Someone once asked: Where is the place that makes men forget to return?

I'm afraid that nine out of ten men will answer yes: the land of wind and snow.

And the largest fence in Qingzhou City is the boiling water river, where there are hundreds of bow boats.

As soon as night fell, the originally quiet boiling water river suddenly became lively, and the entire river surface was brightly lit for a while, and the colorful lights rendered this place into a very beautiful picture.

In addition to the warblers in those boats, Yanyan walked out in blood-boiling clothes, and for a while it was like entering a fairyland on earth.

It's just that these flower boats are not all places for buying and selling, but more for their performances, especially those famous prostitutes who are sought after as Oiran.

Although these women sold themselves into the flower boat, they never sold their bodies once, and they all had unique skills to perform for those who came to admire.

Just because those who sell meat are looked down upon by others, if they are ordinary, I am afraid that a few taels of silver can spend a Spring Festival together. And those famous prostitutes who are really famous by their skills and beauty are different, they all cost a few taels of silver even if they meet, not to mention the performances they want to see, I am afraid that they will spend a lot of money, and the more famous ones, I am afraid that they will not be able to see each other for tens of thousands of taels of silver.

It's just that even so, it's just for those rich people to have fun, and after all, it still makes too many people unable to look at it.

Of course, not everyone in these places of wind and snow is here for these famous prostitutes, but more of them are some pretentious scholars and some people in the rivers and lakes, the place of competition, because once you win, it may immediately spread everywhere and make yourself famous.

Just like Wu Qi's defeat of the mountains and rivers with one sword, it has been written into a story by those storytellers, using exaggeration or adding fuel and vinegar to the people to tell the story of the war.

Among the many listeners, there was a woman wearing a veil and covering her appearance, and this woman was holding a portrait of Wu Qi in her hand.

"Miss Susu, the young owner of Baijian Villa is here, saying that he wants you to play a song for him. ”

At this time, a maid came to the woman's side and whispered.

"Tell the young owner, just say that Su Su is unwell today and can't play for him, and I hope he will atone for his sins. ”

"Yes"

When the maid arrived, she withdrew.

This plain girl, but the first prostitute of this red boat, has made too many people linger with her piano skills, and it can be said that she is the cash cow of the red boat, even if it is the young owner of Baijian Villa, she does not dare to force it.

"What is this old man talking about, I listened to the brother of the daughter-in-law of my third aunt's son, that Wu Shaoxia defeated the old owner with one move, and there are so many tricks from there. ”

"This brother, how do you know that the brother of the daughter-in-law of your third aunt's son is telling the truth. ”

"Of course I know, that eldest brother is in charge of counting the ingredients in Baijian Villa, and he can see the battle that day clearly. ”

"It turned out to be the eldest brother, who looked up for a long time. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. ”

Su Su, who was on the side, heard the conversation between the two people, and couldn't help but smile, and couldn't help but secretly think in his heart, the person who defeated the old predecessors was really a generation of masters.

......

It's just that the protagonist of these rumors in the rivers and lakes is in the upper reaches of the boiling water river at this time, building a fire, catching a few big fish, digging a few sweet potatoes from other people's fields, and is solving his stomach problems.

Even those famous prostitutes who are sought after by everyone are no different from ordinary people, and they have to. When you see through this, maybe they are no longer the master or the object of pursuit in your eyes.

Wu Qi was digging sweet potatoes when he was splashed by the host's family, and when he was bathing in the boiling river, he happened to stun a few fish, so he had this extremely sumptuous dinner in front of him.

cracking sound

The fire made a sound because of the fish oil left behind by the grilled fish, and a fragrance came out, which made Wu Qi's mouth water, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the grilled fish, as serious as the battle with Lishanhe today.

For Wu Qi, there are only two things in this world that can make him serious, the first is to compete with others, and the second is to eat.

"Hold on, you have to hold back. ”

Wu Qi's mouth kept chattering, and his hands stretched out to the grilled fish as if uncontrollable.

"No matter, no matter, eat one first. ”

Wu Qi seemed to convince himself, and hurriedly picked up one, looking at the golden fish, his index finger moved, and just as he was about to take a mouth, he seemed to hear a voice.

It was a person moaning in pain, but the voice was too faint, if it weren't for Wu Qi's hearing far beyond ordinary people, he really couldn't hear it.

"Anyone?"

Wu Qi took the grilled fish and slowly walked in the direction from which the voice came, and when he was close to the boiling river, he saw as if a person was lying on a reef in the middle of the river.

It was only because of the rush of the river that the man was about to be washed away from the reef, and if he did, he would not be able to survive.

Wu Qi was sure that it was a person, so he hurriedly made a move, kicked a piece of dead wood next to him into the river, and then flew to the river, with the help of the piece of wood, a little tiptoe, and landed on the reef in the river, and then grabbed the person with one hand, and with a force under his feet, the whole person flew towards the place where he came from like a cannonball, but the reef under his feet was shattered and sank to the bottom of the river.

When Wu Qi carried the man to the fire, he could see clearly with the help of the firelight, this was a young man, but his face was pale and bloodless, his body was also covered with many scars, his hair was scattered, and his body was as cold as iron, if it wasn't for the faint breath, I am afraid that he would be treated as a dead man.

"No, he's going to die if he goes on like this. ”

Wu Qi wrapped his clothes around the man and placed them near the fire, while he was naked, heading towards the flower boats flowing down the boiling river.

The figure is like a ghost, and like a dragonfly dotting the water, avoiding everyone's sight, stepping on the river and flying to a red flower boat.

As soon as he entered the boat, he heard a numbing sound from all around, but Wu Qi's eyes were like clear water, and he was not affected by those sounds, and he dodged into a room.

"Who?"

With an exclamation, I saw a woman who looked like a fairy looking down at a painting, and suddenly saw a ** teenager with an upper body appear in his room, and couldn't help but be startled.

"I need medicine for typhoid fever and some clothes. ”

Wu Qi took care of the woman in front of him, and immediately spoke.

The woman seemed to be frightened, and only reacted after half a sound, and at the same time her face became a little excited, and said in an eager tone: "I don't have it here, wait for me to get it for you." ”

After the woman finished speaking, she took a painting behind her in her arms and hurriedly ran out, leaving Wu Qi alone.

Only a person like Wu Qi would easily believe in someone he had never seen before.

It's just that she didn't wait long, and the woman actually came back, and at the same time took a lot of wound medicine and the man's clothes in her arms.

"These are all of them, whether they are enough for you to use, not enough for me to take."

"Enough, thank you"

Wu Qi immediately took the medicine and clothes, and was about to leave through the window, as if he remembered something, he paused, turned his head and said to the woman.

"My name is Wu Qi, I will return these things to you. ”

Then a person jumped towards the boiling water river outside the boat, and the woman hurriedly came to the window, but saw Wu Qi's figure disappear into the night.

A river breeze blew, and the woman's hair was tossed, and she stretched out her hand to straighten her hair, speaking in a voice that only she could hear.

"It turns out that you don't know me anymore, but I finally see you again, and I know your name. ”

......

With these medicines, the boy whom Wu Qi salvaged from the river had a glimmer of life, fed him the medicine, changed his clothes, and made the fire bigger at the same time.

"Whether you can live or not depends on yourself. ”

Finally, I finished my busy work, ate the remaining few grilled fish, and was about to take out the sweet potatoes from the fire, but found that the sweet potatoes had been burned to charcoal.

"Hey, the sweet potatoes haven't been eaten, and it's a waste. ”

Wu Qi looked at the anxious sweet potatoes with a pity on his face, as if the beauty was in front of him, and he could only look at it and not move.

Late at night, Wu Qi leaned against the tree and fell asleep, and the young man he rescued slowly walked out of the ghost gate, and his chest gradually became powerful and undulating.

In the early morning of the second day, Wu Qi dug up a few sweet potatoes from a farmer's house early in the morning, and this time he took advantage of the fact that others were still asleep, and he was in the rice field that was not splashed.

Making a fire and baking sweet potatoes is what Wu Qi is best at.

As time passed, the aroma of the sweet potatoes came out, as if it was even more delicious than those mountain delicacies.

"Ahem..."

At this time, a rapid cough sounded, and the boy who was rescued by Wu Qi finally woke up.

"Am I dead?"

"If you can smell the sweet potato, it's proof that you're not dead. ”

Hearing someone answering him, the boy climbed up with one hand on his body, but the other hand fell weakly to the side, apparently broken.

"Did you save me? ”

The young man said, and actually wanted to kneel down to Wu Qi.

"Fortunately, I hid in time, if I was kneeling by you, wouldn't I have lived a few years less?"

Wu Qi dodged to the side, unable to let the young man get his way.

"My name is Bai Sheng, no matter what, you saved my life, you are my benefactor. ”

The young man is a white life who will not die in a catastrophe.

"Hehe, that's right, my name is Wu Qi, Koutian Wu, the beginning. ”

When Wu Qi saw the other party get up, he couldn't help grinning and reported his name.

"Come and eat sweet potatoes, eat more, as for your arm, I'll pick up the sweet potatoes for you when you're done." “

Wu Qi took out the sweet potato that had been roasted, threw one to Bai Sheng, and said with a big grin.

Bai Sheng hadn't eaten for two days and one night since he jumped into the river to when he was rescued by Wu Qi, and he was blessed with a great life, but he didn't die.

"Will you take the arm"?

Bai Sheng ate the sweet potato and asked vaguely.

"Of course I will pick it up, when I was in my hometown, every time Rhubarb was injured after a fight, I picked up the bones for him. ”

Wu Qi said proudly.

"The rhubarb you're talking about can't be a dog, right?"

"Of course not. ”

"What's that?"

"It's a wolf".

Bai Sheng was speechless on the spot, unable to continue the discussion.

"Hold back, it hurts a little. ”

After eating sweet potatoes, Wu Qi couldn't wait to prepare to give Bai Sheng bones.

"Come on, this pain is nothing."

For Bai Sheng, the pain of a broken arm is nothing, and the pain is the real pain.

"Here we are. ”

"Yes"

With a click, Bai Sheng's arm was really picked up by Wu Qi, and he didn't say a word from beginning to end, but a dense cold sweat broke out on his forehead, which really hurt when he thought about it.

"I haven't moved, although the bones are connected, but it will take a few days to recover, and this arm will be fixed first. ”

Wu Qi was very skilled, tying three pieces of wood to Bai Sheng's arm, and tearing the tattered clothes into strips of cloth and tying them, it seems that he gave Xiao Huang a lot of bones.

"How's it going? I told you that I would take the bones. ”

Wu Qi looked at his masterpiece with a proud face, how could he have the mastery style of defeating the mountains and rivers with one sword, and he was a child king.

"Yes, Bai Sheng admires. ”

"Hey, hey".

"Haha"

The two teenagers looked at each other and suddenly laughed, as if they had known each other for a long time.

......

"How did you fall into the river and get so hurt?"

Wu Qi had a fish bone in his mouth and asked curiously, picking his teeth.

Bai Sheng didn't speak immediately, but was silent, with a sad face, Wu Qi didn't urge, just waited quietly on the side.

"I have been an orphan since I was a child, but fortunately I was taken in by the master, and I was also given a name, telling me that although I came unclear, but I want to live clearly in the future, so I was named Bai Sheng....".

Bai Sheng seemed to regard Wu Qi as the object of his talk, from when he was a child, he had an accident in Pegasus Village, he was forced to jump into the river, and told Wu Qi bit by bit.

Bai Sheng is very confused now and doesn't know what to do.

"Since there is no news, it proves that your master and stepfather are not dead, and as for your Uncle Zhao, there is nothing to do. Once you've healed, you can look for them. ”

Wu Qi comforted, and then continued:

"After listening to your story, I will also tell you about me, I am from the Northern Wilderness, it is a very poor place, when I was a child, I met a master with a knife, asked me to borrow a sip of water to drink, and gave me a knife, he told me that if I had the opportunity to take this knife out of the Northern Wilderness, go to the snow country to find him, so I took this knife and walked out of the Northern Wilderness. ”

Wu Qi took out the short knife on his waist and touched it very carefully, the blade was very ordinary, and it looked like an ordinary short knife, but this knife accompanied Wu Qi all the way here.

"Northern Wilderness, Snow Country"

Bai Sheng had seen from books in these two places, and the Northern Wilderness was a very poor place as Wu Qi said, inaccessible, and no one wanted to go there.

And Snow Country, which is one of the three major countries in this land, is located in the far north, a land of ice and snow, which is rarely depicted in other books.

"By the way, anyway, I have to travel the rivers and lakes, then I will accompany you to find your master and them, and when you find them, you will accompany me to the snow country. ”

"Yes"

"Then it's settled. ”

"By the way, I want to go to the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

Bai Sheng suddenly remembered that he still had an agreement with someone, and immediately spoke.

"The capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, if you want to come there with more masters, then when you recover from your injuries, we will go." ”

At this moment, Bai Sheng was no longer confused, because as long as he found that person, he would have a chance to find Master and them, and he also wanted to tell her that he was not dead yet.

......

Because Bai Sheng's body has not yet recovered, Wu Qi is responsible for things like looking for food, and everything is done by going down to the river to fish and stealing other people's sweet potatoes.

A few days later, Bai Sheng's body finally recovered, thanks to Wu Qi's care.

"Your skills at grilling fish and sweet potatoes are really top-notch. ”

"Of course, after I came out of the Northern Wilderness, I relied on two things to fill my stomach."

Wu Qi replied casually, thinking about how fortunate he was to come all the way.

"Stomp..."

The sound of walking sounded, and I saw an old beggar in ragged clothes, with a rickety body, hair covering his face, and an unpleasant smell on his body.

The old beggar stopped a few meters away from the two of them, his eyes fixed on the grilled fish.

Grunt...

A thunderous sound sounded from the old beggar's belly.

It's just that if you were an ordinary person and saw this old beggar, I was afraid that I would have driven him away, but Wu Qi and Bai Sheng were different.

"Are you hungry?"

Bai Sheng asked out loud.

The old beggar did not speak, but still stared at the grilled fish.

"To you"

Wu Qi picked up the grilled fish, got up and handed it to the other party.

But the old beggar seemed to be very frightened, and did not dare to take the grilled fish from him.

"And then, it's not enough. ”

Wu Qi directly grabbed the old beggar's hand, didn't feel that the other party was sloppy, and stuffed the grilled fish into his hand, and then clapped his hands and said very generously.

The old beggar looked at the grilled fish in his hand, he was really hungry, squatted on the ground, and actually swallowed all the grilled fish, without even spitting out the fish bones.

"It's all for you, eat slowly. ”

Bai Sheng gave all the grilled fish to the old beggar, while the two of them ate sweet potatoes.

When the old beggar finished the grilled fish, he nodded to the two of them as if to say thank you, and then dragged his lame leg away.

"I originally thought that the suffering in the world could only exist in the Northern Wilderness. ”

Wu Qi looked at the departing old beggar and said in a low voice.

"Suffering in the world is naturally everywhere, and maybe he is just one of them. ”

Bai Sheng said.

"Let's go, we should also leave, go to the capital as soon as possible, we can find your master and them as soon as possible, and I can also go to the snow country as soon as possible." ”

Wu Qi got up, extinguished the fire, looked at the rising sun, and said.

"Well, let's go!"

Bai Sheng looked in the direction of the capital, as if he saw the girl under the starry sky, and his eyes were extremely determined.