"I don't know about that." Hongjun shook his head and said, then glanced at the attic and whispered: "But seeing Miss Qing'er crying like this, I think this is probably true."
"Yeah." Lu Yun also agreed, and then said strangely: "However, the deputy pavilion master has always been very good. Why would he embarrass a little girl this time?"
"Who knows. Maybe Miss Qing'er has very good qualifications, and the Deputy Pavilion Master doesn't want to miss it. After all, the Pavilion Master has ten disciples under his sect, but the Deputy Pavilion Master has never accepted a disciple in so many years.
, it is said that it is because I have not met anyone who is talented enough to meet the requirements of the Deputy Pavilion Master." Hongjun said.
"Ahem...what are you two talking about?" Just as the two women were talking in a low voice, a sound of coughing came from outside the courtyard, and then an old man with disheveled hair walked in with a glare.
This old man is Hua Lao, the deputy master of Miaochun Pavilion.
"Deputy...Deputy Pavilion Master!" As soon as Hongjun and Luyun saw Hua Lao, their eyes suddenly panicked, and they quickly bowed and bowed.
"Who says Qing'er doesn't want to become my teacher? You two are not allowed to talk nonsense anymore, do you know that?" Hua Lao strode over and stared at the two women with a pair of shining eyes, frightened.
The two women were panic-stricken and quickly responded: "I don't dare to do this anymore!"
"Well, then you go down. No one is allowed to enter this courtyard without my order." Hua Lao snorted, and Hongjun and Luyun quickly retreated respectfully.
After the two people retreated, Hua Lao coughed heavily, then stretched out his hands and rubbed his old face vigorously. After releasing his hands, he forced out a smile.
squeak!
With a smile on his face, Hua Lao opened the door below the attic. After entering, he walked directly along the stairs to the second floor.
The constant crying sound made the smile on Hua Lao's face twitch slightly, becoming a little ugly.
"Why is this little girl so ignorant?" Hua Lao sighed depressedly in his heart, and finally walked to the door of the room where the crying came from. He said in as gentle a voice as possible: "My good disciple, I'm here to see you.
Come on, please open the door for me."
Hearing Hua Lao's voice, the crying in the room stopped. Hua Lao was delighted. Just when he thought the people in the house would open the door for him, a cold snort came from the room: "I
I’m not your apprentice, and I won’t open the door for you, you big liar and old liar!”
"Ahem, good disciple, how can Master be such a big liar?" Hua Laogan smiled, his face twitching slightly, and said: "If you don't open the door for Master, Master will come in by himself.
.”
"It's useless for you to come in. I won't learn the art of alchemy from you." The person in the room said stubbornly.
"Okay, okay, it's okay if you don't learn the art of alchemy, but you can't lock yourself in a room without eating or drinking, right? If you're starving, how can you find your brother Tianyi?" Hua Lao
In desperation, he had no choice but to say, and then he waved his hand
Stretching out, a huge roasted leg of lamb appeared in his hand, steaming. Hua Lao sniffed and drooled and said: "Wow, this freshly roasted leg of lamb is really fragrant. Even I am...
I can’t help but want to take a few bites.”
"You stinking liar, you know this trick! You can seduce me if you have the ability to be eaten!" The people in the room couldn't help but said angrily, but Mr. Hua still heard the sound of the people in the room's stomach rumbling, and couldn't help but have a look on his face.
With a look of pride, he said: "Master, I don't want to use this trick. Aren't I afraid that you will starve? Open the door, good disciple, how about we don't talk about alchemy and just eat?"
"Humph, you can come in with the mutton leg, but don't come in." With a creak, a gap was opened in the door, and then a snow-white jade arm came out. Hua Lao had no choice but to pull the iron arm wearing the mutton leg.
The stick was handed to the outstretched palm.
Whoosh!
The leg of lamb retracted into the room along with the palm of the hand, and the door was closed again.
Hua Lao gave a bitter smile and said, "My good disciple, don't choke on your food. After eating, remember to take a Qingqi Pill. Eating too much of this mutton will cause internal heat."
The people in the room did not respond to Hua Lao at all. Hua Lao shook his head and felt very depressed. When others accepted a disciple, the disciple would just serve the master, but he was better off. After accepting a disciple, he had to
Serve this apprentice...
Just as Hua Lao was feeling depressed in his heart, a young man in white robe came to the courtyard door below the attic and shouted to Hua Lao upstairs: "Deputy Pavilion Master, the head of the Liu family is here with a young man named Shen.
I’m here to visit you, would you like to meet me?”
"No..." Hua Laozheng was upset and said casually, but then he added: "Wait a minute, did they say why they came to see me?"
"I didn't mention it. How about I go and ask?" the young man in white robe said blankly.
"No need, go and take Master Liu and the others to the living room." Mr. Hua snorted, then glanced at the closed door again, sighed, and walked downstairs.
When Hua Lao's footsteps gradually faded away, the sound of eating in the room also stopped.
In the room, a pretty girl about eighteen or nineteen years old was holding a large leg of lamb in both hands. She stared blankly at the leg of lamb and murmured: "Young man surnamed Shen? Brother Tianyi is coming to see you."
Me?"
When she thought of this, the pretty girl's dull eyes suddenly shone with surprise. She quickly flicked the roasted lamb leg in her hand, dropped it to the ground, opened the door quickly, and chased downstairs. But when
When the pretty girl came downstairs, only Hongjun and Luyun were guarding the attic.
"Miss Qing'er, I'm sorry, the deputy master said you can't leave the attic." Hongjun and Luyun reached out to stop the pretty girl who wanted to leave the attic, and said apologetically.
And this pretty girl is Xue Qing'er, the youngest among Shen Tianyi's wives!
"Sisters, I'm just going out for a while. I'll be back soon." Xue Qing'er said hurriedly, her eyes full of pleading. She knew that a young man named Shen was coming, even if it was only a ten thousandth of a chance.
, she also wanted to see if he was her brother Tianyi!
"Miss Qing'er, please don't embarrass us, okay?" Lu Yun said in embarrassment. She and Hongjun were just ordinary maids, but they didn't dare to disobey Mr. Hua's orders.
"Sisters, I really just went out for a while. I didn't want to escape, and besides, I can't escape. If you two sisters still don't believe me, why don't you stay with me? That's alright, right?"
Qing'er was so anxious that she had no choice but to say.
"This..." Lu Yun hesitated for a moment, then looked at Hongjun.
Hong Jun shook his head and sighed: "Miss Qing'er, the deputy master's order is that you are not allowed to step out of the attic before you agree to learn alchemy from him. We are just ordinary slaves and we dare not disobey it.
The Deputy Pavilion Master’s orders. You’d better go back.”
When Xue Qing'er heard this, she became even more anxious, her face turned red with anxiety, and she couldn't help but said angrily: "This big liar not only deceived me, but also put me under house arrest. He still wants me to learn alchemy from him. It's impossible.
!If you don’t let me go out, I will go out!”
Saying that, Xue Qing'er rushed towards the door. Hong Jun and Lu Yun's expressions suddenly changed. They stood in front of Xue Qing'er in a flash and said in a deep voice: "Miss Qing'er, you
If you don't go back, we will have no choice but to take you back rudely."
"You..." Xue Qing'er's face changed and she said angrily: "Okay, since you want to bully me too, let's do it!"
Whoosh!
As Xue Qing'er said that, she quickly stepped out of the way, opened her palms angrily, and slapped Hongjun and Luyun. The faces of Hongjun and Luyun changed, and they had no choice but to hit them.
I want to restrain Xue Qing'er and send her back to the attic...
…
In the living room of Miaochun Pavilion.
Liu Qianqun and Shen Tianyi were sitting on the guest seats, sitting upright and waiting. Shen Tianyi frowned slightly. He followed Liu Qianqun into the Miaochun Pavilion smoothly, but he didn't feel anything along the way.
Xue Qing'er's aura. However, this is Miaochun Pavilion after all, and he shouldn't stretch his soul power too much to search for Qing'er's aura, so the scope of the exploration is also limited.
After the two of them sat and waited for a short time, a gentle laughter came and said faintly: "Haha, it is rare for Master Liu to come to my Miaochun Pavilion. I wonder what the purpose of your visit today is?"
Amidst the laughter, an old man in white robes also walked into the living room from the side room with a smile, and then sat in the main hall. And this old man in white robes was undoubtedly Hua Lao.
After Hua Lao sat down, he first glanced at Liu Qianqun with a smile, and then glanced at Shen Tianyi, his eyes tightening slightly.
"Haha, Hua Lao is joking. When Liu comes to visit Hua Lao, there must be something going on?" Liu Qianqun laughed, and then said to the butler behind him: "Butler, show the prepared things to Hua Lao. Take a look.
Let’s see if Mr. Hua is satisfied.”
When the housekeeper heard this, he held three brocade boxes and sent them towards Hua Lao.
Hua Lao narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Master Liu is so polite, let's talk about it first. We will look at the things later." Hua Lao smiled lightly and motioned to Liu's housekeeper to put the things aside and not open them yet.
The housekeeper turned around and asked what Liu Qianqun meant. Liu Qianqun smiled and nodded. After putting down the things, the housekeeper retreated behind Liu Qianqun.
"To be fair to Mr. Hua, Mr. Liu came here today and said that it was all right. He is a young talent that Mr. Liu has just met. He admires Mr. Hua very much, so Mr. Liu will act as a middleman and introduce him to you.
"Liu Qianqun smiled, then looked at Shen Tianyi and said with a smile: "Little friend, this is our famous alchemist Hua Lao in Tianlin City. Now that you have seen it, why don't you say hello?"
Shen Tianyi smiled slightly, then stood up, gave a junior salute to Hua Lao, and said with a smile: "Junior Shen Tianyi, I have met Hua Lao."
