He saw that the time had come and she had not returned yet, so he thought of taking the buns out first to avoid the buns being cooked incorrectly and affecting the taste.

Ranran was deeply moved after hearing this. The master was so considerate that he remembered every word she said!

So she quickly picked the buns with red dots on them, blew on them and handed them to the master: "Master, you don't like chopped green onions, these ones with red dots are the stuffing I mixed, try them while they're still hot and see if they suit your taste."

After saying that, she couldn't wait to pick one up, broke it open, took a big bite after it started steaming, then looked at her master eagerly, motioning him to eat it while it was hot.

Su Yishui curled the corners of his mouth, as if smiling, and just followed her example, breaking the bun open and eating it slowly bite by bite.

After the master and disciple finished a bun, not to disappoint the aroma of the freshly-out-of-the-pot bun, Ranran suddenly remembered the important business and hurriedly told them about Mu Qingge's visit to Wangxiangguan with the imperial edict.

Although she guessed that the master and Mu Qingge were involved, the master was calm and didn't seem excited at all. He just picked up another bun with chopsticks and asked Ranran to make some sauce for him, and continued to eat it.

Ran Ran was meticulous and prepared the oil and vinegar sauce for her master according to the proportions in the "Wan Jing".

This time it seemed to suit Master's taste. He slowly dipped it in the sauce and ate another one. Suddenly he asked, "How do you know I don't like chopped green onions?"

...Hmm, this...

Ran Ran realized that her master had never specifically told her to remove the scallions and garlic when cooking. Although the "Wan Jing" had detailed instructions, even if she cooked dishes with scallions and garlic on weekdays, her master would still eat them...

"Also, how could you brew the wrong fairy? That's Mu Qingge's own brew."

The master had not mentioned this topic since we came down from Cuiwei Mountain. I didn't expect him to bring it up out of the blue, which was overwhelming.

Now, she couldn't say that it was her own guess. After hesitating for a while, she could only nervously tell her that she accidentally found the secret compartment in the study.

Su Yishui lowered his eyes and ate a bun while listening to his little apprentice struggling to speak about the chapter on ferocious beasts in the "Playing Sutra".

Of course, Ran Ran didn't want to elaborate on this old scandal of the master being teased by the evil woman, lest the master get upset immediately.

The specific content can only be seen by yourself after Master returns to Xishan.

But the master refused to give in. His face was stern, and he just asked her to recite the description of him word for word. Ran Ran was extremely embarrassed, and under the pressure of the master, she could only tell him everything.

After she finished reciting it word for word, she was a little afraid to look up at her master's face.

But the master remained silent, so she raised her head tentatively - only to see that Su Yishui's handsome face did not display the raging rage she had imagined.

He looked at her and raised his head, then he said calmly: "In the future, when you cook, you don't have to remove the onions and garlic. I am not picky about them now. Pickling longan with sea salt is a method of preserving fruit that I had to come up with because I couldn't bear to use sugar. I don't like it."

Ran Ran was somewhat surprised. The previous master's painstaking summary turned out to be all wrong? Come to think of it, the master was the son of a prince. How could he like to eat the snacks of the poor?

At this time, Second Uncle Yu Tong walked in and said, "Master, Mu Qingge and the disciples of Jiuhua Sect have come to Wangxiang Pass. Now they are welcomed by Qin Xuanjiu to the General's Mansion. Qin Xuanjiu has sent someone to invite you to come over."

Hearing this, Ran Ran breathed a sigh of relief. Her former master who had cheated her was finally of some use and helped her out of her predicament.

Second Uncle also heard a few words just now. Seeing that Ran Ran was a little depressed after being scolded, he began to comfort him: "You don't know your master's childhood situation, so you naturally have some misunderstandings about him... Although he is the son of the prince, he was not recognized by the prince until he was ten years old. Before that, he and his wife lived... in poverty... My master once told my brother that his wife got some rare longans when she went out, and she didn't want to eat them, so she wanted to bring them back to him. But she was afraid that they would go bad on the way, so she pickled them with sea salt. When he brought them back, the master felt a strange smell when he took a bite. But he was afraid that his wife would be sad, so he ate them all without saying a word..."

Ran Ran's eyes widened when he heard this. He had never thought that his master had such a fate when he was a child. But when he thought about it carefully, he was just the prince's concubine's son, and he was not recognized. If the prince had ignored him in the past, wouldn't he be living a life worse than that of children from poor families?

"Then... why did Mu Qingge say that every time he got angry, he would feel better after eating sea salt and dried longan?"

Yuchen shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

But Ran Ran thought about it carefully, and her heart skipped a beat. She knew that her master was forced to join Mu Qingge's school. The young man was stubborn, but he had to make a living under Mu Qingge's bad temper, so he had to endure humiliation.

Therefore, every time he was provoked by Mu Qingge and ate the salty longan which represented sad days, it was just like King Goujian of Yue hanging in the house, tasting bitter gall and sleeping on dry firewood!

Such a courageous act... even the most raging anger will be extinguished by the sour taste, reminding the young man to learn to be patient and lie low, just like an icy river about to crack in spring, calm on the surface but surging undercurrents inside...

But Mu Qingge misunderstood and thought that he loved to eat, so every time he provoked his disciple to anger, he would use this to appease his disciple...

Ran Ran was frightened by his sudden thought. At the same time, he felt inexplicably sad: maybe Master Mu's actions and words at that time were just a joke, but it made a sensitive and gloomy boy feel humiliated.

This kind of two-way gap, the master-disciple relationship that goes in opposite directions, is really a bit sad...

Thinking about how Master would slowly swallow the unpalatable dried longan in front of Mu Qingge every time, what he was thinking in his mind was probably how to cut Master into pieces, right?

In this way, he finally allowed Mu Qingge to be besieged and watched her soul fly away, and it seemed that he had an explanation.

Ran Ran sighed again. The ferocious beast chapter of the "Playing Sutra" was full of mistakes. In the whole chapter, only the "revenge for the slightest grievance" was correct...

Perhaps it was because he could not let go of the oppression he had given Mu Qingge that the master was now very cold to Mu Qingge. When the master brought the disciples who had eaten the buns to the general's mansion, it was already noon.

Wei Fang accompanied Mu Qingge in waiting for Su Yishui, and they were already impatient! Seeing that Su Yishui was late, he immediately raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly: "Su Yishui, you made so many of us wait for you, you are so arrogant!"

Su Yishui ignored him. He looked at Qin Xuanjiu, who was serving water and tea to Mu Qingge, and asked directly, "General Qin, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Qin Xuanjiu was finally looked at straight in the eye by his master a few times this time. When he asked about the experience of becoming her apprentice, the old master seemed to have recalled some of the past.

However, my mentor still doesn't remember those vague memories, and most of them I heard from him.

Since there were too many people around his mentor, including a disciple from Jiuhua Sect, Qin Xuanjiu kept his thoughts to himself and did not reveal the soul-sending stone that contained Mozi's magic power.

He always waited until there was no one around before telling his master such secrets.

Although he didn't say it, the fact that there were monsters coveting this place was enough to arouse people's curiosity. Mu Qingge was asked by His Majesty Su Yu to come and investigate the water monster.

Originally she didn't take it too seriously, but when she saw Qin Xuanjiu who claimed to be her last disciple, and learned from him that Su Yishui was also here, Mu Qingge became more concerned.

However, Su Yishui couldn't find out the mastermind behind the incident. As she had just arrived, she was naturally confused. She could only wait for the mastermind to commit a crime again so that she could find out the truth.

After Qin Xuanjiu had settled his master down, he turned around the garden and saw Ran Ran standing at the entrance of the garden. He asked him with a pot of wine in his hand, "General Qin, I brought back some newly brewed Mi Tian Xian from Cuiwei Mountain. I remember you like it, so I brought you a pot."

After hearing this, Qin Xuanjiu's eyes lit up. He smiled and praised Xue Yatou for her thoughtfulness. Then he took the wine bag and couldn't wait to open it and take a sip.

But after taking this sip, Qin Xuanjiu's eyes gradually became straight, his iron tower-like body shook as if it was about to fall, and finally he fell backwards and fainted.

At this moment, Yu Chen, who came out from the corner of the wall, caught Qin Xuanjiu in time and dragged him into the compartment next to him.

Su Yishui sat quietly in the compartment waiting.

He just drew a talisman casually, then rubbed his fingers to make fire, burned it into ashes, and then dissolved it in a bowl of water. He asked Yuchen to pour it into the mouth of Qin Xuanjiu who was lying on the ground, and then asked Yuchen to take off Qin Xuanjiu's shoes and drew another rune under his feet.

Ran Ran was a little scared and frightened watching from the side, wondering if he had accidentally helped his master commit a serious crime of murdering an imperial official.

Just now, the master only asked her to pass the wine and didn't tell her to charm General Qin!

Su Yishui looked at her big eyes rolling around and guessed her anxiety.

After he finished painting the soles of his feet, he told Ranran that he had only cast a "forgetfulness curse" on Qin Xuanjiu, and the talisman painted on the soles of his feet was just a talisman to ward off evil spirits and save his life.

Now the emperor has invited Jiuhua to come to Wangxiang Pass. If they get involved, there will definitely be chaos. So Su Yishui simply added a "lock" to Qin Xuanjiu's mouth.

Let him forget about the Soul Stone for now, and don't bother talking to the people from Jiuhua Sect. Although this talisman is only effective for three days, it should be enough.

When Qin Xuanjiu put on his shoes and was helped by Yuchen to the moon gate of the garden where he had just fainted, Qin Xuanjiu just woke up with the wine bag in his hand.

He shook his head dazedly, muttering, "How can this alcohol be so strong..."

But before he could finish his words, the girl standing opposite him snatched his wine bag and said, "It must be not brewed well. I will bring you another bag later."

The little girl ran so fast that before Qin Xuanjiu could react, she had disappeared.