Chapter III. Jian asked Beiyan 129
As the so-called "Shu road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky", although this Bashu land has the reputation of "the land of abundance", but the transportation is really not very convenient, and the commercial atmosphere is not comparable with those inland plain towns. However, it was precisely because the road was rugged and difficult to travel, and it was inconvenient for outsiders to enter and exit, that Yue Haishan finally chose to establish his own sect here.
Limited by the ruggedness and steepness of the Shunan Mountain Road, the three of them deposited the carriage in the inn after arriving in Xufu County; They bought an extra donkey, prepared some dry food, water and soft things, and then the three of them hiked to Zhuhai Jianchi to worship the mountain.
Xufu County is located in the northwest of Zhuhai Jianchi, and the two places gather about 100 miles of mountain roads. This mountain road is not as flat as the ground, so everyone walked for two days. It wasn't until the early morning of the third day that everyone finally came to the mountain gate of Zhuhai Sword Pond.
Shen Gui, who climbed high and overlooked, looked down, and saw a huge stone engraved with the word 'stop sword' standing in front of the mountain gate, and the font was the ink treasure personally mentioned by Emperor Zhou Yuanqing's imperial pen. And this boulder is a 'warning sign' that reminds visitors to unload their blades, which is similar to the sword solution pool in front of the Xuanyue Dao Palace and the Wei Tuo Hall of the Zen temple.
Just in front of this boulder, two people stood facing each other; One of them, dressed as a hunter, was tearing his clothes from side to side, and said something excitedly to the other; The other person was wearing the disciple uniform of Zhuhai Sword Pool, and his entire upper body was very lazily leaning on the Sword Stopping Stone......
At this time, the sun had not yet fully risen, the mountain dew and water vapor in the morning were still very heavy, and Shen Gui's eyes were filled with large clouds of mist, and he couldn't see the specific situation of the two people clearly for the time being; So he waved his hand to the two people behind him, signaling that he wanted to take a few steps forward to see clearly, and then tiptoed towards the direction of the Zhuhai Sword Pond Mountain Gate......
As he snuck closer for a distance, the voices of the two men talking became clearer. However, both of them spoke a strong southern Shu dialect, and because of their emotions, the speed of speech was also extraordinarily fast, causing Shen Gui to not be able to hear the content of the dispute clearly at all; But it can be seen from the two arms of the Orion flying up and down, and the disdainful and cold gaze of the young man: the dispute between the two must be that the Orion has the upper hand......
Shen Gui gestured to the 'local person Granny Huang' below, and Granny Huang just dodged, climbed onto a bamboo beside him, and whispered to Shen Gui 'translate':
"Hmm...... The person who was talking was a 'merchant', and the reason why the two had an argument seemed to be because the price of the goods had not been agreed. ”
The merchant Dan and the merchant in the city are actually doing the same kind of 'retail business'. It's just that they buy goods from the towns, and then carry the burden over the mountains and mountains to sell to these remote families living in the mountains. Of course, the price of this goods is much higher than in the city, and in order to save effective space in the burden, they only sell small items with high prices.
Although this kind of business is indeed profitable, they also earn hard-earned money. Often between the mountains and forests, there are already many bandits; In addition, the vegetation in Shunan is dense and the climate is humid, so there are countless kinds of wild beasts and poisonous insects that cannot be named, which may harm passers-by at any time; Therefore, even those old connoisseurs who often walk through the woods often take their lives because of various accidents......
From this point of view, the livelihood of this 'merchant' can also be called a knife licking blood.
After listening to a few more words, Granny Huang completely understood the reason for the dispute between the two. It turned out that when this bill of goods came to Zhuhai Sword Pond last time, the young man who guarded the door had placed a 'private order' with him, planning to settle the bill together twice, and also promised a generous reward;
And the young man guarding the mountain meant that his asking price for the goods this time was too high, and he didn't want to buy it, so he was only willing to pay the last credit......
After Shen Gui listened, he took a closer look at his robe, and found that it was the uniform pattern of the three generations of disciples of Jianchi, so he fell down from the bamboo, rearranged his clothes, and strode forward.
"This brother is polite, and he came to visit him on the order of his family teacher......"
Shen Gui politely arched his hand, and as soon as he opened his mouth to say half a sentence, he was interrupted by the sword pool disciple waving his hand. He spoke a slightly awkward official dialect and said to Shen Gui:
"There is Lao Shaoxia to wait for a while, and I will send this insatiable man away first......"
Temporarily pressed Shen Gui's 'visitor', and the two began to argue again in a dialect he didn't understand. As the merchant's emotions became more and more excited, and the range of his arm swinging became larger and larger, Shen Gui saw that a few blows seemed to hit the sword pool disciple's face...... At this time, the other party suddenly took the lead!
This young man guarding the mountain gate is a decent disciple in the end; Facing the merchant who was powerless, he swung a sword with his scabbard on his head; Just from the strength carried on his scabbard, Shen Gui could already judge:
As long as this blow really falls on the top of the other party's head, it will definitely end up immortal and disabled!
With a 'bang', Shen Gui immediately grabbed the falling sword with his right hand, and then turned his wrist again and snatched the opponent's three-foot long sword into his hand:
"This brother, as the saying goes, this business is not benevolent, what is there to say, why do you need to use such vicious means against an unarmed merchant?"
It is a very dishonorable thing for a swordsman to be snatched away from his sword empty-handed; What's more, this young man is still a disciple of Zhuhai Sword Pond, and a disciple and grandson of Qingmang Sword God Yue Haishan, so he naturally has a pride in his heart!
"Le is like the two of us, and you have a hammer relationship with your turtle son, huh? Climb for Lao Tzu! ”
As soon as this person was excited, hometown dialects came out!
After he finished scolding Shen Gui, he drew his saber again, and when he found that he was still unmoved, he gritted his teeth and muttered with his eyes open:
"The width of your pipe" ......"
Then he threw a punch and smashed it straight to Shen Gui's door......
Although Shen Gui has not yet experienced the exquisite swordsmanship of Zhuhai Sword Pool, judging from the opponent's punch technique alone, it should only be stronger than those hooligans who don't understand fart in terms of strength and speed...... Dealing with such a fist, Shen Gui didn't even bother to use his strength, lazily stretched out his two fingers, and gently 'lifted' the opponent's wrist with his fingertips......
After that, his left shoulder hit him in the opposite direction......
This swordsman disciple was immediately attacked by two strong forces, both positive and negative; In addition, there was no root under his feet, so he flew out in circles; After landing on the ground, he still had his strength, his face pressed against the ground, and he continued to slide forward along the sandy mountain road...... It wasn't until the top of his head hit the sword stop stone and there was a muffled 'thud' that he barely stopped......
The merchant next to him first looked at the long blood marks on the ground that he rubbed out, and then looked at the chivalrous man who was unconscious at this time, but was about to drown in a pool of blood, and his calves and stomach were a little tendoned...... When he found that Shen Gui was also looking at him, he immediately slapped himself with his backhand, and when he was a little sober, he immediately hurriedly picked up the load of goods placed not far away, and was about to run into the depths of the mountains and forests......
Shen Guiyi stepped forward and grabbed the other party's arm, took out a silver ticket from his pocket and stuffed it into his palm, and then showed a warm and kind smile towards the thin and swarthy merchant......
The merchant seemed to be really infected by his smile, first rubbed his eyes, carefully examined the silver ticket in his hand, and then immediately stuffed it into his waist scarf; Immediately, he turned around and opened a compartment at the bottom of the cargo load, took out four thick books from it, put them in Shen Gui's arms, bowed and thanked him, and then turned around and quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests......
Shen Gui looked down at the four books in his arms, and after feeling the full weight, he turned them over in turn, wanting to see what was written in the books that made this 'humble and studious' young chivalrous man want to return......
The first book: Wushan Flower Shadow. The second book: A Hundred Flowers. The third book: Candle Cutting Night Talk. Book 4: Qunfang Atlas.
Shen Gui only looked at the name, and didn't even open the title page, so he knew in his heart what kind of 'treasure' these four thick books were! The authors of these four books, if they fall into the hands of Cai Xi, the right prime minister, one day, they will have to be hung on the upper floor of Yanjing City and whipped for three days!
However, regardless of whether the content is healthy or not, the content of these four books is still 'affordable' enough! The combined weight is five catties up, not to mention that you have to carry it to climb mountains and wade through rivers and mountains? The merchant worked hard to transport him outside the mountain gate, but the young man said no, isn't this a trick? From this point of view, the moral character of this disciple of Yue Haishan really needs to be improved!
At this time, Qi Yan and Granny Huang also came over, and Qi Yan also quickly went to touch each other's breath, and found that it was only a skin injury, so he frowned and complained about Shen Gui:
"The three of us are here to borrow someone's town to send a treasure; Why haven't you even entered the mountain gate now, and you beat the disciples of other people's doors like 'blood gourds'? What do you think of Zuo Qiuliang, the head of the family? Are we here to borrow the baby? Or did you come to Ming to rob it? Hey, you, you, nosy don't know when to look at ......"
Qi Yan, who was worried about his younger brother's safety, was chattering about Shen Gui and didn't know what to do, when suddenly a hurried bell rang from the middle of the mountain......
"Hey, let's play with you! There are also 'high (warning posts) in the Zhuhai Sword Pool, Shen Ye, you are very skilled, now this is a small one, an old one, just for my senior brother to try the Qingmang Sword in his Zuo Qiuliang hand, is it powerful! Brother, I'm going to be less accompanied! ”
After saying a cool word, Qi Yan's figure flashed, and he hid in the depths of the bamboo forest. He is the son of Orion who grew up at the foot of Taibai Mountain, and then he learned from Xiaojiamen that he had a good light skill of flying eaves and walking on the wall, if Shen Gui could catch him, then he would really be alive!
Shen Gui reluctantly pulled out the Spring Rain Sword on his waist, and turned around to ask his senior sister Urre to help him......
Unexpected and reasonable.
In the open space near the entire mountain gate, apart from himself, only the disciple who was guarding the mountain who fell in a pool of blood was left......