Chapter 10: The Seven Streams of Xuanjian
It was a woman, she had her back to Su Moyu, she was wearing a patched dress, her back was a little hunched, and her left foot was curled up and couldn't be straightened, as if she was a cripple.
Su Moyu shouted twice behind her, but she didn't pay attention to herself, Su Moyu slowly got up, walked around to the front of the person, and when they looked at each other, they startled both of them.
The woman was not very old, or should she be called a girl, at most fourteen or fifteen years old, but she looked a little ugly.
In addition to the hunchback and lameness, the girl had some problems with one eye, which was narrowed into a slit, and the whites of the eyes could be faintly seen, and although the other eye was open, there was a severe squint.
The most important thing is that from the girl's forehead to her chin, she is covered with leprosy and ringworm, which is very uncomfortable to look at.
Su Moyu was frightened and took a step back, but felt that it seemed impolite to do so, so he stood up and arched his hand: "Who are you?"
The girl looked a little nervous, and when she saw Su Moyu coming to ask, she hurriedly waved her hands and retreated, and her mouth whined from time to time.
Su Mo was surprised, and just hurriedly asked while gesturing, "You can't speak?"
The girl nodded repeatedly, then pointed to her ear and waved her hand.
Su Moyu asked again, "Can't hear it either?"
The girl nodded again, then pointed to Su Moyu's lips and then to her eyes.
Su Moyu said: "You mean, you can lip and understand what I say?"
The girl nodded again.
Su Moyu thought for a while and said, "Then let me ask you, what are you doing here with me?"
The girl hurriedly walked to the side and uncovered a rag that had been covered at the corner of the kang and under the rag a bowl of hot soup and two steamed buns were placed there.
Su Moyu said suspiciously: "Give it to me?"
The girl nodded busily again.
Su Moyu suddenly remembered last night's steamed buns, and asked again, "You were the one who brought me food yesterday?"
The girl nodded again, and then took out the two porcelain bowls that were already empty from her arms.
Su Moyu's heart warmed slightly, and he had a little good impression of this girl, and arched his hand: "Thank you!"
This girl is used to being bullied, no one has ever spoken to her politely, let alone thanked her, when she saw Su Moyu like this, she was stunned and didn't know what to do, and after a long time, she turned around and grabbed the door, but Su Moyu was also confused.
But as soon as she went out, she heard a scolding from outside the door, Su Moyu heard a familiar voice, and quickly followed out, and saw Deng Yulang standing in the courtyard of the Zizi room, and the girl was standing opposite him shivering.
"Aren't you blind in that eye? Why don't you walk without looking at it? If you bump into me again believe it or not, I'll take out the rest of your eyes?"
The girl nodded again and again, trembling all over, but she could not plead, nor did she dare to run away.
"Get out!" Deng Yulang frowned and waved his hand, and the girl escaped from the small courtyard as if she had been pardoned.
Su Moyu felt uncomfortable, but how could he dare to offend Deng Yulang, he had already come over with a smile and asked, "Big brother, you got up so early!"
Deng Yulang glared at him and said: "Don't talk to Lao Tzu, Master Cheng ordered me yesterday, take you to you today to familiarize yourself with your work, hurry up and leave, I have something to do after that." ”
Su Moyu didn't dare to slack off, went back to the house and put the two steamed buns into his arms, and followed Deng Yulang in the direction of the mountain.
Walking all the way, Su Moyu always thought about the disabled girl just now, and saw that Deng Yulang seemed to be in a good mood, so he leaned over and asked, "Brother Deng, who was that person just now?"
Deng Yulang was stunned for a moment and said, "Which one?" After a pause, he remembered the girl's matter, and said: "You said that she, she is also a member of our miscellaneous service hall, a child picked up by Cheng Xianshi from the bottom of the mountain twelve years ago, born with a disability, unable to speak or listen, bad eyes, legs and feet are not good, everyone habitually calls her dumb, you just follow the call." ”
Su Moyu nodded, carefully remembering it in his heart, but was glanced at by Deng Yulang sarcastically and said: "Boy, keep a little brain to remember the things that should be remembered, it seems that such innocuous little things are superfluous to know." ”
Su Moyu didn't agree in his heart, but how could he dare to have the slightest disobedience in his mouth? Hurriedly whispered: "Big brother, can you tell me about our sect?"
Deng Yulang pondered for a long time and said, "You should know that this mountain is called Heavenly Sword Mountain, and the sect is called Xuanjian Sect, right?"
Su Moyu nodded and said, "This understands." ”
Deng Yulang said: "Tianjian Mountain is very large, in addition to the main peak under our feet, there are five peaks nearby, and there is a big valley in the north of the mountain, a total of seven places, divided into seven streams, the main peak is called Xuanjian Flow, the heads of the past dynasties are from this stream, and including the library building, the sword dance garden, the sacrificial tower and other sect important places are on the main peak, so almost every day there will be people from other schools to come to the main peak." ”
Su Moyu secretly wrote it down in his heart, and asked again: "Brother Deng, what are the other six schools?"
Deng Yulang crossed his fingers and said: "On the Eastern Yanyun Peak is the Heavenly Sword Flow, there are many first-class disciples, and the peak master of the Yanyun Peak is also a great figure, so in the entire Xuanjian Sect, in addition to the first-class main peak, it is the strongest in the Heavenly Sword Flow." ”
"The mountain peak in the southeast is called Guanyue Peak, which is where the cold sword flow is located, although there are not many people in this vein, most of them are elites, if you meet them, you must be careful. ”
"On the Shanyang Peak in the southwest direction is the Yanjian Stream, this stream has caused the loss of members of the first and second generations due to some changes in the past, and the disciples of the third generation are also mixed, so it is a relatively weak school. ”
"On the west Lingtai Peak is the Heart Sword Stream, it is rumored that since the creation of this stream, the disciples in the school have never exceeded double digits, and now counting the entire three generations of members, it is only worthy of eight people, but although the number is small, they are all great players, and they are all outstanding among their peers. ”
When he said this, Deng Yulang kept silent and walked forward by himself, Su Moyu followed closely behind him, and after waiting for a long time, he asked out loud: "Brother Deng, what about the second rate?"
Deng Yulang sighed and said, "Those two streams have broken off their inheritance so far, so don't mention it." ”
Su Moyu was willing to do it, so he hurriedly walked a few steps to Deng Yulang's side, and said with a smile: "Brother Deng, just talk about it." ”
Deng Yulang was really annoyed by Su Moyu, so he pointed to the north with his hand and said: "Thirty miles north of this is the Ascension Peak, which is the most remote one among the seven streams, but it has been abandoned for I don't know how long, I haven't heard of anyone there since I went up the mountain forty years ago, but there is indeed a record of it in the sacrificial tower, and I vaguely remember that it should be called Lingjian Flow." ”
"As for the schools in that big valley, I don't want to say, you'd better not ask, because this is a taboo in the Xuanjian Sect, and even more so in our Miscellaneous Servant Hall, you'd better not even think about it!"