"Master, please come with me." Mrs. Gao stood up and said softly.
Everyone followed Mrs. Gao out of Thirteen Niang's house, turned to the side, and entered the house. Zhao Shengli and the others were amazed.
The scene in front of them shocked them. No one expected that the house could be built like this.
Next to it is a small river about four meters wide, which surrounds the courtyard wall and separates the hall from the surrounding area, as if forming a small island.
On the small island, there are clusters of peonies, five or six forming a small flower bed, scattered all around, wrapping the hall in the middle.
The hall is surrounded by flowers and exudes an exquisite atmosphere.
People can't help but think that if they could sit in this hall, the fragrance of flowers would spread in and envelope the surroundings. It would be a real enjoyment.
“What a great place——!” Zhao Shengli praised.
Mrs. Gao looked proud and turned to look at Li Muchan: "Master, are you still satisfied?"
"Huh, five thousand miles of silver, you can make a lot of money!" Mr. Gao snorted angrily and glared at Zhao Shengli, obviously very worried about his words.
Zhao Shengli turned around and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, this hall alone is worth the price. Yes, it's really good!"
He turned to Li Muchan: "Monk, have you seen this place?"
Li Muchan shook his head and said with a smile: "How can Thirteenth Niang's vision be wrong? Moreover, seeing Mrs. Gao's gentle temperament and elegant manners, I know she is an elegant person, and her residence will naturally be good."
"Haha, you better judge people!" Zhao Shengli laughed and hurriedly urged: "Let's go in and take a look and see what's going on inside!"
"Master, fellow military lords, please—!" Mrs. Gao said sideways.
"Madam, please go first." Li Muchan clasped his fists, and Mrs. Gao did not refuse, walking in front of her. Mr. Gao accompanied her, and Thirteenth Niang was beside Li Muchan.
Smelling the faint fragrance, Li Muchan smiled and said: "Thirteenth Mother, thank you very much."
Thirteenth Niang smiled sweetly: "Master, you don't have to be polite. We will be neighbors from now on, so we don't need to be too outspoken."
Li Muchan smiled and said no more.
She is always courteous for nothing, and is either an adulterer or a thief. This Thirteenth Mother possesses unique knowledge and is unpredictable, but it is really abnormal for her to be so close to her.
If it were another man, he would inevitably be complacent and think that he is attracted to him, but Li Muchan would never think so. Thirteenth Niang is such a talented person, and the heroes of Tianlong City will definitely not let her go and strive to be her subordinate.
She is still famous and has no owner, which shows that she has high vision or has different aspirations. She is not better than others, and she is not so narcissistic that all women like her.
On the contrary, as a monk, I am not very good-looking, so people who like me are very rare.
Everyone stepped on the wooden bridge, crossed the river, and arrived at the small island. The peonies were blooming all around, and they were so beautiful and fragrant that they were really moving. They walked slowly and slowly.
Mrs. Gao looked around sadly and walked very slowly. She took one last look at this place, which contained ten years of her time and ten years of hard work, but it was about to be transferred to someone else.
It feels like a piece of my heart has been dug out, I feel empty and uncomfortable, melancholy and lost, sad and helpless, and my heart feels clogged.
Li Muchan took a step forward and stood side by side with Mrs. Gao. Mr. Gao turned his head and glared at him, his expression alert and warning, telling him to step back.
After his father passed away and he was the only man in the family, he suddenly felt the responsibility and pressure, became sensitive and overreacted a lot.
Li Muchan smiled at him, turned around and said, "Mrs. Gao, I have an idea. Madam can refer to it."
"Master, please speak." Mrs. Gao calmed down her complicated emotions and said calmly.
Li Muchan smiled and said, "I want to ask my wife to stay here and take care of the house!"
"Monk, what do you mean by this!" Mr. Gao suddenly became furious, his color changed suddenly, and he took a step forward to push Li Muchan, but Li Muchan took a sideways step to avoid it.
He smiled and said: "I don't have any other intentions. I just think that since we usually stay in the military camp and rarely come back, the mansion will be empty and it will easily decline."
"Humph!" Mr. Gao stopped his hand angrily, realizing that Li Muchan was really smart behind the scenes.
Mrs. Gao was thoughtful, her slender eyebrows furrowed.
Zhao Shengli and the others looked at each other in shock, then looked at Li Muchan with puzzled expressions.
Zhao Shengli looked at him, then at Mrs. Gao, then at Thirteen Niang, and finally fell on him. He was extremely surprised: Could it be that the monk actually likes older women?!
This monk is really short-sighted. Although Mrs. Gao still has charm and is very touching, she is far behind compared to Thirteen Niang.
Her appearance is a little different, and what's more important is her age. The Thirteenth Mother has a radiant face and is in the prime of her youth, but Mrs. Gao is older. Women age very quickly. In less than two years, she will become an old woman.
His mind wandered, he coughed, looked at Li Muchan, and signaled to stop messing around.
Li Muchan smiled and said: "If we hire someone to take care of it, I am afraid that such a mansion cannot be maintained well...Besides, if Madam returns to her hometown at this time, if there are any thieves and bandits on the way, given your master's ability, I am afraid that
It’s impossible to cover the whole body, right?”
Mrs. Gao frowned slightly and said nothing.
Mr. Gao had a sullen face and snorted: "Nonsense, I have also practiced kung fu, and it doesn't matter how many two or three people there are!"
Li Muchan smiled: "Are you afraid you have never seen a real bandit?"
"Huh, we have guards, they don't dare to come close!" Mr. Gao said disdainfully.
Li Muchan shook his head and smiled, disapprovingly: "If there is nothing valuable, those people will not ask for trouble if they see a guard... But if there is rich property, they will not care about it. As the saying goes, people will die for money, and birds will.
Food,...besides, those guards may not be really reliable!"
Mr. Gao's face moved slightly and he hummed: "According to what you say, we can't go back to our hometown, we can only stay here!"
Li Muchan sighed and said: "In today's world, although the world is peaceful, there is no real peace. Along the way, once it is a remote mountain road, bandits are rampant... Moreover, even in the city, he has no strength.
, and easily bullied!”
"Then what should we do?" Mr. Gao snorted.
Li Muchan smiled and said: "I can't teach you military martial arts, but you can also learn some boxing and kicking skills. Once you practice it, you can protect yourself... If a man can't protect his family, isn't he incompetent?"
"Are you willing to teach me martial arts?" Mr. Gao asked hurriedly with his eyes widened.
"Boy, the monk's martial arts skills are very high. You don't know how powerful the Black Eagle Cavalry is. No one can do anything about those guys, but under the monk's hands, more than twenty people died in one breath!" Zhao Shengli snorted and left.
He curled his lips: "Your ancestors burned high incense!"
Mr. Gao stared at Li Muchan in surprise, and then looked at Mrs. Gao with earnest eyes.
Mrs. Gao looked at him and then at Li Muchan: "Master, he is the only one in the Gao family. Once he joins the army, what will happen to him in the future? This little girl can't explain it to the master!"
Li Muchan smiled and said: "He doesn't have to join the army. I'll just teach him some basic kung fu to lay a solid foundation. In the future, he can go to some martial arts schools to learn skills... After all, you have a lot of money, and there are always people who want to make plans and learn some self-defense skills.
It never hurts, right?"
"Rough kung fu?" Mr. Gao muttered, somewhat dissatisfied.
Li Muchan said: "What I learned in the military was mostly about riding and shooting skills, as well as marksmanship, which are not suitable for you... Before I joined the army, I studied at Hanshan Temple and knew some martial arts. You can learn it and you will be safe."
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"Is it true?" Mr. Gao was dubious.
Li Muchan smiled and said, "It's up to you to believe it or not."
"Then how about you practice?" Mr. Gao stared at him and asked.
Just when Li Muchan was about to shake his head, Zhao Shengli hurriedly said: "Yes, monk, let's practice it and open his eyes, and let's open our eyes too."
Everyone started to cheer, insisting that he practice martial arts to open his eyes. Thirteenth Niang pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Master, since everyone is so curious, why not catch everyone's whim?"
Li Muchan shook his head, smiled, and sighed: "Okay, then I'll demonstrate it...but there is a wooden stick, and I practice the stick technique."
"I have the stick, I'll get it!" Mr. Gao ran away in a hurry, bypassing the hall and running towards the Moon Gate in the east.
Zhao Shengli smiled and said: "Monk, no wonder you are so capable. It turned out that you have learned art before!"
Li Muchan smiled: "It's just a little bit of skill, just the ability to defend yourself. Compared to the ability to march and fight, it's just a small way, not worth mentioning!"
"You are so humble!" Everyone was disdainful and said he was hypocritical.
Everyone stood in front of the steps of the hall, surrounded by peonies in clusters of twos and threes. Only the front of the steps was wider, allowing them to spread their fists.
Mr. Gao walked quickly and came back quickly. He took a yellow wooden stick and handed it to Li Muchan breathlessly: "This is what I usually use for practicing!"
Li Muchan took it and said with a smile: "Be gentle, just use it!"
Mr. Gao's eyes widened. He felt that this stick was very heavy. He had to take a break after practicing a few moves. The stick technique was not that important, but it was very effective for practicing strength.
Li Muchan raised the long stick in his hand and trembled slightly. He suddenly felt like a different person, his figure suddenly became taller, and his whole body's energy surged, giving people the feeling of a wind blowing against him.
Several people couldn't help but take a step back. Mr. Gao was especially surprised. He was excited and looking forward to it. His eyes widened without blinking, fearing that he would miss the good opportunity.
Zhao Shengli and the others were surprised. They didn't expect Li Muchan to be so powerful. This was not an ordinary stick technique.
Thirteenth Niang smiled brightly and looked at Li Muchan thoughtfully, her bright eyes were psychedelic, and her eyes were wandering.
Li Muchan smiled and said, "Watch it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a ball of yellow light had enveloped the surroundings, and only the shadow of the stick was seen, like a yellow silk cloth, wrapping Li Muchan, and there was no shadow of Li Muchan.
He didn't make much gestures beforehand, but the moment he danced, it was like this, which made people feel very strange, and their eyes were attracted by the shadow of the stick, and they couldn't help themselves.
The shadow of the stick was silent, and there was no sound of whistling wind. His feet did not move, he just waved the stick, and the soil on the ground rolled around, as if being blown away by the strong wind.
After watching it for a while, they turned around in a hurry, not daring to look any further. They only felt that their eyes were blurred, they were dizzy and nauseous, and they couldn't help but want to vomit. The shadow of the stick was too fast.
In the end, Thirteen Niang was the only one who could hold on and still stare. The others wanted to look but did not dare to look. They glanced twice and then turned around, suffering from torture.
"How?" The stick shadow suddenly disappeared, and Li Muchan held the stick and smiled.
Mr. Gao's eyes widened and he pointed at him in surprise: "You..."
He was surprised in his heart that such a heavy stick was dancing so wildly, but he didn't even take a breath, as if it was another person dancing with the stick just now.
With such a strange appearance, he immediately believed that this great monk indeed had miraculous powers, and to learn martial arts, he had to learn from him. Compared with the previous masters, he was incomparable.
The masters he learned from could wield this long stick fast and hard, but after practicing, they were all out of breath and sweating profusely.
Unlike this great monk, he was not panting or sweating at all, as if he had done a trivial thing, not worth mentioning. This magnanimity alone was extraordinary.
"Mother!" He turned around and looked at Mrs. Gao earnestly.
Mrs. Gao looked at him, then at Li Muchan, and sighed quietly: "Okay, Cheng'er, in that case, you should practice martial arts with the master, and don't do what you did before, fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, and accomplishing nothing!
"
"Mother——!" Mr. Gao was embarrassed and peeked at Li Muchan.
Li Muchan smiled: "Madam, don't worry, since he is learning martial arts from me, he won't be lazy even if he wants to. He will always be able to become a talent through hard work. Don't blame me for being too cruel!"
"Master, no matter what you do, this little girl will never talk too much." Mrs. Gao said sternly.
Li Muchan nodded and looked at Mr. Gao with a smile: "This is the best! ... In two or three years, he will be able to start to take shape."
"Thank you, Master." Mrs. Gao forced a smile, turned around and said, "Cheng'er, why don't you pay your respects to Master soon?!"
"Meet Master!" Mr. Gao said hurriedly, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed.
He kowtowed once, stood up, bent down again, and then kowtowed again. The apprenticeship ceremony required three kowtows and nine prostrations, which was very solemn.
Li Muchan stretched out his hand to hold him, shook his head and said with a smile: "That's it! ... I have another master, and I am very strict in recruiting disciples. Now you can only be regarded as a registered disciple. If you want to truly enter the gate, it depends on your performance.
"
Mr. Gao was depressed, but his fighting spirit was stimulated.
"I haven't asked you your name yet," Li Muchan said with a smile.
Mr. Gao hurriedly said: "Master, my name is Gao Tongcheng!"
"Gao Tongcheng..." Li Muchan nodded softly and said, "Tongcheng, starting tomorrow, I will teach you the method of cultivation. It may be a bit harder, so you must be prepared."
"Master, don't worry, I'm not afraid of hardship!" Gao Tongcheng said, patting his chest.
Li Muchan smiled: "I hope so."
"Congratulations, Master, on getting a great disciple!" Thirteenth Niang pursed her lips and smiled.
Li Muchan said: "While I'm away, I hope Thirteenth Mother can give him some advice."
"Master is really good at telling jokes!" Thirteenth Niang said with a sweet smile.