Stars hang down in the big forest, green leaves are whirling, and the sun is falling. The two people lead the horse and go ahead.
The skylight fell from the leaves above her head. Liu Weirui raised her head lightly, her watery eyes flickered slightly, and her slender eyelashes were covered with a layer of clear light. Feeling the brightness of the sunlight, she turned her head and said briskly Said: "We have to hurry up. I don't know if we can camp by the Yueyong River tonight."
"Yes." Mu Qing turned sideways, bowed and clasped his fists and said, "Senior, there's no need to see you off, let's just say goodbye."
A rare smile appeared on Butcher Hu's old face. He looked at the young man in front of him, glanced at the back and nodded slightly, and then said calmly: "Well, then I won't send it away. Goodbye. Please keep in touch soon."
It was already noon on the third day.
It was dusk when the caravan returned to the town that day, and they had a good day of repairs the next day. During this period, Mu Qing went to visit Ling Qingzhu once, and discussed with Butcher Hu for a while, and then finally straightened out some things. Confirmed.
The caravan embarked on its return journey, and the route was repeated, but Liu Weirui's mood had already cleared away the gloom, and her whole person seemed much more refreshing and bright.
After Mu Qing tilted his head to take measurements, among the people closest to him, the two Zhang brothers actually started chatting with Yue Jiu, who had changed her clothes to hide her identity. On the other hand, Xiaochan and her brother were a little awkward. After thinking about it, he waved to Xiaochan. Sister Chan and her brother followed.
"Sir, do you have any instructions?" Xiaochan had rarely had the opportunity to talk to Mu Qing in the past few days. At this time, she stepped forward and seemed to be affected by the mood of the young lady beside her, and her words became much lighter.
Mu Qing shook his head and smiled: "No, I just think you can't chat with those people, so you might as well walk with me. Well, anyway, there shouldn't be any danger on this journey."
"The danger is gone." Li Si sighed and said distressedly: "I used to think that my strength was enough, but it turned out that this business trip was not the same."
"Pfft..." Liu Weirui comforted with a smile: "Xiao Si, it's okay. No matter how powerful Mu Qing is, and the Zhang brothers are stronger than you, I will appoint you as my first sword guard."
Li Si looked sad at first, but he was sincerely happy at the back and said energetically: "Well, don't worry, miss. When I go back this time, I will definitely ask the master to teach me some of his special skills."
Mu Qing swayed his eyes at Liu Weirui's bright smile. He blinked and asked with a smile: "When did Mrs. Lin leave yesterday? I haven't had time to thank her for helping me."
Liu Weirui replied softly: "It was probably Shenshi in the afternoon. At that time, she said that someone from the Dynasty came up to her, and she was waiting outside. She stretched out her hand to avoid hitting the smiling person, so grandma went to say hello a few times. After they left, grandma said that she I have some things to do and will be waiting for us in Jinguan City."
"Hmm. Then will you go to the Lin family in Xishan?" Mu Qing didn't know why he asked such a question, and he felt extremely embarrassed when he said it.
Liu Weirui was silent for a short moment, nodded and said, "I should go, but I'm not sure when."
"What about you?" Liu Weirui looked at Mu Qing and asked, "After you finish this mission, will you go on to the next one?"
Thinking of the plan he had made with Butcher Hu and the others, now that he had proven his strength, he would naturally work hard to get closer to the assassins. Mu Qing smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, I will, but please believe that I will not kill innocent people indiscriminately." .”
"Well, you have to be careful in the future. If you encounter any problems, you can come to us. Maybe by then I will have..."
"What's happened?"
Liu Weirui shook her head, pursed her lips and said, "I have already gone to Lin's house in Xishan."
Ling Qingzhu has tested her physique and confirmed that she inherited the green god's body from her mother. However, once she has not awakened, the innate strength of this physique will be difficult to show. Liu Weirui was so excited that she almost revealed the secret. She felt that some things were just like apricot blossom sake, the longer they were hidden, the more fragrant they became.
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Zhuque City, Mudleg Alley.
"I always feel that something is wrong with the atmosphere recently." Zhang Zhiyuan was dressed as a private school teacher. While paying attention to the sound of Yaya reading from the slightly dilapidated school, he frowned and said softly: "Don't come here recently, you come too often. It will attract people to it.”
Zhang Anping came close to Zhang Zhiyuan and watched his daughter Zhang Jiuer holding the hair of the boy next to him. His usually quiet and dull face suddenly became vivid. He didn't take Zhang Zhiyuan's words seriously and said with a smile: "Cousin , it has been more than ten years since that incident, and I always feel that you are a sham. If someone with bad intentions comes to Mudleg Alley, he may not be able to come to you, not to mention that I can always block it for you. Blocked."
This private school is located deep in Mujiuzi Alley, hidden by the dilapidated and messy private houses around it. It is difficult for ordinary people to find this dilapidated school that blends in with the surrounding dilapidated houses.
Zhang Zhiyuan chose to open a private school here without even thinking about taking the initiative to collect fees from the children's parents.
There is no fixed number of children who come to the school on weekdays, most of them are around twenty or so. Most of the children here were left here with their children because their parents went out to look for work and had no time to take care of them. They came here early in the morning and took them back to their respective homes in the dark of night. Of course, after these parents gradually trusted Zhang Zhiyuan, they often included Zhang Zhiyuan's share in the prepared rations.
The remaining children will come to the school on their own initiative, without parents picking them up or preparing food, because they are all orphans.
Their purpose is so simple that it's heartbreaking. Maybe it's because they haven't been able to get food for the past two days, so today they have no choice but to come to the academy to get food.
Zhang Zhiyuan has always had an accepting attitude towards all children. He is not interested in making money, he just can use the rations he gets to keep the entire private school going.
"Mr. Zhang, Ah Jiu always bullies my brother!" The crisp and angry voice filled the window sill where Zhang Zhiyuan was leaning.
A thin and petite girl sat behind the boy who was bullied. She had seen this scene many times. At this time, she was rolling her eyes to express her helplessness about her brother's poor fighting ability. However, her brother still wanted to fight with Ah Jiu every time. Sitting together, this is not asking for abuse, what is this?
Now she also knows what to do to be most effective. Every time she sees that her brother is defeated, she will stop reading Yaya and ask Zhang Zhiyuan for help.
Zhang Zhiyuan glanced at Zhang Anping lightly, and then said softly to the girl who was still holding the boy's ear: "Jiu'er, why did you bully An Zhi again today? Your father came to see you, how can you Stop being so naughty."
"Ah." Zhang Jiuer saw her father standing next to Zhang Zhiyuan. She couldn't help but let out a soft sigh and let go of her little hand. She said crisply and quickly: "Uncle Zhiyuan, it was Xu Anzhi who was bragging to me. He is said to be very powerful and able to fight, and he has several younger brothers under his command. I think he is the silver gun candle head."
Xu Ting remained silent. When he heard Zhang Jiu'er scolding him, he buried his face lower and lower.
Zhang Zhiyuan had a few black lines squeezed out on his forehead. He said seriously: "Jiu'er, study hard and don't use these idioms you heard. Do you understand?"
"I know." Zhang Jiuer looked at his father's darkened face and realized his mistake.
Zhang Anping looked away from his daughter in embarrassment. He had not noticed it before, but today he realized that he had met and helped the two brothers.
Thinking of that incident, Zhang Anping felt a little more apologetic towards the young scholar who had such a good impression on him. He just looked at his cousin's clear and upright face and had no intention of telling the whole story.
Hou Yiyong had tested him many times. Whenever the other party said that Mudleg Lane was here, Zhang Anping would prevaricate him. That time when he told him about his passenger transport experience, he just wanted to divert the other party's attention and protect his cousin. stand up.
"Who are those two little guys?" Zhang Jiuer actually talked about her best friends many times at home, but Zhang Anping had a rough temper and ignored them many times.
"My brother Xu Anzhi and my sister Xu Tinglan, when they first came here, they asked me how to pronounce the word "Xu". This was the first word I taught them, and I later gave them these two names."
When Zhang Zhiyuan was talking, he looked at the indescribable tenderness of the brother and sister, and it seemed that he had a little more sincerity for the two little guys.
Zhang Anping thought of his cousin's tragic experience and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Why are you doing this? In these troubled times, these children have no background. Do you still expect them to study and become talents to serve the dynasty? I think you still It is better to open a martial arts gym and teach these children some basic self-defense skills, which are more useful than these big words."
Zhang Zhiyuan listened carefully to Zhang Anping's suggestion. He nodded slightly and then shook his head. His eyes fell on the group of children and said slowly: "Today's dynasty is hard to come back from. I teach these children to recognize some words, read and write sentences, and I have never thought about it." It can help them reach the state of erudition, but the world is already chaotic and unclear. I only hope that when these children grow up and encounter some difficulties, they will remember that they knew certain words and read A certain sentence is enough. In my opinion, the meaning of reading is to gain the power to see the world clearly and establish a positive attitude towards life."
He looked at his cousin's pretentious expression and couldn't help but smile and said: "So when studying, you must read books with words and books without words at the same time. For example, you only read books without words, although you treat human affairs as books. I came to read it, but after all, it lacked some inner meaning.”
Zhang Anping discovered distressedly that his powerful cousin had committed the same problem as his husband today. He quickly waved his hands and begged for mercy, and interrupted: "You are already a second-level cultivator, why don't you teach these children some lessons?" What’s your real ability?”
Zhang Zhiyuan shook his head, his clear eyes fell on Xu Anzhi, and said softly: "Xia uses force to break the ban. If we teach these things to them now, it will harm them and make them lose their sense of awe."
"What's more," he smiled bitterly and said, "To practice martial arts, you have to strengthen your body. The parents of these children cannot afford the expense of strengthening your body. The parents of these children are already in a difficult situation, and there is really no need to be so forcefully tempted."
"However, I do like those two children. I will ask the brothers and sisters if they would like to become my teacher sometime..."
