When they arrived at the dinner table, Mother Lin set out the dishes and chopsticks. The woman in the black robe and hood took off her hood and sat at the table, looking at Lin Manliu and her son. Before she wore the hood, she thought she must be pretty good-looking, but now she looks at her She is really too good-looking, with black hair hanging on both sides of her cheeks, and curved eyebrows like the crescent moon hanging in the sky in the middle of the night, which is so cold that people can't get close to her.
Ye Dangting looked at Mother Lin and smiled and looked at the boy in a short shirt. Then he tilted his mouth slightly and said, "I've never seen a good-looking girl, you're a little brat." Her crooked smile looked even more beautiful and anxious.
The young man in short shirt looked a little lost in thought, but he didn't even move the dishes or chopsticks. Ye Dangting looked at Mother Lin. Mother Lin smiled ashamedly and pushed her child. Only then did the boy realize that he was ready to eat. When he was about to pick up the vegetables, his right hand that was holding the wooden stick was stiff. Maybe it was because of the previous mention. The wooden stick is too long, so it is inconvenient to pick up vegetables.
"Hurry up and pick up the food. Why are you standing there in a daze? You're too young and I won't like your little brat."
"No! I just lost control of my hands and couldn't pick up the vegetables."
"How long have you been practicing before I can even use chopsticks? I'll practice more tomorrow."
"I have been practicing for a long time today, why do I have to practice more tomorrow?"
"Is it okay to spend three days fishing and two days drying nets? If your mind is like that, you should just work in the fields."
"I know, Miss Ye, I will continue to practice hard tomorrow."
Mother Lin watched Lin Manliu and Ye Dang listen to their bickering and smiled silently. She had eaten a lot more today. She thought that if someone could talk to Manliu with him, he would be able to talk about so many things in front of others. ah. After dinner, because of a quarrel, the young man in a short shirt was asked by the woman in black robe to go to the yard to carry a wooden stick for an hour.
The sky gradually darkened, and the woman in black robe put on her curtain and said goodbye, preparing to leave. She told Lin Manliu and her son that she should stay for a few more days, and would not leave until there was no movement in the Taoist temple in the city. Come and see Lin Manliu carrying wooden sticks.
The next morning, the weather was slightly cooler
Lin Manliu picked up the wooden stick and practiced several tricks of swinging the wooden stick in the courtyard. Ye Dangting did not show up until after lunch in the morning. The young man in a short shirt was a little anxious and didn't know why she didn't come. After discussing with his mother, he decided to follow Ye Dangting's instructions not to go out these days, so he had no choice but to practice wooden sticks in the courtyard.
It started to rain lightly before dawn on the third day
A whole dark cloud has enveloped Fengcheng. The clouds are very low and depressing. Today, the boy in a short shirt is still practicing with wooden sticks under the rain. He feels that as long as he keeps practicing, Ye Tiantian will suddenly appear in front of him like he did a few days ago. He continued to talk to him in front of him, but until the rain stopped, the woman in black robe still did not come. Even though the rain stopped, the clouds in the sky were still gray. The haze enveloped Fengcheng and the young man's heart.
On the fourth day, the weather was still very dark
Lin Manliu and his mother discussed it and decided to go out to look for Ye Dang. When they heard her chatting, they seemed to go to the Taoist Temple on the main street in the city before coming back. Today, the boy in a short shirt planned to go and look.
As soon as he went out and walked around the corner on the main road from Dongcheng to the city, Lin Manliu met a purple-robed and black Taoist priest looking at him under the tree on the street. He nodded to the young man in a short shirt and said: " The common name of the small Taoist priest is Zhou Mo. He is a Taoist visiting the Star Temple. He must meet layman Lin here today."
Lin Manliu was stunned by his shouting: "Are you talking to me?" The other party nodded in agreement. The boy in short shirt looked left and right, wondering how to get rid of this person. At this time, the purple-robed Taoist priest said: "Xiaodao knows that lay people As long as layman Lin and Xiaodao move outside the city, they will know where the person they are thinking of is."
"Who are you? I don't know you. I don't go outside the city, I go inside the city. If you want to tell your fortune, ask someone else to tell it." The boy in the short shirt thought that this man was another charlatan like those Taoist priests. He dressed more luxuriously and went out to show off, trying to deceive rich people. What did he want from me?
Zhou Mo was a little confused by this answer, so he could only say again: "The person Lin is looking for is a female layman in black clothes and a curtain. I was with you in Dongcheng to visit me a few days ago. There is a conflict among the disciples outside the sect." After Lin Manliu heard this, he couldn't help but take a step back and looked at Zhou Mo warily. He subconsciously thought that he didn't bring out the stick, so how should he teach this Taoist priest who visited the Star Temple a lesson?
"Where is she now?" The boy in a short shirt asked immediately.
"The female layman came to our mountain temple the day before yesterday and wanted to discuss with my senior brother. The senior brother was defeated by his disciples and formed an formation to trap the female layman. Unexpectedly, the female layman broke the formation and went down the mountain. The senior brother ordered people to go down the mountain to chase him." Zhou Zhou Mo said slowly.
Lin Manliu looked at Zhou Mo with a cold look, and said in a deep voice: "Your senior brother has behaved like this, what do you mean by waiting for me here, and you want to lead me outside the city?"
Zhou Mo walked out of the tree and under the gray clouds, it became a little brighter and said to the boy in a short shirt: "Because the path is calculated, if you don't leave the city, the female layman will naturally not appear again. If you go out of the city, the female layman will naturally not appear again." Someone will appear to protect you, and then the layman Lin's wish will be achieved, and the opportunity for senior brother to catch the female layman will naturally come."
Lin Manliu snorted at him and said, "If you tell me this, I will definitely not follow your wish to go to the stars. I won't even want to go out of the city with you to use as fishing bait when I get home."
Zhou Mo glanced at the face of the boy in a short shirt and laughed out loud: "After hearing what I said, you will definitely go outside the city, whether it's because of the female layman or because of your parents. Although I don't want to intimidate or induce you, , but only in this way can layman Lin be able to leave the city with peace of mind."
The young man could only respond to what the Taoist priest said: "Just go wherever you want."
The two of them walked out of Fengcheng and headed towards it. The city gate was getting further and further away from them and they gradually walked towards a bamboo forest. They saw a group of purple-robed Taoist priests in front of them. Suddenly Zhou Mo's voice came from their ears: "Brothers, you want to use your To ensure that the female lay practitioner comes as a bait, just try to be silent or protect yourself when speaking, and we, the Taoist priests who visit the stars, will naturally not harm you."
When the young man in a short shirt walked up to the group of middle-aged Taoist priests, one of them turned his back to him and asked, "Do you know the woman in black who injured our outer disciple with you in Dongcheng a few days ago?".
"I don't know this Taoist master." Lin Manliu immediately shook his head like a rattle.
"My Taoist name is Shuangwei. Please don't call us this way. Please consider carefully whether you know him. This person may be related to the ceremony I attended a year ago. I hope the young layman can explain the relationship." "The middle-aged Taoist priest looked at the boy in a short shirt with a serious expression.
Lin Manliu then fell silent and said nothing.
The boy in a short shirt recalled the conversation he overheard on the first day. Fake Taoist priests have appeared frequently in the city these days. Now, these purple-robed Taoist priests have appeared. Are they all here to find Miss Ye? Is it because of himself? As a result, Miss Ye was almost arrested by them, and now they are trying to lure Miss Ye to appear by themselves.
"The dignified Nanjiang Star Visitor is here to embarrass a child who has not yet developed his mind. He actually wants to force me to show up. You stinky Taoist priests can use whatever skills they have." A female voice sounded outside the bamboo forest. Then, further outside the city, I saw a man in black robe slowly walking towards here, dragging a long piece of black cloth with his right hand and a wooden stick picked up randomly by the roadside with his left hand.
When approaching these purple-robed Taoists, the woman in black robe and curtain hat looked at Lin Manliu, "You don't have to blame yourself, little brat. They came to me from the beginning. I took the initiative to find them before because I had some troubles and then continued south, okay?" I will disturb your life later, but my skills are not as good as others, so I hid outside the city for a few days to observe the situation in the city. Now I can only give it a try."
