Chapter 28: Eleventh Hill
After Senior Brother Song and the two left, Gao Liang immediately rushed in front of Situ Lie, punched it, and smashed it on Situ Lie's face.
Situ Lie didn't dodge, but snorted coldly.
"What, if you want to fight, you can't do it?"
"Why? If you play a trick, forget it, why do you frame Qin Zhou!"
Gao Liang's cold eyes stared at Situ Lie tightly, but Situ Lie only smiled faintly.
"Framed?egg, you say that this is unfounded, can it be regarded as me framing?"
"No, Qin Zhou was discovered by Senior Brother Song with real evidence. This matter cannot be justified by Qin Zhou!"
Situ Lie pushed the highlight away.
"I don't care about you for this punch, what Qin Zhou did, naturally there will be a sect punishment. I advise you to do what you have to do and don't those idle minds!"
Situ Lie said, and lay down on the top of his bed and fell asleep.
Zhou Qing didn't look at his smug appearance, he walked to Gao Liang and Wen Bingmian, said thank you softly, and then lay sideways on his bed.
At noon on the second day, after Zhou Qing finished cutting the bamboo, he hadn't eaten lunch, and Senior Brother Song found Zhou Qing alone.
The other disciples also stopped what they were doing and quietly watched what kind of punishment Zhou Qing would have.
"Qin Zhou, a disciple of three generations, secretly hid flint tobacco, which is a big mistake. Brother Deacon, because you are young and have no relatives at home, decided to give you a lenient sentence.
From today, I will let you go to the Eleventh Mountain Zixuan Bamboo Valley to pick the imperial court tribute bamboo shoots - Zijin bamboo shoots. Within half a year, you must not step out of the Purple Xuanzhu Valley!
If not, the mountain gate will be expelled.
Qin Zhou, what do you think?"
Senior Brother Song asked at Zhou Qing with a blank face.
The other disciples also began to whisper.
"That Zixuanzhu Valley is not only a harsh environment, there are many wolves, insects, tigers and leopards in the mountains, and the terrain is also extremely steep.
In particular, the purple bamboo shoots often grow between cliffs. ”
"That's not it, it's said that in five years, ten people have been punished, and it's good to be able to get out of two or three alive.
Basically, after staying in it for less than a month or two, he has already decided to give up his discipleship and choose to go down the mountain to be an ordinary person. ”
Situ Lie and Huang Dan'er leaned together, their eyes alternated with each other, and the words in their hearts had already been experienced.
"Qin Zhou is willing to obey Senior Brother's fate!"
Zhou Qing bent down and bowed, and Senior Brother Song nodded.
"Within this day, you must rush to the Eleventh Mountain. Fifty bundles of bamboo, you can't cut them all. ”
After that, Senior Brother Song flicked his sleeves and left.
Gao Liang walked over, and he patted Zhou Qing on the shoulder.
"Senior Brother Qin Zhou, Senior Brother knows that you have the heart to practice martial arts. But the eleven mountains are too dangerous, and life is important, you can't go to these eleven mountains!"
"Qin Zhou, you listen to Senior Brother Wen. It is said that in the eleven mountains, there are more people who fall to death picking bamboo shoots, are taken away by leopards, and are bitten to death by poisonous insects, which are more than the ten mountains in front of us.
Even if you go down, it's much better than where you go. ”
Zhou Qing bowed to Gao Liang and Wen Bingmian.
"Thank you for your kindness, since the punishment has come down, as a disciple, I should go.
In the past few days, it was Qin Zhou who had made the two senior brothers worry about it. After Qin Zhou leaves, please relax the two senior brothers, Qin Zhou will definitely walk out of the eleventh mountain well!"
"But you!"
Wen Bingmaung was going to continue to persuade him, but he stopped Gao Liang.
"In that case, please take care of your junior brother!"
Gao Liang first walked to the bottom of the mountain and said a few words to the senior brother who was patrolling the mountain, and then he took Wen Bingmaung and Zhou Qing back to the top of the mountain.
After packing up a little for Zhou Qing, he sent Zhou Qing to two more mountains.
The eleven mountains were right in front of me, and before I set foot in them, I heard the roaring of wild beasts in the mountains, and the roaring mountains and wilderness!
A dark shadow swept across the sky, and it was a sturdy bird of prey. When the black shadow began to hover, Zhou Qing could see it clearly.
This thing is a kind of eagle eagle on Jinzhu Mountain, which is said to have the power to steal and kill the people's goats, so it is called the goat-eating eagle by the people under the mountain!
"The two senior brothers, please stop! There are eleven mountains in front, and for the rest, let Qin Zhou go by himself." ”
Zhou Qing bowed to Gao Liang again, Gao Liang helped Zhou Qing up, and then put the five copper coins in Zhou Qing's hand.
"Don't think that entering the Golden Bamboo Gate means entering the Martial Arts Holy Land, and that's all that is left of the senior brother, you can take it well.
In any case, there will always be something useful. ”
"Hey, Senior Brother Wen doesn't have anything for you, and now there are only a few pennies left. ”
Wen Bing's appearance looked into his pocket, and he actually made a series of crisp sounds.
There were eighteen yuan, and he handed it to Zhou Qing.
When the eighteen dollars were handed over to Zhou Qing, Wen Bingxiang couldn't help but sob.
"Don't refuse, this is the only thing you can do for you. ”
Gao Liang didn't continue to talk to Zhou Qing so far, he turned around and left the mountain with Wen Bingxiang, and after a while, he disappeared into the bamboo forest.
Zhou Qing's eyes were slightly red, and he silently put the kindness of Gao Liang and Wen Bingxiang in his heart. He packed his bags on his back and shyly marched towards the Eleventh Mountain.
But in about half an hour, he came to the foot of the Eleventh Mountain, the turbulent stream washed under the bank several feet high, and the rusty iron lock bridge in front of him was the only road connecting the Eleventh Mountain and the outside world.
"No wonder they say that the eleven mountains are steep, and only then do they get to the bottom of the mountain, and it is such a terrible way to put in front of pedestrians. ”
Zhou Qing hugged the head of his body tightly, and then took a step forward, his waist and feet were together, and his body suddenly swept to the middle of the chain bridge like a flying swallow.
At this time, a gust of wind blew down the mountain stream, although it was small, it could shake the chain bridge for a few points. Zhou Qing's face changed greatly, and he immediately clenched his hands under the iron cable, and a cup made of bamboo fell from him.
In the blink of an eye, the stream was swallowed up and disappeared into the turbulence.
"Hoo ......"
Zhou Qing let out a long breath, and when the wind disappeared, he cautiously climbed over.
Hundreds of paces ahead, a dilapidated hut stood out in his eyes. Zhou Qing looked at the appearance of this hut, it should be the place where the disciples in charge lived. He walked to the door of the hut and knocked lightly.
"Enter!"
An old man's voice floated out weakly, Zhou Qing pushed open the bamboo door, and saw an old man in his sixties lying on a bamboo chair in the middle of the house. The old man was holding a white-eyed monkey in his hand, and he looked quite stubborn.
"There is another offender, go to the table to record the date, and then send Zijin bamboo shoots to the old man every month.
By the way, this mountain disciple has no residence, so you have to build a small nest by yourself.
At least not less than 20 purple bamboo shoots per month, this is a requirement in the door, not that the old man is difficult for you. Let's leave when I'm done, don't disturb the old man's rest. ”
After the old man finished speaking, the white-eyed monkey jumped in front of Zhou Qing, snatched the brush away, and squeezed out a rather vicious face at Zhou Qing.
"May I ask if the younger one should call the senior brother or ......?"
Zhou Qing bowed to the old man.
"Elder Liang, just call me Elder Liang. ”
"Elder Liang, disciple Qin Zhou, this is ......"
Zhou Qing took out all the twenty-three coins on his body and handed them to Liang Lao. Liang Lao didn't even look at it, but just said a few words lightly.
"In this mountain, you take care of yourself, there is no interest in the door, and there is no intrigue.
You have to fight with the heavens, with the earth, and even with the demons and monsters in the mountains. You keep the money yourself, if you don't come to pay the tribute every month, the old man will go to the mountains to find your body.
This money is the money to buy you incense and candles. ”
Elder Liang put away the twenty-three coins in Zhou Qing's hand, waved his hand at Zhou Qing, Zhou Qing's expression was calm, and after closing the door, he walked towards the mountain.
After a while, Liang Lao pushed open the door and glanced towards the place where Zhou Qing had disappeared.
"This kid's internal breath is unstable, but it is supported by an internal force that outsiders perceive. In the sect, when did they accept such disciples? ”
Liang Lao squinted his eyes, and the white-eyed monkey had a dull gaze, as if he hadn't seen Liang Lao have such a look for a long time.
Zhou Qing walked from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and along the way, he saw that the eleventh mountain was almost mostly trees, and he could hardly see any bamboo.
As for the top of the mountain, there is no disciple compound either. It stands to reason that because the sect is worried about fire, the general disciple compound is placed on the top of the mountain.
"Build your own nest? Is there really no place to live in the Eleventh Mountain?"
Zhou Qing took a look from the top of the mountain and found that under that stone mountain, there was actually Miao Miao smoke rising. It seems that there should be a disciple who is cooking there.
Zhou Qing also had a guess in his heart, he quickened his pace, and after walking more than half of the way, he met a big wild boar whose shoulder height was not a few points worse than him.
One pig, two leopards and three tigers, this is the most terrifying creature in the mountains, although the wild boar glanced at Zhou Qing, it had no intention of attacking Zhou Qing.
With a few shudders, the boar brushed the low weeds and the small tree disappeared. Zhou Qing's heart was pounding, and the glance just now made him feel even more terrifying than Xue Baisheng's eyes.
In this wild jungle, any kind of creature is an extremely terrible killer. Not to mention, the hundreds of pounds of wild boar that just walked by.
Until he reached the foot of the stone mountain, Zhou Qing couldn't calm down for a long time in his heart.
There are many caves in this mountain stone, and when Zhou Qing looked at the mouth of a cave, there were traces of the existence of a bonfire. He peeked into the cavern, and saw a young man in tattered clothes and a thin body walking out.
"New here?"
"Hello senior brother, in Xia Qinzhou, I just ...... today"
"Just got into trouble, let's go sleep in the cave next door. If I die one day, you will live with me, after all, winter is coming, and I am warm here. ”
The young man said a few words very casually, and then took Zhou Qing to find a small hole.
This cave is obviously occupied by someone before. On the stone wall, there are also words carved by the former senior brother.
Zhou Qing knew, it was a martial word.
In addition to the martial characters, the most is one by one. It was so dense that one place was almost covered.