Zhili blinked his eyes and became furious: "You stinky old man, who are you yelling at? You know nothing!"
The old man was too lazy to pay attention to him, biting his chopsticks and lost in thought.
"Mr. Qi has been living in seclusion for the past two years and has never been involved in world affairs?" Xia Zhaoyi said at this time.
"Shut up, too!" the old man shouted.
"..."
"Depend on!"
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle slammed the table at the same time.
The old man raised his head in fear.
"Answer me!"
"I think you're looking for death!"
"..."
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When Zhili stuck his head out and looked behind curiously, the people on the boat behind were also looking at them.
There was a tall man sitting on the deck, wearing a bamboo hat, with his back leaning against the cabin, his arms resting on his raised legs, his eyes slightly closed facing the river wind, thinking about who would be on the ship in front of him.
No one under his command dared to come over and talk easily. Nie Huimo has been in a bad mood these days, not just because of what happened to Mu Tingyu last night.
In this way, the two ships maintained a relative distance from front to back, fighting against the wind and waves in the surging river current.
Throughout the morning, we only encountered two large ships on the way to the east. Apart from that, the entire section of the river was almost deserted. We did encounter many villages on the shore, and some isolated villages outside.
Around midnight in the afternoon, they arrived at Guzhao Gorge.
The mountains on both sides of Guzhao Gorge are not high or steep, but because of the rushing rivers in it, the momentum becomes majestic.
The surging river current makes the speed of the boat, which is already slow against the current, even slower. The sunlight shines on the river surface, and the reflected light is dazzling.
The old man ordered all the canvas on the ship to be pulled open. He stood on the bow of the ship, holding on to the railing and watching the waves, while directing the helmsman behind him with gestures.
It is said that Guzhao Gorge is the narrowest, but it is also more than 30 feet wide. There are many ports in the upstream flow channel. When the rivers merge into the gorge gate, the water force takes several directions, some are rapid and some are slow.
The old man predicted in advance based on his experience, tried his best to avoid the undercurrent, firmly controlled the center of gravity of the entire ship, and sailed upstream in a zigzag pattern.
Xia Zhaoyi and Zhili Lao Tong stood on both sides of the old man. Above their heads and behind them, they could hear the fierce sound of fish sails flapping in the wind.
If the current is fierce, the whole ship will tip over violently, but it can quickly adjust back in the next moment.
Zhi Changle turned pale with fright and clung to Lao Tong's arm about to vomit.
Zhili shouted so much that he even stretched out his arms and shouted at Jiang Lang.
Xia Zhaoyi was also in a good mood. The stronger the river breeze, the happier he felt.
"They are so powerful!" said a sailor on the ship behind him.
Nie Huimo was also standing on the bow of the boat. He couldn't understand this, but there were experienced veterans on the boat. To be able to impress them like this seemed to be awesome.
Nie Huimo raised his head. The bamboo hat blocked the clear sky above, but he could see an extremely vast horizon.
There was no one around, and he and the boat in front of him were the only ones in the entire river. This feeling of emptiness, accompanied by the strong river wind and current, stirred up a surge of pride in his chest.
A man's ambitions are everywhere and in temples. Who doesn't want to be the master of mountains and rivers, dominate the world, have endless splendor and wealth, and be surrounded by beautiful cars and beauties?
The long river rushes with thunder and breaks through the green mountains, and the thousands of miles of river waves roar for eternity.
Nie Huimo clenched the railing in his hand, blood burning in his heart.
At this time, laughter came from the front.
A young man came running over: "Sister, this way, this way!"
A goose-colored dress appeared in sight. The girl's snow-white complexion instantly attracted all attention. There was a smile on her face. She didn't have time to take a closer look at her facial features. She just felt that there was such a smile in this situation.
The brightness and brilliance are so extreme that the heaven and earth are eclipsed.
Nie Huimo seemed unable to look away, his eyes fixed on the girl's face.
Recipe, Shining.
Other than that, he couldn't find any better words to describe what he was seeing.
Xia Zhaoyi paused, then turned to look behind him, and Zhili followed suit.
Nie Huimo did not dodge or dodge, meeting the opponent's gaze boldly and fiercely.
However, the more I looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
The smile on the girl's face gradually faded, and the two small pear dimples on her lips disappeared. The slight frown between her eyebrows made her face look cold and indifferent.
After the smile disappeared, her facial features began to become clearer, and her delicate beauty could still be noticed even from a distance.
"Who is this person," Zhili said, "Liu Xianbao's replica?"
Xia Zhaoyi also felt familiar, but the man was wearing a bamboo hat and the distance made it difficult for her to see clearly.
"No," Zhili said again, "it can't be Liu Xianbao. The people next to him are so busy, and he just stands there without working. Maybe he is the owner of that boat and can go on the road in such a big river.
He is as brave and resourceful as us."
"I seem to have seen him somewhere." Xia Zhaoyi said.
Zhili didn't feel this way, but when he realized that the other party was still staring at them, Zhili became furious and stepped in front of Xia Zhaoyi, turning his back to Nie Huimo, blocking all his sight.
"If you don't show it to him, who is he?" Zhili said.
"let's go?"
"Go, go, go!"
Guzhao Gorge is not long, and under the intensive command of the old man, they passed the most difficult pass smoothly.
In the evening, as the sun sets, the magnificent river surface is shimmering with golden light.
Nie Huimo did not wait for the girl to appear. He felt a little regretful, but he also felt that it was normal.
When the lanterns started to be lit on the boat, Zhili quietly looked back and finally saw the man no longer. He shook his head speechlessly, turned around and said, "Sister, he stood there for a full hour!"
"Ignore him," Xia Zhaoyi said, "What he is standing on is his own ship, and where his eyes are looking is beyond our control."
Thinking about it, he said, "But I still want to scold him."
Xia Zhaoyi smiled and raised his hand to turn another page of the book.
At midnight the next morning, they arrived in Songzhou.
Songzhou was the southwestmost part of the territory that Song Zhiyi separated. Beyond Songzhou, there was a war.
There are gradually more and more boats on the road, but many of them go south to Jiangnan.
Xia Zhaoyi's ship docked in Jiuning County, Songzhou, and then they went ashore to find a tavern based on word-of-mouth information.
There were quite a few of them, and they sat at several tables.
The old man liked to drink. Xia Zhaoyi saw that he was eager to drink, so he ordered two jars of the famous peach blossom wine here.
Seeing the plates of appetizers being served, the old man smiled from ear to ear. When the wine jar was put down, he immediately held a jar in front of him and said cheerfully to everyone: "We are on our own, we are on our own, we are worthy."
There’s no such thing as fake love!”
The business of the tavern was very good, with many customers coming and going. The waiters were very busy. When they looked up and saw someone coming in again, they were so tall and heroic. It seemed that they were not ordinary guests, so they hurried up to greet them.
Nie Huimo led four guards and was looking for someone as soon as he entered the tavern. He glanced around and landed on the girl not far away.
This chapter has been completed!