The water of Ding Lake is clear and sweet, like a light gauze streamer, leaning between the green mountains and ridges. The three of Xiaozhu followed the clear spring, and after several twists and turns, they entered Baihe Town, located southeast of Ding Mountain.
At this time, the night is getting darker, but the town is still very lively. The streets are full of lanterns of various colors, giving off a warm glow, and the vendors are shouting about their business with lanterns and colorful decorations: rouge gouache, jade bracelets and silver hairpins, folding fans, calligraphy and painting,
Tea sets and porcelain are all available. In this bustling street, there is a constant flow of cars and horses, pedestrians coming and going, and there is no shortage of voices of hawking and bargaining among the bustling crowd. I saw a string of red lanterns hanging under the eaves of the street, with various shapes.
Like a carp, it is lifelike. The warm yellow firelight reflects the various smiling faces of the people on the street.
Xiaozhu had lived in the mountains for a long time and had never seen this night scene of a temple fair. She felt that her eyes were full of human heads, and she was dumbfounded for a moment. Gui Haiming, who was walking beside her, noticed that her steps were sluggish. After a cold glance, he remained silent
He took a step forward and used his tall and thin figure to block the surging crowd for her. But Mo Bai had already curled up in a ball due to the boredom of the journey, and lay sleepily on his right shoulder, relying on his two
The claws on Gui Haiming's silver hair prevented him from falling to the ground.
Concerned about the blood of Qian Ying, Xiaozhu was about to find a town citizen to ask. Suddenly, she seemed to catch a glimpse of something black and white in her peripheral vision. She turned her head and looked to the side of the market, and saw a small stall under the carp lantern.
, it is filled with a row of fluffy black and white puppets, which are cute and naive, exactly like red pandas.
The puppet stall owner looked young, about 20 years old, and was dressed like a scholar in a blue gown. If he hadn't stuck the folding fan in the back of his neck, which made him look a little bit naughty, he would have looked a bit naughty.
He was really a handsome scholar with fine features. He squinted his eyes and sat leisurely on the small stool next to the stall, not doing business. As if he was aware of Xiaozhu's gaze, he jumped up and rushed as if he was full of energy.
She smiled and said:
"Girl, this is a famous iron-eating beast in Shu. Come and take a look?"
Before Xiaozhu could reply, an aunt wearing a printed blue floral cloth and holding a baby in her arms happened to pass by the stall. Hearing the scholar's greeting, she glanced sideways at the puppets on the stall and spat: "Bah, bah, bah, bah."
, I don’t want this kind of ugly doll if you give it to me for free! It’s not a free thing, it’s black and white, it looks bad luck!”
After hearing what she said, the stall owner was not angry at all. He still sat back on his little bench with a smile, crossed his legs, took the fan from the back of his neck, and fanned himself leisurely. But the auntie
That disgusting tone made Xiaozhu feel unhappy. Although she knew that Master had said that "mouth is in other people's bodies, they can say whatever they want", but she still couldn't help but defend Master:
"Auntie, as the saying goes, everyone has their own preferences for radish and green vegetables. I think this iron-eating beast is black and white, honest and honest, and is very cute. It's okay if you don't like this doll, but there's no need to tell anyone about it.
What kind of bad luck is there in front of the stall owner?"
The aunt turned her head, looked Xiaozhu up and down, and said, "Hey, girl, according to your theory, no one is allowed to say that you are ugly?"
"Everyone has their own judgment on whether it is beautiful or ugly, and the standards are different," Xiaozhu responded softly, "You think this iron-eating beast is not pleasing to the eye, it is your family's opinion, you can say whatever you want behind closed doors when you go home. But
You are in front of this doll shop now, and the boss obviously likes iron-eating beasts, so why do you need to sigh about beauty and ugliness in front of him, insult other people's favorite things, and make people unhappy? "
"Little girl, are you saying I'm a bitch?" The aunt suddenly got angry.
Seeing her getting angry, Xiaozhu glanced at the baby in her arms and suddenly said: "Your baby is really ugly, with a flat nose and small eyes. Even if you give it to me for free, I won't take it."
"Little bitch, what did you say?" This sentence was like poking a hornet's nest. The aunt immediately jumped up, pointed at Xiaozhu's nose, and shouted: "You are blind, how dare you call my baby ugly?
You are so ugly. How could you be such an ugly wild girl? You have nothing from your father to teach you! It is so shameless to show your face and follow men around the streets at such a young age!"
The aunt didn't even seem to be breathing, she was scolding her smoothly, and she was jumping out one sentence at a time. In fact, as early as when she cursed the first "little bitch", Gui Haiming
The eyebrows of the sword were raised, and cold murderous intent appeared in the black eyes. But at the moment when his fingers moved slightly, trying to contain the dark fire of Youyin, Xiaozhu reached out to stop him.
Faced with those harsh words, Xiaozhu not only did not feel annoyed, but instead raised the corners of her lips, outlining a faint smile. After gently shaking her head to Gui Haiming, she turned to look at the aunt and said with a smile: "Aunt,
Sorry, your baby is actually very smart and cute, but I was rude..."
Hearing this, the aunt's expression softened slightly, and she just muttered, "I see you still have some wink," but then the pretty girl in front of her continued with a smile:
"...I just told you that your dolls are ugly in front of you. How do you feel in your heart? Do you want to jump up and fight him? The same goes for this boss. These dolls belong to him.
Livelihood is like his child. If you say something wrong about them, he will be dissatisfied. I just want to ask you to be considerate. It is not a bad thing to be outspoken, but please also consider the mood of others."
These words left the aunt speechless. In the end, she could only hold the baby in her arms and leave the stall. After a while, she got into the crowd dejectedly. Looking at her leaving back, the stall
The Lord shook his fan with a smile. After a while, he turned to look at Xiaozhu and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, girl. You always draw your sword to help me when the road is rough. You saved me from water and fire, and helped me in danger of life and death. Your kindness is as high as the mountains and the sea."
Deep gratitude and renewal..."
His thanks were like bouncing beans, and he kept sputtering. Xiaozhu was so shocked that he waved his hands: "It's just a small thing, how can it be so serious? Shopkeeper, you are too exaggerated..."
"No, no, no, it's not an exaggeration at all. Think about it, that shrew said that my iron-eating beast was born unlucky. As a man, I naturally couldn't care less about a woman like her, so I could only hold in my breath. I was holding in my breath.
I feel stuffy, so I can't eat or sleep well. If I don't eat enough and can't sleep, I'll get sick. When I get sick, I'll be bedridden, and I won't be able to catch a breath, so I'll have to ride a crane to the west. It's really sad...
"
The stall owner shook his folding fan and shook his head repeatedly, pretending to be miserable. Hearing his words made Xiaozhu stunned, but Gui Haiming already disliked him for being noisy and turned around to leave without saying a word. But the latter
As soon as he took a step, he heard the stall owner calling him with a smile: "Hey, little brother, the iron-eating beast on your shoulder is really lifelike and unique."
Hearing his praise of Master Mo Bai, Xiaozhu felt happy. She smiled and said "Thank you" and looked at the little panda lying on Gui Haiming's right shoulder. But it didn't matter if she looked at it, Xiaozhu was frightened by the sight.
Jump: I saw that Master Mo Bai's whole body was stiff, his limbs were stretched out straight, his eyes were wide open, and he looked motionless, just like the puppets on the stall.
Xiaozhu hurriedly stood on tiptoes, stretched out his arms to hug his master, stroked his fur gently but anxiously, and asked softly: "Master, master, what's wrong with you?"
Different from usual times, even if Master Mo Bai couldn't speak, he could nod his head or answer with his eyes. At this time, he seemed to have not heard at all and was still frozen there. What was worse was that Xiao Zhu gently stroked his belly.
But she couldn't even feel the ups and downs of breathing. If it weren't for the warmth of the fur, she would have thought that this was not her master, but a rag doll sold at the stall.
Xiaozhu's eyes were so anxious that her eyes were red. She looked up at Gui Haiming at a loss, but saw that the other person also had a puzzled face. Just when she called "Master" repeatedly, she saw the red panda acting in a way that was difficult for others to notice.
He winked at her, then looked ahead blankly, returning to his stiff state.
Xiaozhu was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the master was deliberately pretending, as if to avoid someone. She immediately took a step back warily and looked at the stall owner in front of her, only to see the man put away the folding fan with a "swish" sound and fanned his bones.
With a light palm, he laughed loudly and said:
"Hey, little black and white, your trick of pretending to be dead is too clumsy. If I were deceived by you, wouldn't my life have been in vain for hundreds of years? Or, if I insist on burning your tail, you
Only then are you willing to speak out?"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Mo Baifei rushing out of Xiaozhu's arms, like an arrow from a string, rushing into the crowd with four short legs, and was out of sight in the blink of an eye.
Xiaozhu was so anxious that she called "Master" repeatedly and chased in the direction where Mo Bai fled. As soon as she took two steps, she heard loud laughter from behind. She glanced back and saw the stall owner standing on the warm red carp
Under the lantern, he unfolded the folding fan and swung it gently. He nodded slightly at her, smiled softly, and disappeared into the void in an instant. Together with the stall full of dolls, he also disappeared without a trace.
She was surprised and suspicious, but she didn't have time to think about the reason. She just rushed into the bustling pedestrians, looking for traces of Mo Bai. However, the temple fair was full of people coming and going. It would be an exaggeration to say that it was a sea of people. There was nothing visible anywhere.
The shadow of the red panda? Xiaozhu stood in the vast sea of people, sweating so much that it ran down his temples.
Seeing her anxious look, Gui Haiming patted her shoulder with his big palm and said in a deep voice: "Don't be anxious, Immortal Lord Mobai is not a child of several years old. Are you afraid that he will get lost?"
"But Master has lost all his magic power now, and the four demon-slaying factions are trying to catch him. His situation is worse than that of a lost several-year-old child."
Xiaozhu was so anxious that she nodded her toes as she spoke, stretched her neck and looked around. At this moment, she suddenly caught a glimpse of several people in the crowd wearing red gowns with silver auspicious clouds embroidered on their collars and cuffs, and several older men in blue shirts.
The scribe holding a fly whisk in his sleeve was dressed as the disciple of Chiyun Tower and Shifang Hall who had bullied Qingchuan Mountain that day. She immediately retracted her body, grabbed Gui Haiming's sleeve, and asked him to squat down to avoid it.
"If you want to fight, then fight. How can I be afraid of just a few mortals?" Gui Haiming said coldly.
Having said that, he took off the Panlong Spear from his back and glanced coldly at the opponent on the opposite side. He was already tall and thin, so he undoubtedly stood out among the crowd. Sure enough, the Shifangdian disciples saw Gui Haiming first.
He started shouting: "Senior Brother Lin, look! It's that snake demon... Wuwuwuwu!"
Before the young disciple finished speaking, his mouth was covered by Lin Baize who was beside him. The latter stooped, dragged his junior disciple into the crowd, and cursed in a low voice: "What are you talking about? Do you think you are the only one with the most talent?"
What a surprise!"
"But Senior Brother Lin, that monster is obviously..."
Lin Baize rolled his eyes at the young disciple and said: "Shut up! It's all you can do! That Ming She knows how to respond to the dragon and burn the fire. Let alone us, even if the four major sects gather together, they may not be able to defeat him. You damn can't
Are you looking for death? Besides, we are not going down the mountain to deal with him this time, so what do you care about him?"
After hearing these words, the young disciple stopped yelling and nodded repeatedly while covering his mouth. Just as Lin Baize breathed a sigh of relief, he heard a roar coming from his side:
"Monster! Where to run!"
It was a member of the Chiyun Tower who saw Gui Haiming and immediately roared. Upon hearing this, Lin Baize's pretty face, which was already powdered, turned pale, and he whispered "Bah"
One sentence: "Damn it, those idiots from Chiyun Tower went out without any brains! Brothers, copy the guys and use them from outside!"
"But Senior Brother Lin, didn't you just say..."
The young disciple had a puzzled look on his face. Before he could finish his words, Lin Baize was so frightened that he shut up his mouth. He only heard the latter smacking his lips and saying: "You pig brain, now and then, the idiot from Chiyun Tower is talking to that guy."
The monster has been attacked, how can we, our allies, still pretend to be dead? If the master knows about it, then it’s okay! Aren’t we waiting to return to the master’s gate to be punished?”
After saying this, Lin Baize flicked the whisk in his hand and took out a packet of medicinal powder from his sleeve. He winked at the Shifang Hall disciples, who stood at the outermost edge of the encirclement, waiting for an opportunity.
Twelve members of the Chiyun Pavilion surrounded Gui Haiming and Yue Xiaozhu. They each took out the Danzhu stylus, held the magic-breaking talisman with two fingers of their left hand, and shouted "Broken!" together. Twelve
The talisman came out of his hand, ignited in the void, and hit Guihai and Xiaozhu like a rocket!
"Chi Feng Jue!" Xiao Zhuqing shouted, stretched out two fingers to draw a star array upside down. Suddenly, a gust of breeze rose up, whirling towards the magic-breaking talisman, rolling up the burning talisman paper and turning it into sparks and embers, like the fire of desire.
The butterfly flies into the deep night.
"Mingxiao's Flame." Gui Haiming said coldly, a dark blue fire ignited from his palm, spiraling up the silver barrel of the Panlong Spear, circling the spear like a swimming dragon. I saw him spin around,
Black flames instantly gathered at the tip of the spear, like a soaring black dragon that roared endlessly, striking at the disciples of Chiyun Tower!
The man was frightened and retreated continuously. However, although he retreated quickly, how could he be faster than Gui Haiming's thunderous shot? Seeing that the dark fire was about to overtake the man, suddenly, a stream of crystal water flashed in the air.
