red and white

Chapter 25

Baishui Temple, Zen room.

"Back then, the master of Ginkgo House entrusted this thing to the old monk." The abbot took out a wooden box, "Now it's time to return it to the original owner."

The surroundings were extremely quiet, the two of them knelt on a mat woven from white bamboo, and Mu Gesheng looked at the calligraphy hanging on the wall. The ink was dripping, wanton and unrestrained.

The abbot smiled peacefully: "It was a gift from the master of Ginkgo House."

Mu Gesheng was taken aback: "Is this the master's handwriting?"

In his impression, the handwriting of Ginkgo Zhaizhu is clear and dignified, especially in willow style. Such unrestrained cursive script, it is hard to imagine that it came from the hand of a sick bone.

The ancestors put three feet of water in the box, and took out the green light to write the Songs of Chu.

"This sentence comes from Li Changji, a poetic ghost." The abbot said slowly, "Poetry is solemn but has a murderous meaning. It is not suitable for the meditation room of an ancient temple, but before the death of the master of Ginkgo House, he asked the old monk to hang this cursive script here. , perhaps only Mr. Mu can understand."

"Master's accomplishments, I have learned less than half." Mu Gesheng shook his head when he heard this, "Master, do you know about Master's life?"

"Tiansuan has been independent in the past dynasties. The master of the house established a study in the temple more than 30 years ago. Going forward, even the old monk does not know the past."

"More than 30 years ago." Mu Gesheng sighed, "Master, he seems to be only [-] years old."

"To tell you the truth, I don't know anything about Master's life and past. Tian Suanzi is not included in the book of life and death, and I can't even find out Feng. Now that I think about it, we disciples are really unfilial."

"The past should not be admonished, but the coming can still be chased." The abbot recited the Buddha's name in a low voice, "Now the wooden box returns to the original owner, and it will never fail to live up to the entrustment of the vegetarian."

"I was worried about what I did today, but when I saw Master's words, it seemed that everything was within his expectations." Mu Gesheng smiled: "So, I feel a lot more at ease. It's just that I took the mountain ghost away. Regarding the matter of spending money, Master, please do not tell the seven masters."

"Don't worry, my lord, what I received is not from the seven families, but from the Ginkgo Veterinarian alone."

Mu Gesheng bid farewell to the abbot, went back to the study, and walked into the incense hall.

What the abbot handed him was a fairly ordinary wooden box, dark and simple, without any decorations, and without copper locks, it looked more like a piece of smooth square wood.Mu Gesheng put his hand on the box, thinking about how to open it, when he heard a click, a gap appeared in the middle of the wooden box.

Seeing this, Mu Gesheng smiled, and lifted the lid of the box, "As expected of the Mohists' craftsmanship."

49 mountain ghosts spend money, a letter, and a kit.

Mu Gesheng opened the letter and saw only fourteen characters:

People from Fengdu have to spend money;

In the face of great changes, open the bag.

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly let out a loud laugh: "Master, master, did you expect everything?" Then the voice changed, "You have also encountered a big change, and you always think you are Kong Ming. Besides, The military adviser gave Zhao Yun three tips, you are too poor, why don't you pick it up like this."

As he said, he put away the kit and poured out the money, but found a note at the bottom of the box, still in the handwriting of Ginkgo Zhaizhu—you are not Zhao Zilong, so don't dislike being poor as a teacher.

Mu Gesheng: "..."

It has to be said that the master is a master after all, and he understands his disciples thoroughly.

Mu Gesheng was speechless, so he had to put away the money, put the wooden box on the incense table, and respectfully kowtowed three times.

The next day, Fengdu received a letter from Mugesheng.

On the [-]th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the Yin soldiers leave the pass.

For the next few months, Mu Gesheng kept his feet on the ground. He often fell asleep late at night and got up to work before dawn the next day. The training of the army had initially achieved results, but there were still a lot of worrisome things waiting for him.There is a big gap between domestic weaponry and foreign countries. Most of them are mainly Chinese weapons, and their range is far behind. "What kind of international treaty did the former Qing Dynasty sign?" Mu Gesheng stood on the shooting range and cursed, "The army banned dum bombs .”

Dum bullets are extremely lethal, and the warhead will expand and deform after entering the human body, so it is also called "□□".However, the domestic military funds are extremely insufficient. They are only equipped with light and heavy machine guns, grenades, and there are no rifle grenades, grenades, etc. As for submachine guns and guns, veterans have never even heard of them.Muge was so angry that he would scold his mother every day. He was poor abroad, but he had known this before, and he would send a batch of armaments back after selling the Mufu.Nowadays, civil wars are raging everywhere, and traffic is blocked. Even if you have money, you can only look at the ocean and sigh.

Although Commander Mu raised his son like a dog, the troops left to him were already equipped with the best weapons in the country. There were only 26 guns in the country. It was hard to imagine what the front line would be like.In the end, the veterans came up with an idea. The official gun has a short range, so it has to make a fuss about its lethality-grind the bullet head on a stone to form a sandy surface. After hitting the target, it can turn somersaults in the human body, often Can cause serious injury.

I have learned a lot abroad, and if I want money or food or food when I go home, I still have to use simple methods. Mu Gesheng felt that his four years abroad was useless. Why not go to war with his father? Better than staring blankly now.

On the contrary, the old staff officer looked at him and laughed: "The young master has grown up a lot."

"Don't hurt me. When my father comes back and marry me a daughter-in-law, I will be a father too. I'm not too young." Mu Gesheng was busy all day again, hurriedly picking up two cold meals, " Besides, in the current situation, who has the time to be a young master."

The old staff officer left the telegram on the table and smiled before leaving: "Young Master said so."

The staff officer was a veteran brought out by Commander Mu. He almost watched Muge grow up. He didn't dare to contradict the old man, so he had to lower his head and slam the rice. Master, eat this."

Just found the thermos bottle, but it turned out to be empty, so Mu Gesheng had no choice but to pick up the water, and stopped by the communication room to make a call, "Hello? Aunt Zhao, is the second child there?"

Song Wentong happened to be in Guan Shanyue, came over to answer the phone, "What are you doing?"

"Come to deliver food to your father and me tomorrow..." Before Muge could finish his sentence, there was an earth-shattering loud noise in the distance, and the call stopped abruptly, leaving only a busy tone.

The whole barracks was alarmed, Mu Gesheng threw down the water bottle and ran to the roof. The outskirts of the city are located on a high ground, and the roof can overlook half of the city. He heard clearly just now that the movement came from inside the city.

Mu Gesheng rushed upstairs, smoke and dust billowed in the distance, the cold wind howled, and his vision was limited.He asked the orderly who followed him to bring him a telescope, took out a few coins, arranged them according to the places where the smoke started in the city, and finally saw the formation of the coins, his expression changed.

"What day is it today?" He asked the orderly beside him.

Seeing his serious face, the orderly immediately said, "October 29th."

October 29 was the [-]th day of the ninth month in the lunar calendar, and Mugesheng ran away, saying in a hurry, "Send a small team to help, and the rest of the staff stay put. Without my order, no one is allowed to enter the city."

Mu Gesheng said that other people are not allowed to move rashly, but he himself led the soldiers into the city, and ran all the way to the Wuzhai, without even knocking on the door, just turned in, and bumped into Wu Zixu who was going out.

"You came just in time." Wu Zixu grabbed him, "The phone line is down, I'm going to the outskirts of the city to find you."

Mu Gesheng noticed the Gujuan cigarette stick in his hand, "The change in the city just now, is it related to Fengdu?"

"The Yin soldiers are leaving the customs." Wuzi said succinctly, "The kings of Hades are going to be unable to stop them. Uncle Tai Sui and the elders of the family have already rushed over. I will tell you what I have to explain. Remember..."

"I've always wanted to ask." Mu Gesheng grabbed the words and said, "The Yin soldiers have left the customs, what kind of customs did they come out of?"

"Chengxi Pass." Wu Zixu said: "Yin soldiers leave the pass, and thousands of ghosts are suppressed——the Yin soldiers are suppressed in the land of Abi, and the resentful spirits and ghosts in the pass ebb and flow for balance. If it breaks through, the land of Abi will not be able to suppress these things, and once the Yin soldiers break through the west pass of the city, Fengdu will definitely be ruined."

Mu Gesheng grabbed someone with his backhand, "You want to go too?"

"You are from the Mu family, and I am also from the Yin-Yang family." Wu Zixu looked at him and smiled, "Each to each other, fourth brother, what else do you want to say?"

"How sure are you?"

"Hard to say."

"...Come back alive."

"Of course." Wu Zixu patted him on the shoulder, "This is the hometown, and the soul returns after death. Even if there is a real separation between Yin and Yang, I will definitely come back to find you."

After sending Wu Zixu away, Mu Gesheng took out some money to do a divination, found the most critical place in the city, and hurried to it.He saw a big pit at the fork in the road, bottomless and windy, and he recognized it immediately. This is the place where the fifth child got lost. It is also a ladder of Yin and Yang, connecting the two places.

Except for the Yin-Yang Family, the Yin-Yang Ladder must be opened by great power. The Yin-Yang Ladder was opened by Tai Sui Wu Nian himself.But now it has automatically appeared in the world, which shows that there has been a huge disorder in the earth veins, and the situation in Fengdu City is not a little troublesome.

In the middle of the night, the residents were awakened by the strange movement, the streets were crowded with people, and there were loud noises one after another.

Mu Gesheng threw out a mountain ghost to spend money to calm down the surrounding Yin Qi, and then took off a string of red lanterns from the eaves of the nearby shops and formed a circle around the pit. "Everyone be quiet!" Mu Gesheng raised his voice: "The ground has been in disrepair for a long time, and landslides have occurred. Please make a detour! It's dark and dark, folks, go home and sleep first! Someone will come to repair it tomorrow!"

The most urgent thing is to disperse the crowd first, once the yin-yang ladder is opened, I don't know what will run out, the situation is already chaotic enough, if there are some gods and ghosts coming out, the whole city may go crazy.

"Sir." An old woman leaned on crutches and asked, "Is there going to be a war?"

"Are you afraid that a cannon came in?"

"Isn't there a war in the south? It came so soon?"

Mu Gesheng was taken aback when he heard this, but he also had an idea, and said along the way: "It's not peaceful recently, everyone should disperse first! It's easier to be a target when you get together! The guards and soldiers will guarantee your safety!"

"Who are you?" Someone noticed Mu Gesheng and saw the military uniform on his body, "Soldiers? Can you defend the city?"

Mu Gesheng was speechless, and it was hard for everyone to say anything, so he said: "Sister, you go back and rest first, and there will be a notice in the city tomorrow, and I will definitely give you an explanation."

"What's the argument? Since July, you group of officials have been talking about it!" The woman raised her brows: "If you have the ability to go out to fight! What kind of bureaucratic tone are you playing here!"

"That's right, that's right! I haven't won a battle since the beginning of the war! You soldiers are too useless!"

"A bunch of trash in a nest!"

"If we have to pay food and taxes every day, the country will be ruined by you moths!"

The crowd was so excited that a single stone caused a thousand waves. Recently, the current situation is oppressive, and everyone is worried, for fear that they will die in the chaos if they are not careful.Mu Gesheng understood that he had bumped into each other, no matter what crooked ways these people were talking about, they wanted to vent their anger on him.He has always been used to being shameless, so it doesn't matter if this group of people scolds flowers, but the yin and yang ladder has been opened, and sooner or later, this group of people will attract something when they get together. At that time, there will be countless eyes and mouths, and one or two will die Bad luck, who knows what will happen.

"That, that..." Someone said timidly, it was a girl, "This brother is the son of Commander Mu, he will help us, please calm down..."

"Hey, hello." The woman plucked her braid, "Little girl, help me to talk when I see a good-looking one? Have you fed your conscience?"

"Commander Mu's son? That bully back then?"

"Didn't he go abroad to study abroad? The master of Ginkgo House passed away and didn't come back. What are you doing now?"

"Deceive masters and destroy ancestors, fake foreign devils!"

Mu Gesheng couldn't listen anymore, rolled up his sleeves and wanted to scold the street, wouldn't he just be sarcastic, who isn't a woman these days?

The moment he took a deep breath and was about to speak, someone suddenly grabbed his hand and said in a low voice, "Don't curse, I'll do it."

Mu Gesheng got his breath stuck in his throat, and turned his head angrily, "How do you know I'm going to scold someone?"

Chai Shuxin looked at him with raised eyebrows, could it not be written all over his face.

The other party arrived at some unknown time, pushed Mu Gesheng behind him, and said in a calm voice, "It's cold in winter and the medicinal materials in the city are in short supply. You might as well go home and take shelter first, so you don't want to catch the cold."

Saying that he bowed and saluted, "The city will not sit idly by today's matter, and I will give you an explanation tomorrow morning."

"The explanation is given." Mu Gesheng muttered to the side: "It has been in disrepair for a long time, and occasionally landslides."

Chai Shuxin looked back at him.

Mu Gesheng made a gesture of zipping his mouth shut.

Chai Shuxin has been practicing medicine in the city all year round, and he has a very good reputation. Once he opened his mouth, the crowd couldn't say anything more, and they slowly dispersed.He walked up to Mugesheng, "You entered the city alone?"

"A rescue team was sent, but this side is too dangerous, so we didn't call them." Mu Gesheng looked at the hole in the ground, "This is the Yin-Yang Ladder."

"I remember."

"There's something underneath." Mu Gesheng said: "I'll temporarily use the mountain ghost to spend money to suppress it, but it's not a long-term solution. Someone must go down and close the Yin-Yang Ladder."

"Don't come." Seeing Chai Shuxin's expression, Mu Gesheng knew what this person was going to say, "You have been to Fengdu too few times, and you don't have enough experience. Where is the second child? Tell him to come here."

"Guan Shanyue has collapsed in half, and Mozi is helping there."

"Guan Shanyue has also collapsed?" Mu Gesheng frowned, "Okay, then I'll go down, you watch for me from above, don't let other people approach." He jumped and jumped into the ground.

Just as Chai Shuxin was about to stop him, he stretched out a hand, but it was in vain.