Master is not married yet

Chapter 24
In the elder brother's mind, the words treacherous, cunning, and insidious seemed to be compliments, so when he described Master in this way, he really gave a thumbs up to praise Master.It’s as if he brought me to value the competition between Huapai disciples and the third senior brother not long ago, and he also said who knows what is right and what is wrong. Maybe it’s because he was not bound by worldly values ​​since he was a child, and he has his own set of right and wrong. The definition of good and evil, right and wrong, is not important to him at all, what matters is the present moment he sees in front of him.

He said this now because he thought that if Master was willing to come forward, there must be a way out, and he would definitely not die in vain.Although it feels weird to be told by him in this way—for example, he described his master as treacherous, but it invisibly relieved my worries, and made me not as worried as before.

Senior brother, he is indeed a man full of unknowns.

"By the way, Third Senior Brother, what is Master looking for from me?"

"Huh?" His mouth was full of fish, and he chewed it carefully before responding to me, "He wants you to make tea for him."

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I took two grilled fish and a cup of brewed Yang Xian, walked towards the master's house step by step, thinking that when I first came here he could make tea by himself, but now he doesn't even bother to make tea after being exposed I should have been more reserved if I knew it earlier, and I shouldn't have kept saying that he was immoral or something.

"Master, I have brought tea."

I knocked on the door, he answered inside and let me go in, so I pushed open the door, and saw Master wearing a cloak with one hand propped on the desk, and the other hand playing with the paper willow warbler , now it has returned to the color of the original Ruixiang paper, and it seems to be a little bigger than before.

"Yingying, I haven't seen you as a teacher these few days, do you want to be a teacher?" Although he still had a playful and lazy smile as before, but the black and tired expression in front of him couldn't be covered by anything. It should indeed be practiced day and night.

I haven't seen him for a while, and now seeing his face, what happened at the banquet that day came back to my mind, and I can still recall the touch of his lips on mine, thinking of this again Unconsciously blushed.

"Huh? Why don't you speak anymore? You're not usually very eloquent," he said with a deeper smile at the corner of his eyes. "For example, by the way, he's quite eloquent at palace banquets."

I blushed even more, and quickly gave him something to eat, and hurriedly said before he could say anything more, "Frankly speaking, because the hottest topic in the sect right now is whether you will be killed or not?" The dumb emperor was killed."

He was a little helpless, "It seems that you have already found out from your senior brother and the others, and as far as the master knows, you seem to be very busy for them these days,"

Master looked at Xiang Yu and frowned slightly, his expression should be that there were thorns in his troubles.I sighed, took the fish back from Master, and started to pick up the thorns. During this time, we didn't speak, I focused on what I was doing, and he focused on me. In the whole house, only the ashes from the incense burner and the fish bones were covered. The voice of Lia Li was exceptionally clear.

After I finished picking, I found a plate and put the fish on it for Master. He took it, motioned me to sit beside him, and put the fish in front of me. He sipped his tea and said with a smile again, "Then you What do you think, about whether I will be beaten to death."

"Second senior brother said that you were disabled at least, or even killed. Third senior brother, like senior senior brother, thought that you were cunning and not easy to die."

"Heh, you dare to say such things directly in front of the master himself, what a surprise for a master."

"I'm just conveying the exact words."

"Then what do you think?"

I looked at the fish in front of me, Si Zhuo said for a moment: "I don't think you will die, nor do you think you will be disabled."

He rolled his eyes and showed a narrow smile, beckoning me to continue talking.

"Indeed, I was worried when the second senior brother said that Dumb's martial arts were superior to the master's, but what the senior brother said reminded me that whether the master treats the disciples of the Chonghua sect or King Ming, you can see that they are most afraid What, so I guess, you've probably caught the mute emperor's weakness too," I said, "you might get hurt, but you'll never die."

He showed a look of approval: "You are right, the teacher does already know how to deal with him."

I didn't ask him how he planned to deal with the dumb emperor, because there was always a more important question in my mind.

"I still want to ask," I looked at Master, "Did you really not want to save Second Senior Brother that day in the temple?"

His eyes narrowed: "Didn't Yujing tell you what I think?"

"He said it, but I want to hear it from you personally, Master."

"That's right," he replied almost without thinking, "I really didn't intend to save him."

My breathing stopped suddenly.

"why?"

"what why?"

Master's expression was as if he heard why people eat, and felt that there was nothing to ask about this question.

"Why did you let Second Senior Brother suffer so much humiliation? What Liu Changshi said that day was so nasty. If you didn't take action that day, Second Senior Brother would definitely die. Why?" I blushed and began to speak incoherently.

"No reason, Liu Jiu was so humiliated, he just wanted to trick me into making a move," the master said, "but Yujing's death is more beneficial to me, as long as I sit on the scene and remain indifferent, the gang of court will know It is useless for Natuer to threaten me, so why should I save him?"

When I heard him say that, my heart sank again.

I grabbed my clothes and asked, "Then why should I save him?"

"what?"

"Why do you want me to save Second Senior Brother?"

The master showed a gloomy expression when he heard the words.

"Yingying, I never asked you to save him," he said word by word, "How did I know that you would hear the news, how did I know that you would sneak into the banquet, and in the end you came forward to replace him?" Drinking poisonous alcohol, isn't this all your own decision?"

"But you asked me to take this paper willow warbler with you that day, or you knew it was addicted to drugs," I tremblingly grabbed the paper bird's wings and said, "Since it can absorb poison, it can save the second senior brother, So I think you should be reluctant to die for the second senior brother, "

"Yuan Yingying, are you thinking too much?" He suddenly sneered, looking at me as coldly as he looked at King Ming that day, "Why do you think I have such thoughts?"

I was frightened by his expression, and said falteringly: "Because because of you before,"

Master suddenly leaned over and pressed me under him, stretched out his hand to grab my chin, turned my face to him forcefully, and pulled my shirt belt with the other hand, as if to untie it, my dark pupils were full of danger : "I wouldn't do this to you before, right? The past was the past, and the present is the present. If you still don't believe me, I don't mind showing you now."

His face moved closer to mine, and his warm breath made my hair flutter.His hand holding the belt was put down, and turned to reach into my belly pocket. I was shocked and anxious, and pushed him away with a red face.

With a slap, Master's face was slapped with a clear red mark.

The master touched his cheek and smiled lightly. He was not annoyed at the fact that I hit him, but just stepped back and said slowly: "Do you understand? I am your master now, but I would do this kind of thing, the same way Yujing, I brought them up since I was a child, but I will never hesitate to sacrifice any of them to achieve my goal, do you still believe that I am the same person as before? Don't be so naive, Yuan Yingying."

I was saving my clothes tightly, still in fear of what had just happened.

The Xiao Wuxia I knew has long been in the past. The person in front of me is the head of the Mingjing Sect, King Xiang of the Tang Dynasty. He is a man who can do anything to achieve his goals, even sacrificing his disciples. And I have been deceiving him all this time. He himself is still the former Xiao Lang, trying to piece together the former him from various places.

But Bai Yuncanggou, things in the world go with time, let alone people's hearts?

He is not what he used to be, I should have known it earlier, but I am still deceiving myself.

I felt tears start to pool in my eye sockets, and I hurriedly got up, avoiding his gaze and said, "It's my apprentice who has overstepped, but I still hope that you will respect yourself, Master."

I limped towards the door, thought of something, and asked without looking back: "Master, Rong Tuer asks you, if I were you today, would you sacrifice without hesitation?"

He behind him didn't respond, only heard the sound of rubbing the paper, and my tears fell a few drops at this time, and I whispered: "Tu'er understands, Tuer wants to live a few more years, I hope I can live like this." Exit the mirror door."

I don't know what his expression is behind me. Right now, I just want to leave the sect early and go home, and tell my mother that I have tried my best. If it can't be done, at least I will share a few pieces of my father's ashes for me to commemorate. , and the rest will be discussed in the long run.

Before I left, I finally said: "Cui Jinxuan will be waiting for you in Chang'an East City tomorrow night. I sincerely hope that you can treat her well. She really admires you."

Without waiting for his response, I walked out of his room pretending to be normal.

"Won't,"

He seemed to say that at last, and something else, but I was too far away to hear it.

When I got back to the house, I quickly packed up my bags and packed my bags. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, I hurried to the stables and took Laifu away. I planned to find a way to return the property of Mingjingmen after I got home.

I stepped onto Laifu, and just as I was about to leave, I met the third senior brother who had finished taking a shower again.

Thinking about it carefully, the third senior brother seems to like to be clean, always taking a bath.

"Potatoes? You're going so late,"

"I'm sorry, third senior brother, I won't be able to go to your room to talk to you about my thoughts in the future, you have to take good care of yourself—"

"What? What do you mean, potato?"

I rode my horse and whizzed past the third senior brother, and then I met the second senior brother who was about to put the latch on the gate.

"Potatoes? I'm going to lock the door, you want to,"

"Second Senior Brother, I will find a better doctor than Doctor Qin for you to see you, but before that, you must hold on—"

"Wait, what are you talking about, stop for me—"

I rode my horse and galloped past the second senior brother, and finally unexpectedly, but not too unexpectedly, met the senior brother on the mountain road.

"Tudou, are you going for a walk at night? I'm so excited."

"Eldest Brother, Second Senior Brother locked you out——"

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I rode my horse past the elder brother and ran towards Chang'an without looking back.

It was past You time in the city, but fortunately it was during the Lantern Festival, the only time of the year when there was no curfew, and no street envoys would come to interrogate him.

Chang'an Avenue is bustling with people rushing to Quchi to release river lanterns, each with a paper boat or box carrying their hopes and blessings for the new year.I was also attracted by those candlelights, stepped on the horse and got off the horse, and followed them unconsciously.

Arriving at the edge of the pool, there are countless lights flashing on the surface of the pool that usually embraces a touch of night. The river lanterns and lotus flowers compete on the river, and the layers are scattered, reflecting the silent pool of water. The smiling faces of people also reflect the emptiness in my heart.

I have no idea what to do after this.

I tied my future blessings to the horse stakes, picked up a secluded place by the pool with my injured foot and sat down. Because this side is relatively remote, the river lanterns can’t come here, and only a few lotus flowers dotted the pool lonely. Looking at them, I couldn't help sobbing.

——Why Master, Xiao Wuxia became what he is today, I really don't understand.

"Yingying?"

A female voice sounded beside me, I raised my tearful eyes, and saw my mother holding two paper boats, the faint candles inside were shaking slightly in her hands, she looked at me suspiciously: "Why are you here alone? ,"

"Mom!" I saw my mother, as if venting my emotions, I couldn't help rubbing against her skirt, and burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)