There is a way in the world, and I wear it, and there is no way in the world, and I wear it.

- "Kaiyin Song" The next morning, at the beginning of the day, Xingyan woke up early. In the midst of the upheaval, he didn't sleep much that night.

When I woke up, I saw that the sky was not yet bright, and only the eastern sky showed some bright white colors. Turning over from the camping place, he looked around, and saw that there was silence in the nearby camp, and no one had gotten up. Only in the deep grass in the distance, the sentry sergeants were still wandering.

Stretching his waist, for fear of alarming others, Xingyan walked slowly downstream along the stream next to the camp. After the smoke and fire last night, Xingyan now feels a little tense on his face, so he wants to go to the stream to wash his face of smoke and dust.

After walking for a while, I suddenly saw this winding mountain stream gradually winding into a verdant grove. When he saw the edge of the forest, he stopped moving forward, squatted on a round white stone by the stream, and picked up the stream with both hands to wash his face.

When the cool stream water lifted his face, he felt some hot pain on his face. It is estimated that this was smoked by fireworks during the breakout last night.

After washing for a while, I finally learned Qiong Wei again, and wiped a few handfuls on my face with my hand, which was considered to be clean. When he had finished washing, he got up and prepared to return to the camp.

At this moment, Xingyan suddenly heard a nice voice in front of him saying to him: "Xingyan, wipe your face with this." ”

Splashed with water, his vision was blurred at this time, but as soon as he heard the familiar voice, he knew that the person who spoke was the princess Ju Ying. Although I don't know when the princess woke up and came along, she replied, and took the silk handkerchief with the fragrance of blue musk, and carefully wiped it on her face.

After wiping the water droplets on his face, Xingyan clearly saw that Ju Ying was wearing a plain long skirt and was standing in front of him with a smile.

When she also had a face by the water, and seeing that it was still early, Xingyan walked with her nearby.

In the early morning wilderness around them, the air was exceptionally fresh. The breeze is slightly moist, and if you sniff it, you can feel a strong scent of grass.

Xingyan Juying walked in the morning breeze of such a grass, and neither of them spoke for a while. When he was silent, he didn't know when a mist gradually rose in the mountains and fields, like a cloud of smoke, lingering faintly beside him.

Finally, when the starlight receded and the dawn was faint, Xingyan finally found the topic and called softly: "Juying." ”

"Hmm~"

The girl responded tactfully. So the two stopped, staring at each other in a dew-drenched glade. I only heard the awakening words and said: "Ju Ying, I recently learned that the jade pendant you gave me the year before last turned out to be your identity token." ”

"Hmm. ”

Ju Ying responded, thought about it and said: "This jade pendant has a name, called 'Bichen', which was given to me by Ju Ying's father when he was a child. ”

"Dust?"

"Well, because this jade can not only absorb toxins, but also have the effect of repelling dust. As long as you wear it, the dust that flies off you won't fall on you. ”

"Ah, I can't imagine such magic!"

Hearing Ju Ying's words, Xingyan hurriedly raised the jade pendant on his chest to his eyes and looked at it carefully. While watching, he also said to himself: "No wonder, wearing it makes me feel much more refreshed......"

After observing the jade pendant carefully for a while, Xingyan suddenly woke up, and held the jade pendant and said to the girl in front of him: "Ju Ying, I didn't expect this jade pendant to be such a treasure, so I can't ask for it." Besides, you are a royal princess, delicate and expensive, so naturally you can't be contaminated with vulgarity. This dust-clearing jade pendant will be returned to you today. ”

As he spoke, he lowered his head and prepared to take the jade pendant off his neck. It's just that when he was about to pick it, he was stopped by Ju Ying's hand.

I saw that this noble princess Yingyu returned to the smart appearance of the "Juying girl" in the past, smiled at him, and said, "Wake up, this jade is still with you." ”

"Yingyu now feels that the smoke and dust in this world is also interesting~"

After Xiao Yingying finished speaking, she seemed to be afraid of Xingyan insisting, so she quickly brought up another topic: "By the way, Sister Yueru looked for you that day?"

"yes. What's wrong?"

After Xingyan answered, he was a little strange to see that the girl in front of him only looked away and stopped talking. He didn't know that at this time, Ju Yingzheng blurted out what he just said with some regret.

The thought of the words that her handkerchief had relayed to her made her face feel a little ashamed. After a while, Ju Ying had to eat and said: "Wake up, that girl sometimes doesn't choose to speak, don't take those words to heart." ”

Hearing this, Xingyan remembered what Zong Yueru had said to him that day.

Looking at the shy girl in front of him, for some reason an inexplicable courage suddenly surged in his heart. So, the embarrassed girl heard the young man in front of her say seriously: "Ju Ying, I naturally won't take those words to heart. Because now I've figured it out. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing him say solemnly, the girl with shy cheeks was a little surprised, so she raised her head to look at him - I saw this young man with clear eyes and water said solemnly: "Ju Ying, you are a princess, after knowing this great identity, I naturally dare not have any extravagant hopes." It's just that no matter what you think of me, I still like you. ”

——Awakening words, like a thunderclap in a silent place, made the innocent girl who heard others say "I like you" for the first time in her life, and suddenly felt a "boom", as if there was a sudden thunder in the dark, which shocked me so dizzy that I could barely hear the young man's follow-up words.

"Well, yes, I like you, although you are a princess, it is impossible to like me, but at least I can like you myself. ”

The boy who accidentally revealed his heart now seems to realize something, and is carefully embellishing his words and trying to mend it. It's just that just when his words were entangled and the more he spoke, the more chaotic he became, he saw the girl in front of him, and her delicate body suddenly shook, like a falling leaf in the wind, as if she was about to fall!

Seeing this scene, Xingyan couldn't care about explaining anymore, and quickly reached out to hold the girl. Just as he was about to say something to remind her to be more careful, he suddenly heard a thin sentence in his ear: "Wake up, I, I like you too......"

......

Suddenly, Xingyan only felt that his mind was blank, and he could only see the morning sun casting a warm pillar of light in the forest, a pair of winged butterflies fluttering, and countless bright iridescent colors shining among the green grass and red flowers!

Fragrant waist full of hand, yes?

Ears and temples grinding, dreams?

It's too late to answer all this. These two sons and daughters who met in the deepest part of the romantic red dust have forgotten everything outside of their bodies, only remembering themselves and her, him and themselves......

So, at a certain moment, the soldiers and horses who gradually got up in the mountains and forests suddenly heard a song like a god singing in the air. When they looked at the thousands of brilliant rays of light in the sky and wanted to listen carefully, they found that there was silence in the clouds, and they only heard the chirping of birds in the early morning in the mountains.

When this strange sound in the clouds came, Qiong Wei, who was very clear, only cared about holding her Sister Xue Yi's hand and dragging it to the edge of a forest, and said while running: "Sister Xue Yi, go and see, my brother and Sister Ju Ying are there!"

It's just that when she Xue Yi's sister arrived at the edge of the jungle and glanced at the forest, she immediately turned red with shame, and quickly turned around and covered the eyes of the little girl who was looking in.

Just as Qiong Wei was about to protest, she suddenly heard a "shhhh

When the two sisters heard the sound and turned their eyes, they found that it was the general in the golden helmet and golden armor, who was putting his fingers to his lips and pouting, signaling them to keep quiet.

Then, under the leadership of this majestic general, they quietly left this jungle of birds and flowers. At the time of the evacuation, the general did not forget to warn his daughter who came with him: "Girl, listen well! This matter is very important, and no one is allowed to tell you after you return to Beijing until you come up with a perfect plan for your father!"

While he was admonishing, Kou Xueyi was busy holding the little Qiong Wei who wanted to chase the colorful butterfly and telling her not to peek. So Qiong Wei was shocked: "Ah, sister, you can actually hear what I say in my heart!"

Just as they left in a panic, a voice was finally heard in the silent forest where the morning light was obliquely shining: "...... Ju Ying, thank you. Now I don't think the wounds on my face hurt much!"

After saying this, seeing that the girl in front of him was as beautiful as a glow, he didn't dare to answer, so he said again: "It's just that I feel a little painful now......

Hearing Xingyan say this, when the girl hesitated, she saw him smile brightly and said, "Ju Ying, we should go back to the camp - in fact, I just saw that you didn't talk and teased you." It doesn't hurt now. ”

Hearing this, the girl was ashamed, so she clenched her pink fist and made a gesture to fight, and then the two chased out of the forest one after the other.

When they reached the ten thousand rays of light outside the forest, the two frolicking and chasing people stopped. Stretched out his hand to straighten Ju Ying's fluffy bun on her sideburns, and Xingyan smiled at her with a knowing smile. The catastrophe is over, and now for them, everything is no longer the same as before.

So, in this wonderful early morning, with the silent oath between the corner of the mountain, the river and the forest, when Ju Ying separated from Xingyan again, there was no melancholy hesitation in the past. When I said goodbye, there were only words of repeated advice, as well as longing and blessings for the future.

After saying goodbye to Ju Ying, Xingyan and Qiong Wei Xueyi were invisible in the counties near Yulin County.

This sudden happiness did not make the Four Seas Hall Master forget the resentment in his heart. Since that night's incident, Bai Shijun has not even been willing to do superficial work, and has transported all the grain hoarded by the rice store grain store under his control back to Yujia City; As a result, Yulin County, which has not yet recovered, is even worse.

Seeing such a scene, Xingyan was anxious.

Now, he had also wondered if such an anxious state of mind was against the path of tranquility he was practicing. It's just that after every reflection, as soon as he saw the scattered remnants of the crops in the countryside and the sad scene of the cow clothes weeping in the civilian portal, the chivalrous energy in his bones prevailed: "If you can kill one person and live ten thousand, even if the road is not successful?"

It's just that although he vowed to kill the thieves, Bai Shijun was frightened since that night, so he only dared to hide in Yujia City. And this Yujia City is more and more heavily guarded, even if there are occasional birds flying over the sky, they will be killed by an arrow. Even, gradually, there were rumors among the people, saying that a few mountain people went to the Qiming Mountains to cut firewood, and accidentally got a little closer to Yujiacheng, and they were immediately shot and killed by the officers and soldiers patrolling day and night.

Hearing the rumors in the market, Bai Shijun did all kinds of perverse things, and he became even more anxious.

After more than half a month like this, he finally couldn't hold it back, so he had to adopt Qiong Wei Xueyi's suggestion, and prepare to break through directly and enter Yujia City together.

It was at this time that he suddenly heard a news: Bai Shijun, the county guard, opened a "treasure bureau" to buy antiques from the people in order to rebuild the summer manor.

It turned out that I don't know if it was providence, or if the wind blown by Qiong Wei really played a role, and that night, a Shuiyun Villa was burned to the ground by the fire. So, when the depressed aristocratic son saw that the wind gradually subsided, his heart for fun gradually rose, and he was ready to collect folk treasures and rebuild Shuiyun Villa. Of course, judging from the actions of this Bai Junshou these days, this high-sounding "treasure bureau" is just a cover for looting people's wealth.

When he heard the news, the Four Seas Hall Master, who had been sneaking around, seemed to be thoughtful.

"Treasure Bureau, Treasure Bureau......"

So, about two days later, the newly established yamen "Treasure Bureau" in Yuping County, which did not even come to the door with ghosts, suddenly came to the gate with a dusty face and a young beggar in ragged clothes. When the beggar arrived at the gate of the Treasure Bureau, the new ambassador of the Treasure Bureau, Zhou Fang, had just sent two teams of errand officers who had just asked for the treasures of the wealthy households, and was now watching them away.

When Zhou Fang turned around sideways and was about to return to the hall, he saw this ragged beggar coming over.

As soon as he saw that he was a beggar, he immediately turned his nose on the new ambassador's nose: "Bad luck! In the two days since the opening of this treasure bureau, the first person to take the initiative to come to the door was a beggar begging for food!

Just as Zhou Fang exhaled and was about to drink and order his subordinates to drive the beggar away, he suddenly saw that after the young man with a face full of smoke and dust approached, he suddenly smiled at him and whispered mysteriously: "Lord Zhou, I came today, not to beg for food, but for an ancestral treasure to be dedicated to the adult!"

Hearing him say this, Zhou Fang looked at him with slanted eyes, his face full of disbelief.

Seeing that he was indifferent, the little beggar didn't mind, groped in his arms for a while, then took out a ring and presented it to the adult in front of him respectfully.

Seeing that the little beggar really took out a treasure, Zhou Fang carefully took the ring from the palm covered with putty, and took it to the sun to look at it carefully: I saw that the ring in front of him was made of pure bright silver, with an ancient shape, inlaid with a square black jade in the middle, and two silver dragons coiled around.

"Well, look at this crafting style, it does look like a treasure. ”

Zhou Fang, the ambassador of the Treasure Bureau, is an antique dealer and naturally knows the goods.

Just as he was carefully appreciating, he heard the young man in front of him say: "Lord Zhou, this pure heart ring is a small family heirloom. Wearing it, it can clear the mind and ward off evil spirits, prolong life, and it is a rare treasure. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that I didn't eat enough for a few days, I wouldn't have sacrificed this ancestral treasure to ......"

Listening to his chatter, Zhou Fang paid attention to this bright silver dragon ring again, and sure enough, he found that there was a faint sense of clarity in the jade face, and when he held it a little closer, it made people calm and feel indescribably refreshing and comfortable.

"It's a treasure!"

Seeing this wonder, Zhou Fang finally decided that the ring in his hand was indeed a treasure.

At this time, the beggar in front of him was still nagging: "...... The little one heard from others that he was frightened, so he came to offer this treasure. My lord, just look at the treasure and give me a good price......"

Hearing him say this, Zhou Fang suddenly seemed to be reminded, his eyes lit up, and he woke up: "Ah! Why didn't I think of it!"

"This beggar is right, that the emperor's relatives Bai Taishou, aren't they just restless these days? If I take this ring and sacrifice it, won't I be able to greatly please him? Maybe he will be added to the official and knighted ......."

Thinking of this, Ambassador Zhou, who had not been promoted for a long time because of his businessman's background, immediately felt warm. Seeing that the little beggar in front of him was still muttering about the price, he suddenly sneered, forced over and said in a low voice: "Okay, you are a lawless man, pretending to be a beggar, who can you deceive?"

At his low shout, the young beggar was suddenly frightened. It's just that this panic was only fleeting, and I saw that he suddenly had a smile on his face, and he also lowered his voice, and said with a saliva face: "Oh, my lord, you are really like a torch, and nothing can fool you!"

"Actually, the little one only has a few friends who robbed the tomb, and this ring, to tell the adults, is a treasure, but it was picked up by those friends from an ancient tomb. I don't think you're going to be ...... right now."

“......”

Hearing the clever young man's confession, Ambassador Zhou, who knew people well, groaned for a while. After a while, the young man who was waiting for him to answer suddenly heard him shout: "Wow, you are really hateful!"

Hearing his sudden call, the young man's surprise was not trivial. Just as he was about to try to slip away, he saw the chubby Ambassador Zhou in front of him shouting: "Okay, you little scoundrel! Such a small ring actually asks me for fifty taels of silver, and this silk robe on my body!"

"Uh......"

Suddenly, I saw him full of delirium, and the ragged boy was inexplicable. When he was stunned, he saw that this Lord Zhou Fang and Zhou had rushed back to the hall, took a bag of silver from his own money box in the treasure bureau hall and handed it to the young man, and then he really took off his robe.

Just when he didn't know why, the young man saw that the ambassador of the week was approaching, and he threatened in a vicious low voice: "Boy, let you take it!"

Then he stuffed the moon-white light silk robe into the young man's hand.

Seeing him act like a madman, the young man who offered the treasure did not dare to investigate it in detail for a while, and after slipping out of a few streets, he realized the mystery: it turned out that this little official was only for two words: "flattery".

"Ha! His hard work has fulfilled me!"

With a heavy silver bag in his hand, the boy couldn't help but laugh.

Naturally, this clever young man who first became a beggar and then a tomb robber is the hall master of the world's first orthodox Taoist sect, Zhang Xingyan. And that ring......

When he held Qiong Wei again, the middle finger of his left hand, which originally had a dark ring, was now empty.

So, just a day or two later, those officials who were familiar with Taishou knew through various channels that Bai Taishou was crazy for him.

This shocking news was originally received from a henchman who was too guarded. It is said that somehow, Bai Taishou suddenly seemed to meet a ghost in the day before yesterday, full of crazy words, demented eyes, and then gradually lost his life, like three souls went to two souls, like a wood carving clay sculpture all day long, and could no longer take care of political affairs.

Hearing this strange thing, there was naturally a lot of discussion among the insiders. Because, that Bai Shijun is protected by many Taoist feathers, how can he be easily attacked by ghosts? In this world, how can there be such a powerful ghost!

Maybe...... All this is just a pretext.

So, in connection with the previous locust plague, rumors gradually spread everywhere in this Yulin County, saying everything.

Not to mention the aftermath in the state capital for the time being, let's talk about the awakening, but now he is in the shadow of a mountain cliff, accepting a sincere apology from a giant spirit evil god two or three feet high: "Master, I'm sorry, this time it's all to blame Lao Xiao for making his own decisions, and he will definitely not next time!"

"Next time, I will definitely ask the master first to find out how much life and death do I want that person to live. ”

"Uh......"

About three days later, just as Xingyan took Qiong Wei Xueyi to a ferry port in a strange road smoke and dust, he suddenly heard someone behind him calling: "Master Zhang, please stay!"

Hearing the sound, he looked back, but saw a Taoist striding from a distance.

When he approached, he recognized this Taoist priest as the Qingyun Daoist who had fought with him in Shuiyun Village before.

After understanding the cause and effect, when he saw this Qingyun Daoist again, he was a little embarrassed. Just as he was about to open his mouth to apologize, he suddenly saw that the Qingyun Dao people took a deep look at him, and he actually made a big gift to himself!

When Qingyun Dao raised his head, he saw that he was saying to himself with admiration: "Master Zhang, just now Poor Dao thanked you for the people of Yulin County!"

Hearing this, you will know what he is referring to. As soon as he returned the salute and humbly said twice, he praised softly: "Senior, you are really like a torch!"

This time, he really praised it.

Hearing his praise, the Qingyun Dao people thanked him again and again, and then said sincerely to the young man: "Donor, your magic power is high, and the poor Dao is beyond the reach of the dust. It's just that there is one thing that I think I want to tell you. ”

“...... Seniors, you are too polite, if you have anything to say, the juniors should listen to you!"

"Good!"

Seeing that the young man in front of him was humble and polite, the Qingyun Dao man who was born in the righteous path nodded slightly, and then said something heartfelt: "According to the poor Dao, although your mana is strong, it seems that you have gone to the side door. Although in this world, there are some paths of cultivation, such as the path of demons and ghosts, that are more effective, but in the long run, these paths will always have endless consequences!"

Speaking of this, after looking at the ring between the young man's fingers that showed a hint of ghostly energy, Qingyun Dao took out a book from his arms, handed it to Xingyan with both hands, and said sincerely: "This is when he was cultivating the Dao of the Poor Dao, he was kindly given the Shangqing Book of Xiaodao by a disciple of the Shangqing Palace. Poor Dao has asked Xuan for decades, and he can have some small achievements, but this Shangqing* has helped a lot. ”

"Now, I will give it to you, hoping to help you get rid of the ghostly aura and get the Great Dao as soon as possible!"

After that, Qingyun Dao handed this scripture to the good-hearted young man in front of him.

Waiting for Xingyan to take over this thin scroll, he quickly flipped it back and forth, but found that this scripture solemnly given by the people of Qingyun Dao was a copy of the "Shangqing Sutra".

It's just that this Shangqing Hall Master didn't show the slightest surprise.

Solemnly taking this volume of "Shangqing Sutra" into his arms, he took a deep look at the Qingyun senior in front of him. Then he watched as he drifted away from the embankment and disappeared into the smoke and dust of the verdant grass road. Exactly: reading the Bible does not understand the new book, and forgetting each other may not be in the rivers and lakes.

The twelfth volume of "Smoke and Dust of the Fairy Road" is over.

Stay tuned for the next volume of this book: "The First Rain of the Goddess Yunxi"