Chapter 344: Wine Floats with the Fragrance of Flowers

Hu Qiong walked along the mountain road towards the deep mountains. Halfway through, between the two mountains, there was a mountain gate, two girls guarded, saw Hu Qiong, shouted: "Who dares to trespass on the mountain gate?"

Hu Qiong stepped forward to salute and said, "I'm Hu Qiong, from Jingzhou, I want to see your girl Duoyun and tell you something." ”

One of the girls asked, "Aren't you the boy who came here last year?"

Hu Qiong looked at it, vaguely recognized it, and said, "Exactly." ”

"You wait, I'll go in and report to you. ”

Hu Qiong stood at the gate of the mountain, stretching his neck and looking up the mountain. After a long time, I saw the cloud girl walking down the mountain, as if a colorful cloud was floating down the mountain. Hu Qiong was very happy and really wanted to run towards this colorful cloud.

Duoyun walked to the gate of the mountain, saw Hu Qiong, and was also very happy, with a smile on his face, and said, "Master Hu, you really believe in people." ”

Hu Gongzi stepped forward and said, "Miss Duoyun, I haven't seen you for a year, are you okay?"

Duoyun said: "I have been on the mountain all year long. ”

Hu Qiong said: "I found a person named Xiao Longwang in Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou......" and described his facial features.

Duoyun was sure that Xiao Chaodong was looking for, and said happily: "I finally found this negative person." ”

Hu Qiong said: "There are many people in the world who look the same, I don't dare to confirm that it is him, and I want to ask your sect to send someone to take a look." ”

Duoyun said: "This is natural. Hu Gongzi is my great benefactor of the Moon Worship Sect, please come with me to see the sect leader. ”

Hu Qiong nodded. The two walked up the mountain together, and when they walked to it, it was a canyon, but the road was very flat, and it was not a world. The mountains on both sides are stacked, the waterfalls compete for the stream, the ancient trees are covered, and the streams are scattered. Walking through a narrow mountain road, about seven or eight miles away, there is a large area of flat land in it, lush forests and bamboos, fields and ponds, as if entering the peach blossom spring. Walking through this field, there is a peak in front of it, and the clouds are inserted into the sky, and the clouds point with their hands, and say:

"On the mountain is the Moon Worship Palace. ”

Duoyun and the two walked towards the peak, and when they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they could see the goddess peak in the northern sky. The Moon Worship Palace was built halfway up the mountain. Duoyun led Hu Qiong into the Moon Worship Palace. The Moon Worship Palace has three courtyards, and the innermost is a large hall, and the plaque reads: "Moon Worship Palace". Walking up the three steps to the front of the temple, Duoyun explained the situation to the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper went in to report. After a while, it came out:

"Come in, please. ”

Duoyun led Hu Qiong into the hall.

The Lunatic Sect Master sat in front of the temple, and Hu Qiong stepped forward to pay his respects. The sect leader invited Hu Qiong to sit on one side, and the sect leader asked, "Listen to Duoyun, Hu Gongzi found Xiao Chaodong?"

Hu Qiong said: "I found a Xiao Longwang in Guizhou, whose appearance, age, and demeanor are similar to Xiao Chaodong, and I dare not confirm it, so I came to Guijiao and hoped to send someone to check it out, so that there would be no mistakes." In addition, the magnolia and Jinxia of your religion are waiting in Yongzhou City. ”

The sect leader said: "This is all thanks to Master Hu for reporting the news!"

"That's what I'm supposed to do. ”

The sect leader said: "Master Hu, Duoyun also told Gongzi, this Xiao Chaodong harmed Xinye, and also stole the swordsmanship of this sect, he is the public enemy of this sect, and this sect vows to find him." Hu Gongzi can come to report the news, and he is a benefactor of this religion. Please go to the side room to rest, and when the sect discusses the matter of going to Guizhou, I will definitely give my son an answer tomorrow morning. ”

Hu Qiong agreed. Hu Qiong peeked at the sect leader, who was in his fifties, with a good appearance, majestic but not strict, respectable but unapproachable, as if he was a real person.

The sect leader said: "Duoyun, you will arrange for the son to go down to rest." ”

Duoyun agreed, and led Hu Qiong to the side hall. After sitting for a while, two middle-aged women came in and brought food, there were as many as four or five kinds, the plates were exquisite, you could enjoy and eat, and there was also a pot of wine. Duoyun accompanied Hu Qiong to eat, Hu Qiong drank the wine, which was light, and the smell of wine was mixed with the fragrance of flowers. It's not strange, Lunatic worship is a women's religion, and there is a floral fragrance in the wine, what's so strange?

After the meal, the sect leader invited Hu Qiong to the hall and said some words. Hu Qiong came out, led by clouds, descended the mountain, and settled in a nearby village.

On the second day, after breakfast, Duoyun came and said with a smile:

"Did you sleep well last night?"

Hu Qiong said: "I drank wine last night, and I fell asleep as soon as I touched the pillow. ”

Duoyun said: "The sect wants to see you." ”

The two of them went back to the peak. Walked into the Moon Worship Hall and met the female sect leader, who asked Hu Qiong to sit down on the side.

The sect leader said: "This sect has agreed last night that Xiao Chaodong stole my swordsmanship skills, and his swordsmanship is not trivial, so this sect is led by me and all go down the mountain." Just for the sake of prudence, from Duoyun and Chuyue, followed Hu Gongzi to Yongzhou first, met with the magnolia and Jinxia, and entered Guizhou first to see if Xiao Longwang was Xiao Chaodong. I'll teach and then come. Why does Hu Gongzi think it's good?"

Hu Qiong said: "The sect leader is thoughtful and has a good arrangement. We will do what the Sect Master has arranged. ”

The sect leader said, "Without further ado. What time did Hu Gongzi set out?"

Hu Qiong said: "The sooner the better." I wonder when the clouds and the first moon will leave?"

The cloud said to the first moon, "We can leave at any time." ”

Hu Qiong said: "That's good, we'll set off now." ”

The sect leader said: "The three of them Hu Gongzi will take the first step, and this sect will arrive later." ”

Hu Qiong came out, and Duoyun and Chuyue followed. That Chu Yue was in his thirties, with a stout figure, long hands and long feet, and he probably knew how good he was at swordsmanship. Hu Qiong and the three of them went out of the mountain gate. Walking up the mountain road, walking through the Ningzhen Temple, and coming to the bottom of the mountain, Hu Qiong led the horse, and the three of them crossed the Chahe River and came to the Yangtze River. There were many boats on the Yangtze River, Hu Qiong negotiated the price, and the three of them took the boat on horseback. The boat let go of the cable and went downstream, and the turbulent waters of the Yangtze River sent the boat straight downstream, like a sharp arrow, and in an instant it passed through thousands of mountains and peaks.

On the fourth day, the ship arrived at Yiling. In the city, two horses were bought, and the three of them turned on their horses and came southeast.

Along the way, Hu Qiong always looked for opportunities to talk to Duoyun, and the early moon always followed aside, with a serious face, staring at her, sometimes, Hu Qiong wanted to say something confidant, but she didn't dare to say it. Hu Qiong thought about this early moon, ostensibly to accompany the two to the south, but in fact, to spy on Hu Qiong and the two. This was the arrangement of the sect leader, and at the beginning Hu Qiong also had reverence for the sect leader, and now, he felt that everything was the sect leader's obstruction, and he couldn't help complaining that the sect leader was coming.

On this day, I came to a small county town. This county town is built along both sides of the river, backed by green mountains, and the boats up and down are docked, although it is a small county town, the business travel is noisy, and there are quite a lot of hotels. Hu Qiong and the others found a larger hotel to stay in.

At night, the moonlight is very good, and there is the fragrance of night flowers. Hu Qiong shouted to Duoyun to walk out of the room. The two leaned on the railing on the second floor, admiring the moon while gossiping without a word. That cloud has been on the mountain for a year, but there is nothing to talk about, to talk about nothing more than some cats and dogs, and Hu Qiong has experienced a lot of strange things in the past year, and there are thousands of difficulties and dangers, so every time Hu Qiong tells Duoyun and Duoyun listens with a sideways face.

This night, no exception, the two of them crouched on the railing, the sky and the north and the south of the sea were idle, the moon hung high in the night sky, clear and bright, shining brightly in all directions.

The two of them were talking, and their emotions were very high, and they didn't realize that half an hour had passed, only that this ruthless time passed quickly. At this time, only the shouting of the house was heard:

"Duoyun, don't you go into the house to sleep?"

Duoyun grimaced and said, "Master Hu, I'm in." You also go to bed early. ”

Duoyun closed the door, and Hu Qiong stood outside the door for a while, feeling sleepless, so she had to go downstairs. Get out of the hotel.

Walk along the riverside. It was late at night, the river was silent, and suddenly I saw a person on the third floor of a hotel on the opposite bank, opening the window, a slightly chubby figure, he looked at the moon in the sky, and chanted poetry in a loud voice:

Qingqing Zijin,

Relax my heart.

But for the sake of the king,

Moaning to this day.

These are two lines of poetry from Cao Cao's "Short Song Xing". When the man finished chanting loudly, he stopped, probably forgetting the verse. After a while, I heard him suddenly chant again:

Singing to wine,

What is the geometry of life?

For example, morning dew,

It's hard to go to the end.

Be generous,

Unforgettable.

How to solve the problem?

Only Du Kang.

These are the first four lines of "Tanka Xing". When he had finished, he stopped, thinking that he must have forgotten the verse. I only heard him hum for a long time before he chanted:

Bright as the moon,

When can I do it?

Worries come from it,

It cannot be severed.

The groaning stopped again. The man couldn't think of it, so he leaned out of the railing and looked up at the moon, as if it could tell him poetry. The moonlight made his big head shine brightly. He finally came up with it, and groaned in a loud voice:

moon star sparse,

The black magpie flies south.

Three turns around the tree,

What can you rely on?

After chanting the four lines of poetry, he hummed for a long time, and when he could not continue, he leaned out of the railing to look at the moon again to help him inspire. Because most of his body leaned out of the railing, he accidentally didn't grasp his hand, and a black fat body fell down, and an upside-down onion fell from the third floor.