Gu Sanyue looked along the place pointed by Xu Songtu. It was a small group of houses connected to the river, where the disciples of Bailiang Mountain lived.
At this time, it was very close to the opening ceremony of the sect in Bailiang Mountain, so almost all the disciples who had been selected to join the sect had already moved in.
The weather was very cold, so most of these disciples lit fires. Looking from the outside, you can see the faint flickering of fire inside these houses, and a thick layer of mist on the windows.
Gu Sanyue raised his hands, took a breath of warmth in his palms, rubbed his hands, and walked into the house.
Xu Songtu had already investigated the buildings where the two children lived, so he walked to one of them and knocked on the door.
Not long after, a boy of fifteen or sixteen, about the same height as Gu Sanyue, opened the door. The child was startled when he saw a tall man in black outside. When he saw clearly that it was Xu Songtu, he was stunned for a moment, and then started to panic.
After all, he was young and had never seen much of the world. Although he knew that this was the direct descendant of their sect master and was not a bad person, he was still very trembling and scared.
This feeling is probably the same as sitting at home and seeing the private school teacher come to visit your home in person, fearing that your private school teacher will scold you because of your careless words and deeds.
Xu Songtu lowered his head and asked him, "Does Cao Hou live in this room?" Seeing that Xu Songtu was not here to find him, the child immediately breathed a sigh of relief, felt relieved, and nodded vigorously several times. .
So Xu Songtu took the first step and walked into the house. Gu Sanyue patted the snow on his hair at the door, wiped the mud on the soles of his feet, and walked in.
As soon as they entered the house, the two of them immediately felt a warm breath blowing against their faces. There was a fire burning in the center of the room. There was a stool and a small table beside the fire. There was an open book on the table with the pages facing down. It was obvious that someone had been reading it recently.
After the child welcomed Gu Sanyue and Xu Songtu into the house, he stood at the table and looked at them, not daring to sit down.
Gu Sanyue stepped forward and took a look. It was a Taoist classic called "Cheng Yu Zi Wai Pian". She was curious and asked: "What is your name?" The boy replied respectfully: "My name is Cheng Yiqing, I am fifteen years old and I come from Anling." Anling is the capital of Jingyu Kingdom, no wonder this child The name is quite nice, and he looks like he has read a lot of books, including Taoist classics such as "Cheng Yuzi Waipian". His family background should be good.
After Gu Sanyue asked a few more questions, he found out that this child turned out to be the son of a family of poets and writers in the capital. He had been smart and smart since he was a child. Later, the royal family of Jingyu Kingdom discovered that he had the aptitude to cultivate immortality, so he was sent to Bailiang Mountain as a gift.
Of course, this child also came to the mountain to practice voluntarily. This room was supposed to be inhabited by two people, but he was the only one seen in the living room, but there was no other child named Cao Hou.
Xu Songtu asked him: "Why are you the only one seen in this room? Where has Cao Hou gone?" Cheng Yiqing frowned, pointed to a closed door, and said worriedly: "He is inside. I haven't been out for several days. I was afraid that he would be hungry and cold. I called him many times, but no one answered me, and I couldn't get in." Xu Songtu glanced at the door and walked forward. I knocked a few times, but no one answered.
Gu Sanyue also went up and knocked a few times, and called the child's name, but there was still no movement.
Gu Sanyue was a little worried and frowned and said, "How old is he? For such an old child, he won't go out to eat for several days. How can he stand it when the weather is cold?" Xu Songtu, who was reading the book, also started to be a little worried. He knocked on the door harder, but still no one answered him.
In desperation, he winked at Gu Sanyule and asked her to step back, then kicked the door open with a strong kick.
Gu Sanyue was still worried that she would scare the child, but unlike what she imagined, the room was still strangely quiet.
If someone is inside and kicks in the door, there must be some reaction, right? She and Xu Songtu walked in at the same time, looked around, and found that the room was empty.
If you look closely, you can see that the quilt on the bed is neatly folded, the candle on the table has long been burned out, and there is a small layer of dust on the stool on one side.
The house looked like it had been unoccupied for some time. Gu Sanyue was confused and asked, "Where is this person? Where has he gone?" Xu Songtu thought for a moment, frowned and said, "He must have run away." Gu Sanyue said anxiously, "Okay, why did he run away? What happened?" Xu Songtu slowly told what happened.
It turns out that the child named Cao Hou is the child from the Teppanyaki shop. When he was in the shop, he didn't want the two of them to test his qualifications.
Later, he was forced to go up the mountain by his father, and several monks tested him. They didn't expect that he really had some talent for monasticism.
But the child refused to stay on the mountain. His father became furious and beat and scolded him.
The viciousness of the method shocked everyone. Originally, Bai Liangshan had a headache about this matter, and felt that since the child didn't want to do it, then forget it.
But his father was very stubborn and insisted on keeping him. It's a pity that he can't keep people's hearts. No, he found an opportunity and ran away. As for where he ran, no one knows.
Gu Sanyue lowered his head and sighed several times. In such a cold weather, whether you run home or wander in the mountains, you will freeze to death, right?
He's just afraid of being beaten by his father and doesn't dare to go home. God knows where such a young child can find a place to stay?
Xu Songtu said in a serious tone: "I persuaded his father at that time, telling him to take care of the children less and talk to him more, but he just didn't listen. Alas, there is nothing we can do about this matter, and we at Bailiangshan can't shirk our responsibility either. . If I had resolutely not kept him, or made up a lie that he was not qualified, this matter would not have happened." The child named Cheng Yiqing listened quietly on the side, and at this time he also said straightly Staring at the fire in a daze.
The two rested in the room for a while, and then left helplessly. Of course, Xu Songtu would go back to Suchang and explain the matter clearly to the owner of the Teppanyaki shop.
The next step is to find the girl named Yi Weilan. Gu Sanyue was quite relieved about her.
After all, judging from the little girl's behavior at that time, it was obvious that she really wanted to stay in Bailiang Mountain. It's just that she came up to the mountain. What should Qing Yuezhai, her father Yi Chen's family, do?
The old winery that has been passed down for hundreds of years is just closed? What a shame. Gu Sanyue followed Xu Songtu for a while, and suddenly a strange house appeared in front of her.
Why is it strange? It's not that the style of the house is strange, but because the house is so conspicuous that one can see that it is unusual from a distance.
Its chimney was pouring out smoke. The smoke that floats out from the chimney is layer after layer, thick and dense, which can be called thick smoke.
It may be said that someone is cooking, but who can cook so much smoke? In the middle of winter, there must be some wizard smoking bacon in the house, right?
Gu Sanyue walked closer with suspicion. When he looked in from the window, he could still only see smoke filling the room.
Just thinking about staying here made Gu Sanyue feel like he was going to burst into tears. The two of them approached the room, putting their hands in front of their noses to fan away the smoke.
But before they could knock on the door, the door was suddenly opened from the inside. Apart from the billowing smoke, there was also a little girl in red clothes who rushed out of the opened door.
She covered her mouth and coughed violently as she rushed far away before stopping and holding her chest and gasping for air.
Gu Sanyue saw her, and in a hurry, he subconsciously shouted: "Yi Weilan!" The girl in red straightened up, tried hard to open her smoke-red eyes, looked at Gu Sanyue, and spoke intermittently He shouted: "Leave me alone! Ahem... there is someone inside, go and save her! Ahem..." Xu Songtu felt anxious after hearing this.
Before he could question her carefully, he rushed into the still smoking room. Not long after, he rushed out of the smoke with another little girl.
Gu Sanyue looked at Yi Weilan, only to see that she had a gray face, her face was blackened by smoke in many places, and her hair was burnt. She was holding her chest and coughing.
That look would be as embarrassing as it is. After Xu Songtu rescued the other girl in the house, his face turned livid and he cursed at Yi Weilan: "What on earth are you doing! Can you burn the whole house on fire if you light a stove?" Yi Weilan coughed for a long time, and finally recovered a little and was able to breathe.
Being scolded by Xu Songtu, she also became angry and retorted: "Then how can you blame me? I originally, ahem... I thought the weather was too cold and wanted to light up the fire, but suddenly the fire suddenly stopped. He jumped so high that the roof of the building was set on fire in one fell swoop. I...ahem, I didn't do this on purpose!" Xu Songtu glanced at her with hatred, even though he was very angry, but I still had the patience to go into the house and put out the fire.
Yi Weilan also felt a little guilty, so she ran to the other girl and said with concern: "Xia'er, are you okay? Did the fire hurt you?" The girl was exactly the same as her, with her face covered in smoke. It was pitch black.
She ran into such an unreasonable disaster for no reason, and she was very upset, so she said a few harsh words, which made Yi Weilan feel even more guilty, and kept trying to persuade her and apologize to her.
Gu Sanyue watched this farce from the side, feeling angry and amused in his heart. Fortunately, the two of them arrived in time and didn't cause any serious trouble.
At this time, Xu Songtu came out from the house after putting out the fire. He was sulking and was about to attack Yi Weilan, but was interrupted by Gu Sanyue: "Xu Songtu, it's getting late. If you don't hurry up and go up the mountain, We have to walk in the dark on the mountainous road!" Gu Sanyue interrupted him intentionally, just because he was worried that Yi Weilan would be scolded again. In her eyes, although the little girl made mistakes first, she would not be scolded too badly.
Xu Songtu gave Gu Sanyue some face, glared at Yi Weilan fiercely, said nothing, and strode away angrily.
Unlike Xu Songtu, Gu Sanyue didn't think it was a big deal, so she followed him with a brisk and natural pace.
On the way up the mountain, Gu Sanyue kept thinking that this group of newly recruited disciples in Bailiang Mountain were really troublesome.
However, the boys and girls have not lost their innocence and liveliness, and they don’t know what kind of trouble they will cause in the future.
As he thought about it, Gu Sanyue's eyes narrowed into crescent moons and he smiled happily.
