Although Mantuo Villa has a rich family, traveling with carriages and horses is not just about money.
Generally, the lowest grade of carriages commonly seen in the world is a donkey pulling a cart, which is used by woodcutters in the mountains.
An ordinary house usually has a horse and a carport.
The carport is not big, only about seven or eight feet long and five or six feet high. There can be at most one low stool inside.
You can usually get by if you walk a short distance, but if you walk a long distance, it will be torture.
Therefore, there is also a kind of carriage specially designed for long-distance travel. It is usually pulled by more than two horses, and the carriage shed is also much larger.
Not only can you store your accompanying luggage in the carport, there is even a hardwood couch for sleeping on your side.
Among the luxury carriages on the market, this is the one Li Qingluo chose.
Four horses pull the carriage, and the carriage shed supports wooden beams. The exterior is covered with a leather shed to protect it from rain, and the interior is lined with cotton wool and fur.
It is equivalent to a mobile cabin.
According to Chen Xuan's idea, he originally wanted to have a chariot and horse palace pulled by dozens of horses.
However, Li Qingluo shot her back with a look that looked like a country bumpkin.
Because today's official roads in the Song Dynasty are only wide enough for four horses to drive abreast, taking into account the number of people coming from the past.
Some mountain roads are not even enough for four horses to ride abreast.
So this time we went to Songshan, this four-horse carriage was considered to be of the highest standard.
"You think I don't want to feel better? You're a brainless thing~"
Li Qingluo cursed bitterly.
As soon as these words came out, Chen Xuan immediately sneered.
Now that all the girls are gathered in front of the villa, Chen Xuan was still weighing who to bring with him.
Unexpectedly, Li Qingluo bumped into his knife edge.
He had an excuse to get angry, so he took Li Qingluo to the first carriage.
Wang Yuyan hesitated for a moment, but because she was worried, she hurriedly chased after him.
Later, Qin Hongmian, Mu Wanqing, and an accompanying maid got into the second car.
Gan Baobao, Zhong Ling, and an accompanying maid took the third car.
Dao Baifeng took some time off and finally enjoyed the treatment of a princess.
I was sitting in the fourth car with two maids.
The last remaining carriage was piled with some accompanying clothing and luggage.
As a result, five carriages loaded with Chen Xuan and his family finally set off on the road.
Although there are three people in a carriage, the space inside is actually quite spacious.
The wooden couches for people to rest on were also wrapped in fox fur, and the front and back were separated by bead curtains, which were divided into two small rooms.
Chen Xuan pulled Li Qingluo into the car and started to take action angrily.
To be honest, he got a little angry when he saw her elegant and noble dress this morning.
Li Qingluo frowned slightly, saying that she scolded him the most, but at the moment she didn't fight back much.
Just when the two of them were following the current, something good was about to happen.
Unexpectedly, Wang Yuyan suddenly picked up the hem of her skirt and got into the carriage.
After all, Li Qingluo still had some scruples, so she hurriedly pushed Chen Xuan away and hid in the back room with a guilty conscience.
Chen Xuan didn't expect that Wang Yuyan would chase after him. He felt a little embarrassed and pretended to cough slightly.
"Miss Wang, why are you here?"
"Why can't I come?"
Wang Yuyan happened to see his absurdity. At this moment, she bit her teeth and felt extremely hateful in her heart.
Chen Xuan usually talked about the truth one by one, but he still felt a little guilty when he was really caught.
Li Qingluo is still inside now.
He was afraid that Wang Yuyan would get angry with him and Li Qingluo would be angry and run away too.
At that moment, my thoughts changed and I pretended to be indifferent.
"Miss Wang, do you know where I am going this time?"
Wang Yuyan really wanted to talk about him, but seeing his serious look, she couldn't help but frown.
"How would I know."
"I want to go to Songshan Shaolin Temple."
"Songshan Shaolin Temple? What are you doing there?"
She was a little surprised, but after all, she was alert and quickly thought of the Heroes Conference Bao BuTong mentioned, and was suddenly shocked.
"Are you going to attend the Shaolin Temple's Heroes Conference?"
"To be precise, I want to go find Murong Fu."
"What are you doing to find Cousin Murong?"
Wang Yuyan had a vague premonition.
She had a deep relationship with Murong Fu.
Far from the superficial friendship between Mu Wanqing and Duan Yu, who fell in love at first sight, they were serious childhood sweethearts.
The Murong family and Mantuo Villa are family friends, and they are not far apart.
It can be said that Wang Yuyan and Murong Fu grew up playing in the mud together.
It's just that the two of them have their own identities, so they don't behave like ordinary children.
Under normal circumstances, Wang Yuyan would study martial arts secrets, while Murong Fu would dance with his sword and perform moves, and she would comment and give guidance on his behalf.
The two of them work together in a tacit understanding, and it feels like meeting a close friend in the mountains and rivers.
Ever since Wang Yuyan first fell in love, she had always thought about becoming the couple of the gods with Murong Fu.
This is true even now.
Chen Xuan's eyes lit up when Wang Yuyan mentioned her cousin Murong, and he couldn't help but feel a hint of jealousy in his heart.
Wang Yuyan came back to her senses and glanced at Chen Xuan, as if she had guessed what he was thinking.
He raised his snow-white gooseneck slightly, raised his chin, and said with a bit of coldness and arrogance.
"Chen Shaoxia, you can take action. Yu Yan sees herself as untainted by the mud. Even if she is stained by the mud, she still wants to see the bright moon."
"Mingyue? You mean Murong Fu?"
"My cousin is immaculate in literary talent and martial virtue, and is proud of his family background and appearance. Why should I treat him like the bright moon in my heart?"
Chen Xuan looked at Wang Yuyan's arrogant look and couldn't help but sneer.
"It's interesting~ You can get out of the mud without getting stained, right? I want to see if you get stained today!"
"Stop! Chen, if you bully my daughter, I will kill you on the spot."
He just wanted to scare Wang Yuyan, but Li Qingluo stopped him behind him.
This is what Chen Xuan fears most.
Not only did he not catch anything now, but these two women also suppressed him.
But he couldn't take action directly right now, otherwise he might be in trouble.
"Why did you bring them here? It would be nice to take them apart a little bit."
Chen Xuan secretly sighed that he was unlucky.
However, Li Qingluo and Wang Yuyan had already come up, so he couldn't drive them away.
Outside the car window, the motorcade left Mantuo Villa, slowly and leisurely left Gusu City, heading north.
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The traffic keeps going day and night.
Li Qingluo and Wang Yuyan share the same hatred, so Chen Xuan cannot get any advantage.
He simply drove the carriage day and night, hoping to find Murong Fu as soon as possible and force him to hand over the secret book of "Dou Zhuan Xing Yuan".
After walking like this for eight or nine days, on the morning of the tenth day, I went up the mountain road early in the morning.
By noon, the terrain was getting higher and higher, and finally we were so exhausted that we could no longer go up.
Chen Xuan had no choice but to call everyone out of the car and take a tour in the mountains temporarily, waiting for the horses to regain their strength.
After walking for more than half an hour, the group came to a place where they saw dense bamboo shade and a quiet scenery.
Looking up, there is another waterfall flying with water mist splashing, which is quite cool.
There is a pavilion built with bamboos next to the stream.
The structure is elegant and full of ingenuity. At first glance, the bamboo is the pavilion, and the pavilion is the bamboo. It is impossible to tell whether it is a bamboo forest or a pavilion.
The few women accompanying him had walked on the mountain road for so long, and they immediately wanted to go to the pavilion.
Chen Xuan and Li Qingluo were walking behind. They didn't have time to say hello, so they had to let them pass first.
The reason why he deliberately slowed down was because he was waiting to chat with Li Qingluo.
These days, although Wang Yuyan is watching from the side, Li Qingluo's long-cherished wish to restore the Southern Tang Dynasty has not come true.
In fact, I have long wanted to attach myself to Chen Xuan, a handsome man.
Chen Xuan also looked at this beautiful woman eagerly every day.
Both of them are interested, and naturally some small flames will rise occasionally, but there is no further opportunity.
Just as Wang Yuyan was following Zhong Ling to the pavilion, Chen Xuan walked up to Li Qingluo and asked.
"I never expected that there would be such a beautiful place in the mountains. This bamboo forest is quiet and relaxing. What do you think of the scenery here, Mrs. Wang?"
Li Qingluo glanced at him faintly, unable to tell what he was thinking.
Chen Xuan smiled and said when she didn't speak.
"We have been tired from traveling all this way. I think it would be better to rest in the forest tonight."
Li Qingluo looked calm.
"Aren't you the one who makes the decision on these things?"
"Well, we will rest here tonight. But at midnight, the moon should be beautiful. There is a pavilion in front. Madam, please come and enjoy the moon in person."
"Huh~~" Li Qingluo snorted arrogantly, without saying a word between words.
But looking at the way she walked and twisted, Chen Xuan knew that this matter should be done.
Just as he was smiling inwardly, thinking about the good things he would do in the evening.
Suddenly, I heard several women's shouts coming from the pavilion.
Listening to that voice, it was clearly Zhong Ling's voice.
Chen Xuan frowned, thinking something might have happened, so he hurriedly jumped up, took a few steps, and directly picked up Li Qingluo who was walking in front.
"you?!"
Li Qingluo was startled, but when she glanced around, she happened to see Chen Xuan's stern profile.
Normally I was used to his carefree attitude, but now Chen Xuan became serious, which made Li Qingluo completely different.
Before she could take a second look, Chen Xuan was already flying through the bamboo forest with her in his arms, and flew outside the pavilion in a blink of an eye.
"Is there anyone?"
Chen Xuan stood on a clump of bamboo branches with Li Qingluo in his arms. He glanced around and saw several people from the world.
He thought there were some poisonous insects, snakes and pythons in the pavilion, but he didn't expect that someone was causing trouble.
Although these people could be eliminated by simply charging forward with three moves and two moves, Chen Xuan still had doubts in his heart.
"Have these people been targeting us for a long time?"
This deep mountain and old forest is inaccessible to people, and it is not the main road of the government. How can any bandit stay here to make a living.
In order to find out who was behind the scenes, Chen Xuan did not show up immediately, but hid in a distance to see the situation.
It can be seen that the girls have just sat down in the pavilion.
Several people on the mountain road came running quickly, and without any explanation, they showed their swords and restrained them.
Among them, Qin Hongmian originally had some skills, but since the last time she broke into Mantuo Villa, Chen Xuan surrendered her Shura Sword.
Now Dao Baifeng has also had his Qi meridians sealed, and has lost all his martial arts.
The remaining Gan Baobao, Mu Wanqing and others are completely unable to make it to the stage.
Fortunately, the people from the rivers and lakes who rushed towards them on the mountain road did not do anything to them.
I saw a man take out a firecracker from his arms, light it on fire.
With a "bang" sound, the firecrackers shot up into the sky.
Ordinary firecrackers have a "bang" sound, followed by a "pop" sound in mid-air, exploding to pieces.
After the firecracker flew into the air, it rang out three times in a row, which was obviously a special code.
Sure enough, soon I saw that on the mountain road, I could hear the faint sound of silk and bamboo in all directions.
Then a group of people slowly came over, and the sound of bells and drums was mixed in the silk and bamboo, which was melodious and beautiful.
Chen Xuan frowned slightly and glanced at Li Qingluo doubtfully.
Li Qingluo also shook her head, obviously not knowing what character would have such a battle.
The music gradually got closer and stopped when it was about ten feet away.
I heard several people shouting in unison.
"The power of Xingxiu Master is boundless. He is coming to the Central Plains. Please kneel down to welcome him!"
As soon as the words stopped, the drum started beating again.
The drum was beaten three times, and in the middle there was a gong sound of "boring". The drum sound stopped, and dozens of people said in unison.
"I respectfully invite Old Immortal Xingxiu to spread the Dharma!"
This battle looks like a Taoist priest doing something.
At first glance, it seems a bit ridiculous.
However, Chen Xuan frowned slightly and was secretly suspicious.
I saw more than 20 people lined up on the mountain road, some holding gongs and drums, some holding long flags and banners, all in various colors.
Looking from a distance, the flags are embroidered with words such as "Old Immortal of the Stars", "Great Divine Power", "Boundless Magical Power", "Powerful to the World" and so on.
Amidst the sound of silk and bamboo gongs and drums, an old man walked out slowly, followed by dozens of people lined up in two rows, several feet away from him.
The old man was shaking a goose feather fan in his hand, and the sun was shining on his face, but his face was ruddy, his head was full of white hair, and he had three strands of silver beard under his chin.
This crane-haired child-like face really looks like a legendary immortal figure.
The old man walked in front of the people in the pavilion, and stood still about three feet away. Suddenly he licked his lips and whistled, making several extremely sharp sounds.
Then he flicked his feather fan and sent out the whistle. Qin Hongmian, who was standing at the front, immediately groaned and hurriedly backed down, as if he had suffered internal injuries.
Chen Xuan looked at it from a distance and couldn't help but be surprised for a moment.
"This old immortal Xingxiu is really powerful. He can actually hurt people from a distance with just his whistle. Is it possible that he really has magic power?"
Li Qingluo snorted coldly and said disdainfully.
"There is no magic power at all. They are just pretentious things."
Others may not know, but how can she still be unclear?
This old Xingxiu immortal is Ding Chunqiu. He used to be the disciple of Wu Yazi of the Xiaoyao sect. Later, he was fascinated by Li Qiu Shui and turned around to plot against Wu Yazi.
Later, Li Qiushui and Ding Chunqiu went to Suzhou, and Li Qingluo even called Ding Chunqiu her father for a while.
It was only later that Li Qiu Shui went to Xixia that Li Qingluo learned about his life experience and the bad fate between Ding Chunqiu and Li Qiu Shui.
Therefore, even when she was threatened by Chen Xuan, she never thought of going to the old immortal Xingxiu.
But before the pavilion.
The old man seemed to want to show off his power, and he made a move without saying a word.
However, Chen Xuan also vaguely noticed that the old man's whistle was an invisible and powerful hidden weapon.
Maybe it's a martial art similar to Sonic Kung Fu.
Although martial arts such as Sonic Kung Fu may sound fantasy, in Chen Xuan's own opinion, as long as his internal strength reaches a certain level, picking flowers and flying leaves can also hurt people, and whistles actually have similar effects.