Fire and theft prevention

Mu Qingjia was so touched that he felt like "my family has a child who is just growing up".Think about my junior brother who has been so arrogant since he was a child, his ten fingers don't touch the spring water, and he even grilled fish for him!

Although, there is still room for improvement in cooking.

However, the comments he made just now were reckless.

Thinking of this, he turned to his junior brother and said with a smile: "Actually, I had a dream just now, do you want to listen?"

Huo Wei just sat upright with his eyes closed and ignored him.

Mu Qingjia didn't mind either, and said to herself: "I dreamed that the owner of 'Tianhai Yise Pavilion' personally cooked a table of delicacies for me. As soon as I set down my chopsticks, a big butterfly flew out of the window and flew straight to the hot water. Soup splash."

He said vividly: "I was afraid that he would hurt his wings, so I wanted to drive him away, but I didn't expect that I didn't know how to do it, and I slapped him a little too hard. It's a sin to show kindness."

After that, he said with a smile: "Junior brother, if you were that butterfly, would you forgive me?"

Huo Wei said, "There's no need to beat around the bush. You'd better save your flamboyant ideas to coax the little girl."

Although he said so, his breath was much calmer, obviously he was coaxed.

"There is a saying, 'Put me a peach and repay it with Qiongyao', since my junior brother grilled fish for me, as a senior brother, I should treat it as a courtesy." Mu Qingjia laughed, "Mr. ?”

Huo Wei remained silent, but just glanced at him inexplicably.Mu Qingjia smiled, patted the ashes on his hands, and went to fish in the river.

He submerged his fingers into the water, the water speed here is faster than Qingqiu Yingshui, and the water volume is also larger.When Qingqiu is full of flowers, the small wild flowers in the mountains here are just beginning to bloom.During the time he was unconscious, his junior brother probably took him away from Qingqiu Mountain and headed north.

However, since you have to stop for rest on the way, why not find a town at random, but sleep in this wilderness?Mu Qingjia didn't quite understand Huo Wei's choice.

Taking advantage of this time, he has already selected his target.Two wooden spikes shot out from between his fingers, each piercing the gills of a fish.As soon as he beckoned, the wooden thorn flew back to his hand along with two fat fish.

Mu Qingjia touched it with his hands and found that it was a herring. Immediately, he began to perform various herring recipes in his mind: braised in soy sauce, tomato sauce, boiled, and grape fish served with grape wine...

Although a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, and a monk does not need to eat human grains after bigu, Mu Qingjia loves food for 10 minutes, and loves to work hard for his appetite.

When he was young, he sneaked down the mountain many times just to bring back a small jar of icing sugar, for which he was punished by his master to kneel many times.

The punishment was accompanied by the younger brother. Of course, when enjoying the stolen goods, the two teenagers would each share half of the food.

He still remembers that little Huo Wei yelled "I don't want to eat such stupid things", but when people were not paying attention, he secretly stuck out his soft tongue and licked the icing off the corners of his lips, acting like a cat. look like.

Mu Qingjia frowned, and cleanly removed the viscera of the two herrings with his hands, made several incisions in the abdomen, and then pierced them with a wooden stick.

"Any condiments?" he asked.

"Who would carry that kind of thing with him?" Huo Wei said disdainfully.

"Unfortunately, there are no wild herbs and vegetables available for seasoning at this time of year." Mu Qingjia said with a smile, "Can I borrow a fire?"

Huo Wei stretched out his hand to set fire to the fish.

"Hey, no, no." Mu Qingjia couldn't laugh or cry, "It will turn into ashes after burning! Take your time."

"trouble."

Huo Wei snorted, but obediently lit the fire on the stick.

"Slow work leads to careful work." Mu Qingjia laughed.

He gathered some firewood, re-lighted the bonfire, and then slowly turned the two fish on top of the tongue of fire, talking to Huo Wei.

"Where are we now?"

"Yangzhou, Qufu Mountain."

"Where are Huo Long and Gu Xiao?"

"Not on the way." Huo Wei said briefly.

Mu Qingjia was surprised: "Aren't we all going back to Mount Gaotu? Why don't we go along the way?"

"That's an external rhetoric." Huo Wei raised the corners of his lips, "Inwardly, they are too annoying."

Mu Qingjia smiled and said, "I thought you would want to follow that boy for a while longer."

Huo Wei said without emotion: "The larva always has to break out of its cocoon and become a butterfly by itself. He has his own way to go, and I can't help you."

"That's right." Mu Qingjia lowered his head and stirred the fire.

He had a feeling of unreality, he took a casual sleep, crossed a hundred miles away, and left the place where countless old dreams remained.

Mu Qingjia's feelings for Qingqiu are very complicated. There are all his childhood memories there. There are his mother who loves him and the fox fairy, but there are also villagers who gossip behind his back. stickler.

He hadn't had time to tell the old man that the fox fairy really existed.She didn't abandon them, she just didn't want to be hurt by losing control, so she chose self-imprisonment.

However, he thought again, he must still have a chance to go back to Qingqiu.After all, he hasn't said goodbye to the fox fairy yet.

"Mu Qingjia." Huo Wei said suddenly, "I asked Huo Long to bring a letter to my junior sister. In a few days, Xianmeng will send people to guard Qingqiu Mountain."

He paused and said, "The fox fairy is safe, you don't have to worry about that."

It turned out that Huo Wei saw him silent for a long time, thinking that he was concerned about the safety of the fox fairy, that's why he said that.

Mu Qingjia smiled gratefully at him, and thought to himself: It turns out that what the fox fairy said "someone will protect him" refers to this.

He twirled the wooden stick and said, "How to deal with the souls of Dementor Lingmu and Liu Dalang?"

"The soul has been released." Huo Wei said briefly, "Mother Ling is too tainted with demonic energy to return it. She must be enshrined in the fairy temple and Buddhist hall for a while."

"Where are those little fox monsters in the Liu residence?"

"Few of those fox sons and grandchildren are successful, so they were frightened and sent back to the mountain." Huo Wei raised his eyebrows.

Mu Qingjia laughed, feeling warm in her heart.He suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, there is also the daughter of Da Furen, she..."

This child was also born with a lot of troubles, her mother passed away with a bad name, her father didn't care about her at all, it was not easy for her to survive so many twists and turns at the fox's mouth at such a young age, but I'm afraid she would suffer even more when she returned to Liu's mansion. People spurn.

Huo Wei didn't answer directly, but asked: "Do you know how Junior Sister learned about the fox disaster in the Liu family?"

Mu Qingjia recalled it for a while, and said, "Is it the Lingao faction that Da Furen contacted?"

"Yes." Huo Wei nodded, and said: "The woman has a meager bloodline of cultivating immortals, and a distant relative of her clan is serving in the inner sect of Lingao Sect. Most of their clan are mortals, but the baby girl is a miscellaneous spirit root .”

"I'm not mistaken..." Mu Qingjia said pleasantly.

Huo Wei held his lips, and said: "That's right. The Three Spirit Roots are qualified enough to join the Lingao Sect. That kid Huo Long is soft-hearted, and he will take her back to raise her no matter what."

"Junior brother, you are so kind." Mu Qingjia smiled brightly.

"What?" Huo Wei was caught off guard by the compliment, and his pale cheeks burned instantly.

"Huo Long is simply ignorant of the world, just because he still can't think of these key points." Mu Qingjia said, "You must have mentioned it from the side."

"Not all." Huo Wei coughed lightly and blinked quickly.Then he changed the subject and said, "Your fish is mushy!"

"Just right." Mu Qingjia laughed.

The Huo Wei in front of him is fresh, relaxed, and full of vitality. Although he is a bit awkward, he is very cute and cute.Mu Qingjia still remembers the junior he saw for the first time after he was reborn, with a coffin face of irritable and bad temper, as if he was about to die.

At that time and now, they are different people.

The current junior is closer to the boy on Mount Gaotu in Mu Qingjia's memory.

The time he had forgotten changed his junior brother beyond recognition, but now that Mu Qingjia is back, he must help his junior brother regain his original appearance.

A cheerful and nimble junior who holds hope for everything.

Thinking of this, Mu Qingjia couldn't help laughing at his greed. After all, his junior brother was never the kind of doll he imagined, who hugged his arm and sweetly called "senior brother".

I have been a stinky kid since I was a child.He scolded with a smile in his heart.

"Here. Eat it, be careful it's hot." Mu Qingjia handed the fish wearing a wooden stick to Huo Wei, "It will be a bit fishy, ​​and food without salt is almost lifeless—but it won't be too bad."

The grilled fish handed to him was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, Huo Wei took it and put his lips on the crispy fish skin.

The fish just taken from the flame has the temperature of the flame, but he doesn't feel it's hot, because the scorching heat has long been part of his blood and flesh.

He slowly tore off a small piece of fish and chewed it in his mouth until it activated all the taste buds and finally melted into a part of himself.

fishy smell?He didn't quite remember what it smelled like.

To him, this grilled fish is just the taste of food, the taste of...Mu Qingjia.

When was the last time you ate something?

Huo Wei thought for a long time before he remembered that it was probably a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine that the four brothers drank together after the master ascended to the throne.

Later, misfortunes came one after another, the Huo family was wiped out, the younger brother betrayed, he made that decision, revenge, rejection, quarrel, miss, every time the distance between him and him became farther and farther.

Until the end, the end of all life.

He never dreamed that he would still be here today, sitting here leisurely, eating Mu Qingjia's grilled fish.

Everything is like a teenager's dream.

"...Junior Brother, Huo Wei, Ah Wei...Xiao Weiwei?" Mu Qingjia was a little worried, "A fishbone stuck?"

"fine."

Huo Wei came back to his senses, stared at Mu Qingjia, and continued to savor the taste in his mouth.

You might as well reach out to his cheek with one hand and wipe away a drop of water.

"What are you doing...!?"

Huo Wei watched helplessly, and the person opposite opened his eyes, staring at his fingertips as if he wanted to see it, and then suddenly put his fingers in his mouth.

Salty.Mu Qingjia thought.

Salt is the life of dishes.But the salty tears of the younger brother are the worst smell in the world.

Huo Wei also realized what a shameful thing he had done.

"I just haven't had it for too long, and I miss it very much." He explained inexplicably, "It's innate, I didn't want to, but I can't control it."

Mu Qingjia only felt that the words "natural" and "uncontrollable" were very familiar, as if they had just heard them from Huo Long a few days ago.

At that time, Huo Wei scoffed at this, making him mistakenly think that his junior had already given up this "bad habit" of crying.

But Huo Wei panicked, instead he uttered the most honest sentence since the reunion.

I miss you so much.He said.

Mu Qingjia thought to herself, she should have said it long ago, she should have said this sentence at the very beginning.

"I miss you too, Junior Brother." He smiled.

The faint salty taste in the mouth flows into the heart, entangled with the sweetness in the heart, and the aftertaste is endless.

Mu Qingjia didn't hear a muffled response until the time seemed to be at the end of the world.

"Me too."

His younger brother said.

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The boundary of Yuzhou, the sky above.

"A mosquito hums, two flies buzz..."

During the extremely fast flight, the boy's out-of-tune little song was blown to pieces and fluttered in the air.

"Junior brother, please shut up." Gu Xiao said coldly.

"Huh." Huo Long pouted, "I'm happy. Why don't people sing when I'm happy? It's not for you, is it?"

Taking advantage of the two swords side by side, he seized the opportunity and made a funny face at the baby girl in Gu Xiao's arms, making her giggle.

Huo Ting proudly stepped on the newlywed "principal palace", that nameless spirit sword, lovingly caressing a few "side rooms" in his arms, and the other new sword, the corner of his mouth was so raised that he couldn't hold it down.

The neglected man huddled in the crook of his neck, hid behind the wind-shielding amulet, and yawned.It seemed to be on a pirate ship by mistake, and also curious about the outside world, so it followed Huo Taki half-kidnapped and half-voluntarily.

"A mosquito is humming, two flies are buzzing..." Guan Guan also began to repeat.

Huo Taki laughed loudly, and the young man's hearty and carefree laughter appeared in the clear sky.Holding the spirit sword in his hand, he pretended to play the pipa, accompanied by a silent tune.

The spiritual sword in his arms was gifted to him by that ferocious fairy friend, and it is most suitable for a pure water spirit root immortal like him to use. Experts will know it is a good sword that is hard to find at the first sight.

If the two swords were returned to the furnace and remade, and the essence was taken, the new spirit sword that was forged would most likely reach the strength of a heavenly magic weapon.

Seeing that Lie Xin was delighted, Huo Ting couldn't put it down, and tossed and fiddled with the sword from the inside out.

The whole body of the sword is as white as jade, the hilt is exquisitely carved with snow-colored sword tassels, and a golden osmanthus is inlaid on the side. If you look closely, there are two extremely small characters engraved between the grains: "Xiangjun".

Xiang Jun.

Huo Ting thought that the original owner of this sword was probably a female cultivator, so he named the sword a boy's name.

After recasting, why not call it "Mrs. Xiang".

He jumped with joy in his heart, the boy who was usually the most impatient, couldn't wait to retreat and forge a sword at this moment.

Gu Xiao sighed in his heart, leaving his mind alone.At least during the few months of making the sword, he can be clean for a period of time, and the junior brother can also be less impetuous and more calm for the sword he loves.

"Amu also promised to take me to see Senior Huo Wei, but we were kicked out before he woke up." Huo Long said with his hands on his cheeks, "I don't know when we will see you next time."

When Gu Xiao heard him mention Huo Wei, his expression was a little subtle.

Yes, until now, Huo Taki was still kept in the dark, and did not know Huo Wei's real identity.

"Actually," Gu Xiao thoughtfully reminded, "Master Huo is..."

Suddenly, he frowned, and drew his sword out of its sheath.The pillow cold sword spun rapidly in his hand, drawing an ice mirror to block the rushing quicksand.

Huo Long also realized the danger, and Yu Jian and Gu Xiao got together.The clear blue sky turned dark yellow almost instantly, and the strong wind carried the sand and dust, imprisoning the two of them in the very center.

"Sandstorm? No, someone is attacking us!" Huo Long said.

Gu Xiao immediately judged the huge gap between the enemy and us, not to mention that they were still carrying a weak baby girl.

"Run!" he said decisively.

Needless to say, the two senior brothers drew out their swords, pinpointed the weak point, and used the move "sailing against the current".The water flowed against the wind, peeling off the sand curtain, and glimpsed a ray of blue sky.

Outside the crack of the sandstorm, a person was waiting.

The man was dressed in a fairy robe with a blue crane pattern, with a slender figure, resolute and broad features, and a pair of black eyes shining brightly under his thick black straight eyebrows.

There was nothing around him, neither a spirit sword nor a talisman to draw near him, nor did he have any magic tools of immortal energy to help him out.But just standing there alone, there is a mighty coercion.

Transformation stage, even higher.

Just make a face-to-face meeting to know that they cannot escape.

"Thief, catch him before you hang up!" The man shouted.

Huo Ting gritted his teeth, puffed out his chest and shouted: "We neither steal nor rob. We are happy to help the common people. How can you wrong good people?"

The person on the opposite side had already prepared to fight, and was a little surprised when he heard the words: "Huo Xianyou, I respect you for being a brave person. I haven't seen you for a few days, so how can you become so secretive, such a idiot!"

Gu Xiao's heart brightened, and he suddenly said: "This fairy friend, what you are looking for is Huo Wei, the Underworld Butterfly Sword?"

The man raised his chin and said, "Huo Wei, isn't that him?"

Huo Ting heard this and looked around excitedly: "Where is it?"

Gu Xiao understood: "This fairy friend is probably looking for the wrong person. The person next to this junior is the disciple of Shui Jingzhe, the head of the Lingao Sect, not the Butterfly Sword."

He paused and said, "Because his appearance is quite similar to Hades Butterfly Sword, in order to avoid trouble, he seldom went out to travel in the mountains in the past few years."

The person on the opposite side took a closer look, only to find that there was indeed a difference between the two.Compared with Huo Wei, Huo Long's brows and eyes are soft and soft, less fierce and more innocent. A closer look reveals that he is a young man from a noble family who has not experienced much in the world.

Although he made an attitude of realization, Gu Xiao did not let go of his fear.You must know that the monks are mostly old monsters, moody, and the city is extremely deep. If this person has enmity with Huo Wei, he will definitely not let Huo Taki go.

Gu Xiao secretly took two talisman papers from the stored spirit jade and pinched them in his hands, already preparing for the worst.

If they are destined to die here today, they must at least leave a signal to let Master and Mother avenge themselves...

Unexpectedly, the monk immediately suppressed the wind and sand, withdrew the coercion, bowed and bowed, and made an apology.

"Senior?" Gu Xiao was surprised.

"I'm really sorry, I recognized the wrong person." The monk in the dark blue robe straightened up, showing a hearty smile on his face. "Senior can't do it, and it's the first time I've come out of the mountain alone. I also know these difficulties."

Huo Long and Gu Xiao blinked in unison.

The other party became embarrassed: "I got news that Huo Wei is in Yangzhou, but I couldn't find it after going around several towns. Fortunately, I met Xianyou. May I ask which direction is Yangzhou?"

"South." Gu Xiao said expressionlessly.

"I see, thank you so much!"

The monk thanked him very sincerely, and then took out a sign from the jade bracelet.He did a trick, and a small paper crane flew to Gu Xiao's side carrying the wooden sign, and delivered the wooden sign to his palm.

"Hold this, if you need any help in the future, just go to Xuanshan to find me." The monk seemed a little shy, and said: "However, after this matter is over, I will go to Mount Gaotu for a visit. .Well, can I introduce you to Shui, Sect Master Shui at that time?"

Huo Ting curled his lips when he heard this.

"Of course." Gu Xiao cupped his hands.

"Haha." The monk said embarrassingly, "Time is running out, and the teacher's order is hard to disobey, so I will take my leave first."

Before the words fell, he took the wind and left.

The two brothers and sisters stood in the air blankly, and after a while, Gu Xiao said, "He, did he go to the north?"

Huo Long nodded solemnly.

This monk frequently asked for directions but still went to the wrong place, probably because he couldn't tell the difference between south, east and north.

The young man thought about it, spread his hands again and said: "That's fine. But it's just another suitor of the master. If he couldn't find Gaotu Mountain, it just happened to save the trouble of the master."

Gu Xiao shook his head, looked at the wooden sign in his hand, and said, "Do you know who he is?"

Huo Ting opened his eyes wide in ignorance, racked his brains and said: "The person who is against Senior Huo Wei?"

Gu Xiao threw the wooden sign to the boy.

The wooden sign is made of high-quality nanmu, with gilt feather patterns hot on the edge.A red-crowned crane in the center sings loudly, with a loyal heart and iron blood, and a jade bone. Its appearance is lifelike, as if it is about to jump out of the wooden sign at any time and soar up.

"He. He belongs to Xuanzong?" the young man said.

"More than that." Gu Xiao said solemnly, "Have you ever heard of 'a famous lady who stays at home'?"

"A female cultivator from which family?" Huo Long said.

Gu Xiao shook his head, and said: "The closed disciple of Bu Chengbi, the master of Xuanzong, is also the only surviving disciple. He got this joking name because he was protected too much by the suzerain."

Huo Ting's eyes widened: "You mean, he is..."

"——'Buchen', when we left the mountain, this name hadn't been entered in the Mystery List yet." Gu Xiao looked to the north, "But I think it will be soon."