Chapter 13 The Waterway Detours
With a few "poofs" from the forest, tonight's events came to an end, except for the leading Liangyi Realm Grand Master who was injured and fled, the rest formed a ghost under the knife.
"Young Master, are you okay?" Uncle Ye looked around at the corpses around him, and hurriedly supported Wei Dong who was floating under his feet.
"It's okay, it's just a little skin trauma and a real qi overdraft. Wei Dong wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, his face was slightly pale, and he walked into the tent with Uncle Ye's support.
In the curtain, Uncle Ye looked at the nearly half-foot-long wound on Wei Dong's back, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Young master, you really frightened the old slave by using two shocks in a row, fortunately, your cultivation has improved recently, otherwise this time it would really hurt the roots." ”
It was still a little painful when Uncle Ye bandaged his wounds, Wei Dong frowned slightly and smiled: "It's indeed a little impulsive, but fortunately, there is no danger, if I hadn't suppressed the assassin with two shocks and made him timid, once I gave him a chance to breathe, I'm afraid it would be more expensive to kill him." ”
"By the way, Uncle Ye, do you know who is fighting you?" Wei Dong asked as he got dressed and walked out of the tent with Uncle Ye.
"Although there are not many great masters of the Liangyi Realm, and the sum of Daqian, Northern Wei, Western Yueshu, and Southern Shu is not small, but there are probably not many people who are good at holding the law, and we will find out when we check the border pass. Uncle Ye thought for a moment and continued: "The old slave thinks that it is more likely that it was sent by the Yueshu Kingdom. ”
Wei Dong pondered for a while and nodded: "Well, Northern Wei and Southern Shu are far away from the border passes, even if the intelligence system is timely and accurate, it will take a long time to deploy." As for the possibility of my father's political enemies in the court, at least they don't dare to make these small moves under the nose of Emperor Qian, then the only possibility is that they were sent by the Yueshu State. Over the years, the friction between our Great Qianxiguan and Yueshu has become more and more intense, and there are a lot of spies infiltrating each other. ”
"Report, Major General, no information has been found on the Assassin's identity. A Mo Dao Guard came to report and said.
Wei Dong nodded and said, "The body will be buried on the spot and we will continue to rush tomorrow." ”
"Yes. ”
Originally, according to the original itinerary, it was to go out of the capital all the way to the northwest to Anyang City, the northernmost part of Yanzhou, and then enter the northern Bingzhou, and finally exit the customs from Fufeng City, the westernmost part of the state, and then pass through the desert outside the Guan, that is, the Western Regions, and arrive at the Western Border Pass.
However, not long after leaving the capital and arriving in Yanzhou, he encountered an assassination, which made Wei Dong change his mind. In order to deal with the subsequent ambush and assassination, he simply changed the route, turned back from Yanzhou to the southeast through Jiangzhou to the wharf of Jinlingwei, took the official boat along the Tianmen River upstream, passed through Qingchuan Prefecture in the south of Yanzhou all the way to the northwest, and finally got off at Xijindu in the northwest of Qingchuan Prefecture, and then entered the Western Regions along the mountain road of the Wushan Mountains, and then arrived at the border pass, and the entire waterway journey was at least half a month longer than the original land journey.
Early the next morning.
"Young Master, you have changed your itinerary in a roundabout way, so I'm afraid that the deployment of those people will be wasted. Uncle Ye led the horse to Wei Dong's side and said with a smile.
Wei Dong took the reins, shook his head and said with a smile: "Uncle Ye, don't flatter me, who doesn't know that there are two ways to go to the border pass: water and land." Look at it, even if we change the waterway, there must be a net waiting for us to enter, and we will definitely not be able to run on the Tianmen River and Xijin Ferry. ”
"This ......" Uncle Ye was confused at this time, knowing that there were tigers in the mountains and leaning towards Tiger Mountain.
Wei Dong got on his horse and said with a smile: "Uncle Ye wants to say that we still have the official yamen to take care of us all the way to the west, which can save a lot of trouble, and there is still a secret letter from Emperor Qiandi that needs to be brought to my father, right?"
Uncle Ye rode a horse and followed behind Wei Dong: "Indeed, the old slave shouldn't be talkative. ”
"Don't worry, Uncle Ye, if the secret letter is in a hurry, Emperor Qiandi won't let me take it, and it's just right for me to restore myself to the best state during this time. Then Wei Dong looked back at Uncle Ye and said with a smile: "Uncle Ye still remember what my father told me? The intrigues and tricks on the battlefield are sometimes not as sinister as the hearts of the people in the rivers and lakes, and the water in the south of the Yangtze River is not only sweet for people, so it doesn't hurt to delay for a few more days." ”
I saw Wei Dong waving his horsewhip and driving away in the dust. Uncle Ye smiled, as if he saw his youthful and energetic appearance. The young man, as it should be, rode his horse and followed.
Twenty Mo sword guards followed, and the sound of horses' hooves was like muffled thunder, resounding throughout the north and south of the river.
......
In the peach blossom dock, when Yan Mu was still asleep, Xu Xu had already left the room and walked to the stream in the valley in front of the door, opened the peach blossoms on the water, washed his face, and looked extremely refreshing. Although it is now winter, there is no chill in this valley, but it seems a little cool.
At this time, I heard a crisp and pleasant woman's voice.
"Xu Shaoxia, I got up so early, and my injuries have healed. I saw a woman in a purple Luo skirt and a face towel in the valley slowly walking towards Xu Xu who was squatting by the stream.
"Miss Xie cares, the skin injury is not a big problem, but the breath in the body is still a little disordered, presumably it will be good to recuperate for a few more days, but I want to thank Taohuawu for saving his life. Xu Xu bowed over to the purple-clothed woman who came over.
The woman in purple turned slightly sideways to avoid Xu Xu's salute and said, "Xu Shaoxia is serious, it was Yan Muyan Gongzi who saved you yesterday, don't be mistaken." ”
Xu Xu's slightly weak body coughed twice and said: "The girl is polite, no matter how strong Yanmu is, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat the three masters of the Four Elephant Realm of the Qin family of Daozhuang to join forces, if it weren't for Taohuawu to help, I really can't think of anything else, I haven't asked the girl yet?"
The woman in purple bowed and said, "Su Yunyao, the master of the peach blossom dock, is polite." ”
Hearing this, Xu Xu hurriedly returned the salute and said: "The dock master is in a trance, the great grace of Taohuawu Xu is unforgettable, and in the future, anyone who can be useful to Xu and Tangmen will never postpone." ”
Su Yunyao squinted slightly and nodded, "Definitely, Xu Shaoxia just calls me Yun Yao." ”
"Miss Yun Yao doesn't need to be polite, just call me Xu Xu. ”
"Okay!" Su Yunyao suddenly remembered, beckoned behind her, and saw a female disciple of Taohuawu walking over with a wooden box. "Brother Xu, these are your belongings, and I am going to order someone to send them to your room. I just happened to meet you, so I gave it to you directly, and you took an inventory to see if it was lost. ”
After the wooden box was handed to Xu Xu, the female disciple then retreated, leaving Su Yunyao and Xu Xu to talk.
Xu Xu took the wooden box from the female disciple of Taohuawu and suddenly remembered something, hurriedly opened the wooden box, and found that an extremely delicate box inside was still there, and immediately opened it and closed it again, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, it was not lost.
Seeing Xu Xu's suddenly panicked expression, Su Yunyao couldn't help but wonder why she was so nervous.
Xu Xu saw that Su Yunyao didn't look at him very right, and couldn't help but explain embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry Miss Yunyao, don't get me wrong, this thing is extremely important to Zaixia, and there is no room for loss, even if you lose your life, you can't lose it." ”
This sentence made Su Yunyao even more puzzled, what was so important.
Xu Xu thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't hurt to get Miss Yunyao's life-saving grace to tell you. As he spoke, he opened the box and handed one of the items to Su Yunyao.
I saw that this thing was small and exquisite, a jade short arrow, although it was only the size of a palm, but it was cold, murderous, and breathtaking, and there was nothing strange about it.
The strong murderous aura faintly had substance, and a trace of visible cold qi condensed in Su Yunyao's palm, and Su Yunyao used his true qi to resist it. Suddenly, such a strong murderous aura couldn't help but make Su Yunyao frown slightly and feel her heart swaying, as if she was in an ice cave. can make a master of the Four Elephant Realm feel like this, and the power can be seen. After reading it, Su Yunyao put it in the box in Xu Xu's hand, and then she felt a little lighter.
"Brother Xu, this is the ...... of the Tang Sect," Su Yunyao said with a sigh of relief.
Xu Xu nodded and said, "That's right, this thing is the second-ranked treasure of my Tang Sect [Biluo Arrow], which can instantly kill the great master of the Liangyi Realm, and it is the life-saving thing that my sect gave me." ”
Hearing this, Su Yunyao couldn't help but take a cool breath, and her voice trembled slightly: "Instantly kill the Great Grandmaster of the Liangyi Realm?"
"What are you kidding, although your Tangmen secret weapon is powerful, but you don't have such a braggadocio, that night in the capital, why didn't you use it to kill Hua Ji?" Yan Mu didn't know when he got up and walked behind Xu Xu, shaking the folding fan in his hand with one hand, and grabbing the peach blossom with the other.
Seeing Yan Mu coming, Xu Xu did not shy away from turning around and said to Yan Mu with Su Yunyao: "There are two reasons, one is that I am not sure, my intuition tells me that Biluo Arrow will not kill Hua Ji, once I use Biluo Arrow, I feel that all of us may die that night; ”
"Then you were so embarrassed yesterday with this thing, wouldn't it be good if you directly slaughtered the three masters of the Four Elephant Realm of the Qin family of the Sword Village. Yan Mu continued.
Xu Xu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Brother Yan, do you think I don't want to, this Biluo Arrow is different from Guanyin Willow, it can't cause terrifying area damage, and it consumes a lot." At that time, the best result will be that I will pull on the two cushions, but this treasure will definitely be lost, and I will become a sinner of the Tang Sect at that time. ”
"I said that you people from the Tang Sect are pedantic, and this utensil is not for people, and you are blind all day long as a baby pimple. ”
Yan Mu put together the fan and walked in front of Xu Xu, frowned, ran his true qi and then palmed his palm before picking up the Biluo arrow, looking at it and putting it back, and said with a heartfelt emotion: "You Tang Sect Patriarch has to say that you are really a genius who can create such an artifact." Now I believe it, this thing can kill the Great Grandmaster of the Liangyi Realm, but you said that this Biluo Arrow that can instantly kill the Great Grandmaster of the Liangyi Realm will not kill Hua Ji, I feel that it needs to be considered, isn't Hua Ji the Liangyi Realm? impossible, right?"
As we all know, the world's martial arts cultivation is divided into four realms, taking the meaning of Yin and Yang Bagua Taiji:
Forging the body, for the martial arts entry realm, generally walking the rivers and lakes are in this realm;
Bagua (also known as the Eight Gates Realm), entering this realm is an important threshold for martial arts to go down, martial arts first peek into the doorway, absorb the essence of heaven and earth in the eight directions, conceive and nourish the dantian, refining the muscles and shaping the mind;
The four elephant realms (masters), with the intention of nourishing the force, the internal force is really majestic and runs as expected, and the spine dragon goes straight to the limbs and hundreds of remains, which can be called a master;
Liangyi realm (great master), condensing gas into reality, turning yin and yang into their own use, gasifying yin and yang to nourish the gods, breaking through the hundred armor without slacking off, thousands of troops can still pass, and those who reach this realm can open a sect;
Tai Chi (also known as the Infinite Realm), like a celestial being, come and go without a trace, ghosts and gods are unpredictable;
Xu Xu shook his head and said affirmatively: "Hua Ji is naturally in the Liangyi Realm, have you ever heard of anyone who can break the shackles of heaven and earth and break through the Liangyi Realm for hundreds of years?"
"What do you mean?" asked Yan Mu inexplicably.
Xu Xu thought for a while and said, "Hua Ji is very strong, not ordinarily strong. As far as I know, Hua Ji can kill the great grandmaster of the Liangyi Realm when she is at the peak of the Four Elephant Realm, this is a cross-border murder that has never appeared in the history of martial arts, and now Hua Ji is the great grandmaster of the Liangyi Realm, think about how many great masters of the Liangyi Realm are his opponents, and Hua Ji can't be judged by the general Great Master of the Liangyi Realm. ”
Yan Mu nodded contemplatively and said, "That's right, in terms of martial arts, Hua Ji's talent can be said to be amazing." It's also strange to say that when Hua Ji became famous, my Hualou, Liu Ming's Shantou Bao, Daqian's Shadow Dragon Guard, and the big and small forces in the rivers and lakes failed to find out where Hua Ji came from. The only suspect who was a teacher, Master Li, also had no trace, so there was no clue. ”
"I don't know if the Hua Ji mentioned by Brother Xu and Brother Yan is the Hua Ji Yu Qiao, who made a lot of noise in the rivers and lakes from the thirty-ninth year of Yonglu to the forty-second year of Yonglu, and the strange woman who is full of flowers. Listening to Xu Xu and Yan Mu talking, Su Yunyao, the owner of Peach Blossom Dock, couldn't help but ask.
"Is this the person that Miss Yun Yao has seen?" Xu Xu asked, hoping to get more information.
Su Yunyao shook her head and said: "I haven't seen it, I just know some news about the rivers and lakes, but this woman is a hard-working person, if it weren't for the world's compulsion, how could she end up like this, a family that should have lived a happy and comfortable life, the mother made the yin and yang separated, and the father didn't know whether he was alive or dead." ”
Su Yunyao, who is also a woman, sighed with deep emotion and couldn't help sighing.
At this moment, Xu Xu's stomach screamed out of an untimely "grunt, grunt", which made Xu Xu's face embarrassed.
Su Yunyao couldn't help but laugh crisply twice and said, "I forgot, Brother Xu was in a coma last night until now, I'm afraid I'm already hungry, I ordered the disciples in the dock to bring some breakfast to the room." Later, the two of them can enjoy the beautiful scenery in the peach blossom dock at will, and there are still some things to deal with in the dock, so they will be lost first. ”
"Miss Yun Yao bothered. ”
"Thank you, Dock Master. ”
Looking at Su Yunyao, who was walking away, Yan Mu's shoulder touched Xu Xu's shoulder and said, "Miss Yunyao, tsk." Brother Xu, it's only been a long time, it's really a kiss, what's the matter, do you want to see this Yun Yao girl disappear from your field of vision. ”
Hearing this, Xu Xu couldn't help but blush: "Brother Yan, don't talk nonsense, I don't mean that, thank you for saving your life!"
Yan Mu squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Everyone is a man, I understand, I understand." ”
When Xu Xu saw Yan Mu, he recognized this reason and simply ignored it, and walked straight to the room where he lived with the wooden box.
Yan Mu smiled, and shook off the folding fan with a "swish", but at first glance, he looked suave, and said in a slightly louder voice: "My teacher said, how can there be any love at first sight, but it's just a matter of seeing the color, Brother Xu, your character is not good!"
Xu Xu retorted wordlessly, but he didn't say anything, but there was an extra stone in his hand at some point, and he hit Yan Mu's knee with his backhand.
Yan Mu, who was still shaking his fan and looking at the sky and walking forward, did not have the slightest defense, fell a dog and ate, and feigned anger: "Ouch, hey, it hurts me to death." Xu Xu, you dare to yin me, labor and management saved an Aries wolf, and also saved a scourge with bad intentions. ”
Xu Xu smiled bitterly helplessly, quickly quickened his pace, and stayed away from this playboy.