Even though this is already Fengzhou, as the group continues to go south, they are getting closer and closer to Zijun. When asking people on the roadside for directions and asking about Zijun, there are often people who don't know. Even if they know, most of them just know.
There is a general direction, but I don’t know how to go.
There is also a lack of road markers and paving stones on the roadside.
This is really embarrassing for Yanzi.
Every time I ask for directions, I have to struggle for a long time and calculate it over and over in my mind. In this way, every time I ask for directions, I have to pray in my heart that I can get it right the first time.
After all, we slowly approached Zijun.
The land route is cut off and we have to walk a section of waterway.
But it's only a short section, dozens of miles, going down the river until you reach Zijun.
The maid invited the coachman out of the box and asked the coachman to drive the horse to take another road to Yaozhou. Then the group of people waited at the ferry for two days before a boatman came.
The total boat fare is only a few dozen cents.
Song You took his horse on a boat and went down the river.
There are mostly low mountains on both sides, and the vegetation is lush and messy. There is not much scenery to speak of, and it cannot be compared with the scenery on both sides of the Liujiang River. However, the Yinjiang River under the boat is much wider and deeper than the Liujiang River. The river is green and green. If it is a sunny day, it reflects the sky.
It looks a bit greener and bluer, reflecting the clouds, and it becomes a bit more interesting.
Song You stood beside the boat, staring at the lake in trance.
A horse stood with him on the left, and a cat on the right stood beside the boat, staring at the river below in trance, but looking at what the Taoist priest was looking at.
The boatman was rowing behind.
As expected, there is no water god in Yinjiang anymore.
It does have a touch of demonic aura.
There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and a beautiful figure came next to him, standing side by side with him, with an elegant posture. She also lowered her head to look at the river, and then turned to look at him again.
"What is the Taoist looking at?"
"nothing."
"I heard that there used to be a water god in Yinjiang. At that time, Yinjiang was considered the two largest water systems in the Central Plains. The water god was also powerful, but it was a pity that he was not a human." Miss Wanjiang shook her head and said, "Although the Heavenly Palace is in his way
Due to his strength and folk belief, he was recognized as the righteous god, but he was later abolished. Later, many water gods were granted the title, but at most there was only one for each place, and each one only took care of a section. There was no longer any water god who could rule over the whole place.
It’s a hidden river.”
"I see."
At this time, the boatman's voice came from behind: "Guests, please don't be anxious, Zijun will be here soon."
When Song You heard this, he turned his head and glanced at the woman's face, looked at the boatman, and asked: "The boatman runs boats on this river, is the business good?"
"It doesn't matter whether it's more or less. It depends on your luck. Usually it goes straight to Yaozhou. The boat fee for one trip is enough to last for a month." The boatman said loudly while rowing.
"There are not many guest officials like these who only come to Zijun."
"Have you ever heard of the water god in the river?"
"Water God? There are explanations in other counties. For example, there are explanations for the first part and the last part, and the offerings are different. But there is none here."
"I heard a story." Song You said to the boatman. "It is said that a long time ago, there was a water god in Yinjiang. He accidentally lost something and was deposed from the sky. The boatman has been here for most of his life.
Running along a river, have you ever heard of this story?"
"hiss……"
After hearing this, the boatman inhaled slowly and showed a thoughtful look, as if he was having a hard time thinking, and then said: "I have some impressions. I have heard something similar, but when you ask me, sir, I can't remember it at all.
When and where did I hear it? Maybe when I went on a boat trip, or from which guest I heard it."
"Zheng Xi?"
"Hey, I think I heard it here! How did the guest know?"
"I heard people talk about it." After Song You answered, he asked him again, "Does the boatman still remember some of it?"
"I can't remember." The boatman shook his head repeatedly and said, "But Zhengxi River is not far away. If you float down this river, you will soon leave Fengzhou. After three hundred miles of waterway, you will reach Zhengxi River.
It would be difficult for guest officials to take the land route from Zijun. Almost no one would take the land route. Zijun seems to have never heard of a road to Yaozhou..."
"That's it."
Song You nodded and asked again: "I wonder if the boatman has ever heard of Yinnan County, Zijun?"
"Yinnan? It sounds like the south of Yinjiang River." The boatman shook his head, "But I have never heard of such a place on the edge of Yinjiang River. It would be easier to say if it was Zijun, hehe.
I'm not afraid of the guests' jokes. I've been running on the Yinjiang River for most of my life. No, on the right hand side, as soon as I get ashore is Zijun. But except for occasionally going up to relieve myself, I have never been to Zijun."
"It's also common."
Song You didn't find it strange, it had been like this since ancient times.
"This is Zi County..."
The boatman wanted to say something more, but suddenly he heard a splash of water behind him.
When I looked back, I was shocked.
The oar almost fell into the river.
It was obviously a sunny day today, and there was only a gentle breeze on the river. But at this time, all I could see was the surging tide of the river behind me. The water surface rose like a hill, and waves swept across it, pushing layer upon layer in this direction.
There is a big demon appearing in its true form underwater.
"Crash..."
The boat was not small and could carry horses, but it seemed not big enough in front of the waves.
The closer the river tide is, the smaller the boat appears.
"Oh my god..."
The boatman couldn't help but exclaimed and sat down on the ground.
He has been running on the river for most of his life. He has seen river monsters and water ghosts, but he has never encountered such a scene.
"Boatman, don't panic."
The Taoist's voice came from the front.
I saw the Taoist squinting his eyes and staring at the water in the distance. His eyes seemed to be able to see through the blue waves of the river and see things under the water. Then he calmly picked up the bamboo stick and pointed it towards the river.
"Buzz..."
A circle of luster suddenly formed a dot where the bamboo stick met the water surface, and spread out in the blink of an eye.
"Wow..."
The waves in the distance are still moving forward, but they are obviously getting smaller.
It seemed that the thing that originally caused the waves under the water stopped, and the waves no longer had any remaining force, so every time they moved forward, they became shorter by one foot. When they reached the boat, they were only a few feet high, but the gentle water waves were still there.
The wooden boat was lifted up, then dropped down after passing by, causing the wooden boat to shake for a while.
As soon as the boatman stood up, he was thrown to the ground again.
The calico cat and the bay horse also obviously shortened their bodies to maintain balance, and the cat's claws had already been stretched out to tightly grasp the planks of the ship's hull.
Only the Taoist and the two women stood still.
I saw the water surface darken slightly in the distance, and a huge dark figure floated up, sticking out its head and eyes, staring at the wooden boat here.
It's a huge dragon.
A crocodile is a crocodile.
There should have been more than one kind of crocodile active in Dayan before, but now there is only one small crocodile left that is very small, lives by eating fish, and poses almost no danger to humans. But this was not the case before. The dragon is not used to describe this species.
A small crocodile that is harmless to humans and animals. More often, it is a name for a large crocodile that is nearly two feet long and has a ferocious personality.
This kind of dragon can overturn small boats and dare to go ashore to eat people. It is so ferocious that it once caused flooding.
However, human power is too powerful.
Other countries don't know that Dayan is too powerful.
Previously, there was an official who was not used to seeing the dragon causing trouble and causing great harm to the people, so he wrote an article and threw it into the water, telling the dragon not to cause trouble and go ashore, and ordered it to leave quickly. Legend has it that the dragon refused to listen, so this official
The officials led the people and began to drive away the dragons. By now, this ferocious dragon was almost extinct in Dayan.
Why do gods need to deal with human affairs?
The falcon in front of me is probably tens to hundreds of feet long and several feet wide. Its entire body is wider than a smaller river, and it is dark brown and almost black. Just the head that pokes out of the water, and the crocodile snout,
You can easily swallow this wooden boat and hold it in your mouth. Even in the wide and large Yinjiang River, it still looks very huge.
A pair of eyes is on the top of the head. It is the first to poke out of the water, and separates a transparent nictitating membrane. Inside is a vertical line of pupils, cold and emotionless, staring at this side.
The Taoist leaned on his bamboo stick and looked at him.
The woman also stood next to him, not panicking, looking at the dragon carefully. The maid next to her smiled and looked more carefully.
Sanhua Empress shrank to the Taoist's feet, looking at the dragon with fear and envy at the same time.
"Who is so bold as to block my way?"
The sound came from nowhere, and the sound was extremely loud. At the same time, the water surface was constantly trembling, as if it was boiling but not like it was boiling. It was just jumping up countless tiny water droplets.
"Oh my god! Dragon!"
The boatman's whole body fell to the ground, unable to get up at all.
The huge falcon dragon, so close, brings a sense of fear and oppression that is indescribable.
"Why don't you hide your steps when walking on water?" Song You looked at him with a stick, "You clearly see a boat on the water, but you don't want to wait for a while, and you go slowly, aren't you afraid of hurting people's lives?"
"..."
Taolong stared at him coldly and said nothing.
He seemed to feel that he was wrong, and felt that this was the realm of the human world after all, and now it was the world of humanity. The situation in the underworld was about to be achieved and there was no need to delay it. There was also the heavenly palace in the sky to suppress it. He did not want to conflict with others, so he stared at the Taoist and the woman on the boat for a while.
Then he slowly sank into the water again.
The huge figure gradually disappeared under the blue waves.
This time I slowed down and passed slowly.
Only when it passed under the boat, it swung its tail again, accelerated rapidly, and stirred up waves again, causing the boat to sway for a while.
Then it quickly moved away with the waves.
"Master Dragon King!
"Master Dragon King!!
"Oh my God!"
The boatman then started shouting.
People these days like to call many unknown things dragons. This habit has become a bit crazy. Sometimes, not only do they see things that look a bit like dragons and say they are dragons, but they also see some things that look exactly like dragons.
Things that have nothing to do with it are like a beam of light, an unknown monster that suddenly appears and disappears, or some other incomprehensible things. When people see it, they become confused because they don’t know what it is.
You might say it's a dragon.
Not to mention this dragon.
The part that is exposed out of the water is still unimaginably huge, and it really does look like the legendary dragon.
The water slowly returned to calm, and was green and deep. Only the two banks were pushed down by the water, and the soaked grass and trees told that something huge had just passed by here.
This is where the fear of bottomless water comes in. You never know what’s under the water.
The boatman was comforted by Song You, and then he had the courage to move forward. Song You stood on the bow of the boat, looking into the distance, lost in thought.