Volume 13 Chapter 3 The Temple of Madang (I)

Qingping went up the river, all the way to Jiangling, both of them knew that there was no time, so a leaf light boat day and night, Chu Boss has a thousand arms of power, against the current boat, fast as a galloping horse, but after all, he is only one person, even if the physical strength is not weakened, the true qi flows endlessly, can not sleep and eat, in order to save time, Yang Ning took the initiative to follow Chu Lao University for a few hours how to operate the boat, Chu Boss is familiar with the water conditions, every time you can take advantage of the momentum of the boat, not only save energy, but also speed up the speed of the boat, although Yang Ning does not know a lot, the internal force is strong and pure, facing difficulties, sailing against the current, only as a sharpening of the true qi arm strength, for a long time, but also mastered a few tricks, The boat is getting faster and faster, the two of them take turns to drive the boat, compared with the speed of ordinary boats, how much more than several times, plus although this light boat is specially made by the disciples of the Gongyi Sect, the appearance is not eye-catching at all, the Tang family masters who are tracking along the way, even if the eyes are like electricity, it is difficult to find out the inappropriateness of this small boat in the thousands of boats on the river, and occasionally encounter the patrol sailors who are searching for the river, the boat is light, and it can also go to the reeds by the river to hide, sneaking day and night, and it is not revealing half a trace.

Boat travel for two days, has arrived at Madang thousands of miles away, Madang belongs to Pengze, north of the Yangtze River, the mountain shape is like a horse, the river is so abruptly restricted, the water flow is turbulent, the terrain is dangerous, the boat line is here, it is already like walking on thin ice, it happens that this day the wind is strong, the turbid waves under Madang Mountain are emptied, the wind and clouds change color, the water sounds over, even if it is a five-masted giant boat, it may not be able to cross it safely, not to mention the light boat that Yang Ning and the three people take?

Qingping has been recuperating in the cabin for the past few days, and her spirit has improved. Feeling that the boat was going up and down, there was a danger of capsizing at any time, and there was a feeling of annoyance in his chest, so he said to Yang Ning: "Zijing, the wind is so strong, if you are reluctant to sail, I am afraid that this boat will be shattered, why don't we go to the shore for a while to rest overnight?"

Yang Ning saw that Qingping's color was a little pale, and he felt pity and uneasiness in his heart. Then he shouted to Mr. Chu, who was operating the boat outside the cabin: "Can I go ashore here, my sister seems to be a little seasick." ”

Boss Chu was already busy sweating profusely, and when he heard Yang Ning's words, he was overjoyed, and said loudly: "Childe." In front is Madang Mountain, although there is no inn on the mountain, there is a temple, if pedestrians encounter wind and waves here. I have been here many times before, so I might as well go to the temple to rest for a day. ”

Yang Ning said loudly: "According to what you said, go over quickly." My sister was very uncomfortable. There was already a little worry in his light voice. Boss Chu shook his arms, and the boat under his command sailed along the tide towards the river.

There is a bluestone wharf that can accommodate more than a dozen boats at the foot of Madang Mountain, which is not more than 100 zhang high, and a mountain road winds up along the wharf. Submerged in the green pine forest. There are already two or three large and small boats parked on the dock. Apparently there are already shelterers on the mountain. In addition to this, a medium-sized cargo ship is docking. In addition to the five or six boatmen, five or six guests were disembarking. Walking in the front is a woman in Taoist costume, who looks about thirty years old, with willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, and a gorgeous appearance, but her expression is depressed, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes reveal a kind of anger, obviously a ruthless character, behind her is a middle-aged man, armed with a sword, wearing a big hat, and faintly protecting the woman's back when he acts, obviously the relationship between the two is not shallow. Behind these two people is a young couple, the man is about twenty-three or four years old, born with a face like a crown of jade, red lips and white teeth, handsome face, the young woman is only sixteen or seventeen years old, flowers and moon appearance, sweet and lovely, because the wind and waves are too strong, the man stretched out his hand to support his wife's back, the two snuggled up, it was really a pair of beautiful people. Behind the young couple, there is a handsome young man in black, with a vigorous posture, although he is also calm in the wind, and behind the young man in black, there is a smiling fat businessman, walking on the gangplank trembling, if there is no Tsing Yi guy behind him to resist it, I am afraid that he will roll into the river.

After the middle-aged Dao Gu went ashore, she inadvertently looked back, and saw Chu Laodi's boat floating and sinking in the stormy waves, as if it was sailing towards the shore with difficulty, she couldn't help frowning slightly, and raised her voice: "Ruan San, there is a small boat over there, it seems that it is unable to reach the shore, can you help?"

Ruan San, the boss of the boat, looked at the river when he heard the sound, and saw that Boss Chu turned the rudder and changed the oars, and was extremely skilled, so he smiled and said: "Li Zhenren, don't worry, that brother is a good hand on the water, and he doesn't need our help." Although he said this, he took a few boatmen to the dock, Yang Ning's boat was worthy of reaching the riverbank, Ruan San had already thrown a ball of rope, Chu Boss caught it casually, put it on the bow of the boat, and laughed loudly: "Brother, thank you." As he spoke, he moored the boat to the shore with the help of several boatmen. Ruan San smiled and said: "They are all brothers who are begging for a life on the water, why be so polite, brother, your ability to drive a boat is really rare, I don't know what kind of livelihood it is, we are the cargo ship of Jinling Sanjiang Boat Company, our shopkeeper is the most lacking guy like my brother, if you are interested, you might as well go to Jinling for a walk." ”

Boss Chu smiled secretly in his heart, he had just come out of Jinling, where was the reason to go back, he only vaguely agreed, and turned around and said: "Childe, Miss, you have already arrived at the shore, you come out." ”

Ruan San looked curiously, only to see a handsome gray-clothed young man walking out of the cabin, half-supporting and half-holding a girl wrapped in autumn fragrance in his arms, as if he felt Ruan San's prying eyes, the gray-clothed young man glanced at Ruan San lightly, his eyes were as cold as a sword, Ruan San only felt a pain in his eyes, and lowered his head in shock, but he couldn't help but look at the girl again, only to see that the girl's face was pale, clear and beautiful, although she was slightly sickly, but she was graceful, like a cold plum facing the wind. The two walked ashore, and the young man let go of his left arm that hugged the girl's slender waist, but the girl smiled slightly, but stretched out her right hand to the young man, with encouragement in her eyes, and the gray-clothed young man was pleasantly surprised, and he also reached out and held the girl tightly, the two looked at each other and smiled, a thousand lovesickness, ten thousand wisps of tenderness, everything was already in plain sight.

Everyone on the shore saw this situation in their eyes, Yang Ning and Qingping were only teenagers, Qingping was a girl's outfit, they knew at first sight that the two were not husband and wife, and they were affectionate between their hands and feet, obviously a young couple, and etiquette was very important in the world today, and they did not shy away from suspicion when they saw this young man and woman. Everyone naturally looked sideways, if it weren't for Yang Ning's bearing, Qingping's beautiful face, and even more extraordinary demeanor, I was afraid that someone would already ask questions.

Boss Chu tied up the boat, picked up a big backpack that had traveled long distances, jumped ashore and led Yang Ning and Qingping towards the mountain, and said as he walked: "Son, miss, don't worry, I don't know how many times I have been back and forth on the river." The temple on the hill has also been lived a few times, and it is not only sheltered from the wind

There is also a stove room and a firewood room on both sides, which can cook soup and cook. Make a fire for warmth, absolutely comfortable. ”

The middle-aged man saw the backs of the three of them disappearing into the green pine forest, and couldn't help but smile coldly and said, "Senior sister." Most of these young men and women eloped away from the young master and young lady, ignoring the etiquette and law, which is really shameful. You just asked Ruan San to help, but they didn't even say thank you. I don't know what to do, and when I get to the temple after a while, do you want to teach them a lesson for your brother. ”

The middle-aged Dao Gu looked calm. A pair of eyes showed a look of nostalgia. said lightly: "Senior brother can't say that. Maybe they are a legitimate fiancé? Poor Dao asked Ruan San to help them, which was originally a gesture. Why do they need to thank you, everyone has already gone ashore, so let's go up the mountain. Ignoring the middle-aged man, he went straight up the mountain, and the middle-aged man's eyes flashed with a fierce color, and he quickly followed Dao Gu up the mountain road.

Madang Mountain is not tall, but a moment has seen that there is an ancient temple at the end of the mountain road, there is a plaque with a red bottom gold character hanging on the temple door, on which there is a line of big characters of "Giving the Zhongyuan Water Mansion Palace", the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, the momentum is magnificent. This ancient temple enters the hall three times before and after, there are side compartments on both sides, although there is no wing room for pilgrims to live in, and there is no temple to take care of, but there are dry firewood and dry grass piled up in the side compartment, and there are intact stoves and fire starters. If a guest is blocked by the river wind and stays in the temple, he can take firewood and hay by himself, as long as he makes up for it afterwards.

Yang Ning and Qingping walked into the temple gate, only to see that the door of the main hall was open, and there was a fire in the middle, and more than 20 big men dressed as boatmen talked and laughed loudly around the fire, and half of them didn't understand much, and there were some dry grass scattered on all sides, and all kinds of such shabby bedding were spread on it, which seemed to be the bedding of these boatmen. Seeing someone coming in, a five-year-old boatman stood up and said loudly to Boss Chu: "Today, the heavens are not beautiful, the wind god is blocking the way, everyone is sheltering from the wind in the temple of Zhongyuan Shenjun, and my brother is also often walking on the water, so I must know the rules of sheltering from the wind?"

Old Chu laughed and said: "Naturally, I know that the young lady of the earth on my boat will go to live in the back, and Lao Tzu will partner with the brothers in the front hall." ”

The boatman nodded with satisfaction, they are a family that makes a living on the water, I don't know how many boatmen who are law-abiding on the surface have become robbers in a deserted place, just in case, they are naturally outside, monitor each other well, and they can also guard against the invasion of bandits and water thieves at night, all boatmen who are in Madang do not know this rule, although Boss Chu is no longer the appearance of the water in the past, but that kind of fierce spirit is not reduced at all, this boatman is well-informed, naturally feels uneasy, I can't imagine that Boss Chu is so knowledgeable, and he took the initiative to agree to stay in the outer hall, so he doesn't have to worry about accidents, and his heart is wide, and his tone is more and more polite, said with a smile: "The apse is already full, there is still a place in the nave, hot water is boiled under the stove, brothers can take it as they please, if there is no dry food, we still have a surplus here." ”

Boss Chu patted his backpack behind him and laughed: "Thank you, we have everything here, please let a few brothers make way and let the two young ladies go to the middle hall, they rarely go out, and Lao Tzu has to help them tidy up the bed." ”

The boatmen grinned and got out of the way, and Boss Chu led Yang Ning and Qingping to the nave, the apse connected to the nave was silent, and the guests inside had been here for a long time, most of them had already begun to rest, and there was a faint sound of snoring. There are three people living in the middle hall, a middle-aged man with a scarred face with a wine gourd, while eating the hard bun on his hand, while drinking, next to him, a handsome little girl is concentrating on gnawing on the chicken leg in her hand, from time to time to hand over to let the middle-aged man also take a bite, but always pushed away by the middle-aged man with a smile, behind the two put a bundle of knives and guns, obviously these two people are a pair of father and daughter who go to the rivers and lakes. Under the right compartment sat a young man dressed as a small merchant, holding a clay bowl in his hand, holding steaming soup, a mouthful of hot soup, a mouthful of dry food, and eating happily.

Boss Chu glanced at the three of them, then picked up the hay in the right compartment, took out a wolf skin mattress from the backpack and spread it on the haystack, took out two blankets and put them aside, and after tidying up the cover, he took out the pancakes and marinated meat, and handed them to Yang Ning and Qingping. As soon as Qingping saw these dry foods, she felt pantothenic acid in her mouth, pushed away the dry food, and said disgustedly: "If you don't eat it, just bring a bowl of hot water." ”

Yang Ning saw that Qingping didn't want to eat dry food, so he couldn't help frowning, and said coldly: "Is there nothing else to eat?"

Boss Chu said at a loss: "Son, you can only put these dry foods on the boat, and there is no way to find a hotel inn for Miss to eat in the barren mountains and wilderness here, so it is better to just take a moment." ”

Yang Ning glanced at Qingping's pale face painfully, and said: "No need, you go out and have a look, get some pheasants, hares or fresh fish back, it's best to get some greens, I'll cook it myself in a while, my sister is not in good health, and she can't eat dry food all the time." ”

Chu Laoda responded with a loud voice, put down the dry food in his hand, and walked out of the palace gate, just at this time, the guests of the cargo ship in front of him also rushed in, and the two sides just took a look at each other and passed by.

The middle-aged Dao Gu looked around the hall, walked straight to the entertaining father and daughter and sat down, the middle-aged man also walked over, his cold gaze stayed on the face of the entertaining man for a moment, only to feel that the man's expression was blank, and there was no threat, first helped the middle-aged Dao Gu tidy up the bed, and then tidy up his own, but he didn't notice that a touch of pathos flashed in the depths of the artist's eyes, turned his head, and took a sip of spirits.

Another young couple set up a cover next to Yang Ning and Qingping, they moved slowly, obviously not very skilled, and it took a long time to set up the cover, and occasionally their skin touched, and they were all shy, obviously they were still newly married.

After another half an hour, the fat merchant walked into the hall with his servants snorting and panting, and the middle hall was almost full at this time, and the two of them finally settled down in the corner of the hall. From beginning to end, the black-clothed young man who was on the same boat did not enter the apse, perhaps because he felt that the apse was too crowded, so he went to the front hall or the firewood room in the side compartment to rest.

Qingping had never stayed in such a place, and seeing that these many people were doing their own thing, she suddenly became interested, and whispered in Yang Ning's ear: "Zijing, what do you say these people do?

Yang Ning swept his eyes and said lightly: "There are three people who know martial arts, and they are not low, but they should not be enemies, they have no killing intent." ”