The strategy of chasing masters

After picking out the clothes, they changed immediately, and the master and apprentice went to the teahouse to listen to the book. Ask Gu Wanyan to sit down, and sit beside her.

Perhaps the old storyteller on the stage is quite famous here, and there is not enough time for a cup of tea, the audience is full, and there is no vacancy.

At this time, it was the evening, and the busy people had all returned home to finish their dinner. It was a good time to listen to books!

Mr. Storyteller slapped the chopping board, and the originally noisy venue suddenly quieted down. A needle could be heard. He raised his hand to touch the goatee, cleared his throat, and made sure that all the eyes of the people present were on him before he began to tell the story:

Good evening, listeners, today we will talk about the old stories of "Yaqueling"!

There is a reason why this place is called Yaqueling!

According to legend, there used to be a prosperous and prosperous Yongle Kingdom here. The ruler of the country was shrewd and capable, and he governed the country well.

People only eat five grains, and God has the virtue of good life. Every year, the weather is smooth, and the people go to the fields during the autumn harvest to return with full loads. There has never been a disaster.

However, good times don’t always come. This year, I don’t know who has offended God. There has been no rain for six consecutive months since the day of Ear Grass.

People tried their best, digging pits and burying bowls, scratching the bark of trees, but it was useless. The earth became barren and the trees withered.

The sun was scorching, and some people died of heat stroke, but they never thought of killing life, eating meat and drinking blood.

The lord of the country tried every means to transport water from the Miao border in Yaoyuan, but it needed a lot of money. At first, the treasury could last for a while, but it couldn't stand the high price.

When the national treasury was exhausted, the people chipped in their own money to buy water.The common people pay taxes and supplies on weekdays, and they don't have much savings, so they can only last for half a year.

When it was about to fail, rain and dew fell from the sky, and people cheered for joy, but the heavy rain could not stop at once. For three full months, the fields had no harvest, and the people could not eat enough. They even dug out the worms in the soil to eat.

They no longer have the money to buy grain from other countries, so they can only think of ways. The lord of the country ordered the opening of warehouses to release grain, and the last bit of stored grain was cooked into porridge and distributed to the people.

Just when the people were grateful to the lord, the lord fell ill, and the medicinal materials from other countries were expensive. The Yongle Kingdom, which had experienced the double blow of drought and flood, could no longer afford it.

When the lord of the country died, he also asked his subjects not to kill anything, otherwise they would be convicted of violating the laws of the country even if they were ghosts!

When the ruler of the country passed away, the whole country mourned together. Everyone wore sackcloth and filial piety, and the singing of birds was extremely miserable.

On the day of the funeral, countless black magpies lined up in the air in a herringbone pattern to mourn.

The coins are all over the sky, howling...

Families and countries have no owners, people are out of food, people are falling into famine, refugees are flowing around, and viruses are rampant. In just one month, there are less than [-] people left in a million people.

The able ones fled to other countries, while the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled could only chew grass roots and dead leaves to survive.

When people were desperate, two black-feathered magpies brought grain and gold bars every day to resolve the famine.

The days of starvation gradually passed, and people built temples for the two black-feathered magpies, offered incense and worshiped them as magpie immortals.

Those two birds were enshrined by people, absorbed merits and virtues, cultivated to become fine, and helped people do what they could.

The good times don't last long. Neighboring countries want to expand their land, gradually occupy Tongle, enslave the people of Tongle, force the people to rebel, and cause wars.

The people of Tongle who had just regained their vitality were unable to fight against the armor of the neighboring country, and suffered heavy casualties. In order to protect the rest of the people, two black-feathered magpies exhausted their cultivation and drove away the enemy army. Surrounded and guarded forever.

From then on, people changed Tongle to Yaqueling!Blessed by the magpie fairy, life is rich and the people are stable!

After the story was told, the castanets slapped, and the audience applauded like thunder!

Mu Yaoling yawned out of boredom, sitting here for half a day, listening to such a boring story, what a waste of time!

Gu Wanyan on the side pinched the corners of his sleeves with a face full of awkwardness. He suddenly changed out of the clothes he was used to, and he couldn't accept it for a while.

He opened his mouth, but closed it again without making a sound.

Zhou Mu keenly noticed Gu Wanyan's thoughts, and boasted: "Master is honest and upright, and this robe is better than white!"

"Really?" Gu Wanyan obviously didn't believe it.

"It's absolutely true!" Zhou Mu nodded seriously.

But Mu Yaoling shouted in his heart: "It's not as good as white clothes!"

Zhou Mu replied: "Little old-fashioned, what do you know?"

Raising his eyes to meet Gu Wanyan's suspicious gaze, he realized that he had just accidentally said it, so he hurriedly covered his mouth and shook his head vigorously.

Gu Wanyan grabbed his apprentice's wrist and started to feel the pulse carefully. The air flow was smooth and the spiritual power was strong. There was no abnormality. Why did he always act abnormally and speak incomprehensible words?

Zhou Mu was afraid that Gu Wanyan would notice something, so he quickly pulled his hand out from his slender fingertips: "Master, is the hill formed by the magpie immortal full of spiritual energy? If I go to meditate there, will my cultivation level be improved?"

"No!" Gu Wanyan uttered two words lightly, got up and was about to leave, but his sleeve was held by his apprentice, he tried to shake it off, but the apprentice refused to let go, so he had to ask helplessly: "Do you still want to listen?"

Zhou Mu shook his head and said, "I don't want to listen to the story anymore, but I really want to see the place where the magpie becomes an immortal!"

"The only way to improve one's cultivation level is to practice diligently on one's own, there is no shortcut!" Gu Wanyan was displeased with always wanting to take shortcuts.

Zhou Mu smiled slightly, his dimples charming: "I didn't want to take a shortcut, I just wanted to breathe fresh air!"

"But it's getting late..."

"Master, don't worry, this disciple won't let Master walk in the dark!" Before Gu Wanyan finished speaking, Zhou Mu pulled him up and went downstairs.

Everyone in Shangxiangong believed that Immortal Master Haoyue acted arbitrarily and decisively, and only he knew that his mind was not listening to him in front of this apprentice.

After leaving the inn, the two came to a country road leading directly to Xia's house, where fireflies were flying around, adding some color to the night.

Zhou Mu commanded another soul in his heart: "Catch some fireflies by casting a spell!"

"Aren't you very capable? I was blocked for two hours, and I was not allowed to talk to the master! Catch the fireflies and go by yourself!" Mu Yaoling was very dissatisfied. Recently, the soul in his body can be blocked freely for some reason. He, as long as he is alone with Master, there will be no chance for him to speak.

"Okay, go by yourself!" After Zhou Mu finished speaking, he opened his arms and rushed towards the fireflies flying on the tip of the grass, without catching any of them.

Gu Wanyan couldn't bear to watch from the sidelines, she gathered streamer in her palm, and was about to cast a spell, but was stopped by her apprentice: "Wait a minute, master!"

"Aren't you going to catch fireflies?" Gu Wanyan asked.

Zhou Mu smiled: "If everything is solved with magic, wouldn't the joy of life be lost?"

"That's right!" Gu Wanyan nodded.

Zhou Mu pounced again, but he still didn't catch one. Mu Yaoling cursed secretly, and said, "You pounced like this all night, and you can't even catch one!"

"Please grab it, but you refuse, so I have to do it myself!" Zhou Mu pretended to be helpless.

Mu Yaoling was also helpless: "If you don't unblock me, how can I control my body?"

Only then did Zhou Mu secretly recite the incantation, and stayed quietly by himself, letting Mu Yaoling control his body.

Mu Yaoling stood still at first, and when some fireflies were resting on the top of the grass, he approached slowly, gently held them with his hands, and put them into the white cloth bag prepared by Zhou Mu.

At the beginning, this method was very effective, but then those fireflies seemed to be full of spirituality, as soon as they approached, they flapped their wings and flew away.

Mu Yaoling had no choice but to make his movements lighter. When he saw a firefly landing on the tip of the grass, he quickly reached out to hold it in order to catch it.

The more he scratched, the more interesting he even started laughing, until Gu Wanyan asked him when he would go back to his room to rest, and then he noticed that he had left someone out in the cold.

He waved at Gu Wanyan: "Master, it's really interesting, why don't you come here, let's catch it together!"

He is the number one swordsman in the world, is he going to catch fireflies?This is a bit absurd!He didn't intend to move, and Mu Yao replied.

Mu Yaoling excitedly ran over and grabbed Gu Wanyan's hand hidden under the water sleeve: "Let's go, Master!"

Mu Yaoling dared to hold his hand directly?Since the apprentice was 12 years old, there has never been such an intimate contact. There was a warm current in Gu Wanyan's palm. It turned out that the apprentice's hand was so warm.

The wide palm tightly held the slender fingers. The boy in front of him was no longer a child of ten or eight years old. His palm was much wider and his head was a little taller than her. For the first time, Gu Wanyan felt a sense of frustration. The height will lose to the apprentice!

"Master, look, there is another one parked on the tip of the grass, catch it quickly!" Mu Yaoling said softly.

Gu Wanyan tried to bend down slowly, slowly stretched out her hands, and when she was about to get close to the firefly, she quickly held it with strength, but she accidentally slapped the little firefly to death in her palm.

Mu Yaoling looked at the poor thing crushed on Gu Wanyan's palm with regret, and whispered: "You must not blame my master, he was careless!"

After finishing speaking, he took out a handkerchief and wiped Gu Wanyan's palms clean, then wrapped the dead fireflies, and dug a small pit on the spot to bury them.

He got up and said to Gu Wanyan: "Master, be careful this time!"

Gu Wanyan nodded slightly: "Yes!"

He imitated Mu Yaoling's as if, but he couldn't catch it for some reason.

In desperation, Mu Yaoling had no choice but to say: "Master, why don't I teach you!"

"you teach me?"

"Ok!"

Although Gu Wanyan didn't answer, Mu Yaoling knew that it was tacit consent.

He gently walked behind Gu Wanyan, wrapped his arms around Gu Wanyan's slender waist, gently took his slender and cold hands, and said softly: "Bend slowly, yes, that's it, look, look! This one, it has nothing Be on guard, then go down lightly, quickly hold it when it is close, okay, caught it! Master is really amazing!"

Mu Yaoling simply taught his master to catch fireflies, and he didn't consider Gu Wanyan's feelings at all.

"Has Master met?" When Mu Yaoling raised his eyes to ask, he realized that Gu Wanyan's face was not right.

The atmosphere fell into embarrassment, Mu Yaoling raised his hand and scratched the back of his head: "Master...Master, I'm sorry, I..."

"You don't need to say too much, I've learned it!" After Gu Wanyan finished speaking, she turned her head to catch fireflies, unable to see his buried emotions clearly in the dark night.

Gu Wanyan gradually found it very interesting. He cultivated immortality since he was a child, and he didn't have the fun that ordinary children should have. Today is the first time he feels extremely relaxed and joyful. The happiness in the world is so simple!

He grasped and grasped, and waited for the fireflies to stop and collect the insects into the cloth bag. The process was so beautiful, and the unprecedented relaxation made his cold face show a bright smile that had never been seen before.

Mu Yaoling just saw this scene, couldn't help but stop what he was doing, and was a little stunned.

Gu Wanyan's face was exceptionally clear under the dim light of fireflies, with delicate features and distinct curves. It turned out that his smile was so intoxicating and fascinating.

"Mu Zhou, Mu Zhou?"

Hearing Gu Wanyan's call, Mu Yaoling finally came to his senses, fearing that Master would see his thoughts, he blurted out: "Why don't I compete with Master, within a quarter of an hour, and see who can catch more!"

"it is good!"