The next day, Liu Sange left a note in the study, saying that he would go to Yangzhou for a few days and return soon. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info drove the carriage to Gaoyou County.

The black horse traveled fast, ran for a day and a night, and arrived in Gaoyou County, in the south of Gaoyou County, he found an inn to stay.

This is an urban-rural interface, and the urban-rural interface has been the same throughout the ages: the houses are simple, the streets are dirty, the people are mixed, and the five directions are mixed.

Liu Sange pretended to be a down-and-out scholar and wandered around the south of the city during the day, but found no trace of Cao Dayuan and others. The next day, on a whim, I decided to go to Ghost Gate Beach.

He took the wild lynx "Erhei" to a pier by the canal, where many large and small boats were moored. Seeing an old fisherman sitting on the deck basking in the sun on one of the small boats, with white temples and three locks of beard, and a kind look, he stepped forward and asked, "Old man, how much silver will it cost to rent a boat to go to Gaoyou Lake?"

The old fisherman narrowed his eyes, glanced at him, and said, "There is a dangerous beach, it's not a joke, you dare to go?"

Liu Sange said: "It's fun to be dangerous, and if it's not dangerous, you won't go." ”

The old fisherman said, "There are robbers, and you dare to go?"

Liu Sange said: "You can't have it every day, besides, I'm not a rich businessman, even if I do, I won't rob me, you see, I cut no meat, kill and kill without blood, find me trouble, no oil and water." ”

The old fisherman smiled: "Have you ever heard that some of the inferior water thieves will also use knives to kill people for dozens of copper plates?"

Third Brother Liu said: "I've heard of it, but I won't be so unlucky, let me touch any unlucky things." Besides, I'm still wearing a sword, it's not a pretense to scare people. ”

The old fisherman smiled: "I look at you like this, you can study, but if you start to do it, you will suffer nine times out of ten." Hmph, even the old man didn't take you seriously. Young man, I've reminded you, you love to go, if something happens, don't blame the old man for being unpredictable. ”

Third Brother Liu said: "Don't blame it, don't blame it, you deserve it, don't blame it, you are willing to die." ”

The old fisherman laughed and said, "Hey, you kid didn't take the old man's words to heart, and you were still joking." That's it, it's not cheap to charter my boat, two taels of silver a day, back and forth, that's a fixed price, no bargain. ”

Third Brother Liu said: "Are you Chengzikou?!"

The old fisherman said, "Then you can hire someone else's boat." ”

Third Brother Liu said: "You are really good." ”

The old fisherman said, "Without those two brushes, can the cow get up?"

Third Brother Liu said: "Okay, two taels of silver will be two taels of silver." ”

The old fisherman got up and said, "Then come up." ”

Third Brother Liu and the black cat got on the boat, and the old fisherman untied the cable and started the boat, babbling and rocking the oar.

Liu Sange took a bamboo chair out of the cabin and sat on the deck, the sun was shining, and the sun was comfortable, and the black cat was also stretching on the deck and basking in the sun. He said, "Old man, are you from Gaoyou?"

The old fisherman said: "Spicy mother, I am not a Gaoyou person, who is a Gaoyou person." The old man is an authentic Gaoyou person. ”

Liu Sange asked: "That's good, how to go from the canal to Gaoyou Lake?"

The old fisherman said: "There is a Xintang River in front, and you can enter Gaoyou Lake from the Xintang River. ”

Liu Sange said: "When I entered Gaoyou Lake, I heard that it was Ghost Gate Beach, right?"

The old fisherman said, "Have you been here?"

Liu Sange said: "No, I like to travel in the mountains and rivers, and I only come to play after inquiring clearly." ”

The old fisherman said: "It's a shame that you have found someone, the Ghost Gate Beach is dangerous, and people who are not familiar with waterways can plant one by one, and there is no one who will not capsize." Riding on the old man's boat can keep you from capsizing, but it can't keep you from encountering robbers. ”

Liu Sange said: "Life and death have life, and wealth is in the sky." Old man, don't talk about robbers and robbers, okay, you can't talk about this matter, some things are too much, talk about it, and it's coming. ”

The old fisherman said: "Haha, you kid is also afraid, you still believe in superstition, talk about taboos, I thought you were not afraid of the sky, not afraid of the earth." Okay, let's not talk about it. ”

Third Brother Liu said: "How can you not be afraid, you are really a martial arts master!"

The two chatted, boats came and went on the canal, and the tail of the small boat followed the big boat.

Entering Gaoyou Lake from the Xintang River, it is not the same thing at all. The lake here is open and endless, the beach is dangerous and the water is rapid, the reef is jagged, the island is deserted, the reeds are green, the boats are scarce, and it is a wilderness scene.

Third Brother Liu danced with his hands and said happily: "Wow, it's so beautiful, it's refreshing." ”

The beauty is indeed beautiful, it is the beauty of the desolate wilderness of the rivers and lakes.

The old fisherman said: "I see that you are happy, it has just begun, and the good scenery is still to come." ”

He propped up the white sails, the white sails ate the wind, bulging, the boat walked through the reef, very fast, the bow of the boat set a circle of white waves, blue waves and black reefs, fish and shrimp vividly, the old fisherman put the oar, squinted his eyes, stared at the water in front of him, did not dare to slack off, a little careless, if the boat touched the reef, it would be swept away by the whirlpool undercurrent.

The old fisherman said: "Sit still, if you move, the boat will capsize." ”

Third Brother Liu said: "Didn't you say that you can't capsize the boat with you?"

The old fisherman said, "Yes." But you have to listen to me, if you're afraid of a mess, it's strange if you don't turn it over. ”

Third Brother Liu said: "If you don't move, you won't move." ”

He secretly remembered the direction of the boat, which had been going northwest, and the eastern shoreline was no longer visible, and there was a white lake all around, and a few small islands dotted in the distance. The wind blew tighter and tighter, the waves in the lake were turbulent, and the boat passed between the crests and valleys, and the old fisherman said, "How is it, it's noon, do you want to find a small island to rest?"

Third Brother Liu said: "Okay." There won't be robbers on the island, will they?"

The old fisherman said, "There will be no robbers on the island I am looking for." ”

Liu Sange said: "I heard that the golden retriever monster often moves around here. ”

The old fisherman said, "You know a lot, young man, sometimes you know a lot, it's not a good thing." My old man is an alcoholic, he doesn't ask anything, he only knows that 'the small people are drunk every day, long live the ancestor of Hongjun, no matter spring, summer and autumn and winter, I am not afraid of getting tired of working to make money', I just care about making money and making a living, and I am too lazy to care about the affairs of the world. ”

Third Brother Liu said: "Haha, you are good wine?

The old fisherman said: "I love wine like life, and I love money like wine." How many drinks shall we have in a moment?"

Third Brother Liu asked, "What wine?"

The old fisherman said: "Home-brewed soju, a little spicy." ”

Liu Sange said: "If the wine is not spicy, it is water, and spicy is strong." Okay, let's have two drinks. ”

The boat sailed to a desert island and docked in the leeward place, the boat cable was tied to a tree, and Liu Sange asked, "Is there any fresh fish?"

The old fisherman said, "Yes." ”

He pulled up the net pocket on the side of the boat that was immersed in the lake water, and there were five or six fresh crucian carp and bream in it, and asked, "Do you make the dish with the wine or do I make it?" ”

Third Brother Liu said: "Me." ”

Liu Sange took the net from his hand, took out three broad-backed crucian carp, threw one to "Erhei", "Erhei" took a mouthful, went to the bow of the boat to enjoy the delicious food; the boat's tableware was readily available, Liu Sange made a plate of braised crucian carp with the other two, there was a meadow on the shore, there was a bluestone on the grass, he put the braised fish on the stone, and he also sat down cross-legged on the stone, drinking wine here, the air was fresh, and he could enjoy the scenery, it was very pleasant. The old fisherman entered the cabin, but did not come out, and Liu Sange said: "Old man, the dish is ready, it's time to drink." ”

The old fisherman said, "Come on, I'm looking for wine." After a while, he walked out of the cabin with chopsticks in one hand and a copper wine jug in the other.

The old fisherman saw that Third Brother Liu was sitting cross-legged on the stone, with a plate of braised crucian carp in front of him, and he said, "It's really fragrant, it's not bad." He sat down across from him, put down the wine pot and chopsticks, took out a bag of peanuts from his pocket, and put it next to the braised fish. The old fisherman handed a bowl to Brother Liu, put a bowl in front of him, and poured white wine in the two bowls with a copper wine jug, and the aroma of wine was overflowing. Liu Sange said happily: "The wine is so fragrant, it is really good wine." ”

His stomach was empty, so he picked up the wine bowl and touched it with the old fisherman, and said, "I wish the old man a hundred years old." ”

The old fisherman also said: "I wish the scholar the best in the examination." ”

They both laughed and drank with their heads up.

The wild lynx "Erhei" suddenly burst out from the side and threw Liu Sange's wine bowl onto the grass, spilling the wine. Third Brother Liu was stunned for a moment and said, "Erhei, don't mess around." Erhei screamed, jumped on the boat, and then went to eat fish, and didn't care about any more idle things. Third Brother Liu got up from the bluestone, picked up the empty bowl on the side, wiped it with his cuffs, and said, "It's just that the wine is too good, and Erhei also wants to drink it." ”

The old fisherman said, "Your cat is called 'Erhei'?"

Third Brother Liu said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

The old fisherman said: "It's really strange, my nickname is also 'Erhei'." ”

Third Brother Liu said: "You two have become brothers with the same name and surname, two 'two blacks' and one sick, and they both love wine." ”

The old fisherman said, "Young man, don't overdo it, you have reduced me to a cat and a dog." ”

Third Brother Liu said: "I'm sorry, it's a joke, I don't mean anything else." ”

The old fisherman said: "If 'Erhei' wants to drink, let it drink a little." ”

Third Brother Liu said: "No, 'Erhei' screams as soon as he drinks, and bites strangers indiscriminately, I don't believe you can try it." ”

The old fisherman said: "The drinking style should be good, you can't go crazy when you are drunk, the drinking style of 'Erhei' is not good, don't try it." Come, brother, fill the wine up. He carried the wine jug and poured wine for Liu Sange's bowl.

Third Brother Liu held the wine bowl in both hands and said, "Thank you." As soon as he raised his neck, he drank only two sips, and as soon as he threw his hands, he fell to the sky, and the wine spilled on his clothes, and the bowl fell on the bluestone slab, and smashed to pieces.

Erhei had finished eating the fish, jumped on the roof of the cabin, and looked at the two people on the shore with green eyes.

The old fisherman laughed and said, "It's also poured, you have 'ecstasy' in your wine, called 'one bite to pour', no matter how tall and majestic a man is, he has to pour it after taking a sip." ”

He jumped up, walked into the cabin, took out a roll of rope and a basin from the cabin, tied Liu Sange's hands and feet with ropes, and searched it thoroughly, only finding three taels of silver and some scattered silver, and muttered: "Sure enough, there is not much oil and water, and he is a poor scholar." ”

He scooped a plate of lake water from the lake and splashed it on Liu Sange's face, Liu Sange slowly woke up, opened his eyes and said, "Wow, it's really good wine, I only drank two sips, and I slept beautifully." ”

The old fisherman smiled: "Yes, you are beautiful." ”

Third Brother Liu struggled on the ground, and then he realized Dao'er, and said, "What's the matter, hey, old man, who tied me up, is it you?" He struggled, but couldn't move at all.

The old fisherman pulled out a dagger from his leggings, played with it in his hand, and sneered, "Yes." ”

Third Brother Liu hurriedly said, "Why?"

The old fisherman said: "No, because, what my old man does is a business with no capital." Hmph, there is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no way to break into hell, and you are willing to fall into my oil pot. ”

Liu Sange said: "I really can't see that the old man with such a kind face is actually a robber." ”

The old fisherman said: "The more kind you are, the easier it is to do business without capital, and the more you are full of benevolence and morality, the more fierce you are when you do murder and arson." This is true in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. People can't look good, you don't even understand this babbling truth, you are really in vain, I don't know how you have been mixed in the rivers and lakes in the past twenty or thirty years. ”

Third Brother Liu said: "Old man, I understand this time, please let me go." ”

The old fisherman said: "If you understand, you have to die, if you don't die, you will never understand; I ask you, are you from the thirty-six waterways? Are you a spy?"

Third Brother Liu looked stunned and said, "I don't understand what you said, I'm not a spy, I'm a tourist." ”

The old fisherman said, "Hmph, the ghost believes you." The Golden Retriever Monster is our family, who wants to embarrass the family, is to embarrass my old man, we people, with a backlog of cases, hiding everywhere, it is the master who took us in, without him, we can only go to the Gobi Desert to drift, so we also have to do things for the head of the house, contribute. He put the dagger on the bluestone, drank wine, and ate the fish, and praised: "Scared, the fish that the boy burned is not bad." ”

Third Brother Liu said: "Old man, as long as you let me go, I will cook fish for you to eat every day." ”

The old fisherman said: "Let you go, do your big dream of Qingqiu, let you go, and my old man will die." ”

The old fisherman poured wine into his bowl and took a sip. Liu Sange was surprised and asked, "Hey, old man, it's the same pot of wine, why are you fine when you drink it, but I fall into a coma after drinking it?"

The old fisherman sneered: "The rivers and lakes are full of organs, some of which you can't guess no matter how you guess them. You are a dying person, and my old man will let you die well. This flask also has a mechanism. The wine jug is divided into two halves, irrelevant to each other, half of the wine has a drug, half of the wine has no drug, there is a secret button under the handle of the pot, as soon as I press the dark button, the wine poured out has a drug, and I faint when I drink it; Boy, do you understand? People like you shouldn't have come to the rivers and lakes to mix, the water in the rivers and lakes is not so easy to wade, it's all fucking old muddy water that has been mixed for thousands of years. ”

The old fisherman got drunk and stood up, his eyes were full of murder, he picked up the dagger on the stone, put on a straight face, and walked towards Brother Liu, who said: "Old man, please, don't kill me, I have old and young, and I rely on me to write and sell paintings for a living." When I die, the whole family will have to beg for food. ”

The old fisherman said: "There are many people begging for food in the world, and I don't care how many more." Remember, today next year will be your death day. ”

The old fisherman raised the dagger, and the sunlight reflected on the blade of the dagger, which was so dazzling that Liu Sange could barely open his eyes......