Looking at the Dongting landscape from a distance, there is a green snail in the silver plate. -------"Looking at the Dongting" by Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty
In the dimly lit cabin, Chen Long leaned against the bulkhead and listened to Zhou Bujie's explanation of the counties he passed along the way. When he suddenly found Guo Jia, he stood up and exclaimed. Zhou Buyi looked at Chen Long in confusion and asked: "Who is this Guo Jia?" Chen Long said in surprise: "Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao, I have heard of his name a long time ago. He is a child prodigy like you. His intelligence I'm afraid he is not beneath you. He is from Yangzhai. When we pass by Yangzhai, we must visit the Guo family." Zhou Buyi's expression changed and he secretly remembered Guo Jia's name.
After two days and two nights of traveling, the merchant ship finally arrived at Changsha, an important town on the Xiang River. Chen Long rushed to Luoyang anxiously and gave up the idea of visiting Huang Zhong. He only asked his men to buy some food and get some clean drinking water. At the ferry in Changsha, the city of Changsha could be seen in the distance. Chen Long asked Zhou Busuo to hire two horses, and the two of them went around the city. Chen Long used his optical brain to record the undulating terrain around the city. If you attack a city in the future, you will definitely need it.
Zhou Buyi also has a hobby of drawing topographic maps and enjoys memorizing mountains and rivers. The city wall of Changsha is about 30 kilometers away from the Xiangshui River. The Liushui River passes through the city and merges into the Xiangshui River. It is a famous land of fish and rice. The city is located in the basin between the Xiang River and the Liu River. It is surrounded by rolling hills. The south is dominated by low hills. The land route can lead directly to Guiyang. The east is the higher-altitude Dawei Mountain, and the west is the higher Dawei Mountain. It is Yuelu Mountain, and to the north is Taiyang Mountain.
The two of them rode around the city, Zhou Buyi pointing and drawing on the road, looking for places where they could hide their troops. Chen Long nodded slightly, thinking that this boy was indeed a military prodigy, and with his persistence, he would definitely achieve something in the future. When they reached the north gate, they decided to walk through the city and return to the dock. So they led the horses and entered the city through the north gate. The access control was not strict. The layout of Changsha City is similar to that of Lingling. The two of them crossed the bridge over Liushui River and entered the main street. As expected, there were many shops and bustling people. They chose a teahouse to sit on the second floor.
The waiter served a pot of tea, and the two of them looked at the scenery on the street through the window. Zhou Buyi said: "Of the four counties in the south of Jingzhou, Changsha is the most prosperous. Because it is rich in rice, it is called the granary of Jingzhou. It has convenient transportation and waterways. Developed, often heavily guarded." Chen Long nodded slightly, and suddenly felt the gaze of someone in the teahouse. He turned his head and saw a big man sitting alone, staring at him. Seeing Chen Long's eyes sweeping towards him, he quickly turned his head away. , pretending to look at the scenery outside the window. Chen Long remained calm, paid the bill and rode back to the dock with Zhou Buyi. The men on the boat were ready. Chen Long ordered the boat to sail, got into the cabin, secretly raised the curtains to observe, and sure enough he saw the big man following behind him. He hurriedly dismounted and got into another small boat, hanging behind his own boat.
Chen Long was secretly amused. He didn't expect that the brocade he wore for the first time would become the target of thieves. Secretly, Lu Chang and the others were put on alert, and a double-shot crossbow designed by Zhou Buyi was prepared and placed in the cabin. Only then did Zhou Buyi find out that he was being followed. He was very excited and gearing up to fight.
When night came, Chen Long let the boat dock. The boat did not stop and drove straight past. Chen Long knew that the boat must have gone to the front to notify his accomplices, so he blew out the lights in the cabin and pretended to turn off the lights and sleep, waiting for the thieves to arrive. Unexpectedly, Chen Long and the others all fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was already daylight. Chen Long saw people lying on the floor in the barn, all snoring. Chen Long kicked Lu Chang in the butt. The boy jumped up, turned over, picked up the crossbow, and shouted: "I'm coming!"
When Zhou Buyi and the others heard the noise, they got up one after another. Those holding crossbows and those pulling out daggers rushed out of the cabin door. Suddenly they saw the bright sun outside and the beautiful scenery. It was so quiet that there were no thieves anywhere. They looked at each other and asked Lu Chang, "Where is the thief?"
Lu Chang scratched his head and said, "This...it seems like the thieves haven't come yet." As soon as he finished speaking, he was already pinned to the ground and ravaged by everyone. They all said that Mr. Lu had disturbed their sweet dreams.
Chen Long also stepped out of the warehouse and saw a few gangsters making a fuss. He coughed and the boys quickly stood up and stood at attention to salute. Chen Long said: "You guys, how many times have I told you that I only call you "Master" outside, but what if someone sees your military salute?" Several captains quickly put down their right hands.
While Chen Long asked the brothers from the Xiaoxiang Gang to sail the boat, he said to Zhou Buji and the other five: "Brothers, the big man who followed Yuan Zhi and me yesterday has a sinister look and is definitely not a good person. I feel that our opponent is also very cunning. We expected that we would be aware of it, but we didn't take action last night. We have to be vigilant at all times on the road ahead." Everyone responded with a roar.
Chen Long stood on the bow of the boat and saw that the mountains beside the Xiang River were getting lower and lower, and he knew that he was approaching Dongting Lake. Another day passed peacefully. At dusk, Chen Long was talking to Zhou Buji in the cabin. Suddenly, the guy in front shouted: "Enter the lake!"
Chen and Long stepped out of the cabin and saw the same color as the water and sky, with sparkling waves, the reflection of the setting sun, and the afterglow of the setting sun. From a distance, they saw in the hazy mist, a black dot in the center of the lake, towering like a green snail, which was Junshan Mountain. . Both of them were so intoxicated by the beautiful scenery in front of them that they didn't notice the two black spots growing bigger and bigger in the distance behind the boat.
At night, Chen Long asked Lu Chang and four others to replace the crew of the boat and sail on the lake at night so as to reach Jiangxia as soon as possible. I was resting in the cabin when suddenly there was a loud bang on the side of the ship. The merchant ship suddenly tilted to the side, and then tipped back again. Apparently, the side of the ship was hit by another ship. Chen Long reacted and grabbed the crossbow in his hand. After thinking about it, he walked out from the back of the cabin. Looking to the side, he saw that his merchant ship was sandwiched between two fishing boats, and many dark figures were coming from both sides. The fishing boat capsized onto his own boat. Chen Long picked up his crossbow from the shadow and shot an arrow. He heard an audible sound and a man in the shadow screamed and fell to the ground.
Chen Long laughed loudly, threw away his crossbow, pulled out his dagger, and shouted loudly in the dark night: "Come out, guys, here's an idea!" Lu Chang, the four of them, and Zhou Buwei had just hit the boat. , all found a place to hide. When they heard Chen Long shouting loudly, they all took out their daggers from their hiding places and jumped to the bow of the ship, holding high the blazing torches.
Chen Long made a slight jump and jumped to the bow of the boat, landing in front of a few people and facing a group of water bandits. There were about twenty water bandits who came up, each holding a big blade. When a water bandit leader saw several people appearing, he knew that he could no longer attack by surprise, so he shouted: "This lake is the territory of my Dongting Gang, you guys You broke in without permission, have you paid the lake crossing fee?"
Chen Long laughed and said: "It turns out they are from the Dongting Gang. I have never heard of any lake crossing fees, but I have heard that there are many water bandits here. Why did you ram my boat indiscriminately just now? You need to compensate me. Loss." The leader showed a fierce look and said: "If you don't pay the lake crossing fee, you will leave the goods on the boat. Brothers, this birdman doesn't pay the fee, let's go!"
More than 20 water bandits shouted and rushed towards them one by one with big swords. Chen Long stepped back slightly and shouted: "You can only be injured but not dead." Behind him, Lu Chang, Hu Ji, Hao Pu and Zu Lang looked like four little wolves. He pounced forward, and for a moment there was a flash of swords and daggers, and only the sound of popping was heard in his ears. In a moment, the whole deck fell. Fortunately, Chen Long asked not to kill, otherwise everyone would be blamed.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the leader of the water bandits shouted: "Boss, boss! A tough idea!" Knowing that he was calling their boss, Chen Long quickly concentrated his attention and found that the hatch door on the port side of the water bandits' boats on both sides moved. A person walked out silently, and Chen Long felt a sense of danger in his heart.
The man held a crossbow in his hand and held it flat. Chen Long secretly concentrated on guarding against him sneaking up on Lu Chang and the others. Unexpectedly, the man did not fire the arrow secretly, and suddenly shouted: "Stop immediately, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless with my bow and arrows!" The four of Lu Chang were having a great time fighting, and regardless of anyone threatening them, they just pretended not to hear. The man shot an arrow at Lu Chang. It was too late, but it was fast. The arrow was in front of Lu Chang in an instant. Lu Chang heard the sound of the crossbow in the dark night and had no time to dodge. Fortunately, Chen Long was always on guard and stretched out his hand. He actually fished the powerful arrow away, used his internal strength, and shot it back. The man laughed loudly and said: "Good work." He jumped up, not only dodged Chen Long's arrow, but also landed directly in front of Chen Long.
Chen Long looked carefully under the torch light and saw that the man was only slightly shorter than himself, with thick black skin, a beard, messy hair, and a fisherman's attire, but he looked very young. The fan-faced figure has thick bones, high cheekbones, well-developed muscles, and wild eyes, like a bloodthirsty wolf, which makes people shudder. When Chen Long saw him approaching, he raised his hand and told Lu Chang and others to stop.
The man was also looking at Chen Long carefully. When he saw Chen Long telling his men to stop, he also waved to stop the water bandits. Chen Long said: "Boss, I see that you didn't hurt anyone in the back just now, and you acted openly and aboveboard. You passed by the treasure land today and had no intention of disturbing you. Why did you choose me to attack?"
The man said in a rough voice: "You rich people, how do you know the sufferings of our poor people? Your clothes alone are worth eighteen hundred, and I have hundreds of brothers and sisters here waiting for me to eat." "
Chen Long smiled and said: "You guys are really a mob. If we hadn't been merciful, you would have all been thrown off the boat to feed the fish. However, I heard you said that they are all poor people, so I am willing to help. I have some One hundred taels of silver, you can take it and divide it." He then ordered Zhou Bujie to get the money, but Zhou Bujie reluctantly took out a large ingot of silver and threw it at the man's feet.
The man was slightly startled, and his words became more polite, and said: "Since you are willing to pay, why do you have to be arrogant and then respectful? I think the customer is not an ordinary businessman, can you tell me your experience?"
Chen Long's heart moved slightly. This water bandit just jumped several feet. He was obviously very skilled in martial arts. Why don't he work hard to subdue him? If he wants to dominate the world in the future, with this person, he can take advantage of Dongting Lake. Thinking of this, he smiled slightly and said: "You pretended to be the Dongting Gang and wanted to extort money from me, so of course I wouldn't give it to you. But then you admitted that you are all ordinary people who don't have enough to eat. Of course I will try my best to help you. You want to know my origins, You have to make a bet with me first."
The man asked: "What kind of bet?" Chen Long said: "Let's have an honest fight. As long as you win the dagger in my hand, I will not only give you all the goods and silver on my ship, but also restore the original story and tell it to you." You; but if I win, I want you to go to Lingling to seek refuge with someone, how about that?"
The man asked inexplicably: "Who are you defecting to?" Chen Long said: "This man implements benevolent policies in Lingling and allows the people to have food. It is your destiny that you can lead the people here to defect to him." After hearing this, the man said, Seeing Chen Long's righteous face, he couldn't help but believe it and said: "In that case, I'm offended."
The man took out a black dagger from his arms and took a stance. Chen Long told everyone to step back and jumped forward with the dagger in hand. As the saying goes, every inch is short and every inch is dangerous. The two of them fought hand to hand, and the danger was everywhere for a while. Chen Long wanted to fight quickly, and he used the most essential move in Chinese Jeet Kune Do. Chinese Jeet Kune Do is an ever-changing martial art in later generations. It firmly grasps the loopholes and flaws in the opponent's moves, and adapts to the situation to form an attack and counterattack technique to counterattack the opponent, so as to overcome the attack and counterattack. When the enemy attacks, we attack, and when the enemy moves, we move. This can save and shorten the attack distance to the greatest extent. Although the man was highly skilled in martial arts, he had never seen such endlessly changing martial arts. He felt that the opponent's counterattack was coming before he even used his moves. Just as he was about to counterattack, the opponent's attack came again. For a moment, he was in a panic and completely Being on the defensive, fortunately he had a solid foundation in martial arts and was able to withstand Chen Long's several rounds of fierce attacks.
Chen Long saw that his defense was strict and he couldn't attack for a while. He took a breath and increased the internal force on his arm. A dagger flew up and down. The man's short knife also blocked the left and right. The two short blades collided many times. , sparks collided in the darkness, and they all secretly admired each other's arm strength. But his broken blade was really no match for Chen Long's dagger. After a while, he heard a sharp sound and was cut off by the dagger. The man stepped back in shock. Chen Long followed closely, with the dagger already on the man's throat. , the man's figure froze instantly.
Chen Long laughed loudly and said: "You lost!" The man was bold, cupped his hands and said: "I'm convinced. What kind of kung fu did you use just now? I have never seen it before." Chen Long said: "This is Jeet Kune Do. In the future If we meet again, I will teach you Jeet Kune Do. Haven't you asked me your name yet?"
When the man heard that Chen Long was willing to teach him, he said happily: "Thank you very much. I am Gan Ning, whose courtesy name is Xingba. People call me Jinfan Thief. I wonder what I call my eldest brother?"
Chen Long felt ecstatic in his heart. Although he had some premonitions, he didn't expect that this person was really Xingba. Everyone in the Three Kingdoms knew that Gan Ning's courage was not inferior to that of Sun Ce, but now he unexpectedly got it by himself. God was really helping him. He quickly cupped his hands and said: "It turns out to be Xingba. I have admired your name for a long time. I am Chen Long, whose courtesy name is Wenlong. I will write a letter for you, asking you to go to Huang Gai and Huang Gongfu in Lingling. He will naturally give it to you. Arrangement." He turned around and entered the cabin, wrote a letter, and let Huang Gai see the letter, instructing Gan Ning, the person who brought the letter, to be the acting commander of the special division and participate in the training of the special division. Gan Ning thanked him, said goodbye, took the bandits with him, and sailed into the dark night.
Chen Long accepted Gan Ning, felt happy, and fell asleep humming a little tune. When the sky got bright, Chen Long stretched out and walked out of the cabin, and immediately saw the Yueyang Tower under the blue sky and white clouds, above the vast expanse of waves.
