Chapter 21: Before the Practice
The next day, before dawn, Hu Qianqiu woke up from his sleep, at this time his roommate was still snoring, Hu Qianqiu could only tiptoe out of bed in order not to wake them up.
Hu Qianqiu went to the bathroom to wash his face, he looked at himself in the mirror and felt a lot haggard.
In the early hours of last night, Hu Qianqiu got up and changed the glutinous rice on his right forearm, when he looked down from the balcony of the dormitory, and found that someone downstairs in the dormitory was looking at him.
Hu Qianqiu looked at the time at that time, it was already three o'clock in the morning, but when he turned his head and looked downstairs in the dormitory again, the person was gone.
Although he only glanced at it, Hu Qianqiu still remembered the appearance of that person, the person downstairs in the dormitory actually looked exactly like Yu Xuefei!
Although Hu Qianqiu wasn't sure if he was dazzled by the mistake, he was still disturbed by this incident last night, and it was difficult to sleep, and he finally fell asleep, and he was awakened by his dream again.
Hu Qianqiu picked up a handful of cold water and poured it on his face, his lower lip turned up, and he blew the hair on his forehead, and there was an indescribable irritability in his heart.
When Hu Qianqiu didn't fall asleep last night, he was thinking, if he was not wrong at the time, then what was the identity of that person?
The day before yesterday, when Yu Xuefei was in the first seven, Hu Qianqiu and his party saw a person dressed the same as Yu Xuefei appear on the rooftop of the hotel, and the same was true of the person Hu Qianqiu saw last night.
Hu Qianqiu feels that these two should be the same person.
It's just that Hu Qianqiu can't understand why this person has to pretend to be Yu Xuefei all the time, if she is just to be scary, it is not impossible, but last night Hu Qianqiu got up to change glutinous rice was a sudden accident, how can she be sure that she will appear on the balcony, if she doesn't show up, will she stay downstairs in the dormitory for one night?
Hu Qianqiu shook his head, feeling that the guess of being scary was too ridiculous, except for Song Xiao, he really couldn't imagine anyone else who would be so boring.
However, Hu Qianqiu can be sure of one thing, this person pretending to be Yu Xuefei must have a very close relationship with Yu Xuefei herself, and now Hu Qianqiu can only wait for Song Xiao to come back from his hometown, and then find a way to find out Yu Xuefei's relatives and friends through his uncle's relationship.
Although Yu Xuefei's fall has been ended by the police as the deceased, the matter itself is not over, Yu Xuefei's death involves more and more people, and the situation is becoming more and more complicated, but Hu Qianqiu has a hunch that the truth is not far away.
After breakfast, Hu Qianqiu went to the supermarket to buy a schoolbag of bread before rushing to Ling Xuguan, with yesterday's lesson, he said that he would not dare to go empty-handed anymore.
When Hu Qianqiu arrived at Lingxuguan, Xuanqingzi was standing in the courtyard of the Taoist temple, but it was said to be a courtyard, and the surrounding walls were already in tatters.
Xuan Qingzi saw Hu Qianqiu coming, and said with a smile: "Why did you come so early today." ”
Hu Qianqiu shrugged his shoulders, "Although the world says that stupid birds fly first, they don't know that really smart birds don't fly late." ”
Xuan Qingzi nodded, "That's right. He saw Hu Qianqiu carrying a big schoolbag behind him, so he asked, "This is?" ”
Hu Qianqiu scratched his head in embarrassment, "It's all food, I'm afraid I'll be too tired and have no strength to practice." ”
Xuan Qingzi said "um", "It's also a way." ”
Hu Qianqiu looked at Xuan Qingzi, although he had a lot of doubts in his heart, but he still couldn't help but not ask, now is not the time for a showdown, if Xuan Qingzi really has other plans to help him, then rashly asking him will only startle the snake.
Although Hu Qianqiu did not tell Xuan Qingzi about the stone slab and the encounter with Yuan Liuli after going down the mountain for a long time yesterday, he still told Xuan Qingzi that he got lost on the mountain last night and went out after a long detour, and asked Xuan Qingzi if he knew the way to go down the mountain quickly.
The reason why Hu Qianqiu asked this was because he really wanted to know a way down the mountain quickly, and secondly, he wanted to see how Xuan Qingzi would behave after hearing that he was lost on the mountain, if he asked if he had encountered anything last night, then Hu Qianqiu would be sure that the stone slab was the secret that Xuan Qingzi wanted to hide.
Unexpectedly, after listening to Hu Qianqiu, Xuan Qingzi was unmoved, and just said indifferently: "If you think it's easy to get lost when you go down the mountain at night, you might as well go down the mountain from the path on the north cliff, although it takes a little detour, it's better than wandering around the mountain." ”
Hu Qianqiu nodded, his heart fluctuated, and he couldn't see the slightest fluctuation from Xuan Qingzi's expression, did he really not know the existence of that stone slab, or was the depth of his city already able to do the ancient well without waves......
"Follow me." Xuan Qingzi had already walked towards the side hall, but he saw that Hu Qianqiu was stunned in place, and couldn't help but remind him.
Hu Qianqiu came back to his senses and ran towards Xuan Qingzi quickly, no longer thinking about this matter, no matter from what angle he looked at, finding out Xuan Qingzi's true identity and purpose was not his primary task.
In addition to the main hall dedicated to Sanqing, there is also a house for living, and a side hall, although Hu Qianqiu has not yet entered the main hall, but he has already seen the furnishings inside from the outside, which is no different from ordinary Taoist temples, but the door of the side hall has been closed since Hu Qianqiu arrived at the Taoist Temple yesterday, so Hu Qianqiu does not know what is inside the side hall.
"Squeak" There was a soft sound, and Xuan Qingzi pushed the door open.
"Cough, cough, cough......" Hu Qianqiu stretched out his hand and waved in front of him, patting away the floating dust, in addition to the dust, the air was also filled with a smell of rotting wood.
"No one has been in this place for years."
Xuan Qingzi thought for a while, "It's been a few years, I haven't been in here since I finished studying, and the master often came in to clean a few years ago, but then he gradually became discouraged, and felt that the door was weak and weak, and there was no need to clean, so he never came in again." ”
Xuan Qingzi walked into the side hall, pushed open the doors and windows for ventilation, and Hu Qianqiu took a sharp breath outside the hall before following Xuan Qingzi into the side hall.
In the side hall were rows of three-story bookshelves, some of which were rotten and crumbling, and many of the books on the shelves were gone, leaving only empty shelves, and the only remaining books were also in tatters.
Hu Qianqiu looked at the scene in front of him, and many thoughts came to his heart.
But Xuan Qingzi seemed to turn a blind eye and said: "Metaphysics Five Techniques." If you don't understand it, you can understand this 'mountain' as a method of various spiritual practices. ”
Hu Qianqiu nodded, although he had not studied it specifically, he still knew some knowledge of metaphysics, what Xuan Qingzi said, he had read it in a book before.
Xuan Qingzi continued: "Although it is headed by 'mountain', but the other four still need to understand in order to touch the bypass, although there are not many books left, but it is still enough for you to read, you will stay here in the morning to read, and then go to rock climbing and exercise in the afternoon, and when your friends come back, you can start practicing together." ”
Hu Qianqiu nodded, Xuan Qingzi said well, although reading these books does not directly help cultivation, but it can lay a good foundation, and future cultivation can get twice the result with half the effort.
Xuan Qingzi went to the bookshelf and found a few relatively intact books, patted the dust on them, and handed them to Hu Qianqiu, who looked at them, which were "Qingjing Sutra", "Sanguan Sutra", "Beidou Sutra" and "Taishang Induction Chapter".
Xuan Qingzi said: "These are Taoist classics, although they are sold on the market, but after all, these have been annotated by the predecessors of the past dynasties, and the significance is very great, you must keep them well, do not damage them." After reading these, I will read "The Legend of the Seven Truths" and "Qiu Zu's Confession". ”
Hu Qianqiu nodded, and at the same time sneered: "You don't care about these books yourself, why do you want me to keep them well......"
Xuan Qingzi seemed to see through what Hu Qianqiu was thinking, "My master is the master of Ling Xuguan, these books are his things, what he wants to do with the old man is his business, even if he burns others, he can't say anything, but no matter what the host thinks, we still have to take good care of the master's things as guests, are you right?" ”
Hu Qianqiu thought about it, felt that what Xuan Qingzi said was also very reasonable, and nodded, "I was wrong." ”
Xuan Qingzi smiled at Hu Qianqiu, turned around and went out, "You can take a good look at it yourself, I will go out to do errands, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask my master, his old man is meditating in the main hall." ”
Hu Qianqiu nodded, and was about to reply, but Xuan Qingzi had already walked away.
Hu Qianqiu had also read some Taoist classics before, although it was a superficial taste, but it still helped him understand the current books, plus the annotations on the books, so Hu Qianqiu still understood these books relatively easily.
By the time Hu Qianqiu finished reading the first book, more than an hour had passed, he stood up, stretched, and walked out of the side hall, intending to breathe.
And Heng Hao was also standing in the courtyard at this time, he saw Hu Qianqiu coming out of the side hall, and said kindly: "But what don't you understand?" ”
Although Hu Qianqiu has always been wary of Xuan Qingzi, Hu Qianqiu trusts his master Henghao Dao Chang more, and even Hu Qianqiu himself can't figure out the reason for this.
Hu Qianqiu shook his head, "Not yet." ”
Heng Hao smiled, "That's good." I look at you, it seems that you have always had something on your mind. ”
Hu Qianqiu thought for a while, "I have a friend who fell to her death some time ago, and the police said that she committed suicide, but I don't think so, so I have been a little bored." ”
Heng Hao nodded, "I've also heard about this matter, so it's better to let Poor Dao deduce it for you and see if you can figure out what happened to her death." ”
Hu Qianqiu's eyes lit up, judging from Xuan Qingzi's performance, his master Henghao must also have real materials, which is different from the kind of half-hung person who can't understand it, maybe he can really try.