On the afternoon of the next day, in an exquisite walled courtyard, Wang Li was wearing a blue gown and a black belt. He stood with his hands behind his hands and his head raised among several pear trees full of snow-white pear blossoms. He looked at the bees in groups of twos and threes with a smile.
Buzzing in the flowers for nectar.
Not long after, a girl wearing a goose-yellow skirt with pink and jade carvings walked into the courtyard gate in small steps, holding a piece of pastry in each hand. After looking at Wang Li's back for a while, the girl pursed her lips and turned around to exit.
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At this time, an old woman who looked to be in her forties came out. She squatted down gently, touched the girl's face, pointed at Wang Li, and said a few words in the girl's ear with encouragement.
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After finishing speaking, the girl nodded, turned around and glanced at Wang Li, pinched the cake in her hand, and slowly walked towards Wang Li.
When she was about to reach behind Wang Li, Wang Li also started to turn around. The girl immediately stopped and showed a nervous look on her little face.
Wang Li knelt down, smiled at her, and said, "Yunxue wants to treat me to snacks?"
The girl blinked and walked timidly in front of Wang Li. She raised her little hands high and whispered with a blushing face: "Well, cousin, you eat."
Wang Li reached out and took out a piece of pastry, opened his mouth and swallowed it, then spread his palms and said with a smile: "Yun Xue wants to see a trick?"
The girl's eyes lit up and she nodded in surprise: "I think! I think!"
Wang Li closed his five fingers and shook it gently in front of the girl. Immediately there was a series of tinkling sounds, and then he opened his palm again, and a handful of copper plates appeared in his palm.
The girl opened her mouth and exclaimed: "Wow! So much money!"
Wang Li smiled and took out an embroidered purse from his arms. After putting all the copper coins into the purse, he clenched his fist again and started shaking. Soon another handful of copper coins appeared in front of the girl's eyes, causing the girl to surround him in surprise.
Wang Li jumped up.
After shaking it ten times in a row, a large number of copper plates could be produced each time. All the copper plates were put into Wang Li's purse.
When the purse was full, he tied the purse directly around the girl's waist and said: "Thank you for treating your cousin to snacks. My cousin came in a hurry and forgot to bring you a gift. I will treat these as just for you."
New Year’s money.”
"Really?"
The girl asked with her big black eyes wide open, looking like she couldn't believe it.
"Uh-huh."
Wang Li couldn't help but pinched her face and said, "But remember to buy less hawthorns and sugar paintings. If you eat too much, your teeth will hurt."
"Thank you, cousin! Grandma, I have a lot of money!"
The girl jumped for joy, turned around and ran towards the courtyard door, but when she was about to run out of the courtyard, she turned around and ran back to Wang Li, holding up the remaining piece of cake, with an excited look on her face, "Cousin
, this piece is also for you!"
"good."
Wang Li took it with a smile and still ate it in front of the girl.
After the girl waited for him to eat, she ran out of the courtyard gate again. When she ran to the courtyard gate, the woman who appeared before came out again. This time, Wang Li's mother was also beside her. Both of them had red eyes.
Standing together, their faces were very similar, and soon an old man dressed as an official appeared at the door.
The three of them looked at Wang Li with complicated expressions.
This woman is Wang Li's grandmother, and the person dressed as an official is Wang Li's grandfather, and the girl just now is Wang Li's uncle's second youngest daughter.
My grandfather's family originally lived in Longjiao Village next to Wuyuan Village. But in the morning, Wang Li borrowed a bicycle from two senior brothers and took his mother all the way there, only to find that his grandfather's family had moved with his uncle to a village called Longjiao Village a few years ago.
When I arrived at the small town of Xiangli Town, I asked a few neighbors for the address and rushed over immediately.
This is a restaurant opened by the uncle in the town. When his mother brought Wang Li to buy generous gifts in the town for a visit, the uncle was obviously very surprised. After all, he knew the situation of Wang Li's family to some extent.
Once upon a time, the grandparents also wanted to give Wang Li's family some help, but there was no further information. The inside story was also related to the uncle. After all, he was the head of the family at that time, and what the two old people said did not count.
Originally it was time to leave after lunch, but my mother really couldn't bear to leave the two old people, so she stayed for another two hours, and now they are going home.
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It's another early morning.
In the kitchen, Wang Li followed his mother and put the kitchen utensils that his mother handed him into the bag on his wrist. Wang even asked him to collect a bundle of dry firewood, saying that he could start it when it was burned in the place.
transport.
"Mom, you don't need to bring the pot."
Wang Li watched his mother trying to take off an iron pot from the stove and quickly tried to dissuade her.
"This pot was specially made by your father when we separated. Alas~"
Wang was stunned for a moment, then let go and walked out the door with a sad expression. Only then did Wang Li put down his sleeves.
When he walked out of the kitchen, the hall was already empty. Only Amber was squatting pitifully on the dining table. His mother insisted on putting everything else he could put into the storage bag.
Wang Lichong showed off to Hu Bo, and Hu Bo immediately ran to her mother and shouted to her to act like a baby.
Wang smiled tenderly, stretched out her hands to hold the little thing in her arms, glanced reluctantly inside the room, turned around and walked out of the door, saying: "Brother Li, close the door!"
After a while, the two of them arrived at the entrance of the thatched cottage. The two senior brothers had already prepared the carriage. What surprised Wang Li was that in addition to the two senior brothers and many guards, there were also a group of girls kneeling on the ground at the door, crying.
The picture looks a bit sad.
Wang Li took a closer look and found that these girls were all the villagers who had rescued the barbarian monks before, so he asked: "Two senior brothers, what is going on?"
Wu Yu scratched his head and said: "They cried here yesterday. It's just that you, brother Li, were not here. You said you would be our brother's maid and serve us to repay the kindness of saving your life."
"I have obviously rejected them. I asked the guards to send them back before and gave them a lot of money and food, but they came again this morning."
"We don't need their services, but they won't leave. Uncle Clan said that the thatched cottage needs to be quiet and ordered us to resolve the matter."
Qin Hong's expression changed slightly, he looked at Wang Li and said with a smile: "Brother Li, don't you want to find some maids to take care of Aunt Wang? What do you think of them?"
Wang Li looked at his mother after hearing the words, but Wang, who was holding Hu Huo, shook his head repeatedly. Just as he was about to speak, a girl threw herself at Wang's feet and cried: "Please have mercy, Madam, our sisters are still alive after returning to the village."
If it doesn’t work, all the men in the village will be killed by the thieves!”
As soon as she opened her mouth, the other girls who were kneeling on the ground immediately rushed over, kowtowed and prostrated, and shouted for Wang to show mercy and take them in.
Mrs. Wang suddenly panicked. Seeing a group of girls crying around her, her heart softened and she nodded to Wang Li.
Wang Li narrowed his eyes. He remembered that the girl who spoke first just now was the one that the barbarian monk chased. He thought for a while and said, "My mother only needs two maids."
When the girls kneeling on the ground heard this, they immediately started crying again.
"stop!"
Wang Li roared loudly and said, "But I have other arrangements for you."
Soon after, Wang Li and his mother got on the carriage with the two girls, and the team set off on the road to Zhou County. When they were about to leave the village, the remaining girls all entered Wang Li's house.
At the same time, Mr. Wu walked out of the door of the thatched cottage, flicked his sleeves, and a clear talisman flew out of his sleeves and flew into the sky and disappeared.
"Senior brother, aren't you going back yet? Senior sister Yue'e has been waiting for you!"
Lin Baoer's figure appeared beside him out of thin air, holding a snow-white jade rabbit in his arms.
"Yue'e knows my thoughts."
Mr. Wu's expression moved slightly and he shook his head and said: "Go back and tell your palace master for me that when I become a Daluo, I will personally go to Guanghan Palace to propose marriage."
"Besides, this is what Qin Hong returns to you."
After saying that, Mr. Wu flicked his finger, and a God's Will Bodhi seed sank directly into the sachet around Lin Baoer's waist.
Lin Baoer had a strange look on his face and said, "How dare this kid give such a rare treasure back to me?"
Mr. Wu smiled and said: "He hesitated for a long time outside my tea room in the morning, and finally made up his mind to ask me to return the things to you. With this kind of character, he should go further."
"He is a good young man who knows how to make choices."
Lin Baoer nodded and said, then stepped forward and the person disappeared. After a while, a voice came from the air.
"Senior brother, I'm going back first. You must advance to Daluo as soon as possible! Otherwise, when Sister Yue'e takes over as the palace master, your affairs will be difficult~"
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Half a month later, in Chuanling County, Wang Li's motorcade stopped at the foot of a mountain.
"Is this it?"
Wu Yu jumped off a bicycle frame, looked up at the mountain, and murmured softly.
"That's right, we've arrived."
Wang Li also got off the carriage and walked to him and said.
Soon after, many female relatives and servants came out of other carriages. Wang Li's mother and a dignified woman were also among them. The two held hands and talked and laughed.
Qin Hong was explaining something to a few guards at the side.
Amber walked around in front of Wang for a few times, and found that Wang had no intention of hugging it, so she trotted to Wang Li's side.
"Meow~"
Wang Li smiled faintly, stretched out his hands and held it in his arms.
Soon Qin Hong came over, and the guards who had just listened to his explanation had already set up their carriages and walked in the direction they were going.
"Two junior brothers, it's time for us to go up the mountain!"
Half an hour later, the group of them climbed to the top of the mountain, and a Taoist temple appeared in front of them.
Qin Hong raised his head and walked in. The Taoist temple door was closed and there seemed to be no one there. A plaque on the door read the three characters "Dengxian Temple".
The family members in the crowd began to talk in low voices. Wu Yu waved his hand, and a guard immediately stepped forward to knock on the door. Unexpectedly, the door suddenly opened, and a young Taoist priest wearing a gray shirt walked out.
After the Taoist came out, he looked at Wang Li and others carefully and said, "It's only a stick of incense earlier than I estimated. It seems that my performance has improved a lot."
After he finished speaking, he took out a short black stick from nowhere and shouted: "Whoever got the quota, please come over."
Wang Li looked at each other with his two senior brothers, handed the amber to his mother, and then took a few steps to reach the Taoist priest.
The young Taoist tightened the stick tightly and said excitedly: "Although the master has already sent me a letter, according to the sect's rules, you still have to check your merits. After all, there are many people who try to get through."
Wang Li was stunned when he heard this. How could someone try to hide this kind of thing? Also, this person's expression looked a bit weird.
He bowed and saluted, and solemnly said: "Senior, please check!"
The young Taoist smiled and said: "Stand still in your position, I will start checking now!"
Wang Li was moved in his heart and saw the Taoist standing upright with a short stick in his hand.
The next moment, the young Taoist picked up his short stick and hit Wang Li hard on the shoulder.
boom!
Wang Li didn't feel any pain, but the young Taoist in front of him looked at him in surprise, took out a talisman, and asked: "Boy, what lineage are you in? Tell me the name of your guide.
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Wang Li was silent for a while and then immediately replied: "Reporting to senior, when I enter Yuandu Palace, my guide is Zhang Moxian."
"It turns out to be Uncle Zhang from Yuandu Palace!"
The young Taoist looked at Wang Li carefully, threw the talisman in his hand into the sky, and said in a dry tone: "You are qualified."
Wang Li felt strange and calmly glanced at the talisman that disappeared through the air, then respectfully retreated into the crowd.
Qin Hong walked up and soon heard a "bang" sound. The young Taoist looked satisfied and said: "You have passed the exam, so which lineage are you in? Tell me the name of the person who led the way."
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Qin Hong saluted respectfully and said: "Reporting to my senior, when I enter Qianming Palace, my guide is Wu Jing."
The young Taoist's expression changed again, and he punched out another talisman with helpless eyes.
Then Wu Yu was beaten again. After hearing Wu Yu's announcement of the guide, the young Taoist's face was filled with bitterness. After playing the talisman, he said: "Please let the three junior brothers go in and rest first. Soon you two will
Palace..."
"Hahaha~ Boy Wang Li, you are indeed here!"
Before he finished speaking, everyone heard a burst of wild laughter. When they heard Wang Li's name again, they felt a breeze blowing by. When they took a closer look, there was already a middle-aged Taoist standing in front of them.
This man was very impressive, with a rather tall figure, shining eyes, and was wearing a large red robe.
Wang Li straightened his face, carefully arranged his clothes, stepped forward and knelt down on the ground, "Disciple, pay homage to Master!"
The young Taoist priest at the gate of the Taoist temple was stunned when he saw this scene.
This man was Zhang Tufu, whose real name was Zhang Moxian. He looked at Wang Li intently, nodded and said: "Not bad! Get up quickly, I don't have so many rules here, otherwise I wouldn't come to pick you up in person."
After saying that, he looked at Wang in the crowd and laughed loudly: "Long time no see, Mrs. Wang!"
Mrs. Wang hurriedly walked out of the crowd, put down the amber, and said, "Brother Zhang is joking, how can I be worthy of the title of wife?"
"Haha! You definitely deserve it!"
Zhang Moxian laughed again and again. After the laughter passed, he glanced at the amber on the ground and said, "This little thing is quite interesting."
After saying that, he waved his hand and threw it into the air, and something flew out of his sleeves and changed rapidly, turning into a huge spaceship in the blink of an eye.
"Everyone come up!"
Zhang Moxian stepped forward and stood on the flying boat in an instant. He raised his hand and grabbed everyone. Except for the young Taoist, everyone began to float into the sky involuntarily. Except for Wang and Wu Yu's mother, many
The female relatives were so frightened that they screamed.
After waiting on the flying boat, they all hugged each other and shivered.
"Uncle Master! Wait a minute!"
The young Taoist under the flying boat shouted loudly, "There are two disciples from Qianming Palace. Uncle Master took them away. When someone comes from Qianming Palace later, what will I do, disciples!"
"You can rest assured about this! When I came, the uncle of Qianming Palace specially asked me to take them away by the way."
Zhang Moxian replied on the boat, and then the flying boat rose into the sky.
Qin Hong and Wu Yu couldn't help but look at each other.
Wang Li stood on the edge of the boat and found that the scenery he saw a moment ago disappeared in an instant. Apparently the speed of the flying boat was so fast that he could not see clearly. He glanced at the master he had just worshiped and wanted to speak, but I rested my mind again.
"With my Dang Yunzhou, I can return to the sect in an hour."
Zhang Moxian lowered his head and smiled at Wang Li, stretched out his finger and pressed his forehead, saying: "Good disciple, you owe me a lot of favors to Junior Brother Wu~"