Peach Blossom Dyeing Jinge

The cable bridge between the mountains is a narrow road, straight and long. The way ahead is hidden in the night, and the way behind is not very clear. There is no end in sight, only the deep valley under the feet is very real.

The river water at the bottom of the valley was sparkling, as if the water of the galaxy in the sky was overturned and poured into the crevices of the mountain peaks.

Ren Lan walked on the cable bridge, her pace getting slower and slower.

Lu Dongqing was about to bump into her forehead, so she could only stop and call out, "Senior Sister..."

Ren Lan turned her head back, her beautiful face was full of sadness.

Lu Dongqing asked: "Does Senior Sister have something to say?"

However, Ren Lan shook her head and said: "It's you who have something to say. You may as well ask me clearly about the questions you have about Lingquan Valley at this moment, and don't bother Master anymore."

Lu Dongqing was surprised: "How do you know our question?"

Ren Lan said: "How can I not see the suspiciousness written on your face?"

Her tone was soft, seemingly helpless, but with a hint of connivance, as if she really regarded the young man in front of her as her junior.

Feeling ashamed in Lu Dongqing's heart, she couldn't help lowering her head, thought for a moment, and said, "Actually, I heard some rumors about my uncle..."

He recounted to Ren Lan what he had heard in Wutong Town and the rumors about Feng Tingjian's punishment of the clansmen, and finally asked, "I want to know, is this true?"

Ren Lan said: "It's true, but it's only half the truth."

"Half means?"

"They only know what the master did to the people, but they don't know what he did to themselves."

"What did he do to himself?"

"How do you think his eyes are blind?"

"Isn't it poisoned..."

Lu Dongqing stopped suddenly in the middle of her words, her eyebrows frowned, and her five fingers clenched involuntarily.

Feng Tingjian has excellent medical skills, so how could he not be able to cure the poison on his body.

Unless he doesn't want to understand, doesn't want to understand.

Ren Lan seemed to see what he was thinking, nodded slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, he not only punished the clansmen who violated the ban, but also punished himself for dereliction of duty. He poisoned himself blind."

Lu Dongqing had already guessed eight points in her heart, but when she heard Ren Lan say it with her own ears, she still opened her mouth wide in shock.

He couldn't help asking: "It's just a trip out of the valley, why are you so severely punished?"

Ren Lan sighed: "Sure enough, the rumors outside are just one-sided words. That disciple went out of the valley without permission, not for sightseeing."

"What's that for?"

"In order to seek personal gain, he took the precious medicinal materials out of the valley without authorization, and traded them around at high prices, which attracted the attention of the Dingguo army. He fled back to Lingquan Valley as a last resort and begged for the protection of the patriarch."

Lu Dongqing was even more surprised: "So why?"

Ren Lan nodded: "That time, the recovery troops had reached the banks of the Ganyi River. In order to take the escaped criminals back to the valley, Master had to lead people to confront them head-on, and fought fiercely with the government soldiers."

Lu Dongqing frowned and said, "It's true that this matter hasn't spread outside."

Ren Lan replied: "Of course they won't spread the word, because they lost, the general was seriously injured, and the ship armor we brought was also burned clean by us."

"You... defeated the Dingguo army?"

"The price of winning was heavy. Nine compatriots died at the bottom of the river and never came back."

Speaking of this, Ren Lan lowered her head, and after a while, she spoke again, "Master and the lieutenant made a private contract. On the one hand, the lieutenant will spare us a yard in private and not report the rebellion in Lingquan Valley to the court. On the other hand, Lingquan Valley must also guarantee that no one from the clan will be allowed to leave the valley without authorization and cut off contact with the outside world."

"So the uncle forbids the clansmen to go out of the valley to protect you?"

Ren Lan took his words and said with a wry smile, "You finally understand, if the imperial court decides to increase its troops, how can a mere Yushan be able to resist."

"Then will you be trapped here forever?"

"Why not, our Yushan clan has lived by the spiritual spring for generations, and our products are abundant, inexhaustible, and inexhaustible. If the world is fair, why don't we want to be like your mother, roaming the rivers and lakes to save the world People. However, with the unjust case nine years ago, the Yushan tribe was regarded as a thorn in the side. We lost half of our tribe, and we couldn’t satisfy the emperor’s anger. It’s not that we abandoned the world, but the world abandoned us first.”

"If you have been wronged for no reason, you should try to overturn the case and restore the clan's clean reputation."

"If you had seen the tragedy of that day nine years ago, you would never say such a thing."

Lu Dongqing was speechless.

Ren Lan sighed, and said: "You say that I am self-defeating, and I can't refute it, but we have no choice at all, just like the cable bridge at the foot, there are boundless abyss on the left and right, standing on it, we can only go all the way. go forward."

Lu Dongqing was also standing on this cable bridge, the soles of her feet shaking with the night wind.

This seemingly magnificent and peaceful paradise actually hides a lot of unbearable pain.

Under the nest, there are eggs.The world is about to fall, who can truly survive independently.

His chivalry is so insignificant in front of the world, he really can't criticize the woman in front of him.

At this time, Lu Zhengqiu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Miss Ren Lan, I have one more thing to ask. May I ask that Baiyu girl, is she related to the former patriarch?"

Ren Lan was surprised at first, then nodded and said: "Yes, Baiyu is the only daughter of the former patriarch Yue Changsong. There are three brothers and sisters in the same generation of master, Dongqing's mother Jiang Yun, my master Feng Tingjian, and Baiyu His father, Yue Changsong. Among them, Yue Changsong is the oldest, with the highest level of martial arts and the most prestigious in the clan. Nine years ago, the Dingguo Army brought news of Jiang Yun’s treason. He was charged with being implicated, taken away, and beheaded outside Anyi City."

What happened next, even if Ren Lan didn't talk about it, the two listeners knew it by heart.

The traitor was beheaded at the gate of the city, and his head was hung on the tower for a hundred days to warn the world—the old case nine years ago is still known to the whole country.

Lu Dongqing just couldn't connect this cold description with the ghostly girl just now.

The boundary between life and death is so close.

Just like the cable bridge under your feet, if you take a wrong step, you will be in the abyss.

Ren Landao: "Uncle Yue devoted himself to the Yushan tribe, and even married the latest among his peers. However, Baiyu was born only a few years ago, and just learned to walk, and her father had already suffered an accident. Her life was miserable, That's why the master pampered and pampered her."

"Did that child inherit Mr. Yue's primordial spirit?"

Ren Lan suddenly raised her head and looked at the person who asked the question in surprise.

Lu Zhengqiu nodded slightly to her: "I'm sorry, I just asked this question because I saw Baiyu's martial arts qualifications, which are beyond the reach of others."

"It's okay, you're right," Ren Lan said, "She did inherit Master Yue's primordial spirit, so Master wants to cultivate her no matter what."

Yuanshen is the core of family martial arts.

The sword is the support of the moves, and the primordial spirit is the foundation of internal strength. It is the practice of extraditing the aura left by the ancient gods to one's body and coordinating with the heaven and earth.

It is difficult to accomplish such a profound cultivation level by one's own strength. It often depends on the accumulation of generations, or water and soil, or blood, and tireless efforts to achieve a positive result.

The primordial spirit inherited by Baiyu is the most precious wealth of the Yushan clan.

Seeing Ren Lan's solemn expression, Lu Zhengqiu comforted her and said, "Yushan is the commander-in-chief platform of Jiutian Xuannv, and it is also the execution place where the Yellow Emperor killed the rebel Gun. , and one day, he will definitely become a talent."

Ren Lan looked at him gratefully, but quickly lowered her head: "I don't know whether there are gods in this world. Even if there are, I have never seen them. All I see is the hard work of Master."

She turned her head and cast her gaze to the end of the cable bridge. In the gray twilight, Feng Tingjian's back stood alone on the altar, looking blankly at the sky with those godless eyes.

She withdrew her gaze and turned to the young man beside her: "Holly, don't betray Master. Although my talent is not as good as Bai Yu's, my knife will never be soft."

Lu Dongqing was startled, nodded and said, "I understand."

"You are a kind child, and I don't want to confront you with swords. But standing on the rope bridge, I also have no choice."

The wrinkles between her brows were released, but the melancholy in her eyes could not go away for a long time.