Chapter 337 First Intimate Contact
Dao Shi died, and his magic skills were exposed.
Ning Que didn't know that he had caused a terrible disaster, so he closed the door of the pen studio, dug out a jar of spirits from the backyard, and told Chen Pippi what happened just now.
Chen Pipi stood there stunned, his eyes following the wine glass in Ning Que's hand up and down, the corner of his mouth twitched, and after a moment of silence, he began to play dumb, "I didn't hear what you were saying."
Ning Que leaned into his ear and shouted loudly, "I said I killed Dao Shi!"
Chen Pipi was taken aback, and quickly covered his mouth with his hand, checked around nervously, and confirmed that the door of the pen studio was closed, and there was no one behind the door, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and reprimanded in a low voice: "It's not that glorious. You shouted so loudly that you want the whole Chang'an city to hear you?"
Ning Que smiled wryly, "The confrontation in the street, even if I don't tell you, I can't hide this matter."
"Oh~ you. Why did you kill him?" Chen Pipi got up and paced in front of the table, seeing Ning Que was still drinking one cup at a time, stepped forward to **** his glass, and said anxiously, "Why are you drinking?" Can you still drink it?"
Ning Que shook his head and sighed, "I can feel that he came all this way to kill me. If I don't kill him, I will be the one who dies."
Chen Pipi opened his mouth, his rebuke and annoyance turned into a sigh, and he said in a deep voice, "Daoshi is different from Long Qing, for now, only the teacher can protect you, hurry up and follow me to the back mountain, let the teacher decide."
Sang Sang was invited by the Eldest Princess Li Yu and has not come back yet. Ning Que hesitated for a moment, left her a note, and went to the academy with Chen Pippi.
There are millions of people in Chang'an, and people are killed or injured in duels every day. A dead body in the Lin Lane of Zhuque Street can scare away the pedestrians in that street, but it can't affect Lin 47 Lane, which is far away in the east of the city.
Ye Hongyu dismissed the accompanying Xiling Mission, followed Zhou Ji and Mo Shanshan alone, walked from the south of the city to the east of the city, and returned to the gate of the Bizhai where he had visited once before.
Looking up at the plaque on the door, the word "Bizhai" revealed the sword intent as before. She turned her eyes to look at Zhou Ji who was joking with Mo Shanshan. Crowded on the other side of Zhou Ji.
"Huh? Are Mr. Shisan and Sangsang not at home?" Mo Shanshan walked up the steps, looked at the closed door and asked in confusion.
Zhou Ji shook his head, his spiritual sense turned into a palm through the crack of the door and took out a piece of rice paper from the lobby, and said with a smile: "He just came back, but he just went to the academy again."
"Absconded in fear of crime, did he think that with the academy as a backer, Moon Moon Kingdom could let him go?" Ye Hongyu walked up to Zhou Ji and glanced at the words on the paper, without concealing the disdain in his tone.
Zhou Ji shrugged, looked at Ye Hongyu and said, "Ning Que has returned to the academy, and Sangsang is not in the shop, why don't you go back to the Concierge Court first?"
Ye Hongyu didn't answer, but looked at Mo Shanshan with cold eyes, "Why didn't I see Mochiyuan when I went to the Concierge Court this morning."
Zhou Ji smiled and said: "Most of the concierge houses are business travel missions, there are mixed fish and dragons, and the disciples of Mochi Garden are all female relatives, so it may be inconvenient to live in, so I helped them find a quieter house in the city, so that they can live in a quieter house. It is convenient for them to practice calligraphy on a daily basis."
"You are quite concerned about this Mo Shanzhu."
Ye Hongyu turned his head to look elsewhere, and said lightly, Zhou Ji didn't know why, but Mo Shanshan could hear a different flavor in it.
Mo Shanshan hesitated and said: "There are still a few spare rooms in the other courtyard. If Miss Ye doesn't mind, you can move in in a few days."
"Thank you, Lord Mo Shan, for your kindness. No need." Ye Hongyu slightly nodded at Mo Shanshan, looked up at Zhou Ji and said, "Where do you live?"
Zhou Ji thought that Ye Hongyu misunderstood that he was living with the disciples of Mochiyuan, so he gave her a blank look and said, "I live in a waterside pavilion in Yanming Lake outside the city."
"I want to live with you."
Ye Hongyu's voice fell, Zhou Ji and Mo Shanshan were stunned at the same time, Zhou Ji blinked, as if his nerves were half a beat behind, "You live with me?"
Woke up by Zhou Ji's voice, Mo Shanshan hesitated, and said, "This is not right."
"You promised to accept my challenge when you were in Tianqi Mountain. I have been looking for you for ten years to challenge you and defeat you." Ye Hongyu ignored Mo Shanshan, but stared at Zhou Ji closely, silently He said, "Only by defeating you can I be 100% sure that I will personally kill that person back then, break through the shackles, and walk out of the haze."
"Better than me?" Zhou Ji said with a strange expression, "It's probably hard for you to do it."
However, looking at Ye Hongyu's obstinate face and those obsidian-like firm eyes, he seemed to think back to that night ten years ago, when he curled up in the corner of the wall, a petite figure huddled in fear and helplessness.
Sighing softly, Zhou Ji closed his eyes slightly, nodded and said, "Then I shall answer you."
A bright and eye-catching light emerged from the deep darkness, and the light shone in Ye Hongyu's eyes. Mo Shanshan hesitated to speak, and finally took half a step back without continuing to dissuade him.
All the way to send Mo Shanshan back to the other hospital, the three of them didn't speak on the way, it was about Ye Hongyu's childhood trauma, Zhou Ji kept a secret for her, and didn't reveal it to outsiders at all.
Mo Shanshan is not stupid. From Ye Hongyu's first meeting with Zhou Ji in the wasteland to this reunion in the capital, even though the two of them spent a very short time together, she still seems to understand from the few words between them. What.
Sweeping the bright red ball in the snow from the corner of his sight, Mo Shanshan sighed deeply, and there was also a bit of pity in his eyes.
Approaching the other courtyard, Ye Hongyu took the initiative to stop, standing on the bank of the river in the city dozens of steps away, looking at the ruined city wall and the river covered with thin ice in the distance.
Not far away, Zhou Ji sent Mo Shanshan to the gate of the other courtyard, looked at the wooden box in her arms and said, "Speaking of which, you still owe me a bet~"
Zhou Ji stretched out his finger and pointed to the wooden box, "I forgot to read it just now. You have spent so much time running around the city, whose name are you looking for?"
“A person who means a lot to me.”
Mo Shanshan gently caressed the wooden box with his palm, and looked up at Zhou Ji, with unresolved affection in his eyes, and a slightly reserved smile on the corner of his mouth.
Zhou Ji seemed to understand something, lowered his head to open the wooden box, and slowly unfolded the scroll. The warm fragrance was close to his side, and the hair brushed his cheeks with his jumping body. The softness gently imprinted on his side face.
The toes landed on the ground, and it was a touch.
Mo Shanshan's heartbeat seemed to be a little messy with the raised hair this time. When he pulled the hair back behind the ears, the hot earlobes turned crystal clear rosy, and his cold fingertips became colder and colder due to tension.
How could Mo Shanshan think that his actions just now were all seen by his fellow seniors, and subconsciously paused, and then moved a little faster, and the two rows of peeping little heads also laughed and dispersed, leaving only one Senior Sister Shao Hua Being pushed out, holding back her smile, she bowed to Zhou Ji, turned around and was about to leave.
"Miss Shaohua stay here for now."
Shao Hua turned around suspiciously, held back the smile on her lips, and looked at Zhou Ji calmly.
Zhou Ji said gently, "Shanshan is quiet and introverted. If the other sisters in Mochiyuan use this to make fun of her, I hope Miss Shaohua will take care of her."
Shao Hua's eyes flashed a gleam of warmth, she covered her mouth and said with a smile, "Shao Hua wakes up because of Mr. Lao's concern."
Watching the figure of Mo Shanshan bypassing the screen in the courtyard and disappearing into the long corridor, Zhou Ji bowed his head to Shaohua to say goodbye, his footsteps landed at the bottom of the steps, he turned his head to look at the slowly closed door, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch the side of his face, as if he could still Feel the moist touch that seems to be absent.
"What are you thinking about? So preoccupied?" Ye Hongyu looked at Zhou Ji who was walking towards her, and said coldly, "You can hardly hide the smile on your face?"
"Is there? Maybe something happy happened?" Zhou Ji smiled and walked past Ye Hongyu. Ye Hongyu stepped forward to keep up. The three of them were so silent when they walked together.
"You don't want me to take Sangsang away, is there any other reason?" Ye Hongyu and Zhou Ji walked side by side, looking at the noisy streets around, "Do you like her?"
Zhou Ji turned to look at Ye Hongyu, stopped, raised his arms and stretched his fingers towards her forehead slowly, Ye Hongyu couldn't maintain his coldness and arrogance, and stared fixedly at Zhou Ji's fingers , subconsciously stepped back three steps, and stretched out his hand to protect his forehead.
"It's not that I like it, it's that I'm afraid." Zhou Ji looked at the furry kitten in front of him, couldn't help smiling, put down his fingers, and shook his head.
"Afraid?" Ye Hongyu let out a long sigh of relief, while showing a hint of confusion.
Zhou Ji sighed, "I don't want to say the specific reason, but one thing is for sure, in the short term, I won't let you take her to Xiling."
"What if I must take her away?" Ye Hongyu raised her head and said stubbornly.
Zhou Ji smiled and said, "Then I can only keep you here."
Ye Hongyu took a deep look at Zhou Ji, then turned his head to look elsewhere, the light and shadow in his eyes returned to coolness, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
In the back mountain of the academy, in the courtyard room.
The last time the red sleeve move was in a hurry, Ning Que was dismissed by his master under the pretext of not being a real teacher in the future. Now it is a real gift. He let go of the alcohol before climbing the mountain, bought some marinated meat and fine wine according to Chen Pipi's suggestion, and then came to In the thatched cottage in front of the cliff, a formal salute was made to the old man in dark robes.
The master turned his hands behind his back, got up and walked towards Ning Que, but he didn't take the tea he served, which made the other gentlemen present look at each other, a little confused.
The water in the teacup was calm, but Ning Que felt a little uneasy.
After a while, the tea was steaming hot and the water surface was swaying, the master finally picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"Although the trip to the wilderness did not embarrass the Academy too much, especially the emotional dispute between the two children in the Temple Judgment Division, Meng Lang's actions were ultimately unprovoked, stabbing people in the back, and losing the dignified and righteous atmosphere."
Hearing the matter about Long Qing mentioned by the master, Ning Que felt a little bit in his heart. He wanted to refute that Zhou Ji had made a move that day, but when he thought of his 'old town' having a discussion with the master's peers, he felt a little relieved, but Still feel a little bad.
The master put down the teacup, and Li slowly reached out to take it.
The master continued, "In my opinion, there are still some problems with your xinxing, so the teacher's ceremony should be held at a later date. In the next period of time, you should reflect on it, and it can be regarded as a punishment for you."
Ning Que asked: "Teacher, how should I reflect?"
The master said indifferently: "I will punish you to go to the cliff to retreat. When you can figure it out, when will you come out."
Hearing that Ning Que was going to be sent to the cliff for self-reflection, the Houshan disciples looked at the teacher sitting in the chair in shock, completely unable to understand why the teacher made such a decision.
Mu Youxiu frowned slightly, revealing a hint of unbearable color, stepped forward to salute respectfully, and begged, "Master, can you forgive me?"
"Senior Sister Seven is right." Mr. Ba stepped forward and saluted, "Master punishes Junior Brother so severely, I don't know what crime Junior Brother committed?"
Several gentlemen next to him stepped forward to plead with the master, and even Jun Mo helped, "Master, I have thought about the rules of the courtyard, and my younger brother has never committed such a severe crime."
Chen Pippi was about to speak, but was stared back by the master. Chen Pipi suddenly had a flash of light in his mind, and immediately understood the deep meaning of the master.
Ning Que was very grateful when he heard the brothers and sisters pleading for him. He didn't know where Siguoya was, but he realized the 'horror' there from their tone and pleading, so he always reacted slowly. Li slowly finally opened his mouth and bowed to his master.
The master said helplessly, "Li Manman, do you have something to say?"
Li said slowly and respectfully, "I know the meaning of the master very well, but my junior brother's foundation is still shallow. If he still can't figure it out, won't he be unable to get out of the cliff of thinking for the rest of his life?"
"He is the thirteenth teacher of the academy, and he will not be able to live under your protection for the rest of his life. Since he has realized the awe-inspiring spirit, he can be regarded as the successor of your junior uncle. After all, he will walk the path that your junior uncle walked. "The master sighed, "If you still can't figure it out, it's better to stay on Siguo Cliff than to go down the mountain to die."
"Master's intention is good, but unfortunately there are no two identical leaves in the world, so how can there be two identical people?"
Another voice came from outside the courtyard, Yu Lian turned her eyes to look out of the window, a familiar figure appeared outside the courtyard door at some time, with a leisurely and distant demeanor, as graceful as a banished immortal.
"What do fellow Taoists think?"
Master motioned Li to go out slowly to greet him, looked at Zhou Ji who was coming from outside the courtyard, glanced at the cluster of crimson clusters around him, and said lightly.
Ning Que thought that the savior had come when he saw Zhou Ji, the joy and anticipation in his eyes gradually dissipated with Zhou Ji's next words.
"How about sending the little maid next to him to Xiling if he fails to break through the cliff cave barrier within half a year?" Zhou Ji looked at Ning Que with a devilish smile, "Here, next to him This Taoist girl is the one who wants to take Sangsang away."
(Thanks to 'Xingchen 888168' for the reward of 100 coins.)
(end of this chapter)