Chapter 5 White Eagle Support
After Meng Xunzhen entered the desert, because he was speechless, he took some effort to find the Temujin tribe. As soon as he arrived here, he happened to catch the scene of a group of sculptures. He remembered that in the original work, one of the two generations of white sculptures died, and the other one committed suicide by hitting a cliff and dying for his love for his partner. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart and chanted Yuan Haowen's poem "Yanqiu Ci" in a low voice:
"Ask the world, what is love? It is a matter of life and death? How many times does the old wings fly in the world? The joy and the pain of parting are even more foolish children. You should have words, the clouds are vast, the snow of thousands of mountains and the snow of the evening, who will the shadows go to?"
Since Meng Xunzhen caught up with this incident, he must not sit still to see that this curse-like tragedy still happened to the Bai Diao family. So he rescued the seriously injured female eagle, and then waited until the idle people were gone before coming to meet Guo Jing.
After hearing Meng Xunzhen's words, Guo Jing asked in surprise: "What are you looking for me?"
Meng Xunzhen sat cross-legged on the ground leisurely, waved to Guo Jing to sit opposite him. Hua Zheng also moved to Guo Jing and sat down again. Meng Xunzhen smiled and said, "I heard that there is a child named Guo Jing who is the most kind in his heart. But because he can't learn martial arts well, I am very worried about it, so I came to him and wanted to teach him a good way to learn martial arts well."
Guo Jing, the honest child, believed it, threw himself on the ground and kowtowed a few times to Meng Xunzhen.
Meng Xunzhen was startled, and flicked her left sleeve and released a soft force to support Guo Jing, making him unable to worship. She asked with a smile: "What are you doing?"
Guo Jing saw Meng Xunzhen's smile and kindness. Although he was the first time he met, he felt a sense of closeness in his heart. He seemed to be able to express his feelings to him. He suddenly shed tears and choked and said, "I... I am very stupid. I can't learn kung fu, which makes the six mentors angry. Today, Master Seven taught me to practice swords. I can't practice it all the time. Master Seven was so angry that he cried. I felt very sad. If you can help me learn martial arts well, I, I..."
Looking at Guo Jing in front of him, Meng Xun was in a daze, as if he saw himself in his previous study. At that time, he only buried his head in the sea of books and entries every day. No matter how hard or tired he was, he never thought of giving up. Isn’t the purpose of just raising his parents with great difficulty to show a gratifying smile? He stretched out his hand and patted Guo Jing’s generous shoulders, without saying anything, but made a decision in his heart.
Suddenly, a sound of anxiety came from the air. When the three of them looked up, they saw that the male white eagle flew back quickly. It was chasing the black eagle before it came back, thinking that it was being lured to a very far place. At this time, the injured female eagle and two small eagle in the cave also responded with the sound. Hearing the sound of the lover and the child, the male eagle seemed to be relieved, and made a cheerful cry, flew back into the cave, and rubbed her head and neck with the female eagle who was seriously injured and unable to move, as if comforting her lover.
"Guo Jing, please help me ask this brother, the injured Diaoer will be fine?" Hua Zheng pulled Guo Jing and said with some concern.
Guo Jing translated Hua Zheng's words to Meng Xunzhen. Meng Xunzhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, when I was at the top of the cliff, I had applied the white eagle's wound with good golden sores. I think it's okay."
Guo Jing told Hua Zheng happily, and both of them were smiling happily.
After a while, the male eagle suddenly grabbed a pair of eagles with its claws, spread its wings and flew out of the hole, landed not far from the three people, and placed the eagle on the ground. The two eagles had not yet grown wings and could not fly. After landing, they stumbled and took a few steps, but were grabbed back by the eagle with claws.
Hua Zhengqi said: "What is it going to do?" Meng Xunzhen and Guo Jing didn't understand it either.
The male eagle grabbed two eagles one after another and sent them to Meng Xunzhen. The two eagles seemed to recognize that the person in front of him was the benefactor who saved his mother. They were not afraid at all. Instead, they mischievously used their prototype hook beak to pull the corner of Meng Xunzhen's clothes.
Meng Xunzhen guessed the meaning of the Xiong Diao and asked tentatively: "You want to give me the two children?"
The white eagle was spiritual and seemed to understand Meng Xunzhen's words. It whistled lightly, nodded its head, then lowered its head and rubbed its two eagles a few times, full of reluctance. After a while, it suddenly turned around and bulged its wings, and flew back to the cave on the cliff without looking back.
The two little eagles looked at the cave and chirped, as if reminding their father to take him home. But the eagle seemed to have never heard of it and never came out again after entering the cave.
"I know!" Hua Zheng, who was standing beside him, suddenly clapped his hands and shouted, "This Bai Diao must be because she has to take care of her injured partner and has no energy to raise the child, so she entrusted the two little eagles to Brother Meng to raise!"
"It must be like this, Hua Zheng, you are smart!" Guo Jing agreed deeply, so he translated Hua Zheng's words to Meng Xunzhen.
Hua Zheng saw Guo Jing, a stubborn silly boy, flattering himself, and was so happy that he smiled.
Meng Xunzhen also felt that Hua Zheng was right and nodded, "It should be like this." Then she took out a piece of jerky from her arms and tore it into thin strips with her fingers to feed the two little eagles. Guo Jing and Hua Zheng's boy were also taken out the jerky and fed it to the little eagles.
After all, the two eagles were young and forgot everything when they saw the food and rushed to come up to peck at them. Their appetite was really great, and they ate three pieces of jerky meat in a short while.
Meng Xunzhen saw Guo Jing and Hua Zheng looking at the two eagles with envy, and couldn't help but feel a little apologized - if he hadn't appeared, the eagles would have belonged to them. He said in his heart: "Although he robbed the fate that originally belonged to you, since Bai Diao entrusted the child to me, I would have to be loyal to others and raise them forever. I have to be sorry for you."
The three of them teased Xiao Diao for a while, and suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Jing'er, what are you doing?"
"Master!" When Guo Jing heard this voice, he immediately jumped up with awe and nervous look on his face.
Meng Xunzhen had profound skills and had heard someone coming, and they were all carrying martial arts. He had already guessed the identity of the person coming in his heart. At this time, he looked back and saw six people standing not far behind him, five men and one woman. The leader was a blind man in his fifties who were on his hands and leaning on a thick iron stick. When Guo Jing called out "Master", he was sure that the six monsters in Jiangnan were undoubtedly coming.
It turned out that the six monsters were gathering together to worry about how to teach Guo Jing. Suddenly, a person outside the tent who had just returned from the cliff and talked about his experience today. He knew that a Han man with extraordinary martial arts skills came to the desert. Seeing that Guo Jing was reluctant to return, he was afraid that his stupid disciple would be deceived by the traitor, so he brought his weapons together and found them.
"Meng Xunzhen, a lay disciple of Quanzhen Sect, has seen the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan." Meng Xunzhen stood up and bowed to the six monsters in Jiangnan. He knew that the seven monsters in Jiangnan were very loyal. Although the fifth brother Zhang Asheng had passed away, the other six monsters always counted him in their daily conversations. Therefore, he called the Six Monsters "Seven Heroes" instead of the "Six Heroes".
Although it was just a small detail, the Six Monsters had a great first impression of him. Except for Ke Zhene, who was in a perverse temper, he still had an old face, nodded slightly and said hello. The other five people all smiled and clasped their fists to return the greeting.
"It turns out that Young Master Meng is a disciple of Quanzhen." "The Scholar of the Wonderful Scholar" Zhu Cong said, "How dare you ask the Young Master and Changchun Zhenren?"
Meng Xunzhen replied: "I am the one who is the closed disciple accepted by the Chongyang Zhenren in his later years. The one who is Changchun Zhenren is the senior brother."
The six monsters did not expect that Meng Xunzhen was young but had such a high seniority, and they were slightly shocked.
Ke Zhenye suddenly snorted coldly and said, "A few months ago, Taoist Master Qiu sent a high-level master to deliver a letter, and he also tried the martial arts of the bad disciples. But I wonder what advice will Mr. Meng give me when he comes this time?"
Meng Xunzhen waved his hand and said, "Don't misunderstand Hero Ke, this trip has nothing to do with Senior Brother Qiu. Here comes the desert, to see the customs and cultures outside the region, to broaden your horizons and increase your knowledge; the other is that he heard that the seven heroes of Jiangnan went to Juemo for a promise of one word, and had no regrets for more than ten years. The heroic spirit is admired, so he came to visit and express his admiration."
He really admired the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan. As Guo Jing's enlightenment master, perhaps they only laid a relatively solid foundation for Guo Jing in terms of martial arts, far less than the support and teachings of Ma Yu, Hong Qigong or Zhou Botong. But it was the seven of them who used their words and deeds to make Guo Jing deeply realize what a hero is and what righteousness is. Without the words and deeds of the Seven Monsters, even if Guo Jing still practiced a peerless martial arts, he would at most become a martial arts master who is comparable to the Five Great Masters, and would not become the "God of Guo" who is admired by the world. However, he said these slightly numb words, mainly to establish a good relationship with the Six Monsters and lay the foundation for what he has come down.
Sure enough, although the six monsters who advocate chivalrous did not care about power, wealth, beauty, etc., they finally failed to see the word "name". Hearing that Meng Xun, who was the same generation as Qiu Chuji, respected him so much, was extremely relieved, and he realized that the more than ten years of hardship in the wind and sand of this desert were not false after all.
Seeing that even Ke Zhenye's cold face appeared at this time, Meng Xunzhen smiled and said intimately, "'Wearing with thousands of clothes, but not flattering', this is true that I will not deceive me!" He patted Guo Jing's shoulder beside him and said, "I came to the desert here. Before I saw the Seven Heroes, I met the Seven Heroes' first. I see Brother Guo's character is firm and gentle, and he will become a great man in the future. Speaking of the bets with Senior Brother Qiu, I am very optimistic about the Seven Heroes!"
If it weren't for the unfair appreciation from Meng Xunzhen's words and the eyes of looking at Guo Jing, the Six Monsters would almost treat this sentence as a mockery. Zhu Cong coughed dryly, bowed his face a little uncomfortable, "Meng Shaoxia praised it!"
Meng Xunzhen was particularly serious and said seriously: "Don't think that what Zhu Erxia is saying is a polite thing. Lao Tzu said in the "Tao Te Ching" that 'Great cleverness is like clumsy, and great argument is like dull'. Brother Guo seems to be dull, but in fact he is like a piece of flawless jade hidden in the stone fetus. The next day he will lose his mortal fetus and will shine. However, I dare to use this trick to make a bet on this point!"
Guo Jing was so moved that he almost burst into tears. From childhood to adulthood, his master, friends and even his mother regarded him as a stupid child, and no one had ever given him such a high evaluation.
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Meng Xunzhen bowed to the six monsters and said, "I have a reluctant request below, I hope you can agree."
Ke Zhenye said: "Young Master Meng said frankly that as long as I can in the seven monsters in Jiangnan, I will respond to everything."
Chapter completed!