Chapter 299: On the shore of Mochou Lake

Let's say that Zhang Dafei and the other three were surrounded by the Plum Blossom Gang, rushing left and right, not allowed to go out, and had been injured in many places. These gangs are all ruthless, a sword is as tight as a sword, and they want to stab the three of them into serious injuries, and they want to become famous in a battle on the day the new gang is established.

The three are in critical condition. At this moment, a shout was raised: "Amitabha." A monk carrying a Zen staff arrived, saw the crowd surrounding the three of them fighting, and shouted, "Stop." ”

The Plum Blossom Gang would listen to him, a wild monk, and kill even more. The monk was furious, ran forward, and struck with a Zen staff, knocking down two of them at that time. Chen Hong'er saw that the disciple in the gang was injured, so he gave up Zhang Dafei, and the flying sword came to stab the foot monk, and the foot monk hurriedly raised a Zen staff to greet him, and the two were killed in one place.

After a few moves, the monk said, "This kid has some ability." So he didn't dare to be careless, waved his Zen staff, and killed in one place. The Zen staff is mighty, and the plum blossom sword is very light, it is like a reed flower floating in snow, and the willows are flying, tumbling and rolling It has been more than 30 rounds.

Chen Hong'er was in a hurry and used one of the "Desperate Thirteen Swords" "Yuanpu Guifan", wanting to solve the battle immediately. Seeing that his eyes were red, the sword was premature, such as a dragon flying into the sky, dancing left and right, how dare he be careless, and hurriedly resorted to a life-saving trick "Smoke Temple Evening Bell", the Zen staff turned into dozens of staff shadows, like a peacock opening the screen, protecting the whole body, and immediately broke the other party's "Yuanpu Guifan".

Taking advantage of the situation, the walking monk suddenly hit a Zen cane, and with a sound, Chen Hong'er's face was pale, and he was already defeated.

That Liang Wenhui and the others had already stopped, came to watch Chen Hong'er fight, and saw him use the "Thirteen Swords of Desperation", dazzling in brilliance, thinking that one blow would win, but he still lost.

Chen Hong'er was defeated, and his face was like earth. The monk said to him, "In the future, if you change your ways, if you do evil again...... Alas, it's a pity that you have good swordsmanship. There you go. ”

Liang Wenhui and the others got this sentence, and ran out of Baiyun Temple with Chen Hong'er in tow.

Zhang Dafei and the three of them got their lives, so they hurriedly came over to thank them and ask for the Dharma number. The foot monk said: "The poor monk is also a monk." Came to Baiyun Temple to meet a friend of mine. ”

The abbot came at once.

The friend of the monk who set off the boat was the abbot.

The abbot hurriedly invited the monk to go to the abbot's room with Zhang Dafei. Everyone came to the room, and the little monk made fragrant tea. The monk asked, "Why did these villains come to the temple to make trouble?"

The abbot said: "The six of them have formed a plum blossom gang to promote their prestige in the temple. I also want our temple to join his plum blossom gang. Since the junior brother is here, he will stay for a few more days in case they come back. ”

Several people had a meal in Baiyun Temple, the monk lived in the temple, and Zhang Dafei and the three of them said goodbye to the temple.

Zhang Dafei didn't go home either, and took Wang Hui and Wang Xiu to play elsewhere. There are a lot of scenery in this Taihang Mountain, and there are more than ten days to visit the scenic spots such as Guan Mountain, Tianjie Mountain, Wanxian Mountain, and Nine Lotus Mountain. Wang Hui and Wang Xiu want to go back to Anhui, and Zhang Dafei has been sending them off. By the time he got home, it had been a month.

Zhang Dafei returned to his home, and after two days, his family came in to report that Hu Qiong had arrived. Zhang Dafei said in his heart: "He came back from the capital so soon?"

said that Hu Qiong said goodbye to Zhang Dafei and came all the way to the capital. When I arrived in the capital, I went to Zhang Haining's house, and I went there several times, but the gatekeeper said that he was not there. Hu Qiong couldn't, and when he saw a family member coming out of Zhang's house, he ran forward, grabbed his hand, and said that he was a fellow villager in Jingzhou from Master Zhang, and pulled him straight to the tavern and invited him to drink. After a few glasses of wine, his face was red, and the relationship between the two was closer, and the Zhang family told the truth, it turned out that Zhang Haining went to Zhongxiang, Hubei with the emperor to worship his ancestors.

Emperor Zhengde died without heirs, and was succeeded by King Xing, who was Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing's biological father died and was buried in Zhongxiang, and the emperor missed his father while cultivating immortals, so he quietly returned to his hometown with a few cronies and ministers to worship his ancestors.

Hu Qiong had no choice but to leave the capital and ride his horse south. After passing through Hui County, I went to visit Zhang Dafei by the way.

Zhang Dafei hurriedly walked out to greet him, and the old friends met each other, and they were very affectionate. Hu Qiong stayed at Zhang's house for one night. Early the next morning, he was about to leave, but Zhang Dafei couldn't keep him, so he had to let him come back. Zhang Dafei wanted to go to the south to play, but there were a few things entangled at home, so he put it aside for the time being.

said that Hu Qiong left Zhang's house and came south day and night. When I arrived at Zhongxiang, I saw that the Imperial Forest Army had surrounded the city three layers inside and three layers outside, and there was no way to enter.

Hu Qiong couldn't get into the city. On this day, he came to Mochou Lake to play, only to see the rippling blue waves, and the lake island rose and fell with the waves. Hu Qiong enjoyed playing along the lake, but he didn't realize that it was already dark, and found a farmer to eat, all of which were famous dishes in the lake, such as fish, water chestnut, lotus root, etc. I couldn't sleep after eating, so I walked to the lake again.

At this time, the bright moon is in the sky, and there is also a bright moon at the bottom of the lake, reflecting up and down, and it seems that the lake water is quiet and clear, the distant mountains are faint, and the smoke trees are misty.

Hearing a commotion in the distance, Hu Qiong looked around, there were a few lights, Hu Qiong walked over unconsciously, and a big boat stopped on the shore of the lake. There was a table of wine banquet on the bow of the boat, and the people at the table were drinking wine and admiring the moon, which was really a blessing! Hu Qiong thought that she was once a solid family, and she didn't want to be framed by others, and her family was in trouble, and she was adrift in the rivers and lakes, and she encountered danger one after another, and she felt infinite emotion in her heart, and she couldn't help but look stupid.

The group was drinking happily, only to see a person with a fat head and big ears, and a red face, only to hear him say: "Father-in-law Xia, you are the pride of our Zhongxiang people!"

Father-in-law Naxia screamed: "Where, where, I'm just a little eunuch in the palace." ”

"Father-in-law Xia, what a humble person, I salute my father-in-law with a glass of wine. ”

So, a group of people stood up and toasted Grandpa Xia with a glass of wine.

One person boasted: "I think I am a treasure of Feng Shui in Zhongxiang, and I have a prince and a father-in-law of Xia." ”

Father-in-law Xia hurriedly shook his hand and said, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." ”

"Although Father-in-law Xia served the emperor, he did not forget our group of playmates since childhood. It's really rare, I want to toast Grandpa Xia. ”

Father-in-law Xia held the wine glass, and did not drink, and said, "I like to hear you say this the most." When I came back this time, how many dignitaries and nobles in the city came to ask for a meeting, and I have never seen a single one. I always think about my hometown, I think about my playmates when we were young, but we haven't seen each other in 20 years. ”

"yes, twenty years. Everyone stood up and drank a glass of wine with Grandpa Xia.

"Grandpa Xia, do you remember here? This is where we play together, bathing, fishing, touching shrimp ......"

"Why don't you remember? As soon as I heard that you were going to meet in this place, it was not yet dark, and I wanted to come. ”

Although this Xia Gonggong is a eunuch brought to the capital by Emperor Jiajing from his hometown, it is difficult for him to say a word to the emperor for a year, and he has to be worthy of his young playmates, so he said: "Today, the emperor cultivates immortals, one is to find the living immortals in the world, and exchange experiences in cultivating immortals together, and secondly, he also asks for the "Immortal Sutra", and thirdly, he also needs young and beautiful girls to help him cultivate immortals. You have been my playmates since childhood, and I tell you, if you ask for one, you will be rich and prosperous. ”

"Living immortals are hard to find. However, there is a deep pool in the inn village under Dahong Mountain, and there is a thousand-year-old turtle in it, if you can find it, it is also a living treasure. ”

Xia Gong said fairly: "There is this living treasure, don't you catch it and give it to the emperor?"

One said: "Who said no, it's just that there is a spring under this deep pool, which is bottomless and never dries up, and some people can see it, but they can't catch it." ”

"It's a shame. ”

Another said: "I have not heard of the Book of Immortals. But the king of Chu dreamed that the goddess of Wushan came to meet, and the goddess must have left the king of Chu with the art of cultivation. ”

"Thousands of years ago, where to visit?"

"Naturally, I can't ask for it. But after the death of the king of Chu, there must be immortal traces in his grave, so why not dig his grave. ”

Xia Gong said fairly: "You have to do it in secret, don't let people know, and a fortune will come to naught." ”

Another old man said: "If you want to talk about beauties, as far as I know, they are all crooked melons and cracked dates, but last year I went to Youchun, at the foot of Dahong Mountain, there was a beautiful woman in a family, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, and this year is fourteen years old, looking like Xi Shi." Why don't we grab it and present it to the emperor?"

Xia Gong said fairly: "This matter must be done quickly." In a few days, the emperor will return to Beijing. A wealth is at your fingertips, don't make a mistake. ”

"Yes, yes......"

"We're going to do it tomorrow morning. ”

Some people talked about the important things and went back drinking.

In the smoke on the lake in the distance, a small boat rowed over, and on the bow stood a big man with a beard, who was the "underwater ghost" Liu Huzi who intercepted and killed Hu Qiong and Zheng Wenjun on the Yangtze River. He was imprisoned in the Yongxing County Prison and was somehow rescued by the Wufu Sect. Tonight he came to Mochou Lake.

Here, Grandpa Xia and the others saw that the boat was drifting far away, but there was no rower, and they were suspicious, and the "underwater ghost" Liu Huzi shouted: "Grandpa Xia, I am the 'underwater fairy' Liu Huzi, and I have come to meet your old man." ”

Father-in-law Xia and the others asked, "Your boat has no oars, how can the boat go?"

Liu Huzi said with a smile: "I am an 'underwater fairy', so naturally I don't need to row a boat, and the boat will go." ”

Xia Gong said fairly: "I have followed the emperor, how many self-proclaimed immortals have I seen, why are you also an 'underwater immortal'?"

Liu Huzi said: "I lie at the bottom of this water, no matter how long you have, you can't drown me." ”

The emperor has been cultivating immortals as immortals all year round, this Xia Gonggong is also superstitious about the immortals, there are many ministers in the court because of the recommendation of the living immortals in the world, get promoted, Xia Gonggong met a living immortal tonight, of course, he can't miss the opportunity to invite pets, so he said: "As you said, you are the underwater fairy, I should recommend it to the emperor, if it is a deceptive trick, it is a crime of killing the head." ”

Liu Huzi said: "Whether it's true or not, you'll know if you try it." With that, head down, an upside-down onion, jumped into the water. Stuck head down into the sludge, legs stretched out on the surface of the lake, the whole person stuck motionless in the lake like a piece of wood. Father-in-law Xia and others came to the side of the boat, held candles to shine, and saw the bottom of the water clearly.

Grandpa Xia smiled: "See how long he can last?"

Hu Qiong hid in the grass on the shore, and saw the "underwater ghost" Liu Huzi coming, he was a subordinate of the Wufu Sect, he came to approach Gonggong Xia, what was the purpose? Could it be that the Wufu Sect also came to Zhongxiang?

Hu Qiong only felt that there was some conspiracy in this, but he couldn't figure it out for a while. At this time, the moon was already in the west, and I saw a ghost shadow reflected in the moonlight, holding a large long knife in his hand, and slashed at his head and neck viciously.