The ship went all the way to the east, and gradually moved away from the city of Langzhou. Jialing River from Langzhou below, along the way to accept many tributaries, the river meandering, the boat from time to time to encounter the pebble riverbed, there is a huge rock across the middle of the stream, quite thrilling, but the man surnamed Lu is familiar with it, by the wind, command the captain to sail down the wind, wading down the water, the boat is very fast.

The hardships of the boat on the river, Bai Yixue and Shen Lingshan had nothing to worry about, and since boarding the boat, the two of them were relieved and their spirits were greatly relaxed. Bai Yixue has lived in the bitter cold land of the north since she was a child, and she has never been on a river boat, so she feels fresh. Bai and Shen enjoy the beautiful scenery along the coast every day, and they do not feel that the waterway is difficult, and even feel that the boat is moving too fast, so that they have no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery along the river.

In this way, at dawn one day, the white snow woke up from his sleep, and heard the sound of the waves outside the cabin, endlessly, he walked out of the cabin door in his clothes, but saw that the river was dark and dreary, very wide, and the shadows of the tall mountains on both sides of the river slowly moved back, and the night sailing boat could be seen in the distance, and a little light appeared on the water surface.

In the middle of the twilight, I saw a figure standing quietly on the side of the ship, the figure was thin, under the river breeze, the clouds were flying, the clothes were fluttering, and the body was not moving, it was Shen Ling's shirt. Bai Yixue sighed secretly in her heart, slowly paced to her side, and stood side by side with her. When he glanced at it, he saw Shen Ling's shirt staring at the river, with two lines of tears hanging on his pale cheeks, and he was silently crying.

The two stood for a long time, and suddenly, Shen Ling's shirt covered her mouth and coughed violently, Bai Yixue waited for her coughing to stop for a while, and said softly: "It's windy on the river, should we go into the cabin to avoid the wind?"

Shen Lingshan shook his head slightly. Bai Yixue turned around and returned to the cabin, took a raccoon dog sleeve, and put Shen Ling's shirt on his body. Shen Ling's pale face flushed with a flush, and he whispered, "Thank you, big brother." ”

Bai Yixue smiled and said: "Sister, you are weak and can't withstand this biting river wind, let's stay for a while, let's go back to the cabin." ”

Shen Lingshan said faintly: "Hmm." 'The long night is only for people to feel, and the autumn cold should be known first. 'Big brother, I know my own body and bones, and I don't know it in my heart...... What happened to Daddy's body, has he recovered?" A sad feeling rose in Bai Yixue's heart, and she was speechless.

The two leaned on the side of the boat, silently standing side by side, and I don't know how long it took, in the dimness, the long voice of the man surnamed Lu came from the bow of the boat: "Little official, we have reached the Yangtze River." ”

The white-clothed snow walked to the bow of the boat, and the bow of the boat broke through the waves with a loud noise. He looked into the distance and said, "Brother Lu, the river is so open, it won't take a few days to get out of Sichuan, right?"

The man surnamed Lu said with a smile: "The little officials don't know, the Sichuan River seems to be open, but it is full of dangerous shoals and bad waters, and the wind and waves on the river are even more uncertain, but they don't dare to be careless." In a few days, we will go down to the Gorge River, where the river water, eddies and reefs are all over the place, and we must be very careful. The Xiajiang River in his mouth is the famous canyon waterway composed of Qutang Gorge, Wuxia and Xiling Gorge, the mountains on both sides of the river are sandwiched, the water potential is fierce, the whirlpool is surging, since ancient times, it is the most dangerous section of the Yangtze River for boats, the boat sinks, the ship is destroyed and people die, and the river disaster occurs from time to time.

The Shu Road is thousands of miles long, it is difficult to travel since ancient times, the birds gather their wings for it, the apes are worried about it, and the road in the Three Gorges area is difficult and dangerous. Yuan Song of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has a record of the Xiajiang River in his "Yidu Mountains and Rivers": "The ape in the gorge roars to the clear, and the valleys spread its sound, and the song of the traveler says: 'The Three Gorges of Badong is sad, and the ape is crying three times and staining the clothes. Li Daoyuan also quoted the ballad of the fishermen of the Xiajiang River in the "Notes on the Water Classic": "The Wuxia of the Three Gorges of Badong is long, and the ape screams three times with tears." ”

After the Jingkang Change, Song Zuo shifted, the economic center of the country gradually moved south, a large number of people moved south, and the population of the Three Gorges area grew rapidly. In order to develop the agricultural production of the Three Gorges, the imperial court has long carried out the cultivation of the fields in the local area, burning the mountains for farming, and the salt industry in the Three Gorges area has always been developed, so that the local "faint boiling salt fire, desert burning smoke", the vegetation along the coast has suffered serious damage, the erosion of water and soil has intensified, and landslides are frequent, and boats on the gorge river have added a bit of danger.

The man surnamed Lu said again: "'Kuimen is the hero of the world. The most dangerous place in the gorge is in the Kuimen of the Qutang Gorge, the river channel at the mouth of the gorge is sharply narrowed, the width is only dozens of zhang, the water is rushing and the waves are roaring, and it is the most difficult to sail. Little official, why do you say that?"

Bai Yixue said: "I was about to ask Brother Lu." ”

The man surnamed Lu said: "Don't dare. It turns out that for thousands of years, there has been a divine beast in the heart of the river, guarding day and night, and its skills are great. ”

Qutang Gorge Gorge Mouth Kuimen, the north and south banks of the cliff wall stand, the stone bones are craggy, the surging river is abruptly bound here, the mighty eastward, surging down, it is really "all the water will be Fu Wan, Qutang fights for a door". Bai Yixue had also heard about the danger of Kuimen, and said strangely: "Divine beasts, is there such a divine thing in the world?"

The man surnamed Lu slapped his thigh and said: "No! Legend has it that a long, long time ago, there was a one-horned dragon in the Xiajiang River, which made waves and did many evils on weekdays, and although the people on both sides of the strait hated it to the core, they had no way to do it. After the heavenly Nuwa Niangniang learned about it, she felt sorry for the suffering of our people, so she suppressed it at the bottom of the river with colorful refining stones. The pre-pile is varied, and can be transformed into dogs, cattle, horses, images, and turtles. When we beat the old people in the small family, we warned that when the pre-pile changes, it is easy not to provoke, and if the boatman recklessly crosses the gorge, provokes the divine beast, and ends up with a boat capsizing and sinking, it is also common. ”

Bai Yixue listened with relish, and said curiously: "Will the prepile change?"

The man surnamed Lu said leisurely: "Yes." Have the petty officials ever heard, 'The pre-big is like a dog, and the Qutang cannot be walked, the pre-is as big as an ox, and the Qutang cannot be left, the pre-is as big as a horse, and the Qutang cannot be lowered, the pre-is as big as an elephant, and the Qutang cannot be climbed, and the pre-is as big as a turtle, and the Qutang is impossible to sail.' ’”

Bai Yixue smiled dumbly and said, "This divine beast fruit is amazing. Pondering: "Where is there any mythical beast in the river, I want to come to the four seasons of the year, the dry water and abundant water alternately, the annual rainfall and rainy period are uncertain, and the river water level, flow pattern, flow rate is changeable, the shape of the reef in the center of the river has also changed. Thinking of this, I saw the man looking at the river in a daze, and said: "Brother Lu, the Xiajiang River is guarded by divine beasts, so it is so difficult, let's abandon the boat and go ashore and take the land route instead, can't we?"

The man surnamed Lu sighed and said: "According to legend, when King Dayu ruled the water, there were twelve dragons, turned into mountains and mountains on both sides of the Gorge River, blocked the Yangtze River waterway, and could not open the way to drain the water. Later, with the help of the heavenly soldiers and generals, the waterway of the gorge was opened. Petty officials, abandon the boat and take the land route, high mountains and deep valleys, animal power that cannot be counted on, can only walk on foot, often over a mountain beam takes several days, does not take several months, how can they go out of the mountain? Moreover, there are tigers, leopards and jackals in the mountains all the year round, hehe, ordinary people dare not go. ”

Bai Yixue saw that the mountains on both sides of the strait were stacked and endless, her brows furrowed slightly, and she was silent for a while, thinking: "Tigers, leopards and jackals are not afraid, but the deep mountains are heavily blocked, and the journey cannot be delayed." The man surnamed Lu looked at him for a long time and said with a smile: "The little official and relax, which of the oarmen on the villain's boat is not experienced in a hundred battles? ”

Bai Yixue saw that he was smiling easily, with a look of confidence and pride on his face, and said with a smile: "I was too worried, please don't blame Brother Lu." Then there's Big Brother Laurou and Big Brothers. He turned around and folded back into the cabin with Shen Ling.

This night, he slept until midnight, and in the hazy snow in white clothes, he heard Shen Lingshan's voice from the other end of the cabin: "Don't chase me, don't chase me......" He was startled, Huo Di sat up, listened attentively, and Shen Lingshan muttered in the dark: "I'm cold...... I'm so cold......" There was no movement in the cabin except for Shen Lingshan's dream and his own slight breathing, I thought Shen Lingshan must have had a nightmare, got up and lit the candle, walked over slowly, and looked through the candlelight, the scene in front of him surprised him, Shen Lingshan's face was blue and indigo, his teeth trembled, and his body was wrapped in a quilt like a sieve of chaff, trembling, showing the yin poison of the Buddha's head green, and he was shocked at night, and he was cold.

Bai Yixue gently shook Shen Ling's body and shouted in a low voice: "Sister, sister, wake up." Shen Ling's shirt was so caught in a nightmare that he couldn't wake up for a while under the shaking. Bai Yixue leaned down and grabbed Shen Ling's hands exposed outside the quilt, and under this grasp, he felt even more frightened, it turned out that Shen Ling's ten fingers were cold, and he was not angry at all, as if holding two pieces of cold pig iron, thinking: "It turns out that the Buddha's head is poisoned in the middle of the night, it is so dangerous, and the sister of the Shen family has to endure such pain and torture." He groaned slightly, helped Shen Lingshan to sit up, stretched out his palms, and stuck to her vest, a warm and mellow internal force, through Qi Haiyu and Waist Yang Guan, slowly entered Shen Lingshan's body, and the true qi flowed along the hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, Hand Yang Ming Large Intestine Meridian, Zu Yang Ming Stomach Meridian, Zu Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Shao Yin Heart Meridian, etc., as well as the Du Pulse, Ren Pulse, Chong Pulse, and Belt Pulse to help her push blood through the palace.

After a stick of incense, Shen Ling's shirt sighed, woke up slowly, and the layer of green qi on his face finally receded. She knew that Bai Yixue was healing herself, smiled slightly, and said, "Big brother, you ...... You ......"

Bai Yixue said in a low voice: "Don't speak, sit down in peace." Shen Lingshan nodded as he said. After two hours like this, the blood was finally pushed through the palace, and the chill on Shen Lingshan's body gradually subsided, but he was extremely tired, so he leaned on Bai Yixue's arms and fell asleep. Bai Yixue sat still, letting her fall asleep.

I don't know how long it took for Shen Lingshan to wake up in a daze, and Bai Yixue was sitting precariously, closing her eyes and recuperating. She curled up in the arms of the white-clothed snow, feeling warm and comfortable, smelling the breath of the young man on his body at the end of her nose, and the sound of surging waves came from outside the cabin, her heart, why not be turbulent and undulating?