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CHAPTER XV DISCUSSION OF THE WAY

It was already close to the end of the year. It was already hard to see anyone in the wilderness. In the cold winter and the winter, the heavy snow suddenly fell for a while without stopping. The wilderness looked like it was covered in silver. It was extremely enchanting!

There was a saying among the people: "Snow is warm, snow is cold!" Although the snow had stopped falling, the weather was even colder than when it had snowed a few days ago. This kind of weather was very close to the end of the year. Ordinary people would always stay at home when they had nothing to do during their free time. In this kind of weather, other than doing some necessary things, they didn't want to go out. This desolation was even more so on the public road, which had been bustling for a year. At this moment, the wide public road that had been bustling with activity for a year was very deserted. Occasionally, there would be a few figures, most of them rushing home for the New Year. There were only a few people who stopped on the road.

Next to the official road was the Grand Canal, cultivated by Yang Guangshi, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. It took six years to finish the Grand Canal, which cost millions of dollars and countless labourers. The Grand Canal is mainly divided into four sections, which are Yongkou Channel, Tongkai Channel, Hangou Channel and Jiangnan River, which connect the five water systems of Haihe River, Yellow River, Huai River, Yangtze River and Qiantang River. Due to the advantages of large shipping capacity and low cost, when the canal was built, it became an important channel for the commercial transportation in the north and south areas once it was used. With Luoyang as the center, the Sui Dynasty's Grand Canal was arranged in a symmetrical shape of north and south, from Zhejiang to the south, from the north to the county, from the north to the north, from the south, from the canal to the north, stretching for a thousand miles, from the main canal to the south, with a width of eighty zhang and a width of four zhang. Everyone knew that the destruction of the Sui Dynasty was caused by the tyrannical rule of Emperor Sui, but it was also related to the Grand Canal. The Tang Dynasty poet Pi Zhixiu once wrote: "all Sui Sui thus river, to this day thousand miles Leitong wave. If there is no matter regarding the Dragon Boat Phoenix Hall, it would not be an exaggeration for us to discuss it together with Da Yu. " The Grand Canal brought a calamity of annihilation to the Sui Dynasty, but it brought a hundred benefits to the Tang Dynasty without any harm. During the Tang Dynasty, the economic center began to move southward, while the political center of the whole country was located in the Central Plains. It played a great role in the Tang Dynasty's transportation, economic exchanges, trade exchanges, and even maintaining the stability of the imperial government. This was the Grand Canal of the Thousand Li Wave. On this basis, the later generations built the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou in the Yuan Dynasty. The canal has lasted for hundreds of years and is still largely intact. The south section of Jining is navigable and still plays an important role.

On this day, the northern Zuorong (now Beijing) near the fishing official road, no sign of human, this situation, it seems to Liu Zongyuan's poem "a few thousand mountains birds fly away, ten thousand miles people disappear" feeling. Although the rivers in the vicinity of Zhe County were not as dangerous as those in Jiangnan, the rivers had never stopped flowing. This year, however, it was exceptionally fierce. This period of time was enough to freeze even the surging Yellow River for hundreds of miles, let alone a mere county canal. As far as the eye could see, the Grand Canal was like a huge white, crystal clear dragon that was rushing forward. No one knew where it came from. It was quiet like this. After some time, a passer-by walked over. He was afraid that the passerby was tired from walking, so he sat down in the chess hall next to the canal. He put down his backpack and patted the ice shards on his body. He leaned against the pavilion's railing and sat down. Then, he took out a bag of strong alcohol from his chest, raised his head and drank a few mouthfuls with a "gulu gulu gulu" sound. When he drank the wine, he immediately felt a wave of hot air rushing down his throat and into his stomach in a short moment. He felt a burning warmth rise up from his body, driving away the cold. The man put down the things in his hand and sat in the pavilion. He looked to the south and saw that the sky and the earth were connected, turning white. He saw that Wangye was spreading out, yet he didn't realize that he was already more than a thousand miles away. The passerby was sitting in a kiosk by the side of the road. He raised his eyes to look at the winding frozen river in front of him and then turned his head to look at the straight and wide road of the fish and the sun. He could not help but smile and say, "The weather in the north is really unbearable! "If you can't even move forward on the official road without a willow tree or a tree, then you're like the people of the land of Su Hang …"

The passerby was talking to himself when he suddenly stopped. He didn't know when, but a black shadow had appeared on the surface of the river. From the looks of it, the shadow was moving northward on the frozen river. Only when the black figure got closer did he notice that it was a man that was running in separate directions. After a while, the black shadow grew closer, but after seeing that the black shadow was gradually taking shape, the person sitting in the pavilion at the side of the road finally saw clearly. The person was actually a burly, middle-aged man wearing a bearskin mink overcoat and golden boots, holding a whip in his hand. The people sitting in the pavilion felt that his dressing was very strange. It seemed that he had some of the style of Uighur, Gaochang and other places in the Northwest Gobi region of the outside world. He raised his right hand into the air and a plaque appeared in the air. When he looked again, he saw that the person had jumped several meters into the air and arrived at the river in front of them. Another carp was flying towards him. The person sitting in the pavilion didn't expect that the man in black would possess such a peerless martial skill. In the blink of an eye, he had leaped into the chess hall. The passerby did not seem to be surprised by this, "Ah!" "Ah!" A shout was heard, and the alcohol in his hand was unconsciously thrown up by him. Unexpectedly, he was caught by the man with the whip who carried the signboard on his shoulder. The man was not polite. He smelled the strong aroma of the wine and actually put the wineskin to his mouth to drink. He drank seven or eight mouthfuls in a short while and after a while, the wineskin started to dwindle down. From the looks of it, the wineskin was about two feet long and would at least contain ten catties of strong wine. That man had drunk all ten catties of wine in one go, and his wine power was truly astonishing. The man in the bearskin coat let out a burp with a face full of satisfaction and joy. He only saw that his stomach was slightly swollen and his face was slightly flushed. Other than that, he was just like usual, not intoxicated at all.

In the time it took to make a cup of tea, the person had already finished drinking the wine in the bag. He looked at the person who was still sitting on the ground and threw the empty wineskin on the ground. He didn't say anything immediately. He picked up the wineskin and sat back down, mumbling to himself, "Where did this barbarian come from? He's so rude. If it wasn't for the fact that I, your father, am an elegant man, who only wants to beat you up, I would have slapped you a few times already!" When the man in the bearskin cloak was drinking, the people who were rushing over had already seen it clearly. They were even more certain that he was a barbarian from the Western Regions. He thought of this: [This guy has a tall nose and brown eyes. Without a doubt, he is a barbarian. Yet, he has come to my Tang Dynasty to show his prowess?] I'm afraid that your insignificant cultivation experience in the Wildlands is not even one punch from my Central Plains martial artist! Unexpectedly, just as the passerby finished muttering these words, he heard a voice from behind him: "Shang!" The person who was rushing back was shocked and when he turned around, he saw that the Hu man from the Western Regions had actually returned. Now, he was standing behind him, scaring the person who was rushing back, causing him to drop the wineskin he just picked up. The Hu man from the Western Regions did not say anything. He only stared straight at the person walking over. From the perspective of the people travelling, if the person from the Western Regions were to speak, it would be a good thing. At the very least, it would relieve the chilling atmosphere. After a while, the person who was hurrying on his way seemed to have seen a bit of the world, and immediately said with a trembling voice: "First … "Hmm, but is something the matter …" His words felt like he was gritting his teeth and his tongue was tied up. He did not say it clearly, but luckily, the Hu person in the Western Regions seemed to understand, and he immediately said: "Oh, Shang, may I ask if we are leaving?" He calmed himself down and said: "You said the Moon Sword Villa, ah, isn't too far away, you can follow the official road, or even the river, since the official road is the same, you should follow the road, and if you continue forward another ten kilometers, you will see the road on the left … "Ai, you know your left and right, that's where your hand is …"

When he saw that the other party did not intend to harm him, he actually wanted to have a chat with him, but he thought this way, that Hu from the Western Regions could not wait for him to say anything, and when he saw that the other side was talking, he did not say much, but did not say much, causing his heart to become restless. He shouted loudly, "You bastard, hurry up and say the path to Na Yue Jian Manor, otherwise I'll smack you with my palm!" Hearing his loud shout, the man on the way couldn't help but shiver, his eyes opened wide, and after a long while he sighed a breath of relief, and then said: "Then we will leave the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa … It's not far, you go along the official road … "After walking for twelve to thirteen miles, we'll head to the left on an official road. That's the way to the fishing sun. If you go this way, you'll end up in a prefectural city. If you go this way …" Hearing that this person was about to start talking again, the Western Hu man immediately shouted: "Will we be able to reach the Moon Sword Villa by following the road on the left?" The person on the way was startled by his loud voice again and hurriedly nodded his head. He heard the person say, "I originally wanted to thank you for the wine, but hearing how you're so annoying, I'll forget about that!" Seeing that he was about to leave, the man was overjoyed. However, the barbarian from the Western Regions did not manage to take more than a few steps before he turned around and picked up the wineskin that had fallen to the ground. He said to the man walking away, "I see that you don't want it. As he spoke, the man hurriedly replied, "Just take it. It's just a wineskin. If we meet again in the future, I naturally have a proof. I hope …" Those words came to an abrupt end. It turned out that the Western Hu man had silently walked out of the pavilion. In the blink of an eye, he was already more than a hundred feet away, leaving only his back …

The man on the other side sat down again and mumbled in a low voice: "This barbarian is really from the remote areas of the Western Regions. He even wants a wineskin. If I could beat you up, you would have already …" Before he could finish his words, another voice came from behind him, "Shang!" He thought to himself: I've met with misfortune today, why hasn't this fellow left yet! He quickly turned around and thought: "It would be a good thing if he asked me for directions again, but he wouldn't know how to ask for directions. Don't be angered by my words, coming here to kill me is a bad thing!" Unexpectedly, there was a wave of astonishment. It turned out that the person who had come was not the Barbarian Child from the Western Regions, but was an old Daoist in a green robe. He had the hair of a crane of a child. Seeing that although the Daoist Priest was already old, he had a very amiable face and delicate features. How could he be compared to the Barbarian Child from the Western Regions? Seeing that the Daoist Priest had saluted and that the person travelling had also returned the greeting, he thought to himself: It's a good thing that he is not the Barbarian Son with kung fu. Eyebrows... When he thought about this, his heart immediately thumped: Could this Daoist Priest still have some skills on him? While the people on the way were thinking, they heard the Daoist in green say, "Shang Clan, may I ask where the Moon Sword Villa is?" The person on the way also laughed, and replied: "If you were to go to the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa, you would be asking the right person. In this freezing cold weather, I am afraid there are only a few people on the public road who know of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa, and coincidentally, I am able to point the way for you …" The Daoist Priest was surprised to see this person chattering endlessly. He thought, "Why is this person so long-winded?" He didn't show any emotion on his face and said with a kind face, "So this humble Taoist relies on the merchants to point the way!" The person on the way laughed, then continued: "The Mighty Heavenly Sword Mountain is actually not far from here, you just need to follow this path, walk a few miles north, and then head towards the left fork in the road. However, the villa is located on a mountainside and there are no houses around, so it is not very lively. "I feel that since you seem to be a master cultivator, you must not care too much about my Smoky Flame Red Dust. Why don't you let me be your guide and show you the way …" Before he could finish, he heard the old man say, "Immeasurable Buddha …" "Thank you so much, Shang Clan!" The person on the way thought that the Daoist priest wanted to go with him to Chua County, so he was overjoyed. Just as he was about to speak, the Daoist Priest's body flickered and he strode towards the north.

The man on the way looked at the Taoist and sat down again. Then he said in a low voice: "Fuck, a barbarian from the Western Regions with kungfu just went there to ask for directions and now there's another even more amazing old Taoist!" Are you not letting me live! " The man hurriedly stood up, turned around to look, and saw that the Daoist man in green had returned. He frowned, and with his sharp eyes, he asked loudly: "Did you just see a barbarian from the Western Regions?" The person rushing over was scared and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes …" Just now, that person was also asking about the Moon Sword Villa! I'll tell him where to go! " The Daoist Priest then asked, "How does that person dress up?" The man on the way said, "That barbarian has a whip in his hand and is wearing a bearskin mink coat and golden boots. He must be about your age." The Daoist Priest then asked, "Did that person bring anything with him?" The man on the way said, "There is a big package, and in his hand is a plaque! Why are you looking for him! "It's better if you don't go. That barbarian's kung fu is really amazing!" The Daoist Priest Qing Yi let out a hearty laugh and flew towards the north. Seeing that the azure-dressed Daoist was running extremely fast, and that he soon submerged himself on the public road, the people on the way thought to themselves. If he wanted to hurt me just now, it would be easy. He didn't dare to sit down right away. He hurriedly picked up his luggage and rushed towards the north. He must have been scared out of his wits by the two people in front and behind him!

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