Tongyuan Gate was built in the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, in the west of the old city of Chongqing, and the northeast of the urn gate. The main gate is written in the horizontal book "Ke Zhuang Qianqiu" four words, and the urn city gate is written on the three words "Tongyuan Gate". Because Tongyuan Gate is the starting point of Chongqing to other parts of Sichuan, the name is called "Tongyuan", that is, the meaning of leading to the distance.

Among the nine gates in Chongqing, Tongyuan Gate is the only city gate that does not face the water. The gate has a gatehouse, a double-arched doorway, a patio between the two doorways that allows for light, and the doorway is flanked by a continuous city wall.

And the gate is the most precipitous, the gate is located in the highest place in the city, there is a deep ravine in front of the door, there is no road to do, only the west can be passed, but they are all under the control of the city wall, its danger is like this, it is the last pass to enter the city on land. Tongyuan Gate is the most important military fortress in Chongqing, and there are forts on both sides of the city gate, which has always been used for attack and defense. If the Buddha Tuguan in the west is lost, it will retreat to the far gate.

In the sixth year of Baoyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongol army led by Meng Ge invaded Shu in three ways. If the Mongolian army's combat strategy at that time was not to occupy the Diaoyu City first, then Tongyuanmen, as the only land passage in Chongqing City, would inevitably start a bloody battle with the Mongolian army. In 1259, the "Whip of God" Meng Ge was defeated and died, and Tongyuanmen was temporarily spared the disaster of sword light. Eighteen years later, Kublai Khan attacked Chongqing, and the defender Zhang Jue led the blood to splash the blood of the people, but the door was finally broken and Chongqing was lost.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong led hundreds of thousands of troops, more than ten times more than the defenders, but he was still unable to attack head-on. Zhang Xianzhong detoured to Jiangjin and landed from Caiyuanba, seized Futu Pass, and blocked the only retreat on the road of the Ming army. At that time, this section to Tongyuan Gate was all coffin mountain, there was no big slope and big ditch, suitable for infantry combat, from the water and land to encircle Chongqing, the final main battlefield was in Tongyuan Gate. After 6 days of fierce fighting, the rebel army blew up the corner wall of Tongyuan Gate and invaded Chongqing in one fell swoop. Zhang Xianzhong ordered his soldiers to kill on a large scale to relieve the hatred in his heart. There was the matter of the Seven Star Jar.

Under the moonlight, Tongyuan Gate appears tall and majestic, the city is brightly lit, under the city wall, there is an alley along the ridge to the west, called "Gulou Lane", the two monsters took advantage of the moonlight cover, touched into the city, tiptoed around the street corner into the alley.

"Brother Tiger, a few days ago, Li Yuanwai's family at the end of the alley gave birth to a big fat boy, why don't we go and take that kid back tonight and present it to the king. The black bear monster crouched in the shadow of the corner of the alley, looking around vigilantly.

The tiger spirit stretched out his tongue and licked his black mouth greedily and said: "This newborn child has the most delicate flesh, and the little arms and legs are crunchy and crunchy, and they are dedicated to the king. ”

"You think it's quite beautiful, the king spent a lot of effort to steal a few tricks from the Evil God Sect, how can he teach us. The black bear monster sneered and continued: "Let's not think so much, it is the right thing to feed the king's belly, otherwise all our imps will be eaten by him." ”

"That's right. Old bear, what do you say we are going to do now, I'll listen to you?" The tiger looked at the black bear monster with a blank eye, this guy doesn't look like he looks big and three thick, this brain can be lively.

"It's still the old rule, you help me control the wind, I'll put on human skin to pick up the root of the wall, if everyone in the house is asleep, let's go directly to the wall and enter the house." The black bear monster looked around and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, that's it, but there are still passers-by on the street at this time, so let's wait. The tiger nodded.

"Okay, I'll take a nap first. You call me in a moment. The black bear monster sat down on the spot, leaned against the wall, and fell asleep......

Hu Yan, who was hidden in the shadows at the other end of the alley, had already heard the conversation between the two monsters, and lowered his voice and said: "This big sloth bear has a big heart, and he still wants to sleep at this time." ”

The master stroked his snow-white beard, looked at the two monsters with a sharp look in his eyes, and said, "He is recuperating his energy, so he must have to perform some strenuous exercises in a while." ”

"Nonsense, you said that the black bear monster can turn into an old woman, how can he become a rickety little old lady with such a big and three thick face?" said Wu Qiu with a wink.

Hu Yan shrugged and said: "I don't know about this, but I just heard him say what kind of human skin he wants to wear, so I think he changed through this method." ”

The master nodded and said, "Let's wait and see, we'll know in a while." ”

Time passed minute by minute, until the moon was on the willow top, there were few pedestrians passing by on the street, and the lights around it gradually dimmed, and the tiger spirit woke up the sleeping black bear monster.

"Old Bear, it's time to do it. The tiger spirit looked at the black bear monster eagerly, and geared up.

The black bear monster woke up from its sleep, wiped the corner of its mouth, looked up at the full moon hanging in the sky, and grinned: "Wait until I put on human skin." ”

As he spoke, he took out a crumpled old skin out of nowhere, but saw him pinching the end of the old skin, shaking it vigorously, and then draped it on his body, and the old skin was like life, attached to it, and wrapped the black bear monster in it. After a while, a black gas slowly rose from the human skin, and the black qi lingered, and the five big and three thick black bear monsters quickly became smaller as if shrinking, and finally became a dry old woman.

Hu Yan and others not far away couldn't help but be stunned when they saw such a strange scene, they had heard of painting skin before, but this was just a scene.

Seeing that the black bear monster had changed, the tiger spirit looked up and down, clapped his hands and smiled: "Although I have seen you change many times, every time I see you, I am very surprised, and I don't know where you learned such a strange and unpredictable ability of change." ”

The old woman sneered, "This is a secret technique I learned from an old ghost, and it took me hundreds of years to comprehend the mystery. Even if I teach you, I'm afraid I won't be able to learn it with your qualifications. ”

The tiger pouted and said, "That's it, why am I still learning this Laoshizi secret technique with you." ”

The "old woman" deflated her toothless mouth, pulled her right hand, and a crutch instantly appeared in her hand: "Okay, let's work." ”

"Come on!" Tiger Spirit agreed, "I'll go around first and take care of the wind for you." If there is a situation, three cat meows are the number!"

"Got it!" the old woman nodded, and limped towards the end of the alley with her crutches.

Hu Yan saw that the two monsters had taken action, and hurriedly said, "Master, do you want to follow and have a look?"

The master glanced at everyone, pondered for a moment and said, "Ziling and Wuqiu stay here, and Hu Yan will go with me." ”

Hearing the master say this, Wuqiu was immediately displeased and said: "Master, why do you want to leave me and Ziling, no, I want to go with you." ”

The master glared at Wuqiu, and said in a deep voice: "There are many people, but it is easy to be exposed, not to mention that Ziling doesn't know kung fu, let you stay here with her, first, you can protect her, second, this alley is secret, not easy to be discovered, and if these two monsters want to get out of the city, this alley is a shortcut, they will inevitably pass through here, and you can also stop them unexpectedly." ”

The master said clearly, even if he was helpless, he had no choice, so he had to pouted and nodded extremely reluctantly: "Okay, then I'll stay here with Ziling." ”

After arranging Wuqiu and Ziling, the master patted Hu Yan's shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Hu Yan, let's go." As he spoke, he quickly chased in the direction where the two monsters went.

Hu Yan nodded, looked back at Wuqiu and Ziling, and said in a deep voice: "Ziling Wuqiu, you two be careful." I will come as soon as the master and I go. ”

Ziling nodded obediently: "Little brother, you have to be careful, you must take care of yourself." ”

Hu Yan nodded with a smile, glanced at the puffed out Wuqiu, and said, "Senior brother, now the safety of our little junior sister is in your hands, and you have to do your duty as a senior brother." ”

Wu Qiu glanced at nonsense, and said with a pout: "Let's go, I will naturally take care of Ziling." ”

Hu Yan grinned, saw the master go away, and hurriedly chased after him......

At the end of the alley, a pavilion with Zhu Yongbi tile towers in front of you, as if it is a big family.

When the two monsters came out of the alley, one went east, while the old woman trembled around the gate and went straight to the back door.

The master who followed closely hurriedly said: "Hu Yan, you follow the tiger spirit, just follow him from a distance, don't expose your whereabouts, remember, you must be careful." ”

Hu Yan agreed, and quickly followed the tiger spirit.

After wandering around for a while, the tiger spirit hid in the shadow of the street corner, with a pair of tiger eyes blazing, and the surrounding movements were in full view, as long as there was any trouble, he could notify the black bear monster as soon as possible.

In order not to be discovered by the tiger spirit, Hu Yan didn't dare to get too close, and only hid his body in a place where he could see the tiger monster's hiding place. His eyes were round, and he didn't dare to blink, for fear that one would accidentally let the tiger spirit out of control.

Time passed minute by minute, and I don't know how long it took, Hu Yan only felt that his eyes were a little sore, and he couldn't help but reach out and rub his eyes, but when he looked up, he saw a familiar figure passing over the city wall not far away!

"It's her ......" Hu Yan felt a pang in his heart, rubbed his eyes, and after confirming that it was not an illusion, he was suddenly surprised and delighted.

The figure passing by on the city wall is very familiar with nonsense, how many breezy and moonlit nights, this figure has fallen asleep for no reason, disturbing him restlessly.

"By the way, last time the proprietress said that they would come to Chongqing, but I forgot about it. Looking at the figure that disappeared above the castle tower, I was stunned.

"How could she be here at such a late hour......? Oops......"

Hu Yan looked at the direction in which the figure disappeared, and his heart sank suddenly, wasn't that direction the big family that the two monsters were targeting?

Thinking of this, Hu Yan suddenly became anxious, he was not worried that the person would be in danger, but he was afraid that she would accidentally disrupt the master's plan.