Li Xiuyuan was not surprised at all when fertile fields turned into rocky mountains.
Back then, he followed his master, an old Taoist priest, all the way from Dagou Town to Xinghua Valley. On the way, he encountered the evil deed of wrongly accusing people of eating snails and turning them into geese. He asked his master to turn those spiritual fields into a tall stone mountain.
Unexpectedly, I don’t know how many years have passed, but in this strange place, what happened back then will happen again.
The difference is that this time it was Hua Jiao's heart that was broken due to the indifference of human feelings.
Feeling the emotions of the old man and Huajiao, Li Xiuyuan replied calmly: "Although the world is unkind, it is because the world is too weak and not worthy of God's bowing down."
"But it does not prevent him from doing things to promote good and punish evil when he is unhappy. I believe that what happened today is not the first time I have seen it."
Huajiao sighed and said quietly, "Sir, I'm still a little unhappy."
The wind suddenly picked up, and the cold wind blew into the living room, bringing with it the sound of craftsmen hammering. Xiao Die'er put the breakfast she bought on the table, touched the crow's feathers and said, "Junior brother, are you hungry?"
If anyone can understand Li Xiuyuan's mood, it is naturally Ximen Mengdie.
The crow happily replied: "The master eats first, then the crow eats."
Xiao Die'er said angrily: "Master is thinking about Master, do you want to eat it? If not, I will take it outside and pour it out to feed the pigs."
When Huajiao heard this, she finally couldn't help but laugh, thinking that only her senior sister could cure a crow with such a fiery temper.
While everyone on the mountain was chatting and laughing, Wang Wu and Zhao Hu were in a teahouse in a small town, drinking and snowing separately to inquire about the recent events of Huajiao's family.
Originally, this matter was a sensitive topic in the small town, and not many people were willing to talk about it.
Who would have thought that there was a fire last night and that several rocky mountains suddenly emerged from the ground today? It was such an amazing thing.
Whether it's teahouses, taverns, or even vegetable vendors in the market, everyone is talking about it.
There was no need for the two of them to inquire deliberately. As long as they sat there, they would hear endless gossip, allowing the two of them to get what they wanted.
It turns out that a young man came to the town, bringing with him a crow and a girl.
I want to build a temple in the back mountain, and also help the peppers who have nowhere to go...
At noon, after the two met in the restaurant, they came to the conclusion that the fire last night did not burn the woman to death. The woman went to the temple in the back mountain.
Zhao Hu roared angrily, stood up with a roar, and was about to go to the back hill of Furong Town as he spoke.
Wang Wu grabbed him and whispered: "You want to cause trouble in broad daylight, aren't you afraid that there are powerful monks hiding in the mountains behind?"
Just one word stopped Zhao Hu who was about to rush out of the restaurant.
The two looked at each other and realized that perhaps only the dark night was their best chance.
On the hillside, the cold wind gradually subsided.
The craftsmen in the temple did not stop. They wanted to complete as much work as possible before the New Year and earn more wages from Li Xiuyuan to go home.
Crow and Little Mengdie were abandoning the Buddhist scriptures with Huajiao. Li Xiuyuan and the old man came to the hillside and looked at the small street facing them and the Taohua River in the mist and rain.
"Why not let the crows fight a few guys out?"
According to the old man, Furong Town, which is close to the Northland, rarely has merchants coming here at this time. As long as the crow walks around the town, it can easily find the person who set the fire.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "I'll wait for them to come to me at night, which will save trouble."
The old man sighed and said, "Although the problem can be solved at night, it's just something that can be done during the day, so why bother yourself at night?"
Li Xiuyuan said: "When I leave, I will ask Huajiao to leave Furong Town with me..."
The old man was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "I can understand how you feel, but since she is leaving here, why do you care about how to solve the trouble?"
"I want her to completely let go of everything here."
There was a distant tinkling sound in his ears, and Li Xiuyuan thought about the resentment in Huajiao's heart, plus the incident last night.
A fire.
He said softly: "Yes, now that I have decided to leave, it seems pointless to do such a thing again. I just want to give Huajiao a reason."
The old man said with emotion: "Back then, you gave the green snake a reason in the mountains to transform into a dragon overnight, and then transform into a human form overnight to overcome the tribulation."
"Now it seems that that was not the biggest opportunity she got. What kind of future do you want for Huajiao?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "I want to give her a path that she won't regret, a path that she doesn't want to look back on and can't turn back, and a path to live."
Li Xiuyuan did not promise Huajiao a bright future, he just wanted to give Huajiao a reason to live strong.
If she is left alone here, one day Huajiao will either die in the imperial city or die of her own melancholy.
Following Crow and Xiaomengdie could at least dilute the pain in her heart for a long time.
As long as two or three years pass, time will wash away everything and smooth out the trauma in Huajiao's heart.
This was Li Xiuyuan's willing choice, just like he didn't choose Hebian Mingyue because he didn't like it.
If you don’t like it, you don’t have to choose.
The old man nodded and was silent for a long time before replying: "Live without regrets. It sounds simple, but sometimes it is also the most difficult thing."
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "My ability is too small and I can't help too many people."
The old man laughed: "Is it just because Huajiao turned back for you on the way into the mountains?"
"is it not OK?"
Li Xiuyuan thought about that day when Helian Mingyue was there, and the first time he met the old man on the stone path, and he faintly replied: "Looking back means giving up. If you don't let go, how can you get anything?"
The old man was shocked when he heard this and was speechless for a long time.
That night, Li Xiuyuan asked Crow and Xiao Die'er to sleep first, from Huajiao's watcher's hour to Chou's hour.
Ximen Mengdie took Huajiao's hand and walked out of the living room, while looking back: "Master has to work hard to stay up until midnight every day."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "How about you try it tomorrow?"
Xiao Die'er chuckled: "Xiao Die'er can't survive that long, but you can give it a try."
Seeing the two of them leaving the living room, Wu Yao asked cautiously: "Didn't you say there would be trouble at night? Why don't you let me and senior sister help you?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "Isn't there still your junior sister? What are you afraid of? I will call you again if there is really trouble."
The crow then chuckled: "Okay, as long as you shout, I will definitely wake up."
After thinking about it, the crow asked again: "What is going on with us? This is the legendary Heavenly Road, but it doesn't look like it. There isn't even a monster. Who am I going to conquer?"
"Conquer yourself. You have studied Buddhist scriptures with me for so long. Think about it carefully. Who is your biggest opponent?"
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said, "When you understand this question, come and ask me about Tianlu."
The crow flapped its wings and flew outside the living room: "Let me think about it carefully."
Reading sages' books again in front of the window, Li Xiuyuan did not read at the moment, but continued to copy Buddhist scriptures.
The old man went down the mountain early to go home to rest, and Ximen Mengdie and others would fall asleep after a while. On such a night, it was a good time to pass the time by copying Buddhist scriptures.
The large formation on the mountain has been opened, just waiting for someone who is interested to invade late at night.
Li Xiuyuan didn't even need to pay special attention to the situation at the bottom of the mountain. As long as someone came up the mountain, they would break into his consciousness.
This mountaintop is his world.
At the eleventh hour, Li Xiuyuan put down the wolf hair in his hand, closed the door of the living room, and walked out through the small door at the back of the temple, hiding himself in the vast darkness.
Tonight, there was no snow, and there was a crescent moon in the sky, shining faintly on the mountains and rivers of Furong Town.
Standing on the path outside the temple, a magic talisman made Li Xiuyuan invisible behind a tree.
Quietly looking at the two men in black coming from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain, he couldn't even think about it.
In such a snow-capped mountain, wouldn't it be more conspicuous to wear black clothes?
In less than a quarter of an hour, the masked Wang Wu and Zhao Hu came to the temple along the path up the mountain.
Because after they saw the last light in the temple extinguished, they quietly touched it.
When passing by the big tree in front of Li Xiuyuan, Zhao Hu said: "I said, there are no masters in the temple, how about we go back and tell the young master?"
Unexpectedly, Wang Wu replied unwillingly: "That won't work. You have to let me catch the crow and bring it back to the imperial city to the young master."
There was no need for the two of them to talk anymore. Li Yuan waved his hand and flew out two holding charms, instantly freezing the two of them in the white snow.
Li Xiuyuan took a step forward, placed an iron sword on Zhao Hu's neck, and asked coldly: "Tell me, which one of you two killed Hua Yiyi?"
Zhao Hu exclaimed and shouted without thinking, "It's him!"
After speaking, he pointed at Wang Wu next to him and yelled: "You also saw that the sword wound on that guy's chest was injured. I used my fists."
The moment his body was immobilized, Zhao Hu lost his mind and thought that he had traveled a lot at night and finally met a ruthless person... Without even thinking about it, he betrayed his companions.
Wang Wu cursed angrily: "You bastard, how dare you betray me!"
Zhao Hu hadn't seen Li Xiuyuan's face until this moment, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he shouted again: "Do you dare to swear that you didn't kill him?"
Li Xiuyuan sighed and pulled off the black cloth covering Wang Wu's face.
This guy's face turned extremely pale instantly, and he was speechless for a moment after being confessed by his companions. Even until this moment, he didn't know who had restrained him instantly.
Because of fear and uneasiness, Wang Wu's forehead suddenly had a drop of sweat. In his memory, even Meng Wuhen couldn't make him stay still like this.
Li Xiuyuan nodded, stepped forward, carried the Wang Wu statue in one hand, and carried a dead dog to the lonely grave on the desolate slope not far away.
He said quietly: "Then, just wait here."
Only then did Zhao Hu see clearly that it was a young man dragging his companion, just like dragging a dog, all the way forward.
However, he was stunned and speechless.
He knew that he couldn't call for help, and no one would come to the monastery on the mountain to save him on such a cold night. He could only wait.
Wait for the young man to deal with Wang Wu, and then spare his life.
Wang Wu struggled and yelled: "What kind of bastard dares to plot against your uncle? When my young master finds out, he will kill all your family members."
Li Xiuyuan ignored him and kept moving forward. He didn't stop until he stood in front of Hua Chengyi's grave.
After thinking for a moment, he waved the iron sword in his hand and slashed out with "Crush!"!
"Just listen to the click!" There was a sound, but it was Li Xiuyuan who used the blade of his sword to break Wang Wu's legs, forcing him to kneel in front of Hua Chengyi's grave.
"Ah..." Like a wolf howling, it screamed miserably in the night.
After Wang Wu, who was in so much pain, reacted, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to beg for mercy because he saw the stone tablet in front of him with no words engraved on it.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the Peach Blossom River in the dark night and sighed softly.
Wang Wu asked with a trembling voice: "You... what are you going to do?"
Li Xiuyuan said nothing, did not look back at him, and had no emotion on his face. .
Wang Wu, whose legs were shot off, thought that no matter how hard he tried to plead guilty, the other party could not kill him. After all, the master behind the scenes was the young master of the Meng family.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help shouting: "If you have the ability, go find Meng Wuhen from the Meng Mansion. He was the one who asked me and Zhao Hu to take action."
Li Xiuyuan still didn't speak, but silently sent a message to Huajiao, asking her to come to his brother's grave alone.
Wang Wu's body began to tremble violently, and his strong desire to survive overwhelmed everything. He shouted desperately: "I am just a servant, you can't kill me!"
