Chapter 10: Xiahou
After some simple tidying up, Chen Li and Ning Caichen finally managed to sort out a place to live. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
And with the light of the fire, the house is also a little warmer.
With a slight sigh of relief, Chen Li took out the wine and roast chicken he had prepared from his baggage.
"After walking such a long way, I was a little hungry, but fortunately I was prepared. ”
"Thanks to Brother Chen, otherwise you and I would have been hungry all night. ”
Ning Caichen also smiled when he saw this, but then he seemed to remember something, and he felt a little guilty, and said: "Speaking of which, I can't live with Brother Chen, if it weren't for my uselessness, Brother Chen wouldn't have to follow me to this barren mountain to sleep in the wilderness." ”
Hearing this, Chen Li shook his head, and while tying the roast chicken to a wooden strip with a grass path to heat it, he replied: "Speaking of which, I haven't walked outside either, this time it's all about broadening my horizons, as the saying goes, 'It's better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles', sleeping outside is a good thing for me, and Brother Ning doesn't have to take this matter to heart anymore." ”
Ning Caichen naturally understood Chen Li's words, just to make him feel relieved, and he was moved and ashamed in his heart, and for a while, he didn't know how to express it.
Without waiting for him to speak, Chen Li changed the topic.
"Brother Ning, Daoist Yan is next door, he saved our lives, we have roast chicken and wine, we should also invite him to taste it, I think, we still have to ask Daoist Yan to come over and talk about it." ”
When Ning Caichen heard this, he didn't react for a while, and after figuring out what Chen Li said, he also nodded busily, and said: "That's right, Daoist Yan met us on the road, and he should be passing by this Lanruo Temple in a hurry, and it is not easy to come, but he can't help but call." ”
"In this way, Brother Ning, let's take it here for a while, I'll go and ask Daoist Yan to come over first. ”
Ning Caichen nodded.
Chen Li immediately got up and went to invite Yan Chixia.
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"Yan Dao Chang is here?"
Walking to the door of the house where Yan Chixia lived, Chen Li knocked on the door.
"Who?"
Yan Chixia's voice came from the time they boarded.
"The kid is Chen Li, Brother Ning and I have heated the roast chicken wine, and I specially invite Yan Daochang to come over and talk about it. ”
"No need. ”
When Yan Chixia heard this, he didn't think about it, so he refused, since he gave up his position in the court and concentrated on cultivating, he didn't like people more and more, and naturally he didn't want to deal with Chen Li.
"The weather is cloudy and tidal, even if the Taoist chief has no appetite, if you want to come, it is good to drink some wine to drive away the cold, and the wine I brought is a specially purchased aged wine, which is also authentic. ”
It seems that because she heard the wine, her heart was moved, and this time Yan Chixia in the house did not immediately refuse.
After a while, the door in front of Chen Li suddenly opened.
Yan Chixia appeared in front of her.
"Chief Yandao. ”
Chen Li arched his hand.
Seeing this, Yan Chixia stopped, her expression remained unchanged, and said, "Let's go." ”
It's still as crisp as that.
Chen Li smiled slightly, and immediately walked back with Yan Chixia.
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"Chief Yandao. ”
Seeing Yan Chixia coming, Ning Caichen hurriedly got up and bowed to him.
Seeing this, Yan Chixia frowned, obviously a little tired of these etiquettes.
Although Chen Li knew this, Ning Caichen didn't know it, and he couldn't blame the scholar for this.
"Chief Yan, please take a seat. ”
Regardless of the other party's expression, Chen Li asked.
"Hmm. ”
In response, Yan Chixia sat on the ground very simply, looking at his skillful movements, she thought that she had done this as usual.
"There is no cup here, only a wine jar, and the three of them drink a jar together, I don't know if Yan Daochang cares?"
There are a few bowls with broken corners in this house, which may have been used by the monks who used to live here to drink, but this bowl has been empty for an unknown period of time, there is too much dust, and there are even cobwebs among them, and there is no washing, so it is really difficult to use for drinking.
Chen Li had the intention to wash it with wine, but Ning Caichen was reluctant, so he could only drink it with an altar.
Speaking of this hall, although Chen Li was thick-skinned, he was a little embarrassed, saying that he was inviting people to drink, but he didn't do it well.
Hearing Chen Li's words, Yan Chixia raised her eyebrows slightly.
But he didn't say anything, turned his head and glanced around the room, and suddenly, his fingers pinched the trick and pointed at a few broken bowls that were placed on the table not far away.
Immediately, Chen Li and Ning Caichen saw that there were three broken bowls on the table, and they immediately flew over, and with Yan Chixia's gesture, they were suspended in front of the three of them.
Then, before the two of them could show any surprised expressions, they saw Yan Chixia pinching the trick again, and whispered a few words in her mouth, and a small stream of clear water appeared in the void in an instant.
The clear water swept over the dusty and broken bowls with his fingertips, and the three bowls turned out to be as clean as new.
After the broken bowl was cleaned, Yan Chixia accepted the spell, and then, the three bowls fell lightly to the ground.
"This, Yan Dao Chang is a trick?"
Ning Caichen looked surprised, but based on his distrust of gods and ghosts, he obviously wouldn't think that Yan Chixia was using the Immortal Dao Method for a while.
Or maybe he believed it in his heart, but he inevitably hesitated.
Chen Li was also a little envious of Yan Chixia's methods, but he didn't show it very well, let alone ask more, just took the wine jar with one hand and poured wine for the three of them.
Seeing the performance of the two, Yan Chixia first nodded, then shook her head, and said, "Tricks, you can think so, but these don't matter, why should you care what it is as a scholar." ”
Ning Caichen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, thought about it, but nodded thoughtfully, and said, "What the Taoist chief said is very true, it is a small life. ”
But I don't know what he thought of because of Yan Chixia's words, making him like a monk enlightened.
Chen Li, who was pouring wine on the side, was somewhat speechless, but he didn't speak.
poured the wine to the full, and handed it over to Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia with a bowl for each person.
"Today, thanks to Daoist Yan's life, the kid didn't know how to thank him, so he had to salute Daoist with a cup and make a watch. ”
Holding the wine bowl in both hands, Chen Li toasted Yan Chixia.
Yan Chixia didn't pay much attention to the meaning, nodded, and only said: "I don't need your thanks, for the sake of this bowl of wine, I will remind you again, Lanruo Temple is not a good place, leave early, otherwise it will not be good for you." ”
After that, he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and sighed 'good wine'.
Then he fell back on his own.
Seeing this, Chen Li and Ning Caichen didn't know what to say, Yan Chixia at this time was really difficult to get along with.
It's no wonder that in the original book, only a good person with a rough nerve and stubborn temper like Ning Caichen can become friends with him.
Chen Li sighed slightly.
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"Yan Chixia, I know you are here, come out quickly and fight me. ”
Just when everyone was drinking the wine, a rough roar suddenly came from outside the temple, listening to the voice, it was even more domineering than Yan Chixia.
Yan Chixia paused, thinking that she knew the identity of the person who came.
And the corners of Chen Li's eyes were also slightly narrowed, and he naturally knew who the person was coming.
Xiahou Swordsman, the unlucky ghost in the original book, the second swordsman in the world who died at the hands of a female ghost.