Chapter 16 Two into Xiangyang City, the heart of the Li thief II
In the evening of that day, after Yuan Zhenzi took his three apprentices to leave the Taishou Mansion, he went to a Taoist temple outside the city to stay. The Taoist temple is called 'Jade True Temple', although it is a little stingy, but it is still a scene. There is only one veteran in the view, and his twelve or thirteen-year-old apprentices. Yuan Zhenzi only said that he was a Yunyou Daoist, and the old Taoist saw that he was a fairy wind and a bone, among several apprentices, two male apprentices were Yu Xuanang, and the female lived like a fairy, so he had a certain number in his heart, and he didn't ask more, and he also left the master and apprentice very enthusiastically.
After settling the apprentices, Moto-Mako went to the guest room alone and rarely went out for a few days. Seeing that the master was so indifferent, Mo Chou trembled at first, thinking that Yuan Zhenzi had lost his temper again. But after a long time, there was no movement, so I relaxed, and I was bold, and after a few days of relaxation, I wandered around the city all day with nothing to do.
This can't be blamed for Mo Chou's laziness, bosom friend Xiangyang City is not as good as Tongtianxia, lack of aura, and meditating is half the effort, so it is okay to put down your homework for the time being. Mo Chou has been going to the Dongcheng vegetable market every morning these days. Maybe it's because I have lived in the mountains for a long time, and I see the traffic here and the people are boiling, but it has become a strange thing.
"Little guest. When the vendor of the tea stall saw Mo Chou again, he hurriedly greeted him. "You're here for tea again?"
"It's business as usual, I'm sorry for you. ”
Mo Chou answered, then found a seat near the street and sat down, and then put a silver ingot on the table. The vendor of the tea stall took the silver and served him a pot of Biluochun with his legs and feet. In fact, a pot of tea is not worth a few copper coins, but this money is not your own, and there is no heartache to spend it.
The so-called day is in the morning, the rhythm of life in Xiangyang City, can be much faster than the turtle view, Mo Chou did it for a long time in the tea stall, watching all kinds of passers-by on the street, and experiencing all kinds of life.
Street vendors have changed wave after wave, and buyers have come and gone.
Mo Chou has had new troubles in the past few days, and when he saw the bustling flow of people, he thought: "Mediocre people have worked hard all their lives, and they will end up with a pile of bones." Busy and busy is life, and happy is also life, since what is it, why can't you let go of fame and fortune, chase fame and fortune all your life, and use it after lurking?"
He thought of himself and asked himself, "What am I asking for? A cultivator of the Tao has worked hard to practice the four false combinations of 'earth, water, wind, and fire', to eliminate the false and retain the true, to obtain the true self, and to advance with merit and merit, in order to reach the realm of true immortals sealed by the upper realm." But if you can't escape the catastrophe and can't shatter the void, you will end up with dry bones. Thinking of this, Mo Chou thought hard for several days but did not find an answer.
Coincidentally, it was rare for Aunt Chaos, who sold chaos to lead the doll out to set up a stall, and the naughty boy couldn't bear the loneliness and was bored, so he drew a circle under the wall and played a game of jumping lattice. Mo Chou watched them for a long time, and when he saw Erxiao jumping in and out, he was having a good time, and suddenly came to his senses.
"It's my magic barrier. He laughed at himself, causing passers-by to look sideways. Mo Chou didn't care, and thought: "Mother once mentioned to me that 'Heaven is unkind, and all things are used as dogs. It is said that under the way of heaven, all beings are as equal as dogs. Only by breaking free from the shackles of heaven can we achieve a great freedom and freedom. ”
After figuring this out, I suddenly felt that Lingtai was much clearer, and it seemed that my cultivation had also improved. Happy, he got up to leave, and saw that the tea vendor was busy there, so he took the largest silver ingot in his purse and placed it on the tea table.
The vendor of the tea stall was originally an honest person, and when he saw Mo Chou taking the silver to pay the bill, he hurriedly reminded him: "Little guest, when you came in the morning, you had already given the money. ”
"I won't come again in the future, there has been a lot of trouble these days, and it's not easy for you, boss, these silver should be used as rewards. Mo Chou replied to him, ignored the vendor with a blank face, and left the tea stall directly.
On this day, Mo Chou walked earlier than usual, and on the way back to Yuzhenguan, he always felt uneasy, as if someone was peeping. After looking around, he really found something strange. At this time, in the alley on the left-hand side, a man in a gray robe with his head and face covered was standing, staring at him.
After the man was discovered, he didn't sneak, but swaggered back and left, walking towards the alley, intending to keep up.
Mo Chou is a master of art and bold, relying on his own cultivation, and he is not afraid of people designing to assassinate him, so he followed up with the alley. The gray-robed man led the way, and Mo Chou followed closely, like this, after about half a cup of tea, the gray-robed man suddenly turned into a small house. Mo Chou came to the door of the house and looked inside, saw the door open, hesitated slightly, and then stepped into the courtyard.
When I got closer, I saw that the gray-robed man in the courtyard had already lifted his hijab, and I couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister Feng'er, why are you?"
Feng'er smiled and said, "Why can't it be me?" You stupid brother, you don't know who it is, so you follow you like this. If my sister is a bad person and wants to harm you, you won't be here today?"
Mo Chou didn't answer, he saw that there was a green tile on the top of the shed at the door, which was half exposed by the wind, so he pointed to the tile and said: "Sister, you see, that green tile is swaying, if it is blown down by the wind, won't the passers-by suffer?"
When Feng'er saw it, she was so shocked that she opened her mouth and couldn't speak for a long time. After a long pause, he said coquettishly: "Brother Silly is not what it used to be, I knew that you had this ability, why did my sister bother to come out to find you." ”
When Mo Chou heard this, he hesitated slightly, but still asked, "Sister Hao'er, but what rumors have you heard?"
Feng'er's expression darkened, and she said in a low voice: "I won't tell you, a few months ago, Li Yi came to my room to rest, and someone sent him a letter at night, and he read the letter, crying and laughing for a while. I saw that he looked terrible at that time, and now that I think about it, I am afraid that he is not at ease. After your master and apprentice came to the Li Mansion, Li Yi was even more like a different person, and my sister was afraid that he was hiding some bad intentions, so she specially reminded her younger brother that it is best to remember to be cautious. ”
When Mo Chou listened to her, he unceremoniously called Li Yi by his name, and his tone was without any respect, and he couldn't help asking, "Sister Hao'er, but Li Yi treated you badly?"
At the mention of Li Yi, her eyebrows were half-locked, she sighed in a low voice, and said melancholy: "Li Yi is not my good match, and he can redeem himself for me, just out of revenge." He is used to being arrogant and lascivious on weekdays, how can he have the heart to treat me with sincerity? But this is fine, my sister is clean, and her life is comfortable. That's not bad for the rest of your life. ”
Mo Chou said a little disappointed after a while: "It's a pity that my sister has the blood of the Li family, otherwise it will not be difficult to help my sister get out of the Li Mansion with my ability today." When she heard this, she stopped talking.
Mo Chou observed the words and found that her expression was different, and her eyes were shy, so he asked what was going on, Feng'er couldn't say anything about him, her cheeks were red, and she was willing to whisper: "The child in my sister's belly should not be surnamed Li." ”
When Mo Chou heard this, he asked one after another: "Sister, but does my heart belong, can this person be entrusted for life?"
"He was a down-and-out scholar, full of scriptures, a man of intellect, and one day he would become a great man. However, the servant has a bad background, has been in the dust, and now she is someone else's concubine, and she is definitely not worthy of him. Feng'er's face was full of smiles when she spoke, and she thought that she was moved by her true feelings.
Mo Chou saw Feng'er like this, and thought: "Sister Feng'er treats me well, how can I bear to see her regret for life." Once he had made up his mind, he never spoke of it again.
Feng'er and Mo Chou only have a one-sided relationship, but somehow, after seeing him seven years ago, they treated Mo Chou as their own brother. Now that I see that he is not what he used to be, I naturally like him.
After the two finished talking about business, Feng'er had to pull Mo Chou to sit beside him, and the parents chatted about the past for a short time.
Talking about how Mo Chou has lived in the mountains in the past seven years, Feng'er listened carefully, and interjected two sentences from time to time, often mentioning how Li Hao made things difficult for him. The two of them always scolded a few words together, and then laughed out loud. Before I knew it, it was already the sunset. The two saw that it was not early, and after discussing, Feng'er went back to the Li Mansion first, so as not to be bumped into by others, and there would be more rights and wrongs.
After Feng'er left, Mo Chou left the courtyard after a while, and then went to the vegetable market for a walk, and then returned to 'Yuqingguan'.
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Time passed half a month in a blink of an eye, this day Mo Chou had nothing to do, he heard that the mountains outside the city had bloomed ten miles of spring flowers, thinking that although the hairpin flowers were useless, it was not too much to see, so he planned to go out for a walk.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the room with his front foot, he saw Li Yi leading Li Hao and Nalan towards here. Mo Chou saw from afar that the three of them were dressed as martial artists, and it seemed that they were going to go out of the city, and they couldn't guess the intention, so they had to stay at the door and wait.
After a while, Li Yi walked up to Mo Chou and Xu Zhang, and before he could stand still, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Xian, is there any arrangement for today?"
"No arrangements have been made. Mo Chou replied casually, but did not take it to heart.
When Li Yi heard this, his expression was excited for a while, he slapped the folding fan in the palm of his hand, vibrated loudly, and said to Mo Choule head-on: "That's just the coincidence." Seeing that the days are coming, these days are the most lazy times for the beasts in the mountains, and there is nothing to do in the house, and the foolish brother has asked some people to go spring hunting outside the city. If Brother Xian is fine, why don't you join us?"
Mo Chou didn't expect this guy to have any good intentions, and he planned to prevaricate at will.
Unexpectedly, Nalan, who was standing beside Li Hao, suddenly spoke up and persuaded: "The master has been in retreat for many days, and we have nothing to do anyway, Brother Li is kindly invited, so don't be hypocritical." After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Mo Chou to agree, took a step, dragged Mo Chou's arm, and pulled him out.
Mo Chou was helpless, so he had to go out of Yuqingguan with the three of them, and then sat in the carriage that was waiting at the door early, and hurried to Yangchun Gate.
The carriage was quite spacious, and four people sat in it, and it didn't seem crowded. Mo Chou found that the four walls of the carriage were actually made of sandalwood, and there was a small copper stove in the middle, and the copper furnace was burning fragrant wood, and bursts of sandalwood wind floated from the inside. Mo Chou smelled the aroma and deliberately said loudly: "Brother Li is a person who can enjoy it, the 'Dexin Zhan Tan' burned in this furnace is extremely rare, and the smell is like the fragrance of a lotus." "The Bodhisattva Sutra of the View of the Void" contains the Venerable Zhan Tande, whose virtue is sweet, so it is also called the Zhan Tan Buddha. Brother Li believes in Buddhism?"
Li Yi denied it and said: "Although the foolish brother has no chance to cultivate, he has no second heart for the Sanqing Patriarch, how can he believe in that Fanyi's things?"
Mo Chou pretended to be concerned and asked: "There are clouds in the medical book: sandalwood through the spleen and lungs, starting with Taiyin, Zushaoyin, and Yangming. Brother Li's spleen and lungs have gone wrong? The younger brother knows a little about the art of medicine stones, so he might as well take the pulse for you. ”
Li Yi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not in the way! The foolish brother just likes to smell the fragrance, and if the virtuous brother doesn't like it, I will douse it. With that, he took a bowl of water in a panic and poured it into it, and a puff of white smoke rose from the copper stove.
When Nalan saw it, he reproached: "It's a pity that this piece of sandalwood splashed water." How could Brother Li be so brutal?"
Li Yi saw Nalan interjecting, so he diverted the topic elsewhere and flattered: "If Nalan sister likes it, the foolish brother will order his subordinates to send the curry's Zhantan to Tongtianxia together, and then I will have to bother the sister to make the best use of the foolish brother." ”
Mo Chou saw Li Yi and Nalan talking, smiling silently, he thought to himself: "Li Yi is burning incense, probably to calm the mind and calm the mind. I don't know what the two of them are thinking, but they still have to use external objects to calm down. It seems that this trip is going to be lively, I want to see what else this waste brother can make a name for himself. ”
Several people went out of the city in a carriage with their own thoughts, Mo Chou got up and got out of the carriage, and saw several subordinates of the Li Mansion waiting at the post station at the gate, and they were in a group, each leading a very spirited horse, and there was a strong bow and arrow basket hanging on the saddle. Li Yi rode one of them first, and then asked a few people: "These are the best horses in the house, the two virtuous brothers and sisters should pick them by themselves." ”
Li Hao and Nalan respectively chose a black horse and a white horse, Mo Chou looked around, and one of the red date horses in the photo. When he saw that the horse was vigorous, with a narrow chest and a long back, and an elegant step, he couldn't help but praise: "What a handsome horse!"
Without waiting for Mo Chou to pull the reins, he didn't think that the beast's wildness was still there, and when it saw someone riding on its back, it suddenly neighed, and its hind legs propped up on the ground, raising its front hooves, and the person stood up, about to throw off the person on its back. Mo Chou saw that it was furious, panicked but not hurried, and made Zhen Qi walk in several key acupoints on his legs, handcuffed to the horse's belly like an iron hoop. The horses couldn't help but feel pain, and their hooves ploughed the ground violently, and smoke and dust rose everywhere.
When Li Yi and the others saw this, only Nalan was worried about him, and when the dust settled and Mo Chou was safely seated on horseback, he was relieved.
The beast knew that he could not do anything, so he settled down honestly. Mo Chou had just subdued the fierce horse, and suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Little brother is so skilled!" His voice was tactful, his color was crisp, and he thought it was made by a woman.