Time: 2013-12-19 11:49 Source: Story Network Author: Huang Bang In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, there was a rice shop in Wanzhou, eastern Sichuan. The boss was named Deng Canghai. He had practiced martial arts since he was a child and had good kung fu. That day, he took a fleet of grain ships across the Yangtze River to the Denglong Street Rice Market in Wushan. While the boat was unloading rice, he came to Nanshanguan Barber Shop. Opposite the barber shop is a famous bank in Wushan. The barber shop is actually the eyes and ears of the bank owner. As soon as Deng Canghai sat down, his master sent his apprentice to untie his long braid, comb it carefully and wash it.
At this moment, two boys were fighting outside the bank. I saw a boy holding tung oil in a basin, and another boy holding lime in a bucket. The two boys collided outside the store. The tung oil and lime splashed on the stone paved road. The two boys were tugging at each other, each refusing to give in and demanding compensation from the other. Some kind-hearted passers-by saw the two boys making a big fuss, so they gave them some pieces of silver and sent them away.
Deng Canghai laughed loudly after seeing it. The barber shop master felt strange and asked: "Boss, why are you laughing?" Deng Canghai smiled but did not answer. The barber hurriedly asked the apprentice to go away, shaved his head himself, and signaled others to leave.
Seeing that there was no one else in the shop, Deng Canghai said: "At midnight tonight, something is going to happen at the bank opposite."
The barber saw that he was well-dressed and spoke out of the ordinary, so he must be a member of the gang, so he quickly reported it to the bank owner. The bank boss was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly came over to pay a visit.
As soon as they met, the boss gave Deng Canghai a great gift, invited him to sit down in the living room of the bank, prepared a sumptuous lunch, and respectfully asked him for advice: "Sir, I just said that something was going to happen in the shop, and I would like to hear the details."
Deng Canghai saw that the boss was so kind and wanted to help him. He said: "The traces of tung oil and lime mixed with lime and splashed on the road cannot be washed away even if it rains heavily. It is a sign that the gangsters have chosen the target of the crime. The bank will be robbed by Wuxia bandits tonight!" After hearing this, the bank owner was shocked and begged Deng Canghai for a good strategy to defeat the thieves.
Accompanied by the boss of the bank, Deng Canghai inspected the situation inside the bank. The warehouse was in the west room of the main hall, and the gold and silver treasures were in the east room of the main hall. Deng Canghai said to the boss: "You can sleep peacefully tonight. All you need to do is arrange two banquet tables in the main hall and put one hundred taels of silver at the corner of each table." The bank boss agreed repeatedly and complied with the instructions one by one.
That night, the boss hid in the back hall and eavesdropped on what was going on in the front hall. Deng Canghai pretended to take a nap between the two tables in the main hall. Around the middle of the night, Deng Canghai heard a sound of tiles on the roof and knew that the Wuxia bandits were coming.
Sure enough, the tiles on the main beam were uncovered, and a thief had a five-inch sharp knife in his mouth, hanging upside down from the roof beam and looking down. When the thief saw that there were two banquet tables in the main room, with packages placed on the corners of the tables, and a middle-aged man taking a nap next to him, he somersaulted from the beam and landed quietly on the ground. The thief hadn't taken a few steps when Deng Canghai raised his finger to touch his chest, and the man froze like a sculpture. Then, the thieves on the roof were like rats in a nest. The people behind them grabbed the feet in front of them with their hands and hung upside down from the beams that uncovered the roof tiles. A total of thirteen people got down.
Deng Canghai used some acupuncture skills, and the thieves were all like clay and wood sculptures, standing, leaning, sitting, squatting or lying down, and they were all motionless.
The last one to come down was the Wuxia bandit leader "Gust of Wind". When he saw that the thirteen brothers below had no reaction at all, he hung upside down on the roof beam and looked down. He was stunned when he looked at it - no, he met a master!
"A gust of wind" came down from the beam, turned over and bowed to Deng Canghai: "May I ask your name, sir?"
Deng Canghai stood up and gave up his seat: "I am Deng Canghai, who is from Wanzhou. He makes a living by rice."
"A gust of wind" cupped his hands: "Long time, long time!"
The two gave up their seats to each other, and Deng Canghai used his acupuncture technique again, and then the thirteen thieves woke up one by one.
Deng Canghai invited "Gust of Wind" to sit down, and the other brothers sat down at two tables.
"Gust of Wind" clasped his hands and said, "I have offended Master Deng tonight. I hope you will forgive me!"
Deng Canghai said: "Brothers, you have worked hard to come here in the middle of the night. I have prepared some water and wine to wash away the dust. It is not respectful. I also prepared two hundred taels of silver to give to all the brothers to show my sincerity."
The thieves had a drink and got another silver. They were all filled with joy.When parting, "Gust of Wind" invited him to meet at Wuxia Goddess Peak within three days, and Deng Canghai happily agreed.
After the thieves left, the bank owner walked out of the back hall and thanked Deng Canghai profusely.
Deng Canghai said: "The thief invited me to go to Wu Gorge for a reunion. In fact, I will die if I go or not. If I don't come back after seven days, please arrange a rice boat back to Wanzhou and inform my family."
Hearing this, the boss felt sad and guilty, and he agreed to Deng Canghai's entrustment.
The next day, Deng Canghai came to Wu Gorge with an umbrella in hand. There was vast water and sky between the Yangtze River and the Goddess Peak. There were no bridges or boats. With Deng Canghai's ability, it was still a little short of time to cross the river. Deng Canghai was wandering by the river when a ten-year-old boy ran out of the woods in front of him. The boy picked up the tiles on the ground and threw them towards the river with his arms, forming a line and reaching the other side. Deng Canghai took advantage of the wind to hold up his umbrella and flew to the other side by stepping on the tiles floating on the water. When we arrived at the "Gust of Wind" village, we saw that the gate of the village was closed, and there were two rows of strong men standing outside the door holding steel knives, blocking the way. Deng Canghai showed no fear. He stepped forward and struck the knife with his hand. The knives fell to the ground one after another, making a clanging sound. Later, "A gust of wind" sent a message inviting Deng Canghai to enter the village, but the gate of the village was blocked by two large stones weighing more than 1,000 kilograms.
But this can't help Deng Canghai. Speaking of his magical power, there is a short story. Once, when he was traveling from Wanzhou to Yunyang, he wanted to ride a wheelbarrow and asked the driver if he could push him. The coachman replied: "Wanzhou to Yunyang, a round trip of 200 miles, pushing two 200-pound fat pigs, you can drive back and forth without breakfast." He didn't say anything, so he got into the car and sat down. The driver tried several times, but couldn't push it, and the wheel sunk into the mud more than half a foot deep. The coachman said: "It may have rained and the soil is rotten. Get on the car when the road is dry." When the car reached the dry road, he got on the car again. The coachman pushed the cart hard, and beads of sweat as big as soybeans rolled down. The wheels sank half a foot deep and could not move. The driver only used force, and with a "click", the axle broke. Only then did the driver realize the power of the driver, and he quickly apologized.
Deng Canghai has such skill, how can he be defeated by the two stones in front of the village gate? With just a push from his two fingers, the door opened. When the thieves saw it, they backed away in shock.
After the greetings were over, "Gust of Wind" invited Deng Canghai to eat meat. The meat was two inches square and was cooked half-cooked. "A gust of wind" poked the flesh with a five-inch sharp knife, and flew towards Deng Canghai's mouth with a "swish" sound. Soon after, Deng Canghai bit the tip of the knife with a "click" sound, swallowed the meat, and then inserted the sharp knife into the pillar with a "pop" sound with his tongue. He ate five pieces of meat in a row, and released five knives, which were inserted into the pillar.
Deng Canghai's extraordinary kung fu has naturally become a thorn in the side and flesh of the Wu Gorge bandit leader "Gust of Wind". If this person is not eliminated, how can he be the king and hegemon here in the future? So, he ordered his men to cover Deng Canghai with a fishing net and locked him in an iron house on a lonely peak. The house was surrounded by iron plates, and there were six stone rafters spaced very closely apart on the roof. The stone rafters were thicker than arms and more than a foot high from the ground. The iron house was surrounded by piles of dry firewood, and they would only wait until midnight to light the piles of firewood and burn Deng Canghai alive. If Deng Canghai wants to escape, he must remove the six stone rafters.
After careful consideration, Deng Canghai was ready to break the stone rafter with his head. It turns out that he also has amazing tricks. Once, he went to get a haircut, and the barber praised the razor for cutting iron like clay. He listened in his heart, and when it was time to get a haircut, he started to work hard, and the hair stood on end, like iron nails. The barber changed five knives in a row and rolled up the handle. Only then did he realize that he had offended him by boasting about Haikou, so he panicked and apologized quickly. He smoothed five curled razors for the barber, and then his hair was smoothed again.
The situation was urgent at this time. In order to escape from the tiger's mouth, Deng Canghai had no choice but to hit the stone with his head. He jumped and his head hit the roof. Each time he jumped, he knocked down a stone rafter. After all six of them were gone, he finally jumped out of the iron prison.
Deng Canghai fled to Wushan Bank, said goodbye to his boss, and returned to Wanzhou, concentrating on running the rice store and no longer meddling in other people's business.
However, although Deng Canghai wanted to settle the matter and hide away, "Gust of Wind" refused to let him go. However, "gust of wind" is a meticulous person. In order to find out the details of Deng Canghai, he sent several brothers to visit Wanzhou first.
In September of this year, just when new rice was on the market, a large ship selling rice suddenly came to the dock of Wanzhou Dengcanghai Rice Store. The boss on the ship lifted the 500-kilogram anchor from the ship with his toes, and with a slight kick, the anchor was thrown into the air like a rubber ball. At this time, an old man in Mihang was chopping firewood on the edge of the pier. When the anchor fell, the old man reached out and gently caught the anchor, and then wrapped the anchor chain around the stone pillar of the pier. This skill caused people on the boat and the shore to cheer.
The boss of the boat stepped out of the boat and saw the old man holding the anchor in his hand chopping firewood, but he was chopping it with his palm instead of a knife. The firewood next to him had been piled into a pile. When I walked to the kitchen again, I saw a child burning bamboo roots. The child did not chop with a knife, but just tore the bamboo roots into pieces with his hands like a banana, and threw them into the stove. The captain of the ship was so shocked that he stuck out his tongue. Knowing that Deng Canghai was not easy to deal with, he prepared to go back and report to "Gust of Wind". Before leaving, he said to the people in Mihang: "See you at the temple fair on March 3rd next year!"
The people in Mihang told Deng Canghai about this on the same day. Deng Canghai thought, if he takes a step back, the sky is brighter. If he continues to be competitive, he doesn't know what kind of disaster he will cause. With this thought, he has an idea in his mind.
On the day of the temple fair on March 3rd of the following year, the bandit leader "gust of wind" indeed brought more than 60 people to Wanzhou, preparing to splash blood on Deng's house. As soon as the ship docked, I suddenly heard that Deng Canghai had died of a sudden illness. His head had been burning for seven days, and the coffin had not yet been put out for the funeral.
"Gust of Wind" left everyone behind, disguised himself as a monk, wore cassocks, prepared some funeral rites, and went to Deng's house for the funeral.
When I arrived at the Deng Mansion, I saw the suona wailing, the bells and chimes bleak, the mourning curtains hung high inside and outside the foyer, the tables and chairs were wrapped in white cloth, people in mourning clothes came in and out, and there was a sound of sadness.
"Gust of Wind" announced his name outside the door, claiming to be a monk from Huilong Temple in Wushan and an old friend of Deng Canghai who came to express his condolences. When he arrived in the hall, he walked around Deng Canghai's coffin, crying hypocritically: "Brother, the poor monk is late!" As he said this, he stretched out his hand and tapped the coffin lid with the skill of beating a cow across a mountain. The long stone wrapped in a red quilt in the coffin was immediately shattered to pieces.
Deng Canghai escaped this disaster. From then on, he kept his name anonymous and managed the rice store in a safe and sound manner. It actually became the largest rice market connecting eastern Sichuan and western Sichuan.
