Chapter 567 The Beginning of Historical Inheritance
Their ancestors have lived here for generations, and they reach the county seat after leaving a hill outside.
After chatting casually with the shopkeeper for a while, Gu Jing immediately felt sleepy, so she asked the shopkeeper to arrange two rooms.
The shopkeeper led them to a small attic in the backyard: "Master, you also know that the conditions in the mountains are poor, so you can make do with it here tonight. The one to the east belongs to the master, and this belongs to this little brother. If anything happens,
Call me."
"Excuse me, shopkeeper." Sir, there is no need to be polite."
The shopkeeper smiled slightly and went downstairs after speaking.
They entered the hut. After a while, Xiao Li finished fixing the room and said, "Sir, please sit down for a while and I'll go get you some water."
"Well, Xiao Li, please be careful." After saying that, Xiao Li went downstairs. The well was in their backyard downstairs, and they saw it when they went upstairs.
Gu Jing immediately came to the bed and sat down, put down the luggage, and then he began to look at the room carefully. It was not a big room, and there was only a table and a bed. There was a small window on the south side of the room, which was right facing the room.
Street. There was an oil lamp on the table, which gave off a dim light. All the decorations were in line with the characteristics of this store. After a while, I heard Xiao Li's voice outside the house, "I've brought you water, sir."
Xiao Li walked in as he spoke. He put the water on the table: "Master, come and wash yourself. I will make the bed."
"Well, Xiao Li, don't be too anxious. Take your time. It's still early." After saying that, he washed his face.
Gu Jing finished washing in a hurry, and Xiao Li also made the bed.
"Xiao Li, you should also go back and rest. You are also tired today."
"Okay, sir!"
Xiao Li went out after a while, and now he was the only one left in the small room.
Gu Jing walked to the bed. He was tired after a long day's journey and wanted to go to bed early. He quickly took off his clothes and fell asleep soon. In his sleep, he heard the sounds of "Crying~Crying~"
The sound of raindrops falling on the window, which became louder and louder, woke him up from his dream. He got up and lit the oil lamp, and took a look. It turned out that the window in the house was not closed.
He came to the window and looked outside. It turned out that it was raining heavily outside. Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from far away. After a while, through the dim light, he could vaguely see several men in black and a man in white galloping towards him.
.After a while, the sound gradually disappeared again.
Gu Jing immediately closed the window, went back to bed and wanted to continue sleeping, but the rain outside became louder and louder, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. So he simply got up, came to the table and took advantage of the dim light.
Deng Deng looked at his "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye" and gradually fell asleep on the table without realizing it.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"
There was a knock on the door, and then the voice of the waiter came.
"Master, it's time to get up and hit the road. It's getting late now."
Gu Jing woke up immediately, then stood up and opened the door. Xiao Li looked at his tired face and asked, "Sir, you didn't have any rest last night, okay?"
"Yes, Xiao Li, I fell asleep very late last night."
"Sir, here's some water for you to wash yourself with. I'll go down and ask the shopkeeper to make breakfast."
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It didn't take long for Gu Jing to come down. He saw several people having breakfast sitting at the tables below.
"Good morning, Mr. Gu, breakfast has been prepared and it's on that table." After saying that, he pointed to the window with his hand.
Gu Jing immediately saw Xiao Li sitting there, looking at the street outside the window.
He walked over and sat down slowly. At this time, Xiao Li stood up immediately when he saw Gu Jing: "Hello, sir, I didn't see you coming down just now, I'm sorry!"
"Xiao Li is fine. Come sit down and eat. We have to go on our way later."
After saying that, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating. At this time, Xiao Li also sat down. After a while, they finished eating.
"Xiao Li, you go up and tidy up and we'll be on our way later." After saying that, he came to the counter and said, "Shopkeeper, we have to leave. Let's count the money for the day."
"Okay, sir."
After paying the money, he chatted with the shopkeeper for a while.
Not long after, Xiao Li came: "Sir, after everything is packed, we can hit the road."
"Okay, let's go then!"
"Goodbye, shopkeeper."
After saying that, they went out with Xiao Li. When they came to the small street, they saw that there was still a lot of water on the small road. They looked at the sky again, although it was morning, but it was not very bright and looked very gray.
I know it will rain again.
"Xiao Li, let's hurry up and see if we can get to the next store before it rains!" After saying that, he and Xiao Li hurried away.
At noon that day, Gu Jing and Xiao Li came to a small town. They thought it was going to rain again, so they hurriedly found a restaurant to eat, but it turned out that it didn't rain. They wanted to get to the capital early to take the exam early.
They had no choice but to continue on their way, whether it was God taking care of them or something else. In the evening, the sky became brighter than in the morning, and the sky was clear and as beautiful as blue velvet.
At this time, Gu Jing and Xiao Li came to a mountain and asked passers-by. They said that as long as they crossed the mountain, there would be a big town outside, and it would not take long to cross the mountains.
The mountain is not too high and steep, but it still has its own characteristics. There are many trees in the mountain. They can see many flowers and plants while walking on the mountain path, and the path is also covered with a lot of green grass. Strictly speaking, this path
It was no longer a road, but just a wasteland. As they were walking, the sound of lightning and thunder suddenly came from the sky, and it seemed that it was going to rain.
"Sir, it's so strange that it was sunny at first, but now it's going to rain. We have to find a place to hide quickly, otherwise we'll get wet."
"Well, Xiao Li, let's see if there is a place where we can hide for a while." So the two of them started running wildly in the mountains, watching as they ran, when the rain started to fall.
"Sir, look, there seems to be a cave there."
Gu Jing looked at the foot of the mountain in front of her and saw that there was indeed a small cave.
"Xiao Li, let's go there for a while."
After saying that, he ran away quickly, and the time was not long before he arrived.
Gu Jing and Xiao Li came to the foot of the mountain. At first they were just running and didn't see the cave clearly. Now they took a closer look at the cave. It turned out that the cave was not big and could only allow one person to pass through. From the outside, it was pitch black inside.
It seems that this cave is a bit deep. Moreover, the entrance of the cave is relatively hidden, covered by some vegetation. If they were not lucky enough to see the entrance of the cave just now, they would have been caught in the rain today.
"Sir, let's go in and take shelter from the rain?"
"Okay, let's go in!" After Gu Jing finished speaking, Xiao Li went in first, followed by Gu Jing. As they walked, they found that the entrance to the cave was getting wider and wider. After walking for about ten dozen
After a few meters, they walked away side by side. At this time, the cave was completely dark, and it was still unknown how deep it was.
"Xiao Li, let's light the candles."
"Okay, sir, I'll light it right now." After saying that, Xiao Li took out the fire stick from his arms and blew it, and then took out the candle from his luggage. When they went out, they took all these things with them for lighting. , in case of emergency.
Xiao Li lit two candles, and the cave suddenly lit up. He saw that the place where they were standing now was about three people standing side by side, which was wider and six or seven feet high. He could hear the wind and rain coming heavily at the entrance of the cave, and the sky was getting darker and darker. It was dark, and the end of the cave could not be seen with the help of light, but it could be seen that the inside was getting wider and wider.
"Xiao Li, it seems that we may have to stay here tonight. Let's walk inside again. It will be more spacious and warmer at night." After saying that, he walked inside with a candle and Xiao Li carried his luggage. Following behind, they advanced slowly by candlelight, and suddenly a stone door appeared in front of them.
It was already more than ten feet wide. Gu Jing held up the candle and came to the stone door. She looked at the three seal characters "Tianling Sect" written on the top of the door. It looked very simple.
Gu Jing immediately touched the stone door with her hands, but her hands were covered with dust, which showed that the stone door had not been opened for a long time.
"Xiao Li, let's rest here tonight. We don't want to go inside." After saying that, he found a place to sit down. At this time, Xiao Li also put down his luggage and sat next to Gu Jingji. The two of them casually Chatted.
"Sir, look at the appearance of this cave. It must have been the residence of an expert hermit in the past, right?" Xiao Li asked.
"Well, seeing how handsome, elegant, vigorous and powerful the three characters "Lingzong" were written that day, I guess this senior in the past must have been a great Confucian," Gu Jing said immediately.
"Sir, for some unknown reason he came to live in this barren mountain." Xiao Li was a little confused.
"Perhaps I came here to live in seclusion out of frustration because I was ostracized by others, unable to express my ambitions!"
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The two were chatting when suddenly several "gu...gu..." sounds came from Xiao Li.
Xiao Li laughed and said: "Sir, it's time for us to eat, otherwise the Five Zang Temple will rebel!"
"Well, I'm a little hungry too, let's eat..." Before Gu Jingji finished speaking, Xiao Li took out the dry food from his luggage and handed it to Gu Jingji, and then took off the water bag from his waist and handed it to her. To Gu Jing: "Master, please drink some water."
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The two of them ate like this, and soon they were full. At this time, it was completely dark, and there was a strong wind blowing outside, mixed with the sound of rain, and streaks of lightning across the sky, and thunder. Breaking the sky, even though they were in the cave, they could still feel the fierceness of the storm outside.
They finished eating their dry food and chatted for a while.
Unknowingly, tiredness came up like a tide. Gu Jing immediately yawned and said, "It's getting late, Xiao Li, let's take a rest." After saying that, she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes. So Xiao Li She took a thick piece of clothing from her luggage and covered it with Gu Jing. After a while, there was a burst of sound.
Xiao Li also took a piece of clothing to cover himself and found a place to sleep.
I don't know how long passed like this, but when they were sleeping soundly, a thunder suddenly rang out, scaring the two of them from their sleep almost at the same time. Gu Jing rubbed her eyes and saw that there were about three candles left in the hole. one part.
"Master, the thunder was so loud that it woke us all up."
Xiao Li also rubbed his sleepy eyes and said, suddenly a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, illuminating the cave as bright as day. Then several thunders of "Boom...Boom..." came, shaking their ears.
There was a buzzing sound, as if the whole cave was shaking.
Just as the thunder passed, another bolt of lightning came, and suddenly a "squeak...squeak" sound came from behind. They couldn't help but look back and saw that the stone door just a few meters away from them was moving slowly. They were frightened.
Cold sweat broke out on both of their backs. "Sir, what's going on? This..." Xiao Li's voice was hoarse. When he used the weak candlelight to illuminate the entire cave, he saw a dark figure in the door.
Gu Jing finally saw the black figure and walked out slowly. No! He was not walking. The man was actually hanging in the air. His feet did not move at all, and he just floated in front of them.
At this time, the two of them were stunned. Who had ever seen a person floating in the air?
"You...are you a human or a ghost?" Gu Jing said tremblingly, and the corner of the man's mouth twitched: "What do you think?"
At this time, a bolt of lightning struck down again, and he suddenly noticed that the strange man had a shadow. He remembered that ghosts have no shadow, so he said: "Senior is a human being, he must be an expert who hides from the world..."
"Yes...yes...Senior, you are human!" Xiao Li shouted hurriedly next to him.
The weird man sneered and said: "Finally you are right. I haven't been out here for more than thirty years, and I haven't eaten for thirty years. I didn't expect that two little babies came to my door just after I came out of seclusion today."
Yes, hahaha!"
Then he said: "Although I am a human, I love to eat human flesh the most. Human flesh is the best in the world. You two should consider who I will eat first!" Gu Jingji and Xiao Li in front of him were already stunned.
I was so stunned that I didn’t know anything anymore.
When the weirdo saw that they didn't answer, he yelled so hard that the whole cave shook: "Boy, did you hear what I just said?"
"Senior, I didn't hear you clearly just now, can you say it again?" Gu Jing said immediately, and the weirdo said what he just said again. Gu Jingji and Xiao Li started sweating before they finished listening, and their faces lost all color.
The two of them were stunned for a while, and the weird man looked at their expressions, and a smile appeared on his face, but Gu Jing and the other two were too immersed in fear to notice.
When the weirdo saw Gu Jing and Xiao Li, he was frightened and didn't care.
Gu Jing's face was pale, without any blood. He lowered his head, and his eyes changed from panic at the beginning to hesitation.
Xiao Li was already shaking with fear, his face was full of fear, his eyes were looking at the weirdo, and all he could see in his eyes was fear.
At this time, Gu Jing gritted her teeth, raised her head suddenly, and looked at the weirdo. At this time, there was no hesitation in his eyes, replaced by perseverance.
He looked at the weirdo and said, "Senior, please eat me and let him go!" He pointed at Xiao Li.
The weirdo had a sneer on his lips and stared at Gu Jingji with a sharp look as if he wanted to kill him.
Gu Jing met the strange man's gaze and looked at him. They looked at each other for a while, and Gu Jing realized that she was not as scared as she was at first. If a person is not even afraid of death, what else would he be afraid of? What could be worse than that?
What's more terrible than death?
At this time, Xiao Li was still in a daze, unaware that his fate had been decided, and he was still trembling.
Suddenly a strange man said, "That boy, he decided to let me eat. You're fine!" His voice was so loud that he woke up Xiao Li. He pointed at Gu Jing and said.
"Ah!" Xiao Li's face was full of surprise. It took him a while to come back to his senses, "Sir! You...you..."
"Xiao Li, stop talking, what he said is true!" Gu Jing said immediately!
"Master, why are you doing this?" Xiao Li said in a panic, "Xiao Li, you have been following me for more than ten years and have taken care of me. Although you and I have a master-servant relationship in name, in fact I have always regarded you as a
My brother, it’s time for me to do something for you!" Gu Jing said immediately.
"No! Master, you can't do that! I am your slave. When I was living on the streets, the master took me in, otherwise I would have starved to death for breakfast. So my life is given by the master, and it doesn't matter what I do!
"Xiao Li ran over and stood in front of Gu Jingji and said.
"Xiao Li, I know what you mean. You can leave later, stay far away, and don't go home. With your ability, you will definitely be able to make a difference!" Gu Jing said immediately,
At this moment, Xiao Li wanted to open his mouth to speak, but Gu Jing waved her hand to signal him to stop talking.
After saying that, he walked around Xiao Li and came to the weirdo: "Senior, before you take action, can you let him leave first? I don't want him to see this scene."
"Okay, kid, you can go!"
The weirdo said expressionlessly, and then waved to Xiao Li to signal him to leave. Unexpectedly, Xiao Li not only did not turn around and leave, but also took a few steps forward and stood beside Gu Jingji.
His expression became extremely determined: "Senior, please let my young master go. He is the only child of my master. He is the hope of my family. If you want to eat, just eat me. It will be considered as my repayment for my life-saving grace!"
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The weirdo still looked at Xiao Li expressionlessly, and was about to speak when Gu Jingji's voice rang out: "Senior, you have already promised me, please let him sleep for a while!"
"Okay, I promise you!" The weirdo said to Gu Jing without any expression, but his eyes were not as cold as before. His left hand was empty, and a yellow light flew out, and Xiao Li
After falling down, Gu Jing quickly reached out to hold Xiao Li in her arms, and found a slightly flat place to put Xiao Li down.
He looked down at Xiao Li, slowly raised his head, gritted his teeth suddenly, and then quickly came to the front of the weirdo: "Senior, you can take action!"
The weirdo looked at Gu Jingji, sneered at the corner of his mouth and said, "Follow me to the stone house!" After saying that, he drifted back to the stone house.
Gu Jing immediately followed him in. Of course, his steps were very slow. How could he be active when facing death? He walked for about a quarter of an hour before entering the stone house. At this time, his speed could really be compared to that of a snail.
When he first came into the room, he felt that it was too dark and he couldn't even see his own body. When he was about to fumble forward, he only heard the sound of "whoosh~whoosh~" coming from the front, followed by several sparks heading towards
Flying to various places in the stone house.
It turned out that there was an oil lamp in the stone house. The oil lamp turned on. Although it was not very bright, it was enough to see objects clearly.