Xiao Bowen and his father followed Gu Baiguo into the forest, and came to the previous Innocent Cave, only to find that after more than half a month, the appearance of this place had completely changed.

Looking at it, it seems to be an idyllic scenery, the wooden house is located at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by transplanted flower beds and medicine gardens, whether it is the building itself, or the surrounding wooden fences and other things, as well as the long gravel road, a brick and a tree, a flower and a grass, and countless vibrant plants, there is an indescribable harmony, as if some kind of natural force, as well as the truth of heaven and earth, was turned into a real object by the owner here, condensed here.

Xiao Bowen's vision couldn't see it, but Mai Liu was an old man who was rich and rich, and when he saw this, he secretly sighed in his heart.

This Gan Thirteen is really a trend.

Looking at it like this, Mai Liu's heart couldn't help but feel a little proud.

This kid can have today's achievements, and he Mai Liu also has some credit......

Although today, he came to pay off his debts.

But......

Mai Liu, who was calm and seemed very calm along the way, looked much better at the moment, and he was a little more energetic, and walked along a long stone road, and finally walked to the small courtyard in front of the wooden house.

In the left front of the small courtyard, there is an irregular hole with a diameter of about one zhang, and next to the hole, there is a wooden table made of ancient tree roots, the texture on it is very strange, there are a total of thirteen vortices, painted with varnish, there is not a single barb, it looks very comfortable, and there is an indescribable ancient rhyme, and there are some wooden piers next to it, which are matched with this wooden table.

Gu Baiguo asked the two to sit down, and then said, "He is chatting with his old friend, and he told me to pick you up, and then he will rush over." ”

She went into the house, and after a while, she brought tea.

Gu Baiguo poured the tea himself, and the teapot slowly poured out the tea-green liquid, but there was a pungent fragrance, Mai Liu is a person who knows the goods, and asked, "Girl, what kind of tea is this?" ”

Gu Baiguo said: "It's called Nine Thousand Tieguanyin, it is said that it was taken from an old tea tree that has lived for nine thousand years and fried with a secret method......

When Xiao Berwyn heard this, he felt extremely ridiculous, and couldn't help but say: "In this world, there are still old tea trees that have lived for nine thousand years? ”

Mai Liu also felt incredible - you must know that this genus of plants and trees has its own fixed number, even if the tree species can live for a long time, but it can't stop all kinds of disasters, and even if it avoids all kinds of man-made disasters and natural disasters, as long as the time comes, it will encounter thunderstorms, and every hundred years, or less, it will fall into thunder, bombard, and turn it into coke......

However, Gu Baiguo smiled lightly and said, "There is no here, there may not be no other place, there is no need for me to lie to your ......"

After she finished speaking, she was about to leave, but Mai Liu stopped her: "Girl, wait a minute, Gan Thirteen, he ...... But what about meeting the black dragon of the cave court? ”

Gu Baiguo turned his head, looked at Mai Liu with a smile, and said, "Oh, does the old gentleman also care about the Dongting Black Dragon?" ”

Mai Liu was asked by this little girl, and she was suddenly a little choked.

He could feel that although the little girl in front of him was smiling as sweet as sugar, there was obviously some questioning behind the flower-like smile.

Obviously, the little girl thought of him as a group with the other people who coveted the black dragon.

Mai Liu sighed and said, "I came here to talk to Gan Shisan about the things of the year, but it has nothing to do with the black dragon." ”

Gu Baiguo nodded and said, "Sit down for a while, I'll go see when he will come back." ”

But she turned around and walked towards the back of the house, and there was no one to be seen.

Xiao Bowen waited for a while, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Gu Baiguo didn't show his head, and then said with some complaints: "This little girl is not big, but her temper is not small......"

He could also feel the questioning and arrogance behind the smile of the woman in white.

Mai Liu glanced left and right and said, "You feel wronged?" ”

Little Berwyn immediately said, "Of course! Dad, who are you, the dignified Mai Liu, the head of the Mai God Sect, the master of the door, this Mai's ability to break the power is the best in the world, whether it is a prince or a general, or a master on the road, which one is not a high look at you? What's more, you are still his master's close friend, and you can be regarded as his elder......"

He said indignantly, but Mai Liu did not stop him, and after Xiao Bowen vented, he said slowly: "Boss, do you know why I sent the third child to Xinxiang to participate in the affairs of Mai Shenxiang, and left you by your side to support the elderly?" ”

"Huh?"

Xiao Bowen was stunned by Mai Liu's sudden change of topic, hesitated for a while, and couldn't help asking, "Why?" ”

In fact, this is exactly what he has always wondered about.

Although he lives quite nourishingly and respects in the north and south of Xianghu Lake, he has always felt that as the son-in-law of the family, he should inherit his father's business and go to Mai Shenxiang to do a great career.

As a result, Mai Liu left him by his side and sent the third child to the Central Plains.

Xiao Bowen Liu Qirui felt that he had made great achievements in Ziwei Doushu, Looks, Bagua Liuyao, Qimen Dunjia, and even ancient divination, Qingwushu, and Zhengfa, and he was not much worse than the third child.

Why can the third child go, but he can't?

Mai Liu looked at her eldest son and the dissatisfaction that was inadvertently revealed on his face, and let out a long sigh.

He said: "Because the third child believes in life, you don't believe it." ”

Little Berwyn looked stunned and said, "What do you mean?" I also believe in fate, for so many years, I have helped people to investigate the eight characters, weddings and funerals, and break the hexagram to eliminate disasters, which one is not according to what your old man taught and learned, and helped people make decisions? Why don't I believe in fate? ”

Mai Liu looked at him and said, "That's just the appearance, those who believe in fate have awe in their hearts; With reverence, there will be a sense of proportion, and you will know how to advance and retreat...... The third child, whether he is a person or a worker, is better than you at this point, and I don't let you go to the Central Plains and return to Mai Shenxiang, not to pull your hind legs, but to save your life......"

At this point, little Berwyn finally understood what his father was going to say.

He wasn't stupid, he just fell into the pit, and for a while, he didn't come to his senses.

After a moment of silence, little Berwyn said, "Father, then you insist on coming over this time, is it ......?"

Mai Liu said: "I did something wrong back then, and this time I came back, it was to atone for my sins, and it was also to let this Gan Thirteen eliminate the obsession in his heart, so that he could face the Lianggong Emperor without any worries - you should know that the biggest knot in my Mai Liu's life is the matter of Kanto back then, in order to avenge the blood revenge, let me do whatever I want, do you understand?" ”

When he said this, the old Mai Liu, his eyes burst out with sharp light.

In this, there is hatred and anger, and there is also a lifelong obsession.

There are also many complex emotions that are inexplicable and unclear......

Little Berwyn stopped talking, and bowed his head.

And Mai Liu's emotions relaxed, he looked at the mountains in the distance, and said in a low voice: "Although I haven't seen him in person, but I came all the way today, and I can still see many things......

His eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Little Berwyn didn't talk to his father any more, but looked to the left and right, and his eyes were soon attracted by the three wood carvings not far away.

The wood carving was almost a one-to-one ratio, carving three people, namely a very tall and very athletic barefoot man with a blue veil wrapped around his head, a Taoist man wearing a Taoist robe with a cold face, and a round-faced boy wearing a Western dress and a smile on his face......

The first two of them have already been completed, but the round-faced kid is only half complete, and his head and lower body are still in a semi-finished state.

Even so, it was still possible to see these three people, namely the Gu King Luo Eighteen, the Fu King Li Daozi, and the Array King Qu Yang.

These wood carvings are obviously from the hands of Gan Mogan XIII.

This person deserves to be the "Holy Hand of Luban", this wood carving work, no one in the world can beat it, just now when Xiao Bowen glanced at it, almost thought it was a real person, at this moment a careful look, found that these three wood carvings, whether it is demeanor, expression or action, are quite vibrant, can catch people's attention in an instant, feel the charming charm of the world's three uniques......

Road.

Not to mention anything else, this one is close to the extreme of "Tao" in terms of craftsmanship, which makes people feel emotional.

Thinking like this, little Berwyn's uncomfortable thoughts that he felt just now after being refuted by his father finally stopped floating.

He felt that this man named Gan Mo had unconsciously grown to a height that people looked up to.

And such a height is beyond the reach of countless people in the world, including him......

Just when little Berwyn was seriously reflecting, Nagan Thirteen returned.

The little carpenter, dressed in the coarse cloth clothes of a craftsman's work, and stepping on straw sandals, as if he had just walked back from the field, came over very naturally, greeted little Berwyn, and met Mai Liu again.

Mai Liu had already prepared a full mouth of words before she came, but at this moment, when she met this seemingly unpretentious young man, she choked in her throat and couldn't speak.

The little carpenter sat opposite Mai Liu, chatted for a while, and then asked, "I don't know what you are looking for when you come here?" ”

Mai Liu knows that there are things that need to be faced after all.

So he gritted his teeth and said hard-headedly: "I came here this time to atone for the original thing, I ......"

He finally decided to tell the story of the year, and then let the other party deal with it.

However, before he could say anything, the man on the other side stretched out his hand and stopped him.

The man said lightly: "Needless to say, I don't want to investigate what happened back then, and you have forgotten it......"

Yes?