[Scholar Who Walks the Night] You Zhichuan

"You've never been meddling before."

The ghost looked at the woman who was leading him in front of him, and it seemed that after returning to a place she was familiar with, the other party's defense was not so heavy.If you want to describe it more accurately, it's like a little hedgehog with thorns all over its body touched its belly for you.

"Actually, I'm a very gentle person, really." Yue Zhao turned to look at him against the light, and said with a smile.

Ghost is undeniable, she is indeed gentle enough, but at the same time cold enough.He seemed to feel something and looked back somewhere, "Someone is following us."

"I know, it's the girl just now." Yue Zhao's perception was sharper than his, not to mention that the singing girl following them was just an ordinary person, and she didn't have any means to hide her aura.She walked forward on her own, and said: "If she wants to follow, let her follow. If she is not interested, she will leave."

At this time, Yue Zhao saw an old man kneading dough squatting in front of the cargo box.The old man grabbed a piece of colorful dough the size of a thumb, and it took only a moment for the lifelike dough figurine to be formed.Yue Zhao recalled that when she was young, her master had bought these things for her, but later she grew up too fast, so she felt embarrassed to grab these things from her juniors and sisters.Seeing it now brings back some childhood memories.

She let go and walked forward, took out a small piece of broken silver from her sleeve and handed it over, "Old man, can you pinch a doughnut for me?"

The old man's accent brought some local dialect, which sounded kind of kind.He squinted his cloudy eyes into slits and looked carefully, and waved his hands again and again after seeing the silver nuggets clearly: "Ah, I can't help it, the fairy gave too much, a dough is only three pennies, which is as good as the little old man." Monthly expenses."

Like This.Yue Zhao withdrew his hand regretfully.

The girl who had been following her for a long time looked over, her eyes were fixed on Yue Zhaohe and the old man. Seeing that the benefactor took the silver taels back and was about to leave, the girl became a little anxious, and rushed forward to help the old man and called her grandpa.The girl glanced at Yue Zhao, then quickly lowered her eyes, and whispered something in the old man's ear.

Yue Zhao blinked, a little puzzled.Her hearing is good, and she vaguely heard the girl say something like "someone bullied... this person helped... I want to thank her..." It is presumed that she told her grandfather what happened in the inn just now.

After hearing this, the old man let out a long breath. He patted his granddaughter's head, discussed it and asked, "Thank you fairy for saving my Jiaojiaoer. Look, how can I repay you?"

"Just pinch a doughnut for me." Yue Zhao replied with a smile.

"Grandpa, how can this be enough, my benefactor..." The girl stomped her feet, feeling from the bottom of her heart that a doughnut is too shabby as a thank you gift.But they didn't have any other gifts to thank them, otherwise she wouldn't be selling and singing for a living.

Yue Zhao cut off the girl's words and smiled: "That's enough, I didn't help you anything, I just couldn't see it." After thinking for a while, she said: "You are very brave. When that man approaches you I didn't panic when I was there, I think even if I don't make a move, you are not afraid of him, right?"

Before the girl could speak, the old man on the side laughed loudly, and he said in a faintly proud tone: "Benefactor, don't think my little granddaughter is only 15 years old, she is very clever!" He sighed, and felt a little sad , "It's also my fault that the little old man is incompetent. He can't give her a rich life, but instead makes her go out to work early."

"Grandpa, you're saying that again!" The girl's brows were erected, her almond eyes were wide open, and she put her little hands on her waist, and said angrily, "If you say that again, I'm going to get angry, and I won't make you a roast today. Cake to eat!"

Knowing that his granddaughter loves him dearly, the old man smiled apologetically, "Oh, oh, I won't say anything, I won't say anything."

The girl snorted softly.

The old man shook his head with a smile. Although he was old and his eyes were cloudy, he could clearly see that this benefactor had clear eyes and a clear mind. He was a rare person who lived a clear life.He stopped talking and concentrated on kneading the dough.With fingers rubbing and kneading, the small porcelain-white face is roughly formed; every moment of tapping with the bamboo knife, every strand of hair is carved meticulously.Beside the old man, his little granddaughter held her face and stared at him with admiration.

With black hair and red clothes, this masked figure looks like Yue Zhao.The man in white clothes who had been silent for a long time observed that the grandparents and grandchildren were dressed in coarse linen clothes. The old man kneaded dough and the granddaughter sang. They didn't look rich, but the happy smiles on their faces did not seem to be fake.They may have complained about the injustice of heaven, but in the end they accepted everything calmly. Is this what Yue Zhao wanted him to know?

The ghost doesn't understand the language here, so Yue Zhao shared the conversation between her and the old man with him through a link, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand.Hearing those conversations, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he seemed to understand something for a moment, but he didn't seem to understand.

After a while, the dough was ready, and the old man skewered it with a thin bamboo stick and handed it to Yue Zhao, who then handed it to the ghost behind him.

This noodle is made with oily noodles and honey, and sprinkled with some dried osmanthus. It looks like a sweet and greasy stuff that children like.

And Yue Zhao doesn't like things that are too sweet or too sticky.

The ghost held the dough man's wooden pole and turned it around, not sure if Yue Zhao wanted to feed him again.

So full.

Can't eat.

He resisted the urge to hiccup and put the dough man away.

Yue Zhao took out the corner of broken silver from the beginning and handed it over. Seeing that the old man still wanted to stop it, she changed the phrase: "Well... I still need some dough, I wonder if you have time to make them, how much are these silver worth?" Just do as much as you want.”

The old man was taken aback, this was the first time he saw a customer who bought so many noodles.

"Yes, I'm from another place. I have to take a cloud boat to leave tomorrow. I want to bring some souvenirs to the younger brothers and sisters." Yue Zhao wanted to help the grandparents, but she knew that she would give them money directly. It is definitely not accepted, so let’s make a compromise, and the money earned with your own labor must be much more secure.

Hearing Yue Zhao's words, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and grinned honestly, saying that it was on his body.The girl next to her was also amazed for a moment. She originally thought that Yue Zhao wanted to help them. If it was a direct funding method, then she would be very angry and drive them away.Because in her opinion, she and her grandfather are self-reliant, and although life is harder, they are happier than many people.

She has her own dignity, if Yue Zhao gives her money, then what is the difference between this benefactor and the rascal who bought her to drink with her before.Fortunately, Yue Zhao didn't do that, she just gave the grandparents and grandson a large order, enough to guarantee their living for one month.

"Sister benefactor, can I help too? My grandfather taught me how to knead dough, and I will definitely not lose to him!" Two red clouds floated on the girl's cheeks, and she looked more and more affectionately at Zhao Zhao.

Yue Zhao patted her on the head, "Okay, I'm sorry. When you're done, just wrap it in oiled paper and send it to the inn. I won't be back until later, so you can just ask Xiaoer to put it away first."

The girl obediently complied, and then sat on the pony and helped her grandfather knead dough together.Yue Zhao left the money behind, turned around and led the ghost away.

The vampire looked back at the chattering grandfather and grandson, and was a little puzzled at the smiles on the faces of the old and the young.

They look content because they made money?But the money is so little, even not as good as the jug of wine he and Yue Zhao ordered at the inn today, is it worth being happy like this?

Finally he asked, "Why do they seem so content?"

Yue Zhao quietly curled the corners of his lips, and didn't answer him, but let him keep his doubts in his heart, and go to see some places with her first.The suspicion in the ghost's eyes grew stronger.

**

As the saying goes, there must be shadows under the giant beasts, even in a prosperous place like Qianzhong Town, exploitation and plundering will inevitably occur.

During the whole day, Yue Zhao took the ghosts to dilapidated temples, poor villages and many places. He saw old people who had lost their children and had no one to take care of them and could only live in ruined temples. I saw the elderly man who was sick and his wife was pregnant and he carried the burden of the family on his shoulders, and saw many people and things he had seen and hadn't seen before... until the moon was thinning, the two returned slowly under the moonlight .

"Remember the question you asked me this morning?" Yue Zhao asked.

The ghost nodded.

"They feel satisfied probably because there are always some powerless things in people's lives. Only after seeing those sufferings and tragedies can they appreciate the beauty of life."

"The world has never been beautiful, but fortunately, there are people who can make it beautiful."

"...I don't quite understand." These were things he had never experienced nor cared about.

"I didn't understand it at first either."

Yue Zhao's golden eyes were filled with soft moonlight.After a pause, she continued:

"Maybe you will think that I am stronger than you, stronger than others, but in fact I just walked earlier than you, and we are not different other than that."

She clasped his wrist tightly, and told him slowly and firmly: They are not different, and he is not much different from other people in the world. The joys, anger, sorrows and fears he has had are shared by others, and she also has them.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand these things, I will teach you in the future."

Little by little, break it into pieces, knead it apart, and I will teach you everything.

No matter whether the road ahead is miserable or bright, she will always take him to see it.

After returning to the inn, Yue Zhao suddenly thought of something, let go of his clasped wrist and looked at the ghost up and down for a while, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

Ghost: "What do you see me doing?"

Yue Zhao: "I was just wondering if you might be afraid of heights or seasick."

Ghost: "Probably not." He knew that he was going to take a cloud boat tomorrow, so he knew about this means of transportation in advance.

Yue Zhao: "Well...it's a bit hard to say." After all, she was still in a coma for two days after boarding the cloud boat for the first time.

In short, Yue Zhao pondered for a while, and decided to buy some things just in case.She told the ghost to go back to bed early so that he would have to get up early in the morning, and told him to take out the noodles during the day and eat them.

"It was originally for you to try something new and keep it for what to do," she said.

Oh well.Looking at the crimson figure, the ghost took out the dough man wrapped in oil paper from the storage bag. The dough man was bright in color and had a slight sweet smell.

He 'clicked' and bit off the face man's head.

So sweet.

The next day, the two came to the place where Yun Zhou was moored, handed Shang Yan's token to his father, and explained their purpose.The middle-aged steward took the jade pendant and looked at it, and put it in his arms with his backhand. Then he said to the two of them: "Since you are friends with the boy, you should treat each other with courtesy. There are only two rooms, so someone Shang can still make the decision." of."

Yue Zhao smiled, and said in a bureaucratic tone with him, "Then there will be labor merchants in charge." There are tens of thousands of miles from Qianchong Mountain to Tianzi Mountain, so there are not a few spirit stones needed for a ride on the cloud boat. Fortunately, Yue Zhao was not short of money, he took out a brocade bag that was quite handy and handed it over, saying: "This is the cost for this time."

Manager Shang took it over and lightly weighed it, narrowed his eyes, and secretly praised her for being on the right track.

The guest rooms on the cloud boat are divided into upper, middle and lower classes as usual, because the Tianjian sect's recommendation date is coming, so most of the boats are full of elders and ten to fifteen-year-old boys and girls.

In fact, the Heavenly Sword Sect can't radiate to the boundary of Bixia Valley, but since the change more than a hundred years ago, the high-ranking monks have been faintly aware of the abnormality, and the cooperation among the sects has become much closer.The disciple resources that should belong exclusively to one sect, after being selected by the sect, will allow those who are selected to try their luck in other sects.These were only asked by Zhihe after Yue Zhao sent Shang Yan a summons after he came back last night.

Since they walked through the back door and spent a huge amount of money, the room for the two of them is naturally a first-class room.After boarding the cloud boat, a maid came to entertain them. After seeing the boarding token, the maid understood that these two were distinguished guests of the business manager, so she had to serve them wholeheartedly.The maid led the two to their room, and asked patiently what else they needed, and she bowed and left after getting a negative answer.

Yue Zhao himself didn't ride the cloud boat many times, so he felt a little excited at this moment, and when he entered the room, he threw himself on the soft bed, rolled over the quilt, and sighed at the same time: "Ah—it's comfortable. "

The ghost closed the door for her, and it wasn't until this moment that she felt that she wanted to go home with her and meet her parents.He suddenly felt a little ecstasy, a little panic, a little bewildered.He organized his words, looked at the woman on the bed, and asked, "What kind of person is your master?"

In the past, Yue Zhao didn't talk much about her past, but she would mention her master every time, which shows that her master holds a lot of weight in her heart.The ghost was a little worried, what if... what if her master opposed them?He couldn't even beat Yue Zhao, so how could he beat her master.

The vampire didn't realize that he had already unknowingly imagined the worst outcome.

Yue Zhao pulled the quilt off his face, looked at him and blinked, as if wondering why he subconsciously got the worst result.Is it true that as Ah Jing said, people who fall in love always worry about gains and losses?

In the final analysis, there is no sense of security.

She thought for a few seconds, then raised her hand to call him over.After the ghost approached, Yue Zhao violently lifted the quilt, then grabbed his wrist and led him to the bed, while rolling into the arms of the beauty.Her series of actions can be said to be done in one go, and by the time the ghost reacted, a small stove had already been stuffed in her arms.

ghost:"??"

Seeing the bewilderment in the other party's eyes, Yue Zhao couldn't help but leaned forward and kissed his beautiful eyes.That's right, there should be no haze in such beautiful eyes, there should be light to be beautiful.

"Don't worry, Master will definitely like you."

"Why?" He knew his temperament, whether as a disciple or in the world, he couldn't be as likable as Yue Zhao.

"Hmm..." Yue Zhao nodded his chin and rolled his eyes, "Let's put it this way, Master is a kind old lady who likes good-looking young people the most."

The ghost was silent, and had nothing to say.He only knew that Yue Zhao liked his face, but he didn't expect that one day he would have to rely on this face to get high marks from her elders.

Yue Zhao curled up in the beauty's embrace, and tapped his chest, "If you want to rate, you should be—"

The ghost was a little nervous, feeling like he was standing on the edge of a cliff waiting for a trial.

"should be--"

The wicked woman not only elongated her tone, but also paused for a long time, creating a tense atmosphere.

"Full score."

Yue Zhao finally said.

Then leaned over and kissed him.

After establishing a relationship, ghosts are used to gaining a sense of security from intimate behaviors such as hugging, kissing, and skin-to-skin contact.When Yue Zhao kissed him, something invaded his spiritual abode, his consciousness seemed to be clear, but it seemed to be a psychedelic and mottled dream in the dim chaos.

That's great, he's full marks.

Immersed in the familiar atmosphere, it was the first time he slept so peacefully after coming to this world.

After coaxing him to sleep, Yue Zhao sent a message to Shimen, briefly explaining the events of these years, and at the end he added that he had brought someone back, telling them to get ready, so as not to scare her in a few days Little beauty.Although reunion after a long absence needs surprises, but Yuezhao and the others have never liked this. They have not heard from them for more than 100 years.

Yue Zhao took out a jade tablet and stamped it on his forehead, sifted the memory and poured it into it, then transformed a goshawk with spiritual power, hid the jade tablet in its body, and let it fly.The bird with spiritual power is tireless, and can fly until the end when it has enough energy. Yue Zhao estimates that it will only take two days to fly there, so the remaining three or four days should be enough for them to digest other things, right?

The person next to him was not sleeping very soundly. Yue Zhao stretched out his hand to hold the other person's wrist while passing on the message, rubbed his fingertips on the pulse gate twice, slowly loosened his clenched fist, and then closed it again. took her hand.

Forget it, just pull if you want.

Yue Zhao shook his hand back.

The ghost didn't wake up until the shadow of the sun slanted to the west.They boarded the cloud boat at the third hour of Chen Shi, and now it was about just after You Shi, Yue Zhao did the calculations and found that he had spent most of the day sleeping.

Because the surroundings were full of familiar aura, and there were people guarding him every step of the way, it can be said that the ghost slept extremely comfortably.He was only a little unsteady at the beginning, and then the cloud boat took off, and encountered hurricane turbulence in the middle, and all kinds of situations failed to wake him up from his deep sleep, Yue Zhao felt relieved, and he didn't expect that he would not get seasick when he fell asleep , but after waking up, I feel uncomfortable everywhere.

Because of being a vampire, his skin was already pale and bloodless, but now he looked even less energetic because of seasickness, and even his rosy lips became very pale.Yue Zhao was so distressed, but luckily she was prepared, and fed him a bag of wild jujubes from the small table next to him.

The seven-point sour and three-point sweet jujube just relieved the uncomfortable force, and the ghost chewed the jujube felt better, or why would the crying child have candy to eat, the favored one is always confident, he likes to watch more Zhao worried about his appearance.

"What time is it?" he asked.

Yue Zhao told him in detail, and suddenly realized that he was very bored recently, so he took out the children's literacy book that he bought a long time ago and threw it to him, saying: "Since there is nothing to do, let's study."

The two of them had already agreed to let him learn the language here, but the current situation probably really wasn't suitable for learning.

Ghost: I feel so uncomfortable and you still want to force me to study?I'm not human but you might be a real dog.

If Yue Zhao could hear his nagging at this time, she would definitely be wondering how to recognize a word could involve her species research.The little beauty's thinking has really become more and more active recently, obviously she didn't have so many thoughts before, and Yue Zhao doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.But with the gradual change of thinking, his soul has also been restored, so it should be considered a good thing.

Yue Zhao was in it, but she didn't notice that her bond partner was approaching her faintly with some temper.She is more than four hundred years old and still calls herself a junior. The other party is about the same age as her, even though the living environment is different, she has a bit of a youthful heart.

For example, now, the ghost doesn't want to read, so he invites her to watch the stars and the moon and talk about poetry and songs.

Yue Zhao:? ? ?Do you understand that thing?

In fact, he really does understand.In the hundreds of years in the world, he only wanted to take that seat in the last few years. Before that, he had always abided by the agreement and only appeared at night.

And the longer life is, the easier it is to feel bored, so he often reads some scriptures, poetry transcripts, etc., but he never said it, and Yu Zhao thought he never read it.

So the two came to the top floor of the cloud boat, and Yue Zhao was stunned when he heard the beauty hum a lingering ditty.

Yue Zhao: She can sing and looks pretty good-looking, what kind of cute baby is this.

The timbre of the vampire is good, and the appearance is also enough to add points, and a little tune is sung so fascinated.

Yue Zhao: ...to death.

There are no stars or moon tonight, and there is no romantic imagery. It is not a good time to talk about love.

The trajectory of the cloud boat is hundreds of feet above the sky, and the night is extremely cold. When the cold wind blows, no matter how sleepy people are, they can wake up immediately.

But Yue Zhao only felt immersed in a drowsy psychedelic dream at the moment.

Broken and terrible.she thought.

She was fed a big bowl of ecstasy soup by the vampire—hot, sweet, with a lot of honey added that could be called a lethal dose.

Terrible.

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