Zhu He

"Elder, what do you mean?" Jiaci was at a loss, "I didn't... lie."

Weiqiong snorted: "You still said no, you obviously wandered around on purpose that day, but you told Mi Wu that you got lost and entered the garden by mistake."

"So it's this..." Chang Jiaci's tense shoulders relaxed quietly, but immediately thinking about it felt wrong, "How does the elder know that I'm swaying?" Could it be that he has been following behind him?

Weiqiong just shook his head and smiled lightly, laughing so much that Jiaci felt that he had guessed right, but he couldn't see what was going on in his heart.

Jia Ci had no choice but to tell the truth: "Well, in fact, that night I just... wanted to find the residence of the sect master."

He said this embarrassingly, with a trace of self-pity and distress, which naturally let Weiqiong hear it.

Weiqiong was surprised: "You little boy, when you grow up, you will learn how other people have such thoughts. Even though there are many people here and there who fall in love with the sect master, you have only met him a few times and you miss him."

"I'm not young anymore, I'm already seventeen..." Jiaci argued immediately, his eyes wandered again, "Besides, I don't, I don't have any thoughts, what is my identity, how can I dare to think..."

"Status doesn't matter. Those who hold high positions in the cultivation world are from humble origins. Some of them were not even considered individuals in their previous lives. Now they have not cultivated slowly by themselves," Weiqiong cursed vulgarly. In a word, 17 years old...Compared to their five or six hundred years of age, they are like babies in swaddling.Weiqiong couldn't hold back and knocked Chang Jiaci on the head, mercilessly, but his eyes softened a little, "However, these are not important, the important thing is whether you know... Once you have such an idea , the 'involuntary' moment to moment in the future is really harmful."

"What is involuntary?" Jiaci is not very clear.

"I just don't want to think of him, but I can't help thinking about it, I don't want to look for him, but I can't help looking for him, and I don't want him to be with others..." Weicong was halfway through, seeing Jiaci still confused With Shui's gaze, it dawned on me that I had guessed too much, and this child might fade away in a few days, why should I be so shady, and I felt a sense of desolation that hurt others.

Weiqiong shook his head and laughed at himself, and stood up: "When will such a thing be explained clearly by the criticism of others, it's worth it...you should take care of your own safety to be more serious, and be more honest in the future."

The last sentence of Weiqiong's sincere care, although he knew that the other party was not his old friend, but that face... after all, made Weiqiong a little more selfish, and he never wanted to see him suffer, or feel as sad as he is now.

Jiaci nodded, but still added: "Don't be afraid, there is a sect master here..." The peace of mind in that tone made Weiqiong lose his temper completely.

"You..." He originally wanted to say that you will learn to be good if you suffer a loss in the future, but he remembered Chang Wang's matter and quickly stopped talking.He just shook his head helplessly, and left in a hurry as if he had come.

Chang Jiaci looked at the direction in which the man was leaving, but frowned.

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The southern sun in September was still scorching hot, and the pear trees in the courtyard were all mournfully wilted.Suddenly, there was a rustling movement among the branches and buds, which made the fallen pear leaves fall straight down. When I looked closely, it turned out that it was a half-grown child pedaling on the stem like a little monkey. Run up the tree.

A boy under the tree shouted anxiously: "Master, come down quickly, what if you fall?!"

The child didn't care, and continued to use both hands and feet. It wasn't until the boy's tone was filled with anger that he turned his head and glared at the boy unwillingly, then sat down on the branch, his little feet babbling and shaking. with.

"Liantang, have you told my mother yet?" the child asked the man on the ground condescendingly.

The boy named Lian Tang under the tree said: "What did you say?"

Seeing him pretending to be stupid, the child became angry: "You said that you can be my husband if you win the exam, why did you forget?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, his eyes darkened: "There are a lot of diners in the house, with my identity, I am grateful to be taken in by the master and his wife."

"What is your status? The children of slaves are not human anymore? You taught me to be self-reliant in everything and not to belittle myself. Now that I have been rewarded, I still despise myself. What kind of a man! Humph! I said I don't want those people As a teacher, I only want you!"

As he said that, the child stood up suddenly, and was so angry that he walked back and forth on the branches that were only half a foot wide.

"I know what you're thinking, did you believe the words of the wandering Taoist who came to the house a few days ago? He said that I am incompatible with the life born in the sun, the sun, the moon, and the sun!? Don't let the other person get close, or you will not be able to live in ten lives." So dead? Ha, then he also said that you have a fairy fate and asked you to become a monk, why don't you go?!"

"Master..." The boy frowned when he heard this, "I didn't believe that."

"Let me tell you, when my mother gave birth to me, there was a quack doctor who predicted for her, saying that I would not live to be eighteen in every life! He said that my life is not good, and everyone around me will be killed if I die early." Liaison! So don’t worry, I’m going to die without you! You’re not going to be blamed for this!”

The more the child talked, the angrier he got, the little pedals were banging, and suddenly one of them didn't step on it firmly, and the whole person fell into the air!

The boy under the tree was already staring at his movements with apprehension. When he saw the accident, he jumped forward without saying a word, stretched out his hands to catch the fallen child, and then the two of them sat on the ground. When they rolled, they fell to the ground together.

The child felt that he had hit a meat pad, and when he lowered his head, he saw the boy's face turned pale, but his arms were still tightly wrapped around his waist.

The child hurriedly got up and asked nervously, "Lian Tang, Lian Tang, are you alright?"

The boy was also nervous about him: "What about you, did you break it..."

The child shook his head hastily, but when he pinched the boy's arm, he heard him gasp: "...Is it knocked, let me see..."

The sleeve robe was rolled up, and the bone at the elbow was not straight, it must have broken the arm.

The naughty child was startled and immediately started crying, crying hoarsely: "Well...it's all my fault...it's all my fault..."

Lian Tang endured the pain and coaxed him gently: "Don't cry, it's okay, just get a bone."

But the child refused: "You still have to take the No. [-] exam. If your hand is broken, you can't write. If you don't get the No. [-] exam, what should you do... It's all me... I don't want you to be my husband, I don't want you to be with me, Woo, I really am an unlucky ghost, just ignore me..."

However, Lian Tang hugged him with his other good hand, and his tone was the same as before: "No, I can't write this, and the other hand can write, and it won't hinder the exam. Even... I can’t write anymore, then I won’t take the No. [-] Scholar Exam, I’ll be with you, I’ll be with you all the time, okay, I don’t believe that, neither does Mrs. Madam, nor do we believe it, stop crying, stop crying…”

I'll be with you.

always with you...

The distant words are repeated over and over again, but because of the distant time and the deep darkness, when they reach the ears, they have dissipated and cannot be heard clearly...

Eyelashes fluttered, Chang Jiaci gently opened his eyes, a tear fell from the corner of his eyes, he turned his head, and saw that the sky was already bright, and Qing Lang was standing by the door looking at him, holding a basin in his hand .

Seeing Jiaci hastily wiped away his tears, Qinglang thought he was grieving for his elder brother, so he said nothing, just walked in with a smile and put down the basin, and said lightly: "Groom up, the sect master is waiting for you outside."

When Chang Jiaci walked out, Dong Qinghe was already in the yard, holding a handful of rice-shaped things in his hand and feeding the peacock named Nangui.

Dong Qinghe looked at Jiaci, and felt that the young man had lost a lot of weight in just a few days, and his skin was also pale.Although he was able to get out of bed at this moment, with Dong Qinghe's ear strength, he could still feel the process of the other party being tossed and turned in the room by the residual poison in his body tossing and turning in pain these few nights. When he was being treated, Chang Jiaci never said a word about it, only saying that he was much better.

This child is very stubborn, Dong Qinghe looked at his somewhat red eyes and thought to himself.

There was a bowl of millet porridge on the table, I guess I knew who ordered it, it happened every few days, for which Chang Jiaci was very grateful.

Dong Qinghe only waved at him, signaling him to eat while it's hot, but seeing Jiaci's appearance of picking up the spoon and swallowing it, he couldn't help but comfort him: "Slow down, don't rush..."

But Jiaci was still afraid that Dong Qinghe would wait, so he finished his food in two or three strokes. When he got up, he thought of something, and said cautiously: "Actually... the sect master doesn't need to go there in person."

Dong Qinghe smiled and said: "It's okay, as the master, I didn't fulfill my duty to protect you, and I should send your brother off as a courtesy."

Chang Jiaci lowered his head and didn't say much.

Dong Qinghe didn't lie to him, he did choose a fairyland-like place for Chang Wang, not far from Qinghe Gate, behind Xiaoping Mountain, a place called Daping Mountain.

Different from Xiaoping Mountain, which is covered with snow all day long and monsters and beasts constantly, Daping Mountain is the real water, green mountain, green and flowers like brocade.It's just that Qing Lang said that there is also the barrier of the sect master here, and ordinary people can't even see it, not to mention that they can't get up.

Dong Qinghe landed on the top of the mountain with Chang Jiaci, looking far away, there was a sea of ​​flowers in front of him, surrounded by a deep pool of purple and red, the water of the pool was as clear as a mirror, but it was bottomless.

There was a pair of coffins on the shore, Jiaci didn't understand these things and knew that the wood must be good, he stretched out his hand to touch it, turned his head and thanked Dong Qinghe with tears in his eyes.

Dong Qinghe asked Jiaci if there was anything else he wanted to say to Chang Wang, Jiaci thought for a while, and then gently instructed the wooden coffin.

"The road to the underworld in that underworld is dark and long. When you enter the stage of reincarnation, don't believe in the nonsense of those underworld ghosts and ghosts who reward good and evil. Only when you get to the front with all your strength, can you have a good pregnancy in your next life..."

Seeing Dong Qinghe's puzzled gaze after speaking, Jiaci forced a smile and explained, "...that's what the witch in our village said."