The rain is still pouring, and from yesterday afternoon to today's twilight hour, I haven't breathed a breath. I squatted behind a huge boulder on the northern slope of Wuliang Mountain, listening to the "bang" sound of the rain hitting the stone surface, like someone beating with a hammer. The mud on my trouser legs had already formed a hard crust, and scum fell down when I moved. My boots were filled with water, and they made a "gurgling" sound when I took a step, as if I was stepping on two toads in a muddy pond.
The rain in the Song Dynasty always has a strong force in Dali, especially in Wuliang Mountain. With the water vapor from Jianhu Lake, it can form a continuous formation. When I came down from the teahouse at the foot of the mountain yesterday, the boss shook his head with a cigarette in his mouth and said, "Sir, this rain is the result of the Dragon King losing his temper. It can last for at least five days, or at most seven days. If you want to go to Jianhu Lake, you might as well wait for the weather to clear up." At that time, I was holding half a bag of fried rice. Peanut, whose mind was filled with what the storyteller said about "a jade jade mirrored in a sword lake, hides a magic weapon underneath", thought he was afraid of my credit, so he rolled his eyes and rushed up the mountain - now that he thinks about it, what the old guy said was not half-false.
The mud on the mountain road had long been soaked into gruel. I stumbled and almost fell into the mountain stream several times. There wasn't even a bird chirping around, only the rustle of rain hitting bamboo leaves and the sound of waves rolling over Jianhu Lake in the distance. The originally green lake water seemed to be dyed with ink now, and the yellow waves lapped at the rocks on the shore, and the splashing water could wet my clothes. I touched the "Book of Songs" in my arms. It had been soaked by the rain for a long time, and the handwriting was blurred. I felt angry for no reason - I, Duan Yu, am the prince of Zhennan, Dali. Even if I don't like to practice "Yi Yang Finger", I shouldn't be trapped in such a mess by a bad rain!
