Shui Hanyan also glanced at Xiao Yunfan and thought to himself: This thief must not be looked down upon, but how should he divide the wine? After thinking for a long time, he sighed and said: "Forget it, forget it, I can't think of an answer. Can you tell me how to divide it?"
Xiao Yunfan coughed and said, "Now tell me your name, and I will tell you." Shui Hanyan blurted out: "My name is Shui Hanyan, now you know it!" Xiao Yunfan smiled and said, "So you His name is Shui Hanyan, which sounds pretty good!"
Shui Hanyan was secretly happy when she heard his praise, and replied: "My name sounds nice, and it is naturally a hundred times better than yours, Xiao Pofan." Xiao Yunfan pointed to his nose and said: "Hey! Miss Shui, my name is Xiao Yunfan is not Xiao Pofan. There is a saying that there will be times when the wind and waves break, and the sail will sail directly across the sea. My name was given to me by my master from Li Bai's poem."
Shui Hanyan smiled and said: "Okay, Hero Xiao Yunfan, now you can tell me how the shopkeeper poured four taels of wine for the customer." Xiao Yunfan nodded and said, "For the sake of calling me Hero Xiao, , let me tell you. There are four steps in total:
The first step is to pour eight ounces of wine in the wine jar into a three-liang wine bucket, and then pour the three-ounce wine bucket into a five-liang wine bucket;
In the second step, pour the remaining five liang in the wine jar into the three-liang wine bucket, and then pour the three-liang wine bucket into the five-liang wine bucket. At this time, there is one liang left in the three-liang wine bucket;
The third step is to pour the five-liang wine bucket into the wine jar, and then pour the one-liang wine from the three-liang wine bucket into the five-liang wine bucket;
The fourth step is to pour the wine in the jar into the three-liang wine bucket and fill it up. Finally, pour the three-liang wine into the five-liang wine bucket. Isn’t it just the right amount of four-liang wine? "
Shui Hanyan shook his head and said, "What you say is three taels and five taels, like a tongue twister. It makes people dizzy."
Xiao Yunfan immediately woke up and thought to himself: Such a strange question is naturally difficult for other girls. He quickly changed the subject and said, "Miss Shui, what kind of homework do you usually do in Xuannv Palace?"
Shui Hanyan said: "This is a lot. Our Xuannv Palace is divided into nine divisions, and the masters of the nine divisions teach lessons to the disciples in the palace. In addition to practicing their own martial arts, they also need to learn the six arts, six methods and eight techniques. .”
Xiao Yunfan admired it and thought to himself: Xuannv Palace is indeed one of the three most authentic sects in the world. An ordinary disciple actually has to practice so many skills. I couldn't help but curiously asked: "I know the six arts, which are etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and numeracy, but what are these six arts and eight arts?"
Shui Hanyan said proudly: "The eight arts are the skills that only the second-class disciples can practice. They include chess, medicine, physiognomy, astrology, illusion, divination, fortune-telling, and mechanism skills. The six arts are practiced by the first-class disciples. The coursework includes engineering law, agricultural law, political law, business law, military art, and cooking law." After listening to this, Xiao Yunfan secretly clicked his tongue and thought: How can one person learn so much knowledge?
While the two were talking, the sky suddenly turned cloudy, and a large dark cloud slowly moved in from the southeast. The dark cloud seemed to be a ball of ink spreading out in the dome.
Xiao Yunfan stood up and said, "It's going to rain. Come into the cave quickly." Shui Hanyan looked up at the sky and said, "Yes! It looks like there will be a heavy rain." The two of them set fire and grilled fish. Move into the cave.
Not long after entering the cave, we saw strong winds, and the trees on the cliff opposite were swaying violently in the wind. Heavy raindrops fell on the ground, turning into water spots the size of copper coins. The rain fell so fast and dense that a curtain of water seemed to have been woven between the sky and the earth.
Shui Hanyan saw Xiao Yunfan standing at the entrance of the cave and said hurriedly: "Brother Xiao, come in quickly. The wounds on your body haven't healed yet, so you can't see such a strong wind." Xiao Yunfan was startled when he heard him call him brother for the first time. My heart immediately felt infinite joy. In addition, her words were mostly caring, so she said loudly: "It's okay, your medicine is very good, my wound has healed." As he said that, he turned his eyes to the distance.
There was a rumble of thunder, and a bright white lightning flew out of the clouds, and the lightning illuminated the surrounding area white. The rainwater was blown askew by the wind and turned into fine gouache on Xiao Yunfan's face. He felt extremely cool and let the tiny water droplets flow along his forehead to his chin.
In the haze, I could only see the big river, with rolling waves and turbulent water. Soon the water came up to the shore. Xiao Yunfan's expression changed and he said: "No! If this continues, the river will flow into the hole." Shui Yan stood behind him, his face pale, and he said lightly: "What, how can this happen? manage?"
Xiao Yunfan walked towards the stone bed and reached out to pull the stone button. The iron chain hung down again. Xiao Yunfan quickly tore off his clothes, tore it into strips of cloth and handed them to Shui Hanyan, saying: "Wrap this strip of cloth around your hand, and then climb up along the iron chain. When you are almost at the top of the cave, There is another cave on the side of the stone wall. If you enter that cave, you will be fine."
Shui Hanyan looked at Xiao Yunfan and said, "Then, what will you do?" Xiao Yunfan became anxious and shouted, "Hurry up, otherwise the water will pour into the hole, and neither of you or I will be able to survive."
Shui Hanyan bit her lip, hung the pearl around her neck, jumped up, held the iron chain with both hands, and climbed up. Xiao Yunfan said: "You go up first, I will sort out the food and come up later."
Sure enough, the river overflowed onto the bank and approached the cave little by little. Xiao Yunfan's hands and feet were quite agile. He wrapped all the important things into a bag and hung it on his shoulder. Then he picked up the scabbard and inserted it into his back.
He was about to hold the iron chain and climb up, but unexpectedly a large stream of water rushed into the cave like a beast, hitting the cave wall and splashing countless water splashes. The water was so strong that it quickly flooded the cave.
Shui Hanyan couldn't help but feel scared when she was alone in the quiet room. Although the night pearl on her chest glowed faintly, she still felt scared. The coffin in front of me seemed like something terrible could jump out of it at any time.
Her heart was beating wildly involuntarily. She had always been with her sisters since she was a child, and had rarely been alone. However, at this moment, she became more and more frightened. A pair of wonderful eyes stared at the hole tightly, praying in his heart: Brother Xiao, will something happen to you? You, you must be safe.
While she was concentrating on praying, Xiao Yunfan climbed out of the hole. Before he could stand still, he stared at Shui with smoke for a moment. Suddenly, he jumped into his arms and started crying. Xiao Yunfan was at a loss, and slowly stretched out his palm, gently stroked her hair, and said softly: "Sister Shui, don't be afraid, Brother Xiao is here." When Shui Hanyan heard his voice, she cried instead The pain became even worse, and the clothes on Xiao Yunfan's chest were soaked with her tears.
Shui smoked and sobbed: "Xiao...Brother Xiao, I thought I would never see you again." Xiao Yunfan patted her back gently and said with a smile: "Silly girl, you saved Brother Xiao's life." , I haven’t had time to repay you, how could I be willing to die? Besides, I am a jade lion with great fortune and blessings. With the blessing of Bodhisattva, it is even more impossible for me to die! Okay, don’t cry."
Shui Hanyan touched the tears on his face and said: "Xiao...Brother Xiao, there is a coffin here, I'm so scared!" Xiao Yunfan said: "Don't be afraid, as long as Brother Xiao is here, any monsters and ghosts will get out of my way. !”
After a long time, Shui Hanyan stopped crying. Suddenly he found himself in Xiao Yunfan's arms, his nose was filled with strong masculine scent, and his cheeks turned red.
She raised her head and said: "Brother Xiao, the cave below has been flooded. How should we escape now?" Xiao Yunfan raised his chin and said to the coffin: "Whether we can leave this time depends on this. There's a coffin." Shui Hanyan said in surprise: "Coffin? Is it possible that there is a passage in the coffin leading to somewhere else?" Xiao Yunfan shook his head and said: "That's not true, but we really have to rely on this coffin to leave here."
Shui Hanyan asked curiously: "Is it possible that the dead in the coffin will help us?" Xiao Yunfan nodded and said: "You can say that! I found this tomb when I came here last time. This tomb was built on the top of the cave, and this How did the coffin come up? I was still thinking about this question before, but today I finally figured it out. There are many hanging coffins on the cliff opposite. I wonder if you have seen it. The coffin needs to be transported to a height of 100 feet. On the cliff, it cannot be done by manpower, but requires the help of water power. Whenever the river floods, the water level will rise. If the water rises to halfway up the cliff, then it will be nothing to dig a tomb chamber to hold the hanging coffin. Problem. And this coffin can be used as a boat. As long as we hide in the coffin and find a way to make the coffin fall into the river, we can leave this place. Although this is very risky, there is no other way."
Not long after, Xiao Yunfan arranged the coffin properly, and the two of them lay in the coffin. It turns out that there is another secret room in this cave, and the other secret room has an open-air platform. Xiao Yunfan pushed the coffin onto the platform, half hanging in the air and half touching the ground. When everything is ready, he will kick the heavy objects prepared in advance to the end of the coffin. The tail of the coffin became heavier and heavier, the body of the coffin shook violently, and with a thud, the coffin fell from the platform into the river.
The coffin kept drifting down the river, and no one knew where it was going. Shui Hanyan was very scared, and she held Xiao Yunfan's hand tightly. The river was rough, and the coffin floated on the water and was pushed forward by the rapid current. There was a cliff ahead. The coffin was thrown into the air by the force of the water flow, and then quickly fell into a deep pool, splashing countless water splashes. It took a long time before it slowly emerged from the bottom of the water.
Xiao Shui and Xiao Shui had already fainted in the coffin. Xiao Yunfan woke up first, feeling a splitting headache. In the darkness, he used all his strength to kick on the coffin lid. The coffin lid flew into the air with a bang, and then landed heavily on the ground.
The sun was dazzling, and Xiao Yunfan jumped out of the coffin. He looked around. Not far away was a large waterfall, and below the waterfall was a huge pool. The coffin was washed along the river to the shore.
This time he narrowly escaped death, he was extremely happy and roared three times into the sky. Shui Hanyan was awakened by the roar and turned over to sit up. He looked at Xiao Yunfan and said, "Brother Xiao, are we not dead?"
Xiao Yunfan said happily: "Yes! Finally God is with us and we survived the catastrophe!" As he said that, he stretched out his hand to pull Shui Hanyan out of the coffin.
Shui Hanyan said: "Brother Xiao, where are we going next?" Xiao Yunfan pointed to the woods next to him and said: "Sister Shui, let's go out of this woods. If we find a way, we will send you back to your master." Shui. Hanyan lowered his head and said, "What about you?" Xiao Yunfan breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "There is still no clue about the Bashan murder case. Now I have to continue to investigate the matter."
The two walked along a path into the woods. Shui Hanyan walked very slowly, thinking in her heart: It would be good if I returned to Master and the others, but I was a little reluctant to say goodbye to Brother Xiao. If the time I spend with Master and sisters is much longer than the time I spend with Brother Xiao, why can’t I let go?
Xiao Yunfan didn't notice any difference in her expression, he just thought she was tired. Then he said, "Sister Shui, I think you are probably tired. Let's take a rest." Shui Hanyan was even more excited when he heard what he said.
The two rested for a while and walked out of the woods. At this time, a mountain wall blocked their way. Xiao Yunfan raised his eyes and saw three powerful characters carved on the mountain wall: Cuiwei Ju. Xiao Yunfan raised his eyebrows and said happily: "Sister Shui, have you seen this word?"
Shui Hanyan asked doubtfully: "Look, I saw it. What's the mystery of these three words?" Xiao Yunfan said: "The first thing I did when I came down from Bashan this time was to find Cuiweiju. The owner of Cuiweiju is named Mo Li. , is a mechanism master. I didn’t expect him to live in seclusion here.”
There is a stone gate in front of the mountain wall, about eight or nine feet high. Xiao Yunfan walked to the stone door and said loudly: "Junior Xiao Yunfan pays homage to Senior Mo." He said it again first, but no one answered the door. Until he said it for the third time, an old voice came from mid-air and said: Distinguished guest, please come back, there is no one here.
Xiao Yunfan added: "Senior, I am the disciple of Old Man Tianxing. I have something important to ask for, and I hope you can give me your permission!"
After a while, the stone door creaked up, and a short, white-haired old woman walked out. About seventy years old, the wrinkles on his face are as dense and deep as pine bark. There is a silk flower peony stuck in the temple.
She was seen walking slowly to the entrance of the cave and looking at Xiao Shui and the other two. He asked in a deep voice: "Which one of you is Xiao Yunfan?"
Xiao Yunfan clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Senior, this guy is Xiao Yunfan."
The old woman waved her hand and said in a hoarse voice: "You go back, my husband has been dead for three years. If you still want to ask for his help, you can only go to the Yama Hall to find him. I live here in seclusion and am used to being pure." I don’t like interference from outsiders. It’s an exception to see you now. If you’re sensible, leave quickly.” Xiao Yunfan said in surprise: “Ah? Senior Mo...”
The old woman ignored him, turned around and walked slowly towards the door. Xiao Yunfan hurriedly caught up and said loudly: "Senior, please stay. I have something important to ask of you, junior."
The old woman glared at him, already displeased, and said angrily: "If it weren't for the friendship between Tianxing old ghost and my husband, I wouldn't bother to talk to you. I have already made it clear, are you deaf or a fool? ? My husband is no longer alive. Of course you came here to find him. He is gone. Telling me what you want is useless. If you are sensible, get out of here and don't bother me anymore, otherwise the old woman will be angry. The big-eared scraper is full!"
Xiao Yunfan said anxiously: "Senior..."
