The handsome man in the entertainment industry

With a bit of nostalgia, but also vaguely revealed deep regret, "This is my senior brother, but he... did some very bad things later, angered the master, and has been expelled from the master."

"what?"

Ruan Mudeng opened his eyes wide in surprise.

You must know that "expulsion from the teacher's school" is a very severe punishment no matter which sect or school it is in. It can make the master make such a decision. Very serious.

"It shouldn't hurt to tell you these things now..."

Xiao Xiao looked up at the memorial tablet of her master on the altar table, probably because she was immersed in memories, her eyes were a little empty.

"Senior brother is ten years older than me. Ever since I was picked up by my master at the age of six, he has been taking care of me. To be honest, I can almost be regarded as raised by him. Senior brother Xiao Ning is more talented than me. Gao, people are also smarter than me, now that I think about it, I almost learned all these skills from him."

Xiao Xiao lowered her voice, "However, he is just too smart, just like the founder of Jiangjiao who originally learned from the Maoshan School, Senior Brother Xiao Ning is also particularly interested in techniques such as Jiangshu... Later, he learned too much and caused several deaths, and when the master learned about it, he had one eye and one leg crippled, and drove him out."

Ruan Mudeng heard the unfinished meaning of Xiao Xiao's words, and couldn't help asking: "What happened later?"

"later?"

Xiao Xiao snorted softly, "What else can I do? People who act against the sky will be condemned by the heavens, and it is natural to lose their fortunes and life... He died before he was 40 years old... This is all Many years ago."

Although Xiao Xiao never mentioned her age, Ruan Mudeng could have guessed that the person who can cultivate the red and purple halo all over his body, the actual age of this person must be much older than his appearance, but I don't know How long ago did he say "many years ago"? It's not easy to ask carefully.

"Ah Ruan..."

Xiao Xiao turned her head, and her eyes fell on the handsome face of her apprentice.

"You have to remember that you must not touch those bottom lines that must never be crossed, you know?"

Ruan Mudeng looked into the eyes of his master, nodded vigorously, and solemnly promised, "I know."

Since she finally came back, Xiao Xiao naturally wouldn't leave right away.

He told Ruan Mudeng that he planned to live here for two or three days, inspect the Taoist temple to see if there is any place that needs to be repaired, and take the young man to walk around the neighborhood again, and said with a smile that this is "Recognize the mountain gate".

After the two had dinner, they strolled around the house for a while, and after eight o'clock, they said good night to each other, and Ruan Mudeng also went back to his room with the two miscellaneous books he found in the library.

When the young man pushed open the door of the wing room, he happened to meet Shi Yi coming out of his room with a book in his arms.

Seeing Ruan Mudeng, Shi Yi was taken aback, he jumped back like a conditioned reflex, and almost threw out the big quilt he was holding with one hand.

"Ah, Ruan, Mr. Ruan!"

The round-headed boy stared round his eyes, and his voice trembled a little because of nervousness, "I, I changed you into a new quilt, which was just dried last week!"

"Thank you, hard work."

Ruan Mudeng thanked Shiyi earnestly.

With his personality, even as a guest, it would be very uncomfortable for him to let an old man like Uncle Huang or a child like Shi Yi take care of his daily life and diet, especially this child is still disabled in his right hand. of.

"it's okay no problem!"

While talking, Shiyi hugged the quilt that had been changed from the bed, like a swimming fish, with a short body, he slipped through Ruan Mudeng's armpit and jumped into the yard, and soon He ran away without a trace.

The child's reaction was a bit strange, Ruan Mudeng stared at Shi Yi's running figure, pondered for a while, then turned back to the room and closed the door.

There was no electricity in the Taoist temple. At this time, a kerosene lamp was lit in the room, and the light was very dim.

Ruan Mudeng checked the room carefully and found nothing wrong.

The bedding and quilts are all new, and they are laid neatly. A porcelain pillow with white background and blue flowers is placed at the head of the bed, and there are wooden tubs and clean towels for washing beside the footrests, and there is no trace of mischief.

The young man shook his head, and didn't worry about it any more. He put down the book in his hand, picked up the tub, and took some change of clothes, and went to the bathroom at the back of the yard to wash up.

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After nightfall, it began to rain again in the mountains.

The raindrops fell on the grass leaves, flowers and trees, and roof tiles. The sound of the rain was dense and fine, covering all other sounds, making people feel as if they were in the wilderness, and there was only one person left in the world.

Ruan Mudeng felt as if he had just laid down when he was awakened by the rain falling on his cheeks. When he opened his eyes in a daze, he was surprised to find that he was actually sleeping on a big rock.

The young man came to his senses in an instant, turned over and sat up "teng", and looked around vigilantly.

It was drizzling in the sky, and the clouds covered the moonlight.Although the surrounding light is very dark, he has good eyesight and can still see clearly that he is indeed in the wilderness, not to mention Xiao Xiao's "knowledge view", he can't even see half of the ruins and a few broken tiles , only a blurry light can be seen at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and I don't know where it is.

"How is this going?"

For a moment, Ruan Mudeng's mind flashed a strange mountain tale he read from a miscellaneous book before going to bed.

The story is about a porter who was traveling at night and missed the inn where he could stay. When he was in a hurry, he happened to see a private house on the side of the road. He was overjoyed and knocked on the door of the courtyard immediately, begging the owner to take him in for the night.

The owner of that house is a middle-aged couple, and there is a beautiful daughter who is as beautiful as a flower in her [-]s.

The two couples warmly took in the porter, not only provided him with board and lodging, but also sent their own daughter to bring him washing water at night.

The poor porter has been a bachelor for nearly 30 years, and the charming girl intends to seduce him, and the two of them push it halfway, and it is very natural that it becomes a good thing.

But the next day when the picky man woke up satisfied, he found that he had slept in a pile of messy graves.He hurriedly got up, looked around, there were no houses, and there were no beauties at all, the half-cut tombstone was under him, and the weeds around him had grown half a foot high.

It's taken for granted that this porter was under the illusion of a lonely ghost, and was picked up by that ghostly beauty to replenish his yin.

But Ruan Mudeng didn't feel that his situation was the same as his - at least Xiao Xiao would never make up a Taoist temple out of thin air, just to throw him into the barren mountains and wild forests for fun in the middle of the night.

While pondering, the young man stood up, looked around, made up his mind, and walked towards a place with light in the distance.

He walked in the woods in the dark for half an hour before he finally came down the mountain and came to a place where he could see the lights—it turned out to be an antique village with blue tiles and white walls!

It was not the time of the New Year, and it was still drizzling, but the village seemed to be holding some kind of celebration. The streets were brightly lit, with large and small lanterns hanging, and stalls of all kinds along the street.Pedestrians are all wearing gowns, straight bodies or skirts, holding oil-paper umbrellas of various colors, and wearing strange-shaped masks on their faces, or they are accompanied by families or relatives and friends.

Ruan Mudeng first lay on the moss-covered boulder and was awakened by raindrops, and then walked for a long time in the dark in the forest under the rain. The pajamas he was wearing were already wet and dirty, so he just stood there. At the intersection, the whole person is out of tune with the surrounding environment, very conspicuous.

Alarm bells rang out in his heart.

Let's not talk about how weird the villages and markets that suddenly appeared in the mountains are. Just the clothes of these people are more professional than the costumes in the film city's ancient costume street. Yes, not to mention that everyone wears a mask on their faces, so it looks suspicious no matter how you look at it.

Just when Ruan Mudeng was hesitating, wondering whether to enter the village or not, he suddenly felt a pull on his forearm, as if someone tugged on his sleeve.

Except for Xiao Xiao, the young man had never met anyone who could approach him so silently, and even grabbed his sleeve, and he didn't even notice it.

Ruan Mudeng was startled, and took a sideways step forward, taking a full three steps away before looking at the person standing behind him.

The man who pulled his sleeve just now was a man in a straight blue gown, holding an oiled paper umbrella painted with hydrangeas. He looked a few centimeters shorter than Ruan Mudeng, but his figure was slender. Judging from the exposed thin wrist and slender fingers, he should be a young man in his 20s.

This man had long black hair draped over his shoulders, a bunch of his temples were pulled up to the back of his head, and he tied an ebony hairpin into a small bun. He wore a ghost mask with green fangs on his face, so he couldn't see his face clearly, but he never The pair of eyes protruding from the eyeholes were bent with a smile, which made Ruan Mudeng feel extremely familiar.

"You can't enter the village dressed like this, you will be kicked out."

The man said with a smile.

As soon as the voice came out, Ruan Mudeng immediately called out, "Xiao Xiao!"

"Oh, you know me?"

The man smiled and lifted up a corner of the mask, revealing half of his face. His amber pupils blinked slyly at the young man, and it really looked like Xiao Xiao.

"You... what are you talking about?"

Being played mysteriously by his master so many times, Ruan Mudeng felt that he was almost immune to his bad taste.