On the shores of Xuanwu Lake.

Visitors come in twos and threes, or enjoy the scenery of the lake and mountains, or walk lightly with their hands, or taste tea and talk about their hearts, and there are three or five girls with sideburns pasted with goose yellow, narrow-sleeved Luo shirts cheering and jumping in the green willows.

Tang Yu and Qiu Baiyun sat on the side of the Jiuqu White Jade Bridge, looking at the lake from afar.

In the middle of the lake, there are several pleasure boats painted with gold and phoenixes.

The autumn white clouds couldn't stay, and ran to the bridge in three steps and two steps, looking at the cherry blossom island shrouded in smoke and clouds from afar. After looking at it for a while, he waved his hand and summoned Tang Yu: "Come up here." Tang Yu was a little reluctant and walked along. Qiu Baiyun grabbed his shoulders and pointed and said: "It's not right now, you come in June and July, when the lotus flowers in the lake are blooming, the water surface is turquoise, and the pink flower arrows are hidden in it, and the lake is full of fragrance......"

"Hmm. ”

"Can you be happy?" Qiu Baiyun pressed the backpack, drummed Deng, and said mysteriously: "When I came, I also carried two bottles of wine and a roast goose, and played for a while, let's go to the pavilion over there and take it." ”

Tang Yu stroked his forehead: "I still drink, my head hurts." ”

"Why don't you drink?"

"Is there anything more fun in the capital than this? Tang Yu asked, "Brother Qiu, this Xuanwu Lake is too small. ”

Qiu Baiyun held the bridge railing with both hands, and was startled: "Ho, it's big enough, you walk east, west, north and south, and it won't be enough for a few days?" Emperor Chen Xuandi was built for ten years, and he once inspected the navy in Xuanwu Lake, with flags covering the sun, drums and horns shaking the sky, and later generations said in a poem: 'Five hundred floors of ships and 100,000 soldiers, ascending the height and parading the military array Yunsheng. It is determined that the warship is crossing, and there should be military teeth to support the stone city. 'You still say small?'

Tang Yu raised his head and stretched out his arms, as if embracing the water vapor and river breeze blowing in his face: "You don't know, I'm a person who grew up by the Yangtze River!"

"How can the lake be compared to the Yangtze River?"

Qiu Baiyun kicked away a stone under his feet, and his demeanor was leisurely: "Brother, how about we go to the Qinhuai River tomorrow to play, painting the boat sheng song, is it always interesting?"

"Alas, the money is almost spent, Brother Qiu, I want to go home tomorrow. ”

"I'm lonely when you're gone. ”

"There is no feast in the world that will not be dissolved. ”

"It's also fate. Qiu Baiyun never took unhappy things to heart, thought about it for a while, and let it go: "Let's go, let's go over there for a drink." ”

Tang Yu smiled: "Let's go." ”

The two of them came to the water pavilion in the lake along the long and narrow corridor, sat down in columns, the water pavilion was built of all wood, the form was quaint and eight faced with the wind, the two looked at it by the railing, the breeze soaked in the surface, the water and the light received the sky, and the annoyance was swept away suddenly!

Qiu Baiyun took out the Dongshan roast goose wrapped in lotus leaves, and tore a goose leg for Tang Yu.

"Eat and drink at the same time. ”

As he spoke, he took out the wine jar from the bag, opened the seal, and poured two glasses full. "Brother, my brother is seeing you off. ”

Tang Yu held his hands together: "Thank you." ”

Three sips and two sips, a glass of wine quickly bottomed out.

Qiu Baiyun gnawed on the goose wings, and his mouth was full of relish: "What are you going to do when you go home?"

"What else can you do? rowing, fishing, growing vegetables, raising chickens. ”

"It seems to be a bit condescending?" Qiu Baiyun squinted and looked at Tang Yu: "Why don't you go back, stay, and follow me to the bookstore to make a book." ”

"I can't do that. Tang Yu's head shook like a rattle.

Qiu Baiyun was reluctant to keep it: "It doesn't have to be a book, printing, cutting, binding, and sending books, and I have a lot of strength." We also have a response. It's just that this job doesn't make a lot of money, it's dirty, and the boss is harsh - hey, where is it not like this, the world is as black as a crow......"

Tang Yu toasted: "Thank you for your kindness, whether it is successful or not, I will never forget your affection for the rest of my life." ”

"You don't want to do it?"

"Brother Qiu, I want to go home and have a look. Tang Yu touched the cup and raised his head to drink, "I really can't do that thing." I remember the hospitality, Brother Qiu, when can you come to my house, I will personally go down to the river to touch the fish, cod stewed tofu, home-cooked rice wine brewed by myself, let's get drunk and rest!"

"Don't mention it. ”

"Drinking. ”

"Dry. ”

The two of them were pushing cups and changing lamps in the water pavilion, drinking hotly, when they suddenly heard a burst of screams from the painting boat in the center of the lake, and the more they screamed, the more chaotic and noisy they became. The two of them put down their wine glasses and looked into the lake, and vaguely saw a gorgeously dressed woman standing on the side of the boat, pointing her fingers and feet, and a group of people surrounded her, running around like flies.

One will use a long penny to probe into the water, and the other will lift it again.

"What are these guys doing?"

Qiu Baiyun is an idle person, he is active by nature, and he wants to move forward when he sees something.

Tang Yu couldn't understand either: "I can't see clearly." ”

The effort was not great, and a small boat was lowered on the painting boat, and the oars came in the direction of the water pavilion. When he arrived at the side, a fat man on the boat dressed in a kudzu robe and a government office opened his eyes to look up, and asked loudly: "Hey, I am the steward of Lord Yin Wu of Yingtianfu, do you know where there are people with good water nature?"

Tang Yu had only been here for a few days, and he naturally didn't know anything about local affairs, Qiu Baiyun changed his mind slightly, knew it in his heart, and waved his hand downward and said: "There is a 'water ghost' Zhang San at the mouth of the Gulou Alley in the east of the city, and the water nature is very good. ”

The fat man puffed out his mouth and exhaled through his nostrils, "No, it's too far, and it will take more than half an hour to ride a horse." Besides, I don't know if I can find it?"

Qiu Baiyun has an eventful nature: "This adult, you say you have something, say it, maybe you can help a little in the future." ”

"That's the case, the two ......" Gao Sheng looked back at the painting boat and said, "Today, my lord and lady swim in the lake, the boat reached the center of the lake, and a red carp with a length of a ruler suddenly crossed out of the water, with golden purple and golden scales, shaking its head and swinging its tail......

"So you want to find someone with good water to salvage?"

"Not bad. ”

Qiu Baiyun frowned: "It's cool at this time, it's easy to fall ill, and no one knows what the underwater situation is." Is this a difficult thing to do?"

"It was my lord who said that if anyone can catch it, he will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver. Gao Sheng stretched out his slap and flipped it a few times.

Tang Yu was also a little impatient: "What kind of hairpin, so valuable?"

"Just a piece of eastern pearl inlaid on it is worth hundreds of taels of silver. Gao Sheng grinned: "These are not enough, the key is that this Shuangyan purple gold hairpin is a gift from today's Shengshangyi Concubine, and the woman must wear it when she sees ......it, and she can't lose it."

Qiu Baiyun turned his head and looked at Tang Yu: "Tsk, twenty taels!"

Tang Yu ignored it: "Then you will take it?"

"I'm a landlubber, and I'm blinded when I see water. Qiu Baiyun teased and said, "There seems to be a person who has been blowing just now, saying that he grew up on the edge of the Yangtze River, right?"

Tang Yu smiled but did not speak.

Qiu Baiyun mocked: "Bragging on weekdays, cowardice when in battle." ”

Tang Yu said slowly: "Brother Qiu, do you know what my best skills are? Tell you, it's not martial arts, it's not swordsmanship, it's water, on the Yangtze River, I can dive more than ten meters in one breath, and I can touch a few catties of big herring from the water......

"Then why don't you hurry up?"

"There are generally aquatic weeds and silt at the bottom of the lake, and we are not familiar with the waters there, so I am not sure ......"

Qiu Baiyun was simply angry: "What is not sure, we can't get the money, we can't get the people to leave, what's the matter, we still sold people to her?" A few steps ran to the railing, waved his hand to the fat man Gao Sheng: "Come, we will take this job." ”

"Then get off the boat. Gao Sheng shouted at the people to dock the boat at the water pavilion, and before Tang Yu could make a sound, he was pushed up by Qiu Baiyun. Then he was smug and was about to get off the boat, but was stopped by Gao Sheng waving his hand: "The yacht is too small, and there are too many people to carry it." ”

So Qiu Baiyun was hung on the water pavilion alone.

Waited and waited, he was in an anxious mood, he drank all the two pots of wine, and a roast goose was chewed almost to the bone, and Tang Yu was not seen to turn around?"

Looking into the lake, the water vapor is not clear.

The sun is gradually turning westward.

Qiu Baiyun's wine was surging, and he fell asleep in a daze, but when he was sleepwalking in Wuling, he woke up. As soon as he turned over and got up, he rubbed his eyes, and saw that it was Tang Yu, "I thought you went down to be the son-in-law of the Dragon King?"

Tang Yu was dripping all over: "Don't talk nonsense. ”

"It's finished?"

"It's done. ”

All of a sudden, Qiu Baiyun came to his senses, "What about the money? I earned twenty taels in a while, and I was lucky." I've worked so hard to match you up, so why don't you have to make some concessions?"

"I didn't ask for money. ”

"What?" Qiu Baiyun suspected that he had misheard, "I have something wrong with my ears, I can't hear clearly, could you please say it again?"

Tang Yu solemnly said, word by word: "Twenty-two people gave it, but I didn't ask for it." ”