Chapter 41: Into the Secret Realm

It's noon, not to mention the engraved peach blossoms, not to mention the peach petals. Yufeng thought about everything that Senior Brother Yuqing had on weekdays, but at this time he hadn't seen the peach blossoms, and he couldn't help but feel sad, and a handful of old tears were sprinkled on the side of the stream, and he muttered to himself: "Don't say a word, and don't wait for us to discuss, you just go in alone." It's all this age, and I'm still curious. It doesn't matter where the peach blossoms come from, what's the matter with our brothers. Now that it's this time, you haven't replied yet, do you want to kill a few of our old brothers in a hurry?"

When Yufeng was sad, he only heard Yuming shouting excitedly: "Peach Blossom!"

The peach blossoms, as bright as the sun, turned up from the bottom of the water, making the hearts of the three people happy.

The three of them were busy scooping up one by one, and sure enough, the peach blossoms were tattooed with small characters, either "I am safe", or "full valley peach blossoms", and there were also individual simple two words: "Yuqing". The three of them rejoiced and rejoiced like three children.

It is no wonder that when they came down from Emei Mountain, they walked hand in hand from the line of life and death; to this Longhe Mountain, the brothers ate the same taste, slept with the same quilt, and tasted the same ups and downs, they had preferred never to return to Emei, but they did not want to lose their good brothers. Their friendship can live and die together, and they can't leave behind this brotherhood in life and death. Senior Brother Yuqing is still alive, which is more important than anything else.

Yuyue jumped up and ran towards the deep mountains. Yuming shouted, "Where are you going?" Yuyue raised her arm and replied: "Go find Lingzhi and mountain ginseng, and when Senior Brother Yuqing comes back, treat him well!" Yuming smiled and left the cave entrance, ready to treat the vegetarian feast. Only Yufeng was left alone at the entrance of the cave, staring at the water, not even letting go of a peach petal.

However, from noon to dark, Yuqing did not come back. Yuming Yuyue returned to the head of the stream, and stayed with Yufeng Dao for a long time, the three of them were relatively speechless, anxious, pacing back and forth at the head of the stream, helpless.

But the news continued, and peach blossoms floated out of the hole. Pick up one and there is no word on it, and pick up another one, but there is still no word on it. But none of the three of them wanted to go back, so they stayed by the stream, until the moon hung on the treetops, until the sun rose, and finally caught a few peach blossoms with words. The petals of each flower are pierced with dense holes, each of which is connected into four small characters, which are stabbed: the waterway is difficult, there is no way out, there are people inside, and there is danger in March.

Since this flooded hole is the only passage, how can there be "a house inside"? None of the three of them could think of a reason. Although Senior Brother Yuqing said that "there is an accident in March", they can't help but pay attention to the news inside, and if the news is to be transmitted by this falling flower, they must wait here. When will this be closed? The three of them were in a hurry.

"You have to think about it in the long term. Yuyue said: "I don't think I have to guard it, use the fence to weave the road, and block it on the stream, and there are peach blossoms flowing out, and not a single petal can run away." ”

It was a good idea, and the trio sprang into action, quickly forming a fence to stop them in the water. They thought that with this arrangement, they did not need to wait by the stream, and as long as the information from the cliff came out, they would receive it without leaving any doubt. But day after day, no news came from the stream. The three brothers discussed again, and the topic of discussion was closely related to "March Adventure," focusing on speculation whether "March" refers to three months or March of the following year? Does "Danger" refer to the danger of the cliff or is there another danger in the valley? However, the discussion will not be fruitful, and the three of them have different understandings, and no one can convince anyone. And because the three of them are all landlubbers and don't know the nature of water, no one can go deep into it to see what is going on. In the end, I had to patrol around the cliff, but there were high mountains and cliffs all around, and there was a valley in the middle, and there was no way down. When they climbed the height and looked down several times, they were covered by clouds and fog, and they couldn't see the situation in the valley clearly, and the rest had to wait for the outcome of the incident, whether it was three months or March of the next year, they had to wait.

Besides, in order to explore the source of peach blossoms, Yuqing Dao grew into an underground river. After exploring for a long time, at first the water surface could still show its head to breathe, and when I walked later, the top of the cave was not in the water. Give up halfway or go forward bravely? Yuqing Dao Chang hesitated slightly, and even disregarded life and death, and plunged headlong into the underground waterway. Danger and danger, I almost couldn't hold my breath, but fortunately, the water at the top of the cave was not too long, about thirty or fifty steps away, and there was room for outcropping and ventilation. A hundred and ten feet further on, and finally to the end.

Inside is a vast mountain valley, surrounded by cliffs, which is difficult for apes to cross. The peach blossoms in the basin are scorching, like clouds and fire. He climbed down a peach branch, plucked the flowers one by one, and excitedly sent the first wave of messages to the Daoist disciples outside the cave.

"You're a thief, why are you stealing flowers?"

A coquettish sound startled the Yuqing Daoist. When I looked closely, a teenage girl suddenly appeared beside me.

The girl had two pigtails and a pair of watery eyes, and her gaze was clear, showing her innocence. She saw that Daoist Yuqing was a little flustered by her shout, and she couldn't help but smile, and when she smiled, a pair of shallow dimples appeared on her face, showing a little innocence and cuteness.

"This is a wild peach blossom, how can you say it's stealing?" Yuqing was very excited to see someone here, and had to explain the little girl's accusation.

The little girl tilted her head and said very seriously: "It's not a wild peach blossom, it's our family's flower, it's stealing! It's stealing! You're a thief! You're a thief!"

Yuqing Dao was happy, pretending to be heartbroken after recognizing his mistake, and asked: "I saw that the peach blossoms here are beautiful, so I stole one, how should I be punished?"

If the old Taoist priest didn't admit to stealing, the little girl still had a lot to say, and as soon as she admitted that she was a thief, she was stumped. She put a finger in her mouth and bit it for a long time, and finally came up with a good solution: "In this way, you go and admit your mistake to Grandma Sang, and promise not to steal again in the future." ”

Yuqing pretended to be very distressed and said, "I really want to admit my mistake to Grandma Sang, but I don't know where Grandma Sang is, how can I admit my mistake?"

The little girl said, "I'll take you." With that, he walked into the depths of the peach forest.

It's a large peach grove that almost fills the valley.

The little girl asked as she walked, "There is no way to go through Peach Blossom Valley, how did you get in?"

Yuqing Dao Chang saw that he knew that this place was called Peach Blossom Valley, and felt that the little girl asked strangely, so he asked: "Since there is no way, how can the people of Peach Blossom Valley come in and go out?"

The little girl looked back at him and said, "I don't know, I was brought in by someone else, and I haven't gone out myself." ”

Yuqing felt that he was in danger, although the little girl in front of him was kind and touchable, but this Peach Blossom Valley was simply too incredible. He glanced back at the cliffs behind him, and thought to himself that the top masters of the Central Plains martial arts were also difficult to get into, but the people of this Peach Blossom Valley could enter and exit freely, wouldn't it be strange!

After walking about the road, I passed a fine house, the door was closed, and a wooden plaque on the door was inscribed with the words "Broken Gut Nunnery". Yuqing's heartstrings trembled: This house is so weird? What kind of person lives in it? What heart-wrenching sadness does she have?

didn't allow him to think too much, so the little girl introduced: "This is Aunt Xue's house, and I usually live with Aunt Xue." Now Aunt Xue must have gone outside to practice, and if she wants her to see you stealing peach blossoms, she has to pluck your head. Everyone in Peach Blossom Valley hates men, and Aunt Xue hates men the most. ”

"Oh-" Yuqing replied. He thought that "Aunt Xue" must be a woman who was hurt by love, so he was angry with everyone and hated all men.

Yuqing's expectations were not bad, the Aunt Xue in the little girl's mouth was Liu Rufeng's ex-wife Mei Ruxue. was murdered by her husband for no reason, and hate the men in the world ever since.

In front of a fine house again, it was probably the residence of "Grandma Sang" as the little girl said. The fine house is covered with grass and is surrounded by orange and yellow bamboo chips, and the peach blossoms are red all around. In the middle of the living room, the windows are bright and clear, the left window is open to see the blades hanging on the wall and the bookcase with the scroll, and the right window is covered by reed curtains, which is probably a bedroom. On the lintel, there is a piece of yellow sandalwood with three large ochre characters written on it: "Duguxuan". The whole environment is a little elegant, but also a little bleak. The little girl jumped to the door and shouted, "Grandma Sang, Rong Rong sees you coming!"

"It's Rongrong, good Rongrong, good Rongrong, let grandma see if you have grown taller. As she spoke, a woman opened the door and walked out, it was Aunt Sang. Seeing Yuqing Daoist, he was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Rongrong also brought guests." ”

The little girl grabbed Bai and said, "It's not a guest, it's a thief, who came to confess his mistake to grandma." ”

"Oh! We're good enough to catch thieves. Aunt Sang smiled and patted the top of the little girl's head named Rongrong, and turned to Daoist Yuqing and said, "What do you call it?"

Yuqing made a joke: "Poor road Emei Yuqing, because I saw the peach blossoms flowing in the autumn water, on a whim, I strayed into your realm, and I also looked at Haihan." ”

Aunt Sang's eyes lit up, and her tone turned slightly and asked seriously: "Are you the head of Yuqing Dao?" Didn't you say that the four sons of Emei Qingfeng and Mingyue had all been buried in the cave?"

A word touched the sad place of the Yuqing Daoist, who had been cultivating for many years, but still couldn't stop the tears in his eyes: "The four of my senior brothers are in retreat in the back mountain, and somehow the entrance to the cave was sealed, and they worked together to break the cliff, escape, and hide in this Longhe Mountain." Later, I heard that the master of the head of the family died of a violent illness, and I thought that it should be Yuji's hands and feet, but there was no evidence, so he couldn't be restrained. He paused for a moment and added, "I'm talking too much." I don't know what the donor is called?"

Aunt Sang said: "My surname is Sang, the vicissitudes of Sang." When he was young, he had several notorieties in the rivers and lakes, and was known as 'Minshan Rakshasa'. Here they all call me Aunt Sang. ”

Yuqing was taken aback, and said again: "I have to meet a master, and I am fortunate to have three lives!"

Minshan Rakshasa, as a female streamer, had spicy methods back then, but no one could match. Whoever provokes her will die all the way. Later, his husband had an affair with a woman from Tangmen, and he was nostalgic for Tangmen and did not return home for a long time. In a fit of rage, she broke into the Tang Gate alone, killed her negative husband and the woman, injured countless masters of the Tang Gate, and made the secret weapon of the Tang Gate disappear in the rivers and lakes for decades. But since then, she herself has disappeared without a trace, and she has never appeared in the rivers and lakes again, but she didn't expect to be here.

Aunt Sang said politely: "Since you have come to Peach Blossom Valley, you are destined." There is no unsolved martial arts case that Peach Blossom Valley can't find, and there is no blood feud that Peach Blossom Valley can't avenge. You just have to meditate, Emei's affairs, and you have your own relevant creditors to ask for debts from Yuji. She turned her head to Rong Rong again and said, "Good Rong Rong, take this Taoist chief to the 'Broken Heart Residence' to see Aunt Lan, and say that I will confess, Emei is a rare guest, and I will be entertained for three months." ”

Rong Rong muttered and asked puzzledly, "Grandma, he hasn't admitted his mistake yet?"

Minshan Rakshasa said gently: "Good Rongrong, this Taoist has already admitted his mistake." ”

Rong Rong still tilted her head and wondered: "Then why don't I know?" she thought, but still left with Yuqing Dao Chief.

"You're in luck. Rong Rong walked and suddenly said, "Grandma Sang didn't punish you, and let Aunt Lan receive you." Aunt Lan is the best tempered in our Peach Blossom Valley, and if you change someone, she may not be as good-looking as you. ”

Rong Rong is Gongsun Wanrong, and she is the main owner of Aunt Sang's mouth to ask for debts from Yuji. It's just starting to be built, and it's still going to take time.

This is the realm of the gods, full of peach blossoms, bamboo fence huts are hidden in it, very simple and elegant. Yuqing Daoist walked all the way with Gongsun Wanrong, and saw that there was often steaming hot at the bottom of the gorgeous peach blossom tree, and when he got closer, he obviously felt the warmth of the earth. Gongsun Wanrong said that it was immortal energy, and there were immortal qi everywhere in Peach Blossom Valley, and those small openings that bubbled immortal qi were immortal wells. The people of Peach Blossom Valley, cooking during the day and lighting at night, all use the fairy energy in the fairy well.