Chapter 64 Chapter 63: Cooking Wine at Night

We talked for a while, and became more and more speculative with each other.Brothers and sisters Bai Qi and Dai Hengyu heard from Xu Yue that Huang and Zhao both knew swordsmanship, and admired them very much, so they asked Xu Chao to turn Huang, Zhao, and Xu to help.Xinyuan said: "It is my duty to eradicate violence and bring peace to the poor, and to support the weak. However, my younger brother and brother Huang Dao still have important matters to attend to. On the third day of February, I still have a senior sword fairy mission, leaving a letter. I can't take it apart until that day, but the date of the appointment is also on this day, so I'm not sure if I can serve him as promised. If I fight against him before the third day of February, then I can definitely serve him." The old man Zhuiyun ordered Zhou Chun to pass on the book.Still afraid that Bai and Dai would not believe it, they took out the letter beside them.Bai Qi said: "Brother Zhao is too thoughtful. I think Luo Jiu will not be able to keep the original date when he sees Wen thief's death. Since the two of you have important things to do, brothers don't dare to force them. We are finally destined, now It's still early, and there are quite quiet houses here, and the scenery in the valley is not inferior to Yuelu, why don't you invite the three of you to live here? If the two thieves Chen and Luo don't come before the deadline, then we can think of another way, and we will definitely not misjudge our respect. How about it?" Huang and Zhao are wandering wild cranes, seeing their master's good intentions to stay with each other, it is rare to congenial with each other; and hearing that Chen and Luo are so rampant, as long as they don't miss the mission of old man Yun, they are happy to eliminate harm for the people.So he promised to go back to Yuelu tomorrow to fetch some belongings, and stay until the third day of February, and make a decision after reading the letter from Chasing Yunsou.Bai and Dai were overjoyed upon hearing this.Both Ling Cao and Yu Yunzhong were injured by Luo Jiu, but fortunately Bai Qi knew how to treat them carefully and recuperated in the back garden.It is said that three swordsmen have come, and even Ling Yunfeng wants to help the sick and come out to see him.Bai Qi said that the two of them couldn't get tired, so he invited Huang, Zhao and Xu to meet each other.Speaking of which, Ling Cao was still Xin Yuan's same martial uncle when he first learned martial arts, so they naturally became closer to each other. On the second day, Huang, Zhao, and Xu went back to Changsha Yuelu, fetched things respectively, and stayed in Dai's field.Only Xu Yue was anxious to go to Sanyou Cave to pay homage to his teacher, and he had to go home to take care of everything, saying that he would go back after staying on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Seeing that he was very determined to leave, Bai Qi couldn't persuade him to stay too much, so he had to wait until he had lived for fifteen years.

On the night of New Year's Eve, Dai Hengyu hosted a banquet for the three guests.At the banquet, Huang Xuanji said: "That day when we were in the restaurant, Third Brother Xu clearly heard that group of people say the word Daijiachang several times, but there has been no movement for three days. Could it be that guy has other tricks? We can't be careless. "One sentence reminded everyone, Dai Hengyu said: "Brother Huang Dao didn't mention it, I forgot. The real name of this valley is Sunflower Valley. The surname is Lu, although he is also in this Sunflower Valley, there was a heavy rain that year, and the mountain torrents broke out, and half of the isolated peak was washed away. In addition, the mud, sand and rocks brought down by the flood gradually accumulated and condensed, connecting the two villages. A small road was filled in. The road was surrounded by cliffs and rocks. The Yushen Cave at the boundary could only allow one person to enter and exit. Now it is blocked by mud and sand, so it is cut off. To get to the opposite village, you have to go around two cliffs, which is extremely dangerous It's hard to move. In addition, although the two villages are close to each other, the relationship is not harmonious. It's fine if they don't communicate. In the second year, Wu Sangui's army was defeated and returned. They broke into bandits and attacked Lu Village, killing many people. Looted. Since the collapse of the mountain that year, mountains and rivers have been flooded every year. When the crops in the fields are about to ripen, they are always washed away by water. The people in Lu Village have no place to live. They found a geologist to look at Fengshui. He said that in Lu Village The dragon veins have been interrupted, and if the residents don't try to move, whoever lives here will lose their family and die. This place believes in Fengshui the most, and seeing that the floods occur every year, it is really impossible to live in peace, so the whole village was moved to a nearby high slope. Only It was a pity that the fields could not be taken away, so they had to sow seeds before the beginning of spring, and the harvest depended on the destiny. Who knew that the year they moved away, there was no water, and the harvest was good. But once they moved back, they would not live long. God, the water flooded. They had no choice but to divide the farmland and the house into two places. They only left two bitter clansmen on the higher cliffs to guard the fields. It was really overwhelming to travel back and forth during the farming season. Annoying. The mountains and fields over there are very fat, and they are reluctant to part with, and no one wants to sell them. I often ask the geographer to look at them, which is similar to what the geologists said before. Some people said that when the lonely peak was not down, Lu Village and the Dai family After the landslide, all Fengshui belonged to Dai’s farm, so the people in Lu Village could only cultivate the land and could not live in their homes. The people in Lu Village hated us when they heard the news. But the mountain collapsed by itself, It has nothing to do with us, we are very prepared, and they will do nothing to us. There are about five or six miles of mountain roads between Jiulu Village and Xinlu Village. After not many years, more than half of the old houses still exist. If the two thieves Chen and Luo knew It's hard to get into this field, so it's not for fun to seduce Lu Village, use their old house to gain a foothold, dig through the old road of Yushen Cave, and climb over from the cliff, taking advantage of our unprepared age to come up with a desperate plan."

Bai Qi said: "Second brother is very worried. This thief is the most unfaithful. Once the Wen thief dies, we know that he will not give up, but no one can predict when he will come. There are still so many days, how can we work hard every day? ?It would be better for the three of my brothers to take turns patrolling the old road in Yushen Cave, with sparks in their arms, and if there is any movement, they will immediately send out a signal, just in case. What do you think?" Xu Yue said first: "This time You don't need to work hard, Brother Bai, I am in a hurry to go to Sanyou Cave to find a teacher, so I can't help you when the time comes, if you need something small, please ask Brother Bai to assign a younger brother." Xinyuan and Xuanji also said they would like to go.Bai Qi said: "The three guests are here for the first time, and they are at the end of the new year. How dare they work?"Bai Qi said: "I'm not busy at this time if I want to go, how about my younger brother Tong Ling to be in charge tonight and tomorrow?" After finishing speaking, he stood up and poured a full cup, and said to Xu Chao: "Brother Yu is here to accompany the guests. Please, brother, please work hard." Xu Chao immediately bowed and said, "Of order." He brought the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.Someone sent the portable weapon long ago.Xu Chao took the weapon, bowed again to everyone, said goodbye, turned and left the hall.

Because Xu Yue is his brother, it is inconvenient to stop him, so he has to let him.Everyone took their seats again, Bai Qi persuaded the guests attentively, as if nothing had happened.Everyone toasted and drank until the end of the second watch, but there was still no movement.At that moment, a long-term worker removed the cups and chopsticks, and Bai and Dai accompanied them to chat in the room.Because it was New Year's Eve, everyone stayed up to watch the New Year's Eve, and it was very interesting to talk about it.After the third watch, Dai Hengyu went in and worshiped the gods and came out to bid farewell to everyone.Then the whole family, relatives and friends in the long class, and people from Daijiachang and the whole village performed many common rituals respectively.

Seeing the reunion of Hengyu's family, which was very lively, Xu Yue couldn't help feeling a little bit in his heart.Suddenly remembered: "Xu Chao broke up with me for many years, never saw each other, and reunited with him in a different place for no reason, and also practiced an amazing skill. I didn't have time to talk to him about the situation after the farewell. I will soon go to Sanyou Cave to find a teacher. Maybe Xu Yongjiu will abandon his family and be born. Why not entrust him to take care of the family property and children, wouldn't it be good?" Thinking of this, he slipped out while everyone was busy with the farewell ceremony, and the people at the door knew that he was from the village The distinguished guest did not interrogate him.Xu Yue had already asked Ming Yushen Cave the way at the banquet, left Dai's house, and walked forward.I only heard the sound of gongs and drums all over the village. From time to time, I saw many villagers welcoming the God of Wealth and offering sacrifices to their ancestors from outside their houses. All kinds of fireworks were flying all over the sky. It's just a trumpet for the stars of Kowloon.Along the way, Xu Yue saw a lot of folk music in good times, and the scene of drinking and dying, which made the villagers happy.As he was walking, suddenly a horizontal hill with a height of several tens of feet rose up, and he knew that this place was not far from Yushen Cave.I saw the cold stars shining in the sky, and it was quiet on the hill, not to mention no one was there, and I didn't see Xu Chao watching anywhere.When I looked back again, there were still fireworks flying all over the sky, and the sound of firecrackers and Chinese New Year gongs and drums was faintly blown by the wind.

Xu Yue didn't even think about it, he straightened his body a few times and reached the top of Gao Gang.Just as he was looking for Xu Chaoshi with his eyes all around, he suddenly heard a shout in his ear, and then his eyes lit up, and two sharp steel knives were pointed directly at his chest.Xu Yue hastily turned his body back, and the distance was three to five Zhang.When I looked forward, it turned out that there were two strong men from the village, each holding the village lights in one hand and a steel knife in the other.Just as he was about to reply, he suddenly heard the wind in the back of his head. Xu Yue, who had been an enemy for a long time, hurriedly turned his head away, and two long spears were pointed like cold stars.Xu Yue knew that everyone in Dai's house knew some martial arts, and the arrangements were well-planned, so if he didn't report his background immediately, it would be inappropriate no matter what aspect he was injured.Stretching out, he shouted: "Don't misunderstand, I am Bai and Dai who sent me to replace my brother Xu Chao." When the four heard this, they lifted up the four red lights and pointed them at him. On Xu Yue's face, he recognized the honored guest invited by the owner a few days ago, and hurriedly stepped forward to make amends, saying: "I'll wait for four people to be on duty tonight, patrolling here, because I saw that the honored guest did not carry the lights of the village. In the middle of the night, the third villa owner said again that there might be spies sneaking into the Yushen Cave, and I will guard it carefully, so that we may mistake the distinguished guest for an outsider, please don't be offended." Xu Yue also said a few words humbly, and asked Sanzhuang Where does the Lord Xu Chao go?Dai Manguan, the leader of the four, said: "In the middle of the night, I saw the owner of the third village coming here, saying that he was going to go to the old road of Yushen Cave to do some business, and told the four of us not to leave without permission. When the sky was getting bright and he hadn't come back yet, when the second group of people came for us, he went to report the news to the owner and everyone. At first we saw him hovering around the entrance of the Fish God Cave with a spear in his hand. After the second watch, we saw him alone I went into the cave and never came out again. The Yushen Cave was forty or fifty feet deep, and it used to be the only way to Tonglu Village. A few years ago, the landslide came down and filled this road, and the spine of the Yushen Cave was broken by the rocks. It was also blocked, and there was no ventilation at both ends. When we were defending here a few days ago, we always divided four people into two teams, brought a lot of food and wine, ran into the cave, got some firewood, kept warm and drank inside. The four people divided While guarding the two shifts, two partners heard ghosts crying and howling inside, and faintly saw a blue light flickering in the depths of the cave. They wondered if there was a monster, and ran out in fright. The two of us didn't believe it, so we went to Looking inside the cave, there was no sound at first. Just as we were about to blame our two partners for lying, we suddenly saw a blue light and a white light flying out from the depths of the cave, passing through our heads, and flying out of the cave. The two of us fell to the ground in fright. We stopped for a while, and when we went out to look around, there was no sign of anything. I wanted to report to the three owners, but the three owners never believed in gods and ghosts. I’m afraid we were timid and lazy, so we endured a bit My God, because the third owner has always been easy-going and loves to joke with us, and I was the one who talked too much, saying that there were monsters in the Fish God Cave, and talked about it. Now that the third owner has gone to the cave and never comes out, I am really worried for him! "

Xu Yue was shocked when he heard the words, and after thinking for a while, he said to Dai Manguan: "Where are there any monsters in this small cave? The three masters must have misidentified the way in there. You four are still defending here, if outsiders come Now, there is no need to fight him, just wave the lantern to the village, and someone will come to capture him. I will go find my brother and come out." After saying that, he took the weapon in his hand and walked straight to the Fish God Cave, Xu Yue went to the entrance of Yushen's cave and saw that the entrance was about two feet high and had been piled up with gravel, only allowing one or two people to go in and out, and it was dark inside.He listened carefully, but there was no movement.Let's call Xu Chao's nickname twice into the cave, the cave has a deep hidden voice, and Xu Yue's dantian is full of energy, which is exceptionally clear.Xu Yue yelled twice, and then carefully listened to the echo from the cave.Suddenly shouted: "No!" He didn't go into the cave, went back to the original place, and asked Dai Manguan for a lantern.The second time I came to the cave, covered the light with my hands, went into the cave, touched a stone, sat down with my face facing the dark place, opened my eyes and stared forward, it took me half a cup of tea.Then he closed his eyes, adjusted his breath and concentrated his mind, and stayed for a while.Then he opened his eyes, looked into the darkness, and actually saw the path clearly, knowing that there must be another place of light in the cave, otherwise he would never have seen it so clearly.

Xu Yue's ability to see things in the dark is called "Xushishengbai Luminous Eye".At the beginning of practice, first prepare a dark room, light a stick of incense inside, walk in from the bright place, open your eyes, and stare at the preset incense in the room for a while.Then he closed his eyes and concentrated for half a moment, then opened his eyes again to look at the incense, without blinking, until he saw that his eyes were so sore that he couldn't support it.Close your eyes again, rest your mind for a moment, then open your eyes again to look at the incense.There must be a certain number of times every night, and gradually reduce the target of the incense.After three months, remove the incense, replace it with a white wooden stick, and practice as usual.Kungfu is not considered to be practiced until the wooden stick changes from big to small, and the color of the wooden stick changes from white to yellow to red. From then on, you can see things very clearly in the dark.

Xu Yue yelled twice just now, and heard that although the lingering sound was long, there was no echo; he also heard from Dai Manguan that Xu Chao had been in the cave for a long time, and he knew that the cave must have been opened by someone.I wanted to go back and tell everyone about it, but I was afraid that if nothing happened to Xu Chao, it would be a sign of weakness if he labored so hard.Relying on the audacity of a skilled person, and having practiced this pair of night eyes, at least go find Xu Chao's whereabouts first.So he asked Dai Manguan for a lantern.Turn the side of the light leak towards the stone wall, and prepare your mark in case you get lost.Only one side of the lamp is transparent, and it is red. When it shines on the stone wall, there is only a faint shadow, which will never be seen by people who have not practiced night vision.Xu Yue was still not at ease, so he sat down again, adjusted his breath and calmed his nerves, adjusted his gaze in the dark, opened his eyes and looked around, there were firewood ashes and a flagon beside the stone he was sitting on, he knew it was Leftovers of the patrolling village.Looking forward, the hole is quite tortuous.Xu Yue is a careful person, using night eyes, tiptoeing and concentrating, looking forward all the way, walking all the way.After walking for thirty or forty feet, I suddenly came to the end. I searched all around, but there was no way out.I thought: "Those four strong men clearly saw Xu Chao coming in from here. Although the cave is tortuous, there is only one road and no fork. Come in? Or there is a road outside the cave, I don't know. What is the reason for the cry heard by the night watchmen last night and the two brilliance, one green and one white, rushing out of the cave?"

As he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a very slight sound coming from behind the stone wall at the end.Xu Yue was not negligent, he approached the stone wall lightly, put his ear on it, and heard the sound of moving something heavy, as if he could hear many people talking together, but he couldn't hear it very clearly.Knowing that there were traces to follow, relying on his sharp hearing, he held his breath and listened carefully for a long time before he heard a high-pitched voice say: "I originally said that since those two birds flew away from here, This dangerous road is absolutely unreliable. We know it, but don’t others know it? Sure enough, they will send people here tonight. If I hadn’t prepared in advance, wouldn’t they have taken away all the truth? Since we have the help of Master Guo, It would be better to simply wait until the date, and make a clear competition. Why bother to be sneaky, but let people be more prepared in advance. Now that this road is re-filled, we certainly don’t want to pass, people want to come; Digging this pile of stones is by no means something that can be done in an instant. If you really want to know the movement of others, you just need to ask Zhenren Guo's disciples to drive forward with a sword light." Speaking of this, another person said: "It's still The third master is right, this is what Luo Jiu said. He heard the two birds escaped from here the day before yesterday. We found that the fish god cave has been opened. It is also difficult for outsiders to fly in. Now that there is this shortcut, it is a good time to take advantage of the New Year to go to the dark storehouse and kill everyone. Who would have thought that it took us a long time to get through yesterday, but the spies of other people can do it without any trouble. He slipped in and was lucky enough to catch him. When Master Guo found out about this, he didn't take it seriously, and immediately forced the owner to block the hole again. On the eve of the New Year's Eve, we had to stay at home to celebrate the New Year. The spy pierced the tendon of the leg and turned it into a cripple. This is the idea of ​​Luo Jiu, the wolf cub!" The previous man said again: "Fourth, you don't have to be sad anymore, quickly pile up this piece, and follow me Go see the owner. It’s almost dawn, and I still think that your family has passed away.” Then the sound of stones moving was heard again.Then there were many footsteps, from near to far, until there was no sound at all.

Xu Yue reckoned that the people behind the stone wall had gone far away, and hearing what those people said, he knew that Xu Chao was in danger.He hurriedly turned around to get the lantern, took off the oil paper, and carefully illuminated it on the stone wall.Sure enough, I found a hole on the left side of the stone wall, four or five feet above the ground, about three feet wide, and many footprints underground.Although the hole is now filled with a big rock, after identification, it has been found that it was made by man.I pushed it twice with my hand, but it didn't move.Xu Yue refused to give up, and pushed hard to other places, inadvertently, he suddenly felt that the rock in the lower right corner was faintly moving.I took a light and saw some cracks, and I was overjoyed.Without doing anything, he first looked at the stone wall for a while, and saw that half of the fish god cave had a relatively wide terrain.Back then, the mountain peak was about to fall down, crushing the roof of the cave and blocking the main roads.When the rock fell down, it was shaken violently. Although the surface was one piece, there were many cracks. At first people didn't pay much attention to it. It wasn't until the enemy planned to dig out the old way and attack Daijiachang that there was a rock. , having been separated from the stone wall itself, it was removed.Tonight, I think someone is advocating that you should not use this dangerous method to fill it up again, and you don't want to be discovered by yourself again.However, if Xu Chaoru went out here and was captured, the enemy on the other side of the stone wall must be prepared.If you don't try to find a way from this path, on the one hand, you are not familiar with the road, and on the other hand, you have heard people say that the distance is too far, and you are afraid of delaying time, which may exceed your mistakes.After careful consideration, he decided to open this road and go out.Then he put the spear on the ground, pulled out the sword beside him, inserted it straight into the crack of the stone, and pulled it hard into his arms, and it unexpectedly slipped away.Xu Yue was afraid that the enemy behind the stone wall would be alarmed, so he put the sword into the sheath lightly, squatted down, held the edge of the stone with both hands, exhausted all his strength, stabilized his strength, held his breath, and pulled it into his arms without any trouble. He pulled out a two-foot-square stone, looked into the small hole, and suddenly saw a ray of light shining on the stone, knowing that the stone wall had been opened, and he could go out through it. It turned out that when the landslide happened, the peak of a mountain peak was pressing on the backbone of the Yushen Cave. This big rock was half inserted into the ground. The thick part was about three or four feet thick, but there were two places where it was only about a foot thin. It was unbearable. With so much pressure, it happened to split into two pieces, one left and one right.So Xu Yue didn't bother, just pulled it away.After Xu Yue opened the stone cave, he didn't know what other enemies were ambush on the opposite side, so he didn't dare to make another attempt to climb over.First he took off a small cap he was wearing and put it on the tip of the gun, stuck it out of the hole, shook it a few times, and listened carefully, but there was no movement, and then withdrew.Putting down the gun, he crawled over to take a look, and couldn't help but let out a cry of shame.It turned out that this stone wall was actually hollow, and the other side was opened by myself. Although this side was not opened, it was born with holes of three or four inches in diameter.Looking out of the hole, there were indeed two people laying on the floor outside, and they had already fallen asleep.One of the fire plates has a lot of wine, vegetables and tea on the edge of the plate.Although the two defenders are already asleep, if they plan to break through the wall and go out, they will definitely be awakened.If you use a hidden weapon from the hole to end the lives of the two of them, and then go out, you are afraid of accidentally injuring innocent people.Pushing the stone wall again, it turned out to be very solid, and it is absolutely difficult to get out without using a weapon. I was in a dilemma, suddenly felt a cool wind behind my head, fearing that it might be a hidden weapon of the enemy, I hurriedly hid my head and shrunk my neck, leaning down.Seeing the two black shadows flickering, and then hearing two chirping sounds, followed by a loud bang, the stone wall fell out of thin air, shaking the ground and dust flying.There were two people standing in front of him, the night watchman woke up with a start, and when he got up, he was already knocked down by the two people using acupuncture.Xu Yue took a closer look, and found that the two who came were Xuanji and Xinyuan.Overjoyed in my heart, I hurriedly jumped over to meet each other.Just as he was about to ask why the two of them came here, Xinyuan said: "Young brother has already been trapped in a tiger's den, so I don't have time to talk about it now, let's talk about rescuing young brother soon." After finishing speaking, he first activated the two captured night watchmen He and Xuanji carried one to the side like a bird catching a bird, and interrogated Xu Chao's whereabouts separately. The two men said: "A few days ago, two women went to Lu Village in the middle of the night. They are both highly skilled. I heard that they can emit blue light and white light to kill people. For some reason, Guo Zhenren used magic to capture the two women. Inside the Fish God Cave, the outside was sealed off with a spell. Originally, I wanted to trap them for a few days, and when they couldn't hold on anymore, they asked themselves to surrender and marry each of the owners as concubines. I didn't want the fish to be captured by those two women the next night. Shendong opened the old way and escaped. Guo Zhenren was very upset about this matter. He said that the two women were the apprentices of Grandma Jin in Hengshan. If they were subdued, not only would they get two helpers, but because of them, even Grandma Jin would be drawn over. Now that they have escaped, they must invite Grandma Jin to come and take revenge. I regret that I should not have made things difficult for them. At this moment, Luo Jiuye and Chen Zhuangzhu came back from the city. After hearing about this, they said that the old way of Yushen Cave was well established. , it can be used to copy the back road of Daijiachang. So we discussed with our owner to open the stone wall in the Yushen Cave. Our owner and Chen owner were old friends for many years. It is said that Master Chen and Dai's family had an enmity, so he promised to help him. A few days ago, Master Chen and Master Luo came to visit and said that Dai's farm was too heavily guarded and it was not easy to enter. Knowing that Lu Village is nearby, they planned to borrow Here I went to copy the back road of Daijiachang. When I got here, I realized that the Yushen Cave, which was connected to Daijiachang in the past, has now been filled to death due to landslides, and there are many cliffs in the middle. Mr. Chen saw that this plan was not going to work, so he had to ask our owner to help when the time came. After the two of them returned, they heard that our owner's friend Guo Zhenren had come, so they rushed to pay a visit. The owner of the villa naturally agreed as soon as he said it. Who would have thought that the Yushen Cave was opened today during the day, and at night, a man surnamed Xu came to Daijiachang. Our villa owner and Luo Jiuye went to the cave to check the path, and the two of them worked together to capture him and bring him back to the village for interrogation. When Master Guo found out, he didn't take it seriously. He said that faith is the most important thing in the rivers and lakes. Spring fights, you shouldn't sneak around and attack people before the deadline. It doesn't matter whether you win or lose. It's a shameless thing. Immediately force the owner to send someone to re-block the Yushen Cave overnight. The two of us are here to watch the night, surnamed Xu I really don't know if I will live or die." After saying that, he kowtowed and begged Huang and Zhao to spare their lives.