178. Realm

Step to the Tianshan Pavilion, walk to the sky.

It's crazy.

I don't know which master designed this mountain pavilion, just standing outside, you can feel a strong difference, but you can see that the whole circle of walls surrounding the mountain pavilion is made of natural mountain stones of similar size and color, without any polishing and shaping, it is stacked into a wall like a strange shape, but these stones are not piled up randomly, each piece is actually selected, Observe and calculate, pile up at just the right angle so as not to collapse due to instability, the gaps caused by the irregular shape of the stone are entangled by the pervasive mountain vines, like blood vessels under human skin spread out on the mountain stone wall, adding a bit of seclusion to this mountain pavilion.

The gate of the mountain pavilion is a decent wooden frame wooden fan, painted with dark green paint, inlaid with brass door knocker, in order to welcome guests opened early, on the left side of the door is a strange maple, like an upside-down octopus stretching its branches with its teeth and claws, in front of the gate to open a large piece of fire cloud-like leaf shadow, on the right side of the door at random threw a piece of more than one person high exquisite mountain stone, standing alone, at the root of the foot is to drill out a few bushes of dwarf wild chrysanthemums.

"It's casual. "Fourth Young Master Yan defined the first impression that this mountain pavilion brought to him.

Arbitrary, anywhere at will, the courtyard wall, the vines climbing the wall, the trees outside the door, the mountain and stone scenery, and even the few bushes of wild chrysanthemums, every place is arbitrarily placed and growing, without false decoration, no one manages, what is love.

The brothers and sisters of the Yan family walked up the mountain with them into the gate of the mountain pavilion under the guidance of the Tu family, and then there was a spicy pain, a large area of bright red color stung over, and everyone couldn't help but want to rub their eyes.

Different from other people's mansions are brick and stone squares when they enter the door, this mountain pavilion is paved with scarlet maple leaves and mangrove leaves all over the ground, which is thick and soft under the feet, making a rustling and squeaking sound, lingering is a fragrance of wood leaves, occasionally the autumn wind blows, the leaves all over the ground are pushed up one by one red waves, tumbling from far and near, surging past the feet of everyone.

Usually after entering the gate should be a brick and stone square, the front end of the square is the main hall hall, the host should stand in the gate to welcome guests, but there is no place to follow the rules of the Tianshan Pavilion, entering the door is a wild red leaves clearing, originally the main hall of the place tile is not, only a piece of white craggy mountain stone across the entire mountain hall in front of the face, reflecting the red leaves under the feet more white as human bones, ghosts and beasts.

If according to the traditional design concept, where there is a mountain stone as a barrier, a tunnel should be dug in the belly of the mountain to lead to the place, but it is placed here to subvert the tradition, but it is an axe in the east and west to cut out a loose stone step on the mountain, all the way to the top of the mountain screen - not from the mountain to walk, but to climb the mountain and turn over to the inner courtyard.

"It's too arbitrary!" Fourth Young Master Yan changed his words, and immediately turned into a casual comparison, but this word was full of appreciation and unreasonable admiration, and it was properly the brain-dead fan of the Arrow God.

Several people followed the people of Tu Mansion to climb this stone screen with novelty, stood on the top of the screen and looked forward, and couldn't help but exclaim in unison: but saw that there was a large natural living pool at the foot, and the water bubbled out from the stone cracks in the mountain wall on the west side, and after flowing into this pool, it was full of accumulation to overflow the surface of the pool, and then flowed out from the edge of the pool on the east side, and flew down the mountain like a bead of throwing line.

The north side of the pond, directly opposite the white stone mountain screen, is a real mountain, which is artificially dug out of the space that is recessed into the belly of the mountain, and built with wood outside the notch to form rooms suspended on the mountain wall, half of these rooms are in the belly of the mountain, half of which are suspended outside the mountain wall, from low to high, irregularly built layer by floor, and the houses are connected by wooden stairs fixed to the mountain wall, so that from the outside it looks like a strange-shaped building, and like a giant dragon with coiled columns, all the way up the mountain to the peak.

There is an arched wooden bridge between the white stone mountain screen and the suspended pavilion, flying on the pond water, everyone descends the ladder from the stone mountain screen, walks across the arch bridge, and finally arrives at the mountain belly house pavilion on the lowest level of the pond surface.

The wooden part of this pavilion is a real ancient style building, only the doors and windows are made into floor-to-ceiling glass windows, so that enough light shines into the mountain, the roof in the mountainside is dug high, the internal space is also worthy of a serious banquet hall, the roof and the four walls are polished and smoothed, painted with snow-white paint, and the ground extends the wooden part of the maple floor, the wax is oily, so that the inner part of the mountain belly and the wooden part become a seamless whole.

There is nothing out of place in the hall furnishings, on the front wall a horizontal axis of thousands of mountains and thousands of mountains and inks, under the table and the main seat, on both sides of the guest tables and chairs, dotted with flowers and plants and incense burner ornaments, the guests have gradually received the exclamation that has not been interrupted all the way, and the host who welcomes the guests in the hall salutes and greets.

The young man who greeted the guests claimed to be Tu Hong, the eldest young master of the Tu family, similar to Tu Mi six or seven points, wearing a very stable dark green robe, and he was also polite.

"I don't know where the arrow god is. Fourth Young Master Yan whispered to Yan Qidao.

Before Yan Qi could respond, the guest next to him accosted him, and said with a smile: "It's not good that you won't even show your face - haven't you looked carefully at the invitation? The post is in the name of Tu Fu, not the Arrow God himself, so it doesn't matter if he shows up or not, not to mention that it is rumored that the Arrow God has always disliked entertainment, this autumn banquet is actually set up by Tu Shangshu of the Arrow God's Father's Ministry of War on behalf of the emperor to examine talents, and the young people invited are all young juniors, so only let the eldest young master of the Tu family come to greet the door, I want to see the Arrow God, I think, difficult!"

Fourth Young Master Yan was a little disappointed when he heard this, he lowered his head and sat on the chair to finger himself, but the guests in the hall gradually increased, sure enough, they were all young and handsome, most of them were male guests, and there were also female guests, all of them were quite energetic, most of them were carrying bows and arrows, it can be seen that they were all coming for the name of the arrow god, if there is anyone who has the most fans in the official circle, it is probably the arrow god Tu Mi.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone is a young person, you don't have to be polite, the scenery on this mountain is still eye-catching, it's boring to sit down, please feel free to enjoy it," Tu Hong, the young master Tu, smiled and talked to everyone in the hall who had already arrived, "My father still has some business to do in the office today, and I guess I will be able to come back in a while, you don't have to be restrained, let's not talk about those clichés here!"

Most of the guests invited today are from the "Department of Physical Education", either skilled in martial arts or know arrows, and they are not the literati, so they all responded happily when they heard the words, and got up one after another, and came out of this hall under the guidance of the people of Tu Fu, and walked up in twos and threes along the wooden ladder fixed on the mountain wall.

The wooden ladder connects the high and low pavilions embedded in the mountain wall, each pavilion has a different furnishing arrangement, and the scenery outside the window is also different, and the guests choose their favorite place or sit down to drink tea and chat, or enjoy the scenery, or make friends, but also very comfortable.

Fourth Young Master Yan took Yan Qi all the way to the top of the mountain: "The best scenery is on the peak, what Dad said!"

When I got to the top of the peak, I saw that there were already seven or eight guests who had arrived first, standing in a spacious octagonal pavilion to watch the scenery. The topography of this peak is also flat, the pavilion is very large, can set up four tables of banquets, the pavilion is surrounded by trees such as coxagulus, Acer truncatum, triangular maple, pentagonal maple, Acer chinensis and torch maple, the layers of leaves are like a large group of red clouds, and they are particularly dazzling against the background of the surrounding green mountains.

The guests who arrived first were pointing to the rope bridge that extended from the edge of the cliff to the opposite Xianlu Peak and discussed: "This rope bridge is only made of hemp rope, it is too overhanging, the hemp rope is too light, the wind blows back and forth, and it is not very strong, I am afraid that those who are not a little bold really dare not go up." ”

"Is there a pavilion built on the peak over there?" someone asked.

"Not over there. A voice responded, and everyone turned their heads to look over, and saw that it was a person wearing a gray and blue robe, who was also seven or eight points similar to Tu Mi, it was Tu Tao, the third young master of the Tu family, with a smile on his face, and a little bit of arrogance that he didn't want to hide more.

"And what is the purpose of this rope bridge?" asked a girl innocently.

"Try your guts. The corners of Third Young Master Tu's mouth hooked up a contemptuous smile, and his gaze swept over everyone's faces, "My brother is on the peak over there, don't you all want to see him this time?" ”

There are only three young masters in the Tu family, all of whom are descendants, and the arrow god Tu Mi is the second.

Although everyone was a little excited when they heard it, they looked at the soft and collapsed rope bridge, and they were a little hesitant, this bridge is only one person wide and narrow, and the two hemp ropes that serve as bridge railings are very low, if you want to "help" Walking past the bridge railing, you can only use the posture of bending over and kicking your buttocks, it is really too ugly, and if you don't support, such a soft bridge is difficult to maintain body balance, not to mention that between the two peaks is equivalent to a tuyere, the wind speed here will be faster and more fierce than elsewhere, the length of the bridge is nearly 100 meters, the weight of people falling on it can hardly play any role in the sinking of the center of gravity, so if you go to the middle of the sudden wind, maybe you will throw people out of the bridge, the foot is a deep cliff, although everyone is from the Department of Physical Education, but there are a few people who have practiced light skills or kung fu such as a thousand gold pendantsWe are the second generation of officials, not the sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes!

Seeing that everyone was hesitant, the contemptuous smile on the corner of the third young master's lips became a little stronger, and he stood behind him with his arms crossed and looked at these people, and did not urge.

"Can you really see Mr. Tu when you go to that peak?" Fourth Young Master Yan suddenly asked.

"What a lie to you. Third Young Master Tu snorted.

"Okay, I'll go over!" Fourth Young Master Yan didn't hesitate to walk towards the bridge.

"Hey—" The other guests were a little surprised at the sight, and one of them hurriedly reached out and grabbed him, "Think twice! This bridge is not a joke!

"No, it won't. Fourth Young Master Yan shook his head.

"Then you still dare to take risks?!" This person looked at Fourth Young Master Yan as if he was looking at Erlengzi, "If you can't see it this time, there will always be a time when you can see it, so why gamble on this moment." ”

"I'm not angry," Fourth Young Master Yan looked at this person strangely, "I really want to go over and meet the Arrow God, although it is possible to see him again in the future, but I wonder if there will be no chance to get so close to him again, no matter what, I still want to try, maybe the Arrow God will be happy to accept me as an apprentice!"

"Stop dreaming. Third Young Master Tu laughed when he heard this, "There are more people in the world who want to worship my second brother, and there are countless people who are more daring than you and who are more sincere than you, and there are even a few who have lost their lives in vain, and I haven't seen my second brother blink an eye, where do you get the confidence to be sure that my second brother will take you as an apprentice?"

"It's possible, how can you know if you can't if you don't try?" Fourth Young Master Yan didn't care at all, just walked in the direction of the rope bridge.

Yan Qi followed behind him, and some of the others dissuaded the Fourth Young Master Yan and some asked the Third Young Master Tu to step forward to stop him, but the Fourth Young Master Yan turned a deaf ear, and the Third Young Master Tu did not move at all.

Walking to the edge of the cliff, without the blocking of the mountain wall, the wind was indeed much faster, and the rope bridge made of hemp rope was blown in the air and kept flying, until everyone's scalp was numb, and they stood far away, refusing to go any further.

Young Master Yan squatted down and touched the hemp rope, it was thick enough, but it couldn't compare to the iron chain bridge, not to mention that usually the rope bridge body will be built with wooden planks for people to walk, this bridge is directly the bottom of the hemp rope braid, it is very soft, and there is no way to grasp the balance.

Fourth Young Master Yan looked at it for a while, got up and lifted his robe and tucked it into his waist, it seemed that he really planned to try to walk this terrible bridge, and then "bah" twice, spit on each hand, rubbing his hands, so that when he walked with a rope for a while, he could increase friction.

turned his head and saw Yan Qi behind him, the fourth young master Yan grinned: "Seventh sister, you are waiting for me here, if I accidentally fall, you don't have to be afraid of being sad, go back to the house and talk to my father and my mother, just say that the shock is not filial, and they can't be happy anymore, so they don't have to think about me, my private silver is hidden on the beam of my bedroom, my horse is given to Xiao Shi, and ......"

"Aren't you sure?" Yan Qi suddenly asked him.

"Not at all. Fourth Young Master Yan said.

"Then why take the risk?" Yan Qi asked.

Fourth Young Master Yan smiled with white teeth: "I heard the old slave in the family talk about my father when he was as old as me, saying that once my father went to climb the mountain, and after spending a whole day climbing to the top of the mountain, he found that the mountain on the opposite side was higher and the scenery was better, and the hemp rope connecting the two mountains was only an arm-thick hemp rope, and I don't know who got it, and the bottom was the abyss, if you want to go to the opposite mountain, you can only spend another two or three days to climb the mountain after going down the mountain again, or you can use the hemp rope to climb the opposite side in the air."

So Dad chose to climb the hemp rope, and really climbed over it. Later, I asked my father why he took such a risk, and he said: The most beautiful and irresistible taste in this world is not the best food, nor the love between men and women, nor wealth and power, but challenging the unknown, conquering the unknown, and understanding the unknown.

"Dad said that every unknown solution is an improvement of one's own realm, and three things are needed to improve one's own realm: knowledge, understanding, and courage. Perception is mostly innate, and knowledge can make up for it, and if I have neither extraordinary understanding nor rich knowledge, at least I must have enough courage to dare to challenge and conquer the unknown.

"Dad said that it is not God who determines the fate of life, but the realm of people themselves. So Seventh Sister, the arrow god I admire is on the opposite mountain, if I just give up the opportunity to challenge this and give up understanding this experience, then I think my life may be so cringe. Although I am not sure, if I am completely sure, it is not called a challenge, maybe I will fail, but at least I can prove that I have courage. ”

Looking at Yan Qi's deep eyes, who listened carefully to what he said, Fourth Young Master Yan finally lowered his voice and leaned in front of her and added: "And in fact, the main reason is that I just want to use success to slap this Tu San'er's face!

"Then let's give him a left and right bow mixed male and female double slap in the face. Yan Qi said and stepped onto the rope bridge.