Liu Qi, who was not able to enjoy himself, soon couldn't take care of these, just half an hour, he felt a little physically exhausted, the current stirrup is a triangular wooden stirrup, the design is completely inconsistent with the principle of ergonomics, when stepping on it to exert force, his feet and thighs are grinding to pain, terrible to be underestimated by others, so he has to grit his teeth and insist.

It wasn't until dark that they had only traveled half the way, and the exhausted Liu Qi couldn't wait for Cheng Guan to set up the camp and fell asleep against a big tree.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Qi rubbed his sore waist and red and swollen thighs with two panda eyes, and honestly followed Cheng Guan's side and trotted slowly all the way.

Approaching noon, I finally arrived at the ferry, the ferry is much bigger than Liu Qi imagined, and it is also very prosperous, there are many wine shops and inns on both sides of the road, and the traders in different costumes are looking forward to the cars, horses and pedestrians gathered by the riverside to sell dazzling goods of all kinds, and they are not separated by earthen walls like the county town of Shuren, although it seems to be messy but very lively, which makes people unconsciously relax after stepping into it.

Cheng Guan stopped in front of a wine shop, Gao Teng went to rent a boat, and the rest of the people hugged Liu Qi into the wine shop. There were several low tables in the hall, and to Liu Qi's surprise, there were several round stools around the low tables, which should be made in the style of the tables and stools used by the Hu people, but they were all lacquered and looked particularly exquisite.

Hu Ren has always made some contributions to the world, and now he has saved his swollen and sore legs and feet.

Finally, there was no need to sit cross-legged on the ground all the time, Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief and looked around, the wine racks, counters and other furnishings were not much different from those in the costume movies he had watched before.

The low tables in the wine shop are relatively large, which can accommodate four or five people to dine together, and after sitting down, Cheng Guan said loudly to the guys who greeted him: "If we are here, hurry up and prepare wine and cut meat." ”

The middle-aged man behind the counter glanced up at Cheng Guan when he heard the voice, and quickly stepped forward with a look of surprise and arched his hand: "Wen Chang, why haven't you come to drink with Brother Yu for many days, is it because you are afraid that I will ask for the wine money you owe?" ”

Cheng Guan blushed, and first explained to Liu Qi: "This person is the owner of this small shop, surnamed Yu Houzi Dehong, the villain usually comes here, because of the aroma of wine in his shop, he is familiar with him." Then he turned his head and looked at Yu Houzhi: "Brother Dehong said with a smile, Cheng has been in the military recently, and he can't spare time to come here, so your little money is counted in today's account." ”

Yu Hou is also a shrewd person, Cheng Guan used to be an officer in the Qu Ren Army, although I don't know why he was recently pushed to the end, but the rise and fall of the official position in the army is no more ordinary, who knows when he will make a meritorious service and rise again, it seems that Cheng Guan behind a few people are not small, especially the young man who walked in the middle has an extraordinary temperament, I guess what kind of big man he must be, and hurriedly and respectfully welcomed them into the hall, accompanied by him to personally serve food and wine.

Cheng Guan was embarrassed to snub Yu Hou, and took the time to chat with him for a few words, and asked the new guy by the way: "Brother Dehong has a way to make money, and he has added a new guy to the store after just a few days, but people are not as clever as mountain tigers." ”

The mountain tiger he said was an old guy in the store, he was diligent and could speak, and he could talk to him very well, and it was a little strange to see Yu Hou change a new person.

Yu Hou sighed and said with a look of regret: "The mountain tiger was chopping firewood in the forest the day before yesterday, and was accidentally injured by a poisonous snake, and it was no longer savory when he brought it back...... Hey, it's a pity that such a good guy, I'm afraid I'll never meet it again. ”

Cheng Guan was also very regretful, sighed and said: "It's a pity that his life is thin, if it is Yu Immortal, he will definitely be able to save his life......"

Only a few people such as Zhang Laohan knew the details of Liu Qizhi's snake venom, and the other villagers thought that Yu Ji had done it, and it was even more exaggerated when it reached Gao Hong's ears.

Liu Qi hurriedly coughed a few times to remind him, and Cheng Guan also reacted and quickly pulled the topic elsewhere.

No one noticed that Cheng Guan mentioned Yu Ji when Yu Hou's eyes flashed a different color, and soon ate and drank enough, everyone left the wine shop to prepare to board the ship, Cheng Guan didn't talk to Yu Hou much, paid the bill and hurriedly left.

Gao Teng rented two boats, one large and one small, watching the horses get on the boat, Liu Qi couldn't help but feel a little nervous, in his opinion, these two boats were extremely simple, and the heavy horses seemed to be stepping on a big hole in the boat at any time. Boldly followed Cheng Guan and Gao Teng into the boat, and the captain supported the long bamboo artemisia, and the two boats sailed upstream one after the other.

Fortunately, Liu Qi, who grew up by the river since he was a child, quickly adapted to the swaying boat, between the green mountains, the oncoming breeze contained cool water vapor, which fell on the face very pleasantly, the fish swimming in the clear river water were clearly visible, and the fisherman's melodious fishing song came from afar, if it were not for Cheng Guan humming a nasty little song next to him, Liu Qi almost thought that he had ended his nightmare and returned to his hometown to fish and play in the familiar river with his family and friends.

Cheng Guan and Gao Teng didn't know what they were talking about, and laughed when they talked about their happiness, Liu Qimeng woke up, let out a long sigh of disappointment, and reached out to wipe the corners of his eyes.

turned around and was about to talk to them, and suddenly found that there was a small boat in the distance behind his boat, this boat had been following them for a long time, there were many boats in the river, if it was changed, others would definitely not care, but Liu Qi saw that everything was fresh, and this small boat with nothing special still attracted his attention.

Liu Qi told Cheng Guan and Gao Teng about his discovery, and the two looked back, Cheng Guan said disapprerovingly: "Mr. is too worried, maybe the people on the boat are on the same road as us." ”

Gao Teng frowned and carefully observed the small boat, and said cautiously: "Our big boat has a deep draft and slow speed, if it was the same road, it should have overtaken us a long time ago, there are many water thieves in the river, be careful." ”

Cheng Guan patted the long knife on his waist and laughed: "Filial piety is too much, how many people can a small boat carry?" Even if it's really a water thief, if you dare to beat us and others, this knife will definitely make such a rat generation come and go! ”

Liu Qi and Gao Teng thought about it, if the water thieves should have done it in the dangerous place they had just passed, besides, the boat could carry three or five people at most, which was not enough for Cheng Guan to enjoy himself, and Gao Teng, these professional bodyguards who were on par with Cheng Guan, even if there were ten times more people, ordinary water thieves would not be their opponents, even if they planned for the worst, they would lean on the shore, and there would be no way to take them if there were horses.

Looking at Cheng Guan's knife, Liu Qi became interested and asked the two of them for knife skills.

Gao Teng took out a knife from his bag, lifted the silk silk wrapped outside to reveal the delicate scabbard, and held it in front of Liu Qi with both hands: "This knife is made by a famous teacher, and my brother gave it to Mr. for self-defense." ”

Liu Qi took the knife with great anticipation, this knife was more than a meter long, and it was heavy to start, and he gently pulled out the scabbard, and the snowy blade emitted a moving light.

This is a Han Dynasty military standard ring head knife, the blade does not have an obvious arc like the knife of later generations, almost straight, the knife body has no blood groove, there is no gauntlet, the center of gravity is obviously the front end of the knife, and the knife hand is caressed down along the blade to look carefully, the blade is very sharp, and the knife stem and the handle are integrated without a trace, this knife is actually forged by the whole knife!

Although Liu Qi does not have much research on swords, he knows the basic truth, most of the ancient knives are made by separating the blade and handle and finally welding, so this knife is not the kind that the army is equipped with in large quantities, even if it is not a famous sword like "Yitian" and "Qingyu", at least it is a refined "limited edition".

Sure enough, both sides of the handle of the knife are clearly engraved with exquisite dragon patterns, and there are two seal characters in the middle that I don't recognize, which is the legendary "Dragon Bird Big Ring"?

"How can this make such a treasure knife should be used to kill the enemy in front of the Zhenxiang Formation, if I accept it, it will be a violent thing!" Although Liu Qi likes this gift very much, he also knows that it is a waste for such a good knife to fall into his hands.

Gao Teng pressed the knife tightly in Liu Qi's hand and explained: "Mr. doesn't know, this knife is called "Jinghong", and its name is jealous of my brother, so I have never liked this knife, only because it is passed down from the hands of the ancestors, and it is inconvenient to give it to people at will. ”

"Well, then I'll be ashamed of Zhenxiang's good intentions!" , It turned out to be the name of the knife and Gao Hong's offense, and the ancients paid a lot of attention to it.

Liu Qi didn't say much and took over the "Jinghong", and couldn't put it down for a long time, and then stood on the bow of the boat excitedly and waved it, but after a few moments, he also felt that the movements were very clumsy and ridiculous, smiled self-deprecatingly, and humbly asked Cheng Guan and Gao Teng for advice.

If it is bare-handed, Liu Qi is really not afraid of any famous general of this era, his set of grappling short fights does not pay attention to strength, what is important is to anticipate the enemy's first opportunity, shoot quickly, take the acupoints accurately, and use strength to fight. Even if the opponent is several times stronger than himself, the joints and ligaments are just as fragile as ordinary people. But once he picks up a weapon, he has no experience in using weapons and dealing with weapons, and he can only be slaughtered by others.

The three of them exchanged ideas on the boat with great interest, but the fifty-year-old man was frightened, and he couldn't afford to rely on such a toss! But when he saw the long knife waving in the wind, he swallowed hard, but the old man still didn't dare to make a sound.

Thankfully, the seemingly dilapidated boat survived the test, and near evening, the two boats docked at a small fishing village by the river.

After making enough money and living in a few villagers' homes, the father and son got the reward and went to repair the boat, Gao Teng led the horse to feed the forage, and took advantage of the free time to prepare dinner, Liu Qi, who had nothing to do, pulled Cheng Guan to the courtyard to continue to learn knife skills.

Cheng Guan was very helpless, in his cognitive level, this new master is really not a material for martial arts, his physical condition is too poor, although he is stronger than ordinary literati, but compared to himself, the small bones are as thin as a chicken. And he is over twenty, his skeletal muscles have long been fixed, no matter how much he practiced, he couldn't be so strong, but it's a pity that he has a good body!

Because when they first met, they were put away by him and really awed him for a while, but after getting along for a long time, they naturally knew the truth and reality, it turned out to be just a fist embroidered legs, and it was okay to play in the martial arts field, and before getting the two armies, I had to be scared to pee, and Cheng Guan also slandered him. After all, literati are literati, and they can only stay in the tent of the Chinese army to allocate grain, grass and medicine, and they have to rely on people like themselves to charge into battle and capture the flag.