to March.
South side of Wangjia Village Market.
Pier Inn.
Xiaoyu and his party were not short of money and there were many people. In order to facilitate their care, they naturally found an inn with a backyard. The six of them lived in separate rooms. In the middle was a small courtyard with flowers, grass and trees. There was a stone table and stone stools in the courtyard. complete.
There are few stars in the moon tonight. You can drink wine and admire the moon, or you can play chess against the flowers.
Xiao Xiao was lost and now abandoned by his uncle. Half a month has passed in a blink of an eye. Everyone is exhausted and sleepy. Tonight is a good time to rest before making plans to go back.
Xiao Yu, Yu Liufei, and Xiao Xiao just went back to Mo Yun Mountain to see what their master Feng Yi had instructed. As for Kong Ge, Huang Daoling, and Da Zhuang, they went to Fenghuating along the way.
The store prepared the dishes at Youshi, but they were still ready, and all six people were seated.
There was incense burned beside the table to drive away mosquitoes, and unilluminated lanterns were hung on the sides of the trees for use at night.
At this time, there is still the afterglow of sunset in the west, the sky is bright, and there is a shallow full moon hanging in the east, green and bright.
How pleasant it is to sit in the cool shade of a tree, eat meat and drink wine, and enjoy the clear glow of the sun and moon.
Kong Ge held the wine and said, "Brother Xiaoyu, since everything has been decided, we can drink without worries this evening. It is rare to have leisure. Do you want to drink?"
Xiaoyu nodded and said with a smile: "I would like to have a drink with Mr. Kong."
Kong Ge said with a smile: "Daoist Huang, Liu Fei, and you, you guys, can you all testify for me? This kid needs a drink by himself. When he gets to play chess with me, he can't go to bed drunk and shouting. !」
Huang Daochang nodded, looked at the two of them, and remained silent. Yu Liufei replied honestly and with a smile: "Mr. Kong, my junior brother can drink more than one glass, so he won't get drunk."
Kong Ge looked at Xiao Yu with a smile and sighed meaningfully: "Whether you will be drunk or not depends on Brother Xiao Yu, right?"
Xiaoyu knew that the old man was trying to drag her into playing chess. Although she didn't want to waste time with him playing chess, she had already promised him to play a game of chess with him every day, and she had no choice but to make a promise, so she took the wine and said with a smile: "No. I can get drunk, but I can’t get drunk.”
Kong Ge felt relieved and invited everyone to drink together. Everyone drank and chatted happily. At night, some admired the moon and those played chess. Late at night, everyone took a rest.
The next day.
March sixteenth.
After everyone had a good sleep, they got up and hurried eastward together.
Yu Liufei and Xiaoyu rode horses, Xiao Xiao, Da Zhuang, and Kong Ge rode in carriages, and Huang Daoling was the driver. Everything was as usual.
They embarked on the road back to Moyun Mountain.
Fenghuating is on the east side of Moyun Mountain. Even if the three of Kongge want to go back, they will pass by Moyun Mountain. In addition, Kongge is good at chess, and Feng Yi is in the Moyun Mountain Game Valley.
Passing by Mo Yun Mountain, Kong Ge had no reason not to take a look at the chess madman Feng Yi, who was known as the best chess player in the world.
The wharf of Wangjiacun Market is connected to the north-south waterway, and the east-west is the land route, so Xiaoyu and his party can only ride eastward by land.
After buying a rough map in Ma Yi, they headed east.
On the way, three days passed in a hurry.
Let us say that it is already the evening of March 19th.
They have left Qianzhou and reached the border of Jingzhou.
This Jingzhou confluence county boundary.
They entered Huitong County, looked for a market near the outskirts of the city, and also found an inn with a large courtyard to stay.
Suburban markets sell necessities for traveling, so they can replenish their immediate needs. As Da Zhuang was huge in stature, he would inevitably get off the carriage when passing through the main city. He would stand out among the crowd, and he was also a member of the Xuantian Sect who had fled. In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, they all avoided the main city.
Therefore, they planned to avoid the main city and go around the suburban horse roads.
Of course, at this time, the Xuantian Sect was already ostensibly in charge of the Great Elder Wen Jinchun. Wen Jinchun planned to hold an enthronement ceremony on a certain date, so he would abandon Jing Zhaoyue as the leader and take charge of the religion himself.
As for such small things as missing a mountain guarding beast, Wen Jinchun didn't have time to worry about it.
On the outskirts of Huitong County, Caojianji, at the end of Zhangjia'ao Street, is Futong Inn.
Arrangements for the carriage and horses were no longer a matter of course. They and their party just settled in this Futong Inn.
The inn is located at the mouth of a mountain at the end of Madaolin, beside a bamboo forest, half a mile away from an alley. It is a farmyard inn with no other homes around.
After Xiaoyu and his party left the gifts in the room, they went to the front hall to have dinner. The front hall was the place where the inn conducted restaurant business for past guests. They also ordered a large table of dishes.
After everyone sat down, those who ate were eating, and those who were drinking were drinking, as if they were on official business.
During the dinner, there was nothing important except that Huang Daoling mentioned that he was going to the market to buy medicine for Da Zhuang. As for Xiao Yu, playing chess with Mr. Kong was already the norm after dinner.
While everyone was eating, a group of Taoists came in outside the door.
The leader was a kind-hearted old Taoist, about the same rank, followed by six middle-aged Taoists in their thirties, a total of seven people.
Xiao Yu took a look and saw that they were all dressed in yellow Taoist robes. They seemed to be members of the Cang Yin Sect, one of the top ten sword sects. Xiao Yu secretly said: Li Luo said that the top ten sword sects would hold a Qingming Sword Conference in Dinghu Mountain. They traveled east from Qianzhou and passed through Tianzhu County, Qianzhou. Directly above them was Mount Fanjing, the seat of the Cangyin Sect. Cang Yin Sect and his party are going to Dinghu Mountain to hold the Qingming Sword Festival, so they will naturally pass through Huitong County in Jingzhou...
Before Xiaoyu could finish thinking, Mr. Kongge Kong, who was beside him, greeted the group of Taoist priests first.
"It's been a long time since I saw you all of Cangyin Sect, I've met Taoist Priest Wang!" Kong Ge stood up with a drink and said loudly to the Taoist Priest at the door.
Upon hearing this, the old Taoist leader of Cangyin Sect over there turned around and looked over with his disciples, and recognized Kong Ge at a glance.
Taoist Master Wang took the fly whisk in his hand, waved it slightly, and led the six disciples to turn around and walk towards Kong Pavilion. When he saw him giving a Taoist greeting to Kong Pavilion, he said slowly: "It turns out it's Fenghua. Mr. Kongge, the divine doctor of Ting, I haven’t seen you for many years. I didn’t recognize you when I came in, so I hope you’ll forgive me.”
Kong Ge put down the wine glass in his hand, cupped his fists and said in return, "No need to be polite, Taoist Master Wang. I wonder if your little apprentice's illness has been cured?"
Upon hearing this, Taoist Wang sighed, shook his head slightly, and replied: "Thanks to Mr. Kong's medicine, my disciple's life is not in danger for the time being."
At this time, the waiter from the shop had already rushed over and asked the Taoist priests: "Taoist priests, do you want to be a top student or stay in a hotel?"
Taoist Master Wang said to Kong Ge: "Mr. Kong, please wait a moment. It's not too late for us to get settled and catch up on old times." Then he replied to the waiter: "Stay in the hotel."
Kong Ge hurriedly clasped his fists and said to Taoist Master Wang: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please go to the temple and bow first. We'll talk about it later." Then he said to the younger brother: "Brother, please take it. After the Taoist priests go to the rooms to settle down, we will arrange a table with good wine and food, right next to our table."
When the waiter heard this, he smiled and replied, "Dele, all you have to do is follow the guest officer's orders."
Taoist Master Wang made another Taoist inspection in front of Kong Pavilion, smiled slightly, and led the disciples to settle down in the backyard.
After the group of Taoists left, Yu Liufei curiously asked Kong Ge: "Mr. Kong, how do you know this person from the Cangyin Sect?"
