Chapter 193: Going Down the Mountain
In the open space in front of the mountain gate, there are three kinds of wooden stakes: long, medium and near, for practicing throwing knives.
The nearest wooden pile is 15 meters away, the middle wooden pile is 30 meters away, and the farthest wooden pile is 50 meters away.
Even with his eyes blindfolded, the young Taoist priest was still able to hit a nearby wooden stake with his willow-leaf flying knife.
"it is good!"
Xiang Chu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
For travel safety, he and Ning Caiwei both wore military uniforms.
When the young Taoist heard the praise, he hurriedly took off his blindfold.
Xiang Chu got out of the car and asked with a smile, "What's your name, Taoist Priest?"
The young Taoist priest saluted and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner;
"Sir! My name is Li Tong, and I'm in charge of guarding the mountain gate."
"Master Li! Let me try your willow leaf flying knife."
Xiang Chu took a willow-leaf flying knife from his hand and threw it.
The willow leaf flying knife flew out and stuck steadily on a wooden stake in the distance.
Li Tong exclaimed: "Sir! Your flying knife is amazing."
"You're not bad either! You can stab him even with your eyes blindfolded."
Xiang Chu smiled and paused.
"Is Taoist Qingfeng on the mountain?"
Li Tong pointed to a mountain not far away and said, "Master Qingfeng went to Damao Peak to check Feng Shui."
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "He grew up in a Taoist temple. Hasn't he seen enough of the surrounding mountains and rivers?"
Li Tong shook his head and said, "No! Recently, there have been frequent disasters such as lightning and strong winds around the Taoist temple. The feng shui seems to have been destroyed. Master Qingfeng went to check it out personally."
"It must have been done by a Japanese spy, thank you!"
Xiang Chu nodded and hurried into the car.
Li Tong walked to the side of the car and asked with a smile: "Sir! Are you a relative of Uncle Qingfeng?"
"I am his junior brother!"
Xiang Chu smiled and drove straight to Damaofeng.
Li Tong stood there in a daze, muttering to himself:
"Why is there such a young junior uncle?"
Ning Caiwei saw Li Tong's stunned look in the rearview mirror and asked with a smile, "Brother Chu! How did you get to know Taoist Qingfeng?"
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "I met him when I was a kid and came here to learn the Willow Leaf Flying Knife."
"Your past needs to be kept secret. Forget it, I won't ask."
Ning Caiwei waved her hand and simply turned to the main topic, wondering,
"Brother Chu! Japanese spies also know Feng Shui?"
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "Of course! But these Japanese spies who understand Feng Shui are from the 'Nine Chrysanthemum School'."
Ning Caiwei asked anxiously, "What is the 'Nine Chrysanthemum Sect'?"
Xiang Chu said leisurely: "I did some research when I was in Japan. The 'Nine Chrysanthemum Sect' uses the chrysanthemum as its totem and is good at Qimen Dunjia and star system divination. It has a strict hierarchy, with four sects, nine chrysanthemums, twelve altars and thirty-six societies.
All those who join the religion swear a "blood oath" in front of the statue of Amaterasu, drink "Nine Chrysanthemum Wine", act in secret and take death as an honor. In the Tang Dynasty, they sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to return home after completing their studies, but now they have turned around and destroyed our beautiful land. "
"what?!"
Ning Caiwei exclaimed, then paused.
"What did the 'Nine Chrysanthemum Sect' do?"
Xiang Chu narrated the story: "In the name of drawing a new military map, they surveyed Korea for more than a year, discovered all the dragon veins in Korea, and used the "art of warding off evil" to lay down 365 steel bars and iron pillars nearly 10 meters long to suppress the dragon veins and control prosperity."
Ning Caiwei said anxiously, "Oh right! The top-secret document I saw from Song Xi yesterday said that the local army and police had captured a large number of unidentified people who were drawing maps. Are Japanese spies surveying our dragon veins?"
"The Japanese spies were working on two fronts. They were drawing detailed maps in preparation for the invasion, and they were also surveying our dragon veins."
Xiang Chu nodded and paused.
"Before the September 18th Incident, the Jiuju Sect had been plotting outside the Great Wall, setting up a formation of blue-clothed slaves to destroy the Azure Dragon and White Tiger formations in Marshal Zhang's residence. Now they have extended their vicious hands into the Great Wall."
Ning Caiwei said bitterly: "The devil's evil ambitions are obvious!"
While the two were talking, the jeep had already arrived at the foot of Damaofeng Mountain.
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "Caiwei! Climb the mountain?"
"Okay!"
Ning Caiwei smiled sweetly.
The two walked along the mountain path, hand in hand, towards the summit.
An old Taoist priest with a fairy-like appearance and flowing white beard was standing on the top of the mountain, directing a group of Taoist priests to set up a battle formation.
When Xiang Chu and the other two came up, their formation had just been set up. The old Taoist saw Xiang Chu and hurried down the mountain.
He walked briskly and called out affectionately, "Little Junior Brother! What brings you here?"
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "Brother! It's Gui Feng from the 'Nine Chrysanthemum Sect'!"
The old Taoist priest laughed and said, "Yes! It's the devil's wind. Haha!"
Needless to say, this person is Taoist Qingfeng.
Xiang Chu chatted with him as they walked down the mountain and explained his purpose.
Taoist Qingfeng nodded and said, "Junior brother! China will face a great war and the invasion of the Japanese soldiers is indeed imminent. If necessary, I will also go down the mountain to join your special attack team."
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother! You should lead people to deal with the 'Nine Chrysanthemum Sect' to prevent them from destroying our Feng Shui dragon veins. Let us young people fight in the battlefield."
Taoist Qingfeng nodded and said, "Okay! In addition to the ones from our Taoist temple, I will also mobilize some more for you from the surrounding areas."
The two chatted all the way and unknowingly reached the foot of the mountain.
The three of them got into the jeep, Ning Caiwei drove, Xiang Chu and Taoist Qingfeng continued to chat, and went straight to the mountain gate.
Xiang Chu and Ning Caiwei each picked up a suitcase and followed Taoist Qingfeng up the mountain, where they stayed in separate rooms in the Taoist temple's guest rooms.
Taoist Qingfeng said with a smile: "Brother! Although you two are husband and wife, and you have a long and happy marriage and many children and grandchildren, you cannot live in the same room in the mountains. Please understand."
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "Brother! You treat me as an outsider again. These rules and regulations were taught by my father, and I understand them!"
After he finished speaking, he opened the suitcase, took out a bag containing five gold bars and tens of thousands of French francs, and handed it to Taoist Qingfeng:
"Brother! This is the money for recruiting volunteers to go down the mountain. You must accept it."
Taoist Qingfeng flatly refused: "Serving the country and still accepting money? No!"
Xiang Chu said sternly: "Brother! I am doing this for the public, not like I did before when I donated to the Taoist temple privately."
"All right!"
Taoist Qingfeng took it reluctantly.
In the evening, he found more than 30 young Taoist priests who were willing to go down the mountain, including Li Tong, whom Xiang Chu and Ning Caiwei met at the open space at the mountain gate.
Xiang Chu passionately explained his purpose, and finally said in a low voice:
"Dear Taoist priests! The Japanese are very powerful, far beyond the reach of our country. Those who go down the mountain will surely die, and it will be difficult for them to return to the Taoist temple. If you don't want to go down the mountain, Xiang will not force you."
Unexpectedly, all the young Taoist priests said in unison: "The evil times are coming, the country is in trouble, we are willing to follow you down the mountain and 'die in battle'!"
Ning Caiwei couldn't help but cover her nose and cry. She didn't expect that a person from outside the world could be so calm in the face of national justice.
This is in stark contrast to the corrupt senior White Party officials and the White Party officers who sucked the blood of their soldiers.
Xiang Chu couldn't help but sigh: "Masters! You are the backbone of China."
"And us!"
Taoist Qingfeng led a group of old Taoist priests who carried their bags and shouted in unison.
Needless to say, they will climb mountains and wade through water to find and repair the Chinese dragon veins that were destroyed by the "Nine Chrysanthemums School".
At this time, an elderly Taoist priest over 70 years old, with a long sword hanging from his waist, sang Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong".
"My hair is standing on end with anger. I lean on the railing. The rain has stopped. I look up and howl at the sky. My heart is filled with passion. Thirty years of achievements have become dust. Eight thousand miles of journey have become clouds and moon..."
Ning Caiwei said softly, "Brother Chu! "Man Jiang Hong" can be used as the military song of your elite special forces."
"good, very good!"
Xiang Chu nodded heavily.