Tang riddles

Through the jungle and over the thorns, Kuta finally ran back to the edge of the cliff with several large bundles of ropes on his back.At a glance, I saw Qianhe standing on the edge of the cliff, the light blue robe on her was very conspicuous in the faint sunlight.

"Chizuru! I'm back!" he shouted.

But Chizuru didn't respond.

Hu Tuo didn't pay much attention, panting and ran a few more steps, came to Qianhe's side, and said:

"Qianzuru! Come and help me! I borrowed the rope."

Chizuru still didn't respond.

Hu Tuo finally noticed something was wrong, he frowned, and patted Qianhe on the shoulder.Qianhe was startled, and immediately put his hand on the handle of the saber, and Hutuo quickly took a step back, but fortunately, Qianhe stopped in time and did not draw the saber.

"Why didn't you respond when I called you for a long time? Don't you have very sensitive hearing?" Hutuo asked cautiously.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I... lost my mind." Qianhe's voice sounded a little lost.

"Are you okay?" Hutuo remained vigilant.

Chizuru just shook his head.

Hu Tuo breathed a sigh of relief: "If you have nothing to do, come and help me tie the rope. I have borrowed the rope."

"it is good."

The two began to get busy, Qianhe couldn't see, but her knotting skills were top-notch.She said that she had learned how to tie knots from sailors on a sailing ship. She taught Kuta how to tie a sailor's knot, which she said could not be broken no matter how much she pulled.Hu Tuo cooperated with her and handed her the parts of the two ropes that needed to be knotted, and she was able to quickly tie a beautiful knot.

During this process, Hu Tuo yelled several times at the top of his voice, and got a response from Shen Sui below, confirming that Da Lang and San Niang were fine, and finally returned to the original place with his hanging heart.

After several bundles of ropes were all connected, Hu Tuo found a big tree closest to the cliff and the hanging coffin where Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan were, tied the ropes firmly to the tree, and then threw all the remaining ropes down .

"Dalang! Can you catch the rope?" Kuta asked.

"Yes!" Shen Sui who was below gave an affirmative answer.

"Is the rope long enough?" Chizuru called.

"Enough!" Shen Sui replied again.

Being able to save Zhang Ruohan from falling, Shen Sui obviously won't be stumped by a rope.She brought all the things she needed, tied herself and Zhang Ruohan tightly together, and then pulled the rope, signaling Hutuo and Qianhe to start pulling the rope.As her body was hoisted, she began to raise her breath, kicking her feet against the cliff in mid-air, and rising steadily.

In order to prevent the rope from being broken by the rocks on the edge of the cliff, Hutuo took off his robe and put it under the rope.He himself sat on the ground facing the cliff, wrapped a few ropes around his waist, and fixed the robe with his feet to prevent it from being dragged away by friction.With all his strength, he pulled the two people under the cliff up.

Qianhe is right behind him, this matter is not complicated, although she can't see it, she just needs to follow the feeling and exert strength.

Although these two people's kung fu is not as good as Shen Sui's, they are still very strong. It is not difficult to pull two women who don't weigh too much together.

The whole process went smoothly, and Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan were quickly pulled up.When he was about to reach the top, Shen Sui directly kicked off the cliff wall, and with light work, he brought Zhang Ruohan up to the top of the cliff, his movements were so chic and nimble, it was really hard to see that he had been trapped on the cliff for nearly an hour.

As Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan "flyed" up, behind them, a black thing also "clicked" and landed on the edge of the cliff with the raised rope.

Qianhe's ears twitched, and Hutuo turned his eyes to look, and was taken aback:

"Dalang... what is this?"

"Manpower, haven't you seen it?" Shen Sui said casually, while untying the rope between himself and Zhang Ruohan, he said:

"This mandrill in the forest gave me the arm of a certain unlucky ghost in the hanging coffin."

Kuta swallowed, refusing to imagine the scene.

"What are you doing with this arm?"

Shen Sui didn't answer his question, but asked Hutuo to put that arm on. Hutuo was very desperate, but he still wrapped his arm with his robe and tucked it under his armpit.

Qianhe simply didn't care about this matter, she had already approached Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan, tried to reach out to touch Zhang Ruohan, and asked worriedly:

"San Niang, how do you feel?"

Shen Sui silently pressed the back of her hand, stopped her reaching out, and said:

"Don't worry, she is very weak now, but she is still awake."

Chizuru paused, and then asked:

"Sanniang?"

Zhang Ruohan insisted and replied:

"I'm fine." His voice was extremely weak, but somehow he managed to speak out.

Qianhe finally stopped asking and withdrew his hand.

"Hutuo, you go lead the horse first, we will come later." Shen Sui ordered.

"Here. Dalang, where are we going next?"

"To the east, there is a small town in the east. I will go there to spend the night tonight. I need to settle down the maidservant immediately. She is in urgent need of treatment."

Hutuo nodded and left first.Shen Sui hugged Zhang Ruohan horizontally, and Qianhe followed behind her, walking unhurriedly behind.

Qianhe can probably tell that Shen Sui is carrying Zhang Ruohan away now.She had some strange emotions in her heart, she didn't know whether to be thankful or regretful, and there was a vague tension for no reason.I don't know if she is too sensitive, but she noticed that Shen Sui's attitude towards Sanniang has changed slightly, it seems... There is a kind of secret and blatant domineering appearing in him, it is a kind of domineering who swears sovereignty .She had an ominous premonition in her heart, could it be that Shen Sui did something to Sanniang on the cliff?She knew that Shen Sui was Sanniang's savior, so she shouldn't use such malicious conjectures to slander her benefactor.But just because he saved Sanniang's life, he can't take advantage of Sanniang.

However, this is just her feeling, without evidence, she is not good at talking nonsense.Fortunately, there is no one in the field at the moment, and when we get to the town later, it's better for her to carry Sanniang.

Suddenly remembering that she was disguised as a man, Qianhe frowned, thinking whether she should undo her bun temporarily, so as not to be misunderstood.

When Hu Tuo found the horse, Shen Sui led Zhang Ruohan onto the horse himself, and Hu Tuo and Qian He each followed on horseback.Along the way, everyone was silent until they saw the eastern sky turn white and the smoke from cooking houses floated in the distant mountains. They knew that they had finally returned to the world from hell.

Before entering the town, Qianhe untied her hair, tied it in a low ponytail loosely, and returned to the appearance of a woman, and proposed to let herself bring Zhang Ruohan into the town.Shen Sui agreed without too much hesitation.But just before entering the town, Qianhe always felt that if she made this request halfway, Shen Sui might not immediately agree.

Afterwards, they found the only medical center in the town, spent a piece of gold leaf, and temporarily rented the entire backyard of the hospital.Shen Sui originally wanted to take Zhang Ruohan's pulse and give acupuncture in person, but due to his status, he could only ask the female doctor in the medical clinic to do it for him.Fortunately, the level of this female doctor is still good, at least it is more than enough to treat Zhang Ruohan's frostbite and menstrual pain.

Shen Sui stayed up all night in the cold wind blowing by the river, and at this moment his spirit finally relaxed completely.She wore a thick robe that Kuta had just bought from a tailor in town. It was old-fashioned, but warm.After drinking a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold, she moved a stool, sat outside Zhang Ruohan's room, and fell asleep with her head down.

Halfway through the sleep, she woke up with the slightest pain in her right arm. She knew that splitting the hanging coffin and forcibly stopping the fall was too violent and hurt her muscles and bones.Instead of looking for a doctor in the medical center, she found Hu Tuo.From the leather bag hanging on his belt, he took out a small bottle of bruise medicine, and asked Hu Tuo to rub his arm.

Hu Tuo knew that Da Lang was a woman, so he didn't dare to do it at first.But seeing that Da Lang unbuttoned his clothes, exposed his arms, and looked at ease, he didn't worry about it anymore, applied the medicine according to the technique Shen Sui taught him, and began to massage Shen Sui's muscles and bones.His eyes kept looking at the tattoo on Da Lang's body, hesitant to speak, and finally Shen Sui couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and said:

"Say something quickly!"

"Da Lang, I have never dared to ask, where did your tattoo come from?"

"Where else can it come from? Of course it's tattooed." Shen Sui laughed.

After hearing Shen Sui's "nonsense", Hu Tuo shut up and didn't dare to ask any more questions.Seeing his cautious appearance, Shen Sui said:

"Did you know that there used to be a very famous person in Jianghu, nicknamed 'Jiulong Nirvana'?"

Hu Tuo shook his head, he had never heard of this name.Moreover, this is also the first time Da Lang talked to him about the tattoos on his body.

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. 'Jiulong Nirvana' hid in the world 18 years ago, before you came to China. This Jiulong Nie, whose surname is Chen, has no name. When he was a child, people called him Chen Scar, because He was born with a huge black birthmark on his neck. Abandoned by his parents, he begged for a living when he was a child. He was bullied by many people and had a very perverse and violent personality. Later, he took a knife and cut out his own black birthmark. It flowed all over the ground and almost died. The torn skin coincidentally formed the image of a coiled dragon. He concocted a kind of dye himself, and painted a very The exquisite dragon pattern completely covered up the scars.

Afterwards, he followed a gangster, practiced kung fu hard, and began to wander around the rivers and lakes.Traveling all over the world, and often doing tattoos for others, I gradually made some famous names.He was famous for being ruthless, and countless people died at his hands.And the most frightening thing is that he also killed some very powerful people. Whenever such people died in his hands, he would tattoo a black dragon on his body. In the end, he tattooed nine dragons in full, so Nicknamed 'Kowloon Nirvana'.These dragons are all over his hands, feet, chest and abdomen, but he can't get a tattoo on his back, and no one dares to tattoo him.

If you kill too many people, you will inevitably get bored.He doesn't kill people any more, he only makes tattoos for people.Later, he stopped getting tattoos, and he disappeared directly in the rivers and lakes, and no one could find him.Jiulong Nie is a well-recognized craftsman in the world. His tattoo techniques are extremely superb, and he has the skills of ghosts and gods.People in the Jianghu said that Wu Daozi painted murals and Jiulong Nirvana painted human skin. They are the few people in this world who dare to paint ghosts and gods.Wu Daozi’s most mysterious and brilliant picture is called "Hell Change" [Note], which is on the wall of Zhao Jinggong Temple in Chang’an; the most mysterious and outstanding work of Jiulong Nirvana is called "Huang Nirvana", which is on my body . "

Hu Tuo was a little surprised, after digesting Shen Sui's words, he asked:

"How did you find Jiulong Nie and ask him to tattoo you?"

"You know, I am close to the Maoshan Shangqing sect, and Sima Tianshi is the master of Qin Nu and me."

Hu Tuo is really aware of this point, the relationship between Qianyu Sect and Shangqing Sect is very close, apart from the master-student relationship between Sima Chengzhen and Shen Sui and Shen Jin sisters, there are also many cooperation between the two sects.The Shangqing faction can enjoy the intelligence network of Qianyumen for free, and has also protected Qianyumen in various aspects for a long time.Now Xuan Weizi, the head of the White Crane Hall of the Thousand Feathers Gate, is actually a disciple of the Shangqing School at the same time. Considering his seniority, he is Shen Sui and Shen Jin's junior uncle.

Shen Sui's words continued: "Jiulong Nirvana is actually the elder brother of me and Qin Nu, and the first apprentice accepted by Master Sima. Now we call him 'Senior Brother Chen'. This tattoo is done by Brother Chen for me. Back then, Jiulong Nirvana was hunted down by his enemies, and his beloved wife died tragically. Respected as the first disciple.

Two years after he started, Qin Nu and I came from Chang'an. At that time, we were burnt all over our body and almost died.Xiongniang begged to Maoshan Shangqing, and it was the master who rescued me and the Qin slave, so that we survived.However, we still have scars that cannot be eliminated. In order to make up for and cover up the scars, Master asked Senior Brother Chen to draw tattoos for Qin Nu and me. "

"Erlang has it too?" Hutuo was surprised when he knew it for the first time.

"She has. She doesn't have as many burns as I do. They are all concentrated on the back of the waist. Brother Chen tattooed her a picture of pine, crane and auspicious clouds. He wants her to seek peace, get rid of disease as soon as possible, and live a long and healthy life."

"Then why do you have the Phoenix Nirvana tattoo on your back?" Hutuo asked.

Shen Sui was silent for a moment, then replied:

"I don't know. The pattern of this tattoo was decided after discussion between Master and Senior Brother Chen. I was young at the time, and they didn't tell me anything. Later, Master told me that this Phoenix Nirvana pattern is for me Like a phoenix, it can be reborn after ashes and nirvana. Moreover, I will become the head of the new generation of Thousand Feathers Sect.

I always thought so when I was a kid, but now... I don't think it's that simple.At that time, when Senior Brother Chen performed the Phoenix and Nirvana tattoo for me, he was very painful. He stopped several times and started it several times. He tattooed on and off for seven days, and he broke the alcohol prohibition and drank a lot of alcohol.I don't think he was in the right shape at the time. "

Kuta was completely bewildered.

"Stop talking about this, don't be distracted, hurry up, I'm afraid the maidservant lotus will look for me when she wakes up later." Shen Sui changed the subject.

"Dalang, are you... are you..." Hu Tuo was speechless.

"What is it?" Shen Sui raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

"Have you identified yourself with Sanniang?" Hu Tuo lowered his voice and asked.

Shen Sui stared at him, and said after a while:

"I told her I was a woman and I knew Akashi, but I didn't say anything else."

Hu Tuo thought about it for a while, and his face was a little dazed: "Then you are equivalent to telling Sanniang that you are..."

Shen Sui interrupted him: "Shut up."

Hutuo: "..."

……

At the same time, Zhang Ruohan was inside the house.Zhang Ruohan and Qianhe, who had just woken up, finished talking softly.Qianhe was taken aback, calm as she was, and lost her voice:

"Sanniang, isn't Shen Si just..."

"To shut up!"

Despite being quite weak, Zhang Ruohan stopped Qianhe from saying that name in time.

Chizuru: "..."

Hutuo and Qianhe understood a truth at the same time: they should continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

The author has something to say: [Note] "Hell in Disguise" is a line drawing drawn on the wall of Zhao Jinggong Temple in Chang'an by the painter Wu Daozi. It is not colored, but it is superb. (It is impossible to test the coloring later.) Exaggerated and deformed techniques are used, and the brushwork is full of angry emotions, so that the ghosts and spirits of the "transformed ghost" jump off the wall as if they were real, making the viewers sweat on their backs and armpits. The hair is thick, and the strange emotions of many disguised characters are different, or "the beards are clouded, and the number is flying", or "the hair hates the flesh, and the strength is more than enough".There was a record at that time: people in the capital watched the world, all of them committed crimes and practiced goodness, and the two cities sold extravagantly, but fish and meat were not sold.It means that after viewing this painting, the people of Chang'an are extremely afraid of hell, and dare not do evil anymore, even butchers have changed their careers.