Chapter 37 Thirty-seventh round of thrills

As expected, the boat was going very slowly, and Xiao Yuer kept asking, "Where is this place?... Where is this place?" After passing Yunhan, Xiao Yu'er's eyes widened, as if waiting to see something interesting happen.When the boat arrived in Kuizhou, it stopped early. Xiao Yu'er smiled and said, "Isn't it too early to go to bed now?" Old man Shi hummed, but did not speak. But Yun Gu blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "Wu Gorge is ahead, no one can get through it at night, so let's rest early today, so that we can get through it tomorrow morning."

Xiao Yu'er smiled and said, "Ah, is the Twelve Peaks of Wushan in front of you? When I was young, I heard these two poems, 'The sound of apes on both sides of the strait can't stop, the light boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains', and I always thought of that place. Look." Shi Yungu said with a coquettish smile: "Although these two poems are beautiful, the place is not beautiful at all. If you are not careful, you will lose your life there, especially now, I am afraid that even the apes on both sides of the strait will be silent. .” Xiao Yu'er wondered: "Why?"

Yun Gu smiled and said softly: "There are some things, you'd better not ask too clearly." Xiao Yu'er turned to look at Jiang Yulang, and saw Jiang Yulang was looking down at the river, as if he didn't hear what they said, but his face was ashen. By the second day, his face was even greener. Xiao Yu'er knew that when he was nervous, his face would turn blue. But what is he nervous about?Could it be that something is going to happen to him? Old man Shi raised his pole, and the boat sailed out.Yun Gu changed into a green cloth shorts and rolled up her trousers, making her look even more slender.

Xiao Yu'er looked at it with a smile and didn't speak. When he got to the front, the current of the river was getting faster, but there were suddenly more boats on the river. Old man Shi, with his white beard fluttering, was focused on steering, as if he didn't see anything.Yun Gu turned her big eyes around, but she seemed very happy. Xiao Yu'er suddenly found that there was a yellow silk hanging on the mast of each of their boats, and the people on the boat all retracted their heads when they saw Xiao Yu'er's boat coming. Jiang Yulang didn't let Xiao Yu'er see his face at all.

Suddenly, someone on the shore blew a conch shell, which resounded through the four mountains. The four mountains echoed, the rapids beat the shore, and more than ten melon-piped fast boats suddenly rushed out from both sides.There are six or seven big men with yellow scarves and heads on each speedboat, some holding ghost-headed knives, some holding high red-tasseled guns, and some holding long bamboo poles, rushing towards them roaring. Yun Gu coquettishly said: "Grandpa, they really came." Old man Shi didn't change his face, and said calmly: "I knew they would come."

His expression was so calm, Xiao Yu'er couldn't help admiring him secretly. I only heard the big man on the speedboat screaming: "Boys on the boat, take your life!" I saw two small boats rushing straight over, and the big man on the boat held up his sword and gun. Yun Gu suddenly laughed lightly and said, "Don't be fierce, I invite you to eat lotus seeds." She raised her hand, and when the two big men were ahead, she immediately roared, threw away the knife and gun, covered her face with her hands, and blood flowed from between her fingers. The big men immediately shouted: "Partners, be careful, this girl has hidden weapons!"

Yun Gu smiled coquettishly: "Do you still want to eat lotus seeds? Okay, I'll give you a jar." Her white and tender little hands fluttered, and the lotus seeds in her hands rained out, but they were not dried lotus seeds, but iron lotus seeds. I saw those big men screaming in surprise one by one, some immediately bled, and some dropped their weapons, but most of them still rushed forward. At this moment, old man Shi, who was calm and expressionless, suddenly looked up to the sky and whistled clearly. Amid the whistling sound, the long pole in his palm vibrated, like a thunderbolt being swept away, the three people who charged up first were swept away by his pole, and hit the rocks far away.The other person was just about to jump onto the bow, when old man Shi delivered his long pole, it went straight through his stomach, amidst the screams, the long pole picked up the bloody corpse, how could one of the dozens of big men dare to rush up !

This old man Shi, who is old and sick, has such supernatural power, not only Xiao Yu'er was shocked, but Jiang Yulang turned pale with panic, and his head was covered with cold sweat. Old man Shi kept whistling, the river boat had rushed into the group of speedboats, those big men mustered up their courage, roared and rushed up again, some people jumped into the water, as if they were about to scuttle the boat. Xiao Yu'er secretly said: "It's too bad!" Once the boat sinks, it's really bad. But at this moment, a big man in yellow clothes and scarves, with a beard like iron, suddenly leaped from among the rocks, his body was like a rabbit, and he shouted sharply: "Stop! Stop!"

As soon as the dozens of big men heard the shout, they all retreated immediately. I saw the man in yellow shirt stand on a pile of rocks, grab a big man from the water, slap his ears seven or eight times, and cursed angrily: "Are you fools blind? Don't even look at it!" Know who is on board, dare to attack." Old man Shi raised his pole a little longer, and the river boat stopped in the rapids. The big man in the yellow shirt immediately bowed and smiled apologetically, "I really don't know that Senior Shi and the girl are on the boat, otherwise I wouldn't dare to do anything. Along the Yangtze River, who is not Senior Shi's younger generation."

Old man Shi said coldly: "You are too polite, the old man can't afford it. The old man is no longer useful, and the Yangtze River is your world. If you want the old man's life, the old man can only give it to you." The big man in the yellow shirt was sweating profusely, and said repeatedly: "Damn the younger generation, and the younger generation is also blind. The younger generation really didn't expect that the hero of the old man would appear in the Yangtze River again. Otherwise, how dare the younger generation beg for food here." Old man Shi sneered and said, "It's too modest to beg for food. Who in Jianghu doesn't know that 'Hengjiang A Swarm of Yellow Flower Bees' is doing big business, big business."

He widened his eyes and said sharply: "But the old man is a broken ship, how can a few poor people be favored by his feet? This is very strange. Could it be that his feet are entrusted by others?" The yellow flower bee on the water was sweating profusely, and Jiang Yulang on the boat was also sweating profusely.Only to hear Huang Huafeng laughing again and again: "Senior, please forgive me, but this junior really doesn't know." Old man Shi said: "You are very loyal if you don't want to say it. Well, for you, the old man can't make things difficult for you." Raising the long pole, the river boat rushed down the current like an arrow. The yellow flower bee breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at Old Man Shi's back, and murmured: "Do you know that twenty years ago, not only was the whole Yangtze River all his world, but even the hero of the thirty-six waterways in the world, Who is not afraid of him. We are lucky to meet him today, if it were twenty years ago, the water in this area of ​​the river would have turned red." The big man shivered wittily and said, "Could it be that he is..." Huang Huafeng yelled: "Shut up, I don't want to hear his name, and I hope I don't see him again. If God blesses me, I will never have anything to do with him again, then thank God." The wind blows on the river, and the boat has left the Wu Gorge. Old man Shi held the rudder with his hand, and coughed again and again. Jiang Yulang looked at his white beard fluttering in the wind, and finally couldn't help but asked in a whisper: "Could it be that the old man... was famous all over the world..." Old man Shi said coldly: "Can you shut up?" Xiao Yu'er suddenly smiled and said: "Old man Shi, although I don't know who you are, I think you must be a great person. You actually punted for me. Not only do I want to thank you, but I'm actually a little flattered." He actually still called him "Old Man Shi", Jiang Yulang's eyes froze with fright. Unexpectedly, old man Shi smiled at him instead, and said, "You don't have to thank me, and you don't have to thank me." Xiao Yuer blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "Then who should I thank? Is there someone begging you to send me this journey, please protect me... You are old and virtuous, if I guess right, you You can't lie to me." Old man Shi bent down, coughing uncontrollably. Xiao Yu'er smiled and said, "If you don't speak, you admit it." Old man Shi's face suddenly darkened, he stared at him and said: "You have learned to be so eloquent at a young age, how will you grow up?" Xiao Yu'er also opened his eyes, and said loudly: "How I will be when I grow up is my business, and has nothing to do with you. Don't think that you saved me, I should be afraid of you, without you to send me, I still can't die, not to mention I didn't ask you to send me." Old man Shi stared at him for a while, then suddenly smiled again, and said: "The old man has never seen a child like you." Xiao Yu'er said: "A person like me, I am the only one in the world." He turned his head angrily, but he was still thinking: "This old man must have a lot of history, and now he condescends to be me Then, the person who entrusted him to see me off must have a lot of face. This person is always thinking of me, but what is it for? Since he can hire a master like this old man, he will not think about it. I have something to ask of you." Xiao Yu'er really couldn't figure out who this person was, so he simply stopped thinking about it and turned to look at Jiang Yulang, but Jiang Yulang didn't seem to dare to face him. Xiao Yu'er suddenly laughed and said, "Your purple lion went ashore when he heard that he was in Yunhan, didn't he?" Jiang Yulang said: "Big...probably so." Xiao Yu'er smiled and said: "The bodyguards colluded with the robbers, but you colluded with the bodyguards, and asked the bodyguards to notify the robbers to rob this boat, otherwise, how could those robbers put yellow belts on other boats and just wait Let's go by this ship? Otherwise, how could those robbers want my life instead of money?" Jiang Yulang was sweating profusely and couldn't even wipe it dry, he giggled and said, "Brother, are you joking?" Xiao Yu'er laughed loudly and said: "That's right, I was just joking, do you think it's funny too, haha, it's really funny." He laughed and lay down, then murmured: "It's strange, in such a cool weather, How can anyone sweat." Yun Gu kept looking at him with a smile on his side.Jiang Feng, blowing his messy hair, the scar on his face looked slightly red under the sun. The wind went smoothly, and the boat arrived in Yichang before dusk. Whether large or small ships enter Hubei from Sichuan, or enter Sichuan from Hubei, they must stop here for a while, add water and firewood, and purchase food. As soon as he entered the Hubei realm, Jiang Yulang's eyes lit up again, as if he wanted to say something, but he was thinking about how to say it. Xiao Yuer looked at him with a smile, jumped up suddenly, and said, "Let's go ashore here. I feel a little dizzy after sitting in a boat for a long time." Before he finished speaking, Jiang Yulang couldn't hide the joy on his face. Xiao Yu'er said loudly: "Old man Shi, thank you for sending me off, let's dock the boat. Although you are a bit cynical, you are still a good person, and I will never forget you." Old man Shi stared at him for a long time, then suddenly laughed loudly and said: "Very well, you can go, if you can't die, you might as well go to..." Xiao Yu'er waved his hands and smiled, "You don't need to tell me where I live, and you don't need to tell me your name, because I won't look for you, and I don't want to scare others with your name." Before the boat docked, Jiang Yulang was already looking around. Old man Shi murmured: "If you are looking for danger, go ashore quickly, you will never be disappointed." On the shore of the ferry, people come and go, wearing various clothes, some are bright, some are ragged, some are red, some are frowning, some have just boarded the boat, and some are getting off the boat. The air has the smell of chickens and sheep, the moisture of wood, the smell of tung oil, the spicy smell of mustard, the fragrance of tea, the strange smell of medicinal materials... Coupled with the smell of wine in the man's mouth and the aroma of shaving oil on the woman's head, they mixed into a special smell that can only be smelled on the pier. Xiao Yu'er walked among the crowd, looking here and there, smelling here and there, seeing such excitement made him extremely happy, even the smell was very moving to him.Jiang Yulang still straightened his neck, looking around. Suddenly someone outside the crowd shouted: "Brother Jiang...Jiang Yulang..." Jiang Yulang said happily: "Here...here..." He separated from the crowd and ran out with big strides, Xiao Yu'er had no choice but to follow him. Outside the ferry, under a tea shed, there were three magnificent carts parked, several horses with distinctive saddles and bridles, and several young men in fine clothes, waving. Jiang Yulang cheered and ran over, and the boys also ran over laughing, the swords around their waists jingling. Xiao Yu'er looked at these people talking and laughing coldly, but no one paid any attention to him, but he didn't seem to care. After they laughed, he also laughed and said: "Strange, how could your friend know that you are coming?" of?" Jiang Yulang put on a serious face, and said coldly: "It doesn't seem to be your business!" Not only did he change his address, but his expression also changed, just now he was still talking about "big brother and younger brother", but now he is talking like a master talking to a servant. A pale-faced youth in green shirt frowned at Xiao Yu'er, as if looking at a mangy dog, with a look of disgust on his face, and said, "Brother Jiang, who is this man?" Jiang Yulang said: "This man is the world's first romantic talent, the first smart man, girls will go crazy when they see him, do you think he looks like?" The teenagers laughed together, as if there was nothing more ridiculous in the world.Xiao Yu'er remained calm and said with a smile, "Your friend, you should introduce me too!" Jiang Yulang rolled his eyes, pointed at the young man in green shirt and said, "This is the son of the general of Jingzhou Town, Bai Lingxiao Bai Xiaoxia, known as the 'Green Robe Spirit Swordsman', thirty-six-way return wind sword, unpredictable .” Xiao Yu'er smiled and said: "As expected, the person lives up to his name, very beautiful. I wonder if Mr. Bai can scrape off some of the powder on his face so that I can be beautiful too." Bai Lingxiao's laughter stopped abruptly, and his pale face turned blue. Jiang Yulang pointed to another tall and big black man and said: "This is the first bodyguard agency in the south of the Yangtze River, the eldest son of the Golden Lion Bodyguard Agency, Li Mingsheng. The Zijin Sword is invincible." Xiao Yu'er clapped his hands and said, "Sure enough, he is handsome and majestic. But fortunately you explained clearly, otherwise I will inevitably misunderstand that Mr. Li is a butcher." Li Mingsheng's two copper bell-like eyes seemed to protrude. Another young man in a beaded crown and flower shirt, with delicate features and delicate features, looked almost like a woman, giggled and said, "My name is Hua Xixiang, and my father calls him 'Jade Faced God'. If you have never heard of my father's name, your ears must not excellent." Xiao Yu'er stared at him for a while, then suddenly shook his head and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity. It's a great loss for Liyuan that Young Master Hua didn't act as a Huadan and sing in an opera." Hua Xixiang was startled, unable to laugh anymore. There is also a tall, thin, bamboo pole-like boy named "Qingyan Shangjiuxiao" He Guanjun, who is the son of "Ghost Shadow" He Wushuang who is the number one Qinggong Jiangnan. The last one is short and fat, laughing and joking, but his eyes are full of divine light, he seems to be the one with the strongest martial arts among the five, Xiao Yu'er can't help but pay special attention to it. When Jiang Yulang introduced him, his expression was also very solemn, and he said: "This brother Mei Qiuhu is the disciple of Master Yifan, the master of the 'Kongtong' today. .” Mei Qiuhu laughed and said, "If you've won the prize, you won't dare to take it." Xiao Yu'er wanted to say something, but there seemed to be no malice in his eyes, he just cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have been admiring for a long time." As soon as he glanced, he knew that although these sons of celebrities were oily and pink-faced, and looked like dudes, people would hate them when they looked at them, but looking at their eyes and footwork, they found that their martial arts were not weak , only three of the five teamed up, and I was afraid that I would not be an opponent. These people looked at Xiao Yu'er, but their eyes seemed to burst into flames. Suddenly a person said softly: "What a heartless Jiang Yulang, you know I'm here, but you don't come here." A ten-year-old girl stepped out of the carriage. Strictly speaking, this girl is not ugly, but Xiao Yu'er would be disgusted at the first sight, but Jiang Yulang smiled when he saw it, and laughed loudly: "Little sister Sun, if I Knowing that you are coming, I have already passed, I am afraid that even brother Li can't hold me back." As if singing an opera, Sun Xiaomei opened her arms and rushed over, throwing her head into Jiang Yulang's arms, humming and saying, "Where did you go, you ghost? I really want to kill you." The teenagers clapped their hands and laughed, Xiao Yu'er couldn't help sighing, if he hadn't had dinner yet, he would have already vomited all over by now. Sun Xiaomei stared, put her hands on her hips, and said loudly: "Hey! Why are you so annoying, why don't you go away." Xiao Yu'er sighed: "If I can walk away, I would really be thankful." Xiao Yu'er leaned on the car window, her head was almost sticking out of the car window, that "Sun Xiaomei" was sitting in Jiang Yulang's arms, Xiao Yu'er couldn't stand her fragrance. How could the cunning and deep Jiang Yulang become so shallow and vulgar?Xiao Yu'er couldn't help but glanced at him, and saw that although he was smiling like a bird, his eyes were still shining with the light of an eagle of prey. Where is he really so shallow, he was just pretending.If he didn't pretend to be the same as these dudes who don't know how high and rich they are, how could they regard him as their good friend. Xiao Yu'er smiled, and stuck his head out of the window again, where the "red shirt and golden knife" Li Mingsheng was beating his horse triumphantly, and the black whip was "cracking".When people on the street saw this group of people approaching, they avoided it from a distance, especially the older girls and younger daughters-in-law, as if they saw the plague god. This bathtub looks like an extra-large wooden barrel, taller than a person, there is actually a place for a fire under the barrel, and the water in the barrel is steaming hot. Jiang Yulang was soaked in this big wooden barrel, his eyes were squinted, and he kept moaning comfortably, but what about Xiao Yu'er?But Xiao Yu'er could only stand outside the barrel and watch eagerly, with one hand hanging beside the barrel, it was extremely uncomfortable. The son of the chief town, the "beautiful green-robed swordsman" Bai Lingxiao was sitting opposite him, with his legs on stilts on a brass hanger, touching his chin that hadn't grown a beard yet and said with a smile: "This bathtub belongs to my old man's subordinates." One of the warriors, brought back from the three islands of Dongying, is called "Fu Lu". It is said that the people on Dongying Island don't pay attention to food or clothes, but they like to take a bath, and only taking a bath is the greatest enjoyment in their life. It takes at least half an hour to take a bath." Jiang Yulang smiled and said, "I've been taking a bath for an hour." He finally got up, and amidst the tender laughter, two girls in short shirts with bare feet and fit bodies had already brought a dry cloth to wipe his body.The slender jade hand rubbed against his red body through a thin cloth, and the feeling was simply indescribable. The girls smiled coquettishly, and put on a snow-white jacket and a soft brocade robe for him.Jiang Yulang felt comfortable all over his body, stretched his waist long, and laughed loudly: "I would like to take a bath once a day after taking a bath like this... After taking this bath, all my bones seem to be loose, and I feel light. It weighed ten catties." Xiao Yu'er sighed, "But I seem to have gained ten catties." Jiang Yulang said coldly: "I'm very sorry, the master here has no intention of entertaining you. If you want to take a bath, you might as well go outside to wash, but I can't accompany you." Xiao Yu'er said: "Of course, if I want to take a bath, I have to cut off my hand and go out to wash myself, right?" Jiang Yulang said, "You finally understand." I only heard Sun Xiaomei smiling coquettishly outside the door: "Jiang Yulang, have you drowned in the bathtub, why don't you come out quickly, I'll wait for you to eat! Today Hua Xixiang is at the 'East of Yulou' to cleanse the dust and catch the wind for you." Jiang Yulang smiled and said, "Yuloudong, is it the branch of Yuloudong in Changsha?" Sun Xiaomei said: "Who says it's not." Jiang Yulang clapped his hands and said, "Thinking of Yuloudong's 'Honey Sauce Ham', my mouth is watering." Yuloudong's "Honey Sauce Ham" is indeed a famous dish. Under the lamp, it looks like a basin of crystal agate, shining with pleasant light. But Xiao Yu'er was very unhappy.As soon as he stretched out his chopsticks, Bai Lingxiao beat him back. Hua Xixiang giggled and said, "I don't know you at all, so I don't need to help you, do I?" Xiao Yu'er said: "Extremely extreme, if I want to eat, I have to cut off my hand and go out to eat by myself..." Bai Lingxiao laughed loudly and said, "You are really getting smarter." So Xiao Yu'er could only watch them drink happily, watch them gobble up, although he was still smiling, his stomach was crying for help. Suddenly there was a sound of stairs, and several people strode upstairs.These people are all in their 40s or 50s, all dressed very decently, and they all look a little majestic between glances, obviously they are not ordinary characters. Hua Xixiang, Li Mingsheng, He Guanjun... These teenagers with eyes on the top of their heads, when they saw these people, they all stood up, all of them lowered their heads and lowered their eyebrows, and suddenly became very honest. Respectfully called: "Master." Some bowed their heads and called: "Daddy." Xiao Yu'er frowned unknowingly, who knew that these few people didn't even look at their apprentices and sons, instead they all walked up to Xiao Yu'er, clasped their fists together and laughed, "Could this be Jiang Xiaoyu Jiang Xiaoxia Is it?" This made Xiao Yu'er feel even more strange, blinking his eyes and saying: "I am." A middle-aged man with a white face and a slight beard immediately waved his hands and said, "Shopkeeper, quickly set up a table of wine and food, and I will welcome Jiang Xiaoxia." Hua Xixiang and Bai Lingxiao stood there in a daze, as if in a daze. Not only the "Jade Face God's Judgment" came, but also "Ghost Shadow" He Wushuang, "Golden Lion" Li Di, all the martial arts tycoons in this city came unexpectedly. Xiao Yu'er finished eating the whole pot of honey-glazed ham, and finally couldn't help laughing: "The sons treat me like shit, but the fathers are polite to me. What's going on, can you tell me?" listen?" The jade-faced god judged with a smile: "The dog is rude, but Jiang Xiaoxia is not surprised." The thin and long "ghost shadow" He Wushuang with a livid complexion said with a smile: "We have been entrusted by a martial arts senior to treat Jiang Xiaoxia with respect as landlords. This martial arts senior has high morals..." Xiao Yu'er asked: "Who is he?" Yumian Shenpan thought for a while, and said with a smile: "The senior ordered us to keep the secret, but naturally he didn't want Jiang Xiaoxia to repay him." Xiao Yu'er smiled and said: "Don't worry, I never know how to repay kindness. Revenge, maybe it's possible, but if it's too troublesome, I'll let it go." The jade-faced god judged with a palm and said: "If everyone in the Jianghu has a heart like Jiang Xiaoxia, it will really be a blessing for the crowd..." Xiao Yu'er said: "Now, can you tell who he is?" The jade-faced god judge said slowly: "The head of Emei, the head of the Taoist priest Shenxi." Xiao Yu'er clapped the table and said: "So it was him...so he was the one along the way, and he hasn't forgotten me..." I wondered for a few days, and once I realized it, I drank and ate to my heart's content.Yumian Shenpan, Guiying and others just looked at him with a smile, and no one moved their chopsticks.