Changle Floating Life

Chapter 12

The sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and the long summer is gone, and it is a new autumn.Gu Su has returned to his 14-year-old appearance. His stature has grown and his appearance has changed drastically. He spends all day practicing kung fu on the mountain and no longer sees people casually.Ye Jianqing did all the work of feeding and herding the cattle and going down the mountain to buy supplies.

When he woke up this morning, Ye Jianqing took a wooden bucket filled with water from the latrine at the back of the house.He scooped up a little with a long bamboo spoon and evenly poured it on the vegetable field under the fence.Long lentils, courgettes, spinach seedlings, pumpkin seedlings with small golden flowers, bees and butterflies dancing, so lively.

After Ye Jianqing finished watering the vegetable garden, he went down the mountain to return Wang Runyuan's family's farm tools. When he reached the gate of Wang's house, he saw General Tie knocking on the door, but no one answered after knocking for a long time.He went to a nearby farm to inquire.Jumping out of the thatched-roofed, loess-walled earthen hut, a bare-bottomed little black boy held a letter in his hand and said, "The Mr. Wang took his old lady to a relative's house in Qingzhou. This is what he left for you." letter."

It turned out that Wang Runyuan had not gone down the mountain for more than half a month, and Wang Runyuan had already migrated with his family before winter came.Ye Jianqing accepted the letter unhappily, turned around and walked up the mountain to read it.The letter was nothing more than modest remarks such as "I left too hastily to report", and an invitation to invite Ye Jianqing to Qingzhou as a guest.The last few paragraphs describe the Queen Mother's gratitude to Gu and Ye for curing her eye disease.Even Mrs. Wang could see that the two of them were extremely noble, and she only regarded them as relatives of the king and grandson to avoid chaos and live in the grass.

In the mountains and forests in autumn, the hot wind has subsided, white clouds are covering the clothes, and the wind is piercing.The crops are harvested, the world is emptier, and people are more awake.Ye Jianqing spread out his palm. This hand used to drive a black horse with a golden saddle and jade bridle, brushed the green skirt of a beautiful woman with green temples, played the piano, wrote poems, mixed incense and painted, but now it was rough and polished by farm work. Unbearable.And like a real farmer, he began to worry about the harvest, calculating the rations for the winter.

In the distance, the melodious sound of bamboo flutes came from the mountains.Some people sing and chant: there are times of ups and downs, and it is not too early to stand up and suffer.Life is not gold and stone, so how can you live a long life?

Ye Jianqing didn't have the mind to practice at all these days. He practiced the two simple sword moves dozens of times but failed to pass. In the end, even Gu Su's usual cold face turned dark.He picked up the branches on the ground casually, and with one move, flew the black iron sword in Ye Jianqing's hand, with a sharp light in his eyes, he said coldly, "Stop practicing!" Then he turned and went into the hut.

Ye Jianqing stood on the ground full of yellow leaves, his arms were sore and numb.He was full of resentment and grievance, and said loudly: "You call the princess grandma, master uncle, why didn't you come to rescue us earlier? You are so good at martial arts, why did you get beaten to escape here?"

There was silence in the hut for a while, and after a while, only Gu Su's deep voice said: "I said earlier, the patriarch and master have admonishments not to interfere in court affairs."

Ye Jianqing became even more angry when he heard this: "I'm also a guilty minister of the imperial court, what do you care about me? Let me fend for myself!" After he said this, he was really furious, and in a fit of anger, he used the bright moon flow footwork Just go to the mountains and forests.Gu Su sensed that something was wrong, and chased him out of the house, even his shadow was no longer visible.

This ghostly fake fairy leader doesn't talk about fellowship at all, I never want to see him again!Ye Jianqing thought so as he flew between the treetops.He was in a fit of anger, and he ran wildly, and turned around several hills. When he calmed down, he looked around, and he was already in a strange mountain.

At this time, the sun has gradually set, and the afterglow of no temperature shines on the dense forest. The setting sun is full of crows, the red leaves are all over the mountain, and there is no trace of the road.Going into the forest alone, once the anger passed, he felt flustered in his heart. Although he lived in the mountains for several months, he didn't know the habits of the mountains at all.Ye Jianqing walked indiscriminately in the mountains for a while, when suddenly his foot slipped and his body fell, but he couldn't help but fell into the cliff.When he was in such a dangerous situation, he had the courage to survive. He struggled to grab an old vine on the cliff, and tried his best to cling to the stone wall.

Fortunately, the rock wall is rugged, and brothers and feet can climb it.Ye Jianqing took a deep breath, using both hands and feet, slowly crawled upwards on his back.During the meal, he was already covered in cold sweat, hanging on the cliff, and was blown by the night wind, the clothes on his body were bulging like a sail, and his whole body was cold.After climbing up for more than Zhang, I saw a big cave on the left side, which can accommodate two people.Ye Jianqing was overjoyed, so she moved there, wanting to find a place to rest first.

After finally climbing to the entrance of the cave, Ye Jianqing poked his head inside, and there was a smell of rotting fallen leaves, black and bottomless.He rested at the entrance of the cave for a while, then walked a few steps inside, trying to find a place to sit down, but suddenly there were some yellow-green fire lights floating in the cave, up and down like arcs, looking carefully, the two Count the big ones and count the small ones.

Ye Jianqing yelled inwardly, but before he could react, a gust of wind rushed towards his face, the smell of beasts filled his mouth and nose, he exerted force on his waist, and leaned back, the thing flew over his head, dipping its sharp claws muscle.Ye Jianqing heard a tiger cry, and the beast couldn't hold back, it jumped out of the cave and fell down the cliff.

Before he had time to catch his breath, he saw the remaining dozens of green lights getting brighter and rushing towards him.His feet were unsteady for a moment, his body lost his balance, and he also fell down from the hole.At this time, the consciousness is still clear, but the falling momentum is too fast, and even pushing off the wall is useless.Suddenly, his body shook, his legs clicked, and he was caught by an old tree.He struggled to get up, but couldn't stand upright, fell from the tree again, and fell on a soft object, only to hear a scream, and was ejected again.

If this happened to Ye Jianqing when he was rescued by San Guangying, he would have passed out long ago.But now it is different from the past, his several months of diligent martial arts practice was not in vain, he just became dizzy for a while, and then he woke up.Ye Jianqing looked around and saw a white tiger's body not far away, with a large dent on its back.It turned out that he fell off the cliff and landed on the beast.The white tiger had jumped out of the cave and landed in the valley, licking its injured paw, there was nothing serious about it, but suddenly it was called to hit him like this, feces and urine came out, and he was crushed to death.

Ye Jianqing raised his head and looked up. The cliff was steep and the wall stood thousands of feet high. A few small hairy heads protruded from the entrance of the stone cave halfway up, screaming incessantly, distraught.It turned out that it was the tiger's lair, but unfortunately he ran into it.

At this moment, he regained his energy and wanted to stand up, so he straightened his waist and stretched his lower body, when suddenly his thigh felt a sharp pain.Looking at it, it seems that the thigh was broken when it was caught by a big tree.The moon and stars are sparse, and the sound of running water can be heard in my ears. It turns out that there is a small stream beside me.Ye Jianqing was covered in scratches and scratches, dragging his broken leg, and slowly leaned behind a big rock by the river.

The moon is still missing a small mouth, and there are still a few days until the fifteenth.In late autumn, the mountain wind was bitter, and Ye Jianqing was shivering from the cold, so he had to use his internal strength to keep out the cold.Not far away there was a faint movement, and pairs of red or green eyes could be seen in the dark night, presumably attracted by the bloody smell of the white tiger's corpse.Ye Jianqing thought to himself, this is the source of water, even if it can survive tonight, many animals will come here to drink water in the daytime tomorrow, and he can't move, one or two is fine, if they come in groups, just I am afraid that there will be no bones left.

Even if he was imprisoned in the Red Leaf Waterside Pavilion and unshackled for thousands of miles, he never felt helpless, hopeless, and grief-stricken as he is today.It was all because there were Qingyun and Pei Zhaoye by my side at that time, but now the world is vast, and I am alone, so I can only sit and wait for death.

It turns out that life is not the worst, only worse!

In the midst of great grief and great pain, he was in a desperate situation, and suddenly his heart was broadened and his eyes and ears were clear.The previously unheard water flowed into the clouds, and the sound of leaves falling and flowers blooming slowly flowed into my ears.Everything is awe-inspiring, the sound of the night wind is also getting weaker, and there seems to be a gentle flute sound in the air.The Qing Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty follow the wind, and the middle tune is lingering, mellow and melting, and the tune seems to be "Meeting Friends in the Mountains" by the former music sage Wang Qian.

He was so cold at first, but when he heard the sound of the flute, he raised his head and shouted, "Here I am!"

"Here. Here. Here." Kong Gu echoed, startling countless night owls.

He yelled wildly for a while, but no one answered. He calmed down and listened carefully, but there was no sound from the flute.Ye Jianqing didn't feel very disappointed, but felt as if a barrier had been broken in his heart.He coughed a few times, pumped up all his energy, and shouted: "Gu Su, you bastard! Go, you, mother, the Snow Mountain School! Evil heretics, you are nothing!"

"Who do you say is not a thing?"

I only heard a low sound coming from above my head.Ye Jianqing suffered a cardiac arrest.

After a while, he looked up, and there was a person standing on the boulder against which he was leaning. He was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and he looked up and down, looking down at him.His eyes were pale green in the moonlight.Gu Su looked at him a few times, and suddenly wondered, "Why don't you cry?" He remembered that when Ye Jianqing first came, whenever he talked about sadness or encountered embarrassing things, he would cry like a little girl.

Ye Jianqing was taken aback by his elusive figure, his heart was pounding, and he yelled angrily: "I died in an instant, and there is no one here, who should I cry for?"

There was a little smile in Gu Su's eyes, he nodded and said, "So you used to cry to act coquettish and foolish in front of others."

Ye Jianqing was too angry to speak.Gu Su floated down from the stone, squatted halfway in front of him, raised his eyebrows, and said kindly: "You listen too much when you talk like this. Why do you want to hide your nature? The master is the most chic and evasive, but he made a tiger into a tiger." sick cat."

"You..." Ye Jianqing laughed back in anger. There are such people in the world who don't listen to nice words respectfully, but have to get angry to feel refreshed and comfortable. Isn't it owed? !

Gu Su pinched his veins with one hand, and groped his body with the other. When he touched the broken bone, Ye Jianqing inevitably grinned and cursed loudly.Once he opened his mouth, he couldn't keep his mouth shut, and poured out all his hatred and fear of Gu Su in the past few months.

Gu Su could bear it at first, but he also felt dull after hearing it, so he stretched out his hand and touched his sleeping acupoint: "Save some strength and rest up."

When Ye Jianqing woke up from sleep, he opened his eyes and saw the blue sky, white clouds and gray dogs, which were constantly changing.The good birds in the forest are singing each other, the stream is gurgling, and there is the sound of shallow breathing around you.He looked up and saw that he was lying flat on the ground with his head resting on Gu Su's thigh.The man was sleeping soundly leaning on the boulder.The morning light shone on him, giving him a golden border.His skin was so white that it was almost transparent, his temples were cut like knives, his nose bridge was protruding, and his dark brown hair was actually mixed with gold strands.When Ye Jianqing met him for the first time, although he knew that he must have the blood of the barbarian, he never thought that it would become so obvious as he grew older.

As soon as Ye Jianqing woke up, Gu Su knew.He opened his eyes for a while, saw Ye Jianqing looking at him curiously, and said lightly: "Do you still hurt?" After asking, Ye Jianqing found that the broken thigh had been fixed by several branches, and the injured hands and feet The place has also been drugged.He thought of Meng Lang's abruptness last night, his face suddenly turned red, and he stammered: "Thank you uncle, I was so rude yesterday."

Gu Su didn't blame him for being disrespectful, but said: "We're going to sleep here for a few days. Although I can take you back now, the mountain road is rugged, and if you miss your broken leg, it will be bad in the future I'll take you back after the fifteenth day."

Ye Jianqing thought that what he said was right, being alone, limping, made him feel uncomfortable.

Gu Su got up and dug a hole in the ground, and disposed of the dead tiger's body not far away.Seeing his movements, Ye Jianqing couldn't help but said, "Cut some tiger meat to make food." Gu Su pointed to the top of his head and said, "Keeping the offspring to eat the mother will hurt the peace of heaven." Ye Jianqing raised his head, half Sure enough, there are a few fluffy cubs crowding the entrance of the stone cave on the mountainside, they seem to have just been weaned, they look pitiful and cute during the day, and they cry like kittens.He had a feeling in his heart, and his understanding of Gu Su deepened. He saw that he was so kind to ignorant beasts, but he didn't know why he was so cold and ruthless to the princess, grandma and himself.

Gu Su caught a dozen grass carp in the stream, lit a fire by the stream and roasted them for Ye Jianqing to eat.After Ye Jianqing was full, he took a few leaves, wrapped the rest of the fish, and said, "I'll come as soon as I go."

Ye Jianqing saw him rising from the ground and climbing up the cliff, with a graceful figure, like an ape, he climbed to the entrance of the stone cave in the blink of an eye, and slid in like a cat.Ye Jianqing knew that he must have brought food to Xiaohu.Sure enough, not long after, I saw Gu Su coming down from the entrance of the cave with nothing in his hands.

The two of them had been together day and night for several months from spring to summer, and from summer to autumn. Ye Jianqing never dared to look him in the eye or ask him casually.Looking at this person again at this time, I only feel that my mind is in a rush, and I muttered: "Where did you live before? How did you live?"

Gu Su walked up to him and sat down cross-legged, and said calmly: "There is a Luofu Mountain at the junction of Youyun and Two Prefectures, which is covered with snow all the year round. I have lived in the mountain with my parents since I was a child, practicing kung fu and hunting for a living."

Ye Jianqing's mind immediately came to the life of the three of them, talking all day long, sitting up in the cold night, listening to the wind, lying down and watching the idle clouds.After a while, he asked again: "Who named the Snow Mountain School? It sounds too vulgar."

Gu Su raised his eyes and looked at him, and said: "We live our own lives and never deal with worldly people. It doesn't matter what our name is. It's just that when we were involved in martial arts battles in the past, when someone asked about our mountain gate, the wife of the patriarch made up nonsense. A Snow Mountain faction, since then, others have called us the Mountain Gate."

Ye Jianqing pursed her lips, seemingly disdainful, and asked curiously: "Master Patriarch, and the master you mentioned last time, Master Xie, what kind of people are they?"

Gu Su's eyes were empty, and his words were melancholy: "You have joined my sect, and I will tell you slowly in the future."

Seeing him, Ye Jianqing seemed to be in a very good mood at this moment, and now he said what he didn't dare to say and was afraid of hitting a wall: "You came down the mountain just because of a letter from grandma, saved me, and taught me Wu Gong, I am very grateful to you. It's just that Grandma Princess is really wronged. You respectfully call her Master Uncle, why don't you help me avenge my revenge?"

Seeing his sad face, Gu Su sighed, and said, "I didn't lie to you. I really can't interfere with the court affairs. Your grandma also told me in the letter that once I rescued you, I would take you back to the snow-capped mountains. You are not allowed to To seek revenge and revenge, and you are not allowed to entangle with those people. You are too obsessed in your heart, and you are afraid of becoming a karmic obstacle. When people die, everything is empty, and who in this world is not old or dead? If you die sooner or later, what is the difference? ?”

It turns out that Grandma Princess still has such an explanation!After Ye Jianqing listened, he felt a chill all over his body.He looked at Gu Su, imagining the scene of living with this person in the snow-capped mountains, feeling unwilling, it was too hazy and far away.He gritted his teeth and made a big decision at this moment.

Gu Su's eyes flickered, as if he had realized something, he slowly looked away.

The two slept outside for a few days, thirsty to drink mountain springs, and hungry to eat wild game.The moon is round again, and the fifteenth is here.Gu Su asked him: "Are you afraid? I'll hit your sleeping point at night."

Ye Jianqing thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid of accidents when you practice in the wild, so it's better to stay awake. Even if there is a disturbance, you can still make a sound to remind you." Don't just sacrifice the five viscera of the beast together.

The corners of Gu Su's mouth curled up slightly, as if he wanted to laugh, but also as if he sighed lightly, all of which was blown into the wind.

In the middle of the night, Ye Jianqing saw that his hands were in mudras, white smoke was continuously spouting from the top of his head, and his body joints were creaking. He looked very scary.After an hour, Gu Su stopped his work, and white smoke penetrated into his nose and ears. After a while, he opened his eyes again, and they were indeed faint blood red.

After midnight, when the moon hid behind the dark clouds, Gu Su stood up from the ground. Sure enough, he grew a little taller, with long hands and feet, and barely covered his body. Now he looked like a mature boy. "Jianqing?" he called softly.

After Ye Jianqing was astonished, she tremblingly said, "I'm fine."

Gu Su walked up to him, knelt down to look at him, he was already taller than Ye Jianqing: "I'll take you back to the hut in Nanshan after dawn."

Ye Jianqing responded, looked up at him, and was full of doubts: "Your martial arts are already so high, and you live in seclusion, why do you still practice this immortal martial arts? Is it interesting to live alone?"

Who can live in the deep mountains, forever with animals?

Gu Su's eyes flashed red, showing that he was very emotional, and said lightly: "I practice this. There is no way. When I was nine years old, my parents went out to run errands and left me alone in the mountains. It happened that the enemy's family came to the door. , severely injured me. At the time of life and death, fortunately, my father and mother went back to the mountain ahead of time to save my life. My mother said that only by practicing this martial arts like the ancestor master can I survive. If not, I would have died 30 years ago."

It turned out that when people like him were in distress, Ye Jianqing was very moved, and blurted out: "When I report..., when my legs recover, I will accompany my uncle to the snowy mountains and serve you for the rest of my life."

Gu Su touched his head and neck, but said nothing.

When the two of them woke up the next morning, they both felt chilly to the bone.It turned out that there were snowflakes floating in the sky.On the plains, it doesn’t snow until early winter, but in the high mountains, it snows in August. Now it’s late autumn, the vegetation is broken, and the mountains and forests are covered with a layer of white turbans.

Gu Su took Ye Jianqing back to the thatched hut in Nanshan before the snow fell heavily.

It snowed heavily for more than half a month, and the mountain roads were covered.The thatched hut is not resistant to the cold wind, it is as cold as an ice cellar.Gu Su took out the dried cow dung in summer and lit it to keep warm.The cold night was silent, and there were only clusters of falling snow and the sound of branches snapping between the sky and the earth.Ye Jianqing's broken leg gradually healed, but the thatched hut was narrow and it was impossible to practice swordsmanship. Gu Su taught him some close-up techniques such as "split the flower and brush the willow hand" and "prajna palm".Ye Jianqing is much more lively than before, he doesn't avoid his words, and he does everything freely. Once there is no resistance in his heart, his martial arts will improve by leaps and bounds.

It was the fifteenth night again, and after Gu Su finished practicing, he was already 16 years old.When I opened my eyes, there was no one in the room.There was a black and heavy sword on the ground.He opened the door, the snow had stopped outside, the moon was shining all over the world, and two rows of footprints were winding on the snow.

"What a fool. You don't have a sword, and you still want to seek revenge?" He said Bi Changtan.

The author has something to say: the next chapter: Reunion in Baling

The little fool, the stupid little dude came out again...