After that night, the officials, servants, and immigrants who had previously respected Song You and his party became even more respectful to them. If the officials cooked a good meal, they would definitely bring them a portion first. If the immigrants were in the mountains,
I picked wild fruits and caught fish in the streams and springs, and sometimes I would give them to them to taste first.
Song You sometimes accepted and sometimes declined.
In return, Empress Sanhua would often catch mountain rats and rabbits on the road, or she would summon tigers and wolves to catch wild cattle, sheep, deer, and muntjacs. She would also share with them whatever she could not finish.
Anyway, Yuezhou is a treasure land, and it has been vacant for many years. It has already become a paradise for wild animals. You can catch fish in the river with a stick, and you can catch wild animals in the mountains with a little hunting skills. The most common ones are
The mountain rats and hares are almost overrun. But these immigrants did not have enough to eat before coming to the north, and they do not dislike them at all.
Sanhua Empress loved to catch mice and give them away to others, and then watch people eat them. After that, she would look back at her Taoist priests.
There are indeed many evil spirits in Yuezhou.
After that night, whenever the immigrant people stayed in the mountains at night, monsters would visit them almost every night. Some were purely curious, some were just slightly hostile, and some were extremely vicious.
Sometimes you can meet them during the day.
Song You usually lets them deal with it by themselves first, and provides appropriate guidance and help in the process. If the evil is really powerful and cannot be dealt with, he will then ask Empress Sanhua or Yanzi to take action.
As they entered Yuezhou, the immigrant team that was originally like a long queue with no visible head and tail gradually dispersed, heading to different places under the leadership of officials and servants.
Immigrants move northward from south to north, and fill in the areas step by step, starting with the southernmost point of Yuezhou.
This is the first batch of immigrants. Although there are many people, no matter how deep they go, they can't go far beyond the state.
Soon it was time for Song You to say goodbye to them.
This is also a land of beautiful mountains and clear waters. In the distance, you can see the Yuezhou villages from many years ago. The huts and earthen houses are all dilapidated, and the former fields can be vaguely discerned among the weeds. Hundreds of homeless immigrants came from the south.
Here, after traveling thousands of miles, we are looking around at this future homeland. Among the first batch of immigrants, they have already traveled the farthest.
Song You also squinted his eyes, looked around, and then handed over his hands to the officials in charge of this group of immigrants and said: "Thank you to the adults for taking care of me during this period. You will set up settlements here to open up wasteland, and we will continue to go there."
Go north and never pass."
"Where are you going, sir?"
"We don't know yet."
"I still don't know what the purpose of your trip north is, sir? Is there anything we can do to help?"
All the officials and people opened their eyes wide when they heard this.
There is no doubt that they are all concerned about this issue.
Come to think of it, it's not like Taoist couldn't survive in the south. An immigrant who moved to the north to settle down. With his ability, he could become a guest of local wealthy people everywhere, but he brought with him a bay red horse and a calico cat.
With a swallow and a full bag, they followed them all the way to the north. Why did these gods and masters do it?
Everyone has been confused for a long time, but they can't figure it out.
"You should stop worrying about my affairs." Song You smiled slightly, "It is not easy to open up wasteland and farmland, and it is not peaceful across the country. Please calm down and be more careful. I only hope that you can all be able to live in this land.
Let’s settle down and live a good life that we never had before.”
Immediately, an official returned the greeting and said: "The difficult things in the world must be done in the easy way. The great things in the world must be done in the details. We will lead the immigrants and carve out a peach garden one by one."
"I'm leaving now." Song You said, paused, "By the way, if there are any immigrants passing by here in the future, please inform the officials leading the team and tell them that there is something in the north of Yuezhou.
A large mountain with a radius of several hundred miles is shrouded in miasma. People will get sick if they enter it. There are also many monsters in it. I wonder if the court is paying attention to it. I just ask them not to enter it easily."
"We will write it down later," the official said, "and we will definitely remember your kindness forever."
"Just kidding, let's say goodbye."
"Meow~"
Song You didn't say much, turned around and left.
The sound of horse bells immediately followed.
There is a Guanma Avenue with the highest specifications in front of it. It was originally an important passage connecting the south to the north. Due to the excellent construction technology, it has been abandoned for many years and has not been occupied by weeds. At most, the weeds on both sides of the road have grown more and more lush and fell down.
On the way up, a lot of space was taken up by the already narrow road.
There is no problem with walking horses.
The calico cat followed the Taoist, turning back frequently and walking farther and farther, until those people were completely out of sight. Then she followed the Taoist with small steps and said:
"Are we going to find the monster?"
"You may not be able to find it."
"Why?"
"That one is very capable, more powerful than a dragon, more powerful than a fox, more powerful than most of the gods in the sky, and he is hidden very deep." Song You said patiently, "Otherwise he would have been discovered long ago."
"right……"
The calico cat nodded, still doubtful:
"then what should we do?"
"Wait a while."
"when?"
"Soon."
"Almost~"
The calico cat couldn't help but look at him in confusion. Seeing that he didn't mean to say more, he had no choice but to look away and shake his head, feeling that it was nothing special.
Soon she was attracted by the butterflies flying in front of her. She jumped up and grabbed them with both hands. Once she caught them, she put them into her mouth, ate one herself, and gave one to the swallows.
As I walked, I looked at the road, raised my head high to the left and right, and looked at the mountains on both sides, and I always felt that they looked familiar.
"Hmm! It seems we have walked this road before!"
"Miss Sanhua is very smart."
"Hmm? Really walked through?"
"Of course I've passed by." Song You turned to her and asked, "Otherwise, how could Empress Sanhua feel familiar?"
"Of course it's because the mountains all look the same." Cat replied seriously, "They are tall and covered with grass and trees. You have to look up to see the top."
"..."
Song You pursed his lips and calmly withdrew his gaze. Without saying anything, he just replied: "This is the way to Tianzhu Mountain."
"Tianzhu Mountain!"
"yes……"
The last time I came to Yuezhou, I also went to Tianzhu Mountain, but I didn’t stay on the mountain for long. At that time, I didn’t know that there were five squares of earth, nor did I understand the process of condensing the underworld, let alone the condensation process and future of the heavenly palace.
There won’t be much difference between the underworld and the underworld, so when I arrived at Tianzhu Mountain, I didn’t understand it carefully enough.
Come again this time.
…
About two days later, Tianzhu Mountain came into view.
There are many similarities between Tianzhu Mountain in Yuezhou and Zunzhe Mountain in the south. They are both stone mountains standing on the top of large mountains. The scenery is steep and strange. It’s just that Zunzhe Mountain looks like an old man with his hands raised, while Tianzhu Mountain looks like an old man.
A stone pillar that rises completely into the sky. The biggest difference between it and Zunzhe Mountain is that this towering stone pillar in Tianzhu Mountain can be climbed.
Not only can you go up there, there are two palaces up there.
At that time, Tianzhu Mountain was also one of the most famous scenic spots in Yuezhou. The number of climbers was even higher than that of Zunzhe Mountain. Unfortunately, the war swept across the land and trampled on civilization. Now the road up the mountain is overgrown with weeds. At that time, there were people who sang all night on the mountain.
There are no traces of tourists, and because there are few people in the north, even the gods who ascended to heaven for the first time rarely came from Tianzhu Mountain.
"well……"
Song You couldn't help but shook his head.
The stone pillars in Tianzhu Mountain are almost vertical and equally wide up and down. The road up the mountain is carved out of this mountain pillar and uses the concave and convex texture of the mountain pillar itself to go up around the stone pillar.
Because it is just a stone, there is no grass growing on it.
The horse will never get up.
Not to mention horses, people can't walk up it either.
Need to climb!
Not only does it require climbing, but there are no protective measures. There are often places that are close to vertical, or places that require people to jump over. There are also places where spring water seeps out of the mountain and the rocks are slippery. As people walk around this mountain pillar,
As you climb higher and higher, the wind gets stronger and stronger. If you are an ordinary person, remember not to look down, otherwise your legs will become weak and your body will be shattered if you fall.
The level of danger is very high.
The Taoist unloaded the luggage on the horse's back, took only some necessary luggage, and asked the horse to rest and graze on the mountain while he and the cat went up alone.
A person climbing on Tianzhu Mountain is as small as an ant.
When you climb to the top of the mountain, you can see the howling mountain wind, the view is extremely wide, the mountains are at your feet, the white clouds in the sky seem to be level with people, and the mountain mist flows past you.
The two palaces on the top of the mountain, with white walls and blue tiles, have long been uninhabited, and even the tile roofs have begun to leak.
After all, it is a shelter from the wind and rain.
I don’t know which master was the first to discover Tianzhu Mountain, and how he built two palaces on the top of this mountain that was so difficult and thrilling to climb. I don’t know that the masters at the time could only accommodate a small amount of space on this mountain.
How to clean up two palaces on a mountain that would cause you to fall off the cliff if you take one more step outside.
In short, Song You admires him very much.
Still as before, he circled the palace, then opened the door and entered a palace.
"Squeak..."
There are statues of gods inside and the futons are still there.
"We're going to stay here for a few days, um, six days." Song You sat cross-legged on a futon and said to the calico cat who was sniffing around the room.
"knew……"
Mao'er took some time out of his busy schedule and turned to glance at him.
The Taoist stopped talking.
When you close your eyes, your mind seems to be inside your body, but also seems to be released to the world. Maybe there is no difference between the two. For a moment, you are in contact with the world, and even the mountain wind seems to be blowing under your ribs.
The mysterious aura of the mountain, and its similarities and differences with the Venerable Mountain, slowly appear before the eyes of Taoists.
Sanhua Empress then cooked for him every day.
She often climbed up and down Tianzhu Mountain, either to pick up or unload her luggage, or to go down there to catch some game for him to eat. She did not find it too hard, nor was she afraid of danger, but she enjoyed it.
Six days passed quickly.
The seasons change, the spirit changes, and gradually it reaches a mysterious node.
The Taoist sitting cross-legged opened his eyes instantly.