Clouds and Waters

"Ah!"

"Oh, senior, do you have a fever and a cold? Is it important?"

"Go, you just have a fever and a cold, I'm... Ah Choo!"

When Ning Yufan saw the old man's aggressive appearance, he laughed loudly and said, "Senior, if you catch a cold, let's find a place to rest! I'll find a doctor for you! You are Master's distinguished guest, don't come out. What's the trouble!" As he said that, he leaned forward, stretched out his hand to touch the forehead of the senior and said strangely: "Hey, it's not hot, maybe it's rhinitis..." Then he stared at the old man's nose again, not knowing what to do. What kind of idea is playing in the head.

The old man got angry, frowned and shook Ning Yufan away and said, "I said I don't have a cold, someone must have said something bad about me behind my back. Who is so boring this early in the morning? Alas, here we go again... Ah... sneeze!"

An even more explosive sneeze came, like the roar of a blue dragon, which also startled Xiao Yufan, and hurriedly jumped away: "Speak as soon as you speak! Why are you sneezing so loudly? You should restrain yourself! And , can’t you think of the good of people? Maybe it’s because that person misses you, so you know they are talking bad about you?”

The old man rolled Ning Yufan's eyes viciously, and was about to speak, when suddenly the tip of his nose itched, and another sneeze was about to come out.

Seeing the gesture of the old man opening his mouth, sniffing his nose and raising his head, Ning Yufan had already predicted the senior's next move, and hurriedly covered his face and ran, fearing that his nose would splash on his clean clothes.

The old man laughed, and said in his heart: "Thousands of calculations, this trick still works. A sneeze can scare this girl away. If I knew it, I would have hit it. Hey, I don't know who is so kind, I came to think about it early in the morning Me? Well, Dad might just get up now, could it be Xiao Qi? Ah, it’s been so many days since I’ve been out, so it’s time to write a letter to go back and say hello.” The old man was thinking like this, and just walked forward Let's go, without the burden of Ning Yufan, it seems that the steps are much easier. At this moment, I suddenly heard a soft voice from behind: "Senior, the sneezing is over? That's good, that's good, where should we go next?"

The old man was complacently planning the next step, but was at a loss by the elf who jumped out suddenly. He yelled like seeing a monster, stretched out his hands to cover his face, and said helplessly: "I said little Guy, how long are you going to follow me? Go back and find your lord, otherwise she will be worried. "

Ning Yufan grinned and said, "Okay, I'm going to find Master right now. I miss her so much now. Then let's go!" After speaking, he took a step forward, dragged the old man and walked northwestward.

The old man was confused and said: "Alas, I want you to go back by yourself. I still have my own business to do. Besides..." The old man paused for a while, and said slowly: "Besides, your master is not You must want to see me."

"You didn't try it, how do you know that my master doesn't want to see you?" Ning Yufan didn't let go, and turned his head unwillingly, accidentally bumping into the old man's deep and clear eyes again.Ning Yufan's heart trembled, and subconsciously, she wanted to look for her own shadow in those big and energetic eyes again, but this time she couldn't get what she wanted, those eyes looked into the distance, not looking at herself at all. From this side.

Ning Yufan became curious.Those eyes are like a deep pool, hiding the turbulent passion, and you can't see to the end.What is it full of?It seems to be full of worries and unhappy, and it seems to be recalling the happy time, which is vivid in my mind.What are you hoping for, and what are you afraid of?It's so complicated, Xiao Yufan couldn't figure it out, just when she was about to give up, suddenly a bright light flashed on the Lingtai, and she blurted out: "Ah, master, master!"

That's right, Xiao Yufan remembered, this kind of eyes can only be seen in the eyes of the master.Whenever the master was alone, she always looked at the blue sky like this, with a preoccupied look.Xiao Yufan didn't understand what Master was looking at, so she followed Master's example and looked up at the sky.Very blue, very blue, very quiet, high and far away, very clear.But is it really that pretty?Ning Yufan was not reconciled. She looked at the blue sky persistently. During the day, she looked at the white clouds in the sky, at night, she stared at the shining stars in the sky, and on rainy days, she looked at the drizzle falling from the sky.However, she still doesn't understand, what is the difference between the white clouds, stars, and drizzle in Master's eyes and what she sees?Could it be that Master is really a fairy in the sky, and she is homesick?

I'm a melancholy guest in the world, I know what's going on with you and weep freely.It wasn't until this moment, seeing that person's eyes, seeing that person's expression, that Ning Yufan had an epiphany.It turned out that the blue sky was so similar to that person's eyes, the same clarity, the same distance, and the same deep tranquility.The misty white clouds are the tenderness contained in the eyes, and the twinkling stars are the unspeakable melancholy in the eyes.It turned out that the person in front of him was so similar to Master.Ahha, no wonder, no wonder I only met him for a day, and I always have a kind of intimacy, as if in front of him, I can be endlessly presumptuous, and I can play my temper for no reason, and he won't get angry. It's this messy feeling.

For some reason, Ning Yufan suddenly had the urge to cry.I don't know if it's because of the master or something else, she rushed forward recklessly, shook the old man's hands vigorously and shouted: "Senior, senior, you come back with me, you come back with me! My master... no, I, please, okay? I beg you... huh?"

The old man came back to his senses in a daze, looking at that immature and innocent face full of sincerity and enthusiasm, as if his little sister was begging him for candy, could he bear to refuse?

"Senior, you agreed?" Ning Yufan was excited to find that the old man turned his head.The senior looked at her tenderly, and she saw herself in those bright eyes again, oh, why is she looking pitiful and pitiful?It seems that a few tears have been squeezed out.Where did that arrogant and arrogant Ning Yufan go?

But now Ning Yufan, the pawn, doesn't care about that anymore. If he loses face in front of this person, he will lose face. He is not an outsider anyway. The important thing is that this person is willing to go back with him.Ning Yufan laughed at this thought, put away his tears and said, "Okay, let's go! Don't delay for a moment. Senior, I have to hold you all the time, lest you change your mind halfway! Oh, yes, senior What's your name? Well, don't be nervous when you see my master. Oh, you can live next door to my room, and the little uncle, drive the little uncle away... Hee hee, she will won't scold me..."

Hearing her nonsense, the old man said in astonishment: "Who, who... promised you to go to the capital? I didn't. Let go, I'm leaving."

Ning Yufan was excitedly pulling the old man to the northwest, but when she heard this, she was shaken like a bolt from the blue, and her hand slipped off the old man's arm unconsciously.

The old man squinted his eyes at her and said, "You... you should leave quickly. Also, don't tell your master that you have seen me."

Xiao Yufan was like an eggplant beaten by frost, he lowered his head and did not speak.The old man sighed, wondering if she heard it.Hey, that's all, let's just say it, Xiao You'er won't think of me anyway, right?As he thought about it, he turned his head and glanced at Xiao Yufan, and lifted the package on his back. In a flash, he disappeared.

Ning Yufan did not catch up this time.No matter how many times you sincerely invite him, and how many times you are rejected by others, anyone will leave in anger, let alone Ning Yufan, who has a higher heart than the sky?Her master is Shui Xinyou, the grand master of the dynasty.It can be said that Ning Yufan wants the wind to win the wind, and the rain to win the rain. Even the court officials are courteous when they see him, but why is this commoner so ignorant?She was stunned for a while, and then said fiercely in her heart: "Are you amazing? If you don't go, you won't go, I don't believe it, I can't find anyone more powerful than you!"

Thinking of this, I was suddenly startled.At first I wanted to take that person back, just because of his strong martial arts, but later because he had a great connection with the Five Elements Gate, and later because he knew the master, and later... There are many reasons, but what is the most important reason? ?Seems like none of the above.Ning Yufan couldn't get rid of that knot in his heart.She knew that Master wanted to see that person, and that person also met Master, but what obstacles did they see?

Ning Yufan just walked towards the northwest direction aimlessly.Now she really wants to see Master, and wants to cry in her arms.Hey, what's that in front?A little black shadow, it seemed, seemed to be that senior!Ning Yufan was overjoyed and hurried forward.Suddenly, at this moment, a large net suddenly dropped from the sky, wrapping Ning Yufan tightly inside like fishing, strangling her hands and feet so tight that she couldn't move even a little bit.

Ning Yufan was horrified, knowing that he had met an opponent, and wanted to reach into his arms to get the folding fan, but the rope net was covered with barbs and sharp thorns, each of which was embedded in the flesh, and the slightest movement was painful. Within a moment, Ning Yufan's body was already covered with blood.

"Haha, Hero Ning, I'm a hero, don't want to capsize in the gutter? Hahahaha..." bursts of ferocious laughter came, unspeakably piercing.

But Ning Yufan was a well-known disciple after all, so he was shocked but not confused by this situation. He frowned and said, "Which way is the hero? Why did Ning offend everyone?"

The man stepped forward, patted Ning Yufan on the face a few times, and said, "Why, the hero Ning has done too much justice, so I don't remember? Well, let me remind you, Hanzhong Mansion, bandits ..."

"Ah! It's you? Hmph, you guys are so courageous! How dare you even catch me? You're not afraid of my master..."

"Hahahaha... your master? We are not afraid of your fucking ancestor! Let me tell you, let's ignore the government. Even if your father is the current emperor, I will still grab it!"

Now that Ning Yufan is a scholar and meets a soldier, it is hard to explain why.These thieves don't care that you are the beloved apprentice of the chief assistant grand master, they only care that you are the enemy.It turned out that when Ning Yufan was in Hanzhong, he once went to bandits to make trouble.Ning Yufan was young and chivalrous, and immediately took out his master's token, and dispatched thousands of soldiers and horses to the mountain to suppress the bandits.The result was very satisfying, but a few bandits escaped.Ning Yufan didn't care at the time.Unexpectedly, "Where in life do we not meet each other", but we met this group of "old friends" in Xiangyang Mansion.

Ning Yufan's thoughts turned sharply, and he couldn't stop struggling with his body, but the more he moved, the weaker he seemed.The thief laughed loudly and said, "Hero Ning, we are also people with means. Guess what kind of medicine we put on this 'Bound Immortal Cable'?"

When Ning Yufan heard this, he suddenly realized: "No wonder I can't break free from this small rope with my internal strength, but it turned out that this group of people rubbed it on the rope. Once the rope broke through the flesh, it naturally invaded the skin ” Sure enough, within a moment, Ning Yufan felt dizzy and had no strength in his body.

Just before he was dizzy, a glimmer of hope appeared in Ning Yufan's heart, and it became more and more intense and hotter.That senior must know that something happened to him, right?It will come, it will come!Ning Yufan thought so firmly, vaguely, as if he heard someone talking.

"Amitabha, goodness, goodness. A few benefactors stay here..."

Ning Yufan squinted his eyes hard and saw a young monk proclaiming the Dharma, clasped his hands and slowly approaching.The little monk's cassock is torn, his shoes are torn, and there is nothing outstanding about his body except for the shiny bald head. However, when Ning Yufan saw this person, he felt a warm feeling in his heart. She didn't have to worry about anything, and she didn't have to Worrying, just because that person came.No matter if that person is an old man, a young monk, or something else, Ning Yufan knows that the person he is looking forward to has come, just because of those bright eyes that cannot be covered or hidden. eye.

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"Senior, senior..."

Ning Yufan woke up in his sleep, and sat up with a "bass".Looking around, he was actually in a small cave.This cave is very hidden, but the ground is dry and warm, presumably someone has roasted it with fire.As soon as Ning Yufan sat up, he suddenly felt a chill in his upper body, as if something was wrong.She looked down and saw that her upper body was full of wounds.When Ning Yufan saw the wound, he felt a twinge in his heart. Looking closer, the wound was carefully covered with ointment.

Ning Yufan was overjoyed and shouted, "Senior, where are you? Come out quickly?"

Ning Yufan called a few times, but no one answered, and was anxious again. He was about to stand up and look for someone, but he heard a voice: "Put on your clothes first, didn't you ask me to put them on for you?"

Ning Yufan said "Yeah" before he realized that his face was burning instantly, he immediately picked up his clothes and put them on in a mess.As soon as she put on her clothes and looked up, she saw a person standing at the entrance of the cave with his back to her.

Ning Yufan also forgot to be ashamed for a moment, ran forward and hugged the man and said: "Senior, don't run around."

The man sighed softly and said, "I wanted to run here, and you messed it up, kid." He couldn't stop laughing softly and said, "Little You'er, why did she accept you as an apprentice? You have no eyesight at all." gone."

Ning Yufan was always joking, but when he heard this, his face darkened, and he said displeasedly: "Shut up! You are not allowed to speak ill of my master! I will deal with you carefully!"

"Yo?" The man chuckled, turned around and said, "I respect your master, don't you?"

"Of course! My master is the most beautiful, the most powerful, the most benevolent, the most, the most..."

The words after the word "most" can no longer be uttered.Ning Yufan looked at the refreshing and elegant face in front of him, his heart was pounding, he took a step back with an "ah", and said, "Senior, you changed your face again? Why, why..."

"Tch!" The man seemed displeased and snorted, "Don't you know the true face of Mount Lu? This is my real body, what old man, young monk, all pretending to deceive people. "

Ning Yufan stretched out his hand suspiciously, squeezed the person's face a few times, and rubbed it boldly for a while, only then did he realize that she was not wearing any mask, it seemed that she was really real this time.

"Hehe, do you believe me?" The man smiled, knocked on Ning Yufan's forehead and said, "I only discovered this disguise technique recently, and it's quite fun, girl, do you want to try it?"

Ning Yufan squinted his eyes and bit his lower lip, shaking his head.

The man smiled again and said, "What's wrong with you? Did you scare you? The old senior has suddenly become a big sister... Oh, no, you should still call me senior, I will be with you, Master, Aunt Wan and others It’s from the same generation. Senior, ha, this title still sounds enjoyable. Otherwise, you can call me Master!”

"I..." Ning Yufan muttered, "You gave me the medicine?"

"Yeah." The man looked at the situation in the cave with wandering eyes and said: "I also cleaned up this cave. Hey, why did you have a grudge with those robbers? Why are they making things difficult for you?"

Ning Yufan bowed his head shyly, his mind was not in the right place, when he heard this, he immediately said with vigor: "Then did you kill them all? Those bad guys! Senior, you have to avenge me!"

"Revenge?" The senior scratched his head and said, "Why should I kill them? I paid them a large sum of money to redeem you. Well, they also gave you an antidote for your wound as a gift. Otherwise, how could you be so fast?" As he spoke, he spread his hands, and a bottle of antidote appeared in front of Ning Yufan.

Ning Yufan was almost furious with this senior, reached out and overturned the antidote, and said angrily: "Why don't you kill them? They are bad people, they rob their homes and do all kinds of evil! What you do is letting the tiger go back to the mountain and helping the evildoers!"

"Nonsense! What do you know, kid?" The senior seemed to be angry too, and said sharply, "Killing people kills people, so that the world can be peaceful? They are also forced to be robbers. If they have a good job, who would want to do this?" Cutting-edge business? I give them money and reason with them, and I hope they can change their ways. You seem to be a chivalrous man, but you are actually brave. Instead of saving people, you will harm them! Don’t do this in the future so reckless!"

Hearing this, Ning Yufan felt his nose sore for some reason, and his heart felt uncomfortable.Even though the master was strict with him on weekdays, he himself had a playful smile on his face. No matter how much the master scolded him, he wanted to shed tears after being scolded by this person today.She cursed herself for being useless, and deliberately raised her voice to try to suppress her crying: "You are a woman! They will only kill more people and rob more money!"

The man was stunned for a moment, looking at Ning Yufan for a long time, his eyes seemed to be gleam, but finally darkened and said: "As expected, it is indeed the apprentice taught by Xiao You'er, he has the style of being a teacher." With a slight smile, he nodded and said: "That's right, if it weren't for this stubborn temper and tough tactics, she wouldn't be Xiao You'er..."

Ning Yufan turned her head away angrily, and quietly wiped away her tears.The man was no longer angry, sat over and said, "Girl, didn't you just say you want me to go to the capital? I thought about it, anyway, it doesn't matter where I go, why don't I just send you to the capital."

"Send me?" Ning Yufan originally planned to ignore her for a long time, but after hearing this, he couldn't help asking: "What about you?"

The man said: "I'm going to find a strange old man now, and ask him for something. I can inquire along the way to send you to the capital. After that, I will go to your master."

"Strange old man?" Ning Yufan burst into tears and laughed, "Isn't there one in front of you, who do you want to go to?"

The man laughed and said, "That's right. Is my old man acting okay?" He pretended to be out of breath as he spoke.

Ning Yufan pushed her away: "Three points are similar in appearance, but not in spirit. Let me tell you, I knew you were pretending the first time I saw you! Still pretending?"

"Ah? Really?" The man seemed extremely disappointed, he squatted down and said in his heart: "I was seen through at a glance? I wanted to put on a disguise and secretly take a look at Xiao You'er, but it seems hopeless." ... A little girl can find out, let alone her elf?"

"Senior, what's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"

"No, it's nothing... Then tell me, why am I not like me?"

"Hmm..." Ning Yufan stretched out his hand tremblingly, and lightly covered the man's eyes and said in a low voice, "Here, this place is the most unlikeable. It's too bright and piercing. How can there be an old man's eyes like this?" ?”

"Haha, what you say is what you say! I forgot about that..." The man suddenly laughed loudly and said, "Little girl, you are a talented person! Your master really has a unique eye, so he chose you as his apprentice!"

Ning Yufan listened to this person saying "Your Master" and was determined to bring this person back to Master's side, but unconsciously sighed and said sadly: "Senior, what are you doing?"

The man was fiddling with the package without raising his head and said, "Come on, little apprentice, come and take a look, there are many good things in here, here you go."

Ning Yufan went there as he said, but saw a lot of messy things in the bag, all kinds of mirrors, masks, boxes, tubes, and bags of things that looked like flour.Ning Yufan was curious, and reached out to take it, but the man stopped her and said, "Oh, my dear, you can't move this! It's gunpowder, it might explode."

Ning Yufan withdrew his hands quickly when he heard this, and saw that a transparent cup was very strange, so he took it in his hand and played with it.When the man saw it, he smiled and said, "Good eyesight. It's called a 'butterfly cup' in this life, it's fun."

Seeing her smug look, Ning Yufan sneered and said, "What's so funny about this? It's just a transparent cup. I have too many of them."

The man smiled and shook his head and said, "You pour water into this cup, and there is a butterfly flying in the cup, do you believe it or not?"

Ning Yufan was amazed when he heard that, he turned the cup over and over again, but he couldn't see any butterflies, so he couldn't believe it.The man ignored her and just poured a glass of water into the glass.Ning Yufan widened his eyes and saw that there was a colorful butterfly fluttering its wings in the cup at some time, as if it was dancing in the cup.Ning Yufan was so happy that he clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "Is there really a colorful butterfly? Did you catch it just now? Or do you know how to juggle?"

The man smiled and said: "This is the magic of the butterfly cup. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than taking multiple mirrors and projecting the shadow of the butterfly into the cup." He pointed to the base of the butterfly cup and said: "Look, what is this?"

"A hairspring, a bead? What's that for?"

The man said with a smile: "When the gossamer is shaken, the butterfly will also vibrate, so it will feel that the butterfly is flying. As for the beads, it is a mirror. After the glass is filled with water, the water and the beads are combined into a mirror." A multi-faceted magnifying glass, so you can see colorful butterflies flying. It’s just that when you don’t pour water, the butterfly is out of the focus of the mirror, so you can’t see it.”

Ning Yufan nodded half-understanding, and saw that the package was really like a treasure box, playing with this and looking at that at the moment, it felt very interesting, and it was really fun.

The two rested in the cave for a while, and the man said again: "Girl, we're on our way. I have to send you back quickly to be at ease."

Ning Yufan nodded, quietly held the butterfly cup in his hand, kept stroking it, and said softly, "That... Senior, this butterfly cup is given to me, okay?"

The man smiled generously and said, "Okay, I'll give it to you if you want it. It's not a big deal."

Ning Yufan blushed, feeling very happy, and said, "Senior, what's your name? I can't always be called Senior, Senior?"

"I..." The man hesitated for a moment before saying, "My surname is Yun, and my name is..."

"Yun Xiaohei!" Ning Yufan burst out laughing suddenly, "It's Yun Xiaohei! Haha, Xiaohei, let's go!" Said and ran out of the cave alive.

The man didn't know why Ning Yufan got so excited when he mentioned "Yun Xiaohei", he touched his face and said, "Xiao Hei, am I dark? Could it be that the mask has been worn for a long time? Yah, That would be very bad, and we need to improve it a lot! But then again, do both master and apprentice like to call others nicknames? It’s really not upright and crooked! If there is a chance in the future, I have to talk about Xiaoyou My son. Hey, but I don’t know if she will listen to me? Xiao Youer, I took your apprentice to find you..." Thinking like this, he followed Ning Yufan and went north all the way.