The Stairway to Immortality

This clear sky is cloudless, the slanting wind and drizzle are still continuous, the rain is not a day but more than half a month, the children are wilted by the rain, one by one lying in the car bored in a daze, the iron hat swallowed a sip of wine, hit the horse and move forward, this is the carriage caravan in the wind and rain continue to move forward, and in three days it will enter the area of Wu country.

The old man of the iron hat sat on the board of the car and shouted softly, "The four little pigs have woken up, come and see this mountain, which country's mountain, there is no such mountain as strange and magnificent, Tianbei Mountain is very beautiful, come out and see, after this village, there is no such shop."

This sentence aroused the interest of the four stinky boys, suddenly got up, like a nail on the buttocks, and instantly rushed out of the roof of the car, when they saw this mountain in their eyes, the four children were instantly shocked, and looked at this mountain in surprise one by one, this mountain is tall and majestic, and it is a magnificent mountain and strange peak.

This mountain is like a shell with a big mouth open, the mountain forest in the shell mountain is dense, the bare mountain rock outside the shell mountain is not a single grass, the shell mountain opens fifty degrees angle, there are several thin waterfalls floating down on the shell mountain, there is a slightly raised hill in the shell mountain, but unfortunately it is not clear from the bottom to the top, it can only be seen that it is the outline of a mountain, several small waterfalls that flow straight down just irrigate the woods in the shell mountain, this landscape is too magical, change the beauty, never dream of having such a strange mountain.

The other half of the Shell Mountain is towering into the clouds, there are some lonely small trees growing on the rocky wall on the sunken cliff, this Shell Mountain is surprisingly large, the shell is also extremely wide, standing on the carriage and visually measuring the Shell Mountain is several times larger than Anseong, the four children have not seen the sea, and they don't know the shells, and the jaws of each stunned person are about to fall off when they see this mountain, the huge Tempeh Mountain, beautiful and spectacular, makes people confused and intoxicated after watching.

At this moment, Zhao Shiyu, whose eyes had been attracted by this mountain, hurriedly asked, "Iron hat Lao, this mountain is called Shell Mountain, is Shell the same as this mountain?"

Mo Lao shook his head, turned around and looked at the four children standing on the roof of the car, smiled and said, "Come down, you will get sick after a while in the rain, come down and show you the shells, and you will know if Tianbei Mountain and shells are the same."

"Look at it for a while, look at it again, my mother, this mountain is too big, so beautiful, I want to climb this mountain and play in the shells," said the dog, pointing to the shell mountain.

"I want to too, I want to too" Er Wang also said excitedly, and the four children all have the consciousness of going to climb the mountain.

The old man in the iron hat really couldn't do anything about the children in his heart, so he said sternly, "Come down, get into the carriage, or I won't show you the shells, come down, don't grind." The

four children looked at Mount Tempe, slowly climbed down from the roof of the car, got into the trunk, opened the curtain of the car door, and the old man in the iron hat took out a string of shell necklaces in his coat and handed it to the children and said, "This is a gift from a young man when we were exchanging goods a few years ago, this is a sea shell, there are shells in the river, but there are no sea shells beautiful, the flowers are very beautiful."

When he saw that there was still a pearl strung on the shell necklace, Goudan and Erwang and Xiaochai both shouted with envy, "Big pearl, big pearl, old man in the iron hat, this pearl is so beautiful, snow-white and snow-white, so beautiful." The old man of the iron hat smiled triumphantly, holding the whip in one hand and gently wiping his gray beard in the other.

"Iron hat old, iron hat old, do you know what the sea is like? The shell is really similar to Tianbei Mountain, but this head can't be compared," Xiao Chai asked anxiously with curiosity.

"Hahaha, the old man of the sea has never seen it, don't you look at the Tianbei Mountain and the shell statue yourself? Silly children, my pearl is a sea pearl, it is a treasure that grows in a shell, my sea pearl is worth thirty gold ingots" The old man in the iron hat was proud at the peak, shaking his head and smugness, his wrinkles were stretched, and he answered two questions in one breath, today is the happiest day in these days.

"So valuable? Such a small ball is more expensive than gold, right? Don't deceive us," said the dog, patting the old man on the back.

The old man in the iron hat glared, pretending to be unhappy, but the heart of showing off was still there, and he said without a smile, "The pearl is the treasure in the palace, and the princes and ministers love to wear the pearl into a necklace, or sew it on the belt, or wear it on the hair crown, and it is not easy for ordinary people like us to have one, the more round this pearl is, the more valuable it is, the bigger it is, the more ten ingots of gold, my pearl is worth thirty ingots of gold, and I hope it can be sold for thirty-five to forty gold in the gold country." The

three children looked at the pearl, their eyes were shining with golden light, but Zhao Shiyu did not have this greedy gaze in his eyes, he also had a pearl, he had already seen it and knew the price of pearls, Mo Lao said it more clearly than the iron hat Lao said, the dog eggs they were attracted by this string of shell necklaces, discussing the color and appearance of the shells, Zhao Shiyu sat on the side and squinted at Tianbei Mountain.

When the old man in the iron hat was chatting happily with the children, suddenly an extremely long whistle passed through the air, and then one after another, "Meat... Meat...", the sound continued.

The old man in the iron hat changed his complexion, and said anxiously, "Children, put down the curtains, climb in the car, don't move, there are bandits coming to rob the road, remember not to look out, don't look up!" After

that, the old man in the iron hat lifted the two traps under the horse board with both hands to block both sides of himself, his body lay back slightly, and the reins in his hands were tightened, and when he looked at the side of the carriage, he could see that the old iron hat of the iron hat was leaking outside.

The carriage at the front stopped, and a loud voice came out of the carriage, "Dare to ask which friend is it?" Where did the heroes come from? It's not good to make this kind of joke with the old decay, but you know that this is the official way, if you have the courage, you might as well show up and talk, and make money with harmony, don't hurt and be angry. The voice was loud, and there was no hint of timidity in it, but it also brought some contempt.

In the woods of the official road ahead, a sonorous and powerful voice came, this voice was a little deafening, and when you heard the voice, you knew that this person was not an idle person.

"There is real money on the official road, do you know the truth of wealth and danger, we are Tianbei Mountain, we don't want to kill people just for money, if you don't open your eyes, hum, I won't add a few more snacks tonight, stir-fried heart slices are delicious, hahaha..."

As soon as these words arrived, Zheng Lao Ma replied loudly in the carriage, "The name Hun Tianxiao is very strange, but the hero is Zhou Datou's brother?" I haven't seen you for a long time, I've taken care of Wolf's Head Mountain, you are bringing your brothers to sweep the autumn breeze, but now it's not in the solar terms.".

Songtao's code was issued, and the bodyguards at the back of the convoy, among which more than 20 people, secretly dismounted, quietly sneaked into the woods on both sides, each holding a bow and arrow in their hands, pinned to their waists full of flying knives, and a lancet on their backs, tiptoeing into the forest and disappearing from everyone's sight.

There are not so many live bandits, and it is estimated that someone at the back of the convoy has sneaked into the woods, and the dart masters on both sides of the convoy have their eyes firmly against the bandits in the woods, which makes the bandits have no place to observe the movements around them.

There was still a confrontation ahead, and the bandit leader hiding in the shadows, after a pause for a few breaths, felt that the person in the car had recognized his identity, and he also showed his true identity generously.

"Yes, yes, hahaha, this ability to hear and recognize people is worthy of Zheng Lao, Zheng Lao Fox, yes, you guessed it is me, today I am a little nervous at hand, borrow some broken silver from you, can you cut love?" Zhou Datou said with an evil smile on his face, sitting on his horse and looking at the convoy.

Zheng Lao also walked out of the carport, looked in front of him, with a long beard in one hand, and said behind his back in the other, "Zhou Datou, I think you, the second leader of Wolf Head Mountain, are about to come to an end, in broad daylight, you stopped the official road to rob the caravan, you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, do you know that the officers and soldiers of Wu State will let you go?" You're looking for trouble for your wolf's head mountain, your head is big enough but I don't know if your mouth is big enough, I'm afraid I'll break your teeth if you want to follow the old man's goods! "

The rain was still falling slowly, and the dark clouds in the sky were very low, which made people feel depressed and upset, and there was a sense of irritability in the air.

At this moment, the four children in the carriage were a little dazed, but their curiosity was very strong, as the so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, inwardly instructed them to quietly approach the window, gently use a small wooden stick to open the curtain, and reveal a small gap to look out quietly.

I saw that in the distance outside the window, a gray-clothed dart master in the forest quietly touched under a tree, aiming at a bandit standing on the tree, the bandit was still standing on the tree unconsciously, holding a crossbow and aiming at the dart master on the road, the gray-clothed dart master slowly pulled out the bow, mounted the arrow and was ready to shoot the bandit on the tree.

At this time, there was a loud laugh from the front, and Zhou Datou said with an indifferent face, "Zheng Lao Fox, you are really old and good, I took my brothers in the dark, but you are generous in the light, once you do it, you should know who will kill the deer, you should know it in your heart, it's not worth dying for money, right?"

Zheng Lao stood in the car and heard a faint cricket cry, a little far away can not hear the cricket, Zheng Lao stretched his waist, his arms were spread and his fists were clenched, and he slowly stretched out his fists and opened his five fingers, this is the release of the signal, more than 20 gray-clothed dart masters in the forest have already been lurking in place, and saw the signal of the dart master controlling the horse slightly sideways, and the horse's hooves stepped on the ground several times, the signal was sent quietly and unconsciously, and then there was a wail in the woods, after the dart division on both sides took a bow and shot arrows, dialed the horse and rushed into the forest, The dart masters at the back of the horse team also rode their horses into the woods.

In front of Songtao crawled on horseback, lowered his head and killed a person, bent the bow and arrows and raised his hand to kill a person, Songtao is not a free horse archery and martial arts, and he is also one of the best among the bodyguards.

Zheng Lao sighed contemptuously, the cat's waist entered the carport, and several bodyguards with big wooden shields jumped out of several trucks behind him, and the big wooden shield stood in front of the head car, and at the same time, many trucks jumped out with wooden shield bodyguards, and they were responsible for protecting each truck.

The shouting and killing howls in the woods continued one after another, at this time, Zhou Datou and several subordinates just understood that they were calculated by Zheng Lao, and they were angry, and they glared angrily at the horse team and killed the head car of the horse team, this car was Zheng Lao's carriage, and everyone knew the truth that the thief captured the king first, and Zhou Datou had no other way at this time but to do it first.

Zhou Datou was calculated by Zheng Lao this time, and he was angry and scolded angrily, "Zheng Fox, you old ghost calculated on Uncle Ben's head, I want to cut off your head and kick it as a ball, you fucking come out!" There

was a loud laugh in the carriage shed, not one person laughing, but three people laughing, Zhou Da shouted angrily, and ran to Zheng Lao's carriage.

The next moment, Zhou Datou felt that time had suddenly stopped in his eyes, and he saw the big shield in front of the car parting a gap, and threw a large number of flying knives along the gap, as if he didn't want money, and threw out frantically plus there were arrows flying on the left and right sides, and the flying knives and arrows in front of him were like autumn leaves blown by a gust of wind to himself and his subordinates around him.

Zhou Datou's first reaction, dialed the horse and turned around and ran back, at this moment the subordinates around him were also stunned, saying that it was too late and that was fast, at this moment the reaction between people and people was vividly displayed, and there was a difference between heaven and earth in an instant, which was also equal to life and death, Zhou Datou turned around and ran backwards, and his men were still running forward, and as a result, they became Zhou Datou's human shields, each of them was pierced by flying knives like a cactus, and his whole body was nailed with flying knives and arrows, and the one who died was called a miserable.

Zhou Datou looked back at Zheng Lao's carriage and shouted, "Zheng Lao fox, the mountains and rivers meet, the mountains and rivers do not turn, I thank you for this great gift, next time I will double it, you fucking wait for me!"

Zheng Lao walked out of the carriage again and shouted with a smile, "Zhou Datou walks slowly, it's the old man who is rude to treat you slowly, don't hold a grudge against me, I will be uneasy in my heart, hahaha."

Zhou Datou clenched the reins with both hands, eager to break the reins, the teeth in his mouth rattled, his body crawled on the horse's back and galloped straight to the original road, Zhou Datou's heart was full of hatred, and his whole body was trembling.

At this moment, Zhou Datou did not see Zheng Lao holding a carrier pigeon in his hand, helping a small cylinder on the leg of the carrier pigeon, which contained a cloth letter, and slightly threw the carrier pigeon when he loosened his hand, the carrier pigeon flew straight into the sky, Zheng Lao turned around and entered the carriage.

Before Zheng Lao sat down, he heard Ma Yu's compliment, he clapped his hands and said, "Zheng Lao is a good method, you can lead troops to fight if you are not the shopkeeper, and it is not a problem to be a general."

Zheng Lao took a sip of the teacup, but the smugness in his heart was not shown on his face, and he shook his head and said, "It's just a bunch of stupid bandits, and after a little trick, the horses and blades of the bandits and bandits will all belong to me."

Tao Lao Liu touched his beard and sighed deeply, and despised Zheng Lao, who fell into the eyes of money, ten thousand times, but he rolled his eyes, and said with a smile on his face, "What kind of people do you think of us two people, we haven't borrowed Lao Zheng's light, and we can rest assured all the way on the sunny official road, Lao Zheng, I see that your bodyguards are all wearing bamboo armor, and they all have good guys in their hands, which is stronger than the equipment of the elite soldiers in the military camp, but you look at which of my subordinates, hey... If a strong farmer takes a pickaxe, it will be broken with a blow like an egg, and I will discuss with you, this time the sword of the mountain bandit will be lent to my brother, and he can also help at a critical moment, you can also help with his strength, you say yes.

As soon as these words came out, Ma Yu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Our Ma family caravan is similar, Zheng Lao, do you know that the word peace is worth a thousand gold, can you borrow it from us?"

Zheng Lao held the teacup in his hand and blew gently, raised his eyes and looked at the two people around him, sneered in his heart, he wanted to pluck the hair on me, there was no way, but he still nodded slightly.

Looking back and forth at the two of them, he said firmly and gratefully, "The words of the two brothers really moved me, and this is almost the same as my own brothers, but there is a saying that I said in front of the two brothers, my brothers will settle the accounts and you say to borrow, then pay a deposit, the weapon is not other property, and it will be good to lend it to the two of them for one gold each."

After Zheng Lao finished speaking, he lowered his head and drank tea, Ma Yu and Tao Lao Liu were like eating flies, their faces changed red and white many times, the two of them almost coughed out, and it took a long time for Tao Lao Liu's smile to pop out, and his hand went into the cuff and took out a gold ingot, this cheap did not make money, but suffered a loss, but he was dissatisfied but still put the gold ingot on the table, reached out and picked up the teacup and drank it, Ma Yu also put the gold ingot on the table.

Ma Yu continued, "Thank you Elder Zheng for borrowing weapons to use, I will toast you with tea instead of wine."

Tao Lao Liu shook his head slightly, and his mouth was still blowing on the mouth of the teacup, but Ma Yu didn't see this action, thinking that this Ma Yu was obviously lacking in addition to patting his fart.