Qinglong Temple.

Yesterday the north wind sounded all night, and the sky and the earth were white under the heavy snow. By the morning, there were still large patches of snow, but the wind gradually stopped. As soon as the gate of the temple was opened the next morning, a flock of foraging birds and finches were startled, only to see that the snow at the door had accumulated two feet thicker, reaching down to their knees.

Two teenage Taoist children came out of the Qinglong Temple and took brooms to clean the snow in front of the temple. The clothes on these two people were thin, their spirits were low, they seemed to be weak, and they didn't clean up for a while, and they didn't sweep out a clean place for half a day.

At this moment, in the sky above the Qinglong Temple, a white shadow flew down from the sky in the snow.

A Dao boy who was cleaning, but was actually looking around, first noticed the situation in the air, looked up and pointed at Tianqi and said, "Hey, what is that?"

Before the Dao Tong next to him could speak, the white shadow flickered and fell, and his body was light and fluttering. I saw that the white shadow was stretched, the white feather had a long beak, and the forehead was bright red, which was a red-crowned crane.

The boy sighed and said, "It's weird, it's weird, fly down a crane, is it a wild crane?" Saying that, he squeezed his eyes with the Taoist boy next to him, and said, "Shhh, I'll arrest him." ”

As soon as he took a step forward, he saw the white crane reading on one foot, screaming towards the sky, flapping his wings a few times, and the little Taoist priest was shocked to take a step back. When the crane saw that he was embarrassed, he showed a hint of mockery and disdain, and then raised his head and stood still in the snow.

The boy didn't know what the white crane was crazy about, although he was taken aback for a while, but no matter how happy it was, it was just a flat-haired beast, so he rubbed his hands, and he wanted to pounce up, and suddenly heard only one person shouting: "Stop!"

The Dao Tong turned his head and saw a pale and thin Taoist priest standing at the gate, staring at the white crane, and scolding the two Dao boys: "What are you doing, don't get out of the way, please let the crane boy enter the door?"

The Dao boy was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, the crane boy was the white crane in front of him, hesitated for a moment, retreated to the side, and saw the thin Taoist priest take a step forward and said with a smile: "The crane boy is inside, please." ”

The white crane was actually very familiar with the surname, seeing that the Taoist priest respected him, the originally high head nodded, looked reserved and arrogant, folded his wings, and under the guidance of the Taoist priest, he walked into the view step by step.

The Dao Tong Wu didn't understand, so he turned his head and asked the taller Dao Tong next to him, "Alas, what kind of ancestor is that bird?"

The Dao boy next to him sneered: "You won't remember your surname for a long time - isn't that the crane boy used by the Daomen to communicate information?"

The boy pondered for a while, and said, "I've been doing it for a long time, and I'm just a beast who delivers messages." Is it the same thing as the blood harrier in our door? Even if it is our blood harrier, it just flew in and entered the shed, and after delivering the letter to a piece of meat to eat, why is this flat-haired beast so big?"

The tall man said: "Because this crane boy has spiritual energy, he has refined some horizontal bones and opened his spiritual wisdom, and he is not an ordinary flat-haired beast, which is different from the blood harrier." There's another verse - watch as you go. ”

The short man said, "You said it's Fan Daocheng's guard? Haha, isn't that the same as our own home? I often go there." ”

The tall Taoist boy pouted and said, "Isn't it a draft to brag? Although Shouguan is the same as our Qinglongguan, it is also divided into high and low, if you are not too poor in cultivation and not likable, how can you be assigned to this Qinglongguan? Isn't it better to eat and drink spicy food in Shouguan?"

The short man said, "Aren't you?"

The tall man said, "I'm going back to the watch—hey, aren't you asking me for advice? I'll tell you, this crane boy is completely different from the birds you have ever seen for communication." When you were watching, you saw a few cranes used to communicate the message, do you see that there are such common surnames?"

The short Taoist boy recalled carefully and said, "Don't say it, it turns out that I saw those cranes that seem to be very good, but compared to this one just now, they all look stupid." ”

The tall man said: "That's it, such a well-known crane is not the general Dao City or even the county town's watch, at least it is also the watchman of the state city! There are only nine in the entire Shengtian, plus the Dao Palace, that is, ten places, their cranes can be called 'Crane Boy', do you say it's amazing?"

The short man said, "State view, that's amazing...... That's not right!" He patted his head, "Let's not go back to the Daomen, his uncle's, not to mention the state view, is from the Dao Palace, what if we don't bird him?" To put it bluntly, he is still a flat-haired brute, Boss Li is still polite to him, if you want me to chop it with a knife, add vegetables at night." ”

The tall man frowned and said, "If everything in the world is in your head, then it will be simple." We haven't revealed our identities now, aren't we still nominally under the control of the Daomen? That crane boy has a deep spiritual surname, and we still have to do our kung fu on the surface, otherwise, it will not be good for people to find out. ”

The short Dao Tong said stupidly: "Really, when will it take time to hide the head and show the tail?" I think it is time to take advantage of the Daomen's loss of power in Yunzhou, and now it is up to the pole, attacking all the way from Fan Daocheng to Zhouguan, and then killing the Dao Palace, directly seizing the foundation of the Daomen. Even if it is not good, it can also be listed as a land and a local emperor in Yunzhou. ”

The tall man muttered, "Demon Ancestor is above, killing our leader is not as good as you growing a pig's head, otherwise we still have to live?"

Backyard.

Daoist Li received the letter, beckoned to the Taoist boy, and ordered the crane boy to stay and entertain him well, his face was full of gloom, and he turned back to the temple and entered the innermost courtyard.

Qinglongguan was originally a courtyard with four entrances according to the regulations of the Daomen, and Daoist Li entered the last one, and did not stop, but walked straight to the back wall.

Seeing that he was about to crash into the solid brick wall, his eyes flashed, and his body had already passed through the wall and disappeared into the backyard.

Behind the wall is a reading courtyard, which looks no smaller than the outside, and the layout is somewhat elegant, but the surrounding walls look red and dazzling. In the cold and snowy situation outside, the small courtyard behind is as warm as spring, and the flower beds in the courtyard are still full of flowers. The flowers are also bright red, large and small, the big ones are the size of a bowl, the small ones are only the size of a finger, under the bright red petals, there is not a single green leaf, and the whole yard has only one color, that is, red, dazzling red.

Between the sea of red, there is a lonely house. It's not so much a house as a big tomb. The house was round from top to bottom, buckled to the ground, and there was not a single door, not a single window, and I did not know how to breathe inside.

Daoist Li walked a few steps, came to the door of the house, bowed down, and said respectfully: "Venerable, disciple Li Wancheng has something important to ask to see. ”

There was silence in the room for a while, and a voice rumbled: "How many times have I said it, but it is not enough to disturb this healing, delay the injury of this seat, and scrape you." If it's not a matter of the sky falling, I'll kill you. ”

Daoist Li swallowed and spitted at the mouth, and said, "Venerable Qiqi, the disciple's matter this time is really urgent. ”

The voice shouted, "Say." ”

Li Daoshi said: "That's the case, there is a crane boy in the front view of Shicai......

The voice interjected, "Crane boy?" and his tone couldn't help but reveal a bit of attention.

Li Daoshi said: "Exactly, the crane boy came to the news of the Dao Palace. ”

The voice said, "Dao Palace, not the state view?"

Li Daoshi said: "Yes, it is the news in the Dao Palace. ”

The voice was obviously solemn, and said, "This is fresh, what kind of big deal is the news, it has to be transmitted directly from the Dao Palace? According to the rules, isn't the Dao Palace just a Guardian at the level of the Passage City? Why don't they pass the news to the Shouguan instead?"

Li Daoshi said: "Shouguan also has to spread the news, but it shouldn't have reached yet, so let's grab it over there this time." It's funny to say, the crane boy carried several letters, to pass along the road, originally according to the rules, the first is to watch, the rest of the turn of the countryside descendants. But he was hungry in front of our door and wanted to ask for some Linggu, so he landed first. The crane boy is very proud, and it seems that if he is not entertained well, he will wear his little shoes with us before the Dao Palace. He said with a hint of sarcasm.

The voice said, "It's all a trivial, don't be a kid." What's the news that the crane boy is going to preach?"

Daoist Li grunted twice in his throat, scolded secretly in his heart, and said respectfully in his mouth: "Yes, this is a big deal." The Dao Palace's half-Jiazi inspection of various places has begun again. The patrol sent down to take charge, the representative palace mainly inspects the situation of the guards in various places, and is making that all the way to this side. Someone in the Dao Palace came with the news that the soon-to-be-coming ruler is the descendant of a big man in the Dao Palace, and his cultivation may not be very good, but his status is extremely noble, and he is a fledgling, not to mention his shallow experience, but he is also strong and competitive, and often does unexpected things. Therefore, the Taoist Palace sent a message to Yunzhou, which was to remind all the guards and Taoist temples along the way, if you meet this son, you must take good care of it, and you must not make any mistakes. ”

The voice was silent for a while, and said, "That son...... Who?"

Li Daoshi said: "It's the eldest son of the Dao Palace, it seems to be called Zhang Yanxu or something, he is not very old, but now he is already the cultivation of the Zhuji Yuan Master, so it is not a big deal, but his father, father-in-law, master, and uncles of the same sect are all powerful figures in the Dao Palace, so his status is not trivial." I heard that in addition to the deputy envoys and the envoys who were required to accompany him, he was originally assigned four foundation building masters to protect him, but the kid's surname was arrogant and rebellious, and he got rid of these four people when he went out. Now his whereabouts are uncertain, and he can only judge from his occasional appearances that he has come all the way to Yunzhou. And if you come, it's within half a month. ”

The voice scolded indignantly, "Damn, it's a lot of things. ”

Li Daoist said: "Your Holiness, rest assured, there are many Taoist temples in Yunzhou, and we are not at first glance." The surname of the person who comes to us is not more than 1 in 10,000. ”

The voice said irritably: "This seat is now at the critical moment of resuming cultivation, and within this half a month, it will be completed and the glory of the previous generation will be restored -- but this grandson has caused this accident! Even if it is in case, it is not impossible to fall here, if he is coming, what clues are found, can he kill and extinguish it, this seat will be disturbed, if it falls short, then who will be responsible?"

Daoist Li said: "Uncle Shi can rest assured. We must guard carefully to snuff out this danger. ”

The voice sneered, "It's up to you?"

Daoist Li stiffened and said, "We ......" The anger and resentment in his heart flashed, leaving only a little respect.

The voice was deep for a while, and said, "That kid is a foundation building master, how can you few junior monks in the Dao stage stop it? Even I can't make a move now." ”

Daoist Li said, "It's better to send a letter to several other Venerables." Tell them to come and defend ......"

The voice interrupted: "If it was two years ago, when this seat was still in its heyday, not to mention that they were asked to defend me, or they would die for me, who would dare to say a word?

Daoist Li listened to his lonely words, thinking of what happened to him, it was also an evil fire, and he still said on the surface: "Although the Shouguan side is arrogant, they still have a prosperous relationship with us, and they will not ignore it, right?"

The voice said: "This group of short-sighted rats, if we have a large enemy attack here, they may send a few people over, but they will never do this kind of precautionary thing." It would be nice if the sixth junior brother was still there, but he went out to find the bad luck of the family. Alas, I can't tell the priorities, and at such a critical time, I went out to mess around for personal grievances, and almost mistook my surname, which is really hateful. ”

Daoist Li lowered his head and said in his heart: Didn't you blame him for going out to find that family's trouble? Now that things are not good, he has to nag and complain, which is really difficult to serve. If you can't live for your own iniquity, you will not be punished.

The voice suddenly said, "Yes, I have a way." The crane boy is still here, isn't he?"

Li Daoshi said: "Yes." ”

The voice said, "I haven't received the letter yet, so I'm going to change the message." Let's just say that Zhang Gongzi led a group of demon slaying and demon slaying guards to Yunzhou, and there were hundreds of foundation building masters. Vowed to maintain the peace of the world, according to reliable sources, to go from the Qinglongguan side. Please keep an eye on the road along the way, and if there is any demon danger, just wait on the side of the road to report it. Just send them a letter like this, I don't believe they dare to ignore this side. ”

Daoist Li opened his mouth and said in his heart: The plan is good, but it is too blown, isn't it? After a pause, he said: "That crane boy knows his surname very well, and he has cultivation, so if he wants to replace the letter silently, I'm afraid it's not very easy." ”

The voice said: "Something that has no interest, such a trivial matter has to be done by me personally, it's just that, you find a reason to lure it over in a while, and I'll do it myself." ”

Li Daoshi said: "Yes." ”

(To be continued)