Chapter 61: Gongsun Green Calyx
The four of them hurried all the way, and after about three days of hurrying, they finally arrived near the Valley of Despair.
Just because there are only four of them this time, and there are many people in the Desperate Valley, and there are many of them, as well as the fishing net array that even Zhou Botong, an old urchin, can grasp, it can be said that it is dangerous.
In order to enter the valley smoothly without bloodshed, Huang Rong and Zhang Yang discussed and decided to hide their intentions for the time being, pretending to be someone who was looking for Zhou Botong. After mixing into the valley and becoming familiar with the environment in the valley, I will go to save Yang Guo.
In this way, Yeluziin had just escaped, and most of the people in the valley knew him, so naturally they couldn't follow up.
A mile away from the Valley of Despair, Yeluqi once again told the three of them about the mechanisms or precautions he had seen in the valley, and then returned to the nearby villages and towns alone, waiting for news from a few people.
and agreed that if Zhang Yang and the three did not return for a month, he would go back to inform Guo Jing and ask him to bring someone to rescue him.
Of course, this possibility is extremely small, and this is also the way back that Huang Rong has always been cautious and left for the sake of prudence.
There are several roads to enter the Valley of Despair, and the nearest one must pass through a small river about 20 zhang wide, and it only takes an hour to enter the valley. Otherwise, you need to take a path up the hill to get in, which will take a day.
Fortunately, Huang Rong and Guo Fu both grew up on Peach Blossom Island, so boating is naturally not a problem, Zhang Yang, Huang Rong, and Guo Fu bought a small boat at the ferry, rowed along the river, and rowed into the valley.
After rowing for about an hour, there was a large clump of trees at the entrance of a stream, and sure enough, as Jeruqi described, this clump of trees was dense and mixed, and it was quite dark inside. Ordinary people would have thought that there was a cave inside, so there are very many people who will break into here.
After paddling through the bushes, he lit the flint, and saw that there was a black brook hole inside, and the rocks in the cave were no more than three feet above the water. If you are rowing in, everyone must lie in a horizontal cabin.
In this way, after rowing for about ten meters for a while, the light appeared in front of it.
After drawing out the hole, the front suddenly opens up, Zhang Yang sees the peaks on both sides of the wall, looks up at the sky, only one line remains, it can be described as spectacular.
The mountains and rivers here are green, and the scenery is extremely quiet, but there is silence all around. Faint and weird.
More than 10 meters away from the entrance of the cave is the shore, only to see four small boats parked on the shore, a stone tablet about two zhang high was erected on the shore, the stone tablet is engraved with the three words of the desperate valley with the standard regular script dragon flying phoenix dance.
At this moment, beside the stone monument, there were five or six men and women in green clothes, holding various blades, staring at them with a wary face.
A tall green-shirted man stepped out of the ranks, raised his blade in his hand, and said in a cold voice, "The Valley of Despair is very desolate. Since there are no outsiders visiting, I don't know why the three of them are here today? ”
Huang Rong stood on the head of the boat and hugged her fists at those people and said, "A few are polite." The three of us are really embarrassed to come here today uninvited and take the liberty of breaking in. I came here today to find a strange old man with gray hair. I heard a few days ago that he was caught here, so I came to look for him. ”
When the green-shirted man heard this, a strange look flashed between his eyebrows. After a moment, he frowned and asked, "What does that strange old man you are talking about?" ”
"He is not tall, a little chubby, his beard is white, he looks almost sixty years old, but he has excellent energy and high martial arts. The biggest feature is that this person is very naughty, some are old and disrespectful, and they are very active like children. Huang Rong said eloquently.
Hearing this, there was a commotion among several green-shirted men, who whispered to each other.
"Why are you here to find that strange old man again, in just a few days, this is the second wave of people."
"I'm afraid that the strange old man is in trouble for his love, and his enemy has come to the door again."
"We don't care so much, this old man has caused such a big disaster in the valley, the valley master will not spare him easily."
These people said quietly, so Zhang Yang and the others didn't hear what they said, even if they did, I am afraid they would not be able to guess who the first wave of people looking for Zhou Botong would be!
One of them, a woman in a green shirt with a graceful figure and an excellent complexion, stepped forward: "According to what you said, that old man is indeed in my Valley of Despair, but I don't know what you are looking for him?" ”
"To tell you the truth, we came to settle accounts with him, and this person destroyed many valuable things in my house, and made Zhuangzi jump and unpeaceful. The purpose of coming here today is naturally to arrest him and go back to see the head of my family. Huang Rong told the rhetoric that had been arranged a long time ago.
When the beautiful green-shirted woman heard this, she immediately smiled bitterly and said: "In this way, you are in sympathy with us, that crazy and crazy strange old man broke into the Danfang a few days ago and kicked over a furnace of valuable pills in my valley. Later, he sneaked into my pharmacy and broke a 400-year-old Ganoderma lucidum in two. ”
"That strange old man is really messing around, a Ganoderma lucidum has grown for more than 400 years, and it is a very rare thing. Moreover, it was my father who was scheduled to share the service with my two stepmothers on the wedding day, but who knew that it was ruined by the old urchin! ”
Zhang Yang heard the beautiful woman say, 'Her father and two stepmothers', and naturally guessed her identity, most of which was the hard-working woman in the Condor, Gongsun Lucalyx.
He couldn't help but look at her carefully, and saw that she was slender and tall and graceful. Its facial complexion is extremely delicate, as if it can be broken by a blow.
Her facial features are exquisite, her small mouth is delicate, her lips are thick and ruddy, her eyes are large and round, her eyes are innocent, and she is clear and flawless, which makes people feel a sense of pity when they see it.
Her whole face was a bit baby-faced, and she looked very petite, and if it weren't for the majestic magnitude in front of her, it would have made people think that she was still a minor.
There were two other women in the crowd, all three of them wearing well-fitting green robes, but these two decent women could only act as green leaves in her.
Both men and women, as long as they look at this group of people, they can't help but focus their eyes on her.
"It's really unfortunate that a few people came, this strange old man destroyed my father's Dan furnace and Lingzhi, my father has been furious and put him under house arrest, if you want to take him away, I'm afraid it won't work."
"But in a few days it will be a good day for my father to marry his two stepmothers, since the three distinguished guests have come from afar, it is not too late to participate in this wedding banquet, and let me do a landlord's friendship in the valley. Moreover, a few days ago, another group of people had already come here to take the strange old man away, and we had now been invited into the valley. Gongsun Lucao said with a smile.
Zhang Yang and the three of them were overjoyed when they heard her invitation, but when they heard that another group of people had entered the valley a few days ago, they were immediately very puzzled, those people were really looking for the old naughty boy, who would they be?
"I see, it seems that we have come at a bad time. But your master also wants to punish the strange old man, which can be regarded as the same goal, and our purpose is the same. Since there is a happy event in Guigu approaching, then the three of us will take the liberty of disturbing and have the cheekiness to ask for a cup of happy wine to drink. Huang Rong said with a smile on her face.
Smelling that the three of them were also here to trouble the strange old man, the faces of the green-shirted people were also much softer. Next, under the leadership of Gongsun Lucao, the three of them followed into the valley.
The group walked for about a cup of tea, and after passing through the gravel paths, they passed by a verdant forest.
After passing through the dense woods, he came to a rather majestic temple, Zhang Yang raised his eyes and counted them, there were about seven halls.
After roughly measuring it, I guessed that even though this Heartless Valley was not as large as Lujiazhuang, it was at least half the size.
I saw the fog rising all around, and if I couldn't see a hundred feet upward, it was blocked by a thick fog, so I couldn't see the sky above here, and the people above couldn't see down from the top of the cliff. In this way, this is a great place to escape from the world.
"This girl, I take the liberty to ask, who are the names of the few people who came to look for the strange old man a few days ago, and what is their body shape, can you tell me in the next two?" After walking for a while, Zhang Yang couldn't help but ask suspiciously.
Gongsun Lucao was actually secretly looking at Zhang Yang curiously, only to see that his complexion was extremely white, Sven and dignified, and the appearance of the man in the valley was not comparable to it at all.
At this time, listening to his question, Gongsun Lucao couldn't help but be a little happy, and saw her ruddy face and said: "The day before yesterday, a total of five people entered the valley, because I didn't receive them, so I don't know their names and surnames. I just looked at them from a distance, and they all looked strange, and one of them was tall and thin, and his face was very white and terrifying, like a dead man. The other was blonde and blue-eyed, presumably a foreigner, and he wore a lot of jewelry, like a merchant. There was also a man with a poisonous snake in his hand, which made people look creepy. ”
When Zhang Yang heard this, he roughly guessed that most of these five people were the Mongolian three heroes under Kublai Khan's account, Xiao Xiangzi, Yin Kexi, Nemo Xing, and Ma Guangzuo. As for who the fifth person is, King Jinlun has been disposed of by Huo Du, it can't be him, it's not easy to guess his identity, but at least it can be judged that these people must be from Mongolia.
Zhang Yang thought about it, and then recalled the incident of Zhou Botong making trouble in the Mongolian camp in the original book. It should be that Kublai Khan knew that Zhou Botong was strong in martial arts and had great magical powers, and wanted to invite him to be included in the account, so he sent someone to chase him. If he refuses to join, let five men kill him. (To be continued......)