CHAPTER XXXVI

"But pay attention to me, the contents of this box are worth more than your life, so give me some leisure. The steward put his hands behind his back and paced from side to side as the boatmen came and went.

I saw that the cargo hold of this ship was full of large and small boxes, and the decorations carved on the surface of the boxes were very chic, some of which were carved with pine cranes to prolong their lives, and some were patterns that symbolized the meaning of beauty, such as abundant harvest and peace and happiness.

"This is really heavy! What is in it?!" Deng Zai's words came out of his teeth.

"This Jin Kingdom is really a big deal, I think this salary has to be added!" Wen Renxing riveted his strength, and carried the box out with Deng Zai staggeringly.

The guy in charge looked at the two of them, walked over and teased: "You look like a white-faced Confucian crown, I didn't expect the next plate to be quite stable!"

Wen Renxing smiled awkwardly, and ignored this person, so he and Deng Zai carried the heavy box to the edge of the boat, there was a long wooden plank along the side of the boat, which was placed diagonally between the boat and the ferry, acting as a slide for transporting objects, and there were already several boatmen waiting for the objects to slide down at the ferry.

"Oh! I shouted one, two, three, and we kept pressing this. Deng Zai and Wen Renxing came to the edge of the ship, and then said: "One, two, three!"

When Deng Zai counted to three, the two of them put the box on it, and then pushed it forward, and the box slid down the slide.

Wen Renxing wiped the sweat from his forehead, gasped and said, "This... It's really strenuous... It's so tiring to make this money..."

"Senior brother, you... No, you forgot what the master asked us to train before, first pick up the bucket, and then carry the stones, you are staying in the rivers and lakes. Deng Zai's breath was much slower than Wen Renxing's.

Deng Zai gasped and looked into the distance, his thoughts drifted to the memories of the Sword Sect, but after a while, he came back to his senses, patted Wen Renxing, and then went to move another box.

"Brother Fan, you see that Jianye City is not far ahead!" Liu Cong looked at the huge city gate in the distance and said excitedly.

"It's really a great place for outstanding people, this mountain is surrounded by water...... Throughout the ages, how many literati and artists have pursued such an environment! There are mountains, you can smell the birds and flowers when you close your eyes, there is water, the breeze is coming, and the water waves are not rising... Yes... I can even feel that comfortable..."Fan Shijin is quite envious of this person who lives in Jianye.

"I never thought that this waterway was actually dangerous..."Xiong Jingchong looked back at the ship, which was still trapped in the tiger's mouth, and this would have regained his freedom.

Bai Xiyue ran forward, looked at it on tiptoe, and said: "Although this Jianye is the capital, it is not as tall and magnificent as Chang'an..."

Previously, Wolong Kong Ming sent an envoy to Sun Wu on the eve of the Battle of Chibi, passed through the Moling at that time, praised this place as Zhongshan Longpan, the stone tiger stands, and said that this is the emperor's house, which is the decision of Sun Quan to set the capital here. Fan Shijin looked at Jianye City and said.

"This place is also called Stone City, this Jianye was built here, with the mountain as the city, the river as the pool, the terrain is dangerous and solid, especially strange! This is the first military fortress in the Eastern Wu Dynasty!" Xiong Jingchong saw Fan Shijin finish speaking, and added on the side.

Bai Xiyue scratched his head, and then said: "Isn't it relatively high? What's the big deal, look at the two of you boasting!"

"The art of war is condescending and overwhelming. How can this place where Wolong Kong Ming has his eye on such a simple place?" Fan Shijin knocked on Bai Xiyue's brain.

"Xiyue, you still have to learn a lot from the two big brothers, Fan and Xiong!hahaha!" Liu Cong quipped when he saw this.

Liu Cong and others have said and laughed and went towards this Jianye, this stone city is majestic, the terrain is dangerous, whether it is seen from a distance or near up, the city wall is weeping willows, the clear water and green trees are all an excellent scenery.

Xiong Jingchong stopped walking as he walked, and as if he thought of something, he took out a letter on his waist, patted his head and said, "It's broken!"

"Reverence, what's wrong? So panicked, but what was left behind?" Fan Shijin turned his head to look at Xiong Jing.

Xiong Jingyi waved the envelope in his hand and said with a wry smile: "The letter left by my father to me, after I arrived in Youzhou, I will hand it over to his old friend... This will make me remember that we have changed our route, not to Youzhou, but to Jianye!"

"It's okay, when the time comes, just give it to that person in Youzhou, and put it away quickly. Fan Shijin asked Xiong Jingyi to take this important letter back.

Liu Cong looked at the name on the letter and read, "Tian Chourong?"

"Yes, this is my father's old friend, I wanted me to go to Youzhou, let this person dredge the veins for us..."Xiong Jingchong said with concern.

"It's much better to have an acquaintance lead the way than to cross the river by feeling the stones... I knew it was like this..."Bai Xiyue said that he still didn't say anything after thinking about it.

"What Brother Bai said is reasonable, the prophecy paper says that the situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty is complicated, and we who are not familiar with life will inevitably encounter some problems. Fan Shijin nodded and said.

"Oh, my big brother Fan, this is the first time you've praised me!" Bai Xiyue was overjoyed, dancing with his hands, very funny.

"Brother Fan, don't worry, the fire is coming, and the soldiers are coming to block it! If people think about it all day long, how tired they are!" Liu Cong walked in front of Fan Shijin who was full of sorrow and comforted.

"Where did you learn this, but there are several life philosophies in it. Fan Shijin, who was originally sad, was rarely relieved.

It's okay not to say this, as soon as Fan Shijin said this, Liu Cong suddenly felt that this sentence was not summed up by himself, but heard it somewhere, where is it, Liu Cong racked his brains in his mind with a boat, every time he passed an island, he walked up to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find it for a long time, and finally the vague impression gradually had an outline, it was in the dark cabin, in a small guest room, I heard a sentence, the person who was talking was lying on the upper and lower bunks chatting, a model person, the same familiar person, the familiar person couldn't see the face clearly, but the jade pendant in his hand, the long sword at his waist, he is a smelling star... This conversation is from Deng Zai and Wen Renxing.

"Hey, Brother Cong, Brother Cong?" Fan Shijin shook Liu Cong, who was stunned, and this Liu Cong seemed to be only an empty shell.

"Ahh

"Brother, we've been talking to you for a long time, and I haven't seen you respond, the whole person is like a walking corpse. Xiong Jingyi looked at Liu Cong in confusion.

"Oh, I was thinking about things just now, it's okay, let's keep walking! How far is it?" Liu never wanted to tell everyone the answer he was looking for in his mind, he was worried that just like last time, the words he blurted out would be silenced and run away to other spaces.

The north of Jianye Capital is covered by Zhoushan, Jilong Mountain and Xuanwu Lake, Zhongshan Mountain in the east, stone in the west, and "twenty miles and nineteen steps" around the city.

Liu Cong and the others did not stop all the way, looking at this Jianye City from a distance, and when they looked up again, they had already arrived at the gate of this city.

"This city gate, although not as tall as Chang'an City, is also extremely large!" Liu Cong looked up at this city gate.

And there are a lot of Tang flags on the city tower, and they are already in the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty at this time.

The soldiers guarding the city gates, except for the armor, the rest of the colored cloth was pale blue, the color of the lake. The soldiers checked the crowd entering the city one by one, and the bustling crowd accepted the interrogation in an orderly manner.

Liu Cong and others have also lined up at the city gate, waiting to enter this Jianye City, seeing that the arched city gate is getting closer and closer to themselves, this step into the door, it also indicates that the content of this prophecy paper has officially begun, with the flow of people, the fate of Liu Cong and others, and where will they drift with the current.

At this time, the few people who were silent were probably thinking about the same thing in their minds, this small step into the sea of swords and fires, waiting for their own life or death, for the ordinary people around them, it may be that today is to enter the city to do some small business, visit relatives, and visit friends...... And he is like fish on the chopping board, Liu Cong raised his eyes to look at the sky, the sky in the city seems to be full of dark clouds, and the sky outside the city is clear, he rubbed his eyes, shook his head and looked again, this day seems to be slowly wrapped in dark clouds, I don't know when, the dark clouds in the city have climbed the city wall, spread outward, there may be thunder soon.

"It's going to change!" Liu Cong said with his head raised and his mouth open.

"I'm going to hurry up and get into the city, because if it rains, we might get wet. Fan Shijin's face seemed to be covered with dark clouds.

"I've never been so nervous... My legs are starting to shake again..."Bai Xiyue hammered his legs under his body, no matter how he hammered them, they were still like that.

"Brother Bai, if you come, you will be safe, aren't you people in the rivers and lakes eager to break into the rivers and lakes and work hard to make your own world?" Xiong Jingyi's eyes were like a light shining out, staring directly at the road in front of him.

Being slapped by Xiong Jingyi, Bai Xiyue's legs no longer trembled so much, he used to be alone in the rivers and lakes, but at this moment there are four people, and one person is in the dark, what do you have to worry about, if you want to be a turtle with a shrunken head for a lifetime, why bother to enter the empty yang gate again.

Bai Xiyue calmed down, moved his left and right legs, as if he had just recovered from a fracture, jumped, took a deep breath, and then held the two swords on his waist, and then looked at the sword taken out in the treasure pavilion of the dust shelter, this sword was like being soaked in water and rusty, and since it was taken out, it became darker and darker, and it was already a black iron sword.

"My sword... How is it getting less and less valuable... Black like this?" Bai Xiyue's originally nervous expression was dissipated by this sword.

"Wow, it's like black iron, and if I knew it was so, I should have come out with a sword. Liu Cong flicked the scabbard with his hand, it was indeed a good sword.

"What are your plans for coming to Jianye?" The voice seemed to come out of a soldier's helmet, like a piece of iron, a colorless voice, cold.