Their ancestors have lived here for generations, and they arrived at the county town just outside of a hill.
After chatting casually with the shopkeeper for a while, Gu Jing immediately felt sleepy, so she asked the shopkeeper to arrange two rooms.
The shopkeeper led them to a small attic in the backyard: "My lord, you also know that the conditions in the mountains are poor, so you can make do with it here tonight. The one to the east belongs to your lord, and it belongs to this little brother. call."
"I'm sorry to trouble you, shopkeeper." The young master didn't need to be too polite. "
The shopkeeper smiled slightly, and went downstairs after speaking.
They entered the hut, after a while Xiao Li fixed the room and said: "Master, please sit for a while and I'll fetch you some water."
"Well, Xiao Li, be careful." After saying that, Xiao Li went downstairs. The well was in the backyard downstairs, and they saw it when they went upstairs.
Gu Jing came to the bed and sat down, put down the luggage, and then he began to look at the room carefully. The room is not very big, there is only one table and one bed, and there is a small window on the south side of the room. street. There is an oil lamp on the table, which emits dim light. All the decorations are in line with the characteristics of this store. After a while, I heard Xiao Li's voice outside the house, "I'm calling, Mr. Water."
Xiao Li walked in while talking, and he put the water on the table: "Young master, you can wash it, and I will make the bed."
"Well, Xiao Li, don't worry too much, take your time, it's still early." After speaking, he went to wash his face.
Gu Jing finished washing in a hurry, and at this time Xiao Li also made the bed.
"Little Li, go back and rest too, you are tired today too."
"Okay, son!"
Xiao Li went out after a while, and he was the only one left in the hut.
Gu Jing walked to the bed, he was tired after driving all day, he wanted to go to bed early, so he took off his clothes quickly, and fell asleep after a while. In his sleep, he heard the sound of "cry~cry~" mixed with the sound of raindrops falling on the window, and the sound became louder and louder, which woke him up from his dream. He got up and lit the oil lamp, and looked at the windows in the house Not off.
He came to the window and looked outside. It turned out that it was raining heavily outside. Suddenly, there was a sound of horseshoes approaching from far and near. After a while, through the dim light, he could vaguely see a few men in black and a man in white galloping towards them. . After a while the sound gradually disappeared.
Gu Jing closed the window and went back to bed to continue to sleep, but the sound of the rain outside was getting louder and louder, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. So he simply got up, came to the table and looked at his "Zhihu Zheye" under the dim light, and gradually fell asleep lying on the table without knowing it.
"Tuk-tuk-"
There was a knock on the door, followed by the voice of the servant boy.
"Young Master, it's time to get up and go on the road. It's getting late now."
Gu Jing immediately woke up, then stood up and opened the door. Xiao Li looked at his tired face and asked, "My lord, did you not rest last night?"
"Yes, Li, I fell asleep very late last night."
"Young master, this is water. You can wash it. I'll go down and ask the shopkeeper to make breakfast."
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It didn't take long for Gu Jing to come down, and he saw several people having breakfast sitting on the tables below.
"Good morning, Mr. Gu, breakfast is ready, it's on that table." After speaking, he pointed to the window with his hand.
Gu Jing immediately saw Xiao Li sitting there, looking at the street outside the window.
He walked over and sat down slowly, when Xiao Li saw Gu Jing and immediately stood up: "Master, I didn't see you coming down just now, I'm sorry!"
"Xiao Li is fine, sit down and eat quickly, we have to hurry on the road later."
After finishing speaking, he picked up the chopsticks and started to eat. At this time, Xiao Li also sat down. After a while they finished eating.
"Xiao Li, go up and tidy up and we'll be on our way later." After speaking, he came to the counter, "The shopkeeper, we have to leave, let's calculate the silver taels for this day."
"Good boy."
After paying the money, he chatted with the shopkeeper for a while.
Not long after, Xiao Li came: "Young master, we can go on the road after packing up."
"Okay, then let's go!"
"Goodbye, shopkeeper."
After speaking, I went out with Xiao Li. They came to the small street and saw that there was still a lot of water on the small road. Looking at the sky, although it was morning, it was not very bright and it looked gray. Know it's raining again.
"Xiao Li, let's hurry up and see if we can get to the next store before it rains!" After speaking, he and Xiao Li hurried away.
At noon that day, Gu Jing and Xiao Li came to a small town. They thought it was going to rain again, so they hurriedly found a restaurant for dinner, but it turned out that it wasn't raining. In order to get to the capital as early as possible to prepare for the exam, the two of them had no choice but to continue on their way, wondering if God took care of them or what was going on. In the evening, the sky is brighter than in the morning, and the sky is clear, as beautiful as blue velvet.
At this time, Gu Jing and Xiao Li came to a mountain, asked passers-by, and the passers-by said that as long as they pass this mountain, there will be a big town outside, and it won't take long to pass this mountain.
This mountain is not high and dangerous, but it also has some characteristics. There are many trees in the mountain, and they can see many flowers and plants while walking on the mountain path, and this path is also covered with a lot of green grass. Strictly speaking, this path is no longer a path, but a piece of wasteland. While they were walking, there was a sudden sound of lightning and thunder in the sky, and it seemed that it was going to rain.
"Young master, it's really weird that it was sunny at first, but now it's about to rain. We have to find a place to hide, or we'll all get wet."
"Well, Xiao Li, let's see if there is a place to hide for a while." So the two of them ran wildly in the mountains, watching while running, when the rain started to fall.
"Look, son, there seems to be a cave there."
Gu Jing looked at the mountain in front of her, and there was indeed a small cave.
"Xiao Li, let's go there for a while."
After finishing speaking, he ran away, and the work arrived in a short while.
Gu Jing and Xiao Li came to the bottom of the mountain. At first they just ran away and didn't see the cave clearly. Now they took a closer look at the cave. It turns out that the cave is not big and only one person can pass through. From the outside, it was pitch black inside. It seems that the cave is a bit deep. Moreover, the entrance of the cave is relatively hidden, covered by some vegetation. If they were not lucky enough to be able to see the entrance of the cave when they stood there just now, they would have to be exposed to the rain today.
"Young master, shall we go in and hide from the rain?"
"Okay, let's go in!" After Gu Jing finished speaking, Xiao Li went in first, and Gu Jing followed behind. As they walked, they found that the hole was getting wider and wider, and they could walk side by side after walking about ten meters. At this time, it was pitch black in the cave, and it was unknown how deep it was.
"Xiao Li, let's light the candles."
"Okay, my lord, I'll light it right now." After speaking, Xiao Li took out a torch from his pocket and blew it on, and then took out a candle from his luggage. When they go out, these things for making fire and lighting are carried with them in case of emergency.
Xiao Li lit two candles, and suddenly the cave was lit up, and there were about three people standing side by side at the place where they were standing, about six or seven feet high. It was dark, and the end of the cave could not be seen by the light, but it could be seen that the inside was getting wider and wider.
"Xiao Li, it seems that we may have to stay here tonight. Let's walk inside again. It will be more spacious and warmer at night." After speaking, he walked inside with a candle, and Xiao Li carried his luggage on his back. follow behind. They moved forward slowly by candlelight, and suddenly a stone door appeared in front of them.
The place is more than ten feet wide, Gu Jing held a candle and came to the stone gate, and looked at the three seal characters "Tianlingzong" written on the top of the gate, it looked very simple.
Gu Jing touched the stone door with her hand, but her hand was covered with dust, it can be seen that the stone door has not been opened for a long time.
"Xiao Li, let's rest here tonight. We don't want to enter inside." After finishing speaking, he found a place to sit down. At this time, Xiao Li also put down his luggage and sat next to Gu Jingji. chatted.
"My lord, from the appearance of this cave, it must have been the residence of a certain high-ranking hermit?" Xiao Li asked.
"Well, looking at the handsome, elegant, vigorous and powerful writing of the three characters of Lingzong that day, this senior must be a great Confucian." Gu Jing said immediately.
"My lord, for some reason, he came to live in this barren mountain." Xiao Li was a little puzzled.
"Maybe he was squeezed out by others, unable to display his ambitions, and came here to live in seclusion after being disheartened!"
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The two were chatting, and suddenly "咕...咕咟..." came from Xiao Li.
Xiao Li chuckled and said, "My lord, it's time for us to eat, or the Wu Zang Temple will rebel!"
"Well, I'm also a little hungry, let's eat..." Before Gu Jingji finished speaking, Xiao Li took out dry food from his luggage and handed it to Gu Jingji, then untied the water bag from his waist and handed it to Gu Jingji. Gu Jing said: "My lord, drink some water."
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The two ate and ate like this, and they were full after a while. At this time, the sky was completely dark, and there was a strong wind blowing outside, mixed with the sound of rain, lightning streaked across the sky, and thunder broke through the sky, even though they were in the cave, they could still feel the storm outside violent.
They finished their dry food and chatted for a while.
Unknowingly, tiredness surged up like a tide, and Gu Jing yawned and said, "It's getting late, Xiao Li, let's rest." After speaking, she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes. So Xiao Li took a thick shirt from the luggage and covered it for Gu Jing, and after a while, there were bursts of sound.
Xiao Li also took a piece of clothes to cover and found a place to sleep.
I don't know how long after that, when they were sleeping soundly, a sudden thunder sounded, which scared the two of them out of their sleep almost at the same time. Gu Jing rubbed her eyes, and saw that there were about one-third of the candles in the cave left.
"My lord, the thunder was too loud, it woke us up."
Xiao Li also rubbed his sleepy eyes and said, suddenly a flash of lightning pierced the sky, illuminating the cave as bright as day. Immediately afterwards, several thunderclaps of "boom...boom..." came, and their ears were so shocked that they rang "buzz...buzz", as if the whole cave was shaking.
Just after the thunder, another flash of lightning came, and suddenly a "squeak... squeak" sound came from behind. They looked back involuntarily, and saw that the stone gate just a few meters away from them was moving slowly, and the two of them were so frightened that cold sweat broke out on their backs. "My lord, what's going on here? This..." Xiao Li's voice fell silent, and when he illuminated the entire cave with the faint light of a candle, he saw a dark figure in the door.
Gu Jing was finally able to see the black shadow, and walked out slowly, no! He didn't walk, that person was suspended in the air, his feet didn't move at all, and he just floated in front of them. At this time, the two of them had been frightened for a long time. Who had ever seen a person floating in the air.
"You... Are you a human or a ghost?" Gu Jing said tremblingly, only to see the corner of the man's mouth twitch: "What do you think?"
At this time, a flash of lightning struck again, and he suddenly noticed that this strange person had a shadow, and he remembered, as if ghosts have no shadow, so he said: "Senior is a human being, he must be a shy person..."
"Yes... yes... senior, you are human!" Xiao Li, who was beside him, hurriedly called out.
The weird man sneered and said: "Finally, you are right. I haven't come out here for more than 30 years, and I haven't eaten for 30 years. I didn't expect two babies to come to my door just after I left the customs today." Yes, hahaha!"
Then he said: "Although I am human, I love eating human flesh the most. Human flesh is the best in the world. You two think about who I will eat first!" Gu Jingji and Xiao Li in front of him were already petrified, I don't know anything anymore.
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Seeing that they didn't answer, the weirdo yelled, and the entire cave was shaking: "Boy, did you hear what I just said?"
"Senior, I didn't hear you clearly just now, can you say it again?" Gu Jing said, and the weird man said it again, Gu Jing and Xiao Li were sweating before they finished listening, and their faces lost a little color.
The two of them were stunned for a while, the strange man looked at their expressions, and a smile appeared on his face, but Gu Jing and the two were immersed in fear and didn't notice it.
When the strange man saw Gu Jing, he and Xiao Li panicked and frightened there, but he didn't care.
Gu Jing's face was pale, without a trace of blood, he lowered his head, his eyes changed from panic at the beginning to hesitation.
Xiao Li was already trembling with fright, and his face was full of fear. His eyes looked at the strange man, and all he could read in his eyes was fear.
At this moment, Gu Jing gritted her teeth, raised her head suddenly, and looked at the strange man. There was no hesitation in his eyes, but determination instead.
He looked at the strange man and said, "Senior, eat me, let him go!" He pointed at Xiao Li.
There was a sneer on the corner of the strange man's mouth, his eyes were fixed on Gu Jingji, his sharp eyes seemed to kill him.
Gu Jing met the strange man's eyes and looked at him. The two of them looked at each other for a while, and Gu Jing realized that she was not as scared as before. She was not even afraid of death alone, so what else would she be afraid of? What is more terrible than death
At this moment, Xiao Li was still in a daze, unaware that his fate had been decided by others, and he was still trembling.
Suddenly the strange man said, "That kid, he decided to let me eat, you're fine!" His voice was so loud that it woke up Xiao Li, and he pointed at Gu Jing and said.
"Ah!" Xiao Li's face was full of astonishment, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, "Master! You...you..."
"Don't talk about Xiao Li, what he said is true!" Gu Jing said immediately!
"Young master, why do you do this?" Xiao Li said in a panic, "Xiao Li, you have been with me for more than ten years, and you have always taken care of me. Although you and I have a master-servant relationship in name, in fact I have always treated you My brother, it's time for me to do something for you!" Gu Jing said immediately.
"No! Young Master, you can't do that! I'm your slave. When I was wandering on the streets, it was the master who took me in. Otherwise, I would have starved to death for breakfast. So my life is given by the master. It doesn't matter what I do! "Xiao Li ran over, stood in front of Gu Jingji and said.
"Xiao Li, I know your intentions. You can go away later, leave far away, and don't go home. With your ability, you will definitely be able to break through the world!" Gu Jing finished speaking, At this moment, Xiao Li wanted to open his mouth to speak, but Gu Jing waved his hand to signal him not to speak.
After finishing speaking, he bypassed Xiao Li and came in front of the strange man: "Senior, before you start, can you let him go first, I don't want him to see this scene."
"Okay, kid, you can go!"
The strange man said without expression, and then waved to Xiao Li to signal him to leave. Unexpectedly, not only did Xiao Li not turn around and leave, but he also took a few steps forward and stood beside Gu Jingji.
His expression became extremely resolute: "Senior, please let my son go. My master is only one child, and he is the hope of the master's family. If you want to eat, eat me, and I will repay the master for saving his life! "
The weirdo still looked at Xiao Li expressionlessly, and was about to speak when Gu Jing's voice sounded: "Senior, you have promised me, let him sleep for a while!"
"Okay, I promise you!" The strange man said to Gu Jing without expression, but his eyes were not as cold as before. Seeing that his left hand was a little empty, a yellow glow flew out with a "swoosh", and Xiao Li fell down with it. Gu Jing quickly reached out to hold Xiao Li in her arms, and found a slightly flat place to put Xiao Li down .
He looked down at Xiao Li, slowly raised his head, gritted his teeth suddenly, and then quickly walked in front of the weird man: "Senior, you can do it now!"
The strange man looked at Gu Jingji, sneered and said, "Follow me to the stone house!" After speaking, he floated back to the stone house.
Gu Jing followed him in. Of course, his steps were very slow. When facing death, can he be active? He walked for about a quarter of an hour before entering the stone house. At this time, his speed was really comparable to that of a snail.
When he first came to the room, he felt that the room was too dark, and he couldn't even see his own body. When he was about to grope forward, he only heard the sound of "嗖~嗖~" coming from the front, and then several sparks flew to various places in the stone house.
It turned out that there was an oil lamp in the stone house, and the oil lamp was on. Although it was not very bright, it was enough to see objects clearly.
(to be continued)