Volume 2 Descending the Mountain Chapter 22 Old Place, New Man
Green mountains at the feet, long rivers under the mountains.
The river next to the Qing'an embankment is old, and the thing is the scene of the year, and the person is no longer a teenager.
On the bluestone slab next to Qingyu Village, Shentu Bai Xiao and Yeshang sat on the shore together, their feet soaked in the river.
At that time, there was always a rickety old woman, who gently reminded "Xiaoxiao, don't play in the water, the river is cold." ”
At this time, Shentu Bai Xiao is no longer afraid of cold water and hot yang, but the kind voice in his ears can no longer be found.
Yeshang sat next to the young man, watching the young man fall into deep thought, ten fingers stirring around, and asked cautiously, "Bai Xiao, can you not go down the mountain?" ”
Shentu Bai Xiao woke up from his contemplation, "Aren't we just at the bottom of the mountain?" ”
It was a few years ago that the alien beast changed the world, and today's Qinghe Village has long been rebuilt with the help of the county government.
The rebuilt Qingyu Village is more than twice as large as before. The barren mountains in the east were originally abandoned, and now the houses are like houses. On the contrary, the old site has been uninhabited and abandoned.
I heard from the old people in the village that the newly transferred county lord was a big official in Jingmen County at a young age, but he didn't know who he offended and was transferred to this place where birds don't.
In the past, the two county orders of Qingyu Village and the neighboring Wuyun Village were all beaten down by Longtou Town, and those who didn't want it were put here as officials. Basically, they are over half a hundred years old, thinking about the second half of their lives, so they come here.
And the old man Zhou who was transferred down this time was strange, he was in his twenties, he should have been the age of his prime, but he was willing to be the county magistrate of Qingyu Village and Wuyun Village. Eating and drinking all day long, and occasionally opening a court to decide a case is also far from the momentum of those big masters.
But I have to say that this Zhou County Commander is really capable.
After a natural disaster and beast disaster in Qingyu Village, eighty percent of the villagers died, and the remaining two percent ran as far as they could, and they didn't dare to come back.
Wuyun Village and Qingyu Village are close to each other, and many villagers see the tragic situation of Qingyu Village, and they dare not stay home for a moment. I was afraid that it would be my turn tomorrow, and I ran most of it.
As soon as Zhou County Ling took office, he first invited the immortals on Longhu Mountain and held an extremely huge Luo Tian Jiao. I heard that on that day, hundreds of souls died tragically in Qingyu Village.
Then he spent a lot of money out of his own pocket to open up a barren mountain next to the old site of Qingyu Village, and took only some old farmers who could not run and were reluctant to leave home, and worked hard for a year to take root on the barren mountain, which led to the prototype of today's Qingyu Village.
In the spring of the second year, Longtou Town sent people to collect taxes, and the villagers were panicked. You must know that after the beast disaster last year, the small village that used to make a living from fishing was no longer empty. Now this is the case again, this is not enough to pay taxes, and you have to go from house to house to labor. This Zhou Daren rushed back to the county government from the construction site overnight, drove back the officials who came to collect taxes, scolded and beat them back, and then issued a notice to exempt Qingyu Village from paying taxes for three years.
This is also the first time that Zhou County Ling has returned to the county government after coming to Qingyu Village. The boss sent people down to inspect it, but they almost didn't recognize it. The young scholar who was still red-lipped and white-toothed last year is now a country man with dark skin and calloused hands.
It is under the leadership of this Zhou County Commander that in just three years, Qingyu Village has been transformed and has become what it is today.
After hearing this, Shentu Bai Xiao couldn't help but sigh: "Scholars are safe in the world." ”
Yeshang followed Shentu Bai Xiao into the old site of Qingyu Village, and the dilapidated martial arts arena had been covered with weeds. Shentu Bai Xiao walked slowly, the grass was on his knees, and the pheasants and hares were visible.
In front of the martial arts arena, the martial arts characters written by Master Sun Boxer were hung high, but they were covered with dust, and the martial arts had long been empty.
Take off the plaque in the night clothes, blow off the dust, see the words like seeing people, the martial arts characters are tough and strong, between the strokes, the spirit of the whole body is integrated into it, even if you eat ashes for several years, you can still feel the indomitable fist intent contained in it.
A single word is no less than a boxing scripture and a martial arts book.
Yeshang handed the plaque to Shentu Bai Xiao and said, "A pseudo-angry dragon realm martial artist has all his fist intent in it, and occasionally performing martial arts against it will be of great benefit to you." ”
Shentu Bai Xiao put away the plaque and said, "I'll take it first, and hand it over to him when I find Tang Liu." ”
The village was in ruins, and the corpses and broken horns of the alien beasts had long been looted.
Even the remnants of sword intent left by the Jingyuan Sword Immortal who split half of the village with a sword in his hand were taken away.
Bai Xiao could feel the breath left by her grandmother.
What was forgotten by those mountain monks was not only the martial characters in front of the martial arts hall, but also the dull white hilt of the sword that was obliquely inserted in the ground.
Bai Xiao held the hilt of the heavy water sword with both hands, the broken shoulder handle and the handprint he pinched at the end, small.
In the past, the half-immortal soldiers fought a war with jade shatters. Not only was it the broken sword, but even the sword body, the sword soul and all the spiritual power were all taken away by Shentu Bai Xiao's sky-high blue pillar of light.
All that was left was the hilt of the sword, which was like a dead branch.
Shentu Bai Xiao solemnly put away the heavy water, and then walked towards the door of the house step by step.
He didn't take two steps before he was blocked by a man with a flask and reclining on a half-old tree.
The man was dressed in an official uniform, and he should be a few years older than Shentu Bai Xiao, and he could not survive at the age of twenty-three or four. But it was a face of wine lees and unkempt hair.
Shentu Bai Xiao bowed his fist and shouted, "Xiaodao Bai Xiao, I have seen Zhou County's order." ”
The man staggered to his feet, casually threw the wine jug to Bai Xiao, and asked, "Little brother, that family." Dozens of batches of wild repairs have come to this small green fishing village, and in this palm-sized place, they have turned back and forth more than a dozen times, eager to plow the ground, and they are not as much as the little brother who has just come for half an hour. ”
A flask is just an ordinary flask, and the wine is also an ordinary drink.
Shentu Bai Xiao took the wine jug, did not drink, and took out the Aoki Dragon and Tiger brand of Longhu Mountain from his waist, "Xiaodao studied under Longhu, and his family used to be from Qingyu Village. ”
Zhou County, who was ten meters away, appeared behind Bai Xiao and Yeshang as soon as the breeze passed, playing with the Aoki Dragon and Tiger cards while drinking, and snorted three times in a row, saying, "I remember, you are the child who was taken back to the sect to practice when the Qinglian Immortal went down the mountain to kill the demon." How does it feel to revisit your old place. ”
Bai Xiao was shocked in his heart, with such a clever figure, it is not an ordinary person to think about coming to the county order this week. sighed, "It's better to see than to hear, when I first came, I heard the old people in the village mention the name of Zhou County." Xiaodao is the widow of Qingyu Village, and Xie Zhou County is a great favor. ”
Zhou County ordered the wooden card to be returned with his hand. Night clothes jade pointed a little, and the Aoki Dragon Tiger brand obediently flew back to Bai Xiao's waist on its own.
Zhou Wenjing patted his ass and said, "It's boring and boring, there are really boring people on Longhu Mountain." You and your little friend continue to be sweet, and I just don't look at anything. Let's go. ”
Zhou Wenjing walked with the wind, his figure was indescribably chic, but he was finally lightly clicked by the night clothes, and almost stumbled and fell to the ground. After standing firm, he scolded a few words, and almost fell again to be honest.
Nightwear couldn't help but say, "What's so good about this kind of half-contemplation." I couldn't help but want to fix him. ”
Bai Xiao took a step and walked all the way north along the stone path in the back mountain, "Yu Gong, it is a great good thing to rebuild Qingyu." It is benevolence and righteousness to protect the old site for selfishness. On the other hand, I have not returned to my hometown for several years after entering Longhu Mountain, nor have I done anything for Qingyu Village in times of crisis. A real Qingyu Village parent official, he has some opinions about me, and that's right. ”
Nightdress muttered, "Anyway, I can't get used to the way he looks." ”
Climbing the mountain and the mountain, the mountain stream washes the fluorite. The wind brought with you blew a piece of dandelion on the side of the road. The flowers are scattered all over the world with the wind, leaving only the flower stems and withering.
Seeing that Bai Xiao was silent, Yeshang also fell silent. The two of them had their own thoughts, and they walked tacitly.
Looking up again, the ancient trees in front of you are towering.
At noon, when I looked up, I saw the vigorous and huge canopy of trees as if holding up the sun and holding it up in the sky.
The vines stretched out from the huge trunk as if Bodhi had lowered their eyebrows, and the breeze caressed them, and the vines swayed. It's as if the sacred tree is inviting the two of them to play on the trunk.
A few white clouds landed slowly, and Qingyang beckoned, "I'll just say that they must be here." ”
Also falling from the white clouds were Meng Fan and Xiao Zui.
The five of them gathered under the sacred tree, in the middle of the tree, there were two small stone tombs, Qingyang knew why Bai Xiao came, and took out the yellow paper bought from Ah Ya Lane from his sleeve.
Lighting an iron basin in front of the stone pile, Qingyang accompanied Bai Xiao to kneel in front of the tomb, and said, "We have been to Tooth Lane, and we have also seen Old Man Sun and Aunt Sun." ”
Bai Xiao nodded, and Qingyang said again, "If you are not in the month of fasting, I know that you must be thinking about Aunt Bai and Mother-in-law Jingyuan." Every time you're happy or unhappy, you'll come to see them. ”
Bai Xiao took out the hilt of the heavy water sword from his waist, but after all, he couldn't cry, kneeling in front of the tomb with his eyes slightly red.
Yeshang patted Bai Xiao's shoulder and inserted the hilt of the sword into the ground in front of Granny Jingyuan's grave. Meng Fan took Xiao Zui's hand and stood behind the three of them.
Bai Xiao wiped his face and said, "My mother's tomb was originally a hundred meters away, but because of the calamity of the strange beast, I moved it under the sacred tree. The fire burned down the house, and I couldn't find my grandmother's bones, nor could I find my grandmother's clothes, so I buried my sword here today, so I really built a grave for my grandmother. ”
Qingyang added yellow paper and was relieved, "Grandma will definitely not blame you." You told me about grandma, but you were kind. ”
When the five of them worshipped, a sword light came from the other side of the sky, and a sword intent was small but terrifying.
Yeshang stood up slowly, stepped back from the tomb, and walked ten meters. With a bang, he pressed an uninvited guest on the rock.
Yeshang said with tears in his eyes, "Sword three, you can't take the sword, not now." You know, Bai Xiao is her son. If you take the sword today, Bai Xiao will break with the Five Elements Sword Sect in the future. The pattern of the world will change again. ”
The rising sun on Jian San's waist lit up with a firelight, "How can you be sure that Bai Xiao is her child." ”
Yeshang pushed Jian San away, and said with a strong sense of threat, "Believe it or not, if you dare to take the sword today, let alone a Yuanying sword servant, even if there are three or four more, it won't be able to protect you." ”
Liuyun beside him didn't like words, and the sword on his waist was already out of the sheath by an inch, and Jian San gently pressed it back into the sheath. Seeing this, Yeshang nodded slightly and thanked him, flew back ten meters away, and slowly walked to the tomb.
The yellow paper in the basin had burned out, Bai Xiao turned his head, Qingyang, Meng Fan, Yeshang, and Xiao Zui looked at Jian San together.
Bai Xiao said to Jian San in a gentle tone, "It's here." ”