Chapter 4 Mo Gan Seeks the Sword

After Xu Qian left the Shuai Mansion, he immediately returned to the Xu Mansion, prepared some dry food, money and silver, and hurriedly went on the road with his blade. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Qian braved the fierce wind, rode his horse north, ran out of forty or fifty miles in one go, arrived at a small village, and hurried through. After galloping, the longer the spirit, the sky was still dark, I thought I could continue to hurry, but I saw that the horsepower was exhausted, and the mouth was foaming at the mouth, and I was panting. Xu Qian found a hill to rest for a while, fed the horses some water, and lay down on the slope by himself, looking up at the night sky, closing his eyes and resting. Along the way, Xu Qian, in order to avoid the eyes and ears of the Han army, did not dare to walk along the river, and chose a rare path to advance. During the day, I was afraid of bumping into the officers and soldiers patrolling the mountains and setting up blocks, so it was convenient to rush on the road in the starry night. After traveling day and night for dozens of days, the dry food on his body was exhausted, and even the horse was tired to death. Fortunately, there are mountain springs in the mountains to quench thirst, and wild fruits to satisfy hunger, so that they are not afraid of being starved.

Xu Qian rushed out of forty miles in one breath, and when he saw that he was about to arrive in Zhejiang, he knew that the city gate was closed early, so he estimated that he would find a hidden place and have the right to rest. He saw a row of a dozen or so trees on his left, and the slope behind them looked like a pile of rocks, which was a very hidden place. He hurried the horse over, tied it to a tree, took off the felt quilt from the blanket, sat against the tree, and rested with his eyes closed. At that time, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the night is as cool as water, the wind blows the grass long, and the sound is like a low whistle.

Xu Qian woke up and saw that the sky was already bright, so he got on his horse and continued to hurry. After a night's rest, horsepower has long been restored. Xu Qianyang whipped the whip, the horse was in pain, and he neighed like an arrow off the string, and rushed straight forward. The horses rushed to be more than ten zhang, only to feel the wind whistling in their ears, the trees around them retreated backwards in rows, and the rocky rice fields passed by in a daze. After galloping for most of the hour, the horses were always flying on all fours, as if they were not trampling the soil, chasing the wind and electricity, and did not show any fatigue! After a while, there were more and more fertile fields beside the road, and the villages were becoming denser.

When you don't have a long line, the city gate of Zhejiang City is in front of you. Because Chen Youliang sent troops to the country, there was no Han army guarding the city gate, Xu Qianshun led the horse into the city, found an inn to fight, drank and ate meat to satisfy hunger. Xu Qian handed the shopkeeper Xiao Er some loose money and told him to feed the mount some forage, and Xiao Er was happy to do it when he had the money. After Xu Qian finished eating the wine and meat, he wanted to rest on the spot and continue to hurry at night, but thinking about Zhu Yuanzhang's trust in himself, the soldiers of Hongdu City were fighting bloodily to buy more time for themselves, and the people in Jinling City were waiting for their own sword to go back to protect. Thinking of his heavy responsibility, Xu Qian didn't dare to delay more, hurriedly took his luggage, bought some wine, meat and dried food, and continued to walk north.

Although the sky was just dawning, there were countless pedestrians on the road. Buying vegetables, selling meat, rushing to work, setting up stalls, all kinds of people, and the population is complex.

Xu Qian walked along the street, and both sides were full of local specialties and craft carvings. He wanted to inquire about the way to Moganshan, but he was afraid that people would ask the wrong person, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he found an old man who sold baked cakes and asked: "This old man, I came from the north to join my relatives, but I am not familiar with the place, and I can't find the direction." Please tell the old man how to get to Moganshan?"

Seeing that Xu Qian was young and polite, the old man informed: "Moganshan is in Wukang County, and you will arrive in a few days if you go north." ”

Xu Qian thanked the old man, stepped on the horse and drove away.

Mogan Mountain is located in the west of Wukang County, belongs to the remaining veins of Tianmu Mountain, upright and steep, beautiful and colorful. It is also named after the late Spring and Autumn Period, when the cadres of the Wu Wanglu faction and Mo Ye were cast here to create a unique male and female sword. The mountains of Mogan Mountain are undulating, there are Tower Mountain, Zhonghua Mountain, Jinjia Mountain, Roof Mountain, Moganling, Fortress Mountain, etc., you can see the sunrise, the sea of clouds, and the waterfall and clear spring can be seen. Although it is not as majestic as Taidai and the steepness of Huashan, it is famous in the south of the Yangtze River with the green shade of the sea, the inexhaustible mountain springs, the cliff carvings scattered all over the place, and the charming scenery of the four seasons, and enjoys the reputation of "the first mountain in the south of the Yangtze River".

Although Moganshan is known as a "cool world", its four seasons have its own characteristics.

In spring, the wind gusts, the clouds and mist change, when the spring shoots break out of the ground, all kinds of mountain flowers compete for beauty, everywhere is full of vitality, a prosperous scene.

In the hot summer, the bamboo is full of mountains, green shade and paths, the wind blows and dances, fragrant and elegant, just like being in the green screen.

In autumn, the sky is clear, the mountains and rivers are good, everywhere is rich in cinnamon fragrance, the maple forest is better than the fire, the ten thousand fences are green, and the autumn is full of joy.

On the winter solstice, it is the cold stream of the forest again, which is extremely quiet, the mountains are full of Qionghua flying, and the silver makeup is wrapped, which is a moving scene.

Xu Qian was in the mountains, and although he felt that he had seen such a beautiful scenery for the first time in his life, he secretly admired it, but how important the military affairs explained by the marshal were so important that he could not delay them! He jumped off his horse, grabbed the reins, and came to a stream to let the horses thirst for a mountain spring and eat grass.

Xu Qian leaned over and sat on the reef by the stream, remembering the secret letter that Liu Bowen handed him when he left, and hurriedly reached into his arms to take it out and take it apart to take a closer look, only to see that there was only one poem in the letter: hanging in the air day and day, sleeping in the stream at night. Bamboo green is a scabbard, and gold covers frost.

"Alas, I thought it was a sword-hunting map, but I didn't know it was a piece of poetry!" Xu Qian looked around at the green mountains and green waters and sighed: "Mogan Mountain is so big, how to find a small sword!" After that, he shook his head lowly, got up and came to the grass, lay down with his hands on his head, closed his eyes and rested.

After a short time, he guessed that the horse would have eaten and drunk enough, so he got up and rode on his horse and continued to gallop up the mountain.

Xu Qian went up the stream, galloping all the way through the picturesque scenery. The long and short four stacks of waterfalls pour into the stream one after another, and its scenery is magnificent, and there is a sound of touching the stones, which is quite spectacular.

There is a bridge in the stream, called "Fuxi Bridge". Fuxi is confluent by two streams, one from Zhonghua Mountain and the other from Luhuadang. After the confluence, the water potential increases, and it goes down the stream and goes straight to the Fuxi Bridge. This is the first cascade of waterfalls. After the stream comes out of the bridge, it plummets two or three feet and is poured into a pool, becoming the scene of the second stack of waterfalls. The pool is about five meters square, there is a waterfall pavilion by the cliff, there is a stone tablet in the pavilion, and the tablet is engraved with the word "sword pool". Waterfall injection pool, a little stop storage, the water potential is stronger, the waterfall volley, straight down the sword pool. The waterfall is more than ten zhang high, this is the third stack. Fly down the sword pool, bundle the water into the stream, form a short waterfall, this is the fourth stack. After that, he wandered away, submerged in the bamboo forest and green sea, and his whereabouts were difficult to find.

Above the Fuxi Bridge, there is a 'sword test pool', more than ten meters away from the 'sword test stone', and there is a double stone statue sculpture standing on the side of the sword pool. The statue is divided into two men and women, the female statue is beautiful and dignified with a sword in front, placing the ancient sword flat on a stone table, and behind it stands a strong male statue, who wants to hit the ancient sword on the table. The faces of the two were serious and nervous, and their expressions faintly revealed the joy of success.

There is a black-brown boulder under the Fuxi Bridge, which is lying on the side, and the boulder is engraved with the seal inscription "Zhou Wugan will sharpen the sword of Mo Ye and his wife".

Xu Qianyi saw the stone carvings and exclaimed: "Cadre Mo Xie! Could it be that Moganshan was named after the sword forged here by the couple of them." Sighing, he jumped off the horse, tidied up his robe, and stepped forward to bow down: "The younger generation is fortunate to see the heroic appearance of the predecessor here, which is really a great faith." After saying that, he kowtowed three times in a row, and continued: "At present, there are many wars, and the people are not happy. Fortunately, the Lord of Heaven was born to save the world, but it is a pity that this time the traitor went south to Hongdu to attack Jinling, and used the magic array to destroy the living beings! In order to save all sentient beings, my lord sent the younger generation to Moganshan to ask for the sword to break the formation, and the younger generation begged the senior heroic spirit to help, hoping to find it as soon as possible. "Say goodbye and get up and come to the waterfall pavilion to rest.

Above the waterfall pavilion, there is a boulder that is half split from the middle, and the crack is straight and smooth, as if it was cut by a sword. Xu Qian thought in his heart: "This stone is estimated to be used for sword testing after the two seniors forged the sword!"