At this time, the clouds are open and the rain is shining, and it is already dusk.

When he came outside, Xu Pu asked Xu Fu: "Uncle Fu, which direction are we going?"

Xu Fu looked at Qiu Mu and said: "This Xuzhou is also a dry wharf, why don't we go to the river bank ferry to cross the river by boat, cross the north bank, and then hire a carriage and go all the way to the north, it is estimated that it will not take a few days to catch up with Mrs. ”

Qiu Mu also nodded and said, "The poor monk also has this intention. ”

The discussion was decided, and the three of them headed north, and with more than a cup of tea, they rushed to Xuzhou Ferry.

When I came to the ferry, on the wharf in Henan, the docked boats were of different sizes, one next to the other, and there was no end in sight left and right. Some ships are busy loading goods, some ships are busy dumping goods, the sound of loading and unloading labor, and the shouts of the owners of the goods are one after another, endlessly, and the excitement is extraordinary.

Xu Fu asked Qiu Mu and Xu Pu to wait on the riverbank, and went to the ferry to ask for boats. After a long time, he found a boat of suitable size, negotiated the price, and came back to greet Xu Pu and Qiu Mu, and the three of them got on the boat together. The boatman instructed the boat to swing the boat and slowly sail into the river.

By this time, night had fallen.

The boat floated on the river for more than an hour before finally reaching the north shore. The three of them got off the boat and stayed overnight at a hotel on the shore. Early the next morning, Xu Fu went to the market to buy a set of carriages, let Xu Pu sit in the carriage, and he and Monk Qiumu took turns to drive the carriage and find their way north. After eating at noon, he continued on his way, and walked for more than an hour, when the carriage and horses entered a dense forest.

Surrounded by mountains, there is no end to the black pressure of a dense forest, only a seemingly nonexistent path leads to the depths of the dense forest. Xu Fu and Qiu Mu are both experienced and know that in such a secluded place, there are often strongmen haunting. So Xu Fu slowed down the carriage and slowly marched forward. Akiki placed the knife horizontally on his knee, keeping an eye out for movement around him. Akiki's Zen staff was lost when the ferry hit the rocks, and the knife in his hand was bought casually at the blacksmith shop after he went ashore and made do with it.

After walking about a mile, I suddenly heard a shouting sound in front of me, accompanied by the sound of swords clashing with each other. The two were stunned at the same time, and Xu Fu hurriedly reined in the carriage. Qiu Mu said to Xu Fu: "You stay and take care of Young Master Xu, and wait for the poor monk to go and check it out." With that, he jumped out of the carriage with a long knife in hand, performed light skills, and ran forward.

Xu Pu in the car found that the car had stopped, so he opened the curtain in front of him and asked Xu Fu, "Uncle Fu, what's wrong?"

"There's a fight ahead, and Master Akiki has gone to check it out. Although the young master sat in the car, he didn't have to pay attention. ”

Xu Pu agreed and lowered the curtain.

The two waited for a while, but Akiki never returned. Xu Fu couldn't help but get anxious: Qiu Mu said that he was going to check, why didn't he come back? Could it be that he met the enemy? The sound of fighting in front continued to come, Xu Fu was even more uneasy, and finally he couldn't rest assured, so he said to Xu Pu in the car: "Young master, you sit in the car, I'll go to the front to check, and I'll be back soon." ”

Xu Pu said: "You want to go too, I'll go with you." ”

"The front is unpredictable, and it is safer for the young master to stay here. ”

Xu Pu said: "What if after you leave, a robber comes out to harm me?"

Xu Fu thought about it, sighed, and said, "Okay, young master, you go with me to check." ”

Xu Pu agreed, got out of the car, followed Xu Fu, and ran to the front. ，

Turning a corner, an open space appeared in front of me, and in the middle of the open space were two wagons, each with four or five large boxes. Around the carriage, there were three executioners, guarding them with swords. Not far in front of the carriage, there were a few people scattered around, some moaning from time to time, and some lying motionless on the ground.

Looking ahead, there were two people fighting tightly. One is an old monk, who is Qiu Mu, and the other is a monk, but Fang Zhengkun.

After Fang Zhengkun left the inn, he followed behind the dart car. The other party is in a hurry, he is also in a hurry, the other party crosses the river by boat, he also crosses the river by boat, the other party stays in the hotel to rest, he also stays in the hotel to rest, the other party is sharp, he is also sharp. He has very high light skills, although these darts can also do martial arts, but they can't even rank second-rate in the rivers and lakes, so naturally they can't detect it.

I followed it all the way, and I followed this dense forest all the way. Fang Zhengkun saw that this place was far away from people, and it was a good opportunity to start, so he appeared to rob the dart. These people were his opponents, and in an instant he was knocked to the ground one after another. Fang Zhengkun was about to force them to hand over the cold jade bowl, just as Qiu Mu arrived.

Qiu Mu thought it was a robber, but when he rushed to the scene, there was no sign of the robber, in addition to some dart masters, there was also a middle-aged Taoist priest with fairy wind bones, but he didn't seem to want to be a robber. When he was in doubt, he heard someone on the ground: "Is the person who came is Uncle Qiumu?"

Qiu Mu followed the prestige, and saw a middle-aged man in his thirties lying on the ground, burly, with a beard with sideburns, and a face as black as ink, he suddenly remembered someone and said, "Are you Xiang Yunlong?"

Xiang Yunlong said: "Exactly." The disciple passed by here, encountered a thief robbery, and asked the master to save me. As he spoke, his eyes looked at Fang Zhengkun.

This Xiang Yunlong's master is the Fakong monk of Shaolin Temple. When Qiu Mu was young, he went to Shaolin Temple to ask Fakong for martial arts, so the two had some friendship. Because both of them are monks, and Akiki is a few years old, the two are often referred to as brothers.

Qiu Mu looked at Fang Zhengkun, and saw that he was dressed in a gray Taoist suit, holding a dust, with a sword on his back, his face was like a crown of jade, his hair was dyed like ink, and his five strands of long hair were scattered in front of his heart, with the breeze, gently fluttering, looking like a fairy wind and bones, he immediately had a good impression of him, and saw Xiang Yunlong fall to the ground, motionless, and there was no injury on his body, presumably because the enemy had sealed the acupoint.

Qiu Mu has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he also knows that there are often good men in the rivers and lakes who know that the darts escorted by the dart bureau are not serious, so they will rob the darts to relieve the poor, this situation seems to be the case, so he said to Fang Zhengkun: "What is the name of this Taoist chief? Why did you rob their dart cars?"

Fang Zhengkun saw that a monk suddenly appeared, holding a long knife in his hand, and seemed to have some martial arts, so he didn't dare to act rashly, and made a joke, and said: "I heard that a corrupt official surnamed Cheng resigned and returned to his hometown, and hired a dart bureau to escort the car gold and silver for him. An official can only pay a few dozen cars a year, and the gold and silver of these two cars add up to no less than 100,000 taels. Naturally, he obtained so much gold and silver by exploiting the people. In recent years, floods on both sides of the Yangtze River and Huai River have caused untold suffering. Poor Dao will hijack this dart car to help the refugees on both sides of the Jianghuai River. ”