Setting out again the next day, the boatman first used a small boat to transport Qianfu to the mainstay and Zhanggong Island in the river. When Li Qiwu was the governor of Shaanxi County, he had already dug a road in the mountain. However, it was only later that huge rocks blocked the river channel and the road was blocked. did not use.
At this moment, Qianfu was divided into two teams, one at Zhuzhu Mountain and the other at Zhanggong Island. They pulled fiber together and pulled the door-filling boat to Xinmen Waterway. The big boat entered the middle of the river. Because the river was wide and deep, the boatman on the boat could paddle. Moving forward was naturally much faster than traveling along the coast, which had to be done by pulling a boat, and we soon passed the Xinmen Waterway.
There are winches on the opposite side of Guimen and Shenmen Mountain. However, ships could not go up through Shenmen before and the Shenmen winch could not be used. There is an iron cable bridge connecting the two mountains of Shengui. The river workers had repaired the winch of Guimen Mountain yesterday, and today they followed the iron cable bridge to climb the Shenmen. At this moment, long ropes were lowered from the two mountains at the same time to tie the bow of the ship. People on the mountain and the river shouted in unison. The trumpets were played, the boats were pulled on the mountain, and the boats were paddled on the river. The speed of the big boat was much faster than yesterday.
Although the river is still fierce, Shenmen is the most open and easy-to-travel waterway among the three gates, and the pulling force on the mountains on both sides is more even, and with the help of the boatman's full paddle, this gate-filling vessel uses a Before the time was up, we quickly and smoothly followed the Shenmen Waterway and passed through Sanmenxia.
After passing through Sanmenxia, the people up and down the river cheered loudly. The dream of going up to Xinmen and Shenmen finally came true. It was faster and safer than everyone imagined. How could you not shout with joy!
Jiang Shuo looked forward and saw that the river water here was very different from that in front of the gorge. In front of the gorge, the river water was only two hundred steps wide, but behind the gorge, the water surface was much wider and the water flow became gentler. Qianfu's river worker turned back to tow other boats. The door-to-door filling boat that Jiang Shuo and the others were riding relied on the boatman's own oars. They continued to go up for about twenty miles and saw a large piece of flat land between the mountains to the north. Ding Kun Instruct the boatman to move the ship to the north shore.
Ding Kun said to Jiang Shuo: "The river here is surrounded by mountains on both sides. The south bank is Laoshan Mountain and the north bank is Zhongtiao Mountain. Zhongtiao Mountain stands along the river, more than three hundred miles from east to west. This is the only flat land, which is the Yu Kingdom of the pre-Qin Dynasty. After Qin unified China, it was called Dayang County. In the first year of Tianbao, when Li Qiwu, the prefect of Shaanxi Province, was dredging the Sanmen Cao Road, an ancient blade was dug out from the river here with the word "Ping Lu" in seal script. The saint thought it was auspicious, so he changed the name. For Pinglu County. "
Mr. Zhang Guo said with a smile: "In the first year of Tianbao, there were many kinds of auspiciousness in various places. This ancient engraved blade was probably of this type of man-made auspiciousness." "
Ding Kun crossed his arms and said yes, then turned to Jiang Shuo and said, "Young Master, we need to dock here to wait for the other ships, and then we can go west together through the Guangtong Canal into Xijing."
Jiang Shuo said, "Okay, then we'll say goodbye here. Brother Ding will just go to Chang'an, Xijing. Sister Qingyao and I will go with Mr. Zhang Guo to find the demon sect's lair in Zhongtiao Mountain."
Ding Kun said: "Young master, you go to rescue some of the top leaders in the gang. All the brothers in our group should go with you, but the transshipment envoy has a time limit on water transportation, so there is no delay. How about I bring a few capable people?" Are your brothers going with you?"
Jiang Shuo said: "The Demon Sect's Bright Salt is very vicious. Even the eminent monks of Shaolin and the leaders of the Cao Gang have fallen into their trap. It's useless to have a few more people go with us. It's better for me to go alone."
Ding Kun sighed and said: "With our skills, it will only cause trouble. Then... Young Master, should I leave some men to wait for you here?"
Jiang Shuo said: "Brother Ding doesn't have to wait here. If we can rescue everyone, we have to go to Chang'an to rescue Boss Xie. Why don't Brother Ding go to Chang'an first to find out the whereabouts of Boss Xie, and then we can discuss the rescue method after we come to Chang'an." "
Ding Kun nodded and said: "That's fine! Young Master, if everything goes well for you, you don't need to come back here. After crossing Zhongtiao Mountain, you can reach Puzhou City all the way to the west. The river makes a big bend there, and from here It flows south and then flows east. There is Pujin Ferry in the west of Puzhou City. The water is gentle and there is Pujin Bridge for carriages and horses to pass."
Ye Qingyao said: "I know where Pujin Bridge is, Brother Ding, don't worry."
Ding Kun nodded and smiled: "With Miss Ye here, I will naturally feel relieved."
After the ship docked at the mainland, Jiang Shuo and others disembarked and landed. Previously, Mr. Zhang Guo's white guard had been staying in the cabin. Even if the ship rolled in the rough waves, he did not make a sound and remained quiet. Everyone was amazed and said It's a fairy mount that is truly extraordinary.
The group stayed overnight in Pinglu County and took a short trip
After resting, Ye Qingyao went to the market to buy replacement clothes, dry food and other items. He also bought two healthy donkeys to travel in the mountains. Donkeys are more useful than horses. Jiang Shuo thought to himself: Old yellow horses are also good at walking on mountain roads, but The yellow horse was left at the gate of Shaolin Temple and could not be retrieved for a while.
Jiang Shuo wanted to say that he didn't need to ride a donkey, but he thought that Ye Qingyao had poor internal strength and really needed leg strength. If he said he didn't want to ride a donkey, she would not ride either, so he also rode on the donkey without saying anything. Ding Kun stayed with them After one night, they set off early the next morning. Ding Kun took them all the way to the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain before saying goodbye and returning to the port.
Mr. Zhang Guo led the way on a white guard, followed by Jiang Shuo and Ye Qingyao. Ye Qingyao changed his attire for the three-man fight. Mr. Zhang Guo was still dressed in a Gebu yellow crown. He and Jiang Shuo But he also changed the clothes of the little Taoist boys, as if an old Taoist was traveling with two little Taoist boys.
Jiang Shuo followed Mr. Zhang Guo as he walked in the mountains, and saw that steep peaks and deep valleys coexisted in the middle of the mountain. What was just a straight cliff turned into a wide and deep canyon a short time later. Standing on the ridge, one could see the magnificent scenery to the south. A big river; when you escape into the valley, it becomes a world of springs and green cypresses. Sometimes the peaks are shaded by green mountains, and sometimes they are marked by solitary peaks. Such a varied and wonderful scenery is really amazing.
The three of them followed the ups and downs of the mountains and traveled less than a hundred miles on the mountain road. These more than a hundred miles were also very difficult for the local healthy donkeys in Zhongtiao Mountain, so they walked this distance for a whole day, and at night , Mr. Zhang Guo stood on a small hill, pointed down and said: "We are here."
Jiang Shuo and Ye Qingyao looked forward and saw that the mountains here suddenly sank, and a small river passed through the mountains, forming a small river valley. This place was blocked by mountains, and the road leading outside had many twists and turns. , I don’t know where it is in the mountains for a long time, but thanks to Mr. Zhang Guo, I can find it.
Ye Qingyao asked: "Sir, do we need to hide the donkey first?"
Mr. Zhang Guo shook his head and said: "No need to hide, someone has already discovered it." Sure enough, he saw several white shadows running towards the mountain from the bottom of the mountain. The reason why they were white shadows was because these people were all wearing white robes.
The men in white robes came very quickly, and they were obviously well-trained in martial arts. Mr. Zhang Guo seemed to have not seen the approaching figure, and continued to Jiang Shuo, "Old man, I don't know how long it has been since I last fought with someone."
Jiang Shuo understood this, crossed his arms and said, "How dare you make such a big fuss, sir? Shuo'er will naturally handle the matter here by himself."
Mr. Zhang Guo nodded and said: "Very good, you have a sense of responsibility. Since you have mastered the art of Yu Qi, I expect it will not be difficult to deal with these little ones. I will go right away."
Hearing this, Jiang Shuo and Ye Qingyao hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. Jiang Shuo sobbed, "Thank you sir for teaching me. If it hadn't been for the enlightenment of the old man, Shuo'er would never have been able to understand the magic of the Jade Technique in his lifetime."
Mr. Zhang Guo rode the white guard upside down. The donkey was walking down the mountain, but he was still facing Jiang Shuo and Ye Qingyao. The old man showed a sly smile and said: "I taught you some low-level tricks just to remove them with your hands." You are a stubborn rock in the river, but you think you have gained some great benefit. You have been hooked on it since the moment we met. You don't even know it yet. It's really funny..."
Jiang Shuo's heart moved. Did Mr. Zhang Guo really expect that he would cross the Sanmen Gorge from the beginning? Did he know that he could understand the way of Yu Qi and break the boulder after just a few steps? Could it be said that there are really gods in the world? Thinking of this, Jiang Shuo was sweating profusely on his head and back, and he bowed to the ground and did not dare to say any more.
After Mr. Zhang Guo said this, he closed his eyes and no longer looked at Jiang Shuo. He played the bamboo harp in his arms and sang Taoism again: "
There is a scroll left from the great road, which naturally matches the ritual form.
Lead and mercury are naturally found in the human world, so why should we ask for the name of a medicine from another state? "
Jiang Shuo thought to himself: Could this "A Book of Sutra Left Behind by the Great Dao" refer to the "Jade Secrets", the last chapter of the "Shangqing Dadong Zhenjing"? And if he swallowed the Erlong Neidan, wouldn't he be "born with lead and mercury in the world"? "What?" Is Mr. Zhang Guo implying that once I completely refine the two elixirs in my body using Yu Qi's method, I will be able to reach the highest state described in "Jade Jue"?
When he was lying on the ground thinking, the people in white clothes in the valley had already jumped to his side. Jiang Shuo didn't need to look back. He only used Qi to sense that six people were coming. They were definitely not ordinary people. Two of them attacked Ye Qingyao. , two people attacked him on the back, and two of them shouted: "Don't leave, old thief!" They wanted to get past him and chase Mr. Zhang Guo.
Just two people
Just as he passed Jiang Shuo on both sides, when the palms of the other two people were about to slap him on the back, Jiang Shuo suddenly jumped up, avoiding the two people behind him, and grabbed the Dazhui points on the back of the necks of the two people in front of him with his hands. At this moment, he no longer had to deliberately use his strength. He just grabbed the two men's acupuncture points and controlled them. The two men flying in the air seemed to have been suddenly struck by lightning. They were shocked and fell to the ground stiffly.
Jiang Shuo turned around and reached out with his palms, pressing down the arms of the two people behind him, and slashed one palm on each of their Jianjing points. The two of them immediately fell to the ground.
Before the two people who were preparing to attack Ye Qingyao took action, they saw Jiang Shuo knocking down four people in an instant, shouting: "There's a ghost!" and turned around and ran away. However, how can the light skills of these two people compare with Jiang Shuo? Jiang Shuo jumped into the air, flew over the two people's heads and landed in front of them. Without looking back, he moved his hands casually, hitting the Shenfeng acupoint on the side of his chest and the Quepen acupoint on the neck. :
The person who was tapped on the Quepen acupoint immediately fell on his back and fainted, while the person who was tapped to seal the acupoint stood blankly, unable to move. Jiang Shuo turned around to face him and said, "Is this the main altar of the Demon Cult?"
The man was impressed by Jiang Shuo's miraculous kung fu and unconsciously said truthfully: "No...that's right...this is the Manichean Oriental Main Altar."
Jiang Shuo asked, "Has your leader Apo come back?"
These six people are the demon sect's guardian A Luo Su. They have good skills and a strong will. Even if they are tortured, they may not reveal the secrets of the sect. However, when this man saw that Jiang Shuo didn't know what kind of magic he used, he knocked down the five of them in an instant. He froze himself again, almost like a ghost. He was so panicked that he didn't know how to hide it, and said: "No, I didn't come back..."
This answer was not what Jiang Shuo expected. Jiang Shuo and the others came all the way with almost no delay. They arrived very quickly. If the large group of people wanted to come, they would have to be at least a few days behind them. The man then said: "Yi Hai A Po Da Mu Zha and his party have not returned to the main altar for more than a year."
Jiang Shuo recalled in his mind that he had bumped into Apo many times in the past year and said, "Hey, Leader Apo is also a homeless person..." After saying this, he suddenly shouted: "Ah, no!"
Ye Qingyao was startled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Shuo said: "Although this is the main altar of the Demon Cult, Apo has not come back for more than a year. How can we be sure that he will come back this time? If he escorts everyone to other places, we will wait here foolishly. Wouldn’t it be a mistake?”
