In the next few days, the wind and water were smooth, and the boatman at the bottom rarely needed to paddle.

Zhou Bai usually stayed in the cabin to read and practice calligraphy, or he would be dragged by Yu Ji and Ma Liang to drink and chat.

Of course, the euphemistic name is that this is a literary collision and exchange of ideas among scholars, otherwise there would be no progress in studying behind closed doors.

But since he learned that Zhou Bai was the head of the Bei'an case, Ma Liang had to discuss poetry with him. He also got a copy of Sui Hanji from nowhere and praised him in front of him every day.

One night Zhou Bai couldn't sleep, so he met Ma Liang by chance, and they met on the bow of a boat to admire the moon. He was impressed by the bright moon on the Gujiang River, so he wrote a poem called "Jiang Xing".

"The wind and fireflies are near the water, and the river and the moon are lonely..."

Ma Liang was a bit stubborn and had not seen Zhou Bai's unique ability to compose a poem in seven steps. He didn't believe it, but he was completely convinced this time.

Later, Yu Ji was a little surprised when he saw that Ma Liang was no longer pestering Zhou Bai. This was not an excuse for him to miss out on communication.

Nothing noteworthy happened on the territory of Ruinan County. Just when we left Ruinan, a Taoist official came up from the ferry of Longfeng County.

After carefully checking with his spiritual sense, he found that he was just an ordinary Taoist, but he seemed to be not weak, and his aura was much stronger than Yu Yueyun's.81zw.??m

And judging from the dragon boats he stopped at the ferry, each dragon boat had a Taoist official boarding it, which made the next journey unusual.

"Brother Zhou is from Bei'an. He doesn't know the situation in Ningjiang. In fact, you can only see the other side of Ningjiang from Longfeng County."

"Well, especially on rainy days."

After entering the boundary of Longfeng County, the river became narrower visibly to the naked eye, and mountains began to appear along the way. After more than ten miles, the Ningjiang River seemed to have turned into a canyon.

Dingzhou is bounded by Ningjiang River, and has four counties in the east and west. This administrative division may also be the special control of Dingzhou when the Daxu Dynasty first opened it.

With Ningjiang here, it will be difficult for Dingzhou to form a whole. Even if there is turmoil, it will be difficult to affect the entire state.

Viewed from a high altitude, the main section of the Ningjiang River in Dingzhou is roughly a straight line from south to north, cutting Dingzhou in half.

However, except for the twists and turns in the section where it enters the Tianjiang River, this straight line is only very winding in Longfeng County because there is a section of the road called Luanjiao Gorge.

Someone described it this way: "Enter Longfeng in the south, and for a hundred miles to the mouth of the gorge, the mountains and rivers are winding, and there are high mountains and heavy obstacles on both sides. The sun and the moon are not visible except in the middle of the day and midnight."

Maybe Ma Liang's mouth is really smart, or maybe the weather changes in midsummer are really unpredictable.

As soon as we entered the gorge, the wind and cloud suddenly changed, and the huge sail was instantly blown straight by the strong wind.

A quarter of an hour ago, it was a clear and cloudless sky, but now it has become gloomy in the blink of an eye. The sunlight is completely blocked, and it is like being in the dark night in this huge gorge.

This gave Zhou Bai a feeling that the celestial phenomena were changing faster than the city god casting spells to rain.

When the gong on the dragon boat rang, a dazzling snake-shaped lightning violently tore the dark sky apart, followed by thunderous thunder rolling in from the sky.

"Lower the sails, lower the sails, call all the passengers back to their rooms..."

"Danger! Everyone go back to the room, close the doors and windows tightly, and hold on to the pillars!"

Even though the captain of this dragon boat has been running this route for many years and has rich experience, he is still not prepared in the face of unexpected changes in the weather.

It's fine outside, but now that we've entered Luanjiao Gorge, it's really a disaster!

After a while, the roaring wind and the torrential rain crazily hit the Ye Ye boat in the Ningjiang River.

Yes, in the face of this kind of power, even a hundred-meter-long dragon boat is just a small boat drifting with the current.

Zhou Bai and Ma Liangyu were huddled in the same room, looking at the terrifying celestial phenomenon outside through the only glass window.

"Is this the other side of Ningjiang you are talking about?!"

Faced with the question, Ma Liang touched the back of his head and said, "Well, it seems something is wrong today. In fact, I haven't been here either."

"Before I went to take the exam, I heard from people in the county that we are all the same in Dingzhou. There are less prefectural exams for scholars. It is not until the provincial exam that most people have the opportunity to leave the county." Yu Ji explained hurriedly.

Zhou Bai nodded, the national conditions were indeed like this, the prefectures and prefectures of Daxu were too vast, equivalent to the size of the peripheral states.

Ma Liang then added: "People who have been to Longfeng County said that you can see dragons in this waterway, and the Ningjiang River Bass is the most abundant in this gorge."

Before he finished speaking, his tone suddenly rose and he became extremely frightened.

Then he pointed in a direction on the glazed window and said, "But I didn't expect to encounter so many dragons. They couldn't be all those rolling waves!"

At this time, the wind and rain became more and more violent, and the sound of crackling raindrops suppressed the screams of the whole ship.

Zhou Bai naturally also saw that in front of the dragon boat, white lines of water waves quietly appeared at some point, chasing the huge waves caused by the strong wind.

Ordinary people who have never been there cannot clearly see the creatures in the water, but Zhou Bai's eyes can clearly see that they are dragons chasing the fish.

Perhaps there is precious Ningjiang perch in it, which contains the blood of dragons. A fish that can be sold as a tribute fish for a hundred taels of silver.

Zhou Bai passed by here in his previous life, but never encountered this scene. Now he has to treat it with caution.

Under those waves, there are dragons hidden, and there is also a gray aura of calamity, which shows that these dragons obviously do not want to live in peace with the dragon ship.

"boom!"

Sure enough, a dragon boat not far ahead was hit. The underwater dragon chases its prey and doesn't care about you.

The violent impact sound was like the roar of thunder.

Yu Ji said with a pale face: "We in Ruinan County also drink water from the Ningjiang River, and the Ningjiang Dragon Palace has a clear edict telling the people along the river that no dragon species will innocently attack civilian ships and official ships. These dragons are too courageous."

"Aren't they afraid of the Dragon King's punishment and the Emperor's report to the Heavenly Court? Bastard!" Ma Liang yelled angrily when he saw a dragon ship being hit hard again.

"Grab it!" Zhou Bai had no time to agree, but immediately reminded the two of them to grip the fixed object.

The next moment, there was a muffled sound from the bottom of the boat, and the entire dragon boat began to shake violently.

"How dare you ram into civilian ships, evil beasts, not afraid of the Dragon Palace's ban and the majesty of the imperial court?!"

The voice was full of energy, and it was very clear even in the violent storm. The officials in the next room immediately felt relieved. This was the ship's officer taking action to protect the ship.

Zhou Bai wanted to see the Taoist priest descending the dragon, so he opened a crack in the door and rushed out, just as a sword beam flew past his eyes and went straight to the bottom of the water.

"Quick! Cut!"

Suddenly, a screaming cow moo came from the bottom of the water, and the water at the bottom of the boat turned blood red.

Is this a magic weapon? It is indeed a senior Taoist, and its magic power is not weak.

It seems that the officials of Longfeng County had already prepared for him. He once took a boat through Luanjiao Gorge, but no Taoist officials boarded the boat to escort him.

A wanton dragon was seriously injured, and it seemed as if the wind and waves around the dragon boat were much lighter.

"The Taoist master's flying sword with a hundred steps is already superb."

"Everywhere, it's all with the help of magical weapons issued from above. I can only say that it's thanks to the imperial court's foresight."
Chapter completed!