Chapter 315: West Cliff Village
The West Prefecture of the Red Flame Sect is the closest state to the Chu State of Zhongzhou, and it is also one of the three richest states.
Footsteps slowly forward, Xiong Mengxin followed Zixu to look ahead, and a village appeared in front of him.
This village is close to the boundless waters, is the westernmost village in Xizhou, it is reasonable to say that this place should be the only way for Zhongzhou merchants to go to the waters, but because there are many reefs on the water here, so few traders pass through here.
To the north of the village is a high slope that covers a large area, but on top of it is clearly a deserted land.
Xiao Ling stood listlessly on Xiong Mengxin's shoulder, with countless incomprehensible glances.
"Master, are you sure you're not in the wrong place here?" Xiong Mengxin asked Zixu on the side, and at first she heard that she was going to travel with her ancestor, and her heart was full of joy. But later, as soon as the excitement passed, it seemed that there was a lack of interest.
Along the way, I am accustomed to seeing the huge city with high pools and deep pools, and I am also accustomed to seeing the prosperous and rich place, and it is really difficult to mention the slightest interest in looking at the small village at this time.
Zixu shook his head slowly, of course, he didn't explain anything, just slowly continued to walk forward.
Wooden houses appeared, and it seems that this place is happier than the original Guyun Village, I don't know how much it is happier. Sure enough, it's good to enjoy the shade with your back against a big tree, even if this is a poorer place in Xizhou.
The children in the village saw that Zixu in a Taoist robe did not show any abnormality, but just glanced at it, and then began to play their own games again. After all, monks are nothing uncommon to them.
"People are the same as the people, and the impartial are the ...... of the mean". The sound of Lang reading aloud came from a small wooden house.
Zixu subconsciously stopped and listened.
"The so-called gentleman lives in poverty and walks in poverty, and lives in wealth and walks in wealth, so the gentleman has no complaints." The voice came slowly, as if a mighty aura had not dispersed for a long time.
Xiong Mengxin opened her eyes wide and looked at the faint light on the cabin, feeling the vast aura coming from it, and a look of interest.
Xiao Ling stood on Xiong Mengxin's shoulder and was drowsy, unable to lift his spirit at all.
Zixu glanced at Xiong Mengxin and the sleepy Xiao Ning, and walked north without thinking.
Seeing Zixu leaving, Xiong Mengxin moved her gaze back and quickly followed.
The two of them walked up the steep slope and walked up through the weeds.
"Ancestor, the sound of reading just now seems to be a little interesting." Xiong Mengxin followed Zixu to the high slope, and said unfinished.
Zixu said to Xiong Mengxin as if intentionally and unintentionally: "Since it's interesting, do you want us to live here for a while."
"Is this really okay?". Xiong Mengxin looked at Zixu and asked him with wide eyes.
Zixu looked at Xiong Mengxin, who was surprised, and nodded slowly: "It's okay."
"But Patriarch, there is no place to live here." Xiong Mengxin looked around, standing on a high slope and looking out for a bird's-eye view of the village in the south.
Zixu pointed to the north: "Where do you see what?"
"The county?". Looking at the majestic city looming, and the majestic armor soldiers on it, Xiong Mengxin immediately recognized the level of this city.
His gaze turned to Zixu: "Master, are we going to find an inn in the county town?"
"No, we dwell on this high slope." Zixu said to Xiong Mengxin, pointing to the weeds around her.
Xiong Mengxin suddenly collapsed her face: "I live in the wilderness again."
"Are you scared?". Zixu asked Xiong Mengxin rhetorically.
Xiong Mengxin hurriedly shook her head: "What am I afraid of if I have a master, but I always live in some wilderness along the way, and it is too cold."
"Not chilling". Zixu replied to Xiong Mengxin, and the power of merit spread in his heart. Two thatched huts, slowly rising.
Xiong Mengxin looked at the raised thatched huts and walked to one of them with her head drooping.
Seeing Xiong Mengxin's back, Zixu looked at Xiao Ling on its shoulder and slowly frowned. Since entering Xizhou, this little spirit has been in a state of drowsiness, could it be that the catastrophe that belongs to it has come suddenly? .
Looking around, a trace of merit wanders here. It seems that there is a slight gain in my heart, maybe this is really the place I need to find.
Viewed down from the sky, this large slope resembles a sleeping giant tortoise. That's why Zixu will come with Xiong Mengxin.
Thinking of this, I slowly walked to the thatched house that belonged to me, a wisp of sandalwood appeared out of thin air, and the mosquitoes among the weeds on the high slope were quiet.
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"Step, step, step ......".
The crisp sound of horses' hooves sounded below the high slope, and a carriage moved slowly.
The coachman subconsciously took a deep breath, smelling the sandalwood and only felt refreshed: "Master, this fragrance smells refreshing, just like those Taoist temples and temples."
"No, I should say that this fragrance is more elegant than that in the temple and the temple." The coachman drove the horse slowly.
The wheels of the carriage touched a lump of dirt, shook slightly, and then returned to calm.
"The fragrance in the temple?". A woman's voice came from inside the carriage.
When the coachman heard the woman's voice, he subconsciously slowed down the horse again: "If you return to Mrs., this fragrance is indeed the same as in temples and Taoist temples." If you don't believe me, you can smell it carefully."
"Sure enough, this fragrance is so elegant." A man's voice came from inside the carriage.
Immediately after that, the woman's voice said, "Stop the carriage."
"Madame, why did you stop the carriage? Didn't we go to Xiya Village to visit our son?" The man's voice rang out again.
The coachman listened to these two words, and it was not to stop, and it was not only to make the horse a little slower again.
"The old man has forgotten the words of the past." The woman's voice came slowly.
The man's voice did not come for a long time, and the coachman could not but obey the lady's order, and stopped the carriage for a moment. Because if you go down, you will have to leave the confines of this high slope.
As soon as the carriage stopped, the people inside did not delay, and reached out to lift the curtain.
A middle-aged man's face appeared in the car window, and the man looked at Gao Po for a long time before he spoke: "You mean that the Taoist said back then, worship the temple every temple." When you meet the Taoist temple, you will worship the Taoist temple, and come forward when you meet the fragrance."
"Naturally, when we did what we said, not only did my son's terminal illness gradually improve, but even our family was able to turn evil into good fortune. Last year, the country of Chu was in turmoil, and we didn't come here by virtue of these." The middle-aged woman said to the man.
The man seemed to be in deep thought: "Who would have thought that every temple to worship the temple, every Taoist temple to worship the Taoist temple, but let us form a lot of good karma." It's just that this time I stepped forward when I met the fragrance, I was afraid that it would be in vain."
"Now that the state exam is near, my son moved to Xiya Village to study hard for the exam, and at this time, when he met Qingxiang, he stepped forward according to his words." The woman confronted the man.
The man looked at Gao Po outside the carriage: "Last year, our family fled to Xizhou, but fortunately we had a relationship with those temples and Taoist temples. Under their matchmaking, this became a place of guards."
"Now that the state test is imminent, I don't know how many people are staring at my son in the land of the three continents of the Red Flame Sect, hoping that he will fall to Sun Mountain. Now listening to you, I should probably go up this high slope to see it and pay a little respect. It's just that we've passed this high slope countless times in the past year, and have you ever smelled this fragrance? The man said to the woman.
The woman looked a little sad: "Although the words are so, you have traveled half a hundred, and now you have been abolished, won't your previous achievements be wasted."
"It's just a time when you meet the fragrance and don't come forward, why does the lady say that it will be wasted?" The man spoke to the woman, then lowered the curtains.
The sadness on the woman's face became a little thicker: "But the words of the year were ......."
"Madame". There was displeasure in the man's words.
Then the voice sounded again: "It has been difficult for my husband for the past year, how can I have time to go up this high slope at this time, in case this is a killer sent by the Chu State." If we go up because they have heard about us, they will not be caught in a special ambush."
"Go to West Cliff Village". The man did not wait for the woman to reply, then commanded outside the car.
A majestic voice came, and the coachman hurriedly replied in a hurry: "It's the master."
With a wave of the whip in his hand, the pony suddenly sped up.
The carriage departed, carrying with it a cloud of dust.
......
Sitting on the futon in the thatched hut, Zixu seemed to have an understanding in his heart, and then his brows gradually wrinkled.
Is it useless to force it before the opportunity comes?
Thinking of this, my mind flipped and I subconsciously stood up. A hint in the dark always tells me that something very important has just passed.
"Why is the heart of the deity troubled?" Ziyang, who was sitting in the Heavenly Dao Sect, felt Zixu's emotions and said to him in his heart.
Zixu calmed down his mood and replied in his heart: "There was just a flash of opportunity."
"It's the deity's fate that can't go away, it's not the deity's fate that can't be sought, the deity can rest assured." Ziyang thought about it a little and persuaded Zixu.
Zixu looked outside the thatched house: "It seems that the deity needs to stay here for a while."
"The deity can rest assured, everything is as usual in the Heavenly Dao Sect and Lingzhou County." Ziyang said to Zixu in his heart.
Zixu nodded slowly, slowly walked out of the thatched house, and then closed the connection between the two in his heart.
Looking up at the sky, I don't know what kind of chance this opportunity is, there is a way that I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain.
The time is not up, the things are not obvious, and I can only wait patiently.
Looking around at these weeds, the power of merit spreads again. One foot is the center, and within 100 meters in front, everything is turned into flowers. A straight road stretches down the slope from here.
Looking at his masterpiece, Zixu nodded with satisfaction. These merits used to be precious, but now they are nothing. It's like a scoop of water in the ocean, and it doesn't hurt to take it out and use it at will.
Then he turned around and returned to the thatched hut, and closed his eyes slightly on the futon, contemplating the secret book of the Heavenly Dao in his mind. Take advantage of this rare leisure, and it is time to comprehend your own fundamental exercises.
A phantom of a long river of time seemed to emerge from front of my eyes, and countless information came immediately.
The Heavenly Dao Secret Texts in his mind echoed with the information from this long river of time, and unconsciously, his own strength and understanding of merit were more condensed.