Chapter 15: Metamorphosis
In the early morning, clouds and mist shrouded the mountains, and a little red sun rose slowly from the mountains in the east. With a rooster crow, the Xiaoyao Village boiled.
Zuo Yun and Xiang Feng rushed out of the house with their brothers and began to dance knives and guns in the courtyard for morning exercises.
Long Fan walked out of the wing room with sleepy eyes, stood under the eaves and stretched. While yawning, he pointed at the bandits in the courtyard and said: "Your training mode is also too informal, hard fighting, no moves, no style, it is simply chaotic, there is a chance for you to take a look at the formation of our Lock Dragon Valley disciples in the morning......"
At this time, Wu Mei'er crossed her arms, strode high, and brushed past Long Fan's side. She muttered in her mouth: "You still lock the Dragon Valley, now it's my father's Lock Dragon Valley, how can this group of soil buns have the opportunity to see the scene of my father taking his disciples to train?" ”
After hearing this, Long Fan's face immediately sank. He looked at Wu Mei'er's back and said angrily: "You stop me!" ”
Wu Mei'er turned around and looked at Longchen with disdain, and said proudly, "Isn't what Miss Ben said wrong?" ”
Just when Long Fan and Wu Mei'er were-for-tat and refused to give in to each other, Long Chen walked out of the house.
Long Chen walked to Wu Mei'er's side with his back hand, and said coldly: "Lock Dragon Valley is the home of our dragon clan, and one day we will snatch it back!" ”
As soon as Long Chen's words fell, Ling'er's yin and yang strange complaint came from the opposite wing: "It's early in the morning, why is the smell of gunpowder outside so strong, and you can't let people sleep?" ”
Ling'er walked out of the opposite wing room in a daze, leaning on crutches.
Ling'er walked to Wu Mei'er's side, covered her mouth and yawned, and then persuaded the three of them like a peacemaker: "Okay...... All right...... It doesn't matter who is right or who is wrong, just know it in your own hearts, everyone has different positions, so why argue here? ”
"Humph!" Wu Mei'er snorted coldly at Longchen unconvinced, and then brushed her sleeves away. Ling'er limped behind her and called, "Hey, hey...... You wait for me...... I've got something to look for you......"
Wu Mei'er came sullenly to a small river outside Xiaoyao Village. With a wave of her sleeves, she pulled out the phoenix whip she carried with her from her waist, and then swung the whip to whip the water in front of her without stopping.
At this time, Ling'er also rushed over with a cane. She stood behind Wu Mei'er, took out the note from her waist, and then shouted at Wu Mei'er: "Don't be angry, yesterday my godmother Feige passed a book to me, she said in the letter that you and Brother Longchen are half-brothers and sisters, she asked you to quickly return to the Dragon Valley, don't continue to entangle with Brother Longchen." ”
After Wu Mei'er heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then the phoenix whip in her hand also slipped down.
Wu Mei'er wondered in her heart: "How can he be my brother...... No way...... I'm going back to Suolong Valley to find my father and ask ......" Wu Mei'er picked up the Fengming whip and turned around and left the water's edge......
Wu Meier strode into Xiaoyao Village. She walked through the bandits who were exercising in the morning with a straight face, and then went straight to the backyard stable.
She came to the stable, drew her mount from a row of horses, jumped on it, and rushed out of the backyard with a neighing of the horses.
Wu Mei'er rode to the front yard, and then passed through the bandits like a gust of wind. The bandits were suddenly at a loss, and before they could turn their heads to check, Wu Mei'er rushed out of the gate.
Wu Meier rode alone on a horse, galloping among the mountains like a gallop.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew up billowing dust and smoke, and then the mountains to the west were covered with dark clouds.
The churning dark clouds were like thousands of wild horses that had escaped from the reins, pressing towards Wu Meier's head, and suddenly the sky and the earth were gray.
At this time, the red hairband tied to Wu Meier's head was swept away by the wind, and a piece of green silk was scattered in an instant. The wind blew away the messy long hair and slapped on Wu Mei'er's cold face. At this time, Wu Mei'er was still lying on the horse's back, squinting her eyes and raising her whip to urge the horse, and galloped against the wind in the direction of Suolong Valley.
......The rain poured down, and the bean-sized raindrops rushed to the ground from the low air like wild horses. At this time, it was already evening, and Wu Mei'er led the white horse to stand under the steps outside the door of the main hall of Suolong Valley like a chicken in soup.
Suddenly, the door of the main hall opened, and Long Pianpian stepped out of it with an oil-paper red umbrella. She stood under the eaves and stretched out the red umbrella in her hand, and then hurried towards Wu Mei'er with the umbrella on her head. She walked up to Wu Mei'er and said coldly: "He's inside, you can go in with me!" ”
After Wu Mei'er heard this, she didn't say a word, and ran towards the door of the hall above the steps in the pouring rain. Long Pianpian held an oil-paper umbrella and carried the tail of her skirt, following closely behind.
Wu Mei'er stepped into the gate, walked to the center of the main hall and stopped. At this time, Wu Xiao was sitting on the throne on the steps of the main hall while closing his eyes and recuperating while coiling a pair of walnuts in his hand. Wu Mei'er looked up at Wu Xiao opposite and asked, "Dad, did my mother have a child with another man before marrying you?" Wu Xiao closed his eyes and crossed the walnuts and replied solemnly: "That's right, that kid is Dragon Dust." After Wu Mei'er heard this, she was stunned, and then her whole body went weak and sat down on the ground.
Wu Xiao continued: "Since you already know your relationship with him, don't go to him again, you are not all the way; In the future, if you stay in the valley honestly and practice, you will have the ability to inherit my position as the valley master in the future. ”
After Wu Xiao finished speaking, he gave Long Pianpian in the audience a look. Long Pianpian nodded knowingly, then turned his face to the eight female disciples behind him and ordered: "What are you still doing in a daze, quickly take the young master back to the boudoir to wash and change clothes!" After hearing this, the female disciples hurriedly stepped forward to help Wu Mei'er, and then walked out of the hall.
They walked out of the temple gate, passed through a winding verandah, and came to the door of Wu Mei'er's boudoir. A female disciple stepped forward and pushed the door open, and the others hurriedly helped Wu Mei'er in.
Wu Meier's boudoir is very magnificent, and the furniture in the house is all made of mahogany. The boudoir is divided into two parts: the inner chamber and the outer chamber.
The exterior interior wall is lined with a six-poster bed. The shelf bed is hollowed out around the bed and carved with auspicious patterns such as a hundred birds, a phoenix and a dragon playing in the water. Next to the bed is a beautiful dressing table. There is a large bronze mirror inlaid in the middle of the dresser, and the copper mirror is carved with patterns such as phoenix peony and mandarin duck playing in the water.
The outer room is where Wu Meier chats with her best friends on weekdays, and there is only a tea table and four round stools in it.
Inside, there is the inner room, which is separated from the outer room by an arched round door. Red satin curtains hang on both sides of the round door, and blue and white porcelain floor vases with a height of one person are placed on the ground.
After the round door is the inner room, which is divided into two parts, bounded by a landscape painting screen. The outside of the screen is a cloakroom, and inside are all kinds of red dresses that Wu Meier usually wears. Behind the screen is a large wooden barrel, which is where Wu Mei'er usually bathes.
The eight female disciples helped Wu Meier behind the screen, and then they divided into three groups, two people went to the kitchen to get hot water, two people began to untie Wu Meier's clothes, and the remaining two people took out rose petals from the flower basket on the side, and then sprinkled them in a wooden bucket to make a rose petal bath for Wu Meier......
Under the careful care of several female disciples, Wu Mei'er quickly finished bathing. Her skin was like congealed cream, her hair was like ink, and she walked out from behind the screen wrapped in a red bath towel.
She went to the cloakroom and picked out a dark red wrap and a red shawl cardigan as thin as a cicada's wings, and then began to change. After a while, Wu Mei'er finished changing clothes under the service of all the disciples.
Then, several female disciples helped Wu Mei'er to sit down in front of the dresser in the outer room like the stars holding the moon. Then start putting her hair in a bundle and makeup. Under the careful dressing of several female disciples, Wu Meier wore heavy makeup and walked out of the boudoir with a high bowed bun......