Chapter 16: The Love of Children at the Dawn of the Night
In the next few days, Zhou Lishui served in front of Cheng Buxian all the time, and finally returned to Yangzhou after a few days of traveling.
This time in Fengyu Town, Cheng Buxian did not have any gains, and he returned to Ziwei Gate with regret and unwillingness.
The lilac sunset reflects Yangzhou City, along the bluestone paved avenue of Yangzhou City, and soon comes to a quiet place, several streams flow down from the top of the mountain, naturally forming several waterfalls, the stream falls into the mountain and splashes the waves, the waterfall falls at the foot of a rippling lake, but it is very quiet in the distance, as if it does not feel its flow, the lake is extremely pure, you can see the fish in the water swimming in the blink of an eye.
The stone peaks on the lake surface rise and fall one after another but are not connected, the forms are thousands, and the dangerous stones stand like newborn bamboo shoots, which is the famous "Panlong Jiuxi Empty Mirror Lake" at the foot of Ziwei Gate Mountain, which seems to be calm and safe on the surface, but also hides mysteries・・・・・・
Along a path along the empty mirror lake, soon came to an open place, a group of pines surrounded a majestic building came into view, looking at the past that building is very majestic, continuous for more than ten miles.
Dozens of bowls of large copper nails inlaid on the vermilion lacquer door, on the upper side of the gate a black flat forehead several platinum characters "crape myrtle door" iron painting silver hook is strong and powerful, there is a statue of divine beast on both sides of the outside of the door, a dragon on the left side of the sky rises and opens its teeth and claws to echo with the right side of the nine heavens Xuanfeng, this nine days Xuanfeng opens its wings to fly nine heavens is very spectacular.
The gate enters several crape myrtle trees are tall and powerful, this crape myrtle tree is also called full of red, at this time it is in the flowering period, the crape myrtle fragrance in the garden makes people feel that this is a house of martial arts, but quite a bit of garden style, along the crape myrtle tree through the door into the hall of this crape myrtle door.
Suddenly, there was another open space, all the disciples were in strong shape, energetic, holding swords, and under the leadership of a man, they were seriously practicing martial arts.
The man in the distance was very happy to see Cheng Bu who walked in, and all the disciples didn't care about practicing, and they left the team and ran to the master.
Cheng Bu said solemnly: "How can a person who practices martial arts run around casually, or not, if you are not a teacher for many days, can you make progress in martial arts?" Confucianism, how about you try it for your master as a senior brother?"
Li Rucai had to order: "Please ask the master for guidance, and the junior brother will please"
I saw one person jump out of the group of disciples, and said, "Senior Brother Cheng" After saying that, he saluted Li Rucai and drew his sword and jumped to the martial arts field.
Li Rucai's face was expressionless, and he spun around, followed by his junior and younger brothers, both opposite each other on the martial arts field. The disciple saluted Li Rucai with a sword in both hands, used the basic skill of Ziwei Gate's "Yuan Gong Exploring the Moon", and rushed to Li Rucai, who immediately pulled out his sword and greeted him.
The disciple stabbed Li Rucai's left shoulder with a sword, Li Rucai was born thin, as light as a swallow, only to see that the left shoulder gently shook to avoid the disciple's attack, the disciple only felt that he was in the air, and the more he turned back to attack, he only felt a breeze passing gently from the right side, Li Rucai came behind the disciple with lightning speed, and did not wait for the disciple to react and raised his left palm to the back shoulder of the disciple, the disciple also reacted very quickly and took half a step forward, and then dodged Li Rucai's attack to the right side, Li Rucai was stunned for a moment and then raised his right hand, the sword hit the disciple at a very fast speed, and the disciple blinked and saw that Li Rucai only stabbed towards his front heart, his eyes were so wide that he wanted to "die", and said that it was too late, and Li Rucai glanced at Cheng Bu, who was standing on the sidelines watching the battle, and saw that Cheng Bu raised his right hand to stop it.
Zhou Lishui, Cheng Coral and others, who were standing on the side, were also stunned at first, their expressions were very nervous.
Li Rucai's cold eyes showed a hint of joy, and then he spun the sword body, and in a flash of thought, he slammed the hilt of the sword towards the disciple. The disciple was stunned for a moment, then wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead in shock, and calmed down, and it took him a long time to react, and he couldn't say a word nervously.
Cheng Buxian took a breath and gently withdrew the gesture that was about to be stretched out.
Li Rucai nodded at the disciple and came to Cheng Buxian's side and said, "The disciple was too eager just now, please punish the master."
Cheng Buxian nodded and said: "Confucianism has made a lot of progress, you still have to practice diligently" After that, he said to the disciple again: "Fortunately, your senior brother's subordinates were merciful just now, otherwise this arm of yours would have been cut off, and I will have to consult your senior brother more in the future."
The disciple hugged his fists in shame and said, "Thank you for the mercy of my senior brother, and I hope that my senior brother will give me more advice in the future."
Li Rucai nodded and did not know anything.
Zhou Lishui and his junior sister were stunned by the scene just now, but as soon as the disciple was out of danger, the two of them got carried away.
I saw Cheng Sango's eyes roll, taking advantage of Zhou Lishui's unpreparedness, and gently flicked it in the back of his head, Zhou Lishui was concentrating on listening to the master's words, and suddenly felt a shock in the back of his head, and turned his head suddenly, but he didn't see anyone behind him.
Zhou Lishui squinted his eyes and secretly glanced at Cheng Coral pretending to be nothing, scratched the back of his head and continued to listen to his master's instructions.
Cheng Coral once again stretched out his finger and bounced towards Zhou Lishui's head, Zhou Lishui took advantage of his unpreparedness to take a step back and dodged, which could hurt Li Rucai.
That Cheng Coral used too much force and smashed his whole fist into Li Rucai's face, Li Rucai couldn't dodge and was hit by Cheng Coral, only to feel a soft fist in his face slid over, first felt a slight pain, and suddenly found that Cheng Coral slipped in front of him, and hurriedly stretched out his hands to support Cheng Sango, who was about to fall to the ground, and said seriously: "Senior sister, be careful"
Cheng Coral was speechless shyly, pouted and glanced at Zhou Lishui with a cherry mouth, ran behind Cheng Buxian, pulled Cheng Buxian's arm and said, "Dad, look, the second senior brother bullied me, you have to teach him a lesson for me・・・・・・"
Cheng Buxian said solemnly: "Coral is not allowed to mess around, don't hurry up and admit your mistake to your senior brother"
Cheng Coral said implicitly: "Senior brother, I'm sorry."
Li Rucai said: "Senior sister is fine"
Zhou Lishui was snickering on the side, only to see Cheng Coral smiling and walking up to Zhou Lishui, clenching his fist and suddenly hitting Zhou Lishui's abdomen, and walked away, Zhou Lishui suddenly felt a burst of numbness in his abdomen, covering his abdomen with both hands, tears were about to flow out, and he bent down in pain and said: "Senior sister, you are in pain for me."
At this time, a Ziwei disciple hurriedly ran in with a jujube mahogany gift box in his hand, and came to Cheng Buxian and said: "Master, Li Yiyi, the richest man in Yangzhou City under the mountain, heard that the master had returned from the Wumeng Conference, and he had worked very hard all the way, so he gave a thousand-year-old mountain ginseng."
Cheng Buxian took the gift box and opened it gently, only to see that the blue-white old mountain ginseng had dried up, wrinkled but did not lose the true color of the king of ginseng, but at first glance it looked like a human shape.
Cheng Buxian nodded deeply and praised: "It is worthy of being the king of ginseng, this shopkeeper Li is also polite."
Yangzhou's richest man Li Yishou did not give such a generous gift for no reason, as the saying goes, no traitor is not a businessman, and there is a reason why he gave such a generous gift.
Think about it; crape myrtle door is close to Yangzhou, crape myrtle has a hundred years of foundation in the rivers and lakes play a pivotal role, as long as that is not worried, the world's heroes will give him a few thin faces, in Yangzhou City is even more than a word, even the government is respectful to give three points.
Although he Li Yishou is the richest man in Yangzhou, he is inevitably associated with people in the rivers and lakes, as there are many problems that the government can't solve in troubled times, and it is often much easier for people in the rivers and lakes to come forward.
Pinch your fingers and count Li Yi's hand to Cheng Buxian gift is the third time, each time Cheng Buxian refused to go back, this time Cheng Buxian looked at the old ginseng, but also a little love, think about him as the head of the crape myrtle gate, the world is innumerable treasures, so he is not greedy for money, but this ginseng is different, since ancient times people who practice martial arts are more internal strength to strengthen the body, and there is more food to double the power of real ginseng, such as a thousand years of old ginseng that is even more difficult, if the person who practices the martial arts will get twice the result with half the effort, Cheng Buxian is hesitating and suddenly remembered the past competition, looked at the old ginseng, and said to the disciple: "It's rare that Shopkeeper Li has worked hard, and I will accept Shopkeeper Li's heart today, and ask the person who gave the gift to dine in the back hall to entertain me, and thank you for my kindness."
The messenger received the order and turned and walked out.
After saying that, he didn't worry about looking at Zhou Lishui, who was rubbing his stomach, and said: "Lishui, you come with me, I have something to say to you."
The naughty Zhou Lishui was holding his stomach there, and suddenly heard the master's summons and immediately put away his smile and said, "Yes"
After a while, the disciples dispersed.
Although Cheng Coral took advantage of it, he didn't run far, and he kept secretly watching the excitement of Zhou Lishui from a distance. Seeing Zhou Lishui going with her father, she secretly followed behind her and tiptoed away.
Zhou Lishui followed Cheng Buxian to a room in the backyard, Cheng Buxian sat at the table of eight immortals in a hurry, and as soon as he sat down, a waiter brought a teapot and said: "The master has worked hard, please use tea" and put the teapot on the table of eight immortals.
Zhou Lishui hurriedly took a few steps forward and said: "Senior brother has worked hard, I will serve the master, you can get busy" The disciple nodded and said: "There is the second senior brother Lao" and turned away.
Zhou Lishui picked up the teacup, poured a cup gently, handed it to Cheng Buxian and said, "Master, please use tea."
Cheng Buxian nodded, took the teacup and took a sip gently, seeing that the expression did not look like he was thirsty, and then put it on the table and said: "Alas, ・・・・・・ Lishui, it's not that the master was too ruthless, that day you also saw that you saved Mo Hongyan in front of all the heroes in the world, it really shouldn't be, even if that Mo Hongyan is so good, but he is also a person in the evil way, since ancient times, good and evil are not separated, I think my Ziwei Sect has been doing the world with justice since the founding of the mountain, you must grasp the scale, and you must not go astray."
Zhou Lishui lowered his head and stood aside, and secretly glanced at Cheng Bu with his residual light and said: "It's the master, the disciple knows that it's wrong."
Cheng Buxian continued: "It's good to know your mistakes, you have always been regarded as your own by the teacher, so it's ・・・・・・okay" After speaking, he sighed and said: "If the demon Mo Hongyan says something to you, you must not help him cover up, this master still believes you" Yan Yan raised his eyes and glanced at Zhou Lishui.
Zhou Lishui said: "Knowing the master, the disciple remembers the master's teachings"
Cheng Buxian continued: "Today, Yangzhou City Li sent a generous gift to the shopkeeper of Yangzhou City, and we can be regarded as neighbors with the shopkeeper of Yangzhou City, you go to prepare some generous gifts, and go to thank the teacher on behalf of the teacher."
At this time, Cheng Coral was passing by the side room, standing outside the window and stretching out his head to listen to the conversation between Zhou Lishui and the two, who expected that he couldn't hear the sound intermittently, and accidentally knocked the door open, and one was bumping into Cheng Buxian who came to open the door, Cheng Buxian held Cheng Coral and said seriously: "Look at you as a girl, how can you eavesdrop on what kind of adult is talking"
Cheng Shan hurriedly grabbed Cheng Buxian's arm and said: "Dad, are you passing by, I don't bother to listen to you teach the second senior brother, Dad! Are you going to send the second senior brother down the mountain? I also want to go, I heard that the rock sugar gourd in Yangzhou City can be licked" After speaking, he shook his arm like a coquettish.
Cheng Coral has been inseparable from Zhou Lishui since he was a child, whether it is the love between men and women, or the playmate who is reluctant to leave to play with him, she herself can't tell, it's no wonder that the entire Ziwei Gate, except for the Li Rucai who has a cold face all day long, only Zhou Lishui cares about her the most, although Li Rucai occasionally cares about Cheng Sango, but that is as a senior brother, the other disciples know that Cheng Sango's eldest lady has a big temper, no one dares to provoke her, let her everywhere, Zhou Lishui is different, he dares to talk back to this Cheng Da Lady, dare to tease her, dare to play crazy with her, and over time Cheng Coral can't do without this second senior brother。
In order to go down the mountain with Zhou Lishui to Yangzhou City to "give gifts", Cheng Coral said a lot of good things in Cheng Buxian, but after all, he didn't get Cheng Buxian's promise, so he stood aside helplessly with a small pouting and didn't say a word.
After Cheng Bu left, Zhou Lishui naughtily made a grimace at Cheng Coral and meant-you just give up, stay honest at home, and then jump out of the house.
The sky was faintly bright, and the stars in the sky had not yet receded, Zhou Lishui walked out of the crape myrtle door with a sword on his back, and walked out of the crape myrtle gate, looked up at the stars in the sky and said: "This time, you can find a wine shop to drink for a while" and then went towards Yangzhou.
Cheng Coral stayed up all night for the matter of going down the mountain, and kept thinking about the trip to Yangzhou a few years ago, the more I thought about it, the more excited I was, the more excited I was, the more difficult it was to sleep, and unconsciously the rooster crowed three times, Cheng Coral packed his bags early and hid in the woods by the lake to wait for Zhou Lishui.
I saw Zhou Lishui coming slowly in the distance, and he could see that he was very happy from the figure, and before Zhou Lishui came to Cheng Sango's hiding place, Cheng Coral jumped in front of Zhou Lishui's eyes with an arrow, Zhou Lishui was stunned at first, and then pulled out the sword that flashed with cold light behind him, and a cold wind swept across his face, and he stabbed out as if flying・・・・・・