Chapter VII

Hearing that Liu Cong was going to leave the blacksmith shop to go to the rivers and lakes, Liu's mother [Zheng's] came to the blacksmith shop from home early to see off.

"Boy, this troubled military exploit is worth a thousand gold, our house, shop... Even your mother was paid for military merit!" Liu's father quipped.

"Who is the old man talking about?" Liu Mu picked up the rolling pin and was about to have a seizure.

"Listen to your father's nonsense! There are countless people who have joined the army in this troubled world, you should take this trip as a tour, and after you come back, you will live in this blacksmith shop, and you will... Okay......" Liu's mother Zheng whimpered before she finished speaking. The thread in the mother's hand, the wanderer's shirt, the dense sewing before leaving, the intention of returning late.

"The kindness of a woman! a man should serve the country and spill his blood with his head... When..."Father Liu got up and stood on the bench and made a righteous speech, while Liu's mother picked up the rolling pin and hit it: "You bad old man is very bad!

"Uncle and mother, although you can rest assured, I should help each other as a Kongyangmen!" Bai Xiyue said to Liu's parents with a serious bow.

"Needless to say, let's hit the road. Wen Renxing interrupted the group of people and asked for warmth.

"Father, Mother, this trip to the rivers and lakes will definitely be beneficial to the growth of the son, father and mother take care of their health!" Liu Cong knelt on the ground and kowtowed and got into the carriage with a group of people, Fan and Xiong originally took a car each, but now gave one to Liu Cong and Bai Xiyue, and Wen Renxing was unwilling to sit in the car as long as he had a horse, he said that the sight of riding a horse would be better.

"Brother Fan, I have wanted to ask you for a long time, why do we have to bring these people with us because we have a heavy responsibility and a long way to go?" asked Fan Envoy after the bear envoy got into the carriage.

"Respect, you are not deeply involved in the world, so naturally you don't understand the reason. I'm waiting for this murder to be more auspicious, and the guards given by the king are okay to fight sundries, if we encounter a fierce enemy, can you and I still survive to Youzhou?" said Fan Envoy with a confident look.

"Brother Fan, be far-sighted! Admire me!" the bear envoy gave a thumbs up and smiled.

"Reverence, praise. I heard that it was Huang Chongtai who recommended you and me to go, and I learned that this matter was not simple, and I was preparing to recruit dead soldiers and mercenaries along the way before I set off, and I never expected to meet experts here. Hehe... This group of people are righteous and brave like you, so I made up my mind to try for them to go on the road with us!" Fan Messenger finished speaking and touched the middle of his nose and lips with his hand, where the beard is distributed, and while touching it, he thought that it was the age of growing a beard, Fan Shijin is entering thirty-two this year, and as the oldest person in the team, he also plays the role of the most considered.

"I wait for a group to go out of Shu through the plank road, I am difficult to walk in Shu, and when I get out of Shu, I will change to a fast horse and rush all the way to Youzhou. The bear envoy took out the map and gave the fan envoy a detailed explanation.

"Now that the Northern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Chu have joined forces to cut down Shu, it is estimated that several plank roads have already been burned by our Shu people, and it is not easy for the enemy army to enter our Shu land. We're going to get out of Shu by another way. Fan said as he looked at the map.

"Meridian Valley!" the two shouted in unison.

When Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan Mountain, the Northern Expedition was fruitless for many years, and his fierce general Wei Yan once suggested that surprise troops should go out from the Meridian Valley to take Chang'an, but due to the complex terrain of the Meridian Valley, this plan was rejected by Zhuge .

Hanzhong to Guanzhong is separated by a natural danger Qinling Mountains, in which there are three mountain roads, one is the slope valley, the second is the Luo valley, and the third is the meridian valley. One of the best roads to take is the Slope Valley, which runs parallel to the river valley but is high in the north and low in the south. It's easy to go from north to south, but it's hard to go from south to north. Therefore, the Northern Jin Dynasty went south from the Slope Valley this time, and the Luogu Valley was more than 400 miles long, which was the main road of communication between Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and there must be enemy guards.

"But the Meridian Valley, with its steep mountains and harsh paths, as little as ten days and as much as half a month, will it delay our timing?"

"Now this is also a way to do it, we are burdened with heavy responsibilities, if we are robbed halfway, I am afraid that my Shu Kingdom will be in danger!

"Tongmen, is your sword really given by the Great Palm Sect?" Bai Xiyue looked at the sword in Liu Cong's hand, and his eyes lit up.

"I said Senior Brother Bai, you said that you are not a small person, why do you think about the things of your juniors all day long?" Liu Cong patted Bai Xiyue's shoulder and shook his head.

"I just envy you, although I am older than you, but I am far from the point of receiving inherited weapons, I am really ashamed, ashamed!" Bai Xiyue said with a red face and patted his knees as if he couldn't do it.

"Have you ever talked to Senior Brother about me? Not to mention Senior Brother, I don't understand why the Great Palm Sect gave me such a valuable weapon. Liu Cong looked at the weapon in his hand and said thoughtfully.

"The big palm sect came back that day, full of spring breeze, I once thought that the big palm sect ran to find flowers and ask willows again, but the big palm sect seems to have encountered something happy, maybe that person is the junior brother you, you must have extraordinary talent. Bai Xiyue leaned his head and looked at the roof of the carriage and said.

"I'm very talented, except for following Daddy for many years, I've never been anywhere. Liu Cong missed his father and aunt, and he didn't know the taste of this kind of longing for him not far away. Liu Cong looked at his two wrists, there were faint red marks on the meridians, it was a small and cute knife, it looked like a child had drawn it, one left and one right, one knife up, one knife down. Liu Cong thought about it and didn't understand why Daddy was in a hurry to pass the two knives to him, but he only knew that when he left, Liu's father whispered in his ear: "This matter must not be known to outsiders!" The left and right marks were like heartbeats, Liu Cong could clearly feel their heartbeats, plopping and plopping, this plopping sound and the clattering sound of the carriage wheel came and went, and soon Liu Cong fell asleep deeply.

"Coachman, I'm tired of resting and tidying up at the post station ahead!" shouted Fan Messenger as he poked his head out.

I don't know how long it took, the sky had already gradually darkened, and when I opened my eyes and opened the curtains to look outside, I saw nothing else in the dark around, only a glimmer of light in front of me, which was a post station.

A group of people arrived at the post station and got out of the carriage. After dismounting, the coachman led several horses to the stables and fed and changed the water.

Liu Cong and the others found an open-air tavern, and several people yawned lazily, only the people next to them did not see the sleepiness, and they were always vigilant holding their swords and paying attention to the surroundings.

"I originally thought that Brother Wenren belonged to the prodigal people in the rivers and lakes, but I never thought that he would be so dedicated to his duties!

"Don't get me wrong, you waited for the grace to save your life first, and then promised you to escort you all the way, and you will definitely not neglect your duties. Wen Renxing tied up his hair and kept two fingers of hair, one finger from head to ear on his left cheek, and one finger from head to ear on his right cheek. Wen Renxing's skin is white, his facial features are delicate and three-dimensional, I don't know if it is because of the long hair or something else, his head appears small, from the side, the outline of the knife and axe is more obvious, and at first glance it looks like a girl.

"I never thought that Brother Wenren was born so standard, no wonder he covered his face with his hair all day long!" said the bear envoy with a smile as he looked at Wen Renxing.

"Stop, I said you guys, you guys have been staring at me all day, how long has it been since you've seen a woman?" Wen Renxing raised his eyebrows and slammed his sword on the table.

"Tsk, it's more flavorful!" the tavern owner walked out with the jar of wine, and he didn't forget to interject when he saw this scene. As soon as the words landed, I saw a white light flash, and the wine cover on the wine jar and the trouser rope around the boss's waist fell to the ground. caused everyone to burst into laughter, and the boss jumped into the back kitchen without lifting his pants after putting out the wine.

"You've worked hard all the way, I salute you all this cup!" said Fan Envoy with a glass raised.

The bear envoy hurriedly got up and drank a glass of wine with the Fan envoy.

The bear envoy and the fan envoy raised their glasses and drank it, and just as they were about to sit down, they lost their center of gravity and fell down. Seeing this, Wen Renxing immediately threw away the wine glass, and several people around him took out their swords one after another.

"Tongmen, the wine is poisonous! It's really sinister in the rivers and lakes, I haven't gone far before these two messengers have seen the hell, it is better to know that it is better to go back to their respective homes!" Bai Xiyue's voice was shaking. He almost drank it, and when the wine glasses reached the door, the two messengers fell down with black eyes.

I only heard a voice from the back kitchen: "Who told you to put so many medicines? Now only two have been poured, and the rest are not drunk!"

The boss slowly walked out of the back kitchen, took off the hat on his head while smiling, took out a long scimitar from behind him and said: "The reputation of Kongyangmen is not small, if I don't make a yin move, this will be me lying on the ground, hehe." ”

"You scum of the rivers and lakes, what kind of grudge do you have with my sect, and you are here to design to poison me?!" Bai Xiyue asked with a sword, and as he spoke, Bai Xiyue did not forget to slowly aim his sword at the boss's head.

"No comment, everyone, you just..." Just as the boss was talking, I saw Bai Xiyue's sword suddenly stretched out and stabbed over, stabbing the wall with a bang, and the boss had already seen that the horse's feet were dodging.

"You kid has enough yin, if I slow down by half a minute, I will have a hole in my head. The boss said with a grim grin.

"Don't talk about me, you black-hearted boss, if it weren't for my lack of cultivation, you would have died under my sword!" Bai Xiyue's heart was cold at this time, he wanted to capture the king first and take down the boss first, but he never thought that this boss was not an idle person. As early as in the Kongyang Gate, the Great Palm Sect instructed him to practice diligently, and not to delay his cultivation by not learning without skills, being lazy and following the rules. When the book is used, there is little hatred, and at this time, Bai Xiyue regretted it, and really wanted to take off the crown of the empty yang gate on his head, so as not to lose the face of the sect.

In a short time, the tavern was surrounded by men in black, and the attic was full of archers, waiting for an order to fire ten thousand arrows.