Chapter Thirty-Seven: Night Rain on a Lonely Mountain
Compared with the last time he went out, Mo Chen went out quietly this time, no one knew when he left, but someone passed by Mingyue Xuan, looking at the courtyard gate that had not been opened for several days, and everyone in Qingyoufang knew that this somewhat strange Mr. Mo went out again. During this period, the father and son of the Du family came a few times, but they just looked at the locked gate, and could only smile bitterly and turn away.
Shen Bowen said goodbye to Mo Chen last time, returned home and thought hard for a few days, still feeling a little confused, this day had breakfast, went to the county government to talk to Liu County, and when he arrived at the back hall, Liu Countyling was reading a book, and when he saw Shen Bowen coming in, he put down the book, and said with a smile: "I know that Brother Shen will come, please take a seat." ”
Shen Bowen looked at Liu Xianling and wondered, "How did you know I would come?"
Liu Xianling smiled incomprehensibly, did not answer his question, but poured him a cup of hot tea, and said, "Brother Shen, please." ”
Shen Bowen looked at the look on Liu Xianling's face, and also understood where the latter knew, sighed helplessly, and said, "Mr. Mo is really a master." ”
That's right, before Mo Chen left, he had told Liu County Ling some things about Shen Bowen, and left a letter to ask Liu County Order to hand it over to Shen Bowen, three months of getting along, Mo Chen couldn't bear to let this teaching gentleman, who was considered his friend, annihilate himself in the market, and Shen Bowen still has a heroic atmosphere, and Haoran Qi needs to be warmed by the people's public opinion, although the teaching is good, but it can't gather public opinion, so Mo Chen has some back hands.
"What did Brother Shen think?" asked Liu Xianling with a smile.
Shen Bowen took a sip of tea and sighed: "At the beginning, I was too young and frivolous, but now that I think about it, it's really ridiculous." ”
Liu Xianling's face flushed with joy, and asked, "So Brother Shen plans to re-enter the office?"
Shen Bowen nodded, his eyes were full of sharp condensation again, and he said: "Mr. Mo is right, although teaching is good, you can educate a thousand people at most, if you can enter the court as an official, even if it is just a county order, how many people will benefit?"
"Haha, okay, Brother Shen, it's best if you can think like this, the person who suppressed you back then has been much less powerful in the court in the past few years, and you have been dismissed from your fame again, just take this opportunity to take the test again, and make a blockbuster, and test him as a champion to make up for the shock of the year. Liu Xianling laughed.
Shen Bowen had a plan, only to feel that his heart suddenly brightened, and the aura of grandeur on his body was a little stronger again, he looked at Liu County's order on the side, and said: "The confusion in my heart has been solved, I won't bother Lord Liu today, if I want to regain my fame, I still have to go back and prepare for it." ”
"Okay, I won't keep Brother Shen, there is a letter left by Mr. Mo for you, he said that he will hand it over to you when you have a choice. After Liu Xianling finished speaking, he went back to the house and took out the letter and handed it to Shen Bowen.
Shen Bowen said goodbye to Liu Xianling, solemnly put the letter in his arms, and left in stride.
Shen Bowen walked all the way through the streets and alleys, came to his house, returned to the room and opened the letter that Mo Chen left for him, it was only a few lines of words, but it made him feel that there was a rush of blood rushing to the top of his head, and there seemed to be a thousand miles of pride in his chest.
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations. ”
After a few words, Shen Bowen saw Mr. Mo's expectations for himself, he stood there motionless like a wood carving, but Mrs. Shen Bowen on the side suddenly felt that her husband had a thousand rays of light emanating from him.
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Mo Chen was walking towards the west at the moment, seeing that it was noon, he found a place to rest, took a vegetable cake to eat, glanced at a high mountain in the distance, and said to himself: "After crossing this mountain and walking for another day, it is time to arrive at Deshun Mansion." ”
Then he put the crumbs in his hand into his mouth, drank a sip of water, looked at the dragon yin fairy sword floating on the side and kept trembling, and said with a smile: "Although driving the clouds is good, it also lacks a lot of fun in walking, you little guy won't understand." ”
After finishing speaking, he stood up again and walked towards the west, looking at the surrounding scenery all the way, it was not interesting, there was a sound of horses' hooves in his ears, Mo Chen subconsciously took a step to the side, and after a few breaths, five high-headed horses whistled in his ears, shedding scattered dust, Mo Chen glanced at the five big men sitting on the horse, frowned, but didn't say anything, this road is not their own, how people want to go, it has nothing to do with themselves.
"When I have time, I can also get a wolf, jackal, tiger and leopard mount, not more advanced than your horse?"
Looking up at the weather, Mo Chen whispered, "Let's see if there is an inn in front, I'm afraid it's going to rain tonight, if there is no inn, I'll have to sleep in the wilderness tonight." ”
An hour later, a small black spot appeared in Mo Chen's eyes, and when he looked at it, he saw a teahouse at the foot of the mountain in front of him, for passing tourists to rest, Mo Chen's face was a little happy, his pace accelerated slightly, and he walked towards the teahouse.
His steps are not big, but one step out is nearly five meters away, a moment later, he arrived at the teahouse, the five people who had just ridden over were also drinking tea there, the owner of the teahouse saw Mo Chen come in, with a flattering smile on his slightly chubby face, and said, "The guest officer came in to rest." ”
Mo Chen smiled and nodded, found a corner to sit down, the teahouse owner carried a pot of tea and put it on Mo Chen's table, Mo Chen took a sip, although it was just ordinary tea, this scene also had a different taste.
While drinking tea, he looked at the five people sitting together, looking at the appearance, these five people should be people from the rivers and lakes, under Mo Chen's induction, the five people were full of qi and blood, and their breath was long, much more powerful than ordinary people, and there was a flow of air in their bodies, which was much stronger than Liu Hao, and each held a big knife in his hand, and there was faint blood emitting from the knife, which should have been killed.
At this time, the five big men were talking about things, although their voices were small, but Mo Chen's ears were outstanding, but they heard it clearly, but it was not a big deal, but there was a martial arts predecessor who celebrated his birthday, and they went to celebrate his birthday.
After drinking the tea, Mo Chen asked the owner of the teahouse, "Boss, do you have a room here for you to borrow for one night?"
The boss glanced at Mo Chen and said embarrassedly: "This gentleman, I really don't have any vacant seats here, but there is a mountain temple on this mountain, you can spend the night there." ”
When Mo Chen heard this, he could only smile helplessly, and secretly said that fortunately there was a mountain temple to shelter from the rain, and then settled the account and continued to walk towards the mountain, the five men on horseback were not in a hurry, and were still drinking tea there.
The sky gradually darkened, Mo Chen walked in the mountains, by the way collected some dry firewood, in case of fire, suddenly, a thunderbolt crossed the sky, and there was a strong wind blowing in the mountains and forests, Mo Chen looked up, the sky had begun to change, and looked at the front There was really a small temple, Mo Chen quickened his pace, walked towards the temple, just entered, it was raining heavily.
Shaking his head and smiling, he put down the dry firewood in his hand, and with a little finger, the dry firewood spontaneously combusted, and then took out the "Immortal Daozhi" in the baggage and looked at it.
It wasn't long before another sound came from outside.
"The weather is really changing, it's still sunny during the day, and now it's raining. ”
"Don't complain, there's a temple ahead, let's go inside. ”
Listening to the voice, it was the five men in the rivers and lakes that afternoon, Mo Chen didn't care, continued to look at the bamboo slips in his hand, and after a while, the five men walked in, the clothes on their bodies were already wet from the rain, they glanced at Mo Chen, and didn't say anything, they walked to the other side of the temple by themselves, took off the soaked clothes on their bodies and twisted them.
"Sir, can I give you some dry wood to bake on the fire?"
Mo Chen looked up and saw that it was the younger one of the five men, seeing that he was still a little polite, Mo Chen smiled softly and said, "Please take care of yourself." ”
The man saluted with his fists, thanked him, took some dry wood, stepped aside, and made a fire to roast the wet clothes.
Neither of the two parties said anything, after reading the book, Mo Chen saw that the hour was not early, took out his burden as a pillow, and fell asleep, Long Yinjian lay quietly aside, under the spirit of the faint, ordinary people could not see it, the five men were quite cautious, leaving one person to keep vigil.
In the middle of the night, Mo Chen was sleeping soundly, when he suddenly felt something approaching the mountain temple, opened his eyes, and secretly said a bad breath.
"Last time I hit a ghost in the mountain temple, this time I met a demon in the mountain temple, am I Mo someone who is not compatible with the mountain temple?"