National Division

Huishui County is a small county seat in Guizhou Prefecture. There are mountains in the northwest. The Shengxian Valley mentioned by the Huishui County Magistrate is among these mountains.

"...At the beginning, no one knew about it, but it was said that he was missing, and he searched everywhere but couldn't find it. He meant that he was buried in the kiss of the beast, so he repaid his death." The county magistrate of Huishui didn't even dare to sit in front of Qi Jun, but stood on the ground and bowed his body. Seeing that his words were sluggish, it must have been concocted by the aides, and it was a bit hard to memorize, "Later, his family had a funeral, and his son was very sad, so he went into the valley and died before his father was alive. The most happiest place is to live in a hut, to eat vegetarian food, to cry day and night, and everyone calls it the most filial piety. Later, his mother went to the mountain to visit, and saw his son soaring in the daytime at noon, waving his hands and feet, leaping out of the forest surface, and passing away in the clouds Middle. Everyone in the village says that this is the ultimate filial piety, so they make it a god.”

"Okay." Qi Jun interrupted the long speech of Huishui county magistrate, "Only his mother witnessed it, how can he prove it?" And it was only witnessed by one person.Thanks to the magistrate of Huishui County, in order to make this auspicious, he almost wished to describe the ascended man as the most filial son of all time who moved the heavens and the earth.

"No, no, no!" The county magistrate of Huishui became a little anxious, and quickly raised his head, even abandoning the accent of Wenchao, and came out with a local accent, "This is not the only one who has been promoted. Today, there are more than ten people in this county who are white The rising of the day is all in the Ascending Immortal Valley! There are quite a few people who have witnessed it, and there are also flying ascending people who came from other counties and prefectures, and they are definitely not talking nonsense!"

Qi Jun raised his eyebrows suspiciously: "There are more than ten people in your Huishui County who have been promoted? Are they all filial piety people?"

The magistrate of Huishui County was at a loss for words at the moment, and after a while he said: "Among them is the abbot of the Ciguang Temple in our prefecture, who is an eminent monk who has attained the Tao..."

Qi Jun sneered: "Apart from the Taoist monk, who else is there?" Obviously, except for the filial son who "ascended" at the beginning and the abbot of the temple later, these ascended people really do not have the qualifications to become immortals.

Sure enough, the county magistrate of Huishui faltered obviously: "There are still some who devote themselves to farming or fishing and woodcutters. Although they are poor, they have done good deeds for decades..." That is to say, they are either farmers or fisherman. It's nothing more than a wicked thing.Qi Jun believes that if there are gods in the sky, there must be no gods who are disloyal and unfilial, but these fishermen and woodcutters can also rise to immortality in the daytime, which is obviously nonsense, and there must be something strange about this matter.

Qi Jun looked at Huishui County Magistrate and sneered for a while, then suddenly put away his smile: "This dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and now there are those who have filial piety and ascended to the sky in the daytime, so His Highness will naturally pay homage to them in person."

The magistrate of Huishui was stunned for a while, then carefully glanced at Qi Jun's face.According to what Qi Jun said, it seems that he believed in the matter of Shengxian Valley, but judging from his attitude just now... Huishui county magistrate felt a chill on his back, and regretted that he should not have listened to the words of his staff , so hastily came to "present auspiciousness".

Qi Jun didn't bring the prince's ceremonial guard with him when he went to Shengxian Valley, he just followed his body lightly, but he brought Zhibai with him.

"If that place can really make people rise to immortality in the daylight, then he will be fulfilled." Qi Jun said this with a smile, but Zhibai, who was thrown on the horse's back with his feet tied to the stirrups, was really clever. Ling shivered.

Huishui County has bright mountains and beautiful waters, lush vegetation, and Shengxian Valley is between the two mountains. Looking up, it looks like a line of sky, and there are trees on the left and right sides. In autumn, the leaves are mottled and red and yellow, which is not inferior to spring flowers.Probably because of the humidity in the valley, the mist is lingering, and a clear spring hangs from the mountain wall, forming a small pool at the mouth of the valley, like a piece of emerald inlaid on the flat ground.Looking at the scenery alone, it is indeed a bit of a fairy tale.

It was dusk when Qi Jun and others arrived, and there was a person taking a bath in the small pool.It was already August, and even though it was cold in the south, the man took a bath in the water piously, and didn't think the water in the pool was cold.Wenxiu couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice: "It's a woman!" She took a naked bath in the wild!Although there are many Yi people in Guizhou Prefecture, the folk customs are different from those in the Central Plains, but from the clothes left by the lake, it can be seen that this woman is not a Yi girl, why is she so bold?

Qi Jun couldn't help frowning, but Huishui county magistrate lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, this woman is a filial woman in the countryside. She was married and her husband died. She supported her parents-in-law for decades with needles. Now that the parents-in-law have passed away one after another, and the son has married a wife, I think there is nothing to worry about, and I am going to come to the Immortal Valley to seek immortality. She is the most filial son of Wenggu, and everyone in the village says that she will definitely be able to ascend to immortality!"

Sure enough, after the woman finished bathing, a young woman came out from behind a nearby bush with a plain white filial gown, and helped the woman put on the filial gown while crying. Another young man also came from a distance, and the two cried He kowtowed to the woman, knelt on the ground and watched the woman go to Shengxian Valley.

At this moment, all eyes were on the woman, but when they saw her walk into the valley, they knelt down and prayed to the sky devoutly. After a while, the wind blew up from nowhere. The trees on the side mountain wall swayed from top to bottom.The magistrate of Huishui jumped off his horse with a plop, fell to his knees and kowtowed: "The fairy wind is coming, the fairy wind is coming!"

Qi Jun stared at the mountain wall.The magistrate of Huishui said something about fairy wind, but he felt something was wrong.Not all the trees in Shengxian Valley were shaken, only one side of the mountain wall began to shake its branches and leaves from a certain place, while the other side of the mountain wall did not move at all.If it is said that the wind only blows in the valley, can it only blow to one side of the mountain wall?Moreover, in the valley, a mass of cloud and mist also rose at some point, thicker than the original mist in the valley, covering the blue sky.

But they were too far away, and it was dusk, so Qi Jun couldn't see clearly what was in the clouds and mist, no matter how good his eyesight was.He was about to walk forward again, when he heard the woman's exclamation, he actually flew up on the ground, waving his hands and feet wildly, and flew straight to the top of Shengxian Valley.

Although the young couple in Taniguchi kowtowed repeatedly, the county magistrate of Huishui and several guards knelt on the ground and did not dare to look up. Even Wenxiu and the guards were stunned with expressions of awe on their faces. Zhibai and the others raised their heads and stared at the cloud and mist.But seeing the woman ascending up like a bird and throwing herself into the clouds, she seemed to hear a faint scream, and then there was no more movement.I saw the trees on the mountain wall shaking again, but this time the wind was from bottom to top, and it didn't disappear until the clouds and mist disappeared, and the valley returned to calm.

Huishui County Magistrate kowtowed his head and looked at Qi Jun excitedly: "Your Highness, Your Highness! To be filial to heaven, to ascend in the daytime, this is an unprecedented auspicious event! It's all because my emperor is the most holy king, All the world is blessed with my emperor's benevolent virtue! In the ancient world of Yao and Shun, the phoenix descended and the unicorn appeared, and now there is a land of immortality under my emperor's rule, which is enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with Yao and Shun!" He was frothing, blushing with excitement .

The corners of Qi Jun's lips twitched slightly: "It really is an auspicious place." He thought for a while and said, "Since my Highness can see such auspiciousness with my own eyes, I should pay homage first. I will camp here tonight, you wait Immediately go back and prepare the sacrifice ceremony of the three animals, and tomorrow His Royal Highness will go back to Beijing to report to the emperor after offering sacrifices to heaven."

The magistrate of Huishui County was so happy that his head was dizzy, and he couldn't find it in the south, east, west, and north.As soon as they left, Wenxiu couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, this, this is really auspicious. But if Your Highness worships here, will he--" It is the emperor's duty to sacrifice to heaven, although the crown prince also has the right to perform sacrifices, But Qi Jun was in an embarrassing situation. If he sacrificed, he might be charged with some crime.

Qi Jun smiled coldly: "Sacrifice?" Turning his head to look at Zhibai, he grinned, "Send Taoist Priest Zhibai to Ascending Immortal Valley! My Highness wants to see if Taoist Priest Zhibai can ascend to immortality in the daytime."

Wenxiu couldn't figure it out, and the guards were also a little confused, but they always obeyed Qi Jun, even though they didn't understand at this time, they should give a sound and want to drag Zhibai off the horse.Zhibai had been staring at Shengxian Valley, and suddenly heard Qi Jun's target turned to himself, and suddenly changed his face a little: "Your Highness, Your Highness—"

Qi Jun looked at the guards dragging Zhibai down with a half-smile, like a cat looking at a little mouse under its paws: "What? You learners, don't you want to be promoted? I see you worked so hard in Wanshan Looking for Xingtie among them, you still think you are asking for this auspicious aura, but now that you are in front of Shengxian Valley, how about you being fulfilled?"

Zhibaisi grabbed the stirrup and did not let go: "Your Highness, this, this is different! Star iron is indeed something out of the sky, and it has its own auspicious aura, but there is something wrong with Shengxian Valley, this Shengxian Valley! Spiritual energy, but there is no immortal energy, the so-called rising to immortality in the daytime is simply impossible!"

Qi Jun waved his hand and stopped several guards, his expression became a little more serious: "It's impossible? Didn't you just see that woman ascend to heaven with your own eyes?" Originally, he had heard Zhibai say that Xingtie was indeed auspicious. Angry is full of anger, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, I can't help but get angry.Indeed, just now everyone witnessed the woman ascending to the sky in the sun, but he always felt that something was wrong, unexpectedly, this pretending Zhibai had the same thoughts as him.

Zhibai glanced into the Ascending Immortal Valley again, and said in a low voice: "The woman just ascended into the clouds, but she didn't ascend to heaven." He is now a lamb to be slaughtered, and he doesn't know when Qi Jun will be happy It would click him, so I was really a little scared, and I didn't even dare to speak aloud.

But this sentence immediately awakened Qi Jun.He just felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find what was wrong. Now that he heard Zhibai's words, Mao Sai suddenly realized, and couldn't help but let out a breath: "So that's how it is." Said, "Go around from the side, I want to see what's in that cloud and mist!"

Wenxiu and several guards were taken aback, but Qi Jun had made up his mind, so he directed a guard and Wenxiu to wait in the same place, and brought three other guards and Zhibai, and climbed up from the nearby hillside .

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and there were many trees in the mountain, and once entering the forest, the light became even more dim. A guard was about to light a torch, but Zhibai stopped him.Qi Jun squinted at him: "Why can't you raise the fire?"

Zhibai hesitated for a long time, knowing that he couldn't hide it, he had to say: "I'm afraid there was some monster in the cloud and mist just now. If I raise the fire, I'm afraid it will be alarmed."

Several guards were shocked immediately: "What kind of monster can suck people out of thin air?" Although they were also shocked by the miracle of Bairi Shengtian just now, they were convinced by Qi Jun after all. Zhibai said that there are monsters in the clouds, and immediately thought of the truth.It's just that the clouds and mist in Shengxian Valley are quite high from the ground. If they can suck people away from such a distance, what kind of ghosts should they be?

When the guards thought of this, they immediately stopped in their tracks: "Your Highness, don't be in danger, it's better to go back and gather the soldiers from Huishui County to come again!"

Qi Jun raised his head and glanced at the dark forest in front of him, and smiled coldly: "Assemble the soldiers? If those people are useful, this Shengxian Valley is no longer auspicious. Prepare your poison-poisoning bows and crossbows, and I want to see if they are good." What kind of wild thing dares to make trouble here!" He glanced sideways at Zhibai, then suddenly grinned again, "Let Taoist Zhibai walk ahead."

Zhibai couldn't stop shivering again, but several guards obeyed Qi Jun's words and immediately pushed him to the front, so he could only walk ahead with a bitter face.

At this moment, the moon is gradually rising, and the mountain forest is as clear as silver. Even though it is covered by branches and leaves, it is much brighter.Taking advantage of the moonlight, Qi Jun and others quickly climbed to the side of the mountain on the side of Shengxian Valley. Looking down from here, they saw that the valley was also illuminated by the moonlight, and even the nearby vegetation could be clearly seen.Qi Jun looked carefully at the opposite mountain wall. The clouds and mists seemed to have dispersed at night. He had a good memory and found the place where the grass and trees swayed today in a short time.The two mountains are sandwiched here, and there is only a distance of Zhang Xu in the very close distance. Qi Jun, with his poor eyesight, finally found a dark hole between the trees that looked like a nest, but the moon had just risen, and the moonlight alone could not see it clearly. .

Qi Jun withdrew his gaze and glanced at Zhibai next to him.Zhibai was squatting on the ground looking for something in the grass under the moonlight, and didn't notice Qi Jun's eyes as if he was looking at the bait.Suddenly, he withdrew his hand from the grass, clutching a handful of green grass, even though it was autumn, it was still green and moist.He distributed the grass to several guards: "Squeeze out the grass juice and apply it on your body." As he said, he also wiped two handfuls on his face.

Qi Jun swallowed the words when he reached his lips, and looked Zhibai up and down.Originally, he wanted to tie Zhibai up with a rope and hang him from the cliff, to see if he could draw out the cloud again, but at this moment, seeing Zhibai getting some unknown grass, his heart turned upside down—he But I did not forget that when Zhibai ran away when he encountered a giant snake in the mountains, he tied a rag bag around his body, and the medicine powder in it once blocked the giant snake chasing him.So, Zhibai made these grass juice again at this time, could it be that he discovered something?

Suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes outside the valley, and Qi Jun turned his head to look. It turned out that the magistrate of Huishui hurriedly came back with three animals, incense candles and incense cases in a cart.On the three flatbed carts, there were three animals that had just been slaughtered. Thanks to Huishui County Magistrate, they really prepared them carefully. It is a black ram with two complete horns, which is actually quite in accordance with ancient etiquette.Dozens of servants followed behind the car, carrying incense tables and large bundles of paper money for incense candles, and came all the way bustling with torches, and did not stop until they reached the mouth of Shengxian Valley.Probably because he didn't see Qi Jun, he shouted from left to right.

Qi Jun frowned, and squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Idiot!" I don't know if the magistrate of Huishui County is greedy for profit, or he is too pious, and he is really impatient to sacrifice "Xiangrui" .

"Your Highness!" A guard next to him let out a slightly distorted voice from his throat, "Your Highness, look at that mountain wall!"

The moon moved a little further towards the middle sky, and more moonlight shone into the valley. Qi Jun looked intently, and saw that the place he suspected to be the lair just now had escaped the clouds and mist, and then, there was a Biba Something much bigger than a bucket gradually appeared in the clouds and mist, and behind it was dragged a long body as thick as a bucket, glowing with a light blue cold light—it really was a giant python, even bigger than the one he met in the mountains. It should be several times bigger!