Chapter 43: The Church of the Red Mansion (2)
The scarlet gate made a noise, and the two gates slowly opened. In the dormitory, the cloud top sandalwood is used as a beam, the crystal jade is the lamp, the pearl is the curtain, and the fan gold is the pillar base. On the throne of the gold lacquer carved dragon more than ten zhang in front, the sandalwood lit on the pedestal, the smoke was filled, and there was a man sitting on the throne. On both sides of the gate, there were more than 20 red-robed men and women standing on each side, their sleeves fluttering.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Wen Xuan thought to himself: "The headquarters of this Red Mansion Church is really splendid, it has a bit of similarity with the Spirit Clan's Mansion, and the man on the throne in the middle should be Chen Xueqing's father." It's really far away from the emperor of the mountain, and he has become the emperor of the soil in this remote area!"
The man on the throne saw the door open, stood up, and said, "Xue Qing, are you back?" The man's voice was strong and powerful, and it should have been a man in his early forties.
Xue Qing saw that Wen Xuan was distracted by the scene in front of her, she was stunned, and hurriedly gave Wen Xuan a look and tugged at his sleeve. Wen Xuan came back to his senses and followed Xue Qing into the hall cautiously.
More than forty red-robed men and women on both sides turned their eyes on him, their eyes were extremely clueless, and they buried their heads in whispering, Wen Xuan thought to himself: "Chen Xueqing usually attends classes at Wucheng Academy, so he rarely goes home, and now that he is back, these people should not be seen for a long time." ”
Chen Xueqing walked up to the throne pedestal, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Sect Master, Wenxuan has already brought it." ”
The person on the throne nodded after hearing this, stepped off the pedestal, and looked Wen Xuan up and down, and Wen Xuan saw it clearly. This man is thick-skinned and fat, with a clear gaze and an unapproachable majesty. Wen Xuan thought to himself: "Chen Xueqing has a smile like a flower, he was born with such a good skin, why is his father so fierce and vicious, and his face is like a green cow." From this point of view, Chen Xueqing's mother must be a beautiful woman, but fortunately, Chen Xueqing follows her mother, if she looks like a scalper like you, she will not scare the man to death. Thinking of this, Wen Xuan couldn't help but smile slightly, and then thought, "Maybe Chen Xueqing really looks as ugly as his father, what kind of disfigurement glue did he use to become as good-looking as he is now." ”
Seeing Wen Xuan's ugly face, the man seemed to be smiling, and said loudly: "Xue Qing, did you use disfiguring glue for him?" Chen Xueqing said: "Yes, sect leader." There are too many eyeliners to escape from Ming Ying City, so they are painted in order to hide people's eyes. ”
The man sneered and waved his hand in front of Wen Xuan's face, Wen Xuan only felt a fresh breeze blowing on his face, and his face felt a cool feeling. Chen Xueqing looked back and said with a smile: "Wenxuan, you have regained your previous appearance." ”
The man laughed and said, "You kid is still a little handsome, let you use the disguise glue is really pearl dust, gold and jade!" After that, the man slowly walked up to the pedestal, sat on the Jinbao seat and said: "Wenxuan, I know very well that you have been wrongfully framed, your master Vulture and I are close friends, I have been friends for more than two years, and he entrusted me to take good care of you." ”
Wen Xuan was shocked when he heard the word "vulture", and thought in his heart, "Master Condor has been living in seclusion in the mountains, repeatedly emphasizing not to let anyone know his whereabouts, this old scalper actually said that he and Master Condor are close friends, it is really strange! If this is the truth, then this Chen Xueqing knew that I was practicing martial arts with Condor as early as when he was in Wucheng, but when did Master Condor tell him about me?"
The man laughed and said, "Your master and I were comrades-in-arms ten years ago, and this time something happened to you, I asked my beloved daughter to bring you to the Red Mansion Church." Now that the government all over the country is looking for you, you have no place to live when you go out, and in the future, you will worship under the door of the Baixiang Altar of my Red Mansion Church, Qin Zilie, the owner of the Baixiang Altar, is your master, and you will avenge your master in the future. After speaking, a man in red slowly walked out of the crowd on Wen Xuan's right hand, Wen Xuan saw that this person was holding a whisk in his hand, with a rectangular face, a long strip of white hair under his chin, and he looked about fifty years old, it should be Master Qin.
Wen Xuan thought to himself: "I haven't even figured out the bottom of your Red Mansion Church, so I'm going to let me be your disciple, Chen Xueqing's tricks are not all taught by you, who is a father, if you don't guard against you, the ghost knows what kind of medicine you sell in your gourd!" After thinking about it, Wen Xuan said: "Thank you uncle for your love, it is really inconvenient for me to be wanted because of the wanted notice, and it is clearly written on the wanted to cover me up and be executed immediately, I really don't want to affect everyone." I don't think it's necessary, I'm going to go back and tear a fish with them. Uncle, leave me to fend for myself. ”
After hearing this, Chen Xueqing immediately turned around, glanced at Wen Xuan, and read anxiously: "Wen Xuan!"
The man on the throne took a breath, took a deep breath, and said, "We, the Red Mansion Church, have always only obeyed the canons of the Red Mansion Church, and as for the laws of the Zhao family, what do we have to do with it? If the people in the Red Mansion Church are all greedy for life and afraid of death, then how can the church be passed down for decades!"
Wen Xuan said: "Thank you uncle for your kindness, I heard Xue Qing say that the Red Mansion Church is the best among the people in the ten thousand, and I have been stupid since I was a child, and I am shallow and shallow, this point of love is well understood, I am really not qualified to join your sect, I have made up my mind, uncle should not persuade me." Seeing his affirmative tone, the man sighed and said, "Okay, since you really don't want to worship under my door, and I don't have to be strong, I'll have someone prepare some silver taels for you, and give you a few bottles of disguise tape to take you out of the mountain." After speaking, the red-clothed attendant on the side stepped forward.
Wen Xuan shook his hands and said, "Thank you, uncle." Uncle Ende will definitely repay if he has the opportunity in the future. I will take my leave at the moment. After saying that, he followed the attendant, turned and left the temple.
Seeing Wen Xuan walk out of the hall, the two doors closed, the man slowly got up, and said to Chen Xueqing: "Although Wen Xuan looks honest, he actually has a lot of eyes in his heart, and he will definitely be a ruthless person in the future." ”
Chen Xueqing said: "Wen Xuan was often bullied when he was in Wucheng, and he was timid and afraid of things, and he always forbeared, which caused him to experience too much humiliation, and it was not until he met Dan Ling'er that he became a little courageous. Now that the Spirit Clan Mansion has been destroyed again, Dan Ling'er's life and death are uncertain, and he was framed by others, which made him distrust anyone. ”
The blue-faced man said: "The scriptures are idealistic. Those who misunderstand are said to be unintentional, and there is no cause and no effect. Therefore, there is no karma. Only the heart. There is no intention. Let him be. ”
Wen Xuan walked out of the palace, the red-clothed guard gave him a carriage, and suddenly heard a long horse neighing from the law, Wen Xuan couldn't help but cheer: "Good horse!" A pair of eyes sparkled in the night, and when they looked forward to it, they already looked extraordinary. The guard took the horse, wrapped the silver tael and put it on the carriage, and said, "Doll, the sect leader is kind enough to take you in, why don't you want to stay?"
Wen Xuan saw that the silver taels were heavily packaged, and there should be more than dozens of taels, and he thought, "That scalper uncle is really generous." He sneered and said, "I still have very important people to find, and my master still has to save them, so I really can't waste time here." Thank you for your kindness. ”
With that, Wen Xuan mounted his horse and drove the horse towards the outside of the cave. After passing through the water curtain, turning north, and walking on another path, I walked six or seven miles, the mountain road was rugged, the terrain was dangerous, and the cliffs on both sides were white mist, and I couldn't help but feel my heart beat faster. Wen Xuan had never had experience in riding horses, so he only kept holding the whip and gently urging the horses forward. The red foal didn't matter how he drove it, he was moving forward slowly and unhurriedly, Wen Xuan thought to himself: "The horse of the Red Mansion Church is really a good horse! I have never ridden a horse, and I can actually walk steadily through such a dangerous and difficult area, I don't know how many horses have to die in this dangerous terrain to train such a good horse." ”
In less than an hour, it has galloped out of more than ten miles away, the cool breeze in the valley, the grass and trees are clear, but seeing the quiet in the valley, I thought, this remote place, not to mention the human tracks, even the traces of beasts are not the same, only the birds are closed, and the distant phase is harmonious. Wen Xuan said in his heart: "Galloping in this beautiful scenery on this good day, life is happy." If Ling'er is with herself, it would be good to see this mountain and water. I couldn't help but feel sour in my heart and start worrying. In disappointment, I fantasized that "if only I were a bird in this mountain forest, I would fly all over the river without having to look for it with my feet." He sighed and said, "Ling'er, what's wrong with you, I miss you so much." As soon as the words fell, he suddenly looked up and saw a cooking smoke curling more than 100 zhang in front of him, Wen Xuan was overjoyed, looked at the terrain, and had already walked to the corner of the mountain in a trance just now, there must be someone living here, and he happened to have not eaten food for a day, and he was already hungry, so it was better to take the silver taels given by the old man of the scalper and go to the man's house to buy some food.
Wen Xuan was happy in his heart, took the horse whip and waved, the horse neighed and walked forward quickly, and when the horse approached more than ten zhang, he vaguely saw a family living in front of him, and a woman was chopping wood, at this time Wen Xuan remembered that his appearance had been restored just now, although this place was remote, but in order not to attract people's eyes, it was better to apply the disfiguring glue given by Chen Xueqing. After thinking about it, he immediately turned around and took the disguise gum out of the carriage and wiped it on his face, only to feel a burst of fire burning, obviously he had changed his ugly appearance.
After a few breaths, the carriage leaned towards the house, and Wen Xuan saw that there was only one woman in the room, the woman was about in her early thirties, her skin was slightly dark and rough, but her facial features were a little beautiful, and her coarse gray clothes could not hide her graceful figure. The woman saw the horses stop in front of the courtyard, stopped her work, and looked at Wen Xuan.
Wen Xuan dismounted and stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Master, I happened to be passing by here and wanted to beg for a bite to eat here. Then he took out a broken piece of silver the size of a broad bean from his pocket and handed it to the woman.
The woman took the silver, her face was happy, but her mouth only hummed and chirped a few times, and her hands were only towards her mouth, Wen Xuan said in her heart: "It turned out to be a mute." The woman took Wen Xuan's hand and motioned to follow her closer to the house. After entering the house, he saw that the house was in tatters, the walls were covered with cobwebs, and there was only a wooden table and three chairs in the house, Wen Xuan said in his heart: "This woman is really pitiful, so young, but she lives alone in the mountains and lives in this dilapidated place, and she is still a mute. After eating later, be sure to give her some more silver taels. ”
The woman went to the house and cut a few catties of roe deer meat into the pot, chopped ginger, garlic, green onion and pepper to cook for a quarter and a half hours, and then brought an iron dish and put it on the broken wooden table, and the soup and meat in it were already fragrant and ripe. Wen Xuan only felt that his throat was rattling, and his eyes were staring at the soup meat, and his spirit was greatly boosted. said: "Thank you, sister, it's so rich!"
The woman chattered crookedly and laughed. ran to the house, brought another jar of wine, took two bowls, filled the two bowls with wine, put them in front of Wen Xuan, and sat down. He picked up the wine bowl and gestured to toast to Wenxuan.
Wen Xuan immediately picked it up, touched the bowl with her, and the two of them did it all, the woman screamed crookedly after drinking, took out a piece of meat with chopsticks, and put it in Wen Xuan's rice bowl.
Wen Xuan thought to himself: "This sister has a really bold personality and an excellent figure, but it's a pity that this face is really not very good-looking, she is still a dumb person, I don't know what his husband does to her." ”
Then he asked, "Sister, do you live here alone?"
The woman shook her head, dipped her index finger in the wine bowl, and wrote on her seat: "My husband is in Yuangui City, and he has not returned today, can you take me there." ”
Wen Xuan hesitated for a while, he had been delayed on the road for two days, and the master was about to be killed in three days. If you send this woman again, you can't hurry, but seeing that this woman is pitiful, you have to send him quickly, and then rush to Mingying City.