Facing the grassroots soldiers of Jiangshan Army, Jianghu people always maintain a proud and condescending attitude. Feng Shen understood in his heart that he pretended not to see him and said respectfully: "I am being sent by Shangguan to inspect the defense of the army in Yangbu. I wonder what this is...?"
"Oh, then we can take a walk along the way. I will only go to Meigang to have a look and then come back." Yun Hezi replied cheerfully, which surprised Feng Shen at his forthrightness.
"That's fine. If you meet someone, just say that the villain is the Taoist Master's companion, but it's better than walking alone without raising suspicion." Feng Shen nodded.
"It's not normal to have a passerby in the mountains. Why would anyone be suspicious?" Yun Hezi asked in surprise. He was even more surprised when he saw Feng Shen take off his sword and put it into the gap under the stone: "You are like this with nothing." Is it safe to walk?"
Alas, this Taoist priest has never been a spy, right? Feng Shen was a little dumbfounded and replied:
"It is a last resort to carry a sword, but since the Taoist priest has weapons around him, the follower does not need to carry the sword, so as not to look bad. If you believe me, just hold the sword for the Taoist priest. This is a follower Looks like."
"Hey, that's right." The old Taoist nodded after hearing this, and actually took off the sword and threw it to him. He said with a smile, "Anyway, the old Taoist still has Fu Chen to use."
As he spoke, he took out the whisk, and he pressed some switch. With a "swish" sound, a four-sided iron thorn slid out of the handle, which was more than a foot long.
Seeing his surprised look, Yun Hezi laughed, raised the thorn with its tip pointing upward, moved his fingers slightly, and retracted the thorn with a "click" sound.
"What a clever thing!" Feng Shen exclaimed in surprise. The sword carried by Daoist Daoist Dao Qing was only used to confuse the opponent. The real weapon was this "thorn".
"When you travel around the world, you have to make something special to defend yourself." Yun Hezi said with a smile: "It's not easy to get two weapons, so I found someone to make such a thing. What a joke!"
Feng Shen originally wanted to take his weapon to force him to submit, but the old Taoist handed it to him without any precautions, which made it difficult for Feng Shen to take action.
He was not good at using swords in the first place, so when he saw it being handed over to him for safekeeping so easily, he guessed that it was not that simple. Sure enough, the long-handled whisk turned out to be a weapon. He was glad that he had not acted rashly.
Just because the Taoist priest was able to hide in a tree without knowing it, and fall to the ground so lightly, it seems that this person's Qinggong is pretty good, but he may not have a chance of winning if he actually does it.
Feng Shen didn't know when he was in the tree. He thought about the situation again in his mind, and made sure that there was nothing worthy of suspicion by the Taoist priest. Then he told himself to cover up and try not to let the other party see his martial arts skills.
The Taoist priest was also very interesting, and we started chatting with him as we walked. It turns out that the Taoist priest was a monk in Fujian, and his lay name was Lin. I met Yang Xing and his son by chance.
I came to Fuzhou this time because I heard rumors about them in southern Jiangxi, so I came here to see if it was true.
As a result, when he saw Yang He, he stayed behind, made a dragon and tiger join the army and sent him to Yang Xing's side. Yang Xing was very enthusiastic when he saw him, and then asked him to go to Yugan.
"I heard that you sent several groups of people to Yugan, but they either returned halfway or heard nothing from you. The marshal was confused and eager to know what was going on there, so he asked me to go there myself."
Yun Hezi said: "But you are still going to Yuqian. It seems that they have not given up. I said Xiao Zhuanfeng, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to come back?" he asked.
"Well, there's nothing wrong there, it's just strict inspection." Feng Shen told him with a smile, "I'm thick-skinned, so I went there once and wondered if I could go a second time."
"Oh? Have you been there before? Then why do they say no one has been to Yugan yet?"
"I have only been to Meigang, and have never gone further." Feng Shen explained: "Don't be greedy in everything, and you can't bite off more than you can chew. Every time you go a little further, you just turn around and come back when you can't go any further. It’s better than forcing your way in and having someone catch you.”
"Yes, you are brave! But you are relying on your skills, right?" The Taoist priest looked at him with a smile.
"Hey, we used to be in the business of Mr. Liang Shang. We don't have the skills to eat and don't dare to call him kung fu. We are definitely far behind you. We are just trying to bluff those who are doing business (referring to the police)."
Feng Shen expressed his humility and said, "It's just a matter of course."
Don't worry, sir. Although the guys in the Green Shirt Team are very vigilant, they are very polite to all practitioners, so they shouldn't be too picky about you. "
"Oh?" Yun Hezi looked back at him in surprise, and then said to himself: "Is this the reason why I came?" He thought for a while and asked Feng Shen: "Then, if they see you, will they meeting……?"
"That's why I want to follow you." Feng Shen wiped his face and said in a cheerful and stupid manner: "Hu Er, the little guy, is just a fool. The Taoist priest is pitiful to see you eat the food, so I will hold the sword for him. , be a money-spreading boy."
Yun Hezi was stunned at first, then smiled, pointed and said: "You are a monkey, you have become unlucky! But who is the kid holding a sword in his hand? Oh, by the way, you are a fool." Ha ha……!"
The two of them talked, chatted, and joked with each other all the way, but they didn't seem lonely.
Feng Shen gradually figured out that this old man was forty-two years old this year. He had to go down the mountain to travel every three years. Therefore, he really didn't know much about the world and people. He was so impressed by the Yang family's father and son that he went there The pirate ship.
It was strange that he believed him so easily. It turned out that he was not experienced in the world and was conceited about his martial arts skills. Feng Shen sighed secretly. But he didn't dare to tell others: You were deceived by the Yang family.
The old Taoist would definitely not believe it. If he got angry and stabbed himself with the whisk, it was not a joke!
He had no choice but to deal with the old man and accompany him first. Besides, he still didn't know what Yang Xing asked him to do. What if he let it slip after all the twists and turns? Feng Shen had this idea in mind, and the two of them came to Xiatang.
"Taoist Master, look." Feng Shen pushed aside the branches from behind the trees on the hill, called Yun Hezi and said softly:
"The shiny thing at the bottom of the mountain is Xia Tang. After here, you will enter the territory of the Qingshirt Team, and there is their checkpoint in front. Let's take a rest and drink water. After passing the checkpoint, the next stop is Dashugi Village.
The Raozhou Inspection Division has a police station there. We have to go there to get directions. Without that, we can't go anywhere in Yugan territory. "
"Route?"
"Yes, it's the road guide." Feng Shen introduced him: "It has the number of people, names, appearance, where they come from, where they are going, and what they are doing.
When you arrive at the place, you have to go to the police station of the inspection branch or the village office to get a receipt. Only with the receipt can you be allowed to return and leave the country by the original route. "
Yun Hezi exclaimed: "I can't believe that this little Yugan organization is so rigorous."
"Not only that, the master once asked why a stranger would arouse suspicion. Read Shula
I would like to teach you, old man, that Yu Qian is now cooperating with the army and the regiment. There is an inspection branch and its police station responsible for local security. The squadrons of each district are responsible for pursuit and arrest. The township brave team is responsible for setting up card inspections and early warning of incidents.
The layers are like a big net, airtight. If someone is suspicious of a traveler and informs the inspection department about the person caught, the whistleblower will first receive a reward of five taels of silver, and everyone involved in the arrest will share the remaining fifteen taels of reward.
Under such a heavy reward, all the local people in Yugan kept a close eye on passers-by, and would rather catch someone by mistake than let him go! That's why the little man said that walking alone is dangerous. "
After hearing this, the Taoist priest remained silent for a long time, then suddenly said, "I wonder if I can accomplish my mission this time?"
"What did you say?" Feng Shen asked, but he remained silent again.
After a while, Yun Hezi sighed and said, "Whatever, let's break in first!" Just as he was about to get up, he suddenly whispered, "Don't move, there are people around!" Feng Shen also noticed it and pretended to be frightened. He hid behind the old Tao.
At this time, thirty or forty people appeared from the surroundings. Most of these people were holding bamboo spears, and a few were wearing bamboo armor and rattan helmets. They gathered up to form a semicircle and enveloped the two of them.
Then a man in brown clothes wearing leather armor walked out from behind them, pointed at them with his hand and asked sternly: "Who are you two? What are you trying to do here?"
Feng Shen took a look and saw that it was a local inspector named Mei whom he knew. When he saw Inspector Mei glance over at him, he immediately blinked at Lao Dao from behind and shook his head.
Inspector Mei paused for a moment when he saw it. He immediately woke up, looked up and down, and asked the Taoist: "You Taoist?"
It's very Canadian, but he actually has a servant? Suspicious, suspicious! "
The Taoist priest hurriedly bowed and said, "This military lord, I am a poor Taoist who travels around and passes through your land. This Hu Er was picked up by the Taoist priest on the side of the road when he was a child. Seeing that he was pitiful, he kept him as a servant and gave him food." After saying that, Zishun took out the certificate from his bag, held it in both hands and handed it over.
Inspection inspector Na Mei took it and said, "I am not a military commander, but an inspection officer of the local inspection branch." After saying that, he read the document carefully, nodded and returned it to him, and said in a much gentler voice: "Where are you going, Taoist Master?"
"There is a master I know well in the Hongya Temple by the lake. I made an appointment to visit him two years ago. Now is the day to keep the promise."
"Oh, it's an unfortunate day for Taoist Master. Now the court is fighting against the rebels. This is the front line and the situation is very tense!" Inspector Mei glanced at Feng Shen as he spoke:
"If you want to go to Yugan, I'm afraid you'll have to trouble the Taoist priest to follow me to the police station. When I clear the way for you, you can hold on to the road. You can also hire chariots and horses, and you can also drive boats.
Otherwise, I am afraid that the inspectors will take it before I reach the hometown fort, but it will not only add trouble to a good thing? what do you think? "
"This..., since it is your rule, it is better to be respectful than to obey." Yun Hezi replied with a calm face.
"Okay, let's get on the road and go back to the police station quickly, so as not to delay the Taoist priest's schedule." Inspector Mei said, making a sign of invitation, then walked two steps behind and ordered a chief to continue patrolling with half of the people, and the other half followed. Go back by yourself.
After finishing the arrangement, he caught up with the team, exchanged glances with Feng Shen when he passed him, stopped to grab the last Xiang Yong, whispered something in his ear, and then caught up with the team again.
Xiang Yong, who was lagging behind, disappeared at some point.
The branch police station was not in Dashugun, but in Dongjiadian, ten miles away. It was already dark when I walked here with a torch.
"We can't do it today. You all have to go down to the guest room to rest for the night. We'll handle it tomorrow." Inspector Mei said and took them to the guest room.
When I walked in, I saw that the conditions were pretty good. There were two rooms. The one inside had two wooden bunk beds that could sleep four people. The outside room had a square table and four square stools.
There were two oil lamps in the room, which only middle-class families could afford at that time, and surprisingly, there was a gauze curtain around the bed to prevent mosquitoes.
While the Taoist priest was holding an oil lamp and looking at the wooden bed and the ladder hanging above it, Inspector Mei called out to "Hu Er": "Come on, come on, follow me to get food!"
The two of them walked into the kitchen, and Inspector Mei asked softly: "What's going on with Feng Shenjun? Is there something wrong with the old man?"
"He is from the Jiangshan Army." Feng Shen put on his silly smile and said in his usual manner: "I used a false badge to lie to him and said that I was also from the Jiangshan Army and came with him. I wonder if he was suspicious. , how long can this scene continue?"
"What is he doing here? Is he a spy?" Inspector Mei asked.
"Lao Mei, I heard you have a visitor?" As soon as he finished speaking, a person stepped through the door, but it was another inspector from the police station named Zhang.
He looked up and saw Inspector Mei making a silent gesture to him. He was stunned to see the serious Feng Shen next to him. He quickly came over to give a military salute and asked softly: "What's wrong? Why, Feng Shenjun, you...?"
Feng Shen whispered: "Old Zhang, I brought a Taoist priest to the guest room. That person was sent by Yang Xing."
"Ah?" Inspector Zhang couldn't close his mouth.
"But I still don't know what the mission he was assigned to be."
"Won't we know if we arrest him for questioning?"
"It's not that easy. This man's martial arts skills are definitely not inferior to mine!"
"Here," Inspector Zhang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly slapped his forehead: "Then if you add the Iron Sword Master, wouldn't it be a problem?"
"Of course the possibility is much greater. The problem is with Iron Sword..."
"He's right here." Inspector Zhang said hurriedly to the two of them: "Master Tie Dao arrived half an hour before you came back. He said he would take seven or eight people to Dongxiang on business, and he is now picking up heroes from the Tutu Temple. .”
"Hey, that's great!" Feng Shen patted his thigh: "You two, listen to me, let's do this..."
When he entered the room with a silly smile on his face, put the food box in his hand on the table, turned around and closed the door, Yun Hezi hurriedly came over and asked, "Why have you been here for so long?"
"They were bored and playing with me, a fool." Feng Shen said softly: "But one of the inspectors seemed to be suspicious and asked me around. He also asked me if I had seen the Jiangshan Army. Have you ever talked to the man in yellow?"
Yun Hezi frowned upon hearing this: "No, aren't they trying to trap me and then slowly work out flaws?"
"It's hard to say." Feng Shen looked at the direction of the door and said in a low voice: "Taoist Priest, if you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, why don't you sneak away quietly tonight when everyone is asleep."
"Then what do you do?"
"I, Hu Er, am a fool. What can they do to me? The most they can do is beat me and drive me out." Feng Shen acted like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.
"Oh, wouldn't that make you suffer?"
"It's better than both of us being detained. You are under the command of the Generalissimo, so the matter must be more important than mine!"
The old Taoist was very moved after hearing this, patted him on the back and said, "Good brother, to be honest, the marshal sent me out to carry out an assassination plan.
These three people, Yu Zhiyong, the leader of Meigang, Li Dan, the leader of Yu Gan Tuan, and Fan Jinhu, the county magistrate, are working for women. They are tyrannizing the place and have obvious evil deeds. They must be eliminated! "
When Feng Shen heard this, his heart felt like thunder! It turns out that this is his real mission, so he cannot be asked to go to Yugan easily. He must be held down before he approaches the city wall!
"Taoist Master, what do you mean by telling me this...?"
"As soon as I leave tonight, I will go straight to the Meigang Inspection Branch in the dark and take Yu Zhiyong's head first! But if you do this, they will soon be suspicious of you. So you can't stay here for a long time."
After the Taoist priest finished speaking, he looked at the door with a ferocious expression: "I've been worried that I won't be able to assassinate these three people by myself. In this case, I want you to help me."
"Taoist Master, how can I help you? Please feel free to ask me."
"I think your foundation in Qinggong is pretty good." Yun Hezi said, "I heard that Li Dan is a capable person, but the county magistrate is easy to deal with.
After the Meigang incident, I planned to walk north for a while to confuse the pursuers, then quietly turn back and look for an opportunity to cross the river to the other side, and then go to the county seat.
You escape and try to go to the county seat. Five days later, we gather at the Longsheng Inn in the east gate. I stayed there a few years ago and know how to get to the county government office from there. I'll show you the way. You go to the county government office and I'll deal with that Li Dan. how? "
Feng Shen sneered in his heart, thinking that I'm afraid you won't even be able to get out of this yard tonight! He promised in a low voice: "Don't worry, Taoist Master, I will remember it. Let's meet again at the Longsheng Inn in the East Gate in five days!"
After saying that, he still pretended to be stupid as if nothing had happened, and loudly greeted the master to come and have dinner. The Taoist priest understood, smiled and agreed loudly, and secretly gave him a thumbs up to praise him.
