Chapter 157: Fellow Practitioners
During the banquet, Zixian asked the dumb aunt and Qu Yi, "By the way, why did you come to this Western Desert?" Didn't I confess to you, and after the dumb aunt took care of her voice, she would go back to freedom? ”
The dumb aunt and Qu Yi glanced at each other, and Qu Yi spoke: "Didn't the master leave behind the sound transmission snail before leaving, saying that the four seas Qingping would come back?" My sister and I wanted to help Master fulfill his long-cherished wish, but we were weak, so we told Master Leng about it. ”
"Then what did my master say?" Zixian asked.
"She didn't say anything, but at that time, she sent people to Wudang and Shaolin to invite Zhang Zhenren and the abbot of Xuankong, and asked us to go back to the sect to invite the two elders, and the four sects discussed countermeasures together."
Zixian's heart warmed slightly, nodded lightly, and motioned for Qu Yi to continue.
"Of course, our free faction is duty-bound, and the Shaolin and Wudang factions also readily agreed to help."
"After some discussion, it was finally decided that Wudang, who was the best at spells, would go to southern Xinjiang with the most demons to help catch demons, Emei, who had the best medical skills, would go to the northern battlefield to help treat the wounded, and the Shaolin monk with the strongest physical strength would go to Dongzhou to help the people build dams......"
Speaking of this, Qu Yi paused, and he couldn't go on.
Zixian couldn't help but say, "What about our free faction?" ”
"Well, as you can see, I've been driven to the Western Desert...... It is said that our free-spirited people run fast and are not easy to be trapped in the desert. ”
Zixian secretly said in his heart, it must be that the people of other sects think that the Xiaoyao Sect is not very useful, and Chu Feng and Meng Qingqing have to help, so they reluctantly said such a far-fetched rhetoric and drove the disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect to the West Desert.
Thinking of this, Zixian patted Qu Yi's shoulder comfortingly, and said with a smile: "Fellow practitioners of Shaolin and Wudang, I'm afraid they will have to run for nothing." ”
The dumb aunt and Qu Yi looked at Zixian in surprise, but the Jianwei on the side spoke: "The master has already solved the matter of Dongzhou and Southern Xinjiang. ”
"Master, you ......" The dumb aunt's eyes widened, and she said incredulously: "You have only been away for more than a month, how can you ...... Master, how did you do that? ”
Zixian smiled. Said: "This is a long story, let me tell you slowly." Eat first, it's not good if it's cold. ”
Only then did a few people turn their attention to the signature dish that the shopkeeper had just served.
Rock roast camel meat is made by thinly slicing fatty camel meat and grilling it on a sun-scorched rock in the desert. Take a bite. The mouth is full of greasy fragrance.
Crispy goshawks are made by burning blazing fire with goshawks that are native to the desert. It looks black on the outside, but the meat on the inside is very tender and refreshing.
The cold cactus looks green, and it also makes people appetite with those meat dishes. No way, there has been no rain here for several years, and even the most drought-tolerant vegetables cannot be grown. Cacti became the only vegetarian dish in the region.
A few people didn't expect that in such a poor rural area, they could still eat this kind of food, which was very unexpected. While sighing that people can't look good, and the store can't look good, they all ate a lot.
When it came time to settle the bill, the shopkeeper really made a difficulty. According to the truth, these people will be anxious. But if you don't tell the truth, it's really a big loss.
Seeing that the shopkeeper wanted to stop talking, Zixian smiled understandingly: "But this meal is very expensive?" ”
The shopkeeper nodded, holding out five fingers. tremblingly said: "It's a total of five taels and four dollars and two cents of silver, even if the guest officials are five taels, okay?" ”
The dumb aunt was not happy when she heard it: "Five taels of silver? You might as well grab it! Even restaurants in the capital are not so expensive. ”
"The guest officers don't know that the cost of those ingredients is so much. In our place, there has not been a drop of rain for several years, not to mention that the crops cannot be planted, and even the drinking water is transported from other places at high prices. ”
"Less bluffing! The food we order is all your specialty, and we don't have to ship it from other places. ”
Qu Yi grabbed the dumb aunt and said, "Okay, senior sister, it's not easy for the shopkeeper, five taels is fine." ”
As he spoke. While taking out a small piece of broken silver from his purse, he said, "Here you go, five taels." ”
The shopkeeper took it carefully, and then returned to the back of the counter with great gratitude.
The dumb aunt glanced at Qu Yi coldly, and said to Zixian, "Master." You don't know, when you're away, your junior brother is used to spending money indiscriminately, and he was deceived once. ”
"Oh? Tell me what's wrong with him? Zixian raised his eyebrows and asked.
As soon as Qu Yi heard that the words were wrong, he hurriedly pulled the sleeve of the dumb aunt. He looked at her pitifully.
The dumb aunt ignored Qu Yi's begging gaze and told Zixian about Yang Junnan's affairs roughly.
"If it weren't for the fact that Sun Huimin happened to be in Mount Emei and exposed Yang Junnan's lies, the junior brother would still want to introduce that bastard thing to the master!" The dumb aunt said indignantly.
Qu Yi listened to the words of the dumb aunt, his head drooped lower and lower, and he was ashamed.
Zixian smiled faintly: "Yi'er is kind-hearted, but it's too easy to trust others." Even gods and Buddhas can deceive people, let alone ordinary people? ”
She remembered the Buddha and the Taishang Laojun. Even these saints are like this, and mortals are even less credible.
Jianwei thought thoughtfully, and said: "Brother Qu can't be blamed for this, there are many people in this world who are used to acting." ”
He remembered his father's concubines, all of whom were scheming masters, and all kinds of tricks emerged in an endless stream, which deceived his father and the king in a daze.
The dumb aunt gritted her teeth, and her face hated iron and steel: "He just hasn't suffered anything, that's why he is so heartless!" ”
She remembered what happened to her, if it wasn't for the rescue of her ancestors, I am afraid that she would have died in Huangquan. There will never be a shortage of bad people in this world!
Qu Yi was like a child who had done something wrong, he didn't dare to say a word, he only thought that Master wouldn't be angry with him.
Several people had their own thoughts, and they were silent for a long time, and Fang Youzixian broke the silence.
"Then what happened later, what did you do with that Yang Junnan?" Zixian asked.
"I didn't deal with it much, I just tied him up and handed him over to Sun Huimin. But after that, we never saw him again. The dumb girl replied.
Zixian nodded and said, "This can be regarded as a reward for good and evil." It's not too early, so let's go back to our room and rest. Early tomorrow morning, the two of you will find a way to contact the rest of the Xiaoyao Sect and their colleagues in Wudang and Shaolin, and ask them to hurry to the vicinity of Yanmen Pass in the Northern Regions. ”
"Master, what about you?" The dumb aunt asked.
"I'll join you when I'm done with this place." Zixian Dao.
"But the dumb aunt doesn't want to be separated from the master......"
"Obedient." Zixian is colorful.
"Okay...... Then Master will come to us as soon as possible. ”
"Don't worry. When you get to Yanmen Pass, Master will definitely be there. (To be continued.) )