Chapter 217: The Second Day of the Martial Arts Conference
The four girls traveled for a day and played hide and seek for a long time, all of them were tired, and they slept until dawn before waking up one after another. Mo Cong extinguished the bonfire, dug a pit and buried all the ashes and traces that remained, and made them look exactly like the surroundings with dead branches and leaves, and then got up with a few people to continue on his way.
Since it was the second day of riding, the riding skills of the girls were much better than yesterday, their bodies were not so tight and stiff, and the bumps of the horses running could be buffered in time, in short, riding a horse was no longer like a kind of suffering like yesterday, but it had become a relaxed and pleasant thing, although it was not enjoyable but not far behind.
In order to make the journey easier and more enjoyable, when passing through the town, Mo Cong led the horse with the four maids, walked all the way to see the stalls and shops on both sides of the street, juggled snacks, and directly gave the maids dozens of taels of silver to buy what they wanted.
In this way, I stopped and stopped for a day, and at the end of the day, I even drove more than 200 miles. In the evening, Mo Cong still took the four maids to have a delicious meal in a big restaurant with a hot business along the way, and then rode out of the city to sleep in the wilderness.
The girls ate well, drank well, rested well, and were much better than yesterday. Mo Cong looked at their energetic appearance, and his heart was also very happy.
The sky was getting dark, the bonfire was getting brighter, and the four girls were practicing for a while and sitting for a while under the guidance of Mo Cong, and they were all drenched in sweat after coming back and forth a few times. I don't know who said that it would be nice to be able to take a bath, and the other three girls all felt the same way when they heard it.
"There's a small river about half a mile ahead, but it doesn't sound like the water is calm, and I don't know if it's clean or not, so why don't you go and have a look. Mo Cong said.
A few people put out the bonfire and led the horses in the direction of the sound of the river, and after walking for a while, the maids also heard the sound of running water, and they sped up. Walking over and looking, there is a small river or forest stream about a foot wide in front of it, the stream is not deep, only four or five feet, but because of the uneven terrain, the stream flow rate is relatively rapid, and there are some small waves on the ground. Mo Cong picked up a handful of water and looked at it, the water was a little cold, but it was still clear, and it was completely okay to take a bath.
"Let's go down and find a gentler terrain. Mo Cong listened to the sound in the distance, and led the four of them down in the direction of the stream.
After walking more than a mile, the terrain was much calmer, the flow of the stream was greatly slowed down, and the small waves were completely gone, replaced by some uneven water lines.
"The water is a little cold, you have to fight quickly, don't catch a cold. Mo Cong felt that the place was quite suitable, and motioned for the girls to take a bath.
"Young master, you can take a bath too. Xiaolan took out a set of Mo Cong's clothes from her backpack and held it in her hand.
"I'm going to take a bath, but you don't have to worry about me, just wash yourself. Mo Cong said as he took the clean clothes and put them on the boulder beside him, took off his clothes and went down into the cold stream with a bang.
Several maids also began to take a bath, but none of them went into the water, just washed and scrubbed carefully with water by the stream, and then changed into clean clothes.
"Are you afraid of the cold water or the water is not clean?" Mo Cong asked strangely when he saw that they were washing without reservation and reserved.
"I'm afraid. The girls said one after another.
"Young master, come up quickly, the stream is too cold, it's not good to soak for a long time. Satsuki said.
Mo Cong felt quite comfortable and happy, and soaked for a while before coming up. A few maid rings had already washed Mo Cong's clothes and their clothes with stream water, and were thinking about how to dry them, Mo Cong got two branches and stuck them in the ground, and washed a long branch and put it on the two branches, let a few maid rings dry all the clothes, and then untied the firewood that had just been cut from the horse and lit a bonfire next to it.
"Sleep on these rocks today, you should sleep more comfortably than yesterday, but cover your clothes at night so that you don't catch a cold. Mo Cong looked at a few half-human-high boulders by the stream, and felt that the slightly sloping and flat stone surface was quite suitable for sleeping.
"I'm going to sleep with the young master on a rock. Xiaoyue saw that there were only three stones, one for herself and Mo Cong, one for Xiaolan, and one for the two twin sisters, so this arrangement was quite appropriate.
"Okay, then you sleep with me. Mo Cong didn't say much.
"We're going to sleep with the young master on a rock, too. The two twin sisters saw that Mo Cong was so easy to speak, and immediately expressed their attitude.
"Xiaolan, what about you?" asked Mo Cong.
"I... I also want. Xiaolan said.
"Okay, then put three stones together and sleep five people together. Mo Cong slapped his palm as he spoke, slapping a stone on the left into the air and flying it up, landing next to the stone in the middle with a bang, and concocting the stone on the right in the same way. Although the three stones are not very tightly connected, the gap in the middle is not large, and there is no need to worry about someone falling into the gap when you sleep on it.
After finishing the stones, a few people began to arrange, Mo Cong smoothed some uneven places, and a few maid rings wiped the stone surface clean with a handkerchief dipped in the stream water, and after a lot of work, a large natural bed appeared by the forest stream. A few people went up to try it, and it was okay to sleep, but it was too early to fall asleep, so the five of them took dishes, chopsticks, beef, wine, and some snacks bought in the town, and began to eat on the big stone.
"Young Master, I want to drink with you. Satsuki casually poured the water in her bowl back into the water bag and stretched the bowl over.
"Okay, drink less, then. Mo Cong said and picked up the wine bag and poured her a small half bowl.
"Too little, full. Satsuki looked at the wine in the bowl and felt that it was not enough.
"Do you want to have some?" Mo Cong poured her full as he said, and asked the other three maids instead.
Xiaolan said no, Xiaowan and Xiaoting felt that other foods were originally cold, and drinking water was even cooler, so they also folded the water back into the water bag like Xiaoyue, and one person came with a small half bowl of wine, but after taking a sip, the sisters couldn't appreciate it, and two blushes immediately flew on their faces.
"This wine is more rushed, I'll see if there's any lighter wine. Mo Cong looked at the two of them suffering, folded the two bowls of wine into a bowl and drank it in one gulp, got up and looked through a few wine bags, and found a light wine for the two to change.
In the moonlit forest, the campfire crackles in the distance, the stream bubbles beside it, and the five people gather in a circle to share snacks and taste wine, summing up the hardships and joys of the journey. When everyone pushed the glass and changed the wine bowl, Xiaoyue danced on the boulder with her bare jade feet, and the figure under the moonlight was sometimes soothing and sometimes flying, sometimes stagnant and sometimes smart, and won bursts of applause after the dance. Xiao Yue was also very happy, and drank a bowl of wine before slowly sitting down.
"Satsuki already has a foundation in dance, so it's no wonder that she has an advantage in practice. Mo Cong said, "What about you, Xiaolan, how do you practice, share it with you." ”
"I've loved needlework since I was a child, and I feel it when I pick up a needle, so I have a bit of an advantage in terms of hidden weapons. Xiaolan said, "As for other aspects, when I control my qi, I imagine that I am threading the needle, and when I make moves, I also imagine the coherence of the moves as the landing point of three or four stitches or even seven or eight stitches in a row, so I feel more in terms of qi control and moves." ”
"Okay, it seems that the advantages of the two of you can't be copied by others, as for Xiao Wan and Xiao Ting, their kind of telepathy is even less common to others. Then you should continue to work hard and build on your strengths. Mo Cong picked up the wine bowl and said encouraging words.
The four girls also picked up the wine bowls, and the five bowls touched together, and everyone drank together.
Everyone chatted while eating again, Xiaolan Xiaowan and Xiaoting were a little overwhelmed, and they each lay down next to them and fell asleep.
"Xiaoyue, don't drink it either, go to bed early. Mo Cong saw that Xiao Yue picked up the wine bag and poured the wine again, and persuaded him.
"Young master, we haven't drunk for a long time, so let me have some more drinks with you. Xiao Yue poured good wine, looked up at Mo Cong and said.
"Okay, then drink, but in the future, when you act, you must abstain from alcohol, not only must you not get so carried away with it, but you must not touch it at all. Mo Cong thought for a moment and said.
"I actually don't like to drink, Xiaolan and they usually don't drink at all, everyone is very happy, and they all want to drink a little with the young master, so they sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman. If we go out on our own, we will definitely avoid alcohol. Xiao Yue picked up the wine bowl and said.
"If you don't like it, then don't drink it. Mo Cong said.
"Yes, I don't drink it now, I just want to feed the young master. Xiao Yue took a sip of wine in her mouth as she spoke, and leaned over to kiss Mo Cong.
Mo Cong looked at Xiao Yue's skillful appearance, felt a little uncomfortable, and instinctively pushed her away. "I don't want to drink anymore, go to sleep. He said casually, folded the remaining wine from the five wine bowls into one bowl, collected the things, then poured the wine into the stream, washed and dried the dishes and chopsticks and put them back in the backpack, and then took out a few clothes for Xiaolan and the others to cover, and also brought one for Xiaoyue to put on her.
"Young Master, you're still... Do you still dislike me?" said Satsuki softly as she looked at the bubbling stream in the moonlight.
"I've never disliked you, I just don't want you to please me in this way of pleasing guests. Mo Cong said, "You are no longer a girl from Mochiyue Tower, nor is you simply a maid from Mofu, but your surname is Mo Xiaoyue, this name represents a deep meaning to me, I hope you can understand." ”
"Speaking of which, you still don't dislike me?" Xiao Yue said as she flew off the boulder, rushed to the horse's side in a few steps, pulled out a saber and wiped it across her neck.
"Are you crazy?!" Mo Cong flew to snatch the saber from Xiao Yue's hand, and bright red blood beads slipped from the blade and fell to the ground. Under the moonlight, a red line appeared on Xiao Yue's snow-white neck, which changed from thin to thick.
"I'm not crazy, I just don't want to live. Xiao Yue looked at the saber in Mo Cong's hand, and her grief was greater than her heart was dead.
Mo Cong quickly clicked on the acupuncture point on Xiao Yue's neck, so that the blood no longer flowed out, and put the knife into the sheath with his backhand. "I don't mean to dislike you, I just don't want you to be reminded of your previous experiences through some actions. If you do want to amuse me the way you just did, that's fine, but hopefully you're just liking, not pleasing you. Mo Cong said as he took Xiao Yue and flew down on the back of a horse, and casually untied a wine bag and handed it to Xiao Yue.
Moonlight Forest, at the edge of the stream, the two of them on horseback on the giant wood on the big stone on the lips and teeth intertwined wine and wine legend to say, although Xiao Yue did not drink much, but after a night of stealing joy is also physically and mentally drunk, the next morning when the leg was so weak that he almost fell off the horse, Mo Cong had to ride with her, and only let her ride alone when she recovered at noon.
Xiaolan Xiaowan and Xiaoting were also a little dizzy, but they were still taken aback when they saw Xiaoyue like this.
"You are forbidden to drink alcohol when you come out in the future, otherwise you will drink like Xiaoyue so that your hands and feet are soft, and you can cut yourself when you practice knives, so how can you act?" Mo Cong took Xiaoyue as an example and warned him very seriously, and the three girls nodded again and again, and said that they would never drink again and again.