Lu Qing rubbed his hands, "We walked until we got to a crowded place at the bottom of the mountain, and Mr. told us that he had just saved a person, and he said that person was an old man, and he looked ordinary, and no one in the crowd would take a second look."
However, there was a scar on the Taoist priest's neck, a scar as thick as a hemp rope, which went around his neck, and if he didn't look closely, he thought he was wearing a collar. ” "Old-fashioned?
Did your grandfather say why he saved people?
Liu Xuzhang's heart was about to jump out.
But Lu Qing shook his head, "He didn't say anything, no matter how we asked him, he kept his mouth shut, but he took out a book from behind him, an ancient book with a heavy black cover.
We were in a hurry, and we didn't even notice that he was carrying the book all the way.
I quickly asked my husband where this book came from, and he said that the book was given by the Taoist priest to repay him for saving his life.
I wanted to take the book and flip it over, and I thought that this Taoist priest really knew what Mr. liked to do, and actually gave him his favorite collection of ancient books, but just stretched out his hand, but was beaten back by Mr. fiercely, he said, this book is old, the pages are brittle, if I turn over and over again with my pair of claws, I will end up in pieces.
Speaking of this, Lu Qing couldn't help laughing, immersed in the memories of the love between teachers and students.
Liu Xuzhu was not as relaxed as him, his back was straight, his hands were clenched into fists, and he silently recited a long list of words in his heart: Taoist priest, book gift, book destruction, and death Early in the morning, before dawn, Xin'an Mansion ran out of three horses, led by Jiang Xixi, she sat on a jujube red horse, looking heroic, and she was followed by Shi Fei and Shi Jin's brothers.
The three horses kicked up a cloud of dust on the ground and ran towards the city gate without looking back.
Yan Niang leaned in front of the door of Jihong Embroidery Village, watched them go away expressionlessly, and laughed secretly, "It seems that I am not the only one who is going out of the city today, and with Miss Jiang by my side, I am not lonely." ” The right ear ran over and looked at the door, a monkey's face full of questions, "With your temperament, you shouldn't have been so evasive to that girl surnamed Jiang, she has provoked you many times, but you have made a big deal out of it every time," he shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes, "I really don't understand, why are you so humble?"
” Yan Niang glanced at him, and her jade-like fingers nodded at the center of his eyebrows, "I, I can always see the shadow of another person in her." ” Scratching his head in his right ear, "Another person?
Who?
” Yan Niang smiled, with a bit of loneliness in her smile, "That person is dead, you don't recognize it." ” Out of the city gate, Jiang Xixi instructed the two behind him, "Brother Shi, you two went to Lingyun Mountain to search today, in addition to going to the maple forest on the day Cuiyu disappeared, he also went to climb high and look far away, Lingyun Mountain is close to the maple forest, maybe you can find some clues." ” Shi Jin said suspiciously, "Miss Jiang, don't you go over with the two of us?"
” Jiang Xixi shook his head, "I have another place to go." ” "Where are you going?"
"Maple Grove."
"Yesterday we searched the maple forest, but we didn't find anything, why did you go there again today, aren't you afraid of returning in vain?"
Jiang Xixi sighed, "Maybe it's intuition, I always feel that there is something strange in that forest, so I want to go and see it again today, if it is in vain, I will admit it, it is better than such a heart hanging." ” "It's okay, you have to be more careful by yourself, we will meet directly in the mansion tonight."
Shi Fei and Shi Jin waved at her, pulled the reins and rode away.
Jiang Xixi also waved the horsewhip, urging the jujube red horse under her to walk in the direction of the maple forest, and after running for two miles, she saw the forest from a distance, the maple forest was red like fire, and every leaf was like a burning spark, and the fire went straight to the sky, turning into a touch of morning glow.
She tied her horse to the forest and walked in on foot.
The inside and outside of the maple forest were like two worlds, she seemed to be in a red hood, and everything around her seemed less real under the reflection of this red light.
On a whim, Jiang Xixi picked up a maple leaf and compared it in her hand, the leaf was smaller than her palm, but the shape was like a palm, and each "finger" had several leaf veins, straight and slightly forked, like the lines on her hand.
She gradually became playful, leaned down and picked up a piece, and compared it with the palm of her hand, no, it was still smaller, and she had to find a piece the same size as the palm of her hand.
She looked up and saw a leaf on the ground in front of her that was bigger than the others, so she ran forward in three steps and two steps, leaning down to pick it up.
"This is good, about the size of my hand."
Jiang Xixi took out a handkerchief, wiped the mud on the leaves, and carefully wrapped it in a handkerchief.
"Wait, what is this?"
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a sudden glimpse of something, which was sparkling in the morning light, stinging her eyes.
Jiang Xixi squatted down, stretched out two fingers and picked up the thing stuck in the dirt: it was a silver needle, to be exact, half a needle, and the other half of its body was now gone, leaving only this half of the broken body, lying alone in the dirt.
"Needle."
Jiang Xixi said that word, and the figure of that person inevitably broke in her mind again, she raised her head and looked at it, and found that several trees next to her were also a little strange, their leaves were almost all gone, and the branches were broken a lot, obviously they had been hit hard by something.
Jiang Xixi hugged her arms: "What broke such a thick branch, it seems that the strength is really not small," she lowered her head again, and looked at the half-cut silver needle stained with soil in her hand, "Could it be that you were also broken by it?"
” This idea is ridiculous, but it has taken root in Jiang Xixi's brain, and it can't be pulled out.
Finally, she made a decision, found a flat stone in the forest, rested the half of the silver needle on it, and then aimed the blade of her sword at the silver needle, and slashed it down.
Jiang Xixi has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and her strength is great, and between the sword and the sword, the stone was split in half by her, and the bones rolled to both sides.
But under the blade of the sword, the half of the silver needle was unharmed, and it was not injured for a minute.
"Sure enough, it's you" Jiang Xixi lowered his head and muttered for a long time, and at the end, he raised his head again and looked at the bare branches above his head, "So, who will be the person who broke you into two pieces?"
Who would have the power to break her silver needle?
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