Our boat landed on a sandy beach. At the end of the beach is a coconut grove. At the end of the coconut grove is a primeval forest. We cut down coconut trees to make rollers and pulled boats into the woods to hide. Grab your rations and plunge headlong into the primeval forest.

We crossed rapids, climbed mountains, climbed muddy swamps, cooked in the rain, slept soundly in the scorching sun, smeared ourselves in mud to avoid marching ants, and had to eat raw frogs and catfish. The hardest time, the seven of us dealt with five dragons, and the north wind was swept in the chest by the dragon's tail, and we rested for seven days. In the end, he had to quit the team and return to the ship with Lily to recuperate. Beifeng, although he doesn't like to talk on weekdays, is very heroic in battle. Cowardly as Liu Shuang is fine, but he is injured, it is really unfair to God.

Half a month later, we finally arrived at our first destination, Central Mountain. This central mountain used to be an active volcano, but now it is silent, but the open mouth is still awe-inspiring. The boss said that the last time he visited, there was an old dragon living here and dying. Asked us for water to drink, and now I don't know if we are dead or if we have gone somewhere else.

Liu Shuang said excitedly: "Let's go down and take a look, if we die and leave a piece of claw, we will be able to sell it for a big price if we pick it up." ”

The boss immediately put on a straight face and scolded: "Then, some money can be earned, some money can't be earned, the real dragon is a spirit animal, it can talk and think like a human, how can we sell its corpse for money." What is the difference between selling human bones? ”

Liu Shuang was unwilling, but he didn't dare to go down alone, so he had to muttered and complained: "You treat the dragon as a human, but the customer doesn't think so." ”。 Fortunately, the boss didn't hear it.

There is a temple in the central hill where a Mazu Niangniang is enshrined. It is said to have been built by a group of fishermen hundreds of years ago. They were chased all the way to the Central Mountain by the dragons, and the dragons did not dare to approach the Central Mountain when they reached the Central Mountain. The fishermen were puzzled until one night, when they found a real dragon skeleton on the mountainside, and they learned that the dragons were afraid of the real dragon and did not dare to approach. So they built a temple on the mountainside with a keel for later pedestrians to rest.

We need to stay in the temple for a few days, and the number of days is uncertain. According to the boss, it's better to wait for the next typhoon. We asked when the typhoon would come, and he said it would be very soon, as long as the dragon's cry could not be heard at night.

The dragon's cry is very obscene, like a spring female cat.

On the first night of the stay, the terrible cries of the dragon kept coming from far and near. The owner kept reassuring us: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, they don't dare to come near here." ”

On the second night of the stay, we baked a bonfire, and the boss asked Zijun to sing, Zijun shirked for a while, but he couldn't get rid of it, so he sang a song "Snow Mountain Shepherd", the lyrics are about a shepherd driving a flock of sheep, and the mountain is covered by heavy snow. Seeing the sheep freezing to death one by one, his time was short. He called the heavens and the heavens unforgiving, and the earth and the earth not spiritual. The first part of the song is like a confession, praying for God's forgiveness and leaving him a way to live. The second half is lamenting that there are still wives and children at home to be fed by themselves, and the last part is more like a last word.

Zijun sang and sang, and he cried first. The atmosphere dropped to freezing point. In the past six months, we have suffered something that no one else may have suffered in their lifetime. There is no hope in the future, and there is no way back in the backwards. But I have to face the present.

The boss took a sip of wine, smoked a cigarette, and said: "The cry of the group of loaches tonight is much weaker, I estimate that the typhoon will come in a few days, everyone should go to bed early these days, take care of your body, and take you to Longtan to have a good experience." I'll go out and check if there's any damage to the temple," he said, and went out.

While we were all asleep, the boss woke Zijun up and handed her a wooden box.

"Let's see if it's for you"

Zijun opened the wooden box and took out the note inside, on which a page was written in block letters:

Jun'er: If you read this letter, it may be the biggest mistake you have made for your father. We should not call you, and if you have any strengths and weaknesses, the Father will not forgive you in this life. But it's too late to say this now, I just hope to use the power of my Weibo to help you tide over the difficulties. If you take apart this wooden box and put it back together, it will be the safest way to the Water God Palace. Remember, remember, don't stray from the route. Your mother and I are well, don't worry. Signed, foolish father: Li Shiming.

We took apart the wooden box and put it together. Composition of a map showing a meandering river. The boss knew where the river led at a glance.

He asked Zijun: "What are you doing in the Water God Palace? Didn't you say that you came to pick herbs?"

Zijun probably felt that there was no need to lie now, so he told the boss truthfully: "I'm going to find my mother, she is the last generation of saints in the Water God Palace, but she is now under house arrest, I want to save her." ”

"Your mother was a saint of the previous generation, so - they must have put your mother under house arrest so that you can be a saint of the generation" The boss self-righteous analysis.

"Probably, but I don't want to be that saint. Whoever loves to be when he is. ”

"It's not easy, little girl. The Water God Palace is about strength, but it is one of the five major sects today, who can stop what she wants to do, let alone such an important thing as a saint. They must have a very good reason for looking for you, if I guessed correctly, you must be a pure yin constitution. ”

"Maybe" Zijun didn't want to answer such a question, she felt breathless.

The boss saw it, so he changed the subject: "Then are you still going to Longtan?"

"I probably won't be able to go," I said, "I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter, along the way, I also got more than a dozen gentians, and I sold them enough for half my life. ”

The next day, we told Liu Shuang and Xingyue about the fact that we were going to separate ways with them. Liu Shuang was very unhappy.

"You call this a breach of contract, which is a taboo in business. You have to compensate me. Liu Shuang pointed at me and Zijun and scolded.

I thought to myself, we didn't have any pact with you.

Yue Yue was also very unhappy: "I said that I would go to Longtan together, but now I quit halfway." What does it mean. ”

Only the boss said good things for us

"Then what compensation do you want," Zijun said.

Liu Shuang looked at the jade bracelet in Zijun's hand: "Give it to me"

"That doesn't work", "This doesn't work," we said at the same time.

Liu Shuang looked at Zijun's bracelet, and his eyes lit up: "But I said in my mouth that a bracelet is just worth a few dollars."

"I'll give you something else," Zijun said, opening his backpack and giving him a pair of earrings.

The boss pressed Zijun's hand down and said, "Girl, this journey was originally voluntary. I have led the group more than a dozen times, and it is normal for someone to quit halfway. I haven't heard of compensation for it. You go, I'll come here. ”

Jumping for joy: "Boss, how can you say that, it seems that we made a mistake." If they all come and go voluntarily, what is the person who leaves his friends behind and runs away?"

"If you don't pay compensation, you won't be allowed to leave. Liu Shuang said.

"Do you want to fight?" I flashed my sword.

"Murder pays for life. ”

Zijun hurriedly pulled me behind him, lest I really do it: "The two black pearls on these earrings have a market value of at least 200,000, which should be enough to compensate you for your losses." ”

Li Shuang took off the earrings and stuffed them into his pockets.

That afternoon, Zijun and I left the temple and walked towards a small river at the bottom of the mountain. It was what her father said was the safest way to go.

When I was halfway there, the boss chased after me. Hand Zijun a cyan jade pendant and ask Zijun to help him hand it over to the twelve.