Chapter 16: The Sloppy Old Way
Since then, Hu Shao has never worn white clothes, never taken off her veil again, and rarely even stepped out of the compound of Hu's mansion, feeling scared when she saw strangers.
The following year, a distinguished guest came to Hufu, a Taoist who traveled from the north.
Hu Kui, who was hunting in the tenants' sheepfold, rode a pony with four hooves and stout, aimed at the lambs, and practiced his archery skills.
The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a strong man galloped on a horse, shouting from afar: "Young master, the master told you to go back to meet your distinguished guests!"
Hu Kui didn't bother to raise his eyelids, and continued to aim at the lamb.
The sheepfold was not big in the first place, and the sheep were disturbed by the intruders, and they were frightened and huddled together, and whether he aimed or not, it was difficult for the arrows to be missed, and the target was a mass of sheep, which was too big.
As far as to be seen, the arrow was still shot crooked, nailed into the wooden fence of the sheepfold. The tenant breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly rejoiced that he had not shot the sheep.
Hu Kui became angry, drew his sword and was about to cut down the sheep.
The strong man had already approached, reined in his horse, and said loudly: "Young master, please go back to the house quickly, the master is in a hurry!"
Hu Kui couldn't take this strong man in his eyes, but he had to be afraid of his father, so he had to give up hunting, turn over and ride on the high-headed horse brought by the servant, and ride back home.
"Hmph, my father just likes these sideways, what distinguished guests, they are all some charlatans!" Hu Kui said angrily, after all, last time a monk came to the Tao, he was deceived by him with a few Oiran of Wanxian Tower, lost his body, and half of his life of cultivation came to naught, and he was taught a good lesson by his father.
"Where did the charlatans come from this time?" Hu Kui immediately asked.
"The villain doesn't know, it is said that he is a wandering Taoist from the north. The strong man replied.
Hu Kui said in his heart: "Old Dao, hehe, he is not an old liar who is sad about the beauty pass, this time I will see if there are any new tricks to test on him." ”
The reason why I hate these distinguished guests so much comes from a distinguished guest who came to the door when he was young, that is a private school teacher with real talent and real learning, it is said that he has taught princes and nobles, so his status is very high, and he has no mercy to Hu Kui, the little son, and he is ready to serve at every turn, so he hates it to the bone.
As soon as he entered the living room, Hu Kui smelled a smell of rotten rice poured with stinky fish juice, which was extremely unpleasant, he looked up and saw that there was a sloppy and unkempt old Taoist priest sitting side by side with his father, the smell came from this, the gray hair was uncared for a long time, and the clothes were tattered, looking through the hole, the skin below was a layer of black mud, and I don't know how many years I hadn't taken a bath.
Hu Yinshan was full of smiles, sat on the chair, and said loudly: "Where is the stinky boy going to the wilderness again, why don't you come and meet the immortal master!"
Because of his father's presence, Hu Kui didn't dare to make a mistake, obediently obeyed, and gave a salute to the old Taoist priest, when he lowered his head, the smell was even more irritating, and he almost wanted to vomit.
He sat down on the chair on the right farther away from the Taoist priest and was next to his father.
Hu Yinshan was stunned and said, "Immortal Master, please continue to speak." ”
The old Taoist priest was very eloquent, and when he talked about it, most of them talked about his travel experience, and occasionally mentioned some things about the Tao.
Hu Yinshan was deeply interested in the matter of cultivation, and asked, "Immortal Master, can you talk about this matter of cultivation in detail?"
The old Taoist priest's tirade was interrupted by him, he was very unhappy, closed his eyes, and said: "Brother Hu cares so much about cultivation, it is better to abandon his mortal heart, abandon his family and business, and travel with me to cultivate the Great Dao together!"
Hu Kui said in his heart: "You old way, my father is the richest man in Xianmen Mansion, and he is wandering around with you poor sour goods, and he can't take a bath, it's really a fool's dream!"
Unexpectedly, Hu Yinshan agreed: "I have this intention, immortal master, I have worked hard for half my life, earned these family businesses, and in the end I die, isn't it a void, cultivating to become an immortal, it is the avenue of the world, I am willing to follow the master to practice." It's just that I'm a layman, after all, I'm entangled in mundane things, so I can take care of everything for a few months, and then I travel with the immortal master. ”
Hu Kui was shocked and said, "Dad, you can't leave us alone!"
Hu Yinshan glared at him angrily and scolded: "What do you know, stinky boy!"
The old Taoist priest was a little surprised, and said, "Brother Hu really has a unique spiritual root, and he is my cultivator. ”
The two agreed that the old Taoist priest would deign to live in the house for several months, and when Hu Yinshan arranged the family business, the two would travel together.
Since then, the old Taoist priest has lived in the West Wing guest room, the huge Hu Mansion, but this guest room, Hu Kui has to pass through it every day, which makes him quite a headache.
When he was studying the means of tricking the old Taoist, he heard that his sister went to the backyard to pick a horse and stabbed his horse servant Xiaochun, so he hurriedly rushed to the stable.
The reason why he rushed over was not that he cared about Koharu, but that he had an idea and thought of a way to expose the old Taoist.
Hu Kui hugged Xiaochun's still warm corpse, howling and crying, but there were no tears, and the cry alarmed the guests in the West Wing room.
After a few days of rest in Hufu, the old Taoist priest had already changed into a clean cyan robe, and his unkempt hair was combed a little neatly, gradually revealing the real appearance of a fairy wind and bones.
After coming to the stable, the old Taoist priest had the heart to show a few hands in front of Hu Gongzi, so he asked Hu Gongzi, who was crying and mourning, to check it from head to toe, only a wound on his back, which gradually became a bamboo in his chest.
Hu Kui cried and shouted: "Immortal Master, you must save Xiaochun, if you can't save him, won't your reputation as an immortal master stink! I can not talk to the public, but it is hard to guarantee that no one will talk nonsense outside, the immortal master can't even save a dead person, and he still calls himself an immortal master, it is better to call it 'Dead Master'!"
He was sarcastic, but the old Taoist priest studied how to treat him wholeheartedly, thinking that he was sad and talking too much nonsense, and he didn't take it to heart.
Suddenly, a maid hurriedly ran over and said, "Young master, the eldest lady has ordered, this person must die, and he can't be saved!"
Hu Kui said angrily: "My servant wants her to order to save it?"
The maid said timidly: "Miss also said that even if you save him, you will kill him in the future." ”
Hu Kui opened his eyes and smiled: "Let's kill it later, I must be saved now, otherwise I won't live anymore!" suddenly thought that he should show sadness, and howled again.
The old Taoist priest had always heard of the outside world, got up and said: "Master Hu, this young man's fortune has been saved, whether he can be cured depends on his luck, if he is not lucky, he may be a cripple in the future!"
Hu Kui had been gagging just now, wanting to interfere with the old Taoist priest to save people, but at this moment the maid came, just shouting at the maid, but he didn't expect the old Taoist priest to save people.
In disbelief, he crouched down, reached out and sniffed, and sure enough, he was breathing.
The old Taoist priest drifted away.
Hu Kui kicked Xiaochun's head angrily, and said angrily: "It's breathable to die, it's useless." ”
The next day, Hu Kui got up to pee and saw Xiaochun, who was alive and well, cutting grass in the backyard to feed the horses.
Xiao Chun bowed humbly and greeted Hu Kui: "Young master, morning!"
Hu Kui soaked yellow urine, and he didn't know it when it flowed to his feet, and he looked at it in a daze, as if he had seen a ghost.
Hu Kui suddenly thought of something, and rushed over to rip off Xiaochun's clothes.
Xiaochun was frightened, but he didn't dare to resist, so he let Hu Kui take off his shirt, and in the early morning of the late autumn season, the cold passed through his skin, shivering from the cold.
Hu Kui looked at his back, smiled, and said to himself, "Sure enough!"
Throwing down Xiaochun's clothes, Hu Kui rushed to the backyard of the East Wing, where the ladies lived, he walked through a pile of fat powder, and the maids who were usually taken advantage of by him hurriedly dodged, leaving a scream.
This time, he had no intention of taking advantage, walked through the courtyard, came to his sister's room, respectfully tidied up his clothes, and said, "Sister, I have made a big discovery!"
It turned out that Hu Kui found that after Xiaochun recovered from his injury, the wound on his back did not leave a scar, and it was as intact as skin that had never been wounded by a knife.
He secretly felt that this old way had some real skills, in case he could eliminate the cyan birthmark on his sister's face and coax his sister to be happy, maybe he would be able to reward the beautiful maid beside her.
Thinking of the beautiful maid, he couldn't help but swallow a few times of saliva.
Since her sister became an adult, she has been living in a simple house and staying alone in the boudoir, and Hu Kui doesn't remember what her sister looks like. At a banquet, gathered the wealthy children of the Xianmen and everyone's daughters, Hu Kui, as the host of the banquet, wanted to invite his sister to show up and appreciate the light, but the sister refused, and only ordered the personal maid to go to the banquet instead of herself, anyway, no one knew her true appearance.
When the maidservant girl walked out of his sister's boudoir and wore his sister's gorgeous clothes, Hu Kui was stunned, he had never seen such a beauty, and his once beautiful mistress had become vulgar fans in comparison.
At that grand banquet, men and women sat separately, separated by thin curtains in the middle, and the generous son-in-law gave a lot of silver to the maid who poured wine in order to see the peerless appearance of Hu Kui's fake sister, so that she pretended to have no intention of lifting the curtain.
After all, Meiwen attended in the name of Hu Kui's sister, so Hu Kui was very responsible at the banquet, and he didn't dare to make any moves, but saliva filled a table, making people think that Young Master Hu was very hungry for the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the table.
From then on, thinking of that beautiful maid, Hu Kui couldn't help but drool like a conditioned reflex.
"Come in!" said Hu Shao.
Hu Kui swallowed his saliva, hurriedly rushed into the boudoir, and told his veiled sister about the whole thing.
Hu Shao frowned, although she hoped that the old Taoist priest could cure herself, but if she couldn't cure it, his ugly face would also be seen by him, and she couldn't kill him.
Hu Kui didn't understand his sister's worries, and asked, "If you want to try it, I'll make an appointment with Lao Dao." ”
Hu Shao said: "People who have seen my appearance since I was a child have been killed by my father, and now even the maids around me may not know my true appearance, in case I am seen by this old way, go out and talk nonsense......"
Hu Kui smiled: "Sister, don't worry! As long as we don't tell your identity, let's tell Lao Dao, you are a relative of our family, how can he talk nonsense when he goes out?"
Hu Shao groaned for a while, and finally agreed.
That night, Hu Kui carried his father behind his back and secretly took Lao Dao to his room to treat his sister.
Lao Dao's skills are really unusual, he took some medicine from the bag, crushed it into powder, and applied it to Hu Shao's left cheek, and within an hour, the birthmark was much lighter.
Lao Dao left some medicine for Hu Shao and admonished: "Apply it once a month, and the birthmark can be completely eliminated in half a year." These amounts are only enough for three times, and the remaining three medicines will be sent to the young lady after two months. ”
Hu Shao was pleasantly surprised, she looked in the mirror countless times that night, and the anger in her heart suddenly dissipated, full of girlish longing.
Hu Kui complained bitterly, stinky old man, this half-year period is too long, it seems that the beauty of Fangze will have to wait for a while.
Half a month later, the old Taoist priest said goodbye, and since then the world has evaporated, and there is no news.
Hu Shao fell into an ice cave, used up all the medicine, and the old way still didn't come to the door.
Her temperament became more and more eccentric, and she stayed closed all day.
The cyan birthmark, although half lighter, is still very eye-catching.
All the bronze mirrors, broken again, were thrown into a pool of water.