Chapter 3 The Pavilion

It was the second day of the first month of March, although it was cool in the morning and evening, and the foothills of the clouds were already fine willows supporting the waist, and the flowers were full of English. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info along the green mottled mountain path up the steps, circling, there is an ancient pavilion, the name says: 'look back'. The eaves of the pavilion are stained with lacquer and fall to make a nest, and the stone fence is added to the fragrance and no one cares. However, it hides several feet of abyss, and it stands after several winds and frosts. Looking back in the pavilion: the mountain is bright and colorful, and the mountain is quiet and secluded, and I don't know how many flowers there are.

Repeat the rest of the steps, you can see a stone carved archway standing in the mountain path, its potential to go to the sky five feet, high can not be bullied, the word 'cloud trace' is engraved on it. Although it is no longer shiny for a long time, its shape is carved with a knife and an axe, vigorous and simple, and the brushwork still exists. Climb the steps above it, there are three or five white walls and ink eaves rising along the mountain, and when you come close, you can see that the houses stand in a forest of places and arch a stone flat in the middle.

The figures on it flickered, a man and a woman seemed to be fighting with swords, and several people watched on the side. The man's face is as white as jade, his eyes are as bright as stars, the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, and the color between his eyebrows is fully revealed. And the woman's originally pretty and lovely face is now frowning. Between the ups and downs, the speed of handing the sword became faster and faster, but it became more and more unruly.

The fight did not improve for a moment, the woman screamed, stepped on the stone floor, jumped hard, the whole person was like a spirit butterfly dancing in the air, the long sword reached out and stabbed directly, not waiting for the sword move to be full, the sword was obliquely downward, turned his hand and turned the volley to take the man's right shoulder! The man saw that although the momentum was fast but the strength was a little short, he planned to dodge as always, but the sword was not as good as the woman actually abandoned the sword, a pair of pink fists came first, and the speed of the change made the man staggered.

The man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly raised his sword to meet him, how did he know that he was forced to use ten out of ten to save himself in a hurry, but when he heard the two swords hitting each other, the long sword that no one grasped hit back at the woman. The woman was already interested in the fist, and this change of trick was also a painstaking effort, but the person on the other side was even more cunning, and he actually counted the long sword he threw out to pay tribute to himself, glanced at the man opposite with a smug look, and pursed the corners of his lips angrily, and said dissatisfiedly: "The second senior brother is cheating, saying that he only dodges and does not attack, and even if he touches it, even if he wins! Now you have touched my long sword!"

The man, who was called the second senior brother, smiled and said, "Yo! It makes sense, but this long sword is not a part of your body, of course, if the senior sister can swallow it and turn it into a part of the body, senior brother, I may consider admitting defeat." ”

"You—I'll ignore you. After speaking, Mo Wanxi stomped her foot suddenly, walked quickly to the beautiful woman standing on the side, grabbed the beautiful woman's arm and shook it slightly, and said coquettishly: "Mother, the second senior brother bullied me again...... This beautiful woman in cloth and hairpin called Zhang Yajun, who is Mo Xingze's wife. And beside him, wearing a Confucian robe, with his hair tied into a hairpin, and his body standing straight and tall is Mo Xingze, the twelfth generation head of the Cloud Trace Sect. And standing behind him was the senior brother Mo Fangwen and the third junior brother Mo Zhongqing. Mo Xing saw that his beloved daughter was like this, and he was dissatisfied but inconvenient, so he had to say with a calm face: "Wanxi, losing is losing, according to the rules, you don't have to go down the mountain tomorrow to buy things, give me a good practice in the mountains." ”

"But ......"

"No, it doesn't have to!"

Wanxi didn't dare to confront her father in person, her words seemed cramped, her voice was thin and slow, but she could hear Mo Xing's refusal again, knowing that her mind was gone, and her bright and pretty face immediately became gloomy and bleak. Zhang Yajun looked at her beloved daughter, blinked her eyelids at her busily, and then said softly: "Wan'er is still working hard this time, Fang Cai is also clever, and she knows how to change her tactics to respond to the enemy temporarily, Fang Wen, Shaoying, Zhongqing, you are right." Everyone listened to Shi Niang's words, and they were busy echoing to show their approval. The second senior brother Mo Shaoying even said: "Master, although this junior sister is not good at martial arts, she is cute, and this time she went down the mountain not to go to the martial arts competition to make trouble, how could she do it with someone for no reason." ”

Mo Xing said solemnly: "So, you really want to make trouble?"

Mo Shaoying hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, there is no such intention." ”

"Hmph,"

Mo Xing, the head of the house, saw that everyone was so united towards his junior sister, and finally knew that it was a bad situation, and his beloved wife Zhang Yajun obstructed him, so he waved his hand and said in a muffled voice: "Industry is good at diligence and frolic, and success is in thinking and ruining." You guys do it yourself, I'm going to make a fortune for tomorrow's trip, don't bother me. ”

When everyone saw that the head of the house Mo Xing left, it was a tacit agreement, and Wanxi was so happy that she frowned and showed her teeth. Seeing this, the senior brother said, "Master is really a master, and he reprimanded us all in one sentence." ”

When the second senior brother Mo Shaoying heard this, he lifted his sleeves and sneered: "I don't wear thousands of sycophants, Master, his old man has returned to the room, and he can't hear it." What about sycophants, it should be shot like this, look good!" Then facing Zhang Yajun, who was smiling slightly, and learning the tone of the senior brother Fangcai, he bowed and said: "The master is really the master, and one sentence will make the master change his original intention." is really worthy of being a heroine among women, and marrying a wife should be like a teacher. ”

"You!" Seeing Shaoying teasing like this, the senior brother wanted to cross-examine a few words, so he heard Zhang Yajun intercept in a timely manner: "Sigh, young poor mouth, among the three disciples, you are the poorest, don't entertain the master and your senior brother." "Women are usually very happy when they are praised in person, even if they don't change their faces like Zhang Yajun, they must be happy in their hearts. And it is usually best not to praise a woman in front of another woman, especially in front of a woman with little experience on the other side, for example, Mo Wanxi's face is not very good-looking now.

"Hmph, the toad wants to eat swan meat, my mother is my father's, don't even think about it!" Mo Wanxi straightened her nose and pursed her lips slightly.

"Looks like someone can't understand people. However, even if no one marries a junior sister like you, ......" Before he could say anything, Mo Shaoying paused, looked at his junior sister condescendingly, shook his head slightly, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Hey, it's green and boring, it has no charm, and it seems that it can only make it difficult for the third junior brother to marry you, right?"

"Mother...... Look at him, look at the second senior brother. ”

Mo Wanxi saw that Shaoying was sarcastic and had no way to defend for a while, so she was so annoyed that she went straight to Zhang Yazhi to be coquettish.

"Okay, Shaoying, you don't say a few words, and you can also learn from Zhong Qing, you haven't spoken until now, Zhong Qing, why do you want to be so concentrated?" Zhong Qing, who was thinking about it on the side, heard the teacher's question, and hurriedly replied:

"Oh, Master, the master just said that there is a hexagram in Bu, and I feel something, and the six people present are the yin and yang, and the order is arranged by generation to get the hexagram, and when it is close to the unitary, the hexagram is 94, saying: Suddenly such as, burning, dying, abandoning. This hexagram is fierce, because it is often caught off guard and unprepared for things, if it encounters its results, it is often unsatisfactory, but the hexagram is not a guess, the master said that it is impossible to estimate it, otherwise it will eventually fall behind, so the disciple is carefully deducing the actuarial ...... in combination with the appearance of the party."

When everyone saw Zhong Qing say this, their faces were worried, Shao Ying saw that the atmosphere was like this, patted Zhong Qing's left shoulder, and grinned: "Third junior brother, how can I save face with my senior brother if you are so motivated, don't think about it, didn't the master and his old man say, the hexagram starts from the heart, that is, the appearance, if you can't understand it, don't chase the wind and catch the shadow, increase the troubles, and naturally know it." ”

"Yes, well, it's not early, go back and prepare, tomorrow Mo Xing and I will personally send you down the mountain, Wanxi, you go back to the room with me, I have something to tell you. ”

Although Zhong Qing's topic was deliberately interrupted by the second senior brother Shaoying, he was worried, but he finally hid Zhang Yajun's brows, and when everyone dispersed, Shiping returned to the mountain, but the words in the Mo couple's house were continuous.

Jiangling Mansion in the south of Shannan, adjacent to Bashu in the west, embedded in Xianghan in the north, and Linjiang is reflected in the water to the right. This place is the key point of the Central Plains to communicate with Lingnan, so it is called the southeast important land.

In March, the south of the mountain, the smoke willow is warm, the grass grows and the warbler flies, the ten-mile slope outside the Jiangling Mansion, and the road is far away.

There are more than ten miles of slopes, and there is no high slope to climb. Perhaps in the past, it was famous that there was a slope and only ten miles, but who would have heard of it? Pedestrians have borrowed it, only seeking results, and rarely have the leisure to wait and see what happens on the way.

Pedestrians and vehicles come and go every day to flatten the road surface like Jingzhong Avenue, making the grass bend over. In addition to the farmers and businessmen, all kinds of pedestrians on it, such as nobles who travel in spring, pickpockets with wandering eyes, and women and children with children in their hands also add a lot of popularity to this ten-mile ramp.

And one of the four people is particularly eye-catching. Among the group, a woman wore an apricot yellow pleated skirt and white-soled embroidered shoes. The three men all wore coarse green shirts, or calm or majestic or elegant and introverted, although the temperament of the three people is different, it is an unexpected fit to walk together. Yes, the four people in this group are the disciples of the Cloud Trace Sect who went down the mountain to buy supplies.

The four of them walked into a tea pavilion along the road to rest, and after sitting for a while, the second senior brother Mo Shaoying got up, personally poured tea and handed it to Wanxi and said: "Good junior sister, you have a lot of adults, and I also have a share of credit for you to come out, so don't be angry, it's not good for your skin to be angry." ”

"Senior brother, do you want to get back to your mother's extra share of the extra money that you have been given?"

After saying that, Mo Wanxi deliberately took out the bag and shook it, then slowly put it away, and after glancing at the direction of Jiangling Mansion in the distance, he smiled slyly at the second senior brother Shaoying, the meaning seemed to be obvious. Seeing this, Mo Shaoying immediately understood, and said in pain: "Three pieces!"

"Ten pieces. Wanxi looked up to the sky unhurriedly and bargained.

"Five! Five fragrant osmanthus cakes, there can't be more!"

"Well, it's all from your share, plus one more for you to run errands. "Wanxi will accept it when she sees it, which can make the second senior brother Shaoying show that distressed look like cutting flesh and scraping bones, not to mention how comfortable it is.

Mo Shaoying said with a bitter face: "Why did I buy it but didn't eat it? ”

"Do you still want to eat a piece? It's okay, then buy ten yuan without discussion, and the rest is just filial piety to your father. Seeing that Shaoying still wanted to continue fighting, she simply pulled her long sideburns behind her ears, and smiled with a look of 'I'm going to eat you'.

"Forget it, how can people in my generation of cultivators be greedy and greedy!"

Mo Shaoying thought that there was no room to ask for it, so she stretched out her hand and motioned for Wanxi to give me her share first, so as not to have too many dreams at night. On the side, the senior brother was about to stop Wanxi from opening the bag. But I heard a woman reminding first: "This girl, when you go out and your wealth is not exposed, someone has only spied on you, so you must have bad intentions, it is better to be cautious." ”

Mo Shaoying turned around, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the woman's white body, just like the white snow in spring. After taking a closer look, I realized that this woman was born bright and delicate, with cut pupils like water, and a strand of white hair on her forehead swaying in the wind, looking chic and square. She wore a white narrow-sleeved shirt and a long skirt of the same color that dragged to the ground, and she was holding a scabbard with a colored sword hilt and gold ornaments on a white background in her left hand. When Shaoying came back to her senses, the woman had already walked away and walked to a corner of the pavilion to rest. They didn't even hear Wanxi say thank you.

Mo Shaoying turned around a little unsatisfied and said: "What a chic woman, you see that she is kind-hearted and upright, if she has a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?"

Wanxi was a little unhappy when she saw Shaoying praising others like this, she dipped her hand in a little tea, flicked it lightly to the side of his face, and said dissatisfiedly: "Dream! It's useless to just tell us, you have the ability to talk to you, hum. ”

Senior Brother Fang heard that Wanxi was sneering at each other with words, and was worried that he would really talk to him, so he hurriedly obstructed: "Shaoying, Master has instructed that monks, Taoists, and lone women who travel on the road should not be easily accommodated, be careful that something goes wrong." ”

"Where is the senior brother, you see that she reminded at least that her heart is not bad, well, little junior sister, thank you for the tea, second senior brother, I just took it to wipe the dust off my face, hehe. ”

Before he could say anything, he saw Mo Shaoying wiping his face with tea and then stood up and paced, Shi Shiran walked to the women's table, and immediately said, "Thank you for the girl's reminder and dare to ask the girl's name?"

"Your companion has already thanked you. My surname is Bai, so you can call me Bai Girl. ”

When the woman saw that he had come alone to talk, she didn't know what she wanted. But here Mo Shaoying was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself, "The surname is Bai, wearing a white dress, he simply calls himself surnamed Bai?" Hmm...... Am I too reckless in this conversation, and I am so abrupt that she is a beautiful woman? It makes her wary? No, I'm trying......"

"The white girl is not strange, Xiaosheng's surname is inexplicable Shaoying, and she is a disciple of the Cloud Trace Sect of the Cloud Mountain Bullying Mountain a hundred miles away, and there are three fellow disciples over there. I came here on the order of the senior brother to ask Miss Bai if she had traveled in Jiangling Mansion, and the girl must have come from afar. If you don't give up, will we lead the way?"

It's just that the woman didn't appreciate it, and replied lightly: "Thank you for your kindness, senior brother, but Jiangling is just in front of you, so I won't bother you, it's not too early, take the first step, and say goodbye." After the woman finished speaking, she called the shop to pay for the tea and left with her sword. Mo Shaoying was full of anticipation but was rejected, feeling quite embarrassed, Wanxi on the side had already stood behind him at some point, looking at his somewhat excited demeanor, and comforted:

"Hey, don't look at it, everyone is gone, is the second senior brother going to spend the night here? ”

The corners of Mo Shaoying's eyebrows moved, and he asked, "Do you think Senior Brother is good?"

"Huh?"

Wanxi was stunned at first when she heard this, and then her pretty face became dizzy, although she was confused by the question, she still replied seriously: "Big, senior brother is very good, I, I mean that you are also very good, second senior brother." ”

Mo Shaoying saw that she said tactfully, and couldn't help but joke: "Sure enough, although the senior brother is approachable and honest, the girl's family doesn't necessarily like it, and the next time I talk to the girl, I can't use the name of the senior brother, but like me, I am afraid of scaring the other party, or Zhongqing is more suitable, well, so I decided." ”

Seeing that Shaoying's question was originally to find a step for himself, he didn't care what he was talking about at all, and he was still amorous to himself, and the more he thought about it at the moment, the more angry he became, and he was so annoyed that he wanted to kick, but he didn't use his strength yet, but he saw that he had already dodged a few feet away like a prophet, and Wanxi didn't follow, and hurriedly staggered to catch up with him.

Zhong Qing, who was sitting on the side, saw that the senior brother's face was not good, and persuaded him warmly: "Senior brother, don't mind, the second senior brother has been open-mouthed since he was a child, and the junior sister is also a casual person. But it's nothing, just to let those pickpockets know that we are not good at being with us, pay for tea and leave, and follow this footpath, and we can enter the city before dark. ”

Mo Fangwen patted Zhong Qing on the shoulder to show his understanding, beckoned the store to pay for the tea, glanced at the pavilion, and pulled Zhong Qing to walk briskly forward. And after a few people at a table in the dark in the pavilion saw the martial arts of the four people, they weighed their own strength, and finally did not get up and follow.