Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 40 The Rough Man Takes a Boat

Jiang Chang fainted and Song Chao was protected by him along the way. In gratitude for his kindness, he threw himself on him and cried loudly: "Uncle Jiang, you don't want to die."

Jiang Chang woke up leisurely, was stunned for a while, and continued to Yang Shucheng: "His father returned to the court and found out that the great eunuch Cao Fengying colluded with the funder and lost the city and territory. His father wrote the memorial and presented it to the emperor. Who knew that this was the case? The memorial actually fell into the hands of Cao Fengying, who ordered the Dongchang people to imprison his father and beat him to death. We wanted to kill them all, so I took Song Chao and escaped from the capital in advance."

Jiang Chang looked at Song Chao who was crying like he was crying, and continued: "Cao Fengying knew that cutting the grass without eradicating the root would eventually lead to disaster, so he sent Dongchang masters to chase him all the way. Young hero, I don't know where you are from, I miss you. You just killed the man in Dongchang. I also know that you are a righteous man. I can't do it now. You are responsible for protecting him to Wangwu Mountain and handing him over to my junior brother, the one-armed swordsman Shang An. You must do it. arrive."

Yang Shucheng thought that Wangwushan was in the east, so why did he come to the west? He soon understood that he was deliberately leading the enemy to the west so that he could return to the east.

Yang Shucheng said: "This is after Zhongliang, I will try my best to protect him."

Jiang Chang looked at Song Chao and asked, "Do you remember what your father told you?"

Song Chao said: "I remember..." Just as he was about to open his mouth, Jiang Chang was afraid that he would say it, so he said promptly: "You must remember it well. Don't forget to avenge your father. Don't talk nonsense. People in the world are evil. If you say it, not only will it be If you can’t take revenge, even you will be killed.”

Song Chao nodded.

When Jiang Chang saw that a big thing was done, he finally felt relieved. Instead, a smile appeared on his face. He grabbed Yang Shucheng's right arm with his right hand and pulled it towards his arms. He moved his mouth a few times without saying anything. When he spoke, he tilted his head and died.

At this time, it was almost dawn, and people from Dongchang were about to arrive at any time. Yang Shucheng carried Jiang Chang to the back of the temple and dug a hole with his dagger. The soil here was loess. It was easy to dig a big hole and put Jiang Chang. into the pit and buried him with soil.

After Yang Shucheng finished doing this, he raised his head and saw that the sky in the east had already turned white, and everything was bright. Knowing that he could not delay any longer, he put Jiang Chang's double daggers into his arms. He hurriedly took Song Chao to the front of the temple and hurried down the mountain.

When I walked to a stone's throw away, I saw two corpses lying on the mountain road. Thinking that they were poisoned by Jiang Chang's poisonous nails, I hurriedly ran forward and pulled out all the poisonous nails on the ground to avoid killing innocent people. .

Yang Shucheng did not dare to walk on this mountain road, so he took Song Chao back to the Heshen Temple, found a trail on the left side of the temple and walked eastward. After walking on the mountain road for more than an hour, I felt hungry. Fortunately, it was early summer, and there were ripe fruits on both sides of the mountain road. Regardless of whether they were poisonous or not, I picked some and shared them with Song Chao.

After resting for a while on the mountain, the two of them continued walking eastward. Fortunately, here was a remote trail with no shepherds, let alone people from Dongchang.

At night, he slept on the mountain. The next day, we quietly passed Tongguan. For more than a day, there was no one from Dongchang. Yang Shucheng couldn't help but become bold and walked northeast to the Yellow River. He was going to take a shortcut and send Song Chao into the hands of the "one-armed swordsman" Shang An. If he was in his hands for a long time, he would be of low ability and something would happen sooner or later.

Standing on the cliff, I saw the water of the Yellow River rolling eastward. Due to heavy rains in the upper reaches in the past few days, the river water surged, rolling waves, and flowed eastward.

Yang Shucheng thought that since Wangwu Mountain was on the north bank of the Yellow River, it would be better to take a boat to the other bank and then head east.

After making up my mind, I walked eastward along the river. When it was almost noon, I saw a small boat floating upstream from the west. Yang Shucheng hurriedly took Song Chao down the loess slope.

I ran to the shore, waved and called the boatman loudly. The boatman was compassionate and made it easier for others, and also accumulated some merit for himself, and slowly docked the boat. Yang Shucheng and the other two hurriedly jumped into the boat.

Yang Shucheng said: "I am from Luoyang and I will take your boat home."

The boatman agreed, and with a punt, the boat was really fast, following the turbulent river water, heading eastward like a sharp arrow.

After walking for two hours, the sun had already moved to the west. At this time, he saw a man striding on the right bank, carrying a big baggage. He was very tall and fat, weighing more than three hundred kilograms. He saw the boat on the river and shouted hurriedly:

"Hurry up and get the boat to the shore. I'm tired from walking and want to take the boat."

When the boatman saw that he weighed more than 300 pounds and was sitting on the boat, he was afraid that the boat would not sink, not to mention the Sanmen Gorge in front of him. The waves were rough and the boat would capsize, so he immediately shouted: "It's dangerous, I can't carry you anymore." "

As he spoke, the boat went straight down the river and had already gone a stone's throw away. The big man was angry and saw that there were many boulders on the shore. He quickly picked up a big boulder and threw it towards the boat. The big boulder fell beside the boat. There was a sound of "thong" and a splash of yellow water as high as two people came up. The boatman Afraid, he hurriedly steered the boat to the left.

The big man was even more angry when he saw that the boat was leaving to the left. He picked up stones and threw them, and the stones fell like raindrops. There was a "thong" sound, and finally a big stone fell on the boat. There was a big hole punched in the board, and the big man was still picking up stones and throwing them at it.

The boatman panicked. The river here was narrow and he ran away. He was immediately afraid and shouted: "Don't throw it away. I will take you there."

The big man immediately stopped throwing stones, followed the boat, and strode eastward.

The boatman slowly docked the boat. When the big man saw the boat docking, he jumped onto the boat. One side of the boat almost capsized. The boatman hurriedly said: "Hero, stand in the middle."

The big man was also afraid that the boat would capsize, so he stood still in the middle. The side of the boat was almost level with the water surface of the river.

The boatman steers the boat, the sailors paddle, and the boat moves forward like a leaf.

After traveling for a while, the boatman cautiously discussed with the big man: "Hero, not far ahead is the Sanmen Gorge. The waves are very big. You will get off the boat when the time comes. I will take you back to the boat after we have passed the gorge."

Seeing that the boat was also dangerous, the big man changed his temper and said, "It's easy to talk."

At this time, the sun in the west had already set above the river, glowing with golden light, like countless little golden snakes swimming on the river.

The big man sat on the board of the boat, opened the big baggage, took out a cooked pig's head, put it on the board of the boat, and took out a large jar of wine and put it aside.

Now it's time for dinner. The big man is hungry, and his belly is obviously deflated. He is seen as if there is no one around. He is holding a sharp knife, picking out the sauced pig head meat, picking out a large piece of meat, and putting it in his mouth. After eating, he picked up the wine can and took a big sip of wine.

The aroma of wine and meat penetrated straight into their nostrils. When all the guests on the boat saw the big man eating meat and drinking wine, they felt hungry. Some of them even couldn't help but scream. It was obvious that the big man was so arrogant that they didn't dare to say anything.

But Song Chao was just a child. Seeing the big man eating meat, his stomach was unbearably hungry. His eyes were just staring at the pig head meat on the board of the boat, and saliva flowed from his mouth.

When Yang Shucheng saw it, he thought that Song Chao was born in a wealthy family and was used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas. It was pitiful that he was in trouble today and was hungry. Thinking of this, Yang Shucheng took courage and said to the big man:

"Hero, I am Yang Shucheng, from Luoyang. This is my younger brother. He is a little hungry. Can you buy some meat for him?"

After hearing this, the big man rolled his eyes and said, "You can't buy anything." He cut off a large piece of meat, four or five taels, and handed it to Yang Shucheng, saying, "Take it for your brother to eat."

Yang Shucheng handed the pork to Song Chao to eat.

Yang Shucheng asked the big man, "May I know your surname, please? Where are you from?"

The big man said: "My name is Ni Chun, from Gansu. I like to eat meat the most. People give me the nickname: Eat all over the sky. Although I am fat, I am flexible, so people give me the nickname: Fat Monkey. This No, I’m tired of staying in my hometown and want to go east.”

This Ni Chun used to be bold and arrogant, but now he is much more docile and polite. I didn't expect this person to change so much!

Yang Shucheng said: "If Brother Ni goes to Luoyang, can I invite you to my home?"

"That's daring."

The two were talking when suddenly everyone exclaimed: "Sanmenxia has arrived."

I saw two small islands in the river in the distance. They were like mainstays, dividing the Yellow River water into three and flowing through it, so it was named Sanmen Gorge.

I saw that the river was bound by the gorge, and the surging water was like a runaway horse, rushing forward bravely. The boat rushed forward like a leaf in the rapids.

The boatman shouted: "Everyone, please sit tight, we are about to cross the gorge."

Everyone was sitting on the boat and didn't dare to move. Ni Chun was so frightened that he lay down on the board of the boat, not even daring to open his eyes.

"what……"

"The boatman is rowing quickly, he is about to hit the cliff."

I saw the boat crashing into the cliff. The boatman turned pale with fright and hurriedly directed the sailors to row.

Ni Chun climbed on the board of the boat like a big fat pig, shaking all over with fear.