Chapter 46: Wudao Gorge
On this day, the four people came to the Wudao Gorge near Xiangyang in Jingzhou, only to see the stream meandering, ups and downs, the green mountains on both sides, the peaks rushing, it was very beautiful, the four people got off the carriage and horses and enjoyed the scenery in parallel.
Wang Bing saw that there was a stream, so he went to wash his face. Duan Yi looked at Wang Bing and said to Liu Kuan: "Junior brothers and sisters, can there be a cure for the injuries of the thunder?" ”
Liu Kuan replied: "It can't be cured. ”
"I heard that there is a pond in Changbai Mountain, Goguryeo, which is a volcanic spring, but the ice is clear and cold, and there is a sacred ice at the bottom of the pool, which may suppress the harm of yin wind and remove thunder and fire," Duan Yi said.
Liu Kuan was very happy when he heard this, "Thank you for your advice, I will definitely try to find it." After walking for a while, the men got into the carriage and continued on their way.
After walking in the canyon for a quarter of an hour, when he saw that he was about to leave the valley, two horses suddenly flashed out of a huge boulder bush and blocked the way. Immediately both of them carried strong bows, one was twenty-four or five years of age, tall, very burly, with a short beard and big eyes, holding a large sword, and riding on horseback; The other man, sixteen or seventeen years old, was slender and delicate, but with a bronze complexion, dressed as a nomad, and carrying a scimitar at his waist.
Liu Kuan thought, feelings are robbed! The three horsemen who were driving the car were so frightened that they ran behind the car and hid far away.
"Oh, that father, son, if you want to cross this road, no, if you want to cross this road, this valley, leave the money to buy the road!" The burly man is obviously not very proficient in business, he stammers, holds back his black face, and cuts the path and speaks in black words.
Liu Kuan saw that these two people looked extraordinary, not like villains who robbed the road, and couldn't help laughing, and finally laughed out loud.
Duan Yi, Zuo Ci, and Wang Bing also got off the carriage at this time. The robber saw that the car was not the family members of the rich and noble family he imagined at the beginning, but he didn't expect that the person dressed as a rich man escorted three old Taoist priests, and the man was very embarrassed. Let's continue to rob the Tao, how can the Taoist priest have any money? What's more, I don't dare to be disrespectful to the Taoist priest, don't continue to rob, and it's already difficult to ride a tiger.
Zuo Ci also saw the embarrassment of these two people, and estimated that the two of them encountered some difficulties and temporarily did such a thing. Zuo Ci saw that the two of them were strong and had the intention to test Liu Kuan's martial arts, so he said to the visitor: "You wait to win my nephew, and I will immediately give the two of you a piece of gold cake, what if you can't win?"
"I'll do whatever the Taoist does," said the burly man.
Liu Kuan heard Zuo Ci's words, so he fought forward, he had always been a good son of his parents, a good student of his teacher, and a good cadre of the unit in his previous life, and he had never fought. I had never ridden a horse in my previous life, and now that I have learned to ride a horse, I can't call it any riding skills. Now that I have to fight with the master, I can't help but feel a little nervous in my heart, my heart beats faster, my breath is short, and my face is slightly red and sweaty.
"In the Lower Liaoxi Han as Han Yigong, who is coming, a nameless person who does not behead under a knife." Han Dang held the big knife in his arms and saluted Liu Kuan.
When Liu Kuan heard this, Han Dang, who came to him, was a famous general of Eastern Wu in the history of the original Three Kingdoms, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, straightened his waist and solemnly returned the salute: "I have heard the name for a long time, Liu Kuan in the lower royal family, Liu Kuan, the grandson of Liu Shu of Danyang Taishou Liu Kuan, Liu Zihua!" Liu Kuan thought to himself, Daddy Liu Yu's reputation is not very famous now, but the royal family, the name of Danyang Taishou is enough to attract you. Sure enough, after Han Dang heard this, he was shocked, and his face changed slightly.
When he paused slightly, he only heard Zuo Ci shouting: "Senior nephew, capture this person!" ”
Liu Kuan heard this, hit the horse straight stick and rushed forward, the stick tip poked Han Qian's chest, Han Dang controlled the horse to the right, his body moved with the horse, easily dodged, when he was wrong, the big knife picked up, cut Liu Kuan's back, the knife was fierce. Liu Kuan heard the sound of the wind, the chill was biting, and he hurriedly picked up the copper stick, and his luck swept the knife and the bell ...... The weapons collided, the starlight collapsed, Liu Kuan secretly shouted that it was dangerous, but Han Dang's hands trembled slightly, and the corners of his mouth oozed blood.
Han Dang knew that he couldn't touch Liu Zhen hard, so he used the subtlety of the knife technique to fight with Liu Zhen, Liu Kuan was inexperienced, his riding skills were not good, and he was very passive when he saw the moves, but fortunately, Han Dang took into account Liu Kuan's true anger, and he couldn't help Liu Kuan, so the two fought for nearly a hundred rounds. The more Liu Kuan fights, the more he has experience, and the previous nervous emotions are gone, and he gradually becomes handy.
"There is the void and the real, there is the strange and the positive, the way of the five elements, and the earth is impermanent!" Duan Yi suddenly spoke. After Liu Kuan heard this, he immediately woke up, and no longer paid attention to Han Dang's ever-changing moves, and used the real to make the false, to be positive, and to use the domineering true qi to the stick body, stab, stab, tart, and slash, ignoring the shadow of the knife, and directly hitting Han Dang's torso, Han Dang fell off the horse in response.
Seeing this, another man took off his strong bow and aimed an arrow at Liu Kuan, only to see Liu Kuan jump off the horse, stretch out his hand to pull Han Dang, and laugh loudly: "Brother Yigong has conceded, and he fought happily!"
Han Dang is also a downright man, and he is also smiling, "Liu Gongzi is excellent in martial arts, and he is convinced!" After that, he came to Zuo Ci and knelt down to salute, "A certain person is driven by a certain will, and he wishes to be left and right." ”
Zuo Ci looked at Duan Yi, and when he saw Duan Yi nodding, he stroked his beard and said, "Han Zhuangshi, don't mess around the rivers and lakes in the future, and follow Zihua to gain fame in the future." After hearing this, Han Dang was overjoyed in his heart, and turned to Liu Kuan, "Han Dang meets his son!" ”
Liu Kuan was overjoyed and hurriedly helped Han Dang.
After Han Dang got up, he summoned a young man with a bronze complexion and introduced him to Liu Kuan and the others, "This is Brother Yan Rou, from the Xianbei tribe, and the two of us are in trouble selling horses here. ”
Liu Kuan is not very familiar with Yan Rou, but he seems to have heard that after Liu Yu's death in history, he raised troops to avenge Liu Yu, and it seems that he is also loyal to Liu Yu.
It is said that Yan Rou was captured by Wuhuan and Xianbei when he was young, and after his own efforts, he won the respect of Wuhuan and Xianbei nobles, and was often appointed by Xianbei nobles to sell horses in the Central Plains in exchange for salt, grain and other materials. This time, Yan Rou came to the Central Plains to sell horses, passed through Youzhou, and got acquainted with Han Dang, and the two brought more than 30 horses to Xiangyang for delivery, but they never thought that they were snatched by a group of people wearing yellow scarves in Wudaoxia, and the two fought their way out of the encirclement, and more than a dozen of their followers were killed on the spot.
After Han Dang and Yan Rou escaped, they inquired everywhere and knew the origin of this group, but they were weak and did not dare to go to ask for it.
Han Dang originally heard Cheng Pu, a native of Youbeiping, say that Sun Jian, a native of Fuchun, Wu County, was quite famous, so he thought about coming to the Central Plains with Yan Rou to sell horses. Seeing that the horses were robbed, it was not good to go alone, Yan Rou was a trustworthy person, the horses were robbed, and he had no shame to return to the east Xianbei to make a difference, so he wanted to find an opportunity to recapture the horses near Xiangyang, so he delayed here.
Let's say that Sun Jian, who was a county official when he was young, has an open-minded temperament, likes to make friends with heroes and heroes, and is quite ambitious.
Once, on the way to Qiantang with his father by boat, he happened to meet the pirate Hu Yu and others who robbed the merchants' belongings and shared the spoils on the shore. The caravan travelers were stagnant, and the passing ships did not dare to move forward. After Sun Jian showed his father, he strode to the shore with his sword, and as he walked, he commanded east and west with his hands, as if he was dispatching a large group of men and horses to outflank and encircle the pirates.
Seeing this from afar, the pirates mistakenly thought that the officers and soldiers were coming to arrest them, panicked, threw away their goods, and fled in all directions. Sun Jian refused to give up, chased and killed all the way, hacking and killing a few pirates before returning. Since then, Sun Jian's reputation has been greatly enhanced, and the Taishou of Huiji County has called him to serve as the acting lieutenant.
Later, the army of Xuchang in Huiji County rebelled, proclaimed himself Emperor Yangming, and gathered tens of thousands of people to rebel. Sun Jian's reputation is even higher, and many heroes and heroes went to serve.
Liu Kuan listened to Han Dang and Yan Rou talk about what happened before and after, because when they were separated from Ma Yuanyi and others in Luoyang, they knew that Ma Yuanyi, Tang Zhou and others had come to Jingzhou and Yangzhou after they were separated from Luoyang.
In history, Han Dang was Sun Jian's right-hand man, presumably from Liaoxi thousands of miles this time, thinking of being cut off by himself, Liu Kuan couldn't help but feel happy.
Liu Kuan recalled the coachman and asked Han Dang to take the group to Xiangyang City.