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Xiaotian secretly went to the old housekeeper and said, "Uncle, our lord these few days... is a bit unusual!"
"What's so unusual?" The old housekeeper stopped what he was doing and asked hastily.
"It seems... It seems that I have had an awkward fight with Miss Xiaoli!" The little boy said hesitantly.
"...Isn't this very unusual?" The old butler lost interest immediately when he heard it, and then went on to do what he should do.
"No, Uncle!" Xiaotian grabbed the old housekeeper. He has been with the master since he was a child. Although he was young, he was extremely sensitive to his master's face. Order me to watch downstairs, and don't allow Miss Xiaoli to go in. But this time the adults don't allow me to wait on the sidelines! And I just went to deliver tea, and the adults are teaching Miss Xiaoli how to use hidden weapons!"
"What's this awkward?" The old housekeeper laughed, "Isn't it good?"
"No! Your lord's face... is strangely tight - he keeps a straight face and doesn't look at Miss Xiaoli... Anyway, something is wrong!" Xiaotian couldn't explain clearly, but his intuition was like this, and he firmly insisted that there was a change in his master.
The old butler knew that he was meticulous and focused on the main thing, so he thought about it carefully, and asked Xiaotian, "What about Miss Xiaoli? But there is something wrong?"
"No! Miss Xiaoli is still the same."
Still so heartless, happy every day.
The old butler also felt that something was wrong, put down what he was doing, got up and said, "I'll go and have a look."
When he arrived at the Star Observatory, the master and apprentice were no longer teaching hidden weapons. In the shade of the big locust tree in the courtyard, there was a cool breeze, and the master of the state was teaching his apprentice swordsmanship in the shade. Ji Xiaoli struggled to gesture with a dark sword, but the old housekeeper took a closer look and found that it was the black iron sword of Master Guoshi! He couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then looked at the master of the country - the master of the country was randomly lighting a branch in his hand!
This... is really wrong! Something is very wrong!
The sword is a relic of the father of the master of the country. His parents died young, and he was entrusted to the old master of the country when he was still a baby. His parents did not leave him any tokens. Only this sword is a thought. Never leave the body, even the boy who is next to him cannot be touched.
"What's the matter?" Chen Yubai asked casually when he saw him coming.
The old butler recovered from his stupefaction, and quickly saluted, "Oh... the anniversary of the death of the boss is coming soon, and I need to ask the adults to point out some matters."
Chen Yubai cut the sword lightly, put away the branches and walked towards the old housekeeper. After counting the days, he let out a soft "Oh", "Yes, it's next month... so fast."
"Yes." The old housekeeper said in a low voice, with warmth in his eyes and heart. In the past, every year on the anniversary of the elder's death, the master of the state teacher has been depressed since a few months ago, but this year he has a girl named Xiaoli, and it is so lively that he feels like time flies by.
very nice.
There are rules to follow in the etiquette of worship. Chen Yubai asked it once, and suddenly saw the old housekeeper's expression changed, so he asked, "What's wrong? But what's wrong?"
The old butler thought that it was not good to ask directly, he had to hint, he had to make insinuations, otherwise, with the temperament of his family's adults, he might turn into anger as soon as he brushed his sleeves, which would be a bad thing.
He said carefully, "Miss Xiaoli can be regarded as the grandson of the boss, should she go to this year's worship?"
Chen Yubai nodded without thinking.
The old butler was overjoyed, and was thinking about asking further questions, when suddenly he heard his lord say indifferently: "After the anniversary of Master's death, you can start to inquire about the etiquette of proposing relatives and betrothed, I'm going to town Nanwang Mansion proposes marriage."
The old butler's legs gave way and he almost fell to his knees. He had forgotten all the rules of his life, and looked up at his master, staring there with his eyes wide open.
"Propose, propose marriage?" The old man's tongue was tied up, "Whose marriage is mentioned?!"
"Mine." Chen Yubai looked at him helplessly—could it be him or Xiaotian
"Your Excellency wants to get married?!" The old housekeeper couldn't believe it, he was ecstatic!
Chen Yubai's face darkened.
He doesn't care if they get married or not, but she is a girl, and he wants to take her by his side to protect her for the rest of his life, so the only way is to get married.
"Who is your lord marrying?!" The old butler was still in a dream.
Chen Yubai's face was completely blackened: "Is it possible that there are other people in the Zhennan Palace who can marry me?!"
The old housekeeper swallowed a few times, and the expression on his face could only be described as "ecstatic".
"My lord..." the old man choked up, almost crying.
"What's wrong? Is it difficult to prepare?" Chen Yubai asked impatiently, frowning.
"No, no, no! It's not difficult! It's okay to go to propose marriage tomorrow!" The old housekeeper was incoherent excitedly, "However, if we come directly to propose marriage like this, I'm afraid of rumors outside... Sir, please send Miss Xiaoli back, and we will stay for a while Going to the door to propose a marriage is just a courtesy!"
He had to send her back first, Chen Yubai was getting impatient, what did other people say to him
But that girl... Forget it, just send it back, anyway, she will be troublesome wherever she is.
Thinking in this way, Master Guoshi turned his eyes with some melancholy, the person under the tree who should have been as graceful as a frightened bird, with a sword like a dragon swimming, because of the weight of the black iron sword, she was tired after holding it with one hand for a long time, Holding the sword in one hand, he poked a beehive on a branch.
Immediately, all the melancholy disappeared, and Chen Yubai roared: "Ji Xiaoli!"
The lazy and mischievous person was startled, and threw the black iron sword as soon as he let go, and it fell to the ground with a "bang".
Throwing a weapon on the ground is no different from losing your face, besides, this is such a beloved thing of the Master of the State Teacher, the face of the old butler beside him turned pale.
Master Guoshi's face sank like water, he strode over, picked up both the man and the sword, and gritted his teeth, brought them back to teach him a lesson.
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On the day of the old national teacher's death, Ji Xiaoli was woken up early in the morning, and followed the national teacher in a daze to pay respects, kowtow, and offer incense.
The National Teacher's Mansion worships the ancestors in an ancient way, and the whole set of worship ceremonies is quiet and simple, orderly and orderly. The smoke from the last stick of incense evaporated, the sun was almost setting, the servants all went down, and there were only two masters and apprentices left in the high, wide and deep ancestral hall.
The last rays of the setting sun came in from the tall windows of the ancestral hall, a lovely piece of gold on the green brick floor, the master stood motionless and didn’t know what he was thinking, Xiao Li stood obediently behind him for a while, stretched Stepping on the piece of gold secretly.
"Xiao Li." Master suddenly called her, and she quickly retracted her feet.
"Master!" She walked up to his master, and unconsciously puffed out her chest.
Chen Yubai turned his eyes to look at her, there was indescribable melancholy in his eyes, and there was also a rare softness.
He said to her softly: "This is my master's spiritual seat. I have never met my parents. It was the master who raised me up and passed on the Xuanwu order and the position of national teacher... I promised him that I will continue his wishes in this life." , guard the night."
He was originally a person with no relatives and no reason, no care, no affection, no love. The reason why he lived alone in this world of mortals was only for this continuation.
He had never had such a gentle and serious expression before, the loneliness and affection in his words made Ji Xiaoli's eyes warm.
Her complexion is fair, and the red eyes are very obvious. Chen Yubai saw it, reached out and stroked her forehead gently, and touched her trembling eyelashes with the palm of his hand. It was like two butterflies resting in the palm of his hand. He was gentle. hooked the corner of his mouth.
He smiles too little, and gentleness is even rarer. Ji Xiaoli stared blankly at him at this moment, as if he had eaten a elixir, his heart was beating wildly, happy and nervous, looking forward to what would happen next miraculously and wonderfully things.
But the gentle smile was fleeting, Chen Yubai withdrew his hand, looked at the old national teacher's spiritual seat quietly, and said in a low voice: "What I promised will be done. I promised you will follow me in the future, From now on, you and this big night world are my responsibility. I live and live for you. Even if I am going to die one day, I will arrange everything before I die. Are you...willing?"
Ji Xiaoli didn't quite understand what he said, so after thinking about it, he asked cautiously, "Why did Master die?"
How could the gods die
Chen Yubai didn't look at her. The unprecedented tension and anticipation in his heart became helpless at this moment, and he turned his head and scolded her: "Don't ask questions! Answer my questions!"
Ji Xiaoli shrunk his head when scolded by him, frowning with a look of hesitation. Chen Yubai was afraid that she would want to cultivate immortality, and he was also afraid that she would not follow him at all if she ignored the idea of cultivating immortality. After several trade-offs, he was still unwilling to lie to her about lifelong matters: "Ji Xiaoli, don't think about other things, I just ask you: Are you willing to follow me? Follow me every day to learn alchemy, light kung fu, weapons... you I can teach you whatever you want to learn, and with me around, no one will bully you."
"But... no one bullies me now!" Ji Xiaoli said hesitantly.
The nanny in the princess concubine's courtyard beat her back, but she couldn't throw thunderbolts... Only the master!
Chen Yubai closed his eyes—his patience was almost exhausted.
"I am willing to follow Master." He was closing his eyes and breathing evenly when he heard the clear voice of a little girl say next to his ear, "Although Master is always cruel to me, he is also kind to me. Master has taught me a lot. It is a pleasure to follow Master."
The man who was running out of patience slowly opened his eyes.
The stars in the night sky fell into his eyes.
"You promised me, and you can't go back on it." His voice was a little rough, and he said slowly, "I will be fierce to you in the future, but if you promised, I won't let you go again."
Xiaoli nodded without any hesitation.
Then she found that her master's eyes suddenly became deep, the wide and quaint ancestral hall behind him was dark and empty, and the undispelled smoke was faint, only his eyes seemed to have substance, she was attracted and stared at him Looking at each other.
Vaguely, she realized that she seemed to have agreed to something very important.
Ji Xiaoli was about to open his mouth to repent, but the master turned his eyes away from her.
In the silence of the setting sun, with the people around him quietly accompanying each other, Chen Yubai looked at the spiritual seat of the old national teacher, and softly called "Master" in his heart.
He said softly to his mentor in his heart: Life is too long, beyond my expectation. For such a long time, day after day, only this big night world and the position of national teacher is always lonely. Now I meet someone who is as lonely as me but a thousand times happier than me. Everyone in this world has a loved one, and I would like to be with her for the rest of my life. If the master's spirit knows it, you disciples will be able to fulfill this wish.
She was given to him by the heavens. Although there is no place he appreciates, it is indeed the compensation given to him by the heavens.
When walking out of the ancestral hall, Ji Xiaoli had to step over the high threshold. Ji Xiaoli raised his leg vigorously, and the person beside him reached out to support her hand. She smiled at him happily and proudly.
Chen Yubai also smiled slightly at her.
Although ignorant and ignorant of things, the quiet smile of the young and handsome man in black in the evening sunset made Ji Xiaoli's body lighten instantly.
Master is really amazing! She thought softly all over her body, it seems that she will soon be as light as a swallow and ride the clouds!
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The author has something to say: The mother smiled and touched the head of the little girl cultivating immortals: yes! Your master is amazing! Not only ride the clouds and ride the fog, but soon he will teach you to want to die...
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