Penglai delusion

Xi Mo couldn't help but laugh when he heard the words, thinking to himself how could this address be casual, but said, "Senior, is the elder Ke Qing of this peak?"

"Yes."

"Then this disciple calls you an elder." Xi Mo's eyes brightened, "Elder, this disciple has something to ask."

"Ah."

"Has the elder ever accepted disciples?"

"Never."

"Do you intend to accept disciples?"

"No."

Simerton was frustrated.This string of answers is too decisive, right? !

Then do you want to consider accepting me as a disciple?This sentence can no longer be asked.

But he was still not reconciled, and there was still a trace of fear in the disappointment, and the last thing he said was, "My name is Xi Mo, and I may be the only disciple of Nongling Peak right now."

He just waited for a "hmm", but he didn't want to say indifferently, "My name is Jiang Tan, and now I am the only elder here."

Xi Mo was stunned again: What's the matter with this man?

He thought about it for a while, then simply dipped his finger in bamboo charcoal dust, and wrote carefully on the ground, "That's how my name is written."

Jiang Tan nodded, saw the child looking at him expectantly, and said, "Got it."

Xi Mo was speechless for a moment, then a sweet smile appeared on his face, "How should you write your name?"

"Jiangtian is in the shadow of a lake. Jiangtan."

Xi Mo could only say "Oh", "The name of the elder sounds cold, but he is the most spicy person I have ever seen."

Jiang Tan thought for a moment, "Thank you for the compliment."

Xi Mo: No, I'm not praising you.

He suddenly had a very strange feeling in his heart, he always felt that the elder in front of him must not be some kind of ghost, he had already swallowed the real old man and the elder, and rested here to wait for the rabbit.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing, feeling that this situation and this scene were in line with the weird story Qiao Pei told himself a few days ago.

The rain outside became more severe, and it was too dark to see anything, only to hear the whimpering and howling of the wind and rain.The bamboo in the chamber crackled and spewed out a few sparks from time to time, vaguely about to burn up.

Xi Mo leaned closer to the stove, "I heard from Brother Lu before I came here that the old man lives in this garden, do you also?"

"I live in Qianbiya." Half of Jiangtan's face is hidden in the dark, as if ink and ink are about to melt, misty rain is about to fall.

Xi Mo smiled, "Do you know where the disciple should live?"

"I don't know." Jiang Tan said, "You can temporarily stay in the study room tonight."

Xi Mo still had a smile on his face, "It seems that the rain will not stop, do you want to rush back?"

"Well."

"If you want to go back, I will go with you. The rain is so heavy, two people are better than one." Xi Mo was very sincere, but he heard Jiang Tan say slowly, "I only have one couch, instead of sleeping on the ground, It’s better to sleep in the study room, it’s warmer.”

It sounded more sincere than myself.

"...but it's pitch black here, and I'm the only one..." Xi Mo was full of grievances and lost his head before he got up, and was stuffed with a candle, "It can last until dawn."

Why does this man carry so many candles with him! !Will you really not panic? !

Xi Mo was speechless, so he got up, took out a length of hemp rope from the drawer, threaded the two bamboo tubes in a string and handed it over, "Elder, take care on the way, next time I cook, I must remember to put more dried peppers. "

Jiang Tan looked at the string of rice in bamboo tubes, "Leave it alone, I'll come back tomorrow."

He watched Xi Mo clean up the stove, and took him to the study under an umbrella.In just a short distance, both of their clothes were half soaked.

Xi Mo bid farewell to Jiangtan, moved the wooden table to the case, and found some soft pillows and a roll of silk quilt from under the bookshelf.He spread out the candles one by one beside the pillow, feeling that he couldn't understand Jiangtan more and more.

From this point of view, it is better to wait for the old man to come back.Maybe he is a talkative person, and he is willing to admit himself.

Before dawn the next day, Xi Mo was suddenly

Waking up with a long howl.

He opened his eyes in a daze, and just as he felt that the rain seemed to have stopped, he saw a black shadow rushing in, hitting him head and face like a good beating.

Xi Mo closed his eyes, rolled from the couch to the bottom of the couch, and heard a hoarse voice spitting fire, "The villain hurt me!"

The man had had enough beatings, and he hissed with his tongue stuck out, "Who are you? Why did you ambush me?"

Xi Mo wiped the blood with his sleeve, rubbed it up and got up, barely opened his swollen eyes, and saw a mandrill-like strange face in a daze, "I am... the disciple of Nongling, I did not ambush you. "

The man laughed, "What disciple? When did Houshan have a disciple? Why have I never heard of it?"

"..." Xi Mo stirred with his tongue and spit out half a back molar, "It's new yesterday."

"What a brat! You're full of nonsense! Sleep on my couch and cover me with a quilt, how strong are you?!" The man said in distaste, "Which peak disciple are you? Didn't Master teach you not to mess with other people's things!"

Xi Mo was startled, "Old man?"

"You still know I'm your old man!" The man moved his fingers slightly, wishing he could slap him again, "I thought you were kind enough to honor me, but you did something! Now my mouth hurts and my voice is hoarse!"

Xi Mo was dizzy from being yelled at for a moment, but he didn't think he was dumb.

"I'm sorry, old man." He got up, "I put too much chili in yesterday's meal, and my disciple was too hot to eat."

Probably because his attitude was not bad, the old man snorted and said, "Go, clean up the yard for me, and let you go for a while."

Xi Mo responded, and went out to see that there was a cart full of dirty sacks piled up on the rain-washed stone pavement in the yard.

The old man came out with him, and took a cup to scoop water to drink. "Move the yellow silk ones to the woodshed, put the red silk ones at the entrance, and keep the blue silk ones."

By the time Xi Mo finished moving the bags, the sun was already out.His muscles and bones were relieved by the sun, but he still had difficulty breathing because of a blood clot in his nose.

"The hands and feet are still nimble." The old man calmed down and didn't make things difficult for him, "Go, don't let me catch you again."

Xi Mo was stunned, and could only salute, "Old man, I am really a new disciple."

"... Tsk, I said earlier that there is no need for people in Houshan." The old man said, "Who told you to come?!"

This posture seems to be going to find out the root cause and hold people accountable.

Xi Mo gritted his teeth, "This junior wants to come."

"You can still bear it." The old man sneered, "No one told you, but you still know how to get to the back mountain?"

"The younger generation's test results are not good, and I heard people say that even Houshan would not want such aptitude. This junior has indeed never heard of Houshan before, so I boldly asked and learned about the farming order of the sixth peak of Qingxu." Xi Mo said, "Before visiting Penglai, this junior wanted to devote himself to the way of medicine. He didn't want to get a chance just by asking, so he asked Elder Gandu to see senior no matter what."

"Now that you've seen it, you can get out." The old man said casually, "Even if the back mountain is not part of the five peaks, don't waste people."

"...The younger generation has a lot of insight into medicine." Xi Mo struggled, "The way of medicine should be of the same nature and virtue as herbs. It not only seeks the root and bone, but also has the effect of good fortune."

"It's a joke. Where do you think this is?" The old man was a little impatient, "Don't ask the root medicine, there are all over Kyushu in the country, why do you bother to put on airs here?"

Xi Mo was speechless at once, and after a long silence, he could only say, "I'm sorry, junior." Just as he was about to turn around and leave, a hexagonal box was thrown towards his face.He didn't see it clearly for a while, and the box fell on the ground, and then he touched it, and the old man said, "Take it to wipe your face."

"Thank you, old man." Xi Mo sighed inwardly, and left with the ointment.He didn't sit down on the mountain road until he couldn't see the garden.

After sitting for a long time, the sky became cloudy again.Xi Mo heard the wind getting stronger on the top, and smelled the smell of rain in a daze, so he moved to the tree beside the road and squatted in the mud.

...Where is Qianbiya...?

When the rain falls, the

Mo thought very seriously.The leaves of the tree did not block the rain, and when the mountain wind blew, it drenched him thoroughly.Xi Mo simply sat back and washed his face in the rain.After sitting for a long time, I couldn't help but feel cold, and I was a little dizzy from the raindrops, and my whole body became a ball, shivering.

Suddenly, the rain stopped.

Xi Moben closed his eyes and thought, and when he raised his head, he saw Jiang Tan looking down at him with an oil-paper umbrella in his hand, which was not big, just covering the two of them together.

He just laughed.

Seeing the child's bruised nose and swollen face, Jiang Tan smiled at him, the raindrops slid down the locks of his forehead, his big eyes were swollen and red, and it looked like tears were streaming down his face.

He didn't know why Xi Mo was sitting in the rain, but he walked up a few steps and motioned for him to come with him.

Xi Mo didn't move, just stretched out his hand to grab the hem of his clothes, and shook his head.

Jiang Tan was dragged by him, so he had to squat down, "What's wrong?"

"Elder, just now I was thinking of a question that only you can answer, and you came here." Xi Mo blinked and wiped the water on his face, "Elder, do you know how to get to Qianbiya?"

"According to this, it is two hundred miles to the northwest." After Jiang Tan finished speaking, he asked again, "What's the matter with you?"

"I want to find the elder." Xi Mo said, "I want to ask the elder..." As he spoke, he leaned forward and fell into his arms.

Jiang Tan was caught off guard and was caught off guard, and heard the child whispering in his ear, "Go...go to Qian...ya...don't go back...no..."

There was a moment of silence.After a while, he said calmly, "Xi Mo."

Xi Mo didn't make a sound, but only held on to the person heavily.With great difficulty, Jiang Tan broke off his fingers one by one, and stood up. The child who had lost sight of his support was slumped on the steps again, his body folded like a dead fish, his fine eyelids were washed wet by the rain, and his whole body There was a strange paleness, and he looked lifeless.

There was only one hand, which was wrapped around the corner of his robe at some point, and he was holding it weakly, and he could pull it away by taking half a step away.

Jiang Tan was startled, but this time he didn't move.After a while, he tilted the umbrella in his hand and finally helped Xi Mo up.Then, go down the mountain.

Only this time, Xi Mo knew that the only elder in the back mountain didn't know how to control the wind.

Jiangtan is protecting the man with one hand and holding the umbrella with the other, and it is very difficult for Jiang Tan to walk.Later, when climbing the cliff, Xi Mo heard that the panting was particularly unsteady, and he was too embarrassed to pretend anymore, so he said in a daze, "...Elder?"

"You're awake." Jiang Tan stopped, "...Can I walk by myself?"

Xi Mo slid down from his back, "It's ok...thank you, Elder..." He was still holding a piece of clothes, but the mountain road was embroidered on the cliff, and only half a person could pass through the narrow place. , just an arm's length away was the rain curtain piercing the sky, and Xi Mo felt dizzy even after glancing at it.

"You are in front." Jiang Tan pulled him in front of him, and put the umbrella on his head, "Let's go."

Xi Mo suddenly regretted it.

——He should continue to pretend to be dizzy.