Text Chapter Seventy-Three: The Beauty of the Smoke and Waves
Fang Xiaodao looked at the magic edge that emerged from the clouds, felt very interesting, and smiled slightly: "Interesting, I'm here too." After saying that, he lightly jumped to the place where Fayuan was standing. Waiting for Fang Xiaodao to gain a firm foothold, he squatted down and took a look, it turned out that this was a mountain rock, which could only accommodate three or four people.
Fa Yuan looked around, jumped and jumped three feet away, only half of his upper body was exposed. Fang Xiaodao glanced at it, and suddenly felt that this old monk was definitely not the first time to come, otherwise how could he be so familiar with the road in the fog.
Fang Xiaodao waited for Sun Yan to jump down before jumping to Fa Yuan's side. When I looked down, I gasped, because it was also very narrow, and if you didn't jump accurately enough, it was easy to fall down. So he could only turn back to Sun Yan and say, "Follow me, I can jump wherever I jump, you must be careful." ”
I jumped a dozen times in a row, and finally saw a path. Although the path is also dangerous, I don't know how many times safer it is than jumping around on the rocks. Because through the fog, you can't see your foothold clearly, no matter how hard you work, you can't overcome this unknown fear.
Everyone was speechless all the way, and soon walked along the path to the end. At the end, there was no pool, but water flowing out of the mist.
Fang Xiaodao looked at Flowing Water and said, "Amazing, this design is really smart enough." Even if the fog above clears, you will find that you have actually arrived outside the Yuelong Pond after you go all the way down. ”
Fa Yuan looked at Fang Xiaodao with admiration and said, "You are even more powerful, when you arrived in a completely unfamiliar place, you actually saw through other people's calculations in the fog." ”
Fang Xiaodao said: "No matter how much you praise me now, you can't hide the fact that you lied to us." ”
Fa Yuan pricked up his ears, then raised his hand to stop Fang Xiaodao from continuing to speak.
Fang Xiaodao also calmed down and listened carefully, at first he could only hear the sound of the water flowing in the waterfall, and after a while, he heard a burst of footsteps.
The crowd stared at the thick fog, and after a while, a man dressed in rich silk and wearing a certain square hat walked out. Seeing everyone, this person was not hostile, but said respectfully: "The distinguished guests are here, and the Yanbo Pavilion is not very honored. Everybody, please inside. ”
Fa Yuan solemnly folded his hands and pronounced a Buddha name: "Please forgive me for disturbing me a lot." ”
Yuelong Pond may not be very big, but if you don't walk around, it's impossible to know how big it is. There are not too many buildings on the side of Yuelong Pond, but there are many exotic flowers and plants. It's a pity that these exotic flowers and plants are all artificially planted and don't have that natural beauty. was taken away by the man for a while, and he came to the edge of the cliff. When everyone looked up, they were stunned by the incredible architecture. For they cut open the walls of the stone and dwelt in them. But they don't live in caves, they live in buildings.
The man laughed and said, "Everyone was equally surprised when they saw our house!"
Even though he may be a little conceited, such a miracle does have the capital to be conceited. Because this "building" was carved out of the stone wall, and then the outermost corridor was built. Railings, eaves columns, and even eaves are all available. The houses are carved out of the house, and they look very chic. The building was three floors, and it was obscured by a thick fog, and I didn't know that there were still houses on it.
Xiao Ying said curiously: "I don't know how many floors there are in this house?"
The man smiled, "Although there are nine floors, the top is not as big as the bottom, and there is only one left on the top floor." ”
While the crowd was admiring the building, they heard a pleasant laughter. Immediately afterward, a group of women in flowing dresses came over, each carrying a basket containing some fruits and vegetables. Perhaps because of their isolation and fog, when they walked over, they felt a burst of fairy aura rushing to their faces, which was refreshing.
The man who brought them in said, "But Bing, why don't you see her? ”
At this time, an extremely ethereal woman dressed in white came over and said, "What is the senior brother looking for me?"
The man said: "These are the distinguished guests who have come to my Yanbo Pavilion, so I want to bother you to play the piano." ”
Fang Xiaodao looked at this woman, and unconsciously became a little distracted. It was Sun Yan who kindly pushed him to make him react, and when he turned around, he saw Xiao Ying roll her eyes and turn around.
Unexpectedly, Fang Xiaodao even went to look at it, not only did he look at it, but he also looked very carefully. After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly said, "Xiaoying, come here." ”
Xiao Ying said reluctantly: "What are you doing?"
Fang Xiaodao said: "Do you think you have some similarities with this girl!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Xiao Ying and the woman named Ke Bing, and sure enough, they found that there were some similarities between their eyebrows and eyes. But Xiaoying is a goose egg face, but Ke Bing is a melon seed face.
Xiaoying herself feels like it, and at the same time, she also finds that Fang Xiaodao is not a womanizer who must be fascinated by beautiful women. After being happy in his heart, he walked over and said with a smile: "No wonder my sister makes people look so kind, I don't know what my sister is called?"
The woman said indifferently: "My name is Yao Kebing, what about my sister?"
Xiao Ying said: "My name is She Ying. ”
The speed with which the woman turned her face was really admirable, but her face change just now was extremely cute. Because her joy and anger are all the most affectionate.
Being a man at the same time, Sun Yan especially admired Fang Xiaodao, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Amazing, your wit is more powerful than your swordsmanship." ”
Fang Xiaodao thought to himself: "Nonsense, it's normal for those who are ugly to not be able to find common ground, and if they can't pick out the beautiful ones again, then you have to suspect that there is something wrong with your vision." ”
There is such an interesting rule in this world, beautiful people sometimes look alike, but ugly people have their own merits. Because the eyes of the world look at beauties are actually very similar, such as melon seed face, goose egg face and other beautiful faces, or willow leaf eyebrows, danfeng eyes and beautiful eyebrows that everyone recognizes. It is not difficult to find two people with the same type of eyebrows and eyes between good-looking people. As long as people's facial features are not crooked or missing something, it must not be difficult to find the same, but if you stare at different places, it will be too far apart. Therefore, Fang Xiaodao was indeed a strong argument just now, but he succeeded.
Everyone was invited in, and they were attracted by this magical cave for a while. Then he was invited to the third floor and sat down in a bright hall. Most of the furnishings inside are stone tools, but they are also very distinctive. For example, the table legs are made of stone, and the table top is wooden, and the carvings are exquisite, which has a unique charm. The tables are arranged in opposite rows, and they are also very carefully arranged.
He Yuelan was naturally anxious to know the news of Gong Nanyan, but people were so friendly, it was not good for her to ask directly. I could only look at Sun Yan with a blank eye and let Sun Yan speak for him.
Sun Yan saluted the man and said, "This brother, I am bold, I want to ask your Excellency's surname. ”
The man smiled: "Don't dare, under the surname Zhang, a single name is a Gong character." ”
Sun Yan said: "Brother Zhang is gracious, and we are all grateful. But there is a word in the throat like a fish in the throat, not vomiting unpleasantly, I wonder if I can vomit quickly?"
Sun Yan really doesn't have much knowledge, and he is not very good at words. Originally, a euphemistic question made him add a few inaccurate idioms, which was a bit awkward.
Zhang Gong still smiled: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
Sun Yan said: "I don't know the predecessor of Gong Nanyan of the Flower Palace, can you be in your place?"
Zhang Gong said with a smile: "A few of them are my Yanbo Pavilion distinguished guests, and the palace seniors are also distinguished guests. So don't worry, we'll see you in due time. ”
This can be regarded as affirming Gong Nanyan's whereabouts, but as for the right time, this kind of statement cannot be trusted. Even if He Yuelan didn't know whether he was friend or foe, then Fa Yuan came in person, and he had already said that the name was not trivial.
Sun Yan originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but after looking at the calm and relaxed Fayuan, he still felt that it was better to wait and see what happened.
Zhang Gong said: "The family teacher came in and was sick, so he could only be accompanied by him, if there is any offense, please forgive me." ”
The first time Fang Xiaodao saw this kind of singing and dancing banquet was in the Northern Desert three years ago. However, the clothes of the women here are much more conservative than those women found by Pi Jinchao, and their dancing postures are also very different. The women of Jiangnan are delicate and gentle, and their clothes are fluttering when they dance, and they do not have the bold and straightforward exotic style, but they are more to the taste of the Central Plains. What kind of person is the person in the Yanbo Pavilion, but he is not only rich, but also elegant. In a trance, it makes people feel that they are in a certain prince's mansion, not a place of martial arts. Fa Yuan, a monk who eats meat, has clear eyes and no desire at all when he sees many beauties again. Fang Xiaodao glanced at it a few times and immediately felt that under this monk's uninhibited style, what might be hidden was an extremely pure heart to the Buddha.
Then, the woman named Yao Kebing walked in with a piano in her hand. In the middle of the seat, he sat down on one side, stroked the yaoqin, and played an ethereal and dusty music. Her piano skills are not easy to evaluate, because with his level of barely being able to play a few mountain songs with a flute, he can't appreciate superb performance skills. It's just that in addition to the technique, he can hear that this song is not only beautiful, but also extremely chic. The reason why it is chic is because this piece is unforgettable, and I can't hear what kind of mood the owner is in when he strokes the piano. As the saying goes, "you can forget your worries", and the chic thing about this song is that you can't hear music, but you have a sense of forgetting your worries. As a layman, Fang Xiaodao really didn't know whether to describe it as ethereal or empty.
At the end of the song, before everyone had time to flatter them, Yao Kebing stood up and said, "The little lady is not very happy when you come here. I don't want to catch the cold, please forgive me!"
When she left, Sun Yan sneered a little: "It's indeed an unexpected autumn, and there are so many people who are unwell here." ”
Looking for all kinds of excuses in the world, physical discomfort is very obvious and low-level. Because those who usually say this have made it almost explicit. Sun Yan has always been straightforward, and he is a little tired of the other party's blatant prevarication.
Zhang Gong didn't answer, but stood up and said, "Lose your company." Then he walked out briskly.
Fang Xiaodao saw that Xiao Ying was bored and peeled the grapes one by one, and then put them on a plate. A little guilty: "If you feel bored, when the matter here is over, I will take you to a fun place." ”
Xiao Ying shook her head and said, "Of course you have to go to a fun place, but you can't pick it." It seems that she thinks that the place Fang Xiaodao picks must not be fun.
Fa Yuan said: "The female benefactor is insightful, a person like Fang Shizhu, he picks out interesting places, there must be many beautiful girls, you definitely don't like it." ”
Fang Xiaodao glared at Fa Yuan and suddenly remembered a serious matter, so he asked, "Old monk, look at this place, how much manpower and how much time can it be excavated?"
Fa Yuan said with a smile: "The human heart is deeper than the Yuelong Pond, not to mention the nine-story stone cave. I don't know how much manpower and time it will take, but as long as people are dissatisfied, there will be a tenth or even a twentieth floor. ”
Although it wasn't the answer Fang Xiaodao wanted at all, he was still very satisfied. Because, since Fa Yuan said so, it means that the people in this Yanbo Pavilion must not be some desireless immortals. Even if he lives in seclusion, he is a layman after all.
After only a while, Zhang Gong came back again, followed by Yao Kebing, who had just left.
Zhang Gong saluted everyone and said: "I'm really sorry, my junior sister doesn't know how to be polite, so everyone is disappointed, I am here to compensate everyone." Then he immediately asked Yao Kebing to continue to play the piano.
Fang Xiaodao only glanced at it, and faintly felt that something was not right, because Yao Kebing hid half of his face and always turned his side face at everyone. Fang Xiaodao, a pair of bamboo chopsticks, looked at the dignified Zhang Gong, and smiled a little. Even though it had nothing to do with him, he still felt that bullying a woman was too much.
The whole banquet was almost only the sound of the piano, and no one spoke much. It wasn't until the end of the banquet that Zhang Gong asked everyone to move and rest.
Fang Xiaodao stood up, but walked at the back, and when everyone was out of the door, he glanced back at the finger marks that were clearly visible on Yao Kebing's face. It just so happened that Yao Kebing also raised his head, and when he found Fang Xiaodao's gaze, he immediately covered his face with his sleeves.
After resting, Fang Xiaodao was really not very sleepy. So he changed his clothes, hugged the dirty clothes he had changed into his arms, and walked to Yuelongtan.
When I arrived at the edge of the pool, I could only let out a helpless sigh when I looked at the smoke on the water. Because he came here so coincidentally, there are a lot of people here doing laundry. But what made him helpless was that he was the only one who was a seven-foot man. Thinking about going to Huahe Town with Su Ruoyao and Yin Sheng for a short time on the rivers and lakes, the clothes were all washed by Su Ruoyao on her own initiative. Later, when he was brought to the Northern Desert by Shan Yan, there were people waiting for him every day. Although Xiaoying has pretended to be a maid before, she is a daughter in her bones, and she is not rude and willful, which is already an excellent tutor of the Gongsun family.
Fang Xiaodao threw the clothes into the water, picked up a branch from the water's edge, stirred it in the water a few times, and then threw a few more stones to surround the clothes. He was going to soak his clothes first, and then come back when the girls were gone. Who knows, even so, these girls are already there chattering and laughing very presumptuously.
was laughed at like this, but Fang Xiaodao looked away. It doesn't matter if others laugh or not, the important thing is that the clothes have to be washed sooner or later. It's just that he found out that he was wrong as soon as he washed it, and if there were too many women, it would be a real headache. He heard whispers in his ears, evaluations of his appearance, conjectures about his identity. Some people even say that they must be afraid of the inside. All kinds of such arguments are really varied.
"Hey, the woman who leaps over the dragon pond, it's so scary!" After speaking, he picked up a piece of clothing from the water and shook it in the wind. Unexpectedly, there was a person standing behind him, and the water naturally threw it on the other party.
Fang Xiaodao hurriedly threw away his clothes and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Yao, I really didn't know you were behind." ”
Yao Kebing dipped his sleeve in the water droplets on his forehead and said, "It's nothing, I shouldn't be standing behind you." It's just that it's not right for you to do laundry like this. ”
Fang Xiaodao said helplessly: "I'm really a little stupid. ”
Yao Kebing put a wooden basin on the shore, then grabbed the robe that Fang Xiaodao had just thrown on the ground and placed it on the stone. Then he took out his own clothes in the basin, went to the place where the water was not mixed by the Fang knife, scooped up a basin of water, and then put the clothes of the Fang Xiaodao into it one by one. Finally, he took out a few more honey locusts, smashed them with stones, and threw them into the basin. She is really a very good person in life, and she is very skilled in doing these odd things. This doesn't match her appearance, and she should look like a fairy with ten fingers that don't touch the spring water.
Fang Xiaodao kept staring at her, and the important thing was her face. Her face was white, like clotted fat, but there was no scar or filth.
Fang Xiaodao couldn't help but be curious: "Your face?"
Yao Kebing said lightly: "Don't you know that there is a thing called rouge in this world?"
Fang Xiaodao felt that he was really stupid to ask this question, and people intended to cover it up, but he had to reveal other people's scars.
Fang Xiaodao sat on the stone next to him, looked at the fog on the water and said, "Could it be that here, the fog does not disperse all year round?"
Yao Kebing said: "That's not it, I usually get up early, but it's not like this every day." Childe came by coincidence, the fog is very thick these days, but it should disperse in a few days. ”
Fang Xiaodao said: "I see, otherwise if this fog does not disperse all year round, it will be really depressing." ”
Yao Kebing didn't speak, and carefully scrubbed Fang Xiaodao's clothes. is such a quiet and beautiful Xianshu, I really don't know how Zhang Gong can do it.
After a while, Yao Kebing said, "Childe also likes to wear white clothes?"
Fang Xiaodao nodded and said, "Why does the girl also like white clothes?" Even though he felt that white clothes were the most in line with Yao Kebing's temperament, he still felt that it was wrong to speculate on others with his own thoughts.
Yao Kebing said: "I only hope that life is white, and death is also white." Even if it is plain and simple, it is not vulgar after all. ”
Fang Xiaodao frowned at her words, a person who asks for innocence, although it is not necessarily innocent, but it must be a last resort. Such a woman is very good in both appearance and personality, not only can she be like a fairy, but also virtuous and considerate. If she is not a good woman, it must be slander. But the situation of this good woman does not seem to be good, and she is even bullied by herself.
Fang Xiaodao said: "I didn't like white clothes so much before, although I always wore coarse cloth clothes at that time, but I never refused beautiful satin. Later, I changed from a carpenter in the countryside to a prodigal son, so I fell in love with white clothes. Miss Yao, do you know why people like plain white clothes in the rivers and lakes?"
Yao Kebing raised his head and said, "Is it the intention of being alone?"
Fang Xiaodao said: "Not at all, I didn't leave it alone at all." Although I do things differently from many people, I am sure that my heart is already the heart of a martial arts person. And the reason why I like white clothes is because when I wear them, I can tell you where it's dirty. ”
Yao Kebing said: "So, you are also reflecting on your own heart, what kind of ugliness is contaminated with martial arts, right?"
Fang Xiaodao said: "I don't dare to say that I am too good, but the fact of self-reflection is very necessary." ”
Yao Kebing began to scrub his clothes again, and his silent appearance was a little emotional, but also a little lonely.
Just as Fang Xiaodao was in a trance, suddenly a stone flew over and fell into the water, causing a splash. Fang Xiaodao was far away and did not affect it, but Yao Kebing was not so lucky, and his body was once again stained with water. But as if she didn't notice, she didn't respond, and she didn't even stop scrubbing her clothes.
Fang Xiaodao was a little angry, walked over and picked up a stone and pinched it in his hand, but saw Yao Kebing shaking his head at him.