Updated: 2012-12-15

"Well, how did the lieutenant sleep last night?" Pu Dahui squeezed at Li Kuo and said with a forced smile. The two dark circles on his lieutenant's eyes are ironclad, yes, ironclad!

Li Kuo waved his hand helplessly and said, "I was looking at the topographic map drawn by Yu Cheng last night, so where can I have the heart to sleep."

When I woke up early in the morning, someone kept asking myself this question, and the boy didn't know where they were making a fuss.

"Oh, I didn't sleep. Yes, the weather is good, Lao Pu, I'll go to the bow of the boat." After saying that, Pu Dahui immediately ran away, leaving Li Kuo no chance to inquire and investigate.

"Oh, I'm talking about sledgehammer!" The young man waved his hand, but found that Pu's sledgehammer had already reached the bow of the ship, so he could only sigh.

"General Li, come and try the fried rice I just made. Cuihua leaned out of the cabin and brought out a bowl of golden and green fried rice. (Note 1)

"Well, why did I say it's so delicious? It turns out that it's my sister, you made cooked food!" Li Kuo was in a good mood and greeted him with a smile. (Note 2)

After taking the porcelain bowl, the boy started to eat it. These days, he had been fighting for several days, and he ate all the shriveled goods such as Hu cakes and Guokui, without any oil. After being bitter for so many days, how can he not be happy to eat the delicious barley fried rice? (Note 3)

"It's so delicious, sister is so skillful!" Li Kuo raised his head and smiled slightly.

Seeing that there were still a few grains of rice on the corner of Li Kuo's mouth, Cuihua burst out laughing: "General, your eating habits are really like my man."

"Oh, is that?" Li Kuo did not slow down his eating speed at all, and swallowed the wolf.

Cuihua didn't expect that the dignified commander of the first army was like an ordinary farmer and farmer, without any airs, and was also very happy.

"General, eat slowly. The hungry merchants don't have that many skills, but this fried rice is the best. If you like it, you will cook it for you every day after you are hungry." (Note 4)

Cuihua said it kindly, and gradually brought the local accent.

Hearing this, Li Kuo's rice that had just swallowed into his mouth instantly sprayed out, and he choked and coughed.

When he heard Cuihua say that he would cook fried rice for him every day, he reflexively thought of A Tian’s fried egg.

"Die Xiaoqi, get up soon! I made your favorite fried egg!"

"Die Xiaoqi, come back early. I will make your favorite fried eggs for you!"

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Thinking of this, a line of clear tears flashed across the boy's cheeks. It has been nearly a year since he left Chang'an. I wonder if A Tian is okay?

Cuihua didn't know what was wrong, which made the general sad. While patting Li Kuo's back, she said anxiously: "Where do I say something wrong, you can take care of it. The village households don't know so many rules."

Li Kuo waved his hand and said a little embarrassedly: "Sister doesn't blame you, it's just that I suddenly thought of an old friend."

"General, general, the wind is coming!" Pu Dachu, who was standing at the bow of the boat, suddenly shouted and ran over, waving his hands from time to time.

"Speak slowly, don't worry." Li Kuo put the fried rice on one side and said in a harmonious voice.

"I just walked to the bow of the boat. It was clear and the sky was clear. There was a dark cloud suddenly coming from somewhere. The clouds were very heavy, like a flood of lead. I thought it was nothing at first, but the black clouds were rushing and rolling around and pressing towards our fleet from the east. I went to ask the Qiang fisherman, and he said that the Dragon King of Qinghai was about to appear!" (Note 5)

Li Kuo was confused and said: "What is the Dragon King of Qinghai? What is the relationship between this change of heaven and the Dragon King of Qinghai?"

Pu Dahui said: "Those Qiang people all said that there is a dragon king in Qinghai. Every few months it will appear from the center of the sea, bringing rain and all living things."

Hearing what he said, Li Kuo smiled bitterly: "Where is there any Dragon King? It's just that they spread rumors. Who has ever seen it?"

Before he finished speaking, the dark clouds above his head quickly spread out, covering the entire sky in an instant. The vast and distant peaks were covered tightly by clouds, and the earth suddenly became as dark as night.

But when a thunderous roar sounded, the hull seemed to tremble three times. A series of silver sharp lights blew through the sky, causing people to feel terrified. It seemed that the Dragon King of Qinghai was really angry when he heard the conversation just now, and wanted to punish these ignorant and ignorant creatures with a storm. A crisp thunder roared open the sky, and gradually sparse raindrops fell down, hitting the edge of the boat, hitting everyone's cheeks, making crackling sounds. Gradually, the strong wind was blowing, sweeping the gravel and flying sand on everyone's faces, blowing people unable to stand.

"Quick, get into the warehouse!" Li Kuo used his arms to protect his cheeks and ran towards the warehouse at the fastest speed. When he was in the Imperial College, he had read an ancient scroll given by the Tang envoy on the second floor. It said that when he encountered a big storm on the sea, the best way was to hide in the warehouse. The big storm was even more cruel than the Tubo barbarians. If he stayed on the bow of the boat, he would be swept away by the strong wind in a short time, and even his bones would not be left!

However, the Dragon King of Qinghai did not seem to want to forgive everyone, and roared and poured the water of the sky into the world.

The strong wind mixed with rain stars angrily slapped all obstacles trying to block it, and whipped all living beings who were disobeying it.

Another thunderbolt, deafening! In an instant, the raindrops formed a line. With a loud bang, the heavy rain tilted down from the sky like a collapsed sky.

"Enter the warehouse, hurry up the warehouse!" Li Kuo grabbed Cuihua's wrist, who was still stunned, and pulled her into the warehouse room.

"Ah!" Cuihua exclaimed and fell head-on to Li Kuo's chest.

"Be careful, it's a damn thing. It was clear sky just now, and you'll change your face if you say you change your face!" Li Kuo helped Cuihua up and whispered.

Suddenly, he was soaked in a drool. The boy was very depressed and scolded God without saying a word.

Outside the warehouse, heavy rain fell from the sky wildly, and the dark sky seemed to collapse. The wind chased the rain, the rain drove the wind, and the wind and rain joined forces to chase the dark clouds in the sky, and the whole world was in the rain. The strong wind swept the rain like countless whips, whipping the wooden door hard, making a loud noise.

Qinghai, which was as quiet as a virgin, also had big waves. I saw raging waves rolling, turbid waves rushing, and whips slapping and slamming the ship's side, making a primitive roar like a beast. In a trance, it seemed that the world was in a illusion, and everything in the world was in chaos.

"Have you all entered the warehouse?" Li Kuo shook the rain on his head and said to Pu Dahui who was soaked.

"Everyone has come in. This ghost weather is just like the mother's thoughts, and it changes as soon as you say it!" Pu Dahui slammed his mouth and complained. Suddenly he realized that Cuihua was still beside him, so he hurriedly covered his mouth.

"Call the fisherman and Chen Xu to come!" Li Kuo was angry and his voice increased a lot.

"Yes!" Pu Dahui took the order and soon brought the Qiang people and Chen Xu from the bottom cabin.

"Old man, what's going on? Why did you suddenly turn into this ghost like this just now?" Li Kuo wiped the rain on his face and said in a deep voice.

Chen Xu was about to translate, but the Qiang fisherman replied in stuttering Chinese words: "The Dragon King of Qinghai has appeared, the Dragon King of Qinghai has appeared! Someone has made a mistake again, and someone must have made him angry again." The fisherman was obviously extremely angry, and his beard trembled.

Li Kuo was shocked. How could this Qiang man speak Chinese?

"Old man, do you really have the Dragon King of Qinghai?"

"It's right in the middle of the sea, right in the middle of the sea. Every year, there will be a wind blowing every month. It's wind blowing, it's wind blowing! Qinghai wants to eat people again."

Li Kuo was in a daze when he heard him say it, but he was worried, but he said patiently: "Old man, what should we do now? Is there any place to avoid the downside?"

Everyone felt helpless. The vast Qinghai was boundless. At this moment, everyone was sailing in the center of Qinghai. How could they find a place to park?

But who knew that the Qiang fisherman flashed a shiver of light and said, "Yes, yes! There is a small island in the middle of the sea called Longju Island. We should be in the middle of the sea now, and only in the middle of the sea will there be such a big storm!"

Li Kuo grabbed the old man's hand and said, "Please lead the boat in that direction. The lives of these dozen ships and hundreds of people will be left to you!"

Li Kuo lifted the curtain and looked out of the cabin, but saw dark clouds rolling and heavy rain like pillars.

At this moment, the boy truly felt the humility and insignificance of life...

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Note 1: Barley fried rice: Ingredients: a bowl of barley rice, one egg, chopped green onion, and appropriate amount of salt.

Note 2: Cooked food: Corresponding to cold food. This cooked food is different from today's meaning. The ancients did not create fire during the Cold Food Festival, but only ate cold food. "Ye Zhong Ji" by Lu Zhu of the Jin Dynasty: "The custom of Ye, the 15th day of the winter solstice is used to infer the fire. If you eat cold food for three days and make dry porridge, it is the embarrassment of today." The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty often eat cold food such as Hu cake to satisfy their hunger, so they suffer from stomach problems.

Note 3: Guokui: It is a traditional pasta snack that urban and rural residents in Guanzhong, Shaanxi like to eat. (I am not a child care!) According to legend, during the Wuzhou (Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty), when the officers and soldiers built the Qianling Mausoleum for Wu Zetian, due to the huge project, a large number of migrant workers had to work hard, and there were no cooking utensils on the construction site, the officers and soldiers used helmets as cooking utensils to make noodles, so they were named Guokui.

Note 4: The meaning of "I" in Shaanxi dialect.

Note 5: "Sea Monster" has been circulated among the native herdsmen around the lake for hundreds of years. Ancient books have recorded that: "Qinghai lived in Mongolia and saw objects in the sea, with cows, leopard heads, white and black, hair mixed with red and green, leaping like a shocked magpies, seeing people near the shore, they dived into the water, and they didn't know what the beast was."

It is said that those herders who were on the "sea monster" were all in fear and fear, worshiping them, and worshiping them, and offering three cattle and sheep. So the legends of the sea god appearing one after another, and ten to hundreds of them spread.
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