Meng 49 sword

Three days later, Shenjing.

The big ship docked at the pier outside the city, followed the official road for half a day, and then arrived at the east gate of Shenjing.Meng Qiqi and the others were not in a hurry for this half day, and it was still early, so they paid for the donkey cart of an old man who was traveling with them. Hearing the bells on the black donkey's neck, they walked slowly towards Shenjing.

Shenjing, at the height of the clouds, is in the dream of the soul returning.

There are tens of thousands of monks in the world, all of whom are pretentious, wishing to draw a clear line with this turbid world.However, no matter how powerful the monk is, when it comes to Shenjing, the place where the secular imperial power is located, it is always full of fascination.

Just like the little mad dog back then, he also wanted to come to Shenjing to have a dream of becoming famous all over the world.

Shenjing is the largest and most special city in the five mountains and fourteen continents.

It took only half an hour to get on the donkey cart, and when he got out of the forest, Meng Qiqi could see the city surrounded by white clouds in the distance.The city was very tall, built on a flat ground that was a hundred feet high, and the bluestone gentle slopes extending from the four city gates, enough for ten people to walk side by side, extended to a distance beyond sight, like four Qingyun roads.

The city wall was higher, stretching endlessly at a glance, and through the flowing clouds, Meng Qiqi could still see the wild sword marks on the white city wall.

Countless sword marks made up countless ink-colored characters; countless characters made up the famous "Shenjing Fu"; and this "Shenjing Fu" was just a part of the battle array for defending the city.

According to legend, at the beginning of the founding of Daxia, Emperor Taizu Yaoguang used tens of thousands of craftsmen to build this divine capital, and wrote this "Shenjing Fu", which will be engraved on the city wall forever to ensure the prosperity of Daxia.For thousands of years, the world was in turmoil, and Shenjing never fell.

This is also the place where monks yearn for Shenjing. Shenjing gathers dragon energy and is an excellent place for enlightenment.Not to mention far away, hundreds of years ago, someone meditated under the city wall, enlightened the Tao overnight, and shocked the fairy gate.This person is the owner of the Tanghua Building by the Lake of Mochou, Fairy Tanghua.

But Meng Qiqi once teased that the Emperor Taizu built the city wall so high and set up such a large formation, probably to guard against monks like them.If one day everyone in the Immortal Sect gets overwhelmed and stops cultivating immortals, and everyone kills the emperor and enslaves the people of the world, who else can resist?

This world is too big, there are monsters, monsters, and everyone.

This world is too small, everyone is squeezed into a box, and no one can avoid anyone.

Every time Meng Qiqi saw the majestic city wall, he was always deeply moved.Compared to this majestic city, a person is really insignificant, so insignificant that he feels that his own suffering has become insignificant.When all these miseries are thrown away, the lofty aspirations will be revived in the heart and burn blazingly.

When he first saw Shenjing that year, he was so excited that he ran all the way into the city with high spirits.Now that I think about it, it's pretty silly.

But even though she thought so in her heart, as the donkey cart drove up the gentle bluestone slope and got closer and closer to the city gate, Meng Qiqi couldn't help feeling a little excited.

Shen Qingya sat cross-legged, feeling the wind blowing in front of her, and asked Meng Qiqi: "Do you remember what you said the first time you came here?"

Meng Qiqi pretended to be ignorant, but Chen Boyan was suddenly blessed and said, "Shenjing, my uncle is here?"

Shen Qingya opened her eyes wide in astonishment, and then burst out laughing.Meng Qiqi was so angry that she couldn't help kicking Chen Boyan, angrily said: "You can't remember anything else, just remember this, you have a grudge against me!"

Chen Boyan's plain white clothes were stunned by Meng Qiqi's black footprints, and he was extremely helpless.

Just at this time, several travelers rode past the donkey cart.The BMW neighed, raising a cloud of dust and rushing towards it with the wind.

Meng Qiqi hurriedly waved her sleeves to block it, trying to see who it was so that she could take revenge.Unexpectedly, when he raised his eyes, he saw a few monks passing by with swords above his head, whistling like the wind, with elegant immortal talents.

But can it fly higher?

Meng Qiqi was really going to die of anger, so Chen Boyan had no choice but to comfort him: "Real people don't show their faces, and those who show their faces are not real people, so why bother with them?"

Shen Qingya also rarely choked Meng Qiqi: "Who insisted on riding in a donkey cart?"

"Okay, okay, you guys are right." Meng Qiqi raised her hands in surrender without any anger.After a while, he was almost at the gate of the city. He looked at more and more fellow travelers and said, "But this Shenjing is really more prosperous than before."

There was already a long queue at the huge gate of the city.There are two entrances here, the right side is for ordinary people, and the left side is for monks.This move is not to deliberately distinguish monks from ordinary people, on the contrary, it is to restrain monks.

In the monk's door, there is an enchantment set up by the city guard array.The sky is forbidden in Shenjing, and no monk is allowed to fly with a sword above the city. If a monk wants to enter the city, he must pass through the barrier.This enchantment will not block people, but it will keep the unique energy of each monk in the array when he passes by, which is registered in the register.If the cultivator committed a crime in the city, it would be much easier to investigate.

If a monk wants to fish in troubled waters and pass through the door of ordinary people, it will not work.The city defense array is always open, and once it senses this situation, it will be killed immediately without any mercy.

It is this strict law of "everyone goes his own way" that makes Shenjing even though there are many monks, but few monks dare to make trouble here.

Back then, Meng Qiqi was walking the right way of ordinary people. Although he envied Chen Boyan and Shen Qingya for walking the other way, he still pretended to be innocent and teased them for taking the "heteropathic way".

Now he is finally able to walk the wrong way, but after he walks through, he doesn't feel anything.However, the three of them were recognized as soon as they entered the city.

"Senior Meng!" A cultivator who looked past and confused chased up from behind, and saluted Meng Qiqi excitedly.This person had probably been to Jinling, but Meng Qiqi didn't know him, he just felt that the people walking by on the right at this moment were all looking at him with the eyes of admiring a thousand-year-old demon.

Meng Qiqi nodded slightly, and quickly withdrew.Others looked at him as if he was strolling in a garden, but in the blink of an eye, he had disappeared into the vast crowd without a trace.

The buildings in Shenjing City are much grander and more aura than the prosperous Jinling City.A random mortise and tenon joint or a stone slab seems to have a taste that has been soaked in thousands of years of wind and frost.

Meng Qiqi and the others stopped and went, and luckily found the inn they stayed in back then, and found that it hadn't closed yet.No wonder Meng Qiqi thinks so, it's because the location of this inn is really not good, not only is it located in a remote and sparsely populated street, the tables and chairs are also too old.

When the three of them came again, the empty shop door seemed to have only traces of time.

"Is anyone there?" Meng Qiqi walked in with big strides, the few grains of dust on the door shook off with a clear voice.

No one answered in the inn for a long time, Meng Qiqi looked around and found that the layout of the inn was still the same as before, without any change.Even the tables and chairs are from the same batch as before, so old that the paint is almost falling off, the table in the corner is standing in a strange posture, not far from the shelf.

The only saving grace is that the inn is very clean.Although it is old, it is very clean. The sun shines in through the windows with peeling vermilion paint, and it is as warm as if the scratches on the tables and chairs have been smoothed away.

Meng Qiqi yelled again, and this time there was finally a reaction inside.The sound of hurried footsteps came from the back kitchen, before anyone arrived, the voice came first, "Hey, come here, come here!"

The person came out soon, a middle-aged man wiping his hands in a hurry, wearing a nondescript black round cap, with a thin body and a dark clothes that didn't fit very well covered with patterns of copper coins.

Meng Qiqi and Shen Qingya looked at each other - this person looked familiar.

"Master?" Meng Qiqi called tentatively.

The man laughed immediately, and nodded with a slight bend: "It's me or me, do you want to be a top player or stay in a hotel?"

Sure enough, they were acquaintances, but after seven years, people came and went in the inn, and Meng Qiqi didn't know if he still remembered her, so he didn't make friends hastily.And it seems that the boss's life is not very good.There wasn't a single customer in the store who didn't say anything, not even a waiter.

The three of them wanted to stay in the hotel, but the owner graciously took them to the best Tianzi room without asking any questions.The three asked for three rooms, namely Tianzi No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-].Meng Qiqi was very curious about the Tianzi No. [-] room next door, and asked, "Master, is there someone living next door?"

"Yeah, he's an old gentleman. He usually lives in seclusion and is very quiet." The host laughed along with him, looking at Meng Qiqi anxiously, as if he was afraid that he would walk away the next moment.

Naturally, Meng Qiqi would not do such things, so she ordered him to cook a table of dishes and prepare some hot water, and let him go down.The three of them gathered in Tianzi No. [-] room, Meng Qiqi and Shen Qingya sat on the only two stools in the room, Chen Boyan could only stand.

Shen Qingya said: "The owner seems to have lost a lot of weight. I'm afraid this store will not be able to continue."

Meng Qiqi nodded, and said: "Back then we were taken care of by him, we were free of food expenses, and the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by the spring. Mr. Chen has a lot of money, why don't you be a good person?"

Chen Boyan respectfully said: "My purse has been handed over to you, little uncle."

"You mean this?" Meng Qiqi untied the green purse from his waist, opened it for a closer look, then looked up at Chen Boyan, and said, "There's only half of it left."

Chen Boyan didn't even know what Meng Qiqi had spent. From the beginning to the end, they only took the boat for three days.However, the junior uncle cannot be questioned, so Chen Boyan had no choice but to take out a small black palm-sized box from the Sumeru Ring and hand it to Meng Qiqi, saying: "This is the last point."

Meng Qiqi opened it and was almost blinded by the golden light.A box full of gold leaves, this is the last point?Did Mr. Chen not have an accurate concept of worldly money until now?

It doesn't matter, my little uncle will do it for me.

Meng Qiqi put away the box unceremoniously, her eyes were firm.If he was asked to recite a poem at this time, he would definitely say that sentence - poor and poor cannot be moved, and might cannot be subdued.

But even if you have money, you can't rush to give the money to others.Shen Qingya thought for a moment and said: "Let's take a look again. The biggest problem with this inn is that there are no customers. Even if we give him the money, it won't help for a while."

Neither Meng Qiqi nor Chen Boyan had any objections, Meng Qiqi remembered the business and asked, "Is there any news from Uncle Zhan?"

Chen Boyan said: "He will come to see me after dinner. However, he has already informed me of a simple message through the token - Lu Yunting has also come to Shenjing."

"He's here too?" Meng Qiqi was surprised.Lu Yunting said that he made a bet with Jin Man to find all three things.But apart from Fuyao Mountain's hairpin in Qingping County, the other two are in the west and the other in the north. Why did he come to Shenjing?

Meng Qiqi couldn't think of a reason, so she could only bring Chen Zhan over to talk about it in detail.

After a while, the owner came over and invited them to go down for dinner.When going out, Meng Qiqi subconsciously glanced to the left again. The door of Tianzi No. [-] room was still closed, and she didn't know whether the only customer in the shop hadn't returned or stayed in the room all the time.

When they went downstairs, since there were only three of them in the inn, the owner found them the best seat, and brought them five big dishes, with a jug of wine as a gift, and said that the rest of the dishes were still in the pot doing.

Shen Qingya hurriedly said: "My boss doesn't need to be busy, five dishes are enough."

The owner, surnamed Cai, quickly waved his hand and said, "Guests, don't misunderstand, you have also seen that my inn has only four guests, and I am afraid it will close this month. A few people came from afar , I chose my Jixiang Inn among so many inns in Shenjing, and it happened to be at this time, so it can be seen that I have a relationship with Lao Cai. I will cook as many dishes in the kitchen for you every day, and please give me money Feel free to do it, it doesn't matter. If you have any additional requirements, feel free to tell me, I don't think I have any great skills, but I still have cooking skills."

Cai Dong's family was half helpless, half disappointed, and finally cheered up again, putting on a smiling face again.At this moment, Meng Qiqi seemed to see in him the shadow of the old boss who, although the business was not good, was happy, righteous and kind.

He lowered his head and stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth, tasted it carefully, and said: "It's delicious, the master's craftsmanship is really good."

Shen Qingya also said: "Yes, it would be a pity if such a good craftsmanship is closed here. If there is any embarrassment for the owner, why not tell us?"

Shen Qingya has a handsome face, gentle and elegant, and is the most popular.Cai Dong's family thought that he had met kind-hearted people, and the meal was not bad, but it was because of their kindness that he was even more reluctant to speak out his worries and make others worry.

"I appreciate the kindness of the guest officer, but..." Cai Dong's family was halfway through speaking, when there was a sudden noise at the door.This voice was very familiar to Cai Dong's family, so familiar that his expression changed, and he hurriedly apologized to Meng Qiqi and the others, and ran to the door.

It's just that before he arrived, people from outside came in.

A group of men in ordinary clothes but of various stature walked in.It's only April, and someone has already torn off their sleeves to reveal their strong arms, and their hostility is exposed, which is very difficult to provoke.

Dong Cai’s family has a thin bamboo chopsticks, and his thighs are not as thick as others’ arms, but he strode in front of them and refused to let them in: “What are you doing here, isn’t it time to pay the rent?”

Out of the crowd came out a man who was finally not so strong, but his mouth was too narrow, his hair was too thin, he looked like a bald duck.As soon as he opened his mouth, he was better than a duck, "Cai Dong's family, I just reminded you kindly, don't forget to prepare the rent, don't pay it when the time comes, brothers are not easy to do things."

"Pfft." Meng Qiqi couldn't hold back and laughed.

Brother Duck immediately glanced over, he was quite powerful at that moment, but it was just a bald duck, which really made Meng Qiqi not serious.He couldn't help laughing, covered his mouth and turned his face away, and waved his hand at Chen Boyan—Go on, master nephew.

Chen Boyan stood up, nodded to the group of people like a gentleman, and said, "What are you doing?"

Brother Duck is also a bit discerning, looking at Chen Boyan's dress and demeanor, it is inevitable to doubt their origin.If these three people are monks, then he should not easily offend them.

It's just that the laughing one is really an eyesore.

Suppressing his dissatisfaction, Brother Duck tentatively asked: "Where do the immortals come from?"

Chen Boyan didn't answer, he just watched, but silence can give people infinite pressure.

Brother Ya's heart was awe-inspiring, and suddenly he had an idea, squeezed out a kind smile, and said, "Do you know the people from Wudao Mountain?"

Brother Ya made a good plan, this Wudaoshan man can be regarded as a casual cultivator in Shenjing City.At best, these people are just occasional guests here, so they have no friendship with Cai Dong's family.If you hear the name of the Wudaoshan people again, how can you meddle in other people's business?

He knew that these monks were very cold.

But he never expected that it would be fine if he didn't mention Wudaoshanren, but when he mentioned it, the little brother who couldn't stop laughing suddenly changed his face.He stood up, eyes covered with frost, a domineering aura suddenly released with the movement of standing up, his eyebrows were raised, and his smile turned into a murderous knife.

"I don't care if you are from Wudaoshan or Wudasanyou, master nephew, throw me out."