Chapter 12: The True Face
Su Ning hesitated for a moment, and Bai Ying said again: "If you want to go home, I will put away the spell of the dead mouse in the firewood room, and you can go home immediately." ”
Su Ning shook her head and said lightly: "Tian Dahu is dead, I will go back, others will inevitably gossip......
"That's right. The white shadow stroked his beard.
Su Ning said hesitantly: "My father and mother have already married me to Young Master Tian...... But...... I didn't go to church with him......"
"You and he are not husband and wife yet. Bai Ying nodded and said, "Besides, Tian Dahu is dead, and his children must keep filial piety for him for three years, and they cannot get married within these three years." ”
Su Ning pursed her lips, she took a deep breath, and mustered up the courage to ask, "Senior, can I go with you?"
"Oh?" the White Shadow continued to stroke his beard, noncommittal.
Su Ning pleaded with him: "Senior, I have no home and nowhere to go, I know that you are not an ordinary person, I want to follow you, if you can teach me magic or medical skills, I am infinitely grateful, if not, it doesn't matter...... I just want to find a way out. ”
Su Ning made this decision after learning that Bai Ying was the one who saved Huahua. When she left home, she wanted to visit a famous doctor and learn art, so that she could carry a pot to help the world and save people, and second, to cure her grandmother's eye disease. She was already twelve years old, and with eighteen years of life in her previous life, her mind was already that of a thirty-year-old adult. She knew she had to take on some responsibilities instead of spending her days in a state of confusion waiting for death.
Bai Ying asked, "Miss Yu, do you really want to go with you?"
"Yes, Senpai. Su Ning said resolutely: "Please take me with you, let me be your maid." ”
Bai Ying smiled and waved his hand: "Yahuan doesn't need it, but I am traveling alone, it is inevitable that there will be many inconveniences, and it is also a good thing to have one more person to take care of me." ”
So, he agreed? Su Ning was overjoyed.
However, Bai Ying's words changed: "However, as you said, I am not an ordinary person, and I will get into some trouble if I follow me, and this is not my original appearance, I am just afraid that Miss Yu will be panicked when she learns the truth." ”
Su Ning shook her head and said, "Senior Bai, you are not a bad person, you saved me and Huahua, and also eradicated the evil monster, no matter what your true face is, I will not be afraid." ”
Bai Ying smiled indifferently again, he waved his sleeves to put away the magic barrier, and led Su Ning out of the Tian family.
At this time, it was dawn, the sky was studded with remnant stars, and the earth was covered with green veil. Bai Ying took Su Ning to a hidden street corner, and he said:
"I will show my prototype, and if the girl is afraid, she can leave immediately. ”
Su Ning stood bravely in front of him, she said in her heart, the toad monster was so terrifying, she didn't faint in fright, no matter how ugly the white shadow was, how could it be even worse than that monster?
The white shadow shone brightly, and his figure shrank in the light, and finally, he turned into a small animal with snow-white hair—
Su Ning looked at it intently, and she didn't realize it: "Senior Bai, it turns out that your prototype is so good-looking." ”
Standing in front of Su Ning was a fox with smooth fur and a pure white body, Su Ning recognized him again and asked:
"Senior Bai, when Tianhuahua was injured, you were the one who jumped out of the grass, right?"
The white shadow returned to his human form, and he said, "Yes, the girl has good eyesight. ”
Su Ning smiled shyly and said, "Senior, you can just call me Su Ning in the future." ”
"Okay, Su Ning. The white shadow smiled as well.
"Senior, are you a fox fairy?" Su Ning had heard about the legend of fox fairies since she was a child, saying that they absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon to cultivate into immortals, and could transform into human forms and interact with people.
Bai Ying laughed and said, "Yes, but mortals generally call us demon foxes, or fox spirits." ”
Su Ning said: "I feel that you are a fox immortal. ”
Bai Ying smiled and asked, "Su Ning, do you need to find a hotel to rest?"
Su Ning shook her head: "No, senior, I don't feel tired." ”
"Well, in that case, let's set off at once. However, there is something to be done first. Bai Ying took out a money bag from his waist and handed it to Su Ning......
After dawn, the streets gradually become lively, and all kinds of shops and stalls are open one after another. The owner of a ready-to-wear shop saw off the first customer after opening the door:
"Thank you, guest, please go slowly. ”
Su Ning came out of the store, she was wearing a gray short brown, long pants, black cloth shoes, her hair was coiled into a bun, wrapped in a gray turban, she was completely dressed as a man.
Su Ning bought a backpack with a lid in a roadside stall, plus a hat and walking sticks, as well as dry food, water bladders, knives, fire folds and other supplies.
After buying it all, she put on her back and put on her hat, and came to the corner where she met the white shadow. The white shadow took the form of a fox and jumped into her back.
Su Ning carried him on his back and walked out of the street where pedestrians came and went. On the compacted yellow mud road, people and cars came and went, and the shouts and shouts were endless, and no one noticed that a gray toad was jumping hard under people's feet.
Suddenly, a horse-drawn carriage came speeding in, and pedestrians on the road avoided it. The carriage galloped by, and the toad could not dodge, and was run over by the wheels, and when it landed, it was crushed through the intestines, and it was shaped like meat sauce. The toad was stamped with the crush marks of the wheels, and it spat out a few blood blisters and completely lost its breath.
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Su Ning left the market with the white shadow on her back and walked on a sheep intestine path in the mountains. Su Ning asked Bai Ying:
"Senior, where are we going?"
Bai Ying said in the back of the basket: "Go to the southeast, go back to my hometown 'Tushan'." ”
"Is Tushan far away from here?"
"There are about 800 miles left, and if there is no accident, it will be there in a month. ”
"Oh......" Su Ning asked curiously, "Senior, do you still have family members in your old family?"
"My parents are gone, and I have two brothers. Bai Ying briefly explained to her: "There are tens of thousands of fox immortals living in Tu Mountain, led by the Fox King, and my two brothers are brave and good at fighting, and they are the generals under the Fox King. ”
"What about you, Bai Senpai?"
"Well, I, the fox king looked at my brother and named me a military advisor, but I didn't learn anything, and I lived up to the kindness of the fox king, and I ended up wandering outside and in prison. ”
Su Ning asked in surprise: "Senior, are you a military advisor, and you are as powerful as Zhuge Kongming?"
"Huh...... Miss Su Ning really tormented me, how can he compare with Mr. Zhuge in Xia?"
Su Ning asked again: "Since you are a military advisor, why did you leave Tu Mountain?"
"I'll tell you more about this when I have a chance. ”
"Okay, senior...... By the way, senior, I want to ask you one more thing. ”
"You say. ”
"After you turned back into a fox, why didn't you see you holding the whisk?"
"It's not really dust, it's made up of my tail. ”
"It turns out that it's your tail...... Su Ning felt that she had opened her eyes again, and the fox walked alone while talking, and hurried away with peace of mind.
Along the way, they were hungry and thirsty, and they stayed overnight. When staying overnight at night, if she encounters a town, Su Ning will stay in a hotel with the white shadow who looks like a fox, and if there is nowhere to stay, she will spend the night in the forest.
White Shadow said that he was injured and could not remain in human form all the time, so he spent most of his time in fox form. Su Ning couldn't seem to see where he was injured, she asked the other party, and Bai Ying just smiled:
"I covered my wounds. ”
"Senior, why don't you heal yourself?" Su Ning was puzzled, since Bai Ying had healed Huahua, why didn't he save himself?
"My medical skills can only treat minor extracutaneous injuries, and I am helpless in the face of difficult and serious diseases. ”
During this period, Su Ning begged Bai Ying to accept him as an apprentice, but Bai Ying said:
"I am not good at learning and I am not qualified to be a teacher. ”
Su Ning was puzzled: "Senior, I think you are very powerful...... That toad monster is so terrible, you can clean it up with one move. ”
Bai Ying smiled: "Su Ning, you are not deeply involved in the world, you are not well-informed, that toad monster is just a very low-level monster, when you open your eyes, you will know that I am just a small skill of carving insects, not enough to worry about." ”