Chapter 40: Bargaining

Yang Zhi smiled mysteriously and said: "I'm avoiding pursuit, by the way, I'm here to try my luck, I heard Xu Zhichang say, Chen Luan's collection of books is in Shaohua Mountain, anyway, I'm fine lately, it's better to take a look at it, just play." ”

Yes, the monk is just his own springboard, Yang Zhi has no burden in his heart when he talks about lying, Xu Zhichang is a bridge that Yang Zhi has thought of, it can't be said that Cai Jing or himself calculated it, yes, since the monk left Gao Yu, there are very few opportunities to meet with Xu Zhichang in the future, even if it reaches Xu Zhichang's ears, someone asks, Yang Zhi is a big deal and another reason.

Yes, the monk saw that Yang Zhi always only let himself see the arrows in the box and did not hand them over, so he had no choice but to return the tiger wing bow to Yang Zhi and said: "Xu Zhichang's news is very well-informed, it seems that Chen Zhichang's tomb is not missing, but Xu Zhichang wants to keep it for himself, and he regrets it after getting an official position." ”

Yang Zhi smiled and said: "Who knows, but this mountain is good, it is a treasure of feng shui." ”

The good monk agreed: "Good is in the number of waterfalls, on the top are six waterfalls, the water is agitated, and finally comes out in a mountain pass, according to Feng Shui, it is six or six Shun, although it is not as good as the kind of good luck that is nine or nine to one, but for the people of the mountains, it is already the highest opportunity." Yang Zhi, do you know why you brought the book here back then?"

Yang Zhi shook his head politely, and the good monk sighed and said in a low voice: "In the third year of Qianyou, Liu Chengyou, the hidden emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, conspired with his confidant Li Ye to eradicate the forces of the old generals of the previous dynasty in one fell swoop, and was learned by Wang Yin and Guo Wei. Guo Wei used the strategy of the strategist Wei Renpu, and forged an edict to declare that Liu Chengyou ordered Guo Wei to kill the generals, which caused the crowd to be angry, and sent troops from Hebei to attack Kaifeng, and Liu Chengyou was far inferior to Guo Wei in terms of military strength, but Guo Wei was short of money, and someone happened to send Cao Pi's cemetery drawings, and robbing the tomb became a helpless move. Old Ancestor Chen and Master Shaolin Fuju were a step late when they heard the news, so they could only take advantage of the conditions to transport all the books drawn in the tomb, including some things that Guo Wei didn't need. ”

"Guo Wei came from a poor family, grew up in the military, and his biggest advantage is that he is not greedy. Yang Zhi added some dead branches to the fire and said, "But those books have been in the cemetery for a long time, and even the bamboo slips are probably rotten, and they will not be of much use if they are left." ”

The good monk smiled and said: "That's right, that is, you don't know how extravagant Cao Pi, a hypocrite, is divided into three kinds of books, the first is a gold leaf book, most of the handwriting is still clear, Shaolin, The army dispatched more than 200 people, and it took two months to complete the copying, so that when the gold leaf was sent to the army, Guo Wei had already occupied Kaifeng and made a military salary to reward the three armies; the second kind of bamboo slips were treated with moisture, and the paper books were enclosed in a separate partition wall, even the paper books did not appear to have that kind of weathering, a total of 634 books, were transported away by Chen Jun's ancestors, and Shaolin left 271 books on Buddhist scriptures and landscape geography. ”

Yang Zhi pretended not to care and asked, "Guo Wei and Chai Rong didn't ask for these books later?"

The good monk said with certainty: "I don't want it, I have all asked for Chen Tuan, how can I ask for these useless things." Yang Zhi, you

Tell me, why did you come looking for these ancient books?"

"Curious. Yang Zhi said without hesitation: "I am a fugitive now, and I can only do what I like and can do." ”

Yes, the monk showed a look of disbelief and said, "Did Xu Zhichang tell you that Cao Pi left Wang Yue's sword spectrum, Dongfang Shuo's "Red Sword Spectrum", and Zhang Jiao's annotated "Taiping Sutra" in these collections?"

Yang Zhi was shocked in his heart, Wang Yue was the first swordsman of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Pi was his apprentice, and there was really a sword spectrum that could be described as a martial arts secret book; Dongfang Shuo's "Red Knife Spectrum" was the first time I heard of it, but Zhang Jiao's annotated "Taiping Sutra" is very likely, "Taiping Sutra" is said to have how many versions, Zhang Jiao can lead the Yellow Turban Uprising, naturally has his own unique opinions, as for the legendary Nanhua Immortal, it is very likely that Zhang Jiao showed a trust from God.

Yang Zhi fixed his mind and said: "The master is so clear about the collection of books, could it be that he is the descendant of Chen Tuan?"

Yes, the monk saw that Yang Zhi did not have the greedy gaze in his eyes, but had a look of fear, and secretly said in surprise: "The poor monk is Taizu, and later Taizu listened to what the Fuju monk said in Shaolin Temple, so he wrote it down in his notes. If you want to be a monk in Fuju, you naturally won't talk nonsense, Brother Yang, you can't get a way to enter the mountain if you run around like this, how about cooperating with poor monks, find books, and "Red Knife Spectrum" belongs to you. ”

Yes, the monk knew that Yang Zhi was a master of making knives, and the dragon bird knife was passed down from generation to generation, and it was estimated that Yang Zhi was here for the "Red Knife Spectrum", and other things were probably not attractive enough to Yang Zhi; Yang Zhi smiled faintly and said: "I don't dare to hope for extravagant hopes, that kind of treasure is accepted by the virtuous, I understand what the master means, I only need the master to allow me to copy ten books at that time." ”

The good monk smiled happily and said: "It's me who is hypocritical, and it is not known that Chen Tuan Ancestor may have given away the book." Yang Zhi, just like that, except for Wang Yue's sword book and Zhang Jiao's annotated "Taiping Sutra", you can choose any ten books to take away; transcription is too time-consuming, and what you and I lack is time. But there is a premise, you have to send the book to Waqiaoguan with me. ”

Waqiao Pass is located in the middle of the Hebei Plain, because the land belongs to the ancient Waqiao, in the name of the land, the five generations of Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan, and the three passes such as the Waqiao were owned by the Khitan; In order to prevent the Liao army from invading southward, the Great Song Dynasty blocked the Xu, Bao, Sha, Tang and other rivers in the nine rivers of Hebei, forming a water Great Wall with a twist and turn of 800 miles and a width of 60 miles.

In this way, not only are the exchanges between the north and the south limited to roads, but even smuggling and other behaviors are also subject to the geography of mountains and rivers, even if a good monk can find this batch of books, the transportation problem is even greater, so it is normal to need a master escort. Happy Liu's information is correct, which also explains why the good monk killed Du Jackal in Songshan, Du Jackal is a high-ranking person, no matter how good the monk treats him, he is a wolf who can't be fed, and he will definitely leak secrets;

Fortunately, no one knew that he was Lan Bin's secret, and Yang Zhi secretly rejoiced that this was his only reliance on the fire; Yang Zhi said: "Since you are smugglers, there must be someone to answer, I will send it to Waqiao Pass, but I don't pass the pass, and I will leave when I see Xiongzhou City." ”

Yes, the monk immediately nodded in agreement, and said in his heart how could he let you leave when the time came.