54. Yunling Ridge
When he saw Xiaoyunling from afar, Jiang Zhiyun knew how big an academy could be, and what kind of support the imperial court that supported all this would have.
Located in the southwest of the capital Liang more than two hundred and thirty miles of the cloud mountain is not high, is not a mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles, but a lonely mountain covering an area of about 100 miles, the northwest terrain is the highest, the height is only about a thousand meters, slowly extending to the southeast to the plain, as if a giant beast quietly creeping in the southwest direction of the Beijing suburb plain, its positive direction is not towards the direction of the capital, but to the south, in this way, the giant beast has become a natural highland close to the capital, guarding the capital from afar.
The south of the Yunshan Mountains is the Yunshan Mountain Range, and the mountain path is difficult to pass through the Blue Pass from the Yunshan Mountain Range, and the eyes suddenly open up, and the Yunshan Mountains are presented at the other side of a plain at a glance. The Yunshan Mountain Range is extremely high, there are snow-capped mountains, and the white clouds float over from the southwest direction of the snow-capped mountains, and enter the range of the Yunling Mountains, because the temperature rises and will slowly disappear, so the name here is "Xiaoyunling".
There is also a saying about the name of Xiaoyunling, which has always been a place to cultivate various talents, and a place to solve the worries of the imperial court, so it is named "Xiaoyunling", that is, it has the meaning of eliminating sorrow for the imperial court.
Of course, this is just a rumor.
Dianwei believes the former statement, which makes Jiang Ruyun and others have a more favorable impression of him.
This topography of Xiaoyunling provides a good site for it to be built into a academy. The plain area is a natural horse farm and a plain battlefield, where there are many training facilities left over for thousands of years, from stables, obstacles, ditches, canals, woods to small-scale city walls, trenches, there are as many as a dozen along the way, and most of them seem to be still in use, the loess road stepped out by horses is very clear, this look is clear, in addition to teaching literature and history knowledge, Xiaoyunling Academy also teaches martial arts knowledge, and even trains a general.
In terms of the scope of teaching, Wanling Hall and Yunling are not on the same level at all.
At a training facility, Jiang Ruyun even saw a lot of catapults, and the basket of the catapult was one meter square, which showed that its power must be amazing!
Walking along the stone-paved official road along the gentle slope to the north, the slightly higher ground not only increased the number of stables, but also appeared in rows of manicured military camps. The barracks are not large, but they are surrounded by wooden fences in a regular manner, and some of them have opened up a hundred meters square flat land, in which there are not only stone exercise equipment, but also all kinds of weapons that have been discarded after use, which looks quite like actual combat. And in some military camps, there are even teenagers who are training in twos and threes, which shows that Jiang Ruyun's conclusion is not wrong, and in terms of the talents cultivated by Xiaoyunling, I am afraid that there are not a few generals!
On the high terrain above the barracks, there were well-built courtyards, which made Jiang Ruyun a little surprised, could it be that there are still rich families living here?
Dianwei shook his head and said with a smile: "These are the places where gentlemen live."
In this way, the explanation is clear, because higher up in the north of this courtyard, there are a number of square academies, and in the carriage you can see many young people in the courtyard dressed in blue shirts, or in groups of three or five, or sitting alone, taking advantage of the good weather to hold a scroll in their hands, and study hard. If the gentlemen are only separated by a wall from them, then these students naturally have no reason to be lazy.
After the academy, the terrain rose sharply, and there were not only bluestone-paved platforms in the mountains, but also many attics built on the steep cliffs. Although these attics are built on the cliff cliff, the material is also the same, but the style is different, from the color point of view, some look relatively new, the wood is whitish, and the paint of different colors is also painted on it, some have been built for a long time, the wood has become dull, and even some have rotted.
Could it be a different place to practice?
Dianwei shook his head and said, "These are the places where students have lived over the years, some of them are newly built, some are renovated, and some are dilapidated and abandoned. ”
Jing Ru smiled: "Ah, I understand, just now the academy under the mountain is a place for ordinary disciples to study, and most of the people who live here are disciples who cultivate spiritual power, right?"
"That's right!" replied Dian Wei.
"In line with the practice, the aura is ethereal, and the people who practice naturally hope to be able to defeat the turbidity as soon as possible, so everyone likes to live in a high place, where the air is good, and few people come, so most of the disciples who learn the immortal art and Taoism live here. ”
"Then we are still walking to a high place, our residence will not be on the top of this mountain, right?" Jiang Ruyun asked.
Dian Wei asked rhetorically, "Why can't you be at the top of the mountain?"
Jiang Ruyun didn't cultivate magic power, nor did he cultivate spiritual power, because he didn't have these two powers himself, so he couldn't cultivate, but he had read a lot of books on cultivating these two, especially the books on cultivating magic power, which were naturally the most in the academy of Wanling Hall.
Along the way, Jiang Ruyun's mind became heavier and heavier, he didn't care about himself, he sweated for these demons in his heart, if their residence was on the top of the mountain, it would mean that they were completely surrounded by a group of people who practiced spiritual energy, this ...... What's the difference with prison?
But he couldn't say it directly.
Dian Wei seemed to see something, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "Xu Yuan lives in the highest place, with him, you don't have to be afraid of anyone to make trouble." Therefore in the arrangement of the dwelling, you shall be closest to him. ”
"Of course, Xu Yuan has been in charge of the top management of the academy for so many years, if you have any questions, you can ask him nearby, if there is nothing wrong, he may teach you personally. However, I don't know what to teach you, and this is up to him. ”
The carriage traveled halfway up the mountain, the mountain road suddenly became narrow, and the carriage could not go up, so Jingru took up the painting soul, and everyone dismounted and walked all the way to the top of the mountain.
A hundred meters further, the terrain in front of me was slightly gentle, and a stone courtyard appeared. Judging from the age of the rocks, this courtyard is even older, except for some decayed wood that has been replaced, and some of the stones on the roadside and guardrails have been touched smooth and round, and it looks like it has been touched by someone.
Go up to the courtyard, look up to the top of the mountain, 100 meters high, like a stone castle, the castle is built on the mountain, the age is also very long, the windows are temporarily new, the wooden eaves on the red paint eye-catching, so that the castle looks quite deep but lively.
In the courtyard, there is a big tree, the crown of the tree is tens of meters square, at a glance, you can see that this tree has not a thousand years but a hundred years.
And Jiang Ruyun's heart moved, and he stared at the well under the big tree for a while.
He was very familiar with the well platform, because there were some faint runes on it, and the style of the runes was the same as the runes on the well in the backyard of the Woyun Courtyard of the Ten Thousand Souls Hall!
Jiang Ruyun's expression was very surprised, could it be that this place is in the same vein as Wanlingtang?
So...... Could Master have something to do with this?
He was staring at the well, Miao Zi pulled his sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Brother Jiang, what's wrong?"
Jiang Ruyun immediately came back to his senses, and Nuo Nuo said, "It's okay, it's okay." I'm a little worried that we're not used to living here. ”