Chapter 54: The Land of Night
Green pines and cypresses, mountain paths, Mr. a green shirt walked in it, his eyes constantly looked at the surrounding lush scenery, occasionally stopped to enjoy a moment, the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more expanded, obviously for this mountain scenery quite liked.
"The world is prosperous and bustling, only the grass and trees in the mountains are deep, no wonder in some novels in later generations, those hermits and masters like to hide in the mountains, it is this scenery, the earthly world is far less. ”
After Mr. Tsing Yi finished speaking, he walked to a big tree and stopped, looked around for a moment, and said to himself, "What a beautiful view." ”
A middle-aged woodcutter walked over from a distance, looked at Mr. Tsing Yi standing under the tree, and said with a smile: "This gentleman looks at Miansheng, where did you come from?"
Mr. Tsing Yi said with a smile: "When I came from Guangze Mansion and went all the way north, passing through Deping County, I heard that there was a famous wine in Linquan Mansion City, so I came to take a look." ”
"From Guangze Mansion, sir, you have traveled far enough, why don't you hire a carriage?" asked the middle-aged woodcutter.
Mr. Tsing Yi smiled again and said, "Although the carriage is good, it also lacks the fun of walking." After speaking, he paused, stretched out his right hand and pointed to the mountains and forests, and continued: "Let's say that the great scenery in the mountains, if you take a carriage to travel the official road, where can you still see such a beautiful scenery?"
The middle-aged woodcutter looked in the direction of Mr. Tsing Yi's finger, it was just an ordinary grass and tree that he had seen for decades, and shook his head, I don't understand how this gentleman looked at Si Swenwen, as if he was very knowledgeable, but this knowledge is so shallow, what kind of beauty is it to see a forest in the mountains?
The two stood under the tree to rest, and the middle-aged woodcutter wiped the sweat on his forehead with the short-sleeved linen clothes he was wearing, and then looked at Mr. Tsing Yi, secretly wondering in his heart, on such a hot day, doesn't this gentleman sweat?
Then the two chatted a few words, and the woodcutter's favorability towards Mr. Tsing Yi increased a lot, and the other party, Si Wenwen, who had read a book at a glance, was actually polite to himself as a woodcutter, which made him feel extremely comfortable.
"This gentleman, this Lingnan Mountain is a typical mountain is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, it is not easy to go down safely, I Lao Zhang has been walking this mountain road for decades, if you don't mind, you will follow me down the mountain in a while." The two rested under the tree for a while, and the woodcutter put the firewood he had just put down on his back again, and then said.
"That's great, thank you, brother. ”
When the woodcutter heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Sir, don't call me any brother, I sound awkward, my name is Zhang Shoujiang, just call me by my name." ”
Mr. Tsing Yi said: "If you call Mo Chen under your name, you can also call me by my name." You are older than me, so I will call you Brother Zhang. ”
That's right, this Mr. Tsing Yi is Mo Chen from Guangze Mansion, since that day after farewell to Chu Qin, he flew out of Guangze Mansion in the clouds, and then stopped all the way for nearly two months, passing through the three small counties of Linquan Mansion, occasionally heard someone say that there is a famous wine shop in this Linquan Mansion, and the wine produced in it is a tribute to the royal family, and under curiosity, he walked all the way.
The two walked down the mountain together, talking all the way, Zhang Shoujiang looked at Mo Chen differently, this Mr. Mo looked like a weak scholar, but his steps were smart, and he walked on the bumpy mountain road like walking on the ground, even he, a veteran who had walked on the mountain road for decades, felt a little incomparable.
When the two walked to the bottom of the mountain, the time was not early, the sun in the sky had already set in the west, and it was about to set down the mountain, Zhang Shoujiang said to Mo Chen: "Mr. Mo, the time is not early, our village is still some distance away from Fucheng, you are afraid that you will not be able to go today, if you don't dislike it, why don't you rest at my house tonight for a night, and then hurry tomorrow?"
"That's going to trouble Brother Zhang. Mo Chen replied.
When Zhang Shoujiang heard Mo Chen's words, he smiled honestly and said, "It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome, it's more lively if there are more people." ”
After speaking, he led Mo Chen towards the village, this village is not big, there are dozens of households, at this time it is not early, each family is already cooking on the fire, you can see the smoke rising, reflected in the sunset, adding a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.
After a while, the two walked into a small courtyard, Zhang Shoujiang shouted to the house, a free woman came out to greet him, and he was followed by an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, Zhang Shoujiang introduced each other, the woman was Zhang Shoujiang's wife, and the boy was his son, seeing this young man, Mo Chen couldn't help but think of Xiao Du Kang in Anxi County, and the smile in his eyes couldn't help but be even stronger.
A family of three plus Mo Chen, the four of them sat around a table and began to eat, although the dinner was just a few cakes and a bowl of porridge, plus a plate of pickles and the leftover meals of Zhang Shoujiang's family in the morning, but Mo Chen was quite fond of this kind of farmhouse taste, although it was not as delicious as the food in the restaurant, but it had a unique charm contained in it, and it was a bland feeling that the food in the restaurant could not compare.
After dinner, there is no evening entertainment in this era, Mo Chen and Zhang Shoujiang chatted in the courtyard for a while, and then they went back to the house to rest, Mo Chen walked into the house, looked at the old but unusually clean quilt on the bed, smiled slightly, walked to the bed, opened the quilt and lay down, Long Yinjian flew to his side and lay down, Mo Chen closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, Mo Chen's eyes opened, a look of doubt flashed in his eyes, and then he turned his head to look outside, and his eyes passed through the wall, only to see a thin old man standing in the courtyard on crutches outside.
"What are you doing here?"
Mo Chen muttered to himself suspiciously, and then stared at the land lord standing in the courtyard, only to see that he slammed the crutch in his hand on the ground, and then a faint mana fluctuation spread, entering the room where Zhang Shoujiang was sleeping, and after a while, the land lord nodded imperceptibly, and wanted to leave with his crutches.
Seeing this, Mo Chen hurriedly said in a loud voice: "The land lord stays!" His words were wrapped in mana, and except for the land lord, the rest of the people could not hear it.
Suddenly he heard a voice, which obviously frightened the land lord, and the divine light on his body appeared, tightened the cane he was holding in his hand, looked into the room, and asked, "Who?"
"Squeak. ”
As soon as the words of the land lord fell, he heard the sound of a wooden door opening the door, and looked closely, only to see that it was a gentleman in a green shirt pushing the door out, and a pair of eyes faintly flashed black and white light, although it was night at this time, but the light in the eyes was clearly visible.
"In Xia Mochen, I have seen the land lord. ”
The land lord looked at Mo Chen who was giving gifts, with a shocked look on his face, listening to the voice, it should be the person who just spoke, but how could he not feel this person's cultivation at all, and even if this person didn't speak out, he wouldn't have found out that there was still a person hidden here.
"Presumably, this person is a highly cultivated Miaodao high cultivator, and his cultivation is many times higher than mine, so I didn't find this person, when did this Zhangjia Village come to such a great power?"