Volume 2 Jackals, Tigers and Leopards Chapter 4 Three Gorges Kuimen

Crossing the red cliff, the boat travels 200 miles, to Yueyang Dongting Lake, in the past Han King Chen Youliang and Emperor Taizu fought in Dongting Lake, the defeated army was shot to death by random arrows, since then there is no one in the world who can be called Taizu's opponent, the Ming Dynasty is decided.

Zhongli Jiu originally wanted to rest here for a day, go to the world-famous Yueyang Tower to drink wine for a day, and by the way, take a look at the eight-hundred-mile Yunmeng Cave Garden, Tie Lingshuang naturally would not let him get his wish, as soon as the sun rose, he jumped into the water and pushed the boat all the way forward.

After two days, the boats on the river gradually disappeared, the two sides of the boat gradually became desolate, the mountain peaks became steeper, the sound of the tiger roaring ape became more and more frequent, the river water became more and more urgent, it became a rushing trend, the boat traveled slowly, and it had arrived at Jiangling in Jingzhou.

Rushing to say goodbye to the White Emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day.

White Emperor City to Jiangling, the cliffs on both sides of the river, stretch for more than 300 miles, the river water under the cliff is turbulent like an arrow, especially the three gorge mouths are the most precipitous, Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge, Xiling Gorge, the world is called the Three Gorges.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty once praised the rapid water of the Three Gorges in the "Notes on the Water Classic".

A wisp of morning light pierced the chaos, burning a red glow at the end of the river, Tie Lingshuang, who was sitting in the stern of the boat, opened his eyes, looked at the red towards the clouds, the rising sun, through this purple gas from the east, swallowed a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.

Sure enough, Zhong Lijiu's words were right, he sat quietly all night, and only then did he barely calm down his qi and blood, if he continued to practice like this, the qi and blood around his body would be boiling vigorously, and he couldn't calm down, and he didn't think it would be far from the depletion of his essence and blood.

It's a pity that even though the water has been breaking hard for the past few days, the two iron oxen at the end of the iron cable can only pull under the water surface and can't float, but they don't know if they can go up to the next level after the rapid water ahead.

"Fifty miles ahead, is Xiling Gorge, once you enter Xiling, within a hundred miles, the undercurrent is turbulent, the reef is all over, let's abandon the boat and take the mountain road. ”

A faint voice sounded behind him, Tie Lingshuang sneered, stood up, and didn't look back,

"Did you learn such an inferior radical method from that broken book?"

In the chuckle behind him, footsteps sounded, Tie Lingshuang looked back, only to see that everyone had come out of the cabin, Qi Chen grinned at Tie Lingshuang, it seemed that he had gained a lot from practicing along the way.

Raising the corners of her eyebrows, Tie Lingshuang smiled contemptuously, looking for a chance to try her hand with him, Xiaoya ran over, Tie Lingshuang stretched out her arm, tried her best to control this strength, and patted her on the shoulder.

The two have been together for five years, Tie Lingshuang treated her coldly at first, but she didn't expect to be inseparable today, yesterday she got out of the water, and between the fluctuations of qi and blood, she couldn't control her strength, and almost hurt her.

Xiao Ya bent her apricot eyes and shook her head gently, Tie Lingshuang sighed, and looked at a turbulent white water in the distance, with big waves on it and undercurrent reefs below, which was a good place to practice.

Turned around and sat down, picked up the iron rope hanging on the stern, tightly put it on his ankle, took off the long knife and stuffed it into the arms of Xiao Ya who was squatting beside him, and whispered to her,

"You go to sleep in the cabin, don't fall into the water. ”

Taking a deep breath and flying into the water, Xiao Ya held the jet-black long knife, stretched out her head and looked at the stern of the boat for a while, until the waves splashed and the boat shook, then she glanced at Zhong Lijiu fiercely and walked towards the cabin.

"Alas, it's a pity that the grudge between the Tie family and my Zhu family can't be resolved, if my father lives in the dragon throne, with the ability of Tie Xuan, it will be a matter of time before he is crowned with a marquis, Xiao Shuang'er is his daughter, where is it necessary to practice so desperately. ”

Zhongli Jiu turned around to look at Rouge, who was staring at the water and sighing, shook his head, and smiled softly,

"The times create heroes, there is no martyrdom, if Tie Xuan wants to be famous all over the world, it will be thirty years later, besides, without martyrdom, you and I will never stand here today. ”

Rouge's face was gloomy, knowing that this was true.

Originally, Tie Xuan only participated in the politics of Shandong, from the official of the third grade, he was not a feudal official, although his political performance was good, but unfortunately he was too young, at least ten years of experience before he could enter Beijing, and he struggled in the whirlpool of power for decades, and he may be able to go down in history.

If there is no difficulty, no one knows that it is such a Wenchen, who can collect the defeated soldiers, fight against the overwhelming army of King Yan in Jinan Mansion, and almost use the thirty-six strategies all over again, stubbornly defend Jinan City, and almost take the head of his father, which is really a hero in troubled times.

However, if there is no appeasement, then there is only a reduction of the domain. If the king wants his ministers to die, the ministers have to die, and if the king who is a nephew wants to die as an uncle's courtiers, he has to die.

Although he has a grudge against his father, he is not willing to come down with a holy decree, either to be confined, or to be imprisoned, or to commit suicide, and to commit suicide, and to take more wives and children with him, King Zhou, King Dai, King Qi, King Xiang These uncles are like this, if their father is really dead, where will they go, can they still stand here at this time?

Becoming a king or defeating a coward, Rouge smiled coldly, it is still good in the rivers and lakes, with a body of Taoism, even if a catastrophe is coming, you can fight hard, and life and death will be handed over to the knife in your hand.

The hull of the swaying ship shuddered suddenly, and a huge wave surged at the stern of the boat, propelling the boat forward at a rapid pace.

Rouge stroked the scimitar at his waist and looked at the water about ten feet behind the boat, two black shadows swayed under the water, struggling to float upward.

Turning around and walking to the bow of the boat, he saw Qi Chen looking at the white water rolling in front of him at the bow of the boat, Rouge smiled, went up and patted him on the shoulder,

"How is it? I still think that my Jizo Sutra is doing well?"

The Yangtze River starts from Tanggula, from west to east, all the way to the river surging, through the Yunnan Tiger Leaping Gorge, the water seems to be slow, stable for thousands of miles, since the entrance of Qutang Gorge Kuimen, the river is tightened, the ravines under the dangerous peaks on both sides are deep, the water flow is rapid, it has been through the Wu Gorge, to the Xiling Gorge, if it rains a lot in summer, the water rushes, and wants to shake the Dragon Gate.

At this time, although it was autumn, but still worshipping the earthshattering sky, the boat under his feet was very urgent, more crazy than the previous two days, not saving his physical strength at all, Qi Chen sank into his breath, stabilized his heels, glanced at the good princess next to him, but the tigress who wanted to slash people with a knife, asked solemnly,

"This is how she practiced her kung fu?"

Rouge raised his eyebrows, looked at Qi Chen, who had palpitations, and looked up to the sky and smiled,

"How is it? When I first saw Xiao Shuang'er, didn't I have a chance to fight back?"

This, this is naturally not, Qi Chen pulled his mouth, dodged a step, and while the two were talking, the hull of the boat shook a little slowly, but the speed increased significantly, and the boat was like riding the wind, breaking the waves all the way.

Tie Lingshuang was in the stern of the boat, no longer pressing the qi and blood that had calmed down all night, and the blood was surging, and the thunder sounded in his ears, this was not the thunder of the nine heavens, but the sound of blood in his body like a wave, slapping the blood.

Swinging his legs hard, the chains pulled on his feet are getting heavier and heavier, it seems that the water is getting more and more urgent, Tie Lingshuang snorted coldly, bit the small fish that was about to slip past his mouth, chewed twice, and swallowed the river water into his stomach.

The boat had passed Jingzhou, and Qi Chen sat on the bow of the boat, squinting at the waves with tiger eyes. Under the Nine Shadows is hell, and there is also hell in the world, so I just took advantage of this to practice and dispel the noise of the tigress around me.

Walk more than ten miles, the peaks on both sides of the bank are narrowed abruptly, the strange stones of the cliffs are prominent, just like a lantern, the lanterns seem to depict birds and beasts, fairy figures, there are more strips of thin water flying down between the walls, the water vapor is rich, the world is dark.

"In front of you is the Shadow of the Light Canyon, as soon as you enter the Shadow of the Light, three hundred miles ahead, there is the Three Gorges. ”

As soon as Zhongli Jiu's words fell, the hull of the ship shook, and suddenly slowed down. Tie Lingshuang got out of the water, gasped twice, took a hard breath, shouted at the head sticking out of the stern, rolled, and dived into the water again.

If the water is like a hammer, worthy of the Three Gorges, in the water, Tie Lingshuang suddenly felt that the water surface was impacting, like a sledgehammer, wave after wave, the speed was much slower, the iron chains on the feet were straight, and the two iron bulls seemed to be struggling to tear themselves back, and they could only push the boat while thinking about the way to crack it.

Fifty miles into the Lamp Shadow Canyon, the boat floated on the head of the waves, and after a while, a big wave surged, the hull of the boat was suddenly raised, and the bow of the boat was raised high.

Qi Chen, who was cultivating, hurriedly climbed out of hell, stretched out his hand to carry the bow of the boat, his eyes widened, and he looked at the stern, the three of them were good, they looked leisurely, and there was no sense of disaster at all.

Rouge shook his head, heard a whisper in the cabin, and dodged into the cabin. Zhong Lijiu looked at the strange stones between the cliffs and smiled lightly.

Being underwater, the corners of Tie Lingshuang's mouth rose, the waves hit, his heart swelled suddenly, his body of qi and blood condensed in his chest, a slight stinging pain came, and Tie Lingshuang waited quietly.

Another wave hit, Tie Lingshuang snorted, suddenly contracted his heart, and the blood that gathered rushed in the veins in a flash, and the hideous blood vessels around his body burst out, black and green like a ghost, and a force was self-generated, dispersing the waves, and the hull of the ship fell violently, rushing forward, and the end of the iron rope behind him was far away, revealing the horn of the iron bull.

With the qi and blood of the whole body, she gave birth to qi out of thin air, broke through the water, and had touched the trick at the end of her strength, it seems that this monstrous water can't stop her, and then, I don't know if she can gather her mind and control her body with her heart.

Sure enough, the waves between the canyons kept impacting, but they could no longer force the boat back, the waves were slow and severe, and they were a little rusty at first, but after ten miles, Tie Lingshuang's blood and qi around him were agitated, and he became more and more skilled.

In the water of the Yangtze River, thousands of miles a day, you can only ride the wind and waves and go downstream. If you want to go up the Three Gorges against the current, even if the strength of the boat puller is exhausted, it is difficult to travel ten miles a day, and it is even more difficult to climb to the sky in the season of great water.

Rushing through the Lamp Shadow Canyon, he entered the undercurrent, reef-covered waters, Tie Lingshuang, who had controlled the qi and blood, did not stop at all, the blood was all over the body, and the small strands of energy exploded from time to time, scattering and tearing the turbulence, and the iron bull behind him floated to the surface more and more frequently, and occasionally the strength spread downward, and the iron chain swept and waved, smashing the underwater reef.

When the boat rushed out of Xiling Gorge, the scorching sun was already high in the sky, and between the waves behind the boat, the iron ox floated and fell, and it seemed that the achievement was today.

A blow, and then decline, riding on the perception of the body's qi and blood, Tie Lingshuang rampage all the way, broke into the Wu Gorge, in the twists and turns of the Wu Gorge for half a day, through the Wushan Small Three Gorges, has entered the territory of Bashu, to the sunset, through the Qutang Gorge, in front of Kuimen.

The land of Bashu, the first danger of Jianmen, the first secluded Qingcheng, the world of Emei, and the world of Kuimen.

The South Mountain is green and white, called the Salt Mountain, the North Mountain is red, the name is the Red Armor, two big mountains, like the two gods of water and fire, rise from the ground, confront both sides of the river, just like the door god, so it is called Kuimen, it is the first male in the world.

Kuimen is high, like a big lock, choke the big river, rise a huge wave, want to open the sky, the river is here, the blue waves are tumbling, like a dragon soaring, rising to the sky, vacating a few zhang, and tilting down, such as the dragon returning to the sea.

There was a loud earth-shattering sound in front, and the waves three feet high out of thin air were across the river, which was Kuimen, and the boat stopped on the water, not advancing or retreating, but with the surge, up and down. Rouge walked out of the hatch, Xiao Ya covered her head and followed behind, holding a long knife in her hand, looking at the water falling from the sky in front of her, not surprised at all, turned around and ran to the stern.

There were no waves churning at the stern, and there was no one, Xiao Ya stretched out her little head and looked around the stern, and couldn't help but patted the side of the boat with her hand anxiously, still unresponsive underwater, and was about to muster up the courage to find Zhong Lijiu.

Knock! Knock!

There seems to be a big drum under the boat, the low drum sound comes, the undercurrent under the boat surges, the waves rushing from the front are touching it and retreating, the hull is five zhang, the waves gradually subside, only when the drum trembles, the thin water is like silk, jumping and churning on the water surface.

Tie Lingshuang hung under the bottom of the boat, motionless, his skin was cold, he opened his eyes, and quietly looked at the bottom of the water, which was as black as ink.

Boom!

With a shock in his chest, he let go of the blood and qi around his body, Tie Lingshuang's whole body was purple and red, blazing like fire, and his eyes were also blood-red, only two points of pitch-black pupils suddenly contracted like the tip of a sword, and the water around him retreated a foot out of thin air.

After a breath, the water gradually surged in, and as the iron rope under his feet pulled, Tie Lingshuang slowly sank until he disappeared into darkness.

As the perimeter of the boat fell silent as stagnant water, Zhongli Jiu stepped out of the cabin with a small package in his hand.

At the end of the force, nine bulls and two tigers will turn into a real dragon, but whether this real dragon can be controlled, and with what state of mind, this is not a choice I can make for you.

Looking at the huge waves that had been blocked for a long time in front of him rushing towards the boat, Zhong Lijiu groaned softly,

"Long dang swims for nine days. ”

As soon as the words fell, the hull of the boat shook, leaped up, and a water dragon leaped at the bottom of the boat.

The boat rode the water dragon, traveled in the canyon, volleyed more than ten zhang in the air, leaped all the way through the monstrous water, only to fall violently, and broke the waves all the way on the water surface, and it was able to walk more than ten zhang before it could stop.

Qi Chen's road seemed to be soaring through the clouds, squatting in fear, his breath sank to the bottom of his feet, and he was fiercely adsorbed on the deck of the boat, praying to God and Buddha all the way, for fear that the underwater tigress would not be able to control her strength and smash the boat.

Xiao Ya was surprisingly fearless, as if she missed the feeling of soaring in the clouds, her two apricot eyes were slightly ignorant, as if she was reminiscing, until the boat fell into the water, she turned around and looked at the water behind her, still a little dazed.

Zhong Lijiu nodded lightly to Zhang Tie, flew up, and landed on the top of the peak of Yanshan Mountain on the south bank.

"Drink!"

It was another water dragon soaring into the sky, there was a figure standing in the dragon's head, looking down at the boat and there was no Zhongli Jiu's figure, looking up, snorting coldly, breaking through the water, pulling the iron rope on the two iron oxen, stepping on the Chijia mountain stone, before the force, the mountain stone suddenly shattered, the person rushed straight to the top of the mountain, twisted his waist in mid-air, and swept Zhongli Jiu with his left foot.

An iron ox the size of a thousand catties and a stone grinder rushed sideways, and Zhong Lijiu did not open the three-foot cage beside him, stretched out his hand and clenched his fist, sweeping the iron bull.

All the iron in the world, under the surging energy of the two of them, cracked inch by inch, and the ten-zhang long iron cable was also broken into a pile.

Tie Lingshuang turned around and swung, his right leg shook, the iron cable of his ankle shattered, and the iron bull at the end of the iron rope rushed out.

Zhongli Jiu turned his fist into a palm, grabbed the iron bull, and turned slightly, the black and deep iron bull carrying Tie Lingshuang's violent energy suddenly became docile, jumped lightly in Zhongli Jiu's palm, and then meekly crouched on the top of the salt mountain, and there was not a trace of dust splashed.

Looking at the figure on the opposite side turning over and landing on the top of Chijia Mountain, between breaths, the blood and qi tightened, the skin was blue and white for a while, and the gravel powder was raised under his feet from time to time, Zhong Lijiu nodded and laughed,

"This is an assassination, right?"

Tie Lingshuang clenched his teeth, under the big water, against the surging waves and tearing undercurrents, the strength can still be dissipated, but as soon as the water comes out, the strength is gradually unrestrained, and now between breaths, the mountain rocks under his feet are broken into powder, and the eyes are also flickering, which is a sign that the blood and qi in the eyes cannot be dissipated.

There was a loud buzzing in his ears, and he heard the words of the person on the other side, and before he opened his mouth, a trace of blood poured into his throat.

Zhong Lijiu smiled lightly, stretched out his hand, and Xiaoya flew up under the cliff, landing on the top of Chijia Mountain, a foot away from Tie Lingshuang's side, and the spear in the stern of the boat also flew up, inserting it on the rocks beside her, and then the package in Zhong Lijiu's hand flew out and hung on the head of the spear.

"Qi and blood can't be controlled, hurting people and hurting people, from this moment on, you go to Southern Xinjiang alone, as for whether you can control your qi and blood, it depends on your luck. ”

"You have been in seclusion for five years, and you are only close to Xiaoya, now it is considered a temporary farewell, or it may be goodbye, if there is a chance, see you in southern Xinjiang. ”