In the early morning of the next day, the four masters and apprentices of Huashan got up relatively late, the sun was already shining, the lunar calendar was already July, although it was not noon, the day was already very hot.

The four of them had some breakfast in Kaifeng City, and then continued to set off on the road.

After traveling for more than ten days and more than 800 miles, the four people of Huashan came to the outskirts of Huainan.

It was noon, when the heat was at its peak, and the four of them found a big tree to hide under it to cool off.

"Master, I'll go with Xiaobai and fill some clean river water. Let's go, junior brother Xiaobai. ”

"Okay, Senior Brother Deng!" Xiao Bai rushed away with Senior Brother Deng Zi. The two passed by a watermelon field, looked at the big round watermelon, and their saliva flowed.

"Xiaobai, let's go get two melons to eat!" Deng Zichong proposed.

"That's not good, if someone finds out, aren't we thieves?"

"What are you afraid of, on such a hot day, it is estimated that the owner of the melon field is sleeping at home. Let's go. ”

Xiaobai had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow the senior brother to the watermelon field. When the two arrived at the melon field, they picked the two largest watermelons, knocked them into several pieces, and ate them. After eating a petal, throw away the melon skin. After a short time, the two melons were destroyed, and the two of them each picked one melon and continued to eat.

"You two rabbit cubs, how dare you steal my watermelon!" shouted an old man wearing a straw hat and rushing over.

"Senior brother, what should I do? Are we going to fight again, or are we going to run away?" Xiao Bai looked at Deng Zichong.

Deng Zichong was very calm: "Don't worry, Xiaobai! Isn't it just a few melons, we just give money, won't we really be a thief if we run away!"

"Yo, you two don't run yet, do you want to bully me, the old man?" the old man ran all the way, sweating profusely and panting.

"Old man, how do you sell this melon? We passed by and wanted to buy a few melons to quench our thirst, but we didn't find the owner's house, so it's no wonder that we didn't find it. Deng Zichong pretended to be calm.

"I'm not the master of this melon field, I'm just a servant of his family, you can eat melons if you want. But you throw melon peels casually after eating, if I fall this old bone, it will be very bad!"

"Uncle, I'm sorry. Xiaobai hurriedly apologized, and picked up the littered melon skins.

"In this way, let's pick a few more melons, these two pieces of silver are yours, how about it?" Deng Zichong said.

"That's okay, I don't look like the two of you are wicked, you can pick them at will, just a few melons, I can still call the shots." As he spoke, he smiled and took Deng Zichong's silver taels.

Deng Zichong was not polite, picked five or six melons, and went back with Xiaobai holding the watermelons.

"Senior sister, Master, it's time to eat melons!" Deng Zichong walked to the shaded tree, knocked the melon into several petals, and distributed them to Xiong Zhuoyu and Xiong Xiaoshan.

"This melon is good, so sweet!" the senior sister praised while eating, "Senior brother, these melons can't be stolen by you, right?"

"Where, buy it! I don't believe you ask Xiaobai. ”

"Yes, Senior Brother Deng spent money. Xiaobai told Xiong Xiaoshan what he had just done.

"You're stupid! These melons don't need a tael of silver! You've been deceived by the old man. ”

"Senior sister, I gave it to him myself, no wonder uncle. ”

"Hmph! stupid is stupid. Xiong Xiaoshan continued to eat melons after speaking.

The four of them sat under the tree, and the weather was so hot that it was inconvenient to walk. Xiong Zhuo began to tell everyone the story of Liu An, the king of Huainan. The mountain people in Huainan have the habit of drinking soy milk, and Liu An also drinks soy milk every day when he enters the countryside and follows the customs. One day, Liu An was in a daze beside the alchemy furnace with soybean milk, and accidentally sprinkled the soybean milk on the gypsum used for alchemy, and the liquid soybean milk turned into white and tender tofu! King Huainan accidentally invented tofu.

King Huainan also plotted to rebel, and after being exposed, he committed suicide in fear of crime, swallowed pills, and ascended. After eating the remaining medicine chicken dog, it also ascended to heaven. The myth that "one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven" has been passed down in this way.

The four masters and apprentices of Huashan rested for a few hours, and the weather slowly became less hot, so they were ready to continue their journey.

Not long after the four of them left, more than a dozen patrol soldiers came up to them. The chief at the head shouted, "The few in front, stand still!"

"What do you command, sir?" Xiong Zhuo said.

"Less nonsense, take it away!" said the chief.

And a dozen of these soldiers came up and took them, all with spears in their hands.

The four of Huashan were very puzzled, and Deng Zichong asked: "Master Guan, we are all good citizens, why do you want to arrest us?"

"Recently, thieves have been rampant in the Huainan area, and many large tombs near the tomb of the king of Huainan have been stolen! It is getting late, and the four of you are still sneaking around in this wilderness, and there are major suspicions! The chief said loudly.

Xiaobai was a little angry: "We are not thieves, why do you want to arrest us?"

Xiong Zhuo glanced at Xiao Bai and signaled him not to act rashly. Xiaobai touched the hand of the dagger "Lightning" and put it down.

Seeing that the four of Huashan did not resist, the chief stepped forward alone. looked at the four of them, "Yo, this little girl looks good! Otherwise, the three of you will hurry first, and I will chat with the little girl and have a glass of wine, and then send her over, how about it?"

Deng Zichong was originally unhappy when he was suspected, and when he heard the officer's frivolous words, he was even more angry in his heart, and he flew up and kicked over, hitting the vital point.

The officer screamed "ouch" in pain. "Bold thieves, you're going to rebel! No, no, kill them all!No, no, kill them all!!"

Xiaobai also grabbed the "lightning" and rushed into the pile of soldiers at this time, and he couldn't be reasonable anymore.

Xiong Zhuo also pulled out the Wind Thunder God Sword and slashed at the soldier with the spear. In the face of the attack of the Wind and Thunder God Sword, these ordinary spears were as if they were made of wood, and they quickly broke into sections. The soldiers were terrified like never before, and they had never faced the enemy on the battlefield before.

Xiong Xiaoshan saw that the chief who insulted her was knocked to the ground by the senior brother, and she also stepped forward and kicked him a few times, which relieved her anger.

It didn't take long for more than a dozen soldiers to be put down by Huashan's master and apprentice, either killed or wounded!

"It's not good to stay here, let's get on the road quickly!" Xiong Zhuo urged.

"Yes, Master. "Yes!" "Well, Daddy, let's go." ”

The four of them ran all the way in the southeast direction, passing through countless villages and small towns, and they didn't dare to stay for a moment, fearing that if their identities were revealed, they would inevitably cause trouble for the Huashan faction.

After walking like this for three or four hours, Xiong Xiaoshan shouted, "I can't walk." After all, Xiong Zhuozhuo, Deng Zichong, and Xiaobai are all accompanied by deep internal strength, but Xiong Xiaoshan has never learned any internal skills. A dilapidated land temple was found not far away, and the four of them walked in to rest for a while. Deng Zichong lit some dry matches and hay, grabbed a few hares and roasted them on the fire. Soon the rabbit gave off an attractive fragrance, and the four of them ate it separately, and after eating it was full, they went to sleep. Just in case, the four also took turns keeping vigil. This night, the master and apprentice of Huashan lived peacefully.

At dawn, under the leadership of Xiong Zhuo, everyone continued to march southeast. Xiong Zhuo told everyone that as long as they traveled for a few more days, they could reach Jinling.

Jinling is a good place, there are eating, drinking and playing, Xiong Xiaoshan also cheered up the spirit of twelve points to keep up with everyone's rhythm.