Chapter 20: Under the Moon
When Xu Xian rode the clouds to the Qiu Wang's Mansion, Xiaoqing also felt dumbfounded. The three women beside Xu Xian are all peerless, and now they are following him sweetly, which makes Xiaoqing sigh, what is good about him?
Xu Xian was also a little embarrassed by her, and just asked, "Is your sister at home?"
Bai Suzhen returned home with two young girls, and as soon as she arrived at the door, Mei Niang was pleasantly surprised: "Caiyin, I smell it again, the smell of ginseng!"
Caiyin also said happily: "Me too, me too!"
said to Bai Suzhen again: "Thank you, Sister Bai!"
Bai Suzhen was also wondering, could it be that the old demon of Montenegro that they were talking about was Qing'er, but she couldn't figure it out after all, so she had to wait to confirm it.
Bai Suzhen knocked on the door and went in, and when she saw Xiaoqing's strange face, she asked her to come in quickly. went to the courtyard again, and saw Xu Xian and Yun Yan, Xiao Qian and Qingluan sitting in the courtyard, waiting for her to come back.
Before she could speak, Mei Niang and Caiyin beside her stepped forward and said to Xu Xian: "Take, hand over the old ginseng!" The two of them drank crisply, and even the hiccup seemed to have been discussed. It's just that the voice is delicate and weak, and it doesn't have the deterrent power they want.
They clearly smelled that Sam Lao was here, but compared to the three beauties around him, Xu Xian was closer to the appearance of the old demon of Montenegro!
The people in the courtyard were stunned for a moment, and then they couldn't help laughing. Xu Xian smiled at Xiao Qian beside him: "The bitter master is here!"
Xiao Qian also smiled, but thought in her heart that if she knew that there were two monsters like this, she should have taken them down together. On the contrary, he was more concerned about Bai Suzhen, who had just come in.
Bai Suzhen also wondered what was going on, and she didn't know what to do for a while. I hesitated and thought: If it is really Hanwen who caught the ginseng essence, what should I do?
Mei Niang and Cai Yin glanced at each other, and the other party in their eyes had the same anxious look, and then turned their heads to look at Bai Suzhen, seeing that this sister had no intention of helping them. Then they stretched out their hands and pointed at Xu Xian, who was sitting upright, only to see two white lights flashing. They waited expectantly for Xu Xian to fall to the ground like those "monsters", but they only saw a flash of golden light on Xu Xian's body, and those two white lights could not enter.
Xu Xian was also shocked in his heart, he clearly felt that the power contained in those two white lights was not small.
Xiao Qian's face was cold, and she suddenly blocked in front of him, the golden straw man was already in his hand, and he was about to reach out to pluck the hairpin on his head.
Mei Niang and Cai Yin have reunited their mana, and they are about to shine with new light.
In Yun Yan's surprised gaze, the battle in the courtyard was about to break out, but it came to an abrupt end.
Xu Xian held Xiao Qian's hand holding the hairpin with one hand and smiled at her: "It's finally done, don't mess up." ”
At the same time, Bai Suzhen hugged Mei Niang and Caiyin in her arms from behind, and sighed: "I'll help you find a way!" The two girls suddenly had a reliance and no longer insisted. That moment had no effect on Xu Xian just now, and it had already made their bursting confidence return to below zero.
Bai Suzhen walked over and said to Xu Xian, "Can you go over there for a walk?"
Xu Xian smiled bitterly: "There won't be any more fights!"
The four looked at each other, all a little helpless, and then looked at each other and smiled. Bai Suzhen turned around and said to Xiao Qian: "You are Miss Xiao Qian, Hanwen often mentions you to me! Now we are going to talk about the ginseng essence, can you not do it later?"
Although they are ordinary words, there is always a convincing taste in her mouth. Although it is a comfortable request, it has a majesty that people dare not offend.
Bai Suzhen went to Mei Niang and Cai Yin again, didn't say anything, just stretched out her hands and patted their heads respectively, and then made a "serious" expression, and they said in unison: "Sister Bai, we believe in you!" Bai Suzhen smiled and touched their heads again......
smiled at Yun Yan again, glanced at Xiaoqing, and then Bai Suzhen pulled Xu Xian away. Xu Xian was stunned as he watched from the sidelines, and with just a few words, the tense atmosphere just now completely dissipated. Xu Xian couldn't help but admire, could it be that her "diplomatic skills" were at the full level?
When they arrived at the corridor where they were playing chess, Bai Suzhen asked bluntly: "What's going on!"
Xu Xian told the ins and outs, and Bai Suzhen said with a slight annoyance: "You are really considerate! However, you don't want to eat any ginseng essence!"
Xu Xian smiled bitterly: "You can't be as gentle with me as you are with them." ”
Bai Suzhen said angrily: "It's just that you found so many women back out of nowhere, it's enough for me to help you deal with it carefully, do you want me to coax you." She also blushed a little when she said this, and her tone was like that of a considerate wife facing her husband.
Xu Xian coughed lightly twice, stretched out two fingers, and corrected: "It's two, not a lot!"
Bai Suzhen glanced at her eyes and said, "Is it really two?"
Xu Xian thought about it for a while, and then corrected: "Okay, it's three!" and add Pan Yu.
Bai Suzhen was even more angry, and she couldn't wait to reach out and twist the ears of the flowery man in front of her, "Brother and brother are calling you, are you going to do it?" but misunderstood that Xu Xian was talking about Qingluan.
Xu Xian was speechless, Pan Yu's secret must be kept, and he couldn't say that it was a man, but he was afraid that he would be kicked out by the woman in front of him immediately. It's only reluctantly to do a sister control.,Well,Sister control is better than back.。
Bai Suzhen thought for a while and said, "I'll let those two younger sisters give up Qibaoshan to give you that Xiaoqian, and you can return the ginseng essence to them!"
Xu Xian touched his nose and said, "It's all up to you!"
Bai Suzhen shook her head, sighed, and hit Xu Xian and said: "You can't control it if you are only two or three, and you have to learn from other people's three wives and four concubines, you should save it!" This is a joke that Xu Xian said when he talked and laughed with her, saying that one of his great ambitions is to have three wives and four concubines. At that time, Bai Suzhen was very angry, and he killed him more than a dozen in a row!
Xu Xian smiled even more bitterly, "That's just a joke, and I can't control it, I'll leave it to you!"
Bai Suzhen only dropped the sentence "Who am I!" and walked away.
Xu Xian caught up and said, "I'm your great benefactor!
Bai Suzhen smiled and said, "I don't have to repay the favor anymore!"
Xu Xian said: "Why?"
Bai Suzhen smiled and said, "As long as you learn the cultivation method of the dragon clan, you don't need to pay too much attention to these! ”
Although she didn't know the specific content of that set of exercises, she knew a little bit, and the requirements for the heart and surname of that kind of cultivation method were not as high as the Dao method she was practicing now. On the contrary, the more you follow your surname, the better, and you don't pay attention to what is pure-hearted and has few desires.
Xu Xian said dissatisfiedly: "It's too cunning!" but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, kindness was really too heavy, for both the giver and the beneficiary. Only when you are relieved of this can you really be friends easily!
Then under Bai Suzhen's persuasion, Xiaoqian and Mei Niang Caiyin reached an agreement, and Xiaoqian returned the ginseng essence to Mei Niang and Caiyin, and got Qibao Mountain. And they can continue to live on Qibao Mountain, and Xiaoqian promises not to trouble them again.
This is naturally a great joy for everyone, but Xu Xian is a little strange, how could Xiaoqian accept such a condition. Because according to the current situation, Qibaoshan is just a bag for Xiao Qian, and those two rabbit demons who have no fighting surname cannot be her opponents at all, and there will be two more maids at that time. And at present, this condition is too superior.
And Xu Xian was also hesitant when she saw Xiaoqian, but Bai Suzhen didn't know what to say in her ear, so she happily agreed.
Xiao Qian took out the ginseng essence from her sleeve and said to Mei Niang and Caiyin: "No, take it!"
Cai Yin stepped forward tremblingly, and Mei Niang carefully hid behind Cai Yin, slowly approached Xiao Qian, and then grabbed the ginseng essence and ran back. Then they celebrated happily, and their journey to find their relatives finally got a successful result.
Unwrapped the package and put the ginseng essence on the ground, I saw that the ginseng slowly grew larger, and after a while, it turned into the appearance of a thin old man, and thanked Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian first. Xiao Qian snorted coldly, and he hurriedly saluted Xiao Qian again.
Mei Niang and Cai Yin grabbed him with joy and said, "Elder Sam, are you okay?"
Seeing their joyful faces, the old man also sighed in his heart. When I first saw them, they were two ordinary rabbits, and without their mothers, they were about to starve to death, and I only fed them my ginseng whiskers at that time. Now that they want to be rescued, even he finds it a little incredible.
"Lord Black Mountain, the old demon of Montenegro, in the future, Qibao Mountain will let you come and go, but I hope you don't have to embarrass them!"
Xiao Qian nodded and said, "In the future, when you may not be useful, you can just be as usual." ”
Sam Lao nodded and said, "Then thank you, my lord!" grabbed Mei Niang and Caiyin's shoulders and made a way to escape, and the three of them disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.
Xiao Qian also sighed to herself, this ginseng essence can make the earth escape to the point where it can lead people, it is really superb. If I hadn't caught him off guard last time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to capture him. In the future, if you have a guard against him, I'm afraid it will be as easy as last time.
The matter was resolved satisfactorily, and Xu Xian saw that Xiaoqian did not look disappointed, and he was also happy in his heart. Bai Suzhen and the others sat around the table, prepared melons and fruits, and sat in the courtyard chatting and admiring the moon.
It's just that Xu Xian quickly discovered the shift in focus, Yun Yan and Xiaoqian, who originally only cared about Xu Xian, now called Bai Suzhen "sister, sister" cordially, but put him aside, "husband, husband", which made him a little puzzled.
In the end, he didn't interject, just watched from the sidelines, Bai Suzhen, Yun Yan, Xiaoqian, Qingluan, Xiaoqing. The rare beautiful woman in the world sat together and talked and laughed like this, which only made the only man in the field feel an indescribable enjoyment.
The beauty under the moon, that's what you're talking about!
Bai Suzhen only smiled faintly at him. Yun Yan glanced at him and turned her gaze, but couldn't help but look at it again. Xiao Qian boldly looked at him until he couldn't help but turn his head first. And Qingluan looked at him a little shyly.
And Xiaoqing only stared at him with eyes on the side, and it seemed that his impression of him was extremely bad. And Yu Lei in her arms struggled with a sigh, not to hug her, to find Xu Xian. Xiaoqing reluctantly put it down, and it staggered a few steps on the ground, and then walked smoothly to Xu Xian.
Xu Xian reached out and picked it up, gently stroked its white fur, its small belly was bulging, and he could still feel the soft temperature when he put his hand on it. Perhaps because she was rescued by Xu Xian, she was always the closest to Xu Xian, which was not even comparable to Qingluan, who was fed to her.
Until the night is dark, and the moonlight is hidden. Everyone was about to disperse, and Xiaoqian said to Xu Xian: "Xianggong, I'm going back to the mountains." He said to Bai Suzhen again: "Come and say Xiaoqian will come to see my sister again." ”
Xu Xian nodded lightly and hugged her, but Xiao Qian stood on tiptoe and rubbed his lips and said, "I'm leaving." Regardless of the eyes of others, there is only Xu Xian in his eyes.
Such a bold scene made Yun Yan dumbfounded, am I a Qinglou woman or are you a Qinglou woman? Although this kind of thing is also common when she is on the painting boat, if she wants to be in front of so many people, with Xu Xian, it will be really ashamed and ashamed.
Xu Xian smiled: "There will be more time to meet in the future!"
Xiao Qian nodded slightly, took a few steps back, and just went with the wind, and there was a voice in the wind, "Sister Yun, next time, you will definitely invite me to your painting boat to take a look!" and then a series of clear laughter.
Yun Yan thought sullenly, she would fly amazing!
Xu Xian saw through her mind and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, we'll fly back!"
But he suddenly remembered something and said to Bai Suzhen: "By the way, there are still some things to tell you!" but he forgot to remind her of Zhang Yutang's matter, he was going to take that stupid boy to visit the mansion in a few days, and he had to let Bai Suzhen be prepared.
Bai Suzhen said strangely: "What's the matter?"
Xu Xian said: "It's not convenient here, let's go to the old place and talk about it!" You can't talk about Xiaoqing in front of Xiaoqing!
Yun Yan's eyes flickered as she watched them leave. This Sister Bai should be an important character in the future! Thinking of the change in Xiaoqian's attitude, she was even more sure of her guess.
Xu Xian informed Bai Suzhen about Zhang Yutang, but Bai Suzhen smiled and said: "How is this possible, Qing'er's demon poison is not clear, and it is impossible to marry a human being." But she couldn't help but think that she had specially begged a spirit pill from Emperor Zhenwu to remove the demon poison from her body, just to marry the man in front of her!
Xu Xian nodded and said, "I just want you to pay attention! But he remembered something and asked, "What did you say to Xiaoqian?"
Bai Suzhen smiled and said: "This is the secret of my daughter's family, and it is better not to know Hanwen!"
Xu Xian smiled: "Anyway, Xiaoqian won't hide it from me, I'll ask her." ”
Bai Suzhen smiled mysteriously and said, "This may not be!" and said: "Ao Li is coming tomorrow, you gentleman should also do your duty!"
Xu Xian said: "All I can teach her is some arithmetic, and you have no problem with this! ”
Bai Suzhen affirmed: "You must come!"
Xu Xian nodded and said, "Okay then!" This woman's request is something he can't refuse! No matter how much he says to himself, she is doing well now, but he still feels that he owes her a "Xu Xian". Bai Suzhen, who owed her a love affair that lasted once in a thousand years, suddenly said: "Hanwen, have you done anything to be sorry for me?"
Xu Xian was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "How come?" Did she feel something?
Bai Suzhen smiled and shook her head, "Maybe it's my delusion! But I always feel that you are making up for something to me, and no matter what I say, you will quickly agree!"
Xu Xian couldn't help but smile bitterly, it was really terrifying to be empathetic to this extent. But he could only say, "Aren't we friends?"
Bai Suzhen raised her head, looked at the night sky and said, "If it's really a friend, promise me one thing, okay?"
"What?"
Bai Suzhen looked at Xu Xian's eyes and said, "No matter what kind of requirements I have in the future, please think about it carefully before making a decision, okay?" It is precisely because of this friendship that he cherishes this friendship, so he canceled the relationship between his benefactor without authorization, no matter what, it would be good to be able to get along more naturally.
Xu Xian seemed to understand what she meant, raised a hand and said, "Come and high-five!"
Bai Suzhen also raised her jade hand and said, "Is that so?"
Xu Xian patted her hand gently, feeling slightly smaller than her own, but it was soft and not like a cold-blooded animal. smiled and said: "There are no past grievances, and there is no little shepherd boy, just me Xu Xian standing in front of you!"
Bai Suzhen also smiled and affirmed: "It's just, Xu Xian!"
The moonlight was cold, and they looked at each other, smiling gently.
And under the same moonlight, in the imperial capital, in the Daming Palace. An old man woke up from a dream, put on the yellow robe of the inner prison, but his mind was trying to think about the various things in the dream.
There are no concubines around him, but at his age, he already knows how to maintain health and can control himself. It's just that he often looks at himself in the mirror, but he still finds that the years have left traces on his face mercilessly.
Wandering alone in the deep palace, looking at these carved jade pillars that he should have been tired of looking at for a long time, he suddenly found that he was about to lose all this. And his opponent is not the thousands of troops on the battlefield, nor the trickery in the court, he is not afraid of these, there are not many things he has been afraid of in this life, and these few things have been broken by his own hands.
But he still has an invincible enemy, named Time. There is still something terrible to be afraid of, called death.
Thinking of this, he finally couldn't hold back the emotions in his heart, and said loudly: "Where is the Yulin Army?" The old man's voice echoed in this palace, and he woke up this sleeping palace in an instant.
The palace gate opened, and the carriage and horses went straight to the place of the old man's dream. No one knows why the emperor wants to go to the temple late at night, which seems to be out of line with the system. But no one dared to ask more.
In the Taimiao Temple dozens of miles away, a Taoist opened his eyes, smiled slightly, and sighed again. Standing up, walking past the tablets and portraits. But he suddenly stopped in front of a portrait, smiled at the majestic king in the dragon robe in the portrait, and said, "The painting is quite like!"
(To be continued)