Early the next morning, Gao Ping personally drove the boat to lead the way, went down the river, and arrived in Yichang when Fang Jiaosi.

Yuan Feng asked everyone to wait at the wharf, and since he and Guo You went to contact the branch of Buzhuang, handed over the goods, got the receipt, and returned to Fuping Town with Gao Ping.

This trip to the waterway is smooth, the two of them feel extremely happy, in the past, they took the land route over Wuling Mountain, and then to Changsha, it was really difficult and dangerous, how can it be so easy and comfortable?

When I arrived in Fuping Town, I still drank and had fun as usual, and talked about goodbye. Hearing that Zheng Liuyi Qingshui Town killed the five thieves and took Jin Yunshan on a horse, Gao Ping couldn't help but admire the five bodies and threw himself to the ground.

Immediately picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and said: "The virtuous brother is not strong enough to drink, brother, I will do it first as a respect, the thief leader of the five thieves is named Yu Rong, and Mao Zongwang, the second leader of Jin Yunshan, is a righteous brother, just because they blocked it, the brother's ship has not been able to cross the Jialing River for many years, and it is really happy to kill them!" ”

Gao Ping is upright and loyal, with a hearty personality, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he calls Zheng Liuyi a brother. Zheng Liuyi also likes to make friends with straightforward men like him, and then said: "Now we are all a family, the Yangtze River and the Jialing River are unimpeded, let our brothers swim." I wonder if Big Brother Gao is willing to make a big deal with Little Brother? ”

"What's the big deal?" Gao Ping was originally in the waterway business, and when he heard it, he immediately became interested.

Zheng Liuyi: "The business of our sharpshooter dart bureau will only get bigger and bigger, and there will be more goods out of Shu in the future, and this waterway transportation will be handed over to Brother Gao to do, and the silver will be calculated at one percent higher than the market price, how about it?" ”

Zheng Liuyi came from later generations, and he knew in his heart that if he wanted to do the water transportation of the Yangtze River out of Shu, he must let them get real benefits, relying on brotherhood alone, no matter who it was, sooner or later they would slack off.

"How dare you do that? How can anyone help his brother do things and collect money? Gao Ping was firmly opposed.

"Brothers have to eat to support their families, this is a long-term business, if you don't need money, I'm afraid you can only do it once or twice, but it won't last long. Please don't shirk Brother Gao! ”

Zheng Liuyi patiently explained to him, and at the same time felt sorry for Gao Ping in his heart. It's not okay to just talk about the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, don't you understand it in business? As long as Gao Ping knows a little bit of management and guards this golden waterway, there will never be anyone under his command who can't afford to wear pants.

This said directly in Gao Ping's heart, he didn't want everyone to work hard to follow him, and he couldn't even afford to raise his wife and children, so he immediately replied cheerfully: "Then brother, I will be respectful and obey my fate!" ”

It's very fast, Zheng Liuyi is also very happy, and said: "Brother Gao Sheng is now the deputy owner of our Jin Yunshan Liuyi Villa, and Brother Gao Sheng is responsible for the water transportation of goods." But the younger brother said ugly things in front, the brothers must settle the accounts, and the eldest brother must not treat his brothers badly! ”

Yuan Feng and Guo You listened to it and secretly admired it, on the surface, it sounded like this was asking Gao Ping not to collect less money, but the more he thought about it, the more it seemed to remind him that the two brothers should not partner to embezzle. What this kid said was a pun, he was really shrewd, no wonder the young owner liked him so much.

Tong Zhibai secretly praised Zheng Liuyi's far-reaching plan on the side, and if he tossed like this, the business of the dart game would soon be in Jingzhou.

Bidding farewell to Gao Ping, everyone embarked on the way home. The boat ride is very slow against the current. On the seventh day, he arrived at the boundary of White Emperor City.

In the turbulent water of Qutang Gorge, the boats were pulled by many slender men, step by step, and crossed the Kuimen.

I watched hundreds of slender men unclothed, and some even unarmed, struggling to navigate through the rocks. Zheng Liuyi couldn't bear it in his heart, and said: "They work so weekdays, but they don't even have clothes to cover their bodies, it's really sad and lamentable!" ”

Seeing this, Gao Sheng explained: "The eldest brother also takes more care of them on weekdays, they are really hard, but they are not as miserable as the virtuous brother imagined. With such physical strength as theirs, what clothes can be worn for three days? Even on a snowy winter day, they did so. ”

Out of the gate, the water slowed down. Zheng Liuyi ordered someone to dock the ship, and everyone went ashore to repair it together. After several days of rocking and bumping on the water by boat, everyone felt tired, so Zheng Liuyi discussed with Tong Zhibai and asked everyone to stay in the White Emperor City and make a little repair.

Gao Sheng was accustomed to the waterway, and he didn't feel tired at all, so he said to Zheng Liu early the next morning: "When I attacked Jin Yunshan, I saw that the virtuous brother had a lot of research on the formation, and the gossip array left by Zhuge Wuhou was near the left, why didn't it take a look today?" ”

The Eight Array Diagram was said to be too mysterious by later generations, and there were no relics left, Zheng Liuyi didn't believe it. At this time, I heard that the gossip array left by Zhuge Wuhou when he entered Sichuan was still there, and he immediately became interested.

When even together with Tong Zhibai, Yuan Feng and others, under the leadership of Gao Sheng, they walked along the riverbank. After walking out of about five or six miles, you can see the chaos of rocks in front of you, and the clouds above are changing, faintly with a murderous aura.

It's kind of interesting! Zheng Liuyi looked left and right, wanting to find a high place to watch the whole picture of the formation, but he couldn't get it, and he couldn't help but feel that the location of this formation was extremely wonderful. When I got closer, I saw that the stone piles built by stone blocks were more than a zhang high, similar in size, dense layers, and arranged according to the direction of the gossip.

Zheng Liuyi was about to raise his feet and walk into the formation, but Gao Sheng hurriedly stopped him: "Virtuous brother can't rush in, in case of accidents, foolish brother has prepared a rope." ”

Immediately took out the rope, tied it around Zheng Liuyi's waist, and said, "If the virtuous brother is trapped in the formation, he only needs to tighten the rope and exit safely." ”

Is there really such an evil sect? Seeing Gao Sheng's solemn expression, Zheng Liuyi didn't dare to hold it up, tied the rope, and slowly walked into the formation. After crossing a stone pile, he found that the stone piles in front of him were very similar, and he wanted to pass through this formation, but he didn't know where to go.

Walking further, Zheng Liuyi looked back and saw that there was no trace of the road he came. Although I was a little confused in my heart, if I wanted to explore the magic of this formation, how could I not go deep into its hinterland and find out?

Zheng Liuyi looked up, trying to use the surrounding mountains as a reference to point out the direction, but found that his vision was all blocked by stone piles and clouds, and he was in the middle of the formation, as if he was in a labyrinth. Zheng Liuyi thought that since it was a gossip array, it must be arranged according to the direction of the gossip, so he determined the direction according to the east and west and the south and north kan.

However, every time they turn the corner, the wind and clouds in the formation change, flying sand and stones, making people blind and not knowing where to go. This can't help but arouse the pride in Zheng Liuyi's heart: I don't believe it today, just with your sixty-four big stone piles, can you still trap Lao Tzu?

At the moment, I slowed down, I felt that when I turned, I turned, when I walked, I felt that the rope was exhausted, and there were several stone piles that had been roped around more than once. Zheng Liuyi couldn't help but laugh dumbly, like this, how can he learn the magic of the formation!

Untie the rope and move forward.

Crossing a stone pile again, Zheng Liuyi suddenly found that there were several human and horse bones under the stone pile. The clothes on the bones had long since weathered, and Bai Sensen looked very scary.

Zheng Liuyi approached to take a closer look, and found that a sword was still intact under a skeleton, and the thick dust could not hide the light emanating from the hilt.

This sword is less than three feet long, and the sword body is extremely delicate. As soon as Zheng Liuyi stretched out his hand to pick up the sword, he was about to pull out the blade, but there was a heavy feeling of blocking, and he was suddenly disappointed in his heart, sure enough, the smelting technology of this era was not up to par, I am afraid that the blade of the sword had already been eroded by wind and rain.

As soon as he exerted his strength in his hand, he didn't expect that the blade of the sword was slowly pulled out, and as the blade was unsheathed, something was taken out of the sheath by the blade and fell suddenly.

At this time, Zheng Liuyi's attention was all focused on the blade of the sword, only to feel that the blade of the sword was like a new one, the cold was pressing, and the air around him was suffocated.

Sure enough, it's a peerless sword!

Zheng Liuyi was suddenly surprised, and when he looked at it, he saw two small words engraved on the sword body close to the sword grid: Divine Light!