From Luzhou to Huainan, it was already November.

Except for a few lonely boats at the ferry, there was no trace of people on both sides of the cold river, only a pavilion isolated in the cold wind, and the night crows were hoarse.

The old man who was holding the boat exhaled a cold breath and buckled the hat on his head down. "The wind on the river is tight, pay attention to the breathing. ”

"Yes. Zhao Wu'an closed his sleeves and waved it leisurely.

When he arrived in Luzhou, the weather was already cooler, so he bought a white robe that was the same as last year and draped it over the white robe. All the people who accompanied him all the way also added some clothes.

The river was shrouded in a white mist, and the sky was thick with clouds, so low that it seemed to press down on it.

As soon as the penny was propped up, the two boats had already been erected, tied by thick ropes, so that they did not float away with the water.

"A boat goes away, a boat goes with luggage. If you don't worry, send a hard idea to go with the luggage. ”

The old man didn't know how long the boat had been holding up in Jinkou, and he spoke crisply and neatly, without dragging mud and water at all.

Zhao Wu'an turned around and glanced at everyone.

After coming out of Luzhou, the young man named Xu Long in Qingdi Township naturally couldn't follow anymore. Everyone changed three or four post stations along the way, and although the luggage has been simplified to the extreme, they still feel a lot when they are moved.

"I'll take the luggage and press it, Lao Hu, you take them on the boat first. He commanded lightly.

Hu Buxi nodded, and stepped on the boat first, Duan Taoli and Dailou Duyun followed randomly, and An Nan accompanied An Guangmao to lead Mrs. An behind.

"The river is cold, so be careful. Zhao Wu'an admonished.

Walking here, everyone started and stopped all the way, all under the command of Mrs. An, and it was also in good order. The old girl who has been the daughter-in-law of a good family for 30 years has started to do things, and her majesty is still the same as it was back then.

Rao is like this, the body cannot be deceived after all. In just two months, Mrs. An has lost a lot of weight compared to when she was in Qingdi Township before, and her already slender body is even more fragile and unbearable, her face is as pale as paper, and she often coughs up blood. Zhao Wu'an saw it in his eyes, and he was secretly distressed in his heart.

It is said that the hearts of parents in the world are the most intriguing tears. Mrs. An was willing not to even want her life, and walked away from Qingdi Township, where she had not taken a step in thirty years, to find her daughter.

Regardless of the result, she made up her mind before anyone else, even An Guangmao couldn't persuade her, and Zhao Wuan knew that she had no shame to ask her to wait in the countryside.

But from Huaixi all the way to Shu, now that she has only walked halfway, Mrs. An's body is like a candle in the wind, and Zhao Wuan really doesn't know if she can hold out until the day she enters Shu to see An Qing.

Just as he was in a trance, the luggage of the second boat was also bundled. The old man who was holding the boat coughed vigorously twice before calling Zhao Wu'an back and stepping on board.

The dragonfly touched the shore like a piece of water, and the boat broke through the waves and swayed forward.

The previous ship had not been out for a long time, and it was not fast, cutting the waves leisurely. One after the other through the thin mist on the river.

Zhao Wu'an stood on the bow of the boat, exhaled a breath of hot air, and rubbed his hands.

"Where are you going?" asked the old man who was holding the boat.

Zhao Wu'an was stunned and replied, "Enter Shu." ”

"Going to a distant relative?"

Zhao Wuan hesitated for a moment, "No...... Go to Shu to participate in the martial arts league leader election that year. ”

The old man sighed and quietly propped up the boat.

The penny broke the water waves again and again, the old man's movements were fast and not chaotic, and there was no wind and waves on the river, and the boat moved forward steadily.

Lao Su suddenly said: "My son used to say that he wanted to go to the rivers and lakes. I remember it was a sunny day, and he took the sword he had stolen out and ran out of the back of the village. was caught by me, knelt in front of me, and said that he wanted to go to Lingshan to learn art, and he would be the first in the world in the future. ”

Zhao Wu'an listened silently.

I let him go, and as I was leaving, I gave him twenty taels of silver. The old man sighed, "That's my wife's book that I have been fishing for decades and secretly saved for him. ”

"And what happened later?" asked Zhao Wu'an.

"Later? I don't know what later. The old man shook his head, "I only heard that Lingshan is not far from here, but if you want to walk there, you have to walk for ten days and ten nights." I picked a day that was not busy for a year, I went out of the village before dawn, walked day and night, walked to an inn on the side of the road on the sixth day, and asked someone, only to know that Lingshan was on top of my head. ”

Zhao Wu'an was silent.

"I didn't go up the mountain. The mountain road is long and rugged, and I heard that people who are not good at martial arts will risk falling off the cliff halfway through. It is also said that Lingshan opens the mountain gate twice a year, and at the turn of spring, summer and autumn and winter, there will be masters who go down the mountain road to collect apprentices. I drank a cup of tea at the foot of the mountain, used up all the money I had brought with me, and left. What exactly are the rivers and lakes that you people often talk about?"

The old man's face remained unchanged, but he seemed to be very curious, and asked lightly: "Like me, I have been fishing for half my life, and I have been on the boat for half my life, and I have only been to the foot of Lingshan Mountain to drink a cup of tea, is it considered a river and lake?"

Zhao Wu'an said gently: "Count." ”

"Then my son is like that, carrying a tattered sword and carrying twenty taels of silver, and I still don't know where it is, which is also considered a river and lake?"

"Count. "Zhao Wu'an's pupils are like a sea of stars.

"Then the martial arts conference, the first in the world, is also considered a river and lake?"

"It's all rivers and lakes. Zhao Wuan nodded and said, "The hearts of parents, wandering children, chivalrous feelings and enmity are all rivers and lakes." ”

Lao Su sneered: "I don't know what's good, go forward and follow." ”

Zhao Wuan smiled: "Yes." ”

As he was talking, on the boat in front of him, Duan Taoli suddenly jumped up and looked up at the air.

"Snow!"

Zhao Wu'an was stunned, raised his head, and looked at the gray sky.

Indeed, in the cold sky, sparse snowflakes fell and rested on his shoulders, crystal clear. The white robe became more and more cold and lonely, and the red box of Luo Shen behind him was also dyed with a few pieces of silver and white snowflakes.

Looking at the world, the river is white and white, the snow is falling slowly, and a flat boat swings in the center of the river, such as poetry and painting.

"New snow is coming. It's almost the moon again. The old man let out a long sigh, "It's time to get busy." After carrying your batch into Shu, this piece of Erjiang will soon stop crossing. ”

Zhao Wu'an was stunned, and said with a light smile: "Are you going to celebrate the New Year?"

"Yes, we ordinary people all year round, but there are not many comfortable days to look forward to, and not all of them are looking at the wax moon for a few days, and they can shrink in bed and enjoy the blessings. ”

Zhao Wu'an said: "Then, that ...... on the Spirit Mountain"

As soon as he said that, he regretted that he should not have mentioned the old man's sadness like this.

Unexpectedly, the old man's face remained unchanged, and he smiled and said: "I can't find it back, the rivers and lakes are big, and the burial people have nowhere to find them......"

The sound fell leisurely in the endless Yangtze River.

The apes on both sides of the strait could not stop crying.

A little longer, the light boat has been moored to the shore.

Zhao Wu'an lightly wrapped his white clothes and got off the boat. Unload the ship's luggage with the help of the boatman.

Crossing the river is already Shu land, the snow is getting bigger, dyeing the green silk of the people in the snow, and the shore is full of white-haired people for a while.

"After climbing this mountain, half a mile back, there are people living there. The boatman instructed lightly, and exclaimed, "There will be a period later—"

The light boat gradually moved away from the shore.

Zhao Wuan waved his hand. Duan Taoli also put his hands on the side of his mouth and shouted, "Thank you two old men!"

Zhao Wu'an turned his head sideways and caught a glimpse of Dai Lou Duyun standing next to the second elder of the An family, holding his arms, looking at the wind and snow rather unhappily.

I don't know if it is because of the snow, Mrs. An's complexion seems to be much more ruddy than when she first crossed the river. The gray hair on his head was also hidden in the frost and snow, and he looked several years younger.

Zhao Wu'an lowered his head and said to himself thoughtfully, "I forgot to ask the name and surname of that Lingshan disciple. ”

"Lingshan disciple, what Lingshan disciple does the boss want to ask?" Hu Buxi approached him, shook the snowflakes on his head, and said with a smile, "This snow is still coming at a really good time, just before the village and behind the store, you see what the little emperor of Miaojiang has frozen." ”

"It's cold before the frost and after the snow, and it's not cold yet. Zhao Wu'an said, intentionally or unintentionally glancing at Dailou Duyun.

Hu Buxi laughed beside him.

Dai Lou Duyun rolled her eyes and tightened her single coat with one arm.

Mrs. An said lightly: "Let's go." ”

The group turned and left. Only Zhao Wu'an and Hu Buxi were left, still holding on and not moving.

The two stood silently on the shore, facing the cold snow of a river.

Hu Buxi coughed: "Why doesn't the boss leave?"

"What are you waiting for?" Zhao Wu'an asked, staring at Jiang Xin.

"Huh?"

"It's snowing and windy, and the ferry will be closed soon, what are you waiting for here?" Zhao Wu'an turned his eyes and looked straight at Hu Buxi, "Qingdi Township, I have been holding back and not asking, and now it is Shu Land again, do you still refuse to say?"

Hu Buxi smiled dryly: "Boss, what are you talking about......"

"The day I went to Anjia to propose marriage, it coincided with the robbery of Duan Taoli by Duyun on behalf of the building. Zhao Wu'an said in a deep voice, "When I went back to the inn to stop Dai Lou Duyun, he had already robbed Duan Taoli and left. This doesn't matter, just chase it again, but why didn't I see you have any intention of leaving until I came back from my hometown?"

Hu Buxi was stunned and froze in place.

"No matter when, you've never been a step late, Hu Buxi. ”

Zhao Wu'an stared at his eyes, his eyes were like deep pools, and the ancient wells were not wavering.

"But that day you were at least three hours late. Even when I got back to the inn, you were still eating beef noodles. That's a good bowl of beef noodles. ”

Hu Buxi wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile: "Boss, listen to my explanation......"

"Nope. I don't need to explain. Zhao Wu'an shook his head, "I still think that I know people well, and the longer I get along with others, the more I don't want to listen to explanations." ”

"How much more is you, the one with whom I have known for twenty-three years. ”

Zhao Wu'an turned around and left, leaving two lines of shallow footprints.

"How do you want me to believe your rhetoric, or your heartfelt words?"

This year was full of snow.

The white-robed layman carried the box into Shu.