Besides, Xu Zhi and Huifeng took the river boat along the way, and went all the way west, and the road was smooth, and the boat traveled for a day and a night, and they arrived at Yanziji in Jiangzhou.

This Jiangzhou was originally a famous metropolis in the south of the Yangtze River, Wu head and Chu tail, dragon and tiger standing, is a place where soldiers must fight; Sun Wu was originally named "Jianye", take the meaning of "making meritorious contributions" here; after the Jin Dynasty crossed to the east, it was once again designated as the capital, in order to avoid the name of Emperor Jin Shu, changed "Jianye" to "Jiankang"; after nearly 100 years of operation of Liu Song, Xiao Qi, Xiao Liang and Southern Chen dynasties, Jiankang City in the Southern Dynasty was already a metropolis with a population of one million, and there were thousands of temples in the city, as evidenced by the poems of Du Mu in the late Tang Dynasty:" Thousands of miles of warblers cry green and red, and the water village mountain Guo wine flag wind. There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain". It was only later that Sui Han captured Hu and He Ruobi assisted Yang Guang, the king of Jin, to pacify Jiangnan, and in order to destroy the royal spirit of Jiangnan, Jiankang City was completely burned down and reduced to Fei County, which was governed by Runzhou in Jiangnan, and was soon promoted to Jiangzhou. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, Jiangzhou City has been lifeless, full of basil, leaving only a little memory of the prosperity of the Southern Dynasties, allowing future generations to pay their respects, and all of them make literati and tourists sigh. It was not until the end of the Tang Dynasty that Jiangzhou gradually regained its original prosperity due to its special geographical location.

The boss of the boat anchored the ship steadily, shouted at the passengers to get off the ship, and asked everyone to stay in Jiangzhou for one night, prepare some daily necessities, and wait for the big ship to go to Ezhou tomorrow afternoon. Xu Zhi and Huifeng had no choice but to follow everyone and get off the boat at Yanziji.

The swallow rock of Jiangzhou is a large material transit wharf along the Yangtze River at that time, the south of the Yangtze River is rich in grain and sea salt, and these important materials need to transit in Jiangzhou, and then go up the river, transported to the two lakes, Xichuan and other places; and the upstream materials also need to circulate here, so the Jiangzhou at the end of the Tang Dynasty has been one of the famous "four granaries" in the south of the Yangtze River, the shore is ten miles of rice market, hundreds of miles of shops, pedestrians and tourists are endless.

Xu Zhi and Huifeng saw such a big bazaar for the first time, the goods on both sides of the street were dazzling, there were mink skins from the northeast, Sichuan brocade from Xichuan, seafood from Jiangnan, and fruits from Lingnan.

The two of them were strolling through the shops in the market, when they suddenly heard someone on the street exclaiming: "Jiang Wenshen is here!", and saw the guys on both sides of the store quickly tidy up the shops and closed the door. Xu Hui and the two were very puzzled, and suddenly saw two men wearing white and black mourning clothes, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, living like a black and white double brake in the underworld, the two swaggered across the street, and the crowd crossing the street avoided one after another, and there were women, children and children who had no time to avoid, all kicked to the ground in black and white impermanence, wailing in pain, and very miserable.

Hui Feng hurriedly pulled Xu Zhi to avoid, due to Xu Zhi's inconvenient legs and feet, he was a little sluggish, but he was hit by the black man, fell to the ground, and was in pain, and the man had a stunt, he didn't move, sneered, and shouted: "Those who don't have long eyes, hurry up and get away from the uncle!"

Xu Zhi was knocked to the ground and glared angrily, but the man didn't continue to pay attention to him.

The two black and white men shouted in unison: "Today, the black and white double brake of our Jiang Temple is just looking for someone to seek revenge, please avoid it immediately!"

In an instant, the market was empty, and there was only one old Dao wearing a torn robe, still standing, shouting: "You Jiang Shenmiao have done a lot of evil in Jiangzhou, ** captive, if you don't look for me, I will also look for you, do the right thing for heaven!"

The black and white double brake quickly surrounded the old road, without saying a word, the two of them took out the vajra and beat the king's whip, and slammed into the three and lower three roads of the old road respectively, Xu Zhi couldn't help but worry about the old road, and shouted: "Old man, be careful!"

Although the old man was old, he was not in a hurry, he took three steps back, dodged the black and impermanent steel whip below, lowered his head and flashed the white impermanence of the golden mace, and his movements were fast, like an ape, and there was a cheer all around. Lao Dao then stretched out his hands and put on a move of "Cangsong welcomes guests", followed by a move of "fighting and turning the stars", moving to the side of the white brake, and another move of "holding the sheep by the hand", and actually snatched the golden mace of the white brake. And these moves were done in one go, as fast as lightning, and they were completed before the Black Brake Steel Whip swept over. Then Lao Dao used a golden mace to block the steel whip, and suddenly made a banging sound, only to put down the hearts of Xu Zhi and Huifeng, and the two couldn't help but applaud: "Good kung fu!"

Because of the loss of the golden wedge, the white brake lost a move, very embarrassed, no longer dare to come forward to fight, the black brake with the blade and the old way fought for more than a dozen rounds, gradually at a disadvantage, he shook a move, jumped out of the circle, pulled up the white brake, shouted: "Ling Kongzi old way, wait for us to come back, and then ask for your old life." ”

The person of the volley Dao threw the golden mace to Bai Sha, and responded: "The poor road is waiting for the master at any time!"

The black and white duo had already disappeared without a trace.

Ling Kong Lao Dao was about to leave, Xu Zhi took Hui Feng's hand and shouted behind him: "Master, please stay!"

The Lingkong Daoist stopped and glanced back at Xu Zhi and Hui Feng.

Xu Zhi said softly: "Old man, when you were fighting just now, you accidentally dropped a package on the ground, I picked it up and returned it to you!"

Volley instantly had a good impression of the two young men in front of him. As everyone knows, the package contained a few hundred taels of silver and an important letter, and these two people actually found gold and did not covet wealth, which is very rare in today's world.

It just so happened that after Ling Kong finished his business in Jiangnan, he also wanted to go back to Wudang Mountain, Hubei, and go on the same road with Xu and Hui. So the three of them decided to go together. Although Ling Kongzi is old, his mentality is the same as that of young people, and the three of them hit it off at first sight, calling each other brothers and very close. Seeing that Xu Zhi was inconvenient to walk, the two decided to find an inn first, settle down, and then make plans. That night, the three of them finished their dinner and talked on their knees.

Ling Kongzi asked, "Was Brother Xu's illness born with it, or did he get it later?"

Hui Feng replied for Xu Zhi: "Brother Xu's illness is due to the fact that he avenged his parents and was angry for the people, and was injured by a traitor, and his muscles and bones were damaged, and it was difficult to recover for a while", so he told Xu Zhi's story briefly.

Ling Kongzi listened carefully, heard the highlights, and praised: "Brother Xu is really a bloody man, let the eldest brother admire!"

"It's not a boast, our disciples of the Wudang Sect all know a little bit about medical skills and the ability to strengthen the body, let me help the elder brother take a look at the body first and see if there is a cure. ”

The Lingkong Daoist carefully inspected Xu Zhi's muscles and bones everywhere, and sighed: "Such deep internal injuries, meridians are damaged, Brother Xu is afraid that he was injured by the tiger's broken heart, this kind of strong and domineering palm method originated from Shaolin, and later became the housekeeping skill of the Hezhou Tiger Gang." ”

Hui Feng asked happily, "Since Brother Ling knows the cause of this injury, it shouldn't be difficult to heal, right?"

Ling Kong replied: "It's hard to say now, after all, Brother Xu's injury has been delayed for many days." By the way, I still have some Wudang Mountain's life-saving medicine 'Ziyang Heart Pill' here, let Brother Xu take it!"

After Xu Zhi finished taking the medicine, Ling Kong continued:

"I see that you don't know kung fu at all, there are many dangers along the way, plus the collusion of officials and bandits, you don't know how to defend yourself, so how can you do it?"

Xu Zhi didn't give permission, Hui Feng hurriedly shook his head and said: "Practicing martial arts is a very hard thing, my ambition is to be a monk for a day, to be a monk for a day, to be pure and have few desires, and to take refuge in my Buddha", after speaking, he folded his hands and looked very pious.

"Come on, Huifeng, you can't be a monk for a long time, your meat ring has also been opened, and your heart can still be pure", Xu Zhi quipped.

Ling Kong ignored the two of them and continued: "Besides, Brother Xu learning some of the Wudang School's long internal kung fu is also conducive to recovering his body, in fact, the Wudang School's introductory kung fu is easy first and then difficult, mainly the luck method of exhaling and accepting qi, and the Tai Chi on the outside road. And Tai Chi focuses on freedom and freedom, and the six roots are pure, so a person like Brother Hui who loves purity should be able to get started soon!", after saying that, he didn't forget to make fun of Hui Feng.

"However, Wudang's kung fu is important in persistence and hard practice, if you want to achieve something, ten years of hard work will not work!"

"Fortunately, on the road, time is long, I will teach you slowly", Ling Kong continued.

The three of them changed their words, and returned to today's matter about Jiang Shenmiao, and sighed: "It's a long story!"

It turns out that there is a Jiang Mountain in the east of the city of Jiangzhou, and there is a Jiang Temple on the mountain, and the Jiang Temple has it as early as the Eastern Wu period, and the people of the Quartet regard the Jiang God as the Yan Jun of the earth, and can control the life and death of the world, so the Jiang Temple is continuous throughout the year. Later, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang was deaf, the heroes of the world rose up, and the people of Jiangzhou in Jiangnan also responded, in the name of Jiang Shenmiao, they formed an uprising, and the momentum was huge. Later, Taizong pacified the world, the temple of Jiang was banned and banned, and those who believed in men and women still secretly formed associations, passed down from generation to generation; and then the atmosphere changed suddenly, and transformed into a famous dark organization in Jiangzhou, the gang had a leader, was honored as "Jiang Wang God", there were black and white double brakes under the seat, you have all seen the double brakes, there were 100,000 believers, all over the south of the Yangtze River, Huainan and dozens of states and counties, they colluded with the government, bullied men and women, collected taxes privately, and made the people miserable.

"Poor Dao was also passing by Hezhou, and when he saw them robbing the people's daughters, he killed their two incense masters, and only then did he form this big beam with them."

"It turns out that this is the case, but a local gang can actually collect taxes privately, and the government can't collect taxes? How can you explain it to the imperial court?", Xu Zhi was full of emotion, but he still couldn't help but say the question in his heart.

Ling Kong smiled and said: "Brother Xu, I knew that you would break the casserole and ask to the end, let me tell you the truth, you still have too little experience in the rivers and lakes!"

Hui Feng and Xu Zhi glanced at each other, and listened to the Ling Kong Dao Leader continue:

"Today's emperor is in the big house, thinking that the world is peaceful, but he doesn't know that this Hebei has long been the world of the feudal town, Henan Huangchao uprising, the momentum is huge, there is a tendency to sweep the whole country; Jiangnan seems to be calm, but in fact it is also an undercurrent, although the Gao Biao who guards Jianghuai is a big member that the imperial court can rely on, and can guard one side; in fact, he is also a vegetarian corpse dining place, a man of flies and dogs, looking for immortals and asking for medicine all day long, and abandoning political affairs; if this continues, his position will inevitably be replaced by others, and the land of Jiangnan will fall apart at that time. ”

"The world will be chaotic, people's hearts are unpredictable, and the gangs are also playing their own games, looking for backers, in addition to Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, Huashan and other sects can also be alone in the troubled times, other gangs are all colluding with the local government, this is all for the word 'fame and fortune'!"

"Let's just say that the Jiang Temple in front of you, how much ability do you think it has, it can develop so rapidly, it is not that the government is secretly supporting it to grow, now the Jiang, Run, and Chang prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River have actually been controlled by Yang Xingmi, Yang Xingmi was born lowly, in order to keep his own territory, secretly use the Jiang Temple to eradicate dissidents, monitor the imperial court, and control the golden waterway of the Yangtze River; ”

"In addition to the Jiang Temple in the south of the Yangtze River, there are also the Changjiao Gang in the two lakes who are also like this, they block the merchants who come and go in the river, kill people and sell goods, and do all kinds of evil!"

"So, the next waterway we are going to take will be a dangerous beach."

Xu and Hui were dumbfounded and speechless for a long time.