The petite woman pushed open the half-hidden gate and walked into the simple courtyard.

Two black-backed and yellow-bellied mastiffs with fluffy hair followed her.

Several small puppies in the courtyard heard the movement at the door, and rushed out to greet them.They are not yet fully developed, their legs and feet are soft, and they affect each other and trip over each other when they are squeezed.

The fallen puppies couldn't catch up, bouncing and rolling like a group of fur balls, hitting the woman's light yellow skirt.

The woman is holding a wicker basket in her right hand, and there is a large bouquet of colorful flowers in it. With a smile on her face, she puts down the basket and bends over to rub the puppy.

There was a small wooden house in the courtyard, the door opened, and a middle-aged man walked out.

He was dressed in snow-white cotton clothes and a silver-gray cloak, with a clear face and elegant temperament.

The woman put down the puppies who were still acting coquettishly, held up the bouquet like a treasure, and walked towards the man: "Heng, I found several flowers of different colors today."

The man held her hand: "Why did you slip out alone again? This place is remote. If you walk alone in the mountains, I will be worried."

The woman smiled and shook his hand: "There are dogs following, no matter if they are beasts or humans, they all wish they could avoid me. There is no danger."

Ao Quan, half a person tall, was squatting aside to watch the puppies play. When the owner mentioned it, he turned his head and responded with a forceful bark.

The man lovingly stroked the fallen leaves beside the woman's bun: "No one can control you... Forget it, I have already discussed with the village chief who invited me to be his wife. They are speeding up the renovation of the house. We can move there."

Mentioning this matter, the woman's clear eyes were tinged with sadness: "We are doing well here, if it wasn't because of me..."

The man gently pressed his index finger against her lips: "It's not just because of you, I have also gradually felt powerless in recent years, and I am no longer like when I was young, I can do everything by myself."

He looked around the simple courtyard: "every brick, every tile, every plant and every tree here was built by you and me. I understand your reluctance to give up. It's just that living here is so inconvenient. When you and I are old and weak, I'm afraid It’s even difficult to get water every day. Moving there, the basic necessities of life will be much more convenient, and it will be lively, don’t you like the lively scene the most?”

"Oh, you are right... I heard that it is very prosperous now, with many new restaurants and restaurants opened, and an open-air fair has been held recently. After moving there, I have to try every one of them. "

The little melancholy of the woman came and went quickly, and she became happy again in a blink of an eye, picking up the flowers briskly.

Chu Tianzhu withdrew his gaze, and the scene in front of him returned to the quiet room in the other courtyard.

Under the cherry red curtains are decorated with multicolored tassels, and diptero incense is smoldering in a jade incense burner.Light smoke curled up, and Ji Xuanling sat opposite him with a slightly uneasy expression.

"I have found your parents, do you want to meet them now?"

Ji Xuanling repeated at a loss: "Shall we go see them now?"

He was in a state of confusion, looking at Chu Tianzhu helplessly: "I don't know... I have imagined the scene of reuniting with them countless times, but when this moment really comes, I feel as if I am not ready yet. .”

"It's okay, tell me when you're ready." Chu Tianzhu comforted him.

Ji Xuanling lowered his head and was silent for a while: "How are they doing?"

"It's not bad, and if I'm not wrong, they will soon move to Huangjia Village. If you are not ready to communicate with them face to face, you can not contact them, just observe them from a distance. See what they look like people, what kind of life they live, and then decide what they want to do.”

Ji Xuanling nodded: "That's fine, thank you Master Xian..."

Chu Tianzhu stared into Ji Xuanling's eyes: "You already know the secret of my identity, and I also know the secret in your heart. You and I are so familiar with each other, why do you want to see others like this?"

Under his serious gaze, Ji Xuanling's face turned red: "Indeed, that's true, then can I call you Tianzhu from now on?"

Chu Tianzhu nodded: "Yes, Xuanling."

After using his newly acquired power to solve the problem of finding Ji Xuanling's parents who had been missing for many years, Chu Tianzhu plunged into the workshop again.

The power in the fairy sword brought him a lot of convenience, allowing him to operate more precisely, and he could teleport back to the bamboo forest house to keep warm and rest at any time, saving a lot of time.

Chu Tianzhu filled a palm-sized porcelain vase with a thin mouth and pot belly, filled gunpowder, placed the fuze, and then sealed the mouth of the bottle with a cork.

He has already made a lot of this kind of simple throwing objects. The boxes are stacked neatly and sent back to the supply station in the lower city.

In order to make more space, the sundries, stock and shelves in the supply station, as well as the beds and desks in the bedroom, were all moved here by Chu Tianzhu and stored in the warehouse of the half-mountain house.

Every inch of space in the supply station is filled with all kinds of weapons. Now Chu Tianzhu has to find another safe space to store his continuous output of equipment.

After delivering the last box, Chutian Bamboo teleported back to the bamboo forest in the middle of the mountain.

Winter on the mountain is colder than that on the bottom.There are sporadic snowflakes in the sky, and the stone road in the courtyard has been covered with hoarfrost early in the morning, and some people are walking cautiously, stepping on the frost and snow.

It was Ji Xuanling who came. It was rare for him not to be wearing red clothes. He was wearing a white sable fur, and he was holding a three-foot-long red wintersweet in his arms, which was particularly conspicuous.

Chu Tianzhu stepped forward to take the heavy flower branch in his hand, Ji Xuanling hurriedly warned: "Be careful, don't touch the flower bud."

They walked into the main room with this branch of red plum full of buds, found a plain clay pot, put it on the table, and inserted the plum blossoms into it.

Ji Xuanling took off the mink fur, and inside was a pear-yellow gauze gown with white borders on the cuffs, neckline and hem, embroidered with fine grass and wood patterns. Standing in a slightly dim room, it looked extraordinarily bright.

Chu Tianzhu lit the stove and drank some fried tea to warm his body.

He poured mountain spring water and tea leaves into the kettle, boiled it until it boiled, and skimmed off the foam.

He Tianzhu took out the honey-soaked sweet-scented osmanthus that had been preserved in autumn, added a spoonful of it and kept stirring it in the tea soup.

Chu Tianzhu put the tea soup in a glass cup and handed it to Ji Xuanling.This glazed cup was sent by Ji Xuanling a long time ago, and the strong aroma of tea and sweet flowers radiated from the cup.

Ji Xuanling took the glazed cup, and the golden tea soup slowly swirled in the clear container. He inhaled deeply, and the fragrance was refreshing.

The two sat facing each other and drank tea. The warm tea dispelled the cold air, and as the charcoal basin burned, the temperature of the room also rose.

Chu Tianzhu felt more relaxed than ever—his rebel arming plan far exceeded expectations in terms of quantity and quality;

Cotinus sumac is also growing steadily, absorbing all kinds of knowledge crazily like a sponge absorbing water;

There was not much work in the tea garden in winter, and the two brothers Wang Wenju and Wang Wenxuan went back to Qingzhou to prepare for the New Year. Chu Tianzhu gave them an extra month's ration of meatballs as a favor;

The number of tourists in Huangjia Village decreased in winter, and the village head devoted most of his energy to the school. He named the school "Chengzhi" and hoped that the schoolchildren could inherit the ambitions of their ancestors, work hard, and shine on the lintel.

And the new teacher invited by Huangjiacun Chengzhi Academy is Ji Xuanling's father, Ji Heng.

Since Ji Heng and his wife moved into the school, the villagers of Huangjia Village have been sending their school-age children to the school one after another.

The front yard of the school is the place for reading and class.The students are divided into three classes, A, B, and C, according to their age and the basis of their entry into school.

The backyard of the school is the living place of Master Ji Heng and his family, with bedrooms, study rooms, living rooms, kitchens, etc. all available.

In order to attract his master to come here to teach, the village head made great efforts, and the whole "Chengzhi School" is comparable to a mansion in the town.The cost of hiring a master is paid by the clan's public account.The bundle repairs that are given to children when they are apprentices are made by each family according to the situation.

After Ji Xuanling learned the whereabouts of his parents from Chu Tianzhu, he went down the mountain from time to time.He didn't get close either, he just sat far away on the second floor of the teahouse, watching the schoolchildren coming in and out, and sometimes seeing his parents going out hand in hand.

Seeing his parents living in harmony and happiness, his thinking seems to have changed a lot. Recently, he has been extremely peaceful and stable. He is squinting his eyes and leaning on the back of the chair to enjoy the fragrant tea.

Under his influence, Chu Tianzhu's shoulders, which had always been upright, relaxed.However, he only relaxed for a moment, and warned himself vigilantly that the compatriots in the lower city are still suffering, so they should not indulge in pleasure.

"I need to leave for a period of time in the near future, which should not exceed a month. I will try my best to come back before the Chinese New Year."

Ji Xuanling raised his eyes to look at him, hesitated for a while, but finally didn't ask him where he was going.

"Recently there may be wind and snow in the mountains, Tian Zhu must bring more warm clothes when going out at this time."

Chu Tianzhu shook his head lightly: "I can't tell you where I'm going, but the environment there is unique and the temperature is constant in all seasons, so Xuan Ling doesn't have to worry about me."

Ji Xuanling was teleported several times by Chu Tianzhu, and he knew that he had abilities that he didn't know, and he could go places that he couldn't.

This relieved him of some worries, but brought another kind of loss - such a Chutianzhu, as if he could leave the mortal world and disappear without a trace at any time, just like Emperor Kaiyuan.

Thinking of this, Ji Xuanling became depressed for a moment, and reluctantly said: "The Kaiyuan Temple on the top of the mountain is still tightly sealed. It is said that more than 100 historians were sent from Jingzhou to study the vision that day. I saw several familiar people at the foot of the mountain. The people here are all from Jingzhou to inquire about the news, and you can avoid these sights by leaving for a while."

In fact, since the unexplained tremors and white light appeared in Kaiyuan Temple, the emperor in Jingzhou ordered Qin Tianjian to calculate good or bad luck.

The officials of the Qin Tianjian, big and small, pushed back and forth for three days, all of which were omens of great evil, pointing out that the emperor has lost his virtue and will be replaced by a real dragon.

The entire Qintian Prison was surrounded like an iron bucket by the imperial guards to prevent any news from being leaked, and everyone trembled for fear of losing their lives.

The emperor was frowning, pacing back and forth in the bedroom.

At this time, a eunuch came to pass the message, and the queen mother had already arrived at the door of the bedroom.

The Empress Dowager was originally the daughter of the Bai family, she was the cousin of Ji Xuanling's mother Bai Nishang, and she gave birth to the only heir of the late emperor.

The first emperor died young, and the young emperor succeeded to the throne. The royal family was in turmoil. The queen mother relied on the Bai family behind her to win over the Ji family and several other aristocratic families.

Afterwards, the emperor was in charge, the aristocratic family hibernated, and the entire harem and even the former dynasty were under her single-handed control.

☆, extra

Nine days away, a small island was suspended above the turbulent clouds.

There is a house, a pond, and a tree on the island.An old man in brown clothes with white beard and hair was looking sullenly at the mirror-smooth water surface.

In the water mirror, Chu Tianzhu is filling the mixed medicinal powder into the porcelain bottle.He is like a tireless machine, one, the next, and another...

He did this all morning until lunch time when he stood up and moved his shoulders, neck, hands and feet.

The old man sighed loudly.

In the distance, a rosy-faced old man in black clothes came riding a cloud.Walking to the side of the floating island, seeing the white-haired old man standing by the water mirror with a depressed face, he threw a peach stone over.

The peach pit hit the surface of the water, causing waves, which broke the picture in the water mirror and woke up the white-haired old man by the pool.

The old man in Xuanyi cupped his hands and said, "Duke Tao, don't come here without any harm."

The white-haired old man who was called Tao Gong was still lazily leaning against the pool, and did not get up to greet him: "The flat peaches will mature in three days, why are you here so early?"

The old man in black pressed his cloud head and landed beside Tao Gong: "I sensed the aura of magic spells. When I went to the lower realm, I saw that it was a mortal holding your white jade sword. You old urchin secretly threw magic spells into the rift of time and space again. device?"

Tao Gong looked at Shui Jing who had regained his composure.In the picture, Chu Tianzhu, Ji Xuanling, and Cotinus cotinus are eating mutton grilled around a charcoal basin.

"Hey... I didn't lose it. It was Chu Yan who took my magic weapon back, and somehow it fell into the hands of this kid. He is related to Chu Yan by blood. If he knows the magic weapon, he will also be sent here. "

"No matter how he came here, since he is a person from another world, he can bring many interesting plots if he wants to come? You should ask me to watch it together earlier."

When he mentioned this matter, Tao Gong complained and found an outlet: "Fun? It's not fun at all. He can't compare with Chu Yan."

"When Chu Tianzhu first came here, I was still looking forward to it. I immediately planned a plot to dominate the martial arts world, and changed his physique into a rare martial arts prodigy. As long as he walks to the town at the foot of the mountain, he can I met a martial arts expert who retired to open a tavern—the wine was so undrinkable. After Chu Tianzhu drank his wine, he found out that he was extremely talented, and he accepted him as an apprentice and taught him lifelong knowledge..."

The old man in Xuanyi twirled his beard: "This plot is a bit too old-fashioned, I've seen it many times."

Tao Gong's eyes widened: "This is just the beginning! Don't interrupt. Chu Tianzhu learned martial arts, participated in the martial arts conference, became famous in the first battle, and became a pillar of righteousness. At this time, there was a sudden disturbance in the court. Someone dug up an old case, proving that today's son is not the late emperor's own son! After various investigations, it was found that the Ji clan, Ji Xuanling, was the late emperor's son. The old-school clan headed by the Ji clan intends to abolish the false emperor, establish a new ruler, and maintain The royal family is orthodox; and the Empress Dowager joins the Bai Clan and some rising clans to fight against the False Emperor, and the world falls into turmoil again..."

"Wait a minute, wait a moment, do you still remember that the two of us are stationed here to maintain the barrier, and according to the regulations, we should not interfere too much with the affairs of the world?"

"I didn't interfere, I just 'accidentally' discovered the hidden truth. Hey, why do you always interrupt."

Tao Gong continued to imagine the plot: "The two forces fought against each other, and the people suffered unspeakably. By chance, Chu Tianzhu went to the Kaiyuan Temple and inherited the fairy sword in full view. The world knows now that the current royal family is not Kaiyuan. The blood of the emperor. Chu Yan had no wife and no children in his life. The prince who succeeded him was an orphan left by his subordinates in the past. Chu Tianzhu is the real descendant of the Chu family. This emperor can also sit .”

The old man in Xuanyi sighed: "Chu Yan is kind and righteous. You attracted almost all the beauties and talented women in the world to him, but he was not moved."

"I just set up a plot. Where they really go, in the final analysis, they decide for themselves. This is where the fun lies... But this Chu Tianzhu actually just stays in the mountains and doesn't come out, and he only cares about his gadgets Son, all my painstaking efforts were wasted." Tao Gong was indignant, "I don't plan to bother him at all!"

The old man in Xuanyi laughed loudly: "If you want me to say, your script is not good. Thousands of years have passed, and it is still the same old way. This time I will replace it."

He stared at the water mirror, his eyes flickering: "This young man named Cotinus cotinus is the protagonist I have chosen..."

The author has something to say: I am too sleepy to finish a chapter, so I dropped a short story to make up for it.

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