Chapter 288: Arriving at Linkong Mountain
It's as if all the troubles I have experienced during this period of time, after listening to the sound of the piano, have been washed away, and all the dirty things and the sludge that have settled in people's hearts have been washed clean.
Is this sound for me? Is this music specially waiting for me to come back and play it for me?
When I saw Li Xiangjun again this time, I was also very excited, and she was also very excited to see me again. We talked for a long time, and we rested at her in the evening.
And in the chat with her, I also learned that during the time I came in, a lot of things happened on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Mainly because of the war, now the Ming Dynasty has fallen. The people of the world are displaced, and the north is controlled by the Qing army, and there are many refugees running towards the south.
In addition, although the emperor of the Ming Dynasty died, there were still many officials in the court who did not obey the rule of the Qing army at all, and fled directly to Nanjing to organize a ** (Southern Ming regime) to fight against the Qing army in the north.
But these are the remnants of the defeated soldiers, and they have no money and not many people, and in order to resist the strong Eight Banners soldiers, they must recruit people and collect taxes. As a result, the whole South has been made to live in misery. The wails are everywhere, and many people are dissatisfied, and they have lost hope for such a world.
In this regard, Li Xiangjun also said that now this Nanming ** is not the time to employ people, and asked me if I would take this opportunity to go to Nanjing to seek an official position, so as to realize my protection, serve the country and the people, and give full play to my ability.
Hearing this, I shook my head helplessly, to be honest, such an era is indeed an opportunity to take risks, whether he goes to the refugee ** to be an official or to the Qing Dynasty, which has just invaded Beijing, and has not yet gained a foothold, he can do a great job.
But for me, it's different, I know the development of history, and now the fame and fortune that these people are striving for are the most meaningless, and in the end it is not that they can't resist the tide of history, they can't stop the passage of time, and in the end it is not the same as disappearing.
Besides, that Nanming **, it's just a lingering breath, it won't take a few days to destroy the Qing army, and it doesn't have the slightest effect to struggle for a while, although I went to a useful place, but in the end I still died.
What's more, my target is Na Ba Qing, I have already decided to go to the disaster and plan to kill Ba Qing, so I can't change it, even if I encounter great difficulties, I can't have the slightest intention of retreating.
So the world is in chaos, and people like Li Xiangjun and them are not happy, and those who do what they do are hoping that in the Taiping era, there will be more people to play and more money.
But now, it has become a problem for them to even eat, speaking of this, Li Xiangjun sighed three times, frowned, and seemed to have suffered a lot.
And she also said a very important news, that is, she had also seen Dong Xiaowan come back before.
These words can give me a cleverness, Dong Xiaowan has come back, when did that happen? And what did Dong Xiaowan do when she came back?
According to Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan came back in a hurry, she also saw it in the market, and saw Dong Xiaowan hurrying towards the north by this burden, as for where she went, she didn't know where to go, she also shouted Dong Xiaowan a few times at the time, but Dong Xiaowan was in a hurry at that time, and she didn't turn back to pay attention to her at all.
As for when I met Dong Xiaowan, it was about a month ago. A month ago, I had just returned home.
But Dong Xiaowan came back to the Qinhuai River, why is this, it is said that she did not find Hou Fangyu and them, even if she came back, then there is no need to leave, after all, this is her root, she is going to the north this time, what is the purpose?
Everything seems to be covered with a layer of confusion.
I met Li Xiangjun this time, and I lived here for two days, and she let me stay with her all the time, but my business was not finished yet, and the old man Tian also asked me to go to Linkong Mountain first, saying that this matter could not be delayed, and I could go back to Li Xiangjun after solving it first.
Thinking about it, it is also meaningless to stay here for a long time, Linkong Mountain is to go sooner or later, and it is easy for people to lose motivation when Li Xiangjun stays here, it is better to go to Linkong Mountain first, and then the matter will be solved, as the old man Tian said, if I am still willing to come back, I can come back at that time, and if I don't want to come back, I will go to Yunnan on the way.
On this day, seeing that I was leaving, Li Xiangjun was very reluctant, saying that it was hard to see me again, but what he didn't expect was that I would come and leave after a few days, why is this life like this, I always face separation, and every time it is painful.
Hearing Li Xiangjun say this, my heart is also very uncomfortable, no one wants to separate, everyone wants to live freely, but I can't help myself.
There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, it is inevitable, I can't stay here all the time, if I don't leave, where can I go, and I must also leave.
Everyone has something to do, and you can't force it.
Besides, the matter of separation is also a natural law, even if there is no separation now, then it is only a temporary non-separation, and people will eventually die, and they will have to leave when the time comes.
Therefore, human beings are only learning to do one thing, and that is to separate.
Now is a small separation, and there will still be a chance for him to be full, but after all, we must learn to separate forever, and the one who will never meet again will only leave a deep longing in our hearts.
When I left, I went to the market to buy some things, to eat and drink, to buy a lot of yellow paper to draw symbols, and many magic tools to be used in the trade, and then I set out on the road.
The next road to Linkong Mountain, not as smooth as before, the previous road is a big road, and it is much smoother, but the location of this Linkong Mountain is peculiar, the road is rugged, after leaving the Qinhuai River, it only takes half a day's journey, and it begins to enter the rugged road.
Along the way, I was alone, and I was really bored, and the old man Tian only came out to give me a short distance when I didn't know the road, and the other times he disappeared, and it was very boring for me to walk alone.
And along the way, it was twisting and turning, going uphill for a while, going downhill for a while, bending for a while, and flat for a while, although I was riding on a horse, but I was very tired of walking, and the speed was greatly reduced.
Finally, after the formation of the day, the next day only walked for less than a morning, and came to a peak.
This mountain is also strange, it is a standout, it looks no less than a thousand zhang, standing alone on this earth, looking up, it is already into the clouds, the surrounding of the mountain is clouds and mist, this is indeed a good place.
Especially on that mountain, there is a good place for self-cultivation at regular times, but according to Old Man Tian's words, the demon road that lives on the top of this mountain is really a good place for dogs.
The next thing is to go up the mountain, to be honest, I really admire the old man Tian, this guy has gone to this mountain dozens of times, every time he comes back with a zombie, he has to go to the top of the mountain once, but he is really capable, I look at the top of the mountain, it is all shuddering, and my heart is a little bottomless, I am afraid that I can't even climb the top of the mountain, how to avenge the old man Tian when the time comes.
I really don't know how she got to this mountain before, that ability must be admirable.
I ate a few things, and when I was satisfied, I tied my horse to my book and began to climb the mountain.
To say one thing, that is, the scenery here is really good, of course, in this ancient times, everywhere is pristine, there is no pollution, it is nonsense to say that the air is fresh, but the air here is obviously much more dramatic than the air on the banks of the Qinhuai River.
Moreover, this Linkong Mountain is an isolated place, and the flowers, birds, and cordyceps are unique, looking like they have been cultivated, but they are a little disorganized, giving people the feeling of messy and beautiful. It is indeed a great place to visit the mountains and rivers.
The climb of the mountain made me climb for more than four hours, and I took several breaks in the middle, and in the process, I wanted to retreat several times, and wanted to go back, but there was no way, since I came, then I could go back?
Fortunately, in the end, it persevered to the mountain.
When I was down, I looked at the top of the hill and there were some trees, but I couldn't see anything, and when I got to this top, I realized that there were still houses on it.
Look at the house, it's still good, it's not magnificent, but it's not an ordinary wooden house.
When we were still a few miles away from the house on the top of the hill, the path began to be transformed into stone stairs. I looked at the stone staircase at my feet, there were some very strange stripes on it, it looked like it was disorganized, but it seemed to be some kind of symbol, horizontal and vertical, I couldn't understand it at all, each stone staircase had a different symbol on it.
I was a little confused, wondering if I should step on it, to be honest, when I climbed the mountain before, I was thinking about how to climb to the top of the mountain, and I had no fear of it, but now that I came here, I was a little empty in my heart, and I was afraid that there would be no turning back.
And the strange thing is that on the top of this mountain, even if it is to build a broken pavilion, then it is a very labor-intensive thing, but this mountaintop mountain is not only to build a big house, but also to build a stone staircase for so many miles, which is even more incredible, looking at it makes people panic and dare not step on it.