Crackling

The sound of firecrackers bids farewell to the old year, the New Year is coming, the whole world celebrates in the Middle Earth, Jinling City is also a jubilant and lively, every household welcomes spring, children laugh and laugh in the morning, take the New Year's money, congratulatory words, dress up, eat spring cakes, so not happy.

On Yecheng Mountain, from the time of night, the New Year's sacrifice ceremony of the Taoist temple has officially begun, the palace of the god king, the hall of the Ming Treasure of Datong and other halls are full of people, under the maintenance order of the Taoists, the pilgrims compete to pray for blessings on the ground, the smoke of the whole mountain gate lingers, the figure is sufficient, just like a fairyland on earth.

Early in the morning, regardless of the young and old, everyone put on brand new dresses, and the juniors went to meet the elders together, wishing them a happy birthday, and by the way, they took a New Year's money; Or take the New Year's money, and by the way, wish you a happy birthday.

Xie Lingyun, Ji Tong and Hengbao came to the hall of the Taoist Academy, and saw Nanyangzi sitting on the chair above, happily stroking his long beard; Uncle Lead and Mercury and Uncle Naughty Sky sat on the first seat on both sides, smiling beautifully, like two gods of wealth.

"Ha Lu haha, Wishing you prosperity" Xie Lingyun smiled and stepped forward, bowing to each of the three venerable elders, while saying: "Master, two senior uncles, I wish you happiness like the East China Sea and Shoubi Nanshan"

Hanbao whispered urgently: "Senior brother, isn't that what you said on your birthday?" Ji Tong smiled: "Little senior brother, then you are wrong, do you think about who can be as blessed as the East China Sea, Shoubi Nanshan?

"Oh," Heng Bao nodded, "But I'm still like in previous years, wishing all the masters all the best."

That's if you want to be a real person, you can want to be a real person, you can want the world to be peaceful, and there are better blessings

"Greedy" Ji Tong didn't think so, and congratulated in a serious tone: "I wish the three masters all a beautiful woman as soon as possible, add fragrance to the red sleeves when cultivating, and spend the moon before the moon in your spare time" He laughed, Xie Lingyun also smiled: "Good wishes, best wishes"

"Hehehe" Nanyangzi smiled heartily, already looking forward to meeting her sweetheart this autumn. Uncle Lead and Mercury was a 10,000-year-old yellow mud bachelor, and he had no illusions about himself, and he sighed angrily when he heard the words, as if he had hit a ghost. Uncle Naughty Sky was the most excited, applauding and shouting: "Okay, this is a good Ha Luha, if I can get my wish, I will not be empty immediately."

"Uncle Shi, I wish you all the best, why is it better?" Uncle Naughty Sky said hehehe: "Then there will be no surprises, what do you say?"

"Whatever, give the New Year's money" Xie Lingyun spread his palms wide, walked around, pressed the New Year's money, pressed the New Year's money

Hengbao smiled and exclaimed: "I want it too" Ji Tong pretended to be solemn and groaned: "Zi said, money is like a floating cloud to me, except for the New Year's money." ”

"Yes" Nan Yangzi laughed even more, he took out some gossip money that had been prepared for a long time, and distributed it to three people, each of whom was ten. Xie Lingyun shouted to take double, and after pestering for a while, he got five more.

Then the two uncles also sent money, the lead and mercury uncle sent the fish pattern to spend money, and the stubborn uncle sent the pig-shaped zodiac money, although this year is not the year of the pig.

Compared with previous years, ten can be called a lot, Hengbao is very satisfied, and Xie Lingyun and Ji Tong are of course actually interested.

Xie Lingyun gently threw the stack of New Year's money in his hand, remembering many New Year's joys in his childhood, and couldn't help grinning, this is the true meaning of New Year's money......

They are not the only ones who get the New Year's money, and at the same time, the children of the entire mountain gate are like bees collecting honey. Now there are really a lot of children on the mountain, the fox clan, the tiger clan, and many Taoist children, they are happy, running from the west mountain to the east mountain, and from the east mountain to the north mountain, and the money bags are becoming more and more bulging......

At this moment, they did not notice that a dark shadow was following behind, and the crisis was coming.

Xie Lingyun and a few people went out of Xishan, and before they reached the Taoist temple group, they saw Chun'er and Zhao Ninglin coming, the girls were all dressed in beautiful new clothes, brocade clothes and embroidered jackets were charming, and their smiles added a pleasing scenery to this piece of festivity.

Everyone gathered together and laughed and talked, Xie Lingyun suddenly remembered that something was wrong, "Hey, why don't you have a loud voice...... Uh, where is Aman?

All the women looked at each other, and Chun'er shook her head: "I haven't been able to see Sister Aman in the morning, and we met Mr. Daba just now, but we couldn't see her." ”

It's weird. Just when everyone was puzzled, suddenly an exclamation came: "Oh no, no, something happened"

"What" Xie Lingyun was shocked, and immediately ran to the apse of the Datong Mingbao Hall in the north, what happened in the New Year?

Everyone followed closely, and they all looked nervous

When everyone came to the scene of the incident, they saw that there was already a large circle of Taoists in this empty courtyard, and in the middle were a few children with crying faces, Xie Lingyun asked anxiously: "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Ake", "Brother Ke, you came just in time" The Taoists explained the reason in a few words, Xie Lingyun and the others were shocked when they heard about it, what kind of beast ran up to Yecheng Mountain to make trouble?

"Is it really a year beast?" Xie Lingyun opened his mouth, the year beast, a legendary beast, has long been extinct in the world

"It's a year beast" and "one-horned" The children nodded one after another, the boys and girls were tearful, and all their New Year's money was snatched away, it was really ruthless, they didn't leave any of them, and they said that if they didn't give it, they would eat them.

But Xie Lingyun raised his face and said, "Don't worry, Brother Hakka is going to get justice for you today, where did the beast run away that year?"

Everyone is gearing up, what about the Nian beast, the monster that can be scared away by firecrackers, they are not afraid to dare to come to Yecheng Mountain to make trouble, it is really Tai Sui's head to break ground

The children pointed in the direction of the top of the mountain, Xie Lingyun smiled, there is a road in heaven that you don't go, and there is no door in hell for you to break into, and you still run to the top of the mountain if you make a mistake, what are you doing when you run so high, can you run away?

At that moment, everyone rushed to the top of the mountain violently, and sure enough, they saw a behemoth beast standing by the Flying Dragon Pavilion from a distance, but it seemed a little familiar......

"Then, isn't that, the Great Sage?" Chun'er's expression was stupid.

It was definitely Xie Lingyun's brows furrowed even higher, he had already vaguely guessed what was going on, the Great Sage didn't have the guts, there was only one truth, and the black hand behind the scenes was-

"Hee-hee...... I want to be the person who gets the most money in the world, and that vow sounds good...... Rest your feet and wait for a few more votes. ”

In the Flying Dragon Pavilion, there seemed to be a red-haired girl, who was swaggering and counting a large pile of New Year's money, one, two, three......

"Well, you have been arrested" Xie Lingyun suddenly flew into the Flying Dragon Pavilion, grabbed the suspect's shoulder, put on the majesty of Xie Du's head, and shouted: "You have the right to remain silent, but everything you say will be used as evidence in court." ”

"Prove your size, for your size" Ah Man's blue eyes rolled up and glared at him, "I don't know what you said." ”

At this time, everyone came behind and blocked the Flying Dragon Pavilion tightly, and Chun'er sighed: "Sister Aman, don't try to deny it, your matter of driving the Nian beast to rob money has been exposed." Xie Lingyun shouted loudly: "Wrong, it's the fake year beast that caused me to rejoice" Everyone is not like this, and they all looked at the cow, their eyes were not good.

"Don't look at me like this, I'm a great sage anyway, do you understand the great sage?"

Just as everyone was deep in thought, Ah Man sneered disdainfully: "Don't say that you are very innocent, if it weren't for you to cause trouble on the island, you wouldn't be here" The Great Sage said in a vicissitudes of tone: "I didn't have a choice before, but now I want to be a good cow." ”

Ah Man continued to laugh: "Okay, it's you who scares the children, and it's you who robs the money, you tell Xie Dutou to go, see if he lets you be a good cow." ”

The Great Sage of the Ox glanced at Xie Lingyun, and saw that his face was sinking like water, and it couldn't help but be anxious: "Is that to kill me?"

The legendary Nian Beast has a single horn, and the Ox also has a single horn, which looks a bit like it, so it's no wonder that children are scared......

"Does anyone know what to do?" Ah Man smiled sideways, stood up sideways, held the New Year's money in his arms, and was about to go down the mountain, "Okay, if you want to catch it, catch it, I'll go first, the New Year is flowing, it's very busy." ”

"Arrested, arrested, all arrested" Xie Lingyun waved his big hand, "Ah Man bullies the small with the big, and the judgment will be made later, and this ox helps to abuse ......"

"Zaila" The crowd rushed forward with emotion-

In the end, the case was successfully solved, and the children got back their share of the New Year's money, and the main culprit, Aman, was sentenced to an hour in prison, but in fact he was imprisoned for less than two moments; And the Great Sage of the Ox was really beaten miserably, and it became the cow in the Chaotian Palace's "Whip Spring Cow" festival, and I can't count how many people whipped it to beg for good luck.

Of course, it's not a whip hard, it's just a light beating, the Great Sage of the Ox with the realm of the Dao Fetus, the skin is thick and the flesh is incredibly thick, and it says that accepting this task is easier than being a slave of Aman

In addition to whipping spring cattle, there are many rituals and customs to be busy in Chaotian Palace, and now Nanyangzi is the protector of Jinling, and Chaotian Palace is the favorite ancestral court of the people of Jinling, which is not as simple as before.

But now there is Aunt Yuzhi, what is the fairy aunt, how much is the Taoist chief, and how long is the Ge Dao...... There are many talents on Yecheng Mountain, but they are not too busy.

On the second and third days of the Lunar New Year, Xie Lingyun and others went down the mountain to pay New Year's greetings everywhere, such as the Ji family, the Wu family of Daohua Village, the Hengbao family, etc., but usually they walked on the bustling streets, it was difficult to move an inch, and the enthusiasm of the people forced them to pay New Year's greetings for a few days, and they felt that it was better to stay on Yecheng Mountain, and they had to dress up if they wanted to go out on the street.

The days go by day by day, maybe the happy days really pass faster, and in the blink of an eye, it is already the Lantern Festival.

The willow branches on the moon, the whole city is full of lanterns, just like day, there are colorful lanterns and fire trees and silver flowers, on the street where people are surging, some people play dragon lanterns, some people dance lion again, some people guess lantern riddles again, young men and girls meet in front of the flowers and behind the trees, lively and extraordinary, more than fairyland.

Xie Lingyun and others also came down the mountain to play, and they were surrounded by the jubilant and noisy sounds, they guessed the lantern riddle for a while, took the prize that they didn't know how to go, they bought lanterns, and laughed constantly.

"Do you want to be more lively?" Xie Lingyun suddenly thought of an idea, and asked everyone with a smile: "I can ⊥ the whole city cheer, believe it or not?"

"Okay, okay" Hengbao, Linglu'er, and Bean Bean Sprouts are the children who like to be lively the most, and the more lively the better, and they all said: "Senior brother, what can you do?", "Big brother, you don't want to make it rain, do you?"

Everyone laughed, how could the people of the whole city cheer and curse the street when it rained.

"The secret of heaven must not be revealed, you just wait and see" Xie Lingyun said, suddenly stepped on the night sky, flying higher and higher, he looked down, only to see that the whole picture of Jinling City had been in his eyes, a fiery red, he smiled, took out the "Ten Thousand Laws to Return to the Sect" volley and flipped through it, and sure enough, there was a spell

There is nothing mysterious about this spell, it is the method of radiating light, which can create a colorful light, not to mention the size of the range, it depends on the caster's ability.

When Xie Lingyun saw it before, he wondered what was the use of this spell, could it be to pretend to be a god and a ghost, because it was quite easy to cast.

But what's the matter, the people of Jinling have eyes today.

"What does he want?" At the same time, on the lively streets, everyone could no longer see Xie Lingyun's figure, and they were all very puzzled, Chun'er smiled and said, "Childe will surprise us." Zhao Ninglin said thoughtfully: "I guess Brother Dao wants to create beautiful scenery." ”

As soon as she spoke, the night sky suddenly gave rise to a vision, between the bright moon and stars, there were a series of colorful lights flickering, wandering, and many stars were connected together for a while, and at one time it was like a blooming rainbow flower, reflecting that people could not distinguish whether they were in the heavenly palace or in the world, and they couldn't tell what year it was

"Wow, ......", "This is an auspicious elephant" Jinling City suddenly burst into bursts of exclamations and cheers, and the people were excited, fascinated by the beauty of the sky, and looked forward to the future blessings.

"Is this what my brother did?" Heng Bao said with emotion, the children nodded, and Linglu'er jumped and laughed: "Big brother is good"

Everyone was looking up and watching, and the girls were stunned for a while.

The Lantern Festival passed in a splendid past, Jinling City is still full of joy and joy, and the people will not forget the colorful beauty, and they will never forget it for a lifetime.

However, Yecheng Mountain suddenly shook, all because of the words of their pillars without warning......

What? The hall of Xishan Daoyuan is crowded with people, their faces are shocked, and their eyes are all looking at Xie Lingyun who is standing in the hall, the Lantern Festival has just passed, and Ah Ke wants to go back to his hometown? What does it mean?

Except for Nanyangzi and a few others, everyone has no such concept in their hearts, isn't Ake's hometown Chaotian Palace?

"I understand. Nanyangzi stroked his beard and nodded, pretending to be calm, he still couldn't hide the gloomy sadness in his heart, Ke'er, Ke'er, he naturally knew that there would be such a day, but when this day really came

He still couldn't help but sigh, and said to everyone: "Ake's hometown is in the capital, and his family is afraid that he will not be able to support him, so they foster him in Chaotian Palace since he was a child. Now that Ark has grown up, it's time to go back. ”

Xie Lingyun didn't tell everyone what Xie Gongyi was, because Uncle Zhong couldn't say what he had ordered, he frowned, nodded and said, "Well, the family needs me to go back and help." ”

"This ......", "But. Of course, they couldn't stop Ark from going home, but they didn't want to leave......

"Senior brother, you won't come back as soon as you go, will you?" Linglu'er is also anxious: "I'm not willing to give up my big brother"

"Ha Lu Ha how can it be, I will come back as soon as I get the chance. Xie Lingyun said with a smile, thinking that if it weren't for the fact that the immortal house didn't have much spiritual energy well water, I could come back every day. While looking around at everyone, he said seriously: "Everyone is reluctant to me, and I am even more reluctant to everyone." It's just that the family is really in a hurry, I can't stop leaving, but I will always be a part of Chaotian Palace, and I will always remember the people and things here

The hall was quiet for a while, and the atmosphere couldn't help but become sad, and Uncle Lead and Mercury suddenly whimpered and cried: "Ake, you can't go, if you go, Chaotian Palace will be over, we people can't do without you."

"Uncle Shi, how can it be so serious. Xie Lingyun shook his head and smiled, "Now I dare to provoke the enemies of Chaotian Palace, I really can't think of it." ”

Aunt Yuzhi also smiled when she heard this, she knew that the identity of Dao Ake must not be so simple, although she was reluctant, there would be no room for maneuver. She said: "Ake, you can go home at ease, my aunt still has a few tricks for governing the mountain gate." ”

In fact, now that Chaotian Palace is really on the right track, just one He Immortal Gu has already made most of the ghosts dare not set foot here;" There is no link that is not good, and with the strong support of the imperial court, there is no problem with the implementation of the first five-year plan.

"Hmm. Xie Lingyun nodded, seeing that everyone's sadness was getting thicker and heavier, he joked: "When I go to the capital, maybe I can become some big official, and whoever dares to bully Chaotian Palace at that time will use official authority to crush him to death, Ha Luha."

Although everyone was a little embarrassed, they couldn't be happy, Nanyang Zi said kindly: "Ake, I don't know what your future path will be for the teacher, but if you encounter any difficulties, remember that there are still us, and our Chaotian Palace will always support you." ”

Xie Lingyun nodded again and nodded heavily: "I know the truth." ”

"Hey, what the hell do you want your family to go back to?" Ah Man finally asked, she didn't want to disturb the goodbye between the teachers, but she really couldn't bear it, go back and get married?

"I don't know ...... either" Xie Lingyun shrugged, the conscience of heaven and earth was sincere.

"Then we can go along, right?" asked Jun'er nervously, she wouldn't leave Childe anyway

Xie Lingyun nodded again, this is a trip that will last a long, long time, he will go by land with Uncle Zhong, and the immortal mansion will naturally follow, and it will be controlled by Chun'er and them.

Like the last trip to Jiangnan, many people wanted to go with him, including children such as Hengbao and Lingluer, but it was said that he was returning to his hometown, but in fact, he was not familiar with the place, and he would not take anyone to adventure before his situation and situation settled down. Therefore, after several discussions, the members of the entourage team who were finally decided were Aman, Chun'er, Youqi, Youmiao, and Mingzhu.

There's also an unexpected guy, Mo Chou.

She heard the news that Xie Lingyun was going to leave Jinling for the capital, so she took the initiative to find him, saying that she wanted to go to the capital to see, she had been in Jinling for almost a year after she was born, and all kinds of people had seen it, but there was no sword master for her, so it was good to go to the capital to see. Of course, Xie Lingyun welcomes this very much, and can help in the case of life and death......

And those who have settled in the cornucopia fairy Shifang Courtyard are, Huanghuang, Boer Elephant, Old Turtle, Gan Giant, City Gate Spirit, and Niu Dasheng.

Lao Xi also wanted to go, but he really couldn't rest assured that Yuanyuan, it didn't want Yuanyuan to return to Jinling one day but couldn't see his family, and its Taoism was not very good, so it was better to stay in Yecheng Mountain.

Staying one more day is one day, this is Xie Lingyun's strategy, and he wants to find some reason to stay in Jinling for a few more days, but Uncle Zhong is like a life-urging ghost, appearing by his side countless times a day from morning to night, saying into his ear to let him go back, but what really made him embark on the road was the laughter of everyone in Chaotian Palace, there is nothing wrong here, Ake, you should go......

In the early morning of this day, the sky was overwhelmed by dark clouds, and a misty drizzle was falling, and the buds of the plants and trees were wet with the rain, as if they wept because of the sadness of parting.

At the foot of Yecheng Mountain, in front of the Shanmenfang sign that reads "Chaotian Palace", everyone told a lot of goodbyes, sometimes chuckling, sometimes choking, Uncle Lead and Mercury cried into tears, and the children also whined, and the faces of the Taoists, which one did not have a sad color? The long pig, the dangkang pig, the old crow and other spirit animals also screamed from time to time.

"Take care, everyone, I'm going" I don't know how long it took to say goodbye, Xie Lingyun arched his hand to everyone, his face was light, and he turned around and walked out of the mountain.

He didn't look back, for fear that once he turned around, he wouldn't want to leave......

"Ark", "Senior Brother", "Gongzi Xie"

There were shouts from behind him, "Take care"

Xie Lingyun of the association walked a long way, looked at the sky, looked at the capital that could not be seen clearly in the west, and finally looked back at Yecheng Mountain, looked at those people who kept waving, and smiled.