Chapter 25: The Shackles
Yun Zhao raised his head in a daze.
Tao Yuan saw the surprise and timidity in her eyes, stepped forward and slapped the little girl vigorously, and the wine was suffocating, "Cultivators, the most taboo is self-indulgence!"
Yun Zhao's eyes were shiny, which she wiped off with her sleeve, and then nodded vigorously towards Taoyuan, "Yes...... Yes!"
"Wuzhi, take your junior sister to the courtyard to pick a room. Taoyuan waved his hand at the two juniors, carrying a gourd to go drinking with Cheng Lang.
Xue Wuzhi looked very happy, he sympathized with this little junior sister early in the morning, and it was best to be upheld by the master's side, so he grabbed Yun Zhao's shoulder, but was patted by Cheng Ruan.
Xue Wuzhi realized that he had lost his manners, touched the back of his head, and smiled undiminishedly.
"Brother Wuzhi, don't just hug my sister Yun Zhao," Cheng Ruan pulled Yun Zhao over, winked at her and held her hand, and then turned back to Ruan Yan and squeezed, "Mother, I want to follow Senior Sister Yun to play!"
"There are no rules. The beautiful woman laughed and cursed.
"Xiao Shu, I'll settle down first," Yun Zhao bent his eyes and pulled Jianheng, "We'll see you tomorrow!"
"Oh, yes!" Jian Heng thought about what he would say when he saw the new master for a while, and replied in a loud voice.
The Qingyang Temple of Taoyuan is not far from the middle hall, and it will take a short time to arrive. There were no furnishings in the huge courtyard, only a pile of wooden stakes, stone locks, and equipment for exercises, which seemed empty.
"Don't be weird," Cheng Ruan put his arm on Yun Zhao's shoulder, and looked weird with his eyebrows, "Uncle Master and Brother Wuzhi are such rough people, and aesthetic almostness is also common. ”
Yun Zhao didn't hear it as a joke, and said "Ah", "Senior Brother Xue is dressed up very well on weekdays......
Cheng Ruan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud, almost laughing out into tears.
Xue Wuzhi was also a little helpless, looking at Yun Zhao who didn't know why, he laughed with a "poof", warm and soft like the early winter sun, and then reached out and gently tapped Yun Zhao's forehead, "Okay, wow, you arrange senior brother like this." ”
Yun Zhao covered his forehead, confused like some kind of cute little animal.
Cheng Ruan saw that his motherhood was furious, and he called out "senior brother bullying", so he laughed and pulled Yunzhao to Beiyuan to choose a house. Yun Zhao chose left and right, and finally chose a smaller house...... It is said to be smaller, but it is much larger than the one she lives in Zuotianmen and Taiqing Mountain.
"This room is not as big as the room of my disciple, it can't be done!" Cheng Ruan was about to pull her to pick something else.
"Senior sister......" Yun Zhao weakly stopped.
Cheng Ruan pouted and pretended to frown, "You can just call me Yuanyuan." ”
Xue Wuzhi patted Cheng Ruan and gave him a look, this senior sister Cheng is resolute and resolute, and she is not afraid of scaring others.
He lowered his tone and looked at Yun Zhao, "Xiao Zhao, why do you want to be here?"
It's good not to treat her so carefully, he is so patient and patient, which makes Yun Zhao a little uncomfortable now. In Taiqing Mountain, she was snubbed and bullied, originally she came to "learn the skills to take revenge", but now the mixing process Ruan and Xue Wuzhi are good, which makes her feel uneasy and illusory.
"I, I think it's more reassuring to be a small place......" Yun Zhao didn't know how to explain.
Cheng Ruan was stunned, remembering Yun Zhao's past, and didn't speak for a while. It's just that Xue Wuzhi smiled gently, "It's okay, since you like it, you can live first, and if you want to live in another room in the future...... There are only three people in Qingyang Temple, you and my master, and you can change them if you want to. ”
Yun Zhao lowered his face and kept nodding his head, afraid that people would easily see him and his eyes were red with gratitude.
Xue Wuzhi understood that she was probably remembering the past, he didn't know how to coax girls, Cheng Ruan was squeamish and cried when he was a child, and he coaxed him to grow up. It's just that Yun Zhao's situation is different, her pain is far beyond her imagination, and it is not as simple as buying another one and coaxing her when she drops the candy.
He felt some sympathy in his heart, and he made up his mind to treat this little junior sister better in the future.
Xue Wuzhi led a few disciples to thoroughly sweep Yun Zhao's room, replacing it with brand new furnishings and bedding.
She had never seen a gorgeous brocade quilt Yun Zhao, nor had she seen a delicate incense burner, nor had she seen a hollow chair of incense sandalwood.
Yun Zhao, who has been tense all the time, has the appearance of a ten-year-old girl, which is very novel.
"Hey, these are very ordinary, don't you have them in your previous sect?" Cheng Ruan was extremely curious about the sensational "Sect of Extermination".
Yun Zhao touched the hand of the incense burner and paused, then she withdrew her hand, her eyes were frank and clear, and she shook her head.
"My home...... None of these. ”
- In fact, not only is there no such good-looking home, but Changxi Mountain is full of tinkered bungalows and tiled houses, and there are no magnificent pavilions here. The disciples, even fed by the two vegetable gardens in the back mountain, were so saved that they couldn't even afford to buy winter clothes.
But that's her home.
Cheng Ruan's words were like a basin of cold water pouring her like falling into an ice cellar.
It is common for a ten-year-old girl to love beauty and novelty, but she can't, and it is very wrong to put even a tenth of her mind on things other than "revenge".
So the heavy shackles were locked back on the neck of the ten-year-old girl, and her heart that had just been warmed was colder, and she had to bow her head in front of reality.
Cheng Ruan wanted to ask again, but was interrupted by Xue Wuzhi and reminded that it was not early, so she quarreled with Yun Zhao for a while, stuck together and said some girlfriend words, and then reluctantly left.
"You have a good rest. Xue Wuzhi instructed softly.
"Well, thank you, Senior Brother and Sister Yuanyuan. Yun Zhao sent the two out.
Xue Wuzhi smiled lightly, and between his eyebrows and eyes, it was the breeze and moon that he had seen in another person, quiet and gentle.
Yun Zhao sat back on the collapse, and the brocade quilt was soft.
- The man had a problem with his legs and was most afraid of the cold...... In the end, he died tragically on the ground in the depths of winter.
Youkai.
In the new house, Yun Zhao didn't sleep peacefully, first he heard thunder, then he heard rain, and then he dreamed that he was lying on the lap of Senior Brother Xiaoqi, crying with wilting.
Senior Brother Xiao Qi turned in a wheelchair, his face was pale, and the hand that fell on her forehead was cold, and he smiled reluctantly: "Xiao Zhao, don't cry, I'll go get candy for you." ”
Last time, he didn't want to eat a string of sugar gourds that Yun Zhao brought him, so he put them in the snow and buried them in ice and froze them, every time Yun Zhao came to him, he took a candy seed, and smiled at her pestering him to ask for a second one.
Then he would say, "The second one will come back tomorrow."
Yun Zhao looked very cute eating candy, and her eyes were shining, making people feel that her mouth was like a peach in the sky.
At this time, Yun Qi told her a story, and the little girl didn't make trouble for a day.
Yun Qi turned around and wanted to leave, but Yun Zhao cried behind him.
She was terrified, grabbed Yun Qi's sleeve and cried, "Senior Brother Xiaoqi, don't go, I don't want candy, I don't want anything, you accompany me again, accompany me again, I'm alone...... I'm scared. ”
The boy in the dream woke up clutching his chest.
And Yun Zhao's side, the clouds outside the dream are rolling up, and the rain has long stopped.
There was a little fox curled up beside her, its pointed beak buried in its fluffy tail, and its grape-like eyes were looking at her.
At this time, there was a knock on the door again, and the little fox raised his head. Yun Zhao had just woken up from a nightmare, his mind seemed to have stopped, he couldn't tell the difference between inside and outside the dream, and he didn't say anything for a while.
Tuk-tuk.
"Yun Zhao, Yun Zhao ......" was Xue Wuzhi's voice.
This is not yet the fifth watch, Yun Zhao answered, got dressed and went to open the door.