Chapter 26: The Bell Tower
Unconsciously, Han Nuo and the others had already stepped off the rope bridge and came to a platform built on the mountainside of the mountain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Then, the people who had set foot on the field finally relaxed, and Topaz began to point out the role and various rules of every building on Chiyun Peak along the road.
After a while, Huang Yu led everyone to a huge dining room and said, "Now I will take you to have a dinner first, and after the meal, the disciples who will stay in the dining hall to work will stay, and the rest will go with me!"
Dinner is very simple, just like in a private school, it is a simple vegetarian dish such as green vegetables and tofu, but it has a faint medicinal aroma, so that even if Han Nuo and the others eat a small portion, it is enough to support the ordinary consumption of the day, and restore the hunger caused by not eating for a day.
After having dinner in the dining hall, seven or eight disciples stayed in the dining hall, while the other children followed Huang Yu to a small courtyard, and then Huang Yu pointed to the five big rooms in the small courtyard and said, "You can rest here for one night first, one room for every three people, and I will take everyone to report tomorrow." ”
Han Nuo and the others were not familiar with each other, and the fatigue caused by the deer cart for a day hit everyone when they touched the bed in the house, so everyone wrapped their clothes one by one without much communication, and fell asleep on the bed with their schoolbags in their arms......
Early in the morning of the second day, Huang Yudao Tong appeared on time, and then took everyone to wash up, and began to lead everyone to start walking towards the top of the mountain, along the way, zigzag around and around, and also sent out one by one in the process of detouring, there are elixir workshops that take care of elixirs, and there are also those who guard the spirit beasts, as well as the rune paper hall that makes rune paper, the pen making pavilion that makes rune pens, and the Mobao building that refines spiritual ink......
Finally, Topaz led Han Nuo to the peak of Chiyun Peak, at the peak is a small square, there is a huge palace built near the cliff behind the square, the book 'Shangqing Palace' three big characters, the Shangqing Palace is three zhang high, nine zhang wide, carved beams and painted buildings, blue bricks and purple tiles, looks solemn and solemn, on both sides of the main hall door, there is a statue each, respectively, there is a dragon and tiger, there are zhang Xu Gao.
The dragon-shaped four-legged on the left side stands still, the dragon horns are towering, the scales and armor are distinct, but it is looking down, looking serene, and the tiger on the right side is like walking, the hair is supple, and the tiger's tail is low, but it is looking up and roaring, wanton and high-spirited.
On the platform is a small road on the left and right, leading to both sides of the mountain, there is a small building on each side, Huang Yu pointed to the small building on the left and said: "That small building is the bell tower, where can I take you to report!" After speaking, he took the lead and walked to the left.
"Yes!" Han Nuo stepped up and followed, walking towards the small building on the left.
The small building on the left side is built on the edge of the cliff, and only one side is adjacent to the path leading to the square, and the other three sides are suspended.
The small building should have three floors, the first and second floors can vaguely be opened from the thick wall tiles of a few small windows are clear, and the third floor is an open floor, surrounded by a high fence, in the center of the third floor, there is a huge bronze bell, in the violent mountain wind still does not move, really interprets the real meaning of 'sitting like a clock'......
Topaz stepped forward and pulled a pull ring on the wooden door that was deep in the wall, and then, Han Nuo faintly heard a bell echoing in the bell tower, but it looked ethereal and unpleasant in the violent mountain wind!
'Squeak' sounded, the old and thick wooden door of the bell tower slowly opened, and in the darkness, a tall young man walked out of the wooden door, looked at Huang Yu and Han Nuo, and then focused his eyes on Han Nuo's body: "Xiao Nuo, why are you?"
Only then did Han Nuo see the figure coming out of it clearly, and then exclaimed, "Da Niu, why are you here!"
Huang Yu next to him looked at these two people, and said in surprise: "Do you know each other?" Without waiting for Han Nuo and the two to answer, Huang Yu continued: "It would be better if you know a few people, Han Nuo, you will be here in the future, the specific tasks will be arranged by Zhong Lao for you, and I will welcome new students, so I will leave first!"
After speaking, he didn't wait for Han Nuo and Zhang Daniu to say anything, but turned around and walked down the mountain.
After watching Topaz walk away.
Zhang Daniu hurriedly pulled Han Nuo into the bell tower.
After walking into the bell tower, Han Nuo felt that his eyes were dark, and then he slowly brightened, and his vision slowly returned to normal.
In the center of the living room is a stove with a pot of hot water boiling on it, and around the stove are several tables and chairs, at this time, an old Taoist priest is sitting by the fire.
The old Taoist priest was dressed in a somewhat old gray robe, leaning lazily on the chair, and from time to time he stirred the wood in the stove.
The old Taoist priest's hair was half black and half white, his hair was a little messy, but his face looked strangely ruddy, as shiny as a baby.
Han Nuo stepped forward, saluted the old man and said, "Freshman Han Nuo has seen his seniors!"
"Hmm!" the old Taoist priest replied lazily, and then said to Zhang Daniu, who had already closed the thick wooden door and strode over: "Da Niu, you take Han Nuo to his bedroom to clean up, and then come out to talk together!"
"Oh, I know Grandpa Zhong!" Zhang Daniu replied, and pulled Han Nuo to the inside of the small living room. Inside, there are six small doors, Zhang Daniu said to Han Nuo: "The first room on the left hand is Zhong Lao's room, mine is the second room on the left hand, Xiao Nuo, you are the third room, there is a new one in the fourth room, the fifth room is the kitchen, the sixth room is the washing room, although the sparrows are small, but there are all kinds of organs!"
"Hmm!" unconsciously hummed, Han Nuo followed Zhang Daniu into the house while observing the somewhat darkened wooden walls around him.
The hut is not big, it can only fit a bed, a small cabinet, and a chair, and the two of them who stand on Zhang Daniu and Han Nuo begin to seem a little overwhelmed.
"You clean up first, I'll wait for you outside!" Zhang Daniu turned his tall body with some difficulty, and after saying something to Han Nuo, he squeezed out of the hut.
The hut, which was a little cramped for Zhang Daniu, was very spacious for Han Nuo, who was at least one and a half heads larger than Zhang Daniu.
Hanging the bag he was carrying on the wall, he looked around and saw that he had nothing to pack up behind him, so he turned and walked out of the hut.
At this time, Zhang Daniu was already sitting next to the old Taoist and leaning against the stove together, holding a roasted sweet potato in his hand, and he was very happy to eat.
Han Nuo walked over, and if he really wanted to salute, the old man said, "What are you doing so restrained at a young age, why are you doing so many courtesies, come, sit down!" he said, pointing to the chair beside him.
Putting down his hands a little embarrassed, he sat down in the chair according to his words, and Han Nuo spoke again: "Student......"
"I know, your name is Han Nuo, you have already said it, I will call you Xiaonuo, I am Zhong Lao in the mouth of that kid in Topaz, you can call me Zhong Lao, you can also call me Grandpa Zhong!" Zhong Lao had already put away his laziness at this time, and said to Han Nuo with a straight face, and then pointed to Zhang Daniu, who was eating sweet potatoes next to him, and said: "There are few people in the bell tower, there are not so many rules, just like that kid!"
After Zhong Lao finished speaking, he resumed his laziness just now, lay down on the chair and said: "Xiaonuo, you shouldn't have eaten yet, oh, there are sweet potatoes under the stove, eat a cushion for your stomach, and we will start preparing lunch in a while!"
Han Nuo looked at the old man's lazy appearance, so he also put away his serious expression, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Zhong, then I'm welcome!" As he spoke, he took out a sweet potato from under the stove, cleaned the soil ash on it, and didn't peel off the skin, so he took a bite and ate the soft sweet potato, as well as the sweet potato skin with a hint of strength and a little crisp......
In the dim clock tower, time seems to pass a little indescribably fast!
However, after eating a sweet potato and drinking a cup of hot water, Zhong Laolai began to go to hot rice like Zhang Da Niu, and he led Han Nuo to the third floor.
On the third floor, Zhong Lao walked up the stairs, the staircase of the bell tower was built in the building near the door, and the space under the stairs was piled up with neat firewood, walking up the stairs, and when he stepped on the second floor, Han Nuo found that the stairs were very depressing and not the same as the second floor, and there was a wall in the middle to separate the empty staircase space, and only a small door was opened in the middle to lead to the second floor, and the stairs led directly to the third floor.
And as I stepped onto the second floor, my vision began to brighten little by little.
Lifting the last curtain at the staircase, a dazzling light suddenly burst out from in front of him, making Han Nuo instinctively block his eyes with his hands, squinting and fighting carefully.
After getting used to it, Han Nuo followed the old man to the third floor with the ladder.
After stepping on the third floor, his vision suddenly widened, and he saw the bronze bell that was much taller than himself, and the thick ramlet beam hanging outside the bronze bell, which was almost higher than Han Nuo's chest, but it only hit the bottom of the bronze bell. Zhong Lao pointed to the huge bronze bell and said to Han Nuo: "See, that's the big bell of our Chiyun Peak, and our task tomorrow is to ring this big bell on time!"
And Han Nuo was also surprised to feel the wind around him at this time, around this big bell, the whistling mountain wind suddenly softened, as if there was an invisible barrier outside the surrounding several zhang, blocking the whistling cold wind, making the bronze bell and the striking wood tattoo not move.
Zhong Lao slowly took Han Nuo to the south of the third floor, where there was an extra stone plate sticking out of the eaves, pointing to the stone slab and asking Han Nuo, "Look, what is that?"
Han Nuo looked at the stone slab carefully, on the stone slab, there were uneven notches dividing the stone slab, and in the center of the southern part of the stone, there was a long needle standing tall, and the long shadow under the tilt pointed to the end of the word '巳' on the stone slab, which was about to point to the beginning of the 'noon'.
"Sundial!" Han Nuo said, looked at Zhong Lao and said, "Grandpa Zhong, it's almost noon, do you want to ring the bell immediately?"
"Yes!" replied Zhong Lao, walked to the big bell, held the bumper and said, "Listen, let's take a good look at how I hit the bell?"
"When-when-when-"
At noon, three bells began to echo in Chiyun Peak. At the same time, in the clouds and mist, there were faint bursts of bells and Chiyun Peak bells responding, resounding throughout the entire Blue Mountain Dao Palace.
After quietly listening to the three bells, Zhong Lao asked, "Do you remember?"
"Hmm!" nodded with a smile, and Han Nuo said, "Ring the next bell before it falls!"
"Yes, that's it!" After the old man finished speaking, he took Han Nuo to the staircase, "Let's go down too, Da Niu should have already heated the meal!"
Back on the first floor, after having lunch and ringing the bell at the end of noon with the old man, Topaz finally rang the bell in the living room again, and brought the last member of the bell tower, a little boy who was not much taller than Han Nuo, but much thinner than Han Nuo, Ji San.