Chapter 94
◎A thief appeared on Xiaoqian Mountain◎
I walked up the stairs for a long time.
The shade of the trees gradually became sparse, and the view became wider.
The north side of Xiaoqian Mountain has almost never been visited by humans. Compared with other mountain landscapes that have been later built, the scenery here is particularly natural, like a paradise that has not followed the development of modern society.
"The air here is so good." Yang Wei said.
"After the Qian family retired from the world, they practiced here for hundreds of years. The spiritual energy is abundant here, which is naturally incomparable to that of a noisy city." Qian Yang said.
Walking on the long stone steps, a few birds fly overhead from time to time. The sky is blue, the temperature is just right, and the wind blowing on your face is much softer and lighter.
"Wow! What is that?" Yang Wei pointed to the lush treetops on the top of the mountain with a surprised expression.
Qianyang looked up and saw colorful leaves growing on the branches, as if surrounded by a faint halo.
[What the hell?! ! !]
What kind of tree is this? How can it grow leaves in so many colors?
[It's so beautiful, can I pick one? ]
Wow! This is amazing.
This is essentially a legendary fairy mountain, home to mythical birds whose feathers change color, and sacred trees with colorful leaves.
I can’t even imagine what a happy little girl I would be if I lived here.
【Wow, is this a paradise on earth? 】
Having lived in Taihang City for over thirty years, I never imagined there would be such a beautiful place hidden in the Xiaoqian Mountains.
"This is the old tree at the gate of the Qian family. It has been cultivating with the Qian family for a long time. I'm afraid it will be able to transform in less than ten years."
"Transformation?" Yang Wei looked puzzled. "What will it become?"
“Simply put, it can take on any form and continue its practice anywhere.”
The three continued up the stairs, and upon reaching the last set of steps, a large tree stood with its roots intertwined and towering above the ground.
Looking up, I saw the branches and leaves of the trees rubbing against each other, making a rustling sound.
There were some food and a few incense sticks placed under the tree, which should have been left by Brother Wang and Yingying.
Qianyang walked under the tree, gently stroked the veins on the tree, and said, "I'm back."
At this moment, a branch of the big tree slowly drooped, and beautiful leaves covered Qianyang's head, as if caressing her head.
"What the hell? It moved!" Yang Wei said in shock.
Sang Chen was also a little stunned, "It really moved..."
【Ahhh, Grandpa Tree is so beautiful! 】
Grandpa Shu has watched Qianyang grow up. Imagine his own child has no place to live and has to go to the world below the mountain to make a living. He must be very distressed.
"Yes, Qianyang is only in her early twenties after all. She has lived in the mountains for half her life. Suddenly, she was asked to go alone to a rapidly developing modern society. She must have been very scared at first."
[Alas, my master is gone. I have to shoulder such a heavy responsibility at such a young age, and I have come down the mountain penniless.]
[I heard that we didn't even have money for food at first, and the 25 yuan per person thing was because we were hungry and wanted to eat a giant pancake, which cost 25 yuan each.]
Fortunately, she met her senior brother and came to the Qingning platform. Otherwise, she would be alone with no money, no place to live, no phone... nothing. It's actually quite helpless when she thinks about it.
Grandpa Tree also feels sorry for his own children.
"If you dare to put a bug on my head, I will pluck out all the leaves on your body." Qianyang said without raising his head.
The leaves covering her head froze for a moment, then immediately retracted, putting the pink caterpillar hidden under the leaves back on itself. Then the leaves all over its body began to shake, and they all turned around, facing Qianyang.
It feels like he has failed in his prank and is now withdrawn.
【？ 】
[It's not quite what I imagined a loving father and a filial son would be like.]
[Hahaha, I almost forgot. Qianyang would pluck out all its leaves at any time. How good can their relationship be?]
This thing is pretty cute.
Grandpa Tree also likes to play pranks.
[Thinking about it this way, it's pretty good for Qianyang to be alone in the mountains, with Grandpa Tree and the little animals to keep her company.]
Qianyang turned around and looked towards the location of the Qian family's ancestral home.
After the heavy rain, a lot of mud and sand rolled down the mountain, completely covering the collapsed ancestral house. After Qianyang came out with his personal belongings, he was unable to rescue anything else.
When I came back here a year later, the mud and sand covering the ruins had been completely cleaned up, probably with the help of the small animals in the mountains.
"The ancestral house is quite big." Yang Wei said.
Qianyang was stunned when he saw the place where he used to live turned into a ruin.
"Yes." Qianyang said.
"It collapsed so completely. Fortunately, my sister wasn't in the house at the time."
"It rained heavily during those two days, and the roof of our ancestral house had holes in many places, letting in water. I was trying to figure out how to repair the roof when the small animals in the mountains sensed the danger and reminded me to leave quickly. I had just walked out of the house with some things and climbed up a tree when the ancestral house was washed away by the water and mud from the mountain below," said Qian Yang.
Fortunately, the old tree has been practicing for a hundred years, and this small accident is not enough to shake its foundation, so Qianyang was not washed away.
The flood rushed down the mountain, carrying some of Qianyang's daily necessities. People at the foot of the mountain called the police, saying that there might be people alive on the mountain. Several firefighters came all the way up the mountain and found Qianyang on the tree.
Qian Yang was stunned at that time. She sat alone on a tree and looked at the ruins of the Qian family's ancestral home. The dense branches of the old tree blocked the continuous rain for her. She just watched quietly, feeling that the 33rd generation inheritance of the Qian family was about to be destroyed in her hands.
Several firefighters were also stunned when they saw Qianyang. They never knew that there was a Taoist temple on Xiaoqian Mountain and that a young Taoist priest lived there.
Qianyang knew he had nowhere to go, so he followed them down the mountain.
The Qian family's ancestral precept is not to leave the mountain unless necessary, and Qian Yang felt that it was extremely necessary for him to do so.
【Alas, fortunately someone discovered it. 】
[Why does it sound a bit pitiful? I feel sorry for the baby. ]
After his master left, he was left alone. The only Taoist temple he had was destroyed, and everything he had was gone. At that time, Qianyang had never left the mountain before, and he had no idea where to go. How could he not be pitiful?
"It doesn't matter. Everything is fine now. I have money, apprentices, and everything."
"Let's go in and take a look." Qianyang said.
He walked over the ruins on the ground and entered the Taoist temple.
There was a puddle on the ground. Qian Yang walked over to it in surprise and asked, "Little turtle, you weren't washed away by the water?"
There was actually a little green turtle in the puddle!
"Sister, did you raise it?" Yang Wei asked curiously.
Qian Yang said: "I picked it up."
Qianyang took the two of them for a walk through the ruins and found that many of the things that had been washed away had inexplicably returned.
When she walked to one of the houses, she found that the two walls were touching each other, forming a triangular space on the ground. Qianyang looked down and saw that the things she had collected were neatly arranged inside.
Qianyang was a little stunned. She thought these things had been washed away long ago or crushed by the collapsed walls. Who knew that they would appear here all intact?
"Sister, what are these?" Yang Wei asked.
Qian Yang said: "It's a collection I used to like."
"How could they..."
Qian Yang said, "They must have been rescued by the nearby animals."
Sang Chen said, "This place will be demolished in two days, let's move them out first."
"Um."
After transferring all of Qianyang's collections and understanding the general situation, the group returned to the foot of the mountain and planned to start preparing building materials.
All the construction materials were provided to Li's father, and flight qualifications for drones and helicopters were directly applied for, and all were transported to the mountain.
Two days later, the reconstruction plan for thousands of ancestral homes was officially implemented.
"Sister Qianyang!"
Qianyang was sitting under a tree meditating when he heard a crisp sound.
She opened her eyes and a little girl came up the steps.
"Meow!"
At the same time, a black cat jumped out from her feet and pounced towards Qianyang.
"Yingying! Run slower!"
Qianyang picked up the black cat, stood up from the ground, and looked at the little girl, "Yingying, you are here."
Compared with the appearance we saw in the live broadcast room last year, Yingying has changed a lot and is almost like two different people.
"Qianyang, Master Qianyang..."
Brother Wang, who was pot-bellied, finally caught up with them and said breathlessly.
【Brother Wang, you can’t do this.】
Yingying has changed a lot. She looks much healthier than Brother Wang.
[So cute! Her cheeks are so plump, I want to pinch them.]
[I've grown taller and fatter! ]
[It's completely different from last year's withered appearance.]
[Hehe, seeing Yingying makes me feel like she's my own daughter.]
[Xiao Hei has grown fat, so I can't call him Xiao Hei anymore.]
"Here it comes." Qianyang said.
Yingying nodded with a smile, then walked to the old tree and hugged it, "Grandpa Tree, long time no see."
A few leaves above his head fell down, as if responding to Yingying.
"Hello, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, grandparents, everyone in the live studio!"
"Master Qianyang, long time no see. Where are the others? Haven't they arrived yet?" Brother Wang asked.
"Well, you guys are here first."
"Yingying, we are first!"
"Dad, you are so childish because we live so close to each other." Yingying said with a raised nose.
Hearing this, Qian Yang asked, "Have you moved to Taihang City?"
Brother Wang rubbed Yingying's head and said, "Yes, Yingying's godfather is here. It will be more convenient for me to visit him in the future. I bought a house near the foot of the mountain. It's close to the school and Xiaoqian Mountain."
Qian Yang nodded and said, "That's fine."
"I wonder if my brother and sister Shuyi are here."
"Hehe, you'll know when you get there."
"Would you like some milk tea? I don't know how many people are on the mountain today, so I'd like to order some."
"Sang Yue, didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to lose weight and not drink milk tea?"
"What's wrong with me wanting to drink today? Do you have any objections? Or do you also think I'm fat and dislike me for being fat?"
"No, no, you're not fat at all!"
"Hmph, Cang Cang, what kind of milk tea would you like to drink?"
…
The three of them walked up the stairs one after another. Cang Cang and Xiao Sangyue walked in front, and Ye Zi followed behind them with a bitter face.
"Sang Yue, I was wrong."
"Sister Qianyang!"
"Master Qianyang!"
Xiao Sangyue and Cangcang looked up and immediately waved to her happily.
"Why are you here together?" Qian Yang asked.
Cang Cang said, "We met at the foot of the mountain."
"Sister Qianyang, where is my brother? Didn't he come with you?" Xiao Sangyue took a look inside the Taoist temple.
"He's helping out in the back."
"Your brother, your brother, all you think about is your brother all day long." Ye Zi muttered softly, her tone rather dissatisfied. "You were video chatting with me yesterday, but as soon as the news about your brother came, you just left me alone."
Xiao Sangyue rolled her eyes at him and said, "I just ignored you for two minutes, is that really that serious?"
[Thank you, no public display of affection.]
[Wow, wow, this is annoying. We just broke up yesterday.]
[I like this combination of handsome men and beautiful women.]
Ye Zi also got what she wanted. It is said that they fell in love at first sight during the platform's offline gathering.
[Xiao Sangyue, I don't want to break up your family. I just want to be your sister-in-law.]
[Third Junior Brother is so attractive, I want to marry him.]
【Cang Cang!!!】
【haven't seen you for a long time! 】
[My condition is getting better and better, hehe. 】
[I went to Cang Cang's mother's flower shop a while ago. I heard that Cang Cang has also found a job he likes. Congratulations! ]
"Hello everyone, long time no see, I am Cang Cang."
"Yes, I recently found a job I really like. Thank you all for your concern."
Cang Cang looked at the place next to Qian Yang, smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take you there next time."
"Mom wanted to come over today to help and see Shuyi, but the flower shop has been very busy these past two days and she couldn't leave. But I'm very good at work, so I can do the work of three people by myself without any problem."
…
In the following time, many people came one after another and started to clean up the original building debris of the Taoist temple.
Qianyang didn't do it herself. She didn't know how to do these things, and there were already so many people, so it didn't matter if she was missing.
Besides, they didn't want Qianyang to take action.
Later, Song Yunli and Fang Lie also came up.
The two changed into light clothes and planned to help together.
"Wow! So many people?" Fang Lie asked in surprise.
"Xiang Li's grandson hasn't arrived yet?"
Qian Yang said, "He is responsible for preparing and delivering the food. The meal will arrive with the helicopter at mealtime."
"So easy?"
Qian Yang said: "My apprentice said that his brain is not working well, and coming to help would only cause trouble."
Upon hearing this, Fang Lie immediately agreed, "Right, right, right, he'll just do some errands!"
Song Yunli glanced at him and said, "The tea is ready. You know what to do."
Fang Lie: “…”
"oh……"
It's difficult to ask such a young master to serve tea and water to others.
[Hahaha, Fang Fang Lielie, do you think you are any better than Master Xiang?]
[(Dark face) I'm a little worried that he can't even pour tea properly.]
[Song Yunli, Song Yunli, Song Yunli! ]
[Damn it, he never seems to show up in the live studio.]
Let's see what's going on.
[That’s right! ]
"Say hello?" Qian Yang asked.
Song Yunli nodded and walked in front of the camera. "Hello everyone, I'm Song Yunli."
Ahh ...
[Holy crap!!! Beauty critical strike!!!]
"Ahhh, isn't this so sudden? I'm not prepared yet!"
[Help! This is serious, it's so beautiful!]
[Wow, how cool it would be if this face grew on me.]
【Debut? Debut!】
Song Yunli lowered his gaze and said, "I'll go to the back to help first."
"Okay, go ahead."
[So handsome. ]
[I apply to join this family, it's either a handsome man or a beautiful woman. ]
[No, why does Qianyang want Ka Yan? ]
【Speaking of which, Qianyang's apprentice and the people around him are all very good-looking.】
[I've realized that the world is a giant card game.]
Qian Yang said, "I think it suits my taste, so I'll accept it."
[By the way, where's the eldest daughter? Why didn't she come with you?]
"Xiao Rui? She has some work to do. She will come over after the New Year."
The reconstruction of the Taoist temple is in full swing. Strength lies in numbers, and the efficiency is faster than expected.
A few days after the construction started, several police officers from Laotou Street Police Station came to us.
"Qianyang, what's going on?"
The police officers at the Laotou Street Police Station were all people Qian Yang met when he just came down the mountain, so he was particularly familiar with them.
"I'm fine. Why are you here?" Qianyang asked.
The police officer smiled and said, "We came to take a look and have something to talk to you about."
Qian Yang said: "If you have any questions, just give me a call."
One of the policemen laughed out loud, as if he remembered something.
Qian Yang asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I just remembered that when you first came down the mountain, you asked me what a phone was. At that time, I thought you had traveled through time from some dynasty."
"You've watched too much TV." Qianyang commented.
"Okay, okay, let's talk business."
Qian Yang nodded and said, "Okay."
"Still live streaming?"
"Well, they were live-streaming them working, and the audience said they wanted to see them suffer a little."
The police officer sighed and said, "We're looking for you for two things."
"Go ahead."
"You should know that recently foreign internet celebrities have replicated your live broadcast experience to commit fraud, right?" asked the police officer.
Qian Yang nodded and said, "I understand."
Qianyang probably already guessed what they would say.
The police officer lowered his head, sighed, and said, "Actually, similar incidents have occurred across the country over the past six months, especially among terminally ill patients and their families. They have nowhere else to turn and can only pin their slim hopes on metaphysics."
"Although you have reiterated many times in public that metaphysics cannot replace medicine, there are still some people with bad intentions who take advantage of the vulnerable psychology of patients and their families to commit fraud and seek profits."
Qianyang nodded in understanding, "Actually, I've been worried about that lately."
"What are your plans?" the police officer asked.
Before Qianyang could answer, the police officer said, "This is a very difficult matter. The government asked us to come here to find out if you are interested in cooperating with the government..."
Qianyang was stunned for a moment, "Ah? Aren't you here to warn me?"
The police officer was stunned for two seconds, then said helplessly, "What are you thinking? The higher-ups hope you can cooperate in cracking down on those who use metaphysics to defraud people and do a good job of promoting metaphysics-related knowledge. Metaphysics is, after all, our country's traditional culture. Reasonable promotion and utilization are what we should do. Blindly cracking down on it will easily backfire."
The police officer patted her on the shoulder and said, "The higher-ups actually value you very much, but they also hope that you can minimize your appearances in public."
Qian Yang nodded and said, "I have already planned to end the live broadcast work after the Taoist temple is rebuilt. If the country needs it, I will cooperate."
The police officer said, "Qianyang, as long as you understand."
There was nothing much to say about this matter, so Qian Yang asked, "What about the second thing?"
When talking about this, the expressions on the faces of several police officers became serious.
"To be honest, this matter is related to Xiao Qianshan."
Seeing that everyone had serious expressions, Qian Yang couldn't help but frown, "What's wrong?"
The police officer said: "Recently, we received reports from some people that they lost some things in Xiaoqianshan."
Qianyang's expression froze slightly. "Could it be something like food?"
The police officer said, “No.”
Qian Yang heaved a sigh of relief, "What's going on?"
"It is said that they often hear rustling sounds, and sometimes a shadow flashes before their eyes, but they can never see the shadow clearly. When they come to their senses, the jewelry on their bodies has been stolen," said the police officer.
Qian Yang asked, "Where's the surveillance? There should be surveillance in other places in Xiao Qianshan, right?"
"It's precisely because of the surveillance that it feels so strange!" the police officer said distressedly. "I don't know why, but all the surveillance footage described by the reporter at the time of the incident is inoperative. We can't see anything."
"Ineffective?"
"Yes. At first we thought it was a small animal from the mountain, but..."
Qian Yang shook his head and said, "The small animals in the mountains won't approach humans easily."
At this point, Qianyang thought of the blue bird and added, "They will never steal anything from tourists."
Although some of these small animals have become spirits, to them every scene and every object on the mountain belongs to everyone, so they take it for granted that anything that falls on the ground can be owned by anyone and it cannot be considered their fault.
The police officer said, "We have arranged for people to guard the mountain, but we haven't found anything unusual. We suspect that the thieves may not be humans. Besides these small animals, is there anything else possible?"
Qian Yang pondered and said, "It's not impossible."
Every surveillance camera failed when the thief appeared. It was obviously not caused by human factors. The small animals practicing in the mountains would not do such unnecessary things. Even if they appeared in human territory, they would disguise themselves as ordinary people.
Qianyang frowned. Could it be that during the time she was away from Xiaoqian Mountain, something else had discovered this place filled with spiritual energy and was planning to take over its place?
Even so, the spiritual creatures in the mountains would not let the other party get close.
"Besides jewelry, have you ever lost anything else?"
The police officer said: "Most of them are jewelry, and some children's clothes."
Qianyang frowned even more tightly, "Why would you steal children's clothes?"
"I don't know." The police officer lowered his voice. "The person who reported the case said it might be a monster that likes to eat children."
"It's only because adults keep a close eye on children brought up the mountain that no accidents have happened. We were worried that this would have a negative impact on you if it got out, so we kept the news a secret."
Qianyang gritted her teeth. Although outsiders didn't think it was a big deal, to her, Xiaoqianshan was originally the Qian family's territory. An outsider actually dared to cause trouble on her territory and ruin the Qian family's reputation. Isn't this just asking for trouble and courting death?
Qian Yang said: "Don't worry about this matter, I can handle it myself."
This matter has involved supernatural forces, and even if the police want to intervene, they are powerless.
The police officer said: "Sorry for the trouble. If you need any cooperation, please feel free to contact us."
Qian Yang said, "I will catch the thief within two days."
If it is really something from outside, it must be because the place where the Qian family has practiced for generations is full of spiritual energy, which is why it was attracted here.
"Oh, just do your best."
【Author’s words】
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