Chapter 35: The End of the World
Lu Zhe, who had something in his heart, didn't dare to sleep too hard after lying down, and vaguely heard movement around him, Lu Zhe sat up as soon as he turned over.
"Oops! It's late. Lu Zhe sat up from the kang, turned his head to look, and found that his sister had kicked the quilt, looking at his sister who was still talking in his dreams, Lu Zhe was relieved. Yun Niang will wake up at dawn every day, even if it is winter, Yun Niang, who covets the warmth on the kang, will not get up more than the time even if she lies in bed. In the entire Wuzhuang Temple, only Lu Zhe can sleep until the middle of the day, and for this reason, he has received ridicule from his sister and the "Forest Dog" combination.
Forget it, don't sleep, looked at the sky, it was basically bright at this time, and Lu Zhe, who knew that it was possible to oversleep again, beat his spirits, got up quietly, and began to pack his bags.
He didn't have anything to pack, so he had a bag of dry rations with him, but it was a lot of trouble for him to get dressed, because he had to take some time to stuff the hay into his shoes.
The shoes worn by Lu Zhe are hemp shoes, the soles are wood, and the uppers are made of coarse linen fabric, which is very breathable, and it is good to wear in summer, if it is in winter, especially if you wear it and walk in the snow, even if you are wearing socks, it is sour and refreshing, tsk, which is enough to make a person full of sleepiness instantly refreshed.
However, it seems that the ancients here seem to be accustomed to this kind of shoes, even barefoot in the snow is fine, and Lu Zhe's body is also used to walking in the snow in hemp shoes. However, Lu Zhe, as a traverser, would simply lose the face of the traverser if he didn't make any changes in the face of this.
As the saying goes, there are three treasures in the Northeast, ginseng and mink ura grass. Before the liberation, the Ula grass was picked by the Northeast people, stuffed into the boots for the cold, Lu Zhe in the early winter, also found the later generations called the velvet grass things, these grasses to the autumn will dry up, cut off a little dry, fill into the shoes, very soft, the warmth effect is excellent. So Lu Zhe picked a lot and stuffed it into his shoes, which was not much better than the snow boots of later generations.
With the first pair made by Lu Zhe, soon, the younger sister Yun Niang and the "Forest Dog" combination had a pair of shoes filled with hay, and in the next few days, the breevelvet grass near the village was all lighted.
Because there was grass in the shoes, Lu Zhe named it "lying grass" shoes, this name has been recognized by the people in the village, especially the forest dog group, I feel extremely elegant, worthy of being a disciple of the fairy family, how to say what Lu Zhe often says, well, the quality is high.
Lu Zhe put on the "lying grass" shoes, and stuffed the trouser legs into the shoes, and tied them firmly with straw ropes, then put on his own clothes, and wore several pieces in a row, of course, between the clothes and the clothes, Lu Zhe also stuffed a lot of velvet grass, after wearing it, it was no less than cotton clothes.
There was no cotton in the Tang Dynasty, and the rich and noble families mainly relied on fur fur to keep warm, and civilians who could not afford fur fur could only rely on wearing a few more clothes to keep warm, Lu Zhe did have a fur fur, but this fur fur was Lu Zhe's grandfather, that is, the previous patriarch of the Baihua Sect, because of his merit in raising flowers, a nobleman of the Sui Dynasty rewarded him, and it was passed to Lu Zhe, who was already the third generation, and the hair on it fell a lot. The effect of keeping out the cold is not only limited, but Lu Zhe's current figure is completely unwearable, and it is okay to be wrapped in the cold on weekdays, and it is absolutely impossible to walk on mountain roads while dressed.
Glancing regrettably, the fur fur that was spread on the kang and used as a blanket for his sister was finally cleaned up.
After dressing Yun Niang who woke up, fetching water and washing her face, and cooking tofu and millet porridge on the stove, Lu Zhe walked out of the room.
After walking out of the room, Lu Zhe found that Mu Qiqi had already packed up and was waiting for him outside the door. Lu Zhe, who had breakfast together and comforted his crying sister, assigned a lot of homework to his sister Yun Niang and Duan Xiaoniang in frenzy, and in the reluctant eyes of his sister, he went to the Lin family again to say goodbye to the Lin family.
"Zhe Xiaolang Jun and go by himself, and your sister will be handed over to your aunt." Knowing that Lu Zhe loved his youngest sister the most on weekdays, Lin Lishui patted his chest and said to Lu Zhe.
"Then there will be Uncle and Aunt Laurin." Lu Zhe bowed deeply to the two and turned his head to leave.
Of course, there was also the "Forest Dog" group that walked with him, saying that they were going to send him off. The friendship between young people is the most hot, I heard that the best brother is going out of the mountain, Lin Wuji and Duan Ergou are very reluctant, and they came to Lu Zhe's house early today, ready to give Lu Zhe a ride. Duan Ergou also quietly stuffed his own Aye's hunting knife to Lu Zhe without saying anything.
"Lao Lu, give it, take it for self-defense on the road." Duan Ergou pulled Lu Zhe aside and took out his own Aya's hunting knife.
"No, no, I'm with Uncle Ying and Brother Mu, just out of the mountain, what's the use of this." Lu Zhe hurriedly excused himself.
"If you take it, it's not cool, there are many wolves in winter, and it's good to take it for self-defense." Duan Ergou stubbornly shoved the knife into Lu Zhe's hand.
"Okay." Seeing Duan Ergou's posture that if you don't hold it, you will look down on me, Lu Zhe had no choice but to thank Duan Ergou, and then put the knife on his body.
"Xie Shizi, you and my brother, it's far away to say this. I am worried that you will not be able to cultivate, and you will fall into the name of the three immortals of 'Lu Lin Dog' and other 'Lu Lin Dogs'. Lu Zhe solemnly thanked Duan Ergou for making his face flush, and he was a little embarrassed, so he pretended to punch Lu Zhe in the chest with disdain.
"This disciple of the Immortal Family is really good at manipulating people's hearts." Mu Seventeen sighed secretly. The young man in front of him called Duan Ergou, the hunting knife given to this immortal disciple was obviously stolen from home, so that a half-old boy older than him could risk being beaten to steal the knife for him, and he also pretended to make a gesture, wanting to welcome and refuse, so that the other party had to stuff things into him, this little traitor, even the simple boy didn't let go! Mu Seventeen, who had prejudices against Lu Zhe in his heart, felt that this little traitor was scheming when he saw everything.
I should stay away from him in the future. Thinking of the various methods of this immortal disciple, Mu Qiqi lamented that he would be resident in Wuzhuang Guan in the future, and he now understood why the chief steward had to appoint him to come, obviously an ordinary steward could do something, but the chief steward Mu Zhong had to appoint him, the chief steward of the Chenzhou branch.
"If the young master had come over, maybe he would have been subdued by this young man's various thaumaturgies, crying and shouting for immortals." Thinking of the second young master who likes alchemy and temporarily serves as his deputy, if he meets this terrible young man...... Thinking of this, Mu Qiqi couldn't help but shudder.
After going down the mountain, you must not let the young master meet this son. Mu Seventeen secretly made up his mind, if the second young master met this young man with a thaumaturgy, maybe it wouldn't be long before the branch in Chenzhou would be owned by this young man, but he had heard from the chief steward of Zhong about some of the terrible deeds made by this young man, just listening to a part, Mu Seventeen felt very terrible, fortunately, the middle steward did not finish reading, thinking of the deed that counted the hearts of the people, it turned out to be the young man with a smile and a kind face, Mu Seventeen changed the order given to him by the middle steward for the first time in his life, Deciding to no longer abide by the instructions of the middle steward to "watch more, listen more and learn more", and decide that he must "not listen, do not watch, and do not learn" in the future, those demonic learnings sound so tempting, but they are indeed so deviant that it is easy for people to break the inherent cognition, the key is that he can still prove himself, which is terrible. Mu Seventeen thought fixedly.
A few days ago, this immortal disciple let ten catties and one catty of stones land on the ground at the same time, yesterday, he also used two bamboo tubes, a hemp rope, so that Yun Niang and Duan Xiaoniang, who were in two rooms, could chat together, he also tried it himself, listening to the voice on the other side clearly coming from the bamboo tube, Mu Seventeen was stunned in his heart, this kind of magic is unheard of, and it is also something that mortals can do, and what is even more terrifying is that after this series of strange events, Mu Seventeen has a faint sense of trust in this young man, For this young man's statement that the earth is a ball, he is not so rejecting it as a heresy, but faintly believing it.
It's terrible, if I continue to contact him, I will definitely become a madman or a puppet of a young man, where is this disciple of the immortal family, it is obviously a demon who confuses people's hearts.
Mu Qiqi thought about it, and before he knew it, the group had come to the door of Ying's house.
Shadow Crane had already packed up and waited for Lu Tetsu and Mu Seventeen. Seeing the "Forest Dog" group seeing off the group behind them, Shadow Crane didn't ask much, and after greeting each other, the group walked outside the village.
"Okay, that's all there is to it, you guys go home." Shadow Crane said to the "Forest Dogs" group.
Separation is always sad, especially between teenagers, looking at the "forest dog" combination with red eyes, Lu Zhe gave each of them a hug and made a big red face for the two, but the two of them became more and more moved.
Hmph, pretend to be a gesture and invite people to buy people's hearts, this little demon. Embracing this kind of behavior that seemed shocking to the Tang people at this time not only gained the admiration of the two teenagers and the appreciation of Shadow Crane, but also the disdain and more vigilance of Mu Seventeen.
In Mu Qi's heart, Lu Zhe has been upgraded from a little traitor to a little demon. As a result, he couldn't help but snort coldly, and he immediately realized that something was wrong, but at this time, Shadow Crane's suspicious gaze had already looked over, so he had to pretend to cough and cough fiercely.
"Ahem, ahem."
At this time, Lu Zhe's eyes also looked over, and under the four eyes of each other, Mu Seventeen's heart was empty for no reason, and his eyes dodged, "The sect master forgives you, the seventeen wind and cold have not yet healed, and it has disturbed the sect master, ten thousand deaths, ten thousand deaths." ”
"It's okay, but Zhe is uneasy, let the seventeenth brother drag the sick body to accompany Zhe out of the mountain, Zhe is familiar with some secret techniques for treating wind and cold, do you want to try it?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, the servant's body is fine, don't dare to delay the sect master's affairs, let's go." Hearing that the other party was going to use secret techniques to "treat" himself, Mu Qiqi was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly shouted away.
"Let's go." With a wave of his hand, the three of them walked out of the village, leaving the "Forest Dog" group in place to watch their backs and gradually disappear from sight.
The three of them climbed a hill along the mountain road, trimmed a little on the halfway down the mountain, and ate some dry food, Lu Zhe gave a few rice dumplings to Shadow Crane, who was full of praise for them.
After eating dry food, the road behind was a little detouring, and when it was mid-afternoon, the three of them came to a large forest, and Shadow Crane took out two black strips of cloth.
"Blindfold." Shadow Crane said to Lu Zhe.
Sure enough, watching Mu Qiqi skillfully take the strip of cloth and blindfold himself, Lu Zhe understood, how could there be no precautionary measures in these five villages, this forest must be the protection of the mountain gate, and it is extremely effective. Otherwise, how could they be so important, the all-pervasive tax collectors and officials would have already found the village.
Lu Zheyi blindfolded his eyes with a strip of cloth, and after hearing a sound and taking it, a rope was stuffed in his hand, and then, at the sound of the shadow crane's reminder, Lu Zheshen, whose eyes were dark, walked forward with a shallow foot.
"Alright, that's it, let's untie the strip of cloth." I don't know how long I walked in the dark, Lu Zhe carefully calculated the number of times his pulse beated, although the road was broken several times, but Lu Zhe still hastily converted, and he walked for almost 3 hours.
Lu Zhe couldn't wait to untie the strip of cloth on his eyes, and he didn't hurry to open his eyes, but first covered his eyes with his hands, and slowly opened his eyes and let go.
After being in the dark for so long, and the ground is full of snow, if you open your eyes rashly, you may be burned by the light reflected by the snow.
"It's a smart one, well, not bad." Seeing Lu Zhe's appearance, Shadow Crane nodded with satisfaction, surprised that the disciple of the Immortal Family was indeed a disciple of the Immortal Family, don't look at it, he has never been out of the village, he even understands this little skill, and when he was brought out by Aya for the first time, he couldn't wait to untie the strip of cloth, and his eyes were swollen like a peach, and it would be good in a few days.
After Lu Zhe slowly got used to the light, he found that the three of them were already on the other side of the forest.
"Walk along this road for another half a day, you will go outside the mountain, there is something in the village, go back first, do not send you to wait until the mountain is down, seven days later, wait here for you, if you wait for three days, you will go to the city to find you. If you don't see a house after seven days, you wait patiently, and don't go into the woods, for there is a great array in the woods, and even if you are an old horse, you will get lost and die in it. With that, Shadow Crane saluted the two of them, turned around and walked into the forest, where they disappeared in an instant.
"No. Uncle Shadow walked slowly. "Thank you, Brother Shadow, Brother Shadow go slowly." When Shadow Crane's figure disappeared, the two of them took a short break before they began to walk out of the mountain.
Not far from the forest is the mountain road, and after a slight turn of a mountain col, the front suddenly opens up.
"Sect Master, this is Panshi Town, we can get there tomorrow, there is an ox cart in the town, I can take the car into Chenzhou City." Standing on the hill, Mu Qiqi pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said to Lu Zhe.
At this time, it was already dark, and at the foot of the mountain, the smoke had risen, and a small town came into view.