The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter Seven

That night, taking advantage of the hazy moonlight, the two of them quietly left the meditation room and went to the wall without making a sound.Wan Jianfeng rode up the courtyard wall, smiled and waved to Tan Zhengfang who was below, "Brother Tan, come up quickly!"

Then Tan Zhengfang tapped her toes, jumped upwards, and easily climbed over the courtyard wall.The weather in Kunlun Mountains was extremely cold. Tan Zhengfang put on cotton clothes early in the morning, but under the moonlight, he was actually holding a cotton coat that was thicker than the one he was wearing in his arms.Seeing this, Wan Jianfeng jokingly said: "Hahaha, brother Tan, if I hadn't taken you out to play every night, would you have the lightness kung fu you are now? Shouldn't you invite me to drink a few pots? By the way , What are you doing with an extra cotton coat, are you afraid that this young hero will freeze to death on this mountain?"

Tan Zhengfang smiled and said: "Brother Wan, don't you already have a cotton coat on you? This one in my hand is for that sword fairy. He is alone and helpless in his cultivation on this mountain. If he freezes out What should I do? If I can see the sword fairy you mentioned tonight, I will go down the mountain to buy wine for you tomorrow. If not, you should go down the mountain to ask for wine!"

Wan Jianfeng nodded, "Okay! We've made a deal, and we won't go back on our word!" As he spoke, he stepped on his feet in a hurry, and flew five or six feet away in an instant.Tan Zhengfang smiled, and immediately used all her strength to follow closely behind.

The two of them ran for two or three hours, and Wan Jianfeng saw the valley that he had visited last night in the distance. He pointed excitedly to Tan Zhengfang and said, "Brother Tan, come and see! That's where I met you last night." Sword Immortal, we are about to arrive at Immortal Valley!"

Tan Zhengfang's kung fu was not as strong as Wan Jianfeng's, and he was already sweating profusely from exhaustion, and he said out of breath, "Brother Wan... Wan, I... I can't run anymore, are you sure... there really... is a sword fairy there? "

Wan Jianfeng nodded, and said affirmatively: "Yes, of course! Otherwise, in the middle of the night, I would sleep well and run so far with you, would I be full?"

The two of them had reached the valley while they were talking, but the valley was empty, let alone a sword fairy, not even a ghost.Tan Zhengfang stopped, and said disappointedly to Wan Jianfeng: "Brother Wan, this valley is remote, and there is not even a footprint in the valley. It seems that it is a place where ghosts are not close, but you said that there are sword immortals here. I think You are really full!"

Wan Jianfeng said: "Impossible! Last night I clearly saw a young man with superb swordsmanship and a fairy-like appearance here, and we even had a fight! I definitely remember correctly! If you don't believe me, follow me into the valley to find him!" Find it, if you haven't, I'll quit drinking for one day tomorrow!"

At this time, the mountain wind suddenly picked up, and the sky suddenly began to snow heavily. The snowflakes flying all over the sky made the already magnificent Kunlun even more vast.But Tan Zhengfang was so exhausted that she was about to lose her strength, so she was still in the mood to appreciate the snow scenery, so she just panted heavily, "Forget it...forget it, I really can't walk anymore, let's go back. It's just a few... a few jars of wine Well, I can’t buy it for you, so why make up such a story to lie to me. If you don’t go back, Master will punish you again!”

Wan Jianfeng shook his head stubbornly, "No, I want to go back to you! I really met Jianxian here last night, and I lied to you as a puppy! If I don't see him today, I won't go back!" He said He strode towards the valley.

Tan Zhengfang sighed helplessly, looked at Wan Jianfeng's retreating back, and shouted: "Brother Wan, you are the one who insisted on not going back. When the time comes, Master will punish you. Don't blame me for not reminding you!"

Wan Jianfeng didn't turn his head back, he walked forward and shouted: "Go back by yourself, if Master asks me tomorrow morning, you can say that I drank too much, but don't say that we went out together, be careful Master will punish you as well!"

The north wind howled and the snow fell.

The Kunlun Mountains, where the dawn is approaching, are magnificent and desolate.

At this moment, in the depths of the valley, there was a young man kneeling in front of the two graves. His expression was cold, and his eyes were so red that he seemed to be bleeding.There is a line of characters engraved on the two tombstones. On the left is engraved "the tomb of the ancestor Xianzu Kao Feng Gong who tabooed nine days", and on the right is "so the tomb of Duke Yun was tabooed first"!
Although the owners of these two tombs have different surnames, they are a father and son, a pair of father and son who used to be all-powerful.But no matter how beautiful it was, it is now buried in the cold Kunlun Mountains and gradually forgotten by the world.

The world will forget them, but this boy will not, not forever.At this moment, he is staring at Yun Yimo's tombstone, and his eyes seem to see through the tombstone, through the wind and snow, a past event that he can't bear to look back on.

"Father, in order to save thousands of people, you did not hesitate to give up your comfortable and prosperous life, and devoted yourself to the rain of swords and swords, and made suggestions to help Murong Yanyun restore the country. It can be said that you have dedicated yourself. You were kicked out of the court. You returned to Lianxia Mountain alone, and you were encircled and suppressed by the Song army, forcing you to throw yourself into a cliff! I was also in a desperate situation. If my grandfather hadn’t appeared suddenly and drew his sword to save me, I’m afraid I would have died a long time ago. Yun Zixiao is gone without me!"

He turned his eyes to Feng Jiutian's tombstone again, and continued: "Grandfather, the world says you are a big devil, but in my heart you are a real hero. When you were young, you killed all the demons and heretics in the world with one sword. The world misunderstands you, but you have never complained or regretted. After learning that your father was forced to death by the Song army, you, who were over fifty years old, entered the palace alone and washed the golden palace with blood. I failed to avenge blood and blood! But don’t worry, as long as I, Yun Zixiao, still have breath in this life, I will definitely overthrow the Zhao Dynasty and kill Zhao Kuangyin and Murong Yanyun’s descendants, otherwise I will swear not to be human!”

This sonorous and powerful oath struck the earth like a bolt of lightning, and the north wind blew even crazier in an instant.At this moment, the sky seemed to be furious, the earth seemed to weep for it, and the life and death of thousands of creatures in the world seemed to be only in the thought of a young man.

The cold wind blew on his face like countless steel knives, bringing his thoughts back to reality.He looked at the two tombstones in front of him and let out a long cry, "Grandfather, Father, your souls will not be scattered, let's see how I can make Song Guo blood pay for it!" He stood up slowly after speaking.He silently turned and left, and walked slowly out of the valley.

The snow was getting bigger and bigger, and the wind was blowing the snow all over the sky, making it difficult for people to see the way ahead.Wan Jianfeng was still struggling forward in the wind and snow at this moment, even though he was nearly suffocated by the strong wind, his pace did not slow down at all.

He didn't know how long he had been walking, when he suddenly smelled a strong aroma of wine coming from the wind, he hurriedly stopped to smell it carefully, but the aroma came and went from time to time.He said curiously: "This is really strange! Who would hide such fine wine in this icy and snowy place? Could it be the sword fairy I saw last night? Maybe this place is not far from the Immortal Palace!"

He chased the smell of wine against the wind, and walked two or three miles forward. Only then did he see an extremely elegant grass hut through the flying snow, and smell the smell of wine from time to time in the hut.Wan Jianfeng's saliva was almost drooling, and he forgot the exhaustion of running all night, and quickly ran towards the thatched cottage.

Arriving in front of the thatched cottage, the aroma of the wine became stronger.He knocked lightly on the door and asked, "Is there anyone inside? I'm a little beggar passing by. I haven't eaten or drank for several days. I hope the owner in the room takes pity on me. Give me a sip of wine!" "

He knocked for a long time, but no one answered inside, so he went around to the back window of the thatched cottage, carefully pierced the paper on the window lattice, and looked inside.Seeing that the furnishings in the hut are very simple, but fresh and elegant, there is no one inside.So he took courage, picked up a twig on the ground, pushed open the latch lightly, and walked in tremblingly.

Sure enough, there was no one in the room, only the smell of wine filled the air, and Wan Jianfeng was mesmerized at this moment.For a long time, she couldn't take care of much, looking for the direction of the fragrance, she rushed straight into the east wing.

As soon as he entered, he was shocked by the sight in front of him.In this ice and snow thatched hut, not only are more than a dozen jugs of fine wine filled, but there are also two spiritual tablets standing impressively on the wooden cabinet against the wall.This spirit tablet is spotless, obviously someone wipes it frequently.Wan Jianfeng read it for a long time before saying: "Grandfather Fenggong Jiutianfu Jun's spirit seat."

After he finished reading, he scratched his head, and said in confusion, "Who is Feng Jiutian? Could it be the big devil that senior brother Yuanjue said? That is Yun Zixiao's grandfather? So, I didn't find him, but I hit him by mistake. Hit his house? If he comes back after a while and finds that I've been drinking his wine secretly, wouldn't there be another battle?"

While he was thinking wildly, the rich and mellow aroma of wine rushed into his nostrils, his hands seemed to be out of control, he subconsciously raised a jar of fine wine, lifted the red cloth that sealed it, and poured it into his mouth.

"Gudong Gudong" He drank half of the jar of wine as soon as he raised his neck, and then sighed: "Good wine, this is the best wine in the world! I only know that I have drank a lot of good wine in the past, but compared with this jar of fine wine , It's not as good as horse urine!" He said and drank the remaining half of the jar, then reached out to pick up another jar, and drank it clean in the blink of an eye.

Soon, more than a dozen altars of fine wine turned into more than a dozen empty altars, piled up all over the floor.No matter how good Wan Jianfeng's drinking capacity was, he felt dizzy at this moment, staggered and fell to the ground, but he still held an empty altar tightly in his hands and refused to let go.

He looked at the empty altars all over the floor, and said with unsatisfactory thoughts: "Oh, I can't drink any more! Even the best wine can't be drunk, and I should go, otherwise the little god will bump into me, and I can beat you with my current appearance. But him!"

As Wan Jianfeng said, he forced himself to stand up, and staggered towards the door, but then he staggered back and said with a smile: "Hahaha, you dare to go through the main entrance while stealing a drink, it seems that I Really drank too much!"

He staggered towards the window, propping up the window with one hand, his toes were about to go out of the window.The moment he was about to jump out, he suddenly saw Yun Zixiao coming back stepping on the snow, he was so frightened that he forcibly stopped his figure, quickly opened the cabinet beside him, and burrowed in.

"Huh! It's dangerous, it's dangerous! Fortunately, I react quickly, otherwise I will be in big trouble if I run into him!" Wan Jianfeng put his hand on his chest and let out a long sigh of relief.He listened attentively and saw no movement outside, so he carefully pushed the cabinet door open a small crack, and was about to wait for an opportunity to escape from the thatched cottage, when footsteps suddenly came from the door.

Wan Jianfeng hurriedly closed the door of the cupboard, thinking, "This is terrible, the cupboard is an urn, I am a turtle, he just came to catch a turtle in an urn, this is good, I have nowhere to run if I want to! "

He was worried that he couldn't get out, but the young man walked towards the cabinet slowly.He didn't seem to have noticed those empty altars lying on the ground at all, and said to himself: "Oh, my filial piety period has expired, and I should go down the mountain today. What's the use of leaving a hut empty? It's better to burn it down." It's clean as well!"

Yun Zixiao walked to the cabinet, patted the wooden cabinet lightly, and said: "This is the cabinet left by my grandfather, it shouldn't be damaged casually, but I have made up my mind to go, so this is the only way to go!"

Wan Jianfeng was already sweating down his temples in cold sweat. He couldn't hold back any longer and shouted: "Hey! Don't burn it, don't burn it, can I come out?" Then he quickly pushed open the cabinet door , the toes popped out a little bit.

"Hmph!" Yun Zixiao snorted, and said coldly, "Are you finally willing to come out? If you don't come out again, I'll roast you and feed it to the dogs!"

Wan Jianfeng stared at the young man drunkenly, and said unhappily, "Hey! My surname is Yun, I treat you as a friend, and I ran dozens of miles to see you in the wind and snow, but you want to burn me to death, it's too unfair Already!"

Yun Zixiao sneered and pointed at the crumbling empty wine jars on the ground and said: "Are you very generous? These dozens of jars of wine are left by my grandfather, and each jar is worth a hundred taels. I drank most of them without even slapping them, is this what you mean by righteousness?"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said: "Haha, isn't wine just for drinking? If you don't drink it for a few years, it will dry up by itself. By then, thousands of taels of silver will be in vain. Anyway, you are going down the mountain. Drinking them up for you is not a waste of your grandfather's property, and he can rest in peace! I have done you such a big favor, so you should weigh how to thank me!"

The corner of Yun Zixiao's mouth raised slightly, he pointed at Wan Jianfeng with his sword and said with a smile: "Okay, don't you like drinking, I'll treat you to drink for three months, but you want to take me to Beijing!"

Wan Jianfeng was stunned, and then excitedly said: "Is this true? Which capital do you want to go to, whether it is Bianliang in Song Dynasty, Juba in Dali, or Linhuang in Daliao, as long as you say it, I will find you." No way!"

Yun Zixiao nodded in satisfaction, and said, "I'm a Han, so I naturally want to defect to the Song Dynasty and make great achievements in Bianliang. How can there be any reason to collude with foreigners?"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said: "Haha, as long as you have good wine, you can go wherever you want! What Song, Dali, and Daliao, to me, are just the difference between Dukang, a copper pot, and a burning knife!"

Yun Zixiao smiled when he heard the words, "Sometimes I really envy you, it would be great if I could live as carefree as you." As he spoke, his face gradually became complicated, and then returned to ice-cold, " Alas, it's a pity that I can't do it in this life..."

Wan Jianfeng pointed at Yun Zixiao and said with a smile: "Haha, you are only a year or two older than me, and the days ahead are long, so why draw conclusions so early?"

Yun Zixiao nodded, "You are right. If I can get what I want as soon as possible, maybe I can be as free as you for the rest of my life!" He said looking at the sky, and then said to Wan Jianfeng: "Hurry up! It's noon, if you don't lead the way, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach the market before the sun goes down, and then don't blame me for being stingy and not buying you wine!"

Wan Jianfeng wanted to go down the mountain even in his dreams, but he felt a little bit reluctant to leave.He subconsciously looked in the direction of Longtan Temple and thought, "It is enough for Master to have Brother Tan, this uncut jade to inherit the mantle. If I also stay here, sooner or later I will have to compete with Brother Tan for the position of head. It’s not cost-effective to lose brotherhood. Besides, if you become the head of the sect, you will become a real monk, and you can’t eat meat or drink, so what’s the point of living! Forget it, just do it!”

He thought about it and smiled at Yun Zixiao, "Brother Yun, let's go now before I regret it!" As he spoke, he rushed out of the room and ran down the mountain.Yun Zixiao looked at his retreating back in an instant, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth...

(End of this chapter)