At the foot of Tianzhu Mountain, there is a monument at the foot of the mountain, and one by one stops to take care of it: "Tianzhu Mountain ......"

The stele is old and simple.

This one looked at it, smiled, and looked up at its dignity.

Layers of clouds flying, blind to the top of Mount Tai, Kuiba does not know how many miles, only arms, only sigh.

When ......he was looking far-sighted, Zheng Ming suddenly smiled, put the reins on the top of Heihuo's head one by one, and walked straight to the ladder of the mountain: "You are idle here, I will go to the mountain to have a look." ”

"Wow——!" Black Fire let out a long snort, then ignored the other party and went straight to the grass line to eat grass.

"Whew. Seeing that the stone steps under his feet were smooth and no dust was spared, Zheng Ming smiled and stepped forward step by step.

Step by step, the steps are stable, and when there is a sense of high climbing, I can't help but carry my hands and walk up to the peak.

The higher it goes, the cooler it gets, and the wind blows lightly, stroking the ends of others' hair and stirring up the thoughts and excitement of others.

Step by step, I don't know the height, and I don't know the distance.

At the peaks and peaks, only the crimson clouds are high.

The person who surrounds the beam is young, and he is alone.

I don't know if a mountain has a way, or if the mountain is higher than the sky.

"Whoa...... Naturally, it is the best place to be. When he ascended, Zheng Ming also felt that his heart was transparent, as if his soul was also released with climbing, and a pleasant feeling of "freedom and freshness, and freedom to return to the hearts of the people" had become a state of mind.

This time, Zheng Ming didn't know how long he had walked, and how many white steps he had climbed, he was full of peaks and scenery, sun and moon squares, and saw the magnificence, the world and the boundless, when he recalled, there were three rounds of the sun and the moon.

When the third night passed, at dawn and sunrise, he emerged from the stairway behind the peak.

As the sun rose to the left and east, the dawn faded with it, and he finally stepped out of the last step of the stairs, the first to reach the peak of the square inch platform.

When the red sun threw shyness at him, the scarlet demeanor that covered the whole world also lifted the warmth on his face. He smiled softly and with enthusiasm for the Red Sun.

"The sea of clouds rises to the red sun, soaring into the blue sky......" Zheng Mingtian smiled, turning his eyes and looking forward.

He wanted to have a glimpse of the magnificence and mountains and rivers in the distance, and to get a glimpse of the land and neighbors of the Wind Country, but in the blink of an eye, he found that there was a person sitting in front of him!

The man turned his back to him, like an old man. I saw him cross-legged to the south, three feet of white hair, dressed in coarse cloth and white clothes - he was not burly, but he was tall, quite tall, without a bun or crown, and only used his hair as a hairpin.

And I saw this man sitting on the edge of the peak cliff standing still, he was as quiet as a stone sculpture, and I don't know how long he had been sitting here, I was afraid that if he was slightly alarmed, he would fall into the abyss, and he would never recover.

The square inch of the peak is only seven feet in circumference, which is only enough to put down an ordinary dining table. Fortunately, this square inch of land is still flat, although there is an abyss all around, I am afraid of a mistake, but the heart can be courageous, even if people can come up, they are not afraid of the nine-day cliff.

In fact, Zheng Ming and this old man are only a few positions apart. The difference is that there is still one step behind Zheng Ming to retreat, although that step is already narrow and insignificant. And in front of the old man was the abyss.

"I can't imagine that above this abyss, there are others who are willing to go to ......" Zheng Ming also looked at the other party, although he was just looking at the back, but the otherworldly and out-of-the-world atmosphere on the other party made him deeply touched, and he couldn't help but feel awe.

"Whew. After thinking about it, Zheng Ming smiled slightly, and asked the other party for advice one by one: "Old man, I don't know why I am here." ”

Because he still holds the scroll of poetry in his right hand, it is unusual for him to compile it with his left hand in front of him.

However, when Zheng Ming greeted him for a long time, he didn't see the old man respond, and he didn't even move.

"I'm afraid that I'm asleep, I can say that I am ......superior," Seeing this, Zheng Ming moved the corners of his mouth a little intriguingly, he guessed that the other party might be sleeping and recuperating, so it was not good to disturb him anymore, so he took off his etiquette and looked away.

"Sigh ......" at a glance, beyond the sea of clouds, the appearance of the windy rivers and mountains - wind and fire forest mountain, the national city of Wang County......

The rivers and mountains of the motherland, although only half of the wall, can be seen at a glance, this sweeping magnificence, the excitement of looking down on the world, so that Zheng Ming is surging and excited.

Wind Country, he was born here, but he never knew what was in it.

Once, the word "Wind Country" was just a name for him, but along the way, he has seen a lot: first, to understand the customs and accidents of the wind, second, to know the situation and development of the country, and third, to understand some of the gloom and incomprehension contained in this homeland...... Now, this will be under the top of the top, and what he has heard and heard in the past will finally be reflected in reality, so that he can see the real wind country.

Only when the country is here can it settle in it, otherwise, the world is so big, how can it be a home? Without the protection of the country, how can the place where the country is settled be at peace with the encounter. I don't know where I belong, and I don't know where I live.

"Windy Country...... Gale ......" Zheng Ming's eyes wandered around there, and under the touch of his heart, he slowly closed his eyes, and bowed deeply there, bowing three times.

When he was in trouble, he was not there, but when it was built, it was difficult for him to share it, and now under the shade, he should also be grateful and worship. Love for the country and family is everyone's duty.

This is just a spontaneous respect, a kind of mutual recognition and resonance, although others do not hear or see the response.

After a long bow, Zheng Ming withdrew the prayer with a smile and leisurely, swept the hem of his clothes with his hands, and sat down cross-legged in the same place.......

Whew.

After sitting down, Zheng Ming first placed the scroll on his lap, and then took off the wine gourd hanging from his left waist and drank a long one.

"Goo...... "The clear flow ...... throat, and when I see the overflow trickle, I can't tell whether it's water or wine."

"Ha ......" under the comfort, Zheng Ming couldn't help but laugh and admire lightly, put on the gourd with satisfaction, and hung the wine gourd back on the belt at his left waist.

——!After that, Zheng Ming smiled and let go of his snort, looked around, and unconsciously locked his eyes on the old man.

The peak has gradually "cooled", although this place is located in the southern Xinjiang of the wind country, the climate has long been warm, but the temperature here is not a normal old man can be thin. But this was so low that Zheng Ming began to feel a chill, but he couldn't even freeze the hairs on the old man's neck.

Therefore, this old man became more and more mysterious in Zheng Ming's mind. Although he was inactive, the occasional cool breeze danced in his hair.

People are sometimes like this, the more unpredictable things are, the more they can't help but ponder deeply, and the more things they don't understand, the more they want to study and understand. At this time, Zheng Ming slowly began to fall into this mentality, although he just looked at it with a smile on his face, and he didn't deliberately try to identify something.

Time passed from one day to another, until "the red sun went from east to west, and rose again from the southeast."

The next day, he was still sitting there, just watching quietly.

He still sat there, his eyes closed for eternity—he saw him clutching a round lump of mud in his hands, and he didn't know what was inside. Look at his white eyebrows and sword tail, his long beard is like snow, and his appearance is strong and heroic. Its skin does not look old but has been carved over the years.

The so-called "Tianshan birds fly away, thousands of paths and people disappear", here and now, there is indeed no creature to visit, even if the breeze is clear, it only brings a question when passing by, I don't know this old and young, or what is here.

Until the third day, Zheng Ming had not slept for nearly six days, and in terms of his vigorous energy alone, although he was not excessively tired, he was also a little tired, but he still sat quietly, looking at the old man in front of him and smiling without saying a word.

At noon that day, the two of them still did not move, but the black fire under the mountain was already bored—after seeing it lying on the ground and snorting several times in anger, it finally could not bear its boredom, so it stumbled up from the ground and rushed towards the road a few days ago without looking back.

When the red clouds fell at sunset, the old man was finally awakened by the wind. Seeing his eyebrows move, the whole person slowly opened his eyes as if he was recovering.

This person's eyes were cloudy at first, but they became clearer and clearer, like the stars falling into, the vast sun and the moon. When you look at it, it is like looking at a whirlpool, your eyes are sucked and broken, and you have to see the appearance and can't peek inside.

This person is indeed extraordinary.

......As soon as he opened his eyes, Zheng Ming smiled slightly, opened his mouth and said, "You're awake." ”

"Wow ......" The old man also smiled, handed out the mud ball in his hand to Zheng Ming with his right hand, and chuckled: "You have wine, I have meat,—— you might as well get together for a night." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Ming suddenly smiled, and took off the wine gourd and threw it at the other party.

Whew.

The old man didn't look back, but he easily caught the wine gourd thrown by Zheng Ming with a lift of his hand. After that, seeing him gently pick up his right hand, the mud ball the size of a human head was thrown in front of Zheng Ming, and Zheng Ming used both hands to hold it.

Smack!

After catching the mud ball, Zheng Ming went down with a knife and split the mud ball in two, revealing a whole tender and fragrant pheasant with no feathers and steaming pheasants, and a fragrant and fragrant mouth.

Whew!

At this time, the old man easily picked the stopper of the wine gourd with the thumb of his left hand alone—there was a thin rope on the stopper, which was tied to the brown rope tied to the middle of the gourd, and the knots and tassels on the gourd were all one, so that it would not fall.

Boom, Boom......

"Ha-" The old man took several large sips in one gulp before he put down the wine gourd contentedly. After that, he wiped his mouth with the back of his right hand, then picked it with his left hand, and threw the wine gourd to Zheng Ming behind him, saying: "Wine is good wine, only a little bit of taste." ”

"Oh?" Hearing the sound, Zheng Ming, who was tearing off a big chicken leg and preparing to send it to his mouth, couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly raised his hand to catch the wine gourd.

After that, Zheng Ming then put the Tubao chicken on the ground in front of him with a smile, and said with a smile: "What a taste." ”

"Whew. The old man chuckled, turned his eyes to Zheng Ming's eyes and said with a deep smile: "There is a little less aura, a little more turbidity, three points of bitterness, and seven points of rebellion." ”

The old man didn't turn around, but when he saw him turn his gaze, he was already facing Zheng Ming, as if he was sitting like this.

Zheng Ming only felt that his eyes blinked, and the other party was already facing him, and he couldn't help but brighten up in his eyes, but hearing the old man's words made him stunned.

After being stunned for a moment, Zheng Ming blinked lightly, took a big bite of chicken from the chicken leg, and asked while chewing, "What does the old gentleman mean by this?"

"Whew. The old man smiled, and then started to eat the roast chicken, but he smiled at Zheng Mingzhi's question and did not answer.

Zheng Ming glanced at the old man meaningfully, and then stopped asking any more questions. Later, seeing that he didn't wait for the chicken in his mouth to be swallowed completely, he raised the wine gourd and poured it into a big mouthful.

"Ha!" After taking a sip, Zheng Ming couldn't help laughing, and gradually put the wine gourd in his hand next to the roast chicken, and began to eat it again.

"Whew. When the old man saw him, he couldn't help but chuckle. Although he was also eating chicken wings, his gaze at Zheng Ming was as deep as the abyss.