While the three of them were having a happy conversation, Li Hongxiu and Tang Qiuyu led Mu Mu and Xia Wutong back to the Bluestone Courtyard.

As soon as he opened the door, Mu Mu shouted at the door: "Brother, you can have barbecue!"

Li Ye turned his head and looked at her in surprise: "Where did the meat come from?"

Xia Wutong was shy, so she pulled Mumu's clothes and whispered something.

Mu Mu made a face at her, ran over and took Li Ye's hand and said, "There's a lot of wild boar meat at the master's wife's place."

Li Hongxiu stared at her angrily and stumbled into the kitchen.

After a while, he dragged the large wooden basin used for washing vegetables, walked into the yard in three or two steps, and placed the wooden basin on the ground.

Looking at Mr. and Ouyang Dongli, he said, "I'm lucky today. I happened to catch up with the disciples in Guanli who hunted some game in the mountains. I grabbed half of it and brought it back."

"Have you paid?"

What the husband is concerned about is not wild boar meat, but the word "grab" mentioned by Li Hongxiu.

"I'm not a bandit. Why didn't I give the money to the old Taoist in the temple? I threw down a few gold coins and took Mu Mu with me and ran back. If you don't believe me, ask Mr. Tang."

Li Hongxiu sat down next to her husband, picked up his cup and took a few sips of herbal tea.

Tang Qiuyu picked up a chair and sat opposite Li Hongxiu. Li Ye poured her a cup of herbal tea.

She smiled lightly, looked at her husband and said, "It seems that Wutong and I are lucky. We had game when we first came to Xuantianguan."

Ouyang Dongli was the most excited. He rubbed his hands and said, "I just said that if we drink two drinks tonight, there will be game. It seems that we won't get drunk tonight."

The gentleman shook his head, looked at him and said with a smile: "Where will you go when you get drunk? There is no bed for a great person like you to sleep in the small courtyard here."

That means drink less and go back to your own home later.

Unexpectedly, Ouyang Dongli waved his hand, pointed at Li Ye and said, "With a disciple as talented as me here, what are you afraid of?"

Li Ye looked at the two of them and shook his head.

I walked to the back of the yard and picked up a few stones, piled an earthen stove outside the kitchen, and found some branches from the kitchen to build a barbecue grill.

Although he hasn't cooked barbecue since leaving Tianshan, fortunately, he still needs to cook all the meals while practicing in Tianshan, and his skills are still familiar.

Holding the knife in hand, the barbecue problem was solved in a short while.

Sniffing the gradually rising fragrance, Li Hongxiu and Mu Mu each moved a stool.

She chose a comfortable position to sit diagonally and teased Li Ye, "I thought you would stop eating meat after entering the Prajna Temple."

Li Ye cut the wild boar meat in the basin into small pieces and marinated it with salt and spices.

While instructing Mu Mu and Xia Wutong to take out firewood from the kitchen and start a fire, they ignored Li Hongxiu's teasing.

Since the day I met her, I have never taken advantage of Li Hong, so I will naturally ignore her.

He lowered his head and looked at the meat in the basin. Could it be that he was going further and further on the road of killing, and would one day lose control of himself and become possessed by a demon?

Looking at the bloody game in the basin, he felt a sense of compassion in his heart.

But after killing someone during an attack in the Central Territory, I felt an inexplicable pleasure.

The old monk from the Great Buddha Temple repeatedly told him: Buddha and demon are just a matter of one thought, and one can become a Buddha or become a demon with one thought.

Thinking of this terrible problem, his little heart couldn't help but shudder, thinking: How can I be possessed by a demon?

My husband is a righteous person. The old monk at the Great Buddha Temple and Master Ouyang on Fangcun Mountain are both righteous people.

How could I be possessed by the devil? How could I be possessed by the devil?

The cool mountain breeze in summer blew from the mountain stream in the back mountain, trembling the green pear tree in the courtyard and trembling the eyelashes on his slightly frowning brow.

He held the knife in his hand and gradually fell into meditation. A cold air rose from behind him and covered the blade of the knife in his hand like water from a lake.

A withered leaf from a pear tree was blown down by the wind and fell with the wind before it could reach Li Ye.

I saw him suddenly slashing with his backhand... In the flash of lightning and fire, the dead leaf instantly turned into pieces and fell softly on the bluestone at his feet...

At this time, Li Yehun didn't pay attention to Xia Wutong and Mu Mu who had covered their mouths and exclaimed, and continued to meditate.

The gentleman sitting opposite Ouyang Dongli saw Li Ye's various reactions and felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

Although Li Ye had gone through many robberies and killings from Fengyun City to Fangcun Mountain, the two masters had not seriously discussed the issue of killing or not killing.

What's more, he is now practicing in Prajna Temple and is influenced by Buddhism every day, so he will naturally develop a kind of compassion for heaven and earth.

Suddenly seeing the killing scene... the gentleman sighed softly.

He thought to himself how outstanding his disciple was, but he was only ten years old after all. It was very rare for a ten-year-old to be able to perform as well as he did now.

It seems that I have to find a way to enlighten him.

After coughing slightly, the husband said loudly to Li Ye: "Look at the knife in your hand again, and you will see that the sun is about to set."

That means that your Master Ouyang, me, and Mr. Tang are still waiting to eat your barbecued meat and drink wine.

Li Ye was stunned and suddenly woke up. He looked up at Mr. and the others and chuckled twice.

He smiled and said, "It's a skill to sharpen your knife and chop firewood. The fire is just right for roasting."

Piece by piece, put the marinated meat on the shaved barbecue rack, and the aroma will rise in less than a moment.

Mu Mu, who was so anxious that she squatted aside, screamed and looked at Xia Wutong covering her mouth and snickering.

Li Ye rolled his eyes at her with disgust and said, "Mumu, it's not your first time eating, so why are you so anxious?"

Xia Wutong squatted down next to Mu Mu and reached out to turn the meat on the grill.

Mu Mu ignored him and followed Xia Wutong in turning the barbecue, turning over the meat on the grill.

Then he raised his head and looked at Li Ye, and said seriously: "Mumu has eaten a lot of brother's roasted meat on Tianshan Mountain, but this is the first time he has come to Fangcun Mountain."

After speaking, he pouted and looked at Li Ye with aggrieved eyes.

Li Ye's heart softened. He was only thinking about his own practice, but he ignored this precious guy. He stretched out his hand to straighten the hair that fell on her forehead.

He said softly: "You can eat more later. We will roast all the meat in this pot. If it is not enough, my brother will take you to the mountains to hunt some pheasants and rabbits when we come back later..."

After hearing this, Mu Mu nodded with satisfaction.

He stretched out his hand and pulled Li Ye to squat down next to her, and whispered in his ear: "Brother, is this Xia Wutong here to see you?"

Li Ye was stunned and couldn't help but rub her head.

He smiled and said: "You are so young, what are you talking about? Don't burn the good meat."

Xia Wutong stared at Mu Mu and Li Ye with his wonderful eyes and said, "What are you two secretly talking about?"

Mu Mu chuckled and said: "I told my brother that I would give the roasted meat to Sister Wutong later, hahaha..."

After speaking, he clapped his hands, stood up, and ran to Li Hongxiu's side.

While shouting: "Master, please pour me a glass of wine, Mu Mu hasn't had a drink for a long time."

...

After a long drinking session, Li Hongxiu arranged for Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong to rest, and then stood up holding Mu Mu who was yawning.

Looking at Mr. Ouyang, he said: "We have also rested. Mr. Ouyang drank a bottle of wine and did not go back. I set up a lounge chair for you under the eaves. The weather is just right this summer night."

The husband waved his hand and said, "Let's go and rest first. I'll have a chat with Ye'er."

Li Ye helped Ouyang Dongli, who was about to get drunk, walk to the eaves and lie down on a lounge chair.

She turned to look at her husband and said, "Sir, I'm going to make a pot of tea. It's cool in the night. Can we chat some more?"

The husband nodded and said, "That's what I meant."

After Li Ye finished cleaning up the mess on the table, he put on the small stove for making tea and lit it.

The charcoal fire on the barbecue stove in the courtyard has gradually extinguished. A gust of mountain wind blew away the oily smell in the courtyard, leaving only the faint green fragrance of the green pear trees in the courtyard in the night.

While Li Ye was washing the tea and warming pot, a small figure appeared in the courtyard and walked under the pear tree so that Li Ye could see her face.

Xia Wutong, who had drunk half of the fruit wine, was still blushing at this moment.

Looking at her husband and Li Ye at the table, she hurriedly put down a box of cakes on the table, blessed her husband and left.

"A little gift, please taste it." She suddenly said as she was about to enter the room.

Looking at her back, Li Ye suddenly thought of the young lady from the General's Mansion. He had not seen the young lady again for four years since he went to Tianshan with his husband.

He rarely thought of the young lady on Phoenix Mountain. However, after meeting Xia Wutong, he suddenly thought of the young lady from far away in the quiet night. He didn't know whether it was the similar age or other reasons.

The stranger is like jade, and the gentleman is unparalleled in the world.

The beauty on Moshang has left, can Wushuang be safe in the distance?

It's been years since we've been apart, and there's no time to see each other again.

At this moment, Li Ye somewhat understood the meaning of the poem "Young Man Doesn't Know What Sorrow Is" that he read in the Zizhu Courtyard.

When we meet again, I will still be the same person I was then, and will you still be the same person you were then?

Li Ye sighed softly, lowered his head, and saw the exquisite emblem Xia Wutong placed on the paper box on the table.

I couldn't help but open it gently, looked at my husband and said, "This is the peach blossom cake from Hua Man Lou. Mu Mu and my wife like it."
To be continued...