The southwest is originally sloping soil, but the scenery is excellent: 800 miles of green mountains are continuous, rivers are running, and the sky is boundless;
Yan Dan drank the steamed bun as dry food, and looked at Liu Weiyang, who was sitting in silence across from him. In her mind, there are two types of people who are the most unsuitable for traveling, the dumb and the gentleman. A dumb person can't speak but eat, which is boring; a gentleman behaves well and can't do any bad things, which is even more boring. She didn't know if Liu Weiyang could be considered a gentleman, but he was indeed a mute.
On that day, she and Tang Zhou left Lingxiao Taoist Temple, returned to Tang Zhou's home, packed some luggage and left Xiangdu City. It was late spring at this time, and there were only a few bits of red left on the branches. Liu Weiyang was standing under the peach tree, looking at them calmly. Yan Dan didn't know what Tang Zhou said to him, but in the end, he became a demon, a celestial master, and an expert of unknown age to go to the southwest together.
This journey has been very smooth, and even the shadow of a thief on the horse has not been encountered, which makes Yan Dan feel regretful and emotional, saying that the current Emperor Rui of Da Zhou is too political and clear, and there are too few officials who eat idle meals and do nothing. Deprived her of a lot of fun for no reason. The closer he was to Zhu Cuishan, where the Yi people lived, the more silent Liu Weiyang was. When he stopped to rest, he looked straight at the sky, wondering what he was thinking. When others talked to him, at most he hummed noncommittally, and he didn't know if he heard it.
Yan Dan is too idle, so he can only guess what Liu Weiyang is thinking. When a mortal thinks of something nasty, even if he puts on a righteous expression, his eyes will still show a bit of despicableness. However, Liu Weiyang's eyes are clear and his expression is indifferent. Isn't he worried that the sky will accidentally drop a piece
Yan Dan finished biting a steamed bun, and began to slowly send firewood to the fire. Suddenly, he had an idea and pointed to Zhu Cuishan in front of him: "Fengxiu is near to help Yuchan, and the smoke locks floating clouds in the south, and Lingyi is meandering, why not choose the winner. high places."
Tang Yi Zhou choked on his steamed buns and coughed a few times before he said, "Why did you suddenly start chanting and writing poems?" This flower demon is indeed so different from the ones he's seen before, except for being coquettish and dog-legged, it is unexpectedly There is still some ink. He turned his head to look in the direction Yan Dan pointed, and saw that Zhu Cui Mountain was high enough to support the moon, the fog was heavy, and the mountain was winding. Before cultivating Taoism, he also passed the Tongsheng exam, and Yan Dannian's words are quite suitable except for the uneven rhyme.
"The auspicious qi goes crooked, the evil qi goes straight, and the mountain is surrounded by water, it is qi. It seems that this Zhu Cuishan must be a place of outstanding people." Yan Dan turned to look at Liu Weiyang, "Liu Gongzi, do you think so?"
Liu Weiyang glanced at her and looked in the direction of Zhu Cuishan.
Yan Dan did not give up, and said again: "But I see that the two rivers at the bottom of the mountain did not meet, and the spiritual energy leaked out, and it was a failure."
Liu Weiyang shook his head, but still didn't say anything.
Yan Dan finally gave up and slowly lay down on the hay to get a good sleep. She slept very lightly, and would wake up with the slightest sound. Suddenly, she heard a small sound. When she opened her eyes, she saw Liu Weiyang standing up slowly, and something seemed to flicker in the moonlight. Yan Dan lay still, only to see Liu Weiyang walking slowly to Tang Zhou's side, standing for a while, then turning around and walking towards her.
Strange in her heart, she closed her eyes and breathed a long breath, pretending to be asleep. She felt that the other party looked at her quietly for a while, and then slowly walked into the distance. Yan Dan got up lightly and followed him carefully, only to see him walking under a locust tree, raising his hand to lightly dust the trunk of the tree.
In Yan Dan's point of view, Liu Weiyang is a person who will never be sloppy or do anything superfluous. Every word and every action of his is unlikely to be meaningless. She was at a loss when she saw Liu Weiyang slowly leaning against the tree trunk, bringing the thing in his hand to the corner of his mouth.
Through the silver-white moonlight, Yan Dan could see it clearly, what he was holding was just a jade flute. ... It turned out to be just a flute, not a weapon, she was nervous just now in vain.
The moon hangs in the middle. Whose jade flute is blowing horizontally, like a heartbroken, like a whisper, it is the young man who is shy and drunk.
Liu Weiyang's eyes were clear and cold, and he was calm and agitated, like a jade tree and green bamboo, with a graceful footsteps. Yan Dan watched as he finished playing a tune, the blue tone changed, and there was a faint sound of gold and iron, his green-black sleeves danced in the wind, and there were thousands of Qinghua.
Yan Dan slowly stepped back and fell on the haystack. After a while, Liu Weiyang gently walked back to the fire and sat down again. Yan Dan thought in a daze, this time she was really too suspicious.
Early the next morning, I entered Zhu Cui Mountain. Who would have guessed that I had only reached the mountain pass when the wet mist rushed towards my face. My feet were slippery and it was not easy to walk, so I had to retreat again.
Tang Zhou could only say: "It seems that this mountain road is not easy to walk, I'm afraid that I will ask a local person to lead the way." Liu Weiyang was still noncommittal, Yan Dan rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "I suddenly thought of a story."
Tang Zhou glanced at her sideways, and smiled slightly: "What's the story?" In the past few days, nothing happened except for the journey, and she didn't need to think about it to know that she must be in a panic.
"In ancient times, there was a king who wanted to send troops to attack a neighboring country, so he asked the prime minister if this idea was feasible. The prime minister heard it and said only one word, 'ran'. The king was puzzled. The word is good or bad. Later, the king became seriously ill, and the issue of sending troops was put on hold. As he was dying, he also thought about what the prime minister's 'ran' meant. In the end, the king couldn't bear it. He called the prime minister to the sickbed, told the other party what he had guessed, and asked him if he meant it. As a result, the prime minister laughed and said, yes. The king immediately died of anger."
Tang Zhou was both angry and funny, and it was fortunate that she wanted such an allusion to insinuate Liu Weiyang. But Liu Weiyang didn't even look away as if he didn't hear it.
Yan Dan suddenly felt bored, pouted and stopped talking.
When he walked to a village entrance outside the mountain, Tang Zhou whispered: "You really like to talk to Brother Liu." Yan Dan frowned and thought for a while, then smiled brightly: "So you are jealous?"
Tang Zhou said without hesitation, "No."
Yan Dan sighed faintly: "Actually, you admit it, it's no big deal, and I won't make fun of you."
"I do not have."
As he was talking, he saw two local people walking towards him, wearing coarse clothes, one tall and the other short, saw three of them walking forward and said with a smile, "Look at the three of them, they are coming. Did Zhu Cuishan play? Now the weather is just right, but it is easy to get foggy in the mountains, and it is easy to get lost without local people."
Tang Zhou nodded slightly, only to hear the tall local man continue: "Actually, many people come to Zhu Cuishan every year, and it is not the first time for the two of us to lead the way. The price is naturally easy to negotiate."
Tang Zhou took out a small piece of silver and said lightly, "We will go into the mountains in two hours at most. The two of you will see what else you need to buy, and the remaining silver will be counted when the place is there."
The man took the money, weighed it a few times, and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry, Young Master, we can set off in half an hour, and we are guaranteed to be safe!" After that, he pulled the short local man away, while he walked away. And muttered there in vernacular they didn't understand.
Liu Weiyang said in a low voice, "These two have a stench on their bodies."
Yan Dan immediately regained his energy: "I see their eyes twinkling, and they are too attentive, I'm afraid there is something weird. This journey is really interesting."
"Even if there is something weird, it's not impossible to cope." Tang Zhou looked at the bag, "There's not much dry food left, and I don't know where there will be people when I enter the mountains. Buy more and take it with you now."
Liu Weiyang shook his head and said indifferently: "Since they dare to bring people in, they must have cares. In short, pay more attention."
Yan Dan was horrified: "Isn't the fishy smell you mentioned just now..."
Liu Weiyang glanced at her noncommittally, and remained silent again.
Tang Zhou was slightly surprised. She would not be so hesitant on weekdays. She only said half a sentence, and then asked, "What's wrong with the stench?"
Yan Dan's expression was complicated: "I also guessed it casually. It's better that you don't know. I'm afraid it will make you unable to eat for several days."
Tang Zhou saw that she didn't say anything and didn't force it. The three of them went to the village to buy some dry steamed buns and took them with them. They drank the water from the well. When they returned to the village, they saw the two locals carrying hemp rope and axe on their backs. , waiting there with a cane for pathfinders.
Zhu Cuishan was thick with fog, and the layers were stacked together, and he couldn't even see things ten steps away. Yan Dan quietly looked at the two local people diagonally ahead who were exploring the road with a cane.
The short local man turned his head and grinned at her, showing his charred teeth: "Girl, you have to follow closely, there are giant pythons in the mountains, and they specialize in little girls who like to eat thin-skinned and tender meat."
Yan Dan immediately put on a look of fear: "There are giant pythons in this mountain?"
"This python has the thickness of an arm and is so long." The man compared it with his hands. "When it opens its mouth, it can swallow the whole person."
"Enough, don't go on!" The taller local man interrupted him immediately and said with a smile, "That's just a rumor in our local area, don't be afraid, girl, if we really meet a big python, the two of us will Anyone can chop it to death." Saying this, he patted the axe wrapped around the coil of hemp rope on his back.
Yan Dan smiled with bright eyes and teeth, and said softly: "Then I can rest assured."
After walking for a while in the white fog, she casually looked around, but suddenly realized that Liu Weiyang, who was walking behind her, had suddenly disappeared. She knew that with Liu Weiyang's skills, it would not be a big problem even if she was alone, but she always felt that Liu Weiyang would walk with them, and there should be his purpose. After all, people's hearts are unpredictable, at least at the moment it is impossible to determine whether he is an enemy or a friend, or has any other plans.
She was thinking about whether to tell Tang Zhou about this, when she inadvertently caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of her eye. When she looked back, Liu Weiyang had a calm expression and was walking behind her.
Yan Dan rubbed his eyes and wondered in his heart: Did she see it wrong just now? It stands to reason that this fog is misty, and it is not surprising that the eyes are dazzled for a while. She looked back frequently like this, and even Liu Weiyang felt it, and asked inexplicably, "What?"
"Did you see anything strange just now?" Yan Dan asked tentatively.
Liu Weiyang shook his head, but the short local man turned his head and said: "It's foggy here, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, so it's impossible to be dazzled. But you are too suspicious, little girl, you should practice your courage."
Yan Dan really wanted to take care of that talkative mortal, but thinking that he still had to lead the way, he had to hold back. When she practiced her courage back then, this talkative mortal still didn't know where she was, and she dared to say that she was timid, which was really outrageous.
They walked in the mountains for a long time, but there was still a vast expanse of white in front of them. Tang Zhou couldn't help but ask, "How long will it take to go?" The tall man kept saying, "It's getting to be soon, when you reach the mountain pass, you can walk up the mountain road and you will be able to climb over the hill." In his hands Holding a file, he knocked on a tree beside him: "I'll make a mark all the way, look at the direction, even if I walk with my eyes closed, I won't get lost." He was about to slash down the bark with the knife, Suddenly I heard the short man shout: "This, this place we have just been here!"
The Zi Gao immediately reprimanded: "What nonsense are you talking about, don't scare yourself! We can't walk in this mountain for seventeen or eight times. Didn't we go out soon after that time?"
"But look at the mark on the bark, isn't it the one you drew on before?"
That Zi Gao's face turned pale, and he murmured, "How could this happen? This has never happened before, could it be, could it be... it's a ghost hitting the wall..."
Yan Dan lowered his body and looked at the marks on the tree trunk, and then carefully looked at the surrounding vegetation. He had indeed been here before. But if it was a ghost hitting the wall, she wouldn't feel at all.
I just heard Tang Zhou speak calmly: "Then go again, if you still go back to the same place, think of another way."
The two locals immediately re-identified their direction and led the way.
As Yan Dan walked, she quietly looked around. In the corner of her vision, she could only see that Liu Weiyang would use his toes to remove a few stones from the ground every few steps. At first, she thought it was because of his cautious nature. Make some marks. But after a while, I started to feel that something was wrong. Marking must be easy to identify, and the stones he arranged were messy and irregular, as if he was just trying to kick the stones away.
After walking in the white fog for about half an hour, the short local man turned his head excitedly and pointed to the front: "This is the mountain pass, it seems that I just went in the wrong direction and made a big circle just now. ."
Yan Dan glanced at Liu Weiyang quietly, and saw that he was not looking sideways, his eyes were calm, and he didn't even have the normal feeling of being afraid and worried.
When she thought about it carefully, she felt that there was something strange about it: the two locals said that they had walked seventeen or eight times in the mountains, and there was no reason for them to identify the wrong direction, unless they were playing tricks. However, looking at their pale and suspicious appearance just now, if they pretended to be all, it would be too powerful. And when she thinks about it, this approach is really too redundant.
Since this way is not clear, then there is another reason. And this reason should be in Liu Weiyang. She saw Liu Weiyang disappear with her own eyes, but the next moment she saw him appear out of thin air. Was it her dazzling moment? If not, how long has he been gone and what is he doing? Also, why did Liu Weiyang move those stones away intentionally or unintentionally
She suddenly remembered a night long ago in the Langlan Mountains. The weather was sultry that night, and she couldn't sleep, so she wanted to go to the lake to breathe. As a result, Yu Mo didn't sleep either, standing under the moon with his positive and negative hands. As Yan Dan approached, he saw that the ground was full of small pebbles, dotted all over the place. The position of each pebble seemed to be unremarkable, but it seemed to have some kind of mystery. Yu Mo turned his head to look at her, then looked down at the ground again. Yan Dan was very strange. He wanted to look closer, but Yu Mo grabbed it and said, "These stones are arranged according to Fuxi's gossip, and there is no return."
Yan Dan didn't believe it, but when she walked in, the scene in front of her suddenly changed. The surroundings were full of murderous aura. No matter how she walked, she was spinning in place. Fortunately, Yu Mo finally pulled her out. For half a year after that, she saw that Yu Mo was cautious, for fear that she might provoke the mountain master and threw her into the stone formation.
If the reason why they were walking in circles just now was because they walked into a Fuxi Bagua formation, who was the person who arranged the formation? Liu Weiyang noticed that someone had set up a formation to trap them, but why didn't he mention it? She wanted to ask him directly, but suddenly she thought, since he didn't say it, there should be his reasons. If Liu Weiyang had other scheming, she would startle the snake by asking such a question; if he really had good intentions, her question would probably ruin his business.
Yan Dan raised his head and looked forward, only to see a drizzle of rain floating in the mist, blowing on his cheeks, and there was a shallow figure coming from the mist. The man lifted the hem of his clothes with one hand and stepped on his clogs, his face blurred, every step seemed to be walking on the clouds, his body was light and elegant, and there was such an indescribable breath of fresh air.