Chapter 8 Swimming in the Lake

The large lake on the edge of Qingshui Town, called Lianghu, is connected to a warm river. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 According to Qingling, the river stretched thousands of miles to the east, connecting dozens of county towns under the rule of Great Qin, until it flowed into Daze, the easternmost part.

Why is one called the Cool Lake and the other the Warm River? For some reason, the water in this big lake is always colder than the water in the river, whether it is winter or summer.

After boarding the boat, I untied the cable tied to the side, and in the flowing water, the boat quickly swam down the water.

Soon, the Qingting on the shore became a small dot, this cool lake is really big! and this Qingshui Town is more like a town in the mouth of a big river.

But perhaps because of the inconvenient transportation in the upper reaches of the river, Qingshui Town has not developed into a large town with busy transportation, but a small town that is close to self-sufficiency......!

The boat traveled slowly, and after a long walk, the surrounding scenery changed significantly, and the original forest and low mountains in the distance became cliffs in front of you.

On top of the rock wall, there are many negative pine trees growing on it, and the rock wall in front of it also shows a slight trend of merging with the front.

When I was wondering about the terrain, Qingling's voice sounded in my ears,

"Big brother, do you know, this place is called Fish Pool!"

"Aoyuura?"

When she said that, I had no idea in my head.

Looking at my dazed look, she hid her smile for a while, and then explained: "Big brother, look at this water!"

We were standing on the fence of the boat, and she pointed to the water and motioned for me to look. When I looked into the water, I saw the fish in the water.

"Is this a mackerel?"

"Yes, big brother, there are cliffs stretching forward on both sides of this place, and further on, there is a dangerous place, called a line of heaven. Therefore, the terrain resembles a fish and the flow is slow, so it is called the fish pool. ”

When I heard the words and looked forward, Xia Qingling said again: "Big brother, I have finished the front end of the anchoto here, and when I arrived at the ancholy island, I only walked half of the anyupu, and it was still early!"

was directly broken by this smart woman, I could only smile awkwardly,

"Where is that glimmer of heaven?"

Seeing me ask this question, Xia Qingling smiled slightly and said, "Big brother, listen to me tell a story!"

"Hmm!"

"Qingshui is an isolated town, and there was no such town in the first place. Daddy said that it was the previous generation who fled from the Central Plains to settle here to have Qingshui Town!"

"In the previous generation, every once in a while in Qingshui Town, some homeless people came here to escape the war! But since Great Qin ruled the world, there has been no war, and there are no homeless people!"

"Therefore, there are not many people in Qingshui Town! Not only that, because Qingshui Town is so small, many men who have settled in the town will leave Qingshui Town and go out to seek a livelihood! When they leave, they all take the waterway and leave from the first line of the sky. ”

But after so many years, only a very small number of people have returned! According to the words of those who have returned, they may have died!"

When she said this, Xia Qingling didn't know when she was already looking at me, and she looked at me with tears in her beautiful eyes.

"Big brother, a line of heaven is a line of life and death, a line of yin and yang, and a line of water from you, and a line of water from you, since then the mandarin ducks are different ......"

"Big brother, don't you go, okay...... Stay in Clearwater and stay with me......"

With tears in her eyes, she threw herself into my arms, hugged my neck, and her body trembled.

"Big brother, I'm so afraid that after you leave, just like those people, you will never come back!"

At this point, I finally understood her true intentions! She was such a silly girl who was so affectionate to me.

But I can't give her anything, I'm a swordsman, someone who is about to be born with a sword!

I can't give her the stability she wants!

The reunion she longs for, I can't do!

The attachment in her arms, I can't stand it!

Until this moment, I had some understanding of the old man's lonely life!

As a swordsman, I don't deserve the love that normal people have! Since I am reluctant to separate, then don't love each other! But I have shown mercy, and I can't take it back......

I can only hold her hard, quietly share the pain in her heart, she fell in love with me, fell in love with a swordsman, a person destined to wander the world!

It's not her fault, it's mine, I can't give her the most mundane things.

"Silly girl, I'm not going to die!"

Burying my face in her green hair and sniffing her hair, I whispered in her ear.

"Really?"

I distinctly felt her body tremble violently in my arms.

"Well, really, I don't kid you. ”

"Hmm!" she nodded vigorously, then stopped talking.

"Girl, when I come back, you can go with me to see the old man!"

After hesitating for a while, I decided to say this, it was the only thing I could give her!

"Old man?"

Slowly letting go of my neck, she looked up at me with a puzzled expression. Seeing that there were still tears on her face, I nodded and said with a smile: "Old man, it's your grandfather!"

"Grandpa?"

Xia Qingling was stunned for a moment before she understood, and suddenly her face flushed with shame, seeing that this scene was beautiful, my heart moved slightly, raised her lowered head, and kissed the warm one.

Knowing what I wanted to do, she tried to push me away, but she pushed me so lightly that it didn't work. After I kissed her, I clearly felt her body stiffen for a moment, and then slowly regained its softness, and she no longer refused, and let me kiss Fangze.

After a long time, my lips parted, and I held her in my arms, and she leaned quietly on my shoulder, listening to me tell her story.

The story of a child who has lived in the mountains for 18 years, practiced swords for six years, and became a swordsman at the age of 18!

When I complained about the old man's unscrupulousness, she always had a faint smile on her face, and it seemed that she could imagine the scene of a teenager being spanked with a bamboo stick by an old man!

When I finally finished narrating, the boat was also on Fish Island!

Although it is Fish Island, it is actually a very small rocky island and reef, and there is no grass on the reef and it is desolate, and at this time I also saw a glimmer of heaven in Xia Qingling's mouth!

Although the distance is very far, under the support of the yellowed and blackened rock wall, the faint light is very conspicuous, like an axe cutting a crack on the mountain, which is quite magical.

By this time the sun was over our heads, and it was almost noon!

"Big brother, when the ship gets close to the first line, let's go back!"

"Can you go back?"

I'm a little puzzled, although the terrain here is flat, but against the current, can I really go back?

Seeing my doubts, Xia Qingling smiled slightly and said, "Big brother, you will know when the time comes!"

She refused to say, and there was a mysterious expression on her face, which made me cry and laugh, "Girl, what about our lunch?"

"Big brother, there is a shoal not far away, I brought some ingredients, you can try my craft!"

Look at it, she really has been ready for a long time!

......

Soon after the boat sailed, we disembarked in a shoal, and I started a fire in the shoal, and she began to fiddle with the utensils she had brought with her.

Soon after, a fragrant meal was under her hands, filling the small table on the painting boat.

Smelling this fragrance that wafts far away, I have already salivated. After that, when she had everything ready, I quickly wiped out all the meals.

After eating, I lay down in my chair and watched her pack up with a smile on her face......

Then, the painting boat set sail again, reaching the first line of heaven at the end of the night!

When I got closer, I realized that the first line of heaven was just a narrow waterway that only one boat was allowed to pass through.

Although it is narrow, it is quite long, and the water seems to slide down, so it is necessary to have an experienced and careful captain to avoid the danger of shipwreck.

I also know why the people of Clearwater left here. Walking from the first line of heaven can shorten the distance a lot, and it will take much time to reach other county towns.

Then, at her request, I parked the boat close to the first line of sky.

"Big brother, tonight, we are going to spend this painting boat. She looked at me and said slowly, her eyes shining in a way I didn't understand.

"This ......"

I was helpless for a while, when I came up, I didn't think that this painting boat seemed to be only for one person to rest.

"Big brother, it's a long night, let me play the piano for you!"

I was embarrassed when she suddenly said, and then, not letting me refuse, pulled me into the boat.

I hadn't come in to see it since I boarded the boat, and I had a great view of it:

There are two doors in front and back, curtains are hung on the doors, there are small windows on both sides, and curtains are also hung on the windows; the whole space is occupied by the bed, on which is an embroidered mandarin duck quilt; there are several small cabinets on the side, with locks, I don't know what is locked; there is a wide table in the center of the bed, on which is a piano and a small incense burner.

At this time, red candles were lit on the cabinets on both sides, and unknown herbs were burning in the incense burner. Under the candlelight, the whole painting boat shows a hazy and beautiful feeling.

Kneeling at the wide table, Xia Qingling slowly put her slender jade fingers on the strings, and then the crisp and comfortable sound of the piano flowed from under her fingers.

At the end of the song, I sat across from her for a moment in a moment of intoxication, and it took a long time for me to come back to my senses under her smiling gaze.

It's just that at some point, a pot of wine and two wine glasses appeared on the table, she filled the two glasses, then raised the wine glass and said, "Big brother, have a drink!"

I looked at her, and I could only raise my glass and drink it all. She took a drink too, but her face immediately turned crimson with no strength.

"Big brother, have another drink!"

Before I could stop it, she drank another glass of wine, and her face flushed even more, and she looked drunk.

"Girl, you can't drink any more!" I said, grabbing her hand as she picked up the flask, with some anger.

"No!"

She resolutely broke free of my hand, poured a glass of wine, and as if to prove to me her strength, she drank it all again.

"Big brother, I can still drink!"

"Nonsense!"

I'm really a little angry, but looking at this stupid girl who got drunk after three glasses of wine, I feel more distressed in my heart, why she is like this, I don't know, but I can't change anything.

I'm a swordsman, and that's a hard thing to change. The task given by the old man, I must complete, there is no second choice!

Even if I stay, I will eventually leave!

Here, she is very safe, but in the rivers and lakes, although I am a disciple of the Sword Emperor, I may not be able to protect her. She knew this that made her so sad! She knew that I was going to danger, but she couldn't be with her.

"Silly girl, don't drink any more!" I said softly, taking the glass from her hand, holding her in my arms.

"Big brother, you still have to go! I don't want you to go......"

She put her head on my chest, put her hands on my shoulders, and muttered, not knowing if it was drunken or ......

I am speechless about this, I am sorry for her!

"Big brother, big brother...... Don't leave me!"

Listening to her whispered words, I felt a strong sourness in my heart, and I could only hold her to warm this sad silly girl.

After a long time, she slowly raised her head, looked at me with crimson cheeks, and said with a smile: "Big brother, you want me......! Big Brother ......"

She's really drunk......

I picked her up and lay her down, and covered her with the quilt! she was really light, and her delicate body with a faint fragrance seemed to be soft and boneless.

Once I had settled her, I took out a three-foot-long box and a letter and placed them on the table.

This box is the stuff wrapped in the cloth bag, the cloth bag is so dirty, after thinking about it, I still open the cloth bag, take out the contents of it, and give it a new home.

Before I saw this box, I already knew that it was a sword, but I didn't expect this sword to be stored like this, this box is wooden, and it is sealed!

I couldn't guess what the old man meant, but I didn't mean to take it apart. The old man rarely has a target, he said that he can't dismantle it, so I won't dismantle it!

"Alas...... Hurry up and complete the task and come back early!"

I put the letter and the box away, when it suddenly began to rain heavily. Soon after, the boat that was docked to the side began to move.

I was amazed and lifted the curtain to find that the boat was drifting back, and that the speed of the boat's movement was slowly increasing as the water rose.

"I see!"

Slowly lowering the curtain, I sat upright, looking at the beautiful woman sleeping peacefully in front of me, and there was only warmth in my heart.

"Big brother, big brother...... "I don't know if I dreamed of something, she shouted vaguely, and her brows furrowed slightly.

Seeing this, I smiled slightly, leaned down and kissed her lightly on the forehead,

"Silly girl, sleep well! I will always watch over you...... Always!"

As if hearing this, she originally frowned and soothed, and stopped talking in her dreams!

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To be continued......