As soon as April begins, spring blossoms.

The bluestone slab was full of broken petals, and when you counted them, two hundred and thirty-four of them were divided into two even halves.

Today is the sixth day of the fourth month, and it is time to take a lesson on strategy. Dong Ping didn't come as before, when Lin Sanchuan told Tang Gulu, the teacher of the policy class, the reason for Dong Ping's tenth leave, this good gentleman couldn't help but suffocate his face into a pig's liver and roared: "I see hemorrhoids ten times a month!

The hall was full of laughter, and even Xiao Shanming, who had always been as heavy as water, couldn't help but show a hint of a smile.

After school at noon, Tang Gulu finally couldn't help but run to complain to Uncle Tai. When Tang Gulu reprimanded Dong Ping, Uncle Tai was serious and comforted: "Teacher Tang, the foundation of the college is to teach and educate people, since Dong Ping is wrong, then I, the dean, should be ten times more wrong than him." If you are to blame, then blame me first. Tang Gulu heard Uncle Tai say this, and his anger disappeared by half. But when Uncle Tai was tired of speaking again, Tang Gulu threw his sleeves away angrily.

"Besides, there are few students in the martial arts academy this year. The tuition fee was only charged more than 100,000 taels, and Dong Ping alone paid 30,000 taels of silver......"

From Yanlin City to the southeast of the hundred and ten miles is the Linxian River, to the fourth day of the fourth month of April every year, this Linxian River will be lively. There are poems:

On April 4, I was in the Xianjiang River and watched the flying fish leap over the dragon gate.

At the beginning of July, Jiuyan came to the city, and the city was full of wind and rain and a hundred flowers.

Watching the fish and jumping over the dragon gate and appreciating the hundred flowers festival are the two major events in Yanzhou and even in the north.

The bustling crowds on both sides of the river stretched for three or four hundred miles, and in addition to the literati and scholars, more of these people were ordinary people who came here to relax before the spring planting began. A few children and girls sat by the river with the snacks they had just begged from the hawkers, and what attracted them more than the flying fish and the dragon gate was the several luxurious painting boats cruising on the wide river. The people sitting on several painting boats are all rich businessmen and tycoons, high-ranking officials of the Hong family.

Maybe it's because spring has been held back for a long time, and this time it comes out, it's warm and unbearable.

Dong Ping was lying on the deck with his arms open in a light shirt, and the river breeze was blowing, so comfortable. This painting boat belongs to Shangguanmen, and today Shangguan Xi invited Dong Ping to get on the boat to watch the fish and jump over the dragon gate. Dong Ping had a good look at the extravagant style of these rich people this time, and just looking at Shangguan Xi's style on his right was particularly powerful. She sat in a rocking chair with two shaders and two fans around her, and behind her there were all sorts of things ready to serve. In total, there were seventeen handmaidens circling around her.

Shangguan Xi doesn't laugh, he doesn't smile when facing these servants. On the other side, Shangguan Xiu's style is not small, and there are seven or eight little maids who use shabu-shabu, hold inkstones, and grind ink. But Shangguan Xiu had no distractions, and his mind was completely on the drawing paper in front of him.

"Miss Shangguan is really favored by the family, and this painting boat that the head of the Shangguan family is qualified to sit on was actually transferred by you. Dong Ping felt in his heart that although Shangguan Xi's surname was Shangguan, she was still a member of the Wang family in general. Being able to mobilize this painting boat shows that Shangguan Xi is favored in the family.

Shangguan Xi took the tea from the maidservant, and said nonchalantly: "I am the next head of the Shangguan family, and there is nothing that cannot be mobilized with a mere painting boat." ”

Hearing this, it was impossible for Dong Ping not to be surprised. The forces within the Shangguan family are intertwined, and Shangguan Xi, a woman with a foreign surname, can ascend to the throne of the next head of the family in such a complicated situation, which shows her meticulous thinking and means

Tough.

Dong Ping smiled: "I used to despise Miss Shangguan. ”

"I used to despise Dong Gongzi, a person who was powerless, and he was able to cross tens of thousands of miles from Shubei City to Yanlin safe and sound. This mental and perseverance alone is admirable enough. Dong joined the army. Shangguan Xi said lightly. With the power of the Shangguan family, it is naturally easy to investigate a person's origin. Dong Ping didn't defend himself, but just smiled and said: "This way, it's really hard. ”

Shangguan Xi has been involuntarily involved in the family struggle since he can remember. For more than ten years, she has defeated one after another strong enemies inside and outside the clan with her daughter with a foreign surname. Therefore, she won the favor of the current head of the Shangguan family and was able to leap into the dragon gate. Her heart has long been as solid as a rock, except when facing Shangguan Xiu, she never smiles. Dong Ping is an exception. Shangguan Xi was also surprised by her reaction, and she wondered if she had a heart for Dong Ping. After investigating Dong Ping, Shangguan Xi was relieved, she was more of a sympathy for Dong Ping who had been tempered.

"Duan Yunlou is also smart, but compared to Shangguan Xi, it is nothing to blame. Dong Ping secretly said in his heart, when he looked at Shangguan Xi again, there was some appreciation in his eyes.

Suddenly, there was a sudden change on the Linxian River.

A silvery-white wave across both sides of the river surged, and the waves were layered on top of each other, and each wave was more surging than the other.

"Fish Leaping Dragon Gate!"

The sound of the high trumpet sounded from both sides of the river, and I saw two teams of young men dressed in red and riding red horses whistling past from both sides of the river with gongs and drums. The crowd, which had been noisy a moment ago, was now silent, and they all watched the surging tide with bated breath.

Shangguan Xiu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stretched out his hand and said lightly: "Pen." ”

The red sleeves were offered, and Shangguan Xiu waved his pen, and the magnificent Linxian River jumped on the paper.

Dong Ping is interested, he has seen this fish leaping dragon gate a few times, although it is amazing at first glance, it is not interesting to look at it again.

Suddenly, the river surface changed and regenerated.

Thousands of species of river fish leap up from the waves and soar into the sky. The fish didn't know where the strength came from, but they jumped dozens of feet, and it was really a fish jumping over the dragon gate!

Millions of flying fish soared into the air and fell into the river in an arc.

After a while, the fish will rise again, so complicated, it should be a spectacle!

"The wonder of the dragon gate of the fish leap originated from the founding of the Song Dynasty, and the world is called auspicious. Shangguan Xi said.

"Now the Song Kingdom is shaking, and the mountains and rivers are broken. Whose auspiciousness is this fish leaping over the dragon gate?" Dong Ping said disdainfully.

Shangguan Xi glanced at Dong Ping and ignored him. Shangguan Xiu on the other side exploded in an instant, only to see Shangguan Xiu tear up the freshly painted Fish Leaping Dragon Gate like crazy.

Seeing this, Dong Ping's body trembled, and his heart palpitated.

"How did you serve the young master? Shangguan Xi said coldly. The little maids knelt down one after another, and a few even secretly wiped away their tears. It seems that Shangguan Xi usually teaches these little girls a lesson.

"These girls are excellent, and if you want to blame your brother for being an out-and-out fool, bastard. Dong Ping laughed.

Shangguan Xi was just about to get angry, when he saw that Dong Ping had already walked towards Shangguan Xiu. Dong Ping picked up the broken painting that fell on the ground and looked at it, and said, "Although the painting is good, it is not amazing." Would you like to take a closer look? ”

"Let's go!" Shangguan Xiu neatly packed up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and pulled Dong Ping to the first floor of the painting boat where the boat was placed.

Shangguan Xi stood up suddenly, her apricot eyes widened angrily, and she shouted: "Don't allow it!"

Shangguan Xiu is also a ruthless person, he let go of Dong Ping when he heard this, and came to the railing without saying a word and was about to turn down.

Suddenly, two figures flew out of the cabin and held down Shangguan Xiu. A trace of distress flashed between Shangguan Xi's eyebrows, but she hardened her heart and said coldly: "If you don't want to stay on the ship, then I'll send you home immediately!"

Dong Ping glanced at Shangguan Xiu and saw that although his face was gloomy, he had no intention of resisting. Dong Ping smiled and said: "Shangguan girl, Brother Ling is an impatient, if you force him like this, you are not afraid that he will bite his tongue and commit suicide." ”

When Shangguan Xiu heard this, it was like he had opened his mind, and he opened his mouth wide and was about to bite his tongue. Thanks to the quick eyes of the two guards, Shengsheng stuck his finger in Shangguan Xiu's mouth.

Shangguan Xi stomped her feet angrily, and she looked at Dong Ping angrily. Dong Ping spread his hands and grinned, indicating that he had nothing to do with himself.

"I really don't know if it's a bad thing or a good thing to let Dong Ping and Xiu'er make friends. Shangguan Xi's mind turned: "You can go, but on the ship, you have to listen to Ah Da and Ah San." ”

Shangguan Xiu showed a rare smile, and he suddenly spoke: "Dong Ping also has to follow." ”

"Glad to be there. ”

Shangguan Xi looked at Dong Ping playfully and said lightly: "My family's servants will only take care of their own people, and as for the safety of Dong Gongzi, we can't do anything." ”

Dong Ping smiled, he knew that Shangguan Xi was still worried about what he had done just now: "Naturally, I, Dong Ping, don't need others to take care of it." ”

When everyone got off the boat, Shangguan Xi quietly gave the guard a big look. That Ah Da snorted and said secretly, this Dong Gongzi can touch the reverse scales of the young lady!

On the Linxian River, a small boat floats by.

The dignitaries and nobles on the other painting boats all looked sideways, "Where did this boat come from, dare to surpass our painting boat!" shouted the black-faced man with a saber at his waist.

Sitting cross-legged next to the black-faced man was a middle-aged man with a three-foot long hair and chest-length hair, and this man had a dignified Chinese character face. His face is resolute, and his thick eyebrows and big eyes add a bit of righteousness to him.

"Li Bandit, walking on the river, can't you be more open-minded?" the middle-aged man said lightly.

The black-faced man Li Bandit replied, "My lord, in addition to our boat, there are several other adults' boats on this river. This boat is beyond our boat, but it breaks the rules. ”

In the past, only the emperor's boat was qualified to float on the Linxian River. So to speak

It's us who break the rules. Today's Northland is different from the Northland of the past. The Northland of the past is the royal Northland. And today's Northland is the Northland of the people of Northland. You have to keep this in mind, only by keeping this in mind can we gain a foothold under the oppression of the Liao people. The middle-aged man said.

"Keep in mind the teachings of adults. Li Bandit replied with some shame.

This Ye Bianzhou was urged by Ah Da Ah San to move extremely fast with his true qi, and within a moment, he chased after the wave.

The turbulent water kept splashing on the flat boat, but Dong Ping exclaimed with joy.

When a huge school of fish jumps, it is as if a huge wall has suddenly been erected on the surface of the river.

"This kind of scene should be seen up close!" Dong Ping laughed loudly.

Shangguan Xiu's face was also full of excitement, and Ah Da Ah San picked up the drawing paper. Shangguan Xiu didn't put pen to paper, but leaned down the boat and looked down the river for a moment.

Dong Ping was watching the rise of Yuyue, so he naturally didn't take Shangguan Xiu to heart.

Suddenly, I only heard Shangguan Xiu shouting: "Pen!"

Shangguan Xiu's painting really has a posture of "the pen falls into the wind and rain, and the painting becomes a crying ghost and god".

Dong Ping sat on the edge of the boat, stretched one leg into the cool river water, and laughed: "Okay!"

As soon as the words fell, the painting was completed.

Shangguan Xiu suddenly smiled and said, "It's not good, it's good, it's good, it's good!"

"I didn't think you would laugh on this piece of wood. Dong Ping quipped.

"Not only will I laugh, but Lao Tzu will laugh!" Shangguan Xiu said wildly.

Dong Ping was taken aback by his sudden fierceness, "Could it be that these people who play calligraphy and painting are a little crazy?" He pondered while observing Shangguan Xiu's paintings.

I saw that the composition of the painting was particularly strange, and almost two-thirds of the huge paper was occupied by the river. At the top, a heavenly gate was faintly revealed, and several other fish that seemed to have quickly transformed into flying dragons were scrambling towards the heavenly gate.

Dong Ping sneered: "Although painting should be freehand, your painting is too much, an exaggerated work." ”

"Who said it, you ...... carefully"

Shangguan Xiu was about to explain, but was interrupted by Ah Da. Ah Da came to Dong Ping and said with a smile: "Dong Gongzi should stretch his legs back, the waves are big and the water is deep, don't make any mistakes." ”

Dong Ping waved his hand absently, "It's okay." After he finished speaking, he saw a trace of unbearability flashing in Ah Da's eyes, and Ah Da said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, Dong Gongzi!"

Ah Da suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed, Dong Ping didn't have time to take precautions, and fell into the river.

Shangguan Xiu's eyes were about to split, and he stretched out his hand and slapped Ah Da in the face: "Dog minion, you don't want to die, don't you!"

Ah Da was stunned for a moment, he had never seen Shangguan Xiu lose such a big temper, "Childe, this is arranged by Miss, we don't dare to disobey it! This is just a small lesson for Dong Gongzi, and before we went to the painting boat, Dong Gongzi had used his water nature..."

Shangguan Xiu hurriedly shouted: "Bullshit! There's something in the water! Quickly fish Dong Ping up!"

Ah Da was shocked when he heard this, he was just about to enter the water, but he only felt that the boat shook violently, and a majestic force surged up from under the water without warning.

Ah Daming clearly realized that the thing under the water was not something he could fight. He exchanged a look with Ah San, and the two of them were heartbroken, regardless of Shangguan Xiu's struggle, one grabbed him by one arm, and then tread water and went to the painting boat.

The people on both sides of the strait did not know why, and when they saw someone treading water, they all applauded.

On the painting boat, Shangguan Xi looked at the three people who returned in embarrassment: "That thing, you are all nothing." ”

Ah Da said with palpitations: "That thing has so much strength, I have never heard of it in my life." ”

Shangguan Xiu sat on the deck and said, "Blame me, blame me......"

Shangguan Xi couldn't see the panic, she said calmly: "Ah San, you help Gongzi back to the boat to rest." Ah Da, go to other painting boats for help, and tell them that whoever can rescue Dong Ping will be the honored guest of my Shangguan family!"

The two of them responded and immediately took action.

When Dong Ping sank into the river, he immediately understood the mystery of the Leaping Dragon Gate and the wonder of Shangguan Xiu's painting.

In the turbid river water, there is a row of giant pythons that look like dragons frantically chasing and preying on the fish in the river. Millions of river fish fly into the sky, where is to jump the dragon gate, but to escape!

Looking at the row of giant pythons more than ten zhang long and as thick as a water tank, Dong Ping was terrified. He fell in the heart of the river, and on both sides of him were giant pythons. Dong Ping's throat moved, and before he could not alarm these giant pythons, he slowly swam towards the river.

As everyone knows, the giant pythons on both sides of Dong Ping have long been eyeing his piece of fat.

A hiss roar was like a thunderbolt in Dong Ping's ears, and a giant python had opened its bloody mouth and attacked Dong Ping.

At the last moment, Dong Ping unleashed the two red bloody eyes that the black blade quickly slashed towards the giant python.

Dong Ping's knife technique has been small, although it is inconvenient in the water, but the tip of the knife still easily scratches the eyes of the giant python. The giant python twisted its huge body in pain, Dong Ping's heart was not good, he had enough true qi in the palace, and swam up like crazy.

Suddenly, the giant python that was stabbed by Dong Ping suddenly shook its giant tail, and a stream of water slammed into Dong Ping's chest with strong energy. The intense pain made Dong Ping couldn't help but open his mouth and choke on a mouthful of river water, and his body fell into the abyss again.

This giant python is no longer an ordinary animal, and in a trance, Dong Ping couldn't help but think of the strange words of the old thief that day. In this way, these giant pythons are also about to enter the spirit level.

"Damn, I'm fighting with you!"

Dong Ping opened his eyes suddenly, his heart was crossed, and he opened his arms and hugged the python that was attacking him.

The python's body trembled at first, and then writhed wildly. Dong Ping's black blade had been inserted into the giant python's head, Dong Ping was overjoyed, but he didn't expect this black blade to be surprisingly powerful.

Dong Ping let go of his hand, abandoned the knife and swam forward to take his life.

Fishy blood gushed out from the python's wound along with brains, and in an instant, the crimson python's blood stained the waters of a radius of dozens of feet.

People on both sides of the strait looked at each other, and at this moment, the wonder of the fish leaping over the dragon gate dissipated invisibly.

Dong Ping, who was underwater, looked back and saw dozens of giant pythons frantically grabbing the body of the giant python that was injured by him.

In an instant, the giant python was devoured.

At the same time, hundreds of pairs of blood-red python eyes looked at Dong Ping in unison. Dong Ping's heart was cold, he only said that his life should be like this, his life was picked up from under the water, and now he is going to be thrown in the water again.

The Linxian River, which had been calm, suddenly changed and reborn.

Dozens of giant pythons are entangled and tumbling, and the river is rippling again!

The crowd instantly boiled and shouted in unison, "Turn into a dragon!"

Ah Da stood beside the man with a respectful face, and Li Kui's face was solemn.

The man said lightly: "Let's do it, now only you Li Bandit can save him." ”

Hearing this, Li Bandit no longer hesitated, he knew that this was a man's order. The man's order for him, had to be from.

In the blink of an eye, Li Bandit drew his knife and put it away.

Perhaps, Li Bandit didn't use the blink of an eye at all.

Ah Da claims to be a master, but he really didn't see how Li Bandit made a move.

However, this knife is indeed shocking.

The wide Linxian River was actually separated by a sky-rushing sword qi at this moment. More than a dozen giant pythons, cut off, were twisting in pain.

Draw the knife and cut off the water.