Chapter 42: The Fearless Minority [5]
The terrible screams made everyone in the hall tremble.
But it was Jing Yao who cut it with one knife.
Cut off the hand of the clothed man whose sword was pinned to the table.
Since there is no way out, we have to fight with all our might.
The clothed man fell backwards in pain.
Not dead though.
But a man with a sword loses his hand with a sword.
He's a wreck.
Compared with the dead, the wasted are more sad.
Every wasted person has thought of going to die.
But there are few who can really muster up the courage......
The clothed guest in the center stood at Jing Yao's table.
He glanced indifferently at his subordinates who were lying on the ground howling.
He drew his sword.
The cold light shone on the face of the man with the severed hand.
He couldn't open his eyes.
But including Jing Yao, they all saw him nodding.
The clothed guest in the center immediately stabbed down with a sword.
The blade of the sword pierced the throat of the man who had severed his hand.
With the last of his strength, he wanted to smile.
But in the end, I still couldn't laugh.
However, such a relieved attitude made Jing Yao a little moved.
At the same time, he also knew that these people were the real dead.
If you can't kill, you won't steal your life.
I don't want to be a burden to my peers.
The man in the center shook his wrist slightly.
Shake the blood off your sword.
Then he looked at Jing Yao with a calm face.
"I don't know her well. ”
Jing Yao said.
He gestured to the little girl in front of him.
Although this little girl may have some sympathetic past.
But when they meet in Pingshui, Jing Yao has no need to stand up for others.
What's more, he is still a member of the royal domain.
"I know. ”
The Clothier nodded.
"Please. ”
Jing Yao got up and left the table.
Stood aside.
Be prepared to sit on the sidelines completely.
"But you killed my people. ”
Mock said.
Jing Yao smiled.
It seems that this trouble cannot be avoided no matter what.
But the man did not move, but spoke.
That suggests that there may be some truth to it.
Rather than talking, there may be a turnaround.
"You killed the man yourself. And he didn't want to live anymore. ”
Jing Yao said.
"I killed him, and he really doesn't want to live. But it was because you cut off his hand first that it led to this. ”
Mock said.
The blood on the sword had all dripped to the ground.
Only a superb sword can do that.
"Didn't you say that people nowadays only look at the results and don't ask the reason?"
Jing Yao looked back at Gao Ren and said.
"I'm talking about the majority. ”
Gao Ren said helplessly.
He didn't expect that this clothed guest was so reasonable.
Speaking carefully, this person's death is indeed related to Jing Yao.
However, if he didn't stab Jing Yao with his sword, Jing Yao wouldn't cut off his hand.
After thinking about it, the ultimate source is in this little girl.
Gao Ren opened his mouth to speak, but it made the clothed guest nod again and again.
His eyes were fixed on the little girl again.
From the South to the Northland.
They chased more than 3,000 miles.
So much so that in the end, there were only three people left.
The little girl met the coat and looked at each other.
The gaze does not dodge or dodge.
She walked over to the table next to her and picked up her basket.
Untied the cover from the basket and looked at it, then took a sip on the dead man's head.
Then he threw it directly to the clothed guest.
The clothier subconsciously took over.
But at this moment, the little girl jumped out of the window and escaped from the inn.
"Who is this little girl?"
Jing Yao asked.
"Enemies. ”
Holding the basket, the cloth guest said, looking out the window.
"Who is in this basket?"
Jing Yao asked again.
"Dead people. ”
The Clothed Man withdrew his gaze.
Have another subordinate drag the dead body of the man out the door.
Then he took the basket and sat back at the table.
"Aren't you chasing?"
Jing Yao was very curious.
Not only did this clothed guest not chase, but he didn't even stop it.
Jing Yao could see that if he wanted to, he would definitely be able to stop the mysterious little girl
But he didn't.
"Because I just want this basket. ”
Mock said.
Then he untied his robe, took out a piece of gold, and threw it to the shopkeeper.
"The loss is mine. The rest of the money is served with wine. ”
Mock said.
The shopkeeper looked at the ingot of gold in his hand and smiled from ear to ear.
When he had put away the gold, he took up his pen and wrote off all the accounts that he had just remembered.
"But the little girl is not an enemy, and the enemy can just walk away like that?"
Jing Yao asked.
"That's what she wants, too. So she'll be back. ”
Mock said.
Instead of braving the heavy rain and muddy roads in the middle of the night.
It's better to sit in this warm inn and drink wine and wait for work.
Since both sides are persevering with this basket and what is in the basket.
Then there will always be a time to meet again.
The shopkeeper brought the wine.
The yellow-clothed cook also walked out of the back hall.
Holding a plate in his hand.
A tall pile of dough was piled on the plate.
"Yours will have to wait a while. ”
The yellow-clothed cook put the dough cake on Jing Yao's face money and said to the clothier.
"Just two is enough. ”
Mock said.
He had already seen that the bread of Jing Yao and the others was baked according to the number of people.
Originally, there were three of them.
But now one is dead.
So two pieces of bread are enough.
The lady in yellow nodded after hearing this, and returned to the back kitchen.
"Why are you here to be a scone cook?"
The Clothed Man asked suddenly.
"I'm a cook. ”
When the lady in yellow heard this, her footsteps did not stop.
But he lowered the curtain of the back hall.
The people in the hall could no longer see inside.
"You know?"
Jing Yao asked as she ate the scones.
I have to say, this scone is really delicious.
Not only is the tendon abnormal, but there is also a strong sesame aroma.
Even if there are no dishes to match, you can eat it empty.
"You're not from the royal domain, are you? ”
The clothier said, sipping his wine.
"How so?"
Jing Yao narrowed her eyes slightly and asked.
"Before I came in, I saw a lot of furniture horses parked behind the shop. It must be yours. Although those furniture styles are the most common Zhenbei Realm style, they don't match your temperament. ”
Mock said.
"Furniture is furniture, what else is there to say?"
Jing Yao said with a smile.
"That bowl is too small. Whether you're using it for eating or drinking, it's too small. ”
Mock said.
"The bowls in this store aren't big, so I'm still using them?"
Jing Yao raised the bowl in his hand and retorted.
"It's helpless to use the bowl in the store...... Only the most discerning people use their own utensils everywhere. But home is the most comfortable place. Eating is also the most crucial thing in life. In the most comfortable place, do the most critical things, but don't have the right utensils. It doesn't make sense anyway. ”
Mock said.
"Who are you? I guess it's not from the Zhenbei King Domain. ”
Jing Yao nodded.
He had to admit that the man was extremely meticulous and had a lively mind.
"Like you, I'm not from the royal realm. ”
The clothed guest took a sip of wine and said slowly.
Jing Yao didn't believe what he said.
If you are not from the royal domain, will you still be from the grassland?
"I'm a man of the altar. ”
The man in the cloak said after drinking the rest of the wine in the glass.
Jing Yao didn't react yet.
It's just that Gao Ren's face changed.
"Are you from the altar?"
Gao Ren asked urgently.
"There may be a lot of people in the world who pretend to be the Central Investigation Division, but they may not have dared to pretend to be someone in the court. ”
Mock said.
Jing Yao set her eyes on Gao Ren.
The word altar is extremely eary to him.
"What kind of place is the altar?"
Jing Yao asked.
"It's a place that can't be talked about in the boudoir. ”
Gao Ren said in a deep tone.
The face is even more serious.
Altar Garden.
No one knows exactly where it is.
However, it must be within the Five Great Domains.
This is the only force that can completely transcend the Five Kings except for the Yuntai above the East China Sea, the barbarians of Monan, and the royal court of the Northwest Grassland.
Ordinary people only think that the altar is a legend.
But those who know something about it are very taboo about it.
Whether it is the dynasties before the dynasty, or the five kings ruled together.
The altar has always existed in the long river of history.
No one can shake its presence, but it is not dazzling.
However, the things that can last for a long time are reasonable to people and intentional to heaven.
A dynasty of the past.
The emperor was extremely superstitious.
In my dreams, I always see the full moon streamer, and the immortals come against the wind.
It can be seen that each period will have some special products.
But the exact period in which the altar court was born is not even recorded in the archives of the Central Capital Investigation Division.
However, whenever there is a change of dynasty, there will be people walking in the altar court.
They don't interfere with the world, but they keep a faithful record of what happens in the world.
Especially before the five kings ruled together, after the end of the dynasty of the old man of the star sword.
But the name of the altar began to spread widely.
Up to the gate valve family, down to the common people Bai Ding.
Everyone knows it, but the five people don't know.
Rumor has it that it goes.
The reason why the five kings of the world will rule together and there will be no more wars is the credit of the altar court.
About twenty or thirty years ago, there was a strange book on the market that was widely circulated.
It's called "The Story of the Altar and the Court".
It extensively and systematically describes the scenery and mission of the entire altar.
Although the authenticity is not verifiable, it is indeed very interesting to read.
However, this book was circulated in the chaos of war and disappeared in the time of Dading.
Now I can't see a single one.
There may also be a collection of books among the people.
But no one dared to show it to attract attention.
This book Gao Ren has read.
Because his master has one.
The high platforms in the altar are lined up one after another, overlapping Luobu.
On the high platform, the posture of the immortals in the heavenly palace above the clouds is also depicted, as well as the occasional scene of going down to earth to preach in the mountains and fields and teach the immortal law.
In the center of the altar courtyard, there is a towering immortal tower
It is said to be taller than the altar built by any dynasty.
The vast hall is not half as magnificent as the current middle capital.
Although the altar has been hidden from the world for a long time, it is not without a door.
At least in the "Records of the Altar Garden", it is said that the altar has doors in all directions of heaven and earth.
It's just that ordinary people can't see it.
These descriptions may be mythical and exaggerated.
But the leopard in the tube can also highlight the mystery and unreachability of the altar.
There are three gates on the east side of the world.
But it is named according to the seasons of the season.
They are called spring, winter and summer.
Why is there no autumn?
This point is not explained in the "Records of the Altar and Court".
Gao Ren was also puzzled.
I thought of asking the master, but I was afraid of being blamed.
Because he secretly turned over this book at the time and read it.
However, the ancients never liked autumn.
Maybe it's because autumn can always make people feel too sentimental......
There are enough sorrows, so why bother bothering for a season?
But this is the insight of those sour literati.
They always like to be sad in the autumn against the bleak wind and the falling leaves in the wind.
But for ordinary bosses, autumn is the most important season of the year.
Because as soon as autumn passes, it will begin to be winter.
It doesn't snow in the south.
But in the north, they have to lie in the house for at least three or four months.
Whether there is food to eat in winter, whether there is enough firewood, but all count on the autumn of this year.
There are four gates on the south side.
But they all have a dry character.
The first one is called "Qianwenmen".
He was the first founder of the altar court, and when he passed by here, a book suddenly fell from the sky.
Books contain knowledge that has never existed in the world.
And because of the book of heaven, the first gate in the south is called 'Qianwen Gate'.
The other three doors only have names and no sources.
They are called 'Qianping Gate', 'Qianjin Gate', and 'Qianchang Gate'.
As for the other two directions, east and west.
then there is only one door for each.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
So the east is yang, and the west is yin.
Gao Ren has been to the east, west, north and south of the world.
However, the exact location of these doors is not recorded in the book.
Gao Ren also returned in vain in the end.
But he was suspicious of the north and south gates of the altar.
is convinced of the yin and yang of things and things.
The reason for this may just be an intuition, and even he himself can't explain it
In the altar courtyard, the most central place is called Changding Tower.
It was built by the first court master in the year of the opening of the altar court.
It is only twelve miles away from the Yangmen Gate in the east.
To the east of Changding Tower, there is a mansion.
Inside are stationed the most elite sergeants of the altar.
It is also the guardian of the lord of the altar court.
Changding Pagoda has a total of nine floors.
All are made of bluestone and rosewood.
The height of the tower is ninety-nine zhang.
The top of the top tower is abruptly ten zhang higher.
However, when standing on the tower overlooking the altar, there is a feeling of shaking the chest and giving birth to stratus clouds, I am afraid that it is more than a thousand feet.
Legend has it that when this Changding Pagoda was first built, the depth of the foundation had been dug into the Huangquan Prefecture.
Countless ghosts were also unleashed.
But when the court master opened the heaven-given immortal book and read it aloud, those ghosts and monsters all disappeared without a trace.
This made the first court master think that this heaven-given immortal book was indeed true and credible.
Therefore, it was built more and more vigorously, and finally the Changding Pagoda was built.
As for the extra section on the top of the tower, a vase-shaped room was specially built to enshrine the heavenly immortal book.
There is incense every day.
Each corner of the ninth floor of Changding Pagoda is hung with Jin Duo.
There were three hundred and sixty-five in all.
There are also seven windows in each direction, all painted with gold paint, and nails engraved with the Five Elements on the window frames.
Such a meticulous design, exhaustive creativity, but it is unique in the world.
Every night when the wind blows, those golden priests will sound with the wind.
The crisp and sonorous sound was heard by the entire altar.
There is a large hall on the north side of Changding Tower.
The inside is full of statues of the previous masters of the altar and the spiritual tablets of the people who have made great contributions to the altar.
All of them are made of different materials such as gold, silver, and jade according to the size of the contribution.
Among them, the statue of the first court master is the largest, one zhang eight high, and the whole body is carved from mutton fat white jade.
Such a large piece of mutton fat white jade can exist is already an opportunity, not to mention that it has been carved by skilled craftsmen.
The rest of the golden, human-sized spiritual positions have dozens.
The rest also have some small statues, most of which are gods depicted in the book of heavenly immortals.
It is embroidered with pearls, agate and other objects.
The walls of the roof beams in this hall are heavily carved and whitewashed, and a kind of sporadic pattern unique to the altar is depicted.
This shape was drawn by the first court master himself, and he realized it from the Heavenly Immortal Book.
The window lattices are decorated with cyan jade.
The trees under the steps are stacked, the branches and leaves are sparse, and the bamboo and grass are numerous.
Therefore, the person who wrote the "Tale of the Altar and the Court" will sigh in the book:
"If there really is a heavenly fairy palace, it must be like this......"
However, the book says that at a certain time, the altar was completely open.
There are many people who come from all over the world to worship and make offerings, and the offerings they bring will be stored in the flat tower.
The flat tower can be regarded as the most simple building in the altar court.
It was built with mortise and tenon joints, covered with tiles, similar to the tall towers that can be found everywhere today.
But it opens every five steps.
The tower erects a five-fold pavilion.
It is not described in detail in the book.
Gao Ren looked at the clothed guest, but in his mind, he deeply recalled the parts that he could still remember.
"What do you want to ask?"
Seeing that Gao Ren was about to speak and stopped, he was the first to ask.
"Is everything written in "The Story of the Altar and the Court" true?"
Gao Ren asked.
"I came out of Qianwenmen. ”
The Clothier smiled and said.
Gao Ren was silent after hearing this.
Although the clothier did not reply directly to his question.
But to say that he came out of Qianwenmen, doesn't it confirm the authenticity of "The Story of the Altar and Court" from the side?
"That little girl is from the altar?"
Gao Ren asked after being silent for a while.
She is the descendant who wrote the book "The Story of the Altar and the Court". ”
Mock said.
Gao Ren gasped.
Unexpectedly, after so many years, Tanting still did not give up the investigation of this matter.
"But you can't go when you come. ”
The clothed guest pointed at Jing Yao and continued.
"Why?"
Jing Yao said arrogantly.
He didn't know what the altar was, and he didn't have many scruples of Gao Ren.
"Because I don't know what the little girl told you, I'll have to find out. ”
Mock said.
She didn't say anything. ”
Jing Yao said.
"I found out after checking. ”
The cloth guest does not relent.
"Besides, you don't want to have a chance to go to the altar to have a look?"
The clothier smiled lightly and said with a twist.
"There's a chance for you to meet the scimitar of the steppe, would you like to?"
Jing Yao also said with a smile.
"It turns out that you are a member of the Prairie Royal Court, no wonder you are so arrogant to the altar court. ”
The clothed guest sighed and said.
Gao Ren on the side tugged at Jing Yao's sleeve and signaled him not to be too strong.
But this matter has reached such a point, but it is no longer a matter of disrupting Jing Yao's personal plan.
It is about the dignity and glory of the entire grassland royal court.
"I don't know much about your court. All I know is that tomorrow at dawn, I will cross the river to Hongzhou. ”
Jing Yao said.
After speaking, the two drank separately, but there was no communication.
Gao Ren kept pacing on the side, worried.
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