In the backyard of Guanzhong, there is a plane tree that has lived for an unknown number of years, and its umbrella-like canopy covers half of the sky. Under the tree, there is a Taishi chair, and an old Taoist priest lies in the Taishi chair.

Xuan Cheng hurriedly walked into the backyard and saw the old Taoist priest, so he couldn't wait to say, "There were just two people here, ask about that kid!"

"I know. The old Taoist priest's closed eyes opened a slit, glanced at the little Taoist Xuancheng with a slightly nervous and anxious expression, smiled slightly, and said: "That kid should be about to wake up, although the tendons and veins of his feet are connected, they should not be able to move in a short time." You pack up, go up the mountain for a few days, look at some people, don't finally pick up the veins, turn around and break again!"

Xuan Cheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "What about you?"

The old Taoist priest replied with a smile: "There is no major problem with his injury, it's just that he has lost too much blood, just take a few more days." I'm an old bone, so I won't move!"

When Xuan Cheng heard this, he was a little uneasy: "What if those two people come back to find someone again?"

"This Baishui Temple is so big, if they want to find someone, let them find it!" the old Taoist priest looked indifferent.

"What if they make trouble?" asked Xuan Cheng again.

The old Taoist priest smiled and said: "In this view, follow them, they can't find anyone, even if they want to make trouble, at most they will smash something, besides, I'm a half-cut person, and they won't embarrass me." You can rest assured. ”

Xuan Cheng was still a little relieved, but the old Taoist priest was very stubborn and insisted on letting him go up the mountain. In desperation, he had no choice but to obey the arrangement and leave the mountain to go up.

Before leaving, the old Taoist priest gave him a package, saying that it contained some food and clothes for the boy.

Xuan Cheng didn't think much about it, carried the package, and went to the back mountain.

The mountain behind this white water view has a strange name, called Empty Mountain.

On the empty mountain, the woods are particularly dense, especially above the halfway point of the mountain. Nearby villagers occasionally come to this back mountain to hunt, but basically do not go to the position above the halfway up the mountain, for fear of getting lost.

Although this mountain is not big, it also has some evil sects, and if people get lost in it, it is basically difficult for them to return alive.

A few years ago, there were a few bold people who did not believe in evil and did not listen to persuasion, so they had to go halfway up the mountain to see what was going on. As a result, no one came back from the mountain in the morning, until it was dark. The people in the village were in a hurry and came to Guanli for help.

At that time, Xuan Cheng was still young, and the old Taoist priest did not let him follow. Later, Xuan Cheng heard the news from the people in the village, it is said that that that night, the old Taoist priest went up the mountain alone, and no one let him follow. Tossed in the middle of the night, and when it was almost dawn, I carried a person back.

They went with three people, but only one person was rescued.

Since then, no one in the nearby village has taken a step beyond the 'thunder pool'. Even, even in the part below the mountainside, few villagers dare to go, at most they hover at the foot of the mountain.

However, for the villagers, the very evil empty mountain is a little different for the two brothers of Baishuiguan.

Xuan Cheng followed the path covered with weeds behind the view, and ran all the way to the empty mountain, with a light posture and extremely fast legs and feet.

Soon, his figure disappeared into the dense woods, and he disappeared without a trace.

He had just gone up the mountain, and on the road outside the Baishuiguan Gate, there were a few more figures.

They were all dressed in black, with swords at their waists, and rode high-headed horses.

When the group arrived at the White Water Temple, they all stopped.

The leader was a man with a thin face and a grim gaze. After glancing at the plaque on the door of Baishuiguan, he raised his hand and gestured.

Suddenly, several people who followed dismounted one after another. One person stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the rest stood by and waited.

There was a knock on the door, but no one came to open it.

The man at the head of the horse, who was still on the horse, gradually frowned.

"My lord, do you want to go over the wall and go in to investigate?" The man who knocked on the door came back to his senses and asked the man for instructions.

The man groaned for a moment, and was about to nod, but the door of the White Water Temple creaked open.

Everyone looked towards the door.

Behind the door, an old Taoist priest with a somewhat rickety figure, wearing a loose Taoist robe that had been washed a little white, stood there with a cane, under his half-closed and half-open eyelids, his cloudy eyes swept over several people outside the door, and asked, "What is the matter with you?"

"We're looking for someone. After everyone was stunned for a moment, the man who knocked on the door before stepped forward and said unceremoniously.

The old Taoist priest seemed to have a bad eye, squinted his eyes and stared at him, and after looking at him for a while, he asked, "Are you looking for my junior brother?" That's really unfortunate, he just went up the mountain. ”

"Senior brother?" The man who knocked on the door was stunned for a moment: "What junior brother, we are looking for this person!" he said, took off the paper tube on his waist, took out a picture scroll, spread it out and handed it to the old Taoist priest.

After the old Taoist priest took it, he looked at it for a long time before shaking his head and saying, "I don't know this person." ”

"Don't you know?" The man who knocked on the door sank his face: "We have inquired, someone saw that you saved an injured man three days ago, he is not very old, what about the kid?"

When the old Taoist priest heard this, he immediately laughed and said, "You said that little boy, he is gone!"

"Gone?" The knocker stared at the old Taoist priest with a suspicious expression: "When did you leave?"

"The day before yesterday!" replied the old Taoist priest without thinking.

The knocker looked at him, still a little unconvinced. But after all, three days have passed, and it is normal to leave. After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and ran to the man who was still on the horse, and after repeating what the old Taoist priest had just said, he asked, "Do you want to go in and search?"

Immediately, the man looked at the old Taoist priest standing at the door, and the old Taoist priest was also looking at him. It's just that in the eyes that can't be narrowed into a slit, I probably can't see his figure clearly.

Immediately, the man withdrew his gaze and nodded to the man who knocked on the door.

The man who knocked on the door was ordered, and immediately beckoned to the few people standing around, and then walked to the old Taoist priest at the door and said, "Old Taoist, I'm sorry." We're going to have to search your temple!"

The old Taoist priest was reluctant, holding the doors on both sides with both hands, and his lips trembled slightly: "What is the truth of this?"

The man who knocked on the door touched a token from his waist again, and said, "We are from the Beiwangfu of Jingcheng Town, and we were ordered to hunt down the person on the picture just now." This search is also a routine procedure, if the old Taoist chief does not have any Tibetans, just rest assured, we will leave after the search, and we will definitely not be too embarrassed!"

The old Taoist priest looked at him, although his face turned a little pale with anger, but in the end he still moved his steps and let go of the door.

When the man saw it, he immediately rushed in with someone.

The old Taoist priest leaned against the door frame and kept muttering: "Where does this come from!"

Soon, the man came out with people, and naturally he got nothing. However, it is true that as the man said, although they didn't find anyone, they didn't dwell too much on it, and soon took people away.

The sound of clattering horses' hooves faded away.

The old Taoist priest who was standing at the door with a bow watched those people disappear at the end of the mountain road, and was about to turn around and look inside, when suddenly two figures walked out of the woods on the opposite side, and a voice of "Old Taoist Chief, please stay" stopped the old Taoist priest.

The old Taoist priest looked up, and the two people who came, one of them was in a long figure and carrying a sword behind his back. One had a rough face and a short knife at his waist.

It was the two people who asked Xuan Cheng for water before.