After leaving Jingzhou City, Gu Xu and Xue Nu continued on their way west.
First, we passed through Yuzhou, and then came to Jianmen.
There are many mountains here, the mountains are high, the roads are dangerous, and there is no land below.
One of the three major sects in the Great Wilderness, Shudi Jiange, is located on the top of the mountains here.
"If nothing else happens, Shi Xiaohan must have come to Jiange to practice swordsmanship now!" Gu Xu stood at the foot of the mountain, looking at the buildings on the top of the mountain looming in the clouds and mist, thinking silently in his heart.
The snow girl didn't know what he was thinking.
She just followed him and looked around quietly.
She had read countless magnificent poems in books describing the hardships and dangers of the Shu Road. But today, she was able to witness this majestic and rugged scenery with her own eyes.
Summer is here.
The peach blossoms on the hillside of Jiange have all withered, and the bright green grass is interspersed with broken and withered fallen flowers.
When she was still a human being, seeing such a scene would always bring up sentimental emotions in her heart, lamenting that beautiful things would eventually decay, die, and cease to exist.
But now, the half-que poem written by Gu Xu in Lu Zhai suddenly appeared in her mind: "If you ask where the fallen flowers are going, they will become spring mud next year. When the warm breeze blows on your face, you will see red flowers and green willows again."
Then I think of those poems written by Gu Xu on the top of Yishan Mountain describing the snow scene.
She silently thought to herself: Young Master can always see everything in the world from a unique perspective.
…………
at the same time.
On the hillside of the sword pavilion, two young female monks, one holding a sword and the other holding a knife, were practicing martial arts.
One of them was tall and thin, wearing a short linen shirt, and his long hair was tied high behind his head with a wooden hairpin. His eyes are sharp and his temperament is awe-inspiring, giving people the impression of an unsheathed sword.
This person's name is Chang Xiao, and he is a practitioner of the fourth realm. He studied under Cai Shu'an, the elder of Jiange, and has outstanding swordsmanship talent among the younger generation of disciples of Jiange.
The other is petite and exquisite, wearing a pale pink skirt, with dark cloud-like black hair tied into a ponytail, and a face as pretty and cute as a peach blossom in spring.
In her hand, she held a machete that was extremely disproportionate to her size.
——It was Shi Xiaohan who was invited by the pavilion master Xu Man to come to the sword pavilion to practice swordsmanship.
"Hurry up, hurry up," Chang Xiao pointed out in a stern tone while drawing his sword towards Shi Xiaohan like a violent storm, "Your sword skills are very powerful, but your dodge speed is not fast enough. In actual combat, Among them, they have long been poked into pieces by the enemy."
Shi Xiaohan retreated continuously and blocked in a hurry.
The Kunwu knife was held in her hand and seemed to be a broad shield.
But Chang Xiao's sword is as treacherous as a snake and as fast as lightning. It can always find Shi Xiaohan's flaws, making it difficult for her to deal with it.
About an hour later, Chang Xiao finally put down the sword in his hand and said, "Let's rest for a while."
Shi Xiaohan breathed a long sigh of relief.
She has been waiting for Chang Xiao's words for a long time.
She threw the Kunwu knife aside, fell down on the grass next to her, then stretched her body, lying in a "big" shape without any ladylike appearance.
Chang Xiao sat on a big rock and looked down at the sweating girl.
"Junior Sister Shi, has anyone in the sect bullied you or gossiped about you recently?"
"No." Shi Xiaohan shook his head and replied without thinking.
"Really do not have?"
Shi Xiaohan bit his lip and said "Hmm".
As she spoke, she couldn't help but dodge her eyes, not wanting Senior Sister Chang Xiao to know that she was lying.
Most of the disciples in Jiange are easy to get along with, but some gossip is inevitable.
There are always people who say in person or privately that she has a bad taste in finding men, and she even made a marriage contract with a treasonous traitor. If the court had not been tolerant and generous, she must have been implicated long ago.
Some people also joked that Gu Xu didn't care about friendship and didn't take his wife with him when he rebelled. Now that the matter was exposed, he ran away and ignored his wife.
These words made Shi Xiaohan very angry.
She could barely bear it when others scolded her; but she couldn't bear it when others said bad things about Gu Xu.
So she drew her Kunwu sword, pointed it at the gossipers, and wanted to fight them.
There is a winner and a loser in a duel.
Because there are elders from the sect present, basically everything is done.
However, Shi Xiaohan's anger did not clear Gu Xu's innocence, but solidified his reputation as a ruthless and heartless man - he himself was nowhere to be found, leaving only the infatuated woman to silently stand up for him.
"Why don't you tell me what kind of person Gu Xu is?"
Chang Xiao caught Shi Xiaohan's stubborn eyes with a guilty conscience.
She did not continue to ask, but changed the subject.
Speaking of Gu Xu, Shi Xiaohan got excited.
She suddenly sat up straight, like a little sparrow, and kept chattering——
Gu Xu solved a case in Yishui County, Gu Xu dealt with the Kongxuan San people on Yishan Mountain, Gu Xu stole the show in the Lantern Festival Arena Competition, Gu Xu showed off his magical powers in the Talisman Competition...
He talks endlessly and contains countless treasures.
"Senior Sister Chang, Gu Xu can never be a traitor," at the end of the story, Shi Xiaohan said seriously with firm eyes, "He must have been wronged."
Chang Xiao looked at her and didn't respond immediately.
The girl in front of her obviously didn't realize what she meant.
The arrest of Gu Xu was an order personally issued by Emperor Tianxing.
What Shi Xiaohan said "Gu Xu was wronged" is equivalent to "the emperor's judgment was wrong."
Of course, Chang Xiao understands very well that a little girl who has a lover in her heart often talks beyond her head.
She sighed softly and patted the girl on the shoulder: "Practice for another half hour, and then let's go have lunch."
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If you were to ask what Shi Xiaohan disliked most about Jiange, then it would definitely be the food here.
The founder of Jiange once said: "If the world is not at peace, how can we enjoy ease and enjoyment?"
Under his influence, the entire Jiange, from the elders to ordinary disciples, was all frugal in style.
They wear cloth clothes, live in thatched cottages, and eat simple meals.
A rich girl like Shi Xiaohan, who has been well-dressed and well-fed since she was a child, is naturally not used to it.
At this moment, she was holding a plate of bland vegetables and rice, sitting next to the hanging spring and waterfall, and her thoughts had already flown to Piaoxiang Tower in Yishui County.
Compared with now, the days when I ate beggar's chicken with Gu Xu were as beautiful as immortality.
At this moment, a sect servant carrying a large sack hurriedly came to Shi Xiaohan.
"Miss Shi, someone came from outside the sect and asked me to give this bag to you." The handyman put the sack in front of Shi Xiaohan and said.
Shi Xiaohan was a little puzzled.
Because her father hasn't written a letter recently saying that he has something to send to her.
Who sent this bag?
With curiosity, Shi Xiaohan opened the sack and found that it contained Jingzhou's characteristic fish cakes, pot helmets, steamed meat, Songzi chicken, grilled fish from Yuzhou, spicy chicken, bean curd, barbecue skewers...
These foods are sealed with true essence. Not only are they fresh and delicious, but they are still steaming hot, as if they had just come out of the oven.
Shi Xiaohan blinked, a possibility popping up in his mind.
