I was taken aback by him. I didn't expect him to be such a murderous person.
"But Zheng Qiuyuan is a real mountain man. If others don't believe what you say, you can kill him and you won't be able to live." I said.
Ren Dao was silent for a few seconds. He stretched out his hand and picked up the fire with a branch. The flame suddenly rose a lot, and the roasted face became hot, making Lian Dao really seem to be swallowed by the flame. He said: "I have been in the mountains for forty years, and everyone is so kind to me. If my life can repay them, death is nothing. Zheng Qiuyuan is a damn person, a damn person, he must die. !"
The first half of his speech was sentimental and righteous, and the second half was gritted teeth. One can imagine how much Lien Daozhen hates Zheng Qiuyuan's betrayal.
I don't know how to persuade him, and I can't persuade him, because every sentence even Daozhen said makes sense. This kind of reasoning sometimes feels wrong to you, but you can't find a point to refute it. It's very awkward and weird.
We both sat in front of the fire and were silent for a long time. Suddenly, Lian Daozhen turned his head and asked me, "Would you like to learn boxing from me?"
"what?"
There was a sense of excitement on Lian Daozhen's face. The lowness between this and him was totally different. I think he was just changing the subject.
"My boxing skills are not worse than the ones in the mountains, or even worse. But for some reason, they can only learn the moves and can't beat the power like mine. But you are different, maybe you can learn the real Wudiquan!"
"But I have never practiced martial arts since I was a child... and I can't learn this boxing technique for a while. In case you really can't figure it out, and you'll be beaten to death in two days, I've learned half of it. Where can I find a second master? Go." This is actually to enlighten Lian Daozhen in a disguised form, but I understand very well that to a person like him, other people's words are not important. The most important thing is their inner thoughts. Confident people are always mavericks.
Hearing what I said, the excitement that Lien Daozhen had just risen disappeared in the blink of an eye. He sighed, turned his head, looked at the fire again, and said, "Then I will teach you when the Taohuayuan thing is over."
"Yeah." I knew he didn't have much hope for Taohuayuan's affairs, so I felt very heavy. At the same time, I was thinking about whether I was so impulsive to follow Lian Daozhen to Taohuayuan, whether it was good or bad. It stands to reason that I should cherish my life, even if I wander around at will, it is much better than the possibility of death. But if I don't go, I think I will miss something. But what will I miss? After thinking about it, I can't think of why.
"Peach Blossom Spring... what kind of place is it?" I suddenly thought of this question and couldn't help asking: "Is it the same as the one recorded in Peach Blossom Spring?"
"It's roughly the same." Lian Daozhen nodded and said, "When I was very young, I just entered Peach Blossom Spring. It is indeed the same as the story in Peach Blossom Spring. It's just that there is a mountain in Peach Blossom Spring..."
"Mountain in the mountains?"
"The Peach Blossom Spring itself is in a mountain, but the location of the entrance can be changed by illusion. Those who don't know the trick can't find it." Lian Daozhen explained: "After entering the Peach Blossom Spring, there is still a mountain in the world. That mountain. It feels strange to me. It seems familiar and strange. This feeling has been there since I first entered the Peach Blossom Spring. I always feel that I can find the Peach Blossom Spring because of the mountain. It is only because of me. It's an outsider, so until now, I haven't had the opportunity to get close to that mountain to take a look."
"Oh? What kind of mountain is that?" I asked curiously.
"It's not high, it's wide, it looks like a big rock from a distance." Lian Daozhen said: "Every time I look at it, I can feel the throbbing in my heart. That feeling is very peculiar. What is incomprehensible is that I feel it is looking at me."
"It's looking at you?" I asked a little surprised: "Who? Isn't it a mountain?"
"Maybe it's a mountain, maybe it's something on the mountain, I can't tell." Lian Daozhen said: "I have asked many people in the Taohuayuan. According to the words passed down by the older generations, this mountain has a history in the mountains. It has always existed since it was recorded. It is the root of the Peach Blossom Spring. The mountain will move and the Peach Blossom Spring will be gone. However, this mountain has another legend."
"Speak up!" I couldn't wait to press.
Lian Daozhen shook the fire a few times to make the fire burn more vigorously, and said, "Legend, this mountain is pressing against a god."
God
This word is the second time I have heard it recently.
The first time was in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, Asan dictated the contents of the ancient books, which mentioned that there was a god's wrath, which ruined the ascension ceremony of the first Emperor. But now, from Lian Daozhen's mouth, I heard the word again.
Regarding gods, most people first think of the Heavenly Father mentioned in the Western Bible, or the gods of Norse mythology. As everyone knows, in ancient China, those with strange powers were also called gods.
In the Book of Mountains and Seas, many things about gods are recorded, such as Queen Mother of the West who is half-human and half-beast, Shaohao who is in charge of many countries, and many well-known female ghosts, Shebishi, Luwu and so on.
For a while, I was very curious about what kind of god the one in Taohuayuan was.
Even Daozhen couldn’t answer this question. He said, “The Peach Blossom Spring has existed for a very long time. Even those who sought refuge in the pre-Qin period couldn’t tell what happened there, and even this legend didn’t even know where it came from. It came out."
I thought for a while and said: "There are so many legends in this world that are unreliable from a scientific perspective, but more and more proofs show that many legends are true, at least they have a source. Peach Blossom Spring is so peculiar. , The legend about the gods under the mountain shouldn’t be fake. People living in Taohuayuan don’t know it now, maybe it’s because the time is too long."
Lian Dao really nodded and said, "I used to deliberately went to explore, but I was stopped a few hundred meters away from the mountain. There was always someone guarding me, but I never heard what people in the mountain were going to do on the mountain. Allow anyone to get close there. That time, although I failed to go up the mountain, I saw that there was a black blood flowing out of the mountain, and it smelled pungent and bloody."
Black**? It smells bloody, it must be black blood. But after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't think of any god whose blood is black. In fact, the ancient books basically do not specifically record the color of the blood of the gods. Therefore, even though Lien Daozhen saw it, he couldn't use it as a clue.
We talked about Taohuayuan and his life there, unconsciously, the whole night passed. When the sun melted away from the early morning mist, Ren Daozhen stood up and looked into the distance. He stood there like a straight sword, in the sunlight, it looked extremely sharp.
I know that he is ready. The conversation last night, while reminding him of the past, it also strengthened a certain belief. This time I went to Taohuayuan, I think it should be a life of nine deaths.
After that, we continued on our way, and at the speed of Liandao, we arrived at Wuling in the evening.
Taohuayuan is naturally not within Wuling, but far away from the suburbs. The closer you get to there, the slower the link really gets, and in the end, it almost walks as usual.
He must be uneasy in his heart, because this time he came back not to reminisce, nor to go home, but to kill.
I don't know the Peach Blossom Spring, let alone where it is. Seeing that the woods everywhere are getting denser and the mountains are getting more and more dense, my heart suddenly throbs.
As Lian Daozhen walked, his expression suddenly changed. He suddenly accelerated his speed, jumped up, and jumped onto a very strong tree in front of him. The leaves fluttered, and he seemed to be looking for something on it. After a while, he finally jumped down with a gloomy expression.
I hurried up to ask him what happened.
Lian Daozhen stretched out his hand, with a dark brown stain remaining on his fingertips, and said, "This is the outpost of Taohuayuan. I arranged for someone to guard it many years ago. Everyone who enters the mountain must accept their questioning. But now, not only is there no one here, but in an extremely inconspicuous place, I found a trace of blood. It seems that it should have been left a few days ago. Peach Blossom Spring, sure enough, something went wrong!” (End of this chapter)