Chapter 4: Inquiry

I have to say that Mu Chuning's concerns are right, they have just walked into the room with their front feet, and a little monk has come to deliver the meal with their back feet.

After Xizhu sent the little monk away, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's really dangerous, think about how early we will come back." Mu Chuning also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Xizhu reminded herself, otherwise she would forget the time because she was too focused. If he was not in the house just now, and the little monk came and saw that there was no one in the house, he would definitely report to his father, and then he was afraid that he would be unspeakable.

After this day, Mu Chuning was also a little tired, although the food at home was not as delicious as the food, but at least he still had to eat some.

After finishing the meal, Mu Chuning asked Xizhu to return the dishes and chopsticks to the back kitchen of the temple, so that he didn't have to come back to serve himself. Xizhu cleaned up the table, and then went to lay out the bedding that Mu Chuning was going to sleep on for a while before leaving.

Every time she comes here to stay, at night, Mu Chuning likes to sit on the stone bench outside the door by herself and enjoy the tranquility around her. Mu Chuning looked up at the night sky that was already dark at this time, and the bright crescent moon exuded a hazy moonlight, reflecting in Mu Chuning's watery eyes. This pleasant night scene made Mu Chuning begin to habitually see God again.

Mu Chuning was so quietly in a daze, but a black back suddenly flashed in her heart. Today, the master taught him how to perform acupuncture, so do you want to ask the master about Gu poison tomorrow? Mu Chuning thought in her heart, and suddenly sobered up, how could she care so much about a person who only had one side? No, I should have been interested in the Gu poison I heard for the first time, and I was curious. Mu Chuning thought about it, and shook her head to make herself conscious.

"I should be tired, or go to sleep first, and then ask the master about Gu poison tomorrow." Mu Chuning muttered quietly, got up and walked towards the room. As everyone knows, not far behind her, there is a person standing on the treetop to take in her series of small movements. The corners of the man's mouth arced, and he jumped up and disappeared into the night.

Early the next morning, Mu Chuning got up. After a brief combing, he ate some vegetarian buns from the kitchen and hurriedly walked to Song Lian.

When he arrived, Song Lian was already sitting on the couch and flipping through the books in his hand. "Why are you in such a hurry today?" Song Lian looked at Mu Chuning's longing expression on his face, and couldn't help but feel a little cute, it seemed that he had something to ask himself as an apprentice. Mu Chuning didn't beat around the bush, she didn't sleep well all night because of the Gu poison last night, and today she must know what kind of poison the Gu poison is.

"Master, the apprentice wants to ask if you know about Gu poison?" As soon as Mu Chuning finished asking, he saw Song Lian's expression sink and regain his calm in an instant. "Gu poison is a unique poison of the Miao Jiang people, and they usually implant their own cultured Gu worms into the skin, so that the toxin spreads with the movement of Gu worms. However, the toxicity of the Gu poison depends on how the Gu cultivator cultivates the Gu worms, and the toxicity of the Gu worms is determined according to the cultivation of their own masters. Song Lian told Mu Chuning everything she knew, and a trace of pain crossed her heart, and talking about Gu poison reminded her of some bad memories.

After Mu Chuning listened, she raised her eyes and saw the sadness in Song Lian's eyes, and asked with some worry: "Master, what's wrong with you?" "It's okay, why did you suddenly ask about this?" Song Lian put away the emotions just now and asked instead. After all, she had never shown Mu Chuning any books that recorded Gu poison, how could she ask?

"I overheard my friend mention it when I was talking to him before." Mu Chuning didn't tell her master about the previous incident, because she didn't want others to know about it for the time being, even if it was her own master.

"I see, let's pick up where we left off yesterday." Song Lian said, relieved his emotions and continued to teach Mu Chuning how to operate acupuncture. A thought flashed in my heart, but I immediately dispelled it, hoping that I was thinking too much.

Mu Chuning stayed here with Song Lian all morning, and didn't leave until noon. Because he was afraid that the Yun clan would come to find him, Mu Chuning could only go back for the time being, and come back again during the lunch break.

After sending Mu Chuning away, Song Lian closed the door and slowly walked to the cabinet next to his bed, took out a piece of moon-white nephrite and looked at it carefully. Looking at the word "Yu" carved on nephrite, "Sister ......" raised her hand and gently stroked the words on nephrite, muttering quietly.

Here, when Mu Chuning walked to the door, he happened to meet Mu Chumeng who was walking towards him, and he was secretly glad that he had come back at the right time. "Why is Meng'er here?" Mu Chuning said and walked towards Mu Chumeng. Mu Chumeng heard Mu Chuning call her, and changed from walking slowly to trotting to Mu Chuning. "I was bored in the room, so I thought I would come and talk to my sister." Mu Chumeng said, smiling at Mu Chumeng. Mu Chuning shook her head helplessly, took Mu Chumeng's hand and walked into the house, saying as she walked: "Go to the house and say, don't get sick for a while when the humidity is heavy outside." ”

It is said that there is a lot of rain during the Qingming Festival, and Mu Chuning's family has rarely encountered rainy weather in the past two days when they came to Nan'an Mountain, and it has been in a gloomy foggy day except for some light rain on the day of ancestor worship, which has caused the humidity to be particularly heavy.

Mu Chuning led Mu Chumeng into the back of the room and motioned for her to sit on the couch, while she sat on the other side of the soft collapse. Xizhu and Xin'er followed one after the other, and Xin'er in the back closed the door, and Xizhu in front stepped forward to pour tea for the two masters.

Mu Chumeng looked at the action of Xizhu pouring tea, looked at Mu Chuning, opened her mouth to speak, but hesitated, picked up the teacup in front of her and drank it in a sip. Seeing that Mu Chumeng looked like she wanted to speak and stopped, Mu Chumeng was a little funny, but she didn't rush to ask, and waited patiently for Mu Chumeng to speak by herself.

Mu Chumeng also hesitated for a moment before she spoke: "Sister, you said that if I want to learn martial arts, will my father agree?" Mu Chuning couldn't help but be a little stunned when she heard Mu Chumeng's thoughts, it was normal for Mu Chumeng to be outgoing and active, and she wanted to learn martial arts, but when she asked her father if she would agree to this, she couldn't be sure.

"Why do you suddenly want to learn martial arts?" Mu Chuning was a little curious about Mu Chumeng's idea of learning martial arts. "Because I don't like to learn to dance, you know. When I got up this morning and was about to walk around, I happened to meet some warrior monks who were practicing morning exercises, and I thought it was very interesting, so I ......" Mu Chumeng said and smiled embarrassedly at Mu Chuning. "Is that all?" According to Mu Chuning's understanding of Mu Chumeng, he didn't believe that Mu Chumeng was just for such a simple reason.

"No, it's not." Mu Chumeng shook her head, and then said, "I learned martial arts so that I can use it to protect my father and mother and sister in the future!" Other people will have one or two eldest brothers or younger brothers in their families, but our family only has two or two daughters, and if something happens to our family in the future, we can only rely on our father to protect us. So, I want to learn how strong martial arts are and then I can protect my father and sister! ”

Listening to Mu Chumeng's categorical words, Mu Chuning was a little surprised, she didn't expect her sister, a little girl who was not yet thirteen years old, to think so far, which made Mu Chuning feel very relieved. It seems that his sister is really growing up unconsciously.

"My sister is very happy that you can think so. It's just that let's not talk about whether my father will agree, do you know that learning martial arts is hard, but it is thousands of times more bitter than dancing. Mu Chuning said seriously, after all, martial arts can't be learned on a whim, and the hardships will be cruel, Mu Chuning still has some selfishness and doesn't want her sister to suffer.

"I know, but in order to protect my family in the future, I can bear it, I'm not afraid, sister, you believe me." Mu Chumeng's face is also full of sincerity. Seeing Mu Chumeng's so determined appearance, Mu Chumeng sighed softly, it seemed that Mu Chumeng's willingness was very resolute. It's just that what should my father say?

"Meng'er, sister believes in you. It's just that this matter can't be decided easily, because you still need to go to your father's side to probe the mouth, and your mother. When Mu Chuning said this, he looked at Mu Chumeng and didn't continue. Mu Chumeng also knew the reason, her mother would definitely oppose it because she was worried about herself and didn't want her to suffer.

"Sister, what should I do......" Mu Chumeng lowered her head in some frustration. Don't worry, let my sister think of a way again, can I talk about this matter when I get home? Mu Chuning couldn't bear to look at Mu Chumeng like this, so she said this first to ease Mu Chumeng's emotions.