Chapter 5 Entering the rivers and lakes for the first time
I didn't say anything all night, and the next day, when I woke up in a daze with the wind. Changming has been up for a long time, and not only that, but he has also prepared breakfast and luggage for Suifeng. Rubbing his sleepy eyes with the wind, he looked out the window, and it was still starry at the moment. It's late to dawn in winter, and it's early at the moment, and there is still a while before the fifth watch, let alone dawn. He slept very comfortably last night, how could there be such a soft bed to enjoy in the days when he was wandering around?
Changming is also a big man, and he doesn't know how to cook, so he simply made some gruel and heated a few steamed buns. The sparse and ordinary breakfast is indeed a rare delicacy in the eyes of the wind. The uncle and nephew sat quietly, eating breakfast silently, and neither of them spoke, breaking the rare silence.
"Since ancient times, Changming has watched growing up with the wind, and later separated, this time it is rare to reunite, but it is not yet a day before they want to separate, Changming's heart is full of reluctance and worry. He also wanted to stay with the wind for a few more days, but after thinking about it, he was a martial artist of the Liu family after all, and he would show some flaws. After all, reason prevailed over emotion, and he couldn't gamble with the safety of the wind, so he still hardened his heart.
After a cup of tea, the two of them served their breakfast. Changming was a little reluctant, but as an elder, he couldn't be weak in front of his juniors. He handed over a package and said, "Xiaofeng, there are some changes of clothes and fifty taels of silver here as a coil." Don't be too frugal on the road either, take care of yourself. There is also some yellow paper and candles in it, and you will remember to go to your father's grave to pay respects. ”
Changming paused and suddenly remembered something, as if something was involved, and said in a low voice: "When you succeed in your studies in the future, you will definitely go back to Yangzhou." Not only to avenge your father, but also to have something prepared for you in the blessed land of the Sui family, I don't know what it is, since your father deliberately left it will be of great use. ”
Sui Feng was not particularly interested in what his father left him, on the contrary, he found that after Changming finished speaking, his face darkened a little. As he spoke, his eyebrows tightened, revealing a few deep furrows on his forehead, and these wrinkles seemed to have formed overnight. I don't know if he is reluctant to leave or worried about his future.
After all, Suifeng is still a teenager, and although it is very reluctant to part with his relatives, the upcoming freedom and independence and even the stimulation of going alone to the rivers and lakes give him more of a faint joy and yearning. Seeing Changming's somewhat vicissitudes of life, Sui Feng's heart ached.
"Uncle Changming......" stopped talking with the wind, and if he had a stomach, he couldn't say a word in the end.
"Good boy, it's not too early, it's time for caravans, and it's better to get out of the city at this time. It will be dawn after a while, and you must be careful everywhere after going out, and you will have to walk on your own after the road. Changming said, choking up a little.
With the wind, my nose was sour, and I couldn't hold back it anymore, my eyes were red, and tears were rolling down. "I don't want to go, I don't want to go to Tarzan. Uncle Changming, can't you teach me martial arts?"
The side of the child with the wind is fully exposed, although it has gone through several years of training, but after all, the child's nature. Changming sighed in his heart, Suifeng is not mature, and staying here is definitely not the best policy.
At the moment, he restrained the reluctance in his heart and said, "Xiaofeng, I don't want you to go." But how can a man who sheds blood without shedding tears, retreat because of the slightest danger? If you stay here, avenging your father and mother is simply an empty word. Your Uncle Changming is incompetent, no matter how much you teach, you can't teach the heroes of the world. So you need to fight for all this yourself, and the road ahead can only be faced bravely, and you can never escape, do you understand?"
Taken aback by the wind, this remark can be described as serious. Hearing this, Suifeng's heart trembled violently, as if he had grown up a lot in an instant. "I understand, Uncle Changming, I will definitely learn to return to heaven. I won't let you and my parents down!"
Changming was very relieved in his heart, and he felt that it was too heavy to let a half-grown child like Suifeng accept such a reality. But Suifeng is so sensible, so he also began to have some expectations for the future.
But he said, "Don't stop mother-in-law, it's time to say goodbye." Take care along the way in the future, most of the sect forces on the rivers and lakes have some friendship with your father, and if the situation is really crisis, you can also ask for help. I'm sure they'll help you in your father's face. However, since you want to break through the rivers and lakes, don't rely too much on external forces, this is a kind of training. ”
said that it was not too much of a grind, but Changming still gave a lot of instructions. Suifeng nodded, picked up the package, and said to Changming: "I'm leaving, Uncle Changming take care." When I succeed in my studies, I will definitely come back to solve all this, it has been too hard for you to endure humiliation in the Liu family over the years. ”
Changming was very moved, there is nothing in the world that can move the elders more than the maturity of a child. Changming didn't speak, just watched quietly.
Sui Feng was stunned, knowing that it was time to leave. turned around and gradually walked away under Chang Ming's eyes.
Watching the back of the wind disappear into the night, Changming sighed and smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm really old!"
It was still a long time before dawn, and all the snow that had fallen yesterday was accumulating on the streets. After a night of freezing, the snowflakes froze into ice slag and creaked when stepped on. Listening to the sound under my feet, I felt extremely lonely with the wind. He also knew that this was not the time to lament here, and it was more important to find a way out of the city to find his parents' graves.
With the light of stars and moonlight in the sky, the wind barely made out the direction. Pangu Mountain is in the direction of the south-west of Yangzhou City, and from the path, it is relatively close to the city from the west gate. But the Liu family is also in the west of Yangzhou, and at this moment, I am afraid that there are already family members who have started to move. If Liu Jin finds out, maybe he will be bullied again. The experience of not being able to fight back and only watching being beaten would never want to experience it again. I wanted to turn around and go south.
But suddenly there was the sound of carriages, horses and pedestrians, and when I looked back with the wind, it turned out to be a caravan, walking towards the west gate. "Caravan...... It's so early now, maybe I can't get out of the city without a token, and it would be bad if I aroused the suspicion of the government. There you have!" whispered to the wind, suddenly thinking of something, and turned towards the west gate where the caravan was going.
At this time, in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, in order to ensure the peace of the world, the people in power really put some thought into it. For example, if you want to go out of the city before dawn, you must have a pass token, and the mainland is fine, mainly to prevent spies from mixing into the people at the border gates, and luring the enemy into the city in the name of leaving the city. I have been wandering in Yangzhou for many years, and I have long known everything about it, and I quickly figured out how to deal with it.
With the wind, he carefully removed the burden on his back, untied the Chunjun sword from the step, and put it into the baggage. Following the caravan unhurriedly, I have to say that under the prosperous era, merchants are constantly coming and going, which is also where Yangzhou is prosperous.
From afar, he watched the caravan go out of the city, ran violently with the wind, and came to the city gate with a breath. "Oh, kid, stop!" he thought, but was stopped by the guards at the city gate.
"Uncle, what's the matter?" asked Sui Feng in a childish voice, pretending to be very anxious.
"If you want to get out of the city, you have to have a token, do you have a token? If you don't have a token, you have to wait until dawn. Seeing that he was a child, the guards did not want to embarrass him more, and their tone was very soft.
"I'm in a hurry to find my father, they've just left the city. I accidentally got separated from them before, and it was easy to catch up with them. Sui Feng pointed to the caravan that was almost far away in front of him, looking anxious.
"You are also a member of the Huizhou Shang Gang, or a young master?" the guards were startled and looked at Suifeng carefully. He was dressed in brocade clothes, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he was carrying a jade silk package, which was by no means like an ordinary family. And immediately I believed his words seven points.
When Sui Feng saw his expression, although he was still a little suspicious, he generally believed it. Then he said: "This time, my father took everyone from Huizhou to Yangzhou to do business, and also specially visited Uncle Thorn Shi here, if you don't believe it, why don't I invite him over to check?"
Since he can be called so, it must be that his father, the leader of the Hui Gang, has a close relationship with Yangzhou Assassin Shi. Where do you dare to doubt it? If you don't let him go, you really invite Master Assassin Shi over, if this young master adds oil and vinegar to say a few more grievances, and Lord Assassin Shi blames him, then where can these lowest-level guards afford it?
No matter in which dynasty, the dignitaries and nobles are always the existence that the low-level people and soldiers look up to. Hearing that Sui Feng wanted to find the assassin for verification, how dare they say anything. The guards hurriedly said: "I don't know the identity of the son, I am offended." Ling Zun had just left the city not long ago, and it was still too late to rush over. ”
Sui Feng glanced at the guards, then at the caravan that was almost gone, and nodded helplessly: "Okay, thank you." With that, he went out of the city and ran in the direction of the caravan.
The guards only thought that they had escaped a catastrophe, but they did not want to fall into the arms of the child in front of them. He had already seen that the guards had been a little suspicious before, so he deliberately made that statement. "As the saying goes, soldiers don't get tired of deceit, hehe!" Sui Feng chuckled lightly, and followed behind the caravan without hurry.
He was a half-old child, where could he know the way in the wilderness? Chang Ming's fixed time was calculated according to the speed of an adult's journey, and he did not know where the dilapidated Luoyun Temple was in the first place. How can I go to my parents' graves in one day to pay respects? There is nothing I can do with the wind, and it is a little late to remember this. I can only reluctantly follow the caravan, since it is a caravan, there must be a place to rest, if you meet a local on the way to ask for directions, it is also a good choice.
Time passed little by little, and when I looked up at the sky with the wind, it was almost noon. But there was still no end to the road in front of them, and the caravan had no intention of stopping to rest. With the wind, you can only nibble on dry food while walking.
"There is no fork in the road out of the city to the west, how can I find Luoyun Temple?" muttered to himself with the wind, looking ahead, and his face suddenly became surprised.
A fork in the road had finally appeared, which meant that he finally didn't have to keep following the caravan. He was tired of seeing the same scenery along the way, but if he didn't follow the caravan, he didn't know where to rest. Just as he was hesitating whether to follow the caravan or not, an old man with a large bundle of firewood on his back walked along the fork in the road in the direction of Suifeng.
Hearing the noise of the carriages and horses, the old man was stunned at first, and then returned to normal, watching with interest the caravan in front of him passing by, and then gradually walked away. Sui Feng was a little curious, and he didn't care about the caravan, so he stepped forward and asked, "Old man, do you know which direction Luoyun Temple is?"
Luoyunguan came with the wind a long time ago, so he still has some impressions, but he can't remember the specific path. But the old man's reaction next made Suifeng's heart furious, as if something bad was about to happen.
The old man was stunned for a moment, he may not have heard of this place name for a long time. Then he seemed to remember something and was startled, and then he looked at Sui Feng with a very strange and somewhat pitying look. Sui Feng felt more and more that something was not quite right, and asked, "Uncle, what's wrong?
"Ah, no. Nothing, it's just that in the past few years there was less incense, and few people would go there again. The old man tightened the firewood on his body, thought for a while, and said, "You go ten miles along the road on the left, and then there will be a wild path on the right." It may not be easy to find, but if you follow it all the way forward, there will be a mountain of falling clouds. The Falling Cloud View is at its peak. Because of its remote location, it has gradually fallen in recent years, and all the Taoist priests on the mountain have moved away, leaving only an empty temple, which has not been mentioned for several years. ”