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The river passes in the east, looking at the mountains in the distance, the clouds and mist are shrouded, and the beauty of the scenery is breathtaking. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

A light boat went upstream, and the person who traveled the boat looked solemn and cautious. The peaks on both sides of the waterway here are steep and dangerous, the water flow on the river surface is turbulent, the waterway twists and turns and many dangerous shoals, often the stone is suspicious and there is no way, and the clouds rise differently. Strange with danger, danger with fun. The light boat swims like a fish, and it is very dexterous.

Adventure is an ordeal for some, but it is a pleasure for those who take risks.

Xiao Buyi stood at the head of the boat, looking at the mountains on both sides of the strait, rushing to his face, but he was very interested, and said to Zhou Muru beside him: "Muru, I will come again in the future." ”

Zhou Muru had a sad face, he had no strength to vomit, and shook his head and said, "Boss, next time you cut off my head, I won't come again." ”

Xiao Buyi smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and said: "That side is the ancient famous Goddess Peak, beautiful and graceful, and it really deserves its name." Mu Ru, if you don't take a look, you'll waste it, there aren't many opportunities. ”

Zhou Muru looked up, lowered his head again in an instant, and said, "I think it's also normal." ”

Xiao Buyi smiled, secretly thinking that if he really controlled Bashu, he would still have to visit the Three Gorges in person in the future to communicate the relationship between the Eastern Capital and Bashu and promote the economic revitalization of this place. The people said that they were better, and naturally the people were at peace and did not want to rebel. Turning his head to look over, seeing that Qin Shubao was just staring at the Goddess Peak blankly, not knowing what to think, Xiao Buyi smiled and said nothing, and let him recover by himself.

The boat is rushing through the water, but they are walking between the Wu Gorge at the moment.

Xiao Buyi said in the Eastern Capital, when he was desperate for Qin Shubao, he didn't expect Qin Shubao to appear suddenly, and took the initiative to ask to go south with him. Xiao Buyi was overjoyed and did not refuse, there was one more person on the current itinerary, and there was also one more helper.

Everyone went all the way south, and it was not a day on the way. After arriving in Xiangyang, he turned west and went north along the Yangtze River. Xiao Buyi saw that there were too many people, and the mighty movement was a little too slow, so he first took Shi Danai, Zhou Muru, Ah Rust and Qin Shubao, as well as the bat brothers, and walked down the river. As for Ma Zhou, he asked Xiao Mo to temporarily arrange for the big ship to enter Bashu from the Yangtze River to the west.

After arriving in Xiangyang, Xiao Buyi asked Wan'er about it, but got a surprised answer, that is, Wan'er didn't go to Xiangyang, and he had one more thing on his mind out of thin air, but at the moment, Bashu is the most important, so he asked Du Ruhui and others to send someone to check Wan'er's whereabouts.

Qin Shubao followed silently all the way, and few people knew what he was thinking. It's just that the brothers got Xiao Buyi's orders, knowing that he was depressed and difficult to send, they all treated him like friends, but they were cautious not to mention the past.

Xiao Buyi's purpose was to look at the situation first, and then let Ma Zhou go to surrender, but he was secretly conniving. This is what he has always done, and it would be best if he could separate the relationship between Li Xiaogong and Bashu by the way.

When he had this thought, Xiao Buyi was not ashamed, on the contrary, he knew that if Li Xiaogong knew that he came to Bashu, he would definitely be obstructed by all means. Framing, divisiveness, division, alliance, or assassination are the inseparable contents of this westward journey.

So he still acted better in secret, this duel is not a confrontation between the two armies, but each other's intrigues and tricks, of course, will emerge endlessly.

The veil of affection in the veins can no longer hide the hidden murderous intention, and now everyone knows that under the veil, it is not the two lovers who are happy, but the two tigers who fight.

The fourth child is proficient in the water surname, and he is also good at boating, and a light boat goes upstream, but it is not slow.

The crowd went up along the river, crossed Yiling, went to Nanjin Pass, and soon arrived at the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River flows thousands of miles into a great river, passing through countless mountains and idle lands from the west, rushing and roaring. When it is feasible to reach Wushan, it is blocked by the mountain range, and the vast river is like a giant axe to chop away, rushing out of a dangerous road between the mountains and mountains, all the way to the east, forming a majestic and magnificent, steep and charming Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

The infinite scenery is in the dangerous peak, and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is more charming because of the steep mountains on both sides of the river and the twists and turns of the canyon. It's just that the fourth light boat is fast, and Zhou Muru doesn't know the surname Shui, but he can't bear it. It's not that he hasn't been on a boat, but they are all huge official ships, and there are few waves, and this time it's like riding on a fierce horse, and the sky is spinning, but it's miserable.

Everyone crossed the Xiling Gorge, and soon arrived at the deep and beautiful Wu Gorge, when Xiao Buyi and Zhou Muru ridiculed, the light boat was traveling in the Wu Gorge. The twelve peaks of Wushan on both sides of the strait are towering out of the screen, the goddess peak is beautiful and indescribable, and the scenery is magnificent, so that Xiao Buyi lingers.

The fourth child turned a blind eye, just paid close attention to the waterway, and the dangerous shoals and dark rocks were the places he was most concerned about.

After passing Wushan, come to the wide valley area of Daning River, in front of Qutang Gorge, because the water flow of Qutang Gorge is more turbulent, the boat is extremely treacherous, although the fourth is proficient in the water surname, for the sake of everyone's safety, it is also recommended to change to the land route. Xiao Buyi did not object, and led everyone to abandon the boat and take the land route. Take a short rest in Wushan County, and go over the mountain in the early morning of the second day.

Badong is steep in mountains, rugged and difficult to travel, there has always been a folk song of "two mountains sandwiched, looking at the mountains and running dead horses", that is to say, the mountain road surrounds, looking near and far, Lu Laosan has long found a local called Leper Tousan, and asked him to lead the way to Patong County. Everyone's mounts were all left in Xiangyang.

Everyone went all the way from north to south, turned to the east, the snow has long been gone, and everywhere has seen lush greenery, although there is a withering image, but also the eyes are bright.

When I passed the Chijia Mountain, I went to the southwest, only to see that the Yangtze River was extremely narrow, and all the waters gathered, stirring up the turbulent waves, which was the Qutang Gorge that dominated the world. After crossing Chijia Mountain, the county town of Patong can be seen from afar, and when everyone arrived at the city of Padang, they did not breathe a sigh of relief, but cheered up, because everyone knew that the arduous journey was coming to an end, but the sinister battle was just beginning!

Xiao Buyi stood in front of Badong City, looked westward, and saw that on the towering hill on the north bank of the Yangtze River, there was a pavilion with flying eaves, which was the world-famous White Emperor City.

Thinking of Li Bai's famous sentence through the ages, 'The white emperor of the dynasty is among the clouds, and the thousands of miles of Jiangling are returned', which is written about Xiao Buyi's opposite journey, at that time Li Bai should be in a happy mood, comfortable and happy, right? He is a celebrity through the ages, but his artistic conception is diametrically opposed, thinking of this, Xiao Buyi once again has a sense of time and space disorder, and he is dressed up and has stepped into Padang City.

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Pasir and Padang are separated by three districts, namely Dan Qu, Thanh Hoa and Tong Chuan.

Thanh Hoa, Tongchuan to the north of several counties, are now within the Tang King Li Yuan's sphere of influence. The ditch is west of Padang, and after crossing the ditch is the county of Brazil, and the county above Brazil is called Yicheng County, both of which are powerful of the Miao people, and now they are not owned by Li Tang.

Brazil, Yicheng two counties west is Jianmen Pass, is the main way to enter Shu, if you do not take the two places, into Shu is sad to ascend to the sky, if you do not have the support of the Miao people here, even if you enter Shu, can not be long-term peace and stability.

The Miao people are extremely powerful in the land of Bashu, even Li Yuan in Guanzhong, and Xue Ju in Longyou are mainly Zhao'an, and they dare not easily suppress it by force. At the beginning, when Xue Ju seized Guanzhong in Li Yuan, he marched all the way east from Jincheng, conquered Tianshui, attacked the wind, and looked at Guanzhong. But when he coveted Guanzhong, he did not forget to seize the land of Bashu. At that time, when Xue Renguo captured Fufeng, Xue Renyue, the king of Jin, went south from Chencang to attack Hechi, hoping to capture Hechi by the way, and then seize Jiankou to control Shu. But he didn't expect to be fiercely resisted by the local Sui army in Hechi, he didn't use the policy of Huairou, after all, he couldn't support the people of Badong Shudi, and returned in vain, Li Shimin led the troops to defeat Xue Renguo in Fufeng, but the Sui army in Hechi was under Li Yuan's recruitment, and the county surrendered. Li Yuan is even more scheming, knowing that it is unwise to attack the land of Bashu, firstly, it will arouse the hatred of the Miao people, which is not conducive to the stability of the future, and secondly, it is also a lack of troops, and now there is no time to take Bashu, so it is a talent to send Li Xiaogong, who is well versed in the customs of Bashu, to go out.

Bashu and Guanzhong are really close, and Li Yuan has occupied an advantageous area compared to Xiao Buyi and Xue Ju in the matter of taking Bashu.

Among the nephews and nephews of the Li family, the most brilliant is of course Li Xuanba, the most stable is Li Jiancheng, and the smartest is Li Shimin, but if you say that you know the most, it is Li Xiaogong who is brave and resourceful!

Li Xiaogong and Li Jiancheng are about the same age, but they have more active connections, and less power and profit, and they have always been valued by Li Yuan. Although it is said that all the way south to Guanzhong, Li Xiaogong rarely has outstanding performances, and when he can take the four counties of Badi, Li Xiaogong can be said to be full of talent.

The Li family and the eldest grandson family got married, and the eldest grandson was married to Li Shimin, although it was the factor of the marriage of the gate valve, but more importantly, Li Yuan valued the talent of the eldest grandson family. At that time, an eldest grandson Sheng made a lot of noise about the Turks, and an eldest grandson Shunde, strategized, won a decisive victory for thousands of miles, won without a fight, and easily defeated Xue Renguo, an enemy of 10,000 people. Sometimes, the confrontation does not necessarily depend on the strength of each other's forces, and the means behind the scenes are crucial. This Li Xiaogong, in Li Yuan's eyes, is really not inferior to the eldest grandson Shunde when he was young.

Li Xiaogong has a far-sighted vision, and after taking four counties in a row, he is not in a hurry to fight with Badong, and immediately set his sights on the two counties of Brazil and Yicheng. But at this time, Xiao Buyi was quelling the civil strife, eradicating the big trouble of Wagang's henchmen, and finally arrived, and there were already waves in Pasir County.

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The county is also a continuous mountain range, ravines and streams, mountains and rivers flow in the middle, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, constituting a unique Brazilian scenery, there are three mountains in the north of the county of Brazil are the most famous, respectively called Tianzhu, Panlong and Lingshan. (Note: These three mountains are not fictional, they are geographically real :))

The three mountains have become a full momentum, and there are Cangxi circling in the middle. Cangxi nine bends and eighteen bends, surrounded by mountains, wandering and singing, there are unique dry column buildings of Ba people on the bank.

The dry-bar building is mainly built with bamboo and wood, the ground floor is overhead, high above the ground, and the second floor is the residence.

The stream is tinkling, clear and clean, flowing along Tianzhu Mountain, when it reaches the remaining veins of Tianzhu Mountain, it gathers a small lake, and then flows southward, there is a market more than ten miles away from the small lake, but it is the place where the exchange of the Brazilian people is.

The objects of this market trading are the Ba people, Miao people and merchants from the Central Plains.

The hemp, cloth and silk here are all very famous, attracting many merchants from the Central Plains. Although the world is in chaos now, it is rarely affected here, and there is a sense of paradise. The merchants of Jingxiang and Wuchu transported the materials that were lacking in Badi and traded with the Ba people, each taking what they needed, but the Three Gorges was the main transportation route connecting Bashu and the outside world.

Before the sun had risen from the distant mountains, the market was already noisy. The people of the surrounding dozens or even hundreds of miles rushed here to trade, and some people came very early, and they started their journey in the middle of the night last night.

By the time of the three poles, the market has already been crowded with people, all kinds of people are full of peaceful smiles on their faces, selling and buying goods here, these days are close to the New Year, all the people are purchasing the goods needed for the New Year.

At this time, several men came from the east, all with white scarves wrapped around their heads and bast shoes on their feet, all dressed as Badi locals. It's just that one of them is magnificent, his eyebrows are like knives, and although he has a peaceful smile, he stands out from the crowd.

When the people in the bazaar saw a few people, they couldn't help but take a few more looks, and when Miao girls saw these people, they smiled and signaled, and their affection was like silk.

Miao women are amorous, their surnames are straightforward, and the twisting and subtlety of the Central Plains women are very different, they have always dared to love and hate, and they do not hide their admiration for the people they like.

The man at the head lowered his head, not daring to look at the amorous gaze of those Miao girls, for fear of causing unexpected trouble. When a man next to him saw it, he smiled and said, "Boss Xiao...... Ten people looked at the eyes of this Miao girl, and nine people looked at you. ”

A man with a rusty face on the side asked, "Who is the rest of the people looking at?" ”

The man from before smiled, "Let's just see what goods we have with us." ”

Everyone laughed, and a generous man muttered: "It seems that we are not as good as goods, and all the cheap things in the world are taken advantage of by Boss Xiao." ”

The man with his eyebrows like knives smiled bitterly: "Mu Ru, this is not easy to take advantage of, don't regret it if you want to." ”

Of course, this group of people is Xiao Buyi and others, the rusty face is Ah Rust, the honest man is Zhou Muru, and the previous man is naturally Lu Laosan who understands the local dialects of the Great Sui.

The four of them talked and laughed, seemingly relaxed, but they just wanted to relieve their tension. Xiao Buyi's eyebrows finally brought some anxiety, because the situation was far worse than he imagined.

Li Bai was in a happy mood when he went down the river from the White Emperor City, and when he arrived at the White Emperor City, he heard a very bad news from the Shoufu Renjie of Badong County.

Xiao Yu, the secretary of the ministry, went to Brazil to negotiate with King Da Miao, but was detained by King Da Miao! Although Fu Renjie and King Da Miao are negotiating, the situation is not optimistic. As for why Xiao Yu was arrested, the reason given by King Da Miao was that Xiao Yu had an affair with the woman of King Da Miao's second son, which is unforgivable from a local point of view, if it weren't for Xiao Yu being a Sui minister, and his background is not small, he would have been killed by King Da Miao a long time ago.

But now, although Xiao Yu is not dead, it is no different from death.

On the one hand, Fu Renjie reported the news to the Eastern Capital, but on the other hand, he actively rescued Xiao Yu, and had no time for other plans. But he didn't expect that the news was sent out, and Xiao Buyi and they had already arrived in Padang.

When Xiao Buyi heard the news that Xiao Yu was arrested, he couldn't believe it, but he couldn't help but believe it, at that moment, he realized that the situation was far worse than he imagined.

After he arrived in Padang, he immediately began to investigate and collect information, and this time he and a few people came here to find out some news. In Jingxiang Dongdu, his news network is overwhelming, but in Brazil, his news network is really weak and pitiful.

Before Xiao Buyi faced the enemy every time, like Li Jing, he paid attention to the collection and analysis of news, but this time, he didn't have much time left, and there was not much news he could collect.

For King Miao, he really doesn't know much information, Fu Renjie's side, all he can know is that Miao people are barbaric, and many times they are unreasonable, especially hating the Central Plains people. King Da Miao has ruled in this vicinity for decades, and has three sons who help rule the thirteen Miao villages in the seven counties here. There is a big sacrifice under the King of Da Miao, I heard that no one can guess the age, the old is like an ancient tree in the mountains, but this person can divinate and predict, all accurate. In addition to this great sacrifice, there are also three dukes under the king of the Miao people, named Sima, Situ and Sikong.

These three divisions are also rare and mysterious for ordinary people. I heard that the Great Priest and the Three Divisions are proficient in witchcraft and poison, and there are many capable people under them, and they are often extremely harsh with the Miao people who betray them, and they are also ruthless to the enemy.

It's just that if you don't take the initiative to violate them, they will never take the initiative to attack you. When Fu Renjie said this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, saying that fortunately, the Miao people's use of Gu is also a restriction, and it will not hurt the innocent, otherwise the world will really be in chaos. But he still didn't know anything about witchcraft or poison.

Fu Renjie has always been the county guard of Badong, but he has always treated the Miao people here equally, and the Miao people still have a good impression of him. But he didn't know much about the details.

When Xiao Buyi heard this, he couldn't help but have a headache, because he knew that the strange power of witchcraft and Gu poison still existed thousands of years later, even in his time, he didn't know much about this aspect. Some people say that Gu poison is a kind of bacteria, but how to control it, and even the time of division and reproduction can be accurate to the minute and second, scientists can't explain it.

Sometimes, science is too slow. When Xiao Buyi thought of this, he secretly smiled bitterly. Now the only thing he can rely on is his sincerity to the Miao people.

But what is the use of this sincerity, Xiao Buyi is also at a loss in his heart.

When Xiao Buyi knew that Xiao Yu was worried about his surname, he changed the clothes of the Ba people with everyone at the moment, and came to inquire about the news, and the four of them walked around the market, only to see the joy on everyone's faces, and saw some strange customs, but they couldn't hear useful information. Lu Laosan saw noon and took the three of them to a bamboo building to drink tea. I saw that there were a few people on the bamboo floor, Xiao Buyi made a look, and sat down with everyone in a place where there were many people.

It's the same everywhere, the teahouse restaurant has always been a place of three religions and nine streams, although the news is not accurate, if you are lucky, you can also have some unexpected gains.

Xiao Buyi and the others were silent, but Lu Laosan ordered a pot of tea and drank it slowly with the three of them. Lu Laosan is proficient in the local dialect, and even if the Pakistani people hear it, they don't have the slightest suspicion. Xiao Buyi and the others were much worse, knowing that they would leak their bottom as soon as they opened their mouths, so they could only pretend to be dumb.

The Central Plains people and Miao people live together, but most of the people who drink tea here are merchants from the Central Plains.

The four of them drank the kung fu of Zhuxiang, but they couldn't hear any useful information, and when they were feeling disappointed, two more merchants suddenly came in outside, one fat and one thin, and picked up Xiao Buyi and the others and sat down.

The fat merchant said with a grin: "Come to the pot of Mengding tea." The accent wasn't local, but it was like an accent from Wu Chu's area.

The guy was slightly stunned, he didn't dare to slack off, and quickly sent a pot of tea, Xiao Buyi frowned, and inadvertently squinted at the past, Mengding tea is not only the top tea here, even in Bashu it is very precious, and people who are not rich and noble cannot enjoy it. This person can ask for this tea to drink, and he has some strength.

When the thin man heard this, he smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Zhu, you are so polite, my brother deserves it." ”

Shopkeeper Zhu laughed heartily, "What's the point of a pot of covering, Shopkeeper Gu, the brothers here are the east, but after I go back, I want you to take care of it." ”

The two of them laughed and laughed, as if there was no one around. Xiao Buyi listened to the conversation between the two, but couldn't get any useful information, and was about to beckon the brothers to leave and wait for the news of the bats, but he didn't expect the shopkeeper Gu to suddenly say: "Shopkeeper Zhu, you wait for the appreciation of the King of Da Miao, this is really unimaginable, if there is no you, the brothers will not be able to turn around peacefully." This time I turned back to Jiangnan, and my brother was the east, so I wanted to invite the shopkeeper Zhu once, and please don't shirk it. ”

Shopkeeper Zhu narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Definitely, definitely!" ”

As soon as they mentioned the three words of King Da Miao, Xiao Buyi immediately sat down, glanced at the brothers, and continued to drink tea.

Now that King Miao is old and rarely haunts in front of people, it is not a simple thing for these two outsiders to know King Da Miao, Xiao Buyi is now suffering from not being able to contact King Miao and understand the real inside story, and of course he is concerned when he hears this.

Xiao Yu is mature and steady, and he does things safely, and he doesn't believe that Xiao Yu will have an affair with King Da Miao's daughter-in-law here, Xiao Yu was framed!

But many times, knowing the truth is not necessarily useful, and knowing that you have been wronged does not necessarily mean that you can avenge your grievances. Even Fu Renjie couldn't see King Miao, the courtiers of Dongdu met several times, and they all saw several sons of King Miao, and they seemed to be very hostile to Dongdu and others, which made Xiao Buyi have a big headache.

At present, his hope is to go straight to King Da Miao and clarify the benefits, as Li Jing said, stay in Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, from the worst plan, rescuing Xiao Yu is the lowest requirement, as for the rest, for the time being, retreat to the second.

The two shopkeepers on the other side were still talking, and the shopkeeper Gu looked around and lowered his voice, "Brother Zhu, don't talk about outsiders, even for the local people, King Da Miao can't be seen easily, but I don't know why Brother Zhu is favored by King Da Miao in the other eye?" ”

Shopkeeper Gu's face was full of envy, but Shopkeeper Zhu had a mysterious face, and just said lightly: "Well, it's also fate." Come, drink tea. He picked up the teacup and toasted the tea, obviously unwilling to tell the secret, Gu shopkeeper didn't want to ask forcibly, and said with a wry smile: "Then I don't know when Brother Zhu is ready to turn around, now it's the New Year, even if he turns around at this time, he won't be able to catch up with the New Year." But it's always good to go back one day earlier, I'm ready to go all the way with Brother Zhu, I don't know what Brother Zhu thinks? ”

Shopkeeper Zhu shook his head and said, "Since you can't rush the New Year, what should you do in a hurry." With mystery on his face, Shopkeeper Zhu lowered his voice, "Actually, if Brother Gu goes back later, there will be a good show to watch." ”

Shopkeeper Gu was surprised and asked, "What's the show?" ”

Shopkeeper Zhu said softly: "I heard that Li Tang's Li Xiaogong County King is proposing marriage to Yunshui, the granddaughter of King Da Miao, if these two are married, won't this Bashu be lively?" ”

Shopkeeper Gu hadn't reacted yet, but Xiao Buyi was awe-inspiring in his heart and knew that something was wrong.

"Lee Hyo-gong? What does their marriage have to do with us? Shopkeeper Gu frowned.

Shopkeeper Zhu shook his head and said with some disdain: "If Li Tang marries the King of Da Miao, it goes without saying that Guanzhong will be one with Bashu, but Jingxiang is in the hands of the King of Xiliang, if we do business again, we have to consider other ways, and we are afraid that it will not work if we go along the river." ”

Gu Shopkeeper's face changed, and he understood, but Xiao Buyi was slightly cold in his heart, secretly thinking that Li Xiaogong had already thought far-reaching, this move was really incredible, if he really married, he had no other way than a war. If Bashu fell into a bitter struggle, he was afraid that it would affect the great cause of the Eastern Capital, and when he was groaning, there was a sudden noise in the distance, and the people flocked to it, but they didn't know what had happened!

(To be continued)