Chapter 41 Despair
When Zhou Zishu went to Ping'an Bank before, he always walked in with his legs up. Unexpectedly, after the shopkeeper let him into the lobby today, he first poured wine for him and Wen Kexing, who looked around like a country man entering the city.
After having a cup of tea, he stood aside with a smile on his face and said: "Master Zhou, please wait a moment. The seventh master is here today, and the head of the household has gone in to announce it."
Zhou Zishu's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly became timid about being close to home.
But Wen Kexing asked carelessly: "Hey, it's not like Gu Xiang and Zhang Chengling are like this. Why don't they just bring those two little bastards out? They also report something and follow up with the palace.
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Zhou Zishu remained silent, thinking that Wen Kexing was really a god, and he could guess it accurately.
After a while, Ping An walked out quickly and said: "Master Zhou, the master and the great witch are waiting for you inside."
When Wen Kexing heard the word "great witch", he was shocked. What kind of "great witch" did he think? Could it be that the mysterious great wizard from southern Xinjiang was really here?
——This Central Plains martial arts world is really getting more and more chaotic.
Without having time to think about it, Wen Kexing followed Zhou Zishu into the inner hall, and opened an old wooden door. Inside was a small courtyard with a row of osmanthus flowers. As soon as he entered, he smelled a faint fragrance, and the two of them were welcomed safely.
After being brought into a room, as soon as he opened the door curtain, the heat inside immediately hit his face. Wen Kexing looked up and saw that besides Gu Xiang and Zhang Chengling, there were two men in the room.
His eyes met the man in black involuntarily, but only for a moment. The next moment, the two of them nodded to each other at the same time and looked away to show concession.
Wen Kexing then went to look at the other person, thinking that this was probably the "Seventh Master" the shopkeeper was talking about. At this glance, he couldn't help but secretly marvel, thinking that he had seen some of the most beautiful people in the world.
There are quite a lot of them, but none of them can compare to this person - his beautiful features are a bit frivolous, but they are suppressed by the nobility all over his body, and only reveal a little bit of indescribable aura, "Zhilan"
The four words "Yushu" are simply designed for him.
The next moment, he heard Zhou Zishu on the side call out respectfully: "Seventh Master, great witch."
Qi Ye smiled and gave him a weak hand, then looked at his face and said with emotion: "I haven't seen you for many years, Zishu, your taste... I am increasingly afraid that people will agree with you."
Zhou Zishu smiled, stretched out his hand and wiped the human skin mask off his face, put it in his arms, and said with a wry smile: "For so many years, anyone who dares to hide their head and tail with a beautiful face, except for the little girl,
, I only know that silly boy from Jiuxiao."
The death of his junior brother Liang Jiuxiao in the battle of the capital was his lifelong regret. Zhou Zishu never dared to mention it. It seemed that after so long, that scene was like a dream. But now facing his old friend, it seemed as if
As if he was back in the capital thirty miles away by the Wangyue River, all those old memories flashed before his eyes one after another, and he blurted out that person's name.
To put it bluntly, it's actually nothing. It's just like something has been exhaled out of my chest, like a piece is missing, and it's empty.
Master Qi's smile froze, sighed, looked at Zhou Zishu again, and then frowned and said, "How did you become like this?"
Zhou Zishu shook his head, lowered his eyes and smiled: "It's hard to put into words, maybe... I'm old."
Wen Kexing was a good man and he admired him as soon as he came in. He felt that this "Seventh Master" was really amazing, but at this moment he felt inexplicably dissatisfied. He thought, after spending so much time with him, if he hadn't
Yu Qiufeng and others were so messy that they probably never had a chance to see the man's true face. It was a good thing that this man came and asked him to put on the human skin mask in a few words, and even knew his real name...
Wen Kexing became indignant.
Ping An invited the two of them to sit down and served tea. Master Qi asked again: "How are the people in Beijing... always good?"
Zhou Zishu leaned on the back of the chair, as if his whole body was relaxed at this moment, and said slowly: "Some are generals, some are prime ministers. Princess Jing'an married the young Marquis He Yunxing, and the couple left for the northwest.
, I have taken root there, the emperor... is doing well, I just got a little prince before this year, but I took a step ahead and couldn't catch up with the third prince's full moon wine."
The two of them answered one-on-one, all in a leisurely manner. The great wizard did not interrupt, but just listened silently, the incense burner curled up, as if the passage of time had slowed down.
Wen Kexing felt that there seemed to be a strange aura between the two people. He had never seen Zhou Zishu sitting there drinking tea and chatting so quietly and calmly. It felt like they had not seen each other for many years.
A close friend and an old friend suddenly met each other, but they were not happy at all. They said some careless words, but they seemed to be connected with each other.
He felt that this "Seventh Master" was not pleasing to his eyes, and he thought to himself, where did this pretty boy come from? "Seventh Master", "Seventh Master", he didn't even dare to reveal his name, he must not be a good guy.
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Wen Kexing then tore off the human skin mask from his face with great displeasure and waved to Gu Xiang and Zhang Chengling who were already stunned: "You two brats, come here."
The other three people all turned their attention to him for a while. The slight nostalgia on Master Qi's face had not faded away, so he asked casually: "Who is this?"
Zhou Zishu hesitated for a moment and then said: "A friend from the world..."
However, before he could finish his words, Wen Kexing suddenly quickly grabbed Zhou Zishu's hand on the small table and put it against his chest. He looked at Zhou Zishu sideways and said, "Friends from the world? You were not with me before.
That’s what you said, what’s going on, A-Xu, are you still going to start the chaos and give up?”
At that moment, the expression on Master Qi's face could be described as "amazing". Even the great witch who had been silent on one side paused for a moment. His dark pupils swept back and forth between the two of them, and finally his eyes fixed on him strangely.
He took the hand held by Wen Kexing.
Zhou Zishu freed up his other hand and lightly flicked the numbness in Wen Kexing's elbow, forcing him to let go. Then he continued to calmly pick up the tea bowl and said as if nothing had happened: "It's called Wen Kexing.
People are crazy and often tell lies, Master Qi, don't be offended."
Master Qi was dumbfounded for a long time, and then he finally couldn't stand it any longer and said, "Ping An, what are you using your eyes for? Why don't you add some water to Mr. Zhou?"
Zhou Zishu put down the empty tea bowl as if he was in a dream, and could only glare at Wen Kexing. Wen Kexing accepted it happily and showed a silly smile that made people itch with hatred.
The Seventh Master continued to sigh, fearing that the world would be in chaos: "Think of the golden cup and green cup in the past, but now things have changed. I don't know what the Wangyue River made of makeup and powder has changed into, and those carved railings and jade masonry.
, that year when the capital was in emergency, you and I made a promise on a high-rise building that if the coming days were long, we would not stop getting drunk, but I waited in southern Xinjiang until the wine went cold, and my old friend had no intention of coming. "
Immediately, his voice changed, and the narrow-mindedness flashed through his peach blossom eyes, and he deliberately said: "Zishu, you broke the promise, but I didn't. I still remember that you asked me to find a thin-waisted Nanjiang for you.
Sister, I’ve paid a lot of attention, I don’t know…”
The big witch coughed slightly, and a smile appeared on his cold face. Zhou Zishu felt that he couldn't stay any longer, so he stood up and hurriedly clasped his fists, saying hastily: "Ah... what, the seventh master has just arrived.
Dongting, if you are tired of driving, we will not disturb you..."
Master Qi said: "Actually, we are not tired at all."
Wen Kexing shouted almost at the same time: "What? Asu, have you ever said such a thing?"
Then the whole room was silent, with several people staring at each other until the nervous Gu Xiang suddenly patted the head of Zhang Chengling, who was completely out of state, and said with emotion: "This is 'how much you know after a night of lovesickness, how much you know after sleeping in spring sleep'
, Xiaocheng Ling, I think it’s better for the two of us to save Brother Cao, these people are all just trying to be jealous and are totally unreliable."
Master Qi then smiled and said: "Little girl, don't worry. You said that your brother Cao is from the Qingfeng Sword Sect, and those weirdos don't dare to do anything to him. But if you are not prepared, go in a hurry, and then you can implement it."
It's just to accuse him and cause him trouble - Zishu, how long has it taken you to leave? Sit for a while. The ancients often lamented that no one would spend their golden years, but now it's hard for you and me to see each other again.
Once upon a time, I haven’t had time to fill up a cup of old things in the past year, so why are you in such a hurry to leave?”
Wen Kexing only felt that this man was talking in random directions and was garbled in words, without any logic or tune. The more he looked at him, the more displeased he became. He thought to himself that he was really "a hypocrite based on elegance and a big virtue based on vulgarity", which was nonsense.
As expected, many people are annoying, not even beautiful women, not even peerless beauties, so he pulled Zhou Zishu away and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I won't disturb your rest, we have other things to do..."
But the great witch shook his head with a smile, put down the chess pieces he was playing with, and stood up and said, "Zhuang Master Zhou, I see that your complexion is not good, and your expression is a bit stagnant. Can I check your pulse?"
Zhou Zi relaxed for a moment, but Wen Kexing's hand tightened in vain.
The playful amusement on Master Qi's face disappeared, and he frowned and asked, "What?"
The great wizard said: "I have to see it before I can tell for sure. But with all due respect, Master Zhou, I think you look like you have run out of gas. What happened?"
Hearing this, Wen Kexing slowly let go of Zhou Zishu, his ungrateful expression becoming solemn.
Master Qi suddenly said: "Why, He Lianyi won't even let you go?"
"He Lian Yi" was the nickname of the current emperor, and he blurted it out without caring. However, no one noticed this detail at the moment. Everyone who knew or didn't know was looking at Zhou Zishu.
Zhou Zishu could only chuckle, stretched out his wrist, flattened it and handed it to the great witch, and said with a smile: "Master Qi, what kind of place is there and what kind of person is he? Don't you know better than me?
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The great witch placed three fingers on Zhou Zishu's pulse, and his brows furrowed more and more tightly. It took him a long time before he let go, sighed softly, and asked: "I've heard that there is a kind of nail with seven orifices and three autumn nails in the skylight..."
"good."
"You insert a nail every three months and let it grow into the body. The meridians will wither little by little, so that your mind will not be turned upside down and you can still retain some internal energy, right?"
Master Qi's eyelids twitched, but Zhou Zishu still smiled and said, "The wizard has good eyesight."
The great witch ignored him, and just paced slowly in the room with his hands behind his back. Wen Kexing suddenly felt a little panicked and opened his mouth, but no sound came out. Instead, Qi Ye asked for him: "Wuxi,
Do you have any idea?"
The great witch was silent for a long time. Hearing this, he thought for a while and then slowly shook his head: "If you drive in seven nails at once, even though you are unconscious, I might still be able to pull them out."
, if you take good care of yourself afterwards, you can recover to a certain extent, but once the nail is pulled out from your body, your internal energy will definitely break all the meridians that are about to die, and the gods will not be able to do anything about it..."
Ye Baiyi had already said this once, and Zhou Zishu waved his hands, indicating that he did not want to hear it a second time. When the great witch spoke just now, he did not say anything, but he still had some expectations in his heart, otherwise he would not
Hand over your wrist.
He didn't know when he started - maybe it was because of the noisy people around him, or maybe because he got involved in so many disturbing things, that he became a little nostalgic for the world.
When he heard what the great witch said, he felt a little depressed in his heart. He forced a smile and said, "You should have told me this earlier. If I had known that the great witch had such powerful powers that he could pull out nails from seven orifices and three autumn nails, I would have asked the skylight to be replaced."
A safer way, leaving no fish that slips through the net.”
The great witch looked at him with his eyes, still thinking carefully about the countermeasures. Without answering, Zhou Zishu nodded to Master Qi and said, "Let's take our leave now and see you again another day."
They had just walked to the door when they suddenly heard the great wizard say: "Wait, or..."
Before Zhou Zishu could do anything, Wen Kexing had already grabbed him. His hand was like an iron grip on Zhou Zishu's wrist, pinning him in place. He turned around and asked in a rare serious and polite manner: "
What did the great witch think of?"
The great witch hesitated for a moment and then said: "Zhuang Master Zhou, if... if you give up all your skills, maybe I can be sure of keeping you..."
But when Zhou Zishu heard the words "all his skills are wasted", an indescribable smile appeared on his pale face. He raised his hand to stop his words and asked softly: "Is this all gone?"
What else do I have if I have physical skills? Am I still me? If not, then why should I still be alive?"
Chapter completed!