Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 221 Don't fly to the sky, seal the fox in the grass

The waterway where Guan Luoyang and the others are located is one of the tributaries of the Yellow River, but the water quality is not as turbid as the main vein of the Yellow River.

Looking down from the boat, the water surface is green with rippling green waves. Those with better eyesight can see the aquatic plants in the shallow water through the water waves.

A long-bearded man with a steel gun rode his horse into the water, and the horse and man sank into the water. Wherever the horse's hooves went, a series of air bubbles were stepped on the river bed, and the turbid flow caused large swathes of aquatic plants to break apart. .

This steed is running in the water with people on its back, and it is also majestic, no less than when it is galloping on land.

The dragon hidden in the water is quite different from the appearance of deer antlers, bull's head, and crocodile mouth in ordinary people's minds. Its mouth is like a falcon's beak, sharp and slightly curved, and when it is slightly opened, you can see the sharp beak It is covered with teeth as dense as nail plates.

The long-bearded man united his horse with a steel spear, and the tip of the spear collided with the dragon's beak.

There was a muffled loud noise in the water, and the water wave was like a column, blasting into the air four or five feet high, and the head of Jiaolong was lifted out of the water accompanied by the waves.

The long-bearded man retreated on the river bed with his mount, and both the man and the horse rolled.

As he took the rein in his hand, the steed neighed and stood up again, unscathed, but the mud and sand around it were billowing and the turbid current filled the air, temporarily covering his figure.

However, this man was not alone, when Jiaolong's head came out of the water, his brothers and followers were already shouting and throwing the iron chain on the shallows by the water.

Those iron chains were as thick as a human arm, and the luster of black iron was mixed with many crimson lines like small characters. The front ends of the iron chains were cast in the shape of eagle claws.

As soon as it touched the dragon, the iron claws immediately shrank, tightly gripping the scales on the dragon's body, even embedded in the flesh and blood.

"Walk!!"

Thirteen or four tall and burly men each steered their horses back and galloped all the way to the shore from the shallow water. The iron ropes were placed on their shoulders, wrapped around their waists, and tied around the horse's belly.

As soon as they landed, the iron chains behind them stretched straight, trying to pull Jiaolong to the shore as well.

Jiaolong let out a low growl and swung his head. A dozen or so horses couldn't bear the force, they were pulled suddenly, and even backed up.

The people on the horseback seemed to have been prepared for a long time. They swayed back and forth, stabilized their figures, and fell out of the horseback one after another. They took out five-foot-long iron rods from the packs behind their backs, and put them into the holes in the middle of the tight iron cables. One plug.

The end of the iron rod pierced the ground, and immediately countless crimson seal characters lit up on the rod, as if there were flames flowing in the characters, spreading from the rod to the ground.

The land on the shore had been eroded by the tide for a long time and was very loose. After being covered by these scorching red lights, the surface of the land immediately formed seal characters one by one. The dark soil turned into gray-white rocks, and the gray-white rocks turned into a piece of silvery white.

The surrounding ground, more than a dozen feet away, turned into poured steel.

The iron rods in everyone's hands were connected with the mixed-steel ground, firmly stuck on those chains, no matter how much the dragon roared and struggled, it was difficult to break free.

The last rider in the line came slowly at this time. The man on the horse had thick eyebrows, eyes like copper bells, short curly beard as rough as iron wire, and held a broad and thick sword in his hand.

He drew his sword on the horse and muttered words.

"Huanjianglong, Hunjianglong, comb the river to remove sand, agitate the turbidity and raise the clear; Hunjianglong, Hunjianglong, set the rules, and listen to the water species!"

The boat was sailing in the middle of the river, and the place where everyone was fighting the dragon was at least thirty or forty feet away from the boat.

The miners on the boat were a little flustered at first, but when the big waves created by the dragon approached, they calmed down inexplicably.

Guan Luoyang heard the spell and said with a smile: "What kind of spell is this? It's really easy to understand and unpretentious."

Lin Lingsu threw the empty bamboo tube behind him and threw it back into the cabin, saying: "This is also a kind of heresy magic. Hunjianglong does not refer to a dragon, but a tool for cleaning the river. With a big iron rake, if the river is congested and silted up, use a boat to drag Hunjianglong up there to loosen the silt so that the silt and sand can be carried away by the flowing water.”

"His technique should have borrowed Hunjianglong's image in the minds of the common people to regulate the river and guide the turbid current, forming a kind of disciplined and tamed power."

Guan Luoyang suddenly said: "So they wanted to take this big turtle for their own use."

When Gongsun Sheng heard the movement outside, he also walked out of the cabin, handed a new bamboo tube to Lin Lingsu, and looked towards the shore.

"Huh?" When he looked at it, he was actually an acquaintance on the shore, "That seems to be Li Jun and Li Dutong."

On the shore, after Li Jun had finished chanting the mantra several times, he swung his long sword, and a mixture of gold and red smoke flew out from the sword. After reaching the top of Jiaolong's head, it suddenly spread out like a fan.

As the sword pressed down, this fan-shaped cloud of smoke also pressed hard on the dragon's head, as if it wanted to push the dragon back into the water, but the iron lock and iron rod on the land held the dragon firmly.

Jiaolong's body swayed, rushing from left to right, pulling those iron cables rattling, making a non-stop noise, and the whole concrete ground trembled slightly.

A dozen or so men pressed the iron rod with their palms, and the men who fixed the iron chain were also sweating profusely, pouring their magic skills into the iron rod continuously, not daring to relax in the slightest.

The dragon couldn't break free from the iron claws and chains, nor could it break free from the pressure of the fan-shaped cloud of smoke. When it was madly trying to rush to the shore, its tail was held down by something in the water, so it couldn't rush forward.

The roar by the river shook the sky, and the sound waves exploded into waves.

But when the dragon's roar reached the center of the river, the miners only felt a little noisy, and did not feel the power of the dragon's roar at all.

No matter on the shore or on the boat, only a few people can see that there are wisps of green air lingering on every boat, as thin as snow and fog under the scorching sun, but extremely pure and indestructible.

It didn't take long for the dragon's roar to drop significantly. Flood Dragon seemed to be exhausted and gave up resistance, and was crushed by the fan-shaped cloud of smoke on the river.

When it opened, it could swallow a whole horse with its sharp beak and mouth. It floated up and down in the water, its eyes were dim and lifeless.

"The aura left by this beast in the wind and water is so strong, how did the physical strength wear off so quickly?"

Li Jun danced his sword, and the fan-shaped cloud of smoke condensed back and attached to his sword again. He was puzzled and called to the water, "Brother Li Ying, are you all right? Could it be that you severely injured this sword in the water?" Beast?"

Whoa! ! !
When the water wave turned, Li Yingce went ashore immediately, thrust the three-edged point steel spear towards the shore, squeezed out a handful of water while holding his beard, and said with a smile: "Li Jun, let's hurry up, it's too late, This dragon beast has long been subdued by the Taoist chief."

Li Jun was taken aback, glanced at the boat, and asked in confusion, "Why do you say that?"

Li Ying shook his head: "You can tell when you go into the water."

With a wave of Li Jun's sword, a small channel was parted on the water surface. He walked down the river bed and looked up.

I saw the long body of that dragon extending from the bank to the center of the river, where its tail was connected to the huge turtle shell.

It turned out that this was a flood dragon transformed from an old tortoise, but the metamorphosis was not complete, and it could not completely escape from the tortoise shell.

For such a monster, the dragon's body is not its strongest point, but the tortoise shell is even more mysterious.

During the fight just now, if the dragon flicked its tail and drove the turtle shell to hit the shore, the concrete ground would definitely be smashed to pieces.

Li Jun felt awe in his heart, but when he got a little closer, he realized that the dragon and the turtle shell were not scary, but the power that suppressed the turtle shell was terrifying.

Looking up from here, you can see the bottoms of the boats floating in the middle of the river. One of the boats is exuding a magnificent and pure light green vitality into the water. Let the dragon break free for half a point.

On the river bed behind the turtle shell, there is an extremely long gully. It is likely that when this dragon encountered the fleet a few miles away, it was suppressed by the people on board across the river and dragged all the way here.

"hiss!"

Li Jun's heart was ups and downs, his spells were slightly chaotic, he almost choked on water, and hurriedly retreated to the shore.

Li Yingzheng ordered everyone to pull up the iron rods, withdraw the spell, and let the mixed steel land on the bank return to the appearance of soil, turned his head and said, "How?"

Li Jun unsheathed his sword silently, sighed, and laughed loudly: "This Taoist is really narrow-minded, let me remind you earlier, why should we make a fool of ourselves here, how dare we go to his boat to drink some water and wine? "

Guan Luoyang's voice came from afar: "Don't blame everyone, you entered the water too quickly, I didn't have time to say it, but I was fascinated by the exquisite arrangement later on, I would like to apologize with fine wine, please come and get together. "

Li Ying and Li Jun looked at each other, nodded each other, and asked the others to follow along the bank with their horses. The two sighed slightly, jumped up from the bank, and jumped onto Guan Luoyang's boat.

Gongsun Sheng said: "It turned out to be you two, but do you still remember Pindao?"

Li Ying said in surprise: "Master Yiqing, we haven't seen each other for many years after Xixia was broken, haven't you been called back to Bianliang to enjoy the blessings, why are you here?"

Li Jun's expression tightened, his left thumb was secretly pressed, and the blade could be ejected at any time, and he glanced at Guan Luoyang: "Is this Taoist priest also a Taoist official from Bianliang?"

Gongsun Sheng saw some signs, quickly waved his hands, said that he was already a loose man, and introduced Guan Luoyang and the others to each other.

"Didn't General Li Ying say that he wanted to retire and return to his hometown? You are the owner of a village with a wealthy family. You must be living a very comfortable life every day, right?"

Gongsun Sheng said tentatively, "There is also Li Jundu. I heard that you were in command of the navy under the tent of Marshal Han Shizhong. You fought against the Liao army on the boundary river between Song and Liao. How did you get here?" ?”

The faces of the two surnamed Li were a little subtle, Guan Luoyang smiled and said: "Let's sit down in the cabin first and then talk."

Everyone returned to the cabin and took their seats.

Dai Zong was sleeping in a corner of the cabin, but when he heard the voice, he raised his head, so he was also familiar with Li Ying and Li Jun.

When Gongsun Sheng talked to Er Li, he was still polite, but when the three met, they quickly called each other brothers.

Guan Luoyang chatted with Gongsun Sheng next to him, and only then did he realize that it was the handwriting of the Emperor Tianming again.

Back then, when the emperor was preparing to fight for Xixia, he mobilized famous generals from all over the country, and some unsatisfactory people were all employed, and some people were even invited away directly from the people. They gathered thirty or forty people who were familiar to Guan Luoyang. It seemed that they should all be on Liangshan. A hero who shows his face.

It also specially arranged for Song Jiang and Lu Junyi to lead the troops of their group.

But it was a battle to break the country, the battlefield was so magnificent and cruel, Lu Junyi still had the advantage of high martial arts, but he didn't know the art of war, and Song Jiang had no strengths except for his reputation of loyalty. Let them command many famous generals and mobilize troops Ma, on the contrary, added to the chaos, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and others were extremely dissatisfied.

Soon, the commander-in-chief Zhang Yi, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, etc. jointly signed a letter, asking the emperor to separate these people and perform their duties.

After years of war, everyone has their own ups and downs. Like Song Jiang and his like, they have long since disappeared in the battlefield. Those who can live to the day of the triumphant return of the three armies have the opportunity to save some friendship.

On the other hand, Dai Zong didn't take much precautions against Li Ying and Li Jun, and even revealed Lin Lingsu's identity.

Li Jun frowned suddenly, and Li Ying also coughed lightly.

The corners of Lin Lingsu's mouth twitched: "I have been buried in the soil for so many years, is my reputation worse than before? Come on, tell me, the two of you, besides those bad words that blame me for bewitching Zhao Ji, is there anything new?" statement?"

Li Ying said with a smile: "There are some rumors. Since the news of Mr. Yuan Miao's death, many monks have said that Mr. was unable to learn the Tao, so he asked to be a monk in their temple. He wanted to beg for food to survive, but because of his misconduct He was kicked out, so he got a holy family later, so he belittled Buddhism."

Li Jun was so startled that he winked at Li Yinglian.

Li Ying just patted him on the shoulder, calm and composed, not even a little bit afraid of the world-renowned evil monster in front of him.

Lin Lingsu laughed twice: "Okay! I'm happy when I think that those people think I'm dead and waste their time thinking about me."

Li Ying also said with a smile: "However, I met a Confucian scholar Zhao Ding back then. I heard that he wanted to write biographies for many famous people during the reign of Emperor Daojun. He researched everywhere, and there is a record about Mr. Yuan Miao among them."

"He wrote that when Mr. Yuan Miao was a teenager, he was a scholar of the University of Su, and he had the ambition to learn Taoism. However, he once advised the Emperor Daojun a lot, and after a few years, he even angrily reprimanded Cai Jing and the other six thieves, saying that they were all flying ghost kings, so it seems that the words of the monks are naturally not to be believed."

After hearing this, Lin Lingsu lost her smile and silently poured a few mouthfuls of quicksilver before saying, "The two of them no longer have the protection of imperial luck, but they have signs of being wanted."

These words made Li Jun hold the hilt of the sword directly, but Li Ying was still smiling, as if he had understood something.

After finishing speaking, Lin Lingsu got up and went to the deck, obviously unwilling to talk any more.

Guan Luoyang knew that what he said was for himself, so he took out a few bottles of wine from his portable space, distributed them to everyone, and asked them to sit down.

Li Ying saw that it was Guan Luoyang who was in charge here, and said, "Guan Daoist doesn't seem surprised by our identities?"

Guan Luoyang poured himself a glass first, and said, "You are already singing and scolding the emperor, so why is it so strange that you are wanted? Besides, I will probably be wanted in two days. We are together, it is precisely fellow-men."

Li Yingdao: "I see that the people on board are all sick and weak. They should be miners from a nearby mine. Since the Taoist priest is not a member of the court, he must have killed the manager of a certain mine and saved these people. come out?"

Guan Luoyang took a deep look at him. This Liangshan hero, who had only a slight impression in his mind, was unexpectedly sharp.

Li Ying's judgment should not have come to mind just now, but he had already guessed it when he saw the people on the boat for the first time on the shore, so he sang such a ballad.

"These people are from Cangshan Mine. Brother Guan just killed Shi Wengong and Ren Sen yesterday."

Gongsun Sheng said with emotion, "When General Zhong Shidao was still alive, he praised Brother Li Ying many times. After many years, Brother Li Ying still looks like lightning, which makes the poor admire him."

Li Ying laughed at himself, and said: "Back then, the generals clearly called me cunning."

Birds are the best, but eagles are the most cunning.Don't rush to the sky, seal the fox in the grass.

The local tyrants in the countryside selected talents to join the army, and within a year, they were recognized by the generals and appointed as the person in charge of the grain and logistics of the Po Xia army—Pu Tiandiao, Li Ying.

Guan Luoyang said with great interest: "You can guess the identity of the miner, and now that we came here from Cangshan Mountain, you must be able to guess where we are going next, right?"

"Eight hundred miles of Liangshanshuipo will be the next goal of the Taoist priest."

Li Ying took a sip of his wine, then suddenly got up and came to Guan Luoyang, and bowed to the ground.

"There will be a big battle in the Liangshan River. The [-] miles of waves and reeds may all be dyed red. People who have entered there have no chance to move out, but the thousands of hard-working people on this boat still have a chance."

"Mr. Li implores the priest to find another place for these people."

(End of this chapter)