Chapter 22: The Ghost Wanders
Escaping from death, walking in the reeds under the sunset, Zheng Yan looked comfortable, folded a reed and shook it casually while walking, the sky was high and the earth was wide, the whole body was relaxed, and the mood was also broadened, and then he felt that his body was completely his own.
Before being activated by the Qin Tianjian Supervisor Zheng Mo Dingfeng, at that time it was the real body and spirit that did not belong to the soul swaying, and I always felt that the spirit wanted to escape from the body, although I felt much better after cultivating at home for three days, it may be normal under the perception of ordinary people, but Zheng Yan's physique and perception are sharper than ordinary people and even ordinary monks, so I have always felt that it is still a little bit meaningful, and then I was stimulated by the old man who sacrificed wine without stopping, and my spirit has been a little nervous, resulting in slow recovery。
The body is a piece of ore and a furnace, the degree to which the furnace of different qualities can smelt the ore is absolutely different, the ratio of impurities and essence contained in different quality ores is different, and the quality and even composition of the essence are different, the human body may be a treasure that can never be fully developed, thinking of this, Zheng Yan unconsciously stopped and clenched his fist, looked at his fist and suddenly smiled again, dropped the package and began to punch in the open space.
First of all, there is a set of "Yin and Yang Thirty-nine Laws" in the inner boxing, and then "Dragon-shaped Twelve Duanjin", which feels like it is getting better, and then comes to a set of "Bagua Qi Guanyuan Jue", and in the end, it is becoming more and more clear that the body and the soul and the surrounding heaven and earth are completely integrated, the meridians and breath are smooth and empty, the qi is becoming more and more vigorous and high-spirited, and the reeds around the three zhang square are all being pulled, and the reeds are flying like feathers falling into the mirror lake.
The artistic conception is clear and condensed, the qi is vigorous and vigorous, Zheng Yan did not continue to store, nor did he release it to his heart's content, but pulled out the long sword and danced at will, and gradually the long sword was wrapped in a circle of transparent qi, the reed flowers were all attracted, the sword blade was always hidden without leaking, and the qi was getting stronger and stronger, until a reed flower fell, Zheng Yan knew that it had reached the limit, and swung a sword calmly and freely, and a transparent qi machine flew out from the tip of the sword in an arc, hitting the reeds a zhang away, and the reeds swayed, as if mocking Zheng Yan's weak chicken.
Zheng Yan looked aggrieved, pursed his lips, put the sword into the sheath, picked up the package and prepared to continue the journey, and finally entered the fifth realm of martial arts cultivation, it doesn't matter if he can't fight the sword qi, he is content and happy.
Didn't take a few steps and stopped, turned around and looked at a nearby stream seemed to be a little distracted, after a while, two little heads poked out of the stream, Zheng Yan shook his head and continued to hurry, the sun has completely set, and it won't be long before the sky will be completely dark, and if you don't leave, you will have to spend the night in this invisible reed, thinking of those wild wolves has a little headache, it's not that you can't beat it, you definitely can't sleep at ease.
"Don't say it, let's go on one side of the road, you two are a bottomless pit, I can't afford to raise it, follow me to delay your cultivation of the Tao",
"Don't even think about it, this guy in my arms is kept for dry food, and the bead in his mouth is going to be given away",
"If you don't go, be careful I'll stew you!",
A turtle and a snake have to follow Zheng Yan, Zheng Yan naturally will not take these two oil bottles, it is one thing to be coveted if he can't afford to raise them, the key is to turn on the spirit and turn into a spirit is different, in Zheng Yan's opinion, it can be regarded as a fellow Taoist, or an enemy or an unrelated person, in short, it can be treated equally, but just opening the spirit is very troublesome, is it edible meat or a creature that can sit on an equal footing? This is a problem, Zheng Yan doesn't like this ambiguous feeling very much, so he doesn't want to get close to these two guys.
The two little guys were probably attracted by the innate pure yang qi on Zheng Yan's body, or they may be grateful for saving their lives, in short, they really wanted to follow Zheng Yan, no matter how Zheng Yan refused, they just followed. Zheng Yan simply doesn't care about them, can you still walk past me with your four little short legs? There will always be a time when you can't catch up, just thinking that there is no movement behind you, turning your head to see that the two little guys are panicked into the reeds, Zheng Yan snorted, "Count you acquaintances", just after speaking, he suddenly felt that his hairs stood on end, "If you have no conscience, don't remind me."
The giant eagle, which had been pitch black all along, had swooped down from the sky!
Before the giant eagle approached the ground, it brought a gust of wind, and the reeds were blown back and forth, Zheng Yanmulan stood in the middle of the road, watching this big guy rush into the reeds, one claw, and catch the two little guys out.
To save or not to save? That's the question.
Zheng Yan cautiously glanced at the pair of claws of the giant eagle, which can definitely penetrate the fine iron, and the pair of wings, which are absolutely as sharp as clay, not to mention the pitch-black beak, that is the guy they eat, no worse than the claws.
Suddenly there was a soft sound overhead, at this moment, Zheng Yan felt that he would definitely be unforgettable, a woman with a graceful body and a beautiful face, with a pair of white to holy wings stretched behind her, gently falling on the swaying reeds, white clothes and white embroidered shoes, gold silk knots and flower crowns, flying hair, and a safe temperament, and truly won the favor of heaven and earth, so that she could have such a gaseous state! Zheng Yan forgot about saving the two little guys, thinking that if this woman said yes, well, she would never stop her.
The woman's back flashed, her exquisite wings disappeared, and then she gently floated to the ground and walked over, first elegantly casting a blessing, and then said softly, "Your Highness, please forgive me, we have been blocked by the Taifeng in the past few days, and we have not been able to make a move",
Zheng Yan didn't come back to his senses for a while, and was still a little stunned,
"The concubine's name is Yun Moxuan, his name is Qin Su, he was ordered by Lord Zongzheng to protect His Royal Highness on this northward trip, today we are going back, it is not clear whether there is someone else to replace him, His Royal Highness must be more careful in the future", the woman continued,
Zheng Yan finally turned his head and glanced at the young man next to him who had turned into a human form, another handsome man who didn't like to speak, "Oh, it's okay, there are few things that can stop what that guy wants to do, I've worked hard for you these days, Miss Yun, are you a feather person, right?
Yun Moxuan nodded and said, "The concubine body is indeed a feather person, and she is employed by the Zongren Mansion, but she will return to the Western Wilderness after this mission, Qin Su is a demon clan, and His Royal Highness also saw it just now, and the body is an iron eagle",
Zheng Yan didn't know much about the affairs of the six divisions of the Zongren Mansion, but he had heard about some of the things they had absorbed and cultivated the Desolate Clan and the Demon Clan.
Looking at the woman in front of him who seemed to hesitate, Zheng Yan said strangely, "Is there anything wrong with the girl?"
Yun Moxuan said softly, "These two little guys, we want to bring them back to the Zongren Mansion, I don't know if it's inconvenient under His Highness?"
Zheng Yan thought about it very seriously and said that it was no problem,
The woman hesitated for a moment and suddenly smiled softly, "There is a girl named Feizhao, who may be sent to His Highness's side in a few years, I hope His Highness will not dislike it, she is the niece of the concubine, and the child in Luoyang may be just herself after the concubine leaves."
Zheng Yan subconsciously wanted to say that there was no problem, but he suddenly thought of something and became a little hesitant, Yun Moxuan said softly, "It's a bit too much to say this, I have to wait for His Highness to see her, it's a concubine who is abrupt",
Zheng Yan smiled helplessly, "Miss Yun, you don't need to say that, I have never had any attitude towards the Zong Yingwei sent by the Zongren Mansion, just rest assured, girl."
Yun Moxuan nodded and thanked him, thought about it, and suddenly smiled playfully and said, "Your Highness will only get farther and farther away from the post road if you go down this road, but you can go to the Western Wilderness with your concubine, and the post road is sixty miles to the east."
Zheng Yan was a little embarrassed, thinking that it would be good to go to the Western Wilderness, Uncle Kaiyuan happened to guard the western border of Fengyan Continent, the key... Never mind.
Watching the two of them fly far south, Zheng Yan was a little envious, it is good to have wings, even Feibao is saved, I heard that the feather man and the eagle demon really expand at a speed that is not slower than the flying of the imperial treasure, and the short distance may be faster for sword cultivation to use the sword, but the long distance is definitely better than them.
I remembered what Yun Moxuan said about her niece named Feizhao, in fact, it doesn't matter who she sends, the key is Zong Yingwei sent by the Zongren Mansion, and Xinluo is too, but it doesn't seem to be it, her identity is very strange, Zheng Yan has always been a little incomprehensible.
According to the rules, Zong Yingwei has the duty of supervising and admonishing the prince, and also has the practice of supervising and regularly reporting the words and deeds of the prince, and then exists as a maid and a dead soldier, these Xinluo have not done it, alas, probably because the above is not satisfied with Xinluo's actions, so he pondered sending the next one, don't transfer Xinluo away, right?
Leaving the trail and walking into the reeds, it was completely dark after a while, Zheng Yan stood in the shadowy reeds full of helplessness, do you really want to spend the night here? There was a wolf howl and fox chirping in the distance, and night owls... Wait, how can there be tigers! I remember that there seem to be a few hills in the north, no matter what, the reeds are flooded most of the time, and there must be people on the hills, so after making up your mind, you turned around and walked north.
After a while, a bright moon jumped out of the night sky in the east, which reminded Zheng Yan of the white jade plate that was used as the eye of the formation in the "Xuanwu Pool", it is estimated that in the hands of Bu Yanwu at this time, there are also those spirit turtles and spirit snakes that were fished up, etc., today is the Mid-Autumn Festival!
While entertaining himself, in a blink of an eye to the bottom of the gang, there is a stone step, on both sides of the stone steps are quiet woods, pine trees, cypress trees, willow trees, elms, and many unknown flowers and shrubs, the bamboo fragrant garden spring is turbulent, it is simply the appearance of a paradise, there are voices on the faint post, laughter and poetry recitation, Zheng Yan was a little surprised, walked up the stone steps, a black butterfly quietly fell on a blooming light blue epiphany, wings slightly open and closed.
On the way, Zheng Yan saw some beautifully trimmed flower beds, as well as various fruit trees, and gradually could see the lights on, and there were figures swaying in the meantime, and when he walked in, he found that it was a private Zhuangzi, a big mansion with white walls and a large gate in the middle, and some small courtyards scattered on both sides.
There is a small square with a circle of more than 20 zhang in front of the gate of the house, several bonfires are burning at this time, there is a temporary stage set up on the side, many people are eating melons and fruits and roasting meat while watching the play with relish, there are children playing in it, everyone laughs and is happy. Someone found Zheng Yan standing at the intersection, and a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper walked over.
"Below is the housekeeper of Zhuangzi here, Guhe, I don't know what the surname of the son is, why did he come here?",
Zheng Yan made a salute and reported his name and place of origin, only saying that he was a scholar who was traveling to study, and he wanted to go north along the post road, but because he got lost in the fog a few days ago, he didn't come out after wandering in this reed swing for three days, and he saw a hill here and walked over.
The housekeeper Furukawa smiled gently and didn't ask anything else, and led Zheng Yan to walk towards a small courtyard by the side of the square, "My family has lived in seclusion here for many years, and few people come, so I rashly invited my son to see the head of the family for fear of losing the courtesy of hospitality, so I don't want to rest well tonight, and then make arrangements tomorrow, presumably my son hasn't rested and eaten much these days, I don't know if my son has any taboos?"
Zheng Yan naturally had no objection, and after sincerely thanking him, he said that he was not taboo, Guhe called a young man to prepare a meal, while introducing the customs here, it turned out that this piece of reeds known as "Ghost Fangdang" was nearly 500 miles in radius, and the hill where Gujiazhuang was located was only the easternmost part, and there was a broader place to the west, and there were also some reclusive families, compared with them, the Gu family could only be said to be semi-hidden.
Listening to the unfamiliar place names Zheng Yan was full of doubts, from the time of Zongxue began to learn * Zhou and the geography and customs of this world has been proven, until now Guozijian is still learning, and there are many maps and documents in the house, not to mention foreign countries, but Zheng Yan almost all of the regions above the county in the Great Zhou Dynasty understand, this is also a special requirement for the princes, but I have never heard of the five hundred miles of "ghost Fang Lang", according to the description of the ancient river, these five hundred miles of place correspond to the administrative area, should include Bianbei City, Beigao Prefecture, One each in Xitai Prefecture and Huanghu Prefecture, there is absolutely no such thing as "ghosts and ghosts" in these places, thinking about it and asking, Furukawa thought about it and shook his head, saying that he didn't know much about the things outside.
The ancient family migrated here from Taizhou in the late Millennium War, and it has been more than a thousand years, and there will be people in each generation of the clan who will go out, but few will come back, and I don't know why, so Guhe is very interested in outside things, Zheng Yan naturally has to answer questions, from the five emperors to the world, the five continents of the princes and the gate lords, since the end of the Millennium War, followed by the major events about the evolution of the world pattern and big forces, the development of the cultural context in the past thousand years, the changes in the cultivation world, and some changes in customs and human feelings.
Furukawa is a very talkative person, he is not in a hurry to speak, he is serious and focused, and occasionally he smiles or thinks about it more modestly, which makes it easy for people to relax and get close, the two young people brought food, and some fruit mooncakes, Furukawa ordered the two to boil some water, take a bath and wash their faces for a while, Zheng Yan was a little embarrassed, Furukawa smiled and waved his hand away.
Sending away Guhe Zheng Yan closed the door and looked carefully in the house, the furniture and some carvings did have traces of a thousand years ago, and the simple furnishings could not be seen, because most of them were local pottery, the style was relatively simple, and the same was true for the fabrics , Although he was suspicious, Zheng Yan still picked up the chopsticks and ate them, and when he couldn't figure out something, he solved the current matter first.
I remember that when I walked through the small square just now, the play sung on the stage was "King Wen's Expedition", which tells the story of the last years of the Hao Dynasty, when King Xia Wen commanded the coalition army to attack the king, which is different from the popular singing voice now, more like reading white, was it like this thousands of years ago?
There were three old men sitting in a study room of the Gu family's mansion, Guhe followed a thin middle-aged man who was over half a hundred years old and walked in softly, and the old man who was sitting in the middle with his eyes closed raised his eyelids, revealing a pair of silent eyes, and his lips moved slightly, "How is it?"
Furukawa bowed and replied softly, "The young man's name is Zheng Yan, a native of Luoyang, a student of Guozijian, this time he came out to study, a few days ago he got lost in the fog and unknowingly deviated from the post road, and he has been walking in Zeli for three days to us, from his narration, he should really not know the existence of the big array, only said that he vaguely saw a hill here on a moonlit night, so he buried his head and walked over."
An old man nodded and said, "Guhe's judgment is rarely wrong, let people stare at it, don't do anything else, so as not to make extraneous branches, that young man's bones are polished very well, if you want to come to the family background, it will not be simple, don't poke the hornet's nest",
The other two old men also nodded, and the thin middle-aged man who came in with Guhe said softly, "There are a lot of monks outside these days, and the Xuanwu Army also often patrols, today this young man came in by mistake, and tomorrow maybe someone else will come in, we should check it earlier, in addition, the two children in the third room ran out again, and they haven't come back yet, our rules...",
"Gu Ming, you mean that the children of the family are becoming more and more unruly, right?"
Gu Ming nodded, and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it,
The old man in the middle nodded and said, "My ghost family has been incognito for thousands of years, and it is indeed time to change, you have also read the news that Tailai has passed back, the change is about to begin, we must unconditionally fulfill the original oath, but we must also seek a good future for future generations, and there are probably only a few of us in Middle-earth witchcraft, and we have to think about how to pass it on, Gu Sheng, what do you think?"
The old man who was a little frowning just now nodded and said, "I naturally agree with what Uncle said, but the Yin family and the Yin family have become more and more alienated from us over the years, and the Feng family has always regarded themselves very highly, and they love to ignore us.
The old man in the middle looked in the direction of the door, "Wind barrier, don't you have anything to say this time?"
The faces of the remaining people in the room changed, Furukawa Guming suddenly opened the door, and a black * flew in, and the next moment it turned into a young man in black with a slender figure and a white face.
"Elders forgive me, Feng Lei originally came in with that young man, I really didn't mean to offend, if the old lady intends to get together with the four families, Feng Lei will definitely pass the word on his behalf, or leave now",
The old man smiled and said, "It seems that the young man is not simple, can you talk to us?"