Chapter 20: Opportunity is Around the Corner
"Gu Gongzi, seeing each other is fate! Rong Lao Wei repaired a book, maybe he could achieve the son's wish. After Master Wuxiang finished speaking, he took out a pen and paper and wrote.
After a while, a letter was written. He put the letter into an envelope, then sealed it, handed it to Gu Yun, and said, "Gu Gongzi, you take this letter to Liujiazhuang in Luozhou City, and give the letter to their owner Liuzhuang." Lao Ke and the owner of Liu Zhuang have some friendship, and for the sake of Lao Ke's thin face, he may be able to satisfy the wishes of the son! ”
Gu Yun was overjoyed, took the letter, and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, master!" ”
"Gu Gongzi, forgive the old man for not being accompanied!" Master Wuxiang picked up the scriptures and read them again, and the more he looked at them, the more he felt that the words were concise, rich, broad and profound.
The spread of this Buddhism in this world does not seem to have been smooth, and various Buddhist scriptures are scarce in large quantities. Now that he has received the Heart Sutra sent by Gu Yun, it seems that he can make up for a lot, but this is not something that Gu Yun could expect.
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Gu Yun rested for the night at the White Horse Temple. The next day, as soon as it was dawn, he couldn't wait to go down the mountain.
Back in Luoju City, it was already sunset. Gu Yun didn't care about eating, so he hurriedly inquired around, and finally let him know that the Liujiazhuang in the mouth of Master Wuxiang was not far from the western suburbs of the city.
Since it was already late when I got the news, it was too rude to come to the door at this time. So, Gu Yun had to stay in Luozhou City, preparing to come to the door early the next morning to apprentice.
Sleeping on the bed, Gu Yun tossed and turned, unable to sleep at all. What the martial arts of this world are like, he has limited knowledge. The most powerful character he has ever seen is none other than Chen Hu of Tengluanling Black Mountain Village, but this Chen Hu has not been jointly KO by himself, Zhu Qingtao and others. At that time, the fight was short, and I couldn't see how powerful Chen Hu was. As for Liujiazhuang, who is going to apprentice tomorrow, I don't know what level Lu Dao is.
Thinking wildly, he fell asleep in a daze. Early the next morning, Gu Yun packed up, took the letter and went straight to Liujiazhuang.
This Liujiazhuang is a small village at all, built on the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Far away, between the green mountains and green trees, there are more than 100 large and small houses. When he approached, a small river about several zhang wide flowed through the front of the village, forming a natural moat. On the other side of the creek, a row of wooden fences stretches along the river into the distance, as if to hide something. In the middle of the wooden fence, a suspension bridge spans the river, connecting the two banks. It can also be put away at any time when there is an event, and the end is heavily defended.
Unconsciously, Gu Yun had already walked to the suspension bridge in Liujiazhuang, but was blocked by someone.
"Stop!" A young man with a sword scolded vigilantly, "Who are you? This is Liujiazhuang, outsiders are not allowed to enter! ”
Liujiazhuang does not let outsiders in, but Gu Yun has long been concerned about this.
Immediately, he took out the letter of Master Wuxiang and lit it up in his hand, and said: "This is a letter from Master Wuxiang of White Horse Temple to the owner of Liuzhuang, and I will hand it over to the owner of Liuzhuang in the future!" ”
Who knew that Lu Dao, but the young man snatched the letter from Gu Yun's hand, "Who knows if what you said is true, bring it to me and see!" ”
Gu Yun's heart tightened, if he didn't even see the face of the owner of Liu Zhuang, but this letter was lost, then what kind of apprenticeship was there. At the moment, he hurriedly said: "This is a letter written by Master Wuxiang to the owner of Liuzhuang, if you lose it, can you bear the responsibility?" ”
"Hmph, you don't have to scare me!" But the young man was unmoved, and examined the letter unhurriedly.
"What's going on?" At this moment, a very beautiful girl came from the suspension bridge, and the voice came from her mouth.
Gu Yun raised his eyes and saw that this girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, her eyebrows were crooked, her face was like white jade, her face was like a morning flower, her big eyes were dark and bright, her small nose was slightly upturned, and her body was full of youthful and lively atmosphere.
"Senior Sister Liu, why did you come out?" When the young man saw the girl, he immediately flattered him with a shy face.
At this time, Gu Yun didn't care about anything else, and immediately said: "Miss Liu, I was carrying the letter of Master Wuxiang of the White Horse Temple, and I wanted to hand it over to the owner of Liu Zhuang with my own hands, but this big brother took it!" ”
"You don't have to worry!" The girl seemed to look at Gu Yun's saber twice, comforted Gu Yun, and said to the young man: "I have seen Master Wuxiang's handwriting, show me the letter!" ”
"Senior Sister Liu, give!" The young man offered the letter as if it were a treasure.
"This is indeed a letter from Master Wuxiang, I'll give it to my father!" The girl looked at the cover of the letter and basically confirmed the authenticity. Then, she took the letter and trotted into Liujiazhuang.
Gu Yun heard it, it turned out that this girl was the daughter of the owner of Liu Zhuang. Since she went in with the letter, it seemed that there was no problem.
Sure enough, after waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, someone from Liujiazhuang came out. This is a young man of about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, he has a face like a crown of jade, dashing and handsome, and he is really born with a good skin.
I saw him come to Gu Yun, clasp his fists and salute, and said, "This son, the owner of my family is invited!" Please follow me! ”
"It's hard work!" Gu Yun cupped his fists and saluted back, and asked, "In Xia Gu Yun, I don't know what the big brother of Lu Dao is called?" ”
"In the next week Haitian! Please! The young man replied without being salty, and then led Gu Yun to Liujiazhuang.
Gu Yun followed the young man into Liujiazhuang. But I saw that the architectural layout of Liujiazhuang was scattered, the layers were clear, and there was a faint trace of law in it.
Zhou Haitian brought Gu Yun to the door of a tall ancient mansion, and then made a gesture of please: "Gu Gongzi, this is the Feilong Hall of Liujiazhuang, the owner of the village is waiting inside, please!" ”
"There's Brother Lao Zhou!" How dare Gu Yun really let the family walk behind, and let Zhou Haitian enter the hall at the moment.
Gu Yun followed Zhou Haitian into the hall, but saw that there were already more than ten people standing in the hall. A middle-aged man in the middle, about forty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a burly figure, is undoubtedly the owner of Liu Zhuang. Behind him, there was a young girl standing, it was "Senior Sister Liu" who had just come in with a letter at the gate of the village. On both sides of the hall, eight young men with swords stood on the left and right.
"Gu Yun meets the owner of Liu Zhuang!" Gu Yun walked quickly to the middle of the hall, knelt on one knee, arched his hands forward, lowered his head, and made a half-kneeling salute.
At this time, Gu Yun had not yet apprenticed, and he didn't know if the Daoist family would accept him, so he was afraid that it would be inappropriate to make a big gift. But it's a bit disrespectful to clasp your fists and salute like ordinary people, and what you are in front of is the object of your apprenticeship.
The owner of the Liu Village in the middle of the hall saw Gu Yun kneel on one knee, nodded slightly, and then said, "Well, get up and talk!" ”