Chapter 42 Chengxia Pass

Ah Yao and Du Xi'er also shook their heads, saying that they had never heard of it. According to what Ni Jianfei said, he has a total of four brothers, and his eldest brother is higher in martial arts than him, which is really incredible, could it be that each of the four brothers has martial arts that are not weaker than Li Yi's?

Such four brothers are not famous in the rivers and lakes.

The boat sailed on the water, and soon crossed the mouth of Pengli Lake, and under the guidance of the fisherman, the four turned their heads to look southwest. Peng Li Lake is actually not smaller than Yunmengze, the east part of Lushan Mountain in the north is very long and narrow as a whole, and then play to the northeast to merge into the Yangtze River, at this moment a few people look to the southwest just look at the direction of Lushan, endless, but the color of this water surface is a little strange.

Soon a few people found out the reason, Pengli Lake and the Yangtze River water color is completely different, the confluence of the river water is yellow-brown and Pengli Lake water is turquoise, turbidity is distinct, Jing Wei is distinct, the fisherman introduces this clear dividing line, the east and west stretch for more than 50 miles, can be called a wonder.

The fisherman pointed to the shore of Pengli Lake in the south and said, "That shore is Shizhong Mountain." ”

Shizhong Mountain, in fact, is not a mountain, but two mountains, there are caves in the lower part, the shape is like a bell, facing a deep pool, the breeze blows waves, the water and stones strike each other, the sound is like a flood bell, so they are all named "Shizhong Mountain".

In fact, the height of Shizhong Mountain is only more than 20 zhang, but the precipice is close to the stream, the steep peak wall stands, if the ship is close to the boat to look up, such as connected with the sky.

The fisherman was grateful to a few people for their action last night, and when they arrived at the ferry, they did not stop the boat, but continued to go down the river.

Soon after the stone tower of Shizhong Mountain, to the next river estuary, a river as wide as the Yangtze River can be faintly seen on the north bank. The fisherman introduced that it was also the Yangtze River, and before a few people boarded the boat, the Yangtze River split into two and only converged here.

At the ferry, everyone thanked the fisherman again and disembarked.

After getting off the boat, I found a place to eat, a border town, naturally there are no delicacies, fortunately, several people have been living like "sleeping on the streets" these days, and they are not particular, only Ni Jianfei's chopsticks only moved twice and then put them down, which made Dugujing extremely guilty.

"Where is Brother Ni going to go later?"

Ni Jianfei touched his chin and said: "I'm going to go directly to Jiangning, and then I will be close to Huangshan Mountain to the east, which is mountainous and hilly, although it is not high, but according to my eldest brother's character, I will only come to play, and I will not stay here for long." So I went to Jiangning to inquire again, and then went to Suzhou. ”

"The waterway is slow, so I'm going to say goodbye to Brother Ni here. ”

"Well, there will be a period later. ”

The three of them sent Ni Jianfei to the ferry to see him get on the boat and leave, Dugujing shouted: "Brother Ni, if he has a chance in the future, he can go to Lizhou City and Villa, and let him do his best as a landlord." ”

From a distance, I saw Ni Jianfei standing at the stern of the boat and clenching his fists here.

For so many days, Ni Jianfei is the most friendly person in the rivers and lakes to several people, although he is not good at words, but he is sincere and cheerful.

It has been seven or eight days from Lizhou City to here, and the distance is close but not yet general. According to Li Yi, Le Zhengshang will always take the waterway, go to Jiangning, and then go to Yangzhou and finally to Hangzhou, so although it is a long detour, it is better to be safe.

Dugujing and the three of them do not have this burden, they will only take the land route and arrive in Hangzhou in advance, and it will take at least eight or nine days on the road, or even ten days, if only they could find a few fast horses.

Since the horses could not get on the boat, they left the horses in the fishing village when they left early in the morning, and found that although the town was larger than Tongping Town, the horses in the town were extremely difficult to find, and finally ran all over the town to find three thin horses.

Then I asked the people in the town and learned that Huangshan is located in the east, but there is no official road on the way, and the road is extremely difficult to walk by relying on the twists and turns of the hills, and if you want to climb over the hills, I am afraid that the horses are not allowed. However, as long as the road is less than half of the way in front, there is a small road to reach the Hengjiang River, along the Hengjiang River can reach Shezhou at the southern foot of the Yellow Mountain, but Shezhou is not close to the Yellow Mountain, there is a day journey.

Then I changed the way of asking how to get to Hangzhou, which is also located directly east of here, and Huangshan is located between Hangzhou and here.

But I didn't expect to get the answer is, take a boat. Going down the river by boat and bypassing from the north is the best way to go, although the distance is longer.

Then the three of them asked several more people, and they all said the same thing.

The three of them looked at each other, leading the three thin horses for a while, and when they were hesitating, an old man saw that the three of them were distressed, so he went up to inquire about the situation.

The old man is different from the rest of the people, he speaks an official dialect, is fifty or sixty years old, and claims to be surnamed Yu, and he is originally a big family in the south of the Yangtze River. Because of all kinds of things, he traveled all over the world alone, and then he was old and weak, so he settled here, and now he has passed the age of ear shun, and he has gone to the ancient times.

A Yao said: "Uncle, we have something important to rush to Hangzhou, but the hills on this road are said to be inconvenient to walk, and I ask my husband to show me the way, I am very grateful." ”

After listening to it with a smile, the old man said slowly: "This road is indeed not easy to walk, if you don't know the road into the mountains, it is likely to be uninhabited for several days, for ordinary people to take the waterway is indeed a better way." But I saw a few people, including this little girl, although she is not very old, but she has a vigorous gait, she must be a person who practices martial arts, and she should be able to walk. ”

"Please also explain it to the old man. ”

The old man nodded kindly: "From here to the east, there is a deep pool, the name is 'Yellow Spear Pond', from then on the south bank of the Yellow Spear Pond continue to the east for about twenty miles, there is a town called Chengxia Pass, this town is the most small but there is a mountain pass, there is a family specially to pick up guests into the mountain. Go here, O you, and let them take you into the mountains. ”

"Thank you so much, my husband, I came to thank you after the deed. Dugu Jingdao.

The old man waved his hand: "It's just to show the way, why bother to take it to heart." ”

Before leaving, Dugujing suddenly asked: "Uncle, I don't know how much faster it can be than the waterway if you go from here?"

The old man thought for a while: "This road is not easy to walk, and it is deserted, ordinary people are afraid that it is not much faster, I think you are people who practice martial arts, and you must be able to travel faster in one or two days." ”

Thanks to the old man, the three of them went in the direction of the old man's words, and it didn't take long to see a wide pool, and it was indeed called Huangmao Pond.

Then turn south, come to the south bank of Huangmaotan and turn east.

Afraid of going in the wrong direction, I saw people all the way and inquired about the location of the Chengxia Pass, and finally arrived after more than 20 miles, but at the same time, it was late, and the sunset behind them cast the slender figures of the three people in front.

It is true that the people in this town are scarce, the houses are sparse, and there are not many pedestrians in the town before nightfall.

Stopping one person to ask about the direction of entering the mountain, the man raised his dark face and glanced at the three of them, and raised his hand to the depths of Chengxia Guanzhen.

When I came to the depths of the town, I saw a river meandering through, a dilapidated house in disrepair on the bank, and an even more broken plaque on the gate, and the words on the plaque were all blurred, and only some strokes could be faintly seen. Fortunately, there was still light in the dilapidated house, otherwise the three would have wondered if there were still people living here.

A dim light peeked through the open house, and the trio tied three lean horses to each other and walked inside.

"Anyone?"

Seeing that there was no one in the lobby, Dugujing shouted, but no one responded.

"Wait a minute, there will be no one with lights, I'm afraid something will go out. ”

Saying that, Ah Yao found a broken stool to sit down, and with a "click" of the stool shattered, Ah Yao sat on the ground without defense. In Dugujing's laughter from Du Xi'er, Ah Yao scolded, and got up.

"It shouldn't be that old man who lied to us, this place looks like a place for business. Yao was extremely angry.

"It's possible that my husband hasn't been here for many years, so he doesn't know that this place is dilapidated. Dugujing comforted her.

"Here you are, here you are, a few guest officers, I don't know if you want to be sharpened or stay in the hotel?"

A voice came from the back room, and a lean man with sharp beaks and monkey cheeks appeared in front of several people with the voice.

"Can you also live in a store? You can't be a black shop, right?" said A-Yao angrily.

"Yo, this lady, you can't say that, although the shop is dilapidated, but it is honest, and Tong Su is not bullied. The guest officer can go to the town to inquire, who doesn't know the name of my Liu Laoliu...... Oh, who broke my rosewood stool, isn't it you? I can tell you, this stool is from the Li family, and it is precious......

"Just your broken stool, give it to the old lady, the old lady still doesn't want it!"

"Oh, that's it, this 'broken stool', do you want to spend money to buy it, but you haven't got the land to buy it......"

Dugujing rubbed his forehead and hurriedly stopped the two of them: "Okay, okay, shopkeeper, we are going to Hangzhou, please send us to Hangzhou as soon as possible." ”

"Hangzhou?" Liu Laoliu's eyes widened, causing the two big eyes to pop out, and Du Xi'er was a little worried about whether they would fall out.

"Yes, Hangzhou. ”

"Don't go. ”

"Hey, you still have no business to take over as the shopkeeper of the black shop?"

A-Yao said another word at him, causing the two to talk again, and Dugujing covered his face.

Du Xi'er stood aside and looked at Dugujing helplessly, this kind of thing can only be handed over to Dugujing, she doesn't know what to do at all, and she is helpless.

"Why don't you go to Hangzhou?"

"Our store only goes to Shezhou. During the quarrel with A-Yao, Liu Lao Liu replied to Dugujing.

"......" Dugujing was silent, this Shezhou is not on the way to Hangzhou, and he once thought that this person really didn't plan to take this business.

"Then go to Shezhou. ”

"Okay, three guest officers, two distinguished guests, please-"

"What do you mean, believe it or not, I burned down your shop?"

Dugujing hurriedly motioned to Du Xi'er to come forward and persuade. , Du Xi'er hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Ah Yao to comfort her for a moment, and finally quieted down.