When you come along the ginger water to the east, down the river, when you go upstream, it takes a lot of effort, the old man of the boatman Liu is old, even if he has lived in this ginger water basin since he was a child, he has never been able to bear the old age and decline, fortunately, he is not the only boatman in this line, these days the three guards have also learned a lot of helm kung fu, even Zhang Mingyue has a lot of ears and eyes, so there is no need to worry about not going back, not to mention that the current is only in March, the ginger level is slow, except for the upstream line of the sky, there is almost no place that is not easy to pass, ginger water is not only one waterway, there are also many tributaries on the way from the Tianshan Mountains, and this time to go to Jiangxia just do not need to go through a line of sky, directly from elsewhere against the river, there are many steep places along the way, fortunately there is no reef in the ginger water, so there is no big problem, but there are few people on both sides of the strait, eat and drink Lazar can only be on the boat, went to Jianshan for a trip, and then came out of the feeling of a different world, but when they asked about the story of the women's sword fairy that the old man did not tell in the middle of the day, the old man directly shut up, he did not say, and everyone was not good to ask again, so they could only bury this question in their hearts.

"If you want to go to Jiangxia, take this waterway closest, probably tomorrow afternoon, but Xiao Lao'er has to remind you, although Jiangxia is rich, but in fact it is the most chaotic place, its territory has gangs for trouble, although the imperial court has repeatedly sent troops to suppress but it is still a symptom but not a cure, and Xiao Lao'er has heard that Jiangxia Fish and Dragon Gang has bought off a lot of Jiangxia court officials, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a nest of snakes and rats, if outsiders go to Jiangxia, even if they are not prepared to peel off a layer of skin, they have to be scraped clean of the money on their bodies in order to escape, especially the boats from the south to the north, just have to pay a lot of annual ferry fees, Xiao Lao'er can only send Gongzi tomorrow You will stop the boat when you reach Jiangxia Realm, and if you go further, Xiao Lao'er will never dare anymore, and he will not be able to hand over enough silver, I am afraid that I will not be able to bring back this ferry that Yu'er and I depend on each other. ”

The old man of the Liu family kindly reminded while taking the helm.

It's just that the fisherman's woman doesn't think so, although she doesn't know what kind of fairy the most powerful old man in this line of people is the land fairy, but these days she also knows the true identity of the princess.

"Okay, grandpa, they all know it, people are going to the fish and dragon gang, you see what you are anxious about. ”

"Oh, my good granddaughter, alas, I've only been with my son for a few days, so I didn't talk to my grandfather? ”

The old man who was holding the boat was still looking at the young man sitting on the side of the boat out of the corner of his eyes as he spoke, and only after making sure that he had no different color did he rest assured, he was chatting with Sima Yun, and he didn't know if he thought of something, the little old man seemed a little speechless and stopped, how Sima Yun couldn't guess the old man's thoughts, he smiled.

"Old man, don't worry, I know what you're thinking, don't worry, Miss Yu'er won't go with us, if you want, find a place to stop the boat and wait, and then go up the river after we solve the Fish Dragon Gang." ”

Although the little old man felt that the young man in front of him was a little arrogant, after all, what kind of place was the Ichthyosaurus Gang, he didn't know that he had been holding the boat in Jiangshui all his life, it was really a big disaster in Jiangxia, the gang members were less than a thousand people, and more than 10,000 people were all green forest men, and one person could beat three or five ordinary people, even if these people in front of him showed their hands not long ago, he still felt that it was too self-conscious for just a few people to make a big fuss about trying to deal with the Ichthyosaurus Gang, but he thought about it, he would never say anything if he offended people, he was only grateful to the son in front of him for leaving his granddaughter, after all, what if there was really a fire in Jiangxia and something happened at that timeThe old man's mind has always been simple, as long as his children and grandchildren are good, then everything is good, just like when he wanted his granddaughter to follow, it is also to see that these people in front of him are not ordinary people? The little old man said with a little embarrassment.

"Childe, it's not that Xiao Lao'er doesn't want to bring Yu'er with you to serve you, it's just that Jiangxia is really ......."

"Grandpa, what nonsense are you talking about. ”

The fisherwoman who was packing up and preparing lunch didn't look too happy.

"I'm going to Jiangxia with my son. ”

Liu Yuyu was a little excited, but the busy sweaty fisherwoman may have calmed down, or maybe she felt that she couldn't help if she couldn't keep up, maybe it would become a burden, and she said softly.

"Miss Childe, they are used to eating Yu'er's food, and they won't be used to it without Yu'er by their side. ”

This is probably the only time that she Liu Yuyu has used all her strength to say it in the past ten years, how does she not know that if she says goodbye to Jiangxia, Zhang Mingyue will continue to go along the Jiangxi River, and even if her granddaughter is waiting in Jiangxia, they will really rent their own boat again?

"This ......"

The old man of the boat family smiled bitterly, he obviously didn't expect his granddaughter to be so excited.

"Yu'er, it's not that grandpa won't let you go, it's just that you should know that the sons of the people are going to do big things, what are you going to do with a girl who can only cook and cook?"

"I told you all, Miss Childe, they're used to my cooking. ”

Liu Yuyu lowered her head and didn't dare to raise her head to look at everyone, because she didn't know how to say that it was cooking and cooking, but in fact, she didn't cook anything along the way, the line was all barren mountains and mountains, and there was no stove.

"That's right, grandpa, we're used to Yu'er's cooking, you just let her follow us, and we'll protect her. ”

"What kind of protector do you have, Miss Yu'er? You're a burden yourself. The young man leaning on the side of the boat looked at the gentle river water, which was not salty or indifferent, and as soon as these words came out, the eldest lady of the Qi Sect suddenly changed her face.

"Zhang Mingyue, believe it or not, Miss Ben will kill you immediately?"

"If you can kill people with just your mouth, what is the use of these rivers and lakes and the saints of the three religions, and the land immortals?"

Zhang Mingyue turned around and continued to sneer, in fact, he had been arguing with the eldest lady on the road all the way down from Jianshan, but as soon as he turned around, he heard the princess's cough, and then he saw that the fisherwoman who was holding a pile of firewood and had a lot of carbon ash on her nose was already full of tears.

Sima Yun sighed helplessly, and said in his heart that his brother is good at everything, but he doesn't understand a woman's mind.

"There's still a lot to learn. ”

Sima Yun patted Zhang Mingyue on the shoulder, and then said to the fisherman's woman.

"Miss Yu'er, don't care, my brother is good at everything, but he can't keep his mouth away, you also know his grievances with Miss Ren, it's inevitable to fight, it's okay if you don't say it, I suddenly feel hungry when you say this, I don't know if Miss Yu'er can burn a fish, I know that this ginger water fish is the most delicious, boy, don't you say?"

Although Zhang Mingyue didn't know why Sima Yun said this to himself, Sima Yun's meaning was obvious, that is, he wanted to leave Liu Yuyu behind, and it didn't matter much if he left, so he bypassed the angry eldest lady of the Qi Sect and took the firewood in the arms of the fisherman.

"When the old fox said this, I suddenly found that I was hungry, old man, did you say?"

The one-armed little old man who was napping in the cabin agreed in a daze and fell asleep again, Zhang Mingyue smiled faintly.

"What, Miss Yu'er, you cook, I'll add firewood. ”

The fisherman woman couldn't control the tears in the corners of her eyes anymore and nodded her head yes, He Qingxiu didn't trouble Zhang Mingyue again for the first time, but the nerd Li Muzhi, who was still standing at the bow of the boat, muttered, The authorities are obsessed with bystanders.

In the daytime, go up along the west of the river, stay in Jiangshui overnight, the time flies very fast, the second day at noon to reach the Jiangxia boundary, there are at least fifty or sixty large and small fishing boats moored on the river in the distance, the old man Liu rowed to the river and never went forward, everyone knows that the little old man is in difficulty, so it is not easy to force, so he has to go ashore and walk.

Separated from Old Man Liu, although Liu Yuyu was a little reluctant, she thought that she would delay for five or six days at most, so she didn't think about it anymore.

"Childe, Yu'er will trouble you to take care of it. ”

The old man who was half naked in the boat waited until they had gone ashore and walked out of the distance, and the old man shouted loudly to the people.

"This child has no father and mother since he was a child, and he can only be brought up by Xiao Lao'er, a grandfather who has no ability, and he has not let Yu'er's girl suffer, so this girl has been very capable since she was a child. Don't be polite, Yu'er can follow you is a blessing she cultivated in her previous life. ”

"Don't worry, Grandpa Liu, we'll take care of Yu'er. ”

Eleven people went ashore, Zhang Mingyue walked at the end, turned around and smiled and waved at the old man who was still waiting on the water and did not look at everyone leaving.

There are thousands of feelings in the world, and they have always been unable to compete with this most precious family affection.

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Jiangxia is located in the land of fish and rice close to the hinterland of West Chu, built near the river, but also because the ginger water converges into a big lake in this basin, the government builds a wharf here for the use of business ships from south to north, because Caoyun is almost the most time-saving and labor-saving transportation channel in the empire, so Jiangxia is really the most concentrated place of imperial commerce, this lake is called Jiangxia Lake, this place becomes Jiangxia land, there are many literati and ink writers say that Jiangxia out of gentle women, there are more Jiangxia buildings on the lakeside, this building is built according to the mountain, the spring, autumn and winter period is still good, the most lively is almost the summer time, and the Guangling River has the same saying that there is a view of the tide, the embankment on both sides of Jiangxia Lake is ten zhang highThere is also an iron lock bridge from this side of the river across the river up to two hundred zhang until the opposite bank, it can be described as magnificent, according to legend, when the iron lock bridge was built, the Taoist priest in the mountains was invited to preside over the start of construction, and more in the river under the peach Fu 12 road in case there is a mountain evil Jiao to take advantage of this dragon gate to turn over the river and pour the sea into the sea to turn the dragon, and hang the sword under the iron lock bridge.

When eleven people entered the territory of Jiangxia, they could feel the meaning of this ancient city before entering the city.

Princess Zhaoyang changed into women's clothes and put on men's clothes again, and the eldest lady of Qizong did the same, just because most of the beautiful women who entered the ancient city of Bianjing City would cause trouble, Yang Youqian didn't change, she wasn't used to men's clothes, Liu Yuyu didn't change, just because the fisherman women were too ordinary, and they didn't have a lot of worries.

Jiangxia Lake is lined with Jiangxia City, connected by iron chain bridges, eleven people enter the city and see the crowd bustling, a good downtown area, it really doesn't look like a place where gangs are in trouble.

It's just that the more ordinary the place looks, the more undercurrents are surging, such as the inn that eleven people stepped into at this moment, but when they entered the door and sat down, the locals came up to greet them.

"Where did the few come from?"

"Coming from far away. ”

Sima Yun said, the man asked again.

"Where are you going?"

"Go meet a man, a mountain hunter. ”

The restaurant mutinied.