Chapter 3 Entering the rivers and lakes for the first time
"Under the name Duan Dahu, the forty-third generation of Shaanxi Quanzhen Sect. ”
I followed the rules of the rivers and lakes, and did a full ten: holding fists with both hands, holding left and right, raising my chest flat, my legs are zaza, my eyes are level, I first know my name and surname, and then report to my teacher, all of which are standard greetings.
On the tea table, a tall, a short, a fat and a thin two people were discussing the affairs of the rivers and lakes. When they heard this, they turned their heads and looked me up and down, and when they saw that my coarse cloth was covered with dust, they ignored me, and took up their cups and drank tea.
The master's Big Dipper Seven Star Array obviously went wrong, originally I had a dream of going to the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't expect to come to the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty. But since I have come to the Three Kingdoms, I have nothing to complain about, how can I have no place for me in the huge rivers and lakes.
After coming here, I didn't expect anything like "golden finger" and "system flow", I first touched my lower body with anxiety, and found that the work was still there, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. I came down the mountain to explore the rivers and lakes, but I didn't come to be a "factory man", if I lost my balls and became a eunuch for some reason, it would be very bad.
After descending the mountain, I first borrowed a night in a nearby town, and the next day I got up early, packed my bags and threw myself south. More than 60 miles away in the south is the city of Runan, which is the place where the north and south Qu roads must pass, which is very prosperous, and there must be a lot of characters in the rivers and lakes.
If you want to make a living, it should be a good first step to set foot here.
It was early autumn, the weather was good, and the road was smooth, and in less than six hours, I arrived at the boundary of Runan City, and there were gradually more cars and pedestrians on the avenue. I walked with a dry mouth, and it happened that there was a tea shed on the side of the road, so I went in and bought a bowl of tea, put the tiger head knife on the table, and sat down to rest. Before going down the mountain, I heard the master mention the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and said that the largest chain inn in martial arts is the Yuelai Inn, which is all over the rivers and lakes, and most of the inns are martial arts heroes, almost responding to requests.
But I have been looking for a long time, but I can't get the point, the world is big, where to find this inn?
The tall man saw that I had been polite for several weeks, and he froze here, but there was no way. So he replied indifferently: "Who are you?"
I hurriedly clasped my fists with both hands again, and loudly reported to myself according to the rules of the rivers and lakes:
"Under the name Duan Dahu, Shaanxi...... Profound...... No, the forty-third generation descendant of the Chang'an True Sect, dare to ask Your Excellency's surname?"
"Quanzhen Sect?" the tall man wondered, "I haven't heard of it, but I've heard of a Five Doumi Sect." ”
When I first entered the rivers and lakes, my experience was still shallow, and when I heard the other party mention a sect, I immediately secretly remembered it in my heart.
"The blade on the table behind you is yours?" asked the short man, whose eyes lit up when he saw my broadsword.
"It is under it, called the tiger's head sword, two feet eight inches long, forty-three pounds wide. At the beginning of the next year, I want to make more friends and do big things. I heard two people commenting on the rivers and lakes, so I came to ask for advice. ”
"It's easy to say, Shaoxia, seeing that your weapons are quite powerful, I don't know how martial arts are?"
I listened to the short man's questioning, and I thought that he was considering my martial arts, so he hurriedly turned around and took out the tiger's head sword, opened his gestures, and said to the two: "I have been practicing knives for more than ten years, and I have made a slight success. ”
The two knights nodded slightly, and I began to dance. This knife method, the tricks are nothing more than stabbing, splitting, chopping, chopping, hooking, sawing, plus castration such as front, back, oblique left, horizontal right and other directions, it is a move, the move is practical, but it is not a virtual appearance. I danced a few tricks, and when I saw that the two knights were serious, I became enthusiastic, and suddenly stabbed the tall man in the chest with a sword, and he was startled, and the teacup was out of my hand, so I raised the knife and caught his teacup steadily.
"Yes, yes," the tall man applauded, "this martial art is perfect for the caretaker." ”
My eyes lit up suddenly, and I put away my knife and hugged my fist and said: "At the beginning of the next year, I didn't have much entanglement, that is, I wanted to get a job, and I heard that the two of you have a wide range of friends, can you recommend a position to me?"
"Well, I don't know what career you want to engage in, young man?"
"It's best to find a dart bureau to take it in, and it's best to be a dart head to go down the rivers and lakes. ”
"I see that you are still honest, strong enough, and have a good martial heart, and it is fate to meet the old man. There is a Zhenyuan dart bureau in this Runan City, and Lin Zhennan, the head of the dart, is my best friend, and he may be short of some manpower recently. There's a letter of recommendation here, go there and get some errands. ”
As he spoke, the short man took out a piece of plain paper from his bosom, asked the shopkeeper for pen and ink, wrote a few words hastily, stamped it with a red seal, and handed the paper to me.
I took the letter with both hands, and I was grateful, although I didn't find the Yuelai Inn, but in any case, if I could enter the town's far dart game, it would be considered to be settled. I bowed deeply to the two of them and said:
"I haven't consulted the two great names yet. ”
The tall man pointed to the short man next to him who was pouring tea by himself, and said, "We are all famous people in the rivers and lakes, you are not in the rivers and lakes, don't say it." This is the thin head Tuo Gao Yiwei, I am the short head Tuo Zhuyinan, we are collectively called the 'Xuan Ming Two Elders'".
Although he said that they did not want to be named, they reported it anyway. I secretly remember it in my heart, Master often said, the grace of the rivers and lakes, the grace of dripping water should be repaid with the spring, and if we can meet in the future, we should repay it well. It's not early, then Zhu Yinan stood up, didn't pay attention to me anymore, and said to Gao Yiwei that it was not too early, it was time to go on the road. The two of them turned and left the teashed with him, mounted two tall horses, and galloped north, soon disappearing into the smoke and dust.
I took the letter and carried the parcel and blade on my back to the city of Runan. This Runan City is really a good place to go, with many building signs everywhere, busy traffic, pedestrians rubbing shoulders one after another, a bustling and prosperous scene. I asked where the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau was, and walked over quickly. After bypassing a few alleys, I saw the dart flag of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau.
But the door was closed, and it seemed that there was no one inside.
I tapped on the knocker and asked aloud, "Is anyone there?"
After a while, a middle-aged man came over and opened the door a crack, and he asked vigilantly, "Who are you?"
"I am called Duan Dahu, who is the forty-third generation of the Chang'an True Sect, and I came to visit Mr. Hu. ”
I saw that the middle-aged man's eyes were suspicious, so I took out a letter of recommendation from the "two elders of Xuan Ming". The man took one look at it and opened the door, and I saw that he was holding a knife in his left hand.
When I entered the house, the man told me to wait, and then went into the house to report. After a while, a shriveled old man walked out. The old man didn't care about my youth at all, but he was polite and thoughtful, and hugged his fists and said: "Duan Shaoxia, I don't know what to see when you come to the cold house?"
I didn't hide it, I said that I had just entered the rivers and lakes and needed to find a job to make a living, Mr. Lin bowed his head slightly, and he couldn't see his joy or anger.
"Brother Duan, since you have a letter of recommendation from the second elder Xuanming, and we are not outsiders, I will call you brother presumptuously. As for your intentions, I already know, but there is a difficulty here. ”
I saw that he hesitated, and he wanted to test my kung fu, and he couldn't do it without some real materials under his hands. I pulled the knife from my back, straightened my posture, and said, "You don't need to be embarrassed, and please advise." ”
Lin Zhennan pressed my knife back and said, "Brother misunderstood, Lin didn't mean it." It's just, hey...... I'll just tell my brother. ”
"Tea. He instructed his brother who had opened the door to me, "By the way, get some more snacks." ”
With the refreshments, I naturally didn't panic, and I didn't care about the ugly food, so I ate a bite of dim sum and a mouthful of tea, but Mr. Hu sat on the side and frowned, obviously having something on his mind. After I was half-full, Lin Zhennan said: "Brother, originally you didn't dislike my dart bureau for being small, and you could come to my dart bureau to make a living, but Lin couldn't ask for it." But recently, my town is not very peaceful, I have a daughter, just turned sixteen, but was taken by a local bully, that bully has some means, the family is also an official, is a famous local tyrant and inferior gentry in Runan, so ...... Alas, there is nothing I can do about the persecution. In recent days, I have dismissed my brother, and I and my apprentice have been left here to wait for the bully to come to the door, so that I can fight him to the death. ”
Only then did I understand why the huge game of darts seemed to be deserted. was secretly surprised, sighing at the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes, but smelling a smell of burnt paste, Lin Zhennan's face changed greatly, and said, "Isn't the backyard on fire!" At this extremely critical moment, he still had a lot of courtesy, and said: "Brother Duan sit down for a while, I'll come when I go." ”
But after a while, I felt a heat wave hit my nose, and a strong smell of smoke made me cry. I jumped out of the hall and found smoke billowing from the backyard.
I saw a large water tank in the courtyard, and I immediately rushed over, holding the water tank with both arms, and was about to put out the fire. But unexpectedly, at this time, the chief dart head and his family ran out, and they were burned by the smoke and fire, and it is estimated that the Taishang Laojun of the Taoist temple in my town is nothing more than that.
"Brother, don't save it, the fire is too big, run!" Mr. Hu saw that I was going to put out the fire, he was stunned at first, and hurriedly stopped me, and wanted to run out of the main gate together.
As soon as they arrived at the door, a team of people with distinct clothes and armor turned out to be the bully who had the position of "supervising the city" (that is, the city management) in Runan, and had already led people to block the door. He ordered someone to set a fire in the backyard, but caught turtles in the urn at the front door. I could only hear a middle-aged man in brocade clothes and jade belt laughing lewdly: "My beauty, look where you are still running!"
"Fuck, fuck! You whore, today it's either you dead or I'm alive!" I was in a daze, Mr. Lin dart one person and one knife, like an angry bird, and fought towards the young man.
I was suddenly startled: Cao Cao, who did he just call Cao Cao?