Mo Chen said: "Go to the bookstore to have a look."
Xiaodong thought it was too risky at first.
Mo Chen just patted his head.
"As long as you are still in Tianjian City, the inner city and the outer city are the same, there is no difference. There are many classics in the bookstore, maybe there is something that can help us."
"good."
If Xiaodong were allowed to come to this place by himself, it would be like entering a maze. The inner city is no smaller than the outer city, with layers of courtyards, layers of houses, and what's more, they all have the same appearance.
Even if you give him a map, he may not be able to find out where the Book Pavilion is.
The elder brother obviously had never been here before, but he led Xiaodong to turn left and right like an old horse who knew the way. At first Xiaodong remembered the road, but after turning two turns, he couldn't even tell the direction Of course I can't remember.
He also simply gave up the plan to remember the road, anyway, just follow the big brother.
There is no way to stop them even if there is a locked door, but Xiaodong also has a feeling - it seems that the more they walk, the more deserted they are.
The proof is that they haven't seen anyone for a while.
The flowers and trees here also look like they are not taken care of by people, not as neat as the place I walked just now.
After entering another small door, Mo Chen said, "Here we are."
This is it
Shuge is different from what Xiaodong imagined.
He thought that the Book Pavilion was just a pavilion filled with all kinds of ancient books, strange books, and secret books. There were guards in front of the door, and the fragrance of books could be smelled from a long distance away.
Looking here in front of me...it doesn't look like it.
It's just a very ordinary courtyard, which looks smaller than Qian Shan Tang.
It really doesn't look like you can store a lot of books.
However, it is said that Tianjian City has been stored for a long time, and so many books collected and accumulated are by no means a small amount. Even if the books are piled up to fill the room, they will definitely not be able to hold them.
Mo Chen glanced at him.
He knows exactly what Xiaodong is thinking now.
There are indeed quite a lot of books in Tianjian City, and there are many secret books that have been lost.
The world of ascetics is not peaceful. Large and small turmoil and catastrophe come every hundred years. Many new sects rise and many old sects disappear.
Because Tianjian City has always been closed and does not care about world affairs, coupled with its special position hanging alone in the air, previous catastrophes rarely affect this place.
It's no wonder that people here always think highly of themselves. According to them, the inheritance of Tianjian City has never been broken, and all sects can't compare with them now.
"The bookstore is different from other places. The books here are not made of bamboo or paper, and you can hardly even see the kind of books that are common outside here."
Mo Chen explained in a low voice.
"That… "
Mo Chen suddenly turned his head and glanced back, quickly stretched out his hand to cover Xiaodong's mouth, and the figures of the two disappeared into the shadow of the corner of the room.
As soon as they hid, someone came from behind. He was wearing a pair of platform moccasins, and he moved about quite still.
The man had no idea that there were two big living people hiding in close proximity, he yawned lazily, and just walked past Mo Chen and the others.
He could be heard greeting people from afar.
"Brother Chu, where are you going?"
"Go and get some Peiling Pill, these few days... I can't bear it anymore."
"You should also be careful. The master said last time that you just plunged into the sea of books and didn't care about improving your cultivation. Your spiritual consciousness will inevitably rise with the tide, and your lifespan will also increase greatly. At that time, you can still study and ponder these things to your heart's content. And what about you now? How can you only care about this little convenience in front of you? You have read so much, so naturally you don't need me to remind you You, people have no long-term worries, but they must have near-term worries."
The person who walked past Xiaodong and the others just now was obviously that Junior Brother Chu, and he said with some embarrassment: "What Senior Brother said is that I understand all the truth, but when I see a good book, I forget everything. I can't control myself anymore. Brother, why don't you supervise and supervise me more?"
The person who spoke before hated iron and steel: "You, you, I used to control you all the time, and you still think I control you too much, and I always obey others. Now you are begging me to control you?"
"Senior brother, don't count the faults of villains, don't be as knowledgeable as me. I was young at that time, and I couldn't sit still..."
"I'm not annoying you, I'm worrying for you. It's not the norm to rely on others to control you. You should change your bad habits..."
The two walked away all the way while talking, Mo Chen was sure that they had gone far and would not come back for a while, so he let go of his hands.
Xiaodong's face was hot, and the senior brother's hands were extraordinarily slender, covering his face almost covered his entire face.
Mo Chen observed the movements around him, and did not forget to ask distractedly, "Are you okay?"
Xiaodong nodded.
His eyes were watery because he was holding his breath just now, his face was also red, and his nose was also a little red, as if he was about to cry because he was wronged.
In fact, that is not the case at all.
"Shall we go in?"
There are fewer people in this bookstore than Xiaodong imagined, and from the news heard from the disciples of Tianjian City, from the real people to the little boys who clean up the bookstore, and the handyman guarding the gate, there are all With a lonely personality, even the same family rarely interacts with each other, and lives in seclusion. It is said that there used to be a real person in Shuge, who hadn't spoken a word for decades, and finally forgot how to talk to people, and wrote to communicate when he had anything to do.
"Come."
Mo Chen led Xiaodong to detour again, bypassing the wall on the left hand side, walked along the foot of the mountain, and entered an unoccupied house.
It can be seen that there is an owner here. The furnishings on the table are half-used ink sticks. For the cut paper, two bottles of medicine pills have been eaten at some point. superior.
This person must have been away for a while, no one took care of it, and a thin layer of floating dust had accumulated on the table.
"Be careful not to rub the ashes off." Mo Chen looked around the room, walked behind the screen, and Xiaodong quickly followed.
Behind the screen is a bed, and on the other wall opposite to the bed is a low table with a few scrolls randomly scattered on it, which looks like calligraphy and painting. "
Mo Chen picked up one of the axes and slowly unfolded it.
On this painting is a light ink landscape, and a large area is rendered in the landscape. "Here, this is the book in Shuge."
Xiaodong's eyes were wide open.
He could hear every word of the senior brother's words clearly, but he didn't understand what he meant.
This is obviously a painting, how can it be called a book
There is not a single word on it.
"It is said that each scroll is a door. After entering, not only can you see many secret books, but you can also see many strange people and strange men in the world in the painting. These scrolls are the memories recorded by the ancestors of Tianjian City. It has been handed down from the painting, so it also contains what the recorder saw, heard and thought, making people who enter it seem to have entered another real and living world."
Is this another door
Xiaodong stretched out his hand in awe, and tapped lightly on the drawing paper.
The mounted drawing paper is thick and tough, and there is a rattling sound when it is knocked on.
No matter how you look at it, it is also a piece of paper, and there is no seam on it.
How to open this door
"Brother, will you go in?"
Mo Chen shook his head.
This is the untold secret of Tianjian City Book Pavilion, it would be good for Mo Chen to know this, but as for how to get in...he doesn't know either.
Although Xiaodong was a little surprised by something he didn't know about the senior brother, it didn't affect the image of the senior brother in his mind at all.
"Eighty percent of families have unique skills..."
If they discover it casually, is it still a secret
"Listen to what the pair of senior brothers said just now, why plunge into the sea of books and forget to eat and sleep..."
If it is like what the elder brother said, after entering it, it is equivalent to entering a memory of the ancestors, and you may experience many novel things in it, and see many good books of secret books... This is really uncontrollable.
Even Xiaodong yearned for it when he thought about the wonder.
It's no wonder that the young junior brother Chu was reprimanded by his senior brother just now. The world in this book will indeed make people linger, and it's no wonder he.
"Then this book." Xiaodong still felt that it was a little strange to call this a book: "Just throw it here so casually, he is not afraid that it will be lost or damaged?"
"There are almost no outsiders in Tianjian City, and they don't often let people in. Even if there were, they wouldn't come to the bookstore." Mo Chen put down the scroll in his hand, and picked up another one. Take a look: "The books here should be some insignificant books. Looking at the landscapes on the paintings, there is a sense of leisurely travel. These should be miscellaneous notes about travel, which are not important, but more important. Of course people collect them elsewhere."
It must be so.
The owner of this room did not know where he went, thinking about what the elder brother said just now, and looking at these scrolls, Xiaodong suddenly thought of something.
Could the owner of this house... be in a certain scroll here
As the elder brother said, after entering a door, there is another independent and once real world inside the door.
This person may have stayed in there for a long time, so the house will look like the owner hasn't come back for a long time.
Thinking of this, Xiaodong's hair felt a little numb.
What if this person suddenly came out of the book at this time? Wouldn't that catch them straight
He said his guess, Mo Chen thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be like this, don't worry."
As for how the senior brother came to this judgment, Xiaodong didn't know.
He thought of another possibility.
"Brother, if someone enters the door, but... the door, I mean the scroll, is suddenly torn, burnt, and falls into the water and becomes mushy, what will happen to the person who entered? Will it fall out immediately? Or because there is no way out, the world trapped in the book will never come out?" (To be continued)