After Shen Chasing Xing left Qingliang Mountain, he thought that he was traveling and searching for treasures, and there was nothing to worry about, so he abandoned the wide official road, only picked the mountain path to walk, and walked to the east. It is already the twilight of spring, the mountains are full of flowers, the grass is in the sky, sometimes I listen to the birds chirping in the branches, sometimes I see the beasts shuttling in front of me, Shen Chasing the stars drink some mountain spring water when he is thirsty, go up the tree to pick a few fruits when he is hungry, or go down to the creek to catch a fish, when he is sleepy, he finds a cave that can block the wind and rain, sleep beautifully, and when he feels something, he sits on the ground, and cultivates the "great Wuxianggong" in time, and does not deliberately pursue any images, moves, a few true qi, etc., everything is left to nature. Since then, his skills have made great progress, and he has almost reached the realm of the unity of heaven and man.

In this way, I walked with the mentality of playing in the mountains and rivers, and practiced with the mentality of being at peace with the encounter, and I don't know how many days passed, only to hear the sound of cicadas, and the weather was hot.

The ancient town is built on a hill. Not far from the town, I saw the four big characters of "Huishan Ancient Town" on the first floor, and then I realized that I wanted to go eastward and go to Jiangyin, but I came to Wuxi in the southeast direction with the mountain road, and I thought that it was not bad, just to see the former residence of Daddy Shen Heng, and by the way, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Taihu Lake.

Huishan is really like Daddy Shen Heng said that there are many clear springs, and the locals introduce the "Thirteen Springs of Kowloon", the most famous of which is the "Yilan Spring" of "the second spring in the world". Shen Chaixing heard Ji Tan Zongxi talk about Xi Yingzhen's use of "Erquan" water to make tea a few days ago, and he suddenly found it interesting, so he asked for directions.

"The second spring" is located next to Huishan Temple, the tea saint Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty ranked 20 famous springs in the "Book of Tea", and this spring ranked second. According to legend, it was built in the Tang Dynasty during the calendar, a total of two pools, the upper pool is round, and the lower pool is square. The spring water flows out of the stone carved dragon's head on the spring wall, and it is clear and pleasant. Shen Chaixing took the water and drank it, but he felt that the entrance was sweet and refreshing. On the big stone on the side of the spring, there are five words engraved with "the second spring in the world", Shen Chasing the stars carefully, the payment is Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty, and there is a poem he inscribed on the side: "In front of Huishan in the ancient temple of the Southern Dynasty, wrap tea to find the second spring." When the greedy gentleman goes north, the wildflowers and birds linger. Leaving the second spring, Shen Chasing stars lingered in the ancient town, and found that the local area is rich in a kind of "big Afu" clay figurines, which are bright and very festive. After all, it is a young man's nature, and under the persuasion of the shopkeeper, Shen Chaixing saw that a pair of clay figurines of "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" were finely workmanship and vivid, and he immediately couldn't put it down, so he spent money to buy it and collected it properly.

Wuxi was called Liangxi and Jinkui in ancient times, and belonged to Changzhou Mansion of Zhongshu Province during the Hongwu period. When he entered the city gate, he saw that the Jinyi guard was taking the officials to investigate. At this time, Shen Chaixing's Great Wuxiang Gong had reached a very high level, so he had no sense of fear, and at the same time, he faintly felt in his heart that the other party was not looking for him. It was a feeling, and I didn't know why I felt it.

Sure enough, a notice was posted at the gate of the city, and it turned out that Blue Moon was being hunted down. Shen Chaixing was happy in his heart, thinking that this was a good thing, indicating that Blue Moon had not been caught yet. Shen Chaixing had an indescribable closeness to Lan Yue, as if it was his long-lost brother.

Shen Chaixing entered the city and found the wine shop opened by Chen Baozhu's brother and sister-in-law that Shen Heng said, and saw that it was a young couple who took care of it, guessing that it must be the descendants of Baozhu's brother and sister-in-law, so he asked for a corner of wine in the front store, but put two wine glasses and filled the wine. The master was puzzled, but Shen Chaixing smiled and did not answer.

Tasting the mellow and fragrant Huiquan rice wine, I silently missed my father Shen Heng in my heart. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, the bamboo curtain was gently lifted, Shen Chaixing seemed to see Shen Heng walking into the winery, looking at everything familiar here with affection, one cup at a time, one chair and one table, and then leaned over to sit on the chair opposite Shen Chaixing, looking at himself as usual, without speaking, just smiling.

Shen Chaixing was pleasantly surprised, but he didn't dare to speak, for fear that this was a dream, and like all dreams, he would wake up as soon as he spoke. Shen Heng smelled the familiar aroma of wine and raised his glass, Shen Chaixing hurriedly raised his glass as well, and the two of them drank it all.

When the glasses were lowered, there was no one on the other side, only two empty glasses on the table.

At this time, Shen Chaixing's tears flowed down and fell into the cup drop by drop.

Out of the winery, Shen Chaixing was quite depressed, so he came to Taihu Lake alone to feel comfortable. Under the guidance of the locals, Shen Chaixing came to a place called "Yuantouzhu" to watch the beautiful scenery of Taihu Lake.

This "Turtle Head Nagisa" was originally a huge rock inserted into the lake, and it was named because it resembled a turtle.

The ancient name of Taihu Lake is Zhenze, also known as the Five Lakes, it is said that when Yu ruled the water, he dug three waterways here: Dongjiang River, Loujiang River, Wusong River, since then, Taihu Lake and the sea are connected, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal dug by the Sui and Tang Dynasties is connected to Taihu Lake through the Yangtze River. Therefore, the Taihu Lake waterway is vertical and horizontal, and the traffic is developed.

Taihu Lake is 200 miles from east to west, 120 miles from north to south, and has a width of 36,000 hectares. Shen Chaixing boarded the turtle head Zhu, saw that the water surface was vast, the waterways were vertical and horizontal, under the blue sky, the white sails were dotted, and the depressed mood was swept away, and the mood was greatly relaxed.

At this moment, a round boat sailed out of the nearby lake, heading towards a three-story boat in the lake, followed by another same boat swinging out of the nearby lake and heading towards the building boat, and then one after another boat swept out of the hidden lake and outflanked the building boat, Shen chased the stars and counted, a total of thirteen small boats.

These ships are slightly larger than ordinary small boats, all of them are covered with raw cowhide, the sides of the ships are higher than ordinary ships, and there are arrow crossbow holes on both sides, a bit like the Dongting Gang warships that Shen Chaixing has seen, but they are not exactly the same, and then take a closer look, when the hull is turned upside down by the waves, the bottom of the ship is not as flat as the bottom of the Dongting Gang, but in an arc, and the draft is deeper.

The big boat saw that there were small boats surrounding him, and several big men came out of the cabin, and the first one seemed to be shouting loudly, but suddenly several crossbow arrows were shot from a small boat, and although the leader dodged, the two people around him were shot and fell. Then the man realized that these small boats were not good, and hurriedly turned around and shouted, and at this time, a man dressed in white and with long hair and shawl stood out from one of the small boats, and saw him open his bow and release arrows, and the man at the head fell down with arrows, and only one person fled back to the cabin to report the news. The white-clothed men in the small boat gave the order, and suddenly some black-clad and masked men came out of the small boats, holding hook locks, as if to hook the big boat, so that they could board the boat.

The big ship seemed to know the danger, and rushed out of the cabin, some with shields to block the arrows from the boat, and took the opportunity to raise the sails and sail away, while others returned fire with bows and arrows. One of them, armed with a long stick, was so valiant that the man in white shot several arrows that he blocked with his stick. Several of the black-clothed men who were about to board the ship were swept into the water with long sticks. When the man in white saw this, he gave another order, and the man in black scattered and tried to board the ship from all directions, but the people on the big boat resisted vigorously, but the people on the small boat were outnumbered, and the people on the big boat were tired of coping, and the situation was precarious. At this time, the sails of the big ship had been raised, and the ship was driven by the wind to sail in the direction of Shen Chaixing.

At this moment, the man in white on the small boat shot five arrows with a very fast series of arrows, and each arrow shot at the same place as the mast, and when the fifth arrow was shot, the thick mast of the big boat was actually broken! The big ship slowly stopped, and a group of small boats suddenly swarmed up like a pack of wolves pounced on the bulls, and it seemed a foregone conclusion that the men in black would board the big ship.

Shen Chaixing, who was standing on the turtle head Zhu to watch the battle, suddenly shook his heart, it turned out that due to the proximity of the big ship, Shen Chaixing recognized a person on the big boat, and the big man with a long stick in his hand was the brocade-robed man who was fighting with himself in front of the Jingshi Drunken Immortal Tower that day, and then he saw that the other three people who guarded the prince of Guijie were also on the boat. Shen Chaixing's mind appeared with that brilliant jade face, and immediately knew who the owner of this ship was, and he was immediately anxious, so he wanted to go up to the battle to help, but the boat was still in the center of the lake, and it was still far away, if it weren't for Shen Chaixing's eyesight exceeding ordinary people too much, he couldn't see it clearly, how could this be good?

Shen Chaixing's eyes scanned left and right, and suddenly found that there was a medium-sized boat parked not far from the west bay, setting up a pedal on the shore, as if waiting for someone to get on the boat. Shen Chaixing felt that the ship looked familiar, and after a closer look, the flag hanging on the ship was suddenly happy, and he thought, where did it come from such a coincidence, it turned out that the ship was hanging the flag of the Dongting Gang, it was a ship of the Dongting Gang, and it was a warship. I was busy watching the water battle in the lake before, but I didn't notice the boat, and now I didn't hesitate anymore and rushed away.

At this time, the nine true qi in Shen Chaixing's body had already been activated, and the Great Wuxiang Gong was fully exerted, and the toes of his toes touched the ground and pierced seven or eight zhang away, and it became faster and faster, and he came to the boat stop in the blink of an eye, and he did not pause, and he took a breath of true qi, and suddenly his whole body seemed to have lost his weight, and he did not take the springboard, and the whole person jumped into the air like a big bird, and then slid onto the boat.

Everyone on the boat was pointing and watching, watching the water battle, and suddenly there were more people around them, and they were suddenly startled, and then they saw that it was a young man with a beautiful face, and they hurriedly shouted: "Whose naughty boy is this, hurry down, is this also where you should come?"

Shen Chaixing blocked it slightly with his hand, and the person felt a huge force emanating from Shen Chaixing's hand, entering the meridians in his body, running at a rapid speed for a week and then returning to Shen Chaixing's hand, but the internal and external forces in his body also followed, and his whole body was suddenly empty, as if he had suddenly fallen from a height, and the whole person collapsed to the ground. Shen Chaixing felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly held it with his hand, and the man stood still, but he was scared into a cold sweat. He didn't dare to come hard, but asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you, what are you going to do?" The others didn't dare to step forward to stop Shen Chaixing.

Shen Chaixing hurriedly said, "What about Chen Tianding?

At this time, a person walked out of the cabin, with a steady step, about forty, with big ears, two eyes, and high temples on the left and right. After carefully looking at Shen Chaixing, he said, "Yu Rulong, the deputy gang leader of the Xia Dongting Gang, who is Your Excellency?

Shen Chaixing said happily: "Great, I see that you are a manager, I am a friend of Chen Tianding, is he on the boat? I want to borrow this boat!"

The crowd didn't care when they heard him say that they borrowed the boat, but now they heard him talk about it again, and they couldn't help but laugh, and some said, "This kid is crazy!"

Yu Rulong didn't laugh, but said, "If it's really a friend of the young helper, of course you can borrow a boat." It's just that the young helper has something to go out at the moment, and he is not on the boat, so it is inconvenient for Yu to borrow the boat, so it is better to wait until the young helper comes back to confirm that he will borrow it, what do you think?"

Shen Chaixing thought to himself, wait a little longer, the ship can't hold on, and he can't grab it, after all, this ship won't be able to drive itself! When he was in trouble, he suddenly remembered something, took out something from his arms, held it in his hand, and asked, "Can I borrow a boat with this?"