Weicheng snow

The cakes were baked, and the sweet fragrance filled the whole square. Qiaoniang wrapped them one by one with bamboo leaves, put them in a small delicate box, and handed them to Yi Qingchen, who had to pay in silver. Qiaoniang waved her hand no. Ken accepted, "As for me, Qiao Niang, every time I see you, son, I can always think of my youth. Qiao Niang, I also wanted to be famous in the world and become a knight respected by thousands of people, but now the enemy is coming. , but the family can’t do anything, all they can do is these snacks. As for the money, Qiao Niang, I won’t accept it.”

Yi Qingchen was holding the heavy brocade box, no matter how he thought about it, he was ashamed, after all, the price of the dim sum in Qiaoshou Pavilion was there, and every mouthful was a piece of silver. right?Then she tried to find all kinds of excuses to hand over the money to Qiao Niang, but Qiao Niang just exhaled a long puff of white smoke and said with a smile, "If you want to give the money, you can wait until you come back from Southern Xinjiang."

Yi Qingchen couldn't say anything more, Hua Shenchi took the initiative to take the brocade box in Yi Qingchen's arms, the two thanked Qiaoniang, and were about to leave, but were suddenly stopped by Qiaoniang.

The two turned their heads in confusion, Qiao Niang stared at Hua Shenchi thoughtfully for a long time, then she raised the corners of her lips and smiled in relief, "It's nothing, the road is far in Nanjiang, you two take care of yourself."

It was only a cup of tea from Qiaoshou Pavilion to Taoze, when Yi Qingchen and Hua Shenchi arrived at the riverside, they saw the huge river god Yanjia breaking through the water, splashing like rain.

A group of Yanzong disciples stood by the bank and exclaimed, watching Master Liu and Ruhui with admiration, and proudly explaining the knowledge of Yanjia to them. Nai, it seems that there is a possibility of swearing at any time, and standing behind Master Liu is Yu Fengyu, the old governor of the country.

Seeing this, Yi Qingchen knew why Master Liu's complexion was so ugly.

Yi Qingchen weighed the possibility of Master Liu venting his anger on him, and hesitated whether to approach, but Hua Shenchi didn't think so much, and walked over with the brocade box.Ruhui spotted the two with sharp eyes, and waved his hands from a long distance away, so Master Liu also noticed Yi Qingchen's arrival, Yi Qingchen couldn't hide even if he wanted to, so he could only bite the bullet Go there.

He stayed a little closer, and if he could, he came up to take the brocade box, and said happily, "Is it dim sum? Dim sum!"

The group of Yanzong disciples also followed, formed a circle around Ruhui, and sighed, "So this is dim sum?"

"The dim sum mentioned in the book looks like this!"

"What is the 'snack' made by the back kitchen of the sect?"

Ruhui stared at the pastry for a moment, turned around and walked out of the crowd, presented the bamboo basket to Master Liu, pointed in the direction where Yi Qingchen was, and said, "Sir, Mr. Yi has brought you pastries."

Hearing the words, Master Liu rolled his eyes at Yi Qingchen, and cursed, "This little bastard still knows to come here? Yesterday I thought he was looking for a life and death somewhere else."

Yi Qingchen scratched his head in embarrassment, and walked up to Master Liu to make amends, "I really wanted to come here yesterday, but I got caught up in some troublesome things..."

Master Liu's anger remained undiminished, so Yu Feng said from the side, "What my nephew said is true, it was indeed the old man who asked him for something yesterday, that's why I couldn't get away."

The anger on Master Liu's face eased a little, but he still ignored Yu Feng, and just pushed the pastry back to Yi Qingchen, "It's all sweet, I'm not used to eating it, so I'll leave it to you dolls."

Yi Qingchen signaled Ruhui to pick it up with his eyes, and after Ruhui took it, he counted the number of pastries, and counted the number of people by the riverside, each person could only get half of them, Yi Qingchen was about to refuse, Hua Shenchi first pointed to one of the peach blossom-shaped pastries and said, "The two of us will take this one."

If you will pass the pastries to Hua Chenchi, and share the rest with the disciples of Yanzong, Hua Shenchi passed the pastries to Yi Qingchen after changing hands, and said lightly, "Eat it when you are hungry." Yi Qingchen accepted Afterwards, the pastry was divided into two, half was returned to Hua Shenchi, and the other half was stuffed into the mouth.

Bite open the tough layered skin, revealing the white bean paste stuffing made by water mill inside, which is so delicate that it seems to melt in the mouth directly. There are no particles and bean skins to clog the teeth, and even chewing becomes a kind of enjoyment.

After swallowing, the aftertaste is sweet and the lingering fragrance is still there. For a while, the disciples of Yanzong were full of surprise and joy when they tasted the delicious food.

Master Liu shook his head and sighed, "A baby is a baby." Then he continued to check the compass in his hand.

Following Master Liu's movements, the river god Yanjia slowly submerged his hand into the water, then lifted it up suddenly, and took out a handful of mud. The mud was transported to the flat ground far away from the river bank, forming a small dirt bag In this way, Master Liu can solve the problem of Yanjia getting stuck in the mud without having to go into the water himself.

Just as Yi Qingchen was about to sigh, crisp clapping sounded in his ears, and then he heard Yu Feng's praise, "As expected of Brother Liu, you are really thoughtful." Unlike Yi Qingchen's expectations, this time Liu The master actually responded to Yu Feng's praise, "No matter how thoughtful it is, it's not as far-reaching as someone's thinking."

The river wind blew past, blowing Yu Feng's snow-white long hair. After hearing Liu Seqing's evaluation, Yu Feng only closed his eyes and smiled lightly, which was regarded as acquiescence.

Liu Seqing snorted coldly, turned the wheelchair and passed by Yi Qingchen, said to Yi Qingchen, "Your boy and the old man come here."

Yi Qingchen followed obediently, and after walking for a while, he found that Hua Shenchi did not follow, but stood there and looked at him quietly, Yi Qingchen nodded to him, then turned his gaze to help Master Liu push the wheelchair , and asked, "Master, where are we going?"

Liu Seqing said, "Taolin."

The peach grove in Liu Seqing's mouth refers to the peach grove surrounded by blood peaches in the tidal flats in the upper reaches of Taoze. The pit was silted with water, Yi Qingchen and Liu Seqing stood on the high slope and looked there for a while, Yi Qingchen didn't understand Liu Seqing's intention, and asked tentatively, "Master, what's wrong with this forest?"

Liu Seqing said without turning her head, "Have you heard the story of Taoist Yunyou beheading the river demon with a peach-wood sword?"

Yi Qingchen nodded and said, "I have heard."

Liu Seqing then said again, "Well... When the old man repaired the river god some time ago, he drained the water in the river and found some stone tablets at the bottom of the water. In order to ensure the effect of the formation, the old man put back these steles afterwards. However, the content on the inscriptions has been preserved..." Then he took out a stack of papers from his lapel and handed it to Yi Qingchen, While handing it over, he asked, "Can you read?"

Yi Qingchen smiled awkwardly after receiving it, "I can recognize some common ones, even if I don't recognize one or two, I can roughly guess the content by looking at the front and back."

Liu Seqing nodded, without saying a word, Yi Qingchen immersed himself in reading the contents of the inscription.

Each piece of paper is a piece of inscription, the first few sheets were written with extremely obscure Taoism, until reading the fifth sheet, Yi Qingchen realized that the content of this sheet was quite different from other sheets.

More like a narrative of my own life.

This Taoist, known as Tianchenzi, was born in Kyoto, with a wealthy family, but he had no intention of inheriting the family business. He sought Taoism in various parts of the Central Plains. When he was 14 years old, he killed the first demon. After arriving at the old place, he stayed for three days and then left to continue to seek the way of heaven.

Tianchenzi was 28 years old in the year he killed the river demon. He still had no progress in the journey of immortality. Get the Tao and soar.

"He is a powerful person." Yi Qingchen commented like a servant, "Even I want to practice Taoism."

Liu Seqing was noncommittal, tapped the armrest of the wheelchair with five fingers and said, "According to legend, the sword Tianchenzi used to kill the river demon sank into the Peach Lake along with the river demon. The body of the river demon turned into a beach, and the sword turned into That blood peach tree. When the ghost-faced gentleman came to fetch the blood peach, did he talk about the sword?"

Yi Qingchen passed the scene in his mind, and murmured, "Could it be that... Tianchenzi is... a veteran of Tiangui?" He lowered his head and read the inscriptions again. , I became more and more suspicious, "It is impossible for anyone who can write this inscription to do evil deeds like the Marrow Sect..."

Liu Seqing looked at the tidal flat calmly, and said lightly, "If a person wants to change, he only needs one thought, not even a day, let alone a year, ten years... no matter how much you are around A person who is worthy of entrustment will abandon you in the next second. To judge whether a person is worthy of entrustment, it is not just based on character. There are many factors around you that need to be considered again and again... What is forced , involuntarily... hum..."

Liu Seqing had said it well at first, but suddenly slapped the armrest heavily, startling Yi Qingchen, loosened her finger, and the paper with rubbings on the inscription was swept away by the river wind, and fell into the lake in a whirl , into the Taoze.

Yi Qingchen caught a glimpse of Yu Feng walking slowly towards this place along the river, and understood what Master Liu meant just now, and was thinking about whether to find a way to re-print a copy, Liu Seqing Then he waved his hand and said, "It's just a piece of paper, and it was just rubbed out for you to see. I've finished what the old man wants to say, you put away the rest of the rubbings, and go back first."

Yi Qingchen put the rubbings into his arms half-understood, followed the original path along the river, and passed by Yu Feng, raised his eyes to look at him thoughtfully, Yu Feng was very polite with Yi Qing Chen smiled, and Yi Qingchen smiled back, and walked straight back to the River God Yanjia without looking back.

Ruhui was showing her bag of treasures to the Yanzong disciples, and every time a piece of Yanjia was taken out, the Yanzong disciples screamed, Yi Qingchen squeezed into the crowd, and saw Hua Chenchi standing beside Ruhui , holding a Yanjia chick in his left hand, the chick kept turning in circles in Huachenchi's palm, and every time it approached the palm, it seemed to be about to fall, but suddenly changed direction.

Hua Shenchi stared at the chicken expressionlessly for a moment, noticed Yi Qingchen in the crowd, returned the chicken to Ruhui, led Yi Qingchen out of the crowd, and asked by the way, "Mr. Have you confessed?"

Yi Qingchen nodded, "Actually, it's nothing serious, just tell me...the Tianchenzi who subdued the river demon and the old Taoist Tiangui may be the same person."

Hua Shenchi nodded clearly, "Heavenly Chen, Shen Yuan, I've heard of it."

Yi Qingchen asked "huh?" curiously, and Hua Shenchi led Yi Qingchen back to the city while explaining, "This person did do some great things back then, but it only lasted for more than ten years, and then he became like a human being." Vaporized. Some people say that he was swallowed by demons during the process of subduing demons, and some people say that he finally ascended to the immortal world and went to heaven, but most of the things about him involved demons. Existing in this world has become a guess..."

Speaking of monsters, Yi Qingchen unconsciously thought of Mr. Dugu who succeeded Murong Qian in charge of Murong's family army. He always felt that this person seemed to know everything, but because of the so-called rules of gods and demons, he couldn't easily get involved in the human world. In addition, he seemed to have helped himself and Hua Shenchi when he was in Qiaoshou Pavilion, so he might be a good person.

Yi Qingchen thought about it, and said to Hua Shenchi, "It's still early, why don't you go to the camp in the west of the city?" Hua Chenchi didn't object, so Yi Qingchen turned straight into the alley and went to the west of the city.

Right now Mr. Dugu is still in the Skillful Hand Pavilion, but Yi Qingchen would rather wait in the camp for half a day than step into the Skillful Hand Pavilion again.

However, to Yi Qingchen's surprise, Mr. Dugu had already returned from the Skillful Hand Pavilion, and he is now in the camp.

The patrolling guards led Yi Qingchen and Hua Shenchi to the main tent, the guards at the gate went in and announced, and when they came out, they opened the curtain and invited Yi Qingchen and Hua Shenchi in.

The decoration in the tent is the same as it was when Murong Qian was still there. Mr. Dugu was standing in front of the desk, putting a letter back on the desk table. Hearing the sound, he turned around to look at Yi Qingchen, and said with a light smile, "I don't know Yi Qingchen." Why did you come here? If you want to thank you, then there is no need."

"Sure enough, Mister helped me." Yi Qingchen smiled and clasped fists with Mr. Dugu, "Even if Mister doesn't accept, we still have to thank you."

Mr. Dugu knocked on the folding fan, received the salute from the two, and said with a light smile, "The rules in the human world are really troublesome. The two of you came here to find me, shouldn't it be as simple as saying thank you?"

Yi Qingchen asked casually, "I want to ask sir, what are the plans for the army to go south?"

Mr. Dugu smiled lightly and repeated "Thinking?" He picked up the letter on the desk and handed it to Yi Qingchen, "Even if you have more calculations, it's useless right now."

Yi Qingchen took the letter in doubt, read it hastily, and said in surprise, "The Marrow Sect is withdrawing troops to the south? How would they know our plan? Could it be..."

Mr. Dugu opened the folding fan and said lightly, "There are so many people talking, it's not impossible to get one or two eyeliners of the Marrow Sect. Now that the news is leaked and the Sorcerer Sect withdraws, we need to redo our plan. Originally, we waited The troops are superior, and if they meet head-on, the Marrow Food Sect will definitely not be able to win, but if they are allowed to retreat to the southern border, then everyone except the Murong family army may have symptoms of acclimatization. Waiting for the old nest, we will be passive..."

"Therefore, troops need to be dispatched early."

Yi Qingchen opened his eyes wide in shock, "Why didn't we receive this news?"

Mr. Dugu said with a light smile, "don't worry, my lord, I just let some sect families in the Yangtze River and the Yellow River Basin take the first step. After all, the plan has been exposed, and only by taking action as soon as possible can we do our best to recover the losses and delay the retreat of the Marrow Sect." Young Master, as the center of the whole plan, you will naturally move with the army... But I can't wait too long to prepare in Weicheng, and I have to set off tomorrow morning at the latest."

"Tomorrow morning?" Yi Qingchen was a little caught off guard, although he had already had the experience of going on a crusade with the army and was mentally prepared, the sudden approach of the date still made Yi Qingchen inexplicably nervous.

Seeing this, Mr. Dugu put away the folding fan, put it against the mask, and asked Yi Qingchen, "Young Master Yi, can you ask me next?"

Yi Qingchen nodded, and Mr. Dugu said, "Ten years ago, son, why did you join the army to crusade against the Marrow Sect?"

Yi Qingchen was stunned for a moment, before recalling the reason back then, "At that time, I thought I was dying, I wanted to help the eldest princess get back the shark pearl, I wanted to give Mu Mu a hand, I wanted to meet Xiaoqian, I wanted to avenge the village... ...."

"what about now?"

"Now?" Yi Qingchen lowered his head and thought, but found that the answer he came up with was surprisingly similar to that of ten years ago. For a while, he didn't understand why Mr. Dugu asked this question.

Mr. Dugu looked at Yi Qingchen's reaction, pondered thoughtfully for a while, and then laughed softly, "Kalpa, it's catastrophe after all, you think you've escaped, but reincarnation takes place in ten years, what should come will still come .”

Yi Qingchen seemed to understand but half understood, "Jie? It means..."

Mr. Dugu pointed at Yi Qingchen with a folding fan and said, "You... died once, right? Your life span was over ten years ago, but he..." Blossoming and sinking, "Forcibly use the technique of resurrection to keep your soul in the human world. This has violated the taboos of the gods and demons and the human world. Although you can't feel it, but the destiny is like this. You can escape for a while, but you can't escape forever."

"Yi Baixue, you may not come back alive after this trip."