Wandering

Chapter 18 Stealing the Wind and the Moon

Wucheng has a radius of eight hundred miles.To the east is the plain, geographically belonging to the plain of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with vertical and horizontal water networks, it has been a land of fish and rice since ancient times.In the northwest, there are many hills and mountains, and the most famous mountain range is called the Jiulian Mountains.The reason why Jiulian Mountain got its name is because it is said that since ancient times, it has nine main peaks winding across each other.But looking at the map now, there are only six main peaks. From east to north, there are Zhaoting, Feijin, Baimang, Liuling, Miaomen, and Qiyun six main peaks, forming six intermittently connected mountainous areas.

Beyond Qiyun Mountain, there is Baili Yanbo Qingyi Lake.Qingyi River originates from Qingyi Lake and flows west to north along Jiulian Mountain. After [-] miles, it joins Shuiyang River, another big river in Wucheng, and flows north into the Yangtze River.This place is called Sanjiangkou, and there is also a temple of Erlang.In the Tang Dynasty, when Li Bai visited Wucheng, he once wrote a poem: "Two waters sandwich a bright mirror, and two bridges fall over a rainbow."According to the research of later generations, these two waters should refer to the Qingyi River and Shuiyang River, and the double bridges refer to the Wangchuan Bridge and Fenghuang Bridge in the urban area of ​​Wucheng. Those two bridges existed in the Tang Dynasty, but the Phoenix Bridge It was later destroyed many times.But what does the bright mirror in Li Bai's poems refer to?There are different opinions. Some people say that it is the reflection of the double bridge arch on the water, while others say it is Qingyi Lake.Exactly what this bright mirror refers to, I am afraid that only the old man Shixian can understand it himself.

My family lives at the foot of Zhaoting Mountain, while Qingquan Town is built on Baimang Mountain, 55 miles away from downtown Wucheng.Qingquan Town is not big, with one vertical, two horizontal and three streets, about [-] households.Qingquan Town gets its name from Qingquan Brewery, and less than half of the residents in the town are employees of Qingquan Brewery.The brewery is located at the foot of Baimang Mountain because the spring water in Jiulian Mountain is of good quality and the brewed beer has a unique taste.

At noon on April 2000th, Junzi Feng and I came to Qingquan Town.Came here by car in the morning, got off just in time for lunch.Feng Junzi knew that I had recently won [-] yuan, so he must ask me to treat him to a meal at noon.People with money in their pockets have different confidence. I didn't invite him to a food stall, but to a small hotel with a fairly clean appearance.He ordered a plate of braised beauty legs (frog) and a few side dishes to go with the wine, and then asked me: "Shi Ye, I have something to do later, can I have a drink?"

It was obvious that he had something to do in the afternoon, but Junzi Feng wanted to drink but was too embarrassed to say so, so he asked me.All I can say is to let him figure it out, just don't drink too much.Feng Junzi said to himself: "Then drink a bottle of beer, it shouldn't matter." Then he turned to the waiter and shouted: "Waiter, two bottles of Qingquan beer!"

"Didn't you say drink a bottle?"

Feng Junzi: "One bottle per person."

I didn't take a few sips, Junzi Feng drank his bottle and then I drank this bottle. After drinking this wine, the conversation gradually increased.The beauty legs in this restaurant are made more spicy, and Feng Junzi's forehead is already sweating after eating.During the dinner, I found an opportunity to ask him: "Junzi Feng, you said we came to get two things, what are they?"

Feng Junzi wiped his sweat and replied: "You heard about these two things that night at Mr. Tang's house. They are a black Ruyi and a purple ancient clothes. These are He Chen who remembered Qi Yunguan back then. What the Taoist priest wants. I guess it is a magic weapon, otherwise a monk like him would not be tempted."

"Hechen Daoist wants it, don't you want it too?"

Gentleman Feng shook his head: "The situation I want is different from what he wants. As the saying goes, a man is innocent and he is guilty, but the Liu family is just ordinary people. It is useless to keep this magic weapon, but it will bring disaster. , Principal Liu was an example 20 years ago. We came here today to steal these two things, and let everyone know that someone stole these two things... This is doing a good deed and suffering for the Liu family!"

"To suffer for the Liu family?"

Feng Junzi nodded: "Don't you want to help Mr. Liu? The Tang family and his son are just ordinary people, and you have some magical powers, so you shouldn't be afraid of them. But the Taoist priests in Qiyun Temple are different. They belong to the same school. Practitioners... Now that Tang's father and son have discovered clues to the Liu family's relics, it will be troublesome if they attract Daoist Hechen and others. I am afraid that you and I will not be able to protect the Liu family....So this is a plan to draw salary from the bottom of the pot. Leave Teacher Liu's family aside."

What Feng Junzi said seemed to make sense, but I always felt that something was wrong, and said a little puzzled: "You say this is doing a good deed, but in the final analysis, you are still a thief. We are stealing things..."

Feng Junzi took a sip of his wine, raised his head and said, "This is called robbery, and his brother Liu Xiahui said it."

"Mr. Feng, do you often steal things? You stole the futon under the Zhuangyuan Bridge from Jiulin Temple. Some time ago, you went to Qiyun Temple and stole some beast-locking rings and demon-blocking ropes... After stealing the monk Taoist thief, I have never seen a thief like you!"

Feng Junzi smiled a little embarrassedly: "Actually, the first thing I stole was in a nunnery..."

"What! The first one you stole was a nun! What's going on? Let's hear it."

Feng Junzi: "It's complicated to say. The Guanyin Nunnery has existed for a long time, but when the Bodhisattva was moved away, the Daxiong Palace was changed into a kindergarten. I once attended a kindergarten there for a year. I remember when I was in the fifth grade of elementary school during the Chinese New Year, I went back to take a look, and the kindergarten was changed to Guanyin Nunnery again. That day was the third day of the Lunar New Year, and I had nothing to do, so I asked for a lottery."

"What sign?"

"I placed lottery No.14, and the words of the lottery were 'Dragon Walking in the Rain'. At that time, money was required for asking for lottery, and I gave one yuan to each lottery. The little nun had no money to change it, so she said that the fifty cents was considered incense money, and the Bodhisattva Will bless me to be admitted to university. I remember that Bodhisattva is Guanyin, what does it have to do with university entrance exams? Do you think this nun is funny? Because of this incident, I remember the lottery very clearly, but I have never understood it What means."

"It has nothing to do with stealing. What did you steal?"

Feng Junzi waved his hand: "Don't worry, listen to me. Three years later, that is, [-], that year happened to be the Year of the Dragon. I was in the third year of junior high school, and I got a serious illness inexplicably, and I was recuperating at home for a long time. Time. From childhood to adulthood, I have hardly ever had any disease, and this is the only time, and this disease came and went without symptoms! At that time, I understood what the meaning of "disease dragon travels in rain" means. After the illness recovered, I Immediately went to the Guanyin Nunnery, while the nun was not paying attention, stole the stick in the stick tube, threw it into the incense burner outside the temple gate and burned it."

"Why burn it?"

Feng Junzi solemnly said: "The lottery in the temple is not all efficacious. But this lottery is so efficacious that the person drawn is a misfortune rather than a blessing. How can I keep it....Actually, I am not a thief. I steal other things for similar reasons."

"You are really brave, and you are not afraid that Guanyin Bodhisattva will find you to settle accounts."

Feng Junzi snorted coldly: "Settling the score? I haven't asked her to settle the score yet!"

"Feng Junzi, your nuns, monks, and Taoist priests have all stolen, what will you steal next time?"

Feng Junzi smiled: "I don't know if there is a mosque in Wucheng, but there is one in the Catholic Church. Someday I will go shopping..."

While talking, a Santana sedan drove past on the street in front of the hotel, honking its horn.Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Tang Jin sitting in the passenger seat. It was Tang and his son who had arrived.Junzi Feng also saw it, nodded at me, and the two of us checked out and went out.Qingquan Town is not big, and from a distance, the car turned a corner and stopped outside the courtyard of a family, which seemed to be Teacher Liu's house.

Mrs. Liu's family has a single family, and the place where he lives in the countryside is much more spacious than in the city. Although Qingquan Town is a town, it is still a countryside.Junzi Feng and I walked through an alley and came to the backyard wall of Liu's house.Feng Junzi said to me: "Shi Ye, now use your ear magic power to listen to this house."

"Listen to what?"

"Listen to the footsteps, how the footsteps move, and then draw me the structure of their house on the ground, how many rooms are there, and where do the doors open? A rough idea is fine."

I originally thought that ear magic was only used to listen to people's speech, but I never thought that it could be used to listen to "houses".Locking on the house with his spiritual sense, he heard all kinds of sounds from the house, most of which were footsteps.Magically speaking, as these sounds reverberated, the structure of a house loomed in my mind.So he picked a branch and drew a sketch on the ground, and pointed it out to Mr. Feng.

Junzi Feng nodded and said, "It's still early, we'll come back later."

After more than an hour, Junzi Feng and I returned to this place.When I listened intently again, all the voices were concentrated in the main hall of the house, and there should be no one in other places.After Feng Junzi found out, he pointed to the courtyard wall and said to me, "Shi Ye, punch this wall."

"What are you talking about? It's a brick wall! My hands are fleshy."

Feng Junzi: "What are you afraid of? This is a single-brick soil core wall. You have the kung fu of golden dragon locking jade pillars, but you are still afraid of this! ... I forgot to teach you the boxing method, and now I will teach you how to punch this punch. You Don't worry, you won't get hurt."

The boxing that Feng Junzi taught me is not a martial art, but how to punch this punch.The posture is not complicated, just twist the waist to exert force, turn the wrist and stab straight, but the mental method is very particular.First of all, the target point of this punch is not on the wall, but after penetrating the wall.Secondly, the spirit must be concentrated, use the power of the mind, and penetrate the brick wall with the mind.I know a little bit about the power of mind. I have used mind to urge people to open up, but it is unheard of to punch a wall with mind.

Seeing my hesitation, Junzi Feng asked me to stop, and told me: "Don't hesitate in your heart. If you have doubts, you can't punch. You should calm down first, and then punch out after you calm down... I didn't just teach For this punch of yours, you have cultivated the power of mind and mind, and you also have the heart protection skill of the golden dragon lock jade pillar, this boxing method is just right for you."

After about a cup of tea, I collected my mind and punched, and a hole the size of a bowl was punched through the brick wall!My fist also broke through the wall.This punch felt very strange, it seemed that instead of hitting a brick wall, it pierced through several layers of paper.The fist didn't hurt, I just felt a force shaking my whole body, and then I took two steps back before standing still.Feng Junzi quickly pulled me aside and listened carefully—the people in the front hall were not disturbed.

I looked at my fist in disbelief, and asked Feng Junzi in a low voice, "What kind of fist is this?"

Feng Junzi peeked in from the hole in the wall, and replied casually: "Indian punch!"

"India punch? What?"

"Punching and hurting people with the power of thought is the mental method of Indian Kaquan, which requires a long period of spiritual practice. Don't care what it is, I heard it occasionally, and I will take you as an experiment today. I didn't expect you to be really good It worked."

"Damn! It turns out that you are deceiving me. What if you don't succeed?"

"Unsuccessful? That's the kung fu of making paper sheets during special forces training. You won't get hurt if you have body protection kung fu. What's that called! Keep your voice down."

"What do you want me to do with a hole in the wall?"

"I'll find out later, you stay here to watch the wind, I'll go in." As he spoke, Junzi Feng told me a few more words, telling me what to do when things are done.Then he took a few steps back, ran forward, stepped into the hole in the wall with one foot, stretched out his hand to hold on to the top of the wall, and rolled into the courtyard. It seemed that he was much more flexible than he was in physical education class.It turned out that this kid wanted me to punch a hole in the wall, it was for stepping over the wall!
I listened intently outside the wall, only to hear Junzi Feng go straight to a room near the backyard, and then seemed to lift something off the ground, and slipped down—it turned out that Mr. Liu’s old house still had a cellar.Listening to the sound, Junzi Feng was rummaging for something in the cellar, but he couldn't find it for a while.I listened carefully to the movement in the front hall again, but I heard a conversation——

A slightly old voice said: "He's half-buried, why do you have a big birthday... Thank you Director Tang for coming all the way here, I really don't dare to do it."

Then came Director Tang's voice: "Mr. Liu Zigui is a famous educator in Wucheng, and the Liu family has contributed to Wucheng's culture and education... Even if there is no matter about the Liu family, I should visit for the sake of the two younger generations. .”

At this time, Tang Jin said again: "Uncle Liu, Fei'er and I have been together for so long, but we rarely come to see you, old man. I am here to have a drink to apologize, and I will definitely come to see you often in the future... My father is the first time today. The first time I came here, I came here specially to meet Fei'er's elders... not to discuss business matters, only family affairs."

I have seen thick-skinned people, but I have never seen such thick-skinned people!When I heard Tang Jin's voice, I became angry. When I was angry, Junzi Feng seemed to have succeeded.I just heard him running to the backyard in a hurry, climbing over the wall, and gesturing to me, which meant to follow the plan.

I waited for Feng Junzi to run dozens of steps, pretended to chase him out, and walked around to the door of Liu's house.Seeing that there was no one in front of the door, only Director Tang's car was parked, Junzi Feng picked up half a brick, threw it out and smashed a car window.As soon as the glass shattered, I yelled, "Thief—there is a thief! Catch the thief!"

After shouting this, I immediately dodged into an alley and watched secretly at the corner.The door of Liu's house opened, and Tang Jin rushed out first, followed by Director Tang and a young man he didn't know, who was probably the driver of Director Tang.Feng Junzi didn't run in a hurry, but stood in the distance, waving a black Ruyi and a purple top in his hand.Seeing someone come out, he pretended to laugh three times: "Hahaha, Hei Ruyi! Ziyingyi! It's finally in my hands—" After speaking, he turned and ran.

The Liu family is already close to the edge of Qingquan Town, and further out is the foot of Baimang Mountain.Feng Junzi ran extremely fast, it can be said that his speed was faster than that of a whistling, and he went up the mountain in a flash and got into the bushes.Feng Junzi laughed three times and added that sentence, the voice was astonishingly loud, the doors of many people's houses opened, and many people came out.Everyone saw Feng Junzi running up to Baimang Mountain, and they all acted like shouting to catch the thief, but few people actually chased after him.

Before Teacher Liu came out, I also mixed in the crowd and chased him out, pretending to be brave to catch the thief, and ran up the mountain.As soon as I ran up the hillside, I heard a gust of wind around me, and with a faint fragrance, a person passed me and caught up with the mountain.This person was wearing a police uniform, and she looked like a tall woman - broken!How can there be police?

This sudden situation made me at a loss, Feng Junzi can't let the police catch him, otherwise he will be in trouble!I didn't know what to do, so I just followed closely.The policeman in front moved very nimbly and vigorously, striding through the grass, jumping over tree stumps, shouting as he ran, "Stop! I'm watching you, don't move, don't run anymore, you can't escape!"

She was holding something in her hand, which glowed blue. It was not a pistol, but an electric baton commonly used by the police at that time.She ran a few steps forward, and suddenly a person jumped out of the grass!Seeing someone jumping out, the policewoman threw the electric baton casually.And the man was very agile, he kicked the policeman's right wrist in the air, and the electric baton flew out of his hand and fell into the grass. Immediately after turning his wrist, a dagger stabbed straight out.

That person is not a gentleman!I just breathed a sigh of relief and ran closer, just in time to see the man stabbing the policeman with a knife.I subconsciously waved my hand and blocked the dagger, and the policeman turned sideways at this time and kicked the opponent's weakness.This kick was precise and ruthless, only to hear the man scream and fall to the ground.

"Shi Ye, how could it be you? Thank you so much." At this moment the policeman spoke to me, and I realized that she was none other than Qu Ling, the security policeman I met at the Binjiang Police Station a few days ago.

"I, I, I—I came to play with my classmates... Officer Qu, why are you here?"

"My brother-in-law's home is in Qingquan Town. I came to see my sister on the weekend... Be more honest." The police officer stepped on the man's back and touched his waist without handcuffs. He untied the man's shoelaces, folded the man's hands behind his back, and tied the thumbs of both hands together with the shoelaces.Then he retrieved the electric baton from the grass and held it in his hand, his expression relaxed a lot.

"Ishino, your sleeve is torn... It's dangerous. The knife just now brushed against your wrist. If it hits an artery, it will be troublesome... I really want to thank you today, that knife was aimed at me."

Hearing this, I looked down and saw that the cuff of my right hand was cut a few inches long.In fact, the dagger just stabbed my wrist, but the muscles on my arm naturally contracted, and the blade slid away without cutting the skin, but left a white mark, which disappeared in a blink of an eye.This is the body protection skill of the golden dragon lock jade pillar. Feng Junzi once said that it is difficult for ordinary people to hurt me with a knife and axe, referring to this situation.

"Why arrest me? I just sneaked into the house, and I haven't had time to steal anything... Comrade police, if you don't believe me, you searched me."

Lying on the ground was a man with a mischievous eyebrow, who was yelling at this moment.Qu Ling kicked the man on the shoulder, cursing: "Stealing is stealing, why are you running? It's fine to run, but you dare to attack the police, I think you are impatient!"

"Report to the government, I am wronged, I did not attack the police on purpose, it was conditioned reflex, conditioned reflex!"

At this time, there were voices from a distance, and many people took advantage of the excitement and walked up the hillside.I didn't want Teacher Liu to see me, so I quickly said hello and turned around to leave.Qu Ling seemed to want to keep me and had something to say, but seeing that gangster couldn't come and chase me.When I left, the more I thought about it, the more afraid I became. After all, Junzi Feng has a naughty mentality, so he went to steal things so recklessly, and almost didn't cause a big disaster.At the same time, I also secretly smiled in my heart, that thief really doesn't know the time and place to steal things, why did he do it at the same time as Feng Junzi was stealing things, and the place is still nearby?How unfortunate it turned out!
(End of this chapter)