Gu Hanjiang didn't move.
The atmosphere in the corridor became more ambiguous after Qi Shu's words, as if the air had thickened. The setting sun cast down through the hole behind Gu Hanjiang, coating him with a layer of brilliance.
In this world, only eyes can't lie.
It is more straightforward than all deceptions that are unclear and avoid concealment.
Qi Shu raised his head slightly, and looked at the person in front of him without moving. He saw his own reflection in the other person's eyes, and also saw...the same ardor as himself.
He couldn't hold back, and moved closer.
Close enough to feel the cool breath of the other party.
Near as close as an arm's length—
Gu Hanjiang retreated abruptly.
"Qi Shu."
This was the first time that Gu Hanjiang called his name in such a strong tone. Qi Shu was startled, subconsciously took half a step back, and the charm in his heart just now disappeared completely.
The blood on Gu Hanjiang's face faded, and he pulled the sleeves out of his hands bit by bit.
"Master, I..."
"Ashu, you have grown up." Gu Hanjiang closed his eyes and interrupted him.
His voice softened a lot, but it was still very cold, even colder than any time he spoke to Qi Shu: "You and I are master and apprentice, what should be done and what should not be done, as a master, I hope you understand."
"I-"
Without giving Qi Shu a chance to speak, Gu Hanjiang turned and left, and disappeared at the end of the corridor in a blink of an eye.
Only Qi Shu was left standing there.
He lowered his head, half of his face was hidden in the shadow of the setting sun, his expression couldn't be seen clearly.
As night fell, the magistrate of Lingyang City hosted a banquet in honor of Lingxiao Xianzun and two Kunlun disciples.
Lingyang City is not even considered a big city in the Central Plains, but the magistrate's residence is extremely well-built. There are a few small tables lined up on both sides of the lobby, a table full of delicacies, and there are singing and dancing in the middle.
The magistrate of Lingyang sat in the main seat, with a smile on his slightly fat face, he raised his glass: "Thank you to the immortal elders for saving me, if it weren't for the immortal elders, the demons would not know how to make trouble in my Lingyang city." To what extent. What are you doing in a daze, why don't you pour wine for a few immortal elders."
A maid comes up to pour wine.
Ling Xiao Xianzun sat on the left hand side of the magistrate, shook his head slightly when he heard the words, and declined the magistrate's kindness.
When it was Qi Shu's turn, he smiled and thanked him.
Even Lu Chengyuan, who was sitting next to him, felt strange: "Aren't you a bad drinker? On weekdays, our brothers and sisters go out to have a small gathering, but you don't drink at all."
"Leave me alone."
Qi Shu only glanced at him indifferently, raised his glass to return the gift to the magistrate, and drank it all in one gulp.
He drank too fast, accidentally choked on the spirits, tilted his head and coughed lightly. Now not only Lu Chengyuan, but even Gu Hanjiang cast their gazes over.
Qi Shu noticed the other party's gaze and raised his eyes to look over, but the latter immediately turned his gaze away.
His eyes dimmed slightly, he tilted his head and smiled at Lu Chengyuan: "I'm happy, can't I?"
"That's right, after finally getting rid of the demon, it's not impossible to celebrate..." Lu Chengyuan was a rough man, he didn't think too much, and he also called the maid to pour him wine.
After drinking for three rounds, the magistrate started talking again.
"I was down and out in my early years. When I was desperate, I was fortunate to meet Lu Xianzun and his wife, and I received a lot of help. Now I have the help of Lu Xianzun's son and teacher. It is really my fairy fate."
The magistrate stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The only son of this official, two days ago, he pestered me and said that he wanted to learn two tricks from the elders."
Immortal Ling Xiao didn't like to talk, and Qi Shu only cared about drinking, so he had to leave all the entertainment to Lu Chengyuan.
Fortunately, Lu Chengyuan was quite talkative. Hearing what the magistrate said, he replied politely: "Forgive me, Mr. Yue, but the master's Taoism cannot be passed on to the outside world. I'm afraid..."
The magistrate waved his hand: "No rumors, no rumors, just let my son directly learn from Kunlun, wouldn't it be fine?"
This magistrate has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he speaks in an official tone all night, only this sentence is straightforward. He specially invited Qi Shu and the three of them back from Wuying Mountain, treated them with delicious food and drinks, and paved the way for the whole night, mostly because of this sentence.
"This… "
Lu Chengyuan was silent.
The Kunlun Sword Sect has been hiding from the world for many years, and it is much more difficult to enter Kunlun than to learn from other immortal sects in the Central Plains.
Ordinary people want to learn from Kunlun, first of all, they have to go to Kunlun Mountain in person, step by step to the top of the mountain, go through various tests and trials, and finally see if they can be favored by the elders of the school.
That's right, even the young disciples of the younger generation, who are already regarded as leaders in the entire cultivation world, are not qualified to accept disciples yet.
Lu Chengyuan was thinking about how to decline politely, but he heard Qi Shu on the side say: "It's not easy. The introduction to Taoism is always changing, and it is not unique to any fairy school. If you want to learn a few simple fairy tricks technique, I will teach him.”
He just drank a few glasses, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and his voice was already a little drunk.
"Qi Shu, are you crazy?" Lu Chengyuan didn't expect that he dared to say this, so he quickly lowered his voice and scolded him, "The immortal is still here."
The Kunlun Sword Sect expressly prohibits disciples from accepting disciples privately, let alone imparting unique Taoism to others without permission. Although it is true that introductory Taoism is not unique to any sect, it is a convention that no disciple has dared to do this since the establishment of the sect.
This rule was set by Immortal Venerable Ling Xiao himself. How dare this person dare to say that in front of Immortal Venerable
Lu Chengyuan only thought that he had drunk too much, and was about to open his mouth to smooth things over, but he heard a child's crisp voice from the inner room.
"Really?" The child looked like he was only six or seven years old, his hair was combed into two small buns behind his head, and he was still staggering when he ran. He ran up to Qi Shu, looked up at him, his eyes sparkling: "Can you really teach me?"
Qi Shu was slightly taken aback.
"Yunqing, why are you here? Didn't I tell you not to come to the front hall?"
This child was obviously the youngest son mentioned by the prefect. At this time, his father scolded him sharply, his eyes turned red, and he hid behind Qi Shu in fear.
"You child—"
The magistrate was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him, and smiled apologetically at Qi Shu: "I'm sorry, Immortal, this child has been spoiled by me so much that he has no rules, I must discipline him well."
When Qi Shu was in Kunlun, he often took his juniors to play wildly, so it was no problem to deal with such a big milk dumpling. He patted the boy on the head and said with a smile: "It's okay, you are very likable."
The kid was also clever, and upon hearing what he said, he quickly asked, "Then can you teach me spells?"
Qi Shu: "Do you really want to learn?"
Boy: "I want to!"
The older one and the younger chatted back and forth like this, the more Lu Chengyuan heard the more something was wrong, he pulled Qi Shu over: "Qi Shu, are you crazy, do you really want to accept apprentices on the spot?"
"No, how dare I disregard the Kunlun sect's rules." Qi Shu glanced at Gu Hanjiang who was sitting opposite.
From the beginning to the end, he just sat there, sipping tea quietly, as if he didn't care about everything that happened.
Qi Shu withdrew his gaze and smiled: "It's just passing through here, and I have a lot of fate with the young master. Staying here to teach him a little bit of Taoism, shouldn't it be considered a violation of the sect's rules?"
Gu Hanjiang paused while sipping tea.
Lu Chengyuan couldn't believe it: "You still want to stay here?"
"Can't you?" Qi Shu said, "I was originally ordered by the head to go down the mountain to practice, but he didn't give me a time limit for the practice. It's my freedom to go back when I want."
He tilted his head slightly, and said the first sentence of the night to Gu Hanjiang.
"—Are you right, Master?"
The dinner in the mansion didn't end until the moon was high.
Qi Shu seemed to be in a really good mood tonight, he had a great chat with the magistrate, he was still unsatisfied after the banquet, so he made an appointment to have a drink in the back garden.
It was getting dark, Qi Shu wandered back to the side courtyard where the guest room was, carrying a wine jug.
There was no light in the yard, so Qi Shu pushed open the door in the dark, but when he stepped forward, he tripped over the threshold and almost fell.
A cool breeze blew by, and someone hugged him into his arms.
"Lu Chengyuan, leave me alone." Qi Shu stretched out his hand to push him, but because he was drunk and had no strength, he couldn't push him away, "If you leave me alone, I'll beat you!"
"..."
Gu Hanjiang sighed faintly, and helped him into the door.
He helped Qi Shu to sit on the edge of the bed. Qi Shu tried to hide, but someone snapped his fingers and took the flagon away.
"Okay, second brother, brother, come down the mountain, are you fat?" Qi Shu said as he wanted to get up, but was pushed back on the bed.
Gu Hanjiang said calmly: "He was already drunk and went to sleep."
"Oh..." Qi Shu muttered, "Then why does he control me drinking? Can he control it?"
There is no light in the room, only a little bit of faint moonlight enters the room. Gu Hanjiang looked down at him, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.
He helped Qi Shu take off his coat, shoes and socks, put him on the bed and lay down, and wanted to leave.
He had just taken two steps, when suddenly he heard the person on the bed speak again.
"Uncomfortable..."
Qi Shu seldom drank so much wine. At this time, the alcohol was probably coming up, he had a headache and wanted to vomit, and hugged the quilt and curled up in aggrieved ball.
Gu Hanjiang closed his eyes.
Seeing no one was paying attention, Qi Shu even rolled around on the bed, complaining that he had a headache and a stomach ache, moaning and moaning, intending to toss about all night.
Gu Hanjiang had no choice but to turn around and return to the bed.
He bent down, and gently placed the back of his cold and slender hand on Qi Shu's forehead: "What's uncomfortable?"
Qi Shu suddenly reached out to give him a hand.
Gu Hanjiang was caught off guard and pulled onto the bed, Qi Shu turned over and lay on the other side's body.
Qi Shu put his hands on Gu Hanjiang's chest, lowered his head and looked at him with a smile: "Master, I caught you."
"..." Gu Hanjiang turned his head, "Ashu, let go."
"Don't let go."
Not only did he not let go, but he also wrapped his hands and feet around Gu Hanjiang's body, wrapping him tightly.
"Master, you don't think I'll give up if you reject me once, do you?" Qi Shu's voice came muffled from his arms, "I've persisted for so many years, and if I say give up, I'll give up. face?"
He obviously drank all night, but there was not much alcohol on his body, only a faint aroma of alcohol. The smell wrapped tightly around Gu Hanjiang's body, and it actually made him a little bit drunk.
Gu Hanjiang's eyebrows softened a little, and he sighed in a low voice: "Why are you doing this?"
The person who was still whispering in his arms stopped.
Qi Shu raised his head and looked at Gu Hanjiang in the darkness, his eyes flickering a little bit.
"I also want to know."
He said: "Why bother, Master will never accept me, what's the point of continuing like this?"
Gu Hanjiang's arms around him suddenly tightened.
"But I just like it." Qi Shu said, "I miss it if I don't see it, but I'm very happy when I see it, especially for a person as cold as ice, Master, who only treats me well. I'm so happy in my heart."
"Is there something wrong with wanting to be happy...?"
His voice was low, with a little grievance.
"No." Gu Hanjiang's voice was slightly hoarse, he raised his hand to stroke Qi Shu's hair, and said softly, "You didn't do anything wrong."
Qi Shu continued to ask in a low voice: "Will Master still be angry with me?"
"I can't bear it."
Even if he knew that he had deliberately lost his temper with him all night, Gu Hanjiang couldn't get angry.
In the end is reluctant.
"Then, can Master tell me the truth?" Qi Shu straightened up suddenly, staggering and posing on Gu Hanjiang in a condescending posture, "Can you stop lying to me?"
Gu Hanjiang really doesn't understand the logic of drunks.
The last sentence was still talking about something, but this one started to say something.
But Qi Shu's eyes were still red, and his hair was slightly scattered, as if he had been greatly wronged.
Even the ice and snow of thousands of years will melt.
Gu Hanjiang asked: "What did I lie to you?"
"You're just lying to me." Qi Shu said stubbornly, "You clearly know everything, clearly you mind me getting close to other people, clearly..."
He paused.
The dark house was silent, and even the moonlight was shrouded in clouds at some point. Qi Shu lowered his head under the cover of darkness, his voice was so soft that it was almost a whisper.
"... You clearly... want to kiss me too."
The author has something to say: Happy National Day
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