Chapter Twenty-Six: Under the Moon Before the Flower (Part I)
Ning Que couldn't have imagined that he would actually see Chen Pipi's underwhelming face among the cliffs. He and the senior brothers and sisters in the academy all thought that Chen Pipi had returned to Zhishouguan with the Guanzhu, but who would have thought that he was actually imprisoned in the cliff and became a prisoner in the secluded pavilion of the Xiling Temple.
Chen Pipi couldn't have imagined that outside the stone window where the scenery would never change, he could actually look at Ning Que's hateful face by the reflection of the light. He seems to be wooden, but in fact he is extremely smart, and he has already calculated that Ning Que will inevitably become a prisoner of Chang'an City, where would he have thought that this guy would be so bold as to dare to come to Xiling Temple and appear in front of his eyes.
This was a reunion after a long absence, and the two brothers stared at each other through the stone window, stunned for a long time, and then laughed stupidly.
The furnishings of the cell were very simple, only a bed and some utensils, Ning Que looked inside through the stone window, and found that it was still dry and there was no blood, and there was food and water on the small table, and his mood was slightly relaxed.
Then he began to observe the stone window. Although this encounter was too sudden, the academy didn't know that Chen Pipi was locked up in the Hidden Pavilion, and naturally he didn't have any plans, but since he saw it, what else was there to hesitate, he didn't even think about it, so he was ready to rescue Chen Pipi from the Hidden Pavilion.
As he observed, his expression became solemn. It wasn't that the clouds that had been dispelled by the moonlight had begun to cut his body again, but that he had found it really difficult.
The stone window is very small, you can only see the sky, even the bigger birds can't fly in, if you want to save Chen Pipi from the cell, you must pry the stone window bigger, but when he stretched out his hand but was blocked back, he was a little shocked to find that this cliff is actually a whole. If he wants to pry the stone window open, it is equivalent to prying open the entire peach mountain cliff, and there is a very powerful formation hidden in the mountain, which is very likely to be a fan cage, how can this be done?
The method of the Xiling Temple is so powerful, except for a figure like Fu, who can pry this peach mountain with an unknown number of array talismans attached? You must know that Wei Guangming, who was the first to successfully escape from the secluded pavilion in countless years, did not dare to pry open the stone window, but chose to push down the wooden sticks in front of him.
Ning Que said: "It seems that you have to stay in it for two more days, I have to think of a way." ”
Chen Pipi stood by the stone window, a little confused, and did not react.
Ning Que then remembered that when the two of them looked at each other and laughed before, he didn't hear Chen Pipi's laughter, and thought of a possibility, slowed down and asked, "Can't hear it?"
Chen Pipi looked at the shape of his mouth, nodded, and then said something. Ning Que understood the shape of his mouth: "Except for light, nothing can enter this window." ”
Ning Que thought about it and was about to say something, Chen Pipi's face suddenly showed an anxious look, his lips were slightly twitching and he kept saying something, he understood the names of Sang Sang and Tang Xiaotang.
He understood what Chen Pipi wanted to say, nodded and signaled that he already knew what happened to Sang Sang, and then told him that Tang Xiaotang was in the back mountain of the academy, don't worry.
The moonlight sprinkled from the night dome, fell between the cliffs, and fell on Ning Que's body, some light passed through the narrow stone window, and fell on Chen Pipi's face, and the two talked silently.
"Wait until I get you out. ”
Ning Que looked at Chen Pipi's eyes and said, he spoke very slowly, and his pronunciation was very standard, ensuring that Chen Pipi could understand every word he said and feel his determination.
Chen Pipi looked at him quietly, suddenly laughed, and shook his head.
Ning Que looked at the smile on his face, slowly stretched out a middle finger, and said, "You are a prisoner now, and you have no choice but to passively wait to be rescued by me." ”
After saying this, he looked at his middle finger bathed in moonlight, and thought with some puzzlement, how could he still be so safe on the cliff with only the meditation real mudra on his left hand left?
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In the moonlight cliff, Ning Que stretched out his hand to the stone window, and he had already touched the prohibition of the Hidden Pavilion, Xiling Temple knew that someone had been close to the Hidden Pavilion, and began to be vigilant, and the figure of the black-clothed deacon of the Ruling Division was everywhere on the three cliffs of Taoshan, but for the time being, no one had found the Heavenly Oracle Courtyard under the mountain.
Ning Que didn't worry about finding himself, the peach blossom on the mountainside was his best barrier, as long as the temple couldn't think of someone who could get through the peach blossom, he wouldn't cast his suspicious eyes on the mountain.
In addition to thinking about how to save Chen Pipi from the heavily guarded secluded pavilion, what really made him feel a little inexplicable was the indifferent gaze that fell from the peak that night.
He confirmed that there was no one in the temples at the summit at that time, but for some reason he always felt that someone had been observing him, and who was that indifferent gaze?
He admits that courage is a very important thing in battle, but it is absolutely impossible to fundamentally decide the victory, so it is naturally impossible for him to rely solely on courage when he leaves Chang'an City.
The academy had made detailed plans in advance, and his invisibility temple was an important part of the plan, if that indifferent gaze was really as guessed, then it would not have any impact on the academy's plans.
The real impact is still in the tangerine peel.
Haotian's world is so stable that it seems to never change, but in a world made up of countless trivial details, change is the norm, and the academy's plan, as he saw Chen Pipi's face among the cliffs, had to make corresponding adjustments, and even needed to tear it all down and start over.
Ning Que couldn't understand why the Xiling Temple would lock Chen Pipi in the Hidden Pavilion, even if the Guan Master died, Zhishouguan could not continue to control the Xiling Temple behind the scenes, even if the identity of Chen Pipi's disciple made the Daomen unacceptable, but secretly imprisoning a person with Chen Pipi's identity still seemed so incredible, could it be that the big people in the temple were not afraid of the Daomen being split because of this?
In the middle of the night, Ning Que once again followed the path in the peach blossom bush to the cliff, but tonight the clouds were thick, the moonlight could not be sprinkled on the world, and the clouds and mist under the cliff did not disperse, thinking of the pain of tens of thousands of knife cuts and the resentment in the fog last night, he didn't dare to go down at all.
The same was true for the next few nights, when he was unable to see Chen Pipi.
In the time that followed, Ning Que used Haoran Qi to repair the internal injuries he suffered on the cliff, turned out countless old classics to read, tried to find a feasible way, and then began to watch the moon night and night.
Since the light can enter the narrow stone window, so can the picture, and he didn't want to be like a fool and keep staging pantomime with Chen Pipi between the cliffs, so he began to write letters.
Dipping the ink in the snow-white paper to leave a clear and beautiful handwriting, Ning Que sat behind the desk and kept writing, writing the plan of the academy and his own thoughts without missing the slightest, and at the end of the letter, he also said some gossip in the back mountain, and asked him if the food in the secluded pavilion was really so delicious?
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In the garden in front of the Heavenly Oracle Courtyard, Long Qing and the Lu Chenjia were also looking at the moon.
Lu Chenjia is still so beautiful, like a beautiful flower, but the petals are stained with some water stains at some point, which looks a little cold, and it is no longer as delicate as before.
Long Qing's face was wearing a silver mask, and now no one can see the face under the mask, and the beautiful face that once fascinated countless girls in the world has long been left with memories.
"I don't know when I started eating sweet potatoes in the middle of summer, but I heard that this habit has been maintained in the temple for thousands of years, and the habit is really strong. ”
Long Qing looked at the half sweet potato in his hand, the corners of his lips exposed under the silver mask raised slightly, and said calmly: "It's just that I didn't expect that forming a new habit would be so simple." ”
Lu Chenjia looked at the scar under his lips, his expression was slightly gloomy, thinking that it was not terrible to fail in habit, forgetting the habit of the past was even more sad, had you and I ever been so unfamiliar under the stars in front of the flowers?
After the Battle of the Tang Dynasty, Longqing returned to the Xiling Temple, only to find that everything had changed.
He was originally the master of the judgment temple, but now the person sitting on the Moyu throne is Ye Hongyu, how can he be allowed to return to the judgment temple? Moreover, he was once convicted of apostasy, although he was cleared of the crime with the words of the Guanzhu, but with the disastrous defeat of the Guanzhu in Chang'an City, the eyes of many people in the temple looking at him became complicated again.
Xiling Shrine was damaged in this war, as a strong man who knew his fate in the upper realm, he should have been more respected, with his seniority and realm in the Daomen, even if there was Ye Hongyu and those past crimes, it would not affect his status, and even if he directly took over as the Great Priest of the Heavenly Oracle, I believe that no one could raise an objection.
However, everyone knew that he encountered that black wind in the south of Chang'an City, and his proud realm was cut into pieces by those sword intent in the wind, and he was still seriously injured when he returned to the temple.
No one believed that he would be able to get up from the abyss of despair again and return to the top like he had done after being shot by Ning Que last time. As Lu Chenjia thought, failure is not terrible, but repeated defeats have even become a habit, no matter how resolute the Dao heart is, how can it withstand such a heavy blow?
If it weren't for the fact that Chongming, the new emperor of the Yan Kingdom, had sent a lot of benefits to the temple and firmly expressed his support for him, if it weren't for the tens of thousands of elite cavalry on the Eastern Wilderness, not to mention the Great Priest of the Heavenly Oracle, he might not even be able to keep the idle position of the Heavenly Oracle Academy.
"What I'm talking about is that the new habit is not that the habit was defeated by Ning Que, but that everyone, including the temple, only took half a year to get used to the moon above their heads. ”
Long Qing looked at the moon in the night dome that broke out thick clouds, and said: "The peach blossoms that have not bloomed for decades suddenly reopened this year, and they are still in full bloom. ”
His gaze fell on the Temple of Light at the summit of the peak and said, "I want to ask. ”