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When Ye Zhen and the three of them arrived in Pingliang City, it was early in the morning, and there were many pedestrians on this road to Kongtong Mountain, the crowd was like a stream, almost all of them were heading east, crowded with people, gathered together, it was really an endless stream, and the traffic was busy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ye Zhen and Xiao Hei were greatly surprised when they saw this, but Hua Chong was indifferent, looking commonplace, and motioned for Ye Zhen and the two to move forward with the flow of people.

Ye Zhen was secretly strange, and then looked at the people around him were ordinary people, ordinary people, men, women and children, some people walked together and were obviously a family, they talked as they walked, their demeanor was relaxed, and their clothes were neat and clean, it seemed that they were going to participate in some grand event.

Ye Zhen secretly said, "Are you going to the market?" or ......" When he was thinking, he raised his eyes to look ahead, a big mountain was in sight, because it was early morning, and there were clouds and mist around the mountain, making those uneven peaks loom in the clouds, quite mysterious, transcendent, that is Kongtong Mountain, that is the place where the God Emperor cultivated back then!

Seeing that he was about to arrive at Kongtong Mountain, Ye Zhen was inevitably a little excited, and then looked at the crowd, he suddenly realized, and said in his heart, "Could it be that these people are going to Kongtong Mountain to make incense and wish to go?"

After thinking about it, he asked Hua Chong if this was the case, and Hua Chong smiled and nodded, saying that he guessed well, but today is a little special, these people are not going to Kongtong Mountain, but to another place.

Ye Zhen was stunned, and asked Hua Chong where they were going, Hua Chong smiled, pointed ahead, and said, "You'll know when you arrive." That smile is still very mysterious, and in Xiao Hei's eyes, Hua Chong's smile is not only a little cheap, but also very weird, and that evil smile looks very annoying!

Don't look at Kongtong Mountain, it seems to be close at hand, but it really takes a long time to walk over, Ye Zhen, Xiao Hei, and Hua Chong walked with the crowd for nearly two hours, and it is also thirty or forty miles, but you can only look at Kongtong Mountain from afar, not closely, and the distance does not seem to have shortened much.

Xiao Hei was mixed in with the crowd, the more he walked, the more annoyed he became, and his mouth was muttering for a while, nothing more than saying, "Why are there so many people? Why haven't you arrived yet? How long will it take?"

Ye Zhen knew that she had always liked to be quiet, and when there were many people, her mood would be restless, so she was comforted by the side, and Hua Chong also said a few words from time to time, but Xiao Hei didn't hear his words, in exchange for just a white eye, which made him very depressed and helpless, feeling that he was an outsider.

Although the road is long, as long as it advances, it will be shortened, and after walking for nearly an hour, Kongtong Mountain is really coming.

Seeing that he could reach the foot of the mountain a short distance further, Ye Zhen found that the surging flow of people suddenly changed direction, and when he walked out of the road leading to the foot of the mountain, he turned north and entered a dense forest.

Ye Zhen was slightly stunned, Hua Chong nodded at him, and there was no explanation, he and Xiao Hei looked at each other, and then followed into the woods.

This is a poplar forest, the trees are straight and tall, but the time is not right, the leaves have long withered, the ground is the accumulation of a thick layer of fallen leaves, as soon as you enter the woods, Ye Zhen smells a corrupt, withered breath, under the cover of tall trees, the sun suddenly weakened, and the surroundings seem a little gloomy.

There were no wide roads in the woods, and when the crowd entered the woods, they dispersed and continued north along several paths, perhaps under the influence of their surroundings, and everyone fell silent, and few people spoke, only the sound of footsteps, dull and depressing.

Ye Zhen really wanted to ask where he was going, why did they all get into the forest collectively, is there any Taoist temple in this poplar forest?

Look at Hua Chong, this guy is still so unfathomable, Hugh wants to ask me, just move forward in virtue, Ye Zhen knew that he wouldn't say it if he asked, so he held back.

As soon as Xiao Hei entered the poplar forest, his mood was actually much better, so he asked Ye Zhen what kind of trees these are? Why do they look so strange? Why do trees have eyes on their bodies?

Ye Zhen told her that the reason why the poplar tree has eyes is the traces left after pruning the branches.

Hua Chong wanted to say a few words, but when he remembered the white eyes he had just exchanged, he didn't have the courage, so he could only listen silently, and said in his heart, "Xiao Hei is really innocent, he doesn't even know the poplar tree, alas, if he asks me, I know no less than Brother Ye!" He was self-pitying, secretly depressed, since he met Xiao Hei, he was often depressed.

After walking like this for a while, Ye Zhen suddenly said, "Brother Hua, who planted this poplar forest?"

Xiao Heiqi said, "Big brother, how do you know that this is planted by someone else, maybe it is wild?"

Hua Chong was about to speak, but Ye Zhen didn't give him a chance, "You see that the distance between this tree is about the same, and then you see that there are traces of pruning on each tree, just by this eye, you can show that these poplars were planted by others." Saying that, he looked around and said with a slight emotion, "How much manpower and material resources are needed to take care of and repair such a large forest, Brother Hua, who has such a big hand?"

Hua Chong said with a smile, "This forest has a very long history, the original forest was only a dozen miles in a square area, but after some people have planted and repaired it for generations, it has expanded to a radius of hundreds of miles, which can be regarded as a scenery of Kongtong Mountain." ”

Ye Zhen exclaimed, "Generations of planting, how long is that?"

As the saying goes, "ten years to build people, a hundred years of trees", from a radius of more than ten miles of trees to hundreds of miles, that is not ten or eight years can be done, even a hundred years will not work, that will take a lot of time.

Hua Chong saw that Ye Zhen was so surprised, so he smiled and said, "Naturally, it will take a long, long time, I don't know how long it will take, in short, it's been a long time." ”

Xiao Hei couldn't help but exclaim, "What is it called for a long time, isn't this nonsense!"

Hua Chong smiled bitterly, "It's nonsense, it's nonsense, I'll be clear, this poplar forest is almost ...... Yes...... There are five or six hundred years...... No...... A thousand years or two, well, that's probably that long. ”

Xiao Hei didn't have any concept of time, and nodded, "That's pretty much it." ”

Ye Zhen was even more surprised, and said, "For such a long time, who is maintaining this forest?"

Hua Chong pouted, motioned ahead, and then said, "You'll know when you get out of the forest." ”

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xiao Hei was annoyed again, so he dug someone at a glance, which made Hua Chong is heart for a while, Ye Zhen looked ahead, the dense woods seemed to be endless, what would be ahead?

Although the woods are very large, they are not really boundless, Ye Zhen and the others are crossing the woods, walking in the forest for about ten miles, and there are some people's shouts in front of them, the sound is actually not loud, those people deliberately lowered their voices, as if they were afraid of alarming something, that is, Ye Zhen has good ears, so he can hear it really.

Along with those shouts, Ye Zhen also smelled a strange fragrance, Xiao Hei wrinkled his nose, and asked, "What does this smell like?"

Hua Chong was about to explain, but Ye Zhen had already said, "It seems to be the smell of incense and candles." ”

Xiao Heiqi said, "What is the incense candle?"

Hua Chong hurriedly said, "It's incense and candles." ”

Xiao Hei still didn't quite understand, and frowned, "What is this?"

Hua Chong had to explain, but Ye Zhen didn't give him a chance, and said, "You'll know when you see you in a while." "Could it be that there is a temple outside the forest?"

Xiao Hei was anxious and wanted to know what the incense candle was, so he pulled Ye Zhen to speed up his pace and rushed forward, Hua Chong followed behind, shouting as he walked, "Don't worry, there are people outside now, you slow down." His words were like a breath of anger, Xiao Hei didn't take it seriously at all, which made Hua Chong very helpless, feeling that his status in Xiao Hei's heart seemed to be ...... Something is bad.

Hua Chong's words were really right, Xiao Hei and Ye Zhen rushed out of the woods and saw a group of people, and the scene could be regarded as a sea of people.

Outside the woods was a large square, but it was not so big because of the crowd that had gathered.

Seeing so many people, Ye Zhen and Xiao Hei were all stunned, and shouted in unison, "There are so many people!"

The strange thing is that there are a lot of people in the square, but the movement is not big, everyone is very quiet, Ye Zhen, Xiao Hei's exclamation is a little outstanding, and it instantly attracted countless eyes, and all of them have a bit of blame in their eyes, obviously thinking that the loud voices of the two of them are very undeserved.

Ye Zhen was secretly shocked, Xiao Hei was unaware of the surrounding eyes, and wanted to scream again, Ye Zhen hurriedly covered her mouth, it would be bad if she was angry.

Xiao Hei is not a stupid person, as soon as Ye Zhen covered her mouth, she knew that she couldn't shout at this time, so she nodded at Ye Zhen very obediently, and her body naturally leaned on Ye Zhen's arms.

Ye Zhen half-hugged Xiao Hei, at first he didn't feel anything, but when he saw the sparkling brilliance in Xiao Hei's big eyes, as well as the look of déjà vu, and the slightly cool delicate body in his arms, Ye Zhen was shocked, and then realized that Xiao Hei was no longer a child, he was holding a beautiful girl like this, it was really inappropriate, so he hurriedly let go of his hand, opened the distance between him and Xiao Hei, and tried to keep his expression calm, but the heart couldn't calm down, obviously a little too fast.

Of course, these things happened very quickly, Ye Zhen and Xiao Hei were united in the blink of an eye, and by the time Hua Chong came to them, everything had returned to normal.