At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 785

When Gao Bufan and others entered Shu by boat at Yiling Wharf, it was quite lively here, but now the water is quiet and the river is flying, and there are no sails or oars to be seen. Even Lao Wang, who sells tea at the wharf all the year round Disappeared, and occasionally someone walked by in a hurry, not daring to stay at all.In less than half a year, things have changed, and the reason why they have become so depressed and deserted is due to no other reason, because the ogre king Zhu Can has come!
Zhu Can is extremely cruel, with a great reputation for viciousness, and he likes to eat human flesh, especially the meat of children and young women. In his original words, it is the tender meat of children and young women. There is no meat that tastes better than this, and Zhu Can His subordinates also ate human flesh, and even captured people as pigs and sheep and raised them in captivity as military rations.

So when they heard that Zhu Can, the Demon Eater, was coming, all the people and gentry in Yiling City ran away, and the passing boats did not dare to dock at Yiling Wharf.

In the early morning, Zhu Can's soldiers found an anonymous letter at the gate of Yiling City. This anonymous letter was nailed to the gate of the city with a dagger, which was very conspicuous.The general in charge of guarding the city gate was named Li Yu, who could read and write. After reading the content of the anonymous letter, he couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly reported it to Zhu Can.

Zhu Can has a big mouth, the corners of which seem to be cracked to the ears. When Li Yu presented the anonymous letter, he was eating a meaty bone dipped in soy sauce. He looked a bit like a child. The arm is creepy, but Li Yu seems to be used to seeing it. He flattered the anonymous letter and said: "General, I found a very interesting anonymous letter on the city gate. I don't know if it is credible."

Zhu Can spit out a finger bone with nails on it, wiped the oil stains on his hands with a rag, took the anonymous letter and opened it, a fierce light flashed in his dark eyes, and he sneered, "Oh, Qi Wang Gao Changqing It’s coming, great, great, I’ve had county magistrates and sheriffs before, but I’ve never been a king, this time I have to try something new.”

Li Yu thought to himself, I heard that the King of Qi, Gao Changqing, is very powerful. He has experienced hundreds of battles but has never failed. He is the son of heaven who obeys his destiny, I hope the general will not be so dissatisfied with Gao Changqing, that his teeth will be broken instead!
Of course, Li Yu was just muttering secretly in his heart, but he still smiled and said: "General, this letter is not signed, so I don't know if it is reliable, if someone is playing a prank..."

Zhu Can glared fiercely, bit Bai Sensen's sharp teeth and said fiercely: "Fuck your mother, who dares to play a prank on Zhu Can with me, I will eat his whole family!"

Li Yu shuddered cleverly, and quickly said: "Yes, yes, the last general's bullshit, who in this world would dare to play pranks to offend you, the great general!"

Zhu Can's pork loin eyes gleamed fiercely, and he sneered, "Don't guess, this anonymous letter must have been sent secretly by someone from Li Tang. Li Tang signed a peace treaty with Gao Qi, and he dared not fall out with Gao Qi, but He also wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Gao Changqing, so he did this, and wanted to use the hand of this general to kill Gao Changqing, hehe, how can such a small trick fool me, Zhu Can."

Li Yu said in surprise: "It turns out that Li Tang wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, so we must not be fooled."

Immediately, Zhu Can slapped his face and scolded, "Stupid!"

Li Yu was so drawn that his eyes stared at gold stars, even the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and he still smiled flatteringly and said, "Yes, this subordinate is stupid and should be beaten. Please tell the general."

Zhu Can gritted his teeth and said: "Gao Changqing, this bastard, wants to catch me and chop me up. In this case, why did I let him go? It's better to take this opportunity to kill him. In this way, I, Zhu Can, will definitely be famous." The world, when the time comes to separate Yiling County, and then take down the surrounding counties and counties to become the king and hegemony, wouldn't it be pleasant? Why should he be restrained by that hypocrite Xiao Xian?"

Li Yu's eyes lit up, and he immediately complimented him: "The general is clever, according to what the letter said, Gao Changqing will arrive in Yiling in a few days, so my subordinates led people to seal off the river, and searched every boat, so Gao Changqing must be caught. "

Zhu Can's eyes flashed fiercely and said: "Not only must the river be sealed off, but people must also be sent to patrol the upper reaches of the river. Gao Changqing is very cunning, and he might have abandoned the boat and landed in the upper reaches. You can't get even half of the hair."

It has to be said that although Zhu Can is cruel by nature, he is quite meticulous and has a good brain.

Li Yu patted his forehead and said: "It's still the general who is considerate and thoughtful, so he will do it like this. Hehe, Gao Changqing dares to step into the territory of Yiling County this time, and he will die."

Zhu Can waved his hand sullenly and said, "Go ahead and pass my order. Whoever kills Gao Changqing will be promoted to three ranks and rewarded with 300 taels, plus two beauties. 500 taels of gold, plus four beauties."

Li Yu couldn't help feeling hot, and immediately went to convey Zhu Can's order. As soon as the news spread, the whole army was excited, gearing up for a fortune.

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Let’s talk about Gao Bufan and others going east along the river. A few days later, the fleet entered the Three Gorges waterway. Perhaps attracted by the scenery on both sides of the river, Yang Qingruo and Bai Yunshang finally stopped arguing and came to the deck to enjoy the majestic and strange scenery on both sides of the river. .

Gao Bufan can finally heave a sigh of relief. In the past few days, the two women have insisted on separating out one of them as if they were possessed. Apart from eating and resting, they just "sit and discuss the Tao", but Gao Bufan has to accompany him as a judge. Our Royal Highness King Qi became a "Master of Duan Shui". Later, when the two daughters found out that this judge could only talk nonsense, they tacitly agreed not to let him speak, but let him continue to be an audience.

After a few days, neither of the two women convinced the other, but Gao Bufan, the audience, was forced to understand the ideas and propositions of Taoism and Buddhism. Perhaps this is the main purpose of the debate between the two women. Unannounced!
The wind on the bow of the boat is rustling, and the mountains on both sides of the river are blowing away.Yang Qingruo has changed back into women's clothes, wearing a green dress with a long sword on her back, it is really a sword that can kill a city, and Bai Yunshang, white clothes like snow, is sitting in a wheelchair, but still looks like the bright moon, the two women are leaning together, this She is so magnificent, that person who is all over the city and the country, it is hard to tell Xuan Jin apart for a while.

"Isn't this good? No quarrel, no quarrel, harmonious coexistence, whether he is a Taoist or a Buddhist, they are all one family!" Gao Bufan thought to himself, while looking at the two women, he felt an inexplicable sense of pride.

In the afternoon, the fleet finally passed through the mouth of Xiling Gorge, leaving all the mountains on both sides of the river behind.

Gao Bufan's spirit was shaken, and he couldn't help chanting: "Among the colorful clouds of Emperor Ci Baidi, thousands of miles of rivers and tombs will be returned in one day. The sound of monkeys on both sides of the bank can't stop, and the light boat has already passed the Ten Thousand Mountains."

As soon as this poem came out, two pairs of clear and bright eyes looked over at once. The brilliance in the eyes made His Royal Highness Qi a little bit flustered. Well, brother Li Bai is probably not even a tadpole now, his is my king's, and my king's is still my king's!
At this time, the leading ship in front suddenly lowered its sails, Gao Bufan also ordered his people to furl up the sails of the ship, and soon the whole fleet lowered their sails, paddled with oars, and approached the north bank of the Yangtze River .

However, at this time, two fast boats came from the downstream direction, and the people on the boat were vague, and they shouted sharply from a long distance: "The government is inspecting, stop the boat immediately, otherwise it will be killed in a hurry."

It was Zhong Laoliu who was leading the boat ahead, his expression changed slightly when he saw this, and he became a little flustered.Although Zhong Laoliu had rich experience in sailing, he was born as a commoner and had never fought a war, so he inevitably became nervous at this time.

Miao Yu was calm, and said in a low voice: "Don't be nervous, sixth son, tell everyone to stop the boat, wait for the other party to approach before attacking."

Zhong Laoliu hurriedly greeted the sailors and told the sailors to stop rowing. Soon, the two fast boats downstream approached. The boats were patrolling under Zhu Can's command. There were five people on each boat, two of them were archers, bending their bows. Nock the arrow to make a ready-to-shoot stance.

"Hey, where did you get down, and why did you lower the sails?" a chief officer on the ship asked sharply.

Miao Yu winked at Zhong Laoliu, and the latter replied tremblingly, "We are a cargo ship that came down from Shu County, and what we carried on board were grain and Shu brocade..."

"Stop talking nonsense, I asked you why you lowered the sails?" Shi Chang asked cautiously.

Zhong Laoliu said awkwardly: "We heard that cannibals... No, I heard that General Zhu is in Yiling downstream, and the passing ships are afraid to pass by, so...so we plan to go to the nearby shore and take the road around. Pass Yiling City."

The enemy soldiers on the boat couldn't help laughing out loud, and Shi Chang said with disdain: "That's right, our general is indeed a cannibal, and we're not afraid of others saying it. It doesn't matter if you say whatever you want, but you can't slip if you want to. Let's go, follow me!" We went to Yiling Wharf for inspection, and if there is no problem, we can leave after paying some taxes.”

Zhong Laoliu said in horror: "Aren't you going to eat us?"

"It's okay to be honest and cooperate. If you dare to play tricks, it's hard to say. Hehe, I just ate a bowl of brain tea this morning. I don't mind eating a few more bowls." Shi Chang licked his lips and said with a grin.

Miao Yu couldn't help feeling sick. If it wasn't for the distance, she might have chopped off the opponent's head with one blow.

"Let's go, go downstream!" Shi Chang raised the waist knife in his hand and threatened.

Miao Yu couldn't help worrying secretly, because the other party was very vigilant, and kept talking from a distance, and didn't come closer, and the archers on the opposite boat kept bending their bows and setting arrows.

Just when Miao Yu and Zhong Laoliu could not make up their minds, there was a sudden sound of strings collapsing on the big ship behind, and several sharp arrows shot out continuously, killing the four archers on the enemy ship on the spot. An arrow sealed the throat, cleanly and swiftly, with unstoppable power.

Undoubtedly, Gao Bufan was the one who shot the arrow. When he shot the arrow, Gao Dahe and other soldiers followed suit. After a whizzing sound, all the remaining enemy soldiers were shot to death, and the blood covered the surrounding river. stained red.

"Amitabha, sin, sin." Bai Yunshang clasped her palms together impatiently.

Yang Qingruo sneered and said: "On the battlefield, you will die and live. Being kind to the enemy is being cruel to yourself. Put away your Buddhist methods."

Bai Yunshang didn't answer, just bowed his head and silently recited the Ksitigarbha Sutra to transcend the souls of the dead.

Gao Bufan gestured to Zhong Laoliu and Miao Yu who were on the boat in front, signaling to continue docking, so the fleet quickly sailed to the north bank, while the two unowned enemy ships drifted downstream.

(End of this chapter)