Chapter 31: The City Lord's Mansion
The firewood burned out, leaving ashes behind, and he finished his story intermittently and calmly, but it made it difficult for everyone to calm down. In just ten years, it seems to have experienced someone else's life.
Master He said, "I don't know how to comfort you, but it seems that you don't need to comfort you at all." ”
"Well, life isn't getting bad now, it's very good. Intermittently smiled and said, "I'm very happy, I'm not sad." ”
Master He looked up at the starry sky and said, "It's not early, let's all rest and continue our trip tomorrow morning." ”
Early the next morning, the three masters and their disciples parted, and they went to the homes of the remaining disciples. Master He and his team went to Xia Xianyue's hometown, Huaiyang City. Huaiyang City is surrounded by the sea, more like a large island, where the climate is pleasant, the overall people are relatively wealthy, and the treatment of outsiders is also more enthusiastic.
A plurality of homes forms a village, a plurality of villages forms a town, a plurality of towns forms a city, a plurality of cities forms a domain, and a plurality of domains forms a boundary, and the realm is what people call the world. This world is roughly divided into six parts, named the Eastern Regions, the Western Regions, the Southern Regions, the Northern Regions, the Upper Regions, the Lower Regions, the Three Worlds and the Ten Directions are established in the Upper and Lower Regions respectively.
In a restaurant, the seven masters of Intermittent and Xia Xianyue were eating, and they were talking and laughing, and they were very happy. After the meal, Master He shouted, "Little Er, settle the bill." ”
Xiao Er put a rag on his shoulder, walked over, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, the boss said that he invited you to this meal, do you have a good meal, or do you have anything to tell the little one?"
Master He asked himself if he didn't know them, how could he say that he would have free meals, and asked puzzledly, "Why?"
The second grade is not big, but he moves quickly and has an excellent attitude: "I don't know, the boss ordered it like this, saying that it is our honor for you to eat in the small shop." ”
Several other disciples looked at the master and sighed in their hearts: "The master's face is really big. ”
But Master He looked at Xia Xianyue, because this was her hometown, Xia Xianyue smiled and said, "Then let's go." ”
Then when they buy something, the store doesn't take their money, so they are embarrassed to buy something. Looking at the bustling street market intermittently, people dressed in gorgeous costumes exclaimed, "Your hometown is so good, it looks like a perfect world." ”
"It's fine, but even in the daytime, there are places where the sun can't shine. Xia Xianyue said.
Intermittently asked, "Does your family live in this city?"
"Well, it's almost there. Xia Xianyue said happily.
After walking for a while, they came to a gate under the leadership of Xia Xianyue, guarded by several soldiers with knives on both sides. Lou Lan asked Xia Xianyue in surprise: "Don't tell me this is your home?"
Xia Xianyue said: "This is the back door of my house. ”
"The back door, the back door is like this, isn't the main gate going to catch up with the City Lord's Mansion?"
Xia Xianyue smiled and didn't speak, walked forward, and greeted a middle-aged man, "Uncle Liu, I'm back." ”
Uncle Liu seemed to be the leader here, and when he came back to his senses and saw Xia Xianyue, he was first surprised, then happy, and finally knelt down, and the other soldiers also knelt down after seeing it: "Young master, you are back!"
Xia Xianyue hurriedly helped Uncle Liu up: "Uncle Liu, you don't have to be like this, get up quickly." ”
Uncle Liu got up and said: "The young master must not call me Uncle Liu again, I can't afford it, you were young before, in order to let you not lose your manners, you reluctantly responded to the permission of the city lord, and now that you have grown up, you can call me by my name directly." ”
"Uncle Liu, you don't have to see outside. Are my dads home?"
"Well, the city lords are all at home. ”
The disciples were completely dizzy, and they could also hear from the conversation that her home was the city lord's mansion, and she was the daughter of the city lord.
The wars between cities have only subsided in the last few hundred years, and the lord of each city must have his own merits, whether he is a man of high morality or a well-managed man, and he is respected and loved.
Whenever he talked about the city lord, even a cultivator was in awe of him. Although cultivators can save ten or hundreds of people by relying on their martial arts, if they want to save tens of millions or more people for a long time, they can't do it themselves, but this city lord, who may not know martial arts, can do a good job.
At this moment, they will enter the city lord's house, sit with the city lord, and eat together, which is something they have never dared to think of, and it is about to happen at this time. And he actually cultivated with the daughter of the city lord, and he had mixed feelings in his heart, even if he didn't cultivate, he would be infinitely glorious and proud to go back and talk to his peers.
Xia Xianyue led them through the gates and through the layers of city walls, but whenever they passed, the soldiers all bowed. The carved beams and painted buildings, the huge stone paving, the red bricks and brown tiles, the disciples are overwhelmed.
The closer you get to the city lord, the more people there are guards, all of them are very refined, neat armor clicks, neat kneeling, neat slogans: "Welcome young master." ”
Several young disciples were a little trembling, but Master He didn't feel anything, after all, he was a person who had seen strong winds and waves. Lou Lan originally held Xia Xianyue's hand, but slowly and unconsciously let go, Xia Xianyue held her and walked happily with them.
After walking for a while, I finally arrived, and saw a man in his fifties in the main hall, who did not look old at all. There is also a man about thirty years old, although he is not a cultivator, he is also very heroic, as if he exudes a wisp of kingly energy. In addition, there are a few old ministers, as if they are deliberating.
"Daddy, brother, I'm back. Xia Xianyue ran towards her father and brother before the others.
The two raised their heads when they heard the sound, opened their mouths wide and couldn't speak for a while, and then their faces were full of smiles: "Ha, haha, you want to kill me, my baby girl." ”
Xia Xianyue plunged into her father's arms, and cried happily: "I miss you too." ”
Then she hugged her brother again, and her brother said, "If you don't come back, we're all going to see you." ”
Several old ministers also saluted Xia Xianyue, and the city lord said, "Go down, and do as I say." ”
After a few old ministers went out, Master He walked in, several disciples knelt down, and Master He stood and saluted: "See the city lord." ”
Xia Xianyue hurriedly introduced: "Dad, this is my master and his companions. ”
The lord of the city was also very enthusiastic, and said, "Get up quickly, you don't have to be like this, just make this your home." ”
The disciples stood up, and Xia Xianyue's elder brother walked over to them, knelt down to Master He and said, "Master." ”
He Wei helped her brother up: "What does the young master mean, I can't afford it." ”
"You are my sister's teacher, and you deserve to be worshiped just like my father. ”
The city lord was also more arrogant: "This is as it should be." Let's go and sit at home. ”
The city lord led them home, and at the same time talked to Master He, he didn't feel the city lord's posture at all, just a father's posture. The disciples also slowly relaxed, but looking at the guards with knives following behind them, they reminded themselves that the person in front of them was the city lord. Xia Xianyue's brother and Xia Xianyue talked and laughed, asking long and short questions.
Soon she arrived at her real home, and met her mother with tears in her eyes. The city lord knew that they were tired all the way, so he began to eat after a while, and Xia Xianyue introduced his master and companions to them: "This one next to me is intermittent, and he saved my life during the apprenticeship. ”
Her parents and brother looked at Intermittent intently, Intermittent hadn't spoken much since they arrived here, and they hadn't paid much attention to it before: "Oh, sure enough, the hero is a teenager." The city lord motioned to Xia Xianyue's brother and mother, and they both raised their wine glasses and said, "We don't know how to thank you. At the same time, they walked out of their places and walked to the intermittent side: "I can only toast you and say thank you." ”
Intermittently hurriedly got up: "The city lord is serious, it is a matter of course for companions to help each other." "But I still clinked glasses with them and drank them all.
The lord of the city returned to his seat and said, "I see that you are calm and steady, and your eyes are clear and innocent, and you must be a sincere person. At the same time, he is not shocked by honor and disgrace, and his heart is firm, and he must be a person with a story. Looking at your majestic spirit and well-proportioned posture, your talent will inevitably be excellent, and you will definitely go far on the road of cultivation in the future. ”
Intermittently said: "Thank you City Lord for complying with the general, but when it comes to talent, I am indeed a little ashamed." ”
The city lord laughed: "Hahaha, although I don't know what you have experienced, I am sure that your experience will be part of your talent. ”
Master He was also quite surprised to hear the city lord comment on the intermittent in this way, although he also saw the intermittent in private, but it was not enough to see so much in a few words when they met, and more importantly, the city lord was just a mortal.
Xia Xianyue heard her father's comment on intermittent, and her heart was also happy, and at the same time, she saw her mother and brother nodding from time to time, and she recognized intermittent very much. And how could Xia Xianyue's micro-expressions escape his father's eyes.
The city lord took a bite of food and continued: "In the future, my daughter will be entrusted to you to take care of her and take care of her more, will you protect her well?"
Everyone else looked at the castle lord in surprise, and then at Interrupt. Is this implicit, no, it is explicit. Xia Xianyue's face turned red in an instant, and she lowered her head and shouted softly: "Dad, you ......"
Intermittently said naturally: "Of course, I will definitely protect her, even if it is Huo Sheng, I will protect her." I cherish everyone around me, even if it is at the cost of my life. ”
"Poof!" Lou Lan accidentally squirted out a mouthful of wine, and she once again overestimated the intermittent. She wiped her mouth with her sleeve as she saw everyone looking at her, knowing that she was out of shape. She said: "City Lord, it's good to be intermittent, but it's a little stupid in some ways, and he doesn't understand what the situation is. The other disciples also nodded silently, agreeing with Lou Lan's speculation.
Xia Xianyue sat between Lou Lan and Intermittent, she pulled Lou Lan and said softly: "It doesn't matter if he understands it or not." ”
After thinking about it intermittently, he didn't think there was anything wrong, and some of the other disciples stroked their foreheads with their hands, and some ate with vegetables. The city lord smiled and said, "I'll just take you as a promise, come, drink together." Several people at the table raised their glasses and drank them all. After the meal, they chatted for a while and then arranged a break.
In the next few days, Xia Xianyue mainly accompanied her parents, and her brother was deliberately close to intermittent, and after a few days of getting along, she felt that this person was very worthy of dating. He is genuine, simple, and easy to deal with. Under the leadership of her brother, there was no place they could not go, and they felt her brother's enthusiasm and at the same time felt the respect of the people in the city for him.
The city is very prosperous, and the people live a rich life, which is literally a paradise on earth. After they stayed here for seven or eight days, they were finally leaving, and the city lord wanted to send some weapons to the disciples, but they were all rejected by Master He, on the grounds that finding weapons and making weapons were also part of their cultivation. I can't take money, and I can't ask for clothes, so I really covet the disciples. In the end, how to get in, how to get out, without taking any other things, only Xia Xianyue brought some things given by her parents.