Clouds and Waters

The Jianmen Shu Road has always been known for its steepness.Fortunately, Yunshui and Yunshui's lightness kung fu is excellent, and it doesn't take much effort.After walking for a few more days, the mountain road was craggy and almost unclimbable.Yun Chenxiao looked up, but saw the cliffs on both sides of the road, the peaks and mountains were like swords, surrounded by clouds and mist, straight into the blue sky.Although Yun Chenxiao has traveled thousands of miles and seen many beautiful rivers and mountains, he couldn't help but exclaimed in his heart about the wonderful sight!

The stone wall of Jianmen is like a natural barrier of copper and iron walls. It not only blocks the thousands of miles of mountains from the Qinling Mountains, but also blocks the [-] elite soldiers from the Central Plains.Between the two peaks, there is a plank road that winds like a sheep's intestines, clinging to the steep mountain wall from time to time, as if leading to the sky.

Yun Chenxiao pointed to the terrain and said: "Look at this place, You'er, it is just a natural pass. There is this sword gate in the middle of Shu, which is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder Jiang Boyue was able to defend against it with tens of thousands of soldiers. Zhonghui will have one hundred thousand Wei troops."

Shui Xinyou looked along Yun Chenxiao's fingers, but saw that Jianmen Pass was extremely dangerous, so he nodded and said: "Sichuan people always say, 'Beat Jianmen Pass, it's like winning Sichuan'. Jianmen Pass is known as the gate of Shu. This statement is not false."

The two had their own concerns, not to mention talking, just walked forward sullenly.After walking for several miles, we arrived at Jianmen Pass.Yun Chenxiao's eyes kept rolling, but seeing that the city is well-equipped and well-disciplined, the city is well-equipped and well-disciplined, and they are extremely cautious in checking passers-by, and will not let any idlers enter the city.Unconsciously, Yun Chenxiao's heart sank, and he thought: "The Jianmen Pass is so heavily guarded, it seems that King An has a good command of soldiers, if the court wants to attack forcefully, it will be really difficult." Thinking of this, he glanced at Shui Xinyou again , but seeing her lowering her eyebrows and narrowing her eyes, she also looked quite sad, and she seemed to have the same thoughts as herself.At that moment, he quietly reached out to shake Shui Xinyou, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, wait until we enter the city to see if there are any flaws. I don't believe that the gate of the sword is a single piece of iron." Shui Xinyou did not speak, and rushed She pursed her lips and smiled as an answer.

At this time, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, the two had already disguised themselves.The Five Elements Water Gate is not only powerful in martial arts, but also in disguise.At this time, Yunshui and Yunshui have long lost their glamorous appearance, and they are just two ordinary merchants who couldn't be more ordinary.

At the pass, two soldiers waved their spears, blocked the entrance of the city gate, stopped Yun Shui and the two of them and said, "You two, what are you doing in the city?"

Since Yun Chenxiao entered Shu, she has only listened to the Shu dialect.At first I didn't understand much, but after listening to it a lot, I found it pleasant, so I learned a few sentences with great interest, but Shui Xinyou always made fun of it.At this time, when they heard the two interrogating in dialect, she became amused, and replied in her half-baked Sichuan dialect: "Back to the two military masters, we two brothers are going to the city to do business." A few taels of silver were handed over to the two of them, and they whispered: "Master Jun eats wine, eats wine!"

The soldier weighed the silver, winked at his comrades, withdrew his spear and said in a loud voice, "Let go! Next!"

Seeing that he could enter the city so easily, Yun Chenxiao quietly made a grimace at Shui Xinyou, with a smug look in his eyes, and thought: "It seems that the guards here are just superficial." Pulling Shui Xinyou You just took a few steps, but heard a person behind him say: "Wait a minute, you two!"

Yun Chenxiao's heart froze, and he turned around to look, but he saw a tall and burly man with a beard and purple face, shiny armor, a tiger crown on his head, and a sable tail as a decoration, he seemed to be a high-ranking military officer.Sure enough, when the city defenders saw this man, they all bowed their heads respectfully and called out, "Hello Zhou Canjun!"

That Zhou Jianjun waved his hand as an answer, and then said to Yun Chenxiao: "You two young masters, you don't look like Sichuanese with your accent?"

Yun Chenxiao knew that she was showing off too much, so she hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Return to my lord, the villain is indeed not from Sichuan. The villain came here to do business, so he learned a few words of Sichuan dialect, so I don't blame you for speaking casually. "

"En!" Zhou Canjun sized Yun Chenxiao carefully, and then lingered on Shui Xinyou for a long time.Shui Xinyou felt that his gaze was not good, and was about to teach her a lesson, but Yun Chenxiao stopped her, shook her head slightly at her, stepped forward to block Zhou Canjun's piercing gaze, but quietly handed over the money to accompany her. He smiled and said: "My lord, this is my little cousin. He had a strange disease since he was a child, and since then he has been ill and can't speak. We came from a small place and don't know the rules. Your lord has a lot, so let us go. !"

"Little cousin?" Zhou Canjun pushed back Yun Chenxiao's hand holding the silver, but did not take it. He glanced at Shui Xinyou again, shook his head and touched the beard on his chin, curled his lips in a scrutiny way: "Your cousin is handsome and handsome, but he is dumb. Hey... what a pity, what a pity!" After saying that, he waved his hand, as if intending to let him go.

Shui Xinyou dominates all corners of the country, and even the emperor is afraid of her. Whenever she has suffered such humiliation, she is about to explode immediately.Afraid that she would cause trouble, Yun Chenxiao hurriedly got up and said goodbye, and was about to enter the city with Shui Xinyou, but unexpectedly that Zhou Junjun was haunted and said: "Wait! Since you are doing business, why don't you see the goods? What kind of business are you doing? Which store is selling it? Why don’t you report it quickly? If there is even half a lie, I Zhou Yue will definitely not forgive you!”

That military officer who joined the army was no more than a seventh-rank military officer, but at this moment he spoke with great aura and majesty.Yun Chenxiao knew that this matter could not be concealed anymore, and was about to tear her face apart, but suddenly saw a person running wildly from the city.He ran so fast that the straps of his helmet were already scattered, and he didn't know where he lost the helmet, but he didn't care about it at all, waving his hands and shouting all the way: "Master Zhou! Master Zhou! Something happened! Go and see!"

Zhou Yue was originally engrossed in Yun Shui and the two, but when he heard the man screaming, he said impatiently: "What's the matter! Chattering, it's really hateful!"

The soldier swallowed his saliva and said: "It's the prince's mansion, the entrusting secretary Zuo entrusts Lord Hu Muhu! He..."

"Ge Laozi! Is he considered a Hammer? Hu Mu, a stray dog, is looking for trouble for me!" Zhou Yue couldn't help cursing when he heard this, and immediately ordered his subordinates to escort Yun and Shui and walked towards the city.Yun Chenxiao originally planned to take advantage of the chaos and slip away, but when he heard that the troublemaker seemed to be an eunuch from Prince An's Mansion, he became curious, pretended to be captured with Shui Xinyou, and followed Zhou Yue towards Jiange County.

In the county town, on the not-so-spacious street was parked an eight-person palanquin with fringed tassels.In front of and behind the sedan chair are four white horses, although they are being led by others, they still look tall and vigorous.In stark contrast to this is the mess on the street: chickens dancing wildly, chicken feathers flying around, and there are chickens in the chicken coop beside the road that are eager to try, flapping their wings and leaping outward.Beside the chicken coop was a shivering woman, covering her face and weeping, completely ignoring the advice of passers-by.

"Zhou Canjun, you can come! It's hard for our family to wait."

At the end of this street is Zui Yue Zhai, the largest restaurant in Jiange County.Zuiyuezhai has three floors, the first floor is a tavern, and the second and third floors are inns.Yun Chenxiao and Shui Xinyou followed the sound and saw that the third floor of Zuiyuezhai was facing the window of the street. A man with white face and beardless, brocade robe and jade belt, embroidered flying fish on his chest, and a crown of heaven on his head, was shaking his folding fan lightly, smiling. Look this way.

Shui Xin lived in the court for a long time, and knew that the flying fish suit worn by that person was the uniform of eunuchs above the third rank in the court, and he thought that this person was Hu Mu, the Zuo Chengfeng Hu Mu that the soldiers said.It's just that the servant of this small palace is only an eighth-rank eunuch, but he dares to privately wear a third-rank court dress, and so far, it shows how courageous he is.

At that time, Zhou Yue was full of anger and had nowhere to vent it, but because of King An's power, he had to swallow his anger, raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "Hello, Hu Chengfeng!"

Seeing that Zhou Yue was neither polite nor called "Master", Hu Mu rolled his eyes, feeling unhappy, turned his body arrogantly, and did not answer.Zhou Yue was already impatient, and asked the Cangtou Nu who was leading the horse: "What is it that alarmed me?"

It turned out that the person upstairs was Hu Mu, Zuo Chengfeng, the minister of Prince An's Mansion.He was ordered by the king the day before yesterday to supervise the military in Jiange County.Relying on Wang An's favor, this Hu Mu has become a domineering and domineering man in Chengdu.Now in Jiange, he is even more domineering and rampant.Just two days after arriving, Zhou Yue, who was in charge of the contact, had already caused a lot of trouble, which made Zhou Yue full of complaints.Today, Hu Mu cleared the field under martial law, shouting and embracing. Firstly, he wanted to make a tour of Jianmen Pass, which was regarded as respecting the order of his master, the governor.

Jiange was originally a small county town, and the county residents had never seen such a big battle before, so they gathered together to watch the excitement.For a while, the small streets were crowded with people.Unexpectedly, there were so many people, someone accidentally kicked the chicken coop of a chicken vendor away.This is a good move, the chickens are rampant, dancing wildly, startling the horses.But this Hu Mu abandoned his sedan chair to ride a horse in order to show off.As soon as the horse was frightened, Hu Mu almost fell off the horse.Fortunately, he was not injured, but his face was greatly damaged, and he couldn't help becoming angry. He immediately took the chicken farmer and tortured him.The soldiers on the side saw that something was wrong, so they notified Zhou Yue, the Jianmen Pass recorder, to join the army.

Zhou Yue listened, sighed, and asked loudly: "Where is the disturbing chicken seller?"

All the soldiers charged the chicken vendor, Zhou Yue frowned, and kicked his leg, right in the chicken vendor's heart.The chicken seller was thin and weak, so he couldn't stand this kindness, he had already bent over the ground, screaming "Ouch" in pain.The woman who was crying by the chicken coop just now quickly helped her man up, and kowtowed to Zhou Yue: "My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life!"

"Bold and unreasonable, you don't even look at the time when you sell chickens!" Zhou Yue shouted in a stern voice, "Hurry up and get out, so you won't be an eyesore here!"

The chicken seller couple kowtowed their heads like smashing garlic as if they were receiving an amnesty.The woman supported her husband and was about to step back when she saw Hu Mu slowly walking out of Zuiyuezhai. He smiled strangely and said, "This unscrupulous man has startled our horses. Master Zhou kicked him carelessly. Is it over?"

Zhou Yue took a breath, and his voice was no longer as firm as before: "Master Hu, it's not easy for them to make a living. I don't think there is any serious problem with you. I have punished you a little, and you just..."

"Small punishments and big commandments?" Hu Mu laughed sharply: "Master Zhou, let me show you what is called 'small punishments and big commandments'!" After saying that, with a wave of his hand, five or six muscular soldiers of the palace couldn't help but say , There was a burst of punching and kicking at the chicken vendor.In just a few moments, the chicken vendor was already bruised and swollen, lying on the ground dying, with blood flowing all over the ground, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.The woman had long been dumbfounded, and was crying madly beside her.

Seeing that the beating was almost over, Hu Mu walked forward slowly, spit a mouthful of thick phlegm at the chicken vendor, and said, "See, this is the end of offending my father-in-law. Since Mr. Zhou said small punishments and big warnings, I I will spare your dog's life! Get lost!" After saying that, he walked away without taking a sedan chair or riding a horse.

Zhou Yue thought that it would be okay to kick the chicken vendor to relieve Hu Mu and save face, but he didn't want Hu Mu to be so vicious that he beat him seriously.Zhou Yue was so angry that he gritted his teeth, threw down a few taels of silver, and said to the woman, "Hurry up and take your man to treat the wound! Hu Mu has too much power behind him, you can't afford it." ! When you see him in the future, remember to walk around!"

*****

Seeing Hu Mu's domineering over there, Shui Xinyou was already on fire, if Yun Chenxiao hadn't stopped her, she would have smashed Hu Mu's corpse into thousands of pieces.After Hu Mu walked away, Yun Chenxiao let go of Shui Xinyou and said: "There are many tricks here, and the forces of all parties are complicated. We have a special status and should not be too ostentatious. Hu Mu, we will definitely take care of him in the future."

Shui Xinyou suppressed the impulse for a moment, but sighed in his heart: "I don't want the chaos in Shu to be so chaotic, it is really lawless! How innocent are the people of Shu, they are devastated by this."

Yun Chenxiao knew that Shui Xinyou's tough temper was better than her own, and she was afraid that seeing any injustice again would make her glared and draw her sword, first to expose her identity, and second, to hurt her body, so she stopped taking any action. I took an upper room and rested with her in the room.When the willows were on the moon, they took a walk as an excuse to come out alone to spy on the enemy.

In a short while, Yun Chenxiao arrived at the Jianmen Pass that was blocked during the day.Seeing that the order here is orderly, the defenders are stationed in turn, and their vigilance is high, Yun Chenxiao praises it in his heart.Going forward is the barracks of the garrison chief.Yun Chenxiao held his breath and listened, but he heard a burst of cursing: "That Hu Mu is really vicious, even a commoner who has no strength to restrain a chicken can hit such a heavy hand, he will die like a dog!" It was the voice of Zhou Yue, who was recording and joining the army.

"Zhou Canjun calm down! That Hu Mu is a minister of the palace, not to mention that we can't afford to offend him, even... even Mr. Luo, we can't offend him!" another person persuaded.

"Hey!" Speaking of his immediate boss, Zhou Yue sighed heavily, drank two sips of wine and said: "This world is so dark, and life is so low in troubled times. It's really chilling. I thought Lord Luo would be cracked." The power of heaven and earth, but who knows, when a tiger falls in Pingyang, it will be controlled by others everywhere!"

Another person echoed: "Who says it's not! Master Luo is the Tanhua Lang handpicked by the Holy Majesty in the fifth year of Xuanhe! He could have stayed in Beijing to work and have a good future. But his temper... Alas! He was unwilling to cling to the powerful at all. Later, when the Ministry of Officials selected him, he was randomly assigned a barren land to be the county magistrate. Under his support, Lord Luo traveled to and from Shu for these years and joined the army, so he was appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of the Sichuan Army, and he is considered an important member of the party."

However, Zhou Yue became more and more angry as he listened to it, he simply threw the wine bowl and cursed angrily: "Fuck the important officials on the other side! If you want me to say, the fourth-rank Xuanfu envoy of the imperial court is the same as the eighth-rank Zuo of the palace. It's a fart to flatter you!"

Hearing this outside the tent, Yun Chenxiao almost burst out laughing, thinking, "Zhou Yue is a man who is thick but subtle. Although his words are harsh, the truth is not bad. But I don't know what they mean by 'Lord Luo' 'Where is it sacred? If it can be used by me, it may be possible to defeat others without fighting..."

She just thought of this, but she felt someone slap her on the shoulder, before she could turn her head, her mouth and nose were already blocked.Yun Chenxiao was shocked and horrified, but he didn't know who was behind the attack.