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Chapter 167
Saying farewell to Qi Jiguang today, Gu Zhen and Lu Jian will go west on horseback, and the slaves of the five great robbers will also accompany them.A group of people traveled far and wide, and entered Jiangxi in a few days, and came to the bank of the Yangtze River.A painting boat has long been waiting, and everyone abandons their horses and boards the boat, and goes upstream against the river.Gu Zhen reads during the day, plays chess and drinks at night, and sometimes leans on the fence with Lu Jian to look at the scenery on both sides of the strait.

Lu Jian knew Gu Zhen's temperament very well, the more this kid faced the enemy, the more calm and calm he became, and vice versa.Therefore, being so calm and composed, the opponent must be very difficult to deal with.He couldn't help asking: "Gu Zhen, what problem did this Western God of Wealth give you?"

"It's just an old topic." Gu Zhen smiled, "She asked me to fight for treasures at Linjiang in Lingcui Gorge, and decide the destination of the God of Wealth Ring. Back then, she lost to me in the South China Sea fight, and she was dissatisfied, and she was only thinking about how to win it back."

Lu Jian asked curiously, "How do you fight for treasures?" Gu Zhen said, "It means better than being rich, to see who has more treasures." Lu Jian said, "Are you ready?" Gu Zhen said with a smile, "Some preparations, But I'm not very sure." Seeing Lu Jian's sad face, he patted him on the shoulder immediately, "There are not many gambling games in this world that are sure to win. General Qi said it well, soldiers are based on righteousness, morality comes first, you and me If you do your best for the common people, those who help others will surely be helped by God." Lu Jian lifted his spirits, nodded and said, "You are right, I am too worried."

After traveling for two days, the boat diverted from the Yangtze River and turned into a tributary.The river is clear and green, with emerald mountains facing each other, and the waterway is very narrow, allowing only four boats to run side by side.After walking for another day, I suddenly saw two green hills with a valley sandwiched between them.

When the boat docked, Gu Zhen and Lu Jian abandoned the boat and went into the valley. There were more than 100 people standing on the open space on the bank, all of whom were dressed in beautiful clothes and embroidered crowns. Master Hong from Nanjing, Dinghuai Chu from Yangzhou, and Zhang Jia and Zhao Yi who were having a wedding were all among them.

"Lu Jian." Gu Zhen introduced with a smile, "These are all wealthy merchants, I'll introduce you." He pulled Lu Jian up to chat, and when he was among the merchants, Gu Zhen felt like a fish in water, patting this one, patting that one , talk business with this one, joke with that one, talk flamboyantly, like an emperor.

Lu Jian was not used to socializing, so after a little chatting, he stood aside with the slaves.After a while, a small boat with black poncho and white sails sailed on the river, and the clear water passed by made me dizzy. After a while, when I reached the shore, two people came out of the boat, a man and a woman, both with white hair and childlike faces, describing them as ancient.

Gu Zhen came out more and more, clasped his hands and said with a smile: "How are you two seniors?" The two elders glanced at him, without saying a word, walked to a huge rock and sat down cross-legged.Gu Zhen swept his eyes away and said with a smile, "Why didn't Mr. Tao Zhu come?"

The old woman sighed and said, "He passed away a few days ago." Gu Zhen was stunned, and clapped his hands and said, "So, there are only two referees today?" One person, that person will be here soon." While talking, another wupeng boat came, and an old man of half a century walked out of the boat, with a sickly face, sallow skin, and horizontal eyebrows, shaped like a "one".

The old man walked up to the two elders and took out a letter from his arms.The old man took it and looked at it, and said to the sick old man, "You are Mr. Ji Ran?" The sick old man nodded.The old man said: "Please sit down!" The sick old man remained silent, walked to one side and sat down cross-legged.

Lu Jian asked Gu Zhen: "Who are these three old people?" Gu Zhen said: "They are the judges of this treasure fight. Counting from the left, the first is Lu Buwei, the second is Widow Qing, and the third is It was originally Tao Zhugong, but he died and was replaced by Mr. Ji Ran."

Lu Jian pondered and said: "Lu Buwei, Tao Zhugong, I seem to have heard of these two names." Mo Yi suddenly continued: "Tao Zhugong is a great merchant in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Lu Buwei is a strange merchant in the Warring States Period. Both of them have died for more than 2000 years." Lu Jian was surprised: "Why are these two people still called by these names?"

Gu Zhen smiled unknowingly: "These three old men were all successful merchants back then. After returning to seclusion, they didn't want others to know their real names, so they took the names of ancient strange merchants. Resurrection. As for the widow Qing and Mr. Ji Ran, they are also sages among the ancient merchants."

Suddenly the widow Qing Youyou said: "East God of Wealth, why hasn't the West God of Wealth arrived yet? It's very rude to ask my old lady to wait for her." Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Grandma Qing, it's not like you don't know her temper. If you don't Do enough pomp, and definitely won't show up."

The widow snorted coldly, looked at Gu Zhen, with a hint of warmth in her eyes: "Son, are you sure of winning?" Gu Zhen said, "Do your best, kid." Lu Buwei said, "You and I are both Huaxia Merchants, this competition is related to the rise and fall of my Chinese business. Even so, in this competition, the three of us will stick to the law and will never be biased."

Gu Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Of course!" Hearing an exclamation from the crowd, Gu Zhen turned his eyes and saw that a man in black came upstream without a boat, riding the waves.

Lu Jian couldn't help being moved. With his supernatural powers, he couldn't step on the waves like he was on flat ground.What's even more strange is that the man in black didn't move from the beginning to the end.

The man approached for a while, and it was only when everyone saw clearly that he stepped on a slender bamboo branch.Lu Jian suddenly realized that the visitor was just taking advantage of the buoyancy of the bamboo branches to come along the current.Even so, if you don't have extremely high lightness kungfu and understand the nature of flowing water, you definitely can't float like this.

The man in black suddenly jumped up, left the bamboo pole, and shot out a thin bamboo branch, the bamboo branch sank into the water, then floated, his left foot was hit, and his body floated to the shore like a bird.

At this time, Lu Jian saw his face clearly, and blurted out: "It's him!" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "You recognized it too?" Lu Jian said, "He's not the one from the Hall of Supreme Harmony..." Gu Zhen nodded Nodding his head, he said, "That's right, he is the master of the Ministry of Water, Qiu Shi, 'The River Flows Stone Doesn't Turn'!"

Lu Jian's heart trembled, and Qiu Shi's gaze swept over his face like a cold lightning. He paused for a moment, then took out a rocket from his sleeve, and fired it into the sky with a "swoosh". moving.

After firing the sounding arrow, Qiu Shi stood proudly and looked at the river. Not long after, drum music came from afar, exciting and melodious, not like the rhythm of Middle Earth.Amidst the music, a huge ship went down the river, its bow filled the river, its captain was immeasurable, its body was gilded, and it looked like a scorching sun descending from the sky.A winged monster is carved on the bow of the ship, which is very similar to the legendary Yinglong, with a big belly and long neck, bony spurs on its back, and its wings spread out like a bat.

On top of the monster's head, a woman stands shadowy, with a slender figure and blond hair fluttering with the river wind.

Everyone was intimidated by the giant ship, and they were dumbfounded.Gu Zhen suddenly smiled and said, "Lu Jian, do you know the origin of the monster at the bow?" Lu Jian shook his head.Gu Zhen narrowed his eyes and sneered slightly: "This is the magic dragon in western legends, but it is the illusion of a great demon, greedy and vicious, devouring everything, even the sun, moon and stars."

Lu Jian's heart skipped a beat, and suddenly he saw a figure flickering, and the blond girl at the bow disappeared.The giant ship stopped in the middle of the river, and there was a rattling sound, revealing a half-moon-shaped portal and spit out a long bridge like a golden rainbow.

The sound of music was clear, and a group of men and women came out of the round door. The four girls in front of them were gorgeously dressed and covered with light veils. The veils were all the same color as their long hair, black, red, gold, and brown respectively.Behind the girl, sixteen Hu men were carrying a large pure gold sedan chair. A bright white bead curtain was hung in front of the sedan chair door. The pearls on the curtain were as big as longan's eyes and glowed faintly.Behind the sedan chair, dozens of handsome men and women played and sang, which was very lively.

Everyone on the shore was amazed, Gu Zhen smiled and said: "It's a pity that Ye Laofan didn't come. If I saw such a scene, I would be ashamed to death." Lu Jian remained silent, feeling a little disgusted in his heart.

The golden sedan chair landed, and the four women in front lined up on the side of the sedan chair, their skirts lingering in the wind, ethereal as if flying.

Gu Zhen took a step forward and said with a smile, "Aiyes, it's been a long time." A soft voice from inside the sedan chair said, "I won't gossip with you, it's too early, I got the God of Wealth ring, I have to hurry back .”

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Before the competition, I have one condition." Ayes said: "If you fart, let it go." Gu Zhen said: "If you lose, you must hand over all the food to me, and open the water and land checkpoints. Grain enters the south of the Yangtze River!"

Ayes sneered, and said, "Collecting food is Master's intention. If you mess with me, you are making things difficult for Master. Okay, here you go, how about I make a bet with you?"

Gu Zhen said, "What are you betting on?" Ayes said, "It's not counted as the God of Wealth ring. If you win today, everything about me is yours. If I win, everything about you is also mine." Gu Zhen said with a smile: "Including food." Aiyisi said: "Including yourself." Everyone was shocked, but Gu Zhen smiled slightly and said, "It's a pity, Aiyisi, I am not interested in you at all." Aiyi Si said angrily: "Smelly thief, what are you talking about?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Well, if you lose, everything about you is mine except yourself."

The bead curtain in the sedan chair trembled, and there was a slight gasp. After a while, Ayes said slowly: "Gu Zhen, if you fall into my hands, I will definitely castrate you, so that you can't be a man."

Her voice was soft, but her words were very vicious. Lu Jian was annoyed, and before he could speak out, Gu Zhen laughed and said, "Aiyisi, don't just play tricks, you are a guest from afar, what do you want to compare first?" Yisi resolutely said: "Compare the beauty first!" As soon as the words fell, the four masked women stepped forward, and took off the veil like smoke with delicate hands.

For a moment, hundreds of eyes were deeply attracted by those four faces.The four girls are all beautiful and graceful, slim and graceful. Not only are they beautiful in appearance, they also have narrow necks and narrow shoulders, slender waists and plump buttocks.What's even more strange is that except for the different colors of eyebrows, hair and eyes, the four of them have the same appearance and figure, just like a compatriot from the same mother, and they are all beautiful in the world.Most of the merchants present are hungry ghosts in sex. The barbarian women from other lands are already a wonder, and they look like gods, which is wonderful. Miracle.

Gu Zhen said with a smile: "The four girls are so good-looking, how dare you ask her name?" The black-haired beauty smiled and said, "Does the God of Wealth want a Chinese name or a Western name?" Gu Zhen recognized her as the woman who sent invitations by the Dongyang River , and said: "The boy is lonely, and he still listens to Chinese names." The black-haired beauty quietly parted her red lips, showing her white teeth: "Little girl Lanyou." Gu Zhen smiled and said: "What an empty valley Youlan." The red-haired beauty She also said lightly: "Little girl Qing'e." Her voice was soft and charming, and Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Qin Qing eulogizes, Han E lingers around the beam, they are not as beautiful as the girl's voice." The red-haired beauty took a deep look at him, her cheeks flushed A touch of blush.

The blond beauty smiled and said: "The little girl's name is Juan." Gu Zhen smiled slightly: "The beautiful girl is Juanjuan, she is really beautiful." The brown-haired beauty said: "The little girl is named Su." Gu Zhen said: "The plain girl is passionate, wonderful and wonderful."

Lan You giggled and said: "East God of Wealth, my sister has a trick, please comment and comment." Gu Zhen laughed and said: "You don't play tricks, you are already fascinated, and if you do tricks, you still won't fascinate people?" Lan You Strangely said: "What's the difference?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "It's no different." Lan You smiled and said: "It's really fun for the God of Wealth to talk."

Aiyisi snorted coldly and said, "Lan You, you are too honest, you don't know the crookedness in this puppy's belly. What he said is that no matter how beautiful you are, you can only fascinate the dead, not the living." The four girls heard Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Aiyes, the curve in my stomach is not as good as the curve in your mouth. Your tongue can not only bend, but also fork." Aiise said angrily: " You called me a snake?" Gu Zhen laughed and said, "I'm just joking, how can a snake be more poisonous than you?"

Aiyisi snorted and said: "Start!" Lan You turned around in response, and a faint fragrance filled the valley.The Hu man played the pipe and played the strings, and the music was melodious. Qing'e sang softly, although she couldn't understand the lyrics, but it was so beautiful, it didn't seem to come from the world.

Suddenly, milky white smoke rose from the feet of the four girls, like clouds and mist, against which the four girls fluttered like immortals.Everyone was wondering, the music suddenly started, and the fire flashed at the turning point, and the bright fireworks rose from the ground. There were colorful stars flying, gold and silver clouds flowing, like fire trees shining all over the sky, and the four women were in it, and suddenly disappeared.

Everyone was surprised, fearing that the sparks and flames would hurt the beauty.Unexpectedly, the cloud, smoke and sparks bloomed in an instant, and disappeared in an instant, and the outlines of the four women appeared again.The beauties remained the same, but their dresses were changed secretly, and in the blink of an eye, the four of them changed into strange clothes with strange makeup, their fragrant shoulders were slightly exposed, their jade legs were darkly protruding, white as mutton fat, tender as wine cheese, competing with the streamer for brilliance, like smoke Race.

The crowd was dazzled and confused, and almost suspected that they were in a dream. Suddenly, there was a loud explosion, and the flames flashed again. The skirt was changed again, and the mist shrouded in mist, and she didn't know when to change it.But seeing the long skirt slowly, flying like flowing clouds, the texture of the skirt is as clear as crystal, under the silver light, the graceful body is faintly visible.

The sound of the music is melodious, the smoke and light change, and every time it changes, the posture of the woman's clothes also changes, either flying freely, or shy and timid, or bright and beautiful, or beautiful and natural, with fragrant clothes and shadows, as if real or unreal.Before the end of the song, the girls changed into hundreds of wonderful poses amidst the fireworks, and changed into dozens of fancy dresses.

The sound of the music grew louder, the light of the smoke faded, the pipe music suddenly went up, and then stopped abruptly, and the fireworks also dissipated. The four women stood quietly, with the same gauze and dresses, fluttering with the faint breeze.Everyone looked at the four people, unconsciously in a trance, the wonderful performance and the splendid prosperity just now seemed like a dream in the south, it seemed that it never happened.

The canyon was silent for a long time, and suddenly heard the sound of "papa" applause, the old man Lu Buwei said: "Ai Si, it is hard to find any one of these beauties, it is amazing that you found four of them. As for the fireworks dance, it is also interesting. It's refreshing." The widow said: "These four girls look so similar, could they be twin sisters?" Lu Buwei shook his head and said, "If they are twin sisters, the hair and eyes must be the same color, Ayes, how did you find these four?"

Ayise said: "You don't have to worry about how I found it. How can I still be in your eyes?" Her tone was arrogant, and the judges frowned slightly.Complacent in her heart, Ayes smiled again and said, "Gu Zhen, what do you think?"

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "One thing is not good." Ayes said: "What?" Xinyi, most of these people are ordinary people, and they all shouted: "Yeah, I didn't see clearly."

"A bunch of dirty ruffians." Aiyisi snorted angrily, "Gu, where is your beauty?" Gu Zhen said, "My beauty is not here right now." Aiyisi said: "How can there be such a reason? Than the beauty, isn't the beauty here?" Gu Zhen said, "Yes, she had a fight with me not long ago, and I don't know where she fled to."

Ai Si said angrily: "I know you, you can't compare to me, so you just want to mess around!" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Heaven and earth conscience, where did I mess up? My beauty is unparalleled in the world, let alone you These four beauties, even forty or four hundred beauties combined, are not worth one little finger of hers."

Ayes was silent for a while, then asked suddenly: "What's her name?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "She is named Shi Miaomiao, nicknamed Silly Fish, and nicknamed Tigress. In my eyes, she is the most beautiful woman in the world, and no one can match her."

"Nonsense!" Ayes said angrily, "If you have the ability, ask her to compete." Gu Zhen smiled and said, "If she doesn't come, I can't do it either. Forget it, you came from a long distance, and I will give you a game as a gift." A welcome gift."

Seeing that Gu Zhen was so calm, all the merchants in Central Earth thought that he must have a brilliant move, and when they heard this, they were all disappointed.The three judges were also surprised, and the widow said: "East God of Wealth, if you want to understand, there are five rounds in Doubao, and you can't afford to lose even one round."

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Grandma Qing, I figured it out. My daughter-in-law didn't come, so this game is no match." The four judges faced each other, and Lu Buwei said: "East God of Wealth, there is no basis for what you say. You say Miss Shi She is so beautiful, we have never seen it before, so we cannot make a decision. In this round, I will judge Xi Caishen to win." After speaking, he raised his left hand, Mr. Ji Ran also raised his left hand, but Widow Qing raised her right hand.Lu Buwei asked strangely: "Grandma Qing, why are you doing this?"

(End of this chapter)