Doe

We arrived at Baochen Mountain at dusk the next day. After eight years, the damage caused by the karmic fire still hadn't recovered.As far as the eye can see, there is no grass growing on the dark and desolate hillside, and the soil can be shoveled with the toes, and occasionally pale bone stubble can be dug out.They found the ruins of the Wudu Stone House. The grape shed with green vines was no longer there, and there were only a few charred and rotten logs left in the small study building.The things left by Wudu can be counted on one hand, they are nothing more than broken stones, rotten wood, and a few rooster bowls dug out of the soil.Xie Xun frowned slightly, turned around resolutely, and ordered Baili Jueming to turn over the soil, but still found nothing.

There are no clues here, and Grandpa Wudu left them nothing.Could it be that his guess was wrong?Xie Xunwei couldn't figure it out.

"What are you looking for?" Baili Jueming fell down tiredly, "This place has already burned down. Are you underestimating my lava haunted area? Grandpa, if I set fire to it, there will be nothing left."

"Master, does Grandpa Wudu have any other careers? Or where does he often go?" Xie Xun asked slightly.

"Don't give up your career." Baili Jueming rolled his eyes, "If he wants that money, how can he make you go without meat for a month just to save his coffin?" He waved his hand, "Don't make up his mind, no matter what. Old man Du has been working all his life, but he hasn't saved a penny. If he doesn't have enough money, is it because he is raising a house outside? Don't worry, Xun Wei, we have money now. If you scrape off your dowry, the gold and silver you got from Pei Zhenna is enough We have been using it for more than half a year."

The horse stayed on the mountainside, he carried the burden on his back, and dragged Xunwei to the top of the mountain. The steps paved with big bluestone slabs were gone, and it had been raining a lot in recent days, and the hillside was rough and muddy, making it very difficult to walk.Baili Jueming carried Xun Wei on her back to keep her embroidered shoes from getting muddy.He climbed the mountain with one foot deep and one foot shallow, Xie Xunwei leaned on his shoulders, at this moment, it seemed that the moonlight and the mountain wind of the past had returned, Xie Xunwei finished a day of spells and Taoism classes, and they never crossed Grandpa’s stone house Departure, back to the small medicine garden on the top of the mountain.The sky was high and far away, and the stars blinked like pupils. On the winding mountain road, he and his master, one big and one small, walked bumpily up the mountain.

How nice.He looked back at the way he came and went, and saw that Master's footprints stretched into the distance, submerged in the golden light of dusk.How he wished that this road had no end, that they could go on forever.

"What are you thinking, why don't you speak?" Baili Jueming asked him.

"Think how much I like Master." Xie Xunwei rested his chin on Master's shoulder.

"I ate candy today, how sweet is my mouth?" Baili Jueming smiled, "Hanging the water bottle on the waist of his trousers, I drink it when I'm thirsty."

Baili Cassia walked quickly, the sun was setting, and they happened to reach the top of the mountain.The last ray of golden light reaches the end of the sky, and the vast world pours out, slowly slipping into the night.The ruins of the small medicine garden were brightly lit, surrounded by a group of men in black with swords, holding flaming torches.A chair was placed in the middle of the ruins, and an old man with white hair was sitting there.The old man leaned on a dragon head crutch and was dressed in a black robe. He looked familiar.

Baili Jueming put Xun Wei down and raised his chin towards him, "Where did you come from? What are you doing at my house?"

The old man was not surprised when he saw him coming up, and got up slowly.Seeing this old face, Baili Jueming remembered that he seemed to be Mu Zhishen's grandfather, Mu Pingwu.The old man is eighty-seven this year, and the people of Xianmen respect him as Mu Lao.He had unloaded the suzerain's burden on his son early on, but he didn't expect his son to become a ghost, leaving Mu Zhishen a lonely little baby.Such was the desolation of the evening scene, there was only such a grandson under his knees, pointing at Mu Zhishen to carry on the family line.Earlier, Mu Zhishen was trapped in the ghost country, and he was there when Jiang Ruoxu asked Baili Jueming to enter the ghost country to save people.

"Senior Baili..." Mu Pingwu looked at him, sighed deeply, and suddenly lifted his robe, and knelt down on the ground with a plop.

As soon as he knelt down, the other Mu family sons all knelt down as if half of their legs had been cut off.Wu Yangyang on the top of the mountain was full of kneeling people, only Baili Jueming and Xie Xunwei stood firmly in place.Baili Jueming crossed his arms, with an impatient expression on his face, "Are you asking for me again?"

"Senior is wise, junior..."

Mu Pingwu was about to speak, when Baili Jueming interrupted him, "Come back, I'm not free. I didn't see that I was reminiscing bitterness and sweetness with my apprentice. What are you doing here?" He called Xun Wei, "Let's go. , let’s play our game and ignore them.”

They were about to leave, but Mu Pingwu raised his voice and said, "Alanna, seniors should have heard of this word!"

WTF?Baili Jueming picked out his ears, "It's really not. You kneel down, my master is gone."

He didn't have any intention of leaving anything, Mu Pingwu finally changed his face, and panic appeared on his face.Xie Xunwei stopped in his tracks. No wonder Mu Pingwu was sure that Baili Cassia would stay because of this word, because it was indeed related to Baili Cassia.Mu Zhishen first entered Yinmu Village, and contacted the sect Jiang Ruoxu in front of the stone tablet, but there was an unheard of eerie ghost voice in Lianxinsuo.The voice that resembled a master kept repeating a word——

"Alana".

To be precise, it is not "Alanna". Listening to the pronunciation, the voice should be speaking Masan.The Masang language has a rap accent, which is very unique.If you try to imitate the sound in Chinese, the closest thing is "Alanna".This part of Mu Zhishen's experience in the ghost country was instructed by Xie Xunwei, but it was not included in the official documents submitted to the sect. How did Mu Pingwu know about "Alanna"?

Xie Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, looking back at the old man, the tide in his heart gradually rolled.

He thinks he is a suspicious person, but only by cooperating with others and trusting each other can he do things.The tacit understanding between him and Mu Zhishen lasted for six years. He knew what Mu Zhishen wanted, and Mu Zhishen would not betray him on this kind of matter.It is impossible for Mr. Mu to hear about 'Alanna' from Mu Zhishen's mouth. He must have learned about it from other sources.More importantly, he knows the importance of 'Alanna' to the master, and this importance is not even known to the master himself.

Xie Xunwei had a bold guess in his mind, could it be... Mu Pingwu was familiar with his former master?

Mu Pingwu noticed Xie Xunwei's gaze, and his heart settled down a little.Everyone knows that Baili Jueming loves his apprentice like a treasure, holding it in his palm for fear of falling, and holding it in his mouth for fear of melting.To convince the master, it is enough to please the apprentice.Mu Pingwu let out a long breath, "It seems that Mrs. Xunwei is a little interested."

"Master, you have nothing to do left and right, why don't you stay and listen to what Old Master Mu wants to say." Xie Xunwei said.

Baili Jueming was always responsive to Xie Xunwei's request, swaggered to Mu Pingwu's side, and sat down in his chair.

"Okay, since all my apprentices have begged for you, I will give you this face. Get up, what are you begging me for?"

Mu Jiaerlang supported Mu Pingwu to stand up, and Mu Pingwu took out a handkerchief to wipe off his sweat, and said, "Senior, do you know about Mu's ghost castle?"

Baili Jueming said "Well", "I heard."

"My evil grandson Mu Zhishen entered the ghost castle four days ago, and there is no news yet." Mu Pingwu sighed, "The child's life was picked out from the ghost castle by a narrow escape. His poor father His mother and younger sister were not as lucky as him. The four members of Mujiabao 230 were all trapped in the ghost castle. Ah Shen kept silent on his face, but in fact his thoughts were the most serious. I'm afraid he has been thinking about going back to the ghost castle all these years Go. I was afraid that he would be overwhelmed and stared at by people all day long, but I didn't expect him to take advantage of the loopholes, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye." The old man said, "Senior, you are also a person with children, and you know how I feel. If Mrs. Xunwei is in trouble, you are probably more anxious than I am. I don’t know your identity before, and I have neglected you. You are so pitiful and pitiful. You are just such an unfilial grandson. Please move to Ghost Castle to visit Tan, bring him back. Whether it's dead or alive, as long as you let me meet, I will admit it."

Baili Jueming remembered that the old man was very dignified in the Eighteenth Prison before, and he knew from a glance that he was also an unambiguous person on weekdays.For the sake of his own children and grandchildren, he humiliated Baili Jueming this time, probably trying to show his old face, and asked Baili Jueming to lend a helping hand.Mu Zhishen's child, Baili Jueming, has a good impression of him, he is reliable and handsome, so he is a perfect match for Xunwei.Even if the old man didn't beg, he would still do it.

Baili Jueming raised his hand, and was about to say yes, when Xie Xunwei suddenly interjected, "Master Mu, you haven't said what 'Alanna' is about." He stood behind Baili Jueming, Hao Bai put his hand on Baili Jueming's shoulder, smiling gently, "Old Master Mu has seen what happened in Tiandu Mountain, Master has profound Taoism, not to mention taking Brother Mu out of the ghost castle is to clear Mu's family." Huang Quan, it's just a matter of raising your hand. Where did you hear the word 'Alanna', tell the teacher in detail, and the teacher cares about the younger generation, so he will naturally help you."

This girl is quite clever.Baili Jueming looked up at her, her delicate chin was close at hand.I was curious about 'Alanna', so I insisted on using him as a bluff, he thought it was funny, and let her make trouble.He raised his chin towards Mu Pingwu, "Tell me, what is that?"

Mu Pingwu didn't say anything for a long time, and the eyes he cast on Baili Jueming meant nothing, and there was something indescribable in those cloudy eyes.He said slowly: "This junior dares to guess that you have forgotten everything about your life."

"That's right." Baili Jueming leaned back, "Why, I met you face to face when I was alive?"

Xie Xunwei looked at Baili Jueming and sighed inwardly.Shizun is a simple person, and he is not good at playing games with others.Telling Mu Pingwu clearly that he has forgotten everything, isn't it giving him a chance to make up foolish people?There is no way, let the master finish talking, and it depends on whether Mu Pingwu is honest or not.

Mu Pingwu made a gesture behind him, and Mu Jiaerlang stuck the torch in the ground, stepped back more than ten feet, and stopped at a place where he could see their figures but could not hear their words clearly.

"Before what Jiang Ruoxu said, he wanted to send you to the ghost country to save people. At that time, I thought, what's the use of a fledgling baby. Now that I think about it, he already knows who you are." Mu Pingwu Said, "Senior, the first time we met was when I was ten years old."