Chapter 23: Accidents (1)

After the traversal group became official Taoist priests, their lives did not change significantly from before, and they still accumulated materials every morning and practiced in the afternoon. The only change was on the first day of the eighth month, Fuyaozi, who had slept for almost two months, woke up, and after testing everyone's basic skills, he decided to teach everyone a set of internal strength guidance methods that he had created. This set of exercises is the Wuji Gong created by him who has been studying for many years and based on the "Yi" study and Taoist alchemy techniques. After many years of development by later generations, his set of exercises was finally carried forward by another Taoist master, Zhang Sanfeng, and created the well-known Tai Chi school of kung fu. The reason why he taught it to the traversal was to use the first stage of this set of exercises, so that the traversing people could gather the full and disorderly true qi in the dantian and be able to collect and release it freely. In this way, combined with the Tiandun Sword Technique, you can make great progress in martial arts, so that you can protect yourself more holy. Of course, if among these apprentices, there are a few people with extremely high comprehension who can reach the higher stage of Wuji Gong, then Fuyaozi will naturally feel more gratified.

After learning this set of exercises, the rules of life of the traversal people changed. In the past, the habit of compiling materials in the morning and practicing in the afternoon has been changed to three exercises in the morning, afternoon, and evening, and compiling materials at other times. So from the second day of the eighth month, those who apprenticed to learn martial arts completely ended the good days of sleeping until dawn. Every morning at six o'clock, you have to get up to practice, and use the technique of Wuji Gong to introduce the true qi in the body into the dantian, which usually takes an hour to practice on a small Sunday. In addition to this time in the morning, I also have to practice once at noon and once at noon. However, the training in basic skills continues, and the work of compiling materials cannot be stopped. As a result, for a period of time, these 20 people were complaining. However, as the time of practice increases, this feeling of hard work becomes less and less, and after a few months, even if I only sleep for one or two hours a day, I don't feel tired, I think it is the effect of the exercises. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Let's say that the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 is approaching, and as one of the most important festivals in ancient times, the people in the Yuxu Palace naturally have to prepare carefully in order to have a good festival. On August 11, Yu Xuzi came to Wang Kunjun and asked him to arrange suitable candidates to go to Liangxiang County with Qingchen to purchase things for the festival. After discussing with the other members of the committee, Wang Kunjun decided to take You Yuan, Liu Wendong, Qian Yuanshan, Fan Wucheng, Hong Yan, Lin Xiaoyu, and Zeng Zhilin with Wang Kunjun and Xu Shaoan. For safety, Xu Shaoan and Zeng Zhilin brought pistols, and Qian Yuanshan brought a Type 95 automatic rifle. Zeng Zhilin and Qian Yuanshan each brought a walkie-talkie that Lu Yue had improved -- Lu Yue managed to connect the hands-free headset used on his mobile phone to the walkie-talkie, so that they could talk more covertly -- so that they could communicate with each other more conveniently. Lin Xiaoyu brought a medical kit with him in order to deal with an unexpected situation like the last attack. ,

Early the next morning, Zhong Fu, who was still the housekeeper of the Zhong family, came to pick everyone up with a carriage and horse, and Miss Zhong Ziqi naturally followed. But as soon as he heard that Wang Feng was not arranged to enter the city, he immediately changed his mind, and even went to the county seat of Liangxiang, and wanted to stay and accompany Wang Feng to the back mountain for a "walk". Naturally, the crowd did not interfere with this, but only arranged the order of the ride or horse ride on their own. With Zhong Fu's shout, everyone went on the road in a mighty way.

The journey went very smoothly, and at noon I had entered Liangxiang City. After resting at the pre-determined haode inn, after lunch, everyone went out to go their separate ways. Qingchen and You Yuan and Fan Wucheng, who have been in the city many times, took two Xiaodao children to be responsible for the actual procurement work, and Zeng Zhilin and their group were responsible for security work. Among the others, Wang Kunjun and Xu Shao'an had entered the city once, and it was last month that they came with the people from the trade team to learn about the situation of Tianfu Tower, which was selected as the auction location. Qian Yuanshan, Liu Wendong, Lin Xiaoyu and Hong Yan, who had never been in the city, had been holding back in the Yuxu Palace for almost four months, and it was easy to have the opportunity to come out to breathe at this time, so they naturally wanted to take a turn in this good city. Although this city is not big, it is much more lively than the Jade Void Palace. Wang Kunjun and Xu Shao'an naturally didn't want to save their face, so they asked Zhong Fu to lead the way, and the seven of them went out of the inn with some silver money - Wang Kunjun borrowed it from Yuxuzi before leaving.

Wang, Xu and other seven people, took a turn in the county seat, and Zuihou came to the temple fair in front of the Chenghuang Temple. Because it is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are a lot of people visiting the temple fair, and there are many people on the third floor and the outer three floors outside the venue. Although a few people from the modern era are not very interested in this, in this era of relatively scarce forms of entertainment, it is better than nothing.

Several people squeezed into a handle-style arena with great difficulty, and there were two guys practicing single knives in the field. Although it is not superb in knife skills, fortunately, the movements are good-looking, and the cooperation between the two is quite tacit, which also attracted bursts of applause from the audience. After the pair of guys finished practicing, another guy came up to practice the spear. This new guy estimates that he has not been practicing martial arts for too long, and the spear is a more kung fu instrument, so he feels a little jerky when he practices, far less smooth than the two guys who practiced the knife just now.

When the young man who practiced the spear used a trick to guide the way, he was supposed to use the spear to move forward and grab the tail of the spear with his right hand and point straight ahead, but unexpectedly there was a small stone on the ground, and his right foot, which was used as a support foot, was stepping on it, and it slipped suddenly. The young man's body almost fell, and the spear that should have been grabbed by his right hand also took off, and flew towards the crowd of onlookers with a roar. The people who were watching intently in the direction of the flying spear were frightened by this trick and hurriedly dodged to the side. But because there were too many onlookers, everyone pushed me and made a mess. Some people with little strength can't move places at all, including Hong Yan, who is dressed as a Taoist aunt. In fact, because she didn't stand in the innermost row, Hong Yan was still trying her best to stretch her neck and stand up to watch the field at the moment when the spear was out of her hand, and she didn't know that the danger was happening. Just when she complained that she was too low, she suddenly found that her eyes were empty, and the people who were in front of her had disappeared. Before she could figure out what was going on, she saw a long, black thing with a cold glow on its head flying straight towards her. She subconsciously wanted to dodge, but where could she push the person next to her, seeing that the spear was about to stab herself, she was scared, "Ah! He screamed, then hugged his head with his hands and closed his eyes. At that moment, she felt as if something was in her way, and then she heard the exclamations of the onlookers beside her. ,

Feeling that nothing hit her, Hong Yan slowly opened her eyes and found that there was a person standing in front of her, it was Liu Wendong, who often chatted with her and enlightened herself to face the new environment bravely. She was about to say xiexie to Liu Wendong, but found that his figure shook twice, and she slowly fell forward. Hong Yan was taken aback and hurriedly used her hand to help. But where could she hold the taller Liu Wendong, but the two fell to the ground together, and Liu Wendong's body pressed the relatively petite Hong Yan almost completely under him. And Liu Wendong's face and Hong Yan's face are almost attached together, and the noses of the two people are only a few millimeters apart. At this time, Hong Yan was ashamed and annoyed, to say that she still has a good impression of this Liu Wendong, it is still very possible for the two to develop a lover relationship. But now this Liu Wendong suddenly came like this, which is a bit too abrupt. The embarrassed Hong Yan didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly pushed Liu Wendong who was pressing on her body with her hand. The weak Hong Yan took a lot of effort to push Liu Wendong's body away. Hong Yan, who sat up, was about to reprimand Liu Wendong for a few words, but when she raised her eyes, she was shocked to find that a flower gun was inserted into Liu Wendong's right shoulder in a daze, and the barrel of the gun shook slowly because of Liu Wendong's body movement. Red blood was gushing from the wound, and the gray-blue robe had been soaked in a large patch.

The onlookers also saw this scene at this time, first there was silence, and then I don't know who shouted "hurt someone", everyone hurriedly retreated, and the site that was still surrounded by water was vacated in an instant. Hong Yan had already reacted at this time, and it was Liu Wendong who blocked the spear for herself just now. She hurriedly rushed over, flipped Liu Wendong's body slightly, and found that Liu Wendong's eyes were closed, his face was pale, and he seemed to be unconscious, and he didn't respond no matter how she called.

At this time, the others had also come back to their senses, Xu Shaoan let go of Lin Xiaoyu, who was protected by him in his arms, drew his sword in his hand, and rushed to the side of the disappointed showman with an arrow step, and pressed the perpetrator who was still half-kneeling on the ground, and the sword in his hand was also placed next to his neck. Qian Yuanshan didn't have time to rush over to protect her just now because he was a little far away from Lin Xiaoyu, and at this time, seeing that Xu Shaoan was one step faster than him in this regard, although he was a little unconvinced, he didn't have time to think about these things. Seeing Liu Wendong fall to the ground, he didn't respond to the call, thinking that he had encountered an accident. So he didn't even pull out the sword, he directly untied the bag containing the Type 95 rifle on his back, and one hand had already reached into the bag, just waiting for the other party to make any more dangerous moves or try to escape.

Wang Kunjun had also rushed to Liu Wendong's side, shaking his body, and exhaled a few times, "Wendong, Wendong." Seeing that there was no response, he reached out again and tested Liu Wendong's breathing and pulse, feeling that the person was still alive. Then he turned his head to Lin Xiaoyu, who was undecided, but his cheeks were a little red, and shouted, "Doctor Lin, come and have a look." Wendong seemed to be breathing. Lin Xiaoyu also came to his senses as soon as he shouted, and hurriedly leaned over and carefully checked Liu Wendong's condition. Then he said with some concern: "Although Wen Dong still has breathing and heartbeat, this gun is not shallow, and if it hurts the lungs, it will be troublesome." Even if he didn't hurt important organs, he had to stop the bleeding as soon as possible, and once he lost too much blood, it would also be life-threatening. ”

At this time, Zhong Fu next to him came over to remind Wang Kunjun and said: "Leader Wang, the red-faced middle-aged man over there seems to be the head of this group, his subordinates have injured people by mistake in their performances, and he will never be able to get out of it, you have to watch him, don't let him run away." After the treatment of Liu Daochang, he must pull this man to see the official. After hearing this, Wang Kunjun nodded. In his eyes, all the traversers are the treasures of this era, and they will never allow others to be easily injured.

As he was talking, a middle-aged man with a red face who was not tall but looked very lean and had a scar on his left cheek had walked over quickly. This person is the master of this young man who caused the accident, and he is also the leader of this group of artists. Just now, his apprentice missed and injured someone, and he was really scared into a cold sweat. What they are most afraid of when they go to the rivers and lakes is to get into trouble, at least they will lose a lot of money, or they will be arrested by the government, and it is difficult to say whether they will be able to get out of the yamen alive when the time comes. He had the intention of taking advantage of the chaos to escape with his men, but in the end he gave up. Because he is also a person who is proficient in martial arts, although these Taoist priests may not be proficient in martial arts moves, they are all people with profound internal skills, once the two sides fight, I am afraid that no one on their side will be able to escape from the other party's hands except themselves. After thinking about it, I made a heart, it is a blessing or a curse, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided. Now I have to bite the bullet, first stabilize the emotions of these Taoist priests, and then discuss with them well, so as not to alarm the government. Fortunately, I heard the female Taoist priest who seemed to know some medical skills say that this person can still be saved, and it is estimated that paying more money should be able to solve the problem.

The middle-aged man had only walked a few steps before he was stopped by Qian Yuanshan, who held the 95 rifle in the cloth bag in his right hand, raised the muzzle of the gun, and asked vigilantly at the middle-aged man standing not far in front of him: "Who are you?" What to do? The middle-aged man was stunned at first when he pointed a cloth bag in his hand at him, and then he was a little uneasy. Because he could see that the Taoist priest on the other side with a murderous face had one hand in the cloth bag, as if he was holding something. He also has some experience in the rivers and lakes, and he judged that according to Qian Yuanshan's movements, this Taoist priest bag was either a hand crossbow or other powerful secret weapons. If he doesn't listen to the warning, or if he doesn't answer correctly, I'm afraid the other party will press the mechanism and kill him. At such a close distance, it is impossible to dodge from a crossbow or a hidden weapon. So the man hurriedly clenched his fists and arched his hands and said: "Don't misunderstand, the next surname is Ding, and the name and Chang are the heads of this group." It was the apprentice who accidentally injured this Taoist master, and this matter will definitely give you an explanation. For treatment and recuperation, Ding will bear all the costs. It's just that the injured Taoist seems to be not lightly injured and needs to be treated quickly. I know that there is a medical hall called Huichun Hall on Yushu Street not far from here, where Doctor Xue has superb medical skills, and now it is important to save people, so I am willing to accompany you there to heal this injured Taoist. ”

When Qian Yuanshan heard him say this, his hand holding the gun lowered slightly, and he looked at Xu Shaoan, who nodded slightly to him. He turned his head to look at Wang Kunjun again, Wang Kunjun didn't answer, just looked at Lin Xiaoyu, meaning to ask for her opinion. Lin Xiaoyu shook his head and said, "Wen Dong's injury is not light, it's best not to move easily." ”,

Wang Kunjun thought about it, stood up, and asked Zhong Fudao, "Does Steward Zhong know where that Rejuvenation Hall is?" ”

Zhong Fu hurriedly replied: "This villain knows that it is not far ahead, and the villain can take the leader of the king." ”

Wang Kunjun nodded, and said to that Ding Hechang: "The friend of the poor road knows the location of the Huichun Hall, so I won't ask Master Lao Ding to ask Langzhong." As for other things, wait for Poor Dao to invite Langzhong and see my junior brother. After that, Qian Yuanshan, who was staring at Ding Youchang, whispered, "I'll go find a doctor." You contact them and ask them to help. After speaking, he called Zhong Fu to squeeze out the crowd and went in the direction of the Rejuvenation Hall.

Qian Yuanshan handed the gun to his left hand, took out the hands-free headset from his Taoist robe with his right hand without a trace, put it on his ear, pressed the call button on the walkie-talkie, and called softly: "Group B calls Group A, Group B calls Group A." Hear the answer, hear the answer. ”

Soon Zeng Zhilin's voice came from the earphones: "Group A received, Group A received." Please, please. ”

"Group B encountered an emergency at the Temple Fair at the City God Temple, and someone was injured, so they came to help. Group B encountered an emergency at the Shing Hong Temple Fair and some people were injured and rushed to support. ”

"Group A understands, Group A understands."

When Qian Yuanshan changed his hand holding the cloth bag and stretched it into the robe, that Ding Youchang's nerves tensed suddenly, his fists couldn't help clenching, and his whole body was on guard, for fear that Qian Yuanshan would take out some hidden weapon to deal with him. After all, the tone of the Taoist priest who went to Langzhong just now was not good, and he had to guard against something in the ear of the Taoist priest who held the secret weapon before leaving. Later, I saw that the other party seemed to just take out a gadget from his arms and stuff it in his ears, and his lips kept squirming, as if he was talking, but he couldn't hear what he was saying. Although Ding Youchang couldn't understand what he was doing, he felt that the other party should not be unfavorable to him, so he gradually relaxed.

After a while, I heard someone outside the crowd shouting: "Everyone, let go, let go." Qian Yuanshan and Xu Shao'an followed the sound, and saw several more Taoist priests walking in, led by Zeng Zhilin. He walked into the crowd and saw Liu Wendong lying on the ground at a glance, and hurriedly ran over and asked, "How is Wendong, what's going on?" Lin Xiaoyu, who was squatting next to him, told Zeng Zhilin and the others again, and everyone heard that Liu Wendong was still saved, and their hearts were a little relieved.

Lin Xiaoyu saw that the soldiers were coming, so he said to Zeng Zhilin: "I don't know how that Doctor Xue's medical skills are, for the sake of insurance, I want to go back to the inn and bring my medical kit, there are some modern medicines in it that may be useful." ”

Zeng Zhilin nodded, walked over and whispered a few words to Qian Yuanshan, Qian Yuanshan handed the bag containing the 95 rifle to Zeng Zhilin, took the pistol handed to him by Zeng Zhilin, and went to the inn with Lin Xiaoyu to get the medical kit.

Everyone waited for a while, and the sound of shouting sounded outside the crowd again, but this time the tone was not as polite as just now, and a man with a loud voice shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way." Sending people to handle cases, idle people, etc. all flashed away. As soon as the onlookers heard that it was the messenger from the yamen who came, they dispersed far away with a bang. The parties in the circle looked up and saw several officials walking over with leather whips and iron rulers in their hands, and single knives at their waists. They were followed by Wang Kunjun and Zhong Fu, who went to see a doctor, as well as a middle-aged man in a long shirt and two young students carrying a soft bed.

As soon as Fan Wucheng and Qingchen saw the official who was in charge, they felt very familiar, and after a closer look, they remembered that it was Zheng Boming and Zheng Da who were dealing with Shi Feihu's robbery and murder on the official road in Liangxiang that day. I don't know how he brought someone here, but since he's here, it's easy to do.

As soon as Na Ding and Chang saw the official errand coming, they knew that things were going to be bad. While slandering the Taoist priest just now for being too unreasonable, he invited the official messenger without consultation, and at the same time he was thinking about how to deal with it, to see how he could turn the big things into small things and the small things into nothing.