Nocturnal

In the depths of Lishan Mountain, the centuries-old peach trees are shady with branches and leaves, like a silent guard, quietly guarding the small empty courtyard.The weeds were knee-high under the trees, almost covering the narrow stone path.

The bamboo house remains the same, the door is silent,

Qin Mochi stood outside the bamboo fence for a long time before walking in with a dazed look.He had spent his whole childhood here, but it was the first time he saw it with his own eyes.The shock in my heart is indescribable.

Ali, on the other hand, seemed very happy, with a look of nostalgia, and took Qin Mochi's hand around the small courtyard, "I bought the wooden table here from a hunter's house with a piece of fox skin. When the weather is warm, we Sitting here to eat... Wild Gardenia, remember? You and A'Du dug it up when you went to play on the hillside. It is very fragrant when it blooms... There is also this cave, where the wild boars in the mountain blew up their nests and ran around. , there was a blind one who came to our house, mother was not at home at the time, you and A'Du were so frightened that you climbed up the tree, when you were young, you couldn't get down when you climbed up, and in the end you pissed your pants..."

Qin Mochi felt dazzled, but there was a warm feeling in his heart.

Rong Xin sat down at the table, Qingning flapped her wings and flew around the courtyard, Li Yedu saw a piece of mushroom growing in the grass nest under the peach tree, and couldn't help thinking of the scene when he took Qin Mochi to pick mushrooms when he was a child. Thinking about it, I laughed.Seeing Qin Mochi looking towards him, he pointed to the top of the mountain road, motioning for himself to go up and have a look.

Qin Mochi hurriedly said, "I'll go with you."

A Li remembered their original intention of coming here, and hurriedly said, "Let's go together."

Li Yedu waved his hand, "Just go up and have a look, there may not be anyone at home. Auntie should stay and rest." Seeing Ali's worried look, he added: "Why don't you let the little master come with us? Go, Master Rong Xin will stay and take care of you."

Rong Xin gave him a grateful look, and pulled Ali to sit down on the wooden chair, "Your body is incomparable to theirs, let Qingning follow, it's only a few minutes away, if there is any movement, immediately Just know."

Ali thought for a while, then nodded.

Qing Ning was in high spirits, even if there was no task assigned to it, it still planned to fly around the mountain twice.Hearing Rong Xin's words, it was rare that he didn't give up on him, flapped his wings and rushed out from the branches of the peach tree, shouting happily: "Hurry up, hurry up, come and chase me."

Qin Mochi, "..."

Li Yedu also found it funny, put his hand on Qin Mochi's shoulder, and pushed him out of the courtyard.

Walking up the mountain along the path among the bamboo forests, the cool moisture comes to your face, bringing the unique fresh smell of the bamboo forests, which makes you feel refreshed.Qin Mochi turned around, and he could just see a corner of the small courtyard from here.What I saw in front of me overlapped with what I saw in Li Yedu's memory, and it became clear and vivid like never before.It seems that everything I experienced when I was young has become vivid in my memory.

Walking out of the bamboo forest, the terrain began to become steeper, but the road up the mountain was much smoother than the previous mountain road, and many places were paved with uneven stone slabs. Sweeping away the banditry of the deserted mountains and wild mountains, it adds a bit of warmth to the home atmosphere.

"These stones were all used by the master when we first learned spells." Li Yedu pointed to the pits and pits on the edge of the stone slab. It came down. First it was a tree trunk, then it was a stone."

Qin Mochi found some indistinct voices in his memory. It seemed that Li Yedu had told him that he was practicing spells, and he could play Yunyun with him later.At that time, I couldn't see anything, and I was probably curious about the "practice" Li Yedu said.

Qin Mochi sighed, "We've known each other for so long..."

Li Yedu smiled, "Let's go."

The two went up the stairs, and soon saw a gray-white brick wall hidden in the shade.Going forward, gradually revealing a layer of eaves behind the brick wall.Qin Mochi couldn't help being taken aback, he didn't expect the scale of the Taoist temple Li Yedu mentioned to be so large.

"Eternal Brightness Temple." Li Yedu said: "In the late Tang Dynasty, there was a royal family who lived in seclusion and built a Taoist temple here. Later, it was renovated several times one after another, and it gradually became the scale it is today." He pointed The door closest to them, "Enter here, is the Bakun Courtyard where my master took us to live."

Qin Mochi didn't have much impression of the place where their master and apprentice lived, only a vague impression of the stone path they walked just now.He squinted his eyes and looked at the magnificent buildings in the distance, "I always thought that after going up the mountain, I would see a small yard similar to my house, with a few trees planted in the yard, and a well or something."

Li Yedu smiled, "You think the same thing. My master is not actually a member of the Changming Temple. He just has a name in the temple and has been living here. The Taoist priests of the Changming Temple are busy. I won’t look for him either. The main entrance of the Taoist temple faces the direction of the scenic spot, and it’s not too far away. Occasionally, tourists will come here, but they are just visiting the front yard of the Taoist temple, offering incense and so on. It is not open to outsiders." After a pause, Li Yedu said softly: "This is a place for real practice. It is not a tourist attraction that is open to tourists casually. They call themselves the Changming School."

Qin Mochi nodded, expressing his understanding.It was the first time he had seen a live cultivation sect, and this sect was on such a large scale.Seeing the layers of cornices dyed red by the setting sun, the shock in my heart is really indescribable.

"It's very stylish." Qin Mochi secretly pondered whether he should find a chance to visit through the main entrance.

"Let's go." Li Yedu led him along the path towards the back door of Bakun Courtyard.Looking closer, the back door of the Taoist temple does not have the majestic feeling when viewed from a distance. The paint on the door is peeled off, and the walls are also mottled. The dense green plants climb up the wall along the outer wall, which shows the A bit of seclusion and independence.

"The courtyard door is open, someone must have come back." Li Yedu's footsteps couldn't help becoming anxious, he took two quick steps, and stretched out his hand to push open the wooden door.

There was a sycamore tree in the yard, and a person was half lying down on the deck chair under the tree reading a book. When he heard the door knock, he asked lazily, "Didn't you leave? Why are you back?" He looked up and looked over.The four eyes met, and both of them were taken aback.

Qin Mochi looked in from Li Yedu's shoulder and was also taken aback.It turned out that he had seen the man under the tree before: a tall and thin old man, wearing a long white starched gown, he looked like an old master who had traveled from a school in the Republic of China period.It was the old magician whom he met in the mall the day before he went to Yang Ke's farm to fetch stones.At that time, the old magic stick warned him not to go out of the city, but he was attacked by Rong Xin on the highway.

Qin Mochi vaguely remembered that Li Yedu's master's voice was not like this, and was wondering if he had made a mistake, when Li Yedu yelled in surprise, "Brother, why are you here?"

Qin Mochi staggered, this... This old man is his elder brother? !

The old man just froze for a moment, then his expression calmed down, "A'Du, why are you back? Didn't Kun say that you were helping him with the business in the shop?"

Li Yedu grasped the point of his words keenly, "Second Senior Brother is back too? Where is he?"

Wu He put down the book in his hand and stood up. He was tall, and as soon as he stood up, he saw Qin Mochi behind Li Yedu, with a surprised look on his face, "Yo, you brought the children back?"

Qin Mochi greeted him awkwardly, "Hello."

Wu He shook the gray beard on his chin and smiled, "Little Leopard is lucky, every time he is in danger, he can turn danger into good luck."

Qin Mochi didn't know how to answer this question, so he just smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence."

Li Yedu glanced at the small wooden table next to the reclining chair. There was a teapot and a teacup on the wooden table. There was still half a cup of unfinished herbal tea in the cup. "Second senior brother is gone? Where did he go?" Nakun was a Enjoy pie, if he was here, he would definitely make a pot of good tea, set up a pile of food, and then sit down and rest comfortably.

Wu He took the scroll in his hand and tapped his palm lightly, rolled his eyes, showing a bit of a stern aura, "You ran back just to find him?"

Li Yedu has been a little afraid of this elder brother who is not often seen since he was a child. Seeing him talking with a straight face, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous, "Yes."

"What's the matter?"

"It's a long story." Li Yedu said thoughtfully, "Can senior brother tell me where he went first?"

"I don't know." Wu He sat back calmly and waved to Qin Mochi behind him, "Come, little leopard, have a cup of tea with me."

Qin Mochi looked at the only teacup on the wooden table speechlessly, thinking how can I drink with you?One person at a time?Or should I watch while you drink?

Li Yedu was a little anxious, "Senior brother, you don't know, the second senior brother has caused a big problem this time, he..."

"Big event?" Wu He smiled, with an indescribable sarcasm in his smile, "How big is it? Bigger than life?"

Li Yedu was stunned for a moment. In his impression, Wu He didn't talk much, but he never talked with others in a conversation. What does he mean by this?

Li Yedu carefully looked at Wu He, and found that he was much more haggard than when we met a few months ago, his hair was sparse, his cheeks were sunken, and many spots appeared on his skin.It turned out that he just gave people a feeling of aging, but in just a few months, he turned old.

Li Yedu vaguely heard people say that his elder brother had no spiritual roots, and was originally not suitable for cultivating Taoism. By chance, he was accepted by his master under the sect. He practiced and lived a few years longer than ordinary people.But now Wu He's situation is obviously not normal, as if his energy has been sucked dry by something.

Li Yedu asked hesitantly, "What happened?"

Wu He didn't answer his words, he let out a sigh of relief, with a little fatigue on his face, "Since you're back, don't rush to talk, let's take a rest first. The little leopard also lives here?"

Qin Mochi hurriedly said: "No, my mother is back, and she is cleaning the yard down there."

Wu He seemed to know some inside information, and he didn't show any surprise when he heard this, but just nodded, "That's very good."

Li Yedu originally planned to come up to take a look. If he didn't find any trace of Na Kun's return, he might as well go to Qin Mochi's small courtyard to make do with it, and then discuss the next step. Now that Wu He is back, he can't leave him alone. He was alone, and he ran to live with others.

Qin Mochi felt that their senior brother probably had something to say, so he left politely.

When Li Yedu sent him out, his expression was a little gloomy.Wu He doesn't look right, absolutely wrong.And he has an intuition that Wu He is well aware of what Na Kun has done, and if he can let him go under such circumstances, there is only one possibility, and Wu He himself is also an insider.

Or, that Kun was originally instructed by him to do these things?

What secrets does his teacher hide that he doesn't know?Does Master know all this?