It’s noon in the Valley of Flowers.
Beside the fence of the small courtyard, everyone watched Xu Zuo's back delivering the meal go away. When Bai Jiahe looked back, he frowned slightly when he saw Mu Qing's position, and asked, "This courtyard is neither big nor small, and it was specially chosen by senior brother. Did senior brother Mu Qing see that?"
Mu Qing stood outside the fence, looking for the sound. The scorching sun at noon was like fire, shining on Bai Jiahe's face with a slight smile, giving it a bright and unparalleled beauty.
He quickly narrowed his eyes and looked around.
The entire activity area for outer disciples is a fan-shaped area surrounding the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley. The area where outer disciples live is closer to the inside, and the boundaries between male and female residences are not very clear.
Xu Zuo's courtyard only has four or five huts, and it is not conspicuous in this area. There is a larger courtyard not far away.
Mu Qing was distracted and was about to speak when a voice on the side explained softly: "Actually, it is not as good as Jiahe said. Xu Zuo chose this place entirely because it is closer to the mouth of the valley, making it easier to contact the master."
Mu Qing turned his head, his eyes quickly fell from Bai Jiahe's face to Lu Fanrou's, and nodded slightly.
Lu Fanrou took Bai Jiahe's arm and stood together, and said with a gentle temperament: "I heard from the master that as the realm improves, the monk's desire for oral and tongue will become weaker and weaker. I wonder if junior brother is willing to try my craft today? ?”
Mu Qing looked hesitant. He hadn't realized before that there were only women here except him.
The impression that Xu Zuo abides by the rules has not gone away, and he wants to refuse more or less.
"Senior Brother Mu Qing, why are you still hesitating?" Bai Jiahe couldn't tell what he was feeling in his heart, but the smile on his face was a little brighter. He looked towards the mouth of the valley, "Senior Brother, it only takes one stick of incense to go back and forth at most. If he comes back, I don’t know how sorry I am to see you gone.”
Her eyes were wandering as she spoke, and she suddenly saw the master beside her smiling encouragingly at her. Her heart skipped a beat, and her bright eyes shone with a heart-shaking light. She looked at the ground and said: "Master must have serious business when he brings senior brother here, but things are definitely not in a hurry. It’s only a short while since we’re eating, why not try my sister-in-law’s cooking, it’s delicious.”
Lu Fanrou silently admired in her heart that she had learned to change her thinking so quickly, and she said with determination to achieve a good marriage: "How can Jiahe say it so exaggeratedly, but these days, both Shaoyao and Ningchu think it's pretty good. If I knew that the master was going to bring you here, I would I will definitely prepare one or two more dishes.”
The topic at this time seemed to have returned to food, and Mu Qing felt relieved. He used to survive alone in the swamp forest, and the difficult environment forced him to master a better food processing technique. At this time, he heard Lu Fanrou nodded with a confident smile and walked into the small courtyard.
Seeing Lu Fanrou and Mu Qing talking and laughing, and walking to the kitchen nearby, Huai Cao Shi slowly walked into the small courtyard.
Bai Jiahe retracted his gaze and bumped into Huai Cao Shi's tired but gentle eyes. He quickly stepped forward and called out "Master" inaudibly.
"Um."
Huai Caoshi raised her hand to tuck her disciple's hair that was hanging down behind her ears. She sighed in her heart. As a person who has experienced this, she did not intend to express her own opinions.
It was like this in Bai Jianwen's place at first, and it was the same in Bai Jiahe's place, because everyone's first love is worth cherishing, and whether it's happiness or torture, they need to experience it themselves.
Bai Jiahe hadn't heard his master's voice for a long time, and there was already a hint of panic and shame in his heart, but he heard Huai Cao Shi say in an unusually gentle voice: "It's okay, you are all grown up."
Bai Jiahe felt a warm feeling in his heart when he heard a call from far away: "Sister——"
Bai Jiahe looked at the two figures who were walking faster and faster. He raised his eyebrows and wanted to scold them, but Huai Cao Shi stopped him and said, "Let Jianwen come in today."
Zhang Shanshan and Bai Jianwen came together one behind the other. When they were in front of the fence outside the courtyard, Zhang Shanshan stopped and waited for Bai Jianwen to walk half a step closer to each other before they all stepped forward to salute Huai Cao Shi.
The two shouted in unison: "Master!"
Seeing that the two of them were holding hands and not letting go, Bai Jiahe snorted in his heart, looked at Zhang Shanshan and asked, "Master has indeed accepted a few registered disciples in the past two days, but it seems that you are not there."
Zhang Shanshan always had a just right smile on her face. Her eyes dimmed after hearing these words. Bai Jianwen, who was always paying attention to the beauty next to him, was filled with anger and blood. He actually broke away from the fear of his sister that he had accumulated for a long time. , held Zhang Shanshan's hand hard and said: "Sister, Shanshan and I are already married, Shanshan just follows my call!"
Bai Jiahe was so angry that his face changed drastically and he was about to reprimand Bai Jianwen. When Huai Cao Shi heard the news, his eyes only wavered slightly, he looked Zhang Shanshan up and down, and said with a slight sinking of his jaw: "A woman's chastity is said to be the most precious thing in the world. It’s not without fault.”
"It's so... Jianwen." Huai Cao Shi looked at Bai Jianwen. Bai Jianwen just raised his eyes for a glance, then looked down at the ground without daring to look up again.
The master's eyes were calm, but compared to his sister's angry eyes, he was more afraid of this kind of calmness that hid various emotions.
Huai Caoshi walked outside the fence. The movement here had attracted Mu Qing and Lu Fanrou, who were holding cooking utensils, out of the kitchen.
She whispered: "Kneel down."
Bai Jianwen's knees softened, he let go of Zhang Shanshan's hand, and knelt in front of Huai Cao Shi with a "pop" sound.
Huai Cao Shi looked at Zhang Shanshan again.
Zhang Shanshan was wary, and all her calculations turned into a sad smile on her face, and she knelt down next to Bai Jianwen.
This scene made the two women who were gathered together behind Huai Cao Shi sigh in their hearts. They were kind-hearted, and finally felt that separating the two of them forcefully might not be the best result for Bai Jianwen, but the opening and closing of their lips But he didn't know how to persuade him, so he simply looked away.
Mu Qing fell behind everyone, his eyes fell on the woman next to Bai Jianwen, and he thought to himself: "Is this Zhang Shanshan? What does uncle plan to do?"
Perhaps God wanted to create a perfect witnessing scene, so the leisurely Xu Zuo also rushed back at this time. Although he didn't understand what was going on, this did not prevent him from standing behind Huai Cao Shi.
Huai Cao Shi's eyes were slightly lowered, and she was silent for a while. Just when Bai Jiahe and the others thought that she was going to forcefully separate the two of them soon, she spoke softly, "Now that all the people from my lineage have gathered, Yes, there is one more witness.”
The tone of Huai Cao's poem at this moment was neither fast nor slow, and his voice was steady, making the atmosphere here feel a bit more solemn.
Bai Jianwen, who was kneeling in front of her, buried his head lower. Zhang Shanshan's fingertips pressed the soil slightly, and a bright light flashed deep in her eyes.
After confirming that Mu Qing was also here, she began to weigh in her mind whether she could take some risks later and prove her sincerity to Bai Jianwen by committing suicide, which would most likely change everyone's impression of her.
"Bai Jianwen."
"Master...I'm here."
Huai Cao Shi's voice finally showed some emotion, and he said in disgust: "Have you seriously thought about what I just said?"
Bai Jianwen's mind was blank at this time. Under the cold and imposing atmosphere, he hesitated for a long time without giving an answer.
Huai Cao Shi sighed and said, "I have said that a woman's chastity is the most precious thing in the world. Please think about it carefully!"
Said the last sentence, Huai Cao Shi's voice was extremely cold.
Bai Jianwen almost buried his face into the ground and shouted in a low voice: "Master, the disciple is wrong..."
Huai Cao Shi didn't ask "Where did you go wrong?" and pointed out directly: "You casually talk about taking away people's virginity. It shows that you have no respect for women."
At this time, Bai Jianwen's brain was filled with blood. He raised his head and defended loudly: "Master, I have been brought up by you, how can I be disrespectful to women?"
Bai Jiahe stood behind Huai Cao Shi and saw this scene, and felt a little sad in his heart. She was considered to be the trigger of this incident. The tenderness between siblings in the past arose in his heart, and he was about to step forward to explain a few words to his brother.
A big hand next to her silently stretched out to hold her, but it was Mu Qing.
Among the people at the scene, Mu Qing was probably the only one who could vaguely guess the direction of the development of the matter. At this time, he naturally stopped Bai Jiahe, a person who could ruin the atmosphere.
Bai Jiahe turned around and saw Mu Qing blinking at her with bright eyes, but was also stunned for a moment.
But I heard the voice of Huai Cao Shi in front of me getting higher and higher, and shouted "Hello".
She looked straight down at Bai Jianwen and said slowly: "In this case, it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun. My teacher is here to appoint a marriage for you, so that this unjust and unjust fact can be turned into one." A beautiful thing."
There was a moment of silence...
Bai Jiahe and Lu Fanrou looked at each other, neither of them expected that the change would be so drastic. Even if they felt something was wrong in their hearts, they didn't have the emotion to step forward to dissuade them.
"Ah? Master, is it true?" Some were silent, while others were ecstatic.
Bai Jianwen walked to Huai Cao Shi's legs, raised his head and asked, "Master, are you willing to agree to be with me and Sister Shanshan?"
Huai Cao Shi saw the joy that was about to well up in Bai Jianwen's eyes, but she felt a touch of apology in her heart. She could force Zhang Shanshan to make a choice that constrained her, but it also made the sincere feelings in her heart clear. Bai Jianwen will be hurt.
But now she can only take a long-term view. This is a long-term pain rather than a short-term pain.
Mu Qing noticed that when Huai Cao Shi expressed this closer matchmaking intention, Zhang Shanshan's fingers were embedded in the soil. He moved sideways, looked at Zhang Shanshan's side face, and secretly thought to himself, sure enough, just Seeing that Zhang Shanshan's face was extremely complicated, with the most confused look on her face, the pitifully little joy on her face seemed more like it was squeezed out.
Bai Jianwen was happy in his heart. At this moment, he had a sudden inspiration and returned to Zhang Shanshan. He looked at Zhang Shanshan very tenderly and asked: "Sister Shanshan, I know that the master will not criticize us harshly. Since the master has agreed, then...then you Will you marry me?"
Zhang Shanshan knelt on the ground, listening to Bai Jianwen foolishly confiding his feelings, cursing secretly in his heart, but she also felt everyone's eyes falling on her.
