Master is not married yet

Chapter 23

The elder brother said: "As I said before, when I was young, I stayed with the leopards. I didn't know why I was there, and I didn't know who my parents were. I grew up in a muddle like this, until the master came to the leopards to treat me one day. He met me when he was sheltering from the cold in his cave, and he brought me back to the sect."

The flame roasted the fish skin until it was crispy, and there was a burst of fragrance.

"However, Master and I did not live on this mountain at the beginning, but lived together in a tomb," he continued after turning the fish over, "The tomb is very large, with seven floors, and there are countless large and small tombs inside. The master didn't specifically say why he lived there, nor did he forbid me to go there, but he would never stop me if I wanted to explore, but it's best to be mentally prepared."

"When I said this, my curiosity was completely aroused. After reading books and practicing exercises, cooking and cleaning, and washing clothes for Master and drying quilts every day, I went to heaven in the tomb. I ran around, but most of the rooms were empty, and there was nothing interesting. Until I entered the main room for the first time, I found that the furnishings here were completely different from other places. The space inside was huge, and it was arranged like a book. The mentioned feast of the Heavenly Palace, the night pearls mounted on the wall are shining brightly, mercury and countless pearls flow in the nine dark grooves, like the Milky Way in the sky, jewels and rotten food are mixed in the golden plate on the ebony case, and countless The wine urn, kneeling and sitting in front of the table, is a lifelike doll, playing the piano, talking and laughing, or eating and drinking fine wine, it is very lifelike."

"There is a coffin wrapped with red thread in the middle, but the lid has been lifted, and the body doesn't know where it is. I looked around and looked up. At first I couldn't see it clearly. After I looked carefully, I found the coffin above There are many flying paper figurines hanging on the caisson. One of the female paper figurines is dressed in a white gauze fairy dress. She has a gorgeous appearance, seems to have no bones, and her body is very soft. She hangs in the center of the caisson overlooking the coffin, but these paper figurines have no eyes. But looking directly at the coffin, it still looks quite creepy. Then, on the right or left, it should be the left, there are many processed animal corpses, and a lifelike puppet stands next to it, holding a five-color horsewhip and holding it high , with a ferocious face looking up to the sky, it seems to be screaming, full of majesty, and he looks very special, with blond hair, blue eyes, and deep outline, neither like the Central Plains nor Li Te, it feels like he came from farther away The person on the other side has nothing to say, just a big fish tank, only fish bones and a thick chain, nothing else."

I said, "A tomb looks like a heavenly palace in a fairyland, and it's quite lively."

"I thought so too at first," he said while staring at the fire, "until Master told me that the puppets and paper figurines I saw were all real people, and there was evil in the wine jar, that was the first time I felt nauseated."

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What?real person?There is also a wine jar, I always feel as if I have heard of it somewhere——

Eldest brother didn't wait for me to react and continued: "After a few years, the newly enthroned lord remembered Master for some reason, called him into the palace to personally confer the title of King Xiang, and awarded countless rewards. There is this prince. But the master did not accept the reward, nor was he interested in power, he just asked the master for a dilapidated and abandoned mountain to establish a sect, and then took me out of the tomb."

"Is it the current Mirror Gate?"

"Well, it didn't look like this at the time. It was originally a village, where foreign opera singers lived before they entered Chang'an. Later, it was abandoned for some reason. It was probably of little value. The Lord gave us very generously. We have lived here since then, and established Mingjingmen," he said, "Ah Jing and Ah Chu came after this."

After listening to this, I thought about the scene described by the elder brother, and frowned unconsciously: "So what does this have to do with the dumb emperor?"

"I was thinking," he said mysteriously, "Didn't I just say that the coffin was opened, but actually I took a closer look inside, and it was full of scratches and bloodstains, maybe the coffin was placed there The dumb emperor who is still alive."

"What!" I exclaimed.

"You think, the tomb is so luxurious, and there are so many people buried with it, it must be the royal family, which is in line with the rumor that the mute came out of the palace, and I guess the master is the gravekeeper in charge of guarding the mute's body, but I didn't expect the mute He came back to life and escaped. Logically speaking, he should have been executed, but the current lord rewarded him instead. This shows that the lord's scheming is really extraordinary," the elder brother intervened, "but the purpose of rewarding him is to make Master Feeling ashamed, let him try his best to complete the task he once failed."

He tilted his head and continued: "It's just that the Lord may not have expected that Master doesn't care about power and wealth, and he's even a lunatic. My lord, "he said, "it wasn't until what happened between you and Ah Jing at the banquet that he had to agree."

I looked at the elder brother in front of me. He is usually too unscrupulous to ignore that he is a genius who can learn everything quickly. Since he is a genius, what is the difference in brain power? Although some places are unreasonable, accidents make sense .

"Haven't you figured it out completely, senior brother, you still said that my head is better than yours, how could I think of this."

"I just want Tudou to listen to my thoughts. How about it? Does it make sense?"

"It makes sense, but why did the master guard the tomb? And why did it take later generations to know his identity as the prince?"

"Well, I really haven't thought of this yet," he said, "that's why I asked you to go fishing, and see if you can figure out a thing or two because you are sharp."

Then, I had an epiphany.

"Could it be," I said in a low voice, "Master was not born of a concubine in the palace, but the illegitimate son of the previous master?"

With a face suddenly enlightened, he clapped his hands excitedly: "Yes, it must be, so that guarding the mausoleum can make sense with the subsequent conferment and reward, and the master hates the entire royal family because of this, and he has not entered the palace for nearly ten years. The purpose of eradicating the court's eyeliner around the mute is to,"

"Revenge!" My senior brother and I said in unison, looked at each other and smiled wretchedly.I am usually crushed by my master and two other senior brothers in terms of IQ. This feeling of mutual recognition between the same kind is really good.

He continued to look at me and said, "Tudou, you really don't think about marrying,"

"What are you talking about, you smile so lewdly, let me join in too," a gentle young voice came from behind me, and the third senior brother squatted next to me, his slender fingers landed on my foot injury, a little Looking hostilely at the senior brother, he said, "Senior Brother Luo, did you hurt the potato?"

He hastily waved his hand in denial: "It's not me, it's Ah Jing,"

"Have you teamed up with Senior Brother Bai to bully Tudou? You look like a beast," Third Senior Brother continued, "Well, but Senior Brother Luo can communicate with animals in the first place, so he is a beast."

"I'll just say it's not me, it's Ah Jing's own behavior." He scratched his head, "Speaking of which, why are you here?"

"Master asked me to look for potatoes. I searched for them. I suddenly smelled the smell of grilled fish. I thought that where there is food, there should be potatoes, so I found them." He slightly pulled me behind him , "I also found out that you and Senior Brother Bai bullied her."

"I just said I didn't have one, and you said Master was looking for potatoes? Master has left the seclusion?"

"Well, just out of customs."

"Great, Tudou, take this fish to Master, he has not had water or rice for several days, and he needs some heat at this time."

The senior brother took two fish and wanted to pass them to me, but the third senior brother stretched out his hand to take them, blew lightly on the handle, and handed them to me after confirming that they were not hot.

I nodded: "Thank you third brother."

"Well, if they bully you, tell me anytime and I'll remind them of the importance of loving conservation vegetables."

"Conservation vegetables?"

For the first time, I know that vegetables still need conservation.

The senior brother smiled, stuffed two fish to the third senior brother, which made him hiss, and then said to me: "By the way, you are still worried that Master may be beaten to death by the mute, I don't think there is any need to worry about it. For so many years, everyone in Jianghu has wanted to kill Master, but he still lived to this age, so it is not so easy for the dumb to kill him."

How bad is the master's reputation in the martial arts arena that he can be described as a cockroach by the elder brother.

"But," I said, "Second Senior Brother said that Dumb's strength surpasses Master's."

"That's true," he replied, "but he's not as treacherous as his master."

(End of this chapter)