Chapter 16: Invulnerability
As the old saying goes, since ancient times, the south is the north of the horse. To the south of Shanhaiguan is the world of Maoshan Taoist priests and dragon and tiger immortals, and to the north of Shanhaiguan is the territory of the horse immortal - the horse immortal is not Shanhaiguan!
The great immortals have been practicing on the mountain for a long time, and they have to come to the world to cultivate-the so-called rolling red dust to temper the Dao heart, and forge the method with the evil fighting method.
But how did these great immortals come about? The Breeze and Smoke Soul is cultivated by the dead and the dead; The Hu family is a fox; The Feng family and the Bai family are hedgehogs and immortals; The Huang family is a yellow skin cultivator; The Gray family is a rat toss to live; The four surnames of Chang, python, willow, and Si are all from snake pythons. How can such an immortal family enter the mortal world?
Naturally, it is necessary to find someone to talk to on the bright side. This person is the "younger brother". "Brother Horse" and "Brother Horse", as the name suggests, are both disciples of the Immortal Family and horses of the Immortal Family. The immortal family came down the mountain to ride the younger horse to practice, and the immortal family could give the younger brother and horse guidance, but the road was walked by the younger brother's horse, so there is a saying that "the body of the immortal is the body of the immortal, and the person leads the immortal to practice".
The immortal family doesn't catch the horse to see who catches whom, if it weren't for the fact that the master of the Lingtang is the elder of the younger brother's family, then this hall and the younger brother have a bone fairy relationship. It's not enough to have an immortal fate, people are living creatures in the yang world, the spirits of all things, and the immortals who have cultivated animals and dead souls can't go directly to the body no matter what, so they have to ponder the younger horses. Those who can survive, or someone shows the way, can go out; If you don't survive this hurdle, your family wealth will be scattered, or you will die of illness.
There are also large and small Xianjiatangkou, and some small halls only have six or seven immortal families and one surname. And at the entrance of the lobby, there can be hundreds of immortals, from the breeze and smoke soul to the white and yellow bearded python, everything! The masters of each sect in charge, the personal report horses who explore the way to communicate, the immortals who can fight martial arts, and the magic immortals who know the law, each perform its own duties and get its place. Generally speaking, ordinary people can't catch up with such a cousin when they practice.
Zhao Yueyue was carrying such a large hall of immortals. Except for the Gray Family, it's all!
"Master, you said that Zhang Daxian, can he promise to be the hall master for Zhao Yueyue?" Huzi asked.
sent away the three members of the Zhao family, and Li Lintang has not returned. Mr. Peng and Huzi didn't wait, they ate first after cooking, and left a copy for Li Lintang.
"Why do you think that?" Mr. Peng asked rhetorically.
"Isn't that easy?" Huzi raised his eyebrows and said, "That person surnamed Zhang can't afford to be early, and people like him won't help for no reason." Besides, I've heard people say that being a hall master is hard work, and if you don't do it well, you will lose your Taoism. I think that Zhang Daxian just agreed, and he had to knock the bamboo pole of the old Zhao family. ”
Mr. Peng shook his head: "No, he must come and see." ”
Hu Zijin lowered his nose and asked, "Why?" Can this Daxian listen to you? ”
"If he doesn't listen to me, he has to listen to the words of the immortal family on his body." "They are from livestock backgrounds, so they are much more straightforward than us." Between the immortal families, as long as they don't tie the knot, they have to help each other according to the rules. This is the first time that Zhao Yueyue has followed the immortal family to go down the mountain, and it stands to reason that there is no conflict with the immortal family on Zhang Daxian's body, so we can rest assured that we can ask Zhang Daxian for help. ”
Huzi took a bite of the pickles: "In other words, Zhao Yueyue will definitely be able to go out?" Will she be a goddess in the future? ”
"Not necessarily." Mr. Peng said, "The road between the immortal family and the immortal family is different, if there is no fate, Zhang Daxian can't be Zhao Yueyue's master of the hall." Besides, the master of the hall is just helping to establish the hall, not really the master, and the cultivation has to rely on the little girl and her own immortal family to polish each other, it is not so simple. ”
"Oh." Huzi answered, nodded thoughtfully, and didn't ask any more questions.
Mr. Peng put down the dishes and chopsticks and sighed. Huzi raised his head: "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”
Rubbing the corners of his forehead, Mr. Peng said: "Historically, one city and one village of the immortal family is enough, and now the immortal family has gone down the mountain to catch horses, I am afraid that it is because the world is going to be in chaos." ”
"Can you see that, too?" Huzi said in surprise.
"It's possible," said Mr. Peng, "that the more troubled the times, the more evil and ghosts will become." The immortals have their own way of stargazing and acting fate, which is different from us, they know when they should go down the mountain. Now there are more and more immortal families going down the mountain, I'm afraid it's because the whole Northeast is going to be in chaos. ”
"Chaos in the Northeast? It's not that scary......" Huzi shrunk his neck.
Mr. Peng sighed again: "It's possible." Maybe it's a demon, or maybe it's a man-made disaster. In fact, the two are inseparable, and when there are many man-made disasters, demons and evil are nourished. ”
"Master," Huzi paused for a moment and spoke slowly, "Are we considered 'demons'?" ”
Mr. Peng didn't expect Huzi to ask such a question, so he was stunned for a long time and said, "Huzi, do you think you want to be a good person?" ”
Huzi didn't even think about it: "I want to be a good person!" is like the heroes of Liangshan in "Water Margin", killing the rich and helping the poor, happy and revenge! Like the royal cat Zhanzhao in "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", punish rape and eliminate evil, and make a name for himself! ”
"Well, you're thinking well," Mr. Peng smiled, "but that's not right. You are still a teenager in the end, and it may be too early to ask you this question. I can only tell you that I am not a 'demon' anymore, your uncle is not a 'demon', as for whether you are or not, it depends on yourself. ”
After speaking, Mr. Peng turned around and walked out of the door, Huzi took a bite of the green onion viciously, thinking that his master had said something mysterious again, but after thinking about it, he didn't tell himself anything.
Before Huzi's bowl of rice was finished, Li Lintang pushed the door in. He didn't say hello to Huzi either, and sat down opposite Huzi where Mr. Peng was sitting just now. Looking at Mr. Peng's leftover half bowl of bud rice stubble, Li Lintang was not too dirty, he filled it up by himself, and poured a bowl of porridge into his stomach after two or three mouthfuls of snoring.
"Hiccup~" After a long burp, Li Lintang put down the dishes and chopsticks and said to Huzi: "Don't go down the mountain if it's okay, there's chaos in Changtu Mansion." ”
"What kind of mess?" Huzi asked.
"Boxer." After Li Lintang finished speaking, he walked out, presumably to find Mr. Peng.
Huzi couldn't sit still when he heard this. The Boxers that Uncle Shi talked about were a gang of bandits, not only killing foreigners, but also harming the people! Xiao Jiu and Zhao Xiaogou are both in the city!
Before this, Huzi didn't know about the Boxers, but those who were close to the Boxers were all in Shengjing, in Benxi, and in Dalian, when did they come to Changtu? Where this bird doesn't poop, they come too?
"Huzi, you go to the city." After Huzi finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Mr. Peng called him to him, "You send my letter to Zhang Daxian, bring a knife, and listen to your uncle say that there may be chaos in the city." ”
"No......" Huzi was stunned, "Didn't Uncle Shi say that there was a Boxer Rebellion in the city?" ”
"It's okay," Mr. Peng didn't care, "you're not a foreigner, and they won't treat you badly." Bring your knife with you, just in case. ”
Huzi nodded: "Hey, okay." ”
"Hey~ That's right, Master!" Huzi turned around as soon as he was about to leave, "I'm going to the city now, it may be dark after delivering the letter, so I won't go back to the mountain, I will go directly to the troupe to live." ”
"It's okay, the curfew is still in place now, you can go to Xiao Jiu at night." Mr. Peng agreed.
Huzi picked up the letter, put his Miao knife on his back with a flannel cloth, walked for half a day, and arrived in the city.
After entering the city, Huzi knew how lively the city was now, and there were people on the third floor and the outer three floors in the empty field in front of the drum tower, and there was a sound of swords colliding inside, and the crowd also made a cheer from time to time.
"It's not like the Boxers are coming." Hu Zi was puzzled and wanted to squeeze to the front to take a look, but the crowd was densely surrounded, and Huzi was small and light, so he couldn't squeeze in front.
"Hey! Toilet! Here's it! A greeting came from above. Hu Zi looked up, Xiao Jiu sat on the verandah fence on the second floor of the Drum Tower and beckoned to him: "Huzi, come into the building, you can see it clearly here, it's beautiful!" ”
Huzi was naturally happy when he heard this, and hurriedly ran upstairs, but collided with a person at the top of the stairs.
"Reckless, what it looks like!" The man was slender, with delicate facial features, no beard, and his eyebrows were shaved clean, "Just go upstairs and walk, what are you running?" ”
Although the man's words were rebuke, there was not much anger in his words. Huzi saw clearly who he had hit, and immediately bent down and bowed: "I've seen Class Master Chen, Class Master Chen, you are auspicious." ”
It turned out that this person was the master of the Chen class, Xiao Jiu's father, and the pillar of the Drum Tower! Tsing Yi sings vividly, revealing the femininity and charm of a woman in every move, no less than the bosses who sing in the capital or on the streets of Tianjin.
"Alright, little daredevil." Class Master Chen smiled, "Go up, Xiao Jiu looks at the juggling outside." ”
Vaudeville? When the Chen class master said this, Huzi was even more curious. walked to the verandah and called Xiao Jiu, but Xiao Jiu didn't look back and pointed out to Huzi: "Huzi, look! ”
Huzi leaned on the edge of the outer railing and saw that there was a flag erected in the place where the outer three floors were surrounded below, and there were four big characters on it: "Fuqing and extinguishing the ocean"! It turned out that these were the Boxers.
Most of these people are sturdy men, and they all wrap their braids around their heads and hold them with chopsticks. There is a red practice uniform on his body, a white patch on the front chest and back, "Fuqing and Extinguish the Ocean" written on the chest, and "Invulnerability" written on the back!
Under that big flag, someone was holding a double-headed spear and gesturing, and he had practiced for several years to see the posture.
"All the folks and elders of Changtu, it's eye-catching!" The man playing with the gun shouted, and someone next to him threw a watermelon the size of a human head. With a lift of the tip of the gun, the watermelon was pierced through and hung on the gun. There was a cheering voice all around.
"What's this?" Huzi also climbed the railing and sat down next to Xiao Jiu, "I can poke a hole in a watermelon with a burning stick, is this still good?" ”
Xiao Jiu sneered: "Didn't they applaud this, you can see it when you look at it." ”
"Everyone's eyes, this is a real guy!" After the man finished speaking, he pulled a boxer from the Boxer Rebellion beside him, and the two stood opposite each other, each holding the spear tip at both ends to his throat!
"Hey!" The two of them snorted at the same time, and together they slammed towards the middle, and the gun looked bent! The onlookers couldn't help but hold their breath, for fear of alarming the two of them and making them "break the gong".
The gun had been bent to the point of not being shaped, but the two were still walking into each other! I only heard a "click", and the double-headed spear was interrupted when it hit, and the two sections of the spear jumped out a long way!
Suddenly, the crowd burst into thunderous applause and applause. The boxers all raised their fists and shouted, "Invulnerability!" Invulnerable! Invulnerable! Invulnerable! ”
Huzi felt in his heart that this was really powerful, and he had to have a few years of hard qi skills, and he was fully prepared to do this. This must be a powerful figure in the Boxers.