Childe said to Menglong: "You are a foreigner, so I don't know... General Ba Manzi is the number one hero of our country. A few years ago, there was a rebellion of the nobles, and General Ba Manzi, who was stationed in the east, rushed back to Jiangzhou, the capital of China. But he was short of troops, so he borrowed troops from the state of Chu.

"In the capital of Chu, the general pleaded with the king of Chu to send troops to help. The king of Chu agreed to send troops, but put forward a harsh condition: the general ceded the three cities he was stationed, and at the same time asked him to send his son to the state of Chu as a hostage. In order to quell the 'chaos' as soon as possible, the general agreed.

"The general borrowed soldiers and rushed to Jiangzhou with the Chu army to quell the rebellion. 'Chaos' was peaceful, and the king of Chu sent envoys to ask the general to fulfill his original promise and cede the three cities to the state of Chu.

"The general said to the envoys of the state of Chu: 'Yes, I did promise at the beginning, but it was the king of Chu who took advantage of the danger of others, and as a general, I had the responsibility to defend the territory, so how could I 'privately' cede the three cities to foreign countries? The city cannot be cut, but my head can be cut, and my head will be filled with my city to thank the king of Chu.'"

As he spoke, the general drew his saber and cut off his head. After the severed head, the general still stood. The envoys of the state of Chu did not complete the task of accepting the three cities, so they had to bring the general's head back to the country to restore his life.

The king of Chu was deeply moved, and ordered the head of the general to be buried with the gift of the emperor. In Pakistan, a state funeral is carried out, and his headless body is buried in Duting Mountain. Since then, the Chinese people have built general shrines in many places, and set up statues to enjoy offerings. This is one of them. ”

Wucheng, a native of Chu, lamented the loyalty and courage of General Ba Manzi.

At this point in the book, the back pocket makes an explanation: Ba Manzi's life era, the history is ominous, only the phrase "Zhou Zhiji Shi", there are many theories, and opinions are relatively different, one of which is that the incident of using Chu to save Ba occurred between 323 BC and 317 BC, when the king of Chu was King Huai. Therefore, it is possible that the statue of the god worshiped by the five people of Tutian at that time was not Ba Manzi, but may be the statue of the Emperor (White Tiger God), so it was once under the jurisdiction of Yushui Ba, or it was the ancestor of the clan and the ancestor of the clan of Hu'an Mountain. The estimated record may be wrong, because when the "Danfu Water Chronicle", one of the main sources of the story of "Wujiang War Chronicle", was written, no matter what era Ba Manzi was, his heroic feats had already occurred, and he was deeply rooted in the hearts of the Ba people, and was regarded as the first hero of the country of Youba, so "Danfu Water Chronicles" was recorded as Ba Manzi. At the same time, this did not affect the historical fact that the five people worshiped in Lingqishan back then.

As he spoke, someone had already placed incense offerings.

Tutian and the other five people burned incense, knelt down in front of the statue, and vowed: "The five of us swear to be brothers." Share the blessings and the difficulties. With Wei Danshui, go to the national disaster together. The general gods can learn from this heart. If there is a betrayal of the alliance, ten thousand arrows will pierce the heart, and the gods and ghosts will not tolerate it!"

The five men prostrate, get up, and wipe the blood of the tiger (some say other blood) on the lips of the mouth.

After the blood, according to age, the longest Tianqi is the eldest brother, and the following are Menglong, Fan Yuntong, Mu Mangzi, and Wucheng.

At this point, after all the difficulties, the five sword takers finally officially gathered. Therefore, some people are called "the five brothers of Lingqishan." ”

The five people have different 'temperaments', and they can't be said to be familiar with each other.

To future generations, there are local boring scholars who commented on the length of the five people, recorded below:

In terms of martial arts omnipotence, Tutian ruler is the first, Fan Yuntong and Wucheng are opponents in chess; All are masters of masters.

On individual items: swordsmanship, Fan Yuntong is the first, Tutian ruler and Wucheng follow, and Mu Menglong and Mu Mangzi are slightly second;

In terms of bows and arrows, Tutian ruler is the first, and Fan Yuntong is slightly worse because he doesn't like to win from a distance;

In terms of long weapons, Wucheng is the first, Zhu Menglong, Tutian Ruler, and Fan Yuntong are basically tied, and Mu Mangzi is the last;

In terms of immediate kung fu, Menglong is the first, Tutian is the second, Fan Yuntong and Mu Mangzi can deal with it, and Wucheng is the best in driving a carriage;

On the traditional project of the Ba-style sword throwing flying sword thorns, Mu Mangzi belongs to the god level, Ji Menglong is second, Tu Tianqi and Fan Yuntong are slightly inferior, although Wucheng can only make one or two moves, but the master is from Mu Mangzi.

In terms of height, Wucheng is the first, followed by Tutian and Fan Yuntong, the two are close, both are above eight feet, Mu Mangzi and Qi Menglong are slightly lower, basically the same height.

On righteousness and tiger spirit, Tutian ruler is the first; on atmosphere, stability, the dream dragon is the first; on the heroic spirit, chic, Fan Yuntong is the first; on the aura, understanding of 'sex', and affection, Mu Mangzi is the first; on righteousness and courage, Wucheng is the first.

In addition, the five people have obvious shortcomings: Tutian ruler is ruthless and easy to kill, Dreamdragon has a heavy wooden sheath, Fan Yuntong is angry and irritable, Mu Mangzi is gentle, Wucheng is too straight and easy to break, and he is also greedy for alcohol and misdeeds. Each has its own merits, but they are all dragons among people.

There are even more far-fetched descendants, saying that it is the "temperament" of the five people, which is the number of "five elements", that is, a "combination of five elements".

Without further ado, the book gets back to business.

After the righteousness is completed, go down the river and go on the boat.

Later, in 316 B.C., the year when the Qin State destroyed the Ba State, the Bodaoling Rock Jump behind the Qishan Mountain buried the statue of General Ba Manzi (or other gods) in the mud and rocks.

Some people have verified that the place where the five people worshiped was the place where the Tang Dynasty minister Changsun Wuji was buried.

During the Tang Dynasty, the eldest grandson Wuji was framed by Xu Jingzong and others because of his opposition to Gaozong's establishment of Wu Zetian as the empress, and he was exiled to Qianzhou (now Pengshui County, Chongqing City), and was later 'forced' to hang himself. After the death of the eldest grandson Wuji, he was buried under the Lingqi Mountain, and there were Shinto, stone lions, stone horses, stone turtles, stone elephants, stone archways, stone lighthouses, stone offering tables, stone pedals, the whole cemetery was magnificent, and the pattern was rigorous. Later, the eldest grandson Wuji was rehabilitated and reburied, and the original tomb site became a mound of clothes and preserved to this day. I don't know because the locals lamented the matter of the eldest grandson Wuji, or they have never seen such a big official of the unified dynasty come to this remote place, the tomb of the eldest grandson Wuji is called the "imperial tomb" by the local people. "The Tomb of the Son of Heaven".

That's for later.

The five of them became brothers, very excited, returned to Panhukou, and went to the salt water Niangniang Temple to worship the salt water 'female' god.

This salt water Niangniang Ancestral Hall, is also the arrogant Hu'an Mountain Niang clan of the generation of the master of the Wu Zi period built, when he controlled the Pangu Lake salt road, in order to show that it is the will of the gods, ordered to build a salt water Niangniang (god 'girl') shrine in the mouth of the salt market, the scale of Dan Fushui second.

The comedy is that when the salt water Niangniang Temple was completed, Yu Wuzi specially invited Yu Hou to attend the ceremony, Yu Hou was afraid of offending the salt water Niangniang, so he came to the ceremony with a full of eggs, and went back to get sick.

Gu Menglong presided over the ceremony, and they sang the ballad of worshipping the salt water lady, Mu Mangzi and Wu Cheng heard it for the first time, and only heard them sing:

Di Jun Ji Xi is a 'female' god, and the god is strong and invincible.

Both the body and the body are singing together, why fight to make bravery?

The arrow falls into the ghost, and the soul flies in the heavenly spirit.

The gods are gone, and the heavens and the earth are there, and the songs and dances are sacrificed to calm the gods......

At the end of the ceremony, it was already evening, and in the temporary barracks, a small banquet was set up to march for tomorrow's 'hole'.

Childe's dream dragon order wine must be in moderation.

That night, Mu Mangzi, Wucheng, and Long You fell asleep and talked until the second half of the night.

The second day was a 'cloudy' day.

The samurai opened the sealed yokai 'hole' and attacked the 'hole' of the pang.

Lighting the torches and walking in a row, Fan Yuntong, Mu Qingshan, Long You, and Zheng Cong led more than 50 people to play forward.

When I went in, there were strange rocks in all four directions of the 'cave', and everyone was dumbfounded, but they didn't expect the monster 'hole' to be so beautiful. Exactly: born an immortal 'hole', infinite scenery in the 'hole'.

Everyone praised the good words, but because the bottom of the 'hole' was slippery, there were stalagmites from time to time, and they were rugged, so they didn't dare to enjoy the beauty, and they 'groped' to move forward, and they encountered several monsters on the way, all of which were killed and retreated by Fan Yuntong.

Because they don't know the path, sometimes there is no way at all, and the demon soldiers are hindered, everyone moves forward carefully, like a snail crawling, and the progress is very slow.

Mu Qingshan walked in front with his sword, and suddenly, he felt something on the sole of his left foot and shouted, "Don't move!"

Long You, who followed behind him, said, "What's it? ”

"I felt a little soft under my feet, I guess there was a hidden weapon. ”

Behind the two of them, Zheng Cong shouted, "All stand back!"

Mu Qingshan said to Long You: "You run first!"

"Why didn't you run first!" Long You was unconvinced.

"I'll shout one, two, three, and run at the same time!"

When the others took about fifty steps back, Mu Qingshan shouted "three", lifted his left foot, and took the lead in starting, Long You started almost at the same time, following behind Mu Qingshan, running back desperately under the light of the torch, with a loud "boom" behind him, and a stream of dust rushed out behind his buttocks.

Mu Qingshan ran desperately, suddenly, heard a "bang" behind him, looked back, Long You was knocked to the ground by a stone, and before he could think about it, he turned around and pulled Long You up and raced against death.

The ash was quiet for a while, and when I looked at it, it turned out that countless stones had fallen in front of me, blocking the 'hole'.

Long You thanked Mu Qingshan: "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get out." ”

Mu Qingshan smiled: "I don't want you to die yet." ”

Long You suddenly understood that Mu Qingshan had long known that he was his enemy, and he admired it in his heart, but he didn't understand it.

Tutian ruler and Menglong were waiting behind, and when they heard the sound, they were shocked, and when they hurried to see it, they knew that the 'hole' was blocked.

Zheng Cong said: "If it weren't for Mu Qingshan's fineness, my fifty people would have become 'meat' cakes." ”

Tutian ruler said: "I can't imagine that monsters can still use hidden weapons, so you have to be extra careful along the way." ”

Meng Long said: "The mouth of the 'hole' is blocked, so we have to clean it up first." This effort required Sozanada to send people in and carry the stones out. The warriors who enter the 'hole' go out to rest first. ”

The first time I went into the 'hole'. It was in vain.

Wu Bai Changxiang really commanded the warriors of the post to move the stones out of the 'hole', because the 'hole' road was narrow and could not be used, and only more than 20 steps were cleared in one afternoon.

On the second day, Sang-jin continued to direct the clearing of the passage, without going into details.

On the morning of the third day, on the fifth watch, there were suddenly a few loud noises, and Mu Mangzi and Wucheng hurriedly collapsed.

Long You said: "The time to enter the 'hole' has not yet arrived, is it possible that the demon python has come out of the 'hole'?"

The three of them put on their tents, and all the generals and schools have assembled.

In the temporary camp, the master of the boat division said to the crowd: "An hour ago, after receiving an urgent military order of 100,000 people, Shicheng is in danger, including our boat division, go to reinforcements quickly!"

Everyone knows that Shicheng is in danger, which means that the 'gate' Hu Xiaoguan has been lost, and they are all shocked.

The monster was not destroyed, and the Chu people came to attack again. If you want to know what is going on, please see the tenth volume of "The Battle of Salt".

(End of Volume 9)