Chapter 175 Farewell

The sixth pass is located in Guide Prefecture, where Chuzhou, Luzhou, Zhongzhou and Qizhou meet. It is adjacent to Tianwei Lake in the north, Pengfu in the west, Yunshangfu in the east and Chuzhou Suningfu in the south. The Grand Canal runs through it, and it is known as the "crossroads of five provinces". Since ancient times, it has been the key to the north, the gateway to the south, a place of contention for military strategists and a place where merchants gather.

After Guide Prefecture, it is Qizhou.

Qizhou is the core area of ​​Taiping Dao. Since the revival of Taoism, this is the foundation of Taiping Dao. All the masters of Qizhou Daofu have come from Taiping Dao, and there has never been an exception.

The current Qizhou Daofu Master is the former Beichen Hall Master. Before that, Qingwei Zhenren personally led Qizhou Daofu, which is equivalent to the two exchanging positions.

Although the Zhenjing Courtyard and Qingling Palace are not located in Qizhou, but on the Sanxian Island overseas, the ancestral home of the Li family is located in Qizhou. Many members of the Li family are still scattered in Qizhou. They are the undisputed first family in Qizhou, and they are even more powerful than the descendants of the saints of Confucianism.

Even if we put aside the background and power, and only talk about the inheritance history, the Li family is not inferior to the saint's residence. The Supreme Taoist Ancestor and Xuansheng are both surnamed Li, and the royal family of the Great Qi Dynasty is also surnamed Li. The Li family has always regarded themselves as descendants of the Taoist Ancestor, the royal family of the previous dynasty, and the descendants of the current dynasty.

Speaking of this, we have to mention a joke between the three Confucian religions. The Buddha of Buddhism is only the ruler of a small country in Poshazhou, and the Confucian saint is only posthumously named "Dacheng Zhisheng Wenxuan Wang", while the Supreme Taoist Ancestor of Taoism is posthumously named "Taishang Xuanyuan Emperor", "Saint Ancestor Dadao Xuanyuan Emperor", and "Xiantian Taishang Emperor". It is clear who is higher and who is lower.

Because of this, the Li family privately calls Xuansheng "Saint Ancestor" and Taishang Daozu "Great Saint Ancestor". However, in formal occasions, they still have to call "Xuansheng" and "Taishang Daozu".

If there is a choice, Qi Xuansu does not want to set foot in Qizhou.

He feels that he may conflict with the Li family. First, in Fengtai County, he ruined the good things of the Li family, snatched food from the tiger's mouth, and took away the "Xuanyu". Then he got Zhang Yuelu's green eyes, which was indirectly an enemy of Li Tianzhen. Then there was the matter of Zixian Mountain. He killed Su Ran, which led to the outbreak of the Zixian Mountain case. Even if he couldn't figure it out at the beginning, he can see now that this case is related to the Li family, forcing the Li family to cut off their arms.

No matter which one, Qi Xuansu felt that he was looking for death. The consequences of the three combined were really unimaginable.

But there was no way, he had to come, and he was entrusted by others and was loyal to them.

In a blink of an eye, the iron ship has arrived at the fifth pass, and Xu Kou's family visit will soon reach the end. He will disembark at the fifth pass and go to Beihai Prefecture by land. When the family visit is over, he will take a flying boat directly from Beihai Prefecture back to Yujing. It can be said that the journey is long and the time is short.

Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu will continue to take the boat northward until they reach Bohai Prefecture, where the second pass is located.

The two said goodbye at the fifth pass, one on the boat and the other off the boat.

Xu Kou bowed and said, "I wish you a safe journey."

Qi Xuansu clasped his fists and said, "Give my regards to your mother for me."

Neither of them was a sticky person, so they said goodbye.

The iron ship stayed at the fifth pass for two hours. In addition to some passengers getting off the ship, some passengers also got on the ship. Most of these passengers were going to Dijing and Bohai Prefecture.

According to Western sayings, two hours is four hours, almost half a day, Qi Xuansu took Liu Hu to the restaurant on the shore.

The restaurant is a husband-and-wife shop. The proprietress is a skinny woman, not plump and charming, not flirtatious, just like thousands of ordinary women who work hard for a living, acting as a waiter and accountant, while the shopkeeper works in the back kitchen as a cook. .

Qi Xuansu asked for a pot of rice wine, which was not intoxicating. He also asked for some beef to go with the wine. Nowadays, grain production far exceeds that of previous dynasties, so the ban on killing oxen for farming has been relaxed, and beef is no longer so rare.

Liu Hu was probably influenced by Xu Kou. Looking at the rice wine being served, she was a little tempted, but embarrassed to speak directly.

Qi Xuansu put down the wine glass in his hand and smiled: "Whether the wine is good or not, you have to taste it yourself to know, why not try it."

Liu Hu's eyes lit up and she also took a wine glass.

Qi Xuansu filled her glass.

Then Qi Xuansu raised the wine glass in his hand, clinked it with Liu Hu's, and then they drank the wine in their glasses.

Drinking, in fact, also depends on the atmosphere. Drinking alone, cold and lonely, is a kind of atmosphere; drinking with two people, raising glasses and clinking, everything is unspoken, is a kind of atmosphere; drinking with many people, shouting and laughing, scolding, is also a kind of atmosphere.

Qi Xuansu is not greedy for wine, but he likes this kind of drinking atmosphere.

Just as the two were drinking, four men came from outside the door, all of them looked unkind, and they didn't look like good people.

Jianghu is not a good place, fighting and killing all day long. No matter what reason is used to kill, killing is always killing, and there is no flowery explanation. Therefore, there are few good people in Jianghu. Although there are chivalrous men with great righteousness and chivalrous hearts, there are more people who are greedy and profit-seeking.

The four looked around and walked straight towards Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu.

Qi Xuansu held the idea that it is better to do less than more, so he wanted to take Liu Hu away.

Seeing Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu trying to leave, one of them stepped forward and blocked their way.

The man had a somewhat vulgar look on his face, and his eyes stayed on Liu Hu. Although Liu Hu was only of average appearance, she was different from Zhang Yuelu and ordinary girls. Moreover, the girl had just grown up, and her figure was slightly undulating. The man only felt that the girl had a slender figure and was extremely attractive.

Qi Xuansu didn't seem to see this person, he went straight forward and straightened his shoulders, but with a "bang" sound, the man was directly knocked out by Qi Xuansu.

Several others were still watching the show. Seeing that their brothers were suffering a loss, two more people jumped forward and got in front of Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu, blocking their way.

Qi Xuansu continued to walk forward, as if he didn't see the two of them at all. The two men looked at each other and stretched out their hands to grab Qi Xuansu's shoulders. Just as the fingers of their hands were about to touch Qi Xuansu's shoulders, suddenly, the figures of the two men rose into the air and flew several feet away.

It wouldn't be a big deal if Qi Xuansu had built up his momentum and then knocked the two of them away. The strange thing was that Qi Xuansu approached slowly without making any forceful move, but suddenly knocked the two of them away. This was very shocking.

The leading man was horrified when he saw Qi Xuansu calmly knocking the two of them away. He knew that he had provoked an expert who shouldn't be provoked.

At the same time, Liu Hu had already raised the "Dragon Gun" that Qi Xuansu had lent her temporarily, aimed at the three people who fell to the ground, and was about to kill them.

Ever since she started in Jiangling Mansion, and with Qi Xuansu and Xu Kou as "role models", she was not afraid of killing people.

At this moment, Qi Xuansu reached out and pressed the barrel.

Liu Hu looked up at Qi Xuansu, somewhat puzzled.

Qi Xuansu just shook his head.

Liu Hu pouted unhappily, but he was not willful and put away the gun.

Qi Xuansu had a headache. If Liu Hu's temperament were a bit older, he didn't know what he would be like.

After the three of them saw Liu Hu taking out the firecracker, they were so frightened that they couldn't care about anything else and ran away from the door on a crawl.

Qi Xuansu did not chase, but walked to the counter and asked the slightly frightened landlady to pay.

By the time the two left the restaurant, these people from the world had disappeared.

Liu Hu finally couldn't help but asked: "Why let them go?"

Qi Xuansu thought for a while and replied: "From a legal point of view, their crime is not worthy of death. From a profit point of view, killing them will not bring half a peace of mind, and it will also lead to a life lawsuit. It is not worth it." The most important point is that we have caused enough trouble now, it is best not to cause more trouble. "

Liu Hu nodded slightly, thoughtfully.

After the four people rolled and crawled out of the restaurant, they came to a guest room of an inn, which had two compartments, inside and outside.

A scholar sat on a chair outside. It was Song Luodi who took over the "inn" business, and there were several Jianghu people who luckily escaped. Without Master Pili and Monk Denghua, Song Luodi had become like this The well-deserved leader of the gang.

"Mr. Song, that man is not someone we can mess with at all. Our brothers almost died in that man's hands." The leading man complained loudly and loudly.

Song Luodi turned a deaf ear and fell into deep thought: "Aren't you going to be fooled?"

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