Seeing Liu Xiu looking at him, Tang Yingzi smiled slyly, got up and left, and hit Zhang Xiu who was looking at the railing. Zhang Xiu hurriedly apologized, and Tang Yingzi blinked: "Are you from Ba County?" ”

Zhang Xiu was surprised: "How does the girl know that I am from Ba County?" ”

Tang Yingzi pursed his lips disdainfully, "Just listen to your brute tone." ”

Zhang Xiu's face flushed, a little embarrassed, he had followed Wang Ying in Luoyang for many years, but the local accent had not changed, and now he was pointed out by a little girl in front of him, and his face was a little unbearable. Tang Yingzi didn't care about his face, glanced at Luoyang City in the distance, grinned, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "What are you looking at?" ”

"Look at Luoyang City." Zhang Xiu said enviously: "It's really a big city." ”

Tang Yingzi glanced at him with the contempt of the countrymen, and said a little strangely: "You haven't entered Luoyang City?" ”

Zhang Xiu shook his head and said shyly: "The sacrificial wine said, Luoyang City is too flashy, and I am afraid that I will not be allowed to go." ”

"Pounce!" Tang Yingzi couldn't help laughing, and said while bouncing downstairs: "You didn't enter Luoyang City, isn't your Dao heart also messed up?" Instead of this, it's better to take a look, maybe after reading it, the Dao heart will not be chaotic. The Tao is natural, I don't understand this truth, what kind of Tao do you cultivate? ”

Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed, and the question that had been circling in his heart for a long time seemed to suddenly understand, and the whole person stood there stupidly, and two lines of tears came out of his eyes. Wang Ying, who was talking to Liu Xiu in the house, heard their conversation clearly, and was stunned at this time, and said for a long time: "Deran, this is ...... Who is the girl? ”

Liu Xiu touched his nose: "I don't know who the homeless child picked up." ”

Wang Ying glanced at him and didn't ask again, but he was obviously a little unhappy, probably thinking that Liu Xiu was perfunctory to him. He turned his head to look at Zhang Xiu, who was standing there stupidly, and sighed: "I'm really a mistaken child." This kid originally had good qualifications, I accepted him as a disciple and brought him to Luoyang for nearly ten years, but there has been no progress, I thought it was blind, but it turned out that I used too much force, delaying him alive. ”

Liu Xiu blinked, looking at the pair of master and apprentice, not knowing what to say.

At night, An Quan had already fallen asleep, and without his moaning on the third floor, it seemed very quiet, Tang Yingzi was holding Liu Xiu like a little octopus, he had already yawned, his eyelids were fighting, but he still refused to sleep. Liu Xiu got up and blew out the light, put the thin quilt on her little belly, and patted her affectionately, "Sleep, I'll take you to play tomorrow." ”

Tang Yingzi replied vaguely, curled up like a kitten, closed his eyes, Liu Xiu turned his head to look out the window, the bright moonlight looked hazy through the screen window, just like Liu Xiu's mood at the moment.

Liu Xiu had countless questions in his heart, some about Taoism, some about the political situation, all of which gave him a headache. Heavenly Master Dao and Taiping Dao want to discuss the Tao in his Taiji Dao Hall, he has no objection to this matter, firstly, he can let Zhang Jiao be exposed in front of the public, so that the Son of Heaven can notice his influence, and he can prepare in advance, and secondly, he also needs to use Taoism and Confucianism to gradually eliminate some inevitable problems in Confucianism, but he never thought that Zhang Jiao was actually from Heavenly Master Dao.

The Taiping Dao family later made such a big fuss, Zhang Lu was quite safe in Hanzhong, although it had been divided for decades, but after all, there was no big move such as an uprising, if Tianshi Dao because of this controversy, and Taiping Dao embarked on the same path, then wouldn't he be self-defeating? Or will the merger of the two families become one, and the disaster will not be even worse? This is not necessarily a good thing if both sides lose, and the cannibalistic Taoist is even more powerless against Confucianism, and his ideas will be difficult to realize.

In addition to Taoism, the political situation also made him worried. The price of grain has risen to 3,000 yuan a stone, a large number of civilians began to flee, Cao Jie donated tens of thousands of stone grain, but a drop in the bucket, can not solve any big problems at all, Yang Ci, Qiao Xuan and other limited ministers also suggested that the imperial court give porridge, and took out some food, but the Yuan family still has no movement, they watched the deterioration of the situation, most of the scholars who came to Luoyang died as diners, the first class went to Yuan Shao's mansion, the second class went to Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui's mansion, and then the inferior went to other people's mansions, The Yuan family firmly controlled the essence of the scholars.

The famine seemed to provide them with a great opportunity to increase their fame.

But Liu Xiu knew that all this was a trap, a trap laid by the Son of Heaven, and the prey was likely to be the Yuan family.

What Liu Xiu wants to catch is Cao Jie, because Cao Jie is the biggest enemy of the Song family, but Cao Jie is far away from this trap, and there is no possibility of being affected at all, on the contrary, it is possible to profit from it. Liu Xiu didn't know if he was offering food purely to atone for his sins, or if he saw something. This old gelding thief is very cunning, and it is not impossible that he smells some danger from it.

Liu Xiu was a little uncertain about how things would go, he didn't know what the situation in Luoyang would become after Song Qi arrived at Luoyang with the grain ship, whether it would change in a favorable direction or an unfavorable direction, he was not sure. What made him feel even more powerless was that he found that all this was not under his control at all, but the Son of Heaven in the palace.

The Son of Heaven now trusts him and lets him do things outside the palace, if the Son of Heaven thinks he is in danger one day, will he also become the thorn and prey of the Son of Heaven like the Yuan family?

Liu Xiu's thoughts fluctuated and he couldn't sleep.

"Big brother, did you say Zhang Jiao would come?" Tang Yingzi, who had not moved, suddenly opened her eyes and stared straight at Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu thought for a while, nodded and said, "I think it's very likely to come." He paused, and then said, "This time it's a contest between the Taiping Dao and the Heavenly Master Dao, and he can't be less cautious. ”

Tang Yingzi's body trembled, sniffed, was silent for a while, and then asked, "Big brother, you said last time that you wouldn't let people bully me, is it okay now?" ”

"Of course." Liu Xiu smiled and gently stroked her round shoulder: "Didn't I reject the He family, you don't have to worry." ”

"What if it's Zhang Jiao?" Tang Yingzi followed up and asked again.

Liu Xiu hesitated: "How could Zhang Jiao bully you?" ”

Tang Yingzi insisted: "I mean if." ”

Liu Xiu smacked his lips a little embarrassed: "I want to protect you, but Yingzi, I'll be honest with you, I can't even beat Zhang Ming in my ability, and I'm afraid I'm not the opponent of the great sage and good teacher." But I don't think he has any conflict with you, right? ”

"There are no good people in Taiping Road." Tang Yingzi said suddenly, and after a while, he added: "That Yu Feiyan is slightly better." ”

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, he reached out and grabbed Tang Yingzi's ear, and laughed: "Little girl, are you exposed?" How do you know about Yu Feiyan, she has never been to Ningcheng at all, nor has she been to Fuyang. ”

Tang Yingzi knocked off Liu Xiu's hand, pouted and said, "Okay, okay, I said I leaked my mouth." Let me tell you, the person who abducted me is Zhang Jiao, and I am the saint of Taiping Dao. ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, he had already guessed that Tang Yingzi might be related to Taiping Dao, but he didn't expect that she was actually the saint of Taiping Dao. Thinking about the strange performance of Ma Yuanyi and Zhang Ming, he vaguely guessed something.

Tang Yingzi raised his eyelids and glanced at Liu Xiu, and said the matter again. She was abducted by Zhang Jiao when she was about two or three years old, and until now, she has been with Zhang Jiao for four or five years, and she has never had a chance to escape. The last time I followed Ma Yuanyi to Shi Daoist's house, I wanted to refine some elixir to impress Shi Daoren and have a relationship with He Guiren in the palace. Because of the explosion incident, the Shi family was in chaos, and she took the opportunity to escape. After thinking about it, the only person she knew in Luoyang was Liu Xiu, so she went to Luofu Noodle Restaurant to join Liu Xiu.

"Why are you looking for me, not afraid that I will send you back to Taiping Road?"

"No, I've seen such people in it, and you don't believe in their tricks of asking God." Tang Yingzi laughed proudly twice, "I am the saint of Taiping Dao, alas, no matter how determined a person is, as long as he has seen my tricks, there is no one who does not kneel and kowtow." Even in Taiping Dao, except for Brother Zhang Jiao, who is not allowed to kneel in front of me, and dare not even look at it? Only you don't believe it, so I think you are the most courageous and not afraid of these liars. ”

They pleaded to God...... Is that your trick? ”

"You think there are really gods." Tang Yingzi got up in a hurry, ran to the door barefoot, opened a crack in the door, stretched out his little head to look around, and then closed the door tightly, and quickly got on again, touched the corner of the bed for a long time, felt out a ring, and shook it proudly in front of Liu Xiu: "Tell you, this is the most amazing treasure in Taiping Road." Now Zhang Jiao is about to go crazy, I can't let him see me here, or he will definitely arrest me back. ”

Liu Xiu's brain was also a little dizzy, is it really fake? Taiping Dao can develop to this scale in a short period of time, just because of this little girl and this ring that looks inconspicuous at all? He took the ring from Tang Yingzi's hand, looked at the light carefully for a while, and found that the material of this ring was similar to his short knife - I couldn't tell what material it was, but it was heavy to the touch, and it seemed to be not small, a few points heavier than gold.

He looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see anything famous, so he returned it to Tang Yingzi, Tang Yingzi took it in his hand and glanced at him: "Don't you want it?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled: "This is yours, why should I want it, I'm not a robber, I will rob good things when I see them." ”

"There is the most desirable Dao technique for all cultivators."

"Then I can't rob it." Liu Xiu shook his head and said with a wicked smile: "You are strange, you stole the treasures of Taiping Dao, Zhang Jiao must be looking for you everywhere......"

"I didn't steal!" Tang Yingzi hurriedly said: "This ring was originally mine. She paused, and was a little embarrassed: "Even if it was stolen, it was stolen from my aunt, and it has nothing to do with him Zhang Jiao." ”

"What the hell are you?" Liu Xiu was also a little surprised, he looked at Tang Yingzi's somewhat angry eyes, hesitated for a moment, and decided to believe her: "Then you have to put it away, don't be seen, there are a lot of cultivators in Luoyang recently, if they know, don't think about Ansheng in my Tai Chi Dao Hall." ”

Tang Yingzi turned her anger into joy at this time, her long eyelashes flashed twice, and she chuckled, "Then I'll give it to you, but you promise not to let people bully me, and you will help me find my grandma." ”

"Looking for your grandma?" Liu Xiu crooked his mouth, "Then I can't guarantee it, you only remember your grandma's grandmother now, and you don't even know what she looks like, how can I help you find it?" Forget it, you better keep it for yourself, I'll send you somewhere else to hide for a few days, just don't meet Zhang Jiao. ”

Tang Yingzi also felt that there was some truth, tilted his neck and thought about it, and took another step: "Okay, you help me find it, and I will follow you before I find it." If you can't find me when I grow up, you can marry me. ”

"Go!" Liu Xiu took a sip of her and pushed her aside: "I'm going to marry Miss Achu as my wife soon, it's impossible to wait for you to grow up before marrying you." ”

"Alas-" Tang Yingzi was anxious, and rushed over and pulled his arm and shook it wildly: "I don't care who you marry, anyway, if you can't find my grandma, you will have to support me for the rest of my life." ”

"This one...... It's still something to consider. Liu Xiu reluctantly agreed.

"Okay, that's good, I'll let you see a trick first." Tang Yingzi was completely sleepy, and excitedly blew out the light, and then there were words in his mouth, I don't know what to say, the dark room suddenly lit up, and the scene I saw last time in the Fuyang Taishou Mansion appeared in front of Liu Xiu again.

However, this time it was not the old man in yellow who appeared in ancient costumes, but a young girl with uneven clothes, her eyes waved, and she said in a playful voice: "What does the master command?" ”

Liu Xiu was dumbfounded, pointed at the girl and said, "Why...... Is it a woman? ”

"Do you like it?" Tang Yingzi squeezed his eyes, and said with a wicked smile: "Those people want to become immortals all day long, so I let them look at the old man, you don't believe in immortals, I will make a woman you like look like for you to see." I know that you not only like women to be beautiful, but you also like women to have two big grandmothers. ”

Liu Xiu was very speechless, his old face was a little hot in the dark, and he kept cursing in his heart, which old monster was born to a little monster, this kind of thing can be said.

"Don't make any noise, I'll let you watch a fairy fight first." Tang Yingzi said impatiently, rubbing his fingers on the ring a few times, and the picture composed of light and shadow suddenly changed, and there was a scene that Liu Xiu did not expect.

Liu Xiu was dumbfounded and stammered.

…… The next day, Xu Yu, who got up on time, unexpectedly found that Liu Xiu also got up and was practicing martial arts in the backyard, he took a curious look, although he knew that he shouldn't peek, he couldn't help but ask: "Dongjia, what kind of martial arts are you?" ”

Liu Xiu's mouth pursed, and he was happy: "Five Elements Technique, do you want to learn it?" ”

"Five Elements?" Xu Yu's eyes lit up: "Mozi Five Elements Technique? ”

"It seems that you also have a bit of knowledge, and you actually know the Mozi Five Elements Technique. Yes, this is the Mozi Five Elements Technique, do you want to learn it? ”

"Yes." Xu Yu blurted out: "I have wanted to learn it for a long time, but I don't know where to apprentice, and I only learned this martial art later." Owner, I didn't see you use the Mozi Five Elements Technique before, why did you suddenly ......?"

Liu Xiu's face sank and interrupted him: "Don't ask nonsense, are you learning martial arts, or are you asking?" ”

"Learn martial arts, learn martial arts." Xu Yu closed his mouth obediently and refused to say another word. Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction, rehearsed a posture, and explained it in detail a few times, before he said: "This is the tiger shape among them, I think it is the most suitable for you to practice." Practice hard yourself, don't tell others, or don't blame me for turning my face. ”

Xu Yu was overjoyed, nodded again and again, his chest was pounding, and he said that he would never tell others, and in the future, only Liu Xiu would be the first to look forward to it, and he would not hesitate to go to the soup.

Liu Xiu waved his hand and asked Xu Yu to go aside to practice, and he slowly figured it out himself. This is the martial arts he learned from the ring in Tang Yingzi's hand yesterday, it looks very simple, and the martial arts that jump up and down in his previous life are very different, but it is closer to the martial arts taught by Dunwu, but there are many small movements on the body, and it is very strange to practice, when he practiced for the first time, Tang Yingzi laughed so hard that his stomach hurt, saying that he was like a monkey.

But although this Mozi Five Elements Technique is ugly, the effect is very obvious, Liu Xiu and Xu Yu have each practiced for more than a month, and after the initial painful ordeal, they were pleasantly surprised to discover the ingenuity of this martial art. Xu Yu was the first to find that after practicing the tiger form, his originally heavy body became flexible, but his strength became more domineering.

And Liu Xiu's favorite monkey shape is the one, the monkey shape is light and changeable, which corresponds to the martial arts he learned from Dunwu. What made him even happier was that after he practiced this Mozi Five Elements Technique, he quickly realized that the breath in his body echoed the posture, and he could feel the subtle flow of the breath between his gestures.

This incident made him overjoyed, and he practiced diligently.

After nightfall on this day, there were no more guests in the store, Luo Shi and the others finished washing and were ready to rest, but Liu Xiu and Xu Yu and others tried their hands in the backyard, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei watched with great interest, although they also began to practice the Five Elements Technique, but their comprehension could not catch up with Liu Xiu and Xu Yu, and they could comprehend some things that were difficult to understand when they practiced. They practiced, watched, and no one could remember that it was time to rest.

Tang Yingzi jumped upstairs, regretting that he had let Liu Xiu learn the Five Elements Technique, and he couldn't fall asleep with Liu Xiu in his arms anymore. But it's too late to regret it, no matter how coquettish she is, Liu Xiu will definitely not sleep if she doesn't practice until midnight, so she had to pout and go into Luo's shopkeeper's room, and smiled flatteringly at An Quan, who was already able to get up and walk around, and was tired of not leaving.

"The owner is still practicing martial arts?" Luo Shi scratched Tang Yingzi's nose with a smile: "Big girl, you are still pestering the owner, in a few days, when the owner becomes a parent, I will see what you do." ”

Tang Yingzi held her cheeks and frowned: "Yes, the eldest brother will become a relative in the future, so I can't sleep with him." It's a big problem, and I've got to figure out a solution. ”

"What do you think?" An Quan couldn't help but smile: "You just want to marry the owner, you have to wait a few more years, right?" ”

Tang Yingzi's mouth pursed, and she was so depressed that she was about to cry. When Luo saw it, he glared at An Quan: "Go to the outhouse and sleep, I'll sleep with Yingzi today." ”

An Quan laughed, didn't dare to squeak, and said that although his trauma was healed, the broken leg still hadn't recovered, and the woman couldn't make love when she was lying beside her, so it was really uncomfortable, so it was better to sleep in the outhouse. This time he was able to escape death, although he lost his errand, he became a small leader in the Tai Chi Taoist Hall, and received a salary of 8,000 yuan a month, which was much more comfortable than Wu Bo who opened the way for others. He was very grateful to Liu Xiu, and even doted on Tang Yingzi.

Tang Yingzi was thinking about it, and suddenly heard a sound of "bang" downstairs, as if someone had pushed the door open, Tang Yingzi was taken aback, and then jumped out, rushed out with a smoke, and screamed while running: "Big brother, someone is kicking the hall!" ”

An Quan was startled, and smiled bitterly at Luo Shi, who followed closely: "This girl is stuffy, just waiting for someone to kick the hall." ”

Luo was also very helpless, helped An Quan out of the door, looked down from upstairs, but saw Liu Bei rushing in from the outside, and was anxiously talking to Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu's face suddenly became very ugly, grabbed Liu Bei's collar, and shouted: "Really? ”

(To be continued)