just rest on the boat and do not go ashore, so this Xiangxi River wharf is more than a hundred times deserted compared to the Chaotianmen wharf of Chongqing Prefecture or the wharf of Leshan Mansion, and even the wharf of Wushan County is far less, but just like an abandoned ferry port in a wasteland.

When Zhu Wenyu and their passenger ship arrived at the Dexiangxi River, there were already seven or eight ships parked there, some carrying goods and some merchant ships carrying passengers. Zhu Tang and the others did not wait to go ashore to find an inn to rest, they only spent the night in the cabin, and it was still Zhu Wenyu who held Tang Yun and let her fall asleep sweetly in her arms. The river flow was gentle, but it made a very faint sound of running water, which seemed that the night was really quiet and serene, and it was intoxicating, but occasionally you could hear the sound of cups and fists from other passenger ships.

On the second day, the passenger ship set off again, and had to cross the Xiling Gorge.

"Childe, miss, let's go. This Xiling Gorge has to go for two days, and I also ask Miss Gongzi to go out of the cabin less to avoid accidents. ”

"Don't even give up the cabin? But why? Tang Yun felt that Chen Lian's words were really a bit exaggerated.

"Miss doesn't know, this Xiling Gorge beach is very fast. The Drain Beach, Qingtan Beach and Kongling Beach are the three famous dangerous beaches of the Three Gorges. In the course of the boat, the shaking was too great, and I was afraid that the young lady would not be able to stand on the deck, and the villain would not be able to bear the guilt. Chen Lian patiently explained.

"Joke, are we afraid that this will not work? You just take care of the boat, don't worry about us. "How could Tang Yun be frightened by Chen Lian? I don't care about the Tao.

"Yun'er, it's better for you to be obedient. Brother Chen is also for our good, why do you want him to be embarrassed? These three major dangers are really dangerous, the boat is destroyed and people are killed, and you have heard of it from time to time, so don't be reckless. Zhu Wenyu said.

"Huh? You know that, too? ”

"I've heard people talk about it." Nangong Lei walked the rivers and lakes many times in his early years, and he knew the situation, when he was tired of practicing and chatting, Nangong Lei had talked to Zhu Wenyu about the beautiful scenery of the world, and he had mentioned this Xiling Gorge, but Nangong Lei also said that the peaks and peaks on both sides of the Xiling Gorge were beautiful, surrounded by clouds and green, waterfalls and flowing springs, snow splashing beads, in autumn, the mountains were full of citrus forests, green leaves and golden fruits, colorful and colorful, but it was also beautiful scenery and infinite scenery. It's just that Zhu Wenyu didn't say anything to Tang Yun in this section, but just reminded Tang Yun not to underestimate the three major dangers.

"Brother Chen, how long is this Xiling Gorge? Do you have to work for 2 days? ”

"There are about less than 200 miles of waterway, and we can't finish it for a day if we don't rush to the night, Childe, today we will first cross the Qingtan Discharge Beach, and tomorrow we will cross the Kongling Beach."

"I have heard people say that Qingtan and Chutan are not beaches, and Kongling is the ghost gate, is this Kongling Beach really so dangerous?" Zhu Wenyu asked again.

"Heh, Childe has heard of this too? This is an ancient saying handed down by the Yangtze River boatman since ancient times, and it is true. The middle beach of this Kongling beach is dangerous, the reef is dense, there are twenty-four pearls to be counted, especially the three stone beads, the "big pearl" stone beam, about 70 zhang long, more than 10 zhang wide, six or seven zhang away from the river surface, just like a tiger lying in ambush in the heart of the river, and the "two pearls", "three pearls" next to the three stones are wrong, the stones and reefs under the beads are chaotic, the water is so evil that it is tight, the boat is a little careless, it will run into the reef, and the body is broken. The boatmen on this river all know that if they want to cross this Kongling beach, they will already give half their lives to God. ”

"Scare people." Tang Yun muttered softly.

Zhu Wenyu pretended not to hear, and asked again: "Brother Chen, how many times have you been to the Three Gorges?" ”

"The little one has been here more than ten times, but he used to follow the master, and then he followed the boss, but today is the first time the small one has crossed the river, the boss is not there, and there is no way, just wronged the two young ladies and sons, don't come out if you have nothing to do, the boat is shaking urgently, and it is not easy for us to stand firm for food on the water, not to mention the noble bodies of the son and the young lady."

"Hehe, okay, thank you Brother Chen for your trouble, we will obey the order. Is it a green beach or a leaking beach today? Zhu Wenyu said with a smile.

"It's all over, Childe, first cross the green beach, and then the beach, and you have to finish it today. Although there are some dark rocks in this Qingtan Drainage, but the river is wide, there are many channels, and the water is not urgent, and the small ones are more attentive together, and it is not very sad, and tomorrow's Kongling Gorge is the most dangerous. Chen Lian smiled.

Sure enough, out of the Xiangxi River wharf, not long after walking, I gradually felt that the boat was fast, but when I looked carefully, it was not crowded by the width of the river, but there seemed to be a lot of reefs in the water, or exposed above the water, or hidden between two or three feet underwater. I saw that Zhu Wenyu's passenger boat did not sail or paddle, so he let it go downstream, but Chen Lian stayed at the bow of the boat, holding a penny in his hand, staring carefully at the dark stones under the water, clicking left and right, and sometimes suddenly slightly touching the shallower river bottom, fiddling with the passenger boat, bypassing one reef after another, avoiding dangerous rocks, and not daring to be careless.

Zhu Tang and the others sat in the cabin, but they didn't feel how the boat was shaking.