Chapter 426: Barren Mountain Courtyard

Hearing Chen Hui say this, I also swept the whole house, except for a table, two stools and a bed, there was nothing, I said in my heart, isn't the old Taoist priest a feather flying immortal, what about the corpse, there should be a corpse in the house, right, the corpse also flew with the immortal?

I'm not interested in Taoism's "immortality" or "feathered flying immortals" or anything, but I just want to see what these strange people look like, and I can look at the corpses.

Thinking about it, I asked Chen Hui why there was no corpse of the old Taoist in the house, and where was the corpse, but I was afraid that Chen Hui would be annoyed, so I specifically asked to see the corpse, which seemed to be a great disrespect and blasphemy to others.

I endured it for a while, and then asked Chen Hui: "Dao Chief, there is no kitchen stove inside and outside this house, why did the old Dao Chief eat here in the past?" ”

Chen Hui replied: "The old-timers have not eaten fireworks in the world for decades......"

"What?" Before Chen Hui finished speaking, I interrupted him and wanted to say, I don't have to starve to death, who knows, Qiang Shun rushed to say my words: "Won't you starve to death a long time ago!" ”

Chen Hui immediately turned his head and glared at Qiang Shun, "The attainments of the old-timers have entered the realm of refinement, and there is no need to be contaminated with the fireworks of the world, just drink some spring water and eat some wild fruits every day." ”

I hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do, can't we just drink spring water and eat fruit every day?" ”

"No, you don't." Chen Hui waved his hand and said, "I practiced here for a few months with the old-timers a few years ago, and there is a path where the spring water flows out outside, and I follow the path out of the valley, go a few miles to the west, and then go north, there is a small village where you can buy food. ”

At this time, we basically didn't have anything to eat, after resting in the wooden house for a while, Chen Hui greeted us, left the luggage and went into battle lightly, he wanted to take us to the north village to buy some food, and then take us to the village where the Luo family lived, let us first familiarize ourselves with the familiar path, however, we have to be careful on the road, although Luo Wu and Luo Siyan are dead, but their Luo family has a total of five brothers, and now there may be three, and the power is still very large.

He followed Chen Hui along the stream next to the wooden house and quickly came out of the valley. Outside the valley is still a mountain, if you follow the stream and then go south, according to Chen Hui, it is a town, called a dragon town, the road is quite far, at least two days to walk, but, aside from the road next to the stream, go west, there is no road.

In front of me, the dense weeds, branches, and vines blocked the way we were going, and in the end, there was no way, I let Chen Hui and Qiang Shun walk behind, and I and the stupid cow used the wooden sticks in our hands to open the way in front. The journey was very difficult, according to what Chen Hui said, it only took two hours to get to that village, and after buying food, then went north, and then walked for half a day, it was the village where the Luo family lived.

However, we walked in the forest for a long time, at least for an hour, and we did not see the village that Chen Hui had mentioned.

At this time, Chen Hui asked us to stop, and he looked around the forest and said that this place was not right, as if he was going in the wrong direction.

I looked around, in this dense deep mountain and old forest, it is difficult to see the sun when I look up, and it is not normal to be able to go in the right direction.

In the end, there was no way, a few people combined, how to figure out where is the south and where is the north, I asked the stupid cow to fold an arhat for me, I stepped on his shoulder, climbed a tall old tree.

When I climbed to the top of the tree, I looked up to find the position of the sun, and when I saw that the sun didn't matter, we really went in the wrong direction, according to what Chen Hui said, after getting out of the valley, we went west first and then went north, we were good, we didn't turn north, we have been going west, we should turn north.

Then I looked at the whole area again, condescendingly, full of emerald green, high and low green hills in the distance, layered and undulating, but I suddenly found that in the distance directly north of us, there was a small bright spot, and it flashed and flashed, as if someone was holding a mirror and reflecting the light towards me.

After seeing it, I came down from the tree and told Chen Hui in detail about the situation, Chen Hui frowned and said, "I haven't walked for many years, but I didn't expect to go the wrong way." Then he asked me, "Do you see what the glowing thing in the north is?" ”

I shook my head and said, "I don't see it clearly, why don't we go over and have a look, anyway, we're going to go north, I feel like it's the light reflected by glass or mirrors, and we can still find someone there to ask for directions." ”

Chen Hui nodded, looking helpless, "It seems that this is the only way." ”

I estimated the general direction of the glowing place, and a few people began to walk north, but this time we learned our lesson, and after walking for a while, I would climb a big tree to look at the direction, but I didn't see anything glowing again, but I remembered the location of the forest, it was a small hill that didn't look too big, and the place where it glowed, in the middle and upper part of the hill, it felt like a clearing.

A few people didn't know how long they walked forward, and when I climbed a big tree again to look, the hill bag was actually close in front of me, and I felt that the halfway up the hill was really a clearing, faintly, and I could see the roof, maybe the roof, because it was far away, and I couldn't see it clearly, anyway, it was not the same as the lush green around.

I came down from the tree again, beckoned Chen Hui and the others, and with more effort, the place was right in front of me.

The four of them walked forward for about three or four miles, and the road in front of them was sloping, much steeper than behind us, and this should be the hill.

At this time, there are obviously a lot less trees in front, and there are a lot less weeds on the ground, fortunately it is not steep, a few people began to climb up, and I don't know how long they climbed, and they felt that they were about to reach the place, and suddenly, "Dangdangdang" came a string of heavy bells, just like the big bell in the temple, the sound was thick and long, and it sounded fascinating.

Several of us stopped, there was a bell indicating that there were people above, and after a while, the bell fell, and several people came to the spirit, of course, they were all more careful, from the feeling that this place should not be far from the Luo family's village, the place where the bell came, for us, it is still unknown whether it is safe or not.

Soon, a few people climbed halfway up the mountain, and a clearing appeared in front of them, which looked quite flat, as if someone had cut down a piece of the dirt slope, and there was a huge courtyard in the innermost part of the flat land, close to the mountain.

The wall of the courtyard is very strange, circular, the whole is in the shape of two and a half arcs, it can also be said that the two half arcs form a circular courtyard, and where the two and a half arcs meet, there is a circular moon gate, which looks quite chic.

I said in my heart, these southerners are really ingenious, our courtyard gate there is a square door, which means that the main house is square and dignified, this is good, round gate, is it a garden inside?

Looking at the courtyard, there are several wooden houses, the innermost is the main house, which seems to be next to the mountain, and seems to be an attic-like building, which is obviously one level higher than the next house.

A few people watched, Chen Hui actually asked me to go elsewhere with Qiang Shun, wait in the forest, he wanted to bring the stupid cow over, Chen Hui said, both of them are Taoist priests, after the past, even if there is danger, others will not embarrass them. The two of us are different, especially me, this is the territory of the Luo family, and it is not safe for me to go out and show my face.

I had nothing to argue with Chen Hui's words, so Qiang Shun and I stayed in the forest opposite the courtyard for the time being, and Chen Hui went over with the stupid cow.

Watching the back of the master and apprentice approaching the house, I took out two cigarettes from my body, handed one to Qiang Shun, and the two of them smoked cigarettes and waited in the forest.

After a long time, the master and apprentice disappeared. The left can't wait, the right can't wait, Qiang Shun and I can't hold our breath, Qiang Shun asked me: "Yellow River, did Chen Hui and Brother Silly Niu encounter something inside, they haven't come out, do you want to go in and have a look." ”

I was more anxious than Qiang Shun, and finally gritted my teeth, "Let's go, let's sneak over and have a look." ”

The two of them cautiously went out of the forest, and seeing that there was no one around, they crept to the moon gate quietly, and we did not rush in, but one by one at the door, poked our heads and looked inside.

The place inside this courtyard is quite large, the first thing that comes into view is a flat open space, it feels like a small square, in the middle of the small square, there is a four-legged big ding, it feels like a big incense burner, I guess, it is not a large Taoist temple or temple here.

On both sides of the square, there are six wooden houses lined up on the left and right, which look like Taoist temples or temples, but the whole thing is quiet, there is no sound at all, as if there is no one.

Qiang Shun raised his hand and pointed inside, he wanted to go in, I shook my head at him, the quieter the place, the more likely it is to be dangerous, otherwise, why did Chen Hui and the stupid cow go in for so long and not come out, maybe it has been detained by the people inside, just waiting for us to take the bait again.

I turned my head to look for myself, under the wall behind me, I found a fist-sized stone, buckled the stone out of the soil, across the courtyard wall, threw it in, a few seconds later, there was a muffled sound of "tom" in the small square, the stone fell next to the big ding, two people stuck to the door wall root and waited for a while, as if there was no movement, and then looked inside again, it was still quiet, there was no figure at all.

Is there no one in there? The doors of the houses around the square are open, and if there are people inside, you should be able to hear the sound of stones falling to the ground, at least come out to see the situation.

At this time, Qiang Shun whispered to me, "Huang He, your quasi-leader is too bad, look at me!" ”

As he spoke, Qiang Shun searched around him, and when he also found a fist-sized piece, he picked up the stone and smashed it.

Qiang Shun smirked at me, this time, if there was someone inside, they would definitely be able to hear it.