Chapter 42: Encountered

Time: July 17, the second year of Datang Huichang. In April of this year, Hui Khan led 2,200 high-ranking officials, including the special music and the prime minister, to join the country. Recruit his troops as the Guiyi Army.

It's external, internal. Today's saints and prime ministers have sung a good show. In April, Dinghai Day, the ministers gave the saint the honorific title, and now the saint will amnesty the world in Danfeng Tower.

For a long time, the eunuchs have mastered the army, making the eunuchs unusually domineering, and even the emperor's life and death are in their hands. The virtuous minister Li Deyu discussed with the sage that he wanted to cut the military salary, reduce the clothing, grain, grass and horse feed of the forbidden army, and let the commander of the army embarrass Qiu Shiliang and have to disarm.

Unexpectedly, when Qiu Shiliang got the news, he announced in the army that this was the prime minister's idea, and the anti-guest was the main thing. Li Deyu entered the palace to face the saint, and Wu Zong came forward to refute the matter. And reprimanded Qiu Shiliang not to spread rumors. countered Qiu Shiliang.

Ding Hai day, the ministers on the honorific number, the benevolent saint civil and military to the god of the great filial piety emperor, in the Danfeng Lou announced the pardon, this is known to everyone, Cangfang Town is also a part of the road from Chang'an, but the legend of A, always arrived. It's just that what Li Chen didn't know was that the current sage gave Qiu Shiliang a chance and ordered him to step up his search for his whereabouts.

So what is Li Chen doing now?

Location: Near Cangfang Town, Danjiangkou Ferry. Li Chen decided to run away, how could he go faster? As a small town located in two rivers (Hanshui and Danjiang), it is of course the fastest to take a boat.

"Strange, what about people?" , Li Chen arrived at the ferry, turned left and right and couldn't find anyone. "Wukong set off faster than me, so he should have arrived first."

This morning, after breakfast, Wukong was like the abbot who proposed to travel around, although it was strange that Wukong was in such a hurry to go out. Zen Master Hui Lin still agreed. So, Wukong packed his luggage and left the Longevity Temple at noon.

"That's all, right? Then I'll lock the door.'" , Li Chen closed the door of the ministry hall and locked it. He pretended to go back to the tent. I found my luggage from under the bed, and I didn't have much of it, just a few sets of clothes and a few dollars. The clothes don't weigh much, the heavy thing is the bag of money, and once again complaining about the economic system of the Tang Dynasty, it is so troublesome to even go far away.

"Where the hell is Wukong, and am I going to wait for him here?" , Li Chen originally made an appointment with Wukong to meet this ferryman, but after he came, he didn't see anyone at all.

"Nerve-wracking, how am I going to leave now?" I don't know the road, and I don't have much money." A few times the money, not only Shen, but also quickly spent, Wukong said that he had some savings and would prepare the travel expenses, so Li Chen did not have to worry. Li Chen really doesn't worry, Wukong is a monk, and it's great to turn into a fate when the time comes.

Then he can eat his and use his, and borrow it from Wukong. When the time comes, the interest will be increased and returned to others, Li Chen feels that he is very aware of current affairs, and he does the most for petty theft, but if he really wants him to do any big and evil things, he can't do it.

Therefore, when it is difficult, eat Wukong and use Wukong, of course he doesn't sleep Wukong, he doesn't have any burden in his heart to do it, sooner or later, he will return it. It's just that now people don't know where to go, and their food and clothing are gone, which is a headache.

"I remember, Goku said that he would find the boat first, assuming Goku arrived. It's just that if something is gone, I'll just ask along the river. Ask the boat owner, who has booked a boat by a monk.'

Li Chen said that he would do it, he walked along the river, asked those boats who were moored nearby, and really asked him, "Yes, Wukong Zen Master, he booked a boat, and said that he would hire my boat and go down the river." After Li Chen asked dozens of boatmen, he finally asked a middle-aged boatman, whose ship claimed to be fifty years old and had been handed down from his brother (that is, his father).

Li Chen complained, will this ship sink not long after it opens, do you think this is an antique, the longer it is placed, the better? If you want to be an antique, do you want to put the boat ashore first, and then put it on for another fifty years, and I will collect it from you before it rots.

"Where is the Wukong Zen Master?" "I don't know. Not long ago, I saw it, but it disappeared.'" The boatman grabbed his hair in confusion, "Wukong Zen Master still rents it or not, tell you, if you don't rent it, you have to give a half-day boat price, I just refused a lot of people."

"There are many people who ask me for the price, and if you don't rent it, I will lose a lot." "Oh, your broken boat, it's good to have someone rent it for ten days and half a month, and ask the price, this Lang Jun, if you want to rent a boat, find a certain family, a certain family's boat is safe and reliable, but it is much better than that rag." The owner of a ship next door made a sarcastic remark, which immediately provoked the ship's anger, "What do you say, are you going to rob my guests?"

"Don't make any noise." , Li Chen's head is big, I'll ask you where Wukong went, you instigated me for a long time, and you quarreled with others, what kind of trouble is this. "Has anyone seen Master Wukong? Or is there anyone who sees a bhikshu after noon today?'

"I've seen it", after all, there are so many dozens of boats by the ferry, and some people have seen it. "It seems like it's going there." The boatman looked in the direction and said, "An old man came to the monk, and the monk went with him." "Where are you going over there?" How's gone, and what's going on with the old man, 'It seems to be heading in the direction of the town.'" "Thank you" Li Chen thanked him and went over there.

"It's strange, I'm going to town, why didn't I see it?" , Li Chen turned back in confusion, and thought as he walked, (I didn't meet it, there are two reasons, one is that the boatman lied, but it shouldn't be, otherwise it is... )

Li Chen's eyes froze and looked at a fork in the road. This is a trail, there are many trees on the side of the road, the land is sparsely populated during the Tang Dynasty, and most places are not crowded, and this place is no exception.

"Could it be that you've made it here?" , Li Chen was a little anxious, seeing that the sky was slowly slanting westward, and if he didn't find anyone, it would be dark, "But how did you get here, otherwise it would be someone's house, let's go back, find a boat to borrow a night at the ferry, maybe Wukong will come back later." Suddenly, Li Chen felt a gaze.

This was just a feeling, Li Chen felt that someone was watching him, but he didn't notice where the person was, so he pretended to be calm and continued to walk forward, without showing any abnormality at all.

After walking a distance, although he felt that the sight was gone, Li Chen still did not stop and continued to walk forward, walked out for a while, pretended to be tired, and walked to a piece of the road where someone was obviously resting, but the polished stone was so bright that he sat down and began to stir the wind, and he had time to think about what happened.

(Weird, what's going on?) Delusion? Li Chen looked around to see if anyone was there, and thought, (No, I don't think I'm too suspicious.) At that moment, Li Chen picked up the burden and continued to walk forward, but after walking for a while, and after making sure that no one was following, he went to the woods by the side of the Internet and began to grope back.

The mountain road is very difficult to walk, or there is no road to walk at all, not to mention the high and low, there are weeds everywhere, dead branches block the way, and sometimes accidentally step into the pit, Li Chen picked up a dead branch, and removed all the branches and miscellaneous leaves on it, and used it as a crutch to walk.

This crutch can be used to explore the road, walk on the side of the road, it is July again, it is still very hot, here is overgrown with weeds, the most afraid of encountering snakes, this dead branch, can also play a role in scaring snakes.

In this way, Li Chen slowly followed his memory, touched back to the place he had just gained, and approached very carefully, before he could get closer, suddenly there was a noise in the tree, Li Chen hurriedly lay down and looked carefully.

I saw a person jumping down from the tree, acting bright and neat, scolding Lele to go to a path, this path is the fork in the road that Li Chen just wanted to walk, it should be the path that those woodcutters came out of.

Li Chen didn't dare to be careless, so he approached the path carefully, and then walked along the path one foot high and one foot low, very carefully and carefully, and then heard a voice in front of him.

"Boss, how long are we going to stay in this hellish place, I'm going to be bitten to death by mosquitoes." It's best to bite you to death, the boss said that he would wait until dark. You talk a lot.'" As soon as the previous coarse voice fell, a voice no smaller than him shouted.

"What are you afraid of, we are fire thieves, will we be afraid of the government?" Someone argued with him, and the previous voice became even more vigorous, "What can those officials do to us, it is great to deal with the messengers, and when we get on the boat and go down the water, will they still cross the border to pursue us?"

Flame thief? What is the fire thief, Li Chen was puzzled, anyway, it was not a good thing to hear this name. Following the sound, Li Chen slowly approached, but he didn't dare to follow the path, and touched the grass again, approaching very carefully.

After a bay, Li Chen saw the firelight from afar, and if he lit a fire, he was called a firelight thief? Li Chen was surprised that he still had time to think nonsense, and after carefully avoiding the firelight, Li Chen looked through a gap in the grass.

He found out that he was looking for a target, Wukong was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his hands tied, and he didn't know what he was silently chanting, probably chanting.

Another old man was knocked to the ground, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Then a little boy was tied around his neck with a thick rope, thicker than his neck, tied like a dog, and the other end was in the hand of a big man.

In addition, there are about seven or eight of these guys, and Li Chen can't see it clearly, but judging from the sitting posture, this gang is not inferior to the characters.

(What next?) Go to the police? Li Chen gritted his teeth and thought, of course it was impossible to report to the official, and he didn't have a mobile phone, so when he went to report to the official and came back, the daylily was cold. Li Chen hurriedly used his brain and thought of ideas.

He thought about the idea but time was passing, and he didn't give him time at all, at this time, a person stood up, judging from the seat, this person should be the boss, and Li Chen didn't have any certainty, so he deduced it by himself.

"It's almost time, and the money is in hand, so let's send them on their way." , Sure enough, it was the boss, he was together, and everyone else got up, one person twisted and laughed, picked up a knife, and approached Goku and the other two.

Li Chen was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, (If you don't make a move, it's too late.) Eventually, he jumped out.