Chapter 289 A different sword pavilion from imagination
The sword pavilion in the green mountain is very quiet. Ever since Xiao Yan ascended the throne, these dozens of pavilions covered with vines have been completely forgotten in this low mountain, and there have never been any visitors again.
In front of a large hall with high eaves, there is an open space surrounded by purple bamboo groves.
There are more than a dozen yellow rattan chairs in this open space. Every part of the chairs has been polished to a shiny luster.
There are people sitting or half-lying on each yellow rattan chair.
Most of these people are sitting around doing different things.
Some people seemed to be asleep with their eyes closed, some were polishing some pebbles, some were making tea, and some were reading.
But these people all have one thing in common, that is, they are all disabled, most of them have incomplete limbs, some have broken legs, some have broken hands, and some are missing eyes.
Most of these people were very quiet, but one person kept mumbling to himself.
This is a middle-aged man with a pale face. He has all hands and feet, but there is a deep depression in the right side of his head, which looks like it was crushed by some heavy object.
Even if people who suffer severe brain injuries do not die, they often have serious sequelae.
This is what this man should be like.
His facial features looked a little distorted, and his mouth could not be closed. There was always some saliva flowing from the left corner of his mouth to the front of him.
The fingers of his hands were twisted together, as if none of them belonged to him, as if there were ten little people fighting constantly.
There were only six words in his mouth, "Why haven't you come out of the mountain yet... Why haven't you come out of the mountain yet... Why haven't you come out of the mountain yet..."
The two old men playing chess beside him finally got a little annoyed by his nagging and said, "Tang Nianda, haven't you already left the mountain?"
"Really, have you left the mountain?" The man stared at his fingers blankly for a while, still unable to figure it out.
When dusk fell and the reflection of the mountains gradually swallowed the open space into darkness, these old people packed up their things and returned to different residences in the sword pavilion. However, this man who had suffered severe brain damage was looking at his ten fingers in confusion.
Puzzled.
"Tang Nianda, you have already returned to the mountain. You will go out again tomorrow." Several people called him, and the man stood up in a daze and followed the people to the pavilion at the back.
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Shortly after these people returned, in the deeper dusk, the sound of horse hooves was heard on the long deserted mountain road.
There is also a large flat land in front of the gate of Jiange Mountain. When there were many guests, it should have been used for parking horses and carriages. However, at this time, it was not only covered with grass, but also many small trees had grown, which were as tall as a person.
In the center of the open space is a thatched cottage.
The thatch on the thatched hut is piled very thickly, and the layers are very regular, which is very pleasing to the eye.
When the first carriage ran over the weeds on the road and the wheels pressed into the flat land, the door of the thatched cottage lit by an oil lamp opened with a creak from the inside out.
A man in official uniform walked out.
This man is only in his thirties, has good facial features, and looks extremely calm.
"Who are you?"
Looking at the motorcade, the man nodded slightly and asked calmly.
"General Lin Yi of the Right Banner of the Tiece Army, I wonder who you are, my lord?"
Lin Yi walked out of the second carriage. He looked at the man wearing official uniform curiously. This was Pingshan County, but this man was wearing the official uniform of Yulin Supervisor.
Logically speaking, such a person should work in Jiankang and should not appear here.
"Yu Lin Supervisor Qiu Xiao." This man bowed to Lin Yi. When he stood up, he stretched out his hand. On his hand was an official seal that represented his identity. He was a fifth-class official of the Yu Lin Supervisor.
Lin Yi didn't hesitate. He took a look at his general seal and then said, "You are an official of Yulin Supervisor, why are you here?"
The Yulin Supervisor official said respectfully: "I was just sent here to guard the gate."
"Gatekeeper?"
Lin Yi was slightly startled and said: "When I came here before, I didn't hear that there was a gatekeeper in Jiange."
"That is to say, it just came in the spring of this year." Qiu Xiao still said respectfully: "Why did General Lin come here?"
"We were ordered by the military to hunt down several murderers." Lin Yi said: "Those murderers should come to Jiange."
Qiu Xiao was also slightly startled. He frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Could it be those murderers who go around killing people for no reason?"
Lin Yi looked at him and said: "If you mean those murderers who appeared recently and are said to be the incarnations of the former emperor Ming Jun, that's right."
"Why did those people come to Jiange?" Qiu Xiao was stunned.
"This is confidential and cannot be discussed." Lin Yi looked at him and said seriously.
Qiu Xiao bowed slightly, indicating that he understood, but at the same time he was apologizing, saying: "It's just that the sword pavilion cannot be entered."
"Why can't we come in?" Lin Yi frowned slightly, feeling a little strange.
Qiu Xiao said respectfully: "The emperor's orders lie there."
"Imperial order?"
"Previously, the sword pavilion could be entered and exited with the permission of the pavilion master, but starting from this spring, the pavilion was sealed by the emperor's order, and no one can enter or exit."
Hearing these words, Lin Yi became even more confused and was about to speak, but at this moment, Bai Yuelu's voice came from his ear.
Her voice was very low, but he didn't know what kind of real energy method was used to transmit it carefully into his ears, but he heard it very clearly.
Bai Yuelu just said a few words to him briefly, but he was shocked.
He didn't know the relationship between Jiange and He Xiuxun before, but now he understood that the changes in Jiange that started this spring were related to the battle between Shen Yue and He Xiuxun.
"People in the Jiange are not allowed to leave the mountain?" Lin Yi looked at the sincere official and asked softly.
Qiu Xiao nodded.
"Is it because of He's cultivation?" Lin Yi looked at him and said directly.
Qiu Xiao's face stiffened slightly, but he immediately said seriously: "I don't dare to speculate without knowing what's going on."
At this time, Bai Yuelu's voice sounded in Lin Yi's ears again.
Bai Yuelu whispered a few more words.
Lin Yi became even more shocked.
What he heard were things that even Qi Zhuji didn't know about and had never said before.
It turns out that Na He's cultivation and being trapped in Nantianyuan was a bet lost to Shen Yue, and Jiange's closing of the pavilion and not accepting disciples was itself part of the bet.
If He Xiuxian was alive, the bet would still exist. He would be secluded in Nantianyuan, and the people in the Jiange would naturally be trapped here as well.
However, now that even He Xiuxian has died, will these people still be trapped here to death because of He Xiuxian and for what has already failed?
"How many people are there from Yulin Supervisor here?" Lin Yi took a deep breath, tried his best to calm down, and asked softly.
Qiu Xiao looked at him and said, "It's just me."
Lin Yi was a little in disbelief, "If my perception is good, you should just be in the right mood."
Qiu Xiao's expression didn't change at all, and he still said calmly and respectfully: "General Lin, you didn't perceive a mistake, I just felt like it."
"If there are no other cultivators sitting in charge, how can we restrict them from leaving?" Lin Yi raised his head and looked at the pavilions built on the mountain. These pavilions looked exquisite and elegant among the mountains. Apart from these pavilions, there were even
There are no walls.
"They won't leave, and they won't let anyone leave."
Qiu Xiao looked at Lin Yi and said: "If I die here, or if anyone in the sword pavilion leaves, then all these people in the sword pavilion will be my repeat offenders in the Southern Dynasty, and all of them will die."