Chapter 221 Let’s go and punch in!
The official business in Xiangyang City has come to a temporary end, and Ou Zanghua finally has time to do some personal things, which is to visit Xiangyang’s famous internet celebrity check-in spot, Dugu Sword Tomb.

Ou Zanghua tried hard to recall the original text of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" for a while, then frowned slightly.

Because the original novel did not record the location of the sword tomb in detail, it only mentioned that "Yang Guo did not take the main road, but rode his horse through the wilderness", "intentionally or unintentionally, he gradually approached the deserted valley where he had fought with the Wu brothers the night before", and "at dusk, he saw knee-high grass all around and it was quiet. He realized that there was no one around, so he fell asleep in the grass."

As for in which desolate valley did the Wu brothers duel?
It's not far from 'a ruined temple outside the city'!
Um.
It's really weird that this dilapidated temple outside the city can be found after being found for more than two hundred years!

With no other options, Ou Zanghua could only change his approach, which was to look for the Bosuqu snake.

This snake has been mentioned in Buddhist scriptures. It has a faint golden glow all over its body. It has a fleshy horn on its head. It moves like the wind and is extremely difficult to catch. Its gallbladder is dark purple. After eating it, one will feel refreshed and have a great increase in strength.

It is a rare treasure in Jin Yong's universe that can increase internal strength and physical fitness.

Ou Zanghua had people post notices directly in Xiangyang City to collect information about the Bosuqu snake. As long as the information was confirmed to be correct, a reward of fifty taels of silver would be given.

As the saying goes, there is always a man who can take the risk when there is a big reward. Less than three days after the notice was posted, a snake catcher brought two snakes alive to Ou Zanghua.

Judging from the size of the snake, which is as thick as an arm, it must have a large gut.
Ou Zanghua rubbed his brows and instructed Ding Mian who was standing beside him, "Go and take down the notice! Just say that it has been found."

"Yes!"

Ding Mian responded and immediately walked out of the living room.

Ou Zanghua looked at the snake catcher and asked, "Where did you catch this kind of snake?"

The snake catcher stood with his back bent, his legs trembling a little, but he still mustered up the courage to say: "If you need it, I can catch it for you. It only costs five taels for one snake, so forty taels is enough!"

"Oh?"

Ou Zanghua narrowed his eyes, looked at the snake catcher and asked calmly: "Did you really catch this strange snake?"

"Of course!"

The snake catcher immediately straightened his chest, but shrank back again at Ou Zanghua's indifferent gaze.

"Humph!"

Ou Zanghua said coldly, with a hint of iciness in his tone: "Do you think I am a fool? You speak weakly, sweat easily, have a sallow face, and walk slowly. You are a weak person at first glance. How can you catch this strange snake that walks like the wind?!"

"me."

With a "bang!" sound, Ou Zanghua slammed the table and shouted, "Why don't you come over?!"

With a "thump", the snake catcher knelt on the ground with his knees weakened. He kowtowed and wailed, "Sir, please spare me, sir, please spare me! This was caught by my elder brother, and he didn't want to reveal the location of the strange snake, so, I stole his strange snake."

"If you don't want to die, take me to find your brother!" Ou Zanghua stood up and said indifferently.

"Yes Yes Yes"

The snake catcher nodded repeatedly, crawled to his feet, and led the way for Ou Zanghua.

Of course, in addition to the two of them, there was also Zuo Lengchan and a team of elite cavalry.

The group left Xiangyang City and walked south for nearly two hours before entering a forest. After walking for a while, they could no longer ride horses, so they had to dismount and walk.

While admiring the scenery, Ou Zanghua asked, "What is the name of this place?"

The snake catcher immediately replied: "I heard from the old man that this place is called Xian Mountain."

"So this is Mount Dan!" Ou Zanghua understood and showed a surprised expression.

"Lord Ou knows this place?" Zuo Lengchan asked curiously.

Ou Zanghua smiled gently and said, "I've read in a book that it is said that this is the cave abode of the imperial teacher Chisongzi, and it is also the place where Fuxi was buried after his death. It is also said that Fuxi's body turned into the peaks of Mount Xian, including Mount Xianshou, Mount Zigai, and Mount Wanshan." The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener may have taken it to heart.

The snake catcher never expected that the place where he had lived since childhood was actually the tomb of Fuxi. Does that mean there are treasures left by Fuxi in the mountains?

If you find one, you will become rich!

The group walked forward and came to a mountainside. The snake catcher pointed to the wooden house above and said, "My brother lives there. I won't go up there."

Before he could finish his words, Ding Mian carried him out of the team with one hand. "You still want to leave after coming to this point?"
"Wait, wait a minute." The snake catcher wanted to say something, but Ding Mian didn't want to listen.

The two of them just walked up, while Ou Zanghua and his party stood below and waited, and only went up after Ding Mian nodded at them.

There were few things in the wooden house, just a wooden bed, a stove, some pots and pans, a comb on the windowsill, and a bell hanging above it that made a "ding ding" sound when the wind blew.

Zuo Lengchan looked at the stone at the door, which was as tall as a person. After noticing the marks on it, he said to Ou Zanghua in surprise, "Sir Ou, this man has extraordinary arm strength. He must be a master."

"It doesn't matter. We are not here to seek revenge."

Ou Zanghua was very calm. He stood at the door of the house and looked at the scenery in the distance. He smiled and said, "I sit alone in the secluded bamboo forest, playing the zither and whistling. No one in the deep forest knows that the bright moon is shining on me. The scenery here is quite suitable for seclusion."

"You only feel this way when you come here occasionally. If you stay here for a long time, a young master like you won't be able to bear it."

At this moment, a low voice was heard, and everyone was startled. Some cavalrymen held the hilt of the sword with one hand, some cavalrymen raised their shields to block the man, and some cavalrymen were ready to shoot their bows.

The man stood on the stone above the wooden house, looking down at everyone.

Ou Zanghua turned around and pressed down the bows and arrows of the cavalrymen around him: "Put away your weapons, this friend has no ill intentions."

Then, he looked at the man, who was about five feet six inches tall, with slightly dark skin, a stubbled beard, a tiger back and monkey arms, and was carrying an iron sword and a large bow. He looked no ordinary man.

So, Ou Zanghua said gently: "Then you are wrong. If I lived here, I would build a courtyard against the mountain. The water in the courtyard would be brought in from the mountain. Then I would hire craftsmen to make all kinds of furniture. I would also hire ten cooks, thirty maids, and sixty servants. I would arrange for people to go down the mountain every seven days to buy all kinds of food."

"In this way, I should be able to stay for half a year! And then come back to stay for a while every few years."

The man was stunned after hearing this, pursed his lips, and said after a while: "You really know how to enjoy yourself."

"Not bad! I don't want to mistreat myself, and I don't want to let my loved ones suffer." Ou Zanghua cupped his hands and introduced himself: "I am Ou Zanghua, and I have something I want to ask you."

The man did not bend his legs or make any gestures. He suddenly stood up from the boulder and landed in front of Ou Zanghua. He bowed and said in return, "Lu Tiancheng, I am not worthy of your advice."

His surname is Lu and he still lives outside Xiangyang.
Ou Zanghua couldn't help but think of an old friend.

"What a great martial art!" Zuo Lengchan couldn't help but praise it when he saw it.

Lu Tiancheng blushed a little, and said woodenly: "It's not good, it's just a labor-saving method I found out while walking in this forest."

Ou Zanghua smiled and asked, "So you created it yourself. Friend Lu is quite talented! Did you give it a name?"

Lu Tiancheng showed a simple and honest smile and said, "It didn't have a name originally, but later it was given a name, Pan Yun Cheng Long."

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the word "dragon" was not a taboo word, and many civil officials and military generals had the word "dragon" in their names.

For example, Zhang Long, a famous general in the early Ming Dynasty, and his son Zhang Lin married Princess Fuqing, the eighth daughter of Emperor Taizu.

Another example is Li Panlong, the Henan Provincial Surveillance Commissioner during the Jiajing Dynasty, Zou Yinglong who impeached the Prime Minister Yan Song, Li Hualong, the Minister of War of Emperor Wanli, Gao Panlong, the master of Confucianism, and so on.

So after hearing the name, Ou Zanghua said with approval: "It's a good name!"

But why does it sound familiar?

(End of this chapter)