Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Haotian is not lazy, Jedi Tiantong

It was a low and dim mud house, and a person standing in the house could touch the roof with his hands. Half of the mud hut is underground and the other half is on the ground.The underground part is a half-person-deep pit, and the mud on the bottom and walls of the pit is smooth and firm.The ground part is made of square mud bricks, that kind of bricks are made by adding broken grass stalks to the mud blocks, then flattening and compacting them, and exposing them to the sun.The roof is covered with thatch, and there are straw curtains hanging in front of the door. There is only one table and one table in the room, and on the table is a copper incense burner decorated with grain patterns, and nothing else.Incense was burning in the censer, and the cigarette had a faint smell of grass.

Tong Shi looked around, thinking that when he was young, he followed his master and never lived in such a dilapidated house during the most difficult time. Could the owner of this house be the "Holy Envoy" who could guide the two of them "up the mountain"?Tong Shui turned his head to look at Li Qichen, but saw Li Qichen raised his forehead with both hands, and bowed deeply to the censer. Ok!Left and right are just acting, so let's act!Tong Shui felt a little helpless, but he followed Li Qichen to bow down, with a cynical smile on his face. Haotian is invisible, just worshiping this incense burner is worshiping Haotian, how stupid it is!Tong Shui just wanted to pick his nose at "Haotian" at this moment, but just as he stretched out his hand, he saw the door curtain lifted and a person came in from outside.

This person was wearing a brown coat that was too old to be seen, and the hairpin that bound his hair was just a small piece of bamboo, but he looked capable and decisive. Li Qichen cupped his hands and said, "Ask the envoy, when will my two brothers be able to 'go up the mountain'?" The envoy sat behind the table, his face was covered by cigarettes, and he really looked a bit like a god.The envoy glanced at Li Qichen indifferently, and said: "Surname, first name, life history, when and where did he become a Taoist? How much money will he receive? Why do you want to go up the mountain?"

Tong Shui said anxiously: "I've said it eight hundred times, are you bothered?" The envoy gave Tong Shu a cold look, but didn't speak. Tong Shu turned his head to look at Li Qichen, only to see that Li Qichen was also looking at him coldly. His heart froze, he hurriedly lowered his head, but secretly stuck out his tongue , curled his lips, his face full of disdain. I just heard Li Qichen reply respectfully: "My surname is Xiao, my name is Zhao, I am from Lujun, Yangguo, I was imprisoned unjustly, tortured, my family was ruined, I was lucky enough to get out of prison, I will not be tolerated in the world, I entered Taoism three months ago, scattered Use up a hundred hectares of fertile land from your ancestors, and want to go up the mountain to seek the right way and cultivate a long life." The lines that have been said countless times are repeated now, and they are very familiar, without a trace of emotional waves, and they sound like they are endorsing.

The envoy was still expressionless, just raised his chin, pointed at Tong Shui, and snorted coldly: "What about you..." Tong Shui said: "My name is Gan Tang. I was born in a prominent family in Salt Lake. Because I loved Brother Xiao, I was not tolerated by the family. After being dealt with by the family law, I fell into Tang... Fortunately, Brother Xiao came to save me in time. Three seals of Xingyan and one piece of jade, I just want to stay with Brother Xiao forever, regardless of life or death!" Li Qichen couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard him yelling "Brother Xiao" one after another, and when he looked sideways, he saw that Tong Shu's side face was slightly flushed, and his eyelashes kept blinking, as if he was a little shy, but He pursed his lips again, with a determined face.Although Xin Dao is always complaining, but when he really acts, he can make people cry with fake ones.

The envoy nodded, seemed to be quite satisfied, and said: "I have conveyed the intention of the two of you to go up the mountain on your behalf, and the Five Emperors have given permission, and I will take you up the mountain tomorrow." Li Qichen was overjoyed, he thought that the three months of hard work had not been in vain, he had finally made some progress, but it was much slower than expected, he wondered how Gongzi Cong was doing now, whether things had changed after so many days... … Li Qichen turned his head to look at Tong Shu, and saw that Tong Shu was looking at him with a smile on his face, as if he couldn't help himself, as if he wanted to rush over and hug him, thinking that it would be difficult for this guy to be tepid, not complaining again and again , It's just that the acting is too exaggerated, so that the person who plays the opposite role can endure the internal injury from laughing.

The holy envoy stood up and walked out from behind the table, it seemed that he had changed his face and became cannibalistic again. The holy envoy said to the two of them affectionately: "Tomorrow when you go up the mountain, you must cover your face and be guided by the 'Zhizi' on the mountain. You will first have to ride a car for one day, and then walk on the mountain road for a whole day the next day. Be prepared first." Li Qichen nodded: "Thank you for your guidance!" "Besides..." the envoy hesitated, "The first thing to do when you go up to the mountain is to whip a hundred and bleed to wash away your sins..."

"One hundred whips! Where is life left?" Tong Shi was shocked. The holy envoy said: "You don't have to worry about this. There are so many people going up the mountain, and I have never heard of anyone dying. It is said that the whip is very special. It only hurts the skin and flesh, not the muscles and bones. Going up the mountain is to get rid of the ordinary body and replace it with fairy bones. Reaching the heavens and the earth. This is a must-pass ceremony, and the two of you have to prepare in your heart." Tong Shui looked at Li Qichen, and shook Li Qichen's hand with his backhand, with a pitiful expression on his face, Li Qichen patted the back of Tong Shu's hand lightly, and said with a smile: "Since everyone else is fine, we will be fine too. It hurts, just bear it."

The envoy nodded and said: "With the presence of the five emperors, even if you lose your breath, you can bring back to life. The magic power of the five emperors reaches the sky, life and death, flesh and bones. As long as you go to the mountains and practice hard, you will be free from disease and disaster, and you will live forever." Li Qichen thought to himself, this sect called "Tongjiao" is really a solid one, and water can't get in. It took three months of hard work to find such a crack. I don't know how many incredible things are waiting inside. The road ahead , I'm afraid it will become more and more difficult, so I might as well take the opportunity to ask this envoy more to see if he can figure out something...

Thinking of this, Li Qichen was about to speak, but he heard Tong Shui ask first: "The Holy Envoy seems to have been a Buddhist for many years, but why hasn't he come up the mountain for so long? Are you afraid of the whipping?" The envoy smiled bitterly and said, "Am I a person who is afraid of pain? It's just that going up the mountain... In addition to investigating the past, the most important thing is that the offerings must be sufficient. I am no richer than you two, just an ordinary woodcutter That's it, I can't offer so many things to offer... But since I became a holy envoy, I have saved some of it for the past few years with the ashes of this 'Holy Sky Fragrance' to treat the diseases of my neighbors. You can go up the mountain..." The envoy became more and more excited as he spoke, his face flushed, and his eyes were full of longing.Just now, when he was caged behind a cigarette, he looked reserved and aloof, but when he looked at it now, he had a sincere and honest face.

Li Qichen looked around the empty room, it can be seen that this person has been suffering from himself for the past few years, what kind of magical power does this "Tongjiao" have that can make people go crazy like this? Being tied up again, blindfolded, sitting in the car all the way forward, almost exactly the same as the first time I saw Gongzi Cong.This seems to be a good omen, I hope everything goes well when I go up to the mountain, and I can find Gongzi Cong as soon as possible and rescue him... This time, he was only blindfolded and his hands were bound, and his mouth and ears were unhindered.Li Qichen listened carefully to the outside world all the way, but he only heard the rattling of cars and the thumping of horses' hoofs, but he could not hear human voices at all.Could it be that besides the two of us, there is only one person driving the car?After thinking about it, I was relieved. The purpose of the people in the car was to go up the mountain to join the religion, and they would not escape at all. Naturally, there was no need for many people to escort them. Suddenly, Li Qichen felt heat in his ears, but it was Tong Shu who came over and whispered, "Which direction do you think we are heading?" Li Qichen replied softly: "Southeast?" Tong Shui nodded, but tapped twice with his forehead on Li Qichen's temple, and then said in a low voice: "If you count the time, you can know the distance, at least you can draw a circle. " This time, it was Li Qichen's turn to nod, and he tapped Tong Shui's forehead with his forehead as an answer. After all, the person driving the chariot is very close at hand, so it is inconvenient to say more, so the two stopped talking. Li Qichen couldn't help admiring Mr. Yue An deeply. The two of them went deep into the tiger's den, and there would definitely be more exchanges in private, especially such whispers, which seemed more like rubbing hands together. If they were friends and brothers, it would inevitably make people look sideways. This series of seemingly intimate actions can only be concealed by a male lover who is not tolerated by the world. After driving for a day, we rested overnight and set off again, but it was hiking. He was still blindfolded, but the bindings on his hands were loosened.Li Qichen felt that his arms were supported by someone, and he walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow. The mountain was not steep, and he could feel that the mountain road under his feet was quite flat, as if people often came in and out. After walking for almost half a day, I finally stood still.Li Qichen could only feel the mountain wind howling in his ears, making people feel cold all over his body, much colder than the foot of the mountain. When Li Qichen was young, he went to various places with his father to measure the land and draw maps. He had already memorized the situation of Yang Guo's mountains and rivers. At this time, according to the cool and hot temperatures, he roughly estimated that the mountain was at least five hundred feet high, and then calculated the distance. The location, it can be concluded that this place should be among the peaks of the Diecui Mountain in the southeast of the Yang Kingdom, it is as expected before, and the possibility of Gongzi Cong being imprisoned here has increased a bit. After a while, it seemed that the previous person had handed over the errand, and two more people held up their arms and continued to move forward. At this time, the road under their feet was a smooth stone road, not the dirt road when they went up the mountain. Not long after walking, Li Qichen felt a hollow echo around him, probably entering a cave.After a while, the two people on the left and right pressed Li Qichen's shoulders, motioning him to kneel down, Li Qichen took advantage of the situation and sat down, touched with his hands, there was a pattern on the mat under his knees. Suddenly someone took off Li Qichen's blindfold, and whispered in his ear: "Don't rush to open your eyes, be careful, you two just sit here and listen, and when the lecture is over, someone will take you to 'wash your hearts with blood'. " "Bloodwashing the heart"?Sure enough, it is a good name, but it is nothing more than giving the newcomer a bad impression, but it is so high-sounding. Li Qichen squinted his eyes, looked around, and saw Tong Shui sitting at the same table with him at a glance, and felt relieved.Just at this time, Tong Shui also turned his head to look over, and the two looked at each other and smiled. Looking forward, this place is indeed a cave, narrow and deep, but not dark. When I look up, I see a ray of skylight shining down from above. It turns out that it is not a closed cave. The cave is densely packed with people, there are always more than a hundred people, everyone is wearing the same style of white, coarse linen and brown clothes, and they are all sitting on their knees, quiet and silent. On the high platform in the front, there were two people sitting, wearing blue and red robes respectively, and wearing jade masks of the same color as the clothes, covering half of the face, only showing the mouth and chin.These two people must be the "Qing Emperor" and "Red Emperor" among the so-called "Five Emperors"?