Chapter 016: Dragon Boat Festival
Wang Hou threw himself headlong at Liu Hanyan, everyone was shocked, Liu Zhaohui helped him, and asked eagerly: "Brother Wang, you don't matter, right?" After a while, Wang Hou exhaled: "Ouch, why is that fat monk so strong, my whole body is scattered." ”
Liu Hanyan looked at Wang Hou and said angrily: "You nerd, you don't know any martial arts, what can you do?" Is it better now? ”
Wang Hou argued with a bitter face: "Wasn't it a moment of urgency at that time, if only I had martial arts, Yan'er, I worship you as a teacher, is it good for you to teach me martial arts?" ”
Zhou Qingzhu teased: "Sister Yan, your martial arts are unfathomable, why don't you accept Wang Gongzi as an apprentice." Wang Hou immediately gave Liu Hanyan a deep bow: "Apprentice to meet Master!" Liu Hanyan took a sip, his face was already red: "I won't be your master, let Sister Azhu teach you." ”
Zhou Qingzhu hurriedly dodged to the side. Everyone laughed, and the prince also jumped out of Liu Hanyan's arms, jumped on Wang Hou's shoulder, and kept turning his head.
The fifth day of the fifth month of May. At the door of the house, mugwort leaves are inserted, and cattails are hung. Liu Hanyan got up early, she has been with Wang Hou for the past two days, Wang Hou was fine, seeing that she was worried about herself, she secretly smiled, it hurt to touch it for a while, and it hurt so much to touch it, which made Liu Hanyan sad and gloomy, and lost the temper of the eldest lady.
Zhuang Zhaoxue bought zongzi and a large bag of halva, and said with a smile: "In my hometown, before the Dragon Boat Festival, I like to use rice dumplings with rice leaves, fresh glutinous rice with lotus paste or pine nuts and chestnuts, which taste sweet and delicious." Today, I can only buy some ham dumplings and egg yolk dumplings, I don't know if you like to eat them or not. He opened the halva again, "This is Shun'an halva, which is a very famous specialty here, and the store told me that this halva is made of sesame seeds, flour and sugar. After eating, let's go watch the dragon boat race. ”
Liu Hanyan opened a small packet of halva, picked a piece and stuffed it into Wang Hou's mouth, and asked, "Nerd, is it delicious?" Zhou Qingzhu also opened a small package and ate it, shouting: "It's really delicious, Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Brother Wu, you also come to taste it." ”
After everyone eats, they pack up and go to Tianjing Lake. The sky has cleared, and the willows on the shore of the lake surround the embankment, surrounded by many people, and colorful flags are planted all over the eyes. I saw eight colorful boats lined up on the shore, and there were ten people on each boat, dressed in the same red or green clothes, and a big drum was set up at the stern of each boat, and the sound of beating was shocking.
After a while, only a cannon was heard, and eight dragon boats rushed out. The boat sounded the uniform "ho yo, ho yo" and "dong dong" drumming, the oars "snapped" and the dragon boat rushed forward.
Liu Hanyan and Zhou Qingzhu cheered with everyone on the shore, they didn't have the goal of cheering, they just shouted loudly, and they were happy. At this moment, a thin man squeezed towards Zhuang Zhaoxue, his hand quietly stretched out to her baggage, and everyone's eyes followed the dragon boat closely, but they didn't notice it. Only Wang Hou noticed this thin man with an obscene demeanor, and touched Liu Zhaohui at the moment, Liu Zhaohui looked down, but saw that the thin man's hand had reached into the burden, and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?" He reached out and grabbed the man's arm.
The man struggled for a while and didn't break free, and begged for mercy softly: "Let me go...... Don't dare anymore. As soon as Liu Zhaohui's hand was released, the man disappeared into the crowd. Suddenly, I heard someone behind me snort coldly: "Dare to provoke my patio gang, you are impatient." Liu Zhaohui turned around to look for it, but he didn't know who was talking, it must be an accomplice of the thin man, but he didn't take it to heart.
After watching the dragon boat race and returning to the inn, before everyone sat down, they heard the sound of chaos outside the inn, and some of them shouted: "Call the boy who doesn't have long eyes out!" Zhou Qingzhu stretched out his head to look, and saw more than 20 people standing outside the door, all holding knives in both hands, the handle was one foot five inches long, and the blade was long and particularly heavy.
At this time, Xiao Er stood out, with a smile on his face: "Hall Master Liu, why are you here, who are you looking for?" Hall Master Liu roared: "Let the four men and three women who went in just now come out!" Liu Zhaohui said to everyone: "It turned out that he came to us." ”
At that moment, everyone left the inn. Liu Zhaohui looked at Hall Master Liu: "Are you looking for us?" Hall Master Liu squinted his eyes and said loudly: "Yes, I'm looking for you!" You kid dare to break the rules of my Tianjing Gang, and you don't inquire, there are hundreds of miles around here, and my Tianjing Gang stomps his feet, and it will take three days. ”
Wang Houxiao asked, "Ask Hall Master Liu, why did we break the rules of your gang?" Hall Master Liu glared: "Dog, still pretending to be stupid, you don't honor our Tianjing Gang here, forget it, my subordinates go to collect some protection money, do you dare to stop it?" ”
"It's really funny, in broad daylight, Lang Lang, dare to steal things, is there still a royal law?" Wang Hou laughed and said, "Hall Master Liu, what do you want?" Hall Master Liu puffed up his chest: "What do I want?" Give me a hundred taels of silver, and I will spare you. ”
Wu Qingshan drew his long sword and said to Liu Zhaohui: "Brother Liu, what nonsense are you talking about with these scoundrels?" Let's go! "Wait a minute," Zhang Qingling stopped Wu Qingshan and asked Hall Master Liu, "Do you want to fight alone or in a group?" ”
At this time, a tall man jumped out and pointed at Liu Zhaohui: "I'll meet you!" Hall Master Liu waved his hand, and the people behind him all took a few steps back to make way of the open space.
Hall Master Liu said to the tall man: "Deputy Hall Master be careful. The deputy hall master machete was crossed to his chest, staring at Liu Zhaohui, and said, "Don't worry, hall master, see how I can beat him." ”
Liu Zhaohui stabbed the deputy hall master with a "Nezha Exploring the Sea" steel fork, and was knocked by him with a knife, Liu Zhaohui's body turned to the left, and then smashed down with a steel fork of "turning over the river and turning the sea", and punched out with his left hand. Hearing the sound of "dang", when the steel fork hit the machete, the deputy hall master only felt a "buzz" on his head, and he had been hit by a fist, and the corners of his eyes were bleeding.
Hall Master Liu roared urgently: "Brothers! More than 20 people brandished machetes and chased Liu Zhaohui, Zhang Qingling and Wu Qingshan raised their swords to meet them, and Zhuang Zhaoxue and Zhou Qingzhu also drew their blades.
Liu Hanyan pulled Wang Hou into the store and ordered, "Nerd, you hide quickly." He turned around and showed the shuttle mark to join the melee.
The fight of the Tianjing Gang was all based on brute force, just slashing and slashing indiscriminately, there were no moves at all, and the kung fu was not big, more than 20 people all lay on the ground, and only Wu Qingshan's left arm was slightly injured. Hall Master Liu sat down on the ground and shouted, "Boy, don't run away if you have the ability...... Wait a few days, and our Yang Gang Leader will come back and settle accounts with you!" ”
Wu Qingshan said angrily: "Get out, if you dare to talk more, I will kill you!" At that moment, more than 20 people supported each other and fled. Liu Zhaohui asked: "Two Taoist friends, although these people are very weak, but the strong dragon does not fight the head snake, it just so happens that we are also planning to rush to Jiuhua Mountain, are you going together?" ”
Zhang Qingling responded: "We don't have anything else to do, the master may be in a hurry in Qingyang, so let's just leave now." Then the crowd took out their horses and hurried out on the road.
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Jiuhua East Sect has built more than 30 temples on Jiuhua Mountain, with nearly 10,000 disciples, and Huacheng Temple is the first courtyard. Huacheng Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, south to Furong Peak, north to Baiyun Mountain, east to the east cliff, west to Shenguang Ridge, has the reputation of "inner and outer peaks around the jade lotus", it is said that Jin Longan five years (401 years) Tianzhu monk cup ferry here to build a room, after the generation of expansion, the existing spirit palace, the palace of the king, the hall of the great hero, the Tibetan scripture building four into the palace and hundreds of rooms. The abbot of the Eastern Sect, Guanglin, and the second and third generations of disciples all lived in Huacheng Temple, while the disciples of the third generation lived in other monasteries.
The little monk Dao Feng is a disciple of three generations, and the master Zong Shao is the fifth disciple of the abbot Guanglin. That night, he stole the degrees of the three monks of Xijiuhua in Mushan Town, and after Zhu Zhi rescued him, he followed the little monk to Huacheng Temple. The little monk grew up in the temple and had a sweet mouth, and it was easy to ask the chief manager for Zhu Zhi to clean and carry the handyman.
At this time, in the Huacheng Temple, Zhu Zhi was cleaning the Huacheng Temple Square. The square is huge, 300 zhang wide from north to south, 100 zhang from east to west, can accommodate 50,000 people, every important festival, Jiuhua East Sect will be concentrated here. In the middle of the square, there is a crescent-shaped lotus pond, known as the crescent pond, which is said to be the release pond of the Jizo King Bodhisattva.
Zhu Zhi had not finished sweeping for more than an hour, and at this moment, he saw the little monk running over in a hurry, and muttered to himself: "It's not good, it's not good......" "Daofeng, what's wrong?" ”
"The abbot of Jiuhua Xizong has also arrived in Qingyang, and I heard that I will go up the mountain in two days, so I have to report to the master quickly." After Dao Feng finished speaking, he hurriedly ran back again.
In the meditation room, a monk about forty years old, with a square head and big ears, was sitting quietly, and Dao Feng whispered outside the door: "Master." The meditating monk was Dao Feng's master, Zong Shao, and he opened his eyes and said, "Dao Feng, come in and speak." Seeing Dao Feng walking in lightly, he asked, "Dao Feng, is there anyone here again?" ”
Dao Feng replied softly: "Master, the Guangjing Abbot of the Jiuhua West Sect has arrived in Qingyang today. Zong Shao was taken aback: "You are not mistaken? "The disciple saw it with his own eyes, and heard that he was going up the mountain in two days."
Zong Shao was stunned for a long time: "Master Guangjing hasn't been here for nearly ten years...... The nine-colored lotus, the nine-colored lotus, has attracted so many people, we have received more than 200 people, as well as the master of Lushan Donglin Temple, the great idiot of Bailuguan, the leaders of dozens of large and small gangs in the south of the Yangtze River are still in Qingyang County, and they will go up the mountain every day, and now there is Guangjing Shibo, it seems that we want to keep it...... The nine-colored lotus is difficult...... Master has been in retreat for two months, and I don't know if he will be able to leave the gate before the ninth day of the new year. ”