Chapter 21: The Song of the Desert
The zombie was suddenly kicked away by Wu Laodao, Liu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and he fell to the ground weakly.
But Wu Laodao sat on him and slapped Liu Cheng viciously. Seeing that Liu Cheng was unable to speak, "pop, pop, snap" slapped him three times in a row.
Liu Cheng was stunned, and all he could hear was "Wake up, wake up!", isn't this Fluttershy's voice.
Liu Cheng slowly opens his eyes and sees Fluttershy riding on top of him, his right hand raised and about to hit down.
Liu Cheng subconsciously raised his hands to cover his face.
"Finally woke up. Fluttershy says happily.
Liu Cheng saw Hu Laodao lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth.
"What's going on?" Liu Cheng felt dizzy and couldn't figure out the situation for a while.
"What's the matter! You and Brother Hu have fallen for other people's ways. When I saw that your fire was extinguished, and I heard the sound of you falling to the ground, I knew that something was wrong, so I asked Master Shouyan (Brother Hu Laodao's Dao number) to look at Gao Rui, and I meditated and went down to find out. When I saw you both lying on the ground, there was a ghost on the top of the cave, and I ate it in a fit of rage. Then he returned to his body and went down to the cave to save you. ”
"What does the ghost girl look like? Let me see how you can eat him. Liu Cheng said curiously.
"It's a ghost, it has no shape. Don't talk to you, I have to save Brother Hu. Fluttershy walks over to Hu and taps her hand to Hu's head, and Hu breathes a sigh of relief and gradually recovers.
Liu Cheng was a little unconvinced after seeing it, "Why is it just that he is gentle, but I have to take several slaps." ”
Fluttershy looked back at Liu Cheng, "You two are confused in different ways, so you can do it in different ways."
Liu Cheng was skeptical, but he still didn't dare to ask again.
He notices that the torch on the ground may have been lit by Fluttershy, and the firelight illuminates one side of the wall, but the mural on the wall looks too old, and the color has dropped a lot, and many of the lines have turned black, and the content is still very clear, just like what he saw when he was fascinated, with five dragons pulling the cart, phoenix chariot behind, and so on.
Liu Cheng picked up the torch and came to the opposite wall to take a look, the content was the same as the original, and the colors of the paintings had faded a lot. Hey, what about the original coffin?
Look at the front wall again, the front wall, how did it become a big hole, this ancient tomb seems to have been destroyed, and it has been built into a military tunnel. It seems that everything has a cause and effect, and if you don't understand it, this ghost is taking revenge.
At this time, Hu Laodao sat up humming, and spit out water vigorously, coughing a few times before he stabilized. Hey, where did Fluttershy go, people?
Liu Cheng helped Hu Laodao out of the tunnel, only to see his senior brother and Gao Rui looking anxiously outside.
"What's going on, Fluttershy, you two big men actually left a girl's family down there, and they were kind enough to save you.
Neither of them answered, and sat on the ground gasping for air. In their hearts, they each have a journey through the various relationships just now, what is true and what is false.
After a while, Fluttershy finally emerges from the hole. Gao Rui saved Fluttershy, "Sister, no, auntie, you're out, I'm scared to death." ”
"Well, don't be afraid, my aunt is fine. The tunnel can lead to Datong, but the exit is blocked, there are many corpses and bones inside, I am afraid that digging a hole may not be dug in four or five days, and it is estimated that it will be killed by random arrows when it goes out. Fluttershy speaks to the group.
Hu Lao Dao bowed deeply to Fluttershy, "Thank you little fairy for rescuing, you can use my old Hu in the future, you can just speak." ”
"Where did you tell she's a fairy?" Liu Cheng was surprised, could something had gone wrong, how could he tell that Fluttershy was a fairy?
"Brother Liu, you forgot, my old Hu can read faces, and since you and him are not father and daughter, he claims to be an aunt, presumably the age does not match the appearance, and the one who can fight with the ghosts in the cave this time is not an immortal, but also a master of Taoism. And you went to the Peach Blossom World and didn't come back, but this time I saw you, and there was more Fluttershy around me. Judging from her face, she has a fairy aura in her bones, you say she is not an immortal, what is it?"
"It turns out that Daoist Hu knows how to look at faces, your senior brother is called Shouyan, I don't know what you call your way?" Fluttershy doesn't care too much about her identity being revealed, but is very interested in this old Taoist who can read faces.
"My name is Hu Yishan, the word Zhenhai, the road number, his name is ..... Called ......" Hu Laodao was suddenly stuck there.
"His name is Stubborn Stone, he has been in the master since he was a child, and he is one of my youngest disciples. "He doesn't like people to call him that, so you might as well call him Lao Hu.
"What, play with stones. It's so interesting, Uncle Hu must be very good at playing. Gao Rui was very happy to hear this.
"Don't talk nonsense, children. Liu Cheng hugged Gao Rui, "Let's hurry." ”
"Don't rush to the road yet, this place is very close to the border of Daming, wait until evening. Fluttershy says.
"But what if the Mongols come?" asked Liu Cheng.
"No, you didn't see the Mongols running back when they saw this earthen fort, obviously they knew there was something strange here. Who would want to come here. Hu Laodao held a fan to block the sun, stood on the dirt bag, and looked around, "We might as well go to that tower, if there are people in the distance, we can also see it." ”
So they decided to stay, and went to the highest tower, which was actually only a corner of the city wall, and was mainly responsible for watching. The field of vision is indeed wide, with a view of the vast grassland to the northwest and the Great Wall in the distance to the southeast.
Big guy, sit down to eat and drink. At this time, it was already afternoon, and Liu Cheng briefly told the story in the ancient tomb.
"What kind of soul suppression paper talisman, where do I have those things on me, there are some mud balls. So Hu Laodao also told his story, which was completely different from Liu Cheng's.
What Hu Laodao saw in the cave was a huge carp more than half a person long, with a jewel in its mouth, swimming around in the air. He thought he had found a treasure, so he hurried to catch the carp and wanted to snatch the jewel from his mouth.
The fish was so easy that it swam around, but it was never caught. It turned out that he was actually in a hole filled with water. No matter how hard I try, it's too late, and I can't even find an exit.
Choking on the water, he struggles to get out of the water, and the water reaches the top of the cave until Fluttershy wakes him up.
"Brother Hu, but your heart is much purer than yours, look at you, wealth, power, and sex have been greedy all over you. Fluttershy whispered, pinching Liu Cheng's lower back as she spoke.
Everyone was talking and laughing, time flew by, and in a blink of an eye, it was about to be dusk, and the sky suddenly darkened.
Fluttershy looked into the distance and sang,
The years are long, and the sky is shrouded in the four fields,
The song is long and sad, and the wind spreads all over the world.
The general will not return, and he will be on the battlefield in a hundred battles.
The cheap slaves do not abandon and look through the galaxy.
The wind and clouds are changing, and the bad news is sad.
The vicissitudes of life, accompanied by the king's eternal sleep.
.......”
It's been like a song, and it's sung straight
The sky is dark and the clouds are dark,
The four fields are vast.
The wind roars,
Birds and beasts are hidden.
Although Gao Rui didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics, he couldn't help but shed tears when he listened to this sad tone and looked at the cloudy grassland, and suddenly remembered his father, and the grandmother who had long since died, and his mother died since birth, and he didn't know what he looked like, so he should be very beautiful.
The crowd was also very sad to hear this.
"It's good, it's good, but why is it so sad!" even Hu Laodao was in tears.
"It's the ghost's voice, and I'm helping her talk about her last wish. If you don't overtake her grievances, you won't stay in my altar honestly. Fluttershy says.
"Why did you interrupt Fluttershy, I'm so ignorant. Hu Laodao's senior brother complained.
Fluttershy then sings, "
The clouds are dark and sad, and it is difficult to complain.
The wind and clouds are gone, and the sky is thousands of miles.
It is a good day, and you can fly to the moon and catch the moon.
It is a beautiful view, and you can go into the river to pick up the stars.
Life is short, why bother with love.
The loess is high, and the air is sleeping.
Listen to the rain, the past has turned into smoke.
It's empty, and the years have gone by.
This time there is no more sorrow,
Where the clouds fly is the way home. ”
It's a beautiful day, stealing the moon and picking the stars, only singing, the wind and clouds are gone, the sky is like washing, and the sky is suddenly clear again.
Then Fluttershy begins to transpose her tune again, "
The clouds are light and the wind is my home,
Ancient spring mountain water crossing tea.
I will take the clouds of the desert,
The white clothes are dyed with light yarn and red glow.
The birds gently turn their songs,
Hundreds of beasts accompanied the mountains and gorges.
Since then, Cuixia fairy palace has lived,
Get rid of the dust. ”
This later song is no longer sad, but graceful to listen to, making people feel like they are in a fairyland.
I don't know when, the small animals that were originally hiding in Tibet and quiet actually gathered around the earthen fort, and the walls of the earthen fort were full of all kinds of birds, and even eagles and sparrows could live in peace.
Liu Cheng and they also listened very attentively, the clouds are light and the wind is my home, and it gives people a feeling of returning to the countryside, which is really good. This song seems to have a kind of magic that can penetrate the sky and penetrate the heart.
At this time, the sun was setting, and the afterglow was slanting on the earth, this ancient castle, this group of people, this group of animals, large and small, were all plated with a layer of gold by the light of the setting sun.
When the stars first appeared in the evening, the officers and soldiers guarding the city on the city wall saw a black patch in the sky in the distance, a black mass on the ground, and birds and beasts rushing towards the city wall in groups. I was a little stunned, I had never seen such a scene.
First, a large number of birds flew overhead, and then small animals such as badgers, foxes, rabbits, and steppe rats climbed the earthen city wall and swaggered past the officers and soldiers, giving people the feeling of a great escape.
The officers and soldiers guarding the Great Wall did not know what to do, and some thought that there might be an earthquake or something like a natural disaster. Sure enough, after a while, there was a loud rumbling sound in the distance, like ten thousand horses galloping, but seeing the wind blowing and black smoke rising, I couldn't see what was coming.
The black fog came to my eyes, but I saw ten thousand black horses flying out of the thick fog, and they were all skeleton cavalry, holding ancient weapons such as knives, ge, axes, and so on.