At dawn, the heavy rain still fell, and people in their sleep could still hear the low roar of the Qin River. Last night, lightning bolts like swords tore open a large opening in the dark night sky, and a series of earth-shattering explosions and thunder shook the earth into turmoil. It was near noon before the rain slowly stopped. It was only then that the Black Dragon Temple, located at the highest point in the northeast of the village, had been destroyed and the rafters had been charred. In the Black Dragon Pond below the Black Dragon Temple, there were even more than a dozen corpses floating around the scene. A huge shadow of terror spread rapidly on both sides of the Qin River- the thieves had reached the doorstep of their homes.
Just as people were talking about these strange things, Zhao Mengcai, a bare stick man, rubbed his eyes and squeezed over and said, "What thief soldier?" A big ship from nowhere, stopped under this stone, and those Taoist monks surrounded the big ship in several small boats, shouting that they were going to take away some 'golden ship'..."
When everyone heard this, they laughed and said, "Zhao Mengcai, you fucking dream of making a fortune too..."
Zhao Mengcai blushed and had a thick neck, and argued unconvincingly: "It's true, I can't sleep when it rains and thunders at night, I can't sleep when I soak up the urine, so I ran out and went to the hut, and I just saw the fight in the black dragon pool below, but in the blink of an eye, the big boat was gone..."
"Go and go, people are talking about the right thing here, you a bachelor don't worry, we are seven old and eight young and a big son, don't take the things in your dreams to find us happy here..."
"Don't argue, let's see if there are any living people in the Black Dragon Temple?" Zhang Runmin, who heard the news, arched his hand to the crowd and said calmly.
Zhang Runmin was the old owner of the "Zhang clan smelting iron", although he was a businessman, he was quite strategic, humble, and a very prestigious Confucian merchant in the Qinhe area, and was once known as "Little Zhuge Ge". Hearing this, the crowd had the backbone of the Lord, beckoned each other into the collapsed Black Dragon Temple, and searched carefully. Suddenly, a faint groan came from behind the ruined main hall. The crowd followed the sound and found a man in a Taoist robe who was crushed under the stone statue.
Zhang Runmin took a closer look and said decisively, "Quick, let's go and save people." ”
Therefore, the crowd followed him to rescue the injured, and fixed their eyes on him, and this person turned out to be the Dao Commander Chen Jiutian. I saw that he was covered in blood, and there was still blood constantly oozing from his head, and a long sword in his hand was also bloodstained.
"The thieves are gone, look at the sword!" Suddenly, Chen Jiutian shouted loudly in his mouth, grabbed his long sword and jumped up and waved it at everyone.
Everyone was shocked and hurriedly avoided, and Zhang Runmin shouted, "Dao Commander Mo Panic, we are the ones who saved you." ”
When Chen Jiutian heard this, he seemed to wake up from a dream, opened his eyes, his hand was soft, the sword "clanged" and fell to the ground, and his body also "pounced" and fell down, muttering in his mouth: "I thought it was the thief soldiers who came up..." He passed out again.
Zhang Runmin hurriedly asked the crowd to carry Chen Jiutian to his mansion for medical treatment. After settling everything in place, he immediately asked the housekeeper to prepare a carriage and go to the "Yang's Iron Smelting" on the village.
This village is connected to the ancient town of Runcheng, but the terrain is very peculiar, from north to south, the Qin River, all the way into the territory of Yangcheng, Shanxi, is suddenly blocked by a huge stone. The stone was tens of meters high, about 30,000 square meters in size, backed by Crouching Tiger Mountain, connected to Runcheng; with its head held high towards the Qin River, it looked like a turtle going up against the water. The Qin River from the north and the Fan River from the east meet here, and the water and stones collide, the waves are turbulent, the waves are leaping, and the roar is like thunder, which is spectacular. According to the study of feng shui, the place where it is surrounded by mountains on one side and surrounded by water on three sides is the image of "golden turtle exploring water", which is a rare feng shui treasure in the world. However, such a huge stone is the image of "golden turtle against the water", which is rare in the world and difficult to find in the world. If you live here, you are either rich or expensive, and you are also in a hundred miles of stone, and the underground is full of coal that cannot be dug. Therefore, since ancient times, people living on the stone, proud of the stone, to live as precious, even if the sky collapses, the wealth is incomparable, they are not willing to leave their hometown, leave this stone.
Yang Shangrong, the owner of the "Yang's Iron Smelting", is the richest man in the village, and he is sitting in the gorgeous and comfortable living room, smoking shisha one after another. During this time, Yang Shangrong often felt confused and uneasy, there was still a period of time before the "River God Day" on June 24, how did this old day rain in advance, and overnight let the Qin River, which was usually calm and calm, soar, there must be a reason. Just thinking about his heart, he heard the old housekeeper Yang Hong report that Zhang Runmin had met him, and Yang Shangrong frowned and said, "Please invite Zhang Dadong's family!" ”
As soon as Zhang Runmin entered the door, he said urgently: "Yang Dadong's family, last night the Black Dragon Temple was attacked, killing and injuring dozens of people, and the Dao Commander Chen Jiutian was also injured and is recuperating in my home." He said that last night it was the 'Nine Dragons' Wang Jiayin's men and horses who crossed the Qin River on a rainy night and came to sneak attack, and once they succeeded, they were ready to cooperate inside and outside and take Runcheng for military use. It seems that the construction of the city wall discussed last time is imminent. For example, if there is chaos today, thieves and soldiers are everywhere, and everyone is afraid that they will not be able to live forever, if Yang Dadong's family is determined to build a castle, the people are willing to devote their own efforts, one is to ensure the safety of their families, and the other is to avoid the suffering of the people. ”
After listening to this, Yang Shangrong was secretly taken aback, and his heart was like hanging a scale - this land of Runcheng has been rich since ancient times, but the Yang family has opened more than a dozen blast furnaces, and the iron smelting and casting business is all over the world, which is the well-deserved richest man in Yangcheng Dongxiang. If the thieves sneak up on the village, the first target will definitely be the Yang family, and what will be lost will not only be the tens of thousands of family wealth accumulated by generations, but I am afraid that it will also take the lives of dozens of people in the whole family... Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tremble slightly, and the long hookah in his hand also shook.
After a while, Yang Shangrong said in a low voice: "Building a city is indeed a top priority, but the cost is huge, not within the reach of one person at a time, and at the moment it is still the anti-thief soldier." ”
Sending Zhang Runmin away, Yang Shangrong immediately returned to the living room and instructed Yang Hong: "You immediately repair the young master who is serving as a county commander in the capital and ask him how he planned the matter of repairing the city that he planned last time." The ancestors of the Yang family have been buried in Runcheng for generations, and I will not go to the capital, but will build a fortified castle on top of the stone, and always guard the ancestral family business. ”
A few days later, Yang Shangrong did not wait for a reply from his son Yang Quanli, but waited for Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier in the capital. The small streets of Runcheng, where the sun shine brightly, are still bustling, the merchants from the south to the north are in a hurry, the sons and ladies of the rich families walk the streets and alleys, the farmers in the eight townships pick baskets and sell, and the colorful shops and customers are full of doors. At the intersection adjacent to the village, Wang Blind Zi pulled erhu, and his daughter Qiao Er knocked on the saucer and was singing the newly compiled paragraph in the local "Zhongzhuang Yangge" tune: "On The third of March this year, the Nationalist army entered Nanshan, burning and looting everywhere, and everyone was afraid. Although Runcheng is on the stone, he is afraid and suffers..."
At this moment, a rapid horseshoe sound came from the front, and in the blink of an eye, a group of heavily armed officers and men crossed the streets and alleys to the front of the eyes, and someone shouted: "Officers and soldiers are coming!" "The people who were listening to it were fleeing in fright.
The Father and Daughter of the Wang Clan could not escape, so they stopped singing in fright, snuggled up tightly together, and nervously looked at these wolf-like officers and soldiers. A mighty general stopped in front of them, pointed his whip at them with a black face and asked, "What do you two do?" ”
The pretty boy, who had never seen such a big scene, was so frightened that he drilled straight behind the blind man of the king.
The blind man hid his daughter behind him and said tremblingly, "Back... Back to Uncle's words, I... Our father and daughter are... It's singing songs..."
"Oh!" The general on the horse smiled slightly, and seemed to be interested, "What is singing?" Then sing a piece to General Ben. ”
"Tell the general, they seem to be singing about the people's army." A sergeant who had arrived earlier stepped forward to pray.
The general's eyebrows immediately tightened together, and he said, "Sing, then sing again." ”
"Well, I sing..." Wang Blind Zi asked his daughter to knock on the dish again, sat down and pulled up the erhu himself, and an old hoarse voice sang: "The emperor sent a large army, surrounded Wang Jiayin, set a brilliant plan to spread the net, flattened the South Mountain, and made the first merit of the world, the most general Cao ..."
"Hahaha..." The general on the horse suddenly burst out laughing and said, "Reward! The retinue threw a piece of silver over.
Subsequently, the general pointed his horse whip, and the soldiers and horses went north into the village. A group of people and horses first turned the village upside down, and then found Yang Shangrong's mansion.
The housekeeper Yang Hong suddenly came in panic and reported: "Lord, Cao... Lord Cao Zongbing has arrived..."
At this time, Chen Jiutian and Zhang Runmin were just invited into the palace by Yang Shangrong to inquire about the sneak attack of the thieves a few days ago, and When Chen Jiutian heard that the chief soldier had arrived, he immediately frowned.
Yang Shangrong was a little confused, squinting his eyes and asking, "Chief Soldier, which Cao General Soldier?" ”
Yang Hong said urgently, "It's General Cao Wenzhao..."
Yang Shangrong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and ordered, "Quickly follow me to the gate to greet..."
"Mo pick up, I'm here." When the words fell silent, I saw Cao Wenzhao, who was tall and holding a sword in his hand, striding in.
Zhang Runmin and Chen Jiutian, who were too late to leave, quickly knelt down on their knees and said, "The grass people meet the Chief Soldier." ”
Cao Wenzhao sat down in the main hall and waved his hand: "Get up, General Ben Bing has something to ask, you must answer truthfully, if there is half a false word, it will not be spared." ”
When Yang Shangrong heard this, he only felt that his lower abdomen was tight, his lower body was wet, and his legs were weak and weak like cramps, he fixed his breath, arched his hands, and said: "But by the adult's questioning..."
Cao Wenzhao said, "On the night three days ago, did you know about the thieves who escaped from the upper reaches of the Qin River?" ”
Yang Shangrong quickly explained the situation he had heard, and then pointed to Chen Jiutian beside him and said, "Lord, this is the only thing I know, most of the Daoist monks in the temple have been killed, and only Chen Daochang has picked up a life..."
Cao Wenzhao glanced at Chen Jiutian, and immediately drew his sword straight to his throat, and said with a somber face: "Stinky skin old dao, honestly confess, is it that you and the thieves colluded with each other and stole the million treasures?" ”
Chen Jiutian's face "brushed" white, he "pounced" and fell to his knees, and replied in a trembling voice: "Lord, the little man is just a small Daoist in this Black Dragon Temple, how dare he steal any treasure?" That night, a few thieves took advantage of the heavy rain, secretly climbed up to the village, were found by the small temple colleagues, joined forces to kill the thieves, but they were invincible, the Daoist friends were killed by them and thrown into the black dragon pond below, the small road head was also cut, hiding behind the god statue, the thieves were about to kill me, I heard a thunderclap, the small temple collapsed, and there was a big fire, the trail was crushed by the fallen god statue, and then I didn't know anything... Until dawn, Zhang Dadong's family led the people to save me, which saved me, where are the golden ships and treasures... Please be clear..."
Zhang Runmin, who was standing nearby, also took a step forward and said to Cao Wenzhao, "Yes, Lord Cao, it was the little man who led people to save Chen Daochang that day, and he did not find any gold and silver treasures." ”
Cao Wenzhao carefully looked at Zhang Runmin, who was crepe, retracted his sword, and said with a calm face: "Tell you the truth, on that rainy night three days ago, I had already leveled the anti-thief King Jiayin's Nanshan camp and taken his first rank, but the million taels of gold in the King Thief's treasury were gone, and some people said that there were thieves and golden boats on the side of the big stone on your village that night." This great amount of wealth is the anti-thief's stolen goods, and it must be filled into the treasury in full. If I have made a cousin of the Emperor, if I harbor or take it for myself, once it is verified, I will be punished as a thief and exterminate the Nine Tribes. Also, if you find any clues, report them immediately, otherwise..." After saying this, he drew his sword, waved his hand, slashed at the thick mahogany coffee table, and then hurried away with his men and horses.
Yang Shangrong looked at the mahogany coffee table with one corner missing, and did not feel that his heart was tight, and after sending Zhang Runmin and Chen Jiu away, he hurriedly asked Yang Hong to send another urgent letter to his son Yang Quanli.
Every year, june 24 of the lunar calendar is the "River God Day", which the people of Runcheng call "River God Grandpa Stretching His Waist". Every year on this day, God will rain heavily, and the Qin And Fan Rivers around Runcheng will soar. When the two rivers met, the river suddenly increased, washing away the fertile fields on both sides, and many livestock and people also made sacrifices to the river god. Therefore, in order to pray for the blessing of the river god, the sacrifice of the river god has become a solemn ceremony in Runcheng. Whether it is the people in the village or Runcheng, they don't care what treasure is not treasure, and it is the top priority to sacrifice the good river god without incident. Therefore, the Yang family was in charge of the village, and runcheng was led by the Zhang family, and began to worship the river god.
On this evening, Yang Shangrong's younger daughter Yang Quanmei saw that her father was not at home, so she pulled Yahuan Qinhua and sneaked out of the gate of Yang Mansion and walked towards Runcheng Street.
Despite the constant war around it, runcheng street is still bustling, with all kinds of shouting and selling, and a variety of goods. Yang Quanmei pulled Qinhua from North Street to South Street, and unconsciously came to the side of Qinghe Bridge. The houses by the bridge are like smoke, the stream under the bridge is slow, the murmur is sound, the willows on the shore are lined up, the crops on the mountain are luxuriant, and the two magpies on the trees are lingering, which can't help but make people fascinated. Yang Quanmei has lived in the boudoir for a long time, full of poetry books, quick thinking, love "West Chamber" and "Peony Pavilion", seeing this scene, touching the spring feelings, not feeling the dark sadness in her heart, softly chanting: "Dead vines and old trees are faint crows, small bridges and flowing water people's homes, ancient road west wind thin horses, sunset in the west, broken intestines in the end of the world ..."
Before the groan had subsided, I heard a loud voice come from: "How can such a beautiful view hurt so much?" It should be matched with such a poetic talent, 'red and purple have become dust, and the cuckoo sound is new in the summer.' The road is endless, and I know that I am a Taiping person. ’”
Yang Quanmei looked up and saw a young man with a beautiful face and a green cloth robe who was shaking a paper fan in his hand, pacing in a square step, and coming from the opposite side of the bridge. Yang Quanmei suddenly blushed and hurriedly bowed her head and retreated to the side.
Instead, Qin Hua sank her face, crossed her hands at her waist, and said disapprovingly: "Where is the sour Xiucai, who dares to tease my lady?" Don't apologize yet! ”
The young man saw that this young lady looked like a flower and a moon, the water spirit was lovely, and he did not feel happy, so he hurriedly gave a gift to the previous money, and said with a smiley face: "Miss is wrong, Xiaosheng who dares to tease, I am runcheng Zhang Family Zhang Chunsheng is also, because seeing Miss's groan seems to have unpleasant things, so this interface, but also hope that Miss Mo is not strange." ”
Qin Hua was about to say something, but Yang Quanmei stopped her and said, "Qin Hua Mo said it, Zhang Gongzi is right, what I just chanted really does not match the beauty here." ”
Qin Hua snorted heavily in his nose and said, "When I was the son of the prime minister, it turned out to be the Zhang family of Runcheng." Who are you when I am missed? Tell you to scare you to death, she is Miss Yang of yang mansion in the village. ”
Zhang Chunsheng was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly went forward to give a deep salute, saying: "Miss Jiuwen is as beautiful as a flower, erudite and talented, and when she saw it today, she really lived up to her name, but it was actually Xiaosheng Sansheng who was fortunate to have just been offended." ”
Yang Quanmei saw that Qinhua had already exposed her identity, so she had to blush and give blessings and return the courtesy: "If there is any offense, the prince will be exempted from etiquette." ”
Zhang Chunsheng was not surprised to see Yang Quanmei, and immediately put his mind at ease.
Yang Quanmei said lightly: "Gongzi is in his youth, why don't you take advantage of the good time, read and write, and win fame, but here you are playing in the mountains?" ”
Zhang Chunsheng saw Yang Quanmei ask about her studies, guessed that this Yang family lady was arrogant and arrogant, unusual, and had already regarded herself as a stupid disciple who played chickens and walking dogs, and at the moment gently shook the paper fan, paced in a square step, shook her head and groaned: "Heaven covers me, the earth carries me, heaven and earth are born with no intention?" Otherwise, the grain will ascend to heaven, or mingke you will be the emperor. Yan can not be expensive and can not go away, empty to hide a husband. A husband and a husband, the ambition of life is a good plan. Please look at the hundred years of events, and the industry will cross the five lakes with a flat boat..."
"This is the Tang Dynasty Li Bi's "Long Song Line", the prince is really talented and ambitious. The little girl retracted the uncomfortable words just now, hoping that the prince would forgive! Yang Quanmei couldn't help but admire the five bodies to the ground, and a layer of admiration arose in her heart.
Zhang Chunsheng quickly returned the courtesy: "What is discomfort?" Miss erudite, rare in boudoir, Xiaosheng is even more admired! ”
It is the height of summer, the sun is in the sky, although it is covered by green trees, but it can not stop the soaring heat wave, coupled with the noise of cicadas, it is inevitable that people are a little upset. Zhang Chunsheng saw Yang Quanmei's fragrant sweat brushing her cheeks, and kept gently wiping it with a jinpa, and quickly presented her folding fan with her hands to ask her to cool off the heat. Yang Quanmei blushed and pushed back: "Gongzi for his own use, I am not hot." ”
"The fan is a must-have for summer, and the lady may wish to try it." Zhang Chunsheng did not withdraw his hand, and shook his head and groaned, "Bao Fan is light and light, and the elephant bed is smooth and thin through the vine." Flying flies do not avoid curling ice. The jade pillow surface was cold and frequent, and the jade hand sweated into a staggered sound. The length of the day has no one to rely on - presumably the young lady is so leisurely in the boudoir, why suffer from this hot summer now? ”
When Yang Quanmei heard this, she laughed and said, "It is rare for a prince to let a fan have such a poetic meaning, this is the Song Dynasty Zhou Bangyan's "HuanXi Sha" term." However, speaking of me..." She paused deliberately, tilted her head and said mischievously, "I prefer The Tang Dynasty Du Mu's "Autumn Sunset": silver candle autumn light cold painting screen, light Luo small fan fluttering fireflies. The night is as cool as water, sit and watch the morning glory Vega..."
"Oh, that's the way it is!" Zhang Chunsheng withdrew his hand and stared at her with both eyes, "Since Miss said so, then Xiaosheng I am the 'Roundabout Morning Glory Star', Miss is the 'Kyaukgyao River Han Girl', is the Qinghe River under this bridge the 'Yingying One Water Room', is it that you and I are 'pulseless'?" ”
"Oh, you're bad..." Yang Quanmei's face turned red and she turned around deliberately angrily.
Zhang Chunsheng was about to say something when he saw Qin Hua, who had not been making a sound, come forward and said angrily: "You two stink even more than the old gentleman in the private school, after talking for half a day, I didn't understand a word, it is really a natural pair, a pair of ground matches." ”
Yang Quanmei glanced at Qinhua and said, "What nonsense?" Then she looked at the slowly flowing stream under the bridge, and asked Zhang Chunsheng with a red face: "I have just arrived at this Qinghe Bridge, I heard that there are allusions to this bridge, but I have lived in the boudoir for a long time, it is inevitable that I will be lonely and unheard, can the prince teach me a lesson or two?" ”
"Speaking of which, it's really laughing at the dead." Zhang Chunsheng saw that Yang Quanmei was willing to talk to himself, and his heart rippled like the babbling river under the bridge, and he told her the story of the Qinghe Bridge with a spring breeze on his face... Before Zhang Chunsheng finished speaking, Yang Quanmei covered her mouth and smiled so much that she couldn't even straighten her waist. After Qin Hua laughed, she immediately changed her face, pointed at Zhang Chunsheng and scolded: "You sour xiucai, why are you so light and thin?" My lady Jin Zhi Yuye has not yet left the cabinet, how dare you..."
Yang Quanmei stopped her and said, "Qinhua Mohulai, Zhang Gongzi is just talking about allusions, what does it have to do with me?" But it's really funny..." She said, and she couldn't stop laughing.
Zhang Chunsheng suddenly realized the meaning of her smile and couldn't help but blush at once.
The three people were laughing, when they suddenly heard a noise in front of them, and when they looked up, they saw many people running in front of the bridge, shouting in panic as they ran: "Run, the thief army is coming..."
Zhang Chunsheng stopped an old man and asked, "The king thieves have all been killed, where are the thieves?" ”
While struggling, the old man said, "The king thief is dead, but Zijin Liang is coming again, and he is burning and looting in the front GuoGu Village, and half of the villagers are about to be killed... Run fast, run slowly, I'm afraid I can't even save my life..." Without waiting to say anything, he broke free of Zhang Chunsheng's hand and ran.
Zhang Chunsheng listened and understood seven or eight points in his heart. Zijin Liang was the anti-thief King Jiayin's Zuo Xiang Wang, after Wang Jiayin's death, he became the boss and led the remnants back to Yangcheng, some time ago they had been plundering several villages in the upper reaches of the Qin River, and now they actually crossed the Qin River and went to Guogu Village, which was not far from here. He didn't think much of it, and quickly turned back to Yang Quanmei and said, "Miss is going back to the house soon, and the thief army will arrive later..."
Where Yang Quanmei experienced these chaos, she pulled Qinhua and ran home, but she was tripped by a stone at her feet and almost fell. Zhang Chunsheng immediately stepped forward to support Yang Quanmei, his eyes were facing each other, and the two of them were even more swaying.
When Zhang Chunsheng was about to turn around and leave, he found that something had fallen on the ground, picked it up and looked at it, it turned out to be the jade hairpin on Yang Quanmei's head, and hurriedly shouted: "Miss wait, your jade hairpin!" With that, he hurriedly caught up with him and reached over.
Yang Quanmei took something and ran forward without turning her head back - she knew that the thieves could not catch up now, mainly for fear of being found out by her father sneaking out of the house... Yang Mansion was in chaos, up and down, inside and out, still did not see the figure of his daughter and Ya Huan, Yang Shangrong's heart was like pouring red oil, and he was in a hurry in the house. At this moment, I overheard the housekeeper Yang Hong shouting at the gate: "Lord, miss is back." ”
Then I saw my daughter Yang Quanmei and Yahuan Qinhua running in panic, Yang Quanmei's hair was disheveled, floating around, and there was no appearance of everyone's boudoir. Yang Shangrong suddenly lost his breath and shouted loudly, "Stop me!" Who made you leave the house without permission? Where did you go? How did it come to this? ”
Looking at her angry father, Yang Quanmei shouted in a low voice: "Daddy..." Then, she quickly reached out to comb the scattered hair, only then did she find that she was holding a folding fan in her hand, and she couldn't help but be frightened, and hurriedly hid the folding fan behind her.
But it was too late, the sharp-eyed Yang Shangrong pulled over the folding fan, opened it, and saw that the front of the fan was the full map of the antique Universal Salvation Temple, with the inscription: May there be lovers in the world who will eventually become dependents; on the back, the cursive dragon flying phoenix dances and writes: Wait for the moon to go down, the windward household is half open. The shadow of the flowers on the wall moved, and it was suspected that the jade people came.
Yang Shangrong's face suddenly turned the color of pig's liver, and he raised his hand to slap his daughter and scolded: "You actually have a private lover?!" ”
Yang Quanmei was blinded by this sudden slap, covered her face with her hands, and cried out in grievance: "Father, I did not..."
Yang Shangrong turned around, pointed at Qinhua and shouted, "Slut, honestly, where did you take the young lady?" If there is a half-truth, I will kill your dog today! ”
Qinhua "pounced" and knelt down, crying, while pleading: "Lord, don't hit Miss, I said, I said..." Then he told the story of what happened today in detail. At the end, Qinhua cried and said, "Lord, this is the whole story of the matter, and what I said is the truth..."
Yang Shangrong looked at the folding fan in his hand and asked, "Qinhua, you beat Xiao into the house, I treat you like my own daughter, you didn't tell a lie to deceive the old husband, did you?" ”
Qinhua pointed to the sky and swore, "Qinhua, if I have half a false word, the sky will thunder and thunder, and I will not be able to die." ”
Yang Shangrong sighed, sat down weakly on the Taishi chair and waved his hand, saying, "As long as it's okay." Yang Fu is a prestigious family in this Qin River, and it cannot be discredited because of these things. The whole sister is my Yang family's thousands of gold, how can the lifelong events be as hasty as ordinary people's homes? That Zhang Chunsheng just wanted to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, and I also wanted to be like the old lady in the West Chamber, let him go to the royal list of high school, and then he could agree. ”
When Yang Quanmei saw her father's tone slow down, she went forward and begged: "Since this is the case, then ask the father to return the fan to his daughter!" ”
Yang Shangrong's heart that had just calmed down "exhaled" and lifted it up again, he held the fan in mid-air, and asked in a sharp voice: "Since you are not related to each other, what else do you want this thing to do?" ”
"I want to exchange it for my jade hairpin." Yang Quanmei looked at her father and said calmly.
"No!" Yang Shangrong looked at the fan in his hand and said emphatically, "Since it is not a relic, don't leave it behind, so as not to leave it behind." That jade hairpin you should be... Just lose it..." He said, tearing the fan to pieces.
The air in the study froze, and several people froze. Suddenly, with a sharp cry, Yang Quanmei opened the door and ran out.
Yang Shangrong was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, pointed to the trembling Qinhua, and said viciously: "Look, you still said that it's okay, can your little trick fool my fire eye golden eye?" Tell you, go back and look after the young lady, without my permission, she is not allowed to take another half step in the embroidery building! ”
Qin Hua nodded in fright like a chicken pecking rice, turned and went out the door.
Yang Shangrong was so angry that he grabbed a vase on the table, slammed it to the ground, and said, "Run, run, run, run, run, run With a heavy breath in his mouth, he turned around and pointed to the north and shouted loudly, "Yang Quanli, if you are my son, you will quickly resign from the official and come back and build this city for me..."
Out of the capital, through Taiyuan, through Luzhou, and finally into the territory of Qinshui County, when Yang Quanli saw the Qin River that gushed endlessly and went all the way to the south, his mood gradually relaxed. The anti-thief king Jiayin led the rebel army to rebel again and again, and had recently entered the territory of Yangcheng in Shanxi, which made him feel very worried, and the two family letters he received a few days ago made him make up his mind, and soon he told his superiors for leave and returned to his hometown with his family.
In yang mansion, Yang Shangrong was sulking in the house when he heard the next person report: "Lord, the young master has returned." ”
Hearing this news, Yang Shangrong couldn't help but get up and go out, but unexpectedly, his eyes turned black and he fainted. When he woke up again, he was already lying on the bed. His son Yang Quanli and daughter-in-law Li Cuiping were waiting by their side.
Li Cuiping is Yang Quanli's second wife. After the first lady Wang Shi fell ill and died, only her young son Yang Chenye was left. Li Cuiping was a shipwrecked woman whom Wang clan met when she went to the Great Buddha Temple to enter the incense, and she had a bit of a posture, and because Wang Clan saw her pity, he accepted her as a personal ring.
Yang Quanli returned home this time, not only bringing back the second lady Li Cuiping, the housekeeper Yang Zhong, but also the master Wang Wulin, who designed the city for him. When they returned this time, they deliberately discussed the matter of building the city. Yang Quanli originally wanted to wait for his father's condition to improve before discussing the matter of building a city, but Yang Shangrong said: "I am sick and small, the construction of the city is big, the war is frequent, the rebel army said that it will come, and then the rabbit will cross the ridge - everything is wrong." Therefore, on the one hand, Yang Quanli sent people into Yangcheng to ask a famous doctor for treatment, and on the other hand, he began to prepare for the construction of the city.
On this day, Yang Quanli set up a feast in the palace, inviting rich and respected rich people and celebrities in Runcheng to gather in Yang Mansion to discuss the grand plan of building the city. Before the banquet began, Yang Quanli ordered people to hang a design drawing of tens of inches on the living room wall, and solemnly introduced it to everyone: "This drawing was carefully designed after I invited Master Wang Wulin, a famous master in the capital, to personally inspect and inspect the stone village. ”
Yang Quanli had just finished his introduction, only to see a man of about forty years old, who looked clean and handsome, stood up with a smile and said: "Thanks to the love of Lord Yang, I am Wang Wulin from the capital, and I designed this city-building drawing according to the natural geographical situation of the 'golden turtle against the water' on the stone village." The city has two defensive lines: the first is the natural defense of the Qin River, the west, north and east of the stone face the water, and the south is the village; the second defense line is the city wall. The south side of the city wall built should be built with green bricks, about ten meters high, and the eastern, northern and western outer walls of the river should be built with Qinhe pebbles, and the city wall was equipped with forts, watchtowers, battlements, Tibetan soldier caves, etc. The ring road is connected with the city gate, and the city can be inspected around the city. After the entire city wall is built, on the one hand, it can prevent thieves by day and night, and on the other hand, it can also prevent wind and water. Wang Wulin said while comparing with his fingers on the drawings.
Yang Quanli smiled and looked around, and saw Chen Jiutian sitting on the side with his brow furrowed, as if he was thinking. He knew that this Chen Jiutian had had experience in the army, and he had been friends with his father for many years, not only was he skilled in martial arts, but he also knew astronomy and geography, and he must have seen something else about this city repair, so he immediately stood up and bowed his hand and asked: "Chen Daochang, please talk about your high opinion!" ”
During this time, Chen Jiutian had been busy preparing to rebuild the Black Dragon Temple, and when he heard Yang Quanli name it, he took a deep breath and stroked his short whiskers and said: "The design of this map, no matter how thick or thin the city wall is, the observation of the enemy situation, the defense attack, the operation of the garrison, etc., are all well considered and well designed, but..." He eased his tone, "From this figure, only the defense of the periphery is attached, and the defense of the inner is ignored..."
Chen Jiutian's words just spoke to Yang Quanli's heart, and Wang Wulin designed the drawings: two gates in the north and south, two gates in the south and north, water connecting with the Qin River, and drought lianrun city; the city wall, the mouth, the daughter wall, the fort... All the castle walls were complete in appearance, but the fly in the ointment was that the city was not considered, which also made him feel worried. Yang Quanli hurriedly smiled and gestured, "I would like to hear more about it!" ”
Chen Jiutian looked around and simply came to a bamboo tube to pour beans, saying, "As the saying goes, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case." What if one day the thieves attacked the Qin River, broke through the fortress wall, and then entered the village? Don't you have a broken nest? ”
"Yes, yes, this is not impossible..." "Kaifeng is the imperial city, the design and architecture are absolutely first-class, but it was not broken by the Jin people?" At the wine table, the squires began to talk.
Chen Jiutian smiled and said, "Actually, there are no tricks in the poor road, but I just want to do some articles in our city, that is, in the village." According to the actual situation at present, can we carry out unified planning, in the shape of 'Nine Palaces Bagua', connected by alleys and guarded by streets; roads are 'Ding' and cannot be directly penetrated; streets are set up with buildings to communicate; holes are punched in the house, and emergency reserves are made. Such a setting, intricate arrangement, such as cobwebs condensed, insiders know, outsiders strange, once entered, such as into the labyrinth, at this time self-defense, will win a total victory. ”
"Brilliantly said!" Yang Quanli listened quietly with his ears open, afraid of missing a word.
Wang Wulin, who was sitting next to him, nodded slightly after listening to Chen Jiutian's explanation, and arched his hands: "Chen Daochang is really a real person who does not show his face, and Wulin is ashamed of himself!" ”
Chen Jiutian hurriedly got up and returned the salute: "Poor Dao is clumsy, and I hope that Master Wang will give more advice." ”
Yang Quanli was overjoyed, stood up and said: "All of you are wise and virtuous gathered in Yang Mansion to discuss the grand plan of building the city and ensure the safety of the villagers forever, which is also my wish in The life of Yang Mou." Come, raise a toast to the elaborate design of the two masters, and toast to your heart of the people! ”
After touching the cup, Yang Quanli found that Zhang Runmin, known as "Little Zhuge Ge", did not speak much today, and he was looking down as if he was thinking about something. In the first month of last year, he returned to his hometown and relatives, feasted on the powerful and rich gentry in the township, and talked to everyone about the treasure land where he lived, which was quite proud. However, Zhang Runmin, who was standing on the side, said: "Although the stone is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is still possible to attack, if you build a city around this stone and circle, you will be foolproof." As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience laughed. However, Yang Quanli's father and son were secretly surprised in their hearts, and from then on, the matter of building the city was also loaded into the hearts of the father and son. At this time, Yang Quanli asked the next person to refill everyone with wine, stood up with the wine glass and said: "You are quiet, I have another word, the original idea of building the city wall was put forward by Zhang Runmin's Zhang Dadong family, if there is no proposal from him, there will be no meeting today, and there will be no future city wall, come, we will jointly toast Zhang Dadong's family!" ”
Zhang Runmin, who was old and heavy, waved his hands one after another and said, "Lord Yang, your neighbors, this cup is slow and respectful, I have an idea, I don't know right or wrong, after speaking and drinking, please sit down." Building the city and building the wall is for the sake of all the neighbors, and it is also the duty that Zhang Runmin should perform. The design of the two just now is really tightly sewn and impeccable, but there is still a problem, how wide is this wall to be repaired, how to repair, narrow without artillery fire, a dozen to wear, wide costly, limited access. This is building a city wall, not a courtyard wall! I once roughly calculated that the stone was comparable in size to the Yangcheng City, and Yangcheng was still a city on the city, and the cost of thickening and repairing its city walls was still funded by the township party and the former imperial official Wang Guoguang! Moreover, in today's chaotic world, anti-thieves are everywhere, and the construction of the city wall must be timely, if it is extended for too long, I am afraid that it will not be effective. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and the hall was silent. Yang Quanli frowned even more tightly, waiting for the following.
"This is so," Zhang Runmin put down the wine glass in his hand, and said eloquently, "I saw that many poor families in Runcheng, because they had no money to use green bricks to repair houses, they took the discarded crucibles by the iron blast furnace instead of green bricks, and used lime and iron slag to adjust the pulp to build the wall. Our smelting industry in Runcheng has developed since ancient times, and the banks of the Qin River are full of discarded crucibles, which not only block the river, but also destroy the fertile land, and insult the beautiful scenery. I think that if the city wall is built, with green bricks on the outside and crucibles on the inside, it is not a good thing to kill two birds with one stone..."
Everyone praised this suggestion, and Yang Quanli nodded unceasingly.
Yang Shangchong, the patriarch of the Yang family, twisted his goatee and asked slowly, "Quan Li, this city wall and the city are all designed, you don't think about what kind of name to give the mountain city, it must have a profound meaning, and it is loud and loud." ”
Yang Quanli smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and said confidently: "Regarding the name of the small city, I have discussed it many times with my father, and it is set as 'Zhenhuan City'!" Yang Zhong, take the banner up. ”
At this time, I saw a tall, dignified man holding a banner with three strong and powerful characters written on it, "ZhenHuan City", displayed in front of everyone, and a sound of exclamation immediately appeared in the hall. Yang Zhong was a distant relative of the second lady Li Cuiping, whose parents died and was alone, and was sent to the Shaolin Temple to become a monk from a young age, to learn martial arts, and later went to the capital, devoted himself to Li Cuiping, and became a small official in Yang Province. Soon, Wang Shi died, Yang Quanli was overly sad, and his body gradually became weak. Yang Zhong, together with the second wife Li Cuiping, carefully took care of the Yang Mansion, so that the Yang Mansion was still in good order. In this way, Yang Zhong naturally became the steward of the Yang family. Yang Quanli saw that he was not young, and once wanted zhang Luo to make him a family, but he politely refused, saying that he had once gone into a rage when he was learning martial arts in the Shaolin Temple, accidentally broke his life root, looked heroic, and actually became a wasted person. Yang Quanli could not help but sigh for him.
Yang Shangchong looked at the three big characters of "Zhenhuan City" and asked with a frown, "Why did you take this name?" Is there any deep meaning? ”
"Yes, it means a lot!" Yang Quanli pointed sideways at the three words and said, "Its meaning is fourfold: First, '砥' has the meaning of stone and blocking. As you know, our village as a whole is built on a large stone, resembling a turtle, taking the meaning of 'golden turtle exploring water' in feng shui, and the general golden turtle probing water takes more water, while our stone turtle is against the water, which corresponds to the original meaning of this 'stone'. Second, the original meaning of '洎' is gravy. Since ancient times, the Qin River has been called 'Huan Shui' in this part of our Runcheng, that is to say, the Qin River has nourished our rich and vibrant land with its broad mind and rich nutrition. Third, the 'city' is the castle we built, the military function is complete, all kinds of temples are available, whether from a political or cultural point of view, has initially possessed the function of the city. The meaning of the three words of 'Zhenhuan City' is that it is a feng shui treasure that can withstand the wind and waves, retain wealth, resist banditry, and be at peace. I don't know what you think, I hope to teach you! ”
This grand theory is said to be the Tao, which is reasonable and well-founded, and the "Gonghuan City" is not only loud and loud, but also has far-reaching meaning. The crowd had to look at this Jingcheng County Commander with astonishment and add some respect.
In the front hall, Yang Quanli discussed the matter of building the city with everyone. In the back hall, Yang Shangrong was angry with Yang Quanmei.
Since Yang Quanmei went out to meet Zhang Chunsheng that time, she caused her father to be seriously ill, and she couldn't help but feel guilty, and when she saw that her father was resting in the back hall, she came forward to ask for peace.
When Yang Shangrong saw his daughter come in to see him, he also felt very relieved in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Daughter, when this city wall is repaired, our village will be like an iron barrel, and we are no longer afraid of any robbers and thieves, and then my father will find you a prince and grandson of a big family, and marry you out in a beautiful way, do you say okay?" ”
Yang Quanmei, who was beating his father's back, was aroused by his words, there was no response on his mouth, and he couldn't help but think of Zhang Chunsheng in his heart, and his hands slowly stopped.
Yang Shangrong felt that something was wrong, and suddenly blackened his face and asked, "You honestly tell me, are you still thinking about the boy of the Zhang family?" ”
Yang Quanmei shook her head.
"You listen to me!" Yang Shangrong suddenly became angry, "If you die early, even if you marry Zhao Mengcai, I will never let you enter the Zhang family..."
"Father, you..." Yang Quanmei was so angry that her face was red, tears couldn't help but flow out, and she "hummed" in her nose unconvincingly, stomped her feet, covered her face with her hands, turned and went out the door, just in time to meet Yang Hong, who ran from the front hall.
Yang Hong was very surprised to see the young lady's face full of displeasure and tears, and then he heard Yang Shangrong's scolding voice coming from the room.
When Yang Shangrong saw Yang Hong come in, he asked Yahuan to wipe his face with a wet towel and asked urgently, "Say quickly, how is it now?" ”
Yang Hongxi said, "Lord, I really can't see it, this Zhang Runmin is worthy of being 'Little Zhuge Ge', thinking and doing things is superhuman first class..."
"Stop, stop, who are you talking about, Zhang Runmin?" What the hell is going on, tell me more about it. Yang Shangrong suddenly seemed to be stimulated and sat up from the kang at once.
Yang Hong then spoke in detail about the idea of building a "honeycomb wall" with crucibles and the reactions of the crowd that he had just heard in the front hall.
When Yang Shangrong heard this, he suddenly felt a nameless fire rise from under his feet and attack the atrium of his heart, and his right hand trembled in mid-air: "Are all the people of Runcheng finished?" How to show that he is superior to the Zhang family all the time... What's going on like this? Sooner or later, the Yang family will lose to the Zhang family, and sooner or later this city will be surnamed Zhang..." Yang Shangrong said, a mouthful of phlegm coughed up, the old face was so red that he fell down, and the panicked family shouted, Yang Hong ran out to the front hall to inform Yang Quanli... On the occasion of Yang Shangrong's death, he left three sentences for his son: First, this city must be repaired quickly; second, no matter how much money is lacking, he cannot use the Zhang family's money; third, he absolutely cannot marry the Zhang family. Yang Quanli did not know what great festival there was between his father and the Zhang family, and Yang Shangrong said intermittently with his last breath: "We must not let ... Let the Zhang family press... Overpowering the Yang family..." Yang Quanli nodded vigorously with tears in his eyes.
Yang Quanli never expected that this time he would return to his hometown and provincial relatives and say goodbye to his father. In the spiritual hall, he cried to death and came back to life.
Yang Zhong stood aside and sighed, saying, "What do you complain about the imperial court, this big stone, two big rivers, where can you hide that million treasure?" ”
Second Lady Li Cuiping helped Yang Quanli and complained, "That is, if there are really millions of treasures, what city will be built?" We live directly on the edge of the Forbidden City, there are people who eat, drink and play, I don't know how much better than this chaotic Qin River..."
Zhang Runmin, who came to visit, wiped a handful of tears and said: "The Great Day mourns and changes, the biggest thing for Mr. Yang Lao's life is to build this city, and now although his old man is driving to the west, we can't let his wish be disappointed..."
Chen Jiutian also advised: "The drawings have been designed, after the funeral of the old man, you can choose a day to start construction, it can not be too late, the thieves have robbed several nearby villages, killing thousands of people..."
Yang Quanli sighed a long time and said, "Where do you know my suffering?" If you don't repair the city, you can't fulfill your father's wishes, you can't keep the entire Runcheng people safe; if you repair the city, you will definitely arouse the suspicion of the imperial court, saying that it is for the huge treasure that the king thief has in vain, and I am the old sow in the middle of the road - a dilemma! I also thought that no matter what the imperial court thought, I would build a city wall to prevent thieves and protect my family, whether it was a merit or a fault, I was not ashamed, and I had my own heavenly judgment. ”
Zhang Runmin immediately presented a silver ticket and said: "The construction of the city by the adults is a great blessing for the villagers of Qinhe, and even if there are thousands of generations, future generations will not dare to forget it." I am willing to donate ten thousand taels, in order to do my best, please adults do not be too little, must accept! ”
Yang Quanli smiled, shook his head, and politely refused: "Zhang Dadong's family's idea has already reached the golden ten thousand two, and I am grateful." Although it cost a lot of money to build the city, the Yang family still got it, and asked Zhang Dadong's family to use it for themselves. ”
As soon as these words came out, Yang Zhong and Li Cuiping, who were standing on the side, were both taken aback and looked at each other.
Zhang Runmin's hot face changed into a cold ass, feeling very surprised, although he was a little sad in his heart, he did not want to show embarrassment in front of everyone, so he still smiled like a spring breeze: "Yes, the Yang family is a big business, not I can wait." Or, Lord Yang said hello when he needed it, and Runmin would do it again. ”
On an auspicious day, the long-planned "Stone City" finally broke ground, and the stones went up and down, inside and outside, and people came and went. According to the division of labor, Wang Wulin and Yang Zhong were responsible for the construction of the city wall of the "copper wall and iron wall", Chen Jiutian and the patriarch Yang Shangchong were responsible for the construction of the city of the "Nine Palaces Bagua", and Yang Quanli sat in the general command, and he was very busy every day, but he took Zhang Runmin, who had originally made the idea, to the side and did not let him participate in anything.
Zhang Runmin's heart was sour, he didn't know which point he had offended the Yang family, but he was treated so coldly that he couldn't get off the stage in front of many villagers on both sides of the Qin River, so he wanted to personally go to Yang Quanli to talk, but he was pulled by the clear-eyed Daoist leader Chen Jiutian and advised: "Or go home and care more about your son's poetry!" He thought, maybe he didn't live on this stone, Yang Xianling didn't want to let himself work hard, but no matter what, this castle that had been planned for many years was finally built, and in the future, when there was another time when soldiers and horses were in chaos, the villagers also had a place to hide, unlike other places, saying kill and kill, say grab and rob. Living in this chaotic world is the key to whether you are rich or poor, whether you live or die. So he went home with a stomach full of unhappiness.
The construction of the city began, and the bachelor Zhao Mengcai also went to the construction site to find a subsistence errand. On this night, Zhao Mengcai came to the largest gambling house in Runcheng Street - Tianyunfang. He dreamed of going in and dashing, but unfortunately he never had the chance, and today he could just go in and dash. Not far away, a man dressed in black followed.
The owner of the gambling house, Qian Ye, saw Zhao Mengcai walk in, and his heart was greatly displeased, and he was about to order someone to blow him out, when he suddenly saw that he was not dressed normally today, he immediately changed his mind, greeted him with a haha, and said: "Oh, the two bosses are really rare customers, how come they have time to come to my small shop?" ”
Zhao Mengcai leaned his face high and said dismissively, "Why, this Heavenly Fortune Factory will not allow me to gamble on Heavenly Fortune?" ”
Qian Ye hurriedly sent the horse ass up and said, "If Grandpa Zhao doesn't come, where is the heavenly fortune?" Upstairs please. ”
Zhao Mengcai will only play a bet size, used to touch a few small money to gamble on others, today he finally has to raise his eyebrows and sit on his own. I don't know if it was the red luck or the big door, he even guessed two to win. When the third one was held, Zhao Mengcai simply grabbed a piece of silver and gambled a big one. Who knew that this time he had gone back to luck, in addition to the two or two that he had won before, he lost three or two in the blink of an eye, which was more painful than digging his heart and liver.
Qianye smiled and said, "What, are you still coming?" ”
Zhao Mengcai was hesitating, but the person next to him shouted loudly: "Come, come, come again will definitely win." ”
Zhao Mengcai rushed straight to the door of his head, squinted his eyes, folded his hands, and silently read in his heart, and then felt a large piece of silver from his arms, put it on the table, and said happily: "Come!" ”
"Ah!" The crowd gasped for air. This ingot of silver is even bigger, enough to be more than twelve, and Zhao Mengcai, who can't even eat enough on weekdays, can say that he has made a windfall? The crowd couldn't help but start whispering.
The man in black had been silently watching all this, hearing the discussion of the crowd, and could not help but frown.
This one still lost, Zhao Mengcai looked at the dozen or two pieces of silver just now was still his own, and in an instant, he entered someone else's pocket, and suddenly shouted like crazy: "No, there are ghosts here, this one can't be counted." "He said that he was going to pounce on it and grab his own silver."
Qian Ye suddenly changed his face and drank: "Zhao begged for food, entered the casino, won and lost voluntarily, this is the rule, you will not not understand, let alone ruin the reputation of my Heavenly Fortune Workshop." ”
Zhao Mengcai said unconvincedly, "Well, you have joined forces to make trouble with me, and I can't make you feel better." "I got up and grabbed a bench and slammed it in all directions. The crowd fled, and the gambling house was suddenly smashed into a mess.
QianYe shouted a few guys to rush up before subduing Zhao Mengcai to the ground, he pointed to Zhao Mengcai, who was spitting out his tongue like a dog and gasping for breath, and scolded: "I Qianye have been opening a factory in this Runcheng for thirty years, what kind of bird people have never seen, no one has ever dared to smash my workshop before, you... You count something, say, what to do? ”
"What to do? Cold! Zhao Mengcai did not eat food with a stiff waist, "If you want Qianye, you must have one." ”
"You, you, you..." Qianye's mouth was almost crooked, "Well, I'll let you play with this leper dog." Man, go, take the knife. ”
One of the guys took a machete and said, "Treasurer, what do you say?" ”
QianYe took a breath and said, "I don't want his dog's life, according to the rules of the workshop, cut off his right hand, even if today's matter is clear." ”
The guy agreed, and several other guys pressed Zhao Mengcai and raised their knives to cut it. At this time, a dull voice came over: "Slow! Let him go, and I'll pay for your losses. ”
The crowd looked back and saw a stranger dressed in black come forward, and the crowd hurried to make way for him.
Qian Ye was shocked again, and did not expect that someone would rescue Zhao Mengcai, a bare stick man.
The man in black walked to the middle, black-faced and said, "Let him go first, how much money, say it!" ”
Qian Ye looked at the man in black, squeezed a smile out of his face, and said, "Since the good man intercedes, I also have to give face." Well, just lose five or two grains of silver. ”
The man in black sneered, touched his hand, threw a piece of silver on the ground, shook the sword around his waist, and said, "Look, he is my brother, today this matter ends here, if he is missing a hair on his body in the future, I will cut off your dog's head!" ”
As soon as QianYe's abdomen tightened, he was wet between his legs, and he hurriedly arched his hands, and his teeth trembled and said, "Don't dare not dare... certain...... Definitely..."
The Man in Black ignored him, turned and said, "Go! Grabbed Zhao Mengcai with one hand and went downstairs.
Not far from the gate of Tianyunfang, Zhao Mengcai turned around and "pounced" and fell to his knees, prostrating his head while gratefully saying: "Thank you good man for saving me, I am a poor bare stick, I can't repay you, let me repay your great kindness as a cow and a horse in the next life!" ”
The man in black looked around, saw that no one was paying attention, grabbed Zhao Mengcai's collar, and whispered, "Nonsense, talk less when you get to the edge of the Black Dragon Pond." When Zhao Mengcai heard this, he only felt a chill rising from his feet, and he did not dare to say much, along the path to the east, and came to the edge of the Black Dragon Pond with trepidation.
The man in black stared at Zhao Mengcai and said coldly, "Honestly, where did your money come from?" ”
Zhao Mengcai swallowed a mouthful of spit and said, "It was stolen from a dead man." ”
It turned out that after the villagers had salvaged the thieves and Taoists who had been killed in the Black Dragon Pond on the night of the thunderstorm, they had been hastily buried in a small forest not far away. Because there were too many people who died at one time, coupled with the fact that the Black Dragon Pond had always been gloomy and miserable, the undercurrent was surging and there were few people, and no one had come since then. That day, When Cao Wenzhao asked him about the situation that night, he secretly felt in his heart, knowing that this "golden ship" was really not what he had seen in his dreams, but it was indeed something, but no matter what, the people did not believe his words, and his heart was very depressed. Some time ago, Zhao Mengcai didn't spend any money in his hand, so he suddenly remembered the "golden boat" that night, thinking that since those thieves came with the "golden boat", they must not be short of silver on their bodies. So, with great boldness, he quietly came to the small forest by the pool, dug up the corpses that were not buried deeply, and sure enough, he found some silver on the two corpses, and he couldn't help but be ecstatic... The Man in Black listened and asked in a low voice, "You didn't lie to me, did you?" ”
Zhao Mengcai swore to heaven: "You are my savior, I just coax my parents, and I don't dare to coax you." If there is half a nonsense, please throw me into this black dragon pool now. ”
The Man in Black nodded and said, "I believe you, and you still have to tell me where you saw the golden ship disappear on the stone wall that night?" ”
Zhao Mengcai pointed to the place where the wave hit the largest and highest stone wall and said, "It is there, just listening to the sound of 'bang', I thought it was a big wave rushing over, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye... Was it washed to the bottom of this pool..."
The man in black sneered and said, "This is not what you care about..." As he spoke, he prepared to draw his sword and resulted in Zhao Mengcai. However, Zhao Mengcai, who was kneeling behind the man in black, had already quietly dodged a distance, and immediately ran towards the Black Dragon Temple.
The man in black turned around and flew to catch up, and Zhao Mengcai shouted as he ran: "Kill, Chen Daochang, save me..."
The man in black was stunned for a moment and stopped, Zhao Mengcai had already reached the edge of the Black Dragon Temple. Only to hear the "creak" of the temple gate, Chen Jiutian came out with a sword and blocked in front of the man in black.
The man in black had to swing his knife hard, and the two of them advanced and retreated, fighting for a while.
The man in black did not expect that this Chen Jiutian, who looked weak and could not help the wind, was so good at martial arts. After a few rounds, the Man in Black gradually became a little invincible. So, he deliberately sold a flaw, avoided the sword blade, turned and retreated backwards, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Chen Jiutian couldn't take care of catching up and came back to inquire about Zhao Mengcai. Zhao Mengcai blushed and recounted in detail what had happened that night.
After Chen Jiutian listened, his heart couldn't help but sink.
Zhao Mengcai suddenly fell to his knees in front of him and said gratefully, "Chief Chen Dao, it was you who saved my life, and I don't know how to thank you." ”
"Get up first!" You know this matter, don't let the third person know, there must be something to find you in the future..." Chen Jiutian left a suspense for Zhao Mengcai, making him look forward to it every day.
"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the River Continent." Ladies and gentlemen..." A loud reading sound came from the backyard.
Listening to this reading sound, Zhang Runmin felt very relieved in his heart. He had been busy with business for a while, and he had neglected to discipline his son Zhang Chunsheng, and if his son became a talent in the future, he would have no regrets in this life, but when he listened carefully, he felt that something was wrong.
"Green dark red hides the smoke, and the lone will be in front of the small court." Heavy good nights with whom to speak, stars across the Milky Way moon half a day ..."
"How are there some love poems?" Zhang Runmin's heartfelt relief suddenly turned into infinite doubts. He crept to the study window, looked inward, and a nameless fire suddenly lit in his heart, lifted his feet into the door, and shouted: "Little beast, don't read well, what mess are you reading here?" ”
The unsuspecting Zhang Chunsheng was startled, and hurriedly got up to hide the things in his hand backwards, and hurriedly excused himself: "Am I not reading well?" Why didn't your father come without a sound, didn't you go to repair the city? ”
Without saying anything, this statement even aroused Zhang Runmin's anger, he sank his face, and his hand extended: "Take out the things in your hand!" ”
Zhang Chunsheng subconsciously took a few steps back and said, "No... Nothing..."
"The little beast still lied to me!" Zhang Runmin grabbed his arm and snatched the thing in his hand, and when he saw that it was a delicate Mandarin Duck Jade Hairpin, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, and drank: "I am saying that you little beast don't think about studying, and read some obscene poems... Honestly, where did this stuff come from? ”
Zhang Chunsheng expected to be able to hide his father, so he briefly repeated the last encounter with Miss Yang Family in Qinghe Bridge.
When Zhang Runmin heard this, he suddenly realized, nodded his head, and said, "I understand." Then he said sternly to his son: "Now is the time for you to study and advance, don't be spoiled by your children's private feelings, didn't the ancients say, 'There is a house of gold in the book, and there is a beautiful jade in the book'?" When you are titled on the gold list, you will luan phoenix and ming. Now that you are not famous, how can Miss Yang Family agree to your family affair? Return this thing to others as soon as possible, and do not cause any trouble. ”
Zhang Chunsheng nodded and said, "Presumably, Miss Yang has long forgotten this matter, and her father will not allow it, so it will be left to me as a souvenir." ”
Zhang Runmin pondered a little and said, "I will keep this thing for you for the time being, and you will study well, and I will handle the next things!" ”
A few months later, the Black Dragon Temple was renovated, and Chen Jiutian built streets and roads according to the "Nine Palaces Bagua" layout designed on the drawings, wearing courtyards and houses, digging holes and buildings, but forbidding anyone to enter the temple. "Brick City" has also begun to take shape, the outside of the city wall with green bricks as a surface, the inside with crucibles, smooth and neat outside, the inside of the crucible horizontal row, lime and iron slag slurry repair, although shaped like a "honeycomb", but strong and durable, people and horses walked steadily like Mount Tai, for a while attracted the Qin River people to come to watch.
But Yang Quanli was not happy, as the "city lord" of the city, the Yang family's contribution was of course the majority. Several rich households in the village also understood and consciously donated some silver, but the other villagers were small households and could not come up with much. The cost of building the city was unexpected, and he had not paid the workers for several days, and it is said that some people have recently gone on strike and made trouble. Due to the severe disasters and famines throughout the country, peasant uprisings have arisen one after another, and business is naturally difficult to do. A few days ago, in order to build the city, Yang Quanli asked the housekeeper to go to various businesses to raise silver two. The project is halfway through, and nothing can be abandoned halfway.
This afternoon, Yang Quanli went to the construction site as usual to inspect the project, but there was a noise on the lively construction site. He hurried forward to check it out, and saw Yang Zhong running over breathlessly and saying, "Lord, it's not good, the migrant workers are on strike." ”
"Why?" Yang Quanli asked incomprehensibly.
Yang Zhong sighed and said, "Alas, it is not a matter of wages. ”
Just about to elaborate, those workers who were working saw Yang Quanli coming, and suddenly surrounded yang quanli and shouted: "Yang Dongjia, we have not paid us for two months, we are also a lot of wives and children, do not pay, let us drink the northwest wind?" If you don't send it again, you won't dry it..."
"That is, if you don't pay for your work, what about the elites and coax people?"
"If you don't have money, don't do it, what wall will you build?"
Yang Quanli's biggest fear finally broke out. The rainy season is coming, and once the Qin River surges, it will not only abandon its previous achievements, but also have unimaginable consequences. Just when he was anxious and did not know how to answer, he only heard a loud voice coming over: "Don't quarrel, I just got the news, the Yang Dong family has urgently transferred tens of thousands of taels of silver from the Yang family shop in Jiangnan, and has now arrived at the bottom of the Taihang Mountain, tomorrow will be on the village, please rest assured, then everyone will be able to receive the wages and the brick money owed on time, but now we must start work, and we cannot delay for a moment." If anyone mistakenly repairs the city, he will not get any money. ”
Yang Quanli looked back, and it turned out that Zhang Runmin had come from not far away. Although Yang Quanli's face was smiling like a spring breeze, he was a little displeased in his heart.
When everyone heard Zhang Runmin say this, they also had a bottom in their hearts, and they all changed their tone: "If so, it would be great." I said that the Yang family would not treat everyone badly..."
"Zhang Dadong's family has said, it must not be wrong, let's go to work, it is really bad to miss the work..."
"That is, others don't believe it, but don't we still believe it..."
After everyone left, Yang Quanli turned around and said to Zhang Runmin with dissatisfaction: "Zhang Dadongjia, although you broke the siege for Yang, but you lied to so many villagers, tomorrow what will Yang take to honor them?" However, Yang Mou still thanked you! With that, he arched an arch at Zhang Runmin and turned away.
Zhang Runmin "oops" a few times in the back and did not stop him.
At night, Yang Quanli sat in the study with a sad face, looking through the account books while racking his brains to think of a way.
At this time, the housekeeper Yang Hong came to report: "Lord, Zhang Dadong's family is carrying people, carrying four large boxes, and is asking to see them outside the palace, saying that there are important things to discuss." ”
Yang Quanli frowned, threw down the ledger in his hand, and said, "What's the matter with him?" Are you here to give me silver, or are you coming to see my jokes? ”
Yang Hong said tentatively, "I don't see Zhang Dadongjia as such a person, but it seems... It seems to be here to help us..."
"Help us?" Yang Quanli's question was even greater.
After Zhang Runmin came in, he asked his family to put four large boxes in the hall, waved them out, and then opened the boxes and said: "Lord Yang, today on the construction site, I took the liberty of saying a word for the adults. This is a little contribution that Zhang Runmin has made to the city, I don't need others to know, and I don't need to carve a stone stele to pass on to future generations, I just need to use it for the city repair project through adults. ”
When Zhang Runmin went out, he collided with Chen Jiutian who entered the door, and he busied himself with a gift, saying: "Chen Daochang, I haven't seen you for a few days, don't come unharmed!" ”
Chen Jiutian replied, "Another day, I will have time to sit in my temple, and we will drink tea." ”
Zhang Runmin responded while leading his subordinates out of Yang Mansion.
Chen Jiutian, who walked through the door, saw the silver on the ground and understood three points in his heart, so he happily said to Yang Quanli: "Lord Yang, these silver were all sent by Zhang Dadong's family, right?" Although he is an ordinary squire, he is not an ordinary person! ”
Yang Quanli said with emotion, "Yes, my father said it when he was alive..." Suddenly, he turned his words around and asked Chen Jiutian, "The Dao Commander has come here late at night, presumably there must be something important!" ”
Chen Jiutian smiled and said meaningfully, "Nothing, it's the same as Zhang Dongjia." At the beginning, I went around rebuilding the Black Dragon Temple, and now that the temple is completed, there is still some silver left, and I want to use it for the repair of the city, and another day, Lord Yang can send someone to the Black Dragon Temple to get it. ”
Yang Quanli was about to say something grateful when he suddenly saw a black shadow flashing outside the window.
Chen Jiutian shouted, "Who? A dart had flown out, and then he "spread his wings" and jumped to the door, and he saw that under the starlight, a man dressed in black was as light as a swallow, and the cornice walked the wall and disappeared above the eaves.
After a while, Chen Jiutian returned to Yang Mansion and said to Yang Quanli quietly, "It seems that Yang Mansion is not peaceful, Lord Yang, you should take care of yourself!" "Say goodbye and drift away."
Yang Quanli inexplicably gave a shiver all over his body. Then, he instructed Yang Zhong: "Recently, because of the construction of this city, the tree has attracted the attention of the imperial court and the rivers and lakes, and they all say that my construction of this city is related to the huge treasure that wang thief has disappeared, and you should know the situation inside." For the sake of safety, from today onwards you will move into this backyard and take care of it. ”
When Yang Zhong heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Old Master rest assured, with me Yang Zhong, I am not afraid of anyone coming to make trouble, you will put your heart in your stomach and sleep peacefully every day." ”
On the third night, Yang Quanli, who had been tired for a long time, had dinner, washed up, and lay down early, and after a while, he made a sweet snoring sound. Li Cuiping, who was lying next to him, heard a night owl cry outside, so she slowly broke free of Yang Quanli's arm around her hand and crept out into the small room on the south side.
Before Li Cuiping could stand still, Yang Zhong hugged her and said, "The tens of thousands of taels of silver that were taken out of that account last time have already been shipped out." ”
Li Cuiping put her index finger to her mouth, softly "booed" a sound, and said: "Hurry to kill you, don't alarm that Yang..."
Yang Zhong laughed and said, "My heart and liver baby, you can rest assured, I have ordered five more ecstasy in that house, and he will not wake up until dawn..."
Li Cuiping turned around, smiled lowly, and said, "As long as you can, you are not afraid to get me lost there and wake up?" ”
Yang Zhong kissed her on the cheek and said, "You came here to charm me..."
After the two of them had some rain and clouds, Li Cuiping said: "The soldiers on the banks of this Qin River are in chaos, I don't want to stay for a day, and there is not much silver left for the old immortal." You keep saying he has treasure, where is the treasure? Don't come to the end in vain, lose the lady and fold the soldiers, anyway, the old one doesn't die, you have to hurry up and find a way to get out..."
Yang Zhong kissed Li Cuiping and said, "My heart and liver, you can rest assured, my news is absolutely correct, Wang Thief's batch of treasures is missing here, it is not far from flying with wings, I can't figure out whether this Yang family knows where these treasures go, so through the construction of the city, it is always investigating, but there has been no clue... That Old Chen Dao is a bit weird, and it is not good to have anything to do with him... If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, you can boil it up again, and one day if you get your hands on it, we'll go away and fly high..."
Li Cuiping stretched out her hand and nodded at Yang Zhong's head, sneering and saying, "Look at you can, don't make a mistake." With that, the two of them went to sleep happily.
On this day, Zhang Runmin went to the street of Runcheng to wander, and when he turned to the Black Dragon Temple, he was about to look back when he heard a voice shouting: "Zhang Dadong's family is good and Yaxing, since you have arrived at the small temple, why don't you come in and talk about it?" He looked up, only to see the Daoist commander Chen Jiutian standing at the temple door with a smile and greeting him warmly, and then followed him into the temple.
After drinking three cups of tea, Zhang Runmin asked with a smile: "Why didn't the Dao Commander go to Yang Mansion to participate in the completion banquet, you are a meritorious minister of this great project!" ”
Chen Jiutian stroked his short beard and said, "Poor Dao is a cultivator who does not like to be lively, and there are many pilgrims today, so it is inconvenient to get out!" Then he asked, "Why didn't Zhang Dadong's family go?" ”
Zhang Runmin shook his head and said, "Originally a thorny head hidden deep grass, how dare you break out of the dawn of basil?" ”
When Chen Jiutian heard this, he was immediately in awe, gave a thumbs up, and sincerely praised: "When people don't know Ling YunMu, they wait until Ling Yun starts to be high." It is said that Zhang Dadongjia is a Confucian businessman who has learned to be rich in five cars, and when he saw it today, it was indeed extraordinary. Poor Dao has the heart to make a close friend with Zhang Dadong's family, I don't know what to do? ”
Zhang Runmin stood up and arched his head and said, "Thanks to the high elevation of the Dao Commander, Runmin is grateful!" ”
Chen Jiutian said: "Over the past few years, I have been looking at the merchants and merchants in Runcheng City, seeing that you zhang Dadongjia's literary and economic history, the eight sides of the Chamber of Commerce, with great ambitions and rules in handling things, is the real 'Ling Yunmu'. There is a treasure map in the poor road, and there are no outsiders now, so I invite Zhang Dadong's family to watch. With that, he went into the inner chamber, took out a delicate sandalwood box, took out a thing wrapped in silk cloth layer after layer, and finally showed a drawing.
On this map, the book "Overview of The Mountain City" depicts the basic layout of the "Nine Palaces Bagua" in the city, and marks in detail the geographical orientation, distribution, land area and laneways of the buildings in the city. A picture in hand, the city is clear.
Zhang Runmin sighed while carefully watching, "Magical, really magical, this 'Nine Palaces Bagua' layout proposed by Chen Daochang, presumably this is this, I kind of look at this stone city repaired, just now I was lost, if there is this picture, even if you close your eyes, you can't go bad." ”
Chen Jiutian nodded, "Just as Zhang Dadongjia said, this picture is the third person you have seen, I discussed with Lord Yang, and I have ordered someone to secretly engrave it on a small stone stele and hide it in the Kuixing statue in Wenchang Pavilion." If one day the city is breached and destroyed, it can be rebuilt with this map. ”
"But why did Chen Daochang' inform the people of such a top-secret matter?" Zhang Runmin was very puzzled.
Chen Jiutian smiled and said, "This is a heavenly opportunity and must not be leaked." One day, your Zhang Dadong family will understand. ”
The two were chatting vigorously, when they overheard someone chanting in the front hall: "Horizontal view into the side of the ridge into a peak, far and near different heights." I don't know the true face of Nanshan, only because I am in this river. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Runmin laughed: "Where are the bird people, who can't write poetry, and want to be subservient to elegance?" ”
Who knew that Chen Jiutian had changed his face and looked a little nervous, he tried his best to stabilize his mood and then said to Zhang Runmin: "Zhang Dadong's family, there are still some other things to do in the small temple, today we will talk about here, another day poor Road will definitely come to the door to ask for advice." ”
Zhang Runmin understood and immediately got up to bid farewell.
When Zhang Runmin came to the front hall, he saw a man wearing a straw hat, with his head bowed, burning incense in front of the hall. "Straw Hat" saw the two people come out, twisted his head slightly, and hurriedly lowered his head.
After Zhang Runmin left the Black Dragon Temple, Chen Jiutian turned to look at this uninvited guest in front of the main hall and whispered softly in his mouth: "It is better to come to the mountain in the clouds, the clouds to the mountains are picturesque, the mountains are obscure because of the clouds, and the clouds are high and low." ”
The Straw Hat immediately stood up, arched his hands, and said, "The Dao is on top, and he is blessed by the villain." ”
Chen Jiutian came out and looked around, turned around and closed the temple door, reached out, and said in a low voice, "Please talk to the harem." ”
The two sat still, and the Straw Hat smiled and said, "Dao Chief, I am Li Chenggong, a close associate of King Chuang, who has already killed King Fu, broken Luoyang, and is preparing to attack Kaifeng, but the military expenditure is huge, and the loss cannot be made up, so I specially ordered the villain to come and contact the Dao Chief to obtain the treasure and use it for military use." This is the relic of the king of the Chuang, please check it with the governor. With that, he drew a delicate short sword from his arms.
Chen Jiutian took out a sword scabbard from the box and went up to close it, not bad at all. Looking at this short sword, Chen Jiutian suddenly returned to the unforgettable years of a few years ago... At dusk, the battle that had been fought for three days and three nights finally subsided, and the original tranquility was temporarily restored on the Purple Silver Mountain, and the mountains and hills were full of corpses, blood stained every inch of the land here, the war was still burning, there was a disgusting breath in the air, and the remnants of the sun in the west poured down, making this mountain that had just undergone a fight look even more terrifying.
Since the rebel army led by Wang Jiayin, the king of Thailand, retreated from Shaanxi into Yangcheng, Shanxi, it was surrounded and blocked by the Ming army along the way, and there were countless casualties. Now besieged in the Purple Silver Mountain, the rebel army could not escape if it wanted to escape, and it could not win the battle. Wang Jiayin decided to perform a golden cicada shelling technique and return to his hometown in Shaanxi to make a comeback in the future. He gathered together the gold and silver treasures worth millions of taels that he had plundered since the uprising, handed them to Li Zicheng and Chen Jiutian, the head of the Black Dragon Temple, and instructed them to smuggle them out of Yangcheng for future troubles.
"You can't wait any longer, you lead this batch of treasures to go tonight, down the Qin River, find a secret place to hide, and then take out the military when the rebels become the climate in the future, and then take out the military when they go north to the capital." Wang Jiayin said solemnly.
When Li Zicheng heard this, he looked embarrassed, stood up and arched his hands and said, "Wang Ye, escorting the treasure, it is your duty to do so, but... Zicheng is also a newcomer to Taixing, the people are not familiar with the land, the number of treasures in this batch is huge, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find the place where the treasure is hidden for a while, and I have the high hopes of the king of Thailand..."
Wang Jiayin laughed loudly, "You don't have to worry about this, you have Chen Daochang's help all the way." ”
"Chen Daochang?" Li Zicheng looked at Chen Jiutian doubtfully.
Wang Jiayin immediately said, "Chen Jiutian Dao's chief is the Jinlan I met when I was serving in the army in the bianting, and I am this Yangcheng person, who later came to see the red dust and become a monk." To tell the truth, when I retreated into Yangcheng after the defeat of the Shaanxi army, it was Chen Daochang's dispatch to guide me, otherwise, I would have fallen into the Yellow River early and become a thing in the mouth of fish and shrimp, and you can rest assured to follow him. ”
When Chen Jiutian and Li Zicheng led dozens of officers and men to transport twenty boxes of gold and silver treasures to the Qin River to load up on a large boat, it was already midnight. The sky suddenly changed its face, heavy rain poured down, in just two hours, the water level of the Qin River suddenly rose, the mud and sand of the mountains on both sides rushed into Hanoi, and the water that was as clear as a mirror on weekdays was suddenly turbid and frightening. Li Zi cost to wait for the rain to stop and then go, but he was afraid of being discovered by the Ming army, so he forced the boatman to drive the boat and move forward slowly.
The heavens still do not stop, and the turbid waves on the Qin River are monstrous. Li Zicheng asked Chen Jiutian, "Do you wait until the rain stops and the fog clears before you leave?" ”
Chen Jiutian said: "This weather is good for secrecy, the treasure site is not far away, it is expected to arrive at dusk." ”
Li Zicheng did not dare to be idle, so he ordered the non-commissioned officers to stand around the large ship with guns and knives, step up their precautions, and brave the rain to move forward. Dressed in a military uniform, he stood at the bow of the ship, holding a sword in his left hand and a canopy in his right hand, and his eyes were like torches, looking around.
At five o'clock, the rain gradually decreased, the fog dispersed, and there was silence all around, only the river gushing on both sides. The boat reached the middle reaches of the Qin River, and everyone was just about to breathe a sigh of relief, when they suddenly saw a stone in the river in front of them blocking the way, the stone was huge, several inches above the water surface, and it entered the river alone, facing the northwest, facing the turbulent Qin River, stirring up thousands of layers of huge waves, making people shudder. Above the stone, the houses are faintly visible, the terraces are towering, the lights are lit, and there is a rare peaceful scene.
Li Zicheng looked back and asked, "Chen Daochang, why is this, that boulder is sinister, so blocking the way, can a rapid detour pass?" ”
Chen Jiutian smiled slightly, "This is runcheng, the rich land of the Qin River, that is, the Shaocheng City recorded in ancient books, this section of the river is also called Huanshui, the boulder in front of it is a stone, and the Zhuangzi above the stone is called Zhaishang, and the general looks closely, what does it look like?" ”
Hearing this, Li Zicheng frowned and looked forward, wondering: "It looks like the head of a giant turtle, going up against the current..."
Chen Jiutian's expression suddenly became solemn, and he said, "The general has good eyesight, this is the famous 'golden turtle against the water' elephant, and it is also the treasure place I am looking for for the general." ”
"Golden turtle against the water?" Li Zicheng exclaimed, looked back at Chen Jiutian, and immediately smiled, "Good, good, this place is connected to the east by mountains, three faces water, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is really a heavenly treasure land, just put such a huge treasure here..."
Chen Jiutian smiled slightly, "Of course not on the stone... The general came over with his ear. ”
After a few moments, Li Zicheng's furrowed brows gradually unfolded, and he boasted in unison: "The Dao Chief is really a high person, so I will act according to the plan." ”
After speaking, Li Zicheng turned and drew his sword and loudly ordered, "Quick, row the boat under the boulder." ”
The boatman was horrified and said with trepidation: "General, the river there is turbulent, and if you hit a boulder, the consequences will be unimaginable..."
"General, when the ship goes to the boulder, isn't that self-destruction?" General..." The accompanying guards were stunned, and hurriedly went forward to kneel down and fell to their knees, trying to persuade each other.
"Hahaha..." Li Zicheng looked up at the sky and laughed, pointing his sword at the boatman and the sergeant in front of him, with a serious look, and said word by word: "Er wait for the birds, do you know my great ambitions?" Whoever doesn't listen is like this one! After saying this, the knife fell in his hand, and the kneeling sergeant in front of him fell down in response, and his legs stomped a few times, and he was killed in an instant, and the crowd watched this change of color and had to obey.
The big ship went down the water, and in the blink of an eye, it was close to the boulder, only to see the huge waves, roaring like thunder, and the people lost their color and panicked. At this moment, several small boats appeared from nowhere around the stone, and the big boats surrounded them.
The guard sergeant was startled, did not wait for instructions, hurriedly brandished a knife and gun to meet the battle, and saw that the men in black on the small boat were divided into two teams, one team flew onto the boat to meet the sergeant, and the other team burrowed into the waves, and disappeared for a moment. The two sides were facing each other, and when they were fighting fiercely, the big ship suddenly shook violently. Most of these soldiers from Shaanxi did not know the nature of water, only felt that the sky was spinning, standing unsteadily, and were either killed by the man in black, or fell into the river and became a nameless ghost.
Li Zicheng, who had experienced hundreds of battles, couldn't help but change his face, grabbed Chen Jiutian, pointed the Green Dragon Sword in his hand at his throat, and said sharply: "Can't the Dao Commander see that Li is forgetting righteousness and wants to seize the treasure?" ”
Chen Jiutian smiled and said, "I want to seize the treasure, does the general still have a life?" And look! He flicked away Li Zicheng's large hand, drew out his sword, and with words in his mouth, he suddenly shouted, "Kai!" He threw the sword at a small hole in the boulder not far away, only to hear a muffled sound of "bang", and a stone door on the huge stone wall slowly opened, revealing a large hole that could not be seen bottomlessly, just as the giant beast opened the mouth of the blood basin, and with a gentle inhalation, it sucked the big ship into its belly, and then gently closed it, returning to its original state, as if nothing had happened... Until later, the King of Zijin Liang seemed to have heard some wind noise, and led the remnants to attack the villages of Guoyu, Baixiangli, Tuncheng and other villages around Runcheng several times, in an attempt to retrieve this huge batch of treasures in an attempt to make a comeback, but each time he came with hope and returned disappointed. Wang Zi became angry and ordered the slaughter of the village, and for a time, many innocent poor people died.
Chen Jiutian had a vague regret in his heart, and vowed to benefit the local people with this treasure and not use it for this bloody war. This is the real purpose of his strong advocacy and donation of money to build the city in the name of the transformation. But now Li Zicheng sent someone to ask for treasure. Although the imperial court was incompetent, it did not cause chaos in the world. If these treasures were given to the king, how many lives would be lost innocently?
Thinking of this, Chen Jiutian sighed a long time, shook his head, and said, "General Li, I'm really sorry for the king, that batch of treasures was already ... It was copied away by Cao Wenzhao..."
"What, copied away by Cao Wenzhao?" How could it be..." Li Chenggong was shocked, stood up, and looked at Chen Jiutian in front of him in a daze. Cao Wenzhao had already been besieged and killed in Gansu by Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang. If it is true as he said, it is now dead and unproven. Li Chenggong's mind turned, he smiled slyly, and said, "Wouldn't the Dao Commander want to swallow this batch of treasures alone?" King Chuang said that at that time, this place was just a stone, and now it has become a solid city, is it that the Dao Commander specially built it for this batch of treasures? ”
"Hahaha..." Chen Jiutian laughed loudly, "I am a monk, what I need is a small temple, what do I want that city to do?" You don't have to inquire, is this city surnamed Yang or surnamed Chen? ”
"Well, you stinky old man is waiting to collect the corpse of you, the city-breaking man!" Li Chenggong said viciously and got up to leave.
The autumn wind came from the distant sky, blowing through the calm Qin River, stopping at the newly completed "Stone City" on the stone, and carefully examining this strange building that came out of nowhere: under the huge stone, the Qin and Fan rivers intersected, and the waves slapped the smooth and hard stone, issuing a low roar, hitting thousands of piles of snow, even if thousands of troops and horses arrived here, they would be ruthlessly swallowed by it and become a delicacy of fish and shrimp. Above the stone, the tall city wall rises from the "stone", standing majestically, the broad head of the city, the mouth, the daughter wall, the fort are complete, the flag hunting, the killing machine is hidden. In the low depression under the city in the north, a small "water gate" is connected to the river channel, and the inner "Urn City" is connected, and the four big characters of "Shanze Ventilation" are written on the book; the "Dry Gate" in the south is connected to the land, opposite runcheng, and the three big characters of "Gonghuan City" on the door are strong and powerful, not angry and self-threatening...
At this time, the gongs and drums in the Dongyue Temple in Runcheng Village were noisy and lively. Yang Quanli invited the Zezhou Grand Drama and invited the dignitaries and squires on both sides of the Qin River to set up a "Feast of The Eighty-Eight" at the Yang Mansion in the city to celebrate the completion of the city. Suddenly, the people on the streets of Runcheng were surging with joy, and the people in the city were crowded, and everyone was amazed, and even the blind man who sold art brought his daughter to celebrate, and also made up new words, singing leisurely in a characteristic local minor key: golden wind to send cool, dangui more fragrant, the completion of the city, everyone is happy. Since then, I am no longer afraid of thieves and soldiers, and my family has enjoyed taikang. The draft water should think of the source, the tree is high and has deep roots, and the people in the village have today, and the Yang family cannot forget. There is also Zhang Runmin outside the city, all on the honor roll... "Good, good singing!" The onlookers let out a roar of applause, and copper coins flew over like snowflakes. While bowing down to thank the people, Pretty Er said: "My father said that all the money from the sale of singing in the past few days has been donated to the city, and it also expresses a little heart of our father and daughter." The enthusiasm of the crowd was even higher, and the people who threw money were one after another.
Since Zhang Runmin found that his son had something to do with Miss Yang Family, he tightened his control over Zhang Chunsheng, so he sent him to the Haihui Courtyard to study, so that after the title of the golden list, he could talk about marriage. The Haihui Courtyard is in the Haihui Temple, the academy where the Prime Minister of the Wanli Dynasty and Qinhe Caizi Wang Guoguang once studied, zhang Runmin sent his son here to study, and his good intentions could not be more clear.
Zhang Chunsheng is a filial piety, although he can't let go of Yang Quanmei in his heart, he also understands his father's hard heart. Today, he just came back from the academy, just in time to meet the completion ceremony of the city, very lively, and he couldn't help but think of the situation when he met Yang Quanmei by the Qinghe Bridge that day, so he involuntarily walked towards the city.
Suddenly, he found Yang Quanmei in the crowd. The two looked at each other, Zhang Chunsheng felt his heart "suddenly" hanging in mid-air, he strengthened his courage, pulled Yang Quanmei's hand, and gently shouted: "Miss..."
Yang Quanmei also felt her face burn like a fire, and she quickly retracted her hand and whispered, "Gongzi, don't you... So many people..."
Zhang Chunsheng said with some disregard: "Miss, I have something to say to you..."
Yang Quanmei looked around and whispered, "At night, I will go to Dongyue Temple to incense, and you are still waiting for me by the Qinghe Bridge!" ”
Zhang Chunsheng said happily in his heart: "Well, I wrote it down, I don't see it or scatter it!" ”
Zhang Chunsheng turned around and was about to leave, but she didn't expect to be seen by Qinhua, who bought rouge, so she went up and pushed him away, and said angrily: "You playboy, how come you have come to provoke my lady again?" Last time, because of a broken fan of yours, let the old man give me and the young lady a good training, and resolutely did not allow us to leave the house again, how can I this time be... I tell you, my lady is going to have a family, so you don't want to eat swan meat with toads..."
Zhang Chunsheng was shocked: "What, Miss, you have..."
Yang Quanmei pulled the corner of Qinhua's clothes with her hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, and don't treat Gongzi like this... Go, go back and prepare for the evening incense. ”
Qin Hua pursed her mouth, "hummed" in her nose, and disappeared into the deep alley with Yang Quanmei.
Zhang Chunsheng looked at their backs in a daze, and the heart that had just burned like a fire was like a basin of cold water, and his brain was even more chaotic.
On both sides of the Qin River at night, the lights and shadows are abundant, like the stars falling. Zhang Runmin was invited to a banquet by several wealthy businessmen, and Zhang Chunsheng found the opportunity to sneak out of the palace and come to the Qinghe Bridge. The water under the bridge is gushing, like weeping, and the breeze on the bridge is like a poem. The moon in the sky is like water, and a touch of clear light is sprinkled on the amorous land under the feet, and the Dongyue Temple not far away is brilliantly lit, the people are surging and the gongs and drums are noisy. Zhang Chunsheng stood at the head of the silent bridge and looked east and west, and his heart was like a small drum on the stage. After a while, he vaguely saw two shadows coming over, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly and quickly stepped up to meet them. I only heard Yang Quanmei, who was walking in front, whisper, "Don't come over, cross the bridge quickly, and wait for me in that small forest." He turned around and explained a few words to Qinhua, and Qinhua stopped at the east end of the bridge.
Watching Yang Quanmei slowly approach him alone, Zhang Chunsheng rushed forward to take Yang Quanmei's hand, walked under a weeping willow tree by the Qin River at the west end of the bridge, and then hugged Yang Quanmei tightly. Immediately afterward, Yang Quanmei hissed and told Zhang Chunsheng: "Brother Chunsheng, I am afraid that in this life we have no fate." I don't know why, my father and brother did not allow me to interact with the Zhang family. A few days ago, the Sun family in Yangcheng County entrusted people to come to kiss, and the brother thought that the Sun family was rich and powerful in Yangcheng, and sun and Yang's two families were married to each other, so they agreed to this marriage..."
Zhang Chunsheng did not expect that the beautiful and gentle Miss Yang was so sincere at this moment, and she was in tears at the moment and could not help herself. While kissing Yang Quanmei's tearful face, he swore an oath: "Miss, I am now studying hard in the Haihui Villa, you are waiting for me, soon it will be the period of dabi, I will definitely be a high school emperor, head flower flying, crotch riding a big horse, when I return to my hometown in glory, I will still wait for you at this Qinghe Bridge, I and you will be compared to the winged bird in heaven, and I will be a branch on the ground..."
Yang Quanmei nodded vigorously, "Brother Chunsheng, I am waiting for you..."
On this night, Chen Jiutian did not go to the wedding feast of Yang Mansion, but stood at the edge of the Black Dragon Temple, in the night wind, looking at the stars and lights around him, hearing the sound of the Qin River rushing under the city, and his heart fluctuated.
Ever since the treasure was placed under this stone, this treasure land of the "Golden Turtle Against the Water" has since lost its peace. He originally hoped that Wang Jiayin, who came from a poor background, would be able to build a great cause and build a stable country for the people who had been poor and tired all their lives. However, he did not expect that the first Grass King, who had pried the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, had been obediently following his fate from time to time, and had hurriedly completed his life course of only forty years old on the unknown hill of Yangcheng Ziyin Mountain.
Later, he turned his hopes to Li Zicheng, who had great ambitions, and Li Zicheng did become the chongzhen emperor's most difficult nemesis. However, with the frequent wars, more people lost their lives and more families fell apart, especially after the last time he saw the tragic images of the corpses of the people who were dumped in the streets and alleys and stuffed with pits in Guogu Village, he had an incomparable despair and disgust from the depths of his heart for Wang Ziyong and other peasants, who, in addition to fighting against the officers and soldiers, turned their swords and guns at the unarmed people, burning and plundering, doing no evil, sometimes even more cruel than the officers and soldiers, which he could not tolerate. "Zeguo Jiangshan into the battle map, the people He Ji Le Qiao Su." By virtue of Jun Mo's words, he will become a thousand bones. It is rumored that the First World War was full of sorrows, and the strong troops on both sides of the strait have not stopped. Whoever said that there is always nothing wrong with the Cangjiang River, has been fighting for a long time recently. He whispered this poem of the ancients, and his heart could not help but gush with infinite emotion.
The night was getting thicker and thicker, the night wind was getting bigger and bigger, it was already a little cold and piercing, the black dragon pond under the city was dark and terrible, Chen Jiutian suddenly remembered the scene of the last time Zhao Mengcai was escorted to the small forest by the man in black, and he couldn't help but shiver - it seems that it is not only the Chongzhen Emperor and Li Zicheng who are eyeing this batch of treasures, but also the invisible black hand on the rivers and lakes... At this moment, he deeply felt the weight of the burden on his shoulders, and couldn't help but cling to the Longquan Sword he was wearing.
Turning around, he was planning to go back to the temple to rest, when suddenly, a black shadow flashed in front of him, and without a sound, he slowly approached the Black Dragon Temple. Shocked, Chen Jiutian drew his sword, hid himself, and performed light feats to keep up.
The temple door was opened silently, and the black shadow flashed into the temple where the lights and candles flickered, and Chen Jiutian followed up silently. I saw this dark shadow from time to time with the sword in his hand, tapping here and poking there, as if looking for something. Chen Jiutian's heart couldn't help but sink, and he shouted loudly: "Where are the thieves who dare to trespass into my temple?" Look at the sword! ”
Taken aback, Black Shadow turned around suddenly, did not answer, and swung his sword upwards. The two of them showed their hands, swords collided, sparks were everywhere, you came and went for more than a dozen rounds, under the reflection of the stars and moons, like a moving silhouette.
Chen Jiutian saw that the black shadow used the sword method to ward off evil spirits that the jianghu people despised, and his heart was furious, and he immediately changed his body and used his own special skills - Wudang Taiji Sword: swallow copying water, spirit cat fluttering mouse, Dapeng spreading wings, oolong swinging tail... Forcing the black shadow only has the ability to resist, and there is no power to fight back.
Seeing that he was invincible to the other party, the black shadow was a "Zhong Kui", and the tip of the sword pierced Chen Jiutian's eyes. Chen Jiutian hurriedly came to a "Jade Girl Shuttle" and dodged the sword blade. The black shadow was just about to come to a "meteor flying" waiting for an opportunity to escape, Chen Jiutian came with a "wind sweeping plum blossoms" split the face, the black shadow could not hide, and the black cloth covering his face was divided into two pieces, like autumn leaves falling. He let out an "oops", a "harrier rolled over", jumped off the city wall, turned around and ran to the deep alley. Chen Jiutian couldn't think much of it, and the sword chased straight after him.
The two gradually chased after the city gate, and Chen Jiutian, who had rested for half a day, was about to catch up with each other and surrender, when he saw another man dressed in black descending down a rope above the head of the city. He was secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't know how many people and horses had come again, and he immediately flashed into the shadows and watched the changes.
Sure enough, the black shadow who was chased dizzy saw this sudden black-clad masked man, and the two surprised each other. In an instant, the two did not talk, but just wielded knives to fight. After a few rounds, the black-clad masked man forced the black shadow to the ground and whispered, "Say, what person?" ”
Forced to helplessly, the black shadow closed his eyes, sighed, and said, "Since you are a defeated general, why do you need to ask more?" Please give a hard time! ”
Chen Jiutian, who was hiding in the shadows, was shocked, he could already hear the voice, the black shadow he was chasing was li chenggong, the general sent by Li Zicheng last time, and the man in black who came down from the city wall was Yang Zhong, the butler of Yang Mansion. Are they all for that treasure? Since that time when he toasted with Yang Zhong at the wine banquet, he felt that this person was a little strange, Yang Zhong was strong and strong, his appearance was dignified, but he did not speak much. Since Yang Quanli began to build the city, Yang Zhong became the chief of the fortress. When the city wall project reached the section of the Black Dragon Temple, Chen Jiutian suddenly found that Yang Zhong, who was in charge of coordinating the construction of the city wall, was actually holding a small hammer, standing on the shelf and carefully tapping the smooth stone wall, and listening with his ear tightly attached to the stone wall while knocking. Chen Jiutian had been secretly observing Yang Zhong's every move, and his actions made Chen Jiutian wonder. Will this be a strategy to strike east and west? His heart sank, he couldn't take care of the two people in front of him, and he turned around and ran towards the Black Dragon Temple.
After the completion of the city, Wang Wulin remembered his home in the capital, and his homesickness became stronger and stronger. At dusk on this day, he came to Yang Mansion and pushed the door in, but he did not see Yang Quanli. Therefore, he went out to find the second lady Li Cuiping, but he heard the sound of laughter coming from the small room in the south, vaguely like the voice of the second lady Li Cuiping, which could not help but surprise him secretly.
Looking at no one before and after, Wang Wulin took advantage of the sound of rain in the atrium to slowly approach the window of the south room, and sure enough, there was a sound that made people's hearts beat. Wang Wulin suddenly understood in his heart, he pressed his chest with his hand deadly, afraid that his heart would beat out of his chest, and slowly withdrew backwards, not admitting to going out of the door or knocking on the door knocker.
"Who?" Yang Zhong shouted loudly inside.
Wang Wulin dared to respond, turned around and ran.
However, before Wang Wulin left the Yang family, Li Zicheng led his troops to kill the Taihang Mountains and went straight to the city of Linghuan. Although Li Zicheng was victorious in the Central Plains, there was a serious shortage of military salaries, and it had deeply affected the fighting mood of the upper and lower levels. Although he took many measures to solve it, it was all a drop in the bucket, which reminded him of the huge treasure buried under the stones of Runcheng in Yangcheng, Shanxi. Therefore, Li Zicheng led his army across the Yellow River, went north to Taihang, entered the Yangcheng territory, killed along the way, looted several wealthy villages on both sides of the Qin River and around Runcheng, and then surrounded the city of Tonghuan, vowing to turn the "golden turtle" of the city into a "turtle in an urn".
On the one hand, Yang Quanli quickly reported the situation of the "intruders" invading Yangcheng to Li Fuming, the general of Shanxi, and requested reinforcements, on the other hand, he and Zhang Runmin joined forces to recruit hundreds of forts, and after yang Zhong's centralized training, they were closely guarded in all directions on the upper floors of the city.
Two days later, Li Zicheng surrounded the city like an iron barrel, and the land and water armies attacked at the same time, trying to completely destroy the city and obtain the millions of gold in one fell swoop.
The situation was very critical, and Yang Quanli stood on the towering castle tower, anxious. He ordered the people to guard the city gates, and when they saw the sun thinning on the western mountains and the autumn insects groaning, they still did not see the rescue soldiers of the chief soldier. At this time, a subordinate climbed up the city tower covered in sweat and presented a handwritten letter from Li Fuming to Yang Quanli. Li Fumingzheng, the chief soldier, led his troops to support, but could not reach the city for the time being, and ordered Yang Quanli to prepare 50,000 taels of silver to send to the battalion for military use, and asked him not to delay.
When Yang Quanli looked at it, he only felt that the sky was spinning and he was dizzy. In order to build this fortress, the Yang family has exhausted all family assets. This Li Fuming must have also heard the rumor on the rivers and lakes, and changed his method to force the Yang family to bleed. Now don't say fifty thousand taels of silver, that is, five thousand taels are some problems. Where to raise such a large amount of silver? Suddenly, Yang Quanli remembered that the last time Zhang Runmin sent silver, Chen Jiutian had also said that he would donate silver, and at this juncture, he could only ask him for help. Therefore, Yang Quanli immediately asked people to take Li Fuming's handwritten letter to Chen Jiutian to borrow silver.
Since Chen Jiutian heard the news that the invading soldiers and horses had entered Yangcheng to loot the villagers, he had lost the last bit of hope for this "savior lord" who had placed great hopes on him, and he secretly took out a few boxes of gold and silver from the bunker under the city and lent them to Yang Quanli.
Seeing that the next person returned with silver, Yang Quanli couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly arranged for Yang Zhong to send silver. However, the old housekeeper Yang Hong walked around the house for half a day, and did not find Yang Zhong, and when he was wondering, he suddenly saw Yang Zhong hurrying out of the backyard. Yang Hong shouted at him from a distance: "Yang Zhong." ”
Yang Zhong was immediately startled, fixed his eyes on it, saw that it was Yang Hong, and said a little unhappily: "Old butler, there is something shouting..."
Yang Hong asked, "What are you doing when you run to this backyard?" ”
"This... There is nothing wrong with it..." Yang Zhong's mouth was propped up, and a very unnatural expression appeared on his face, "Outside the city are surrounded by Li Zicheng's people, I will look around the palace." I'm afraid they'll send someone to sneak in in in advance and come in and out, then..."
Hearing this, Yang Hong said in surprise, "Won't you?" The old man let you go over and have important things to discuss. ”
Yang Zhong nodded and followed Yang Hong into the hall. When he heard that Yang Quanli had asked him to escort 30,000 taels of silver to Li Fuming's camp, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately patted his chest and agreed to come down. Before leaving, Yang Quanli repeatedly explained: "You must be very careful on this trip, you take the silver out of the underground passage of the city, go out of the city all the way to the east, pass through Fanxi and Haihui Temple, you can reach the official road from Zezhou Capital to Yangcheng, and then give the silver to Lord Li Fuming and ask him to quickly send troops to rescue." ”
Yang Zhonglian nodded, "Lord, please rest assured, Yang Zhongding will not fail in his mission and will definitely send the silver." ”
After doing this, Yang Quanli's heart gradually relaxed, and after watching from the city tower, he came to the Black Dragon Temple, wanting to ask Chen Jiutian to think of another way to strengthen the safety of the city. Before he could reach the Guandi Temple, he met Chen Jiutian. He then briefly repeated the matter of Li Fuming's letter just now, and Chen Jiutian exclaimed, "Broken, these thirty thousand taels of silver must be meat buns beating dogs--there is no return, and the great disaster of Yang Mansion is coming... Lord Yang, I didn't expect you to be smart for a while, and I had to go and come again for a while..." Without waiting for the words to finish, he hurriedly surrendered his hand and threw Yang Quanli, who was full of doubts, on the street... "Boom" A cannon sounded, and Li Zicheng had already started to fire and began to attack the city. Yang Quanli hurried back to the city tower and ordered Baoding to start shooting arrows at the city tower.
For a moment, shouts and artillery fire rang out. Li Zi thought that if he didn't need a meal, he would raze the city to the ground. Unexpectedly, before the rebel ship reached the north gate, the arrows in the city were shot down like flying locusts, the ship could not reach the city, the soldiers fell into the water with arrows, two artillery pieces crossed and bombarded, and several warships immediately caught fire. The rebels used their shields to resist the flying arrows coming from all sides, and at the same time fought back with arrows, but the walls were too high, and the arrows fell into the water before they could reach the battlements above, and the fortsmen who were guarding the city stood on it and waited for them to shoot. It was hard to rush to the root of the city wall, the upper and lower stones were connected into one, as smooth as a knife, not to mention hand climbing, even with a knife can not cut a thin slit. The stones above fell, and many lives were lost in vain. The soldiers who attacked the city on land at the South Gate also suffered the same fate. The two sides fought until dusk, and the rebel army suffered countless casualties, so Li Zicheng did not fight a single blow, and decided to collect the troops first and then attack the city in a few days.
Watching Li Zicheng leave with the officers and soldiers, Yang Quanli's hanging heart was also put down, and after instructing Bao Ding, who was guarding the city, he dragged his tired body down the city tower.
At midnight, Yang Zhong, who was covered in blood, returned to Yang Mansion and shouted in his mouth: "Take me to see the old master..." And then passed out.
Yang Hong took a look, hurriedly beckoned several family members to carry Yang Zhong in, and it was feeding water and medicine again, and after a long time of busy work, Yang Zhong slowly woke up.
Yang Quanli, who received the news, could not care about his weakness and struggled to come to the front hall.
As soon as Yang Zhong opened his eyes and saw him, he immediately "pounced" and knelt down in front of him, crying bitterly and saying, "Lord, I'm sorry for you, that silver..."
"What happened to the silver?" Yang Quanli's heart "exhaled" and suddenly mentioned the mid-air.
Yang Zhong stopped crying, wiped his face with his hand, did not dare to look at Yang Quanli squarely, and said in a dumb voice: "That silver... The silver was snatched away by the bandits... The people who accompanied me were all killed by them, and I desperately killed a bloody road, and then I came back to report the letter... I...... I can't stop you, I deserve to die for your sins..."
"Ah..." Yang Quanli listened, like a lightning strike, only to feel a darkness in front of his eyes, "The silver is gone... That..." Then his eyes glazed over and his mouth foamed. The crowd panicked and hurried to the doctor for help.
Three days later, Li Zicheng ordered four "red-clad cannons" to be placed at the south gate of the city and slammed into them. Suddenly, the sound of cannon fire shook the sky and the smoke filled the air. The fortified men at the head of the city immediately hid in the cave below, eating and drinking and waiting, as if there was no such thing as a war. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, they immediately climbed the city wall, shooting arrows, throwing stones, throwing lime, and killing and wounding countless people who attacked the city. Li Zicheng looked in the observation mirror, except for a few bricks that had been knocked down, the remaining walls were not damaged at all, so angry that he threw the observation mirror down and scolded: "Since the beginning of the army, this king has been invincible, invincible, and countless cities. ”
It was attacked for three days, without any progress, but countless soldiers were killed or wounded. At this time, Li Fuming, the general of Shanxi, who had been alerted, had already mobilized a large number of men and horses to come from Zezhou and Qinshui, and the rebel army was immediately attacked on its back. When Li Zicheng received the urgent report, he was so taken aback that he had to grit his teeth and scolded: "Chen Jiutian, you stinky old man, I should have killed you in front of the stone in the first place..." Immediately ordered: Return to the road to cover up, the chickens and dogs will not stay, retire to Taixing, and withdraw the troops from the Central Plains.
After Li Zicheng withdrew all his troops and left, the people who fled the war called on friends, helped the old and the young, and returned to their hometowns one after another, and the small town that was once shrouded in the clouds of war was revitalized. Yang Quanli ordered people to sweep the courtyard, slaughter pigs and sheep, and wait for the arrival of the general soldier Li Fuming, but the chief soldier did not wait, but waited for his death order: If you do not pay enough fifty thousand taels of silver within three days, you will punish the Yang family according to the crime of banditry, and shoot and kill... When Yang Quanli heard the report, his face turned purple, and he shook his head and said with great remorse: "Blame me, what a good repair of the city, I am tired of the family..." Immediately, "Wow" spit out a mouthful of blood, fainted, and Yang Mansion was suddenly in chaos.
In the evening, Yang Quanmei heard that her brother was angry and attacking, and his condition was getting worse, so he came to visit.
In the compartment, Chen Jiutianzheng, who had come to visit him, was talking to Yang Quanli. Seeing Yang Quanmei coming, Yang Quanli took his sister's hand and said, "Sister, it's brother, I'm sorry for you... I'm just afraid..."
Yang Quanmei cried and said, "Brother, don't you say... I know...... Knowing that you are all for the Yang family, for my own good, I have a way to save you and save our Yang family..."
"The Yang family is so big, so many people in Runcheng have no way, you are a girl's family that has not yet left the cabinet, you can... What can be done... Your intentions..." Yang Quanli sighed a long time, "I see that you and the Zhang family prince have feelings and intentions, that prince I have seen, there will definitely be a big show in the future, not under me... If I'm gone, you'll marry him... Remember to burn a piece of paper in front of my father's grave every year..."
Yang Quanli's words made Li Cuiping's heart sour, and her eyes couldn't help but get wet, so she rushed forward to comfort her: "Lord, don't say this, you will be fine..."
Yang Quanmei secretly wiped a handful of tears, tightly held Yang Quanli's hand, and said: "I have not yet been married to the Zhang family, I want to marry the grandson of Yangcheng..."
"Why?" The crowd was taken aback.
Yang Quanli struggled to sit up, gasped and said, "Sister, this is a major event in a lifetime, you don't have to be confused, even if you let my brother die, I can't lose you..."
Yang Quanmei broke free of his hand, stood up, looked around at the crowd, and said, "My idea has been decided, brother, you will immediately send someone into the city to talk to the Sun family overnight, on the condition that the Sun family will take out fifty thousand taels of silver..." Before everyone could react, she ran out of the box crying.
At this time, someone in the backyard came to report that Wang Wulin did not quit last night and left a letter.
Yang Zhong took the letter from the next person's hand and slowly read it to Yang Quanli. Willow silk made soft, and Li Hua blossomed a tree of sorrow. There is about no night and a half, and the adulterers and the evil are all knighted. When he read a neatly arranged poem at the end of the letter, he couldn't help but frown, and he busied himself with Li Cuiping's eyes, and the two of them withdrew from the living room for reasons.
After a while, I suddenly heard Li Cuiping shouting in panic: "Lord, it's not good, the treasure of the town house is gone..."
Yang Quanli suddenly panicked and shouted urgently: "Yang Zhong, Yang Hong, quickly send someone to look for..." Saying that, he was ready to stand up and personally look for the treasure of the Yang family's ancestral valuable town house- The Topaz Sanyang Kaitai Double Lid Bottle. In the end, he was persuaded by Li Cuiping and Chen Jiutian for a long time before giving up.
Yang Hong led people up and down, inside and out to look for it, but they couldn't find it.
Li Cuiping walked over to Yang Quanli and said, "Lord, it must have been stolen by that Wang Wulin." ”
"What? Wang Wulin..." Yang Quanli was taken aback, "How could it be him, and I don't believe it when I killed him..."
Chen Jiutian glanced at Yang Zhong slightly, and said doubtfully, "This should not be Brother Wang's style, right?" ”
Yang Zhong hurriedly stepped forward and added, "A few days ago, I personally saw Wang Daochang sneakily enter the Yang Family Ancestral Hall, and I was still very confused at the time, but now that I think about it, it must be then that he started..."
Yang Quanli sighed a long time and said, "Alas, it is really a person who knows the face and does not know the heart..." He suddenly fainted.
When Yang Quanli was relieved again, it was late at night, and Chen Jiutian had wanted to expose Yang Zhong's crimes to Yang Quanli, but seeing that he was weak and could not be frightened, he said some words of relief and then rode out of Yang Mansion.
On this night, the moon was hazy and the cold wind was miserable, Chen Jiutian rode a fast horse along the official road by Fanxi into Runcheng Village, which was shrouded in heavy night, through the silent street, just past The World View Place, suddenly saw a black shadow in front of the T-shaped alley entrance flashed away, said "not good" in his heart, turned over and dismounted, drew out the Longquan sword, turned around and copied the trail straight to his own Black Dragon Temple.
Before arriving at the Black Dragon Temple, I saw that the temple door was open, and there was no movement. Chen Jiutian couldn't think much of it, and when he entered with his sword, he was suddenly tripped by something soft under his feet and almost fell. He stabilized his expression and looked down, only to find that lying on the ground were his two newly acquired apprentices, who had lost their breath. He followed gently, only to see that the dark shadow had entered the temple. He shouted, "Where did the bold hair thief dare to sneak into my Black Dragon Taoist Temple, kill my Daoist disciples, and come out and die quickly." ”
As soon as the words fell, a black shadow came in response, and sneered darkly: "I didn't expect you stinky old man to come so soon, quickly explain where the treasures are, you can still spare your life, otherwise..."
"Look at the sword!" Chen Jiutian didn't say a word, and swung his sword.
In the darkness, the two of you come and go, a fight, no matter whether you win or lose. Chen Jiutian was secretly amazed in his heart, he didn't know who the other party was, what kind of swordplay he was making, that swordplay was unpredictable, the moves were straight to the point, if he had changed someone else, I was afraid that he would have already done the ghost of Huangquan. In a hurry, he used the Wudang stunt "stepping on the snow to find plums", bowed his head to avoid the opponent's sword blade, took a few broken steps, and suddenly turned his sword around and stabbed the other party's throat.
Black Shadow also seemed to be taken aback, a "Dapeng spread its wings" flashed away, followed by a "Taishan Pressure Top", and the sword blade slashed straight at Chen Jiutian's brain gate. Seeing that he could not dodge, Chen Jiutian shrunk his body, came to a "Qiankun transfer", used his own sword to block the opponent's sword blade, used all his internal strength to push forward, only to listen to the sound of "beep dang", sparks were everywhere, the body of the black shadow crashed heavily into the black dragon god statue behind him, he screamed "ah", his hands firmly grasped the neck of the god statue, and his body rotated like a top. At this time, only a muffled "rumble" was heard, and a hole was opened under the table. Shadow cried out, "Heaven help me too!" As he spoke, he drew out the torch he had brought with him and lit it, holding the torch in one hand and the sword in the other, and carefully descended along the opening of the cave.
I don't know how deep it went, where I went, from time to time there was a dark wind blowing, and the black shadow finally came to the bottom. It is a huge underground labyrinth with eight passages around it, each leading to different places. Where do we go from here? Shadow thought about it, and the scene in front of him seemed to have been seen by himself. After a while, he remembered that this was exactly the same as the layout of the "Nine Palaces Bagua" in the ground. It seems that he did not stay in vain in this city, and now it has finally come in handy, and he feels a burst of joy in his heart. To find out the puzzle, he had the bottom in his heart. "Hugh, life, injury, Du, Jing, death, shock, opening", these gossip eight doors can not be entered casually. Only by entering from the "door of life" and "opening the door" can you save yourself, otherwise you will die inside forever. Black Shadow immediately cleared his thoughts and walked slowly toward one of the passages with his eyes closed.
I don't know how long I walked, but a door opening appeared in front of me, and the two doors were closed tightly, and there was no ornament except for two copper rings. Black Shadow looked around and there was no way out, thought about it, pushed the copper ring forward, and did not expect that the door was actually open. He hurriedly fell backwards, only to see the arrows inside shoot out like locusts, and then suddenly stopped. He was startled, slowly turned around, and was suddenly stunned, and the mountains of gold and gold in front of him shone brightly--the million gold that Wang Jiayin had painstakingly hidden for many years was in front of him. Black Shadow went forward to look at this, touch that, his eyes could not help but burst into tears, "Pounce" fell to his knees, while prostrating his head while crying bitterly: "Emperor Longen, the minister Yan Chengfang finally did not fail in his mission, found the treasure, I have saved ..."
"Hahaha..." Suddenly, a sneer came from nowhere, Yan Chengfang was shocked, trembling, and asked loudly: "Who... You give me out..."
A crack slowly cracked in the wall, and then a door opening appeared, only to see Chen Jiutian's left hand tightly covering the injured and bleeding right arm, and his right hand still holding the sword, with a disdainful sneer on his face, looking at Yan Chengfang coldly.
"You... You're still alive..." Yan Chengfang's brow wrinkled into a thin line, and the long sword in his hand trembled unceasingly.
Chen Jiutian snorted softly in his nose and said, "I still have to live well, but you, Yan Chengfang, the master of the Great Interior, are afraid that I will stay with these treasures forever." ”
Yan Chengfang exclaimed, "You are an old Dao of the Black Dragon Temple, how do you know my identity?" ”
"I know every stranger who comes to this city." Chen Jiutian smiled and continued, "From the first day you sneaked here, I paid attention to you. ”
"It turns out that you have been secretly following me, and the person who chased and killed Zhao Mengcai by the side of the Black Dragon Pond must have been you?"
"Yes. It's just that I don't understand why you are looking at my little and inconspicuous Black Dragon Temple today... Honestly, where did you get the news? ”
"Hahaha..." This time it was Yan Chengfang's turn to laugh, "Since you have reached this point, it doesn't hurt to tell you." At first, I had no clue about my visits inside and outside the city. Just when I was discouraged and ready to return to Beijing to restore the emperor's life, the thief helped a lot, proving that this treasure really existed, and it was in this city. In order to find out the truth, I secretly asked Li Fuming's general soldiers to exert pressure on Yang Quanli and demand a huge amount of money, hoping to force out the whereabouts of the treasure. Last night, I visited Yang Mansion at night and stumbled upon Li Chenggong, a general sent by Yang Zhong to imprison thieves, who had already told me that this Black Dragon Temple was the only entrance to the treasure cave... Now he was staying with Yang Quanli's butler, Yang Zhong, waiting for me to find out where the treasure was hidden, and then go to the capital together to ask the emperor for credit. ”
Chen Jiutian let out an "Oh" in his mouth.
Looking at his hesitant look, Yan Chengfang took the opportunity to say, "What? Since I Yan Chengfang ran amok in the world, except for the emperor, I have never bowed my head to anyone. I want to break the sky, how? Let's work together, shall we? ”
"Cooperation?" Chen Jiutian's brow frowned.
Yan Chengfang said confidently: "Yes, you now have a huge treasure in this underground labyrinth, and I shoulder the mission of the emperor, so why don't we dedicate this treasure to the emperor together, make a merit for the world, seal the wife and shadow, and henceforth wear gold and jade food, glory and wealth, and no longer ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, how?" ”
"That's a good idea!" Chen Jiutian laughed, and then his face changed, "But wait until you come back to this dream in the next life, to tell you the truth, you just came in from the 'Wounded Gate', and now you have entered the 'Death Gate', and it is already difficult to come out alive." I'm not going to accompany you, many things in this city haven't been taken care of yet, goodbye! ”
Chen Jiutian heard a desperate trombone coming from inside, shook his head, and got on his horse and went to Zhang Runmin's house.
Zhang Runmin was about to go out, but when he saw Chen Jiutian, who had not been seen for a few days, he had an arm around his neck, and he was startled at first, and then, as if he had seen a great savior, he took a step forward and tightly grabbed his right hand and said, "Dao Chief, what is wrong with you?" Where have you been in the past few days, do you know how much has happened in the city during your absence? ”
Chen Jiutian patted him on the shoulder and said, "I know, come, go in and talk about it." ”
The two sat down in the living room, and Zhang Runmin asked his family to serve good fragrant tea, and then let them retreat.
Chen Jiutian briefly talked about the vicious battle with Li Chenggong at the Black Dragon Temple that night, and chased him to the city gate to meet Yang Zhong entering the city, which made Zhang Runmin feel a cold sweat on his head, and only then did he realize that so many thrilling things had happened in the dark night, as if it were an ancient book. He asked busily, "Since the Dao Commander already knows that there is something wrong with yang Zhong, why didn't you tell the Yang family to pay attention as soon as possible and not let him escort Yin Liang..."
Chen Jiutian nodded and said, "That night, Yang Zhong wrapped himself up and down, leaving only a pair of eyes, and then came to The Fortine resting place, without saying a word, the knife fell in his hand, and the two defenseless Fort Ding became the ghosts under his sword, and the poor Dao masked his face, hurriedly went forward to block him, and fought with him, and after a few rounds, he saw that the battle was not poor, so he took the knife and asked for peace, saying: 'Good man spares his life, I am escorting ill-gotten wealth, it is better for us to make peace, kill these Fort dings, two one add five equals, and be a rich man.' I did not agree, and vowed to capture him alive and take him back to the city of Tonghuan as a demonstration of all. Where is he willing to tie his hands? Poor Dao had a good fight with him, the sword wounded him, and when he saw that he was invincible, he withdrew and fled. The poor road wanted to chase, and they were afraid that the silver car would be lost, so they had to give up. Then I asked everyone to hide the silver cart in a secret place before returning to the city. These days, I have always felt that when Wang Wulin left Yang Mansion, he walked very strangely, and he also left a letter to Yang Quanli, and there was a poem at the end of the letter, and I always felt that there must be some secret in this poem. ”
Zhang Runmin listened carefully and said, "Dao Chief, why don't you write down the poem and we analyze it together?" With that, he brought paper and ink from his study.
The two looked at the verse and pondered for half a day, but they had no clue. Suddenly, Zhang Runmin slapped the table and stood up, and said excitedly: "I understand, I finally understand the meaning of the poem left by Master Wang, he is telling us a very important secret!" ”
"Oh? Talk about it! Chen Jiutian waited for the following.
Zhang Runmin took a pen and paper and wrote down Wang Wulin's "excerpt poem" and said: "Look, Chief Dao, the first sentence 'Yang Liu Silk Is Gentle' is the middle sentence of "Eyes and Children" composed by Wang Yun, the son of King Anshi of song; the second sentence 'Li Hua blossoms a tree of sorrow', for Li Bai and his parents to chant a sentence, but the 'sorrow' in this sentence should be 'white', which is the origin of Li Bai's name; the third sentence 'There is no time to spend the night and a half' is the middle sentence of Song Zhao Shixiu's poem "CovenantEr"; the fourth sentence 'Adulterous males and evils are all sealed marquises' is the middle sentence of Du Fu's "Jinshu Xing". According to my understanding, these four sentences together have no new meaning, but they have invisibly become a 'hidden head poem' - Yang Li has a traitor, and the 'Yang Li' in this can not mean ..."
Chen Jiutian nodded approvingly and said, "Zhang Dadong's family is really worthy of being a rich five cars, it is really not hidden, this Hidden Head Poem I saw the hint at that time, but I was afraid that it was groundless speculation, so it is inconvenient to break it, what Zhang Dadong's family saw today is the same as the poor road." ”
Zhang Runmin said indignantly, "It turns out that this Yang Zhong is a wolf in sheep's clothing... Fortunately, Chen Daochang's wisdom recognized the thief and saved the silver car..." He grabbed Chen Jiutian's hand, "We must quickly explain this matter to Lord Yang, and then return the silver two to the Sun family in Nayang City, and retire Yang Sun's relatives. ”
Chen Jiutian shook his head, sighed a long time, and said, "The relatives of sun and Yang's two families are now known on both sides of the Qin River, even if the Sun family is willing, I am afraid that Lord Yang will not be able to lose this face, moreover, I have heard that the Sun family and a high-ranking official in the capital are relatives, if they retire, I am afraid it will bring more trouble to the Yang family!" ”
"So... It's a pity to suffer Miss Yang, and my spring child... How could things be like this..." Zhang Runmin only felt that the ten thousand arrows pierced his heart, so it was not uncomfortable, and after a pause, he suddenly remembered something, "That Yang Thief is still in the palace, don't make any more messes, you must quickly think of a method!" ”
Chen Jiutian nodded and said confidently, "I have already thought of a plan, and when Yang Quanmei leaves the Yang Mansion tomorrow, it will be implemented, and this pair of dog men and women will definitely appear in their original form... Lord Yang is now plagued by disease, or he has to see the opportunity to act, don't hit the grass and startle the snake! With that, he went out the door.
Seeing that Yang Quanmei's marriage was approaching, Li Cuiping, who had been busy for a day, sneaked out of the back door and crept to the backyard firewood room, and she had not seen Yang Zhong since last night, and she could not help but feel a little flustered in her heart. At this moment, she was taking a little food to see Li Chenggong, who was locked under the cellar.
Li Cuiping entered the firewood room, peeled away the layer of firewood and grass spread above, twisted the mechanism, opened the cover, and there was a black grunt below.
Suddenly, a faint voice came from below: "Come and save me..."
Li Cuiping was taken aback--this was clearly Yang Zhong's voice, she fixed her mind at the moment, thought about it, and shouted again: "Who is it?" ”
The person below responded weakly, "Cui Ping, it's me... Quick, there's a fire sickle behind the wood room door..."
Li Cuiping then relaxed her mind, took the fire scythe, lit the match, slowly went down the stone ladder down the hole, and turned around to close the cover.
At this time, a black shadow also flashed into the room, lying gently on the ground, with his ears pressed against the cover, listening attentively to the movement inside.
Li Cuiping entered the underground chamber, lit the fuel lamp, and was taken aback, only to see that Yang Zhong was tied up by five flowers and could not move, and Li Chenggong next to him was already dying. While untying Yang Zhong, she asked in a frightened voice, "This secret room is only known to you and me, who tied you up here?" ......”
Yang Zhong stretched his almost stiff arm, sighed and said, Alas, don't mention it, yan Chengfang, the master of the imperial court, somehow discovered this place, he followed me when I first came in the night before, forcing this Li to successfully confess, and the treasure was hidden in the secret tunnel under the Black Dragon Temple... He kidnapped us both and took the treasure, saying that he would also escort us back to the capital to ask the emperor for credit... Alas, my efforts in the past few years have been in vain. Quick, get me something to eat first..."
Li Cuiping felt the food from her arms and handed it over.
As soon as Yang Zhong grabbed it, he devoured it, choked up at once, and his face turned red.
"Monkey is anxious for what? No one is robbing you. Li Cuiping scolded while punching Yang Zhong's back a few times, "You have all been caught here, will they find out?" ”
"It's okay, that Yan Chengfang is not Chen Jiutian's opponent, I guess he has already been killed by Chen Jiutian." Now we have to find a way to get rid of that stinky old dao, and at that time, there will be no more invincible hands in the city, and a million treasures will be at our fingertips..." Yang Zhong smiled triumphantly, "Then we will go away and fly high, be a pair of immortal lovers, and live a life of leisure." ”
"What about this Li Success?"
Yang Zhong turned around and looked at it, saying, "What to do?" Cold! Give him some food and water, and I'll keep him just in case..."
"A pair of dog men and women, you wait, have your good fruit to eat!" Chen Jiutian listened above, secretly scolding in his heart, and there was movement inside, and the two seemed to be about to come out. He looked around, there was a plate of discarded stone mills next to him, and immediately had an idea, got up and moved over the stone mills, pressed them on the cover, and then disappeared into the night in a flash.
Although the sky is bright and sunny, the sunlight that falls on people can no longer feel a trace of warmth. The northwest wind whimpered, shaking impatiently the dead leaves of the branches. Looking around, the surface of the Qin River has formed a thin layer of ice, losing the gushing joy of the past, only the surface of the river near the edge of the village is not completely frozen, the river is gushing, and from time to time a few old cows come to drink.
Despite the cold weather, most of the People in Runcheng by the Qin River had a smile on their faces and ran to the city to see the liveliness - the first marriage since the founding of the city was ushered in in the city - the Sun family, the richest man in Yangcheng, and the Yang family, the richest man by the Qin River, officially married today. A few days ago, the Sun family had sent 50,000 taels of silver as a gift, and Yang Quanli had sent a letter to Li Fuming, asking him to send troops to get the silver at that time.
Runcheng ancient customs: morning funeral, afternoon wedding. Nevertheless, early in the morning, the city was bustling, Yang Fu swept the streets of the passing city gate again, the big red "囍" character was pasted inside and outside, the people who came to congratulate with gifts were endless, the gongs and drums in the compound kept ringing, and several musicians at the door were drumming their cheeks to blow the pipes in their hands.
The whole Yang Mansion was shrouded in a joyful and festive atmosphere. Yang Quanli supported his weak body, forced a smile on his face, and greeted the people who came to congratulate him. Although the drums outside are noisy and the people are boiling, the embroidery tower in the east courtyard is silent. A few yahuan rushed in and out, sprinkling dust, so it was not busy. Yang Quanmei sat or stood expressionlessly, letting these subordinates fiddle with them.
Qin Hua quietly wiped out tears on the side, and then carried a bowl of silver ear soup, forced a smile on her face and said: "Miss, the hour is not early, you should also eat something..."
Yang Quanmei shook her head, staring intently at her own beautiful but frosty face in the diamond mirror, and thought obsessively: Did you just give yourself to the Sun Taishi in Yangcheng?
At noon, the Sun family's welcoming party entered the city. Sitting on the banquet, the grandson of the Sun family drank a few more drinks, his mind was foggy, and he wanted to lie down and rest for a while, when the music of marrying relatives sounded, and he had to beat his spirits and come out to cope with various etiquette under the greeting of his family.
Yang Quanmei heard the music and knew it was time to get up. She stood up in front of the book, gently blew the jinpa that she had just written, folded it squarely, put it into her pocket, looked at the small building where she had lived for many years, and slowly went downstairs to the front yard with the support of Qinhua.
After the farewell in the Yang Family Ancestral Hall, Yang Quanmei performed the farewell ceremony in front of her brother Yang Quanli.
Yang Quanli struggled to stand up and support her, tearfully saying, "Sister... Don't blame the brother..." His lips fluttered, he could no longer speak, and he cried out like a woman, causing everyone present to cover their faces with tears.
Yang Quanmei tightly held Yang Quanli's hand and said, "Brother, the sister didn't blame you, haven't you heard that sentence: There must be a final need in fate, and there is no demand in fate." This may also be my life, the whole sister left the Yang family today, can not care about my brother as at home, may my brother take care of himself..."
"You're going to go back to your mother's house to see it... We brothers and sisters, you don't leave your brother alone..." Yang Quanli pulled Yang Quanmei's cold hands and refused to let go for a long time.
The two brothers and sisters hugged their heads and cried.
Firecrackers roared and drums beat. Dressed in red robes and hats with palace flowers, the Sun family prince triumphantly stepped onto a tall horse, and the yahuan helped Yang Quanmei, who was dressed like a heavenly immortal, into the flower palanquin, and walked out of the Yang Mansion in a lively way, crossing the long street and stepping out of the tall gate of the city.
After sending off the newcomers, the sky gradually darkened, and the heavens suddenly changed their faces, and the northwest wind screamed sharply, mixed with the snowflakes of goose feathers, skimming the long Qin River, climbing the tall city wall, and rushing straight to the city. The people who watched the bustle all shrunk their necks and scattered, and the great Yang Mansion immediately fell silent. On the wall outside the gate, a red paper with the word "囍" that was not firmly attached and emitted a rich ink fragrance was torn to pieces by the wind, and danced a few times between the tall walls, the smooth floor and the bare poplar trees, and then fluttered and flew into the distance...
Early the next morning, Yang Quanli, wearing a thick scarf around his neck, draped in a mink coat, and carrying a carved dragon head crutch, stood stupidly under the mulberry tree, his heart was as empty as the courtyard in front of him. The housekeeper Yang Zhong has been missing for several days, there is no one alive or dead, and when he opened his eyes yesterday morning, His wife Li Cuiping was also gone. At first, he thought she had gone to the hut, but when the sun had already gone up to the sky and he didn't see her shadow, his heart was even more uncomfortable. His father was gone, Wang Wulin, who had once been like a brother, was also gone, his sister was also gone, and his second wife, Li Cuiping, was also "gone", and this once lively and extraordinary mansion surrounded by the iron wall and copper walled city was now left with only him, a patient who was about to collapse as soon as the wind blew, which was a scene he had never dreamed of, and a huge and inexplicable desolation suddenly surged up in his heart. Thinking of this, he was about to call on Yang Hong to lead the whole family to find the missing Li Cuiping and Yang Zhong, when he saw his son Yang Chenye, the patriarch Yang Shangchong, and the housekeeper Yang Hong, who had returned from the capital two days ago, and led Chen Jiutian and Zhang Runmin to rush in.
Yang Chenye stepped forward to support his father and said solemnly, "Father, Chen Daochang and Zhang Dadong have something to tell you, but please don't get excited..."
Yang Quanli said lightly: "The city has been repaired, your aunt has gone out of marriage, I have nothing to be excited about..."
Several people came to the front hall and sat down, and Chen Jiutian briefly talked about Yang Zhong, Yan Chengfang, and Li Chenggong's secret investigation of the treasure and Yang Zhong's and Li Cuiping's cooperation.
Yang Quanli's eyes widened as he listened, he didn't believe it at all, it was right next to him in his Yang Mansion, there was actually such a pair of dog men and women who were seeking money and stealing love. His face was flushed, his beard was shaking up and down, and he said tremblingly: "You are pure nonsense, Cui Ping and Yang Zhong have been with me for so many years, I don't know... No, where are they, you let them come out and confront each other..."
Yang Chenye said to his father with great embarrassment: "Father, don't hide from you, we didn't believe it at first, just now Chen Daochang, I have already led me and The Yang Patriarch and the Yang Butler to see it, Yang and Li, and that Li Chenggong are locked up in the backyard of the palace..."
"It was my idea." Chen Jiutian stood up, looked at Yang Quanli, and said slowly, "I know that Lord Yang will definitely not believe all this, and none of us want to believe it, so we privately discussed with Gongzi and arranged a play in the Dongyue Temple, and when Lord Yang finishes watching it, he will understand everything..."
"Drama?" Yang Quanli felt a little ridiculous, looked back at this, looked at that, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said dismissively, "Well, I want to see which one you are singing!" ”
In the underground chamber in the backyard of yang mansion, Yang Zhong, Li Cuiping and Li Chenggong had been suppressed in the dark. Hearing the noise above, the three people struck a panic and suddenly had a spirit. Yang Zhong and Li Cuiping shouted weakly: "Save me..." Li successfully opened his mouth, but he couldn't even shout half a word, just struggling to open his eyelids, and the infinite desire to survive radiated from his godless eyes.
The lights were on and it seemed that someone had come down. But when the three men saw it, they were immediately frightened—two guys with black and white high-pointed hats on their heads and long red tongues spitting out their mouths, the guy in the white hat was full of smiles, the hat was written with the words "You are here too", and he was holding a jingling iron chain; the guy in the black hat had a fierce face, the hat had the words "Catching you" written on it, and he was holding black and shiny rough shackles.
Then, I heard "Black and White Impermanence" shouting gloomily: "Yang Zhong and Li Cuiping, you two have committed many evil deeds, the limit has arrived, the Ten Halls Yan Luoding set up a temple in the Great Temple of Dongyue this evening to try the case, get up quickly!" With that, they put the chain around Li Cuiping's neck, put the shackles on Yang Zhong's hand, and took the two of them up.
Looking back, that Li Chenggong was still pitifully staying underground. Yang Zhong and Li Cuiping followed the "black and white impermanence" out of the secret room, through the city of Tonghuan, to the Dongyue Temple, the chains worn around their necks and the shackles on their hands were cold and hard, and they truly believed that everything was not in a dream.
"It's here!" With a sharp shout, the two were thrown heavily to the ground.
The two looked up in fear, and above them sat Emperor Dongyue and his judge, behind them stood "Black and White Impermanence" and "Minotaur Horse Noodles", and a group of strange and ugly little ghosts.
Just when the two were frightened out of their souls, they heard the above "Emperor Dongyue" open their mouths: "Adulterer Yang Zhong, adulterous woman Li Cuiping, quickly recruit the crimes you committed by adultery and seeking wealth from the truth, otherwise, let you pick up the skin and cramp down the oil pot, lay down eighteen layers of hell, and never turn over!" ”
"I recruit... I recruit..."
Yang Zhong was so frightened that he lay on the ground and did not dare to look up, and confessed his crime in 1510: It turned out that Yang Zhong's original name was Jia Houdao, who had studied art in Mount Hua as a teenager, and later became a powerful general under Wang Jiayin. Late that night, in the Purple Silver Mountain in the upper reaches of the Qin River, after Wang Jiayin secretly sent Li Zicheng to escort a million treasures down the mountain overnight, the news did not go away, and the army's heart was suddenly scattered. In order to avenge his father, the non-commissioned officer Zhang Liwei infiltrated the Chinese army tent late at night, killed the drunken Wang Jiayin, and defected to the Ming army stationed in xianweng Mountain, not far to the west. When the general Cao Wenzhao besieged Nanshan at night, Jia Houdao killed a bloody road, escaped by chance, and fled to daxing in the capital, where he became acquainted with Li Cuiping, who was in Yanchun Lou, and lived a life of drunken dreams and death. Although they were in agreement, they could not afford the high ransom. Seeing that the silver in hand was exhausted, the disheartened Jia Houdao became a monk at the nearby Great Buddha Temple, planning to live this afterlife.
One night, Jia Houdao disguised himself as a scholar and secretly escaped from the temple gate to meet Li Cuiping in yanchunlou, but Li Cuiping said one thing to him, Yang Quanli of Daxingzhi County was a native of Runcheng, Yangcheng, Shanxi, and his family property was unmatched. Li Cuiping asked what kind of place Narun City was, which made the people in the capital envious. Jia Houdao suddenly remembered that the huge treasure that was rumored in the rivers and lakes had disappeared at the edge of the stone in Runcheng, and remembered that Yang Quanli's wife would go to the temple every first and fifteenth day of the first month to enter the temple to pray for the Buddha's blessing of health, so he and Li Cuiping decided on a plan to "steal the beam and change the pillar". He chose a month of black and windy nights, dated her again, lingered until midnight, changed her into the school clothes she had brought, first let Li Cuiping take the opportunity to sneak out of the Yanchun Building, hide in a secret place, and then pretend to wake up and go to the old bustard to ask for someone. In the middle of the night, where can the old bustard find Li Cuiping, who has long been hiding in a secret place? He didn't dare to report to the officials, so he had to knock out his teeth and swallow in his stomach.
Later, when Lady Yang came to the temple again to incense, Jia Houdao asked Li Cuiping to dress up as a woman who was in trouble and flee the wilderness, pretending to be hungry and waiting outside the temple, and she advised Lady Yang in the temple that she must do great good deeds to get out of the great trouble. Lady Yang came out of the monastery just in time to meet Li Cuiping, who was about to starve to death, so Li Cuiping naturally became a ring of Yang Mansion.
Li Cuiping was originally a fireworks woman, delicate and charming, accustomed to showing off the wind and moon, coupled with eight exquisite faces, it did not take long to win the favor of Yang Quanli and his wife. But somehow, Lady Yang's illness did not alleviate and worsened, and soon she left the west and let Yang Quanli marry Li Cuiping on her deathbed. At this time, Jia Houdao, who had already grown his hair and returned to the vulgar, changed his name to Yang Zhong according to the predetermined plan, and his distant cousin named Li Cuiping, because of the death of his parents, was born incomplete and unable to live, and threw himself into the Yang Mansion. Where did Yang Quanli know the plan? He was treated only as a relative and made him a housekeeper and bodyguard.
But since the day Yang Zhong entered the palace, Yang Quanli, who was in his prime, suddenly found that his male instincts were not as good as a day, and later he was simply no different from "eunuchs", although he invited famous doctors all over the place and exhausted strange medicines, he was still his nephew who hit the lantern - Zhao Uncle (old). He was also afraid that he would make the second lady Li Cuiping, who was in her youth, angry, but where did he know that all this was caused by this young and beautiful lady and her "distant and incompetent cousin", the two had already covered the dark and covered the wall with red apricots, but they were just hidden seamlessly and no one knew... Yang Quanli, who was hiding in the shadows, listened to all this confession from Yang Zhong and Li Cuiping to the "Emperor of Dongyue", and could not hold back any longer, "Ah..." Screaming, he was about to rush forward, trying to strangle the two demons with his own hands, but he was gently held down by the patriarch Yang Shangchong and his son Yang Chenye next to him, making him wait a little longer.
Listening to this familiar voice, Li Cuiping and Yang Zhong, who were kneeling on the ground, were even more trembling and trembling, and they were in amazement, so they listened to the "Emperor Dongyue" above and shouted, "You two have killed people in the capital, and you have come to this city to try to steal the treasure, is there anything wrong?" Recruit from the real thing! ”
"It is true that the city is looking for treasures and stealing silver in the sacred tree ridge, but the thirty thousand taels of silver were plundered by another big thief, and the villain did not take one or two, please emperor Ming..." Yang Zhong prostrated his head like a pound of garlic, Li Cuiping was already scared and bloodless, and collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud.
"Then Master Wang stole the treasure of the Yang family's town house, did you plant the stolen goods?"
Yang Zhong smiled while touching the sweat on his head: "There is another reason why the villain did this. Before Wang Wulin left, he wanted to expose me and Li Cuiping through a hidden poem, so..."
Before Yang Zhong could finish speaking, he heard the "Emperor dongyue" shouting, "Turn on the lights!" The "minotaurs" and the "little ghosts" who surrounded the main hall immediately lit torches and sneered at them. The two looked up, and it turned out that these people were all family members in Yang Mansion. I was amazed, and I saw that the "Emperor of Dongyue" came out of the portrait, it was the Daoist commander Chen Jiutian, and the judge who recorded it was Zhang Runmin of Runcheng.
Yang Quanli did not expect that from the beginning of the planning to build this city to the present, he has always been a dream person in the dark. He was so angry that he could not speak, and ordered his son Yang Chenye to hand over Yang Zhong and Li Cuiping together with the transcript to Yangcheng Zhixian for conviction.
At the same time, people from the Sun family outside the Yang mansion came to the door and said that Yang Quanmei had jumped into the river on the way to get married. The Sun family was frightened and ran back to the city in a frenzy, and the Sun family sent someone to ask for silver... The old housekeeper Yang Hong listened, suddenly felt the five thunder booming, Yang Mansion is now a mess, and now the young lady jumped into the river to commit suicide, the Sun family came to the door to ask for a huge amount of silver, all this if Yang Quanli knows, then do not want his old life? He tried his best to stabilize himself, and said to the Sun family with a smiling face: "Since the young lady is gone, the silver two things are easy to say, please go back to look after the prince first, don't let him have an accident, I discussed with the old man, and promised to return it to you one point at a time..."
The Sun family did not follow: "Who does not know that your Yang family gave 50,000 taels of silver to Li Zongbing, what do you take now to return to our Sun family, can't let our Sun family lose money and lose money?" No, we want to see your lord..." he said, and he was about to enter the house.
"Slow!" Yang Hong stepped forward to stop them, "You also know that my family is not in good health, if you go in and tell him the news, if he has a three long and two short, don't say fifty thousand, you can't get five thousand taels of silver... Weigh it yourself! He said coldly.
The Sun family looked at each other, thought for a moment, and said, "Also, then we will not go in now, please ask the old housekeeper to inform Lord Yang that we will come back tomorrow." ”
The Sun family scolded and grinned, and Yang Hong's legs softened and he sat on the ground. The family members hurriedly helped him up, and Yang Hong cried uncontrollably: "What is wrong with our Yang family..." Suddenly he thought that a group of people in the backyard were still waiting for them to return the news, so they had to forcibly stop their grief and ordered their subordinates not to disclose the news.
It soon got dark, the wind stopped, and there were snowflakes in the sky, and the fog was thick. After Yang Quanli and Yang Chenye returned, Yang Hong secretly entered Yang Chenye's room and told the matter in 1510. When Yang Chenye heard that his aunt had committed suicide by jumping into the river, he was so shocked that he almost fainted.
Unexpectedly, this news was still heard by Yang Quanli, who was standing outside the door, and suddenly, he only felt that the sky was dark, and shouted: "Full sister..." He fell down and never woke up again.
The sky was overcast, a thick layer of snow fell on the ground, and the Qianliqin River froze the rapids under the hard ice, and there were no boats coming and going, only children skating and playing on it and pedestrians walking in a hurry. The city, which is usually tall and prominent, has lost its former style at this time, and it looks far away and blends with the earth, and there is nothing special about it. Only when you get closer can you feel its inconspicuous tallness and might.
At this time, in the city, the sound of mourning music and paper flags filled the sky, and a heavy snow pushed the sorrow of the city to the extreme. The people of the whole Runcheng Village and the City of Zhenhuan, no matter how big or small, wore white and snow, and everyone had mourning on their faces, their eyes full of tears, and watched the two scarlet coffins go away. In Yangcheng, Li Fuming, who wanted to fish another handful, heard that the Yang family had been destroyed, and he knew that the million taels of gold were just rumors in the rivers and lakes, so he no longer embarrassed the Yang family and led his troops back to the capital to resume his life.
The first person in the city to do a happy event was the Yang family, the happy event was done by the Yang family, and it was also the Yang family who carried out two coffins at a time... If there are accidents one after another in this way, is it not that the city has broken any feng shui on the big stone of this "golden turtle against the water"? Yang Chenye, the head of the Yang family's new generation, invited a senior monk who understood feng shui from Haihui Temple to take a trip to the city.
The monk found "Crouching Tiger Mountain" in the northwest and "White Tiger Mountain" in the northeast. He stood at the edge of the tall Black Dragon Temple, sighed a long time, and said, "With such a feng shui layout here, can Yang Jiayan not make a big deal?" ”
Chen Jiutian and Zhang Runmin, who were behind them, asked in confusion, "I don't know the mystery of it, so I would like to ask the mage to give you detailed instructions!" ”
The senior monk stroked his fluttering silver whiskers and said very heavily: "Forgive the poor monk for speaking bluntly, the owner of this copper-walled iron-walled city is originally surnamed Yang, Yang, and Yang!" Although the city building is strong and the world is incomparable, there are Crouching Tigers in the front, white tigers chasing after them, sheep in it, and circled in the city. ”
When the crowd heard this, they woke up like a dream, and they all nodded their heads in admiration.
Yang Chenye fell to his knees in front of the senior monk with a "thump" and said with tears in his eyes, "Master, since your Fa-eye can see the fault, presumably there must also be a high-level Fa-breaker." Just ask the master to guide and break the law and save the Yang family, the Yang family's ancestors have not dared to forget your great kindness..."
Everyone also bowed their hands and pleaded, "Just ask the master to think of a way to break the law!" ”
The senior monk persuaded everyone to meditate for a moment and then said slowly, "There is only one way, and I am afraid it will be difficult to implement." ”
The crowd said, "No matter how difficult or dangerous it is, as long as it can be broken, I will do my best to implement it." ”
The senior monk smiled, ordered Chen Jiutian to take pen and ink from the temple, turned around and wrote a big "sell" word on the temple wall, collected the honorarium, and walked away.
The news that the city was going to be betrayed quickly spread on both sides of the Qin River, and Yang Chenye, after careful consideration, priced at 60,000 taels of silver, of which 50,000 taels of silver were used to repay the debts of the Sun family, and 10,000 taels were used to go out of the city to repair houses and settle down, and also took the meaning of "six or six big Shun", hoping that the Yang family would go to Jilai from then on and be safe and secure.
When this word came out, there were many opinions, but a month passed, but no one cared. Everyone thinks that the city is a murderous city, and whoever buys it will definitely have a murder; although the price of buying a city is not high, no one can afford to buy it.
On this day, Zhang Runmin went to the Haihui Temple to visit his son who was frustrated by the death of Yang Quanmei, and just happened to meet the monk who gave the Yang family an idea to solve the bad luck, so he told the story of no one buying the city by the way.
When the senior monk heard that he was Zhang Chunsheng's father, he couldn't help but get interested, pinched his fingers, pondered for a moment, smiled and said: "The Yang family is selling the city, why doesn't Mr. Yang buy it?" ”
Zhang Runmin only teased the senior monk, and said a little angrily: "I have a house, what do I do when I buy a city?" Moreover, people say that the city is a murderous city, and if I buy it, will there be no accident if I buy it? ”
"Makes sense!" The monk said seriously, "Zhang, the bow chief is also." The siege bearer has no bow length, and the defender of the city has an invincible bow length. ”
Zhang Runmin asked again: "What about the two tigers before and after, such as the tiger invading the city?" ”
The senior monk smiled lightly, "The sheep are in the circle, and the tiger is unable to escape; in Zhang Jucheng, the bow is long and the tiger is afraid, and He Zu is worried!" ”
Zhang Runmin bowed his head and thought, the words of the senior monk have a certain truth. After returning, he told Chen Jiutian about buying the city, but he was worried about the dilemma of silver, so he went to Chen Jiutian to discuss this matter.
Therefore, Chen Jiutian took out 30,000 taels of silver and handed it to Zhang Runmin, saying: "This is the silver that was 'hijacked' from Yang Zhong's hands last time, and now it just comes in handy, and I hope that the storm in this village will be over." ”
Zhang Runmin listened to Chen Jiutian's words in a fog, went home, sold his mansion, borrowed some silver from the east and west, and bought the city, so the city has been surnamed "Zhang" ever since.
It is also strange to say that soon, Zhang Chunsheng, who was in a better mood, was admitted to the imperial list in high school, was admitted to the Jinshi, and was named the right deputy capital of the Imperial Court by the imperial court, becoming the largest official in Runcheng since the kingdom guanghou. After Li Chenggong, who saw through the red dust, recovered from his injuries at the Black Dragon Temple, he wanted to become a monk at Chen Jiutian's Black Dragon Temple, but chen Jiutian politely refused. Chen Jiutian told him, "Even if you want to become a monk, you must see the side of King Li Chuang again, tell him that there is no treasure under this city, let him die this heart completely and thoroughly, and stop disturbing the people and harming the people for this batch of false treasures..."
Li Chenggong asked doubtfully, "Commander Dao, I understand what you mean, and I will definitely bring the words to you, but the young general wants to ask you the truth, is there any hidden treasure under this stone?" ”
Chen Jiutian smiled and said firmly, "No! ”
Li Chenggong nodded and said, "I see!" No longer asking, on a day when the spring flowers were in full bloom and the sun was shining, he bid farewell to Chen Jiutian and left, and there was no news since.
On June 24 of the following year, before the arrival of the "River God's Waist Show Day", the city still ushered in a heavy rain. This heavy rain also happened in the middle of the night, at dawn, only to hear a thunderstorm, the Black Dragon Temple rose up a stormy fire. When Zhang Runmin found out and rushed to fight the fire, the Black Dragon Temple had been burned to the ground by the fire, and Chen Jiutian was about to be burned into a piece of coke. When he was rescued by Zhang Runmin, there was only one breath left, he opened his eyes with difficulty, pointed to the Distant Wenchang Pavilion with his finger, and spat out a word in his mouth: "Tu..." His head was weakly tilted to the side.
Everyone didn't know what Chen Jiutian meant by this word, only Zhang Runmin knew it in his heart, he was referring to the "Mountain City Overview Map" carved on the small stone tablet and secretly hidden in the belly of the Kuixing statue in Wenchang Pavilion. It is a "Nine Palaces Bagua" diagram of the internal planning of the city, and perhaps a real "treasure map". But no matter which one it belonged to, Zhang Runmin never said it, let alone touched the kuixing statue that looked related to the treasure.
On the evening of the "Zhongyuan Festival" on the fifteenth of July of that year, the city was crowded with people and was very lively, and the heads of various societies led the "Eight-Tone Society", the drums and cymbals were noisy, the pipe flutes were melodious, and the monks and Taoists wore splendid robes, sounded magic instruments, performed Dharma chants, and surpassed the undead. Villagers put up river lanterns in the Qin River to pay homage to the souls of their relatives who had not returned home. Suddenly, up and down the Qin River, around FanXi, all kinds of river lights flickered, flickering on and off, fluttering, like the Milky Way falling into the mortal world. Every river lamp is a lonely soul, and the people who put the lamp hope that these river lamps that come down the river will bring back to their hometown the souls of the guests who died in a foreign land. Cultured people will also mournfully whisper the "Conjuring Song": "Sorrowful knot, shocked, July and a half, Zhongyuan Festival... A pile of paper, a stick of incense, a cup of rice, a glass of wine, talk about the ghost wish to moisten the ghost intestines..."
Soon, the father and daughter of wang blind son who sang zhuang yang song changed into a new word: "Today, the city is full of laughter inside and out, the sheep take off the tiger's mouth, and the longbow pulls away." Whoever dared to invade him would bring his life to hell. Stone built iron city, the water around the east, since ancient times the world is rich, the whole country is famous. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and the generations enjoy peace..."