After the Legend Chapter 45: Southbound Chronicle

In the early morning, Ming Na woke up from her sleep and heard the sound of people frolic on the shore outside the window. Grabbing her messy hair, she opened the cabin window.

A burst of fresh air came through the window, with a faint scent of plants, and there was a hint of fishy smell in it. The river water reflects the morning sun, reflecting on the hull and the rocks on the shore, forming a golden pattern like fish scales, occasionally showing a touch of green, but it is a reflection of the slender and smooth leaves of the water lotus growing on the shore. Forming.

The boat that Minna and the three were on is now docked at the small pier by the Ori River, lined up with the other boats. Although there are inns in the town, the grandparents and grandchildren are used to the life on the boat and do not make any extra effort.

The residents on the shore started their busy day in the morning light. They were selling various commodities to the people on the boat, or delivering goods to the boat. There were also young children looking at the boat curiously and discussing in a low voice which better looking.

Minna simply packed herself and was attracted by the fragrance wafting from the window. A small sampan is weaving among the boats, selling hot breakfasts to passers-by, and business is good. Minna saw from a distance the novel foods tightly bound by the blue-green leaves of the aquatic plant turmeric, and wanted to taste it with great interest.

She dug out the coin bag and took out five coins, but she felt embarrassed when she wanted to toss the money on the sampan like the others. The small sampan was still more than ten meters away from her, and there were several boats in the middle. Seeing that there was not much food left for sale, Minna was anxious to buy it, but she didn't know how to throw the five copper plates.

Mr. Boydman, the boatman, walked past the cabin and loudly greeted the porters on the shore, with whom he had dealt with caravans a lot when they traveled south. Ming Na's eyes lit up when she saw him, and she hurriedly asked him how to buy things on the sampan. He was delighted when he heard it, took the copper plate in Minna's hand, reached out to the boat and picked a leaf of a water lily, turned his hands to make an inverted cone, stuffed the copper plate into it, and used the side Cover the leaves with the long leaves and tie them with the ends of the long leaves. He held the small bag of money in his hand, shouted "a small fish meal" in the direction of the small sampan, and threw it over, just past the several boats in the middle.

The woman on the small sampan gave a long response, lifted up a fishing net the size of a washbasin, caught the bag of money, squeezed it with her hand, and threw back a bag of turquoise leaves. In the hands of Balderman.

Minna happily took the package and couldn't wait to open it, only to find a fist-sized wad of hot rice wrapped in grilled fish, herbs and some unknown dried fruit. Take a bite while it's hot, the sweetness of the rice spreads layer by layer in the mouth, the fish skin is fragrant and delicious, the fish meat is fresh and tender, and the sweet and sour taste of the dried fruit is really delicious.

"It's delicious... Mr. Balderman, do you want some?" Minna warmly invited the old boatman, but the other party waved his hand with a smile, took out three copper coins, and bought half of it from the hawker on the shore A portion of grilled fish, paired with the leftover sweet wine from yesterday, and enjoy your own breakfast.

Xiao Tianjian got into the cabin, saw his little granddaughter eating breakfast, and smiled: "So Xiao Mingna has already eaten? I bought an extra." He also had a few small fish rice in his hand, and another one. Including local specialty fruits, bright colors and dewdrops in the morning.

Ming Na had a very hearty breakfast, her eyes narrowed with a smile, and she was in a very good mood: "It turns out that people here can eat such delicious food every day. I am so happy." Xiao Tianjian smiled. , and suddenly heard the sound of drums and applause not far away, both grandparents and grandchildren probed curiously to see that it turned out that several clowns were performing for the guests on other ships. Tossing and catching the ball, a dwarf played drums next to him.

Seeing that the little granddaughter was interested, Xiao Tianjian raised his voice and called the clown to perform. When a clown waiting beside heard it, he greeted his companions, jumped over from the top of several cabins in the middle, and landed gently on their bow, which could be called as light as a swallow.

Ming Na clapped and applauded, the clown smiled and bowed to give a big gift: "Dear little guest, what kind of performance do you want to see?"

Ming Na looked at Xiao Tianjian and saw that her grandfather was just smiling at her, so she asked, "Can you throw a ball? Just like the guy just now, throw three or four **** together?"

"Of course, I can toss a few more." The clown took out three or four small **** from his pocket and threw them in turn. He glanced at a few fruits on the small table beside Ming Na, and smiled again. I asked her for two, plus the **** I brought, I threw more and more, but it didn't mess up at all.

Ming Na had seen clown performances in Edonia before, but those people were just wearing clumsy clothes with bright colors and weird styles and doing some ridiculous movements. Although some people could throw and catch the ball, at most three Four, it's very rare to be able to throw five or six like this. And this clown looks different from other clowns. He wears ordinary clothes, but he has colorful ribbons tied around the cuffs, neckline and trouser legs. He is tall, and his movements are vigorous and neat. The green feathers slanted on the hat made it look like a clown.

He then tossed six **** and fruits, and played tricks again, first switching the direction of the balls, back and forth, left and right, then tossing the **** and fruits extra high, then flipping two somersaults before catching them. Ming Na kept applauding when she saw it, and the people on the boat next to her were also attracted, and they all looked at it.

"Let's add two more fruits!" A childish voice came from the neighboring boat. Minna turned around and saw a little boy about her age who got out of the hatch, lying on the edge of the boat, facing the clown. say. The clown grinned: "Okay, come on!" The little boy threw two fist-sized fruits over, and the clown took it. The speed of the throwing in his hand suddenly accelerated. Not messy.

The wonderful performance won the rounds of applause from the people around. The clown threw the little boy's two fruits back with a smile, and dealt with the two given by Ming Na in the same way, and then grabbed the rest. Ball, took off the hat on his head, bent over and saluted: "Thank you for your appreciation, how about I show you another one?" After saying that, he jumped on the roof of Ming Na's cabin, turned a somersault with one hand, and jumped to the side. The boat the little boy was sitting on rolled and jumped back and forth on several nearby boats. Each time he just used his feet lightly, but he didn't stop on any boat. Several times he was about to fall into the water. , suddenly propped up on the boat next to it, it would land on the other boat like a fish and continue to jump.

Minna opened her mouth slightly, watching the clown jumping between boats with amazing agility, thinking that she had learned Qinggong, but at most she jumped from one boat to another, like this continuous jump , she really couldn't do it, she couldn't help admiring it. Seeing the happy look on his little granddaughter's face, Xiao Tianjian was also very happy. Although he felt that these performances were not very exciting, he also tossed a gold coin in the face.

The clown got half a hat and copper from other audience members. Suddenly, he saw a bright gold coin. He couldn't help being stunned. The latter waved his hands at will, not taking it to heart.

Ming Na also took out a silver coin: "I don't have any gold coins, this is my little intention, thank you for performing such a beautiful show for me."

The clown happily took the silver coin and gave a big gift, and then a fierce man dived into the water, splashing more than a foot high, and Minna was startled, wondering why he suddenly jumped into the river . After a while, the sound of water came from the other side of the boat. She turned around and saw that the clown had bitten a white flower in his mouth, which came out of the water and gave the flower to Minna.

Ming Na took the flowers and smelled the fragrant fragrance. It was the taro lotus unique to Shaonan. It usually grows at the bottom of the water and is not easy to pick. It is a very precious perfume raw material. She raised a big smile and thanked the clown, who returned a bright smile. Only then did she discover that this clown was actually quite handsome and had an extraordinary temperament. Why would such a person be a clown?

At this time, there was a call from the shore: "Vasily, you have to go!" It turned out that the other clowns and dwarfs who had finished the performance were about to leave. The handsome clown raised his hand to his companions and turned back to Ming Na. : "Thank you for your silver coins, lovely lady." He waved goodbye to Xiao Tianjian again, then climbed onto the rocks along the river and turned ashore, leaving with his companions.

Ming Na watched them go away, when suddenly a voice came from the boat next to him: "His skills are really good, right? It doesn't look like a showman at all." Ming Na turned to look, it turned out to be the previous one Loud little boy. He was wearing Shaonan's clothes, a loose and soft fine white cloth shirt and trousers, a small black silk vest, red shawl hair, and a few freckles on his face. Although his appearance was ordinary, it made people look good. .

He stretched out his small hand: "Hello, my name is Happy, I am seven years old this year, and my family lives in a small town on the upper reaches of the Barrow River, which is the river to the west." Minna shook his hand kindly. : "Hello, my name is Minna. I will be seven years old in half a month. My home is in Edonia, north of East."

"East? Are you a foreigner?" Little Happy looked interested, "I haven't been to a foreign country yet, what does that look like?"

Ming Na tilted her head: "Well...not as much water here...but there is also a pier over my house, surrounded by mountains..."

"There are mountains over my house, what's the point?" Happy paused. He seemed to have thought of something, then approached Minna and asked, "Are you from East? Then you must know. Your country's epic hero, Earl Xiao? Have you seen him? What does he look like? Is it the same as in the rumors? Black hair and black eyes?" Having said that, he glanced at Xiao Tianjian and whispered to Ming Na: " Who is this man of yours? He really looks like Earl Xiao."

He is Earl Shaw. Ming Na peeked at Grandpa and saw that he just smiled and shook his head. Without speaking, he said to Happy, "That's... my uncle, but he just happened to look alike. Why did you ask... Earl Xiao ?"

Happy was excited: "Because I admire him very much, think about it, he alone, with a sword, can travel all over the world and beat all the bad guys to the bottom of the water, how majestic! I also Like him, learn a good swordsmanship, travel to various countries in the mainland, gain knowledge, and **** the strong and sweep the weak, maybe one day, I can also become the object of praise from the bard."

Minna stared at his thin arms and thin legs, and then looked at her own, deeply doubting the possibility of his goal: "Can you do it? You look thinner than me." She left Half the continent was exhausted, and he didn't look like a stronger person than her.

The little boy blushed immediately: "Why not?! As soon as I arrived in Yini, I went to the teacher who taught swordsmanship, and I won't stay in the room all day to meditate!"

It turns out that he was originally the son of a small businessman. In the family, an aunt, two uncles, and a cousin all studied magic. This is a common occurrence in Shaonan, who advocates magic. Happy was discovered to have a talent for magic at a very young age, so his parents planned to send him to the Children's Magic Academy. This time, the whole family went to Yini, in addition to wanting to take advantage of the festive May Festival and the festive day of marrying a concubine, I wanted to go to the Magic City to inquire about the application for the Children's Magic Academy.

Happy muttered, "Mom and Dad want me to be a magician all day long, but how can being a magician be a swordsman? I'd rather cut people with a knife than point at them with a small stick... …”

Ming Na didn't know what to say. After the little boy was pulled back into the cabin by his mother's ears, she discussed the issue with her grandfather: "Why does Happy want to be a swordsman? He is as skinny as a root. It's like a pole, I'm afraid it's not as strong as me."

"It's hard to say." Xiao Tianjian smiled, "If there is a will, things will come true. Having an ideal and a goal is a good thing. Maybe he can do it. But this is someone else's business, so we don't have to worry about it. Now that the sun has You’re already high, so let’s go early.”

After the boat left Ori, it slowly went east along the river, and soon made a big bend and turned south. The river is wider and there are more boats coming and going. When Ming Na felt that she was in good health, she would run outside the cabin to see the scenery and blow in the cool breeze. It was already early summer, and the morning sun was warming up. On both sides of the river, there are lush trees and flowers, the west bank is low and gentle mountains, and the east bank is towns and villages, but behind the houses, a line of green can be seen in the distance.

Ming Na asked her grandfather: "What is that?" Xiao Tianjian said: "There is the Great Yarrow Forest, but it's just the periphery. In fact, it was said that the forest used to extend all the way to the shore, just to build a dam. Hundreds of square kilometers of trees were cut down, and the forest shrunk down there.”

"So we're so close to the Great Forest of Yarrow? Will we be able to get home soon?"

"Silly girl." Xiao Tianjian smiled, "That forest is big enough for you to walk for days and nights. I'm afraid it is no smaller than the Elf Forest, and there are many dangerous animals. If you want to go home, you should go around it. It's good. You've been out for a long time, go back and lie down."

Ming Na pouted and returned to the cabin, still staring at the green outside the window in a daze.

The Great Yarrow Forest is indeed huge, and that green smear has not disappeared from Minna's sight after three days. But because the river made a big bend and turned to the southwest, it finally sank below the horizon on the fourth day.

Shaonan is worthy of being a country with many rivers and lakes. Along the way, Ming Na can see countless tributaries, large and small, merging into the big river, and the water is deeper. The boat they were riding on was shaking badly in the waves. After discussing with Xiao Tianjian, Baodeman decided to dock on a large passenger ship and move forward, and only need to pay a little money.

There are many dams on the river, and many of them are towering and sturdy. Minna is already a little numb. If she is allowed to see Ori's small dam now, she will never be amazed by it again. However, crossing the dam is also a hassle, and sometimes there are too many boats, and the number of boats passing through each time has to be limited.

Before the last dam on their trip, they were blocked again. Minna waited a little bored. The light magic on her body gradually failed as time passed. She began to feel the fatigue of her body and the tingling in her legs, and sometimes it was so painful that she couldn't sleep at night. At this time, the ship was blocked several times, and she couldn't help but get angry.

Xiao Tianjian tried countless ways to appease his little granddaughter. Unfortunately, while waiting to pass the dam, he couldn't even find a clown to relieve his boredom. At most, he could only ask Baoderman to sing a couple of boat songs~IndoMTL .com~ But it didn't take long for Ming Na to find a way to entertain herself, that is, gossip. The large passenger ship they were anchored on had dozens of people on board. Among them, the daughter of one family fell in love with the son of the other family, but the fathers of the two families were in conflict. When they found out that the children were in love, they quarreled all day long. , the people on the nearby boats regularly watch their good show every day to relieve their boredom.

Minna is also the No. 1 loyal spectator, using it as a way to distract her from her unpleasant feelings. It's just that Xiao Tianjian saw that his little granddaughter actually likes this kind of cheesy gossip, and felt that it was too cheap, so he told her about Romeo and Juliet, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, but he quickly thought that he would talk about love to such a small child. The story is really embarrassing, so I turned to "Journey to the West", of course, the TV series version.

The blockage lasted less than two days before they passed the dam. At this time, it was almost sunset, the river water was glowing with dark gold, and there was a large plain on the west bank.

Xiao Tianjian told Ming Na that it was another big river. The two rivers formed a fairly wide alluvial plain here, and the place where the two rivers met was the capital of southern Shao, Yini.

But before Yini, they reached a semi-circular mountain, sitting on a plain between two rivers. Looking into the distance, the mountain has been lit with stars and lights, spiraling up from the water at the foot of the mountain, and the higher the height, the denser it is, until the tower on the top of the mountain is a group of bright orange rays of light.

This is the capital of magic.

(First of all, I'm sorry to everyone. This weekend, because I'm going to go to the grave, I'll have to stop for two days. I'll be back on the 6th. Please forgive me. ^_^b)

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