Crown Sword

When we arrived at the bank of the Jialing River, we were supposed to go straight to Chengdu, but Gong Yangyue rented a boat in Langzhong, saying that he was going to Kuizhou, and changed his way to Ningzhou in Zangcang County, even avoiding Shunan.After arriving in Langzhong from Bazhong, he couldn't go away even more. He clamored to see the people dancing the Bayu dance. He also said that Zhang Fei, a general of the Shu Han Dynasty, was stationed here, and many people from far and near made good corned beef.

"Old Phoenix, take care of him!" Shuang Li was bewildered and anxious.

Cui Tanfeng put away the medicine box, and went to find the restaurant with the pair of clogs: "He is not in a hurry as a patient, why am I in a hurry as a doctor?"

Unable to speak, Shuang Li honestly went to rent a boat, but because of language barriers, he had to go to far and near wine houses, and find someone who could speak Chinese at the commuting station.Qiao Min has never been to Basil County. Most of the people here wear mulberry linen clothes, copper ornaments, and a white tiger as a totem. There is no taboo between men and women, and occasionally they sing and dance together.

Gong Yangyue was sitting by the river, playing in the water, Chao Chen walked over and asked, "Do you really want to eat corned beef?"

"What do you think?"

Chao Chen didn't answer.

Gong Yangyue said: "The hometown of Bashu, although I was not born here, I grew up here. I am very familiar with it."

Chao Chen said: "Gongyangyue rebelled against Sword Valley, everyone in the world knows."

"You've said it all, everyone in the world knows, how can Duan Zan not know?" Gong Yangyue turned his head, looked him in the eyes, and said word by word, "Why do you think he sent that kid named Alu to lurk in the The library? Either it’s for ‘not seeing Chang’an’ or it’s for ‘Kaiyang’. Your good library owner used my hand to find out and kill Duan Zan’s disciples. He is so stupid that he never thought of any backhands. ?”

"But this is the Kingdom of Jin!"

"So I asked Shuangli to investigate. Duan Zan's father, Duan Si, was captured by the current king of Yan as the leader of Jin during the Northern Expedition of Da Sima Huanwen. That is to say, their family was originally an official in Jin. , If you want to leave a connection, it may not be difficult." Gong Yangyue said, "Furthermore, the Tongzimen is not a clean place at first glance, it violates human relations, and keeps dead soldiers and killers. Why do you think it can be assassinated?" !"

Once mentioned, Chao Chen also reacted: "People are used to walking on familiar roads, maybe they have already ambushed the killer, and what they are waiting for is for you to relax your vigilance and go straight to Bashu. That Ye Zidao and Duan Zan should not be in the same way. It seems that the North wants to There are many people who want to kill you."

Duan Zan is in the officialdom, Murong Lin's incident is so big, it's hard not to know, there are only so many masters in and out of Jinyang, even if Gong Yangyue said that he was just passing by Some people will believe that the disciple's death is bound to fall on his head, and he might have to help Gu Zai and his organization take the blame. Disturbing the sight and hearing, I'm afraid he still has to carry the burden of Luangzhai.

Chao Chen inexplicably felt that he was a little pitiful.

"Could it be that there aren't many martial arts in South?" Gong Yangyue smiled, and she wasn't anxious at all, "If I didn't have two swords by my side and a martial arts body by my side, I'd be afraid to settle down in villages and towns at will, regardless of being famous. A hero with a surname, or a passer-by who joins in the fun, needs to meet each other with [-] kinds of weapons, don't you? Even if there is a real master's move, the blade is on the throat, you have to keep your face, and you have to die with grace, not to mention It's not that easy to take my life."

It's not that easy, if it were easy, I would have succeeded, Chao Chen smiled and asked, "Then what are your plans for the future?"

"Let's detoxify first, let's talk about other things later. It's worth killing, I'm afraid of stumbling on my heels, I will take it for a while when I get a chance." After the words fell, Gong Yangyue dragged Chao Chen to the back, stretched out his hand and pressed the sword, "Someone is coming this way Come!"

The footsteps approached, but there were a few strangers.

A thin young man ran forward, flustered and dripping with cold sweat. In the blink of an eye, he was caught up by clansmen holding tiger-patterned willow-leaf swords and spears behind him, and surrounded him.

This Bashanzi man already had a savage aura, and he looked much more ruthless than those white-faced men from Jiangnan who were playing tricks and embroidering their legs. Just like this, Chao Chen was also startled, wondering if he had broken his secret. pungent.So, he hurriedly gestured to the secluded road at the back, indicating that Gong Yangyue should not mind his own business. After all, many people in the southwest have their own customs and rules, and they should follow their orders.

But Gong Yangyue held him down, hid behind the green bushes on the embankment, motioned to hold his breath and listen.

"Jiu Er, there is no way forward, why don't you run again, and I'm asking you, but you destroyed the god dog stone?" A fat, bare-armed man stepped out from the middle, held a sharp weapon forward, and asked.

The little man named Jiu Er has a bad tongue, and he couldn't straighten his tongue for a long time: "Yes... yes..."

Another old man in a long gown with a horse face and a coir raincoat said in a choked voice: "Are you admitting it? Come with us to see the patriarch! Destroying the god stone is an unforgivable crime. Considering your age and young age, you should be obediently caught without a fight, and the patriarch will forgive you!" "

"Yes...he opened it himself!" Jiu Er panted heavily, trembling with his arms folded.

"Fart!" The shirtless man scolded angrily, "Shenshi has been in alliance for 700 years, why did it break when it was so good? The third master of the Luo family said, this afternoon, just watch your son sneaking around there. Come from the truth!"

Jiu Er yelled at the injustice: "20 years ago, no... it was cracked once! It really wasn't me!" No matter how much he grabbed the ground with his head and made a lot of noise, those people insisted that he did it. People leave.When the movement subsided, the two listening corners followed.

Chao Chen was confused when he heard it, and he could roughly understand that he had committed a crime, but seeing the boy kowtow, he was full of suspicion, turned his head and was about to urge Gong Yangyue to leave, but found that he was contemplating, and his heart moved, so he Bluntly asked: "Can you understand what they said?"

Gong Yangyue nodded, and then repeated the dispute just now.

Chao Chen didn't understand what the God Dog Stone was, so Gong Yangyue led him along the Jialing River to the largest pier in the city, and pointed to the sacred piece in the center of the dam not far away where colorful banners gathered. encroaching boulder.There are two huge chaps running through the back of the stone, and there is still some dregs on the ground, but judging from the posture of the hemp rope enclosing it three times, it seems that there is a ban on the clan, so that no one dares to come and clean it up.

"Qin Zhuan?" Chao Chen took two steps slowly, probed for a closer look, and after recognizing the characters on the front, he hurriedly looked around the shops. It is twisted and twisted, resembling a font of talisman and cloud seal.He felt strange: "How can you not engrave your own words on this monument in Berkshire?"

Gongyangyue asked back: "Have you read "Huayang Guozhi" written by Chang Chu?"

It is common for ordinary students to study the Five Classics for half their lives. Even if they love to read history, most of them are official history. The Kyushu is so vast and there are countless local chronicles.What's more, nowadays Jiangzuo's atmosphere is to talk about Xuan Xuan, and no one cares about this kind of classics.

Chao Chen repeated the name over and over again, and it took him a long time to think of such a character: "You are talking about the casual rider and regular servant of the subjugated emperor Li Shi of Chenghan in Chenghan! I haven't read the book, but people have heard of it." I heard that the Great Sima Huanwen conquered Shu and destroyed Han in the past. He moved to Jiankang with the Marquis of Guiyi. It looks like they are reading behind closed doors."

Jiangzuo clan is so complicated, it is not easy to join them.

"The imperial clan of the Jin Dynasty often appoints the prominent families with hairpin tassels in the Central Plains, and there are also the fourth elders of Wu County in Jiangzuo guarding them. It is impossible for others to get their turn." There was an old friend of mine, surnamed Shen, who was called Master Tiebi. Before he died, he left the "Huayang Guozhi" handwritten by himself as a gift to Master Shen. This book was hidden in the middle of Sichuan. It’s a lot of emotion to read.”

"The god dog stone was erected in the pre-Qin King Zhaoxiang, and the ancestors of the Qin people praised the king for eliminating the disaster of the white tiger. Therefore, they were rewarded and formed an alliance. Although the old man's home country is not here, this thing has always been regarded as very important."

Chao Chen's heart seemed to be tightly clenched: "Then... what will happen to that boy just now?"

"You might be executed," Gongyangyue sighed, "Shooting white tigers from high-rise buildings is the most proud of people. How can such beliefs be violated? There must be a reason."

Chao Chen still wanted to say something, but Gong Yangyue had already climbed onto the pier and headed for the city.Qiao Min waved at them from the turret not far away, pointing to the only inn here.

Cui Tanfeng has already ordered the dishes, I don't know if he is deliberately teasing people, several plates and bowls are full of beef, dried meatballs are everything, he didn't move his chopsticks, just raised his head and drank Shuzhong rice wine alone.

The Jialing River flows directly to Kuizhou, so there is no need for them to make a transfer, but there are not many boatmen who are willing to take the long route. The reason is that the rapids in the mountains are very difficult, and those with little experience will not dare to take the job no matter how much money they have.

When Shuang Li came to the inn, she spread her hands and explained the situation honestly.

"Not one?" Gong Yangyue knew the girl's urination, so she couldn't help but knocked on the table.

Shuang Li, who had finished drinking a pot of rice wine to quench her thirst, threw away the clay pot, and stepped on the edge of the table: "I don't even look at who my aunt is, there are people, but there is something wrong." Draw a few people's eyes to the outside, on the pier directly outside the bamboo curtain, a lot of people have gathered, just now the fleeing boy was tied up and placed in the crowd.

There was an older man next to him who wanted to squeeze in, but was held up by a few strong men. He could only wipe his tears with red eyes and kept trying to explain.Shuang Li was referring to this person: "We had negotiated a price just now, but someone suddenly called him over, saying that his younger brother committed a crime. Just like that, if you dare to escort him onto the boat, you will not be allowed to know the price." Just hit a hole in the reef!"

"This is very difficult, the family rule is death." Chao Chen's face turned cold, and he looked at Gong Yangyue, already thinking about how confident he would be in persuading him to change his course.

Cui Tanfeng caught the clues in what he said, and asked him why, after hearing this, several people were at a loss what to do.But Gong Yangyue didn't give up. He remembered that in the crying words of the boy just now, he mentioned that there was a stone crack 20 years ago. If the stone was destroyed early, it shouldn't be broken again. people repaired.

If there is one, there can be two.

Coincidentally, at the next table, there were two Wudoumi Taoist priests who preached in the middle of Sichuan, and they were also talking about this matter.It was inconvenient for Gong Yangyue to show up, and Cui Tanfeng was too popular, so she gave Chao Chen a wink.

The latter was quite cooperative, and it happened that the scholars were easy to get along with, so they gathered at that table.

After inquiring about it, I found out that after the end of the Han Dynasty, the spirit of the white tiger re-emerged in chaos, there were often huge waves in the river, and the wind of witchcraft in Sichuan was strong. Zhang Lu, the Marquis of Langzhong, set up a five-star talisman plate in it to suppress it. In other words, the day when the talisman plate is untied is the day when the white tiger's soul is scattered.

Until 20 years ago, there were two masters fighting here, not only destroying the ritual, but also destroying the sacred stone. No more floods, it really saved the white tiger's misfortune, and because of this, the merits and demerits were offset, helping the master in the same industry to escape from the mountains and rivers.

It is said that the patriarch had a secret conversation with the young man, and within a few years, the sacred stone was repaired.

Chao Chen came back after hearing it, shaking his head, only to feel that it was novel and unbelievable: "It's amazing, and it's so perfect. This kind of nonsense, just listen to it, and it's necessary to add fuel. Going like the wind, even if the patriarch of the Yi people has learned first-class kung fu, he can stand shoulder to shoulder with the seven elders of Jiangu, but he sits on one side, how can he chase people to the ends of the world, and what kind of young man unscrambles the talisman plate, it is estimated that it is another one. Hero story book."

"But the thing is true. Apart from the beautification, someone has repaired it. Maybe restoring the sacred stone can save the life of that young man named Jiu Er." Gong Yangyue said.

Chao Chen nodded: "That's right, he looks like an honest person, maybe he was really wronged. Just now the two Taoist priests also said that the person was close to a stone, but they were kind-hearted. When they saw a wounded bird falling, they picked it up and treated it. It’s just that other people don’t believe that even if the bird is rescued, it may be unintentionally damaged, and it is still unable to reverse it.”

"That's right." Cui Tanfeng nodded, "It's just recovery, how easy is it?"

Shuang Li couldn't get a word in, and buried her head in the meat, but Qiao Min, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted: "How much strength is needed to crack the stone?"

The eyes of the four lit up.

The stone is not tofu, it will be shattered when it is touched, just such a fisherman who is swaying the oar is not a Lianjiazi, even if his arm is strong, he will not be shattered by impact.

The scouring of the wind and rain made the alliance stone that stood for a hundred years black and translucent. The sun fell on the tip and refracted in all directions. Chao Chen rested the back of his hand on his forehead to avoid the blazing light at noon.He thought: It's autumn now, the sky is high and the wind is cool, but in the earlier days, when the summer heat is the hottest, it should be a little bit stronger. Since the devil wind outside the Great Wall can dry the stones, the strong heat will crack the broken parts of the past. Why not?

Chao Chen said: "I think, apart from Lian Jinni in Zhi Yi Dian Ji, there is no magic thing that can truly break gold and stone. Poor Yu Linzhou, who has been to the overseas fairy island, does not have that thing. It can be produced in the mortal world? I guess it was made up in the past. Shi people are just fooling around."

"Then fool around again?" Shuang Li finally answered.

"It's not easy," Gong Yangyue shook his head, "The head of the clan is not a fool. How can an old monster who has lived for decades believe what he says? It must be because the person was valuable back then, or it was just like the rumors. Well, so even if the patriarch is worried, he still believes in him. As for us—"

Cui Tanfeng waved his hands and said: "Don't look at me, I can only save lives and heal the wounded, but I don't know how to do the work of a mason." As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and poured wine, wearing white clothes and broad bands, not a bit charming, "If it's a woman, maybe I can do a little bit."

Chao Chen lowered his head and held the cup, thinking: Gong Yangyue is right, they must think of a perfect way to save people to the end, if they collapse as soon as they leave, wouldn't they harm the two brothers again?

Thinking about this, he felt bored, so he raised his glass and drank it all. Apart from the sweetness, he felt something foreign in his mouth, and when he turned his teeth, he realized that it was unfiltered glutinous rice, and his heart couldn't help but move.At this time, Shuangli yelled with the meat in its mouth, "Look at that old man!"

The crowd moved out of the way, and two poles lifted out an old man one by one. The old man had skin and white hair, his hands and feet were shriveled, and he looked like a person buried half in the soil. feeling.

Gongyangyue broke the bamboo chopsticks: "Xuanhuangyin?"

Qiao Min nodded: "Practicing Qi, the power is in the Qihai Dantian, but the killing intent is in the throat."

"Think about it! You're talking so hard, isn't it easy to kill a kid?" Shuang Li anxiously knocked on the bowl with chopsticks, "Brother Chao, why are you in a daze?"

Chao Chen pushed aside the bowl and stood up, not even going around the main entrance, and directly opened the bamboo curtain and jumped down.

"I figured out a way!"

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Note: This chapter makes up for the gaps in the prequel, and pushes the plot by the way.Suddenly remembered that the protagonist in the prequel promised the patriarch to find Lian Jinni, but he forgot when he found it.