In the morning, it is a new day.
At the entrance of Sanfu Town, Gui Li stood face to face with the young man, Xiao Hui was lying on his shoulder, and the evil beast Tao Tie followed the young man, looking bored.
The young man glanced at Gui Li, smiled and said: "It's rare to get together, don't pass today, I don't know when we will see you again, brother, take care."
Gui Li said indifferently: "You too!"
The young man seemed to think of something, and said: "The world is in chaos now, and the situation in the north is becoming more and more tense. Is there no interest in going north to see the excitement, brother?"
Gui Li was slightly surprised, couldn't help but glanced at the young man, and saw that the young man had a calm expression on his face, he didn't seem to have any special meaning, after pondering for a moment, he said: "Let's talk! Why, you also want to kill these fights Interested?"
The young man smiled slightly, but did not answer, just cupped his hands and said: "The world is far away, the world is difficult and dangerous, let's meet again by fate."
Gui Li returned the salute and said, "Yes."
The boy laughed loudly, turned around and left, Tao Tie let out a low growl, as if he was also telling the monkey Xiao Hui, and then followed. Xiao Hui, lying on Gui Li's shoulder, felt a bit reluctant, and squeaked a few times towards Tao Tie's back. In less than a while, the figures of the mysterious boy and Taotie had disappeared.
Gui Li looked at the direction where their figures disappeared, and was silent for a moment, then slowly turned around, the Sanfu Town in front of him was dead silent, not even a little bit of life. Xiao Hui clicked his tongue twice, grabbed the wine bag from behind and put it in his mouth to drink a couple of sips. Last night, this monkey found some spirits from the cellar of that tavern.
"Let's go! Xiao Hui." Gui Li suddenly said so plainly.
Xiao Hui squeaked twice, put the monkey's palm on Ghost Li's hair and fiddled with it. Gui Li looked into the distance with his eyes, and after a long time, he said quietly: "There, after all, is the place where we lived together, do you still remember?"
The monkey didn't answer, and I don't know if it understood, but there seemed to be a cold wind blowing across the cold street...
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Qingyun Mountain, Big Bamboo Peak.
Tian Buyi, the first member of the Big Bamboo Peak lineage of the Qingyunmen, is walking back and forth with his hands behind his back in the Shoujing Hall on the Big Bamboo Peak alone. He was in a very bad mood, with a faint look of anger on his face, and a hint of irritability. His always considerate wife, Suru, is not at the Big Bamboo Peak at this moment, but went to Master Shuiyue at the Small Bamboo Peak. As for all the disciples under his sect, they have always been in awe of him. Seeing Tian Buyi in a bad mood, they had already left Hidden away, Song Daren, the only senior disciple who could barely speak normally, was nowhere to be seen at this moment.
Tian Buyi knew what it was for, the catastrophe was ahead, and no one knew when those terrifying monsters would attack. As one of the leaders of Qingyun Sect, he was naturally troubled by this. But also because of this, after several times of persuasion from his wife Suru, Tian Buyi finally went to Xiaozhufeng three days ago to propose marriage to Master Shuiyue for Song Daren and Wen Min for the happiness of his disciple Song Daren.
Unexpectedly, at that time, Master Shuiyue seemed to have eaten some gunpowder, and he exploded at once, not even giving face to Suru who was present at the same time, not to mention the disgraceful disciple Wen Min who was next to him, he directly refused, and spoke sarcastically Tian is not easy.
Tian Buyi has such a temperament, how can he not be furious, he had a big fight with Master Shuiyue on the top of Xiaozhu Peak, almost started a fight, in the end it was Suru who reluctantly pulled him back to Big Bamboo Peak, and Shuiyue Master Yue was also stopped by a group of disciples on their knees.
After this trouble came back, Song Daren was naturally extremely depressed, with his head downcast, his face was like a bitter melon all day long. Tian Buyi was in a bad mood at first, but when he saw him like this, he was even annoyed. He scolded him several times in succession, saying that if you don't have a wife, you don't have a wife, so you should devote yourself to cultivating Taoism, maybe you will be blessed by misfortune in the future.
Song Daren naturally didn't dare to contradict his mentor, but his words were submissive and his disapproval expression was written on his face, obviously he still couldn't forget Xiaozhufeng's Wen Min. Tian Buyi became even more angry when he saw it, and scolded him even harder. In the end, Song Daren almost seemed to be afraid of cats and mice, hiding around all day long, not daring to see his master anymore.
That day Suru went out early, and specially told Tian Buyi to go to Little Bamboo Peak to persuade Sister Shuiyue, Tian Buyi snorted a few times, sneered at Shuiyue, Suru ignored him and went straight, Tian Buyi was left alone, sullen. But before leaving, Suru whispered a few words to Tian Buyi in private, which made Tian Buyi somewhat understand why this woman, Shui Yue, was so arrogant that day.
Suru actually said it very simply, she just said: "I heard that the day before we went, that was the day Lu Xueqi returned to the mountain, Senior Sister Shuiyue summoned Lu Xueqi alone, and talked for a long time, but for some reason, Lu Xueqi was severely punished by the senior sister Not to mention, even the other disciples were scolded."
Tian Buyi's appearance is dull, but he is by no means a dull person. After a while, he realized the reason, but after Suru left, every time he thought that he was actually sent to the door to be humiliated, he still couldn't swallow his breath, he was so angry that he couldn't swallow it. Bear.
The Shoujing Hall was silent at the moment, only the sound of Tian Buyi's footsteps could be heard, and his expression slowly changed along with the walking steps. For some reason, at the end, his expression became a little strange, as if he had thought of something. He knew about Lu Xueqi's face-to-face refusal to marry at Tongtian Peak's Yuqing Palace, and Tian Buyi also heard rumors about Lu Xueqi, the most outstanding talent among the younger generation of disciples.
It's just that what he cares about deeply in his heart is another person among those "rumors".
"Ten years." He sighed softly, his expression was a little dazed, and sometimes even he himself felt a little strange, why did that little disciple who seemed so inconspicuous back then make him worry about it for so many years?
Tian Buyi gave a wry smile and shook his head, at this moment, he suddenly felt something, frowned, looked outside the Shoujing Hall, only heard the sound of piercing the sky from afar. Tian Buyi pondered for a moment, collected himself, and walked out.
I saw a flash of white light above Dazhu Peak, swift as lightning, and shot straight towards the top of Dazhu Peak, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the front and landed six feet away from Tian Buyi, the dazzling white light swayed and scattered away, The figure of Xiao Yicai appeared in Tongtian Peak of Qingyunmen.
Xiao Yicai turned around, with a smile on his face, he cupped his hands and said, "I've seen Master Tian."
Tian Buyi nodded and said, "Well, why are you here, what's the matter?"
Xiao Yicai smiled and nodded, but then he glanced around, feeling a little surprised, and said: "Uncle Tian, why is it so deserted here, where are the other juniors under your seat! Why haven't you seen them?"
Tian Buyi said in his heart: "If you can see them, you will be damned. You don't know where to hide." But on the surface, he seemed to be okay, and said indifferently: "They are all doing their homework, so there is nothing wrong with them." Come out. My place is not like your Tongtian Peak, where there are a lot of people, and it is common for people not to be seen."
Xiao Yicai was startled, he could hear Tian Buyi's tone of displeasure, but he was quite deep in the city, he didn't hear it, and he smiled and said: "Oh, that's how it is. Uncle Tian, disciple today I came here to pay my respects to my uncle at the order of my benefactor, and I would like to ask you a few questions."
Tian Buyi frowned, but was taken aback, and said in astonishment: "Ask me for advice, what do you ask for? Brother Daoxuan is a scholar of heaven and man, and he has learned about nature, so what else do you want to ask me, this incompetent brother?"
Xiao Yicai smiled slightly, but didn't speak, just looked at Tian Buyi. Tian Buyi understood, said: "Then go in and talk about it!" After speaking, he turned around and was about to walk into the Shoujing Hall, Xiao Yicai followed behind him. Suddenly Tian Buyi paused, turned his head abruptly, but looked towards the other side of the disciple's house.
Xiao Yicai was a little strange, he also glanced over there, but saw nothing, he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong, Master Tian?"
Tian Buyi hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and said: "No, it's my eyesight, how could he..." He suddenly coughed, and said calmly: "Let's go in and talk!"
Xiao Yicai was baffled by what he heard, so he couldn't help but glanced over there again, but he saw rows of houses neatly arranged, silent, which seemed too normal. At the moment, he didn't think much about it, and followed Zai Tian Buyi into the Shoujing Hall.
After the figures of those two people disappeared in the Shoujing Hall, the quiet atmosphere shrouded the top of the Big Bamboo Peak again. I don't know how long it took, and suddenly a figure flashed in the corridor of the disciple's house, and it turned out to be Ghost Li. I saw him silently staring in the direction of the Shoujing Hall for a moment, then turned around and walked slowly along the once very familiar corridor. go inside.
Probably because of the afternoon time! None of the other disciples on the Big Bamboo Peak saw their figures. In my memory, what I heard most often here in the past, apart from the crisp laughter of my junior sister Tian Linger, was Du Bishu's slightly frustrated shouting, because he must have been there again. Lost a bet. Then, the hearty laughter of senior brother Song Daren and others will be heard, and several other senior brothers will also laugh, and the youngest and most inconspicuous little disciple! Presumably it must be a knowing smile in the corner, right
Once upon a time, the past time was gently turned in the sound of slow walking footsteps, and those old things seemed to be engraved here between every brick, tile, pillar and stone building, echoing around him.
Gui Li's face changed gradually from the dull one at the beginning, the expression that was covered like ice quietly receded, the past time turned out to be so touching, even after many years, he still couldn't forget it.
If, if... if nothing changes...
He stood between the corridors illuminated by the faint sunlight, and slowly sat down on the low railing of the corridor. The warm and warm sunlight of the Big Bamboo Peak shone on his face, as if he looked like ten years ago.
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There were footsteps and voices of conversation, coming from far behind, and getting closer, it turned out to be the fourth disciple He Dazhi and the sixth disciple Du Bishu of the Big Bamboo Peak sect. Two people walked towards here side by side, and the moment their figures appeared, Gui Li had already disappeared like a ghost, the mountain wind blew past, the branches and plants swayed together, no one knew where he was hiding.
He Dazhi and Du Bishu obviously didn't notice anything. The two talked in a low voice and walked slowly over. Among them, Du Bishu was holding a wooden bucket half filled with water, and a rag was placed beside it. Where are you going to clean it up? Seeing the two of them walking forward, after a while, they came to the door of a room, Du Bishu shrugged his shoulders to He Dazhi, He Dazhi smiled, and the two walked in together.
A moment later, Ghost Li's figure appeared from a corner outside the corridor, looking forward with complicated eyes. The room that the two former senior brothers entered was actually the room he lived in when he was a little disciple Zhang Xiaofan of the Big Bamboo Peak. But, shouldn't that room have been abandoned for many years, why did the two senior brothers go in
Ghost Li floated past without making a sound.
As if he had suddenly fallen into a fantasy dream, he was stunned at the door. In this small courtyard, it was exactly the same as it was back then. There were still gravel paths, green grass and green fields, and even the small pine It's still growing there, but over the years, it's gotten a lot thicker.
There was the sound of water in the room, and then the voices of Du Bishu and He Dazhi came out: "Fourth Senior Brother, tell me, it's been so many years, why does Master want us to clean this room? Didn't it mean to make me suffer?" What!"
He Dazhi scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, you want to be lazy again, don't you? Let me tell you, Master is getting angry recently because of the elder brother's affairs! Don't mess with the old man, or Master will pick you up." No skin."
Du Bishu laughed dryly twice, and said: "Brother, you're kidding me again, how dare I provoke Master. It's just that the younger brother has been away for more than ten years, but the master still ordered us to keep this place as it is, and clean it every day. I really don't know what the old man is thinking about?"
The figure standing outside the room stood dumbly and slowly lowered his head.
In the room, He Dazhi was silent for a while, but sighed, and said in a low voice: "Although Master has never talked about my junior brother these years, we all know that he loves Xiaofan the most in his heart. Junior brother."
Du Bishu's voice said: "Yeah! I can see this too. To be honest, sometimes I miss my junior brother very much. But what's the use of that, my junior brother has already become a different person by now. Could it be?" Will he go back to Big Bamboo Peak, become Zhang Xiaofan again, and be our seventh junior brother again?…”
Outside the window, Gui Li's expression became more and more indifferent, and his body was also straight, with only two hands clenched into fists, clenched tighter and tighter.
Can I go back
The steps you have taken in time, the road you have crossed, after many years, do you still remember to look back? Have you ever thought about going back
The sun is shining warmly on the body, but it feels like being in an ice cellar!
He Dazhi and Du Bishu also fell silent, as if this topic was brought up inadvertently, even they felt dull and speechless. They messed around in the house for a while, and came out with a bucket. He Dazhi gently closed the door, watching the green grass in the small courtyard, and the swaying pine branches. Although it was full of spring, there was always a bit of loneliness meaning. It seems that the owner of this house is not here, and even this piece of spring light has quietly faded away.
He shook his head, sighed, and left with Du Bishu.
After a long time, Ghost Li slowly came out from behind the pine tree. The familiar mountain wind blew on his face and ruffled his hair. He walked to the door, raised his right hand, and placed it on the door.
His movements were very slow, as if there was a heavy weight on his hands, and even the expression on his face seemed to be out of breath. However, that strange and inexplicable feeling, like an invisible force, finally pushed the door open!
—It’s like, pushing open a window of the past and seeing the past.
Familiar beds, familiar tables and chairs, and banners hanging on the wall that look a little withered and yellow after many years, even the kettle and teacups on the table look exactly the same as they did back then!
Does anyone know how many times this simple and simple room has appeared in dreams? Even the air here seems to have a faint nostalgia for the past. He walked into the room slowly, walked to the side of the bed, sat down slowly, and gently stroked the bedding on the edge of the bed with his hands, the soft feeling passed through his palm.
Who saw that he suddenly bit his lip, so hard, so deep!
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In the Shoujing Hall, Tian Buyi and Xiao Yicai sat down together, Tian Buyi seemed a little restless, facing Xiao Yicai, but looked away, as if he was thinking about something. It wasn't until Xiao Yi coughed and called out, "Uncle Tian."
Tian Buyi seemed to wake up with a start, nodded, and said: "Well, well, you can tell! What does Senior Brother Daoxuan want you, the proud disciple, to make a special trip for?"
Xiao Yicai smiled and said: "I don't dare to do it. That's how it is. My teacher mainly has two things. I want my disciples to ask Mr. Tian about it."
Tian Buyi said: "Oh, tell me."
Xiao Yicai said: "Firstly, the number of orthodox friends who have come to Qingyun Mountain is still increasing recently, other branches have received many people, and Tongtian Peak has also arranged more than a hundred fellow Taoists on the mountainside. In the house. But even so, there is still not enough accommodation, so the teacher wants the disciple to ask the uncle, can you arrange some righteous friends on the Big Bamboo Peak?"
Tian Buyi frowned, and glanced at Xiao Yicai, Xiao Yicai looked a little embarrassed, but still said with a smile: "Master, this is also because the world is in catastrophe, and we have to do it as a last resort, and our Qingyun sect has always regarded itself as the leader of the righteous way , you can’t push fellow Taoists out of the door, can you?”
Tian Buyi snorted, and said: "Don't think I'm a fool, those so-called Righteous Daoist friends, when they really fought against those beast monsters, less than 30% of their strength could be contributed, most of them came because of our Qingyun's fame, ran over here Asylum."
Xiao Yicai smiled wryly, and said: "Tian Shishu is serious, but even so, we can't push people out of the door. If this is the case, what will the world think of us Qingyun? For the sake of the overall situation, please ask Tian Uncle Master helped a lot."
Tian Buyi rolled his eyes, and suddenly seemed to think of something, his eyes suddenly lit up, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, he coughed immediately, with a righteous expression on his face, and said: "Since Brother Daoxuan said so, I It's not easy to refuse, anyway, it's for the sake of the righteousness and the overall situation of the world, so let's do it like this!"
Xiao Yicai was overjoyed, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Master Uncle."
Tian Buyi smiled, raised his hand suddenly and said: "Wait a minute, I haven't finished yet."
Xiao Yicai was stunned for a moment, and said: "What? Please tell me, Master Tian."
Tian Buyi smiled and said: "Since the catastrophe is at hand, everything should be considered for the overall situation. I heard that among the seven veins of Qingyun, there is another vein, uh, it seems to be the one with more female disciples..."
Xiao Yicai was smiling all over his face at first, but when he heard half of it, his face became stiff, and he gradually couldn't laugh anymore.
Tian Buyi still smiled to himself and said: "I remember that in that vein, the terrain is vast, and I have been there a few days ago, there are so many empty rooms! How come the head brother Ying Ming I didn't Remember this place?"
Xiao Yicai had a wry smile on his face, and after a while he said: "Uncle Tian, this, this..."
Tian Buyi snorted, looked up to the sky with his chubby face, and said nothing. Xiao Yicai looked at his appearance, shook his head secretly, and could only say: "Yes, after the disciple returns today, he should report to his teacher and ask him to be the master."
Tian Buyi didn't speak, and the expression on his face didn't change, he just nodded, but he was very happy in his heart, and he couldn't stop laughing.
Xiao Yicai calmed down, and then said: "Then Master Tian, there is this second matter, which is more important than the one just now, and my teacher has repeatedly told me, please think it over carefully before answering."
Seeing Xiao Yicai's serious face, Tian Buyi saw that it was quite different from just now, and it was obvious that this matter seemed to be no trivial matter, so he couldn't help being startled for a moment, nodded and said: "Oh, what's so serious, just tell me."