Chapter XXXVII
It is said that in the Ziyun Palace of Wangping Mountain, Tianci and several other senior brothers discussed how to go to the Heavenly Master Cave to meet the master.
"This stone box is finally given by the god to get the hand, it should be given by the god according to the master's explanation, to serve, but this way is far away, someone has to take care of it, I have been traveling around the world since I was a child, I have seen a little longer, I can accompany Brother Zhang to go together. Zuo Dian told his truth.
"Then I am strong, trekking through mountains and rivers, crossing rivers and seas. Yangzi was unconvinced and said, "It should be me who accompanies Senior Brother Tianci." ”
Chixia was very anxious to listen, but she couldn't answer, thinking that it was not good to propose that she accompany Tianci, how could she say it when she accompanied this lonely man and widow on the road.
"Otherwise, let's all go together!" she blurted out in a hurry.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then looked at her, and then at heaven.
Tianci slapped the table and said, "Okay, that's a good idea. Anyway, the master didn't say which one to go and which one not to go, if everyone is interested, why not go on the road together? ”
"Yes, yes, everyone. Ye Chengshi hurriedly agreed, for fear of leaving himself alone in the view.
Zuo Dian stood up and looked around at everyone and said: "I think this is okay, a few of our apprentices respect the master's teaching, and they have been practicing hard for a long time, so we should also go and report to the master, in order to get correction and improvement." ”
Seeing that everyone agreed with this proposal, they immediately decided to go to Youjing City to find a teacher, and then they went back happily to pack their luggage and prepare to go.
The next morning, before dawn, the five of them gathered in the front yard. Zuo Dian's Confucian crown robe is dressed as a scholar, Chixia is a young lady in a green gauze long skirt, Tianci wears a satin crown and a long gown, which is worn by a businessman, and Yangzi and Ye Chengshi are dressed in short clothes and trousers, waist leggings, and are dressed capably.
The five of them looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. After laughing, the five of them each took their suits, came out of the gate of the Purple Cloud Palace, walked forward through the Lost Forest, and headed east along the mountain road.
I walked in the mountains for nearly two days before I came down the mountain. It was the scorching summer season, the scorching sun was in the sky, after descending the mountain, there was no shade to cover the sun, after walking on the road with the sun on his head for a while, Zuo Dian and Chixia gradually fell behind, Ye Chengshi and Tianci walked in the middle, and Yangzi was still walking fast like flying, leaving a few people far behind.
After walking for a while, several people were already dry and their throats were about to burst into flames, when Yoko returned from the front and told everyone that there was a small village in front of them.
Sure enough, after a while, a few people saw a small village in front of them, there was a shack at the head of the village, and there was a shop sign hanging high outside, with the book "Big Bowl of Tea" on it, which seemed to be a tea shop.
The brothers quickened their pace, and they all rushed into the hut impatiently, and after sitting down, they asked the boss for a few bowls of herbal tea, and after drinking it all, they shouted loudly to the boss to serve tea again. Yoko distributed the dry food she brought with everyone and ate it with tea.
Zuo Dian asked the shopkeeper about the way to the capital, and the shopkeeper said that after walking eighty miles east here and nearing Yunshan, he arrived at Luocheng County, and he could inquire about it when he went.
When everyone heard that they would have to walk for more than a day to reach the county seat, they couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and sighed.
"However, there is a shortcut that takes less than 50 miles to reach Los Angeles County. The shopkeeper added. "But most people don't go there, so you'd better not go. ”
"Why don't you go, is there any danger?" asked Yoko.
"After entering Jinyun Mountain, there is a road to the left that passes through Heifeng Gang, the road is narrow, not very easy to walk, but it is not far from the county seat through here, and it is a road around the hill to the right, the road is easy to walk but much farther. The shopkeeper pointed to the distance and gestured.
"Most people don't go to Heifenggang because there is a small group of bandits entrenched there, who rob money and goods here all year round. Although there are not many bandits, they are all fierce and vicious, and they are all masters who kill people without blinking. The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Only some troops or a standard team escorted by a large number of martial artists dare to pass through there, and ordinary people and others dare not." ”
"How many bandits are there?" asked Yoko.
"There are about twenty or thirty people, although there are not many people, but I heard that the two leaders are very good, one is an axe, the other is a sword, and the two of them once joined forces to kill a centurion and a dozen soldiers, and they were shocked for a while. The shopkeeper said a little mysteriously.
"I don't think they're very good, they don't dare to go up the avenue to rob, they only dare to rob on the forest path, I'm afraid they will flee to the mountains for their own good. Zuo Dian said.
At this time, the shopkeeper came out and stared at Xiao Er, Xiao Er dared to shut up in a hurry, and when he turned around, the house was busy.
The brothers and sisters rested for a while, drank enough water, and prepared to continue on the road. When leaving, the shopkeeper greeted the checkout with a smile, and everyone found that they didn't bring the money out, which was very embarrassing for a while.
Fortunately, Tianci remembered that when he stole the deed at the rich man's house in the past, he took a stack of silver tickets hidden by the rich man in the cabinet and rummaged through the package.
After finding the silver ticket, he took out one and handed it to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper took it and looked at it, his face changed, his eyes widened, and after smiling awkwardly, he bowed down, presented the silver ticket with both hands, handed it to Tianci and said: "This boy doesn't make fun of me, these are too many to buy my small shop." ”
Isn't it enough to be a gift? He took a look and saw that the shopkeeper had a ticket worth a hundred taels of silver. Tianci looked at the other tickets in his hand, and they were all the same, all of them were one hundred taels of big tickets, but he didn't expect to get more than a thousand taels of silver from the rich man's house last time, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
The shopkeeper saw that they really couldn't come up with a small amount of money, thinking that he had met the owner today, so he was willing to be a favor, so he stepped forward and said: "These few small money, I really don't dare to work a few sons, I invite a few distinguished guests to drink a bowl of tea, it is also a great honor, this is still please take it back." With that, he handed the silver ticket back to God.
A few people thanked the shopkeeper at the moment, went out, and headed in the direction of Los Angeles County, and everyone joked with Tianci along the way.
"I didn't expect you to be a rich man. Zuo Dian said to Tianci with a smile.
"But you can't even pay for the tea with those tickets, and they don't work well. Chixia said.
"Yes, we can go to the capital for a month or two, and there is no scattered silver for us to eat and lod, it will never be possible. Zuo Dian echoed.
Ye Chengshi suddenly thought of something, stood up and said, "Heaven-sent junior brother has such a large sum of money, we can't go to Heifeng Gang, lest those thieves rob it." ”
"Rob us?" Yoko said disdainfully, "I'm not afraid that we'll rob them." ”
"That's right!" Tianci turned around and said, "Why don't we grab some plates from those bandits and use them, they must have stolen a lot of things." ”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing, and they all responded: "Yes, good idea, that's it." ”
Several people made up their minds, and after entering Jinyun Mountain, they did not take the Yangguan Avenue on the right, but went straight to the sheep intestine trail on the left.