Chapter 15: The Life of the River in Yulu (7)

"This surnamed Chen is all scared." Tang Yun whispered unconvinced.

"Shhhhhhh Zhu Wenyu made a silent gesture.

Tang Yun looked at the mountain scenery on both sides with great interest, and saw that although this green beach was called a dangerous beach, Tang Yun sat in the cabin, and did not really feel the thrill of the dark rocks and bright reefs at the bottom of the river in the water.

Zhu Wenyu couldn't sit still, and when he saw that the passenger ship was not shaking so violently, he walked to the deck by himself. He has practiced martial arts for many years, and he is naturally extremely stable, but he does not move at all when he stands on the deck. It's just that Zhu Wenyu stood next to Chen Lianzhi, looking at the dark stones densely packed in the clear river water, some of which were square and round, and some were as big as roofs, or a few feet above the water surface, or hidden under the surface of the river, and slid past the passenger boat, as if the bottom of the passenger boat was about to pass by the boulder.

Zhu Wenyu no longer understands the nature of water, but he also knows that passenger ships are made of wood, and when the boat is sailing in this big river, if it collides with these boulders, it will only fall apart, the boat will sink to the bottom of the river, and people will fall into the river. Not to mention that he and Tang Yun are both people who don't know the nature of the water, even if they are these boatmen on the ship, they have been begging for a living on the boat since they were children, and the water is excellent, if they really fall in the inaccessible Three Gorges, on the green beach with many rocks and waters, I am afraid that they will also die in their lives, and it is difficult to be lucky. Therefore, at this time, seeing the boulder in the river passing by the passenger ship from time to time, I was also secretly frightened.

Look at the Chen Lian again, standing at the bow of the boat, holding a long penny with the thickness of a bowl, holding a little left and right, always just on the dense reef, and forcefully propping the boat away from the reef to avoid the reef.

Zhu Wenyu looked interesting, and also took a penny, learning from Chen Lian, a little left and right, Chen Lian saw that the water here was gentle, and it was not a very thrilling place, and Zhu Wenyu clicked a few times and it was indeed in the right place, so he could help him. It's just that Zhu Wenyu is a person who practices martial arts, and he can't help but appear powerful between shots, and the boat always deviates a lot at one point, which is an accident for Chen Lianxi, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the prince is beautiful and handsome, and it looks like a scholar who is a showman, but his strength is not small." He forgot for a while the scene when Zhu Wenyu jumped a few feet on the Chaotianmen Wharf in Chongqing Mansion. It's just that Zhu Wenyu's leap is light body kung fu, and it is impossible for Chen Lian to feel the strength of his hand when he fights with Du Feng.

After the green beach, it is the discharge beach, at this time the river surface is much narrower than the green beach, the water flow is becoming more rapid, the boat line has become much faster, the reef in the water is also much denser, Chen Lian is not the slightest careless, staring at the waterway in front of him, constantly waving the long penny, holding the boat left and right for a while, shuttling between the rocks and reefs. Zhu Wenyu was not idle, he also held a penny, standing on the side of the string of the boat, a little left and right, several times the passenger boat seemed to touch the underwater reef, Zhu Wenyu lit the boat in time, but Chen Lian felt admired.

After passing the green beach, the passenger boat found a leeward inlet and stopped, and tied the cable to a protruding stone by the river. This place is deserted, not to mention the wharf, there is not even a place to land and settle down, Zhu Wenyu's boat has not left the passenger ship all night, but has been on the boat for a night, only Tang Yun slept more comfortably, and snuggled in Zhu Wenyu's arms all night, because he didn't sleep lying down, he actually felt a faint sore neck when he got up in the morning, but it seemed to be a little stiff. However, Tang Yun is a person who practices martial arts, and it will be fine to wake up early the next morning and move a little on the deck.

"Childe, Miss, today we will cross the Kongling Beach, and after the Kongling Beach, we will go out of the Three Gorges." Chen Lian said to Zhu Tang and the others while untying the cable.

"Brother Chen, what are the twenty-four beads you said yesterday?" Zhu Wenyu said.

"Those are the twenty-four famous reefs in Kongling Beach, all of which are extremely huge, and when the ship touches it, it only falls apart, and there are even more nameless ones."

"I think there are a lot of green beach drains." Zhu Wenyu felt that these legends seemed to be a bit exaggerated.

"Son, you'll know when you're old. This Kongling beach is in a hurry, you and Miss really have to sit in it. Zhu Wenyu said this, and Chen Lian was not angry, but just said with a smile.

"Yun'er, you stay in the cabin, I'll take a look on the deck." Zhu Wenyu turned around and said.

Tang Yun felt that his arm was a little itchy in the past two days, knowing that the broken bone was slowly healing, he didn't dare to move at will, and replied in the cabin: "I know, Brother Yu." ”

The passenger ship departed slowly.

Sure enough, when I left the leeward inlet, I immediately felt that the current was quite fast, and the passenger boat drifted downstream along the current.

"Fortunately, our ship is not carrying cargo, otherwise we would have to unload the cargo before we dare to cross this Kongling beach." Chen Lian shouted. At this time, the sound of the water was getting louder, and the two people had to shout before they could hear each other's voices.

"Why is that?" Zhu Wenyu was very strange.

"The water in Kongling Beach is too fast, the channel is crooked, and if you don't unload the cargo, the ship will be heavy, the draft will be deep, and it will be difficult to turn, and the empty ship will be much better."

"What about the unloaded cargo when the ship goes down?"

"Move it with people, move it to the bottom of Kongling Beach, and then load the boat on the boat after passing Kongling Beach." Chen Lian said while carefully pointing at the penny.

"Oh, Kongling Beach is so sad?"

"Yes, otherwise why is it called 'Kongling Beach', our boatmen are all worried about this Kongling Beach, and their hairs stand on end, just because they have to see the face of Lord Yama in this ghost place, and they may be fed fish and shrimp one time." Chen Lian said with a smile.

The boat was already moving faster and faster, and Chen Lian was becoming more and more afraid to speak more, and was busy lighting it on both sides of the penny. Zhu Wenyu watched the boulders continue to slide past the side of the boat, some of which were even less than a foot away from the side of the boat, and he was also secretly frightened, thinking that this Kongling Beach really deserves its name, and it really lives up to the saying of "ghost gate".

"Why don't we go to the center of the river and go to the left?"

"I've walked with the boss a few times, and there are fewer rocks on this side." Chen Lian replied despite his busy schedule.

I saw that the water was more and more rapid, and the passenger boat kept rushing forward, the river was less than a hundred zhang, and the waves in front were rolling, and from time to time I always saw a piece of boulder in the river showing half of its head, Chen Lian struggled to support the penny, and the passenger boat kept running left and right, passing through the gaps in the boulders. Tang Yun, who was sitting in the cabin, grabbed the board tightly, was carried from side to side, and couldn't sit steadily, so he simply sat directly on the deck in the cabin, which was slightly better.

Zhu Wenyu held a penny, and kept staring at the water, always preparing to prop the boat away from the boulder under the water to avoid hitting the reef.

Chen Lian supported the penny left and right, struggling to support the penny, his face was flushed with enthusiasm, and his body was damp, and he couldn't tell whether it was tired and sweating profusely, or the river water that stirred up.

I saw three black and swarthy boulders on the river surface in front of me, a boulder in the middle was huge, about five or six zhang high, more than ten zhang wide, it was like a hill in general, like a tiger lying in the heart of the river, there were two boulders not far from the left and right, although there was no big one in the middle, but it was also a rare boulder, the river rushed on the three boulders, it was like pouring mountains and seas, stirring up several zhang high water waves, and the loud sound was deafening.

This is the most famous "three stones and pearls" in this Kongling beach, the rocky reef under it, the dog's teeth are staggered, sharp as a sword, causing the channel to bend and narrow, the vicious waves are turbulent, the boat is a little careless, it will hit the reef and sink, the bones of the people on the boat are gone, and there is no luck.

Suddenly, he heard a "click", Chen Lian stood at the bow of the boat and staggered, the long bowl in his hand was bent from the middle and broken into two! Chen Lian shouted: "Not good!" The boat was already heading straight for the "big pearl" in the middle!

Zhu Wenyu was shocked when he saw this, let out a loud shout, flew up a few steps, pulled Chen Lian, and threw him on the deck behind him, and he was already standing on the bow of the boat.

I saw that the big bead boulder was engraved with three huge characters "Come to me", painted with red cinnabar, like three bloody mouths, smiling at the passenger ship, ready to devour the prey that came straight towards me!

The passenger boat went straight to the boulder along the current, Zhu Wenyu stared at the big pearl boulder, saw that it was close to more than ten zhang away, and the penny in his hand slammed on the underwater stone next to it, and the bow of the boat was slightly deviated from some directions, aiming straight at the gap next to the big pearl boulder!

"Childe, I can't help it! Align the beads. Chen Lian sat on the deck and couldn't stand up, and shouted in surprise when he saw this.

The ship was already approaching the great pearl boulder like an arrow off the side.

"It's over!" Chen Lian sighed.

Zhu Wenyu watched the passenger ship rush straight towards the side of the big bead boulder, secretly proud, thinking that this level had finally passed.

Who knew that at this moment, the water rushed back and forth on the boulder next to it, the direction changed abruptly, and the bow of the boat turned slightly, and it was carried straight towards the boulder by the current! It's less than three or four feet away from the big pearl boulder!

This time it was a big surprise to Zhu Wenyu.

It turned out that the three big characters "come to me" carved on the rock of this "big pearl" were carved on the stone by the senior shipwrights in the dry season, and then painted with dansha. If you want to avoid it, you will be driven by the current next to the boulder, and you will run into a shipwreck. This is the experience of dozens of generations of old shipwrights, who have gathered their flesh and blood, and specially carved on the boulder to guide the ship. Zhu Wenyu has never been to the Three Gorges, how can he know such a situation? Just stared at the boulder carefully, slightly stretched the bow of the boat in advance, and avoided the big bead, so that he could pass through the "three stone beads", but at this time, he was brought head-on by the turbulent current and hit the big bead.