Chapter 4 Climbing Maoshan Mountain
"Shhhh Be quiet, or I'll be dead when it reaches my father's ears. Chu Qinglin hurriedly covered Zi Jue's mouth and glanced around, her heart beating faster.
Since that day, her father insisted on forcing her to marry Gongsun Gongzi, she has begun to take precautions.
Chu Qinglin got into the sedan chair, and Zi Jue also followed the people who sent her relatives according to her arrangement.
This Gongsun Gongzi's family is also worthy of being a well-known local tyrant in this town, and it can be reflected from the formation of this kiss, which is enough to round many girls."
Eight sedan chairs to marry"
dreams.
The afternoon sun was so hot that people couldn't open their eyes.
The procession to send off relatives is huge, and the carriage runs between the rugged mountain roads, and the slope is very large, not to mention the carriage, even people want to go over.
The wind blows through the cracks in the rocks, creating a wave of heat.
"Alas, what the hell is this weather!
”
A few people in the send-off procession complained as they wiped the beads of sweat that rained down on their faces.
"Let's hold on, let's go about another kilometer.
After this mountain road, you can reach it.
”
One of them comforted.
At last they had walked out of the mountain road, and the imposing procession came into a wood, where horses and men rustled on fallen leaves.
Due to the heat, the voices and eyes of the intellectuals in the trees were dry.
Almost instantly, a group of masked thieves dressed in black burst out of the forest with bows and arrows, long knives, and large axes to surround the convoy of relatives.
"I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to walk the road, leave the road to buy money.
”
A chubby black-clad thief twisted his fat body and jumped in front of the carriage, and the thief smiled and read out the classic opening sentence needed for robbery.
This can make the people in the family sending team panic, this is just a kiss, where will there be any property, at most there is a bride.
Just as the scene was deadlocked, I don't know who threw a string of red firecrackers"
Crackling"
sounded, the explosion caught both sides off guard, smoke filled everywhere, and horses' hooves were startled.
"Zijue, hurry!
Let's run together now.
”
Chu Qinglin picked up the burden and stretched out her hand from the sedan chair to signal Zijue to catch her.
Zi Jue stretched out her fingers and took her hand and quickly got off the sedan chair, and the two took advantage of the chaos to run away without a trace.
"Sister Lin, where are we going?
Why don't you go home?
”
Zi Jue was led by her to run, the speed was too strong, she ran dizzy, and she was sweating profusely.
She only knew how to run with Sister Lin, and as for where she was going to run, she didn't know.
"Go to Maoshan!
”
Chu Qinglin struggled to carry the heavy wedding dress, complaining in her heart about the grandson, what kind of wedding dress is this?
So heavy!
"Ahh
?
Maoshan?
”
Zi Jue was shocked, this Sister Lin is going to Maoshan to escape marriage?
!
"Sister Lin, should I go with me too?
”
"You don't have a home anyway, so you might as well follow me.
Then the two of us went to Maoshan Mountain to apprentice together, and after returning from learning, we walked the rivers and lakes to eliminate demons for the world.
In the future, I want to become the most powerful demon slayer in the world!
Slay demons and eliminate demons for the people!
”
Chu Qinglin's face was righteous and awe-inspiring, and she said indignantly.
"Sister Lin, do you really hate demons so much?
Why do you say you want to get rid of demons at every turn?
”
Zi Jue asked puzzled.
"Yes, I hate demons so much that I swore to kill all the demons in the world.
”
Chu Qinglin's eyebrows revealed an extremely cold aura, the hands in her sleeves were clenched into fists, and her eyes were bloodshot, "Because I personally saw my eldest sister possessed by demons, she killed my eldest sister and took away her body, and used her body to confuse the emperor and do a lot of heinous things."
Not only that, but that day she was found out by my mother to be a demon queen and used a spell to kill my mother.
I saw it all in my eyes, and I didn't dare to say it, because I couldn't fight her, so I swore that I would become a demon slayer to avenge my eldest sister and mother.
Kill the demons in the world and restore peace in the world.
”
Zi Jue's eyebrows jumped, fortunately, Yun Shu gave her this piece of jade to make the horns on her forehead disappear, otherwise now Sister Lin would hate herself, and even want to kill herself.
"Sister Lin, it's not what you think, not all demons are bad demons.
In fact, there are kind-hearted demons in this world.
”
Zi Jue explained, she thought of Yun Shu, Yun Shu is a good demon, he won't hurt anyone and is very good to her, so in her heart, there are still many good demons like Yun Shu in the world.
It's just that Sister Lin met a bad demon, if Sister Lin met a good demon, then she wouldn't hate the demon as much as she does now.
"Zi Jue, you don't know that demons can deceive people, anyway, I won't believe in demons, I hate them!
”
Chu Qinglin said firmly.
It was she who witnessed how the demon brutally killed her mother, and how she shamelessly used her sister's body to do all the unethical things that hurt heaven and reason.
She has never seen a good demon, and she doesn't believe that there will be a good demon, in her heart, all demons are just as bad, as long as they are demons, they do things that are unconscionable.
"Zijue, you put on this dress, it's not safe for us two women to walk on the road, it's better to pretend to be a man.
”
Chu Qinglin took out the burden on her body, in addition to two sets of men's clothes and some buns, there was also a string of firecrackers that had not been blown up.
Indeed, she set off the firecracker, and those thieves were actually hired by her for money.
Zi Jue took the men's clothes and put them on, it always felt a little wide, big, and the cuffs were a little like the kind of singing and playing, which was a little uncomfortable.
On the contrary, the one that Chu Qinglin wore was like a tailor-made one on her, not tight or wide, her slender hand lifted the ink satin-like silk hair, took a branch next to her, and pinned it high.
Zi Jue was dumbfounded, Sister Lin was very beautiful as a woman, but she didn't expect to be more handsome dressed as a man!
If Sister Lin was a man, she would definitely not marry him.
Chu Qinglin was speechless and flicked the head of Zi Jue, who was a nymphomaniac, with her fingers, "Zi Jue, you must remember that we can't reveal our identity as women, and we can't say anything when we get to Maoshan, because Maoshan only accepts male disciples, never female disciples."
”
"Oooh......"
Zi Jue sighed a few times, and her eyes kept lingering on her sister Lin.
Then he suddenly remembered something and jumped up: "Didn't I call you Brother Lin?"
!
”
“……”
This girl would be entangled in this, Chu Qinglin was really speechless about her.
The journey to Maoshan was smooth sailing, but because the weather was too hot, the buns brought by Chu Qinglin were baked into real "dry food"
, dry, hard, bite, you will feel that your teeth are about to fall out.
Moreover, most of the roads to Maoshan are mountain roads, and they rarely encounter water, so they can only swallow saliva when they are thirsty.
On the way, they only saw the mountains and the rocks were steep, and they wondered why the road was so smooth, and it was common sense that there should be bandits in the way.
Maybe it's because it's too hot and the bandits are on vacation, but it's a good time.
"Sister Lin, it's not right, Brother Lin, look at the fruit ahead!
”
After walking for a long time, I saw a few big trees in front of me, Zi Jue's eyes were shining, there was really fruit on the trees!
The red fruit looms among the green leaves, and the red fruit is still reflected in the light, and it looks crystal clear, and it looks like I want to take a bite.
Zi Jue couldn't wait to jump to the tree, but the problem came again, this tree was really high!
It's a pity that she is not tall enough, and in the midst of all the entanglements, Chu Qinglin didn't know where to find a long stick.
The stick was just able to touch the fruit, and in less than half a cup of tea, Chu Qinglin had already laid down a lot of red fruits.
"Brother Lin is amazing!
”
Zi Jue happily ate the fruit while praising Chu Qinglin.
Chu Qinglin was silent for a moment and said a few words: "Next time, just remember to use a pole or not."
”
The night was already twilight, Zi Jue and Chu Qinglin were also tired, they stopped under an old tree to rest, Zi Jue felt that her feet hurt so much, she gently took off her shoes, and her toes were swollen and red.
Chu Qinglin looked at her red toes and said distressedly: "Zijue, bear with me, probably tomorrow we will be able to go to Maoshan Mountain."
”
"Hmm.
”
Zi Jue nodded, rested her head on her soft shoulder and fell asleep.
The next day, the two of them got up early and hurried.
After a green forest, there are many steep mountains in front of the mountain, the sea of clouds lingers in the middle of the mountain, the mist is rising, the woods under the mountain are luxuriant, the wind blows and makes a rattling sound, and the leaves are turned in one direction, neatly aligned.
"Zijue, we have finally arrived at Maoshan Mountain!
Look, there it is!
The old map didn't lie to me.
”
Chu Qinglin looked excited, happily pointed to the mountain in front of her that stood tall among the sea of clouds, looking at the map drawn by the old Taoist in her hand, she also doubted that this map was real or false at first, but she was still willing to take this map and try it.
Sure enough, the old Taoist really didn't lie to her, but it's a pity that the red demon slaying sword that the old Taoist bought at a high price forgot to bring it out.
Zi Jue raised his head and looked at the high mountain, with a bitter face, "Brother Lin, are we going to climb up?"
”
"That's right!
If we don't climb up, can't we fly up?
?
”
"But it's so high!
Can we really go up?
”
Chu Qinglin glanced at her and was silent for a while, "How do you know if you can't climb without trying?"
”
Zi Jue breathed a long sigh of relief, swallowed his saliva, and adjusted his breathing and mentality, "Okay, Brother Lin, let's try it."
”
The road ahead is fine, but the trail behind is getting steeper.
Thankfully, it's sunny and not raining these days, otherwise some landslides and the like would have killed Huangquan.
After climbing for a long time, they finally saw the true face of Maoshan, and when they came to the gate of Maoshan, they were already exhausted and collapsed, and they didn't have the strength to knock on the door made of white marble again.
Suddenly, the door opened, and out of it came a young man in Tsing Yi carrying a basket on his back.
The young man looked at the two people lying at the inexplicable door, they looked overworked, nonsense, wouldn't they be tired to climb this mountain alive?
If you don't climb to the Western Elysium, you will be a fortune-teller!
The two of them were too tired to open their eyes, but they felt that the side of their eyes was blurry, and a figure was standing staggeringly.
"This brother is ...... We...... It's a ...... who came to Maoshan to apprentice."
Chu Qinglin finally finished saying this sentence with her tired body, and then collapsed.
Zi Jue next to him had no strength to climb to the door and fell down for a long time.
The young man in Tsing Yi hurriedly put down the basket on his body, and called someone inside to come out and carry the two people in.
When he opened his eyes, the scene in front of him gradually became clear from blur, and Chu Qinglin knew that he was already in Maoshan Mountain.
Unable to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, he opened his eyes and looked around with joy, the decoration in the hall was very quaint, and there were many strange symbols painted on the jade floor.
This is the Maoshan in her dream, she turned her head to the bed and looked at the bed, Zi Jue's girl was still sleeping soundly, she was tired enough these days, Chu Qinglin was not in a hurry to wake her up, let her rest quietly.
"Squeaky ......"
The door of the room was pushed open, and the young man in Tsing Yi walked in and said respectfully, "Two sons, my master is invited."
Please also ask the two sons to follow me to the inner sanctum.
”
Chu Qinglin shook Zi Jue awake, Zi Jue was woken up in a daze, and she didn't know what was going on, but her hand was pulled by Chu Qinglin, so she followed this young man in Tsing Yi to this huge place and walked around, and it took half a while to come to a very wide and bright palace that looked very comfortable.
There were several white-clothed people standing in the palace, among which there was a gray-haired old man who stroked his white beard, his eyes were half-narrowed, and his smile was like a vivid Maitreya Buddha.
From the moment they entered the door, the old man looked at them very kindly, Zi Jue felt that he was like her grandfather, but she had never seen her grandfather, in short, she felt that he had a sense of intimacy.
"But the two of you came to my Maoshan as disciples?
”
The slightly taller middle-aged man in the middle asked sternly, not only his tone was a little strict, but even his expression was the same, no, his face looked almost expressionless.
"Exactly, I wonder if the elders can agree to admit the two of us?
”
Chu Qinglin stepped forward and asked respectfully.
"Since you can come to my Maoshan Mountain, it is also related to my Maoshan Mountain, if you want to worship me as a teacher, it depends on whether I, the junior disciples present, are still willing to accept you two as disciples.
”
The man replied.
Chu Qinglin looked at the elders present, her eyes flashed with a glimmer of hope, waiting, hoping that there would be another elder who was willing to accept them as apprentices.
"Old man, let me ask you a question first, if you can answer to the old man's satisfaction, the old man is willing to accept you as the old man's seventh disciple.
”
The white-haired old man who smiled kindly and kindly took off the gourd on his waist and shook it and said to Chu Qinglin: "If the old man has nothing in this gourd, what will you fill it if you want to fill it?"
”
Chu Qinglin's body stiffened, she had never heard such a question, the corners of her mouth twitched a few times, is this also a problem?
It could have been easier!
Is it pretending to be a demon?
But what he said was full, and it was obviously inappropriate to pretend to be a demon.
After thinking for a moment, she smiled and said, "I'll fill the wine!"
”
The old man laughed and nodded his head in applause, "This young man and old man will accept it."
”
Looking at Chu Qinglin, she was secretly happy in her heart, she could guess that the old man likes to drink, and in the future, there will be another good man who can go down the mountain to buy wine and honor the old man!
Chu Qinglin was so excited that she knelt down and said, "Master, please accept the apprentice's worship!"
”
Her prospective master helped her up with a smile, "Those who know that the old man loves wine are the old man's apprentices."
”
Chu Qinglin was a little strange when she heard her master's words, anyway, she was very excited when she thought that she could stay in Maoshan to learn art.
It's just that Zijue's words today seem a little wooden, and she has very few words, not so much that she has few words, but that she has not said a word since she came here.
Chu Qinglin was a little worried that she would not be able to worship the master, and then left Maoshan, she was lonely and had no relatives, which was quite pitiful.
"What's your name?
”
A calm voice resounded in Zijue's ears, and when she heard someone ask her, she raised her head and replied sleepily, "An Zijue."
”
In fact, it is not that she is speechless, but that she follows Sister Lin every day for a long journey, and she does not sleep comfortably and comfortably when she climbs the mountain, and now she can't help but take a nap when she comes to this place that can shelter from the wind and close the sun.
In front of her stood a man in a light blue shirt, with a light sword hanging from his waist, and he didn't look too old, about twenty-five years old.
But from his temperament, he can see a kind of stability, dignified appearance, and can be regarded as a talent.
I always felt that there was a kind of coldness between his eyebrows, extremely cold, extremely cold, his gaze did not have the gentleness of Yun Shu, it was as cold as a sharp sword piercing into people's bones.
"Would you like to be my apprentice?
”
The man in the pale blue shirt asked her.