Chapter 138: The Human Heart Is Like a Demon (I)
Although Butcher Zheng was beaten out by the little fox, he was so determined that he was about to slash at the green cow when he lifted the knife, but the cow closed his eyes and didn't dodge.
Everyone didn't have time to react, but it was the elderly Wang Laohan who blocked the cow with a vigorous posture, the knife was firmly pierced in the chest, and blood gushed out, but he didn't care, but said weakly and intermittently: "Old Qing...... You saved my family...... This ...... I don't owe you anything now......."
Before he finished speaking, he swallowed his breath.
The green bull understood what he said, and "mooed like crazy" twice to break free from the reins that bound it, and then the green smoke came out of his body and turned into a big man with a blue body and a knotted muscles on his upper body.
He had a pair of horns on his head, his blue-gray hair was casually scattered, his eyes were like copper bells, and he looked fierce and vicious, but he was also like thunder...... grabbed the butcher by the neck and lifted him up, and with another force, he immediately lost his breath, threw him on the ground, his eyes turned white, his legs kicked, and he lost his life.
This scene also frightened the people on the street, and they fled in a hurry!
The son surnamed Li was also really startled, but looked at Lao Yuan and Xiaohu...... The most important thing is that Mo Wunian, whom he relied on, did not leave, and he stabilized his soul and stayed.
The big man who turned into a green cow sighed at Wang Laohan and said, "If you want to say that you owe it...... It's also the old cow, I owe you. βγ
When he first entered the Yin Void Realm and successfully transformed into a successful form, he was chased and killed by the Confucian scholars, and later he was even more killed and turned into his own body, thanks to a shepherd boy who herded cattle gave his cattle to the Confucian scholars, which also saved him.
This shepherd boy is Wang Laohan, and he will stay in his house for the next few decades to repay his kindness.
But maybe there is really fate in this world...... Decades passed, but the Confucian found him again, and it happened that Wang Laohan's two sons owed gambling debts, and he wanted to die no matter what, so he thought that he would pay off himself to Zheng Tuhu to pay off the gambling debts for Wang Laohan's family.
The world always makes people, and he also wants to repay Wang Laohan as soon as he dies, but who knows that there is such a situation in front of him.
looked at Wang Laohan's two sons again, and saw him turn into a human appearance, he was so frightened that he had already disappeared without a trace, how could he care about his father who had fallen in a pool of blood?
The big man looked at it coldly, the old man was honest and honest all his life, although he lived a poor life, he treated those two sons as treasures.
Although he is a minotaur, he also misses kindness. In his heart, the old man's grace is afraid that he can't hold it......
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"Daoyou is really a shemale who can't distinguish between black and white...... It's a waste of the Dao you've cultivated for many years!" Although the Confucian scholar was seriously injured by Mo Wunian, he did not say anything with fear on his face, but instead spoke with confidence.
His name is Huai Nanzi, a loose cultivator, jealous and evil in his life, he can't see the ordinary people among mortals being oppressed, and he can't see demons and evil spirits, so he must be killed if he is a demon.
Mo Wunian glanced at him and said, "How about people? How about demons? If there is a ghost in your heart, you can also be a demon." βγ
He also knew that people like Huai Nanzi were also very pedantic, and it was useless to say more, and he didn't intend to explain the right thing, but after thinking about it, he turned around and said, "If you want to know the answer, you can follow me on a journey." βγ
After hearing this, Huai Nanzi only snorted coldly, not agreeing with his statement.
The big man incarnated by the green cow also heard Mo Wunian's remarks, which were both fresh and very interesting, plus Mo Wunian was also talking to him indirectly, so he had a good impression of him directly.
"Thank you so much for going down to Niu Hong!"
"It doesn't matter. β
Niu Hong looked like an uncivilized beast, but he still made an apologetic salute to Mo Wunian, who nodded his head.
Mo Wunian didn't know his story, but he also felt that his nature was not bad, so he helped him. After taking care of such an idle matter, their group did not delay any longer and continued to travel north.
Although the Confucian scholar said that he did not agree with Mo Wunian's thoughts, after thinking about it for a while, he still followed behind them, followed by Niu Hong.
Because he has been in the human realm for a long time, he also has to return to the place where he should goβthe 100,000 mountains.
also out of Yaoguang Town, Xiaohu also turned his head to the son surnamed Li and said, "You still have to follow us...... Not going back?".
It's only been a few months since he left home, and although he looks like he is walking one by one, he can be carried by Mo Wunian with the technique of shrinking the ground into inches, and he is now thousands of miles away from home, and if he goes on, it will only go further.
He's just a mortal, and he's going home after all.
also looked at Xiaohu's big smart eyes staring at him, he was calm in front of her for the first time, and his face was not flushed, but there was a trace of sadness in his heart inexplicably, and he looked at Mo Wunian over there and said, "Xiaolian...... I want to worship Mo Gongzi as a teacher and learn the ability to protect you!"
He swore by it, and a pair of young people's eyes were full of seriousness.
Xiaohu didn't understand what he meant by this, but he just smiled and said to him, "Okay!"
He was stunned for a moment, and then laughed too, shy and silly.
Lao Yuan listened to everything silently and sighed
Mo Wunian looked at Gongzi surnamed Li and thought about it, he had privately measured the bone age of Gongzi surnamed Li, and he was just eighteen this year, which was not the best age to miss cultivation, but he didn't have the slightest talent in cultivation.
He wants to help him on his journey, but he can't do anything, and there are some things that he hopes he will want to open early.
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After crossing the border of the Qi State, they came to the neighboring Liang State, and after traveling for another three months, they stopped at the capital of the Lotus State.
The group walked together, there were handsome sons, old men who were old and dying, people who were tall and big masked men, and handsome and innocent girls next door.
It is indispensable to let people who walk on the road look at it for a while.
I found an inn casually, ordered a table of wine and food, and the group sat down around the table, and while eating the food, Mo Wunian suddenly said: "I'll give you an answer here." βγ
didn't deliberately say it to anyone, but Huai Nanzi knew that it was said to him, so he snorted coldly and continued to eat with his head down, but he also secretly remembered his words in his heart in private.
I have been with Mo Wunian for three months, although he is silent and almost does not follow the rules, but everything is handled reasonably and appropriately.
Judging by his appearance, he doesn't look like a big traitor, but he still cares about his remarks.
At night, the twilight is vast, and the clouds are like catkins that obscure the few faint bright lights in the night sky, and occasionally a few wisps of cool breeze blow, but they are just enough to soothe the anxiety and anxiety in the heart of people who are in the middle of summer.
In the guest room, the son surnamed Li was sleeping soundly, but the hot summer made him sweat slightly, and a little cool breeze also woke him up, and in a daze, he saw Mo Wunian pushing open the door of the guest room and was about to go outside.
In order to make the apprenticeship smoother, he slept in a guest room with Mo Wunian, but in the past few months, he had hardly seen him sleep, at most he meditated on the ground.
Seeing that he was going out, the son surnamed Li quickly put on his clothes and followed out.
Mo Wunian glanced back, and did not speak, as if acquiescing to what he wanted to do with him.
Passing by Huainanzi and Little Fox...... When they were in the guest room, he deliberately slowed down again, and the footsteps were heavier, as if to prompt them to something.
With that, he relaxed and quickened his pace and walked straight out of the inn.
It was also after he walked out that Xiaohu, Huai Nanzi and others walked out one after another, as if they had made an appointment.
Mo Wunian continued to walk down the street, as if aimlessly, but no one asked him where he was going, just followed him.
He walked like this, but suddenly there was a strange gust of wind, which made people feel fluttering under their feet, as if they were about to rise into the air.
The son surnamed Li also thought so, but saw that Mo Wunian was stepping in the air step by step, and every step he fell would leave a staircase, which made him look mysterious and surprised, without thinking too much, he also followed behind him and stepped on the stairs and walked up.
In the ethereal air, he rose higher and higher, and the wind kept howling, and he looked down and was no longer visible...... The only few candles I could see were incredible.
Mo Wunian kept an unhurried pace and slowly walked to the palace of Xiao Guo, and stopped over a lotus pond in the Chengqian Palace where the concubine lived in the palace.
Then stepping out of the invisible staircase, he slowly walked down again.
The son surnamed Li grew so big, but it was also the first time he saw the palace, and he was both excited and apprehensive, but after taking a look at the little fox, he followed along.
As soon as his feet stepped on the ground, Mo Wunian told him not to make a sound no matter what he heard or saw later, and he just nodded vigorously.
"What does Mo Daoyou mean by bringing someone here?"
"Just read it and you'll know it...... You will know if my words make sense. β
Huai Nanzi was a little impatient, although he knew early on that Mo Wunian was going to tell him the answer in his words, but he didn't think that it would be in such a way that he was confused, but Mo Wunian just replied to him in his tone that had not changed for thousands of years.
That's just saying...... Do you like to watch it or not, if you don't want to look at it, you just want to leave.
Huai Nanzi was angry and angry, but he still pressed his temperament and stayed.
At this time, I also saw a child in a yellow robe surrounded by a group of warblers and Yanyan palace maids, and came to the lotus pond.
Seeing someone coming, the son surnamed Li was also apprehensive, Mo Wunian shook his head at him and said lightly: "They can't see us." βγ
He used the stealth technique, not to mention mortals, even monks with low cultivation could not find them, and the prince surnamed Li suppressed his panicked thoughts.
It seems that this child should be a certain prince, and a group of palace maids are holding pen and ink in their hands, as if this little prince is specially here to paint lotus flowers.
The palace ladies set up a desk for him, ready for loneliness, so he muttered, waved his little hand and said, "You all go......! Want...... Draw a hand-me-down, don't bother me!".
"Good, good...... Hahahaha...... "When the palace maids heard this, they all laughed like flowers.
Among the princes of the same age, the seventeenth prince Xiao Duxue has a particularly good temper.
So for the shelf held by the little prince, the palace maids didn't care and cared, and even the naughty little palace maid rubbed his little face before leaving.
He was not noisy either, and when he saw them leaving, he picked up the brush in his hand and drew on the lotus flowers in the lotus pond.
I also saw that the lotus flowers in the pond were silent one by one in a beautiful posture, and the green lotus leaves were like a big jade plate against the pink lotus, which was beautiful.
But in the middle of the pool, there is a white lotus that attracts the most attention, and it is really "clear ripples but not demons".
Every time the little prince painted, he would look at the white lotus for a long time, and after more than an hour, the outline of a lotus flower had already appeared on the paper he penned.
Although it does not have any rhyme, it has a basic shape.
"Bai Ruyu, how do you see how I painted you?" Xiao Huangzi looked excited and shouted at the lotus pond in the air, picking up the painting in his hand as if to show off.
But there should be no one answering in the four corners, but a gentle voice sounded: "Okay." βγ
But seeing the white lotus in the pond swinging slightly, an elegant and handsome man dressed in white appeared, and he smiled kindly and said, "Then I'll see what Xiao Duxue has painted me into." βγ
He took the painting, then commented with a slight smile.
"Mo Daoyou, you're here to show me a little demon of the White Lotus? It's a demon that should be killed! Believe it or not, if you don't believe it, this demon will hurt this little prince after a while. Huai Nanzi didn't understand what Mo Wunian meant, but became more and more impatient, and the sarcasm in his words was not stingy.
Mo Wunian glanced at him and didn't speak immediately.
This lotus demon's cultivation realm is not high, although he barely has a body, but he probably had some kind of adventure with Lao Yuan, so he opened his spiritual wisdom, but during the day, the yang energy is in full bloom, and its appearance should and can only be manifested at night.
Niu Hong was a violent temper, and when he heard this, he was very displeased, and a pair of eyes stared at him like copper bells! Xiao Hu and Lao Yuan, who were also from the demon clan, were uncomfortable listening to it.
"People like you are the most pedantic...... If you don't want to read it, you can just turn around and leave. After a pause, Mo Wunian spoke.
He said it slowly and relaxedly, and he didn't even look at Huai Nanzi, as if this thing that should have been for him to reason with people has nothing to do with him now.
After hearing this, Huai Nanzi felt a rush of anger in his heart, but after thinking about it for a while, he still stayed patiently.
This night, it was not as he thought, the lotus demon harmed the little prince, but on the contrary, he was a demon clan but taught him many great principles of governing the country.
This was something that Huai Nanzi didn't expect, but when it was dawn, he still followed Mo Wunian out of the palace with a bad face.
In the future, every once in a while, Mo Wunian would bring a group of people to the palace to observe the movements of the little prince and the lotus demon.
The son surnamed Li is a mortal, in order not to doze off when he arrives at the palace at night, he simply reversed day and night, slept during the day, and followed him at night to join in the fun.
In this way, seven consecutive years passed, and another night Mo Wunian and his party came to the palace.
The little prince has also grown into a young man, although his face is young and immature, but he has been born as rich as jade, but compared with the past, his face is a little more sad, although he often comes to the lotus pond to paint, but he can't be happy.
In the past two years, Emperor Liang's body has become weaker and weaker, seeing that time is not moving, and all forces in the DPRK and China have begun to move, and because his mother is favored by Emperor Liang, he was also naturally established as a prince at the beginning of this year.
This has become a thorn in the eyes of people from all sides, and several royal brothers who originally loved him were also secretly using various means to harm him.
Without the carefree nature of childhood, it is natural that he can no longer be happy.
"What's wrong, Twilight?"
"Ruyu...... You know what? I don't like to govern the country at all! I just want to idle the clouds and wild cranes, and draw lotus flowers with pen and ink or something. β
"You will be the king of a kingdom...... How can you have such an attitude!"
"Yes...... I don't know anything about the government!"
"I'll teach you!"
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This is a scene that Mo Wunian and others can often see for seven consecutive years, Bai Ruyu has always taught Xiao Duxue the principles of governing the country, and also dealt with the government that he couldn't handle.
In the past seven years, Huai Nanzi has gradually calmed down from the initial impatience, and he has also seen too many intrigues in this palace, there are concubines who can kill their own flesh and blood in order to compete for favor, there are eunuchs and palace maids who are doing unsightly things in the dark corners, and the princes of their own brothers can also kill each other......
A series of all sorts of things are too many, too many......
On the other hand, this lotus demon is the cleanest in this filthy land.
"That's what you said, that there is a demon in the heart...... Can a person be a demon?"
"Just keep reading. β
Huai Nanzi wanted to know the answer, but Mo Wunian sold it and replied lightly.
He didn't ask again.
Another three years have passed, Emperor Liang died, and the whole country was mourning, but the palace was changing, and all forces were revealed.
Finally, the matter of his conversation with Bai Ruyu at night was revealed, and even though this prince has always been virtuous, but because of his connection with demons, all his merits can be brushed aside.
On the gallows, from the princes and nobles, down to the cloth and the common people, no one spoke for him.
"This ......"
"Because it's a demon, and because it's connected with a demon...... You can get rid of everything in the past, there is a saying that people's hearts are like demons, but is it really important that people are demons?"
Everything in the past ten years, Huai Nanzi has seen it in his eyes, and it is really difficult to accept the result in front of him, Mo Wunian still replied to him in no hurry as he did ten years ago.
After a pause, Mo Wunian continued: "It's just that someone wants to get rid of others in the name of demons to achieve their own goals. βγ
His words also seemed to wake up something, Huai Nanzi looked at the people in cloth who were under the gallows and shouted to kill the demon and kill the prince, and inexplicably thought of himself.
Feel like them, but not like ...... He seemed to understand Fei and looked at Mo Wunian's indifferent expression, and seemed to understand something.