Three-six-nine, go out.

During the New Year's holiday, the atmosphere is slightly weakened, and the people of the world at the foot of the mountain have begun to prepare to go out to earn a living or start their work for the year.

As early as a year ago, when Kunyu Mountain was besieged and the Shenshu of Shentai appeared to retreat, Zhong Fanmiao and his wife, who had already gone down to Yunmengze, returned the Yunzheng Daze spectrum that had been lost by their ancestors. Although Zhong Fanmiao and his wife were eager to avenge their son, they left in a hurry and did not have time to return the immortal spectrum on the spot, but at that time, the Shenshu of Tangtai had promised to send a disciple of Kunyu Mountain to return the immortal spectrum. After the New Year, Yue Songtao, the real person in charge of the sect, decided to fulfill his promise and sent his disciples from the mountains down the mountain to return the Yunzheng Daze Spectrum to Yunmengze.

As for the candidate for going down the mountain, Gu Qingping hoped that Han Fengge, the sixth disciple on Luoyun Peak, would go, and the second disciple Yunfei would go with him as his protector.

As soon as this proposal came out, it was opposed by the masters of the mountain for no other reason, as soon as Han Fengge had just embarked on the path of cultivation, his cultivation was insufficient, and his foundation was still shallow. Second, the situation he appeared in the ring at the time of this big competition made the elders on the mountain faintly uneasy. After all, although Han Fengge is extraordinary, but there is a hidden danger in his body, all the elders on the mountain know that if such a young man makes a slight mistake on the path of cultivation and goes astray, it will definitely be a disaster for himself, and it will also be a great loss for Kunyu Mountain. Therefore, the safest thing is to leave him on the mountain, stay in the sight of everyone, and only go down the mountain after he has cultivated to be able to subdue the demons in his heart.

While everyone was arguing, Gu Qingping made his plan on Chinese New Year's Eve to take advantage of the carelessness of the ancient gods lurking in Han Fengge's heart lake and a conversation with the mysterious person.

In the end, Yue Songtao, the head of the sect, personally made a decision that Han Fengge and Yun Fei, who was the first in the competition, went down the mountain together, and sent his eldest disciple Cheng Jian to escort him secretly, believing that with the cultivation of the two of them, he would definitely be able to ensure that Han Fengge would not go wrong.

At the beginning of the first month, Jiuyunfei took Han Fengge down the mountain, and Cheng Jianyan followed.

Before going down the mountain, Master Gu Qingping summoned Yun Fei and Han Fengge to him and told them that they didn't need to hurry to go down the mountain to return the immortal spectrum this time. A few years ago, the mountain got the news that Zhong Fanmiao and his wife were not in the Yunmengze sect now, and the two pursued the enemy all the way to the vicinity of Lianhua Prefecture in the west and finally killed the enemy, but they were on the way back to Yunmengze, so they didn't have to be in a hurry to make this trip.

After Gu Qingping explained some rules to be paid attention to after going down the mountain, Han Fengge and Yun Fei said goodbye to their master and went down together.

Regarding Han Fengge's descent from the mountain this time, among the senior brothers on Luoyun Peak, only Lao Wulu Dafeng did not feel good in his heart. It's not that he is reluctant to let Han Fengge go, but because he feels that his master is biased, he only lets Han Fengge go down the mountain and leaves him in the mountain.

Gu Qingping looked at Lu Dafeng, who was bowing his head and whispering, and said, "Feng'er, do you have something to say?"

Lu Dafeng is a character who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and when he heard the master ask, he said bluntly: "Master, you are eccentric, and you only let Xiao Liuzi go down the mountain but leave me on the mountain." Not to mention that I am older than the younger six sons, let's just say that the cultivation of the six sons is not as good as mine. ”

How could Gu Qingping not know that his disciple had a small calculation in his heart, and deliberately said with a cold face: "You are a monkey boy in every shape all day long, if the teacher puts you down the mountain, you will inevitably cause some trouble with your monkey temperament." On the other hand, although your sixth junior brother is younger than you and his cultivation is not as good as yours, he has a steady and humble temperament, and his cultivation is more diligent than yours, so he is the right person to go down the mountain this time. On the other hand, if you can't change your monkey personality and settle down to concentrate on cultivation, maybe you will be overtaken by your junior brother on the path of cultivation soon, so the teacher will leave you in the mountains, and save you from going out and running around and abandoning your cultivation.

Although Lu Dafeng was not convinced, he couldn't help but listen to his master's words, and now he had to give up and stop pestering, and went back to practice in frustration.

Han Fengge and Yun Fei went all the way down Luoyun Peak, out of Cuiping Mountain, and said goodbye to the senior brothers who came to see them off outside the mountain gate. And Saiyun, who followed him all the way from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, was angry about Han Fengge going down the mountain without taking it, and it was always Dala who was secretly sad with his head.

Han Fengge walked up to Bai He's side, stretched out his hand and patted its head guiltily, "I have something to do when I go down the mountain this time, so it's inconvenient to take you there, so I'll wait for me to come back at home." ”

Saiyun was still sulking and ignoring him at first, but thinking that he didn't know how long it would take him to come back after coming down the mountain, he finally reluctantly lowered his head and rubbed Han Fengge's cheek to say goodbye.

Han Fengge laughed, turned around and waved goodbye to everyone, and after turning the mountain road, he came to the stream where he had rested with Lu Dafeng when he went down the mountain last time.

Although this season has already begun spring, but the weather is still very cold, Kunyu Mountain is not far from the sea, and last night it took advantage of the tail of winter to fall a heavy snow.

Although the water on the side of the road comes from the hot springs and does not freeze all year round, there is still a lot of snow on the side of the road.

Han Fengge squatted down, picked up a handful of snow water, rubbed it vigorously on his face, and then smiled and said to himself: "This is even if you go down the mountain, it is not as quiet as the mountain!" After speaking, he turned his head and looked at Kunyu Mountain hidden in the fog behind him, and waved his hand: "Let's go~"

Before going down the mountain, Gu Qingping had made it clear to Han Fengge and Yun Fei that going down the mountain this time was Han Fengge's way of training, so he couldn't rely on his senior brother Yun Fei for everything, and he could make decisions on everything by himself. As for Yunfei, the master made it very clear that as long as Han Fengge's life is saved, it is still necessary to endure some hardships on the way to practice.

In a conversation between Gu Qingping and the mysterious person that day, Yun Fei, as the only outsider present besides the person concerned, naturally understood the master's intention of arranging it like this.

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After descending the mountain, Han Fengge first followed the official road all the way to the west, planning to cross the river to the border of Jeju and go south instead. Along the way, the two of them walked through the city and town, and did not deliberately take those deserted mountain roads, and the young Han Fengge naturally liked the lively atmosphere of the New Year in the mundane world under the mountain that had not yet dispersed.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy the lanterns.

On this day, the two happened to come to Laixi City in the west of Jiaozhou Prefecture. In the evening, the two of them chose a neat and clean inn in the city to stay. In the evening, Han Fengge and Yun Fei went downstairs to pick a quiet table and order some food, and when they were drinking tea and chatting, waiting for Xiao Er to serve the food, they heard the two people at the next table talking about a strange thing that had happened in Laixi City in recent days.

At the adjacent table, a young man wearing a brocade robe who looked like a scholar asked his friend at the same table, "Brother Lin, have you heard, the rich man's house in Xicheng was robbed again last night." ”

The scholar surnamed Lin, who was also dressed as a scholar at the same table, but was a little more modest than his friend, put down the wine glass in his hand and whispered to his friend: "Shh, Brother Liu, I'm afraid you don't know yet, the Zhu Mansion was stolen one after another a few days after this year, and my cousin who was on an errand in the county government said that this matter was not done by ordinary thieves, but by a fox fairy." ”

Han Fengge heard the word fox fairy mentioned in the conversation between the two of them, so he curiously pricked up his ears and listened carefully. It turned out that since he went down the mountain, every time he stayed overnight, Han Fengge would carefully study the book "The Legend of the Strange Demon" that Yun Fei gave him, which not only told the magnificent scenery that the great Mr. Songling saw when he visited the world, but also all kinds of strange stories of gods and monsters that he had seen and heard in his life. Among them, there are some stories about demon foxes, most of the stories of demon foxes involved in the book are some miserable demon love, and finally the author sighed: "The genus of demon foxes in the world is the closest to human beings, although the infatuation and frankness of the demon fox are admirable." So Han Fengge was very curious about the demon fox, and now he heard people mention it, of course, he was very interested.

The scholar surnamed Liu also put down his wine glass and asked curiously, "Why did Brother Lin say this?"

That Brother Lin continued to lower his voice and said, "On the third day of the first lunar month, there has been a rumor of theft above the Zhu Mansion. It's just that the thief didn't steal a lot of property, but some scattered silver taels and snacks were lost in the house grandmother's room. At first, Zhu Laocai thought that the family was guarding and stealing and becoming a thief, so he interrogated all the maids and miscellaneous servants in the house privately, and heard that he also killed two little maids under the name of the eldest grandmother. It's just that I don't have a clue, and then the house was stolen one after another, and more and more property was lost, so the housekeeper went to the county government to report the case. ”

Brother Liu hurriedly asked: "Not to mention whether the thief can take it or not, could it be that the old rich man Zhu killed the maid, and the county government didn't care?"

Brother Lin motioned for him to speak in a low voice: "Brother Liu, be careful that the wall has ears, why don't we want to take care of that county official? Our county magistrate, who has studied hard for 20 years to get mixed up with the seven grades, is just a timid and pedantic scholar, where did he provoke the heavenly officials in the eyes of the common people? In the end, he just pinched his nose and helped Zhu Laocai catch the snitch who had committed crimes one after another without a trace. ”

Brother Liu, who had read poetry and books a lot, was furious and took the case: "How can this be reasonable! Where is such an act set against the laws of the Great Zhou? Although that maid is a subordinate, after all, it is two lives, how can his surname Zhu be taken away by life? The law of the country is clear, the sky net is magnificent, how can he be so careless of human life? How dare he!"

This startled the surrounding diners to look here, and Xiao Er, who ran the hall, hurriedly ran over to him and said, "Oh! I said two sons, you two can stop for a while." There are so many unfair things in the world, even God can't control it, this matter is not under your control, and you can't control it. Or drink your bar, what's the use of being idle?"

That Brother Lin also took the hand of the scholar surnamed Liu, pressed him on the chair and comforted: "Brother Liu, don't be angry. Listen to me first, our county official doesn't dare to manage it, and our two scholars can't manage it, but there is always something in the world that can manage it. Although my cousin was reluctant, he had no choice but to go to the Zhu Mansion to help catch the thieves. Guess what, more than a dozen high-tech officials in the county government plus dozens of people in the Zhu family's caretaker were stunned and didn't see the shadow of the thief, but the things were getting bigger and bigger. The last time was the day before yesterday, dozens of people squatted for several days and finally blocked the thief in the courtyard, you must not believe it, the thief calmly escaped in front of dozens of masters, and everyone only saw a white shadow. Therefore, the Zhu family is rumored up and down that it is the spirit of the fox fairy master. Thinking about it, the rich man Zhu didn't have a few days of good life. ”

Brother Liu was still indignant and said: "Even if the fox fairy came down to punish Zhu Laocai, but those two maids were also affected by it before they gave their lives, and they are also a mess!"

Brother Lin said: "Okay, Brother Liu, whether it is a fox fairy or not, what is the truth of the matter, neither of us can control it." Today is the Lantern Festival, I left my wife and children at home to accompany you, a nerd Liu nerd, to drink, can be regarded as a friend enough, right? If Brother Liu really has the heart to cleanse the ugly and unjust things in this world, he will go with me to the capital to participate in the spring examination, win fame, report to the imperial court, report the suffering of the common people in the lower body, and do some practical things for the world, so as to live up to our scholars' righteous stomach and academic ambitions. ”

When Brother Liu heard this, he picked up the wine glass, poured his head down, threw the glass on the table, and said, "Okay! Brother Lin can see it." In the past, I only felt that I could only read the sage and sage knowledge without the hunger in my belly and the cold of my body, but now it seems that what I have learned is not used in straw bales! ”

Brother Lin laughed: "This is the good brother with a splendid mind that I respect! ”

The little two came to the two of them with a smile and said, "The two sons, our shopkeeper said that he invited the money for this meal, so he should congratulate the two sons in high school in advance." ”

The Brother Lin turned his head and gave a thumbs up to the middle-aged shopkeeper who was holding a teapot behind the counter: "The shopkeeper's good eyesight!"

After the two scholars left, Yunfei and Han Fengge listened to their conversation, and they had already eaten about the same, so they beckoned Xiao Er to settle the bill.

The second junior came over and smiled: "The two sons have eaten?"

Han Fengge nodded.

Although Xiao Er is a native of Laixi City, he rarely goes out of the city, but every day he welcomes and sees many different kinds of merchants, high-rollers, literati, and dignitaries, and since the two of them enter the store, they feel that the two are different from the above people. As for the difference, he can't say anything about the little two who don't know a few big words, he only feels that the two of them have an aura that ordinary people don't have, so he cares a lot about these two people. Xiao Er counted the table and said, "Two guest officers, the meal money is a total of three dollars of silver." ”

Han Fengge handed the silver to Xiao'er and asked lightly: "Little second brother, today is the Lantern Festival, but the temple fair in your city is on Xicheng Street?"

Xiao Er hurriedly replied: "Back to this guest officer, our temple fair in Laixi City is in front of the City God Temple in Xicheng. Then he thought about it again and continued: "Looking at the appearance of the two guest officers, I'm afraid they want to go to the Xicheng Old Man Zhu's house to take care of that stall? It's not a small mouth, what the two sons said before is generally the truth, but the guest officer doesn't know that it has been impossible to catch the snitch for many days, and Master Zhu has invited the famous fairy Taoist from the Qingyang Temple not far from the city to catch the legendary fox demon." The two sons still don't bother with that matter, lest they collide with the old fairy and lose their lives in vain. ”

Han Fengge knew that the little second brother was kind and smiled: "Thank you for reminding the second brother, my brothers are just going to the temple fair, and they won't be in trouble." ”

Only then did Xiao Er put his mind at ease and smiled: "Then I wish the two sons a good time." After that, he put away the dishes and went to the back kitchen.