After the old lady left, Li Chaoge closed the doors and windows, and said softly, "This is? The second time we have met the God of War. It's really a fate."
"Folk legends exaggerate a lot? Just listen to it as a story, don't take it seriously."
Li Chaoge sat back across the table. She looked at the hot food in front of her without moving her chopsticks. Li Chaoge said: "Even if it is exaggerated, it is based on real events. There is a portrait of the God of War in Guibei Village. This village is dedicated to the God of War. In the ancestral hall of Guibei Village, there is a tablet of Emperor Qiu Qin, but the god of war is named Qin. I suspect that The spiritual seat in the ancestral hall is the Martial God."
Li Chaoge finished speaking, waited for a while, and stared at Gu Mingke dissatisfiedly: "You? Why didn't you respond?"
Gu Mingke nodded perfunctorily, and said, "You? You're right."
It's not difficult to guess, Gu Mingke can crack the soul-gathering formation, maybe he has already guessed that Wushen and Emperor Qiu Qin are alone. Li Chaoge curled her lips slightly. She propped her chin and leaned on the table, and she was very puzzled and said, "Distributing portraits, making offerings to gods, exchanging incense, all... are for the sake of the god of war. But, the god of war is dead. Many years? Who is it? Who is promoting these things, and what purpose do they have? Could it be that someone wants to use the name of Valkyrie to start trouble?"
Li Chaoge thought for a while, but still found it unbelievable: "War God is too old. If you really want to rebel, use Taishang Laojun, Jade Emperor, Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, which one has more appeal than Wu God? Ordinary people don't know Wu God at all. Is there really such a lot of effort? Is it useful?"
Moreover, Li Chaoge also noticed a detail, the name of the Martial God was not written on the tablet, but Qin's. Whoever writes the incense sticks is enshrined, why should it be blurred
"Destiny is like ghosts and gods. If you believe in it, you will have it. If you don't believe it, you will lose it." Gu Mingke lowered his eyes, his eyelashes covered the expression in his eyes, and there seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "No matter how many people say it is ridiculous, As long as the parties themselves believe it, it will be useful."
Is it okay to think so? Since ancient times, who has established a dynasty and established a country? Who is not? He firmly believes that he is the one chosen by the heavens. Only by relying on this kind of heart to change his fate can he create a hegemony, which cannot be achieved among tens of thousands of people. Li Chaoge thought that the Qianyuan sword was also buried with the king of the Kui Kingdom. It is said that the Qianyuan sword integrates the luck of the atmosphere, and if you get it, you can win the world. Now there is a god of destiny
Li Chaoge thought about it, and said to Gu Mingke: "The people of the Qin family are too superstitious. First they did divination, saying that their child was the reincarnation of the Son of Heaven, and then they made a sword, saying that holding this sword can win the world." ?. They have been inciting public opinion and playing tricks, do they really believe that these illusory things can help them win the world?"
"That era was different from now. Ancient witchcraft flourished, a hundred schools of thought contended, and many things were true." After Gu Mingke finished speaking, he glanced at Li Chaoge lightly, and asked, "You? How do you know it's a mystery?"
"Obviously, they have been building momentum for themselves." Li Chaoge spread her hands. As a princess who ascended to the throne in her previous life and is still fighting for the throne in this life, she is very familiar with these methods of building momentum. When Tianhou ascended the throne in the previous life, she kept creating auspiciousness in various places, and tried every means to prove that she was ordered by heaven. It's just that the Qin family's methods are more extreme. Not to mention casting a Qianyuan sword with all their national strength, they also created a god from birth.
Gu Mingke was sitting behind the candlelight, the dim light flickered, his eyes seemed to be brewed with wine, making people dizzy: "Why?"
Li Chaoge was so distracted by his eyes that he didn't understand what he asked. Li Chaoge came back to his senses and asked, "You? What did you say?"
Gu Mingke said that he never asked questions a second time, but now, he slowed down his tone, and asked gently and slowly: "The villagers all firmly believe it. Why do you think the Valkyrie is a fake?"
Li Chaoge was slightly taken aback, not wanting to understand why he paid attention to this place? Li Chaoge replied without hesitation: "Intuition. There are many things in him that are very fragmented, as if? A template made up instead of a real person."
The candlelight was reflected in Gu Mingke's eyes, and it was hard to tell whether it was firelight or something else. Gu Mingke looked at her deeply, and asked, "For example?"
"For example?" Li Chaoge thought for a while, and said, "The records on the drawing paper, and the old woman said just now, that the god of war is capable of both literature and martial arts, read a hundred schools of thought, is smart and eloquent, and taught himself divination. If it's just? That's all, why? He is also brave and good at fighting, victorious in every battle. How is this possible? This is not at all
After hearing this, Gu Mingke lowered his eyes and was speechless for a long time. The room became quiet, only the crackling of candles could be heard. Li Chaoge paused, then answered without changing his expression: "Besides, I have been learning martial arts since I was six years old, and I only need to do one thing a day, so I am so busy. How can he learn so many things at the same time and be proficient in everything?" ?I have always thought that civil and martial arts are mutually exclusive... Except for Pei Ji'an, who claims to be both civil and martial arts. Anyone who is good at it is absolutely specialized. He is good at culture, but he is not good at learning martial arts. Even if the Martial God is a god, he has grown up as a child. How can an ordinary child have so much energy to learn civil and martial arts well at the same time?"
Gu Mingke has been quiet all the time, and when he heard her words, he laughed dumbfounded: "Who said that, you? This is? It's a shame."
Li Chaoge is a genius in martial arts, but on the contrary, she is short in culture, art, music, painting and other aspects. So Li Chaoge has always stubbornly felt that civil and martial arts can't be both. It's not? Her problem, but? These two talents are inherently mutually exclusive. If you want to become a master of both, unless you are an old goblin who has lived for a long time.
"Let's not talk about that." Gu Mingke smiled and said, "These legends are mixed with truth and falsehood, and most of them are fabricated by later generations. The Martial God in the portrait has eight hands. How could this be? Really? "
When Li Chaoge thought about it, she was wondering why she was competing with a man with eight arms. Maybe this kind of person doesn't need to conceive in October, just jump from the cracks in the rocks and look like an adult.
Seeing her relax, Gu Mingke said, "You have been on the road for the past two days, go and rest now. Tomorrow, let's go to the mountains to see."
Li Chaoge replied straight away: "Okay." When she stood up, she saw that Gu Mingke was motionless, so she couldn't help asking: "What about you?"
"I don't need it." Gu Mingke said lightly, "You? Sleep peacefully. I'm not far away."
Li Chaoge knew that Gu Mingke looked like a normal person, but actually didn't need food, and it might not be a big deal for him to stay up all night. Didn't Li Chaoge? Ask again, then turn around and go to bed to rest.
Li Chaoge and Li Yi lay on the bed, holding swords in their arms. After she lay down, the lights in the room went out.
The moonlight is dim tonight, and the countryside is far away from the hustle and bustle. There is no other light source, and the house is pitch black. Li Chaoge caressed the patterns on Qian Yuan's sword with his fingers, slowly feeling embarrassed.
Surrounded by silence, it seemed that there were only the two of them left in the world. Did Gu Mingke make a sound, but Li Chaoge knew that he was not far away.
Li Chaoge's face was getting hotter and hotter, and it was even more embarrassing than the last time they were forced to spend the night together in the Princess Mansion. Li Chaoge coughed lightly, lifting weights? Ruoqing said: "Today is? I was negligent, wait until tomorrow, let grandma prepare another room."
"No need." In the dark night, his figure could not be seen clearly, but his voice was like fine silk, deep and clear, "When you go out, safety is the top priority. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. It is not appropriate to separate and act."
Li Chaoge opened her mouth slightly, she wanted to say that it was different, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't tell what was different. There is no distinction between men and women in her heart, only to handle cases. Since Gu Mingke doesn't care about it, why is she tweaking it
Finally, Li Chaoge turned around, closed his eyes hard, and said, "I don't mind, you? Feel free?"
Li Chaoge originally thought that she would not be able to fall asleep, but? In fact, she fell asleep not long after she turned around. When she woke up the next day, the room was completely clear, and she was still lying on the bed in the same posture as yesterday, with Qian Yuanjian quietly leaning against her side, showing no sign of moving.
Li Chaoge got up holding the sword, she stood by the window, and saw Gu Mingke standing in the yard, staring at the mountains ahead for a long time. His eyes were focused, his side face was silent, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Gu Mingke? Turning around, he said softly, "Now that you're awake, get ready? Let's go."
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The two of them are going to explore the mountains today. This village is located deep in the mountains, and there are few people. The surrounding mountains are even more wild and wild. There are almost no formed roads on the mountain, and in the depths of the woods, you can see the paw prints of wild animals from time to time.
In front of you is an extremely narrow trail, which is tightly attached to the cliff, allowing only one person to pass through. There are no obstacles outside, and if you take a wrong step, you will fall into the cliff. Gu Mingke walked ahead and reminded Li Chaoge in a low voice: "Be careful, the road ahead is slippery."
Li Chaoge walked behind calmly, and when she heard Gu Mingke's words, she smiled softly: "What is this? When I was a child, I walked through longer and steeper vines. In my opinion, this kind of road is impossible. It's out of the ordinary."
Gu Mingke deftly walked around the unevenness of the stone wall and asked, "You? Often climbed mountains when you were young?"
"It's not just about mountain climbing. In the middle of the cliff, in the nest of poisonous insects, next to the tiger's cave, where? I have been there. I remember once I opened my eyes? I woke up and found myself lying in the nest of a giant eagle, up and down... Is it? A bare cliff, maybe the giant eagle will come back at any time. I can only find a way to climb up the cliff, but the result? Old man Zhou is not waiting for me on it, so I have to find my way home. Waiting for me When I went back, I found him lying in the house sleeping. Old man Zhou saw that I didn’t even glance at him, so he threw me an ax and asked me to cook.”
Jiannan's terrain is much more complicated than here. The miasma in the southwest is dense, the forest is full of poisonous insects, and the forest is full of poisonous insects. Even veterans who have accumulated many years dare not enter the mountain alone. But Li Chaoge was often thrown to a new place as soon as she opened her eyes. Slowly, she got used to it.
Gu Mingke frowned more and more, and asked coldly, "How old were you at that time?"
"About ten years old." Li Chaoge's voice is full of? Don't care, "I went into the mountain alone after I was twelve years old, and the ordinary terrain can't trouble me, so I haven't been? been? thrown away again. But old man Zhou Said, is it because I am too heavy, and he is struggling to carry it."
Gu Mingke's face was already very cold: "Is he treating you like this?"
"Do you practice martial arts? It's like this. The little tiger next door to us is beaten to tears by his father every day, but I haven't been beaten by him yet." Li Chaoge saw that there was a cliff in front of her, and she pulled the vine on the stone. I felt that it was still solid, so I said to Gu Mingke, "I'll pass first, you? Follow up by yourself."
After finishing speaking, Li Chaoge grabbed the cane and leaped lightly across the canyon. When the cane was about to hit the stone wall, she let go of the cane, tapped her toes on a protruding stone, and then flew into the air like a bird. After a few ups and downs, it landed lightly on the flat ground.
Gu Mingke watched her move among the stones from a distance. When he saw Li Chaoge for the first time, he felt that she was very good, unlike ordinary people. Later, she learned that her master was Zhou Changgeng. Gu Mingke also thought that Zhou Changgeng was out of tune, but he was still paying attention to teaching his apprentices. Unexpectedly, she turned out to be? She practiced like this.
Gu Mingke knew that Zhou Chang Geng was unreliable, but he did not expect him to be so unreliable. Throwing a ten-year-old girl into a giant eagle's den... he was lucky to have figured it out.
Standing opposite, Li Chaoge waved to Gu Mingke, indicating that everything is safe. Gu Mingke restrained his thoughts, moved his feet slightly, and landed on the opposite side with the breeze.
Gu Mingke's sleeves bulged with the wind, and he appeared in front of her eyes in the blink of an eye. Li Chaoge was slightly stunned. In the early morning, the sun passed through the dead branches, and the stars were dotted on the mountain stream. A man in white came walking on the wind, his clothes fluttering, and his long hair fluttered, as if the scene at the age of twelve was repeated.
The difference is that that time Li Chaoge could only watch from a distance, but this time, she clearly saw his complexion like jade, long hair like ink, eyes of clear glass color, and his gestures were full of majesty. indifferent.
After Gu Mingke stood up, he found Li Chaoge looking at him ecstatically. Gu Mingke raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"
Gu Mingke lowered his eyes slightly, his black eyes looked at her seriously. Standing in the remote mountains and wild forests, he looked more and more like a fairy who fell into the world by mistake, with a beautiful appearance and bones, unstained by wind and frost.
Li Chaoge regained his senses, closed his eyes to cover his expression, and said, "It's nothing. I thought of an old friend."
Watching him think of an old friend... Gu Mingke felt some subtle unhappiness in his heart. This burst of emotion was inexplicable? Oddly enough, Gu Mingke was taken aback for a moment, and he immediately suppressed his emotional fluctuations, and said coldly, "Since you're fine, let's go."
Li Chaoge responded, and the two walked on the quiet mountain road one after the other, very silent. Gu Mingke has been thinking about what happened to him, who was he just now? What happened? Suddenly I heard Li Chaoge ask: "You? What did you do when you went to Pingshan?"
Gu Mingke was slightly startled, and then replied calmly: "Where is Pingshan??"
Li Chaoge sneered: "It's this time, you? Still covering up. Forget it, you? Don't want to say it. You? Have you ever returned to Jiannan later?"
Gu Mingke didn't say anything, if he answered, it would be confirmed that he had been to Pingshan. Although Li Chaoge has now fully guessed it, Gu Mingke still wants to struggle and make the last effort for his mission of descending to earth.
When Gu Mingke arrested Peony before, he went down to earth in person, and Yu Pingshan arrested the two of them. Also? There, Li Chaoge met Gu Mingke for the first time.
To be precise, Li Chaoge saw Gu Mingke unilaterally. At that time, Gu Mingke didn't know that during the brief gap between his appearance, a girl happened to see him.
Seeing that Gu Mingke was silent, Li Chaoge pouted quietly. She gave up this topic, and turned to talk about interesting things from the past: "When I was young, what I worried most was not? Practicing, but? Cooking. Whether I cooked or? , quietly go to grab other people's food, anyway, I fight a lot, no child in the village can beat me. In a blink of an eye, it has been so many years."
Li Chaoge's tone was full of nostalgia. She broke off a branch, pushed aside the vines on the road ahead, and said, "This year? The Jiannan earthquake occurred in May this year, and Heilin Village cannot live. Before I leave, I will tell them to move to the city as soon as possible." I wonder if they heard? That hut is the place where I have stayed the longest since I was growing up, and it was ruined like this. What a pity. I don’t know when I can go back to Jiannan, see Look at Black Forest Village, and also see if the nest of giant eagles that I raced with is still there."
Gu Mingke quietly listened to the story of Li Chaoge when he was a child. The first time he saw her in the Sumeru Mirror, she was wearing a beautiful dress with blood on her hands. Gu Mingke's first impression of Li Chaoge was that she was a cruel and merciless empress. He was almost negligent, and Li Chaoge also had a childhood when he couldn't even run steadily.
After Li Chaoge finished speaking, she felt that the fact of fighting and grabbing food was too out of place. She looked at Gu Mingke and asked, "What about you? What were you like when you were young?"
as a child? Gu Mingke thought about it, and found that he couldn't find anything interesting to say. Gu Mingke flapped his eyelashes lightly, and said in a low voice: "It's very boring, ten years? It's like a day, there's nothing to say."
Perhaps as Li Chaoge said, he has been playing a role, life? For the kingly way, death? For the kingly way. The only thing that was not planned was the pain that he was unwilling to mention in his life.
Li Chaoge looked at Gu Mingke, and found that his face was pale and his expression was very cold. He has always been indifferent, but is he usually indifferent? He is too lazy to talk to people, unlike now, as if thinking of something very unpleasant.
Li Chaoge's heart skipped a beat. She immediately held Gu Mingke's arm and said, "If there's nothing to say, let's not talk about it. Those things in my childhood have passed, and the important thing is to look forward. There are two places in the tracing formula? I'm not very good at it yet, can you? Can you? Demonstrate it again... "
Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke searched in the mountains for a day, but unfortunately they didn't find any traces of practitioners. The two of them found nothing, and seeing that it was getting late, they went back to the old woman's house.
When going down the mountain, the sky gradually darkened. Li Chaoge looked down the mountain, and saw that the village had been lit with lights, and the dots of stars were very beautiful. Li Chaoge glanced at it, and said casually: "This village is built neatly, like a gossip line."
Gu Mingke heard her words, turned his head, and quietly glanced at the mountain village under his feet.
When Li Chaoge and the two arrived at the old woman's house, it was already dark. The old lady was working in the yard, when she saw them, she greeted them enthusiastically, "You guys are back? How are you? Have you found the way?"
When Li Chaoge went out today, he used the excuse of "Going out to find the way." Li Chaoge smiled and said, "No? I have to bother you for another day. Why bother? We will settle the expenses of these days."
"What are you talking about?" The old woman was very happy to see them coming back. She wiped her hands on her clothes and hurriedly said, "Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year. It's time to have a reunion dinner. In previous years, it was always cold at home. It's deserted, it's rare that there are so many people this year, so I prepared a lot of cakes and noodles. Miss, do you guys know how to make birthday cakes?"
Li Chaoge was slightly taken aback: "What?"
"In our village, we have to make birthday cakes for the new year. After eating, we will keep them safe and prolong our lives." The old lady opened the kitchen door, brought out two new cushions, and waved to Li Chaoge, "You guys Young people have dexterous fingers and are quick to wrap birthday cakes. You wrap them here first, and I will go to the stove to boil water."
Li Chaoge didn't expect that the old lady would invite them to a New Year's Eve dinner, and he was stunned for a while. She wanted to refuse at first, but seeing the excited look of the old woman, she never had the heart to say it out. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke are out alone, and the old lady is also celebrating the New Year at home alone. The old lady said that this year is rare? There are so many people. If you want to come to the previous years? She lived alone.
Li Chaoge couldn't bear to refuse in the end, anyway, they didn't have any other arrangements tonight, and helping the old woman prepare dinner for a few years wasn't considered a delay. Li Chaoge looked at Gu Mingke, Gu Mingke nodded slightly, and said, "Since you? Willing? Let's go."
Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke washed their hands and sat by the desk. The old woman showed them how to knead rice cakes. Her skin was rough and her hands were wrinkled, but she was very dexterous when kneading the dough. Li Chaoge just "blinked" and the old woman kneaded the Chinese zodiac. The old lady put the vivid zodiac signs on the wooden board, and looked at Li Chaoge expectantly: "These things are simple, and you can't trouble them if you think about them. The girl looks like they come from a rich family, should you learn it?"
Li Chaoge nodded hesitantly, probably? The old woman stood up in relief, and staggered to the stove outside to do other things. Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke were left in the kitchen soon. Li Chaoge fell silent as he looked at the five colors of dough in front of him.
She couldn't help bumping into Gu Mingke quietly: "You? Have you learned it?"
Gu Mingke's long sleeves were tied up, revealing a slender forearm. He pinched a ball of dough in the palm of his hand, and the flour stuck to his hands indiscriminately, which made his hands extraordinarily slender and beautiful.
"Probably."
Li Chaoge was originally looking for an alliance, but he didn't expect Gu Mingke to lower his head and actually pinch it seriously. Li Chaoge opened his lips slightly, and finally closed them silently.
Gu Mingke saw it at first glance. He can learn from anyone who doesn't touch the spring water. How could Li Chaoge, who has lived alone for ten years, not? Li Chaoge pursed his lips tightly, showed the vigor he used when fighting the goblin, and stared at the dough with all his eyes.
She remembered that the old woman used this kind of flour first, then kneaded it like this, and finally closed it like this... Li Chaoge stumbled and kneaded a rabbit. She looked at the result in her hand with satisfaction. Although the shape had changed, the material was still the same. .
Gu Mingke had already put down several birthday cakes. He took the time to glance at Li Chaoge, and couldn't look away immediately.
Gu Mingke quietly stared at the lump in Li Chao singer's heart, and after a while, asked: "This is..."
"Rabbit." Li Chaoge showed proudly, "Isn't it like it?"
Gu Mingke stared at the "rabbit" and fell silent. Afterwards, he smiled lightly, his eyes were full of broken light, and he raised his eyes to look at Li Chaoge: "You? Do you think so?"
Li Chaoge paused slightly, then she glanced at Gu Mingke's hand, and found that he had already pinched three of them, and they looked alike. Li Chaoge was very upset, and put his force on the panel, saying: "Our rabbits only grow? That's it."
Gu Mingke nodded, not with? She argued. He believed that when Li Chaoge was a child, he had to fight for food with his companions. From this point of view, the food she cooked was really not good.
As for Zhou Chang
These pastries are made of five kinds of millet, and they are colorful and lively on the table. Gu Mingke discovered that Li Chaoge was going to get black flour, and he seemed to be a dragon. Gu Mingke was quite helpless: "You? Rabbits are not easy to pinch, so you insist on challenging the most difficult one. Snakes are easy, you? Or? Let's make a snake first, or a mouse?"
"No." Li Chaoge resolutely refused. If you want to do it, you must be the best. What is a nest of snakes and mice? Li Chaoge firmly believed that she could perform miracles by doing it herself. After pinching for a while, the black dragon gradually took shape, but it was limp and unable to stand up. Gu Mingke looked at the supposedly majestic Xuanlong lying on the ground like a strange snake, and couldn't help laughing: "You? No? Did you say you don't want to be a snake?"
"You? Shut up!" Li Chaoge glared at him angrily, leaned over, and rubbed the black dragon persistently, trying to make it stand up. Gu Mingke suppressed a smile, and stretched out his finger to point her: "This is wrong, you? You added too much water, no wonder it can't stand up. Why does your dragon only have three legs?"
Only then did Li Chaoge realize that her "Dragon Claw" had fallen off. Li Chaoge pressed it hastily, and finally the two of them worked together to squeeze out a birthday cake dragon with a rough shape and barely complete organs.
Li Chaoge didn't even fight monsters? So tired. She couldn't help but collapsed on the cushion and wiped off the sweat on her forehead exhaustedly: "I'm so tired. I don't even have to go to the water to catch a real dragon? It's such a trouble."
Gu Mingke was using a bamboo stick to outline the dragon's beard, eyes, and eyes. Hearing her words, he laughed: "That's not acceptable. The mortal dragons are recorded in the book, and anyone who has more or less will be held accountable."
Li Chaoge was startled, and immediately turned to look at him: "You? What time did you just say?"
Gu Mingke didn't change his face, and said indifferently: "The dragon in the water. Concentrate on your work, half of one person, you? Look at how much you have done?"
Li Chaoge found that Gu Mingke's side had lost most of his face, while Li Chaoge's side hadn't moved much. Li Chaoge sat up reluctantly and continued to struggle with the sticky flour. After Gu Mingke became familiar with it, his speed became faster and faster, and he quickly completed his half. Gu Mingke is very rigorous, saying that half is half, not a single bit? Invasion of Li Chaoge's share.
After Gu Mingke finished, he wiped his hands leisurely, and then watched Li Chaoge's movements. Li Chaoge was already fighting with? himself, and being watched by him, he became more and more flustered: "Are you just idle like this?"
Gu Mingke hummed unexpectedly, showing no intention of helping. Li Chaoge was secretly fooling around. She was afraid that Gu Mingke would find out, so she deliberately babbled and shifted her gaze: "This village doesn't eat dumplings for the New Year, but eats five grains instead. I've never seen this kind of five grain birthday cake."
Gu Mingke gently closed his eyes. When he raised his eyes, he saw a strand of Li Chaoge's hair falling down. She repeatedly rubbed her hands with the back of her hand. Instead of pulling her hair back, she rubbed several coats of flour on her face.
Gu Mingke reached out and put her scattered hair behind her ears. Li Chaoge's figure stopped suddenly, she subconsciously wanted to hide, but was held back by Gu Mingke: "Don't move."
With cool fingers, he gently wiped the flour off her cheeks.