Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Tangled

Kou Zhong leaned close to Xu Ziling's ear and whispered: "This woman is more beautiful than all the red aunts in Chunfengyuan." Xu Ziling was staring blankly at the majestic and beautiful face of the treasure girl in white. When he heard the words and nodded in agreement, the girl in white who was sitting propped up suddenly opened his eyes and glared at them. The two were taken aback and huddled together. The delicate body of the white-clothed woman trembled violently, and she closed her eyes again. It took a while to open them, and she gave them an annoyed glance, and said with a sigh of relief, "What place is this?"

The two looked at both sides of the river seriously, then shook their heads together. The woman in white looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was about to set and the two sides of the river were bathed in the afterglow of the sunset. Knowing that she had been sitting upright for two hours, she pondered for a while and said softly: "Yu Wenhuaji chasing you?" Kou and Xu exchanged glances, Luoli shook his head and replied, "I don't know!" A cold light flashed in the beautiful eyes of the woman in white, and after staring at the two of them for a while, she suddenly laughed and said, "The two little devils jump into the river immediately!"

The two were so hungry that their hands and feet were weak, and they turned pale with shock when they heard the words, not knowing what to do. The white-clothed female Xuan sighed again, and said lightly, "I'm going to sleep for three hours. You two little devils will steer the boat well for me. If the boat capsizes, I will kill you." The sky is full of stars, and the moon shines slantingly. Under the dim moonlight, this pair of good friends who depended on each other huddled together, endured the hunger and the invasion of the river wind, and mechanically steered the rudder.

The woman in white was carrying them on her back, facing the bow of the ship, sitting quietly to heal her wounds, like a beautiful statue carved out of jade. Her bun was blown away by the wind, and her hair, like a cloud, was blowing freely and freely in the wind. Kou Zhong whispered in Xu Ziling's ear in a hoarse voice, "Do you think she can hear us?" Xu Ziling was in a trance, couldn't hear clearly for a while, and shouted, "What did you say?" Kou Zhong was so angry that he pinched his leg, and sighed: "That Yu Wenhuaji, I don't know who it is, it seems that he is stronger than this woman... hey, he is more powerful than this wicked woman."

Xu Ziling looked at the graceful back of the woman in white in amazement, and he breathed a sigh of relief after a while. Kou Zhong had already hit his arm with an elbow, he said happily: "She really couldn't hear it." Xu Ziling asked what he was most concerned about, and said, "Is the secret book really not damaged?" Kou Zhong took out the "Secret of Longevity", flipped through it and handed it to him, "Look for yourself! I said earlier that this is a genuine and peerless treasure, otherwise why would the Yuhua bone be so concerned, ha! Really! It’s funny, it’s more appropriate to turn bones into words than to turn them into bones.”

Xu Ziling turned the book back and forth several times, and said thoughtfully, "Since it won't get into the water, it won't be damaged by fire... Ah!" Kou Zhong snatched it back with his hands, hid it carefully, and muttered: "Don't think I will try it, ha! We finally left the Yangzhou city that can make people get out of birds' eggs, so far everything is fine. , except for our expensive belly." When Xu Ziling mentioned it to him, his stomach immediately let out a "cuckoo" and sighed: "Guess if this beautiful wicked woman would lend us some panchuan to treat us, after all, her eyes occupied us. Biggest bargain."

Kou Zhong's eyes lit up, he landed on the small bag beside her, exchanged glances with Xu Ziling, and then quietly crawled towards the bag. Xu Ziling didn't know that he was going to act like a thief again, so he grabbed his ankle and shook his head vigorously with a resolute expression. Kou Zhong struggled twice, but couldn't break free, sat down beside him, and said sadly, "Master Zhong, if I become a starving ghost, I will definitely settle accounts with you, the other starving ghost." Xu Ziling said: "Don't forget that we are heroes, and now we are going hand in hand to achieve great success, a prince, a general, and a minister. Such a shot at a weak and slender woman will really damage the good reputation of our Yangzhou Shuanglong, let alone her. It finally saved us."

Kou Zhong lost his voice and said: "This wicked woman is quite skilled, but she seems weak and slender, oh! Why does it look like it's going to rain?" The two raised their heads to look at the sky, only to see dark clouds approaching in the sky, the stars and the moon faded, and the heavy rain came violently. The tranquil river turned into a violent turbulent for a while, and the river was so dense that it was difficult to see your fingers. They almost couldn't even see the woman in white, let alone sailing in such a difficult environment. The fishing boat tossed and tumbled endlessly on the river, surrounded by vast darkness.

The arrows from the rain came, and the wet clothes made the two of them feel cold and uncomfortable. When they were in a hurry, there was a sound of "Boom!", the fishing boat hit something, and immediately capsized. Amidst the screams, the two rushed towards the woman in white at the same time. The river flooded towards the sky, and the three of them huddled together and sank into the Nu River. In this turbulent torrent with wind and rain, turbulent waves, and where you can't see your fingers, and Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong are suffering from hunger and cold, they were beaten head-on by the waves before they broke out of the water, and the next moment they fell into the water go.

At the beginning, the intention of the two was to save the girl in white, but in the end, Xu Ziling hugged her neck, while Kou Zhong pulled her feet. The girl in white was still asleep, but her body was straight. No matter how the wind and waves came, she always floated on the river, and turned into a plank for the two little ghosts to save their lives. I don't know how long I struggled on the boundary between being a human being or being a water ghost, but the rain gradually slowed down. Yue'er showed a little face again. Only then did they realize that they had been rushed close to the river, overjoyed, the two of them didn't know where the strength came from, and dragged the woman in white to the bank.

As soon as they reached the Nifu on the shore, the two couldn't hold on any longer, and fell on both sides of the woman in white who was lying on her back in the shallows. The river tide is still coming up in bursts, but it is not as urgent as before. The two couldn't stop panting, but the white clothed woman's breath was slender, as if she had fallen asleep. Yue'er was covered by the drifting clouds again, and the three of them sank into the darkness on the river bank. Suddenly, a light came from the direction downstream of the river. The two reluctantly looked up, and were shocked to see six giant five-masted ships, brightly lit, coming along the river with full sails. A moment of time is like the length of thousands of lifetimes. When Kou and Xu searched for all the gods and Buddhas they knew or didn't know, the giant ship finally went away. Fortunately, the height of the ship was high, and the place where the three of them were lying happened to be in a dark area with no lights, and it was still drizzling at this time. The vision is not clear, the lights are difficult and far away, so the three of them fortunately escaped the catastrophe. The two of them pinched their hands and feet, moved the woman in white to the grass beside the river, and then fell down with all their strength. Xu Ziling was confused for a while at first, but couldn't hold on any longer, his vision went dark, and he passed out. Kou Zhong called him twice, touched the "secret book" on the back, relaxed his mind, and fell asleep. I don't know how long he slept, Kou Zhong woke up first, saw the sun shining all over the field, his body was warm, the heat seemed to penetrate into his soul, he groaned in comfort, for a moment he thought he was still in the nest of the abandoned garden in Yangzhou City, It wasn't until I heard the river "boom" flowing under my feet that I woke up from what happened yesterday. I woke up with a shock, opened my eyes, and sat up. Surrounded by mountains, the sun has risen over the top of the mountain early, and the big river comes from the south and flows by the side. When I looked at it more clearly, I couldn't help but gasped. It turns out that this section of the river is deep and fast, with dangerous shoals and reefs everywhere. No wonder the boat suddenly sank. But it was wrong, if the ship hadn't sunk, maybe Yuwen's "bone-shattering" battleship had caught up. Xu Ziling was still in a deep sleep. sky! Why is the girl in white missing? Kou Zhong felt lost and suspicious at the same time, fearing that she would slip back into the river by herself, he hurriedly crawled to Xu Ziling's side, patted his face with his usual technique, and said, "Xiaoling! Xiaoling! Wake up quickly! That wicked woman is missing." Xu Ziling opened his eyes with difficulty, but couldn't stand the glare of the sun, so he closed them immediately, muttering, "Oh! I just dreamed that I was going to beg for vegetable and meat buns from Mrs. Zhen! What! That woman slipped away." He sat up abruptly, looked left and right, with a look of disappointment on his face. Kou Zhong laughed loudly and said: "Xiao Ling! Didn't you fall in love with that mother-in-law? Be careful that she will kill you, in my opinion! Hey! Hahaha! Oh! Oh! It's not appropriate to laugh on an empty stomach." Xu Ziling said angrily: "I'm just afraid that she will run away with her and take away our secret book!" Kou Zhong fumbled behind him in astonishment, and said suddenly, "The stinky bitch who is a thief really stole our secret book!" Xu Ziling thought he was joking, reached out and touched his back, screamed, lay down, spread his hands and feet and said in a crying voice: "It's over! There is no one, no money, no secrets, and it's done again." Fugitive, for God's sake! It's all over." Kou Zhong gritted his teeth and stood up, clenched his fists and shouted wildly: "No! I want to get the secret book back! Ah..." Something flew from the sky and threw it right in his face, Kou Zhong let out a scream and fell to the ground. Xu Ziling sat up in shock, and saw a woman in white on a rock at Zhang Xu, her pretty face covered with frost, her almond eyes staring at them fiercely. When Kou Zhong struggled to get up, he realized that the hidden weapon attacking him was the two of them's heart and soul. With a strange cry, he put it back into the back of his shirt, looking ridiculous as if he was his life. The woman in white snorted coldly and said: "What martial arts secret book, don't laugh so hard, just look at those seven images, you will know that this is a deceptive thing for Taoist immortals. Those talismans are even more mysterious, only Yu Wenhua and you two An ignorant child will treat it as a treasure." Kou Zhong rejoiced and said: "It's best if you think so, hehe! Last night we finally saved your life. Although Yun Shi is not expected to repay you for your kindness, you should always be rewarded. Can you please Give us two strings of money, and then we all go our separate ways peacefully and peacefully." "Snapped!" Kou Zhong fell to the ground again, with five clear finger marks on his face, of course it was the woman in white who slapped him in the air. The woman in white ignored Kou Zhong who was moaning in pain, and her eyes fell on Xu Ziling. Xu Ziling raised his hand to show his innocence, and said, "I didn't say anything, please don't stare at me like that?" The woman in white said lightly: "Didn't you say something? Then who said that I stole your bad books just now?" Xu Ziling moved back a few inches, smiled and said: "That was just a misunderstanding! Now the misunderstanding has been cleared up, and the previous suspicions have been resolved." Kou Zhong got up at this time, held his shaved cheeks, nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes! Yes! Now there is no misunderstanding, and we are still good friends." The woman in white gave him a sideways look, and said disdainfully: "Why do you brat come to discuss friendship with this girl? I just took a look at your stinky book because it was of a strange quality. Alright, now everyone will give me a heavy blow." Ten sips of the mouth, will you still dare to bark like mother-in-law, mother-in-law?" The two looked at each other, Xu Ziling stood up abruptly, with an expression of indignation on his face, and said resolutely: "Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated, you kill me!" Kou Zhong was taken aback and said, "Xiaoling! We need to discuss things slowly." Turning to the woman in white, she said, "My lady, can we all go our separate ways after we slap our mouths together, and after that, we will have nothing to do with each other?" The woman in white had murderous intent in her eyes, and said coldly, "I've changed my mind now, one of you must give me the sword, and you decide which one will die." The two looked at each other and shouted together: "It's me!" "Clang!" The female sword in white unsheathed. The two exchanged glances again, shouted at the same time, turned around and ran towards the river. Before he could take two steps, the vest tightened, and the woman in white lifted it up like a chicken, and then she left the river bank, and disappeared into the wild forest that stretched hundreds of miles away from the bank. "Bang bang!" The two fell from a height of Zhang Xu, and the place where they fell was a slope. They held back their momentum and rolled seven or eight Zhangs towards the bottom of the slope. They had been hungry for a day and a night, their hands and feet were exhausted, they got up with difficulty, looked around, and found that they had arrived at the entrance of a town, the crowd of passers-by was very lively, but the woman in white did not know where she had gone. Kou Zhong was overjoyed and said: "That woman...ha...the master is gone." Xu Ziling licked his lips and said, "How can I ask for something to eat?" Kou Zhong patted his chest, put on a proud attitude, stepped out of the mountains, came to the ancient road leading to the entrance of the town, and walked towards the market town first. Xu Ziling chased after him, saw the big plaque at the entrance of the town with the three characters "Beipo County" written on it, and asked longingly, "I wonder if there are rebels here?" Kou Zhong said unhappily: "When the stomach is growling, the emperor has to put it aside first." At this time, the two walked into the main street in the town, with houses lined up on both sides, as well as hotels and restaurants.When passers-by saw them in ragged clothes and fluffy hair, they all looked sideways at them and cast contemptuous glances at them. They are used to this kind of look, and they don't think it is different. After walking about ten zhang, there was a burst of rice fragrance from the side, and the two couldn't help but walked towards the place where the rice fragrance came from. I saw cooking smoke curling up in a side alley on the left, and I didn't know that someone was lighting a fire to make food. Just about to go in to take a chance, a loud shout came from behind, and then someone shouted: "Stand!" The two turned around in amazement, only to see two big men who looked like tolerances, walking towards them like menacing spirits, with unkind expressions on their faces. Seeing that it wasn't Yu Wenhuaji and his subordinates, Kou Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, took the initiative to step forward, and said with a bow: "Finally see Uncle Guancha, that's good." The two tolerances were stunned for a while, and the older one said strangely: "What's the good of seeing us?" Kou Zhong's eyes turned red, and he said sadly: "Our brothers are from Daxing. My name is Yu Wenzhong, and his name is Yu Wenling. He was going to Yangzhou by boat, but he was attacked by rioters on the way, and the boat capsized and killed more than a thousand people. All the entourage were buried at the bottom of the river, only my brother escaped, but lost his way, this time we are going to Yangzhou to visit Uncle Yuchi, the general manager of Yangzhou, ah!" The two tolerance officers looked at each other, and the other doubted: "Where did the accident happen to you, and how did you come here?" Xu Ziling responded knowingly: "We had an accident on the Grand Canal. In order to avoid the thieves, we made a desperate trip and walked for many days to get here. The two uncles are surnamed Gao. If you can send us to Yangzhou, Uncle Yuchi must be very helpful to you." reward." The older Tolerance said, "My name is Zhou Ping, and his name is Chen Wang." Kou Zhong saw that the eyes of the two of them were all on him, he looked like a beggar, and never looked like a nobleman's clothes, so he quickly remedied: "When we were crossing mountains and forests, we scratched our clothes, luckily I found a small village, exchanged two sets of clothes with the jade on my body, but gave directions randomly, and ended up here, how far is it from Yangzhou to the two uncles?" Chen Wang and Zhou Ping exchanged glances, and both eyes lit up at the same time. Zhou Ping coughed dryly, his attitude became more respectful, and he asked in a low voice, "Who are the two sons and fathers?" Kou Zhong didn't change his face and said: "My father Yu Wenhua, my uncle Yu Wenji, alas! My father has never been good at martial arts, so tired that my two brothers only understand the way of Confucius and Mencius, and they are thinking about worrying about the world's worries every day. Let the rest of the world be happy, otherwise, as long as you learn martial arts from my uncle, you won't be so useless today." Zhou Ping and Chen Wang are two idiots. Although they didn't quite understand what he said, they were overwhelmed by Yu Wenhuaji's name. Their suspicions disappeared, and they hurriedly fell to the ground, shouting disrespect. Kou Zhong was overjoyed and said with a smile: "You two uncles, don't be too polite, I wonder which restaurant nearby has more decent dishes?" Zhou Ping said respectfully: "You two young masters, please go with the little ones! Although Gao Pengxuan in this town is an authentic side dish, it is very famous." Turning to Chen Wang, he said, "Don't tell Magistrate Shen immediately that Master Yuwen's two nephews are here." The two were taken aback, but their stomachs were growling wildly, so they didn't care so much.