Mao Lingfeng said to Zhao Size: "Cousin Ze should also fulfill his promise now!" ”

Zhao Size smiled, "Don't worry, the envoy group has been determined, and tomorrow is about to leave, do you have anything to say to the prince." ”

Mao Lingfeng smiled and said that everything is fine with me, please don't worry about him, and when I come back from Penglai Island, I will return to China immediately. Remember! Don't tell him I'm hurt. ”

Zhao Size nodded, "Okay, I'll tell the envoys not to talk nonsense." ”

Mao Lingfeng gave a shallow salute, "Thank you so much, cousin." Zhao Ize waved his hand.

The next morning, Mao Lingfeng got into a luxury carriage and waved goodbye to Zhao Size, Yan Rui and Zhao Siman and Zhao Siman all the way, and came all the way to Bohai, and found an inn in the town to stay.

Mao Lingfeng ordered Li Chengyong and Dian Yi to go out to explore the direction, direction and corresponding fishing boats of Penglai Island. Soon Li Chengyong brought an old fisherman and said to Mao Lingfeng: "General, this old man said that he often goes to sea to fish in the area of Penglai Island, and he is very familiar with the route and is willing to take us to Penglai Island." ”

Mao Lingfeng stared for a moment, looking at the old fisherman, full of energy, his brown skin was shining with oil, which could be seen to be caused by the wind and rain on the sea for many years. So he smiled lightly at the old fisherman and bowed halfway, "I'm so tired, I don't know when I can set off." ”

The old fisherman was startled when he saw a noble lady saluting him, and hurriedly bowed his hand, "Don't dare, don't dare, wait for the old man to prepare, and set off tomorrow, what does the lady think." ”

Mao Lingfeng smiled, "Everything is up to the old man." ”

"That's very good, then set off the day after tomorrow, and the old man will go back to prepare a little. Please come to the dock early tomorrow morning, and the old man will wait for her at the pier. ”

Mao Lingfeng nodded, and the old man left. Mao Lingfeng said to Li Chengyong: "You are secretly following the old man to see if there is anything suspicious about him." If you find something wrong, report it immediately. ”

"The general suspects that there is something wrong with the old man?"

"I didn't find the problem, but in the vast sea, even if you have the ability to reach the sky, it is difficult to use it, so you have to guard against it. There's always nothing wrong with being careful. For some reason, I always felt like someone was secretly following me all the way. ”

"It's a shame that there is such a thing, but I don't know about it." Li Chengyong was a little surprised.

Mao Lingfeng waved his hand, "I just feel it, you go!" Li Chengyong bowed down and retreated, secretly observing the old fisherman's actions, and sure enough, he found that the old fisherman walked to an alley, was kidnapped by the two, and entered a small courtyard.

It didn't take long for the old fisherman to come out of it, buy some vegetables and rice, and hurried back to the boat, never to come out again.

Li Chengyong waited until it was dark and saw several strong men on the fishing boat. Li Chengyong waited for a while, but there was no movement. So he broke out in a cold sweat and hurried back to the inn.

Mao Lingfeng listened to Li Chengyong, "Then let's go to the small courtyard tonight to check it out!" After speaking, he took the four of them to the small courtyard with Li Chengyong. Li Chengyong and Zhiqi were guarding the entrance of the alley. Mao Lingfeng and Zhiqin, the dark one, and the three of them flew and jumped on the roof of the house. Mao Lingfeng lifted the roof and saw a familiar face sitting in the hall.

"Sun Wenyang!" Mao Lingfeng almost screamed, stunned, and stepped on the tiles with a slight force, and with a click, the tiles shattered. Alarmed' the people below.

"Who?" Sun Wenyang jumped on the roof.

Mao Lingfeng stood proudly, "Sun Wenyang, I didn't expect you're not dead yet." Then take your life! After speaking, he took out the phoenix sword on his waist and stabbed Sun Wenyang directly.

Sun Wenyang shouted, and more than twenty strong men suddenly jumped out of the room, surrounding Mao Lingfeng.

Mao Lingfeng looked at Sun Wenyang, remembering that he was in pain, all thanks to him, a pair of phoenix eyes breathed fire, and a phoenix sword was swung to make a fatal move, and Sun Wenyang waved his sword to block it. Mao Lingfeng pressed forward step by step.

Sun Wenyang saw that it was not good, beckoned a few people to stop Mao Lingfeng, and turned around and fled. Mao Lingfeng was stopped by the two, seeing that Sun Wenyang was about to get away, he couldn't help but feel anxious, forced the two of them back with a sword, and chased after them, but unexpectedly, a few rumors sounded behind him. A few darts came from behind, and in desperation, he had to swing his sword and knock a few darts away, and when he turned around again, there was no trace of Sun Wenyang.

Mao Lingfeng stomped his feet in hatred, turned around and pounced on the thin old man who released the darts, and when the thin old man saw it, he turned around and left. Mao Lingfeng was willing to let go, jumped up, Feng Mingjian pointed directly at the vest, the old man hurriedly waved the short knife to resist, but unexpectedly Mao Lingfeng stabbed people with a knife and felt cold. The others scattered and fled. More than a dozen corpses were left behind, and no one cared for them. Mao Lingfeng was helpless. I had to go back to the inn to rest.

Early the next morning, Mao Lingfeng came to the dock by carriage, and the old fisherman was already waiting on the dock to lead the four of them to the boat.

As soon as Mao Lingfeng got on the boat, he glanced at Li Chengyong, and Li Chengyong said to the old fisherman: "My wife asked my husband to borrow it to come into the warehouse to talk." ”

The old fisherman didn't know the inside story, so he followed Li Chengyong into the cabin, and as soon as he entered, he saw Mao Lingfeng standing on the bed, his face sinking like water, staring at him with a pair of phoenix eyes, and he involuntarily knelt on the ground. "The old man visited his wife, I don't know what happened to the old man."

Mao Lingfeng didn't tell him to get up, and said slowly: "I don't know how many benefits they have given you, and when are you going to do it." ”

The old fisherman was shocked and kowtowed repeatedly, "Madame spares her life, the villain doesn't know what they are going to do, they have arrested the old man's grandson and son, and ordered the old man not to talk about it to anyone." And arranged four people on the old man's boat, and the other old men didn't know anything. ”

Li Chengyong grabbed him and shouted, "Those four people are there, why don't you take us over quickly." ”

The old fisherman trembled and took Li Chengyong to point to the bottom of the boat warehouse and said, "The four of them are down there." ”

Li Chengyong kicked open the door of the warehouse, grabbed a step, and slashed one person's head with a knife, and the other three looked at it and wanted to rush out of the cabin. The three of them saw that there was no way out, turned around and jumped out of the window and fled, and Li Chengyong blocked the window, and they didn't even have time to set out the weapon, so they were killed by one of the three people.

When the old fisherman saw that they had killed four men in an instant, he trembled with fright and collapsed on the boat. Li Chengyong saluted Mao Lingfeng, "General, what should we do." ”

Mao Lingfeng sighed, I have already ordered the dark one to go to the county official this morning, ask him to come over quickly to deal with the aftermath, and ask someone to carry the four corpses. When the magistrate came, tell him to come to me. ”

Li Chengyong beckoned the other sailors on the ship to come and carry the body ashore, and the county magistrate hurriedly arrived. knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again, "The lower official didn't know that the eldest princess had arrived, and she was disappointed, please forgive the eldest princess!" ”

Mao Lingfeng walked out of the cabin and smiled faintly, "I didn't want to trouble my parents, but someone wanted to assassinate Princess Ben, so I had to invite my parents to come here." ”

The county official was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and kowtowed again and again, "The lower officials should die, the rule is not strict, and it will disturb the eldest princess." ”

Mao Lingfeng waved his hand, "That's it, this has nothing to do with you, I don't blame you, you just go down and deal with the matter." At this time, the official escorted a middle-aged man and a boy of a few years old.

When the old fisherman saw it, he hurriedly rushed ashore and said to the county official: "Big lord, he tied up the villain's children and grandsons, and the villains really don't know that they want to assassinate the eldest princess. Please let the eldest lord and the eldest princess let the two of them go. After speaking, he kowtowed.

Mao Lingfeng sighed, "Old man, I don't blame you, county master, let the two of them go!" ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he hurriedly ordered the official to untie the person, and the official stepped forward to untie the rope. The two fathers and sons hurriedly kowtowed to Mao Lingfeng, "Thank you, madam, thank you, madam." ”

The old fisherman hugged his grandson and kowtowed to Mao Lingfeng, "Thank you, madam, thank you, madam." ”

Mao Lingfeng waved his hand, "Old man, can I go to sea now?" ”

The old fisherman couldn't imagine that Mao Lingfeng didn't blame him, so he nodded again and again, "Madam, you can go to sea immediately." ”

Mao Lingfeng smiled at the county official, "So there is a county master who has dealt with it." ”

The county official nodded again and again, "Don't dare, don't dare, it's a matter of the lower officials." ”

Mao Lingfeng turned around and walked into the cabin, and the two sisters, Li Chengyong and Zhiqin, followed behind and walked on the boat together.

The old fisherman took off the pedal and ordered the anchor to hang the sails, the fishing boat slowly sailed away from the dock under the breeze, Mao Lingfeng stood on the deck facing the breeze, smelling the faint salty smell, and watching the blue water with blue waves as far as the eye could see. The fiery red sun sank into the sea. The ups and downs in my heart are uncertain, and I don't know if this trip to Penglai Island will be rewarding. In short, no matter what, this is my last chance, and I don't want to go around in the future.

Sima Shun, who was in the Jin Kingdom, also learned that Mao Lingfeng had gone to sea from the envoys of the Zhao State, and he was worried about Mao Lingfeng's safety. Pinching his fingers and counting the days.

The fishing boat sailed quietly for three days before a verdant mountain peak loomed in the mist of dawn on the turquoise sea.

The old fisherman exclaimed in surprise: "Madam, you see that the mountain peak in the distance is Penglai Island, and it will be there in a few hours." ”

Mao Lingfeng stood on the deck and looked into the distance, watching the fishing boat gradually approach Penglai Island, his heart was uneasy, and when it was lunchtime, the fishing boat finally approached Penglai Island, and the old fisherman found a beach to dock and put down the pedal.

Mao Lingfeng instructed Li Chengyong to wait on the fishing boat, and he took Zhiqin and Zhiqi ashore to land. The old fisherman stuffed some dry food and a water bag for the two sisters, and the two took the dry food and water bag and carried them on their backs, and the three of them found the stone steps up the mountain. There is a stone tablet standing next to it, on which a line of big characters is written on the dragon flying and phoenix dance, if you want to ask for the elixir, you need to kneel three times and knock nine times to go up the mountain.

Zhiqin and Zhiqi looked at the towering peaks and endless stone steps, beat drums in their hearts, and called in unison, "Miss, it is so high, you have to kneel in three steps, and bow in nine steps." If you go up the mountain like this, can this body eat it? Can it hold up? Could it be a deception, deliberately making things difficult for others, there is no elixir on the mountain at all. ”

Mao Lingfeng looked up at the high mountain peak, with a resolute expression, "Anyway, since you are here, you must go up the mountain to give it a try, doesn't it mean that there are two people asking for the elixir?" And it was cured. You have to go up once before you are willing! ”

The two sisters knew what the young lady had decided, and no one could dissuade them, so they had to follow behind, watching Mao Lingfeng walk up the steps, bow down all the way, and walk towards the mountain.

On the first day, he took 2,500 steps, on the second day he took more than 2,200 steps, on the third day he took 1,500 steps, and on the fourth day, Mao Lingfeng barely climbed a thousand steps, and he was already covered with blood, and his knees were full of flesh. Every time he took a step, he was in pain, looking at the two thousand steps of stone steps, Mao Lingfeng gritted his teeth and insisted, and climbed seven hundred steps on the fifth day. Mao Ling lay on the steps. Falling apart. Take a break and grit your teeth and climb up.