Chapter 25 The twenty-fourth look back at the gate of Zhao Xinyuan's gate, receiving silver darts, crossing the water, Dengping, Tao Mengren, Jiang Xinguan's stunt

Zhao Xinyuan's original name was Chongshao, he was from a family in Jiangxi, and his ancestors were prominent officials in the Ming Dynasty.Zhao Xinyuan came to Sichuan with an eunuch since he was a child, loved martial arts since childhood, met the heroic monk Yifan in Qingcheng Mountain, and practiced amazing skills.After the death of the Ming Dynasty, his father didn't want to be a stranger anymore, so he lived in seclusion in eastern Sichuan, teaching his son Litian.After his death, Xinyuan inherited the rest of his father and brother's property, devoted himself to righteousness and disregarded wealth, and made friends with different people and celebrities everywhere, and his art industry was also advancing day by day.Because of his outstanding skills and his penchant for misty mountains and rivers, Jianghu gave him the nickname, the God of Osprey in the Smoke.He and Wei Qing, the Land Golden Dragon, are brothers of the same sect.In recent years, because of helping a family of bodyguards on Sichuan Road, he went to recapture the bodyguards, and inadvertently forged a grudge with the Eight Demons of Xichuan.Because I often heard Wei Qing talk about Tao Jun's friend who is light on money, good at martial arts but has never met a famous teacher, so I want to go to him to avoid disaster.Fortunately, no one in Jianghu knows his name. The Eight Devils only think that Sichuan is his hometown, and they will not visit Jiangxi for the time being.Seeing that Tao Jun was full of affection, he lived in his home and taught him the ways of internal and external skills with all his heart.After three years, Tao Jun has really achieved excellent internal and external skills.For Xinyuan, it is natural to salute in every possible way.

One day, Tao Jun was looking at Xinyuan in front of the door, when he suddenly felt something shiny flying towards him, looking at Xinyuan again, he had already caught the thing in his hand, it turned out to be a silver dart.Just as he was about to ask a question, he suddenly saw a person flying from a distance. When he came to the two of them, he looked at Xinyuan and said with a smile: "I was ordered by the devil to search for you for three years. I was worried that I would not meet you, but I didn't want to meet here. Listen to what your Excellency said, so I can go and reply to our demon lord." After finishing speaking, he grinned twice.Xinyuan said: "At the beginning, I accidentally hurt the Eight Demon Lords, so I regretted it. I was going to go to the door to take the blame, but I was invited here by a good friend to practice martial arts with Mr. Tao. Since your Excellency came here by order, doesn't Mr. Zhao know how to flatter you? However, Zhao still has some private matters to attend to, so please go to the Demon Lord and say that Zhao will visit Qingluo Mountain during the Dragon Boat Festival in May next year." The man said after hearing this: "I have heard that Your Excellency has always been a man of faith. At that time, I hope you don’t miss the appointment." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xinyuan to reply, he folded his hands together, bowed to Xinyuan's chest, and said: "Please!" Xinyuan lifted the Qi of Dantian upwards, Shout: "Okay! Your Excellency, please!" Looking at the man again, for no reason, as if something had bumped into it secretly, he backed away a dozen steps, with a shame on his face, glanced at the two of them, turned around and left , walking like flying, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Tao Jun was surprised to see that Xinyuan's face was flushed as if he was drunk.Just when he was about to ask, Xinyuan shook his head, turned around and left.Back at Tao's house, he quickly sat down cross-legged, breathed out for a while, and then said, "Where is the danger!" Tao Jun hurriedly asked what happened.Xinyuan said: "Young master, how do you know? That person just now is the master of the Sichuan Eight Devils, and he is called Xu Yue, the blue eagle in the hand of the gods." After finishing speaking, he handed the silver dart in his hand to Tao Jun said: "This is their invitation. Four years ago, on Xichuan Road, I saw Qiu Jia, the eighth-armed demon lord among the eight demons, robbing the dart of a escort. Kill the bodyguards. Seeing the injustice on my way, I stepped forward to persuade him. Qiu Ke refused to accept it, so he fought with me. He had a lot of people. I saw that he was invincible, so I had to retreat. I don't know where it is, so I let it go Plum Blossom Poisonous Needle, defeated them, and then the siege between the bodyguards and me was solved. The person who put the needle never showed up. But the Eight Demons identified me as their enemy. I heard people say that he insisted on killing me I knew I was invincible, so I had no choice but to avoid this place. I met Xu Yue outside the village today. If it wasn't for his internal strength, he would have been seriously injured today, needless to say, when he went to see the Eight Demons. Then the Kung Fu of the Five Ghosts Golden Sand Palm that Xu Yue practiced is not good. Powerful. Just now he wanted to take advantage of my inattention and kill him. Fortunately, I was prepared for it, and hit him back with the Dan Tian hard kung fu. He survived and suffered internal injuries. Since I accepted the invitation from the Eight Demons, I had to go. Now there are only nine more months before the Dragon Boat Festival next year, I want to take this opportunity to make some preparations, and I can't stay here. My son's art career is not yet accomplished, so I don't want to be your master, because I will insult your qualifications. There are so many sword immortals in the world Duo, if you have the heart, you should go out and look out, and search in the wind and dust. As long as you are not arrogant, can be a servant, and have a kind heart, you will not miss it." Tao Jun heard that Xinyuan was going to leave, he was very reluctant, and kept four times I couldn't help it, and knew that it had a lot to do with it, so I had to bear the pain and let Xinyuan go.Hence the idea of ​​going out to find a teacher.Fortunately, Tao Quan is in charge of the family, so everything is safe.So I didn't bring anyone with me, I made a burden, brought more money, and went out to find good teachers and strangers.Because Hankou had several business transactions of ancestors, Xinyuan often said that there were many strangers in Sichuan, so Tao Jun planned to go to Hankou first and enter Sichuan on the way.

After traveling for more than a month, I arrived in Hankou.Of the several shops opened by the Tao family, Hongshantang Pharmacy was the most capitalized. When they heard of the arrival of the owner, they united with the storekeepers and bought wine to wash away the dust.Tao Junzhi is looking for a teacher, and he feels bored with these ordinary people.After circling around for a few days, I took a look at the accounts of various accounts, and asked where there were heroes who knew martial arts.Zhang Xingcai, the treasurer of the Hongshantang who came to have fun in Wuchang City, knew that his little master was good at martial arts, so he invited him to Wuchang for a two-day stay, and introduced several famous local martial artists to Tao Jun as friends.Since Tao Jun learned martial arts from Xinyuan, he has changed a lot.There is nothing unusual about seeing this group of martial artists, it's just that they have deep experience and a wide range of knowledge, from them I know a lot of martial arts anecdotes and good stories about green forests, and I admire them very much.However, most of the people mentioned did not have their proper addresses and could not be found.I wanted to stay for a few more days, and decided to go to Sichuan to look for strangers.Among the martial artists, there is a Xu Mingyue who has a very good hand hook for mother-in-law mandarin ducks, and is also very good at lightening his body. He is nicknamed Jinpeng Spreading Wings.Originally a descendant of Shuxiang, he hit it off with Tao Jun and made an appointment with Jinlan.At this time, it was already the middle of winter, so I planned to stay with Tao Jun after the New Year, and go to Sichuan together to find teachers and friends.Tao Jun was naturally more happy to see such a confidant partner.Tired of the hustle and bustle of drugstores, he simply moved in with Xu Yue's family.

One day, the weather was fine and the climate in Hankou was mild. Although it was mid-winter, it was not very cold, so the two agreed to buy a boat and go up the river.The discussion was settled, and no one else was invited, so I hired a river boat and brought a stove, wine and food.After boarding the boat, seeing a clear river, the water and the sky are like a mirror, and I feel refreshed.The more the two played, the happier they were, and they simply ordered the boatman to roll the boat to a place where no one could go to the parrot island, and drink to their heart's content.The boatman rolled the boat across Parrot Island and found a place to anchor.Tao and Xu also asked to bring food and wine to the bow of the boat, and they talked freely with wine.When he was having fun, he suddenly saw Shang Liutou shaking a small boat far away. This boat looked pitifully small, with only one oar on board, and the water sailed like flying.Tao Jun was about to say that the boat was going so fast, but before he finished speaking, the boat had arrived at the place where the two of them stopped.The person on the boat was a thin, withered old man. He was only wearing a ragged single gown with seven holes and eight holes, but it was washed very clean.The boat is less than seven feet from head to tail, and it can accommodate at most two people in the boat.A tiled teapot, a broken tea bowl, and a gourd for wine were placed on the bow.The old man docked the boat, looked at Tao and Xu, picked up the gourd, and walked ashore, thinking he was going to sell wine.The boat is not tied to the shore, just drifting along the current.Tao Jun felt strange, so he said to Xu Yue: "Brother, look at this old man. He thinks he is greedy for drinking. When the boat reaches the shore, he doesn't use a rope or anchor, so he goes ashore to buy wine. After a while, the boat will go with the current. How about it?" Is it good?" When he said that, the boat was gradually leaving the shore and heading for the center of the river.Tao Jun hurriedly ordered the boatman to round up the boat for him.The boatman took the order and hurriedly hooked the boat with a pole and bamboo pole.It's ridiculous to say that apart from a few utensils for tea and wine, there is no anchor cable or even a rope on the boat, as if the old man had no intention of stopping the boat at all.The boatman had no choice but to find a rope on the big boat and tie the boat to the small stake on his own boat.Although Xu Yue was only about thirty years old and had a lot of experience, seeing Tao Jun caring for the old boat man and tying the rope for him, he just meditated and didn't say a word, and didn't come to stop him.After the boatman tied up the boat, he stood up and looked at the boat carefully.Suddenly he said to Tao Jun: "Brother, do you see something suspicious about that old man?" Tao Jun said: "The old man only wears a single shirt in such a cold weather. Although it is worn out, it is very clean. But he went ashore When he was young, his steps were slow, and he did not look like he had martial arts. It is really hard to see the origin. Anyway, he is either a stranger in the world, or a hermit in the mountains. He is absolutely extraordinary. When he comes back, why don't we treat him to a drink Cup, talk, can't we know?" Xu Yue said: "My brother's eyesight is indeed very good, but it's not all."

Tao Jun was about to ask why, when the old man was already carrying a large gourd of wine, he staggered and turned back from the bank.As soon as they got to the two-person boat, they shouted: "You group of things, how dare you steal my boat while the old man is selling wine?" They were about to curse back at each other.Tao Jun quickly stopped, jumped ashore, and said to the old man: "Your Excellency just forgot to tie the boat after you left. I saw your boat drifting with the water, and it was about to flow to the center of the river in a blink of an eye, so I called the boatman on behalf of Your Excellency." It's a good intention to tie it up, and you don't have the intention of stealing. Don't blame me." The old man became angrier when he heard this, "You guys are clearly colluding with each other and cheating. Now there are real stolen goods and real criminals. , do you still want to argue? I am a step late, and you will take my boat away? Are you bullying me because I am old?" Tao Jun saw that the old man was unreasonable, and was about to get angry when he suddenly thought of Zhao Xinyuan's farewell In other words, I saw that although the old man was anxious and his eyes were shining, he didn't dare to make mistakes, but he still argued with a smile on his face.The old man became more and more angry with Tao Jun, and then he almost cursed.

Seeing the old man, Xu Yue felt that he was not an ordinary person, so he flew ashore, bowed deeply to the old man first, and said, "Don't be angry, it's because my friend is busy. If you want to steal your Boat, I don’t care about that. You old man don’t dislike you, you have leftover wine and food, please go to the boat and let me two brothers make amends with wine, how about that?” Hearing this, the old man suddenly turned angry and said, “You Wouldn’t it be fine if you said you invited me to drink earlier?” Hearing this, Tao Jun secretly laughed that the old man scolded himself for a long time, so it turned out that he wanted to cheat the wine, which is a good way to steal the wine.Seeing Xu Yue's respect and knowing the reason, he didn't dare to neglect, suppressed his smile, and boarded the boat with both hands.After sitting down, the old man also greeted the two of them, and ate and drank all the way.Tao and Xu couldn't intervene to ask the old man's name, so they could only courteously persuade him to drink and toast the food.It's really refreshing.The two boatmen watched the old man's hunger and hunger, and couldn't help being angry. They took advantage of the old man's inattention and quietly untied the rope tied to the boat.Xu Yue clearly saw it, but pretended not to know.When the boat had flowed out of Zhang Xu, he pretended to be surprised and said, "boatman, why did you let the water wash away the old man's boat by accident?" The old man’s boat has nothing to tie the boat. There is only one small rope, how can it be tied? It is still difficult for the big boat to catch up with the small boat. What should we do? Fortunately, the old man is blaming us for not tying him. His small boat, I think the old man must have a way to bring the boat back." Hearing what the boatman said, the old man held his wine glass in one hand, turned around and smiled and said: "You are right, I am afraid of being stolen, not afraid of it running away. That's right." Tao Jun had a solid mind, and didn't know that Xu Yue was testing the old man's ability. Seeing the boat drifting along the current, it was seven or eight feet away from the big boat, so he hurriedly called: "The boatman quickly unmoored and rushed to the heart of the river to help the old man. Take the boat back."

Before the boatman could answer, the old man hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, it's okay. My boat can't run away. I will chase after it after I finish eating and drinking. You don't have to worry about it." Xu Yue quickly said: "I know the old man There is Dengping's unique skill of crossing the water, so I just use this to look up." Tao Jun was satisfied with this, so he didn't open his mouth, and he was very skeptical: "This Dengping's kung fu for crossing the water is nothing more than a description of the kung fu of lightness reaching its peak. The ground is like walking on the water. I heard Zhao Xinyuan say in the past that you have to rely on a little bit. Look at the boat going farther and farther. This vast river has three feet of waves without wind. Let your lightness reach the extreme, and the distance is tens of feet. How do you fly across the river?" Looking carefully at the old man, except for his bright eyes, he couldn't see anything special.I tried to ask his name a few times, but he turned me off with words.After drinking for a while, the boat was farther away, with the eyes of Tao and Xu, they could only see some black spots on their dirty heads, like floating quilts.The old man was so winded that he ate a cup and emptied it.Then he stood up, drunkenly blurred, his footsteps were crooked, and walked towards the side of the boat in a staggered manner. Tao Jun was afraid that he would stumble into the river drunk. The paper ball, as soon as Tao Jun took off his handle, the old man had already stepped into the river from the side of the boat.Tao Jun was taken aback, before he could utter the word "not good", he saw that the old man stepped up to the surface of the water without sinking, turned his head to the two of them, said "goodbye", kicked and pulled, stepped on the waves, Looking down, Liutou walked away like flying.The people on the boat were stunned with fright.The power of the gods in Jiangchu was the most prosperous, and the two boatmen suspected that they were enlightened by Narcissus, so they were so frightened that they knelt on the bow of the boat and kowtowed to her head.

Xu Yue saw the old man's behavior first, and knew that he was very human.At first, I suspected that he would be able to cross the water at Dengping, so he deliberately wanted to show off in front of others.Although this kind of light-weight kung fu can raise one's energy to walk on the water surface, the distance is no more than three or four zhang at most. It is also very strenuous to walk in the way of skimming the water.Later, seeing the boat going far away, I was worried that the old man would not be able to step down, but who knew that he waded through the water and boarded the waves like walking on flat ground.I have never even heard of people who use the mighty Hongtao as the road to Kangzhuang like this.He deeply hates himself for being too sloppy just now, and for missing a peerless person.Tao Jun also hated himself for not asking the old man's name.Just as he was in a trance, he suddenly felt a ball of paper in his hand, only to remember that it was given by the old man.Quickly opened it and saw that there were eight characters written on it: "Chi Ru Yellow Crane, Traveling in Sichuan should be fast", the writing is strong, like a dragon and snake flying.The two of them read it once, but they couldn't understand the details.Because of the above statement that "travel in Sichuan should be fast", I wanted to enter Sichuan as soon as possible, so as not to miss the opportunity.Discuss with Xu Yue and persuade him not to worry about family affairs and leave before the year.Xu Yue had no choice but to change the original arrangement and entrust all the affairs of the family to a reliable person within ten days, and leave in time.Immediately instruct the boatman not to make public.He coaxed and said: "Just now, this immortal left something to say. He has a destiny with us, so he came to enlighten us. If the secret of heaven is leaked, there will be no good and bad luck." He gave two taels of silver more for wine.The boatman nodded in agreement.do not mention.

The two returned to Xu's house, and Xu Yue went to take care of all the affairs the next day.That Tao Jun was eager to find a teacher, once he missed it, he would regret it.Because the old man said "Chi Ru Yellow Crane" on the note, if we had to see each other again before we parted, I was suspicious and asked him to wait for him at the Yellow Crane Tower.Fortunately, there were still a few days of delay, Xu Yue couldn't separate himself due to business, and he didn't force an appointment, so he went to the Yellow Crane Tower to drink alone every day, until the black people came back, hoping to have some adventures.On the seventh day, I was sitting alone thinking, when I suddenly saw people whispering to each other.Looking back, I saw a monk and a layman, dressed strangely and looking fierce, drinking at a table behind him.These two people are the golden body Arhat Fa Yuan and Qin Lang, their appearances are extremely ugly, and their eyes are fierce.As soon as Tao Jun saw these two people, he knew they were not ordinary people, so he carefully watched their actions.The place where Qin Lang was sitting was right behind Tao Jun, when Tao Jun turned his head, the two met each other first.Qin Lang saw that Tao Jun was in high spirits and had an extraordinary demeanor, so he also knew that he was not an ordinary drinker.Then he said to Fa Yuan: "Master, look at a young scholar on the table over there. His eyes are full of divine light, as if he is very skilled in martial arts. Can Master tell which faction he is from?" Fa Yuan listened to Qin Lang After saying that, he looked at Tao Jun, just as Tao Jun was turning his head to peek at the two of them, he couldn't help but meet Fa Yuan again.

Fa Yuan was surprised when he saw Tao Jun was tall and handsome, with a radiant inner appearance and a heroic appearance, he was born with immortal bones.Then he quietly said to Qin Lang: "If this person is talking about martial arts, he has just started martial arts at most; if he is talking about swordsmanship, he is far behind. However, this person's foundation is too strong, and he is born with a special talent. He neither knows swordsmanship nor swordsmanship. Of course, he has not been recruited by the Emei faction. It is not too late, you and I have finished the wine and food, you first go to Shashi and wait for me to lead him into the door, so as not to be taken away by the Emei faction again." Master and apprentice used For dinner and wine, Qin Lang will finish the meal bill and go to Shashi by himself.Fa Yuan waited for Qin Lang to leave, pretending to lean on the railing to watch the river view, while paying attention to Tao Jun, the more he watched, the more he fell in love with him.At first, Tao Jun saw Fa Yuan and Qin Lang keep looking at him, and then he saw them whispering, whispering and secretly talking secretly, and he was already suspicious in his heart.Later, when Qin Lang left, he stared at him twice, feeling more and more that the two of them harbored ill intentions towards him.Although Tao Jun is not very knowledgeable, he often heard Zhao Xinyuan talk about the differences between people with advanced kung fu and swordsmanship. It is estimated that if these two people have bad intentions towards him, they will not be easily dismissed.The monk didn't leave after eating, so it wasn't necessarily because he was spying on him.I am alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with; I want to stay and leave, the youth is full of vigor, and I feel a little weak.Since I was born in the early days, I didn't offend anyone, or there was a misunderstanding, and I don't know.So he also pretended to lean on the railing to watch the river and the cars and horses passing by on the street, pretending not to mind. While watching, he suddenly saw a dwarf in the crowd and greeted him.Taking a closer look, it was the old man he had been thinking about for days and nights, walking on the waves on the river that day, and he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.When he was about to call out, the old man quickly compared to him, and suddenly a very soft voice blew into his ear and said: "The thief monk sitting on your left is an evildoer of the Wutai sect. I fell in love with you, and I want to accept you as an apprentice. If you don't agree, he will kill you. I don't want to show up now. If you want to worship me as a teacher, you can use a trick to get away. I will wait for you at Parrot Island. The monk wants I want to wait for you to go downstairs and take you away by coercion. You might as well go and talk to him first and play tricks on him if you want to get it." After finishing speaking, he didn't listen to the sound.When I looked at the old man again, he had already gone a long way. Speaking of this, readers may think that the author deliberately exaggerated his words, otherwise, although the old man said these words downstairs, although Tao Jun could still hear them, then Fa Yuan is also a rare figure in the sword fairy of the alien sect, who is close at hand , Why can't you hear it at all? Readers should know that the sword of the sword fairy is originally the internal strength of luck, which is at its peak, so that the body and the sword can be united.The old man's speaking skill is called Baili Transcendent, and it's all about practicing Qi.He trained the innate zhenqi to be as thin as a gossamer, aimed at the target, sent it out, and penetrated directly into the ear of the opponent.Although the voice is thin, it is extremely clear.Talking about upstairs and downstairs, the distance of tens of feet, even tens of miles, can also be transmitted.It is also the same reason that sword immortals take people's heads from hundreds of miles away.Gossip less, the book returns to the main story. It is said that after hearing what the old man said, Tao Jun understood why the monk paid attention to himself.Hearing that the old man agreed to accept him as an apprentice, he was really overjoyed.I also worry that I am being watched by monks, and it is not easy to escape.Looking at the monk, it seemed that he had never heard the old man talk to him, so he knew the level of the two of them.So he made up his mind and secretly thought of a way to get out.That Fayuan wanted to wait for Tao Jun to go downstairs, deliberately exaggerating his status and showing off his amazing skills, so that Tao Jun would come to ask for advice wholeheartedly.Later, seeing that although Tao Jun glanced at him, he was just like the other drinkers and didn't pay much attention, so he couldn't help but secretly scolded the idiot twice.He and Tao Jun talked for a while, but he didn't realize that it was the end of the Shen Dynasty and the beginning of the Youchu period, and the wine was gone.There were only the two of them left on the Yellow Crane Tower, and each of them pretended to look at the river, and each had their own plans.Tao Jun couldn't bear it any longer, but because he heard the old man's words, if he left, the monk would follow him downstairs and force him to go with him, so he couldn't think of a way to escape. The bartender, who was contemplating how to walk, knew that Tao Jun was a good customer because Tao Jun had been here for several days. Seeing him sitting alone and bored, he came up to offer courtesy and said, "Your official must be a little hungry now after drinking and eating for a long time. .The fresh fish and shrimp just caught from the river in the kitchen just now, do you want to make some to try something new?" Tao Jun was struck by an idea when he heard this, and laughed: "I'm waiting for a friend, so I came to discuss an order. It is said that we will meet here in the evening, and it will probably come soon. Since there are such new things, you can go and do something with me. I am a little anxious at this time, and it is convenient to go downstairs. If my When a friend comes, just say I’ll come as soon as I go, and don’t tell him not to go away.” After that, he took out another silver coin and asked him to store it on the cabinet, as if to settle the bill first, and asked the bartender for some toilet paper. Go downstairs. Fa Yuan was waiting impatiently, and wanted to come forward to show off.Hearing Tao Jun's words, he thought that like attracts like, this person is of such high quality, his friends must be good.He decided to simply endure for a while longer to see who it was.It is estimated that Tao Jun will come back after going to the toilet, so he doesn't want to follow.And because I was bored, I also asked the bartender to add two dishes and drink alone by the river.After waiting for half a day, I didn't see Tao Jun coming back, so I was so surprised, I thought: "Has this man seen through my travels and possessions?"The bartender held the lamp in his palm and asked Fa Yuan why he didn't use food and wine.Fa Yuan probed the bartender and said: "The gentleman who just left doesn't have the accent of this place. He must often come here to drink. Do you know his name and where he lives?" Yuan has a vicious appearance, he doesn't taboo on meat and wine, he's a bit strange, now that he's inquiring about Tao Jun, how can he be willing to tell him the truth.Then he replied: "Although this gentleman has been here twice, because he is a passing guest, he only knows his surname Tao, but I don't know where he lives."I also thought that since the boy said that he was dating a friend to discuss important matters, maybe he met him on the road when he went to the toilet, or he didn't intend to avoid himself.So he planned to stay in Hankou for two days, so that he could find this person and take him under his door, so as not to be snatched by the Emei faction again.