Chapter 5 Chapter Four

sunny.Haori.Yunjuanyunshu under the Kunlun cliff. The second-class waiter Shi Wujing yawned carelessly. The yawn quickly spread, and the second waiter Shi Wuding next to him and the first waiter Shi Wuning in front of him opened their mouths to yawn at the same time.On the circular walkway outside the tall spinner, I felt sleepy for a while. Wu Ning rubbed her eyes, coughed, and said with a low face: "You two, do you know what it means to be conscientious? Every time you are on duty, you are lazy and unseemly! Wu Jing, especially you, last time In Yue's records, there was an error on one page. On the astrometer, there was clearly a confused star passing through the constellation, but you wrote 'the constellation is as usual'. The elder of the Star Observation Department was very dissatisfied, and he called me to ask, do you know ?”

Wu Jing swallowed, bowed and said, "Yes, I understand." Wu Ning continued: "The history of stargazing is a great responsibility. Any change in the stars may affect the lower realm, and it must be reported to the elders immediately. Don't you understand these truths? The ancient sages said: only the change of the stars is the meaning of God's gift. ..." Now that the ancient sages were mentioned, Wu Jing had no choice but to straighten his clothes, knelt down and listened obediently, and said in his heart: "What star? It's just a fireball. I can't record it. Didn't Yasumi ask me to silence it? The hateful thing is that at that time No third person saw it, and probably no one believed it. It seems that I have committed the blame for this!" I was very angry in my heart.

Because some clansmen knelt down to listen to the training, Wu Ding walked quickly to the door of the corridor, and pulled it open, and there was a dull rumbling sound from inside.More than 20 old ghosts are working together to manipulate the complex copper mechanism, pushing the huge star gauge to move along the chassis densely engraved with star tracks.Although these haunted ghosts were allowed to enter the spinning room to serve them, they were all wrapped in white robes, covering their heads and faces, only showing two pitch-black eyes.Wu Ding walked up to the copper-gold spiral staircase and shouted to the old ghosts, "Stop!"

The old ghosts stopped immediately and fell on the ground together. One of them jumped over the rotating winch in a panic, and before he could retract his legs, the star gauge, which weighed more than ten thousand catties, still moved forward a little before stopping, and the mechanism reversed. Its feet were broken like a dead branch.It screamed in pain, and was immediately pressed down by the old ghost. Wu Ding knew that Wu Ning wouldn't be able to finish the training for a while, so he looked back at the sky and said, "It's set at the moment of Jingsu, you step back, and you can't come in unless you're called." Yi settled in a certain position and went out together backwards.

Wu Ning said some words of the sages and ancient sages again, and Wu Jing couldn't help admitting his mistakes, and felt very satisfied that he could subdue this unruly person, and said, "I'm also doing it for your own good, don't think that everyone can be like Hao and Jie. Do whatever you want. Our people always take guarding the Nantian Gate as our purpose, and observing the stars is the key to it, so we can’t be careless. Hmph, the world is getting more and more involved in these miscellaneous affairs, and my family is about to become like businessmen and Zhou people I’ve lost my nature!” He said so dryly, he stretched out his hand to support the jade crown, Wu Jing understood, stood up and followed him around the spinning room together with Wu Ding, in the four directions of east, west, north and south They each gave a salute on the terrace, and finally walked to the door of the roundabout room, turned around and added: "Look carefully, I went to the retreat room on the top floor, report anything immediately, remember?"

Wu Jing and Wu Ding saluted at the same time and said: "Yes, I will send you off to my lord." Wu Ning nodded and went upstairs. Wu Jing leaned against the jade railing and sat down on his buttocks. He endured it for a long time, and then said, "What kind of meditation, I'm going to sleep. Isn't it just a candidate for stargazing history? She's even bigger than an elder!" "Keep your voice down!" Wu Ding hurriedly said, "Don't let him hear..." Wu Jing patted the floor beside him, and said, "Come, sit down. Let's also take a breath." Wu Ding walked to the door of the spinning room and observed for a while, until he was sure that Wu Ning had gone down, then walked to Wu Jing's side, but still did not Dare to sit unscrupulously like Wu Jing, but squat down carefully.

The sun is slowly sinking to the west, but it has not yet set on the top of the mountain. The Kunlun cliff opposite the Star Observation Hall reflects the sunlight like a mirror, gradually changing from dazzling white to fiery red.You don't need to go around to the other side of the spinning room, you also know that there is a burning cloud in the west, and the cloud-born beasts will have to bear it.In a little while, the stars will rise to the sky, and the stars will be observed with the astrograph.Wu Ding hesitated for a while, and finally asked hesitantly: "Then... is that rumor true?"

"What rumor?" "That's...you want to go to the preparatory mission?" Wu Jing paused for a moment, looked around, made sure that the ghosts were not around, and said, "What did you hear?" Wu Ding said: "No... nothing... ouch!" Wu Jing patted him on the head: "I'm really annoyed, do you want to fight?" Wu Ding played with Wu Jing since he was a child, and he knows that Wu Jing looks quiet on the surface, but in fact he is as wild as Zhou people.They are all witches for the purpose of pursuing spiritual meditation, and very few people advocate force. Unfortunately, Wu Jing is one of the very few, and beating people is commonplace.It takes a long time for spiritual meditation to show its superiority, but it is a pity that Wu Jing can beat more than a dozen people by himself since he was three years old... He leaned into Wu Jing's ear and whispered: "The elder received a letter yesterday. ...is your order."

Wu Ding's mother is one of the three candidates for stargazing in the stargazing hall, and she is also the person most valued by the elders of the stargazing department. There are rumors that the next stargazing history must be her.If she spread the word, it must be sure.Although Wu Jing's expression remained the same, he couldn't help but move his buttocks, propped himself up and squatted with Wu Ding. "Is this... I don't know too well." "Is it uncle's meaning?" "I can't tell...cough cough...my father has a very weird temper. Hey, Jing Su has come out, and I'm going to start recording..."

"Didn't uncle always only allow you to learn the skills of stargazing and divination? Why did you suddenly ask you to join the mission?" "Is this... haha... I don't know too well. That's why my father has a weird temper!" Wu Ding stared at him for a long time, then sighed and said, "You are really lucky." "Thank you." Wu Jing said bluntly.The two leaned against the railing and looked up at the sky.Jing Su has already risen to the top, and even Gui Su has shown half an impatient face, but no one cares about it.The old ghosts under the spin room saw the time and the star instrument hadn't moved yet, they were all startled and frightened, but Wu Ding didn't summon them, and they didn't dare to come in, so they could only worry outside the door.

Wu Ding said solemnly: "Now that King Mu is in power, the Duke of Zhou is very powerful, and all the ministers bow their heads. Going to Zheng, Lu, and Wei countries as envoys is no different from traveling. If it is Qin, the Western Barbarian state, or the Southern Yi Chu State, there is You've had it." Wu Jing said: "Why? It's just the Qin Dynasty. It borders Xidi, so it's probably not a country that follows etiquette. I heard that Chu is a big country." Wu Ding said: "The place is big, but it's a pity that the people's customs are unruly. Everyone there wears strange tall hats. If you go to a crowded place on the street, you can't even see the sky. That's it." He took a The sheepskin used for duty recording is rolled up and worn on the head for gestures.The two guys giggled together. After laughing for a while, Wu Jing coughed, and said, "Isn't there nothing interesting to do? It's a pity, if he was born earlier, he would have caught up with the big event of destroying Shang and Jianzhou! Sigh, it's meaningless now." Wu Ding said: "That can't be said that way. I heard that Xu Guo still dared to compete with Zhou and tried his best to build Yandu. If you want to go to a more interesting country, it is the only one...but it is very dangerous there." "How should I say it?" Although Wu Jing can beat ten Wu Dings by himself, Wu Ding has suffered the least beatings since he was a child. "Haven't you heard? The scale of Yandu built by Xu Hou almost surpassed that of Luoyi. According to the Zhou system, Yueli is a felony. It's just that Duke Zhou is fighting hard with the Yunzhong clan and Beidi in Beiming. Unable to return to the army, Xu's Sicheng Dangyichu is a famous general in the world, and the other princes dare not move him for a while. Once the Yunzhong tribe retreats, Duke Zhou's army will withdraw to the Central Plains, and join forces with Duke Zhao. War is inevitable." Wu Jing sat up straight, looking like a serious envoy, and asked, "Why did the Yunzhong clan retreat?" Wu Ding said: "The air of the sky. You watch the stars every day, don't you pay attention?" Wu Jing waved his hand: "I never look at that." "Being able to observe the qi of the sky is the talent of our witches, but you don't know how to see it. Really... the qi of the sky has changed. The Beimingkun City of the Yunzhong Clan will rise to the sky again soon, and it will be difficult to resupply and personnel. , had to retreat. The Yunzhong Clan has waged wars for so many years, no matter whether it is against Shang or Zhou, although they have an advantage in weapons, they have never made any progress. This is the reason." "Yes." Wu Jing nodded, "It's as you said." At this moment, there was a croaking sound from under the spinning room, and a messenger Hong Fei came up and entered the meditation room on the top floor.Wu Ding knew that Wu Ning was about to get up, looked at Wu Jing, and said, "But don't worry, you won't be sent to Yandu." "why?" "Because our clan cannot tolerate being humiliated, not even a fool." After saying this sentence, Wu Ding jumped up, and Fei Ye seemed to get into the spin room, and closed the door with a bang.Wu Jing was stunned for a long time before he understood, and couldn't help roaring, and ran to the door in two or three steps, but he couldn't open it even after pulling it, because the inside was already locked.He yelled a few times, but there was no response, and he was even more annoyed. He immediately took two steps back and kicked the door with all his strength. The door suddenly opened before his foot touched it, Wu Jing couldn't hold back, and kicked Wu Ning in the stomach who opened the door.He watched in horror as Wu Ning's face was twisted and deformed by the pain, her eyeballs protruding from her sockets frighteningly, she couldn't make a sound, she staggered back, stepped on the ground, and rolled all the way down the spiral staircase.In order to accommodate the huge astrolabe, the spin chamber is more than twenty feet high.Although the circular terrace outside the whirling room is only in the middle of it, the copper stairs are high and steep. Wu Ning rolled to the bottom until she hit her head heavily on the black basalt base of the star gauge before stopping. Passed out on the spot. The next crime is a felony of the Wu family, and the most severe punishment even includes deprivation of the soul. Wu Jing knew that there was a big disaster.No matter how courageous he is, he is also scared to death at this moment.Just as he was in a hurry, suddenly someone grabbed him from behind the door, he was startled, the man whispered: "Quick...go and see!" It was Wu Ding. Wu Jing's feet softened, she sat down on the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "I...my father will kill me! His temper..." Wu Ding didn't know where the courage came from at this moment, so he ran all the way and went downstairs to check on Wu Ning.There is only one exit in the spin room, and Wu Jing is thinking about whether to climb down from the outer terrace, escape from the Star Observation Hall first, and then find a way to sneak to the dock next to the cliff. It's not impossible... He suddenly heard a sudden sound of thumping on the stairs, and he jumped up in fright, turned around and ran towards the door leading to the balcony.Wu Ding grabbed him from behind and shouted, "What are you running for?" "I... I climb..." "Climb? The Star Observation Hall is a hundred and fifty feet high. Do you want to be the ugliest person in our clan's history? Take this!" Wu Jing was stunned, and Wu Ding had already stuffed a volume of documents into his hand.His face was also pale and blue at the moment, and he tried to be calm and said: "He is not dead, but a few bones are broken. You are so lucky, he is here to transfer the documents for you, run, and leave the city today!" " Wu Jing couldn't believe his luck. He wanted to open the document, but his hands were shaking and he couldn't open it anyway.Wu Ding had no choice but to snatch it again, opened it and read: "Now... the second-class waiter Guan Xing Shi Jing saw the letter and immediately reported his duties to the Bayu Division...Bayu City Lord? Lord Hao?" Wu Jing snatched it away, rolled it up tremblingly and stuffed it into his clothes, saying, "Okay! My father still loves his son...I...I'm leaving now!" Wu Ding frowned and said: "This is a letter issued by the Lord of Bayu City, and he is not your father. Your father has the right to transfer envoys and call you to Bayu Division to do... But Bayu Division will Yayuji, it's better than staying here and waiting to be punished." At this moment, Wu Jing couldn't be bothered to care about who his father was, so he slapped his face hard, calmed down, and said, "Okay, I, I'm leaving! I... I will..." "What's next?" "I... I will... I... I want to..." Wu Jing scratched his forehead vigorously. Wu Ding knew that he was frightened, so he said: "If you want to be locked up in the cave for a lifetime, just say a few more words, I don't care." In no mood! Wu Jing ran down in three steps and two steps. When he was about to reach the end, he saw Wu Ning leaning on the ground in a strange posture. Judging from his decades of beating experience, at least the bones of his left hand and right leg were broken. There is no time to take a closer look at anything else at the moment.He gritted his teeth, jumped over Wu Ning's body, and finally looked back at Wu Ding who was waving to him on the stairs, and pushed open the door suddenly.Only to hear the old ghost guarding outside loudly clamoring and making a mess, the witch mirror roared one after another, and went far away.