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Chapter 227

"What are you listening to?" An old woman who was about to lose all her teeth was holding a walking stick, looking like Mo Zi with sick eyes.

"Listen—spring" If it weren't for the old woman's eyes that stared at her, she wanted to talk about the spring of Huangquan, would everyone know it.

"Ah?" The old woman said ah, and there were several ah ahs on the other side of the mountain, like crows.

"Brother Mo, I see that this mother-in-law is deaf, let's look forward." Zan Jin raised his thick eyebrows behind Mo Zi, it was too much effort to ask her for directions.

Unexpectedly, the old woman glared at Zanjin viciously, and scolded unceremoniously, "Where did you come from, you don't know how to respect the elderly, so you are deaf!"

Mo Zi's ears hurt from being yelled at, and she spoke up for Zan Jin with a stiff smile, "Wife, don't be angry, my brother didn't do it on purpose, and he doesn't have any evil intentions."

Zan Jin snorted, "I'm not deaf, why did I ask you several times, what are you doing, what is it if you're not pretending to be deaf and dumb?"

Mo Zi gave him a nod of praise with her elbow, and bared her teeth at him, "Don't say a few words, it's even harder to meet people when you walk forward in this place. It's just that the old woman didn't understand, it's not that she couldn't hear."

The old woman hissed and laughed twice through her teeth, "The girl is still smart and sensible. My wife has spent most of her life on this barren hill. She has never seen many living people. She only knows how to listen to music, but she doesn't know how to listen to it." What is Tingquan?"

Mo Zi nodded heavily, "Grandma, to tell you the truth, I don't know what it is, but there is such a nerdy friend who doesn't speak well all day long, and he just sticks to words. If I find him, I will scold him for you." pause."

"It's time to scold and not speak well. Doesn't this make the listener uncomfortable?".The old woman knocked on the ground with her cane, "I don't know how to listen to the spring, but let me tell you, even if you go all over the West Mountain, you can't find a single spring."

This is probably not a lie, because Mo Zi felt that something was wrong as soon as he arrived in Xishan.She originally thought that autumn would be a good time to travel when the air is crisp and clear, and Tingquan in Xishan Mountain in Yuancheng must be a good place with singing birds and fragrant flowers, green mountains and green waters.Whoever wants to come to the foot of the mountain with Zan will see old trees entangled with roots, wild grass, rough rocks, and dense forests. There is only a winding path wide for one person, and they can only abandon their cars and walk.Walking to the middle of the mountain, there was not even a shadow of a person, and the more she walked, the more deserted she was. Seeing the old trees that had grown for an unknown number of years in front of her, covering the sun and letting the wind out, she thought she had come to the wrong place.I just happened to meet this old woman who was going down the mountain to ask for directions, which was a good fortune.

"Grandma, is there a place called Xishan near here?".Maybe the same name?There are big mountains on both sides of this western mountain. She had inquired about the village at the foot of the mountain, but it was called by another name.However, it is also possible to get it wrong.

"No more." The old woman replied, "It's just a small hill, and one road leads to the top."

"Then have you ever seen someone go up the mountain today?" After Mo Zi asked, she knew that she was asking for nothing. The old woman just said that she hadn't seen many living people on the mountain.

living person?

"Yes, several woodcutters from nearby villages came up, picked vegetables for me, and talked to me for a while. Like a girl, you can tell that they are people who live in the city. I haven't seen any of them today. "The old woman pointed behind Mo Zi with her crutches, "Girl, you should go back, the road ahead is more difficult, and there is nothing to see on the top, just eat the cold wind."

From Mo Zi's point of view, the road is steep, the sun is stagnant, and there are many shadows.

"Mother-in-law, at your age, why don't you live in the village at the foot of the mountain, but live on the mountainside? You still live alone, which is deserted and inconvenient."

When Mo Zi was hesitating, he heard Zan Jin say something like this.

"My old man was a forest guard when he was alive. I lived with the old man for so many years. After he left, I also had feelings for this mountain forest. The children wanted to pick me up from the mountain. I didn't want to, so I continued to guard it. My age There are a lot of them, and I also like quietness. The children often come to see me, and the woodcutter Orion from another village goes up the mountain to send food and chat. Life is very good." Behind the old woman is a wooden house, look It's a long time ago.

During the conversation between the two, Mo Zi made a decision, "Grandma, I'd better go up to the top of the mountain to have a look. Although my friend is a half-talker, he won't lie to me."

"It's useless to go, I told you that I didn't see anyone else today." The old woman leaned on a cane, turned around and walked slowly into the house, "However, my old man often said that there are always some extraordinary people in this world." , have different obsessions, such people often gain more than others because of this. Go, go, wait for the girl to come back, if the wife is not asleep, tell the wife what is beautiful on the top of the mountain It sounds nice."

Mo Zi raised her eyebrows, and looked at the old woman with heavy eyes.If from just now, she only felt that this old man was a little strange, now she is almost sure that this person is not an ordinary mountain wife.

"Brother Mo, this old lady is unusual." Zan Jin lowered his head and said softly to Mo Zi.

Mo Zi took a look at Zanjin, and praised Zanjin with slightly curved eyes, "You are getting better and better." It's good for people and life.

Zan Jin grinned, although he is no longer as stupid as before, but some of the purest traits in his body are still intact, "Brother Mo, I will lead the way ahead, you follow closely."

The two walked into the dark forest one after the other.

In the crack of the door of the wooden house, a pair of sharp old eyes shot out a very shrewd light, staring at the two figures from behind until they disappeared into the depths.

On the top of the west mountain, the strong wind cries.Because the mountains on both sides are much higher than the west mountain, the small top of the west mountain becomes a low valley, and when the wind passes through, it howls like a ghost.The top is not big, and the four corners are ten feet long and wide. Except for a tall and flat rock, there are big trees growing all around.

The road has come to an end, but Yuan Cheng is still not seen on the top.

"As the old woman said, there are no beautiful scenery, only the wind." As soon as Zan Jin spoke, the wind poured into his mouth, causing him to raise his hands to cover his eyes, mouth and nose, "Is it possible that the word "Elder Son" is wrong?"

No, Yuan Cheng can't make mistakes.

Xishan listens to the spring.Use what you hear, not what you see.Mo Zi bit her lip, and suddenly climbed up the rock.She was wearing women's clothing today, so she couldn't move too much, so climbing was a bit hard and clumsy.

Although Zan Jin didn't understand what she was going to do, but he didn't say a word, he just protected under her, and waited for Mo Zi to land on the rock, then he used lightness kung fu, and fell in front of her in twos and threes.

"Brother Mo wants to go up the rock, why don't you let me take it?" It's so simple, she doesn't need to be out of breath.

Mo Zi opened her eyes wide, then giggled twice, very annoyed, "Oh, I forgot. Didn't you say it earlier?"

"..." Zan Jin opened his mouth, blinked his eyes, very innocent, and wanted to say he was wronged.

Mo Zi put her index finger in front of her mouth to silence him, and sat down cross-legged by herself, "Zan Jin, listen to me too, besides the wind, there are other sounds."

Zan Jin let out a sigh, and sat cross-legged, with his hands clasped in his dantian, which was a sign of internal strength.

Mo Zi ignored him, closed his eyes, calmed down, and began to listen.

Ding—her eyeballs rolled and her eyelids moved.

Boom——she raised her eyebrows together, then raised them again.

"Why didn't I hear this voice just now, ding dong ding dong?" Zan Jin also heard it, opened his eyes and asked in surprise.

"Let the wind blow over, and we only care about finding someone." Even if you have high martial arts skills, you can't use them all at once. On the contrary, if you use the right method, you can listen to and argue without knowing martial arts?No, she won't.She could only hear voices, but could not tell the direction. "Zan Jin, where did the voice come from?"

Zan Jin walked out of the rock, yelled, turned to Mo Zi and said, "There is a way here"

Mo Zi hurriedly went over to have a look, thought it should be a cliff, but it turned out to be a slope, although it was steep, it was difficult but not dangerous to go down.This narrow slope is just blocked behind a large rock, so it cannot be seen from the top, and you must climb up to find it.

It's really wonderful that the willows are dark and the flowers are shining in another village.

"Go down and have a look." Mo Zi didn't even think about it, grabbed the grass on the narrow slope, and slipped down carefully.

Seeing that Mo Zi didn't use him, Zan Jin seemed to suddenly understand that whatever she can do, she won't bother others.Immediately, he admired her even more, but he didn't say anything, just tried to keep up with her pace and protect her from accidents.

Going down the slope, you enter the dense forest.

On the small road, while a group of crows were shouted and chased away by Zan Jin, Mo Zi saw a ruined stele with words——

spring.

With a thought in her mind, could this be the correct answer of Xishan Tingquan?

"Brother Mo" Zan advanced forward and stopped abruptly, his voice was startled.

Mo Zi walked forward and saw that the dense forest had come to an end. In front of him was a piece of grass, which grew up to knee height. When the wind blew, the green surface turned yellow, concave and convex, showing autumn colors.

However, Zan Jin was surprised not because the grass was particularly neat, but because there were stone monuments erected on the raised bumps, which were clearly tombstones.

The words on the tombstone are not new, but they are very clean.

At this time, the sound of ding ding dong dong was close to my ears, coming from the woods on the other side of the grass. It was pleasant but without rhythm, and there were no rules, as if it was knocked out at will.Ding ding metal sound, dong dong beating drum sound.

"Brother Mo, how many people have died, so many graves?" Zan Jin saw Mo Zi stepping on the grass, and hurriedly followed.

"The whole family is copied and beheaded, even the maidservants have to lose their heads, how many people do you think will die?" Mo Zi sighed, these inscriptions, if the prediction is correct, belong to the Yuan family.

She is an irrelevant person, walking here will feel oppressive and painful. Looking at these tombstones, there is an inexplicable hatred. I don't know how much grief and indignation the only one left will endure?At an age when you should enjoy the love of your family, but you have to bear so much hatred all at once.In the past, when I read books, I sometimes felt that those protagonists whose life goal is revenge are stupid, but now she finally understands thoroughly, because exterminating a family is a devastating blow to the good side of human nature. .

Entering the forest, the sun is just right, and the haze disappears.

The forest is an acacia forest, the tree is an acacia tree, and the bean is an acacia bean.

Douer is still young, and the red season is still waiting on the tip of September, peeking at it secretly.

Chapter 227

Chapter 227