Volume 2: The Gentleman's Sword Tests His Skills, and the Three Puritans Begin to Reveal Mystery (Chapter 5 of the Explosion) Volume 2 Chapter 7: Quarrels
Jiang Xiaoshu shrugged and said with a smile:
"Of course I'm happy to talk to Miss Li to relieve boredom, but with such fragrant beef and wine, you need to score me some. Otherwise, I'm already salivating just by watching you eat, where do I still have the heart to talk? β
Taking the beef that Li Mujiang tore up, Jiang Xiaoshu's keen eyes swept to Li Mujiang's hand, he was slightly stunned, and then said:
"Just now you said, do people always have to believe in something in order to live freely? But I was very unimpressed. β
"Oh?" Lai Mu Kong Road:
"Tell me about it."
Jiang Xiaoshu said:
"Miss Li, you think, there are so many beliefs in the world - scholars believe in benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, and the prince of heaven and earth; The great monk believes that the sea of bitterness is endless, and turning back is the shore; The old way of the cow nose is the unity of the belief in the life and the Tao, and the Tao is ascended to the immortal; People in the rivers and lakes believe that people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves...... But if you want me to say, hehe, there is only one reason why they believe this and that. β
Li Mujiang's casual question, almost to himself, actually attracted Jiang Xiaoshu to talk eloquently, but he was also interested, so he asked:
"What's the reason for that?"
Jiang Xiaoshu said:
"Because they themselves are well-fed and clothed, and they are living in peace, they believe in this and that. And those who have no guarantee of survival will only believe in one thing-"
"That's the sword in their hand!"
When Li Mujiang heard this, she knew that Jiang Xiaoshu was talking, and she immediately shook her head slowly and said:
"No, you're talking nonsense, it's not like that at all."
Jiang Xiaoshu prides himself on being extremely smart, and he can't accept other people's views denying him, so he narrowed his eyes slightly and said:
"Oh? Then Miss Li, what do you think? Let's hear it. β
And what he thought in his heart was:
"Say it, whatever you say, I will argue with you, master......"
Li Mujiang knew the abacus in Jiang Xiaoshu's heart, and when she saw the other party asking, she thought about it for a while, and then said:
"Because I have seen many people of this kind who you have said, they have a very hard life, and they have nothing to do with 'living at ease', but the purity of their faith is far beyond your imagination! They firmly believe that a hero will come to life and take them out of suffering, even if they die. β
After listening to Jiang Xiaoshu, he also felt that there was some truth, but he boasted that he was clever and eloquent, so how could he be convinced, he first bluffed and laughed, and then shook his head and said:
"Hmph, that's just a naΓ―ve fantasy, in the face of the pain of fate, instead of fighting hard, instead of staking the future on the ethereal so-called 'hero', isn't it ridiculous?"
As soon as the words fell, Li Mujiang raised his eyebrows, pointed at Jiang Xiaoshu and said angrily:
"Jiang Xiaoshu! YouβHow can you be so rude? β
In fact, she knew in her heart that Jiang Xiaoshu's words were by no means insightful, but the other party's unintentional words just touched the sore spot in her heart.
"Rude?" Jiang Xiaoshu didn't realize it, but sneered:
"I'm just telling the truth, do these people have 'heroes' in their hearts? Take 10,000 steps back, even if there is such a person, can he really stand up as this group of people imagined? And let him go shit luck and save sentient beings? It's not a fucking dog......"
Jiang Xiaoshu finally noticed the change in Li Mujiang's expression, so he stopped talking nonsense and looked at Li Mujiang with some embarrassment.
Li Mujiang clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire, which made Jiang Xiaoshu a little uneasy, and he didn't know how he offended her......
After a while, Li Mujiang turned his head to the side and said angrily:
"Let's go! You are gracious to me, and I don't want to speak ill of you! β
Now Jiang Xiaoshu made a difficulty, I wanted to talk to this beautiful girl a few more words, who knows which sentence I said wrong, and now people have issued an eviction order, if you stay with a dead face, I am afraid that I will not be able to please it, but if I leave, how can I be willing? So Jiang Xiaoshu had no choice but to look around, pretending to be deaf, and didn't hear Li Mujiang's words.
At this look, Jiang Xiaoshu saw that in a temple guest room opposite, there was a burst of knife light reflected, and then looked at it again, and several eyes were looking in the direction of himself and Li Mujiang. Jiang Xiaoshu pretended not to know, but he was secretly on guard in his heart.
Li Mujiang saw Jiang Xiaoshu pretending to be deaf, so he repeated it again:
"Jiang Xiaoshu, I told you to leave quickly, can't you hear? Do you have to be happy if I ignore your kindness and scold you? β
Jiang Xiaoshu was spontaneously worried about how to continue to talk nonsense, and after hearing the word "kindness", his eyes rolled and he said:
"Enyi and Enyi, Miss Li, you said that you would repay the favor, can you do this much?"
Li Mujiang was originally angry, but when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said:
ββ¦β¦ Of course, I, Li Mujiang, am not an unrighteous person, if you have any requirements, I will do my best. β
Jiang Xiaoshu was secretly happy in his heart, but he said with a straight face:
"Well, it seems that Miss Li is a happy person, then I will mention it, you can't regret it."
Li Mujiang nodded.
"Request, it's ......" Jiang Xiaoshu pretended to be silent for a long time, and then said:
"I want to ask Miss Li to talk to me for a while, how about it, can you do it?"
"Don't." Li Mujiang refused without thinking about it:
"I don't want to talk to you."
"Look at you!" Jiang Xiaoshu immediately pointed at Li Mujiang and said:
"What else do you say you can do with all your might, you can't do such a simple thing, and you still boast about what kind of affection and righteousness, hum, Li Mujiang, I think you are a white-eyed ......"
"Good!" Li Mujiang knew that if he continued to talk nonsense, Jiang Xiaoshu's dog would definitely not be able to spit out ivory, so he said:
"I promise you yes, but...... You can't say anything about it, and if you say anything more or even say something disrespectful, I'll turn around and leave, and I'll never see you again. β
"Hey, hey, don't mention it." Jiang Xiaoshu waved his hand, then he looked around, and suddenly looked at Li Mujiang's hand and said:
"Miss Li, what's the matter with your hand?"
Jiang Xiaoshu's original intention was to open the topic, but no matter how clever his brain was, he would never have imagined that the scars on Li Mujiang's hands were closely related to Fang Cai's topic...... Li Mujiang raised his head and took a sip of wine, snorted lightly, and said coldly:
"Nothing, bitten by a dog."
"Oh-" Jiang Xiaoshu nodded meaningfully and sighed:
"This dog must be very handsome."
Li Mujiang was puzzled:
"What?"
"Look at this tooth mark," Jiang Xiaoshu pulled Li Mujiang's hand without a trace, pointed to the wound and said:
"Oh, this is amazing, you see, this bite mark is so small and neat, if you think that dog must have a cherry mouth, if you want to come to it, your teeth are like shellfish, Miss Li, you think, how can a dog with such good teeth be ugly?"
After Li Mujiang listened, he didn't know how to answer, so he had to say:
"Heh, you're pretty good at guessing......"
"Of course," Jiang Xiaoshu stretched out his fingers and rubbed the back of Li Mujiang's hand, and said with his eyes closed:
"Let me guess again, huh...... Huh! Yes, this dog not only has good teeth, but also I can guess the appearance, with a melon seed face, a very beautiful appearance, maybe there are four tear moles on the right face! Miss Li, do you say? β
Li Mujiang saw that the matter of biting the back of his hand was broken by Jiang Xiaoshu, but he was still yin and yang, pretending to be around the bend and scolding himself for being a dog, and her face, which had always been strong, was hot, and scolded:
"It's boring!"
"Shhh-" Jiang Xiaoshu motioned for Li Mujiang to silence, and then he pulled Li Mujiang's hand in front of him, sniffed it, and said in surprise:
"Let me smell it...... Huh? It's strange, this dog is actually, unexpectedly, the reason why it is, Xiao Anran ......"
After some nonsense, Li Mujiang was still in the clouds, but her palm was pulled in front of Jiang Xiaoshu, Jiang Xiaoshu's conspiracy succeeded, and he took Li Mujiang's plain hand and kissed it. Then no one laughed:
"This dog's paws are so fragrant, I don't know what kind of sauce it is, but it's pickled in the flavor, hahahaha......"
Although Li Mujiang has a bold and atmospheric personality, she has been respected since she was a child, when did she suffer such lightness? She immediately withdrew her right hand, and at the same time, the leather bag containing wine in her left hand had already been swept towards Jiang Xiaoshu's head.
"Boom!" With a bang, the leather bag knocked on Jiang Xiaoshu's head, Jiang Xiaoshu was in pain, threw down the long sword, and rolled down the eaves with a grunt, shouting and scolding while rolling down:
"Damn, such a ruthless little girl, even if she is so cruel to herself, she can do it to her savior!"
Li Mujiang turned a deaf ear, took his right hand on the placket and wiped it again and again, pursed his lips in disgust, and took another big sip of wine.
Jiang Xiaoshu rolled down in embarrassment, and before he landed, he used his body to run away without knowing where to go, Li Mujiang's anger in his heart was not gone, but it was also very strange, thinking that this guy's martial arts were only stronger than his own, how could he really suffer this time? How could he run away without a trace, and even throw his sword at his feet?
Putting down the wine bag, Li Mujiang happily spit out a mouthful of wine, but his eyes fell on Jiang Xiaoshu's sword, which was different from yesterday's hurried glance, and after careful inspection, Li Mujiang found that the gauntlet of this sword was actually a very rare cyan, and it was carved into the shape of a lifelike green dragon, which looked very peculiar.
Li Mujiang pulled out half of the sword, and suddenly found that although the sword was extremely sharp, it could still be easily seen that it was an old thing, and it was at least thirty or forty years old, and the only part that looked newer was the part of the sword engraved with "The Wind Wanderer, Laughing at the Book of the World", which seemed to be much newer, as if there were other words originally, and these two sentences were re-engraved after erasing the original handwriting.
"Wandering merryman, laughing at the world's books......" Li Mujiang whispered the words on the sword, repeated it a few times, and naturally reached out to touch the sword, not noticing that the owner of the sword had come behind him.