Mei Yuanchen and Haitang have been separated for ten days since they parted ways in Huanzhou, Fuyang County.
"We arrived in Jinzhou six days ago. No matter how slow Haitang and the others move, they should have arrived long ago after traveling 1,400 miles in ten days. Why haven't we arrived yet?" In the past two days, Mei Yuanchen felt increasingly uneasy. "Is it raining continuously and the road is blocked? Haitang doesn't have any kung fu skills. Could it be that he was in a hurry and his body couldn't bear it, so he got sick? Or did he meet some bad people on the way?" Thinking of this possibility, Mei Yuan Chen is getting more and more anxious, and the more anxious he is, the more he can't stop thinking about the worst.
The rain stopped for a long time and the roads were muddy, making it difficult for cars and horses to move.
As soon as the rain stopped, Zhankong led the group of people on the road. After leaving the Huanzhou Inn at midnight, the rain did not stop for six of the past ten days, and everyone was trapped in their residences and unable to travel. Now, although the rain has not stopped yet, fortunately, there is no need to worry about getting wet, so everyone packed up their necessities and hit the road. Although the journey was not fast, he had traveled more than a hundred miles in more than two hours and had reached the border of Luanzhou, which was only three hundred miles away from Jinzhou.
"Master, why do you think Yan Shui is the messenger of heaven?" Zhi Cheng asked Zhan Kong on the side as he rode slowly. It rained continuously on the way, and he saw the torrential floods on the way, which made Zhicheng develop an indescribable awe for water.
Taoist Zhankong smiled and replied: "Among the five elements, gold, wood, earth, and fire are all born from the earth. Gold can be used to mint coins and refine tools; wood can be used to build boats and build houses; earth can be used to build buildings and mold walls; fire can be used to build buildings and mold walls. It can dispel darkness and obtain heat. All these four elements can be used by people and benefit others, which is good. And the so-called human nature comes from goodness and acts out of kindness, so these four behaviors are said to be the envoys of human nature. Among the five elements Water, if it is right, can be good, or if it is wrong, it can be evil. It is in line with the way of heaven and is not given to humans. When water comes out of the earth, it is called a spring, and it is earth water; It revives all dryness; evil water kills people, like a torrential flood, destroying life. How can this not be as irreversible and irreversible as the way of heaven? Therefore, it is said that water is the messenger of heaven, walking the way of heaven."
"Oh, I see, my disciple understands." Zhicheng replied happily after receiving the instruction.
Suddenly, there was a strange noise from the end of the team. It turned out to be Zhiji, the eldest disciple of Taoist Zhanxu, riding up. He looked eager and said: "Uncle, I saw something humanoid on the driftwood in the middle of the river."
"Oh! Where is it?" Taoist Zhankong asked urgently. Taoism respects nature and never advocates goodness. But people in the Taoist sect never seem to lack kindness. Goodness comes from the original intention, let nature take its course, why not do good things naturally?
"It's right there, uncle, have you seen it?" Zhiji stretched out his hand and pointed towards the middle of the river by the road.
Taoist Zhankong looked in the direction of Zhiji's finger, and saw a man lying on a floating log in the middle of the river. He was surprised and said, "Ah! There is exactly that person!" Then he turned to his companions Zhanjue and Zhanchengdao: " Two junior brothers, save people!"
Zhan Jue and Zhan Cheng had already heard Zhi Ji's report and were already ready to take action. The three of them looked at each other and nodded, jumped up from their horses, and rushed to the river in a few steps. I saw a person lying on a piece of driftwood in the river, stuck more than a hundred feet away from the river bank. Seeing a pile of huge dead trees by the river, Taoist Zhankong came up with a plan and said: "Throw this dead wood into the river to make a place to stay!" Zhan Jue and Zhan Cheng understood what they heard, and the three of them each lifted the dead wood and moved from near to far. Throw. There are more than a dozen sections of this dead wood, and the smaller sections weigh about a hundred pounds. It is not difficult for everyone to throw it. The remaining seven or eight sections weighed six to seven hundred kilograms when weighed. Even though the three of them had deep internal energy, they could not throw these dead trees far away.
When he was in trouble, Zhan Cheng shouted: "Senior Brother Zhankong, go rescue people first. Zhan Jue and I will work together to break the dead wood into small pieces and then throw it over!"
When Zhankong heard this, he said happily: "This method is very good!" He immediately used his internal strength, raised his energy and jumped out, stood on the driftwood on the water surface, and then jumped to another section of driftwood. Zhan Jue and Zhan Cheng, who were by the river, did not dare to delay. They stood on both sides of a large dead tree and slapped it with their palms. There was a sudden "snap" sound and a small section was broken off. According to this, he hit another palm with force, and then took another section. Four times, a large dead tree was broken into four small sections. The two men lifted up the small dead wood and threw it far away, one by one, forming a floating bridge on the river, connecting the humanoid and objects in the middle of the river.
Zhan Kong arrived smoothly and steadied himself on the dead wood. After a closer look, he realized that this was a soldier. Without thinking much, Taoist Zhankong picked up the soldier and hurried back. At this time, the pontoon bridge had been washed away by the current, and the dead trees were getting farther and farther apart, reaching three or four feet apart. Zhankong was carrying a person on his back, and he was obviously a little weak. After crossing seven sections of driftwood, he gradually felt difficult. Taoist Zhancheng realized something was wrong and hurriedly said to Zhan Jueyan who was standing aside: "Senior Brother Zhanjue, I'll go pick up Senior Brother Zhankong. You'll pick me up again soon!"
Zhan Jue already understood and replied: "Go!" After saying that, he walked to the big dead tree, gathered his strength and hit it with one palm after another. Finally, he took another piece and hurriedly threw it near Zhan Kong's footing.
Zhan Cheng had already rushed to the nearest piece of dead wood from Taoist Zhankong and said to him: "Brother, throw this person over here!"
Zhankong had been accumulating strength to stabilize his body and prevent the two of them from sinking. At this time, he felt quite exhausted and did not dare to show off. He said "caught it!" and threw the soldier on his back.
It is really difficult for a person to exert force when floating on the water, which is far different from that on land. As soon as Zhan Chengfu took over the soldier, his body shook violently and he almost fell. Fortunately, he had deep internal strength and hurriedly stabilized his lower body, following the swing and jumping to another piece of dead wood. At this time, Zhan Jue had thrown several pieces of dead wood over and landed in a sparse place among them. Zhan Cheng raised his energy, kicked up with his feet, and jumped to another piece of wood. He didn't dare to rest for a moment, and used his strength to jump up again, and then landed on another dead tree.
When the soldier was rescued ashore, Zhan Cheng was already sweating profusely from exhaustion, even more than Zhan Kong. Zhan Jue hurriedly took over the soldier and helped him pass the air and drain the water.
"Junior Brother Zhancheng, thank you for your hard work!" Zhankong gasped and smiled.
"Haha, a few years ago, I would have never taken a breath, but now I am old!" Zhan Cheng was quite relieved to save one person, and laughed at himself.
"The power of water cannot be matched by human power!" Zhankong sighed. Zhan Cheng thought of the dangerous situation just now and couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
"Ugh~~~" The soldier who had just been rescued vomited out a large puddle of water and woke up again. "Give me a horse, give me a horse." The man just woke up. Instead of thanking him for saving his life, he asked Taoist Zhanjue for a horse.
"Little brother, you are very weak and can't walk anymore. What do you need the horses for?" Zhan Jue asked. Zhan Kong and Zhan Cheng saw that the man was awake and rushed over.
"I beg the three Taoist priests to find me a horse. I have important military information that I need to send to Fuyang Post. If it's too late, it'll be too late!" The soldier stretched out his hand to support his body, but he couldn't hold it up. He was so anxious. Start crying, "Hurry up"
"What important military information is it?" Zhan Kong asked urgently.
"Military sentiment is better than fate. I'm sorry that I can't help but tell you." The soldier gritted his teeth and said reluctantly.
Taoist Zhankong understood and said: "Little brother, we are Taoist priests of Zhenwu Temple. You should know that Zhenwu Temple is a national temple. If you tell us, it doesn't matter if you come!"
"Oh! That's great. God has mercy on me, Dahua!" The soldier burst into tears and said, "Please go to Fuyang Post to find General Gu and tell him that Shatuo Kingdom has led 20 troops. On the 17th, the Wan Lai invaders had captured Tianmen City and Yanzhou. General Xu Shen had led 28,000 men to intercept the Anxian outpost. If the enemy is strong and we are weak, please ask General Gu Shen to lead the army to help! If it is too late, Anxian will be completely defeated. The county is about to fall!" The soldier became more and more anxious as he spoke, tears already running down his face.
"What? Such a thing happened!" When the three of them heard this, they were all frightened and couldn't believe it.
"Hurry! Hurry!" the soldier begged weakly.
The leader of the three was Zhan Kong. At this time, he made a decisive decision: "It is raining heavily at this time and the official post is blocked. I am afraid that I will miss the military situation. Zhan Jue, please go back to the capital in person and report this matter to the senior brother. It would be most appropriate for him to report this matter to the emperor. In addition, send Zhidu and Zhijian to Fuyang Post for help!"
