From that day on, the ancient water Taoist taught Xiao Dongshan to meditate and practice qi. This Chaoyang Nine Qi Xuangong, when I started practicing, I only felt that my legs were sore and my chest was tight, after a stick of incense time, I felt that the boredom in my chest was gone, the Lingtai gradually became clear, my ears and eyes seemed to be smarter than usual, my limbs were indescribably comfortable, and the unspeakable pleasure in my heart seemed to be shouted out, slowly, this force to be shouted out gradually integrated into the dantian, I felt that there was no self in the world, as if I had melted into heaven and earth, I don't know how long it took, and I felt that I gradually returned to myself, every inch of muscle seemed to be extremely sensitive, the sound of blood flowing in the pinna, The beating of the eyelids can be felt one by one, and then slowly, the body seems to be hot through for a while, and the indescribable comfort, the indescribable pleasure in the heart, it seems that it is about to shout out again, slowly, this power to shout out, and gradually melt into the dantian......

Since he began to practice qi, Xiao Dongshan's active temperament has gradually changed, and sometimes he can sit for a whole hour like an old monk. The ancient water Taoist people made Xiao Dongshan familiar with the mantra of practicing qi, and first explained the easy-to-understand ones, and then slowly taught the obscure ones sentence by sentence, and Xiao Dongshan memorized the ones he didn't understand. The people of the ancient waterway have repeatedly explained that they should not be anxious for quick success, they must be steady and steady, fortunately, Xiao Dongshan is a solid character, and he is not greedy for merit at all, even so, his progress is much faster than ordinary people, and the people of the ancient waterway are surprised.

After more than 50 days, Xiao Dongshan made great advances in force, and when he used the knife, he really felt a new world, and many of the original moves with traces were now at his fingertips, and he was really at ease. Xiao Dongshan was grateful, although he still liked to be naughty with the people of Gushuidao, he was actually very respectful in serving his master.

As a result, the time to study medicine was greatly reduced, and the ancient waterways people had nothing to do, but Xiao Dongshan quoted Confucius's principle of "teaching students according to their aptitude". Fortunately, Xiao Dongshan has also learned some basic medical skills, especially healing injuries and bones, and the ancient waterway people are not forced.

Along the way, I saw the magnificent rivers and mountains, the country and the people, the people's faces were full of joy, and the master and apprentice were also happy. At this time, the two have arrived in Guangdong, although the Central Plains is already in the cold winter season, the weather here is still warm, and the two do not need to buy clothes.

On this day, the master and apprentice rested in an inn in Raoping County, Chaozhou. Early in the morning, Xiao Dongshan took advantage of the master's meditation, sneaked out of the inn alone, looked east and west on the street, after all, he was a young man, he forgot the hour for a while, and when he returned to the inn, as soon as Xiao Er saw him, he came up and said: "Guest officer, why did you come back!" Xiao Dongshan hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, what about my master?" Xiao Er said: "Your master left alone, and left a message, saying that he was going to Phoenix Mountain to visit friends, at least three days, and at most five days, he will return, so that you can wait for him here." Xiao Dongshan said: "I see, I'm hungry, get me a fish, a big bowl of rice!" So saying, he found a table and sat down.

At this time, I looked into the lobby and saw two bearded people sitting at the innermost table, both with big thick beards and dressed as businessmen. One of them was of medium stature, wearing a blue robe, and was less than thirty years old, and the other was of large stature, wearing a gray robe, and was in his thirties. The two of them whispered a lot, and they couldn't understand what was said, but the blue-robed guest seemed to stutter a little. At that time, the land of China was prosperous, and many overseas countries came to trade, and the people were not surprised to see foreign people.

Xiao Dongshan didn't take it seriously, but he was taken aback when he saw the weapons of the two. The blue-robed guest's weapon was a goose feather knife, which was nothing special, but the gray-robed man was a two-handed giant sword. This sword is half a foot longer than the commonly used sword, full of the width of an adult's palm, and the sword body is quite thick, I am afraid that it will not have forty or fifty catties.

At this time, Xiao Er came to the rice, and Xiao Dongshan ate it slowly, while paying attention to the movements of the two. I saw the gray-robed guest, his beard was as long as his chest, neatly combed, he cherished his beard very much, carefully protected his beard with one hand when delivering food, and slowly put the other hand into his mouth for fear of splashing the soup on his beard, he chewed slowly to ensure that there was nothing left, and then he would speak. This man was born extremely stout, and he ate so raw that he looked quite funny. Suddenly, three words popped out of his mouth and shocked Xiao Dongshan's ears, making Xiao Dongshan suddenly alert, those three words were "Xinyang Pavilion". The blue-robed guest replied, and also mentioned the word "Xinyang Pavilion", and the two of them mentioned "Xinyang Pavilion" several times, and never mentioned it again.

Xiao Dongshan saw that the two of them were not ordinary businessmen, and their plan was not as simple as finding Xinyangge to do business. At this time, Xiao Dongshan's martial arts have made great progress, and he has long been a little restless, just like a sharp knife in his hand, he always wants to chop and chop, try the blade, he saw the two mention Xinyang Pavilion, and thought of the Miss Yang family who gave the horse, and said in his heart: "These two people are not good, isn't there anything unfavorable to Miss Yang?" I will secretly follow them, if these two people are doing evil, I will give them two a dismount, these two people seem to have a lot of wealth, and I don't have much money, just kill two birds with one stone, isn't it beautiful! ”

After a while, after the two finished eating, the blue-robed guest shouted, "Little Er, settle the bill!" But it's a Chinese official dialect, a little jerky.

Xiao Dongshan and the others went out, and hurriedly settled the account, and said to Xiao Er: "I'll go out for a few days, if my master comes back first, just say I'll be back in a few days, let the master wait for me!" He took the steed and followed the two merchants at a distance.

The two men left the county seat and headed south on the official road. After walking for more than ten miles, the two suddenly stopped and talked in the middle of the road. Xiao Dongshan saw it from a distance, hurriedly stopped, and hid behind a tree on the side of the road. The two talked for a while, but no one came to connect, and the two began to walk forward again, and Xiao Dongshan followed from a distance again. After walking for another two miles, it happened to be at a turn, Xiao Dongshan turned the corner and saw that the two of them were gone.

Just as they were looking around, the two Hu merchants jumped out of the forest, and the blue-robed guest pulled out his Yanling knife and pointed at Xiao Dongshan and said, "Boy! Follow...... Follow your uncle...... How! He said that he really stuttered a little when he spoke officially. Xiao Dongshan pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and said: "This is a bad word, Lang Lang Qiankun, Sunshine Avenue, everyone has to do it, how can it be sneaky!" He deliberately made his words obscure to see if the two of them could understand them.

The big gray-robed man shouted, "Toot! Don't play tricky! What a bright future, Sunshine Avenue, everyone has to do it, nonsense! Why do I do it for two people, you can do it, I stop for two people, you stop, this is not sneaky! This person is tall, his voice is also huge, and a "beep" screams are sky-high. The official language of this gray robe is more slippery than that of the blue robe, and there is no sense of jerkiness, which is quite unexpected by Xiao Dongshan.

Xiao Dongshan hurriedly accompanied the smiling face and said, "Haha, just kidding with the two of you!" Actually, I want to ask this eldest brother for advice, the younger brother is thin-skinned, and he doesn't know how to speak for a while, offended, offended! As he spoke, he gave a deep swipe to the big man in the gray robe.

The big man in the gray robe was still angry, and said coldly: "What's the matter, say it quickly!" ”

Xiao Dongshan touched his chin and said, "Don't hide it from the eldest brother, the younger brother is also a person who likes beautiful hair, eldest brother, you have beautiful hair, I admire it very much!" "Xiao Dongshan used to have a big beard, in order to easily enter the Jinsha Gang to steal books, he cut it off painfully, and now it has grown some more, although it is not long, it is also a mouthful of stubble, which is quite imposing.

The gray-robed big man's expression softened greatly at this time, and said, "You have such a short beard, what kind of beautiful hair do you have, what do you have to say!" The tone is quite proud, and it seems that he is very proud of his beard.

Xiao Dongshan said casually: "This is exactly why I want to ask my eldest brother for advice." Previously, my beard was almost as long as my eldest brother's, but it was a little dirty, and I had to groom it every day, which was quite cumbersome. ”

The big man in the gray robe laughed and said, "My beard is naturally beautiful, this is a talent, how can you learn it!" But if you humbly ask me, I can teach you a little, you don't want to eat meat and fish! It's really greedy, eat some fish, chicken, and don't touch big meat! Xiao Dongshan pretended to have a sudden realization and said, "I see, thank you for your advice!" ”

Xiao Dongshan deceived the hostility between the two, and said: "The two of them seem to be non-Middle-earth people, and the official words are really good!" I haven't asked for a name yet. ”

The blue-robed guest said: "The two of us are in Dongtu...... Having been in business for many years, this is my senior brother Tabakbai, and I am Botha. Xiao Dongshan said: "I am Xiao Dongshan, I am fortunate to be happy!" Tabak looked at Xiao Dongshan's horse and praised: "Friend, your horse is very good, a rare good horse!" Xiao Dongshan said deliberately: "The horse of Xinyang Pavilion, of course it's good!" ”

Porta said: "Your Excellency is from Xinyang Pavilion? That's great! ”

Xiao Dongshan said: "The horse is the horse of Xinyang Pavilion, but the person is not the person of Xinyang Pavilion." Have you also heard of Xinyang Pavilion? Tabak bowed and said, "It's not just that I've heard it, our master and Senior Yang of Xinyang Pavilion are good friends!" Speaking of "good friends" on the rivers and lakes, maybe they are really good friends, maybe they are enemies of life and death, Xiao Dongshan looked at the words and looks, felt that most of them were the latter, and thought: "Most of the seniors Yang he said are the elders of Miss Yang!" It seems to be the owner of Xinyang Pavilion. So he asked, "Are you going to Xinyang Pavilion?" Porta said: "Exactly, but my senior brother has a bad memory, so he forgot the way, and only remembered a big ...... Probably! Tabak bowed: "What a bad memory! I haven't been here for many years, for you, you can't even remember the general direction, it wasn't that you forgot the last time you were in Guzhou......" Porta hurriedly interrupted, speaking in words that Xiao Dongshan didn't understand, Tabakbai was not to be outdone, and the two of them argued with me word by word.

Xiao Dongshan was secretly amused in his heart. The two argued for a while, and Porta said to Xiao Dongshan: "This friend is not from Xinyangge, but must be a friend of Xinyangge, bring us ...... How about leading the way? Xiao Dongshan agreed, thinking: "I'll find out what the two of them want, if they come to do evil, they will cook directly, this is a lot of strength, you have to be careful." ”

So the two followed Xiao Dongshan, where did Xiao Dongshan know the way? Just follow the main road. After walking for a while, he took the two of them to a remote place, all the way to the rocks and grass, and after a while, they deviated far from the main road.

Tabak bowed and said: "Friend Xiao, this horse god horse is extraordinary, it seems that you have a good relationship with Xinyang Pavilion!" Xiao Dongshan said casually: "Of course." Tabak bowed: "How is Senior Yang lately? Xiao Dongshan said: "Okay, okay!" What is the matter with the two of you? ”

Tabak bowed: "It is to visit his old man's house." ”

The three of them walked for another stick of incense, only to see that the terrain was getting lower and lower, and when they came to a jungle, Xiao Dongshan said: "The distance is still far away, how about resting for a while?" Tabak bowed: "It's almost to the beach, what is still far away!" No need to stop! Hurry up and find the boat! Xiao Dongshan knew that he still had to take a boat, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. Porta sneered, "What, this is where you and your accomplices connect?" Xiao Dongshan hurriedly said: "What accomplice, Brother Ren said it was funny!" ”

Tabakbai didn't make a sound, so he reached out to grab Xiao Dongshan's right wrist, Xiao Dongshan dodged, but he didn't completely dodge, and was swept by Tabakbai's fingers, only to feel a hot pain. Xiao Dongshan was on guard all the time, hurriedly jumped away, held the knife in his hand, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Tabak bowed and said, "Little thief, dare to beat your grandfather's idea!" Funny! As he spoke, he took a step forward, and the palm wind slashed directly at Xiao Dongshan's door. Xiao Dongshan thought secretly: "It's good to come! I practiced Chaoyang Nine Qi Xuangong, and I was about to test my power, and when I took a hard palm," I put away the knife with my right hand, stretched out my left hand, and took a palm hard. With the two palms crossed, Xiao Dongshan only felt that his body was light, and the whole person flew up, slamming into the tree behind him, only to feel dizzy, back pain and fishy in his mouth, it turned out that his teeth had bitten his tongue.

Tabakbai said "Huh", and seemed to be a little surprised, only to hear him say: "There are not many people who can take my palm hard, you are young, rare!" Tell me who sent you, and spare your life! Xiao Dongshan said coldly: "I see that the two of you are suspicious, so I came to investigate, how could anyone send me!" Tabak bowed: "The doll is not honest! Take me one more trick! As he spoke, he took off the giant sword behind his back, and the mountain slashed like a tsunami. Xiao Dongshan hurriedly rolled on the spot, dodging the sword, who knew that although Tabakbai looked barbaric, his swordsmanship was delicate, this imposing move did not make him old, and he changed his move halfway to Xiao Dongshan's rolling place, and saw that Xiao Dongshan was about to be cut in half! Xiao Dongshan couldn't dodge, so he had to use the lancet to flick on the ground, only to hear a bang, the lancet bounced, intersected with the giant sword, and broke into two, the giant sword was slightly off, and slashed from Xiao Dongshan's left shoulder, cutting off a piece of flesh, and blood gushed out.

Xiao Dongshan knew that if he didn't escape quickly, he might die here, so he hurriedly turned over on the horse, slapped the horse's buttocks with a broken knife, and the horse galloped away! Tabakbai and Pota shouted loudly and followed the horses.

The horse was quite spiritual, as if he knew that his master was in danger, and the path in the forest was bumpy, but it also ran fast. Tabakbai and Pota almost caught up with the first few steps, but as the distance went on, they slowly fell behind. After running for a while, he gradually lost sight of Tabakbai and Porta.

After a while, he got on the road again, the horse galloped all the way, Xiao Dongshan lay on the horse, only to feel chest tightness and dizziness, took out a secret heart protection pill made by the ancient waterway people and ate it, the blood on the left shoulder flowed more than once, and the waist was dyed red, and after a careful look, it did not hurt the bones, so he was slightly relieved.

After running for more than half an hour, I saw that the blue waves in front of me were long, and the sea water was continuous, and I had come to the pier of a bay. There were five or six big boats parked in the bay, more than a dozen small boats, dozens of men scattered everywhere, busily carrying goods, two women in the distance carried a basket of food, and the men on the side of the two big boats talked and laughed and walked over to eat. After a while, two more women came with a basket of food, and two men from the side of the big boat talked and laughed and walked over to eat.

Xiao Dongshan got off the horse, found a place to sit down, cleaned the wound on his left shoulder with the water he brought with him, applied medicine, tore off half of his clothes, and bandaged the wound with his teeth and right hand. After taking a breath, I was about to get up, when I saw a huge figure and a medium-sized person walking side by side in the distance, although the face was not clear, but this figure did not need to be guessed, only Tabakbai! Xiao Dongshan was frightened, and wanted to get on the horse and escape again, but there was no way ahead, so he had no choice but to take off the burden, beat the horse hard, and let the horse run away along the coast, but he hid next to the big ships. He lowered his body and ran to the side of the big boat, only to see more than a dozen large boxes placed beside the boat, each as long as a horse and as tall as a horse. He opened a box and looked at it, it was dark and he couldn't see clearly, he only smelled the fragrant fragrance in his nose, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly stepped in, covered the box, and hid.

Xiao Dongshan arrived in the box, because half of the goods were loaded at the bottom, he couldn't squat people, so he had to lie down, lie down and touch the bottom with his hands, it turned out to be a small piece of wood that had been cut, and each piece of wood was extremely fragrant.