Five Immortals Gate

"Yes, sir." These people replied in unison. Ji Junshi waved to them and said gently, "Chen An, Li Yin stays, you all go and do your own business."

After those people dispersed, only the two soldiers who were standing in the middle came over. Li Yan looked at the two people. One was about thirty years old, and the other was about twenty years old. They were both about seven feet tall. The older one had a square face and a rosy complexion; the younger one had a round face, big eyes, and slightly slender skin. white.

Both of them were wearing standard military uniforms. The third army commander pointed to the man with a square face, "His name is Chen An", and then pointed to a young soldier with a round face and big eyes, "His name is Li Yin. The two of them are usually responsible for miscellaneous affairs in the valley, and they both understand the affairs of the army. If If I'm not in the house, you can just ask them to do it. If you go to the city to do things, let them follow you. First, it will be more convenient for you to do things with them; second, they will be responsible for your safety, after all, here. It is a border city, and enemy troops often sneak into the city to spy on the news. If I know that you are my disciple, I will definitely set my sights on you."

After hearing this, Li Yan's heart tightened, and then his heart warmed up. He bowed and replied, "Thank you, teacher." If he was a little unfamiliar with calling "teacher" before, now he spoke from the bottom of his heart.

Chen An and Li Yin also saluted the third army division commander, "I respectfully respect your words, please rest assured."

"Okay then, go prepare his daily necessities and send them over in a moment."

"Yes, my lord".

After finishing speaking, Military Master Ji greeted Li Yan and walked back in. However, when Li Yan turned around, he didn't see Chen An and Li Yin looking at each other and staring at his back with flickering eyes.

Li Yan originally thought he was living in one of the two rows of bluestone houses, but when he saw the teacher walking straight away without even looking at the houses on either side, they waited until they reached the end of the bluestone house and turned right. A valley suddenly appeared. On the stone wall on one side of the valley entrance were carved several bright red characters "Military Advisor's Mansion".

Li Yan thought to himself, this is a valley, why is it called "Military Advisor's Mansion", but he couldn't stop and followed his teacher into the valley. ??

The valley is not very big, about five to sixty feet in size. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides. There are towering peaks on each side. The slopes are almost straight up and down. There are thin trees and bushes on the slopes, either tall or short, with branches growing from the foot of the mountain. Densely rising towards the top of the mountain, there is only one valley entrance that can be entered and exited. There is also a row of bluestone houses on the right side of the valley entrance, about three or four rooms. It is already dark at this time, and the rest of the scenery in the valley is blurry and cannot be seen clearly. Cleared.

At this moment, there were hurried footsteps behind him. Li Yan turned around and saw two people walking in the black. Looking closer, he saw clearly that they were Chen An and Li Yin whom he had just seen.

The two of them were carrying items in their hands. They must have been the daily necessities that the teacher had just ordered. They arrived very quickly, which was the skill of their front and rear feet.

The two people walked quickly past them and towards the bluestone houses. Soon, lights came on in several houses one after another. The lights shone through the doors and windows, and suddenly some of the scenery in the valley became much clearer.

Master Ji turned around and said to Li Yan, "It's getting late today. Chen An and the others will come over in a while to take you to get acquainted with this place, and then you can rest after eating. You have traveled hundreds of miles from home today, so what?"

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Get some rest early and come back to your master early tomorrow morning. Then I will tell you some things about your master's sect. "

Just as he was talking, Chen An and Li Yin came back quickly and said with a smile, "Mr. Li, this place is cleaned every day, so we just bring some daily necessities."

Master Ji saw them coming, so he ordered, "Take Li Yan with you. The food will be delivered to you later." After that, he smiled at Li Yan, nodded and walked towards the first room near the valley entrance. Then the figure dimmed under the light at the door, entered and disappeared.

Li Yan looked at Master Ji's back blankly and thought to himself, "My teacher is really simple and clear in what he does."

At this time, Chen An smiled and said, "Master Li, then you can come with us." Li Yan thanked him and followed the two of them inside.

Chen An is very talkative, while Li Yin is the leader, but he is quick and quick and occasionally speaks a few words. They walked and talked. Li Yan began to know something about the situation. It turned out that Marshal Hong had originally arranged a mansion for Master Ji in the city, but Master Ji liked to live alone and did not want to live in the city. Later, he found this residence outside the city. He lives alone in a valley, but how could Marshal Hong let an official live in such a simple place? He tried to persuade him several times, but Division Ji was still unwilling to enter the city.

So Marshal Hong could only send people to tidy up the inside of the valley, and opened an open space of hundreds of feet outside the valley, built houses and sent troops to guard it. At the same time, he also arranged corresponding maids and slaves to be responsible for the daily life and food here, but in the end, the third army division only Twenty soldiers and three women in charge of food and drink were left behind, and the rest were sent back by him. In the opinion of the third military commander, he himself was the best, but he could not deny the marshal's kindness. As for this The name "Military Advisor's Mansion" was of course derived from the name of the mansion.

There are four houses in this valley. Except for the first one near the entrance of the valley where Ji Junshi lives, the one next to it is where Ji Junshi sometimes practices his boxing and martial arts skills. The other two rooms are empty and uninhabited. live.

In Chen An's words, no one is allowed to enter here casually. Unless Lord Ji has something to ask them to come in, they can only enter when necessary to deliver food and clean every day. Otherwise, they will be expelled from the valley by Lord Ji. Then return to the city. After that, you can imagine how Marshal Hong treated him. In addition to the four houses, toilets and bathing rooms in the valley were also built in the side corners of the houses.

Li Yan finally chose the bluestone house built on the mountain wall in the innermost part of the valley. Chen An walked in first and put the quilt on his hand on the bed. Li Yin and Li Yan followed suit.

The stone house is very spacious and must have been built by soldiers. Everything built by the army pays attention to practicality, solidity and durability.

The door of the stone house faces south, facing the valley. The floor inside the house is also paved with bluestone and broken pieces. It is clean and bright. It is fully furnished with simple furniture, but it seems inconspicuous in this large house.

There is a large wooden bed leaning against the wall on the north side of the house.

There is a washstand and some toiletries on the side, and there is a four-story bookshelf on the west wall with some books on it;

A wooden table is placed against the south window. On the table are several tea cups, a kettle, and two chairs. There are also two tall boxes woven with old brown vines at the head of the table, placed side by side on the ground, almost level with the table. It's flat, so it's probably used to place clothes or other items.

The north and west sides of the stone house are built against the mountain, and the east wall is connected to other houses. Therefore, there is only a large window on the wall in the same direction as the stone door, which also faces the valley. The window is tall and has fine wooden squares. At this time, it is in the state of pushing away. I don't feel a bit stuffy in the house. Instead, there is a cool autumn night breeze blowing in, which makes people feel a bit relaxed and comfortable.

"Master Li, please take a short rest first. There is hot water in the pot, and someone will bring it as soon as the food is ready. We can't stay in this valley for a long time. Mr. Ji doesn't like outsiders here. If nothing happens, then Let's leave first," Chen An and Li Yin said to Li Yan after placing their things.

Li Yan was looking around the room. When he heard this, he quickly looked at the two of them, "Thank you, you two. In that case, please help yourself." The two of them bowed their hands and left.

Li Yan walked to the table, took off the package from his shoulder and put it on the table. Then he walked to the brown rattan box at the head of the table and opened the two boxes in turn. The boxes were empty, and there was a piece of black cloth spread at the bottom of each box. It's here to put clothes and the like.

Li Yan took the package on the table, unwrapped it, and put the several sets of coarse cloth clothes inside neatly into a box one by one. These were sewn by the fourth sister and her mother by themselves. Although the fabrics of these clothes were very rough, they were still beautiful. Some of the fabrics were cut from other shabby clothes, but Li Yan felt that the home in the village was close to him, and the temperature was comfortable. Seeing them was like seeing his mother and fourth sister.

He didn't bring many things, and the box was wide. Putting all his clothes in one box only took up three or four-tenths of the space. Li Yan thought for a while, then took out the pickles, dry food, etc. from the packages on the table and placed them neatly on the table against the wall. He did not put them into another empty box.

After covering the two boxes, Li Yan pulled up a chair in front of the table, took the kettle and tea cup and poured a glass of water. The water was really hot. It seemed that someone should come here every day to change the water and clean the room.

He was really tired today. He had traveled more than 200 miles and only ate some dry food and water on the way. Now he was hungry and thirsty, and his body felt tired. It was pitch dark outside, and he didn't I was thinking about going outside to take a look. I was thinking about my thoughts while drinking water. I was thinking about what happened today and where I was sitting now. It was still like a dream. After a while, I drank some water. , but felt even more hungry and tired, and thought to himself, "It's a good thing that the teacher didn't arrange anything, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to lift up much energy, and it would be a bit embarrassing in front of the teacher." While he was thinking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and he The door was not closed, and this was a valley. He could hear footsteps clearly in the middle of the night. Li Yan thought that this must be the food delivery person. When he turned sideways and looked up, he saw a dark place at the door. A woman was carrying a The wooden pallet was already standing at the door.

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Li Yan stood up and walked to the door and saw that the woman was still standing outside respectfully, so he said, "Where is your kitchen? I can just go and get it myself next time." When the woman heard this, her face turned pale and she hurriedly He said, "Master Li, you don't dare to do this. If Mr. Ji finds out, it will be a huge disaster." Li Yan was startled when he stretched out his hands to take the wooden tray, and asked strangely, "Why is this?" The woman said, "Places like the kitchen. How can you, sir, go there? These are the places where our servants stay."

Li Yan was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he understood that he could stay anywhere when he was at home, but now that his identity had changed, he felt a little uncomfortable. He also knows that these honors and inferiorities are not directed at him alone, but are the laws of this world. After taking the wooden tray, he said, "Then next time you come, just put the food on the table inside."

After hearing this, the woman glanced at him and said to him as if she remembered something, "Mr. Li, except for delivering food and cleaning, we are not allowed to enter this valley every day. Your Excellency has also ordered these four rooms to be updated." You can't enter at will, so as not to disturb the adults' work. The adults usually close the door every time they come back. If we see a wooden sign hanging on the handle outside the door, we will put the food on the stone platform outside the house and come back after a while. Clean up, if the food is not eaten, take it back, throw it out, make it again, and send it again. The cleaning of the adult's room is also done by a dedicated person with the adult's permission. Your room and the room next to it are due to the No one lives here, so you don’t need to ask for permission from adults for daily cleaning. But now that you live here, we can’t enter.”

When Li Yan heard this, he noticed a black wooden sign hanging on the inside handle of the door. It seemed that when the teacher was practicing, he would hang this wooden sign on the outside handle so as not to disturb the practice. Although he doesn't understand these advanced martial arts, he has always heard some stories. He heard that when meditating on internal skills, the Jedi cannot be disturbed, otherwise there will be phenomena such as going crazy. Thinking of this, he understands a little bit. .

The woman then asked him to just put the tableware on the stone table outside the room after finishing the meal. Someone would come to clean it up. She bowed slightly to Li Yan and left.

Although the food here is not exquisite delicacies, it is also food that Li Yan has never eaten. Li Yan was still not satisfied with the meal, but after arriving, he thought of his parents at home. I wonder if they have eaten it now or if they are still weighing it. Remember him? Thinking of this, he suddenly lost interest.

I got up, put the dishes and chopsticks on the tray, and walked outside the house. Sure enough, I saw a stone platform in front of the door, so I put it on it. Looking up, I saw a mass of black trees spreading far and wide, all the way to the surrounding mountain tops, with only a few trees on the top. A little starlight shone from the ten-foot round sky. He looked at it blankly for a while, then withdrew his gaze and found that not far from the stone house opposite him, not far from the stone platform, there seemed to be a pool of water, but This is the first time a wanderer has left home. On his first night away, his mind is always full of thoughts, and his hometown is unforgettable. In addition, he is more tired after the meal, and has given up the idea of ​​walking around in the valley, so he turns around and goes back to the house for a simple walk. After washing up, I closed the doors and windows and lay on the bed, falling asleep while missing my parents at home and the plants and trees in the village.