Chapter II

“… Son. ”

"Huh...?"

Yun Chongbo, who was in a daze, was feeling very sleepy, but the voice that had been absent for a long time, but was still extremely familiar, could make him wake up immediately.

(How...) How could it be, am I dreaming?! )

With his eyes wide open, Yun Chongbo felt as if he was tied, unable to move, he could only watch in front of him, watching... The white figure was smiling as it walked over.

"With that liar, Childe this year... Great work. ”

"Oh... It doesn't matter, I'm just running around with my uncle, eating and drinking well, and I've never been hungry... What about you, you have been gone for so long, have you suffered hardship? ”

This question is equivalent to not asking, and without getting close enough to see the other party's appearance clearly, Yun Chongbo has already "felt" the traces of wind and frost on the other party's face.

"It's okay... We have always been like this. ”

told Yun Chongbo that in the past year, he was deliberately packaged as an "immortal" by Yuqing, walking into the sea with his hands, preaching the Tao, and suffering a lot, but his achievements were also very eye-catching.

"But I've always used a mask... This is also agreed by the real person, so that when you return, you can immediately return to the identity of the 'immortal'. ”

"Well, it's okay..."

Shaking his hand, Yun Chongbo, who was really happy, said that his kung fu was not as good as Xiao Wenshuang, and his knowledge was not as good as Xiao Wenshuang's, and his strategy and art of war were not as good as her.

"So, it's you... Anyway, I think the immortal is just a false name... Who should not be the same? ”

"No... Not so. ”

Smiling, Xiao Wenshuang's smile was a little more evil, but Yun Chongbo didn't pay attention.

"You're just a peasant in the country... As you said yourself, martial arts knowledge, strategy and art of war, none of them can be mastered... If you are not an 'immortal', why do you command us, why do you occupy a high position in the Taiping Dao... You, why can you make me loyal and make me follow?! ”

The sharp interrogation made the shocked Yun Chongbo completely speechless, and before his thoughts had time to react and think about these questions, there was a sudden thunderous tremor, and his side exploded.

"All brothers in the world!"

A roar could make Xiao Wenshuang's face flash with terrified and painful convulsions, and she couldn't even scream, trembling, she was strangely twisted, quickly blurred, and disappeared.

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Quiet room.

On the sandalwood case, the bronze incense burner with a simple shape slowly spits out almost colorless light smoke, and in the jade Pisces basin, the water is as clear as a mirror, and you can clearly see the human figure.

The brocade-clothed woman with her hands pressed on the edge of the basin with her hands, a trace of surprise flashed on her face, and she suddenly exerted her strength and grabbed the jade basin tightly, but this could not stop the clear water in the basin from being windless and automatic, splashing up like a fountain, hitting her face and body, and it could not stop the jade basin from gurgling softly, bursting into pieces, and flying in all directions.

“… Girl, what's going on?! ”

The middle-aged lady who hurriedly pushed the door in was obviously worried and concerned, and in response, the woman in brocade just sighed softly and waved her hand.

"It's okay, godmother."

"When I was using the 'Water Moon Cave Heaven', there was a little accident... It's okay. ”

Even if she turned her back to the noble lady, the woman in brocade always controlled her expression very well, but when she was left alone in the quiet room, the eyes reflected in the self-mutilating water were so fierce, so... Deep.

(Who could it be who could forcibly break through the Water Moon Cave like this...) And, what does that sentence mean? )

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"All brothers in the whole world worship and worship without distinction between high and low. The world has been a family since ancient times, how can the king be private! ”

The loud and passionate singing seemed to resound in all directions, and it seemed to resound from the depths of the heart, roaring and vibrating, so that Yun Chongbo, who was still a little confused, opened his eyes.

(Hmm...) This is there?! )

Startled, Yun Chongbo found that he was actually on a high platform, and the wind was howling, which was the bleak autumn mood.

On the high platform, there was not only one Yun Chongbo, looking left and right, he saw ten people.

There are two people standing in the front, one is wearing a scarlet coat, carrying hands, tall, like a mountain and leaning on the mountain, which makes people feel at ease at first glance, and the other person stands on his side, only half a step back, wearing a black robe, his figure seems to be a little stiff, and his right hand is holding a wooden cane, the texture on it is extremely strange, Yun Chongbo looked at it twice, and he was a little dizzy.

(What's going on, I...) Why am I here? )

As if asleep, Yun Chongbo could not speak or move, but he seemed to be awake, he could "see", "hear", and think.

In front of the two, Yun Chongbo could only see the back, and his own position was with the other seven people, lined up in a line, standing behind the two.

… As for the song that woke Yun Chongbo up, full of passion like fire, it came from all around the high platform, although it was invisible, Yun Chongbo could guess that there must be many people surrounding this high platform, and their eyes looking at this high platform must be as fiery as this song.

(This...) Where the hell is it? )

It's not the first time this kind of thing has happened, and Yun Chongbo also has some vague guesses, but he feels ridiculous.

(Riding the sea...) It should be at the Frost Smell by now! )

With a cough, the black-robed man tapped the table with his right wooden staff, and after only a few strokes, the singing stopped abruptly.

"The world is eternal, and there is always one family..."

Taking another step forward, the man in red spoke slowly, to the effect that all the surnames in the world have one surname, and all the streams in the world have one origin, and all the wisdom, foolishness, wealth, and poverty are all brothers, and there should be no difference.

"Only the emperor and the demon steal the world, and the foolish people succumb to it..."

In a short and powerful speech, the man in red looked back to antiquity, outlining how the emperor appeared and how he shouldn't. His speech is not gorgeous, most of them are short sentences, but they are clear and persuasive, although Yun Chongbo does not understand some terms, but he also feels that it makes sense.

"Fortunately, Heaven's will will mercion the earth, and the son of God will save the world..."

Tell the audience that although each generation of emperors will call themselves "Son of Heaven", it is really just a lie, and although the son of the real "Haotian Jin Rong Supreme Jade Emperor" is also in the world, he will only be the enemy of the emperor's surname.

"The reincarnation of the first Divine Son is the ancestor of my Dao..."

Hearing this, Yun Chongbo could finally be sure that he had unconsciously fallen into the memories of the sea, but at the same time, he was also very curious: Taiping Dao had a lot of stories to talk about, and Xiao Wenshuang had also told him a lot, but he had really not heard of what the twelve immortals were the reincarnation of the Jade Emperor.

(Well, it seems that the caliber of each generation of Taiping Road is not the same...) )

Looking back on the history of Taiping Dao, especially highly praised the ancestors of the past dynasties, the red-clothed man gradually became excited, and after that, he said that for more than a thousand years, every struggle has failed, and the reason, in the final analysis, is that the strength of Taiping Dao is not enough.

"The power of Zhonglian Dao Ancestor is peerless, but in that era, he was the only one who had to be reincarnated, so after all, he couldn't stop the evil deeds of the emperor's surname."

Speaking of Zhonglian, Yun Chongbo knew that he immediately remembered the deep black ocean, and recalled the knife full of resentment and hope.

(But...) No, it seems that Taiping said that Zhonglian was unwilling to cooperate with Taiping Dao at that time... Alas, I can't remember)

Distracted for a moment, Yun Chongbo didn't hear the next few names, but he thought about it, it was nothing more than chasing the immortals of the past generations and commenting on why they failed.

"Fortunately, Heavenly Father is merciful, and he can't bear to be in the world for a long time..."

(Heavenly Father?) Oh... That's right, he said that he was the "Son of Heaven"... Oh no, it should be said that "we" are the Son of Heaven... )

For a while, there was some beauty, covered in Yun Chongbo's heart, the word "Son of Heaven" really represented too high majesty, so suddenly found that he was also the "Son of Heaven", and it may be more rigid than the "Emperor" The Son of Heaven, in addition to being proud, he was actually a little uncomfortable, but he heard the man in red say in a deep voice: "The twelve heavenly weapons are ten, and there is no opponent in the world!" Our brothers are of the same heart and will create peace! Today, we will set up the 'Little Kingdom of Heaven' here, and in other days, we will teach the whole world to be the Kingdom of Heaven and enjoy peace! ”

The words "Little Heaven" came into my ears, and Yun Chongbo's body shook violently, and suddenly... He knew where he was and what time he was.

I also saw the black-robed man lift the wooden staff, and hit it lightly on the platform, and immediately heard a strange sound, and suddenly a stone pillar appeared in mid-air, with countless tadpole words written on it, strange and indescribable, but it was somewhat similar to the texture on his staff.

"There are also elder and youngest brothers..."

Pointing to the stone, the black-robed man explained that when the immortal is reincarnated, there will also be a stone pillar in the heavenly realm.

"This time the elder is the tenth of the twelve Taiping Heavenly Soldiers, Youyi, Hun Tian!"

As he spoke, the black-robed man bowed down early and said, "Please ask the eldest brother of the Heavenly King to appear!" ”

The man in red nodded slightly, and he didn't see how he behaved, he had already floated in the air, and three circles of golden giant tracks appeared around his body, slowly rotating, forming three layers of huge spheres, in which the light and extinction were uncertain, and there seemed to be thousands of galaxies contained in it.

Stretching out his hand to the right, Hun Tian said: "This seat is known as the 'Heavenly King', as for this one, it is the fifth of the twelve heavenly soldiers, and it has been sceptered in Dongshan." Today, in front of Shijie's book, he was named 'Xiushi redeems the sick master Zuofu Zhengjun Shi Dongwang'. ”

After a pause, Hun Tian said again: "The king of the east has a special talent, and he can receive the decree of the heavenly father, this stone pillar was found by the king of the east, and as for these brothers, half of them were also found by the king of the east with his great power." ”

When Hun Tian spoke, Dongshan had also floated in the air, but it was lower than Hun Tian, and there was no vision, he only raised the wooden staff in his hand, thinking that it was the staff among the twelve heavenly soldiers.

After introducing Dongshan, Hun Tian stopped talking, silently put his hands behind his back, and lined the starry sky around his body, which was even more unfathomable and inexplicable.

"This brother is one of the twelve heavenly soldiers, the son robes Mengjin, and is named the 'Right Bi and the King of the West of the Army'."

Nodding, the man took a step forward, but he couldn't fly off the ground, only touched his head, and said with a smile: "I have only been communicating with Zipao for a short time... Before I could comprehend it, the brothers smiled. Yun Chongbo saw that he was extremely tall and strong, even more than half a head younger than Hun Tian, his expression was so simple and simple, and he suddenly felt close to him, but he was a little curious, and said in his heart: "Zi Pao... Is it a dress? What kind of weapon is that? ”

"Hai Jian Fengyue, the former deputy military division of the Southern King."

In response, the man stood on the head of Yun Chongbo, shorter than him, he was dressed up as a fallen showman, with an amiable smile, only his eyes flickered, but he seemed to be deeply hidden, and his right hand buckled the copper mirror, rusty green and mottled, and the mirror was dark black, and it was the kind of black that seemed to be boundless and could not be mastered.

"The ugly knife goes to the sea, and the deputy military division of the North King is protected after the seal."

At the same time as hearing this name, Yun Chongbo found himself walking forward, standing side by side with Xi and Nan, and he heard himself speak and speak.

"I'm not strong now, and I don't know how much I can do for peace, but I know that many brothers have fallen in order to get me here... So, I'm going to get stronger, and I'm going to be able to cut through all the enemy's strength... In the future, I will definitely make the sacrifices of those brothers worthwhile. ”

Confident, strong, and simply domineering, Yun Chongbo himself was very stunned, and he really couldn't imagine that he had such a "past life". And this touched the others even more, and everyone in the row with him looked at him without saying anything, and even the sky turned around and looked at Yun Chongbo.

The moment his eyes met, Yun Chongbo turned out to be a battle, as if he had lost his mind... Then, he finally woke up.

"Virtuous nephew, virtuous nephew... You're too sleepy, aren't you?! ”

Finding himself half-sitting and half-lying leaning against a big tree, Hua Shengrong was slapping his face hard, Yun Chongbo had to take a while to remember that today was the third day he had entered Jinguan City, and this was Qianqiu Mountain, one of the local scenic spots, and he had heard that the Little Heavenly Kingdom had sworn here, so he pulled Hua Shengrong here.

(Well, by the way, I just turned here and was a little sleepy, so I wanted to sleep for a while...) Well, it's strange, why do you have such a bastard dream? )

Leaving the latter aside, the previous dream really annoyed Yun Chongbo, shaking his head vigorously, he hoped to forget this dream quickly.

(Really...) Smell the frost, smell the frost she would never talk like this! )

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Coming down from Qianqiu Mountain, it was almost noon, Yun Chongbo and Hua Shengrong found a place to eat a bowl of noodles, and went their separate ways, Hua Shengrong went to a local old temple called "Luohan Temple" to "step on the point", and Yun Chongbo went out of the city.

"Virtuous nephew... I heard from my friends in the Tao that when the Luohan Temple was changing the place of reincarnation of grains, it dug up a big piece of jade... It may be worth a lot of money, and it is said that even the barbarians over there in Mingzhou have come here! ”

“… In short, don't worry, if you lose the wind, I will definitely not save you. ”

This time out of the city, in Yun Chongbo has been thinking about it for several days, the reason is to visit the "Jieyu"... Of course, I want to see Sanjiangyan more.

The name Sanjiangyan is the first time I have heard of it in Yunchongbo, but there are old rivers and lakes like Hua Shengrong, and it is refreshing to investigate the next day.

"In short, it is a water conservancy project with a very large scale and a long history, because of this, the surrounding areas of Jinguan City, thousands of miles of land no longer worry about floods and droughts!"

I was very concerned about this, because since childhood, Yun Chongbo's memory of the weather has been filled with curses about floods and complaints about droughts, both of which are the most hateful things for farmers, but completely powerless, so when he heard that there was something that could completely control the flood and drought disasters, Yun Chongbo was very interested.

It's a pity that Hua Shengrong is a person who doesn't understand any farm work, and there are a lot of myths and legends that he has investigated and returned, but when it comes to "why" and "how", he can't help but talk nonsense, and in the end, Yun Chongbo simply ignored him, but bought a lot of paper, and prepared to go to the scene to take a look.

(However, it's really far away, and I should have come over when I got out of bed.) )

Sanjiangyan went to the city for dozens of miles, Yun Chongbo was not willing to call a carriage, and the consequence of hitchhiking was to toss until before and after getting off the slow ox cart, smiling bitterly, looking at the mountain in front of him.

(Climbing over this mountain is the watershed of Sanjiangyan...) Alas, if I had known this, it would have been better not to take a ride! )

The mountain in front of him is not short, but speaking of it, it is difficult to fall into the clouds, after all, with his current strength, he can look at the world, or he can also be listed in the top two or three hundred, just a mountain, it is really nothing, and when he climbs to the point where no one should see it, his body moves, and in a blink of an eye he is close to the mountain.

(Hmph...) I'm really interested in hunting now, and I don't want to run away from any wild sheep or hares... Even if it's a hound, it probably won't be able to outrun me... )

was complacent, but Yun Chongbo felt that there was some vague aroma of wine, I don't know where it would come from, and after a few more sniffs, it was actually very similar to the wine that was prepared by Chu Jie, but it seemed to be more fragrant, and I don't know what changes he added.

(Hmm...) But strange to say, he knows so much about drinking... But he doesn't drink it... Who's for that? )

While thinking about it, he ran all the way, but Yun Chongbo suddenly felt that his feet were soft, as if he had stepped on something, and he almost fell.

(This is?) )

It was just a pile of fallen leaves, but when he stepped on it, Yun Chongbo felt very strange, turned his head, opened it to see, but immediately his soul was scattered, and he saw that it was a middle-aged man, rolling his eyes, sticking out his tongue, his hands and nose were not breathing, and his limbs were even colder!

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When he didn't return to his soul, the sound of footsteps sounded, as if someone had dialed Lin over, and when he turned his head suddenly, he saw that it was Jieyou, and when he saw Yun Chongbo, he was not surprised at all, he owed slightly, but frowned and looked at the ground.

"Is this...?"

"This... I didn't kill people! ”

When a sentence came out, Yun Chongbo himself felt very depressed, according to his various experiences with Hua Shengrong for a long time, it was no different from turning himself in like this.

Therefore, when he saw the other party's expression of first stunned, then surprised, and then very relieved, he was very puzzled, until... One, a lazy voice raised in the back.

"Who has a big dream, I know it in my life..."

With his mouth wide open, Yun Chongbo turned around, knowing that he must be very stupid now, but... He was so surprised.

"Although I am not satisfied, I am slow to wake up..."

With a long voice and inexplicable verses, the "corpse" was slowly sitting up from the ground, and its tired eyes swept over Yun Chongbo, but as if it hadn't seen it at all, it turned around, and finally stopped at Jieyu's body.

"The predecessors brewed to relieve their worries, drank for three years, and now drank your sages, and turned back in three days... Jieyu, you, you still have to work hard! ”

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"In short, the abbot of the Luohan Temple is really treacherous!"

"Oh... Is it? ”

Agreed, not listening very seriously, but Yun Chongbo still roughly understood what Hua Shengrong meant.

In Jinguan, Luohan Temple is just a very inconspicuous small temple, and there is usually no incense at all, of course... There is no such thing as any power. Now suddenly digging out a gem, as the so-called "the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty", and there is a reason to become a beautiful bait overnight?

"Just today, I heard that two more groups of people came, Yuan Bin's pirates, and the ghosts in the Central Plains, all of whom sent people!"

The wind and smoke gather in all directions, the small Luohan Temple, is really the best portrayal of "chicken ribs are not enough to be a fist", often in broad daylight, there are people openly on the top of the temple to go high, and there is even a small-scale brawl between local thieves because of warning outsiders not to cross the line to fish the dock. In fact, what really makes the gem can still be left to the present is this delicate balance that has not been broken, as for the Luohan Temple... Not taken into account by anyone at all.

"But, that old monk, he's..."

The law name Star Khan, nicknamed Xinhan, the old monk didn't even have third-level strength, obviously knew that he couldn't keep this gem, as a result... He even announced to the whole city this afternoon, saying that the gem is a godsend, and it should not be in the Luohan Temple.

"Of course that's not bad, of course they don't deserve it, but he said... Such a beautiful gem is condensed by Qing Chinese Qi, and the Qing Chinese Sect, of course, has to count to the Meishan Su family, so..."

Speaking of this, Hua Shengrong couldn't help but be angry, slammed the table, and said, "That old bald... He even announced that he wanted to dedicate the gem to the Su family... You say, virtuous nephew, is such a treacherous guy also worthy of being a monk?! ”

"Oh? Meishan Su family?! ”

Although it has not been long since he entered the city, Yun Chongbo also knows that the Meishan Su family is the oldest family with the local qualifications, although the martial arts are not known, the literary voice is famous all over the world, and the generation of talents, and the leader of the literary world repeatedly, although it is not as good as the Changmen Sima family in the city in terms of strength, but the thousands of years of literary sound accumulation, in response to local things, the seat is still in front of the Sima family, this Luohan Temple can not keep the stone, it is really better to take the opportunity to pat the horse like this, if you can take this to climb the Su family, That's a good result.

According to Hua Shengrong, the piece of jade is indeed very large and beautiful, especially for the Su family, which has not been able to manage money for several generations, it is even better, and Xing Khan's sycophant is just right, the Su family is really "Dayue", in addition to thanking the Luohan Temple, he also announced that he would take this as a dowry to marry the second miss of the Chifeng Ma family for the third young master of his family.

"I heard that the two were originally cousins, and they were engaged when they were children, but in recent years, the two families have always had troubles, so the family affairs have not been done... But it doesn't matter! ”

Staring, Hua Shengrong was obviously very annoyed, which made Yun Chongbo a little curious, and asked him if he was not a thief, and it should not be possible to deceive him, why was he so interested?

"This? Well, I didn't think about it, I just wanted to analyze the possibility of getting cheating from a professional point of view... But most importantly, it's a matter of position! He's not stopping a few thieves, it's our entire rivers and lakes... Haven't you heard the Sermon? ”

"This... What is it? ”

His expression became very serious, Hua Shengrong patted his head and muttered a few words, as if he was saying that he was really confused, and he had not even taught Yun Chongbo the Sermon on the rivers and lakes until now.

"This sermon was written with the blood and tears of many, many predecessors!"

The voice was very slow, Hua Shengrong recited a few words, and then stopped.

"In the beginning, they came to catch robbers, but I didn't stand up because I wasn't a robber; Then they came to catch the thief, and I did not come forward, because I am not a thief; Finally, when they came to catch the crooks, already... No one can stand up for us liars anymore. ”

"So, no man is an island, everyone's failure is our loss, thieves, liars, robbers, smugglers... We are all family, so don't ask the death knell to chime, it tolls for all of us. ”

After listening to Hua Shengrong's sincere monologue, Yun Chongbo took a while before he remembered to ask a question.

"You say... This passage is a precept written by one of your ancestors in the Thousand Gates... So, can you tell me what happened to him? ”

"Huh? You say Kongzu? He's been doing well... successively betrayed more than 40 bigwigs on the underworld in exchange for bounties, and deceived others to bear all the case records for him, and the second half of his life was very nourishing, and he also entered Hanlin! ”

"I knew..."

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I didn't pay much attention to Hua Shengrong's statement, because Yun Chongbo was still thinking about his experience during the day, and he was very interested in those two people... He was curious.

Calling himself "Xun Huan", the drunkard had a very bad attitude at first, even if he knew that Yun Chongbo was the one who delivered the wine, he still only glanced at him with very relaxed eyes, and even muttered something "Such a beautiful wine, how could it be sent by such a layman..."

However, later, when Yun Chongbo asked Jieyou for some things about Sanjiangyan, it seemed to arouse that person's interest, and his eyes when he looked at Yun Chongbo were friendlier than at first.

(Hmm, what else did he say later...) Oh, I can't remember, my head is so heavy... Sleepy... )

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"Brother Yun?"

“… Hey, Brother Zhao? ”

was woken up by a shout, and when he opened his eyes, Yun Chongbo found that the person sitting in front of him was Zhao Feiya, who had never been seen since Yihe, just like Xiao Wenshuang.

"You... How did you end up here? ”

Smiling happily, Zhao Feiya said: "Big brother is here to find you!" As he spoke, he pulled out a big red post from his bosom and placed it on the table.

"You must come to drink this cup of wine!"

"Hey, who's the bride... I... Hey, it's impossible, Brother Zhao, I definitely don't know the people in your circle. ”

I only met Zhao Feiya once, but he was very impressed, Yun Chongbo really admired him very much, and now he suddenly heard that he was going to start a family, and somehow, he was very happy for him, and while talking, he took the post and opened it.

… Then, his smile immediately stiffened.

"Zhao Feiya\/Xiao Wenshuang respectfully invites"

Raising his head stiffly, Zhao Feiya on the other side was still smiling, but in that smile, there were some more things that Yun Chongbo hadn't noticed just now.

Some smugness, some contempt, some... Contempt in the bones.

"I know, you thought she should wait for you, you thought she was yours... But think about it, smell the frost... Does she really like you? ”

"What she likes is who you are, it's that symbol... It's not you... Are you too stupid to see it, or are you pretending not to see it? ”

In a mocking tone, speaking harsh words, Zhao Feiya said sentence after sentence, stabbing Yun Chongbo fiercely, but... He didn't have to say anything for long, and a sudden tremor caused his body to quickly twist and blur. But... It also made the mocking smile more exaggerated and clearer.