Chapter II

The fox girl is wise

The wolf ran back to the Taoist temple and ran into the junior brother Jishan who had just gotten up to wash. Ji Shan is an apprentice that the master only accepted a few years ago, in his thirties, and has a goatee. At this moment, when he saw Mao Qing, he hurriedly put one hand on his chest and saluted respectfully. Mao Qing was dressed in wet clothes, and he was extremely ashamed. The white cheeks were hot for a while, and he simply replied with a salute and hurried to his room. Ji Shan was extremely curious about this little senior brother who was more than ten years younger than himself, and he didn't know how this usually quite old man was so flustered. I was worried, and I couldn't help but stand in the courtyard and look around.

Mao Qing changed her wet clothes, wiped her hair indiscriminately, and a pair of eyes as clear as a mountain spring appeared in her mind again. Mao Qing shook his head irritably, and said in his heart, this goblin is so powerful, his more than ten years of cultivation can be so unbearable. Seeing that Mao Qing hadn't come out for a long time, Ji Shan called out tentatively: "Senior brother, Master is still waiting for you!" ”

Mao Qing was taken aback, and the secret passage was broken. With a "bang", he pushed open the door and ran towards the front hall. Ji Shan was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, don't make the master unhappy, if he is expelled from the mountain gate in a fit of anger, then the matter of copying the scriptures and carrying water must not fall on himself. Thinking of this, he hurriedly hung the sweat towel in his hand on the drying rope and hurriedly chased after him.

In the front hall is enshrined a portrait of a crane with a long beard and a long sword, which is said to be the founder of Taoism. There are three or five futons on the ground, old and dark yellow. A gray-haired old man was meditating with his eyes closed, and when he heard footsteps, he opened his eyes unhappily.

"Clear! Why is it so alarmed! ”

Mao Qing was stunned for a moment, but when the words came to his mouth, he changed his words. "Master, today I went to fetch spring water, I didn't want the rocks to be too slippery, and I fell into the water without noticing for a while."

Yu Xuan Zhenren raised his eyes and looked at Mao Qing, and nodded, "It rained in spring yesterday, you go and get it again, be careful!" Mao Qing hurriedly saluted and turned to retreat, Ji Shan saw that the master was not angry, and also retreated with Mao Qing.

Hao Qing went back to the backyard and took two large wooden barrels again, thought about it and turned back to the house, found a clean monk's robe and put it in his arms, and then left in a hurry. Ji Shan didn't dare to ask questions in his eyes, as long as the master didn't instruct him.

When I returned to the spring, the maiden was gone. If it weren't for the two wooden barrels still floating in the pool, Mao Qing would have thought that he was hallucinating. Mao Qing sighed, I don't know whether to be disappointed or happy, my heart is sour and sweet, this strange feeling makes him a little flustered.

Mao Qing found a wooden branch, reached the wooden barrel in the water to the shore, and carried the double barrel with one hand without any effort. After walking a few steps, he stopped, took out the monk's robe in his arms, and hesitated for a moment to place it on the clean rocks by the spring. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and quickly returned to the Taoist temple with the spring water, and at the end of the day, he was uneasy, and he thought of the girl from time to time. Mao Qing felt that he must have been bewitched by demons, and suddenly felt ashamed. I copied the Tao Te Ching back and forth several times, but I still couldn't stabilize my mind.

Early the next morning, before the sun rose, Mao Qing was fascinated, carrying two buckets and a few pieces of snacks and running quickly up the mountain.

The morning mist had not cleared, wetting the ends of my hair. Mao Qing ran a little panting, but there was no one in the ding. He sat on the cobblestone with the barrel tossed aside. He pulled out the brown paper-wrapped snack from his bosom and carefully opened it. At this time, a small white hand reached over and pinched a small piece.

The corners of his mouth curled uncontrollably, and he quickly restrained himself again, turned his head and pretended to be displeased: "This is my breakfast today, who let you eat it!" ”

The girl was wearing a navy blue robe, her long black hair was tied with a navy blue band, and she was licking her fingers one by one. Hearing Mao Qing speak, he tilted his head and sucked his fingers and asked, "You are a human being, I am also a human being, why can't I eat if you can eat it?" ”

The pink little tongue hooked the slender fingers, and Mao Qing instantly felt a rush of blood rushing to the dantian. Startled, he stood up, and the snack in his hand slipped with it. How dare he stay any longer, he turned around and ran away with two buckets. The girl licked the snack in her hand and said in a confused voice, "Won't you take spring water today?" ”

Mao Qing stumbled and almost fell, blushing and lowering his head, quickly ran back and pressed the barrel into the water. The girl still tilted her head to stare at him, her slender legs stretched into the water and swayed leisurely.

Mao Qing desperately restrained himself from looking, and when he saw that the barrel was full, he immediately lifted up and turned around and left quickly. A girl's voice came from a distance behind him, "Breakfast is delicious, are you still here?" ”

The corners of his mouth curled, and the indescribable joy in his mood was even more comfortable than copying the scriptures ten times. For several days in a row, Mao Qing would always come early, either with some snacks or a few chubby buns. Haoqing knew that the girl's name was Zhirao, and she was a little fox. Mao Qing only thought that it was an ordinary beast in the mountain, and he didn't care, but repeatedly emphasized that he couldn't go down the mountain to bring disaster to the world. Zhirao is extremely dependent on Mao Qing, so she naturally obeys him.

It's just that he has a pure heart and a good nature, but he has repeatedly deceived his master because of Zhirao, and his heart is uneasy. often deliberately snubs Zhirao because of guilt, and even changes the time of taking water every day, making Zhirao confused.

One day, Zhirao really missed Maoqing, and secretly ran to the vicinity of Qingyunguan at night. Zhirao is a first-time person, her heart has not opened, and her animal nature has not grown. Seeing that there seemed to be a light in Qingyun Temple, he immediately shouted happily: "Haoqing, Haoqing, I am Zhirao, Haoqing!" ”

At this time, Mao Qing was stuffy in the room, punishing himself to meditate and meditate. In a trance, he seemed to hear Zhirao's voice, and he was startled. hurriedly opened the door, but saw Yu Xuanzhen standing outside the door with a whisk in his hand.

"Master, Master!" Mao Qing hurriedly saluted, but his eyes involuntarily looked outside.

"Haoqing, do you remember what you said for your teacher?" Yu Xuan reprimanded in a deep voice, "You have been practicing with me for more than ten years, how can your concentration be so poor, you will be confused by the spirits in the mountains!" ”

"Master!" Mao Qing knelt on the ground with a puff, and the shouting outside the audience became more and more urgent, and his voice seemed to be choked, and he shouted so that Mao Qing was anxious.

Yu Xuan looked at Mao Qing's expression, he was angry in his heart, and he shook off the dust and walked out of the Taoist temple. As soon as he wanted to stand up, a shout came from the air: "Don't get up!" ”

Zhirao saw that someone came and thought it was Mao Qing, so she ran over happily. What appeared in the night was a white-bearded old man, no matter how simple Zhirao was, the nature of the beast still existed, and the sense of crisis was almost innate.

Yu Xuan originally planned to persuade her to let her go. When I got closer, wasn't the navy blue robe that the woman was wearing exactly what her good disciple was purifying?

"You and I didn't disturb each other's cultivation, but you actually ruined my disciple's cultivation, if you let you go back, it will definitely bring disaster to the world. It's better to accept you today! It can be regarded as doing the right thing for heaven. "Shake the dust lightly and fly to attack.

Zhirao was startled and turned around to run. But how can her speed be compared to Yu Xuan, before her body turned, she received a slap in the back, and when she landed, she fell a few feet away, and a mouthful of blood sprayed on the ground. Zhirao looked at Yuxuan in a panic, clutching her aching chest and crying out, "Haoqing, Haoqing!" ”

Mao Qing was fixed on the ground by the master with a fixation spell, and listening to Zhirao's cries for help in his ears, his heart was like a knife. There were tears in his eyes, and while secretly exerting his strength, he begged loudly, "Master, please don't hurt her!" I beg you not to hurt her! ”

As everyone knows, his plea added fuel to the fire. Yu Xuan turned into a claw with one hand and said silently in his mouth. Zhirao suddenly felt like her whole body was on fire, as if something was being pulled away. Seeing the snow-white tail sticking out of the robe, the flesh on his body was torn and painful.

In pain, she clutched her chest and struggled desperately, but she couldn't break free from her body no matter what. The voice of the wailing also became sharper, and the word "Maoqing" was still in my heart.