The sun is shining brightly, shining on the wide surface of the Jade River, and two small boats are parked by the river, gently swaying with the waves, waiting for the people who are about to swim.
"Xi Cheng, you go, I don't know when you will be able to come back?"
Er Niuzi sniffed and handed a small cloth bag to Xi Cheng, "This is a bean bag made by my mother, your favorite food before, she was embarrassed to come to see you and asked me to give it to you." ” Xi Cheng took the cloth bag, put it under his nose and took a deep breath, then closed his eyes, he wanted to keep this taste in his heart and never forget it for the rest of his life.
"Fool, you now know that I am well watery, maybe one day, I will swim back from the South China Sea, and then you don't dare to compete with me because you are afraid of losing."
Xi Cheng patted Er Niuzi on the shoulder, pinched the faces of several other partners a few times, and then looked at Uncle Xi who was standing behind him, "Dad, let's go, it's a long way from here to the South China Sea, I'm afraid the waterway will take more than a month." ” Xi Bo nodded, walked to Kong Zhou and Liu Xujiao, who were standing next to the other boat, and bowed deeply, "Gongzi Kong, Gongzi Liu, I can't repay your kindness in this life, but the two of you are deeply blessed, and you must be blessed by the gods, and you will definitely be blessed in this life." ” Liu Xujiao hurriedly helped him up, "Uncle Xi, you left your hometown to go to the coast of the South China Sea, and you are not familiar with the place, I'm afraid you will have to adapt for a while." ” Uncle Xi smiled knowingly, although his face was much older than when Liu Xuzhu first saw him, but he was much more kind and kind, "I have an old bone, and I don't live anywhere, as long as I can see him from time to time, I will be content."
The kindness owed to Leng Yu in this life can be regarded as being able to repay some of it. ” "That's fine, Xi Cheng has you by his side, and we are a lot more relieved," Kong Zhou also stepped forward and slapped his hands on Xi Cheng's arms, "It's just that if I go to the South China Sea at that time, don't forget my big brother." ” "Brother Kong, where are you going now?"
Xi Cheng raised his head and asked.
"I have no fixed place to live, wherever I go, Liu Gongzi said that he was going to Qingcheng, I will be with him, I can be a companion on the road, and I will not be lonely."
The boatman's urging voice came, and Xi Cheng reluctantly glanced at Kong Zhou and Liu Xujiao, bowed and saluted, "Big brother, we will have a date later."
He turned his head again and looked at the group of friends behind him who were crying uncontrollably, "Erniuzi, you have to remember our agreement, you can't be fat, otherwise next time, you won't be able to swim with me."
After saying this, he hugged Xi Bo with one hand, picked up the bone altar with the other, and walked towards his boat without looking back.
The boat floated away in the Jade River, Kong Zhou and Liu Xujiao watched it disappear into the sky, and then boarded their own boat, as soon as they got on the boat, Kong Zhou took the jar of wine from the baggage he carried, poured a glass and handed it to Liu Xujiao, "Brother Xian, I have been so troubled by the things in the village these days, I haven't asked you what is the so-called matter of returning to your hometown this time?"
” Liu Xujiao took a sip of wine, "Don't hide it from Brother Kong, I went back this time to inquire about the origin of a strange book." ” "It's just a book, what else doesn't come from?"
With the experience of the past few days, Liu Xuzhu already has great trust in Kong Zhou, and he was ready to tell Hu Zhun about it without even thinking about it, but just halfway through speaking, a voice came from outside the cabin, "Lord Liu, Lord Liu, are you right?"
” Liu Xuzhu walked out of the cabin, and he saw another small boat floating on the river a few feet away, standing on the bow of the boat and looking at him, it was not the two officials who sent him to the mouth of the Yuhe River a few days ago.
"How did you find here?"
Liu Xuzhu was taken aback and asked loudly.
Seeing that they didn't recognize the wrong person, the two officials hurriedly ordered the boatman to bring the two boats closer, and they jumped to Liu Xujiao's side in a panic, glanced at each other, and then whispered, "Lord Liu, there is a message from the imperial court, saying that something happened in Qingcheng, and Lord Cheng ordered us to come to you quickly and go to Qingcheng with you." ” Hearing the word accident, Liu Xujiao felt his brain hot, he knew that the matter of the imperial court personally passing the message would definitely not be a trivial matter, he grabbed the arm of a servant, "Who?"
Who is in trouble?
” The official swallowed his saliva and said it word for word according to what Cheng Muyou taught him, "The people sent by the imperial court didn't make it clear the specific reason, but they just said that they should let the adults hurry over, and when they get there, there will be someone who will answer them, and they will tell the adults the whole thing clearly." ” Liu Xuzhu stood on the deck and didn't speak for a long time, and the official saw that he was silent for a long time, and asked timidly, "My lord, let's leave now, right?"
” He nodded blankly, but remained motionless, and when the two servants saw that he had agreed, they jumped back into their boat as if they had received a holy decree, and shouted to the boatman to hurry, and the boat shook and went south again.
Liu Xujiao stood at the bow of the boat, watching the Qingfeng on the bank of the river flash one by one, he silently counted the number of peaks in his heart, but he didn't know why he did this, but, what else could he think about, Qingcheng?
No, when he thought of this place, he felt that his heart was stuffed with a mess, and he couldn't untie it, he felt as if he was still in a dream, but the boat carrying the officials of Xin'an City behind him always reminded him that it was true, Qingcheng really had an accident, and his relatives really had an accident.
By the way, Kong Zhou, isn't there still Kong Zhou?
Liu Xuzhu suddenly thought of the person in the cabin, and felt relaxed in his heart, Kong Zhou is a trustworthy person, and he is also the best person to relieve worries, he has seen a lot, maybe he can pull himself out of that mess.
Thinking of this, Liu Xuzhu went back to the cabin, but he was completely stunned the moment he opened the door curtain: there was no one in the cabin, Kong Zhou and the wine jar he put on the table were gone, but on the wooden table, there was another thing, that is, the sword spike that he had been missing for a few days, the white sword spike, embroidered with a golden dragon pattern.
Liu Xujiao grabbed the sword spike and walked to the stern of the boat, he looked at the boatman who was rowing hard, "Old man, where did the boy who got on the boat with me go before?"
” The boatman looked up, and the expression on his face was even more surprised than his, "Get on the boat together?"
Guest officer, you boarded the ship alone just now, where are there any other people who are traveling with you, if you don't believe it, you can ask the two officials just now to see if they have seen others just now. ”