Chapter 41 Liu Ji slashes the snake and makes up the story
When those poor children saw Liu Ji like this, they all remembered their own life experience, so they cried loudly. Seeing everyone crying bitterly, Liu Ji suddenly scolded: "Am I crying? I'm venting my husband's ambitions! You unproductive guys, what's the use of crying? When they heard this, they stopped weeping. Fan Hao said loudly: "The eldest brother is so happy, the eldest husband should not be angry." I have gathered hundreds of strong men in Mangdang Mountain, and now I will go there to lay grass. I have a ninety-pound big axe, if the government comes, I will kill him without leaving a piece of armor, so that he is a big husband! Liu Ji said okay. As soon as Zhou Bo heard Fan Xu's words, he asked: "Your axe is obviously ninety catties, why did you only report seventy catties to me?" Fan laughed and said, "'Soldiers are not tired of cheating. 'I'm fighting you, and I don't think your guy is seventy pounds?' Liu Ji smiled: "So you both have ghosts?" Xiahou Ying also got up and said, "You two don't want to be able to do it, can't I make it difficult for me to move the big guy?" ”
Liu Ji was overjoyed and said: "You are all rare warriors in the world, but there is no place for them at the moment, we can only flee if we are unlucky, we will go to Mangdang first, and there will be a time to show our skills in the future, when we will revitalize the universe and rebuild the mountains and rivers, so as to live up to the ambition of the husband!" Fan Xu also said: "Big brother is right, I heard that 'although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu.'" 'In the future, maybe we will really make trouble for Yingzheng! Liu Ji asked in surprise: "Where did this come from?" Fan Xu told everyone how he and Cao Shen got the treasure. Liu Ji and the others were very surprised when they heard this. Dozens of strong men, as well as more than 100 children from poor families who were unwilling to go home, they were filled with righteous indignation and said in unison: "I will follow Lord Liu to the death and never turn my back!" Everyone's loud voices had shocked the earth and broken the eternal silence of Funsezawa. The heroes then threw down the jar and smashed the flail, and marched south together. But everyone had only been walking for a while, when suddenly a strong wind blew, and the people were drunk, so they staggered to the side of the road and fell asleep. Liu Ji saw a bluestone slab not far in front of him, so he staggered over and climbed up the slate and lay down. For a moment, there was only thunderous snoring.
In the second half of the night, the bright moon gradually fell in the west, and the fish belly white appeared in the east. At this time, a person got up from Liu Ji's side and went to the front to relieve his hands, and suddenly ran back in a panic and shook Liu Ji up and reported: "Oh no! Lord Liu! Liu Ji got up and said, "Why are you so alarmed?" The man was even frightened, so he breathlessly said: "Big big, big, big one, small one to the front to relieve his hands, see a big python blocking the way, we're afraid we can't get through, hurry up and choose another path, right?" When Liu Ji heard this, he got up and shouted: "When a strong man walks, he should move forward bravely, how can he change his path because of insects and snakes?" The man was surprised and said, "That python is very big, I don't dare to approach!" Liu Ji smiled contemptuously, so he drew his sword and stepped forward. The timid man was right behind.
Liu Ji came to the road about dozens of meters ahead, and sure enough, he saw a very large python lying horizontally under a big tree, with its head and tail still buried in the grass on the side of the road. The python also shook its head and tail from time to time, and its scale armor flashed with a ghostly light, looking very eerie and terrifying. If you look closely, the eyes of this evil animal are like lanterns, and its big mouth spits out a long letter like a flame from time to time, as if it is spraying poisonous mist, and it has the momentum of swallowing heaven and earth. Liu Ji was not afraid, and stepped forward in a few big steps and came to the side of the python. The python seemed to sense that someone was coming, so it raised its head, opened its bloody mouth and turned around and pounced on Liu Ji. At this critical moment, Liu Ji waved the Chixiao Sword, roared, and slashed at the python with force, and the python suddenly became two sections, and the snake's head suddenly fell from mid-air, and it was motionless.
Liu Ji kicked fourteen inches away and stepped over from the broken place, not wanting to splash black blood all over his body, and a fishy smell made him wake up. When Liu Ji looked back at the python, because of his huge body, his legs suddenly became weak, and he sat down on the ground. Liu Ji hurriedly called the person who followed him and said, "Listen to me carefully: we are destined to die, and people are still very afraid of the Qin State." I killed this big snake now for a purpose, just to give everyone courage. You are now deliberately walking behind when people are not looking, and when we are resting in front of us, you will come up and say this to everyone. Liu Ji whispered in this person's ear as he spoke, and then continued: "After hearing this, everyone will definitely believe that the Qin State will be finished and the Chu State will rise, which also verifies the words 'Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu'." Remember, be sure to finish your story. The man understood and nodded repeatedly.
At this time, Fan Hao and the others had already heard the news, and they all rushed forward, and they were all stunned when they saw the scene in front of them. A few people went over to help Liu Ji up and exclaimed, "Big brother is really amazing!" Could it be that there is a god to help you? Liu Ji pretended to be drunk and didn't know anything. At this time, the people behind arrived one after another, and more than a hundred people felt incredible when they saw the scene in front of them.
Everyone watched the snake for a long time, and at this time it was already dawn, and people helped Liu Ji to walk forward. Liu Ji suddenly found blood on his body, so he asked in surprise, "What's going on?" Did I kill someone? And they told him what had happened. Liu Ji pretended not to believe that there was such a thing as cutting snakes. Everyone was even more puzzled, so they hurriedly helped Liu Ji to the edge of the swamp to wash the blood. Liu Ji said while rinsing: "If it is really me who killed this snake, then it is the credit of this sword!" The people asked, "What is the origin of this sword?" Liu Ji said slowly: "Yes, this sword has a great origin!" The crowd wanted to find out.
Liu Ji began to tell everyone about the origin of this sword, he said: "My father often wore a knife to travel around Feng and Pei, and once I met someone in the mountains forging a sword. My father said to the swordsmith, 'The master is a master, and he must be an expert in making swords?' The swordsmith said, "No, even if I have Ou Yezi's half-skilled skills, the whetstone in Wuyue can only forge mundane things after all, and will not make really good swords." My father asked why. The swordsmith said: 'Between heaven and earth, unless the two qi of yin and yang are in harmony, the spirit of all things can be born, and the same is true for sword casting. I only have the essence of a female sword, and I don't have the essence of a male weapon, so it is difficult to make a good sword. My father prepared the sword he was carrying to show the swordsmith, who smiled and said, "You don't have to show me, you must be a mundane thing in the world, and it is of little use." The father said: "The master is wrong, this is when Qin Zhaoxiang was the king, I once met a strange person on the road, handed over this knife to me, said that this knife is unusual, it is a knife forged by Yin Gaozong Wuding when he crusaded against the ghost party, its blade is sharp and unstoppable, not only can break the jade and cut the gold, but also enter the water can kill the dragon, and the ground can kill the tiger rhino; What kind of ghosts, demons and monsters, all of them are judged by it. If you pass on this sword to future generations, the descendants will get ahead, if this treasure is matched with a female essence, you can forge a rare treasure in the world, who holds this sword, the descendants will produce a noble person! When I met the master today, is it really a god who can't meet me? The swordsmith did not believe it, so he examined the inscription himself, and when he saw that the result was as his father had said, he exclaimed, 'This treasure is indeed the essence of a male weapon that has endured for a long time, and if it is combined with my feminine essence, it will surely forge a treasure that is rare in the world.' The swordsmith begged his father to give it a try, and said that if he could really make an artifact, he would give this treasure to his father, and then he could summon Xingjun to assist (according to legend, Xiao He is one of the Pleiades of the White Tiger's Seven Nights, and Cao Shen is one of the Seven Nights of the White Tiger), and he can also annihilate the three cunning (Qin II Hu Hai, Western Chu Overlord Xiang Yu, Han Xin and others who fought with him and prepared to rebel), and then he can determine the world! After much thought, my father threw the sword he wore into the furnace. Sure enough, the furnace fire rose to the sky, and the flames rose to the sky, obscuring the clouds and the sun, and the sky was dark. Three days later, the new sword was forged. The swordsmith also said, 'The new sword must first kill the pigs, oxen, and sheep, open the seal with blood, and then reverently sacrifice the essence of the heavens, earth, sun, and moon, and then it can be used.' My father took the sword and did as the swordsmith said. Later, my father gave me the sword. On the day the sword was given, I raised my sword to the sun to inspect its sharp brilliance, and suddenly I saw a purple light soaring into the sky, almost half of the southeast sky red. Later, I learned that that day happened to be the time when the First Emperor was touring the north, and he also saw this purple mist and red light from Kongtong Mountain, and some people said that this was called cloud qi. Since then, the First Emperor has been on patrol, and I heard that he often investigates where this cloud came from. I put it under wrap and never dared to talk about it to anyone. To be able to slay this snake tonight is really beyond my ability and imagination, could it be that there is really some divine power to help me? Everyone listened to Liu Ji's words, and they were all stunned.
Since then, people have admired Liu Ji even more, thinking that he is an unusual big man. This sword is also famous for slashing snakes. The predecessors had a poem "Snake Sword":
Qin is blazing in the world, and Daze is meandering.
The hidden dragon is the ninth day of the first month, and the deer trail is at a loss.
Thousands of miles to send apprentices, three cups of dragon springs.
The purple sword is mixed with the red essence, and the red light spits out the green lotus.
The three-foot front is strong, and it can destroy the golden sky.
In the bright moon of the pink head, before the autumn wind of drinking blood.
Su Ling sighed, and the old tears were sobbing.
The wind and clouds are rising, and the Xianyang is like smoke.
Sway Liuhe Qing and lift your spirit.
Knowing that 100 steels are made, and the golden knife is always strong.
Just when everyone was applauding, the person behind caught up, only to see him panting and saying, "Liu ...... Lord Liu, it's weird, it's weird, there is an old woman who said that her son was the White Emperor, who turned into a big snake and blocked the way, and now he was killed by the Red Emperor! I thought she was talking nonsense, so I broke a branch on the side of the road and was ready to beat her. But in a blink of an eye, the old woman was gone! The man said as if he had actually seen a ghost, and his whole body trembled. When they heard this, they were all amazed. Thinking that Liu Ji killed the big snake, he was still drunk and didn't know it, and his sword came from an extraordinary background, could it be that he was really the reincarnation of the Red Emperor? Since then, people have been in awe of Liu Ji.
The White Emperor and the Red Emperor could not be believed, but later Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, also called Wang Mang to break the Han, and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty established the Eastern Han Dynasty after 14 years. It is a fact that this Wang Mang divided the Han Dynasty into the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it is really inexplicable whether there is really any internal connection between this historical cause and effect. But Liu Ji saw that people believed in the words of the White Emperor and the Red Emperor, but he was secretly proud in his heart, so he jumped up and shouted: "Hey! Hi! Hi! Listen to it, we have all violated the Qin law, and according to the law, we will be beheaded, leave this place quickly, otherwise the officers and soldiers will catch up! Everyone seemed to have just woken up from the myth, so they shouted and left, and more than 100 strong men ran towards Mangdang Mountain without hesitation.
Today, on the bank of the Baiyi River in the west of Fengxian County, there is also the snake cutting pavilion built for Liu Ji to cut the snake in that year, and the descendants call this place the snake cutting ditch, it is not difficult to imagine the thrilling scene that happened here in those years. There is a poem that sighs:
It is clear that Liu Ji has an arrangement, so why not be afraid of turning into a snake.
Kuang Shi is wise and cunning to deceive women and children, and so far the market sighs for eloquence.
Secretly Huai Tao is strategic, and the sharp and strong men are stunned.
There is an ambition to revitalize the world, and the great cause of a thousand years will be opened.