The seventh time knocked on the green bamboo tube, and talked about Zhuang Zhou Die.

After a good night's sleep, Qin Ying slept until dawn. The familiar smell of rice wafted into her nose, and she woke up half in an instant.

The consciousness is awake, but the body is too lazy to move.

Qin Ying lazily put on her jacket and followed the aroma into the backyard kitchen, finding the source of the cooking smoke.

I saw Qin Xi standing in front of the stove and busy. Her sleeves were tied to her shoulders and elbows with white ramie ropes, and sweat slid down her forehead.

On the rammed red clay stove is a drawer of bamboo-woven steamers, steaming with heat.

"What did Sister do? It smells so good. Qin Ying rubbed her hands and involuntarily leaned towards the stove.

Qin Xi winked at her and smiled softly, "... We'll find out later. ”

Feeling that it was still early to put out the fire, Qin Ying slipped out and waited for the ready-made.

Qin Ying is very proud of the act of "not giving my sister a hand". There is a famous saying: A gentleman is far away from cooking!

At the end of the day, she's just lazy.

Stepping on the creaking clogs, Qin Ying walked to the depths of the courtyard.

The clogs she had just touched from under the low couch were just the right size to fit in, and she thought it was interesting and put them on her feet.

The courtyard is so barren that no one has taken care of it for a long time. The precious medicinal herbs planted in the medicine garden have long been replaced by lush weeds.

The autumn wind is together, and the fallen leaves are swirling and falling.

Qin Ying's hands were clasped in his sleeves and slowly clenched. The indescribable mood is blocked in the chest, and I can't go up or down.

The Shangqing Palace only took nearly two hundred years from prosperity to decline. This seemingly empty time can indeed make the sea flow and the mulberry fields wither.

I have to admit: Tianxingjian will never be stuck by anything.

Suddenly, Sister's voice cut off Qin Ying's deeper and deeper philosophical thoughts: "I turned around for a long time before I found that you were in the courtyard of the old palace master. Stop looking at the leaves on the ground and go eat. ”

Hearing this, Qin Ying turned her head, stepped forward with a smile, and grabbed her sister's left arm.

No matter how time turns the world upside down and eats away at the outside world, my sister will live with her forever.

Back in the kitchen and opening the bamboo cage, Qin Ying looked at the carefully tied bamboo tube and sighed, "What is this?"

"Open it and take a look." Qin Xi set up a small table next to the stove, pulled the mat and sat down, just waiting for the little sister to serve the meal.

Untying the light green rope, Qin Ying took off half of the bamboo tube: "There is... Red beans, millet and chestnuts. "I tapped the ingredients with my hands in the same way.

Set all the bamboo tubes on the small table. Qin Ying couldn't wait to pick up the unsealed bamboo tube and take a bite.

She blew on the bamboo tube in her palm and shouted deliciously.

Seeing the little sister's gluttonous and greedy appearance, Qin Xi's apricot eyes narrowed with a smile.

Holding her belly and laughing, she said solemnly: "I'll go and deliver food to Mingli later." You stay in the Shangqing Palace, don't walk around. There are many Taoist temples in Zhangren Mountain, and there are more Taoist priests. If they see through their identity, it won't be good. ”

"Go, go, go." Qin Ying waved his hand. At present, she is dragged by food, and has no idea of getting off.

As soon as Qin Xi arrived at Chaoyang Cave, where Ming Li lived, he heard a voice say from afar: "...... Great joy, great joy. ”

Mingli raised his eyes, and it turned out to be Ning Fengzi waving the golden silk in his hand, and slowly walked into Chaoyang Cave.

"The mountain god is coming, what is the so-called thing?" He said.

"Your letter of appointment has been approved. Donghua-kun asked me to pass it on to you. Choose a day to follow me to the heavens to meet Donghuajun, and your rank will be on par with mine. Ning Fengzi sat down without seeing his clothes and picked up a bamboo tube of rice.

Qin Xi asked worriedly, "After the ascension, will Mingli live in the clouds forever?"

"It's crowded in the sky, but it can't accommodate so many people. Therefore, most of the ascended immortal cultivators will still stay in the human world in the future, guarding a place of spiritual beauty. or mountains, or rivers. ”

After replying to her words, Ning Fengzi turned his face and said to Mingli: "By the way, Donghua Jun asked me to ask you, where do you want to go?"

Ming Li glanced at her on the other side and said, "I am willing to guard the place where Qin Xi is for the rest of my life."

Ning Fengzi pursed his lips and slowly removed the thread on the bamboo tube: "These words are numb, how can I be embarrassed by this lonely old man...... That's it, you'll talk to me after you think about it in a few days. ”

His mouth was sour. But if you look closely at his eyes, you will find that Ning Fengzi does not yearn for a life in pairs.

The vinegar dissipated, and Ning Fengzi smiled and said, "I think you are the Qin Xi who haunts him, right?" Fortunately. I am the god of the mountain. ”

After greeting each other for a while, he ate half of the bamboo tube rice brought by Qin Xi, and did not forget to leave a sentence before leaving: "The girl cooks so well, Mingli is really a blessing."

Qin Xi and Ming Li looked at each other, not knowing how to continue their words.

When Ning Fengzi walked away, Qin Xi cleaned up a few cases and said, "This Zhangren Mountain God is really unique." I didn't expect that the original owner of Chaoyang Cave would have such a temperament. ”

Mingli said: "He is not serious on the surface, but he is actually quite reliable. It is said that Ning Fengzi once incarnated as an elder in the Shangqing Palace and educated many disciples. At that time, if there was no Ning Fengzi, the Shangqing Palace would never be known as the authentic sect of the Daomen in Zhangren Mountain.

Speaking of this, he shook his head again and sighed: "The glory created by him in the past has now fallen from me."

"It's not your problem, it's what I've done wrong." Qin Xi pulled out the Trace Sword on his waist, "Two hundred years ago, I shouldn't have taken it privately. All I think about is that it's ominous in charge of killing. But forget that it is one of the inheritances of the Shangqing Palace. ”

Ming Li held the Traceless Sword beside him and said:

"There are two famous swords in the Shangqing Palace, which is known as the treasure of the town palace. The bronze tracer sword is in charge of killing, symbolizing the yin in the two instruments; The iron Traceless Sword is in charge of forgiveness, symbolizing the yang in the two rituals. Yin and yang complement each other and are indispensable.

"After you take it away, the treasure of the town palace is missing a yin. There is a saying that 'lonely yin does not grow', and the solitary yang does not grow. This indirectly affected the fortune of the Shangqing Palace. For a hundred years, the number of people is declining, and the incense is becoming more and more deserted... Eventually, the Shangqing Palace became an abandoned Taoist temple.

"Of course, there is no such thing as a long-lasting feast in this world. So, don't blame yourself for yourself. ”

At this time, Qin Xi's eyes were hazy with tears, and he could only nod vigorously.

She eased her feelings, pushed the remaining bamboo tubes on several cases in front of Ming Li, and said, "I made it for you."

He opened the bamboo tube and looked at it. didn't immediately speak, but lowered his eyes and whispered, "Red beans?" Fingers knocked on the smoke-blue bamboo tube lid one after another, "Red beans... This thing is the most lovely. ”

Qin Xi's cheeks flushed at the shallow knocking sound. She has been lovesick for two hundred years, and only today does she dare to express this feeling. Thankfully, she didn't miss her last chance.

"You asked me yesterday if I would like to, and that's my answer." Qin Xi said slowly, word by word.