Pine nuts? What the hell is this name? Isn't this guy's name Jiang Xuerou?
After the old Taoist priest's scolding, Jiang Xuerou said to the old Taoist priest like a child, Master, don't think that this person is an ordinary person. He is also a member of our Xuanmen, and the matter you ordered me to investigate this time, In fact, he and his accomplices had already found the underground seal first.
I pointed at Jiang Xuerou's nose and said, "You brat, please keep your mouth shut. What do you mean by an accomplice?" Also, my Luban ruler, please return it to me quickly! After saying this, Jiang Xuerou took out a wooden stick from his sleeve. It was my Luban ruler. He held up the Luban ruler in his hand and said, "It's just such a broken ruler, but you treat it like a treasure. You're not too tired to chase it up the mountain at night..."
"Shut up!" the old Taoist priest scolded. You take other people's things, but you are still justified! Jiang Xuerou argued, but master, this person is also the one who covets the underground seal, and I don’t know whether these people are good or bad. If they really get the seal, wouldn’t they be in trouble if they have bad intentions?
The old Taoist priest said that the underground seal originated from a legend, and we just happened to guess it. Even if we knew there was something there, it doesn't belong to us. How can you say that others covet it? If others go out and talk about it, they will say that I am a Taoist who covets this thing!
It seems that this old Taoist's surname is Gao, so I bowed my hands and said to Taoist Gao, the old man is polite. This junior is not coming to the mountain specifically to ask questions. He was originally going to visit the mountain, but this little brother came to the mountain in advance. He left without saying goodbye and even took my things. I didn't understand what he meant, so I came all night to ask for details. What Brother Jiang said just now is indeed true. The seal was indeed found by us, and we indeed searched for it deliberately. The person with me is called Qin Bukong.
I specifically mentioned Qin Bukong's name. I thought that although this person has always been secretive in the metaphysics community in the southwest, and he is both good and evil, I believe he is still very famous. Otherwise, my master would not have come all the way. Come visit. Sure enough, when I mentioned Qin Bukong's name, Taoist Gao turned his head and looked at me in surprise, but the feeling passed by in a flash. It was this short period of less than a second that made me realize that although this old Taoist priest seemed pedantic, he was actually a well-informed and experienced person.
The Taoist Taoist gave me a slight nod, which was considered a courtesy. There was no doubt that he was above me in terms of seniority, so it was polite to treat a junior like me without putting on airs. He said to me, it turns out that this Mercy is a friend of Mr. Qin. No wonder, I heard that he has been wandering around these years, and it seems that he is also looking for some lost folk treasures everywhere. Since you two have arrived first, please forgive us at Yunsheng Palace for coming uninvited. In the future, we at Yunsheng Palace will not interfere in this matter, so as not to misunderstand Mr. Qin.
The implication was that he admitted that he knew Qin Bukong. I said to Taoist Master Gao, "In fact, that's not necessary. Since we got to know this Brother Jiang, we also felt that it would be a good thing for your sect to help search together, so I came to pay a special visit, but there was such a small episode in the middle." However, the things that Brother Jiang took without telling me are the few things that my master left me before his immortal journey. They are also a necessary tool for my magic, so I hope that my senior will be the master and return the things to me. .
Taoist Gao turned to Jiang Xuerou and said loudly, "Songzi, why don't you return it to me quickly!" From today on, you stay on the mountain for me and you are not allowed to go down the mountain again without my permission! Jiang Xuerou said anxiously, but if he didn't go down the mountain, wouldn't all the efforts consumed in the previous investigation be wasted? Taoist Gao seemed to be angry. He scolded, "What a hard work. This thing does not belong to any of us. Whoever finds it first will naturally have the right to speak. Our master is looking for the seal just to ensure peace and prevent the seal from being lifted." The Witch King's soul is causing trouble, and Mr. Qin is an expert. Since he interfered in this matter, we naturally have to step back. I believe Mr. Qin will handle it better than us. Although we cultivators are curious about these things, we will not covet them. This is what my teacher has always taught you, the best is like water, there is no dispute!
Needless to say, when I first became a disciple, Master also said similar words to me.
Perhaps it was because Taoist Gao scolded Jiang Xuerou so loudly that it disturbed the others. While he was talking, four or five people in their teens to thirties dressed as Taoists came out one after another from other rooms. These people quickly gathered around the old Taoist and Jiang Xuerou. I didn't expect that this small, dilapidated Taoist temple would actually house so many people. Judging from the way these people were dressed, it seemed that none of them were private disciples, but were all officially ordained Taoists.
I am a timid person, and I feel a little guilty when there are many people. But if I don’t get the Lu Ban Ruler back, if I just go down the mountain like this, I will not be laughed to death by my colleagues in the future. So I stood silent and watched how the Taoist master handled the matter.
What I didn't expect was that although Jiang Xuerou was reluctant, she still answered "yes", walked up to me slowly, and returned my Luban ruler to me. After accepting the Lu Ban Ruler, I glared at Jiang Xuerou, then turned to the Taoist Master and said, originally, I went up to the mountain to discuss with your sect. Since everyone is not looking for souls to do bad things, why not work together and cooperate with each other? , which can also be faster. Since Senior Senior doesn't have this idea, just think that I am here to relax and unwind, and I won't bother you any more, so I'll take my leave.
After saying that, I bowed my hands and wanted to turn around and leave. After all, there were seven or eight people here, it was late at night, and we were on this deserted hillside. If someone really wanted to do something to me, I might not be able to fight back, so I had better leave as soon as possible. Sliding well. But the Taoist priest stopped me and said, "Mercy, it's already very late now, there is no light on our mountain, and the road down the mountain is dangerous, so I might be in danger." If you don’t mind the poor facilities at Yunsheng Palace, why not stay overnight and go down the mountain after dawn tomorrow.
I felt a little guilty and was afraid that there would be more trouble this night. But if I refuse in person, it seems that it would be a bit disrespectful in front of all the disciples of the Taoist Master. So I thought, how about I stop sleeping so hard at night and just wake up a little bit? I guess I still don't know the details about this high-ranking Taoist, but judging from everything I heard from him after I went up the mountain, he doesn't seem to be a random person. Judging from the conversation from beginning to end about their master's search for the soul of the Witch King and the use of finding it, the content of what Jiang Xuerou said when we first caught him was the same. If any one of them, Jiang Xuerou or Gao Taoist, had lied, there really would be no need to perform like this in front of me.
When I thought of this, I bowed and thanked him. Several of Taoist Master Gao's disciples immediately went to clean up the wing for me. When Jiang Xuerou was about to turn around and leave, Taoist Gao scolded, "Who told you to leave? Stop and explain clearly why you want to steal other people's things."
Jiang Xuerou looked pitiful. He was already thin, but with his head lowered in the night, he looked extremely evil. He said softly, I didn't want to take his ruler specifically, but it was just that I didn't seem to know how to use other things, except this ruler, which was quite exquisitely made, so I took it easily. It wasn't that he meant to steal, he just wanted to make him anxious.
Hearing Jiang Xuerou say this, I smiled bitterly and said, except for the day when you came out of the ground and I threw you down, after all, we didn't know each other at that time, and we didn't know whether we were friends or foes. After that, I have always been polite to you. I am not offending you, why are you trying to trick me like this? Jiang Xuerou rolled her eyes at me and said, "Who let you take the advantage of me? I thought I was the first one to find the soul seal!" What's the use of saying all this? I'm just going to apologize to you. I secretly took your things away. I'm sorry!
Although he was apologizing, he didn't seem to feel that he had done anything wrong. So such an apology is very insincere. I thought about it and let it go. Now that the things have been recovered and the matter has been made clear, a manly man would not be short of such an apology. But Taoist Gao didn't seem to think so. He thought that Jiang Xuerou only admitted his mistake because his deeds were exposed, and he didn't mean it. He suddenly became angry again and reprimanded loudly, "You have done something wrong and you still don't regret it. Do you want to turn this thing around?" If the incident spreads, will it disgrace all my sect Yunsheng Palace?
I quickly said, senior senior, don’t worry, this matter won’t spread, at least I won’t talk about it myself. Brother Jiang has already realized his mistake, so let's forget it. But the Taoist priest persisted and said, "Mercy, this is my apprentice from Yunsheng Palace, please don't say more." Since the disciple did not deny what happened today, it means that just as you said, he was at fault first. The compassionate person just now said that the respected master has passed away, which is a pity. Otherwise, I, a high Taoist priest, would definitely take the bad disciples into custody and go to the door in person to plead guilty.
I waved my hands repeatedly and said, "Senior Senior, you are really exaggerating. This Brother Jiang may be just on a whim, and he doesn't have any bad intentions. As long as he knows his mistakes and can correct them, it will be fine. You are so polite, but it makes me, a junior, a bit embarrassed."
After I finished speaking, I looked at Taoist Gao, which means forget it, don't be so strict, it's all trivial. Didn’t I go up the mountain to ask for an explanation? Somehow, I started to plead for the person who stole my things. To this day, I still haven't figured out how the relationship between this relationship was completely reversed in a few short words from the Taoist Master.
The Taoist Master heard what I said, so he didn't continue to scold him. He just pointed at Jiang Xuerou's head and said, don't sleep tonight. Kneel under the tree until this compassionate person agrees to get up. Only then can you get up!
