Chapter 15: The Life of Yulu Jiangsheng (3)
Zhu Wenyu is not the kind of person who dismantles other people's things at will, and when he saw that the two letters were written clearly by the person who received them, he nodded secretly: "It's easy to do it if you have a place, just think of it as an errand for Brother Zu." This Lu Chenglin is also really, and he also sent two boxes to two places. Reaching out and checking it slightly, both boxes were heavy enough, although the size was different, the weight was about the same.
"Brother Yu, why is the handwriting on these two letters different?" Tang Yun next to her was still not completely healed due to an arm injury, Zhu Wenyu changed a wooden board for her and tied it to her left arm, and found a piece of cloth to wrap it and hang it around her neck, which was not very convenient to move, so she just watched from the side, and did not go with Zhu Wenyu to lift the bottom plate of the cabin, and suddenly noticed the letter on the box and suddenly spoke.
Zhu Wenyu was stunned for a moment, took a closer look, and sure enough, the handwriting on the letters on the vermilion box was very neat, the pen was even, and the beautiful Zhong Wang Xiaokai showed that the calligrapher had a good calligraphy foundation, but the handwriting on the letters on the small black box was much more sloppy, and it was not a serious cursive script, but it was like a calligraphy that was scribbled by a layman at will. It is not necessary to distinguish between the two letters and the writings of one person.
Although it was a little strange, Zhu Wenyu didn't care, and said: "This is written by two people, what's so strange about this?" It was all brought by Lu Chenglin's ancestral brothers, and we brought it for him, which can be regarded as a matter of the ancestral brothers' hearts. ”
Tang Yun also nodded yes.
The two of them covered the cabin board as it was, and when they came out of the cabin, Zu Jiangsheng said that the other boatmen on this ship did not know about it, and Zhu Wenyu and the others naturally did not want to ask other boatmen casually.
"Childe, in front of you is Taibaiyan of Wanxian." The ship's tunnel at the bow. This boatman's name is Chen Lian, and he was the leader when Zu Jiangsheng was away, and it was Chen Lian and Zhu Wenyu who talked these days.
"Oh, how far is it from the Three Gorges?"
"Yu Gongzi, after Taibaiyan today, I will go to Zhang Fei Temple tomorrow, and I will go to the White Emperor City the day after tomorrow, and I will enter the Three Gorges." Chen Liandao
"Zhang Feimiao? Is it a temple dedicated to Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide in Xishu? ”
"Yes, son, the old people once said that Zhang Fei is the righteous brother of the Hanshou Pavilion Hou Guan Yun Changguan Master, brave and upright, so that one hand is eight snake spears, there is the courage of ten thousand people, and later Guan Ye was killed by Sun Wu, Zhang Fei was eager to take revenge, and was killed by the generals Zhang Da and Fan Jiang, and even the head was cut off and thrown in the Yangtze River. Later, Zhang Fei gave a dream to a boatman to salvage his head, and as a result, he found a pot of gold, and used the gold to build this Zhang Fei Temple. The old people all said that this Zhang Fei is also a person who values love and righteousness, and he deserves the incense of the world. Chen Lian said while propping up.
Tang Yun has only been to Chongqing Mansion, but he has never been here, and he can listen attentively on the side.
"Then the White Emperor City was Liu Xuande's place of trust back then, right?"
"The son is very knowledgeable, it is said that the Han Emperor Liu Xuande died in the White Emperor City, and when he died, he entrusted his son to Zhuge Wuhou, this white word is that the whole city was white when the Han Emperor ascended to heaven, this emperor refers to Liu Xuande. That's why it's called White Emperor City. ”
"I see that there are Wuhou Temples everywhere in Sichuan, are the people here very respectful of Zhuge Liang?"
"Of course. Zhuge Wuhou is the heavenly dragon descending to earth, so he is known as Mr. Wolong, the eight array diagram is difficult to break, according to the will of the Jade Emperor to deliberately go down to assist the Han Emperor, with our Sichuan to subdue Fanbang, built the Shu State, but was moved by Cao Cao to the demons and monsters secretly harmed, unfortunately returned to the sky, otherwise, the Wei State and the Wu State would have been destroyed long ago, and the Han Dynasty would have been restored. When Wuhou returned to the sky, the sky was dark, the heaven and the earth cried together, the Han Emperor ordered the world to bring filial piety, and our Sichuan people wrapped white cloth around their heads began at that time. The more Chen Lian spoke, the more he rose, and the whole spittle flew everywhere.
Zhu Wenyu heard Chen Lian say this, smiled, and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Tang Yun next to him asked, "Brother Yu, what are you laughing at?" ”
"Hehe, nothing. Let's go, go and sit for a while, it's rare to see this view. Zhu Wenyu pulled Tang Yun.
The two returned to the cabin and sat down, just opened the cabin curtain, looked at the mountains and peaks by the river, and his own lonely boat went down the river, Zhu Wenyu suddenly felt that he was so small in this nature, not even enough as a small embellishment. Although his martial arts are not low, he has entered the realm of first-class experts in the rivers and lakes, and can almost make a tie with the head of a faction, and he can use light functions as fast as a galloping horse, and he can open the stele and crack the stone with real power, but if compared with the natural power of this heavenly creation, it is nothing at all, just like a leaf of autumn maple falling with the wind, let the natural erosion, time to promote aging, decades, hundreds of years later, this ghostly green mountains and beautiful waters are still there, but they can only turn into a billet loess, a deserted grave, scattered with the wind, There will never be a trace left.
Zhu Wenyu was thinking nonsense, and Tang Yun next to him urged: "Say it quickly, Brother Yu, what are you laughing at?" ”
"Huh." Zhu Wenyu said in a low voice: "This Chen Lian doesn't know how to pretend to understand, so he has to tell me the origin of this White Emperor City." ”
"What? Isn't it what he says he is? Tang Yun was surprised.
"No, the White Emperor City was originally called Ziyang City, the late Han Dynasty Gongsun Shu cut Sichuan, called himself the King of Shu, because he saw that there was often white smoke rising in a well here, resembling a white dragon, so he called himself the White Emperor, built the capital in this city, and changed the name of Ziyang City to the White Emperor City. This White Emperor City is based on Kuimen in the east, eight formations in the west, surrounded by water on three sides, and is located on the water and land, which is a place for the soldiers of all dynasties. During the Three Kingdoms, Liu Xuande, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, crusaded against Eastern Wu, defeated the White Emperor City, became ill with grief, and asked Prime Minister Zhuge Liang to be lonely in the Yong'an Palace in the city before his death. That Zhuge Liang is not a dragon in the sky, and Cao Cao can't move any demons and monsters, this is all passed on from the people, and the more it is spread, the more mysterious it becomes. It's just that the people of Sichuan admire Zhuge Wuhou very much, which is true. Zhu Wenyu said softly.
"Oh, it turns out that the name of this White Emperor City is not because of Liu Bei, it was taken by the grandson of the grandson, I originally thought it was the White Emperor City called because of Liu Bei as Chen Lian said." Tang Yun suddenly realized. "By the way, Brother Yu, how do you know this? You haven't been here again. ”
"I read it in a book." Zhu Wenyu said with a smile.
"No wonder." Tang Yun nodded.
The days on the ship were boring and helpless, but the passenger boat flowed down with the river all the time, and the journey was also very fast, and on the third day, it really arrived at the White Emperor City.
"Childe, the front is the White Emperor City, after the White Emperor City is the Three Gorges, today has passed noon, it is too late to pass, we need to rest for a day, set off early tomorrow morning, pass the Qutang Pass during the day, rest after the Qutang Gorge, cross the Wu Gorge the day after tomorrow, Xiling Gorge must take two days, a total of four days." Chen Lian at the bow of the boat said while tidying up the cables.
"Oh, it's up to Brother Chen."
"The little ones don't dare. If Boss Jiang Sheng is here, the Three Gorges can pass in two days, he is not there, and the little one does not dare to take risks, and he feels that it is better to spend more time and be safer. ”
"Isn't Brother Zu younger than Brother Chen? You call him the Boss? In the past few days, because of sadness, Zhu Wenyu and Chen Lian did not mention Zu Jiangsheng when they spoke.
"The boss is the ancestral craft, no one on the ship can compare to him, we naturally listen to him when he is on the boat, so we naturally call him the boss." Chen Liandao.
"Cross the Three Gorges in two days? How did that live? ”
"The boss knows clearly where there are dark rocks and where there are water vortices in the Three Gorges, so that this boat is more convenient than making chopsticks, with him, Qutang Gorge and Wuxia can pass in one day, and Xiling Gorge only needs one day. In the Three Gorges, it is easy to mist after noon, and we dare not go together with this fog, but the boss can touch the road with his eyes closed. ”
As soon as Chen Lian talked about Zu Jiangsheng, Zhu Wenyu's eyes flashed with the scene of him jumping into the river outside the Chaotianmen Wharf, he really missed it, and his heart was sour.
On the same day, the passenger ship rested under the White Emperor City, Zhu Tang and the two rested in the cabin, and did not enter the long-known White Emperor City to visit and enjoy, Tang Yun's arm injury was not healed, Zhu Wenyu thought of Zu Jiangsheng from time to time, and the mood was not brisk, since leaving Chongqing Chaotianmen Wharf, Zhu Wenyu only went ashore once in Changshou County, bought some change of clothes, his original baggage was placed in the inn in Chongqing, and was later chased by Du Feng and did not go back to the inn to retrieve it, and he had to stop. Fortunately, some important things Zhu Wenyu carried with him, such as the Thunder Sword, the gold medal given by the emperor, all of which he carried with him, as for a few silver medals of the Tianyi League, and some gold and silver property, they were placed in Tang Yun's baggage, Tang Yun also brought back to the passenger ship when he escaped, and there were just some changes of clothes in the inn, and there were no other things, but he left without paying the bill, Zhu Wenyu felt a little sorry for the inn, but anyway, the silver he put on the cabinet was enough to pay for those nights, and Zhu Wenyu was relieved.
Early in the morning of the second day, as soon as the sky was bright, Chen Lian and the others began to pack up the boat equipment and set off for Naqutang Pass.