Ninety thousand miles of wind

六

When Zhang Jiale went to bid farewell to the elders of Baihua Valley, he was very determined to go.The elder was silent for a moment, and finally heaved a long sigh: "Zhe Ping left with the crown back then, there must have been a definite reason. And what about you? Don't say it, because this time you are disheartened, right?"

Zhang Jiale felt something faintly warm in his heart, but it was a fire that could not be ignited in the ashes.What he wanted to say, an explanation—or an excuse, whatever.

In the end, nothing was said.

After all, the elder didn't force him anymore.

"Let's go. You go."

Zhang Jiale bowed to the ground, put the Valley Master's seal aside on the table and went out.Step by step, he walked out of the valley along the winding path, not daring to look back.But it was the lingering drizzle that started in the morning, which still pierced through the sycamore trees in Bangu.

That's why, after seeing the secret order on Zou Yuan, Zhang Jiale only asked the monk one question: If I escort you to a safe place, can I fulfill the promise on behalf of Baihua Valley?

"The donor is also an idiot."

When it was time to stay in the hotel the next day, the monk who followed Zhang Jiale out of the city in silence spoke for the first time.If it wasn't so, Zhang Jiale would have thought that the other party was practicing closed-mouthed meditation, and he didn't dare to interrupt easily—he breathed a sigh of relief, not afraid that he would disturb others' cultivation by talking too much, and asked:

"How does this start?"

"You don't ask if a certain person has feuds with others, if you don't covet the things that a certain person carries, if you don't doubt whether a certain person is heinous, but because of the word Baihuagu, you are willing to take risks with yourself. If you don't call it a 'fool', what else do you call it? "

Zhang Jiale paused for a moment with the hand that was sticking the mustache on his face, and said after a while, "This is so dangerous."

The monk clasped his hands together, chanted the Buddha's name, and said, "The almsgiver really doesn't realize it, or is he just lying to a certain family?"

Zhang Jiale had hundreds of words and thousands of words piled up in his mind, and slowly tidied himself up with his hands, before he asked: "Master, a practitioner, can you teach the law of breaking the demons?"

The monk said slowly: "Those who practice Prajna Paramita are nothing more than avoiding greed, anger, and ignorance, and cultivating precepts and wisdom. The donor of a certain view has his own roots of wisdom, but it is not indestructible, but just reluctant to let go."

"So I am asking the master for advice."

"The benefactor really wants to give up?" Although the monk's voice was low, it sounded like thunder in the spring day.Zhang Jiale was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment.

At this moment, there was a dispute in the front yard, and the trembling voice of the old shopkeeper rang out: "Guest officer, what are you guys with swords and swords trying to do—"

"Tyranny will do it, folks from the village will help you." Someone replied, and then the silver package was thrown on the counter. How many people and hands were able to shoot so many hidden weapons all at once?The members of the Tyranny were desperately looking for cover, but one or two of their slow-moving thighs or arms would inevitably get hurt, and they immediately scolded their mothers.

At this time, the person who led the way in hid behind the well platform in the courtyard, and said to the man wielding a shield and sword behind him: "Brother Wudi, it seems that we are still a step too late, the mage Beiqiao has already joined the people from Baihuagu."

"I don't think so, Jiang Duozhu." The man didn't care much, he just used his shield to block the rain and poured down the hidden weapon, "Maybe there is only one person inside."

Jiang You sneered: "You're lying to ghosts. If it wasn't for Dazzling Hundred Flowers' tricks back then—" just halfway through the words, the man had already stepped out with his shield on his back, flying across the backyard like a big bird Go to the guest room.Just as Jiang You was about to follow up, another cloud of locust rocks came over his head, forcing him to hide his head and shrink his neck. He finally waited for the hidden weapon to stop. He led a group of brothers and rushed into the door. Neither the master Beiqiao mage nor the shield swordsman was in sight.He spat hard on the ground and said, "Chase!"

Seven

This room, Zhang Jiale is carrying his own back, Monk Fei also seems to be running away, his face doesn't show the slightest clue, but he just screams in his heart: How did that bastard get involved in this matter? I thought he was only entangled with Jiashi's stall today But it's really daring to infiltrate Tyranny. If the people of Tyranny really see through his identity, why don't they chop him up first? !

Thinking in my heart, flying under my feet is not slow at all.Zhang Jiale's lightness kung fu is also top-notch in the rivers and lakes, at this time when he used it with all his strength, even though he was behind him, walking on the open river beach was like shooting stars on the grass.If it was an ordinary person, he would have been thrown two or three miles away by him; but at this moment, Zhang Jiale only felt the pressure from behind invade his clothes, and his palms were already soaked in sweat.

Keep running—?Or call back——?

"I said that old Zhang! Why do you run away when you know it's me! Chasing you with a shield is so hard, you have to be considerate of the old bones of the senior!"

Zhang Jiale's heart was on fire when he heard it, and regardless of the previous plan, he simply stood still and turned around: "Yes, this turtle shell is not as light as you are."

"Poke people's wounds, tsk tsk, what an idiot." Although Ye Xiu who was chasing him said, his face was indifferent, "I didn't mean you, Lao Zhang, you just ran like this, and you have to Ask Master Ren if he can stand it."

The monk coughed twice on Zhang Jiale's back, his voice trembling slightly: "It's okay..."

Feeling guilty, Zhang Jiale let the monk fall to the ground first, then turned his head to Ye Xiu: "I have already promised Zou Yuan to send Master to join Baihua Valley, so don't stop him. If there is a fight, I won't be afraid of you. "

Ye Xiu sighed: "You still can't let go of Baihua Valley. Do you know that they have hired Yu Feng as the next valley owner with a lot of money?"

Zhang Jiale was silent for a moment: "...At the beginning, I failed them."

Ye Xiu hesitated to speak, and finally sighed: "You have a serious heart, and I can't persuade you. However, I chased you here just to have a few words with the master, so it doesn't hinder anything?"

Zhang Jiale nodded, stepped aside for Ye Xiu to step forward.Ye Xiu restrained his normal appearance, and gave the monk a deep bow: "I have seen the master."

The monk folded his palms together: "The almsgiver is very polite. It's just that the benefactor is not a person who has abandoned the world and entered the Tao. He chased after this old monk, but I don't know what to ask?"

Ye Xiu said in a deep voice: "Only at the master's place, I beg for a reed stepped on by the patriarch when he traveled westward."

Hearing this, Zhang Jiale was startled—but he didn't expect that he was protecting the fleeing monks these two days, and he was actually the Master Beiqiao who was involved in a dispute over Bodhidharma.At this time, the monk only smiled slightly and asked, "What is the meaning of the Buddha's coming from the West?"

"I just know how to move forward."

Master Beiqiao asked: "If there is no bloody wind, guns and arrows, thousands of miles of ice, and hellfire ahead, can you go?"

"Go."

Master Beiqiao asked again: "If there are only gossips, slanders, people's indifference, and criticism in front of you, can you still go?"

"The direction of the sword is the only thing that matters, how can you care so much?" Ye Xiu raised his eyebrows, with a bit of youthful spirit, "Go and get it."

Master Beiqiao nodded: "I am also taught." After saying that, he broke off a branch from the reed beside him and handed it to Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu was taken aback, but Master Beiqiao said: "The grass by the green river, the cypress trees in front of the court, the mountains, rivers and the earth are all intentions. You can't know it unless you have a calm mind. The benefactor cherishes himself."

Ye Xiu bowed deeply: "Thank you, master." After speaking, he was about to leave, but finally said to Zhang Jiale beside him, "I'm staying at Xingxin Inn in Jiangzhou City. If you haven't lost your old heart, come to me anytime That's right."

Zhang Jiale said: "Together with you, I'm afraid of being mad at you to death. You'd better leave before Tyranny gathers the manpower, be careful that they will tear you apart."

"Old Han still wants me to practice with him, how can he be willing?" Ye Xiu said, but finally waved his hand, and after a few jumps, he sank into the long grass. smell.

Zhang Jiale suppressed his heart with mixed feelings, and said: "Master, we have to go too. Looking at this posture, the people from the Tyranny will probably be able to find them within a stick of incense."

Master Beiqiao sighed: "Please benefactor." Then he leaned on Zhang Jiale's back, and the two hurried along the river.

Eight

The two arrived at the agreed Ezhou all the way, but half a mile outside the city, they saw a few big men holding plain knives standing by the city wall from a distance.Zhang Jiale gave Venerable Beiqiao a wink, and the two of them were not in a hurry to enter the city, and went to sit in a tea shed next to them.

Ezhou can also be regarded as an important town along the Yangtze River. It is bustling with business travelers, but there are all kinds of people. It is not eye-catching for the two of them to mix in it.Looking for an opportunity, Zhang Jiale called Dr. Cha over: "We are merchants from afar, and I have always heard that the people in this place are tough, but the road is very safe; but what happened to those big men by the city gate? In broad daylight, with a knife and a stick, it seems that he is not afraid of people."

"Guest officer, you don't know about this," Dr. Cha hurriedly said, "We don't usually have such sword-wielding swordsmen here. This time, some people from Baihua Valley came from the city, and our local Tyrant The people at the helm got into a fight and were chased away. Although the people from the Tyranny Society looked scary, it's actually okay, the guest officer can just move forward with peace of mind."

"Thank you for your good words." Zhang Jiale replied with a smile, and after giving Dr. Cha a few more elders, he turned around and said in a low voice to the mage Beiqiao who was dressed as a layman, "...It seems that we can no longer enter the city."

"But Benefactor Zou said..." Master Beiqiao was speaking, Zhang Jiale had already shook his head: "Even if Yu Feng had brought people here before, he might have already retreated by now. We entered the city, but it was nothing but a turtle in an urn. Master, you Just go with me."

Master Beiqiao nodded.The two of them rested for a while, but did not enter the city, so they followed the post road again.It's just that they were supposed to settle in the city during this journey, and they couldn't find their destination no matter what they were going forward.Zhang Jiale had no choice but to say to Venerable Beiqiao, "I can't tell. I'm sorry to bother Master to sleep with me tonight."

Master Beiqiao clasped his palms together in a salute: "It's my side who troubled the benefactor."

While the two were talking, they suddenly saw a bright light rising from the forest not far away.Zhang Jiale took a look around and said, "Hey, this may be a business traveler. Maybe we can join them for a night together." As he continued to move forward, he saw an abandoned mountain temple on the open ground beside the road. There was a person guarding a bonfire roasting hares, and the aroma wafted over. Zhang Jiale couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, and walked closer: "This friend, does he miss Sutou just like us?"

The man raised his head to look at him, his face was plain and featureless, only a pair of eyes were extremely dark.Zhang Jiale had a cold war for no reason, and he didn't know what was going on, so he continued: "If we're here, why don't we bother?"

The man nodded and pointed to the edge of the campfire without saying a word.Zhang Jiale was a little bit guilty in his heart, but he felt that the other party was not hostile, so he also sat down by the fire with Master Beiqiao.At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the cold wind from the forest was blowing. Zhang Jiale could not help but go to the fire, and took out the dry food and water bag to share with Master Beiqiao.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he broke open the dry food, half a rabbit was suddenly handed to him.He was taken aback and said, "Isn't this appropriate?"

The man didn't speak, just passed the rabbit forward in his hand.

Master Beiqiao smiled and said: "The so-called one-hundred-year cultivation can cross the same boat. It is also a rare fate that this friend is willing to share a meal with us. Brother Zhang, don't refuse it?"

"Then you..." Zhang Jiale was quite embarrassed, Master Beiqiao waved his hand and said, "I'm making a vow to fast, so I won't do it."

Ordinary people might be afraid that the rabbit is poisonous; but Zhang Jiale grew up in the Tang Sect and is the most proficient in poisons. He knew that the rabbit had no poison at all, so he thanked him Fan took it.The rabbit meat was roasted exactly at that time, and seasoning was even added——Zhang Jiale took a bite, but remembered that a long time ago when he and Sun Zheping were wandering around in the rivers and lakes, they often caught rabbits and roasted them.But the two of them didn't pay attention to the seasoning. It was often a rabbit that was half-baked and gobbled it up hungry... He was thinking wildly, but when he looked up, he saw the man looking at him by the light of the fire.Zhang Jiale hurriedly said: "This rabbit is really well roasted." As he spoke, he gnawed a mouthful to prove it.

The man smiled slightly and lowered his head again.

The three of them finished eating, and when the moon climbed to the top of the forest, they turned the bonfire into the mountain temple behind them.I don't know who built it. The mud statues inside are covered with thick spider webs, and even the original color of the painted plastic has been lost. There are some dry straws piled up on the ground, obviously someone has stayed here before.Zhang Jiale straightened the haystack for a while, then lay down on it with Master Beiqiao and his clothes - he didn't dare to sleep, but closed his eyes and fell asleep; then he heard the man lay down next to them first, then got up after a while, alone sat on the threshold.Zhang Jiale turned over calmly, and took a peek at the man's back, in the dim light of the fire, it was shockingly familiar.

He turned away, thinking how crazy he was.

That night Zhang Jiale finally fell asleep for a while in a daze in the morning.When he woke up with a jolt, the man had already left, leaving only a pile of ashes left by the bonfire from last night.Zhang Jiale looked at it for a while, forced to push back the thoughts in his heart, and then turned around to call Master Beiqiao.

There is still a long way to go, he told himself.

nine

So along the way, hunger, food, thirst, drink, dawn, night, night, and evening stays are not mentioned. Zhang Jiale finally found the Hundred Flowers Valley to leave a secret when he arrived at the border of Yuezhou, but Yu Feng had already led his troops back to the riverside. According to their itinerary, as long as they went Walk for half a day and cross the river to join Baihua Valley.Zhang Jiale breathed a sigh of relief, and after talking to Master Beiqiao, the two quickened their pace and headed straight for the river.

The place mentioned in the secret note is a small ferry, and there is only one unmanned tea stall nearby, and a boatman in a coir raincoat is sitting on a small boat, who seems to be taking a nap.Zhang Jiale went up to say hello: "Boatman, can you sail?"

The boatman stood up slowly, without taking off his big bamboo hat, just nodded.Zhang Jiale breathed a sigh of relief, and took out half a penny from his pocket: "The two of us have something urgent to do, and I would like to ask the boatman to ferry us to the other side as soon as possible."

The boatman casually put the money in his bosom, saw Zhang Jiale and Master Beiqiao boarded the boat, and then tapped the pole in his hand, and the boat leisurely headed towards the middle of the river.Sitting in the stern of the boat, Zhang Jiale looked at the lush reeds on the other side, and suddenly felt ominous.He stood up unconsciously and called out, "Boater, can I go back?"

At this time, the boat has already reached the turbulent place in the middle of the river, but the boatman's long pole made a downward move, which made them stay in the middle of the river: "Why?"

As soon as these two words were uttered, Zhang Jiale's whole body trembled, he couldn't care about anything anymore, he just stared at the other person - but the man pulled the bamboo hat with his hand again, revealing his left wrist tightly wrapped with a cloth belt.For a moment, Zhang Jiale felt that all the words rushed to his throat, but he couldn't even utter a single sound.

At this moment, a drumbeat was heard in the reeds on the opposite side, and countless congregants of Tyranny dressed in ocher shirts came out in small boats, forming a three-sided formation.Right in the middle of a small boat, it was the King of Fighters "Great Desert Dust" Han Wenqing and Tyranny's military strategist "Immortal Stone" Zhang Xinjie.As usual, Han Wenqing had a fierce look on his face, and he glanced at Zhang Jiale's face like a blade, and said, "Zhang Jiale, since you left Baihua Valley, why did you still get involved in this muddy water? Keep Master Beiqiao, Tyranny will also I won't embarrass you."

Zhang Jiale smiled, turned his wrist, and had several hidden weapons between his fingers: "What does this matter have to do with Baihua Valley? It's just that I made up my mind to do it. Today's person, I have to protect him no matter what."

Zhang Xinjie took half a step forward, and said, "Two fists are no match for four hands. Since the people of Baihua Valley have been deceived by us, how can you deal with my Tyranny congregation by yourself?"

But the boatman looked up to the sky and laughed three times, and said: "Why is he alone?" He said, no longer covering up, threw his cloak and coir raincoat into the river, revealing a big sword shining behind his back.

Zhang Xinjie raised his eyebrows slightly: "But it seems that you are toasting and not eating fine wine." As he spoke, he waved his hand, and Tyranny's congregation had already drawn their bows and arrows for a long time, and at this moment they all loosened their strings after receiving the signal—the dense arrows immediately It poured down like rain.

"Enter the cabin." The boatman dropped three words, pulled out the long sword behind his back with both hands, thrust into the water with great internal force, instantly stirred up a water curtain ten feet high, and swallowed all the flying arrows.

But Zhang Jiale seemed to have known his move a long time ago, he stood at the stern of the boat without moving, and only said: "—You can still use that hand?"

"Half an hour, I can still move." The man said.

"Didn't I say that I don't have to wait for you? This walk is really far enough."

"You don't have to wait for me, that is..." The man withdrew his sword, looked back at Zhang Jiale, his eyes were dark and familiar, "I will always come to you."

Zhang Jiale looked at him for a moment, then cursed, "You bastard."

Sun Zheping actually smiled, and turned around to look at the congregation of Tyranny sailing by: "—then, let's clean them up?"

"You're still so crazy." Zhang Jiale said, and jumped onto the top of the boat.

Sun Zheping flipped his sword and said, "The one who needs to go crazy is you."

A smile flickered across the corner of Zhang Jiale's mouth, and the eight throwing knives were shot out from his hands.And Sun Zheping seemed to know that he had shot with the throwing knife, without looking back, he jumped up, and was drawn into Tyranny's formation like a cloud of sword wind; Tyranny's congregation wanted to support, but they were interrupted by various hidden weapons one after another.All of a sudden, the abundance of hidden weapons and the sharpness of the sword's edge wantonly smeared a bloody scene in Tyranny's formation—but it was exactly the bloody scene of flowers that had been extinct for a long time.Naturally, Han Wenqing would not sit idly by, and was about to step forward to stop Sun Zheping, when he heard a bell ringing behind him, and another wave of hidden weapons and arrows came from behind - but the people from Baihua Valley had already been killed under the leadership of Yu Feng.The number of people on the two sides was equal, seeing that a big battle was inevitable, but they heard a long Buddha's cry from the small boat:

"Amitabha, sin, sin."

The voice contained no internal energy at all, but it was clear and melodious on the water like a lion's roar.The people on both sides stopped their weapons at the same time, and watched the monks walk out of the cabin—it was Master Beiqiao who changed his disguise and walked slowly onto the bow.For a moment, everyone stared at him, but no one wanted to kill each other again.Master Beiqiao said slowly: "A certain person has no long-term possessions, and his only wish is to promote the Buddha's teachings. However, if this behavior causes everyone to kill each other endlessly, the sins he has committed will be thousands of times better than that of Buddha. All Buddhists are enlightened, but Yun'all conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and electricity'. Therefore, if someone is persistent, it just falls into my face." After speaking, he sat down on the spot, put his hands together, and said, "Everyone, please feel free. convenient."

In Tyranny's formation, Han and Zhang looked at each other, Zhang Xinjie raised his voice and asked Yu Feng: "Master Yu Gu, what do you ask this mage to do?"

"The Lord of Dali respects Buddhism," Yu Feng replied, "Knowing that there is a conflict between the two sects of the Bodhidharma sect, he specially ordered me to invite Master Beiqiao to go back to worship and explain Buddhism to him."

"The two sects of Bodhidharma are fighting..." Zhang Xinjie pondered for a moment, but Han Wenqing concluded, "I, Tyranny, have no reason to get involved in the internal affairs of other sects. I misunderstood this matter—but if you want to come to Baihua Got compensation." As he spoke, he glanced at Sun Zheping who jumped back onto the boat, "Let's make a note of what happened today. Let's go!"

With an order, Tyranny's sect supported the wounded, each rowed the boat, and fled into the reeds in an instant, only Baihua and the others were still waiting on the shore.Zhang Jiale also jumped down from the canopy at this time, watching Sun Zheping pole the boat all the way to the other side.He looked at the Baihua people from afar, feeling extremely uneasy, and then hid himself in the shadow of the cabin—but he knew that he would never be able to hide.

Facing him, Master Beiqiao smiled slightly: "Benefactor, do you still remember asking me how to get rid of my demons?"

Zhang Jiale was stunned: "Master, it's not that I'm reluctant to go—"

Venerable Master Beiqiao proclaimed the Buddha's name and said, "Even if you hold on to the incomplete and guard against the incomplete, you might as well just go straight. If you get it in the cold eyes of slander, in the sea of ​​swords and fire, there will always be demons in your heart, so why not?"

Zhang Jiale was stunned for a moment by what he said, and many stories from the past and that time came up from the depths of his memory, without any focus.At this moment, the boat had reached the shore, and Sun Zheping jumped out of the boat to tie up the cables, then turned around and helped Master Beiqiao get off the boat, and then went into the cabin and looked at Zhang Jiale: "—here we are."

Zhang Jiale raised his eyes to look at him, and suddenly asked, "Why are you here?"

"It's just that I'm chasing you," Sun Zheping said slowly, "and this time I can finally catch up." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand towards Zhang Jiale.

Zhang Jiale looked at the hand that was still wrapped in a heavy cloth belt, and suddenly smiled: "It's been too long. I'm going to go further and ask you to chase after me." Even so, he held his hand tightly Sun Zheping's hand.

Sun Zheping pulled him up vigorously—the two were very close for a moment, and he whispered in Zhang Jiale's ear: "I told you earlier, you don't have to wait for me." Then, he took his hand and turned to walk out of the cabin.

The corner of Zhang Jiale's mouth smiled deeper, but his fingers clasped the hand of his former friend.

Just holding a hidden weapon with him, and him holding a sword, when they broke out of the scene of flowers and blood together, they are generally the same.

Ten

That autumn, Tyranny suddenly hired Baihua Qiangu with a lot of money to advocate Jiale.But Zhang Jiale ignored the persuasion of others and insisted on doing it, so he entered Tyranny as a guest qing.For a while there were many rumors in the world, saying that he failed the kindness of Elder Baihua's cultivation.Consciousness-only people say that Dazzling Hundred Flowers has not lost its sharpness in the past, and it has the air of climbing to the top of Mount Hua.

And the end of the turmoil in the world is just the beginning.

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