When he opened his eyes, he saw that the boy in front of him was lifeless, and the red sword-shaped mark between his eyebrows had disappeared. Ye Qingxian, who had recognized his master again, stood silently next to the boy's body, saying nothing for a long time.
Xu Qingmu was a little angry and stamped his feet into the darkness: "Old beggar, come out!"
Ye Qingxian raised her head and looked at the newly recognized master in front of her. She couldn't see any of his cultivation skills, but it made her feel an inexplicable palpitation, as if everything was under control.
Just like now, she, who has reached the third level of sword cultivation, did not feel the presence of the old beggar in the darkness at all, but her master shouted out.
The old beggar revealed his face from the darkness, rubbed his hands and smiled: "My disciple has good eyesight."
Xu Qingmu looked down at the body of a child who was no more than five or six years old, as if to himself or to the old beggar, and said slowly: "No matter what the reason is, at least he is right."
The old beggar felt a knot in his heart. The experience of living together since childhood told him that the insight of the twelve-year-old boy in front of him should not be underestimated. Could it be that what he had done was exposed?
However, the old beggar did not answer the question, but Li Chengru next to him said:
"If the world collapses, you and I will all be sacrifices. Under the great road, who can say that we are innocent?"
Xu Qingmu fell silent.
He knew a cruel fact. The reason why the Clay Bodhisattva looked at all living beings with cold eyes was because he could not protect himself, so he was miserable and suffered misery.
He is not a good person who can't understand the seriousness of things, but he has a strong sense of powerlessness.
--All misfortunes in the world are caused by the lack of ability of the parties involved.
"Help me bury him well as compensation for him." Xu Qingmu said to the old beggar. Then he possessed himself and held the boy in his arms. Ye Qingxian hugged Chouli and followed the owner out of the alley step by step.
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The old beggar looked at the back of the departing young man, feeling worried and happy at the same time. What he was worried about was the future in the near future. How would this nominal apprentice fare without him? The poisonous mushrooms on the road, without him.
Try eating it, you should have diarrhea, right? He kicked the quilt around at night, and the careless Cao Dan didn't know if he could get up all night and cover him up? When he clapped his hands and couldn't appear, the young man's clear eyes would appear.
Are you disappointed?...
But fortunately, the boy has grown up. This is what makes him happy.
After walking out of the city gate, he found a place on the mountainside and buried the boy here. Xu Qingmu took out the little wolf hair and wrote "Jianzhong Yeli's Tomb" on a tree board that served as a tombstone, and bowed.
Afterwards, he pulled Ye Qingxian away.
"Tell me what happened to you. You must have been attacked, right?" Xu Qingmu said to Ye Qingxian.
The almost ten-year-old swordsman's face was still filled with fear, and he spoke with a slight sob:
"A month ago, a group of nineteen of us were going to the mountains to the north to train for my original master. There were two masters of the tenth realm of swordsmanship, two swordsmen of the ninth realm, and my master's father was also in the team.
I was given a sword and talisman as a gift. I was supposed to have peace of mind with this kind of configuration, but who knew..." Ye Qingxian seemed to have returned to that terrifying night, with frightened eyes on her dusty little face.
"A mysterious man in black robes suddenly appeared and killed four master swordsmen with just one sword. Then he seriously injured my master, but he did not kill him. He just told me to take my master to Yehuang City and receive the punishment.
Grace, spare our lives. He also said that if we dare to leave Yehuang City, we will be killed without mercy."
Xu Qingmu asked again: "The reason why you followed me in the city was because someone told you in advance that I had money?"
Ye Qingxian nodded: "A child ran over and said, if you rob you, you can have something to eat." Then he apologized: "Master, we are really hungry and can't stand it anymore."
Xu Qingmu touched Ye Qingxian's little head and said softly: "You did a good job."
He is indeed an old beggar!
The little girl holding Chouli Sword raised her head and asked with her eyes open: "Master, how did you know that I still had someone to take care of at that time?"
Xu Qingmu took off half of the grass on the little girl's head:
"I felt you as soon as I entered the alley, but I didn't tell you. Even if you were following me secretly, you turned around every step of the way. I guess there is someone worried about you waiting for you."
The little girl, who is not tall and thin, said timidly: "It's my first time to rob, so I'm a little unfamiliar. I won't do it next time."
Xu Qingmu, who was walking back, did not speak, but just held Ye Qingxian's hand and exerted a little force.
When they returned to Yehuang Mansion, it was already the third watch and the gong was ringing. Cao Dan sat alone on the threshold with his hands on his chin and his expression was dull. Xu Qingmu didn't take her with him when he went out, so he was sulking here. She was really a girl.
My thoughts are strange and unpredictable.
Seeing Xu Qingmu come back with a little girl in his hand, Cao Dan seemed to be even more angry. He kindly waited for him to come back for supper, but it was better for him to run out and bring back a little girl from nowhere!
Sure enough, all men are not good.
Just as he was about to turn around and go back to the house to rest, Xu Qingmu's voice came from behind: "Help me take this child to take a bath, change into your clothes, and borrow some money from the fat man tomorrow to buy her a new one."
Cao Dan almost ran away. Look, what you said is that I had to help her take a bath myself, and after taking a bath, I had to put her in my own clothes! The little Taoist priest's naughty spirit in the past came back, so he turned around and suppressed his anger.
He said with a smile:
"Hey, my dear old friend I haven't seen for many years, come here and show me how handsome I am."
Xu Qingmu was dumbfounded.
Without waiting for Xu Qingmu to defend himself, Cao Dan, who had already walked up to him, stepped on his foot. Xu Qingmu grinned in pain. Looking at Cao Dan with gloomy eyes in front of him, the young man chose to endure it. With her temper, he would not be able to do it again.
I can only endure it.
Looking at her sister who was holding her hand in front of her, Ye Qingxian felt that she looked good from the bottom of her heart. She had a white fox-like face with a straight nose, her eyes were full of energy when she smiled, even her eyebrows were shining with luster, and her lips were like ghost axes.
A touch of rose petals on the magic sword, beautiful yet beautiful, charming yet clean. Ye Qingxian secretly glanced at it several times.
It just looks good.
As Cao Dan pulled her away, Ye Qingxian's voice sounded in Xu Qingmu's mind: "Master, this sister is so beautiful. Is she the master's wife?"
Xu Qingmu bared his teeth even more and warned the little girl not to talk nonsense, otherwise both master and servant might be thrown into the street. Ye Qingxian said I know, her eyes twinkling.
Women know women best, and they don’t tell you anything.
Xu Qingmu shook his head, rubbed his hands habitually, and faced the direction of Funiu Town. He didn't know where he learned the sentence: "Amitabha." Then he turned and walked into the room of the old beggar and Li Chengru.
After all, he is a crouching dragon and a phoenix, always doing things that Xu Qingmu doesn't expect.
The two people, whose combined ages were in three digits, were lying on the ground motionless. When Xu Qingmu came in, they only made a "silence" gesture and still did not get up. From playing chess to playing chess, they ran fast and jumped.
From high to rock scissors to the pissing contest, Xu Qingmu's bottom line is increasingly exceeded. What will happen next?
Xu Qingmu squatted on the ground and studied for a long time, without any clue. At this moment, the old beggar stood up like a carp and laughed loudly:
"Let me just say that I am taller than you when I lie down, right?"