The gloomy weather for several days seemed to be gathering momentum for the coming stormy weather, so much so that as soon as Ye Jinyi and Tang Ci left the Lingyan Realm, they began to blow with fierce winds, lightning and thunder. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Ye Jinyi had already changed back into a black robe, at this time, she was draped in a robe, wearing a wide hat on her head, the horse galloped on the muddy road, the rain hit her face, if it weren't for the brim of the hat more or less blocking some of the rain, I'm afraid she would have been a little difficult to open her eyes.

"Tang Ci, do you want to rest?" There was a fork in the road in front of him, Ye Jinyi tightened the reins of the horse, turned his head to look at Tang Ci, who was also parked behind him, and asked loudly.

Through the dense rain curtain, Ye Jinyi could still vaguely see Tang Ci's blue face and frozen white lips.

"It's okay, Brother Night, time is pressing, let's hurry. Tang Ci also replied loudly towards Ye Jinyi, and raised his hand to wipe the rain from his face.

"It's fine. ”

After getting Tang Ci's answer, Ye Jinyi nodded, and whipped heavily towards the horse, and the horse raised its front hooves and galloped towards one of the roads.

The weather was so cold that when the wind and rain had subsided, the mud on the road had become a hard clod of earth because of the cold weather, and the horses' hooves clattered on it.

Ye Jinyi and Tang Ci's speed gradually slowed down, and they quietly rushed to the conspicuous bluestone tablet along the shore of Taihu Lake.

"Continue to walk along that forest, and you can reach Lu's house in an hour. Ye Jinyi raised his finger and pointed to the stone tablet engraved with "Yu Lingdu" on the side of the road a small step, and said softly.

Tang Ci followed Ye Jinyi's gaze and said slowly: "How should we go? ”

Ye Jinyi narrowed his eyes and said: "It's a trivial matter to startle the snake now. ”

Tang Ci looked up at Ye Jinyi and said, "Is there anything else?"

Ye Jinyi rode to the bluestone tablet, looked down at the horseshoe prints on the path that stretched to the depths of the forest, and was silent.

Not long after the rain stopped, the horseshoe print must be new.

Tang Ci also rode his horse to the side of Ye Jinyi, and with just one glance, he also noticed the horseshoe prints on the road: "Could it be that someone knew the whereabouts of the Weeping Blood Sword before us?"

Ye Jinyi didn't answer, she only felt a little panicked in her heart, because not long ago, she had received a message from Haruma and Yuelu, and the letter brought her the worst news.

Bai Hua and the others are missing.

Unsuspecting people will never have a chance to evade the tracking of the Other Shore Pavilion, but now that Bai Hua and the others have thrown off the tracking of Qingma and Yuelu, does it mean that Bai Hua has discovered them.

If so, the situation will be far worse than they think. Ye Jinyi only hopes that Bai Hua's speed is not as fast as his, so the Lu family may still have a chance to live.

Ye Jinyi glanced at the ground again, and after a while, she sighed slightly and said, "There is only one horse." ”

The horseshoe prints, which stretched deep into the woods, were clear and sparse enough to be judged to have been left by a horse.

If there was only one horse, it would definitely not be Bai Hua, who would it be? Who else would remember this Lu family, who had almost disappeared from the rivers and lakes?

"Let's go. Ye Jinyi didn't think much about it, only slammed the whip at the horse, and hurried along the path towards the Lu family.

The vast lake, occasionally blowing with the scent of grass, swinging the lake ripples in a circle, if not to mention the green smoke floating on the lake, the lake water is quite clear, just the shore of a black and white figure reflected clearly.

Tang Ci looked at the lake where the smoke was drifting, and then looked at the solemn Ye Jinyi and said, "Brother Ye, here, how can we get over?"

Ye Jinyi looked down at the path that stretched to the lake and stopped abruptly, and then looked up at the lake that was so full of smoke that he couldn't see the opposite shore clearly, and bent down slightly to check the situation on the shore.

Seeing this, Tang Ci also lowered his head and looked at the shore, hoping to find some useful clues.

"Do you see what's wrong?" Ye Jinyi said softly.

Tang Ci squatted down, raised his hand to brush the soil between the grass nests on the bank, raised his head slightly, and said: "Jiangnan is warm in all seasons, so although it is a cold winter, there is still green grass on the riverside, but only this one place has only loess, no grass, as if something has been pressed here for a long time." ”

The place where Tang Ci pointed happened to be next to the lake, so the soil above was still the water left by the occasional rise of the lake or the water left by the lake lapping on the shore, so that the soil was damp, even muddy, but except for that small area, the rest of the shore was covered with grass.

Ye Jinyi said, "Do you know what it is?"

Tang Ci shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Ye Jinyi squinted his eyes slightly and said, "Boat." ”

Tang Ci looked up sharply and said, "Boat?"

Ye Jinyi nodded and said, "Not bad, boat." Left behind when the ship docked. ”

When Tang Ci heard this, he jumped up and patted his head, and exclaimed, "Yes! It's a boat! Then we can get there." ”

Ye Jinyi raised his eyes and said, "The Lu family is indeed extraordinary. ”

"There is no day of labor, and the delusion of dust is not true, He Men is quiet. There is no day to work, and the dust ・・・・・・ is faintly heard on the lake, and the chant is so strong and powerful that even the lake water is slightly rippling because of this chant.

Ye Jinyi crossed his arms and looked sideways at the lake, and said softly: "It seems that this ferryman is still a literati who has read poetry and books." ”

Tang Ci also walked to the side of Ye Jinyi with his feet, looked at the lake and said, "Literati?"

The corners of Ye Jinyi's mouth twitched slightly, and he raised his hand and gently patted Tang Ci's head with the hilt of the sword in his hand.

"Brother Night, why are you beating me?" Tang Ci hurriedly raised his hand and rubbed his head, muttering with grievances.

Ye Jinyi pointed to the book in Tang Ci's hand, and sighed: "You carry this book every day, and you don't even know this poem by Zhang Qiao?"

Tang Ci touched his head embarrassedly, raised his head slightly, but saw a small boat slowly coming from the layers of smoke on the lake, hurriedly held Ye Jinyi's arm, pointed to the boat and said, "Big brother, you, the literati you are talking about." ”

A small wooden boat slowly sailed through the blue-gray smoke, and standing at the front of the wooden boat was an old man dressed in blue-gray clothes, gray hair, and gray beard.

If it weren't for the bright red wine gourd hanging from the old man's waist, he would almost have blended in with the blue-gray ethereal smoke.

Ye Jinyi first glanced up at the boat and the boatman, and then patted Tang Ci's head indifferently, and said, "Little brother, I thought your stutter was cured?"

With that, she took a step forward, stood quietly on the shore with her arms crossed, and stared at the old man on the ship's pole as she approached them.

When the little wooden boat was about to sail to the shore, the old man on the boat smiled and said, "Young man, are you going to cross this lake?"

Ye Jinyi said: "Yes, please ask the old man to take us a ride." ”

The old man stroked his beard with a smile, looked at the other side of the lake, and said, "Young man, do you know where the other side of the lake is?"

Ye Jinyi followed the old man's line of sight, but only saw a blurry mist, she muttered for a moment and said, "Since I came here, I naturally know where the other side is?"

The old man slowly turned his head, looked at Ye Jinyi and said, "Since you know, do you still want to go over?"

Ye Jinyi nodded and said, "Just because I know, I want to go." ”

The old man nodded, raised his hand and smiled, "Those two young men, please get on the boat." ”

Ye Jinyi arched his hand and said, "Thank you, old man." ”

The lake is not big, but the boat moves very slowly, as if the ferryman deliberately wanted to leave enough time for the people on the boat to enjoy the scenery on the lake, but in fact, there was only a little green smoke and a faint smell of grass on the lake, and it was almost impossible to see the scenery on the shore.

Tang Ci and Ye Jinyi's horses were tied to the stout trees on the shore, and they were bowing their heads and leisurely nibbling on the fresh grass on the ground.

And Ye Jinyi and Tang Ci stood quietly on the boat, getting farther and farther away from the shore when they came, leisurely watching the smoke drifting by.

Ye Jinyi looked at the old man from head to toe for a long time before he said, "Old man, have you been spending time with others recently?"

The old man smiled, did not look back, still holding on to the slender bamboo pole, and replied with a light cough: "I am old, I can't remember clearly." ”

Ye Jinyi also pursed his lips and chuckled, looked down at the clear two thumb-sized circular intaglios under his feet, and still raised his hand to rub the tip of his nose, and said, "Old man, this ship is very old." ”

The old man sighed and said, "When people are old, the ship is naturally old. ”

Ye Jinyi nodded and said slowly: "That's the reason." ”

"There is no day to work, and the dust is ・・・・・・ in vain," the old man untied the bright red wine jug at his waist, poured it into his mouth, and began to chant again, and there were slight waves on the surface of the lake.

In addition to the faint smell of grass in the air, the strong aroma of wine slowly overflows, and after the aroma of wine wafts away, only the fresh smell of grass remains.

Ye Jinyi only listened to the old man's chanting with his eyes slightly closed, and then chuckled without a trace, but this almost inaudible chuckle reached the old man's ears.

The old boatman turned around tremblingly, looked at the night brocade clothes, and said, "I wonder why the young man is laughing?"

Ye Jinyi opened her eyes and said with a smile: "Old man, it's rude, the future is just a little confused about this poem." ”

The old boatman smiled and said, "Young man, why don't you tell me about it?"

Ye Jinyi pursed her lips and smiled: "There is no day for labor, and delusion is caused by the dust? Dare to ask the old man, what is labor? What is delusion?"

When Tang Ci heard this, he also lowered his head and read softly: "There is no day for work, and the dust is in vain. There is no day to work, and the dust is delusional. ”