It is already late at night, and there is still more than half a day until tomorrow night.
After Zhao Rang stared at the painting on the letterhead for a while again, he said to himself:
“I just don’t know where the place in the painting is.”
The part of the painting that concerned him the most was the river.
It stands to reason that there are only streams on the mountain and there would be no such open water. This is the way of nature, and no one can violate it, especially for a Taoist sect like Baiheshan that respects the laws of the Tao. If such a river is forcibly opened in the mountains, wouldn't it subvert the truth recorded in Taoist canon?
So Zhao Rangming knew that the place in the painting should be in the mountains, but his reason told him that this was impossible.
The contradictory reality made him a little irritable... Not to mention that he could tell from the expression on his junior sister's face that she didn't know there was such a place in the mountains.
"Is it possible that your understanding was wrong from the beginning?"
Qingqing asked.
Zhao Rang pondered for a moment and said:
"certainly!"
Qingqing didn't expect Zhao Rang to admit that he made a mistake so easily.
"Maybe this is a meaningless letter from the clothes. Maybe there are other profound meanings in the painting and it's not an invitation at all."
Zhao Rang continued.
But after denying the original understanding, he was still unable to do anything. Now, Qingqing and Qingqing also started to feel irritable.
"I have to go out."
Zhao Rang folded the letter again and put it in the envelope.
"Where are you going?"
Qingqing's tone clearly disagreed with Zhao Rang leaving the room at this moment.
People in the Investigation Department rarely work alone, and they always make decisions before taking action. Things in the mountains are unpredictable and turbulent right now. The best way is to squat in this room, do nothing, don't go anywhere, and stay the same to cope with the changes.
"I'm going to find Bai Hezi's junior brother."
"You want to see if the acting headmaster knows the places in the painting?"
Zhao Rang did not answer.
Now that he has decided to go, there won't be just one thing.
But this time Zhao Rang was a little confused because there was another poisoned person in the house.
Although he had asked the hidden men left behind by Bai Hezi to find the antidote, Zhao Rang didn't think they could find it.
The person who poisoned must be a person from Baihe Mountain, and he is extremely familiar with every plant and tree on the mountain. If this person chooses to poison, he is sure that the poison is unique in the mountain and no one can undo it. Otherwise, what is the point of poisoning?
Thinking of this, Zhao Rang seemed to gradually understand this person's thinking.
He seemed to be using all means to force Zhao Rang to leave the room.
If Bai Hezi hadn't left those fifteen people as hidden traps, and Zhao Rang saw her senior sister was poisoned and fell in front of her, she would have set off immediately to find the acting headmaster or the master sitting on the ninth level of the sky. Uncle, seek the antidote.
But there is still something unreasonable about this logic. In the end, the letter landed in Zhao Rang's hand.
What does this strange painting represent? Zhao Rang is not sure at this moment... He doesn't know enough about Taoism. It is the first time for Baihe Mountain to come up. He basically relies on past experience to make conjectures, so he must You have to look for someone who is extremely proficient in Taoist matters and the anecdotes in the mountains.
After much deliberation, there is only one such person in Baihe Mountain - Bai Hezi's nerdy junior brother and now the acting headmaster of Baihe Mountain.
"I remember that the headmaster of Baihe Mountain lived in that...eighth heaven, right? It's on the mountain below Lu Zu's hall."
Zhao Rang looked at the junior sister and asked.
The junior sister shook her head and said:
"The headmaster lives there, but the acting headmaster is not here."
Zhao Rang asked:
"Then where does he live? He won't live with his disciples, right?"
The junior sister nodded and said:
"He just lives with his disciples."
Zhao Rang couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.
The junior sister thought that Zhao Rang was laughing at the acting headmaster, so she said angrily:
"The acting headmaster is extremely easy-going! There is no distinction in his eyes at all! As long as he is a person on the mountain, even if he is not a disciple, he is just a pilgrim who goes to the mountain to worship or a handyman in the back mountain. As long as he wants to ask about the Dharma and practice Taoism, he will recognize him. Seriously preach and resolve doubts. Although his own cultivation level is not high, no one in the whole Baihe Mountain can study Tao Zang better than him!"
"If the headmaster is not good, my great-uncle... my great-uncle should not be able to do it either. At most, he is the same as him!"
Zhao Rang was a little surprised by the junior sister's protective attitude.
He originally thought that the acting headmaster was indecisive and weak in dealing with things. If he hadn't relied on his seniority and the support of his senior brother who sat in the headmaster's position, he would not have been well received in the mountain. He did not expect that he would be so popular among these ordinary disciples. High prestige!
"Okay, okay, don't get excited...I don't mean anything else!"
Everyone could tell that the junior sister was angry. No matter how Zhao Rang explained, it was useless.
Girls always have tempers that come and go, and the method of fixing things before they happen is simply not feasible for them. The best way is to just go along with everything and not give them a chance to get angry.
"I didn't expect the acting headmaster to be so approachable."
Zhao Rang seemed to be feeling emotional, but in fact he was praising without showing any emotion.
When the junior sister heard what Zhao Rang said, her face became a little calmer. She walked to the window, waved to Zhao Rang, motioned for him to come over, and said:
"Do you see that over there?"
The mountains in the distance were as dark as black, and in the darkness, Zhao Rang could only see the general outline clearly, but he was afraid that he was looking too far away and was not where the junior sister was pointing, so he asked:
"Is it that vague mountain?"
The junior sister replied:
"Yeah, and then you look down the ridge."
Zhao Rang moved his eyes down and saw that there were still dots of lights under the mountain at this moment.
"Is that the place with the lights?"
The junior sister nodded and said:
"Yes, that is the Daozang Pavilion in Baihe Mountain. The Acting Headmaster stays there almost the entire day. If nothing happens, he will stay until late at night before leaving. The place where he lives is the disciples' residence closest to the Daozang Pavilion. .”
"Then he must live in the largest and best courtyard in this disciple's residence, and it must be in the middle!"
The junior sister denied:
"The acting headmaster knows that he leaves early and returns late every day, and is worried about affecting the rest of his disciples, so he lives on the far side. The courtyard is also the most ordinary, no different from where the disciples live."
After saying that, the junior sister looked back at the house, gestured and said:
"It's about half the size of this house, and the yard is as well."
Zhao Rang asked curiously:
"you've been to?"
The junior sister replied:
"That's right! Before the headmaster came down from the mountain, the acting headmaster would spare an hour every day to go back to the room to answer questions for the disciples. If someone asked a complicated question or didn't understand it once, he would He kept talking tirelessly. Before that time every day, the disciples in the mountains would basically go to the lectures as long as they had nothing to do, and the queues could stretch from An Xiaoyuan to the entrance of Daozang Pavilion!"
Following the direction guided by his junior sister, Zhao Rang began to walk towards the Daozang Pavilion at the foot of the distant mountain.
It was dark at night, so he took off a lantern hanging at the door and held it in his hand for lighting.
When it was hung at the door, the light from this lantern was warm, but now it was pale.
Old people often say that if the lanterns are hung in pairs but not in singles, it is a bad omen if the fire changes color.
Zhao Rang was not superstitious, but when he saw that the lantern's fire had indeed changed, and then remembered that there was only one lantern left at the door of the house, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
Where Daozang Pavilion is located, if you take the main road, you have to climb over two mountains.
After all, that is where the male disciples of Qian Dao live. There are differences between men and women, and it makes sense that there is an uninhabited mountain peak between them and Kun Dao.
But Zhao Rang was not prepared to follow the road step by step, as that would waste too much time.
When the five people came earlier, they came out of the forest in the mountain. Zhao Rang knew that there should be a path in the mountain forest. Even if not, as long as you have the right direction, it will be much closer than taking the main road.
As for the problem of rugged mountains and forests, Zhao Rang didn't have to think about it at all. He immediately raised his energy, moved his steps, and shuttled quickly through the dead mountains and forests. After a while, he came out from the other end and stood on the top of the mountain where Daozang Pavilion is located. at.
Looking from above, the dots of lights become brighter.
Baiheshan's requirements for disciples are relatively casual. In addition to the fixed morning and evening classes that must be attended, other times can be freely arranged as long as they have completed their duties. Therefore, there are many people meeting Duke Zhou during the day, and at night they are There are also many people who are night wanderers.
Taoism attaches great importance to the word "enlightenment".
There are levels of "enlightenment", but no one can tell when "enlightenment" will occur. Maybe in the middle of the next sentence, maybe ten years later, maybe never in this life.
Whenever these disciples feel that they have some signs of "enlightenment", they will definitely try their best to realize it. If you can achieve unstoppable success all the way and achieve soaring cultivation, then what is the little time you have wasted now? After ranking in the Immortal Class, it will be as bright as the sun and the moon, and the world will live as long as the heaven and the earth!
From the top of the mountain, there is a well-constructed stone staircase. It seems that those disciples who study Taoism also need to climb to the top of the mountain to realize the majesty.
"It would be great if I met a disciple who's not asleep yet. He can show me the way."
Zhao Rang thought so, but he didn't meet anyone until he came down from the top of the mountain to Daozang Pavilion.
"stop!"
After identifying the direction, Zhao Rang was about to continue walking towards the courtyard where his disciples lived, when he was suddenly called from behind.
Zhao Rang was shocked!
In front of the Daozang Pavilion is a large open space paved with stone slabs.
He had clearly checked carefully just now, but there was no one around!
Why did someone suddenly appear from behind?
If he had not said to stop, but directly drew his sword, he must have become a corpse lying on the ground at this moment.
The leader didn't dare to entrust him, so Zhao Rang turned around honestly and said:
"Senior, please don't take action, I have already stood down!"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Rang turned around and found that the person who spoke was not a famous person at all, but a little boy!
"Hahaha, you were scared by me! You even called me senior!"
"For such a big man, he doesn't feel ashamed to call me senior!"
The little boy said, and slashed his face several times with his hands.
