Chapter IV

Under Zhang Zhenghong's arrangement, Dang Feidao lived temporarily in the most famous drunken immortal inn in the provincial capital, and the people who could come to live here were either rich or expensive, and ordinary housing also needed dozens of taels of silver, not to mention the best room, even if Dang Feidao was all entangled, he couldn't live for half a day, but Zhang Zhenghong didn't care about giving a month's money. This flattered Dang Feidao, and at the same time wondered how he could have so much money as a headcatcher, Dang Feidao would never believe that a person like Dang Zhenghong, who was righteous and thin, and was concerned about the safety of Sichuan and Shu, would be corrupt and pervert the law, thinking that he must be from a famous family, and his words and deeds have the elegant temperament of a noble son, but there is no arrogance and rudeness. It's just that the bandits' non-stop questioning is extremely detailed and often urges that after the discussion, they must immediately lead the way to find the bandits, which makes Dang Feidao somewhat bored, Zhang Zhenghong is extremely polite to Dang Feidao and has all kinds of favors, so that Dang Feidao can't refuse, but Dang Feidao's fear of the bandits makes him feel in a dilemma.

At dusk, the drunken immortal residence prepared a sumptuous dinner, with all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, singers and dancers as tender as water, and vaudeville dramas to choose from. When Dang Feidao was intoxicated, Governor Huang Shen and Cheng Futai walked in, Dang Feidao wanted to kneel, Huang Shen lightly supported Dang Feidao, and sat down with a gentle smile.

"You are the party brother that Zhenghong said. Huang Shen's tone was gentle and cordial, without the slightest hint of a provincial official, "I wonder if we can eat together?"

Dang Feidao couldn't imagine that the dignified provincial magistrate would want to dine with him, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off in the slightest: "Lord Governor, Lord Futai, you can have dinner with the villain, it is the honor of the villain, how can the villain not agree?"

"Brother Dang, you are Zhenghong's brother, that is, my Huang Shen's brother, don't be an adult and a villain. "Huang Shen and Ge are amiable, and they seem to be sincere brothers and sisters with the party.

The party understands that a dignified provincial member must have a purpose when he eats with him, "Lord Huang is the official of Sichuan Shu's parents, and he is a great responsibility, and the villain does not dare to compare with the adult"

"Rory is verbose, are you annoying? Cheng Futai interjected on the side, his eyes full of contempt and disdain for the party's wrongdoing, "Then Zhang Zhenghong still asks you about the bandits?"

"Lord Yufutai, I do often ask questions" Dang Feidao did not dare to have any dissatisfaction with Cheng Futai's contempt, and responded politely.

"You don't care about this matter, pack up tomorrow and get out of here immediately. Cheng Futai also unceremoniously issued an eviction order.

"Wouldn't it be a betrayal of Brother Zhang's kindness to say goodbye like this. "Although Dang Feidao is not a heroic warrior, he still has the most basic knowledge and gratitude.

"What are you living up to him? His mind is all about making meritorious contributions and making a name for himself, and Hui Wu should be his chief disciple, do you think he treats you sincerely, but you don't know what kind of person he was in the past?" Cheng Futai scolded angrily, expressing his dissatisfaction with Zhang Zhenghong, and there was an unknown story hidden behind it.

"Shut up" The gentle Huang Shen suddenly changed his face, and the thick voice echoed throughout the room, and the sound contained a powerful force that shook all the doors and windows away, and the chairs at the corners of the table cracked into thin marks, and Cheng Futai was suppressed by the powerful spirit and did not dare to make a sound. What is this?Internal Force Martial Arts?Dao Immortal Method?Dang Feidao was also frightened by Huang Shen's voice, and the entire guest room was shaking at that moment, but the people outside the guest room were unaware.

Huang Shen turned back to that gentle face, as if nothing had happened, Cheng Futai sat there honestly and depressedly and munched on his food. Huang Shen explained to Dang Feidao meaningfully: "Brother Dang, this bandit matter is not trivial, it cannot be solved overnight, Zhenghong is young and vigorous, and he does not know the sinister, and Cheng Futai and I are also afraid that something will happen to him, so we deliberately stop it." It's better not to meddle in this matter, otherwise you will lose your life alone, and it will damage our overall situation, which will harm Sichuan and Shu, and also harm Zhenghong. ”

Dang Feidao couldn't imagine that there were so many things involved in the bandits, and he was already a small traveling businessman, and his future was confused. Thinking of the words of the eighth uncle Dang Qinghu, it is better to have more than one thing, and Huang Shen, who is the official of Sichuan Shu's parents, is by no means a simple person, he must have the overall situation. Under Huang Shen's persuasion, Dang Feidao was going to leave tonight, and he couldn't help but regret that he couldn't observe the Tao, and he had to wander around aimlessly, holding the one thousand taels of silver given by Huang Shen in his hand, and he felt all kinds of discomfort in his heart, but he was afraid that Huang Shen would not worry that he had left. In any case, this place is no longer worth nostalgia, and Dang Feidao resolutely decided to leave.

At night, the downtown of the provincial capital is still brightly lit, crowded with people, and Dang Feidao saw the book stall and wanted to buy a copy of the Tao Te Ching and enjoy it. The vendor is a crane-haired and childish-looking old man, dressed in a white gauze robe fluttering in the wind, looking like a fairy, holding a book in his hand and reading.

Dang Feidao was about to step forward to buy an inquiry, a young woman in red suddenly bumped over, Dang Feidao just wanted to help the woman up, but she slapped her and scolded, "Blind your dog's eyes, dare to block your aunt's way." ”

Dang Feidao looked at this well-dressed woman with clear eyebrows, so rude, the goodwill she brought at first sight was instantly gone, and when she saw the woman leaving angrily, Dang Feidao didn't bother to pay attention to her. When I came to the stall, I saw that it was all Taoist doctrines, and all the books of Taoism were readily available, but there was no "Tao Te Ching". Dang Feidao said politely to the old man: "Old man, why is there no Tao Te Ching?"

"Is the Tao Te Ching so good? There are so many books here that are not suitable for you?" the old man said without politeness, squinting at Dang Feidao, "I don't see that you are not like a cultivator, and you are also here to make a fool of yourself." ”

"Can't you learn the Tao if you don't cultivate the Tao? It seems that the old gentleman is also a member of the Taoist sect, and he has always wanted to understand what the Tao is?"

The reckless and rude old man suddenly fell into deep thought, and his mouth was broken and recited, "What is the Dao, what is the Dao?" The old man looked at Dang Feidao, his eyes were full of confusion, and asked Dang Feidao, "Do you know what the Tao is?" For many years, for many years, for many years, I don't understand, I don't understand, what is Tao? What is Tao? The old man sometimes looked up to the sky and sighed, sometimes lowered his head and cried, and the whole person fell into madness.

Dang Feidao didn't expect this question to force the old man to do this, and he had a deeper layer of incomprehension and knowledge in his heart. "Old gentleman" Dang Feidao didn't dare to continue to ask, "There is no Tao Te Ching, you can buy some other books in the future." ”

"What are you doing reading the Tao Te Ching?" the old man asked, confused.

Dang Feidao replied: "Read the Tao Te Ching in order to understand the truth. ”

"Hahaha," the old man looked up to the sky and smiled, "read the Tao Te Ching to understand the truth? I don't even know the truth? Can I know the Tao Te Ching?"

But the whole world says that there is truth in the Tao Te Ching. The party replied.

"Fart, I don't even know the truth, can I know the truth in the Tao Te Ching?" the old man scolded angrily, then fell into contemplation again, and then laughed again, "There is truth in the Tao Te Ching, hahaha, everyone in the world reads the Tao Te Ching, and they all say that there is truth in the Tao Te Ching." ”

As he spoke, the old man began to cry, "Then why don't I know? Why don't I know?"

This may just be a madman, Dang Feidao didn't want to be entangled anymore, and was about to leave, Lao Tzu stopped him: "Don't you want the Tao Te Ching?"

The old man handed over the book in his hand, which was a copy of the Tao Te Ching, Dang Feidao took the book and was about to give money, but when he touched his body, the thousand silver taels given by Huang Shen were gone, and his heart suddenly cooled. recalled the collision of the woman in red, and then suddenly realized, but it was impossible to find her in the vast sea of people, and this thousand taels of silver may not belong to him in the first place, Dang Feidao took out one of the dozens of small bags tied up on his underwear and gave it to the old man.

Dang Feidao bought a horse and went out of the city, and just after walking a few miles, he met a fat man on horseback, and he saw that it was the bandit who stepped on his body three times in a row. Dang Feidao's fear was overflowing, thinking that he would flee quickly before he found out, and as soon as the sound of horses' hooves sounded, the fat thief paid attention to Dang Feidao, in fact, he couldn't recognize Dang Feidao at all, but when he saw Dang Feidao's panicked expression, and wanted to make extra money, he rode his horse to catch up.

Dang Feidao understood that he could only be saved by rushing back to the city, and he desperately whipped the horse to speed up, but he didn't expect that the fat man's horse was stronger and faster. Seeing that he was about to catch up, suddenly the woman in red in front of him was riding a small red horse and collided head-on with Dang Feidao. The woman in red got up and grabbed Dang Feidao and scolded angrily, "It's you again, blocking my aunt's way, I don't want to get mixed up, do you?"

Dang Feidao couldn't take care of refutation, and he didn't want to mention the 1,000 taels of silver, but desperately shouted, "Bandits, there are bandits..."

The fat man grabbed the reins and stopped the horse, and saw the woman in red drooling, "Blessed is tonight, both wealth and beauty." ”

When the woman in red heard that it was a bandit, her face did not change and she did not panic, she pulled out her belt with one hand, and shook it vigorously into a sword, "Dead fat, if you want to have both wealth and sex, my aunt and grandmother will let you taste the power of the jade willow sword." ”

The woman in red soared into the air, like a fairy floating in the air, and the sword in her hand was pointed directly at the fat man. Unexpectedly, the fat man was extremely flexible, and all of them jumped out of the way, took out a sledgehammer and threw it directly at the woman in red. The woman in red flicked her toes, and was about to dodge, but the sledgehammer stopped in mid-air and then turned around and hit the woman in red.

"Hmph, the evil sect is magical. The woman in red scolded secretly, knowing that she couldn't dodge the sledgehammer, so she took the willow iron sword and slashed it with all her might, and the sledgehammer shattered with a bang.

Although the fat man didn't have a sledgehammer, he didn't panic, but he was more warlike. "Interesting, the chick is not small. ”

I saw the fat man take out a piece of yellow rune paper, and he didn't know what to read in his mouth, and the fat all over his body suddenly turned into muscles, and the fat head and big ears just now became muscle monsters. The woman in red took advantage of it to stop there, swung her sword and slashed it, the muscle monster did not dodge or dodge the sword blade head-on, and grabbed the blade of the sword with one hand, so that the woman in red could not retreat, and pulled the woman in red through her arms with one hand.

When the muscle monster was about to lean towards the woman in red, Zhang Zhenghong stepped on a sword under his feet, flew into the air, kicked the muscle monster away, raised the sword with both hands and slashed down, and the muscle monster was split in two before he could react.

The woman in red looked at Zhang Zhenghong's handsome appearance with a smirk on her face, and seemed to be deeply intoxicated, and her mind was full of stories of heroes and beauties.

"Childe, I'm dizzy" Zhang Zhenghong was about to let go of the woman in red, but the woman in red suddenly threw herself into Zhang Zhenghong's arms after a delicate sound, and she didn't know whether it was a real dizzy or a fake dizziness, anyway, she just hugged it tightly, no matter how Zhang Zhenghong called her, she didn't wake up. Zhang Zhenghong had no choice but to hold her with one hand, and the woman in red just wouldn't let go.

"Brother Dang, please come over and help. After Zhang Zhenghong learned that Dang Feidao went out of the city, the horse didn't want to fly directly with the sword, he had a lot to say, but looking at the woman in red in his arms, he had no choice but to let Dang Feidao come over to help hold it. Although Zhang Zhenghong is handsome, both civil and military, he has never been close to the opposite sex, and the woman in red made his face flush with shyness. In order not to let Dang Feidao see his ugliness, Zhang Zhenghong threw the woman in red directly at Dang Feidao, and a mantra and sword flew into the air.

In front of the woman in red being dumped by Dang Feidao, she was about to hug each other, but the woman in red suddenly kicked Dang Feidao away, and then rode his little red horse back to the city like no one else. After Dang Feidao got up, he remembered the thousand taels of silver, but looking at the woman in red who was far away, he just thought about it.