Chapter Eighty-Six: The Pawn
Xuanxuan doesn't understand the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes, seeing her simple face, I can't bear it, I always want to say the breakup to protect her, but I can't say anything.
The confession on the stage she paid a lot of courage, perhaps this is the bravest thing she has done in more than 20 years, so I can't just hit her like this, this sentence has never been spoken.
"Xuanxuan, I'll send you to school"
"Hey, you're free today"
Xuanxuan was very surprised, she had gone to school by herself a few times before, how could someone have such a thought.
"Well, I'm free, I've been in retreat for a few days, and we haven't spoken together in a long time, let's go"
"Good"
I took Xuanxuan's hand and walked downstairs to Yangcheng Academy.
"Xuanji, if I'm not mistaken, I told you, I've already taken a leave of absence"
"I have to go back to school even if I take time off"
"Why, you don't like to be with me?"
"Xuanxuan, don't be without self-confidence, I don't have this kind of thought, you know, if I don't like something, no one can force me, like you, I will be with you"
"Then why have you been so cold to me?"
Xuanxuan said that she didn't see the slightest excitement on someone's face, no matter what she did, it was the same expression, which is why she felt unconfident.
"Because of the state of mind, there will be no great sorrow and joy, just like a puddle of lake, and the ancient will not wave"
"Then you can't make a special case for me?"
"This, Xuanxuan, do you want me to break the gong?"
"I don't want to"
"That's right, many people don't know how to express their emotions, I'm the same, I used to be in the mountains, there were four of us, an old man, two middle-aged people, I was a child, we were very busy, and the daily things were arranged tightly, you said how I could be lively, but my character is also calm, because the impatient character can't calm down to practice, you don't know how boring those scriptures are, ten times more difficult than the classical Chinese we used to learn."
I explained that I understand many things, such as the expression of emotions, but knowing it doesn't mean that I can do it, I can't do it, maybe I can in the future, but it will take time to adjust.
"Xuanji, I want to hear you tell the story on the mountain, your master, your senior brother, and the second senior brother"
"Okay, but not now, not recently, Xuanxuan, you can't come to me recently"
"Why?"
"For the sake of your safety, didn't I tell you that someone framed me, someone will come to me for trouble during this time, I'm not afraid of these people, and they can't do anything about me, so I'm afraid that these people have no bottom line, threaten me with you, you don't want to stage the kind of plot in the TV series, right?"
"What kind of plot, the kind that grabs the female protagonist and threatens the male protagonist?"
"Yes, let me tell you, TV belongs to TV, the heroine dies or not, that's the director's final say, but in reality, it's not me who has the final say, I'm afraid of hurting you, so how distressed I am"
"Okay, I'll just say yes, turn such a big turn"
Xuanxuan rolled her eyes, I'm afraid I just wanted to say this when I came to send her today, hum, man.
After sending Xuanxuan back to school, I told Monk Mingde about this matter, Zisu borrowed a knife to kill people, the key is the magic knife, and they are all aimed at the magic knife.
After listening to those rumors, Monk Mingde's heartbeat almost stopped, and said, "Brother Dao, how can they spread rumors like this, what a peerless artifact, that is a magic knife, it will kill people"
"Even if it's a magic knife, as long as it's powerful enough, there will be enough people to move, and even they can find a reason for you, they will say, knives are all murder weapons, it depends on whose hands they are, is it because they are murder weapons, are they all lost?"
"I know, but this magic knife, hey, Brother Dao, what can I do about it?"
Monk Mingde panicked, where did he experience this kind of thing, the people he came into contact with before were all well-behaved and kind, how could he understand the sinister rivers and lakes.
"What does the senior brother think about it?"
"It must be reported to the authorities, so that the official can come forward to refute the rumors, and then send experts to support and strictly guard against these personnel"
"Can't do it"
"Why not"
"Isn't this the three hundred taels of silver here, when the time comes, these evil ways in the country will be suppressed, but what about foreign countries, they will not be afraid of the official, even if we hand over the magic knife, they will not believe it, these people are selfish, they will only think that such a powerful artifact, how can it be handed over to the official, are you right?"
"It seems to make some sense, so what to do"
"Reluctantly, I'll sacrifice myself, the specific location of the magic knife except for you and me, no one knows, so you don't know anything, but you have to loosen the outside and tighten the inside, protect the magic knife, I will meet these fellow Taoists, I must defeat them, and then tell them that there is no magic knife to make them believe"
I replied, since I went down the mountain, I haven't seen a few fellow Taoists in the rivers and lakes, this time they want to come to find trouble, just right, let me practice my hands, and now I have made a breakthrough in cultivation, and it is the time when my confidence is bursting.
"Brother Dao, will it be too dangerous like this?"
Monk Mingde was moved in his heart, in order to destroy the monsters, he did not hesitate to take risks, this kind of spirit is not much, even if it is Buddhism, there are not many people with this kind of spirit.
"Don't be afraid, senior brother, you have to believe that Lang Lang Qiankun, the evil way does not dare to be presumptuous"
"Okay, I'm not hypocritical, but if there is danger, you can come to Toho Temple for refuge, and I, Toho Temple, will definitely protect my brother's safety"
"Thank you"
After chatting casually, I hung up the phone as long as the magic knife is okay, and I toss it casually.
Then I called the senior brother again, and the senior brother also bluntly told me that those evil bigwigs and giants or something, he would join forces with the second senior brother to hold them down, as for the small role, it was for me to practice, so that the Heavenly Master Dao could regain its reputation in the rivers and lakes, and also let me, the little Heavenly Master, be in the limelight.
I thanked the senior brother, this idea coincides with me, I also want to practice to become famous, not that I pursue fame, but sometimes fame is very important, with fame, many things will come naturally, convenient and trouble-free.
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Since I want to fight with my fellow people in the rivers and lakes, there must be an occasion, and I may not be able to find it by hiding at home, so I went out again.
"Xuanji, what's the matter with the retreat you said before, why haven't you been out of the stall for several days, and many of your repeat customers are asking you"
"It's just a matter of dealing with some things, Xu Lin, what are you watching me do?"
"I feel like you're getting handsome, you won't go for plastic surgery, right?"
Xu Lin stared at me, feeling strange to me.
"It's getting handsome, won't it?"
"Really, to be honest, where did you get plastic surgery, whether it's expensive or not, I'll go too, I think my foundation is pretty good, and it's definitely handsome if it's a little done."
Xu Lin touched his face, he felt that he was also handsome now, but others didn't admit it, so he had no choice but to make it whole up and let others admit that he was handsome.
"You think too much, I'm a change in temperament, read more, and I have poetry and books in my belly, I don't understand it"
", I love to read too, why haven't I become handsome"
"The ones you read are all novels, or novels with colors, which will only make you obscene and less messy"
I snorted coldly, Xu Lin has a lot of hobbies, watching small videos, reading novels, playing games, playing everything, and after closing the stall, I have to see two or three o'clock before going to bed, and the whole temperament can't get up.
"You know a fart, this is fun, you don't watch videos, you don't read novels, you don't play games, how boring life is, how boring life is, this is life understand"
"Okay, you can go on with the fun."
I shook my head, isn't there any other fun in life except watching videos and reading novels, playing games, there are so many things that can be done, I really don't understand.
I thought that on this day someone would come to the door to challenge, but I didn't expect to wait for several days before someone appeared, on this day, a strong man who looked very difficult to mess with appeared in front of my noodle stall, really looked like the kind that was not easy to mess with, fierce and vicious, tall and big.
He didn't order anything, he sat down at my low table and beckoned to me, and I pretended to sit down across from him.
"Boss, do you want noodles?"
"Don't eat noodles, let me ask you, are you called Li Xuanji"
"If you don't eat noodles, I won't answer your words"
"Let me ask you if your name is Li Xuanji, don't say that Lao Tzu smashed your stall"
"You are not my guest, why should I tell you, even if you are my guest, I am not obliged to tell you"
"Fuck you"
The big man was furious, and grabbed the table with both hands and tried to lift it, but he slammed it and found that the table was not lifted, because my hand was also pressed on the table.
"Looking for Death"
The big man slapped me in the face.
"Ahh
In the next second, the big man screamed, because he had an extra chopstick in his hand, disposable chopsticks, I didn't do anything, I just picked up the chopsticks and blocked the path of his slap, the force was too great, the chopsticks directly pierced his palm, and it did not pierce.
"If I were you, I would leave now"
"You, you wait for me"
The big man covered his hands and left, all this happened too fast, less than a minute before and after, and when Xu Lin and they reacted, everyone ran away, if Xu Lin hadn't seen some blood on the ground, he couldn't believe it was true.
"Xuanji, this, what's going on"
"It's okay, minor problem, solved"
"Do you want to call the police?"
"Everyone has run away, it doesn't matter how to report it"
I shook my head, this is just a pawn, equivalent to testing the waters, and the ultimate move hasn't started yet.
Except for this one troublemaker, no one has appeared for the time being, but I received a message from the second senior brother, and the second senior brother told me that he has sent people to lurk in some forces, and now it can be determined that the forces that are interested in the magic knife are three, which is noteworthy, and the rest of the stragglers are countless, but it doesn't matter if these stragglers are brave, they don't have the courage to shoot at will, they just come to play soy sauce.
At the end of the stall, Xu Lin and I pushed the cart back to the urban village, and on the way back, in the underpass, a person was waiting for me.