Chapter 7: Flowering
Early in the morning, the boy opened his hazy eyes. Rubbed his eyes when consciousness returned to reality. I couldn't help but tighten the corners of the quilt, and suddenly it was like a night of north wind, as if it was winter overnight. The bare hands were like being suddenly attacked by a cold air, and they quickly retracted into the warm quilt.
In the blink of an eye, it was another winter, and I unknowingly came to live in Hanjiaci Village for six years. The boy folded his hands under his head and snuggled up under the covers in a comfortable position.
Thoughts fly and wander everywhere.
Winter is really a lazy season, and Emperor Han Qing shrank lazily and thought wildly.
It's been six years since my father left, and I don't know if things have been dealt with.
This winter, my grandparents didn't know if they were clothed.
The school's collection of books has been completely browsed.
The high places are not cold, and I don't know how the heavenly immortals survive the cold winter.
The boy smiled.
Tell the results directly.
I'm thinking about something, it's been a long time since it's snowed, and I don't know if it's going to snow this year.
Outside, the north wind was howling, and the door was whirring. The jingle is extremely annoying, and the teenager lying on the bed is upset by the toss.
"Little Emperor, Little Emperor, are you up?" called out to her mother, Wang Xia, outside the door.
Emperor Han Qing immediately gathered his thoughts and hurriedly replied. ”
"Mother, not yet. Is there something wrong?"
I'm going to see your grandmother, do you want to come along?
The boy came back to his senses, okay, it just so happened that I hadn't seen my grandmother for a long time.
"Yes, your grandmother sent a letter to say that she misses you. ”
She didn't say it directly, just let us go back and have a look at it when we were free. I guess I miss you, you grew up with her since you were a child, and you have to go over to accompany your grandmother more when you have time, and you have to take the initiative, they are sometimes embarrassed to speak because of their faces, so we have to take the initiative ourselves.
Mother Wang Xia read in pieces outside the door.
"Got it. ”
The boy suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen his grandmother for a whole year, and the last time he said goodbye, he had been nervous about his homework in the school in the past year. In his spare time, he has been reading various books and classics, and he has no intention of thinking about it. Unconsciously after such a long time, I suddenly felt a little annoyed, what happened to me, leaving my grandmother who raised me so big.
The boy was silent in the quilt for a long time, and then lifted the quilt. I got out of bed, put on my shoes, walked to the hanger, and changed into a thicker cotton shirt today.
There are no words all the way, stop and go, and the village is in sight.
Emperor Han Qing found a dogtail grass on the side of the road, pinched the head and removed the tail, left a branch, held it between his lips and teeth, and swayed it with his hands behind his back.
The clouds and mist of Xiyan Mountain rose above the village, casting a large black shadow. Thick clouds covered most of the mountain, and today was no exception, but the clouds seemed to be churning more intensely than before. The boy who grew up looking at the mountains since he was a child was full of suspicion.
"Today's Xiyan Mountain is different from the past!"
"Is Senior Sister Wang down there?"
A figure suddenly rushed out of the mountain, broke through the clouds and mist, and arrived in front of Wang Xia in an instant.
The young man's body was tense, and he was full of vigilance against this uninvited guest.
It's really the murder and treasure six years ago, and I still remember it vividly and vividly. The boy thought that another murder and treasure hunt would be staged again. But seeing his mother Wang Xia standing there calmly, the young man gradually relaxed.
"Are you?" said the mother hesitantly. ”
The man slowly put away his sword and struck the head.
"Deacon of the outer disciples of the Lower Shushan Sect: Li Guohao. "That year in Fuyaozhou, you and I had a one-sided relationship with the purchase of materials on the orders of the master, and the senior sister was busy with things, so I may not remember it very well.
Wang Xia showed a suddenly realized expression: Oh, it's you. I remembered that I would like to thank my brother and sister for their great help that year. If it weren't for your generosity that year, I wouldn't have been able to complete the task assigned to me by my teacher. ”
After thanking her brother again, Wang Xia bowed slowly. ”
"I don't know what my brother is?"
"It's such a senior sister, the patriarch of my sect recently had a feeling by chance, and there is something here that is related to my faction. The master gave an order and ordered me to wait for the deacon of the outer gate to search. ”
"Just now, I was searching all over the mountain in the mountains, and I felt a familiar aura approaching, so I specially went out of the mountain to say hello. ”
"Is Senior Sister a local?"
Li Guohao asked.
"Yes," Wang Xia replied.
"Great, Li Guohao looked pleasantly surprised. ”
"I wonder if I've ever seen a seed or heard of it?"
Never.
Li Guohao looked disappointed.
Disturb the senior sister, I'll go too.
The sword behind his back came out of the sheath in an instant, Li Guohao jumped up, and the person followed the sword, breaking through the clouds and mist, and there was no figure in the blink of an eye.
"Little Emperor, don't reveal the seeds that your mother gave you in front of people, you must hide them. Remember, remember!"
"Emperor Han Qing has never seen such a nervous scene in his mother Wang Xia. Even if she was hunted down and killed to the point of facing death last time, her mother was unhurried and graceful and generous. ”
"The Shushan faction is the first of the ten major factions in Jiuzhou, and it is no more lonely than Wuwuzi, and it is weak. "The relationship between the Shushan faction and the current emperor is irreversible, and the Shushan sect is the "Taoist Great Heavenly Master" who is personally enshrined by the current emperor. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the state religion, and its power is all over the heavens and the earth. My Wudang faction is only the last of the ten factions in Jiuzhou, far from being comparable to the Shushan faction.
"How is this good, now that the Shushan faction has also noticed this seed, I am afraid that it will find us in the near future. ”
Mother Wang Xia is a little at a loss, and she wants to inform your father quickly. Although you have made some achievements in the literary world now, if you want to make a choice, the emperor will not hesitate to choose Shushan. After all, we still don't have enough strength.
Mother Wang Xia sighed softly.
"It's okay, mother. There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and Shushan may not find us. The boy can only comfort his mother first. "It's really in the face of a behemoth like Shushan, and the young man can't think of any better way. I can't do it if I give it away, and I live up to the avenue that my parents have earned for themselves by risking their lives.
"Let's go. ”
Mother walked ahead with a lot of heart.
In a thatched yard in the village, there is an old woman playing with a bamboo horse in a silent daze. A bald-headed monk stared at Xiyan Mountain, his eyes sharp. The old woman also felt something, but she ignored it, indifferent, stroked the bamboo horse, as if she remembered something beautiful, and a smile spread on her face.
Don't touch it, here it is.
"My Qingdi child, Qingdi child. The great monk got up and ran to the door, rubbing his hands together and eager to try.
The old woman came to her senses, stood up hurriedly, and ran to the door, looking at the intersection with her eyes.
When he arrived at the intersection, Emperor Han Qing quickened his pace. gradually surpassed her mother Wang Xia and shouted loudly: Mother, I'm back.
Seeing the young man's figure appear, the old woman walked closer in one step and two steps, holding the young man's hand and watching.
The young man of the year has grown into a little adult today. The figure has risen a lot, and it is no different from an adult when he stands up. Wearing a blue cotton shirt, standing tall, standing in the crowd with an elegant temperament, with an angular face like a knife, a beautiful boy has grown up.
The old woman suddenly felt a little sad, how did the little guy who used to love to ride a bamboo horse around her knees suddenly grow up?
The young man's eyes are also a little red, mother-in-law, aren't I back?
"Are you doing well with your grandfather?"
The old woman cried with joy, well, well. While wiping tears from the corner of his sleeve. ”
The grandfather of the great monk stood aside with a solemn expression.
"Go home, go home. ”
At the dinner table, her mother, Wang Xia, expressed her concerns.
The old woman pondered for a long time and couldn't give good advice, but her grandfather reacted flatly: "Is Shushan amazing? Let them find it, I will see who dares to touch my grandson." ”
In the end, no safe solution was discussed, and in the face of such a behemoth, ordinary means were completely useless. I can only hope that I will not be discovered......
That night, I lay in the room where I used to sleep. The boy tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and finally sat up and took out a thumb-sized wood-grain box from his underwear.
It is a boxy box, I don't know the material, the surface of the box is densely covered with a layer of strange ornamentation, it is not very similar to the wood grain, and it is like an ancient seal script, a bit similar to the ancient "Dao" word. Emperor Han Qing had seen similar handwriting on a unique Taoist book, but it didn't quite look like it.
The young man was not sure, when he opened the box, an ordinary fruit core was placed in the box, it looked unattractive, it looked ordinary, there was nothing unusual, this was the thing of the Dao Ancestor? Emperor Han Qing expressed doubts, and once asked his mother, but his mother couldn't tell why, and the specific effect was unknown. When I got it at the beginning of the year, I also showed it to the elders of the division, and the elders couldn't see what it was. Just explain that it is well kept, and maybe it will be of great use in the future. He returned it to his mother.
The boy picked it up and looked left and right, but he couldn't see anything unusual. I picked it up and put it in my nose and sniffed it again and again, except for some strange fragrances that were different from other kernels, there was nothing famous.
Emperor Han Qing couldn't help but pick it up and bit it hard with his teeth, almost breaking his teeth, it was too hard. The boy thought.
It exudes a fragrant aroma in the mouth, and the aroma is compelling. The young man is a clever man, and he feels instantly energetic and refreshed.
It also has a refreshing effect, which is unexpected.
Emperor Han Qing was lying on the bed, with the kernel in his mouth, thinking about it.
I gradually fell asleep.
Qingyun Temple on the top of Xiyan Mountain, Li Guohao, a disciple of Shushan, led a group of people who were still looking for seeds.
A disciple saw a big bell at the door, and was curious, so he picked up the scabbard and slammed it vigorously to try the timbre.
The bell is loud, and the bell wave echoes in a radius of ten miles.
That disciple was taken aback, what are you doing?
Li Guohao couldn't help but scold loudly, the master has a saying, the things of this mountain should not be moved, so as not to be contaminated with great cause and effect. ”
"Senior Brother Li, don't be alarmist. It's just a dilapidated Taoist temple, the head of the top ten schools in Shushan, and I'm afraid of a small Taoist temple. "It's a joke, the one who spoke sneered. It will be disgusted that the Qingyunguan plaque in front of him is an eyesore, and the person who spoke will smash the plaque and the mountain gate with a sword.
"You, Li Guohao's face is pale, and his whole body is trembling."
The bell rang again, and the bell whimpered and wailed.
At the same time, when the bell rang again, Emperor Han Qing shook in his sleep.
While asleep, the boy had a dream in which a peach blossom tree bloomed and stood in the wind.