Chapter 18: All the Way North
Late at night, the wind blowing on the Yangtze River adds a bleak feeling to this dock village.
Cui Ziyang asked Zhu Pingyu with a little sadness: "You know me?"
"Well, you can guess the words you just said! I just can't say it to you, this is the heavenly machine of the astrolabe, and you need to realize yourself!"
Ziyang is also a cultivator, so he had to stop saying anything, and then he woke up drunk and said, "This little episode has passed so quickly, what are your plans?"
Bai Wanfang said without thinking: "I'll go with the little Taoist." Later, he realized that he was in a hurry, and a red cloud hit his cheeks.
Ziyang smiled awkwardly: "I'm just going down the mountain to practice, I don't have any actual goals, it's no different from wandering the rivers and lakes!"
Zhu Pingyu proposed: "Let's go north, the location of the Ziwei Star should be in the Zhuolu area of the Central Plains, since it is so coincidental, it is the same wherever you go, it is better to go to the north to have a look!"
Drunk Chengfeng said: "I just came all the way from there, I want to go to the Nanzhao area to find something, and I have to go back to the Central Plains again, in this case, you go first, if there is fate, we will meet in the Central Plains!"
"The world is so big, once we are separated, how do you know that we will still have a fate?"
"Although I am not a monk, I also practice Buddhism, and I went to Nanzhao to confirm the Dharma and see the difference between the north and the south and the east and west! The Buddha has teachings, and we will definitely meet in the future!"
Ziyang was speechless, and he didn't know anything about Buddhism. So they went their own way, and after this catastrophe, they met a few friends who could fight and drink together, which was quite rare in this troubled world.
Early the next morning, the three of them said goodbye to Drunken Chengfeng, and Chengfeng gave Cui Ziyang another 200 taels of silver for the money on the road. He also told Cui Ziyang to learn to make money quickly, after all, there are not so many good people.
Ziyang wondered: "How did you make so much money so quickly?"
Chengfeng sighed: "You Taoists also have a saying about doing things, remember to take the avenue, you have to go more to the big towns, although the world is chaotic, there are many rich people in these places, there are dead people every day, you can eat and drink for two months when you do a ritual, oh, remember to ask for money when you want it." ”
Cui Ziyang said in his heart what a lofty path, it turned out to be doing white work! This is the last subject in the Taoist sect!
The world is big, people will eventually have a farewell, after the four of them parted, they hired a boat on this pier to sail across the Yangtze River, Cui Ziyang stood in the middle of the river, looked back at the direction of Jinling, sighed in his heart, when he went down the mountain, he still wanted to find his senior brother who had not seen him for many years, but as a result, he left this place and left with a frosty face.
The boat arrived on the other side, and one person and two demons came to Chuzhou by way, and simply rested for one night.
Early in the morning of the second day, Zhu Pingyu brought three horses, and Ziyang wondered, "How much silver did you spend?"
Zhu Pingyu said: "In these years, there is a shortage of soldiers, and it is necessary to bring the lost ones." ”
"Do you know where the horse is lost?
"What kind of fortune will it be, fly and see!"
People can fly! Cui Ziyang didn't have a word when he was choked, so he smiled awkwardly! After eating a mouthful of dry food, he went straight to Sizhou in the direction of inquiry.
They were going to Xuzhou, but Xuzhou was the territory of Zhu Youzhen, the king of Liang, and they were still in the territory of Yang Pu, the king of Wu. Sizhou is closer to Xuzhou, so go to Sizhou first to discuss.
There was nothing to say all the way, and I really had to rush to the road, which was a three-day trip. Cui Ziyang looked at Jinling City for a few days, and thought that Sizhou was similar, and only then did he know that it was also called a city. There is not even an earthen city wall around, it is just a larger village and town!
The three of them led their horses into the town, but it was a different view. Don't look at the sparrow, although it is small, it is also complete.
Ziyang advocated not to be too anxious on the road, but the two monsters disappeared as soon as they hit the horses, and Ziyang had no choice but to follow. Looking back, I still laughed at Ziyang's horseback riding level!
Running down this way, Cui Ziyang was about to vomit blood, his mouth was dry, and people's demand for water was completely ignored by those two monsters!
Fortunately, the town is larger and more prosperous, so he quickly found an inn, and after booking a room, Ziyang first drank the water in the teapot in the house.
The time was just after noon, and he was not on the meal, so it was time to eat by himself! Ziyang didn't care about the amount of silver, he ordered six dishes in one go, and came with another jar of wine.
The white fox spirit looked at the roast chicken that came up for him first, then looked at Cui Ziyang, and then viciously slashed Zhu Pingyu with his eyes. It means to see what it looks like to starve people!
Zhu Pingyu smiled bitterly and did not speak. Without the barrel of drunken wind, it is not interesting for the three of them to drink, after all, no one will fight and persuade wine. It's all self-poured!
It is said that drunkenness hurts the spirit, Cui Ziyang thought that maybe he would set foot on the land of King Liang the day after tomorrow, the core area of the former Tang Dynasty, and he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
He has never seen his biological parents, nor has he ever seen his own home, but Zhu Wen, the former king of Liang who brought him the tragedy of family destruction and death, has long been dead, and was killed by his own son Zhu Youqi himself, and is this a kind of retribution? .
And the current Liang King Zhu Youzhen is Zhu Youzhen's younger brother, he forced his brother Zhu Youzhen to death to avenge his father, and should he avenge his father and cut off the incense of Emperor Liang's Zhu family?
Cui Ziyang drank and said what he thought to the two monsters. When Bai Wanfang heard the details of Ziyang's life experience, she felt heartache.
Zhu Pingyu said: "Your life experience is indeed very miserable, but there are too many people in the world who have died in the world." For example, after years of war, the soldiers and generals who died on the battlefield all had families, and when they died, their homes were broken. They don't want to die, and some even want to make a career and become a hegemon!
More and more hegemons have seized land one after another, and in order to expand their territory, they are constantly waging wars one after another! In short, it is the greed and worship in people's minds, or perhaps it is an omission in the operation of the way of heaven. That's why there are constant Star Monarchs and Star Lords coming to the world to resolve disasters!"
Cui Ziyang gave a salute to Zhu Pingyu excitedly after hearing this: "Cultivators originally chose to avoid the mountains because of the war, and I finally understood that it will be useless to escape from the world, and the real cultivators must enter the world and protect them." Otherwise, if the truth is not braided, how can you practice!
And as cultivators, we need to find the truth of the troubled times, to protect those who should not lose their lives, to help those who have lost their true nature to find the right path, so that the world can restore the peaceful years, and let the world feel the happiness that has been lost for a long time!"
Zhu Pingyu and Bai Wanfang nodded to each other, they could see the golden light flashing above Ziyang's head, this was Cui Ziyang's growth, and the growth of his thoughts would also bring about the improvement of mana!
After Ziyang figured it out, he was no longer confused, he was in a good mood, and nodded and asked Xiao Er: "What fun do you have here?"
Xiao Er said: "There are many interesting places, such as the floating beam practice, Huilan evening bell, Huaishui floating smoke, Xushan towering cui, Yuwang Xiaoyue, Lingta Chaoxia, Yangcheng spring, Panlong snow, Sui embankment smoke willow, Yinling night moon, etc. ”
Ziyang listened and said: "These names sound like a good scene, but this Yin Ling Night Moon is a little out of place, please ask the little second brother to help explain it!"