The next morning, the boat continued to move along the waterway.
It started to drizzle again.
Meng Qingqing was still sitting on the bow of the boat holding an umbrella.
It wasn't that she disliked the stuffiness in the cabin, but she didn't want to be crowded with ordinary villagers. Although she disguised herself as a peasant girl, she couldn't change her arrogance in her bones.
Qi Chun, who was punting the boat, was so excited that he took off his shirt and exposed his back, letting the rain hit his body. His copper-colored skin showed wild strength. Unable to restrain himself, he raised his neck and shouted again——
"What night is it tonight that I meet this beloved man? Zixi, Zixi, such a beloved man..."
The shout had an accent from the southern part of the country, and I couldn't understand it. I just thought he was like a wild wolf in autumn, a native dog in spring, or a dove in summer. His roar was rough and crazy, mixed with a few... A very urgent cry.
Yu Ye sat under the canopy near the stern of the boat, next to four traveling vendors and a young couple.
The four vendors are all middle-aged men with luggage wrapped around their waists. Although they are of different ages and looks, they all behave steadily without losing their shrewdness and caution.
The four of them knew each other and went to Gaoliang Town to jointly purchase a batch of goods.
A young couple going out to visit relatives. The girl is 16 or 17 years old. She has silver flowers in her hair. She has a delicate appearance. She is wearing new clothes. She is neatly groomed. She is carrying a package in her arms. , with a simple and honest smile, they are inseparable from each other, and they seem quite affectionate to each other.
Yu Ye was still closing his eyes and concentrating, secretly trying to figure out the skills, but he was disturbed by the roar. He looked at Qi Chun and Meng Qingqing at the bow of the boat, passed by the people in the cabin, and his eyes fell on the stern of the boat and Qi Boss, who was rocking the oar.
On the deck at the stern of the ship, there are sundries used in daily life. At the end of the stern, there is an odd-shaped oar. It is hard to see clearly, but it can rock the wooden boat left and right, and it can also control the direction. Boss Qi personally controls it.
Qi Boss has a simple and honest appearance, is not good at words, and looks honest and humble. Although he is only in his forties, his face is already full of weathered weather, which shows the hard work of sailing and the difficulty of survival.
The sky is still overcast with rain and fog.
As the boat sailed in the water, I couldn't see clearly the scenery on both sides of the river, but I could only hear the sound of the oars paddling, and Qichun's beast-like howling...
At noon, it was still raining. The boat had nowhere to dock and kept moving forward.
Until dusk, the sky finally cleared up, the haze that had lasted for many days gradually subsided, and there was a pleasing red glow on the horizon.
Qi Boss and his son put away the oars and lowered the cable.
The place where the boat docks is a quiet river bend. In the grass on the shore, you can see the ruts and the tree stumps where the cables are tied.
This is a remote Yedu.
Everyone came ashore one after another, surrounded by woods, deep vegetation, and muddy after the rain. With nowhere to go, they gathered on the grass by the river.
Qi Boss set up the stove on the bow of the boat as usual to cook the evening meal. Qi Chun was also busy, or the firewood was damp and thick smoke rose from the fire, which made him cough repeatedly, so he took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose. Qi Boss was fiddling with the fire and shaking the cattail leaf fan to drive away the smoke.
Meng Qingqing finally threw away her umbrella and stood on the shore with Yu Ye.
In the dusk, bursts of smoke spread across the river, making people feel like they are among the clouds and mist, but the smoke waves are floating and hazy in all directions.
“It’s like a fairyland!”
Meng Qingqing sighed softly.
"Have you ever seen Wonderland?"
Yu Ye was a little curious.
"Unpredictable, misty and blurred, here between heaven and earth, the real self is forgotten, and the scenery is so quiet and beautiful, doesn't it feel like a fairyland?"
"oh!"
"Yu Ye, what does the fairyland in your imagination look like?"
"never thought about."
"What can we do if we fantasize about this situation?"
Yu Ye looked at the wooden boat not far away, as well as the busy father and son on the boat, as well as the thick smoke. He crossed his arms and stretched out his hand to support his chin, and said in deep voice: "Is this the wonderland in my imagination... a water A pond, a few acres of land, two houses, a few fruit trees..."
"puff!"
Meng Qingqing put her hand to cover her lips and interrupted with a smile: "Are there another dog and three or five chickens?"
"Um!"
Yu Ye nodded.
"What kind of fairyland are you imagining? It's clearly your Yujia Village."
Meng Qingqing, with a smile on her face, said longingly: "In the fairyland I imagined, clouds and neon clothes are used as clothes, morning dew is used as pulp, immortality, and eternal youth..."
Yu Ye was speechless.
Although he now travels all over the country, his knowledge and dreams are still inseparable from Xingyuan Valley and the small village in Xingyuan Valley.
Meng Qingqing's imagination is even more beautiful and fascinating.
Tsk tsk, clouds are like clothes, dew is like wine, and they will never grow old. Maybe those are the days of gods. However, isn’t it what monks practice is the immortal way? But so far, why have we only seen disputes and killings?
"Everyone, it's time to eat!"
Qi Chun was inviting everyone to eat, and personally brought a bowl of hot soup to Meng Qingqing.
Faced with this young man's attentive behavior, flattering smile, and burning eyes, Meng Qingqing remained unmoved and shook his head in refusal.
Yu Ye stretched out his hand, but no one paid any attention to him. He had to take out the wine bottle from his arms and pretend to drink.
After dinner, Mr. Qi lit another fire on the shore to drive away snakes and insects. Unexpectedly, the wet firewood rose up again with thick smoke, choking everyone and even Meng Qingqing coughed slightly. Voice. Boss Qi hurriedly apologized to everyone, and did not forget to fan him randomly with a cattail leaf fan.
Yu Ye was not afraid of snakes and insects, so he sat down alone. He was about to take out the spirit stones and practice secretly, when he was suddenly startled.
There seemed to be a strange smell in the thick smoke.
At the same time, Meng Qingqing, who was sitting next to him, swayed and fell softly to the ground. His eyes were slightly closed, he was panting slightly, and he looked like he was drunk.
Not only that, several vendors and young couples beside the fire also fell one after another.
Boss Qi and Qi Chun were fine, but the father and son had a sinister look in their eyes and a grin on their face, looking proud.
Before Yu Ye could figure out the reason, his vision became blurry, his head dropped, and he slowly collapsed to the ground.
"Haha, I got it!"
Qi Chun laughed, then cursed: "Boss Qi, I almost got into trouble with you!"
Boss Qi carried a bucket of water to put out the fire, rolled his eyes and said: "The wind on the ship is strong, and the poisonous fog is difficult to work. Whoever made you obsessed with lust deserves to be poisoned!"
Qi Chun walked up to Meng Qingqing excitedly, couldn't help but rub his hands and said with bright eyes: "Such a good man, such a good time, haha..."
The woman on the ground was already targeted by him when she boarded the ship. And along the way, the other party was always holding an umbrella and dangling in front of his eyes, which made him feel itchy. Now that he was finally done, he couldn't help but want to indulge himself.
But I heard Boss Qi say: "Let the Taoist priest take a look first, and it won't be too late for you to start eating meat, otherwise you will be blamed. Don't blame me for not reminding you!"
Hearing the word "Taoist Master", Qi Chun seemed to be afraid. He reached out and grabbed Meng Qingqing and threw it over his shoulder, then grabbed Yu Ye next to him and put it under his arm, turned and left Hewan.
Boss Qi unpacked the bags of four traveling merchants respectively, and rolled out more than a dozen ingots of silver. He checked the package of the young couple again, then took all the money and hid it on the boat. Then he grabbed one person in one hand and walked straight through the grass in the river bend into the deep woods.
Deep in the forest, there is a stone house, covered by trees, vines and weeds. At first glance, it looks like a huge mound and seems quite secretive.
But Boss Qi was familiar with the house, so he kicked open the door and barged in.
The space inside the house is not small, with a square area of four to five feet. Several oil lamps are lit, and wooden tables, wooden stools, pots and jars are placed. Clothes were piled in the corner, and a man and a woman were lying on the ground. There was another man with a bare back, it was Qi Chun, Shang Zi lowered his head to look at it, salivating.
"boom--"
Qi Boss threw the two people he captured on the ground and kicked them over. After being kicked unexpectedly, Qi Chun suddenly became angry, glanced back, and hurriedly followed him and turned away.
There is another door in the stone house, but it is closed tightly.
Not long after, Qi Boss and Qi Chun left and returned, each leaving two people behind and then stood aside to wait.
The eight boat passengers were all lying on the ground.
"ah……"
Suddenly a groan sounded in the room.
Qi Boss and Qi Chun were quite surprised.
Meng Qingqing slowly opened her eyes and woke up, then stood up, frowned again, raised her eyes and looked around.
Still dizzy, as if he had just experienced a nightmare. But I have woken up from the nightmare, but in front of me is a strange place.
The clothes are intact and the rings are still there.
"Yu Ye——"
Meng Qingqing called urgently.
Yu Ye actually lay beside her, unable to wake up for a while. The merchants and young couples on the same boat were also lying on the ground with their eyes closed.
She looked at Boss Qi and Qi Chun, and suddenly said angrily: "Vulgar evil thieves, seeking death..." She was eager to kill the thieves, but her limbs were weak. Not only could she not stand up, but she could not use her consciousness freely.
Boss Qi and Qi Chunshang were a little worried, but they suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Haha, you were hit by the soul-living smoke and you will look like a dead person for twelve hours."
"This woman is a little weird. How could she wake up?"
"No matter how weird she is, I can still make her docile..."
Meng Qingqing was anxious and angry.
Lihunyan?
It's nothing more than a charlatan's trick and heresy.
And she, a monk, fell into the hands of Jianghu people. Unfortunately, Yuye was also plotted, and at this time she could only face the crisis alone.
When Meng Qingqing was anxious, she asked aloud: "Who are you and your son? How dare you harm my life?"
"I just have the same surname as Mr. Qi. I lied about being father and son just to win the trust of guests. Otherwise, it would have been exposed after several years of sailing. And you can rest assured that I am not harming my life. I am greedy for your body. I just like you holding an umbrella. It’s so beautiful to be posing, haha..."
Qi Chun's laughter subsided, but he was still uncontrollably proud.
Boss Qi shook his head and said indifferently: "Girl, you shouldn't wake up. It would be great to die in a daze. Now it's just adding sorrow, why bother!"
Meng Qingqing scolded: "You two have been sailing for several years, and you have killed so many innocent people..."
"No!"
Boss Qi shook his head again and said: "The Taoist Master said that the two of us will ferry around the reincarnation, deliver babies and die, and bring great good fortune and merit!"
"Taoist priest?"
Meng Qingqing was slightly stunned.
Suddenly I heard someone speaking——
"Fate guides, souls ferry, life and death are recreated, reincarnation follows the path."
At the same time, a few feet away, the closed door slowly opened, and a person walked out...
