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It was dawn, and there were no fireflies in the grass, and no black dragons in the pond.It seemed as if they just got into the grass and fell asleep last night, having a weird but real dream.Yaobai squatted on the ground until his legs became numb. He grabbed Wen Bufan's hand and stood up. When he turned around, he kicked a stone by his feet and rolled into the water with a "boom".

Wen Bufan looked down and saw a group of gray shadows at the bottom of the water scattered by the falling stones. If he looked more carefully, he would find that the scattered gray shadows were actually fish the size of fingernails. , looks like aquatic plants floating in the water.

Yaobai walked out first through the grass, Wen Bufan fell behind him, walked two steps and suddenly turned his head to look at the empty water.

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When I returned to the village, it was already dawn, but no one came out of the two rows of wooden houses, and the doors were closed.Strangely enough, I ran into the old lady who greeted Wen Bufan at the entrance of the village yesterday. She was holding a bundle of firewood, as if she was busy going home to cook breakfast.Wen Bufan asked a question, and the old lady looked at the empty wooden house and said, "You ask those cultivators? They left overnight."

Yao Bai said in his heart: This is worth running all night, too timid.

Then I heard the old lady say: "At noon, the city will send soldiers. If someone in the village dies of the disease, this place will be cordoned off. Hurry up, too, because you won't be able to leave if it's too late." Finally, she asked again. One mouth: "Where are you going?"

Wen Bufan said: "Go to Minjiang Lingzhou."

The old lady suddenly changed her face, as if she was afraid that she had heard it wrong, "Lingzhou that is suffering from an epidemic? Ouch, it's amazing, go to that living hell and do what you want." She suddenly lowered her voice: "Do you know that the village where the epidemic happened yesterday? The guy who died late just went to the edge of Lingzhou, and he got infected without even taking a sip of Lingzhou's water!"

After she finished speaking, she saw that the two of them were indifferent and showed no signs of fear, so she shook her head and left with the firewood in her arms.

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Yao Bai opened the door and entered the room, the oil lamp on the table was still on.There were only two beds in the room, one was lying on Hei Bao, who was sound asleep, and the other was curled up in Shuiyue.

Luotian and Heishui occupy a table corner each, sleeping soundly on their stomachs.

The sound of the two entering the room first awakened Hei Bao, he sat up straight up, his green pupils drenched with sleep, "You are back." He yawned, and habitually stretched out his hand to Yaobai to beg for food: "Yes!" What to eat? Fried fish or dried loach."

Yaobai walked up to Heishui, took out two palm-length dried fish from the pouch around his waist, handed one to Heishui, and stuffed another into Shuiyue's claws.

Then the two adults at the table also woke up.Luotian was rubbing his eyes and was about to speak when he suddenly saw Wen Bufan shaking his head slightly at him.He changed his words to talk about what happened in the village last night.After listening to Yaobai, he remembered that his father said that the keel was the guardian spirit of this place, that is the real dragon with pure blood, maybe it was a punishment from heaven.

But after thinking about it, if Tiandao really has such long eyes, why bother tormenting those innocent mortals in Lingzhou.

They packed up a bit and were about to leave the village when suddenly a young girl knocked on the door with a basket on her back.Wen Bufan opened the door for her. Standing in front of Wen Bufan, the girl was so happy, she unloaded the pannier, took out the contents and handed it to him, saying: "Grandma asked me to give it to you." Ran.

Yaobai grabbed the door frame and glanced at the direction the little girl ran away, and said unhappily: "If you give something, you will give it. You always stare at people to see what they are doing."

Wen Bufan held the food box in one hand, smiled and said nothing.

The girl's grandmother was the old lady they met just now. When they entered the village yesterday, they were stirring the dye not far from the old lady.The old lady probably cared about Wen Bufan's group and the two children, and although she thought they were probably foolish cultivators, she still brought them breakfast.

A cage of steamed dumplings with thin skin and big stuffing, and a small pot of white rice porridge with crucian carp meat.Wen Bufan opened the food box, and the heat and aroma came out together.

Dumplings are a rare thing for them.Seeing that he was unhappy with eating, Yaobai reached out and took a dumpling and chewed it in his mouth.The stuffing is meaty, juicy and chewy, and extremely sweet.

Ordinary people call the need for food the desire for appetite. Since it is desire, it has the effect of erasing sorrow and making people happy.After eating the three dumplings, Yaobai's whole bird became happy.

After finishing their breakfast, they stopped by the old lady's house to return the food box to thank them, and asked for directions by the way.It was getting late when we left the village.

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Yongchuan and Lingzhou are both in the Minjiang River Basin, separated by a mountain range that stretches for hundreds of miles.After walking through this mountain, you will come to the lower reaches of the Minjiang River. In front of you is a vast and boundless alluvial plain.Lingzhou is located at the easternmost end of the plain.

The area is densely networked with rivers, and you usually have to row a boat to get from one village to another.

Several people came to a ferry and planned to buy a boat to cross the river.Xu is that the world is not good and business is often bleak. Seeing guests coming, the boatman's originally bitter face conjured up his facial features with joy.Seeing that Wen Bufan's whole body was elegant and elegant, he guessed which Buddhist cultivator in the Buddhist temple in Xianshan.Their poor people and the immortal cultivators flying around on the fairy mountain can't get along with each other on weekdays. Because of the chaos in the world now, those immortals and bodhisattvas have all come down the mountain.He has not been guarding the ferry here for a long time, and he has encountered several waves.

The boatman waved the big cattail fan in his hand, and his half-inch long beard flew around.Hearing Bufan said that he only bought a boat and didn't hire him to ferry, the smile on his face faded by [-]% to [-]%, and the big cattail fan pointed at the rushing river in front of him: "Master, it's not that I'm bluffing you, this river is very sad. He also has to hold his heart, you..." He passed Wen Bufan to look at the few people behind, "You have old and young, it's not convenient, isn't it?"

Yaobai looked down at the two "children" in front of him, and said, "Who does he say is old?"

Luotian raised his chin, holding a look of "it can't be me": "I don't know."

"He said you." Yao Bai looked at Heishui.

Blackwater: "..."

Heishui was born with a round baby face, and it was the first time he was told that he was in a complicated mood.He was kicked out a month ago, and at that time he said that it was the "plague" that the Minjiang spirits avoided.So this time the road back to his hometown was a bit bumpy. Ever since he was recognized by a mortal monk and a mole spirit on the road, he was forced to change his luggage.On the top of the head was a tattered bamboo hat poked by grass heads, the front edge was pressed down extremely low, and most of the face was covered inside.In addition to his tall stature, he was afraid of being seen by others when walking on the road, and he unconsciously hunched his back when walking, so he looked like an old man with long bells.

Yaobai comforted him, "Don't be angry. Think about it, you are over 3000 years old, and the boatman is only 50 to [-] years old. He said you are old and there is nothing wrong. He can call you an ancestor."

Heishui glanced at him, too lazy to speak.

Wen Bufan is still negotiating.The boatman had a rough appearance, but he didn't want to be a grumpy person. He talked about how fast the current was and how complicated the terrain in the river was. He heard the black water rubbing his teeth, and said impatiently: "What kind of boat do you want? It has a wide waist." Laozi He can flow through it with his eyes closed."

"At that moment, you will pass by, and we will take a boat," Yao Bai said.

"Can I sit on your back?" Luotian's eyes lit up, he leaned forward and said, "I haven't sat on a dragon's back before."

Blackwater shut up.

After another half a cup of tea, Wen Bufan finally bought the boat and returned.When the boatman took them to the water's edge to get off the rope, he was still muttering, "If something goes wrong, you must run immediately."

It was hot at noon, and the white sun shone so hard that people couldn't open their eyes.Luo Tian and Heishui sat outside for a while, then went into the tent to rest in the cool, and the two spirit beasts slept with their tails curled up.

Yao Bai stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the distant water surface. The sun was still in the sky, and the vision was excellent. He could even see the smoke from the houses on the opposite bank.The flow of the river carrying sediment is stable, and it is a good time to cross the river.

Wen Bufan was rowing the oar at the bow, and Yao Bai sat beside him to accompany him.It was already some distance away from the shore, and the surroundings fell silent for a moment.Only the oars creaked and squeaked and hummed a monotonous tune.

Yaobai took off his shoes and sat on the side of the boat, his feet hanging in the water and looking into the distance, he said casually: "It is said that every big river has a dragon to protect the peace of the water. This river is so wide and so big, there should be dragons living in it." .”

Wen Bufan lowered his head and didn't know where he was looking, and responded lightly, "Yes."

boom--

Something seemed to hit the bottom of the boat, and the whole boat shook suddenly.Yao Bai was taken aback, and hurriedly withdrew his feet and lay down on the ship's side to look down, only to see a few pieces of soaked and cracked wood passing by the stern.

Just about to get up, he suddenly heard Wen Bufan say in a deep voice: "Don't move."

Yao Bai froze, he really didn't dare to move, even his breathing slowed down, "What's wrong?"

The oars were still creaking and creaking, except for Wen Bufan's warning sound, there was nothing strange.Yao Bai looked back and saw that Jianwen Bufan was still shaking the oar as usual, his movements were not slow or hasty, as if he didn't want to disturb anything.

He looked at Yaobai, and said softly, "Leave the side slowly and come to me."

Yao Bai couldn't figure out what happened, and Wen Bufan's reaction made him a little scared.Could it be that the boatman really hit the spot, and they encountered something "wrong" as soon as they came out?

Yao Bai squatted down and slowly left the side of the boat, facing the water and retreating cautiously to the other side.After retreating an unknown distance, he suddenly felt his waist tighten, and Wen Bufan stretched out his hand to pull him into his arms.

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, a man jumped out of the boat tent, and he jumped and shouted loudly: "My God! There is a dead dragon in the water!"

The faces of the two people at the bow froze: "..."