Chapter Forty-Eight: The Mountain Gate
The morning is bright, a red sun jumps out of the clouds, the spring breeze blows all over the mountain, the green trees are shady, and the flowers bloom on the roadside. Song Yi walked on the sparsely populated mountain road and approached the gate of the Yuequan Sect step by step.
The majestic mountain gate was empty, it was still early, and Senior Brother Guo had not yet arrived. Song Yi stopped and looked back, the courtyard where he lived was long gone, only to see the peaks and mountains, the buildings were covered, and the Cangshan Mountain was verdant and green, exuding vitality. Surrounded by many buildings, the main courtyard of the Moon Spring Sect is half-floating between the peaks, and the dazzling light under it is like an immortal pavilion.
Song Yi retracted his gaze, and looked at his feet again, in the direction he was about to go, the winding mountain road was paved with bluestone slabs, and clear steps were chiseled, extending downward step by step, disappearing into the bend not far ahead. Beyond the clusters of flowers and green trees, the faintly visible path down the mountain stretched out from below, obscured by the morning mist, and could not be seen really, like a hazy stream in the vast earthly world.
If you follow this path down, you will be able to leave the Moon Spring Sect and arrive at the complicated red world.
Song Yi looked slightly distracted, and suddenly his heart jumped, and an idea popped up: What is the little senior brother doing now?
Where is he at the moment? Is he resting, or has he started to get his business going? What is the problem with him that he needs to delay for another month to come back?
Finally, like the little senior brother, he wants to leave the protection of the Yuequan Sect, step into the world alone, and face the possible wind and rain alone. If the little senior brother was here at the moment, he would definitely send himself to the mountain gate. Then, what advice will he give himself here?
Thinking back to the advice left by the little brother when he left more than a month ago, it seems that he didn't do any of it......
Thinking of this, Song Yi smiled slightly, it was better for the little senior brother not to be here, otherwise he didn't know whether to ask him for credit or ask him for guilt.
A gust of wind blew, the morning mist dispersed, and the road down the mountain was more clearly presented in front of Song Yi's eyes.
"Senior brother!"
There was a call behind him, and Song Yi turned around and saw Senior Brother Guo running over in a hurry.
"Whew...... I'm sorry I overslept this morning and almost delayed you. Senior Brother Guo took out a booklet: "Come, hurry up and sign to confirm, you can go down the mountain." The rules in the door are that the disciples who perform their homework for the first time have to sign, and when you go out a lot in the future, you can come and go as you like, just like Senior Brother Bai, you don't have to be so cumbersome. ”
"Okay. ”
Song Yi signed according to the rules, pressed his handprint, and looked up, only to see Senior Brother Guo's face full of haggardness, and two dark circles under his eyes were hanging brightly, as if he hadn't slept peacefully for a few days, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and asked, "Senior brother, what are you ...... Has the Bounty Court been busy these two days?"
"Hey, don't mention it, those grandsons of the Wind Ceremony Court ......"
Rubbing his face vigorously, Senior Brother Guo put the signed booklet into his arms and said, "On the day you took your homework, it was midnight, and suddenly a group of people from Fengyi Court came in, Ji Yushu personally led the team, and asked me to open all the points files, and they wanted to recalculate." I was startled, I really thought something was wrong, so I hurriedly opened a warehouse for them, but as a result, these mad dogs didn't check the current ones at all, but only looked for the old files from the previous years, and they all stared at the people on Elder Yuheng's side to check, and took away a lot of things. I think they want to make trouble!"
"Fengyi Ting, Elder Yuheng ......" Song Yi sighed in his heart, what Luo Zhen said last night jumped into his mind, Master Luo Zhen said that there might be changes recently, and he was not allowed to go down the mountain, so he asked himself to go to Jiulu Palace, could it be ......
"This is not over, just search for the information, you guys check it yourself, no! I have to accompany the liquidation and verification, and ask some tricky and strange questions from time to time, I am not fooled, who doesn't know that every sentence they say is a good trick, and they make me identify this disciple as wrong, that master has moved his hands and feet, and the meaning of the words is not all arranging the trouble of Elder Yuheng? I don't dare to relax now, and I have to fight with them with a twelve-point spirit, and if I am a little careless, I don't answer any sentence well, and even I have to be put into it. I spent two days with them without eating or sleeping, I was so tired that I couldn't move me, and those things did happen before I entered the Bounty Court, and I was finally released back in the second half of the night last night, which was ......"
This happened...... Song Yi felt an evil fire surging in his heart, these bastards in Fengyi Court, the dog fights the human power, the fox is fake and the tiger is mighty, and he actually started the idea of other elders for his own selfishness, and he really treats himself as a dish?
"Senior brother is tired, hurry back and rest, in fact, it's the same for my junior sister to come this time, why do you have to ...... it yourself"
"I can't come if I don't come, I have to come. Senior Brother Guo sighed, stared at Song Yi, and said, "I have to tell you a few words, you are young, and you are afraid that some things will not be taken care of." You rushed down the mountain at this time, at best you avoided the cusp of the storm, so that people couldn't grasp the handle, but at worst, you were unprepared, junior brother. Why did Feng Yiting hurt you before, Senior Brother didn't know, but I could feel that they didn't give up...... You are now a person who has been registered in front of the head, whether you want to or not, no matter what you think in your own heart, in their opinion, you are the current head, plus Senior Brother Bai and Senior Brother Qingning have a lot of contacts...... It's impossible to say what will happen next. ”
Hearing this, Song Yi was slightly surprised, Senior Brother Guo looked like a cheerful person, but in fact, he was coarse and fine, and his observation was keen.
"Then it's the patriarch festival, if the head of the sect really announced at the festival that Elder Tianji is the next head, this is the ...... of the Son of Heaven and a courtier But what if, I'm just saying that in case, if the head of Ren doesn't fall on Elder Tianji, won't Fengyi Court really become a mad dog kennel and retaliate everywhere?"
"Hmm. Song Yi nodded, Senior Brother Guo was right, this was also a question he had considered several times. Since the internal affairs of the Yuequan Sect have come to this point, no matter how they develop next, he will always be a standing target, and Mo Qingning has dragged himself step by step into the core of these entanglements, and he really chose the right person.
Even if there was no such thing as Elder Tianji's plan for Master, it would be enough for him to be this target, besides...... Mo Qingning and the head of the sect really didn't know that those guys were targeting Master?
Song Yi didn't think so.
Mo Qingning and the head of the sect definitely knew that Elder Tianji had a plot against his master, and they were trying to win over and test themselves, and whether they were good or not, they were also based on this scheme.
Damn, what secret is Master hiding......
"Thank you senior brother for mentioning it, Song Yi remembered it in his heart. ”
"Hmm. I see that you kid wasn't stupid before, but he wasn't very good at cultivation, but now that you've opened your mind, there's nothing to worry about. Take care of yourself and come back early. ”
After that, Senior Brother Guo patted him on the shoulder, turned around and went back, and Song Yi also took the first step down the mountain.
Walking on the mountain road, Song Yi's mood gradually relaxed, his steps were brisk, and the intrigue in the Yuequan Sect was put aside for the time being, so let's experience the outside world first.
The voice in his head woke up in time, and the two chatted a few words from time to time, talking about the customs and anecdotes of this place.
Although the original "Song Yi" has not been down the mountain for five years, he is a native of this world, and he has wandered for more than half a year earlier, and he has listened to Bai Yunzheng over the years, and he has some understanding of the various situations under the mountain. According to what it says, the mountain range where the Yuequan Sect is located belongs to the boundary of Huzhou City, and the east of the city is Anping Town twenty miles away, and the Yuequan Sect is close to Anping Town, as long as the two go down the mountain, you can see a village, and then walk more than a mile, you can see the market of Anping Town.
During the chat, Song Yi had walked through most of the mountain road, and saw the village under the mountain from afar, only to see the neat houses and low courtyard walls, revealing the simple farmhouse characteristics, and also bringing the long-lost fireworks in the world, I couldn't help but lift my spirits and speed up the pace.
Coming down the mountain, Song Yi stood outside the village and watched for a while, smoke came out of several houses in the village, three or five ladies sat in front of the door, or weaving, or chatting, two old people played under the tree, and several children laughed and ran on the village road. On the ridges of the fields farther away, the men were busy with spring ploughing, and a tall waterwheel stood by the river, creaking and turning.
He looked at the village, and several of the people in the village saw him, smiled at him, or beckoned, and went about his business again.
"These villagers are leaning on the avenue in and out of the Yuequan Sect, and they often see the people in the door, so they should have been used to seeing it for a long time. The voice in his head said, "What, do you want to go into the village?"
"Hmm...... No. Song Yi looked at it twice, and reluctantly left, he was very curious about this village, after all, it was the first red dust ecology he saw from the mountain, but wasting time here, it was not what he wanted, anyway, it was close, it was a big deal to enter the village when he returned, and talk to the villagers.
Walking forward for a while, Song Yi suddenly heard a commotion in front of him, and when he looked up, he saw several thirteen or fourteen-year-old teenagers kicking around something. The mass was curled up on the side of the road, wrapped in a worn-out blanket, so dirty that it was impossible to see the color, and only the thing under the blanket shivered.
Suddenly, a hand stretched out from under the blanket and swung it into the air, as if resisting the kicks of the teenagers, but it was completely incomprehensible and had no strength, and occasionally scratched the outstretched legs and feet, but the person kicked it over, and staggered to the ground.
"Hahaha--planted!"
The teenagers burst into a burst of merry laughter.
It's a person!
Song Yi was stunned, stepped forward a few steps, and stopped beside a few people, and the teenagers looked at him, disappreliant, and continued to kick and beat the people lying on the ground.
"This stinky old woman told her not to come, and she had to hang around the edge of the village, and she was disgusted when she saw it. ”
"Yes, look at her like this......"
The teenagers screamed and kicked at her, and she instinctively struggled, trying to shrink back into a ball to dodge the raining down.
Song Yi frowned, what is this for...... He looked closely at the woman on the ground, and saw that she was covered in dust, and her gray hair was in a mess, and she seemed to be very old. Her face was furrowed, her eyes were swollen, her nostrils were facing the sky, her mouth was wide and her teeth were rotten, and she was very ugly. While dodging the teenager's kicks, a few words came out of her mouth in fits and starts, but she couldn't hear them clearly, as if she was crying out in pain, and it seemed to be just unconscious babbling.