On the morning of New Year's Eve, Shen Qingxuan finished taking care of the things at hand, asked the servant to push him, and went to the kitchen to see how the evening meal was being prepared. The Shen family is too big, and the kitchen is also triple-height, with hills of melons, fruits and vegetables piled up outside, the processed chicken, duck and fish are all picked up in a basin, sprinkled with salt to marinate, and can be directly put into the pot at night. In the big room inside the second gate, dozens of small stoves were set up, and the fires were lit to simmer all kinds of broth. The innermost room is where the real cooking is done. When the door curtain is opened, there are mountainous steamer baskets stacked up to the roof. There is a wooden ladder next to the steamer, so it is convenient to climb up to check at any time. There are iron pans of different sizes, stoves of different shapes, stewed, boiled, fried, and hot. The cooks are wearing short skirts, and their hands are flying over the table, shredded willow, kneading dough and adjusting stuffing. His face glowed red from the fire.
Someone sneakily raised his eyes and saw Shen Qingxuan at the door. He hurriedly exclaimed, stopped and ran over, shouting: "Why did the young master come here? Go back quickly, the oily smoke is heavy, be careful."
Shen Qingxuan smiled slightly, with festive joy on his face, he waved his hands and said, "Let me see how your preparations are going."
"Don't worry, young master, the cooks are all seasoned, and there will be no mistakes."
Shen Qingxuan nodded, looked at it for a while, and then said: "Cook some delicious dishes first, and put them in food boxes. They will be delivered to me later."
The man was puzzled, and asked suspiciously: "Who are you going to send this to, Young Master?"
Shen Qingxuan nodded, but didn't explain anything, just let him do as he was told, and then left.
It didn't take a moment for the food box full of food to be delivered to Shen Qingxuan's hand. Shen Qingxuan opened it and looked at it, then covered it again, and asked the servant girl to bring a red bundle that he had prepared earlier, and sent it to the door. Hou Zai's young man at the courtyard gate came up to meet him, took the things and put them into the carriage, and then said, "Don't worry, young master, the little ones will be delivered" and drove the horse away.
The carriage galloped all the way, rushed to the ferry, and turned to the boat again. Before noon, the servant sent those things to Xiaotao's other courtyard, and hurried back to order soon. Naturally, he got a tip from Shen Qingxuan.
In the afternoon, Xu Mingshi also came back facing the wind and snow, with an anxious expression on his face, he rushed into the courtyard, and after searching around, he realized that Shen Qingxuan was greeting guests in the main courtyard. Seeing that he was in a hurry, the girl didn't dare to delay, let him wait, and wrapped her cloak around herself to find the master.
When Shen Qingxuan learned that Xu Mingshi had come to look for him, he winked and left the meeting halfway, asking him what was the matter.
Seeing that there was no one around, Xu Mingshi unbuttoned his clothes, and took out a black and fluffy thing from his bosom.
"Huh? What is this? Puppy?" Shen Qingxuan was about to reach out, but Xu Mingshi blocked him. Xu Mingshi put the thing back into his bosom, and said to Shen Qingxuan with a bitter face, "I don't know either. How to tell you."
Shen Qingxuan looked at him with a bitter look on his face strangely, and understood that the matter was serious, so he invited him into the room to explain in detail.
It turned out that Xu Mingshi did it on impulse again. That black and furry thing is actually a little wolf cub just over a month old. The mother of the wolf cub also has some background. After three hundred years of practice, she became a spirit and obtained a human form. After that, she couldn't bear the loneliness, stopped practicing with all her heart, and went to play in the world. Then came the plots that everyone is familiar with. The wolf spirit fell in love with a mortal, and one fell in love with the other, and they lived together for a year. As a result, the man fell seriously ill a year later, and the she-wolf spirit knew that it was her fault, so she searched for a solution everywhere, and happened to meet Xu Mingshi.
When Xu Mingshi saw the look of defeat on that man's face, he thought it was a goblin who wanted to kill someone, regardless of whether it was red or white, so he went up and started fighting with the she-wolf.
As a result, the wolf cared about her husband in his heart, and since he had just given birth, his body had not recovered, so he died in his hands.
Once the female wolf died, the human-shaped wolf cub had no demonic power to take care of it, so it naturally showed its original shape. When the man on the couch saw Xu Mingshi bumping into his wife before, he thought he was talking nonsense, but he had no energy and no strength to stop him, so he could only watch his wife fall to the ground. A black wolf, and the crying baby boy in his arms turned into a howling little wolf cub in an instant. He was just an ordinary mortal, he was seriously ill, and faced with this horrifying scene, he died unexpectedly.
Facing the two lives, Xu Mingshi knew that he had made a mistake again, but he didn't know how to end it, so he hugged the wolf cub and hurried back to find Shen Qingxuan. He was in a foreign land and had no other acquaintances, so Shen Qingxuan was the first thing he thought of when something happened.
Shen Qingxuan didn't say a word after listening. He only raised his face, his gaze was as cold as a knife, and he looked at him with a stern look. Those eyes were extremely cold, extremely cold, as if a knife blade carved by thousands of years of ice had been inserted into his heart.
Xu Mingshi's horrified expression changed.
For a long time, Xu Mingshi stood there, like a child who had done something wrong, with his head drooping dejectedly, and he didn't know who he was asking, "What should I do?"
Shen Qingxuan snorted coldly, and was about to speak, when he heard a delicate cry from Xu Mingshi's arms. With a thin voice, I don't know that the world around me is impermanent, and the world that cares for it has changed suddenly. He was just hungry, so he screamed and arched his little head, looking for his mother.
Shen Qingxuan's eyes changed, but he didn't say anything in the end. Ring the bell to call the girl, and tell her to find the old housekeeper, no matter what, find a bowl of milk and saliva.
The order was issued, but the girl felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right, so she quickly responded, and immediately withdrew and closed the door.
The little wolf was still howling delicately, making a whimpering sound, and huddled back and forth in Xu Mingshi's arms.
Shen Qingxuan stretched out his hand and said coldly: "Give it to me."
Xu Mingshi hesitated for a moment, and Shen Qingxuan said indifferently: "You are its enemy." As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Mingshi's body visibly trembled, and his face showed a look of sorrow, which was very pitiful. It's just that no matter how pitiful it is, it can't touch Shen Qingxuan's heart of stone. The outstretched hand remained motionless.
Xu Mingshi handed the wolf cub over, and Shen Qingxuan hugged it in his arms and wrapped it into his clothes. While comforting him, he said to Xu Mingshi: "I said earlier, if you don't change your temperament, you will cause trouble. No? Harming yourself is harming others, you refuse to accept it first, but now you have to deal with it."
Xu Mingshi didn't say a word, just lowered his head and looked at his toes.
"The matter has come to this point. I won't say anything, you go to the cashier to get some silver taels, and go to bury the couple."
Xu Mingshi raised his head when he heard the words, and said in surprise: "Buried? How?"
"Nonsense, of course they are buried in one place."
"Yes, but she is a spirit."
"That man married her, as long as he doesn't divorce her, let alone a ghost, even a ghost, he will be buried together!" Shen Qingxuan increased his volume.
Xu Mingshi was stunned.
"You killed his wife and frightened the patient to death. I should have sent you to the court. But after all, you and I are old friends, and we still have some friendship, so I won't do this." Shen Qingxuan said lightly: "It's just you You must write me a document. If you want to hunt monsters in the future, you must ask the reason. If this happens again, I will take you to the official. Although you are a Taoist priest, you are also a human being, and you should return to the official government Jurisdiction. At that time, life for life, I will never help."
Xu Mingshi was still in a daze, but nodded.
The wolf cub in his arms moved violently, Shen Qingxuan hugged it tightly with one hand, pushed the wheelchair to the bookshelf with one hand, took out the wooden box from the bookcase, opened it, and inside was only a snow-white robe and a small copper tripod.
Xu Mingshi saw those two things, but he didn't know what he wanted to do, so he just watched in silence.
Shen Qingxuan took out the long robe made of snake slough and put it aside, covered the wooden box and put it back to its original place, took the long robe over, looked at him for a moment, and then said: "The she-wolf doesn't know where it came from. Cultivation, she is not alone. She has been wronged by death this time, and there are nine out of ten companions who will come to you to seek revenge. You did this, and you should have died with your life. But you are young, and it is a pity to die. This clothes I Lend it to you first, and you take it to protect yourself, and take off all the weapons that hurt people on your body, and give them to me. When the matter is over, I will return it to you."
Xu Mingshi was still silent, knowing that what he said was true, but he also knew that if he had no power to fight back, what was waiting would be an unpredictable result. Can't escape the pain of flesh and blood. But Shen Qingxuan had already made it very clear that he wanted him to make amends like this. Even if he was beaten and maimed by the female wolf spirit's companion, he deserved it.
To change or not to change, it is up to him to decide at this moment.
Xu Mingshi worked hard for a stick of incense, and finally untied his clothes, handed all the Daofu cinnabar inside to Shen Qingxuan, and untied the sword around his waist, and put it on the table. Finally, he picked up the treasured snake-slough garment, looked down, his eyes turned red, and tears came down.
He said, "I'm sorry."
Shen Qingxuan was speechless, because he knew that this apology was not for himself.
The cub in his arms was crying more and more pitifully, the door was knocked at this moment, and the voice of the old housekeeper sounded: "Master, I found a ewe that is being fed, is it okay?"
Shen Qingxuan said: "Squeeze a bowl of milk."
The old housekeeper said: "Here we come."
The goat's milk that Yu Wen still had was brought into the room, Shen Qingxuan tried it out, took out the wolf cub in his arms, and fed it with a bowl, the little wolf was not used to it, and the rim of the bowl was cold, it leaked down, Can't drink it at all. I couldn't help being angry and anxious, screaming more and more miserably, and earning more and more. Shen Qingxuan put the bowl, and didn't know whether it didn't want to eat or was not used to this way of eating, so he dipped some with his fingers and passed it into his mouth. The little wolf was very hungry, and knew that he was not close to his relatives, so he was instinctively vigilant. When his finger stretched out, he opened his mouth and bit it.
Xu Mingshi let out a frightened "Aow", because Shen Qingxuan's fingers were bloody immediately. Shen Qingxuan's face didn't move, as if it was someone else who was bitten, he still put the finger into the wolf's mouth, the blood was mixed with the smell of milk, the little wolf licked it, and stopped biting when Shen Qingxuan brought the finger again.
After confirming that it was just a feeding problem, Shen Qingxuan found a small spoon, a small one, and squeezed the wolf's mouth to feed it. One is a wolf cub who is madly hungry, and the other is a man who has never touched animals. He spilled a bowl of goat milk, choked on three points and vomited three points.
The second bowl was fed much more smoothly, but when it came to the third bowl, Shen Qingxuan was slower to feed, and the little wolf was also slower to eat.
Xu Mingshi was sweating while watching, admiring Shen Qingxuan's patience, but feeling sorry for the little wolf who lost his parents. If it wasn't for it, why would this little thing waste so much effort just to fill his stomach
When the little wolf's belly started to round up, Shen Qingxuan was so tired that he couldn't tell, and he was too tired. Lying on the wet Shen Qingxuan's lap, he managed to move a place, changed to a drier and warmer place, curled up and fell asleep.
Hugging the little wolf into the lapel of his clothes, Shen Qingxuan went to the brazier to dry the clothes, and it was only at this moment that he was quiet for a while. Xu Mingshi also looked straight ahead, looking at Shen Qingxuan's side face, exuding a peaceful and tired atmosphere by the brazier.
Then his eyes widened suddenly, and he said loudly: "Shen Qingxuan, you have a monster aura!"
Shen Qingxuan was resting by the fire, and was taken aback by his shout, opened his eyes to look at him, and quickly said: "I know."
"Did you meet any monster?" Xu Mingshi asked, with an instinctive alertness on his face, looking around.
Shen Qingxuan smiled: "No."
"Nonsense, you have such a demonic aura, obviously you are with a demon..." The words came to an abrupt end. Xu Mingshi suddenly understood, yes, this kind of monster aura can't be picked up by getting along with monsters normally, it has to be... Besides, he is no stranger to this kind of monster aura. At this moment, his mind, which had always been muddled, suddenly became clear. Xu Mingshi thought of how he had risked his life to save the snake monster, thought of the thousand-year-old snake that gave him the treasured snake slough, thought of the man who had gradually lost weight in the mountains not long ago but stubbornly seemed to be waiting for something... Xu Mingshi almost asked with a trembling voice. : "Are you getting better with that snake demon?"
Shen Qingxuan just looked at him, neither admitting nor denying it. Just watching, the sarcasm flashed away in his eyes, as if laughing at the superfluity of his question.
Xu Mingshi was stunned, the thoughts in his mind were disconnected under his gaze, and became a mess.
Shen Qingxuan always looked at his chaotic eyes calmly, as if everything had nothing to do with him. Only at the end did he chuckle lightly, and said mockingly: "I've been with that snake demon for a year, do you want to get rid of it or me?" Pronouncing a syllable, said: "Huh?" The ending sound rises, unscrupulous.
Xu Mingshi gasped.
"You will die like this! If you are with a demon, even if it is a demon who has cultivated for a thousand years, you will die!" Xu Mingshi shouted.
"I know." Shen Qingxuan responded very quickly, as if knowing what was in his heart, he said calmly: "He told me."
"He..." Xu Mingshi said dumbly.
"I'm not you, I know what I'm doing. You don't have to worry about me." Shen Qingxuan put down his skirt, looked at him and said, "You should go back first and bury that couple."
Xu Mingshi took two steps back, as if he had been deeply shocked, looked at him in disbelief, after a while, stomped his feet, turned around and ran away.
Caressing the fur of the wolf cub in his arms, Shen Qingxuan also sat for a while, then sighed, and murmured to the sweet wolf cub sleeping in his arms: "I don't take the precious clothes I gave him, this time I go I don't know if I can come back." Thinking again, this wolf cub looks docile at this moment, and he doesn't know what will happen in the future, he is afraid that he will seek revenge from Xu Mingshi.
With such a thing in his bosom, Shen Qingxuan really started to worry.
Then, just like Xu Mingshi naturally thought of him when something happened, the only thing he thought of at this moment was Yi Mo.
The snake has a cold temper, if you hand over the wolf to him, you might just practice coldly and ignore the world. Even if it is dishonest, Yi Mo will naturally have a way to restrain it, and when he cultivates into a human form, he will seek revenge , that Xu Mingshi's bones were rotten to ashes.
Shen Qingxuan narrowed his eyes, with a fox-like sly look on his face, very, very, very proud.
Yi Mo, who was in the hot spring, suddenly opened his eyes, and then sneezed.
In response to his sudden sneeze, Yi Mo used his beast-like intuition, and with a wave of his hand, his robe completely covered his upper body.
Leaving the mountains and forests, I went to Shen's house in the city.
There are lanterns all over the house, laughter and cheerful greetings.
"Happy New Year, Mr. Yi" countless times along the way, Yi Mo also slowed down.
Shen Qingxuan was sitting in the room, just turned around, with a smile on his face:
"You came."