Kunlun one millet

Chapter 241

A light fast boat sailed along the water surface of the lake. Qian Shaobai stood on the bow, and he could see the endless yellow and turbid water as far as the eye could see. There was a roof protruding from the water not far away.

"Boater, what's that place?" Qian Shaobai asked the boatman at the helm.

"It should be Songjia Village, right? It was a small fishing village back then, relying on Qingyang Lake to fish and collect lotus roots." The boatman replied: "When fishermen in Songjia Village entered the lake, they often caught fish weighing more than ten catties. It is said that It is the blessing of the fairy family in the lake."

Qian Shaobai became interested, and asked: "The boatman believes that there are really fairy families in Qingyang Lake?"

"We country people who beg for food on the water, of course believe it. If we can get ashore safely in the storm, we have to go to the temple to burn incense and thank us." The boatman sighed helplessly: "Oh, it's a pity that there was another flood this year. It flooded both sides of the Zujiang River, soaking hundreds of miles in the water, and I don’t know how many people died.”

Qian Shaobai couldn't help saying: "There is such a catastrophe, but there is no immortal family to bless you."

"Guest officer, don't say anything." The boatman was taken aback, and quickly waved his hands: "The gods and ghosts of the immortal family all have ghosts, if they hear it, they might cause waves and capsize the boat."

Qian Shaobai had no choice but to keep silent, the boatman saw that he looked like a scribe and scribe, with a bamboo box at his feet, and asked curiously: "I don't know if the guest officer crossed the river to the south bank, is he going to visit relatives or have other business trips?"

"It's business." Qian Shaobai responded casually: "The boatman has something to say?"

The boatman smiled shyly: "Don't dare to offend the guest officer. Looking at the sun, it's getting dark when we reach the south bank. In recent years, the village has been strictly patrolled. If anyone wanders around at night, he will be arrested and sent to prison immediately." beat.

I was afraid that the guest officer would not be able to find the post house when he went ashore, and it would be bad if he made a mistake in his busy schedule and caused a misunderstanding.It just so happens that my house is right by the shore, and there are a few clean guest houses. The mother-in-law cooks delicious dishes. The meat soup, soy milk, and pickled plums in black bean sauce are all very delicious. How about a guest officer come to my house to rest for a night? "

Qian Shaobai thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll trouble the boatman."

Looking at the vast water surface again, Qian Shaobai couldn't help but feel a little sad. Since the drastic change of Dongsheng Capital ten years ago, the world of Kunlun Continent has suffered from catastrophes every year.

The Zujiang River, which traverses the three kingdoms of Yaochi, Youxiong, and Huaxu, is flooded almost every two years, followed by severe drought and locust plagues, and famine breaks out in contiguous counties. Turning into a pile of white bones has long been regarded as common by those who travel.

This year, the Zujiang River flooded again, which directly washed away the dams built at the expense of a huge amount of state money. The flood flooded eight counties in one breath, turning thousands of miles into a country.

So much so that the middle reaches of the Zujiang River can't even find an old river channel with clear boundaries, forming a vast water swamp directly, and taking a boat to and from the narrowest point will take nearly a whole day.

If you go further away, it is said that the rushing floods form large and small rivers and swamps, which become hiding places for bandits and bandits, and all kinds of evil spirits are ready to move.

It is an understatement to say that it is ready to move. Since the drastic change of Dongshengdu, the number of all kinds of ghosts and spirits has increased greatly, and they have frequently caused troubles. .

Not to mention that successive years of catastrophes have caused people's livelihood to decline. In some places, people in villages and villages have turned to bandits.The officers and soldiers of the imperial court were exhausted, and it was difficult to wipe them out.

But in the current world, even officers and soldiers often have insufficient food and salaries, and looting in the name of suppressing bandits has also happened.Counties and counties that are a little more stable are all strictly guarding the city gates and training the bravery of the villagers, not only to guard against bandits, but also to guard against imperial officials and soldiers.

Looking at the torrential river, Qian Shaobai recalled the setbacks he experienced in Huaxu country, and he was not reprimanded afterwards, but was allowed to return to Tiancheng Mountain to learn the magic.Because I had fought against Zhenming Hou Zhao Mi, and I also got a few words from the head, which benefited a lot.

It's just that when disasters happened frequently and there was chaos in the Xiong Kingdom, as a disciple of Shangjingzong, he couldn't tolerate Qian Shaobai hiding in the mountains for a while, so he had to go down the mountain again to enter the world.

After the boat docked, there was only a faint glow in the sky. After Qian Shaobai landed, he followed the boatman to a guest house on the shore.

"There are a lot of private houses nearby, why don't you see people and lights?" Qian Shaobai asked with a bamboo box on his back.

The boatman smiled and said, "In the countryside, everyone rests early."

"Oh." Qian Shaobai responded lightly.

"Guest officer, please come in quickly." The boatman and wife stood leaning against the door. Although they were clothed with thorn hairpins, they were still beautiful and their skin was as white as jade. During the sweltering season, the boatman and his wife sweated out beads of sweat, which was very attractive.

Qian Shaobai entered the inn, and saw that although the furnishings in the room were not exquisite, they were neat, even the bedding was soft and clean.

As soon as the bamboo box was put down, the boatman's wife came over with the jar in her hands, smiling all the time: "Come on, this is the rice wine brewed by our family. Although it is not as good as the plum wine from the rich family, it is still sweet and delicious. The guest officer sat there all day. I must be thirsty, so eat a bowl first to moisten your throat."

Qian Shaobai looked at the turbid wine in the bowl, did not move, and asked, "Doesn't the proprietress need to take care of the back kitchen?"

"Guest officer, don't worry, my man knows how to cook and will serve you right away." Mrs. Chuanfu sat down next to Qian Shaobai all of a sudden, leaning on his body with warm and fragrant soft jade, expressing affection: "Could it be that the guest officer doesn't know how to drink? How about the little girl feed you?"

Qian Shaobai smiled faintly, took the wine bowl, exhaled lightly, and blown off the rice scum on the surface, and was about to sip his mouth when he turned his wrist, and splashed a trace of spirited wine directly onto the boatman's wife's face.

The drink, which was originally cool, suddenly turned into boiling molten iron, burning the delicate face of the boatman's wife so that the flesh was scorched and smoke was billowing.

The boatman's wife screamed and jumped away, her movements were agile like ordinary village women.

At this moment the boatman also rushed into the house, holding a harpoon in his hand, pointing at Qian Shaobai and yelling, "We entertained you with kindness, why do you want to kill him?"

"Poisonous hands?" Qian Shaobai stood up with a sneer, a precious orb hung above his head, shining brilliantly, the originally seemingly clean guest house, as if peeling off the skin, revealing its original face of dampness, decay and decay.

Qian Shaobai shattered the wine jar with a flick of his sleeve, the inside was full of turbid river water, and there were a few small insects swimming around, mortals would definitely get sick if they drank it.

"Monster, do you want me to say more?" Qian Shaobai said coldly.

The boatman was dazzled by the brilliance of the orb, and a blurred light appeared on his face. His expression gradually became fierce: "When did you notice it?"

"Don't mention your sinister and turbid air that eats flesh and blood for a long time. Now there are many marshlands on both sides of the Zujiang River. Even if you are really a boatman and a fisherman, you can't entertain guests with wine and meat." Qian Shaobai's momentum is compelling.

The boatman and his wife no longer concealed themselves, and turned around, showing a strange description of half-man, half-fish, with red spots on their bodies, a huge fish head, and bloodstains full of sharp teeth.

"Red-spotted snakehead?" Qian Shaobai recognized the original monster at a glance.

"That's right!" The boatman shouted hoarsely, "Boys, let's go together!"

After saying that, I saw a noise outside the house, and a group of fish monsters "filed in" from the doors and windows, and surrounded Qian Shaobai in an instant. Divide the money and eat it clean.

Qian Shaobai was surrounded by monsters, and he still didn't change his face: "Ten years ago, you monsters would only dare to attack lonely passers-by at most. If they saw a monk like me, they would have run away without a trace. , I didn't expect it to become more rampant now."

The fish demon at the head let out an ugly laugh: "I have heard that the flesh and blood of the cultivator is delicious, and I have long wanted to taste it... My sons, chop him up!"

Seeing that all the fish monsters were about to rush forward, Qian Shaobai raised his true energy, and the Hongying Orb released a large piece of needle-like rainbow light, which made the fish monsters squeal strangely and tingle their bodies, and they hurriedly turned and fled.

At this time, a string of arrows piercing the air outside the guest house shot down the fish demon who had just rushed out of the guest house.

The fish monsters originally planned to take advantage of the darkness to jump into the river to escape, but after being irradiated by the rainbow reflection orb, the scales on their bodies emitted a bright rainbow light, which lingered, and was particularly conspicuous in the night.

"put!"

With an order in the darkness, the rain of arrows came again, and the tough scales that were not afraid of ordinary iron were easily pierced by sharp arrows at this moment.

The arrows clustered into the body, and the sharp points moved around in the flesh and blood. Even if they were not killed by one arrow, the fish monsters fell to the ground and twitched.

"Go! Don't let anyone go!"

Then there was a sound of swift footsteps, and dozens of warriors rushed forward with swords in hand, beheading the fallen fish monsters one by one, their movements were clean and neat, leaving no room for trouble.

At this time, the Rainbow Reflecting Orb also flew to the top, emitting a great light, illuminating the river bank area like daytime, and the rainbow light spread outwards in rounds, without any chance of hiding.

"How is it?" Qian Shaobai came to the river bank with a bamboo box in his hand. The soldiers were clearing up the battlefield, arranging the corpses of the fish monsters side by side, and counting the number.

"One hundred and twenty-six fish demons, all of them were killed, and not one escaped." Guan Shiping clasped his hands in reply.

"Okay." Qian Shaobai nodded and said, "The body of the fish demon was directly burned to ashes in a big fire, so as to save passing hungry people from eating it and turning into a demon."

Guan Shiping ordered to go on, Qian Shaobai confirmed that there were no other monsters in the vicinity, and then took back the orb, and heard the other party say: "Shaobai, don't take such risks next time. Fortunately, these fish monsters are not very capable. You evil, setting yourself as a bait will only put you in a dangerous situation, and we will not be able to save you in time."

"I think back then, you were advocating charging forward, why are you becoming more cautious now?" Qian Shaobai teased: "Could it be that you have become resentful of your life after being promoted?"

"What promotion? I'm just in charge of a group of soldiers." Guan Shiping put his sword back into its sheath, and there was a bit of complaint in his tone: "Moreover, the imperial court only gave half of the money and food. Just feeding the gang under my command makes me sleepless and sleepless." install."

"That's why I took the initiative to act as a bait to lure this group of red-spotted snakeheads out, lest you send more people." Qian Shaobai lightly brushed off his robe, looked at the corpses of the fish demon that had been piled up and set on fire, and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Red-spotted snakehead? Was there such a monster in Zujiang before?" Guan Shiping asked.

Qian Shaobai nodded and said: "Yes, there are. Red-spotted snakeheads have a fierce temperament and a fat body. In the early years, they were in groups. They stopped Xiong Taizu's navy and extorted blood and money. How could Taizu tolerate such evil spirits? So they opened their bows and bowed their strings, raining arrows and killing most of them, and there was no movement in the next few decades. Now it seems that they still have no progress."

"As expected of Xiong Taizu." Guan Shiping expressed yearning, and then couldn't help feeling: "But now these evil spirits and ghosts are making a comeback, I heard that it is because of the drastic changes in Dongshengdu back then? It seems that there are still a few big monsters rushing out from the ground, For disaster everywhere."

Qian Shaobai looked at the east: "People's hearts are not enough, greed is too much, so the three talents are out of balance, and all kinds of disasters are prevalent, causing the common people to sink into the Ji Shi."

"It's not like what you said." Guan Shiping said.

Qian Shaobai, who was pointed out, had no choice but to smile bitterly: "This is what the headmaster told me before he went down the mountain. The drastic change in Dongshengdu was said to be caused by Liang Tao, the national teacher of the Huaxu Kingdom, trying to become the Supreme God, but it turned out to be counterproductive.

Not to mention Liang Tao's death on the spot, landslides and landslides in Dongshengdu were also implicated.The immemorial turbid air that was sealed ten feet below the ground gushes out and spreads between the heaven and the earth. The turbidity and turbidity are mixed together, resulting in various catastrophes.

And those mountain monsters who have not been taught the authentic immortal law already have turbid qi in their bodies. Now that the turbid qi between the earth and the earth is strong today, they have a feeling that their cultivation base and mana can be said to be advancing rapidly.Being so pure, weak, and turbid will naturally prompt the evil spirits to act furtively and rashly. "

"Liang Tao?" Guan Shiping recalled the past and asked, "Do you still remember the time when I went to Huaxu country with you to buy fabrics?"

"Of course I remember." Qian Shaobai raised his hand and fanned the wind. The body of the fish demon was burned and there was an unpleasant stench. Liang Tao, but died in Difei Mountain."

"Take refuge in Liang Tao? What does this person think?" Guan Shiping said with a smile: "Didn't he be famous in the country of Huaxu for opening altars and patrolling the borders and destroying the powerful? Chongxuan's four surnames were all suppressed by him. In the end, he turned to Liang Tao?"

"The specific inside information, we don't know if we stay out of the matter." Qian Shaobai shrugged and spread his hands.

In fact, every time he thinks of Zhao Mi, Qian Shaobai can't help but feel chills in his heart. Ten years ago, in a short fight, he was defeated in front of Zhao Mi in an instant, and his life was almost about to stay in Huaxu Country.

Zhao Mi's ferocious power is still unforgettable to this day, so that when he was practicing in the mountains, he would occasionally have all kinds of illusions to disturb his mind and make Qian Shaobai restless.

"This thought has become a knot in the heart, and there is no way to solve it by sitting on the mountain." Qian Shaobai remembered the teaching of the master Han Yuanzi: "If you want to penetrate this pass, you should be in the middle of the matter, not in the mountain. It just so happens that Fang Yuanzi wants you to go down the mountain to do things. It's just a chance. I see that you are in the position of Xun, you are suitable for the wind and the water, and this time you go down the mountain, the chance to break through the pass should be in the southeast mountains and rivers."

"How far is it from Shiliang Twelve Villages?" Qian Shaobai asked.

Guan Shiping replied: "It's more than a hundred miles to the southeast, but the road is not easy to walk. This area is full of potholes and swamps. It's not a patch of water, so boats can't go there. The exposed ground is mostly muddy, and it's not fast to walk with luggage. .”

"Are there any market towns nearby?" Qian Shaobai said.

"There should be a few villages in the south, but in the current season, it is estimated that they have built deep ditches and heavily guarded." Guan Shiping said: "And I am worried that these bandits from the Shiliang Twelve Villages will secretly collude with the nearby people. Before the suppression of the bandits started, the news reached the ears of the bandits. This is very detrimental to the war.”

Qian Shaobai played with the orb in his hand and said: "In that case, let me come forward to spy on the news."

(End of this chapter)