Lu Xiao was carefully tucking his fur collar with his hands, and suddenly paused.
After a while, Lu Xiao said shyly, "What do you mean?"
"I'm leaving." Qiu Yutong felt a little guilty, but she had no choice but to bite the bullet and repeat.
Before his ascension, he promised Lu Xiao that he would stay with him all the time, pray for rain and snow for the Great Chen Dynasty, and bless the people with good weather... but he failed to do so.
But now, not long after he came back, he was leaving again.
Lu Xiao remained silent, one hand involuntarily pinched the expensive black fur collar tightly, and the veins on the back of his hand were bursting.
Seeing that he was silent, Qiu Yutong explained: "Xiao'er, it's not like I won't come back after I leave. I just want to go to Yaowangzhuang to seek medical treatment. This body is congenitally deficient, and I suffered in the Punishment Department before..."
He glanced at the other person's expression, and couldn't bear to continue talking.
Lu Xiao's thin lips trembled slightly, and he could hardly open his mouth: "I..."
Looking at him like that, Qiu Yutong really couldn't say "Actually, I was poisoned by the cold at that time", and could only reluctantly comfort him: "Now that I think about it, there are many things wrong with the things I did before, such as Hiding it from you, like breaking Ye Yu... Xiaoer, you don't have to blame yourself too much."
Lu Xiao lowered his eyelashes, and it took a long time before he said in a hoarse voice: "How much pain?"
Qiu Yutong was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Lu Xiao was referring to the matter of being hit by the board, so she said casually: "Uh, it's okay, it doesn't hurt too much."
Actually, it really hurts. However, as a swordsman who represents absolute force, it would be too shameful for him to be overwhelmed after a few strikes. Besides, there is no need to make this little apprentice feel more guilty.
Lu Xiao said softly, "You're lying to me again."
"..." Qiu Yutong was really a little speechless, she suffered 80 boards sadly and did not say anything, and she had to take pains to comfort the villain who beat him, but he still didn't believe it!
What do you want him to do!
But looking at Lu Xiao's appearance, he really couldn't get angry, so he could only explain patiently: "It was just a little painful at first, but then by chance, the spirit orifice of this body suddenly opened, so it didn't hurt too much. It’s a blessing in disguise.”
"Have you opened up the spiritual aperture?" Lu Xiao suddenly raised his head, "You can practice Taoism again?"
"Well, so it is said that misfortunes and fortunes are unpredictable. The so-called misfortunes depend on blessings, and blessings lie on misfortunes. Everything in the world has its own cause and effect, so you don't have to feel too guilty."
Lu Xiao murmured: "Everything in the world has its own cause and effect..."
Qiu Yutong paused, and then said: "At first, I thought this body couldn't be awakened, and I could only go back to Xuecheng to reshape the physical body. After ending the karma of the original body, I only need to go to Yaowang Zhuang Yijing to wash the marrow, wash away the dirt inside this body for many years, and then I can go on the road of enlightenment again."
It can also cure the cold poison by the way.
Lu Xiao stared at him blankly.
Qiu Yutong couldn't help but raised her hand, stroked the little apprentice's hair lightly, and comforted him softly: "However, even if I want to prove the Dao again, it will take a long time, and I won't be promoted soon. "
Why is this kid so tall? ! Tired of lifting my arms all the time.
"Yeah." Lu Xiao lowered his head slightly.
…
Qiu Yutong barely picked up a chopstick of tofu and put it in his mouth, he couldn't help but sighed secretly.
This dish is still salty.
For dinner at the big table in front of me, there are four meat and four vegetables, fish lip in milk sauce, duck feet with flower drum, diced chicken with peach kernel, scallops with hydrangea, lotus pod tofu, freshly ground cabbage heart... there is not a single dish that can be eaten.
Kid Lu Xiao, did he accidentally knock over the salt jar? !
"..." Qiu Yutong pursed her lips, feeling a little nauseous.
He glanced at the distraught Lu Xiao next to him, but still managed to swallow the salty tofu in his mouth.
After Qiu Yutong swallowed the tofu, she took a quick sip of tea to dilute the salty taste in her mouth, then cleared her throat slightly, and said, "Xiao'er, I will definitely come back after I wash my marrow. Last time I practiced For two hundred years, Fang De ascended, this time, I should be able to accompany you for a long time."
Accompany you through the whole life.
"Long time?" Lu Xiao said softly, seeming to understand Qiu Yutong's meaning.
A lifetime, but only his lifetime.
The life of a mortal without a spiritual root is just a few decades, and it is fleeting.
It's just a little ripple in the life of the mighty monk.
Lu Xiao was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "I heard that the cultivation world has a long history, and many monks will have Taoist companions who practice together."
He paused for a moment, and then reluctantly continued: "Master, will you have... Taoist companions in the future?"
"Taoist?" Qiu Yutong was taken aback.
After he realized it, he couldn't help but secretly laughed in his heart. Could it be that Lu Xiao was worried that if he found a Taoist companion, he would ignore him as a little apprentice
Daoist companions, indeed, many monks will find one. After all, monks have a long life, and occasionally feel lonely, and there are some cultivation methods, double cultivation can also increase the speed of cultivation, such as Fengyue Dao.
It's just that Qiu Yutong cultivates the way of swordsmanship, and most swordsmanship cultivators have weak desires, and he has never considered the matter of Taoist companions.
Qiu Yutong didn't answer for a long time, but Lu Xiao suddenly couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly raised his head, looking straight at him with his dark phoenix eyes: "Master, have you ever thought about finding a Taoist companion?"
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a moment: "I haven't thought about it yet."
"Not yet? Then there will be in the future?" Lu Xiao stared at him closely, staring intently.
Qiu Yutong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why, are you afraid that I'll find you a teacher? I've just been reborn, and I have to wash my marrow again, so I don't have time to think about those messy things. So, I promise you, after I've washed my marrow from the Yi Jing , come back to be the teacher of the Chen Dynasty, and will not find a Taoist partner during the period."
Lu Xiao was silent for a long time, and then responded softly: "Yes."
…
In the next few days, Lu Xiao talked a lot less, and he seemed to be in a bad mood all the time.
Qiu Yutong thought about it, the "Ice Silkworm Green Blood Gu" in her body will not attack for a while, and there is no need to worry about washing the marrow in the Book of Changes, and when the Lantern Festival is in Zuixianlou, the young owner of Yaowangzhuang I also said that the wedding banquet at Yaowangzhuang is in March, so if you go early, you won't be able to meet the third senior brother, and without the recommendation of the third senior brother, the big owner of Yaowangzhuang may not be willing to help him.
Otherwise, stay in Daning Palace for a while, and coax this kid Lu Xiao by the way.
Now that he has made up his mind, for the next few days, Qiu Yutong will try his best to accompany Lu Xiao in rowing boats, enjoying the snow, playing chess, and dancing with swords... But he can't help thinking about Yaowangzhuang, and he is always a little absent-minded .
Lu Xiao also noticed Qiu Yutong's absent-mindedness, but after the previous conversation, he didn't say anything more.
In a blink of an eye, it was the end of February.
The white winter snow gradually melts, and the willows by the lake spit out new green, and it is spring again.
"Chirp chirping..." This morning, there was a melodious cry of swallows outside the window, and Qiu Yutong woke up in a daze, smelling the sweet scent of sweet-scented osmanthus cake,
He sniffed: "Xiao'er?"
The room was quiet and no one answered.
"... Xiaoer?"
Qiu Yutong propped herself up in a daze, and rubbed her eyes again, only to find that there was breakfast on the table, and a bag, and beside the bag was a dark thing, which looked familiar.
Qiu Yutong was taken aback for a moment, turned over and got out of bed, and picked up the thing.
This is a very delicate black jade token, the size of half a palm, it is heavy to hold in the hand, and it is engraved with intricate patterns of nine dragons seizing pearls.
He had seen Lu Xiao take out this black jade token on Longmen Street a few days ago. When the head of a thousand households of the Jinwu Guard saw the token, his expression immediately changed, and he became extremely respectful.
Qiu Yutong realized something, blinked, and opened the bag next to her. Inside the baggage were two sets of clothes, a large box of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, a stack of thick silver bills, and a packet of gold leaves.
"This kid." Qiu Yutong put down her burden and couldn't help sighing.
It seemed that Lu Xiao had finally figured it out and was willing to let him go.
Qiu Yutong looked down at the things in the baggage, feeling very complicated, she was slightly relieved, but also slightly melancholy.
The little apprentice has grown up and no longer depends on him.
It was as if a young eagle could finally soar into the sky with its own wings, but his 200-year-old eagle could only guard the empty nest alone, miserable and miserable.
Fuck him, what the hell was he thinking! Qiu Yutong couldn't help but shook her head with a smile.
He thought for a while, then took out the tortoise shell from under the pillow and put it in the bag, and left a letter to Lu Xiao, stating that he would definitely come back after washing his marrow.
…
Qiu Yutong took the Nine Dragons Black Jade Token left by Lu Xiao, and the journey was unimpeded, and she quickly left the Daning Palace and then the capital.
Carrying a small burden on his back, he walked lightly on the suburban path, when his stomach suddenly grunted loudly.
The body is hungry again.
Qiu Yutong rubbed his stomach helplessly, he has no bigu now, and his body is very delicate, and he can't miss three meals a day, but there are large tracts of farmland outside the city, where did the restaurant come from
He had already finished eating the box of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes in the bundle.
Qiu Yutong stood on tiptoe and looked around, and saw that there were farmlands far and near, and now it was just spring, and there were only a few sporadic green seedlings in the fields, and there were no melons and fruits to pick.
"Oh, why is there nothing..." He shook his head, barely suppressed his hunger, and continued walking listlessly.
He walked for a long time, and the sky gradually darkened, and the distant mountains were gradually shrouded in a misty black.
At this moment, a peasant woman walked towards her from a distance, carrying a basket of crispy pears of yellow and orange.
Qiu Yutong's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly greeted her: "That big sister, please stop. Can you sell me some crispy pears? Here, I have... um, here."
He rummaged through his bag, and felt that the stack of five thousand taels of exchange notes seemed to be of a higher denomination, so he handed out a small piece of thin gold leaf.
The peasant woman was startled when she saw the gold leaf he handed over, and hesitated to accept it: "Is this gold? Is it real or not?"
"Naturally it is true."
The peasant woman looked him up and down, and seeing that he didn't look like a liar, but a foolish rich man, she said, "I don't dare to accept gold. The most I have in this basket of pears is..."
She hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Qiu Yutong again, gritted her teeth and reported, "It's only three taels of silver."
Qiu Yutong was thirsty and hungry, eager to eat pears, so she forced the gold leaf into the peasant woman's hand: "Take it. I just want...well, five crispy pears."
He can't take more.
"Success." The peasant woman cheered up, and immediately wrapped five crispy pears for him.
Qiu Yutong picked up a crispy pear and bit it down with a "click", and it really was juicy, crispy and sweet.
He gnawed on the pear with relish, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, big sister, I want to ask, I'm going to Baizhou Jacky Ferry, I heard that I'm going to take a boat on the Baishui River in front, is my direction right?"
"That's right." The peasant woman pointed to the front, "Here, do you see the smoking place in front? That's where the people in our village are burning straw for dinner. After passing the village, go forward for another mile. It’s the Baishui River. It’s just that it’s getting dark, and I don’t know if there are any boatmen.”
"Oh, so, then I'll try my luck. Thank you, big sister." Qiu Yutong nodded, and walked forward while gnawing on the crispy pear.
Sure enough, after passing a small village, the sound of rushing water was heard not long after. Qiu Yutong followed the sound and saw a big river not far ahead. The river was extremely wide and the water was very fast.
It seems that this is Baishuijiang.
It was already late at this time, and there was no ferry boat on the river. Qiu Yutong walked along the river for a long time, only to see a small fishing boat ahead.
He was overjoyed, pushed aside the long grass all the way, stepped on the uneven stones and walked over: "Boatman! Boatman!"
A small fishing boat is docked by the river. The boatman is a tall man. He is wearing a bamboo hat and a black coir raincoat. fish.
Under the dim light of the fire, it could be seen that it was a plump Guizhou fish, sizzling with oil, and overflowing with a scorched aroma.
Qiu Yutong stared in a daze.
Crispy pears really can't get enough.
He licked his lips: "Boater, that... is the fish for sale?"
The man turned his back to him and shook his head slowly.
Qiu Yutong held back, and begged softly, "I really don't want to sell it? But I'm hungry, can you sell me half a piece? Well, half a piece is enough, I have money."
The boatman sighed, stood up and turned around: "I don't sell this fish. If Shizun is hungry, just sit down and eat, why bother to bargain with me?"
Qiu Yutong stared at him: "Why are you here?"
Lu Xiao took off his hat, stared at him with dark eyes, and smiled slightly: "If I'm not here, what will Master have for dinner?"
"..." Qiu Yutong was speechless, "Then what about the imperial court? You are a fool!"
"Master, don't worry, from the first year of Yuande to the fifth year of Yuande, in the past five years, I have beaten the barbarians in the north so that they never dared to cross the border. The dams of the Changqing River have also been strengthened, and the national treasury is also very abundant. Before A few days ago, I talked with Chen Siru and Xu Changchun, and everything was arranged, no problem."
"That being said, a country cannot live without a king..."
"Yes." Lu Xiao interrupted him directly.
"Aren't you here?!"
"Did Master forget that I didn't want to listen to the sutra banquet before, so the master cut a paper puppet to listen to the sutra banquet instead? That paper puppet is really lifelike. As long as I have a little blood from my fingertips, I will be no different from a living person." .”
"But, that's a puppet after all. It's fine to just sit there and listen to the scriptures. You want to use him to go to court? Are you out of your mind?"
"So I got sick and let the paper puppet stay in the palace to recuperate. As for the affairs of the court, Chen Siru and Xu Changchun will take care of them. Besides, there are post stations all over the world, and Baizhou is not far from the capital. If there is anything, I will You can return to Beijing at any time."
"But..." Qiu Yutong wanted to say something, but Lu Xiao had already bent down and turned the grilled fish over, "This side is ready to eat, do you want to spread chili oil?"
"… want."
Qiu Yutong resentfully gnawed on the delicious grilled fish.
Lu Xiao, this kid, is doing things more and more as he wants, and he doesn't ask his master's opinion at all, it's just too outrageous! If there is a chance in the future, I have to teach this scoundrel a lesson!
However, this grilled fish is really delicious... the skin is crispy and the meat is tender, fresh and spicy. Or, for the sake of this grilled fish, forgive this villain one more time
It seems that it is not impossible...
The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains. The two masters and apprentices went down the Baishui River, the boat was light and the water was fast, but within a few days they were close to Baizhou.
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