After a night of relaxation, the boatmen were full of energy and could raise the sail more powerfully. The passenger ship seemed to be traveling faster.
The journey was smooth sailing and against the river, passing three mountains and crossing five ravines. The mountains on both sides of the river were undulating, and the scenery was unpredictable. After a few days, Wu Zhi and Pan Wei got to know each other well. From time to time, they would tell stories and talk about the provincial examination together.
Pan Wei was observing Wu Zhi, and Wu Zhi was also paying attention to Pan Wei.
For Wu Zhi, he felt that Pan Wei, his future brother-in-law, was very interesting. He was loyal and honest but also shrewd and courageous. He was a talent that could be created. However, as Pan Wei got closer to Wu Zhi, he found it increasingly difficult to see through him.
It is still so mysterious and unpredictable. He has read "Tian Jing Sha Qiu Si" written by Wu Zhi many times, and now knows it by heart. Every time he reads it, he is amazed.
The waterway was long and boating was boring, so Wu Zhi could only find some interesting things to do. For example, when the mood struck, he would help the boatman row the oars. The boatman would be so happy that he would add more fish to his dishes.
It was a reward; sometimes when I was tired from reading, I would go to the deck to meditate in the river breeze, and then do a few punches to stretch my muscles and bones; sometimes I would take Xiao'e to sit on the bow of the boat and watch the sunrise and admire the bright moon, feeling sad about the spring and autumn.
Xiao'e was very well-behaved and smart. So Wu Zhi began to teach her some numbers and arithmetic. He juxtaposed uppercase numbers and Arabic numerals to teach her the distinction, and then taught her the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division formulas of later generations.
She, Xiao'e, looked at the numbers and symbols he wrote. She was very surprised and interested in the strange numbers and symbols. She studied hard, learned quickly, and remembered well. Wu Zhi usually saw that she was familiar with numbers.
She is relatively sensitive, so I want to train her to help him keep accounts and become the great housekeeper of the Wu family.
Time passed slowly like this, and several days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the passenger ship sailed to Weizhou and entered the boundary of Weizhou.
Weizhou, the hometown of Wei in the Spring and Autumn Period, has numerous famous loyal and virtuous ministers throughout the dynasties. For example, the everlasting loyal minister Bigan, the military strategist Jiang Shang (Jiang Ziya), the Warring States politician Shang Yang, the wise doctor Qu Boyu of Wei, and the Eastern Han Dynasty hydraulic expert Taishou Du
Poetry, the hermit Sun Deng of the Three Kingdoms, the Tang Dynasty Prime Minister Fu Youyi, the Tang Dynasty astronomer Shang Xianfu, the Tang Dynasty Shangshu Ban Hong, the Tang eminent monk Shi Mingdan, the famous Song Dynasty minister Wei Renpu, the famous Song Dynasty minister Han Yu, the Song Dynasty Prime Minister Lu Dafang, etc.
Etc., it has been a place of gatherings since ancient times.
In Jixian County, Weizhou, at noon, the sky was cloudy and sunny, with black and white clouds floating in the sky. Sometimes the sun suddenly appeared with golden light, sometimes it was hidden behind the dark clouds, appearing and disappearing in an unpredictable manner.
The passenger ship was leisurely sailing in a wide river bend, surrounded by reeds. Wu Zhi, Xiao'e and others were standing on the bow, leisurely admiring the lush reeds on the river bend. At this moment, suddenly,
, six speedboats whizzed out of the reeds, blocking the way of the passenger ships in an instant, and approaching each other. On each boat, there were five or six men standing on the sticks, each holding a knife, gun, and stick, and shouting, "What's going on?"
Staring at the passenger ship with a fierce look.
Wu Zhi's heart sank: They were attacked! They encountered robbers on the water!
This seemingly peaceful world finally revealed its cruel malice towards Wu Zhi and the others again.
The bandit ship slowly approached, and the passenger ship was forced to stop. When the people on the passenger ship saw this, they screamed and screamed in fright. They were frightened and frightened. The boatman and boatmen were also trembling with fear and at a loss.
Seeing this, Wu Zhi quickly pulled Xiao'e into the cabin and ordered her to hide beside the bed. He quickly opened the rattan box containing bamboo grenades, pulled out four bamboo grenades from it, and inserted them into the belt pocket (from
(He had been wearing his belt since he boarded the ship), picked up the torch, turned around quickly, rushed out of the cabin, closed the door behind him, and then quickly walked through the panicked crowd and walked onto the bow deck.
At this time, I saw that the two gangster ships had thrown out their hooks and pinned the passenger ship, and were slowly closing the distance between the passenger ship and the gangster ship. The gangsters on the gangster ship were holding weapons in their hands, eager to climb onto the passenger ship.
Two of the gangsters had already clung to the passenger ship and could climb over at any time.
Everyone on the passenger ship was panic-stricken and had no time to think about themselves. The screams and cries mixed with the robbers' wanton laughter and shouts were endless and shocking. Pan Wei was also frightened and panicked. The brave Wang Er took the
A wooden stick bravely stood in front of him, but his expression was panicked and his whole body was trembling slightly.
Seeing this, Wu Zhi rushed out of the crowd and rushed forward, without hiding or avoiding, towards the two gangsters who had climbed onto the passenger ship. The two gangsters were proud of being the first to climb onto the passenger ship and raised their knives.
Everyone was laughing wildly. When they saw Wu Zhi, he did not retreat but rushed forward. He couldn't help but be shocked. He raised his knife and slashed. Wu Zhi nimbly dodged the long knives of the two gangsters, rushing left and right.
With a left punch and a right kick, he knocked the two people over on the bow of the boat one by one, and then followed up, kicking each of them into the water. He used more force this time, and the sound of breaking bones was particularly harsh.
, after two screams, the two gangsters fell into the water and could only struggle painfully in the water for help. Then Wu Zhi quickly ran to the side of the ship, grabbed the hook that had caught the passenger ship, and threw it back to the gangster ship with force.
There were two more screams, and the hook he threw back injured the gangsters on the gangster's boat.
This action was completed in an instant like clouds and flowing water. When everyone on the boat saw this, they were stunned by Wu Zhi's heroic performance and fell silent for an instant. The gangsters on the six gangster boats were also stunned and frightened, and they were stunned for a long time.
After reacting, he hurriedly rescued his two companions from the water, and then surrounded them with a splash.
Seeing that the gangsters were still unwilling to retreat, Wu Zhi took out a bamboo grenade from his belt, took out the fire stick, blew out the flames, and steadily lit the fuse. After seeing the fuse sizzling, he
He casually threw it towards the bandit ship that was pulling behind. This throw happened to land in the cabin of the bandit ship. White smoke rose up, followed by a loud bang, the bamboo grenade exploded, and the clipper instantly
Broken in half, the six robbers on the robber boat also screamed and fell into the water instantly. Some sank into the water on the spot, while others were flopping on the water in pain, with blood stains on their faces. Some severed limbs were floating on the water, and thick smoke filled the sky.
There was a mess on the water, and the blood was smeared, which made people feel frightened and horrified.
This thunderous explosion frightened the people on the passenger ship who had been panicking all day long, and the remaining robbers were even more frightened to death, with fear on their faces. The surviving robbers looked at each other, and after a moment,
They yelled and raised their swords, guns and clubs, and wanted to take a gamble. They rowed a speedboat and waited to gather together. Wu Zhi watched them approach with a calm face, and unhurriedly pulled out another grenade from his belt.
Raised.
The gangsters who had just approached the passenger ship saw that Wu Zhi had another object in his hand that was exactly the same as before. They all turned pale with fright. They rushed to abandon the ship and jumped into the water. They swam to the shore desperately in panic. In an instant, they were all gone.
They disappeared into the dense reeds, leaving only five bandit boats rocking back and forth. Their weapons fell into the water and scattered across the boat.
Before the people on the passenger ship could react, they saw that there was no one around the passenger ship. These robbers were running faster than rabbits! After a sudden turn of events, everyone just woke up from a dream, and instantly let out thunderous cheers.
They all cried with joy: Now we are saved!
When the robbers appeared, it was as if they had fallen from the mortal world into hell. Just when everyone on the passenger ship thought they were doomed, they suddenly returned to the human world in a dramatic and dreamlike manner. They felt as if they had had a nightmare, as real as an illusion.
Wu Zhi saw that all the robbers had escaped, and then he safely put the bamboo grenade into the pocket on his waist. This thing could not be made public yet.
At this time, people finally calmed down and came to thank him one after another, with their eyes full of gratitude and awe. They regarded him as a god and thought he was the reincarnation of the God of Thunder. Good guy, with bare hands, he fought one against two, two or three
In an instant, he knocked the robber into the water; and he just picked up the bamboo tube in his hand, lit it, and a flash of lightning suddenly appeared, and the enemy was wiped out. It was many times more powerful than the "thunderbolt bomb" used by the imperial army of the Song Dynasty at that time. This is not thunder.
?
Everyone didn't know what the weapon in Wu Zhi's hand was, and they thought it was just a small bamboo tube!
Wu Zhi couldn't explain it, so he just laughed it off.
The boatman was even more excited and grateful. He thanked him profusely and prostrated himself. Without Wu Zhi, as a boatman, he would probably have lost both his fortune and his life!
After the boatman and boatman calmed down, they raised the oars and sails again, and the passenger ship finally set sail slowly and continued to move forward.
On the passenger ship, the guests were still rejoicing and talking a lot. At this time, Pan Wei and Wang Er were standing next to Wu Zhi. They were also stunned and looked at him with inexplicable awe, as if they were looking at a monster.
Xiao'e heard the loud noise and ran out of the cabin. She was leaning on Wu Zhi's side and her mind was still. She was scared and worried just now.
"What did you use just now?" Pan Wei felt like something was stuck in his throat. He couldn't hold it in anymore and asked him softly. He didn't think Wu Zhi was the God of Thunder.
Xiao'e's eyes flashed, she knew what it was, but she wouldn't reveal it unless Wu Zhi said it.
Wang Er also looked at him with curiosity.
"Come with me." Wu Zhi thought for a while and realized that sooner or later he would be unable to hide it from him, so he asked him to follow him into the cabin, pulled out a bamboo hand grenade and handed it to him.
Pan Wei took the bamboo grenade in his hand with confusion on his face: Such an inconspicuous bamboo tube could actually explode a ship and render six people unable to fight back? Is it so magical?
Pan Wei knew about gunpowder and knew that gunpowder could explode, but the gunpowder in his impression was not so powerful.
"What is this?" Pan Wei was still confused. Wang Er was also confused at the side.
"Grenade! I made my own bamboo grenade!" Wu Zhi said.
"Hand grenade? I've never seen it before!" Pan Wei's eyes suddenly brightened when he heard that he made it himself: "This kid can make such a powerful weapon. What a genius!" Thinking of this, he felt even more excited.
I am shocked and not calm anymore, but my girl still has a discerning eye and knows the pearls!
After this incident, everyone on the passenger ship looked at Wu Zhi with burning eyes every time, and they became more and more polite and respectful to him. The boatman simply provided free meals for him and Xiao'e, and the meals were even better.
Because it was more delicious, Wu Zhi couldn't resist him, so he had to accept it calmly. Xiao'e followed suit and was even more happy to smile.
The rest of the trip was calm and smooth sailing. We passed Weizhou, arrived at Wuzhi, and then turned east from Wuzhi into the Bianhe River. It was a smooth journey. The boatman was not in a hurry seeing that Wu Zhi, the patron saint, was there.
I was tired from traveling all the way, so I walked when I needed to go and stopped when I needed to stop. The whole journey was very carefree and comfortable.
When the passenger ships entered the Bianhe River, the number of ships gradually increased. From time to time, various types of watercraft and passenger ships came towards us or rear-ended us, which meant that everyone was getting closer to Bianliang, Tokyo.
On this day at Shenshi time (i.e. three o'clock in the afternoon), the sun was setting in the west, and the setting sun was like a fire. The passenger ship was chopping the waves in the clear and red waves. People were sitting in the cabin, looking out of the cabin boredly, watching the boats coming and going, and even
It was very lively. Suddenly, a city wall lay in front of people's eyes. As the passenger ship approached, the brown city wall became taller and taller. A simple and heavy sense of oppression rushed towards them. The crowd suddenly cheered. Wu Zhi knew, Tokyo Bian.
Liang finally arrived!
Passing through the bustling boats, the passenger ship slowly sailed into Xishuimen and went straight to Xishuimen Pier. The ship docked and Wu Zhi and his party disembarked with their luggage and finally set foot on the ground in Bianliang, Tokyo.
This trip lasted for sixteen days, with exhausting travel by boat and carriage, through mountains and ridges, and a lot of wind and dust. Along the way, everyone suffered a lot and experienced moments of life and death. When we got here, we felt as if we had changed the world.