Chapter 32: The Sea of Clouds on the Mountaintop (1)
At sunrise, on the lotus peak, chickens and dogs bark in the clouds. Zhou Yu was dressed in a moon-white jacket, and the clouds and mountains were misty, he climbed to the top of Yishan Mountain, only to see the white stone cliff, the four walls connected to the sky, the yellow clouds are thousands of miles, and the mountains are small at a glance.
I don't know why, when he saw the drawing yesterday, Zhou Yu's heart was full of turmoil, even if Changmu Xiu explained that it was a logging drawing, he didn't believe it. The drawings are marked everywhere, very much like hexagrams, yin and yang intersect, and the only mountain that has not been marked is the Lotus Peak.
This peak is thousands of feet high, go to the sky and do not fill the foot, the peaks and peaks are towering, the sky is heavy, the clouds are wide and deep like the sea, Zhou Yu is in the middle of it, only to feel dazed all around, everything is hazy, one will fall down the cloud ladder if you are not careful, and it is difficult to find the bones of the body buried in the deep cliff.
On the top of the mountain, Zhou Yu stood tall and jade, the scarf drifted away with the mountain wind, the visual distance was not more than a square inch, and his eyes were full of mountain mist, he stood for a long time, took out a bamboo flute from his arms, and gently blew it between his thin lips.
The flute sounds long, but it doesn't form a tune, and the whimpering is quite intimidating. Zhou Yu watched while playing the flute, only to see that there was no one around, only the rustling of the mountain wind
"Leave me early in the morning, just to come here to practice the flute?" Xiao Qiao's words are strange, but his voice is still as beautiful as a clear spring.
Zhou Yu immediately turned around and frowned, "Your foot injury has not healed, I didn't mean to tell you not to follow...... Are there any suspicious people on the road? ”
Xiao Qiao shook his head and said, "There is no one in the Lotus Peak within a radius of twenty miles, where is there any suspicious person?" If you say suspicious, you are the worst, don't you say, 'The song is wrong, Zhou Langgu'? What a mess you're blowing. ”
"What about Nagaki Shu? Didn't come out with you? Zhou Yu didn't care about responding to Xiao Qiao's teasing, and continued to ask.
"People chop wood for a living, how can they have that idle time to care about me? Besides, he hurt his foot yesterday and is still limping. When I went out this morning, a firewood dealer came and took his firewood, and was looking for a copper plate for him. ”
Who knew that Zhou Yu became more and more vigilant when he heard this: "What does that person look like, can you write it down?" ”
Xiao Qiao stroked his chest, angry and funny: "Zhou Gongjin, are you a little too nervous?" Brother Xiu is really not a bad person, if he is really the mastermind behind the manipulation of strange birds, isn't it more convenient to stay in Shouchun City or live in the nest than to stay in this deep mountain? You doubt him again and again, is it ...... Jealous of him? ”
Zhou Yu didn't refute, but stared at Xiao Qiao, and a chuckle appeared on the corner of his mouth: "In a few moments, you will know why I am so nervous." ”
The words fell, and suddenly a terrible birdsong sounded in all directions, Xiao Qiao couldn't help but be startled, and sweat on his forehead was instantaneous.
"Is your flute made to the sound of the birds? No wonder it sounds so scary", Xiao Qiao was so frightened that he grabbed Zhou Yu's shirt and hid behind him timidly.
Zhou Yu smiled: "Don't be afraid, they won't hurt people." ”
Xiao Qiao slowly poked out his little head, only to see that the strange birds were just slowly circling around the top of the mountain, like walking in the clouds, and did not make a swooping posture.
"Ever since I heard the sound of the flute that day, I have guessed that it must be the tone that controls this strange bird, and as long as I play a positive tune like I did, they will gather from all directions, but it will not hurt anyone."
Zhou Yu stood between the cliffs and played the flute, which was different from the previous terrifying and terrifying, and the sound of the flute was melodious and melodious, and the sound was touching.
Xiao Qiao raised his eyes and looked at the flock of birds flying around the clouds, and his admiration arose spontaneously: "Jiangzuo Zhoulang really deserves his name!" ”
Who knew that at this time, Huo Ran heard the sound of the flute next to him in the dense fog, and its sound was high-pitched and loud, and the sound was loud and restrained.
Xiao Qiao was startled, and Zhou Yu couldn't help but put down the flute in his hand and shouted, "Who! ”
In the thick fog of the sea of clouds, no one answered, and after the long-winged and scaly bird heard the high-pitched flute, its temperament changed greatly, and after a few hoarse mocking and chirping, it shot out of the clouds like a sharp arrow and rushed to the top of the lotus peak.
Xiao Qiao was busy responding to the enemy with flying stones, but Zhou Yu pulled her into his arms, held down her little head, and signaled her not to move.
At the last moment, Zhou Yu calmed down, crossed the flute, and blew it leisurely, confronting the unknown flute. The flutes on both sides came and went, and the strange birds couldn't help but stop, circling and patrolling, as if they were a little dazed.
Seeing this, the sound of the flute on the opposite side was not to be outdone, and suddenly changed the rhythm and tone, and its sound became more and more exciting and harsh. After hearing this, several strange birds no longer hesitated, and swooped down towards Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao.
"Beware!" Xiao Qiao flicked his wide sleeves, and three flying stones burst out and hit the strange bird.
Zhou Yu still frowned and played the flute, competing with the flute on the other side, he knew that if he gave up rashly at this time, these hundreds of flying birds would come to them together.
Although Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao did not communicate, they tacitly understood that Zhou Yu played the flute to control most of the birds, and Xiao Qiao used flying stones to repel individual enemies. This happens to be the top of the mountain, and fine broken stones can be seen everywhere, and Xiao Qiao flies while picking up, and his movements are very light and dexterous. But this kind of persistence is a severe test of physical strength and mental strength, Zhou Yu thought hard, but still hasn't come up with a way to get out.
I don't know how long it took, Xiao Qiao had no strength, Zhou Yu also felt pain in his cheeks, and suddenly a few bowstring sounds sounded in the thick fog, and the strange birds were hit by arrows one after another, and a few screams fell off the cliff, at the same time, Lu Meng's voice came slowly: "Dare to compare with my adults?" I think this man is impatient! ”
Zhou Yu followed the prestige, only to see three figures appear in the dense fog, which were actually Lu Meng, Han Dang and Jiang Qin.
The three of them walked to the top and shot down the birds with several arrows in succession, and the arrows did not miss. The strange bird was more than half lost, and the sound of the unknown flute suddenly turned muffled, and then came to an abrupt end. When the remaining strange birds heard this, one of them plunged into the clouds and mist, and disappeared.
Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief, put down the wooden flute and said to Lu Meng: "I play the flute, and if I say something strange, I will send you to feed the birds." ”
Han Dang and Jiang Qin saluted Zhou Yu one after another, only to hear Han Dang arch his hand and say: "Lord Qiqi, Lord Zhou, we are on the order of the young general and have made a special trip to find you." The dumb man from the palace came with us and was waiting at the bottom of the mountain. ”
"Bo Fu asked you to come? Could he ......?"
Seeing Zhou Yu's face change, Lu Meng hurriedly explained: "The young general encountered an ambush outside Lu'an City, but it was fine. Now the young general and Miss Da Qiao are rushing to the nest, and the two of us are specially sent here to find the adults. ”
"Oh no", Zhou Yu thought of the piper, and said to Lu Meng anxiously, "Ameng, have you seen anyone else all the way up?" Like a woodcutter chopping wood or something..."
Lu Meng looked dazed, and didn't know what to say: "I didn't see anyone else, if there were, I would have arrested him a long time ago." ”
Could it be that the sound of the flute did not come from the Lotus Peak, but from the adjacent peak? The clues that he finally found, Zhou Yu naturally didn't want to let go so easily, he turned around and walked down the mountain, taking nearly a hundred steps, before remembering that Xiao Qiao's foot injury had not healed. He hurriedly turned around and hurried back to Xiao Qiao's side, and sure enough, he saw her standing in place with a flat mouth, full of unhappiness.
Zhou Yu knew that he was wrong, and asked in a low voice, "Does your foot still hurt?" The descent is not as steep as the uphill, it is steep and difficult, can you still hold it? ”
When he got up this morning, there was no Zhou Yu inside and outside the grass house, Xiao Qiao was very worried, and he endured the pain in his feet and climbed the Lotus Peak to find him, so he hit the strange bird with flying stones, and he ran out of strength. Who knew that Zhou Yu didn't appreciate it at all, he just wanted to find out about the strange bird, and he didn't care whether she lived or died. Thinking of this, Xiao Qiao's eyes were hot, and he almost burst into tears.
Zhou Yu was at a loss when he saw Xiao Qiao like this, and saw that Han Dang and the others had been looking at him, so he had to whisper in her ear: "In front of outsiders, can you give me a face......
Alien? Xiao Qiao's heart was shocked, and he suddenly looked back and looked at Zhou Yu. Seeing that he was full of embarrassment, Xiao Qiao knew that he was invincible, tilted his little head and stretched out his arms, and said, "I'm injured, you hold me." ”