Chapter 37 The Difficulty of Runzhou

The boat opened its sails and went straight down the river to the Yangtze River. On the north bank of the Yangtze River is Runzhou, and the most famous thing in Runzhou is Jinshan Temple. Above the Yangtze River, a hill in the south stands alone on the Yangtze River. The building above is the Golden Mountain Temple. The temple is magnificent, and the ancient trees are towering to the sky.

When the boat arrived here, Wang Shan deliberately stopped the boat and said that it was a wish. The three of them also followed Wang Shan up the mountain. Wang Shan went to the front hall, and the three of them walked around at will. The most famous legend of Jinshan Temple is that the water is full of Jinshan, and Xiao Ruoshui tells the story of the white lady Xu Xian. The princess burst into tears. The anger towards Fahai couldn't help but come from the heart. I can't wait to kick Fahai to death. So when the three of them came to the Fahai Hall of Jinshan Temple, Zhao Cheng and Xiao Ruoshui kowtowed devoutly. The princess just looked at this kind old monk viciously, and kept despising him in her heart. Stand aside and say nothing.

Xiao Ruoshui and Zhao Cheng looked at it and smiled. In fact, Fahai is a Taoist monk, who established Jinshan Temple in the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was the founder of Jinshan Temple.

Wang Shan came out after wishing to come out, slowly found the three of them, and went down to Jinshan by boat to Runzhou. After the ship arrived in Runzhou, it had to stay for one night, rest, and then return to Yangzhou, and Wang Shan's plan was to change the ship again and reach Suzhou through the canal.

The four of them found a clean inn to live in, then freshened up and went to Runzhou City for a walk. Indeed, Runzhou is the intersection of the Yangtze River and the canal, and it is also the intersection of the north and the south, east and west.

The four of them walked around, looking at the humanities and customs, and telling anecdotes.

Wang Shan suddenly frowned as he walked, but he didn't stop, but walked to a stall where he bought cloth tigers and looked at it with interest. The three of them also came up and helped Wang Shan choose. After the last, Wang Shan picked a few cloth tigers, got up satisfied, and continued to walk forward.

He slowly approached Zhao Cheng and whispered to him, "Someone is following us, take it outside the city to deal with it." ”

Zhao Cheng's face was still smiling, and he said: "There is a forest outside the south gate, which is relatively hidden, let's start there." ”

Wang Shan smiled and walked up to a carriage soliciting customers and said, "Two miles outside the South Gate, Haojia Village. ”

The four of them got into the carriage, Xiao Ruoshui was not surprised, but the princess was very strange, she was about to sleep, what were you doing outside the city? .

The carriage hurried out of the city and reached the road in the woods. They were blocked. A group of men in black stopped them.

The four of them slowly got out of the carriage, and the coachman who drove the carriage was already frightened, hiding under the car and shivering.

Wang Shan looked at the man in black who was blocking the road, and said, "Let this coachman go, it has nothing to do with him." ”

The leader of the men in black waved his hand, and the coachman fled with the carriage in a hurry.

The man in black dismounted. The leader in the middle said, "We only want money, and we keep all the money on our bodies, and this woman also stays." You can go. ”

Wang Shan looked at the man in black and said, "What if we don't agree?"

The man in black jumped off his horse and pulled out his knife with a smack, and the snow light of the knife glowed with a dazzling cold light against the background of the moonlight. The black-clothed leader said: "The knife in my brother's hand is not vegetarian, so you should do it honestly." ”

Wang Shan whispered to the three of them: "Keep the leader, all the rest will be put in, Xiao Jiu will protect the princess, we can't let one go, I don't know where these people come from, so they must all be released, and the leader will leave me to ask for an understanding." ”

"Understood. Zhao Cheng and Xiao Ruoshui said a word. Xiao Ruoshui put her arms around the princess and said, "Come with me to fight." The princess seemed to be used to being held in Xiao Ruoshui's arms, and she was not surprised at all. Instead, he raised his umbrella curiously and prepared to fight.

Wang Shan looked at the man in black, walked up slowly, and said, "We don't listen to you." As soon as he finished speaking, he moved into the crowd, and several screams were heard, and several people were knocked to the ground. When he moved, Zhao Cheng also followed him like a shadow, and he also rushed into the crowd.

Xiao Ruoshui hugged the princess, her feet were on the ground, and she flew condescendingly to the top of the crowd, her arrows were light, and her fingers were like the wind. The princess also excitedly held an iron umbrella and knocked on the head of the underground man.

Zhao Cheng's fist was like a sledgehammer that directly blasted away the enemy in front of him, and Wang Shan's palm gently floated into the crowd like a falling butterfly, deftly slapping down the person holding the sharp knife in front of him.

Xiao Ruoshui and the princess are like dragonflies that point to water, flying around above people's heads, pointing their fingers there, and pouring a piece there. The princess was also excited to give a painful blow at the moment when the person fell, and the person who fell was full of bags.

After a while, a group of people fell underground, and Wang Shan grabbed the black-clothed leader in his hand and looked at him. Xiao Ruoshui and Zhao Cheng, the princess slowly walked forward. Look at him together.

Wang Shan tore off his masked black cloth and looked at him. I took a closer look.

"Why didn't the old man of the Twelve Serial Docks in Jiangnan move on the river and become a robber on land?" asked Wang Shan with a smile.

"If you know me, I won't say anything, I want to kill or scrape you. "The old man of the red flag has always been the executor of the Twelve Serial Docks, so he can't say anything if he is captured.

"Who sent you here, and for what, can you tell us?" said Wang Shan with a smile.

"I've been arrested, I don't know anything, if you want to kill it, you have to scrape it. The old man of the red flag said with his neck straight.

Wang Shan looked at the old man of the red flag, and suddenly a slap slapped him on the neck, knocking him unconscious.

"Get on the horse, let's go to Yixing, and find a boat from there to go to Suzhou. Wang Shan said to the three of them with a serious face.

The three of them marched south overnight, and they took the road to the west, which was more rugged and more mountainous, so that they were already tired enough for one night. By the next day, they had found a small town to rest. In the evening, when the four of them were eating together, Wang Shan expressed his opinion.

"The Twelve Docks are the overlords of the waterway from Yangzhou to the canal to Yuhang on the Yangtze River, controlling all the transportation by water, and we can only go to Yixing by land now, and after arriving in Yixing, we will find a boat to cross the Taihu Lake to Suzhou. Wang Shan said solemnly.

"Yes, as long as we take the canal route, we will definitely be discovered by their twelve dock people, we have no way now, we have to endure for two days, and then cross from Taihu Lake to Suzhou. Zhao Cheng nodded and said.

"Maybe they're trying to rob money, so don't worry about it. The princess said.

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if. The people of the Twelve Docks have always been half-officials and half-thieves, and I can't say what they are for, but we can only avoid them now, we can't clash with them head-on, and Suzhou is only a few hundred miles away, and all the tribulations have been experienced, and we can't take risks at the last moment. Wang Shan looked at everyone and said.

"By choosing this route, we are seeking insurance, not comfort, but just to be able to reach Suzhou safely. Wang Shan looked at the mist in the distance and said slowly.

Yes, there is no force to stop this road. But whether there will be other problems, only God knows the way, what they can do is to go on step by step.