Chapter 112 World Three [26]
If there is no refusal, then the master must have agreed.
Luo Yuezhu felt very good about herself and was ready to continue, but after kissing twice, she suddenly stopped.
There were only simple pictures on the fire avoidance map, and the content on the storybook was also ambiguous. After Luo Yuezhu kissed him, she didn't know what to do next.
It seemed like a clinging? But I was already clinging to my own master, and my breathing and heartbeat were indeed messed up.
Then? What should I do next? Take off my clothes?
Luo Yuezhu began to think, and tried to tear off her master's underwear, and then also unbuttoned her own clothes, letting their warm skin stick together.
"Master?" Luo Yuezhu called out.
"Yeah." Jing Ke exhaled slowly, trying hard to suppress the discordant thoughts that were aroused by his young apprentice's immature actions.
This is so sinful! My little apprentice is only fifteen years old! Even if she can get married and have children in this day and age, I'm not an old-fashioned person! How can I treat a fifteen-year-old child as an adult?
"Okay, go to sleep." Jing Ke tried to make his tone sound calm and rational.
Just let your skin touch yours. You won't lose anything. Just think of it as the weather is getting colder, so warm up the bed in advance.
Jing Ke was extremely indulgent towards her little apprentice. When she found out that she didn't know how to continue, she just quietly put her clothes back on and fastened them.
"Yuezhu, good night." Jing Ke patted his little disciple's shoulder, hesitated for a moment, and then gave her a light kiss on the side of her face.
Kissing on the lips is not allowed, but kissing the side of the face to express closeness and affection is allowed.
"Okay, good night, Master." After successfully sticking on each other, she received a kiss from her master, which made Luo Yuezhu extremely happy and excited.
It was not until the night watchman reminded her that it was midnight that Luo Yuezhu reluctantly closed her eyes and fell asleep leaning against her master.
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When Jing Ke is principled, he is really very principled.
For example, she said that she started dating her young apprentice when she was 18 years old, but she insisted that they were not in that kind of relationship now.
Even though the little disciple still sneaked into her room after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jing Ke would not admit that she and the little disciple were already in a relationship. They were just a close master and disciple!
As for the other principle, it is naturally the principle of doting on the little apprentice without any bottom line.
Since being kissed, Jing Ke can now calmly accept the little apprentice's hug and even take a bath together.
The innocent will be innocent. As long as she sticks to the last bottom line, the little apprentice who has not yet fully awakened can't do anything to her.
In this way, time went round and round and it was winter again, the twelfth month with howling north winds.
It is said that auspicious snow means a good harvest, but this year's first snow seemed to come too early. It lasted for three whole days, freezing the official roads. Many passing caravans were forced to stay in Feng'an City for several more days.
The more experienced farmers have already started using their savings to buy charcoal and food in preparation for the possible snowstorm.
Although Luo Yuezhu hadn't expanded her business, she could see some clues from the account books the shopkeeper had sent her. The grain shop's sales had nearly doubled compared to previous years, with both purchase and sale prices increasing to a certain extent.
Originally, Luo Yuezhu wanted to sell it at the original price. She was not short of money now, so it was not a bad idea to let the people enjoy some benefits.
But other grain shops have raised their prices. If hers doesn't, everyone will come to her shop to buy rice, flour and grain, causing the store's inventory to be consumed at a very fast rate.
In order to avoid the store being crowded every day, Luo Yuezhu had no choice but to raise the selling price to avoid the store closing early in less than a month.
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"Master, I want to wait until the snow melts and then go to Jiangnan to purchase more food." After realizing that there might be a snowstorm, Luo Yuezhu did not intend to sit and wait for death.
The climate in the Jiangnan area is relatively warm, and there is no large-scale snowfall, so the price of grain is relatively stable.
If it were an ordinary caravan, it would take at least a month to go back and forth. But if Luo Yuezhu chose to ride a fast horse and hire people to bring back the food, she could complete the trip before the New Year.
"You want to go there in person?" Jing Ke asked. "For something like this, you can try to cooperate with Lady Ye. Have her write a letter and someone will naturally send food over."
"Will this cause unnecessary misunderstandings?" Luo Yuezhu said thoughtfully, "The Wulin Alliance has already cooperated with the Sihai Pavilion. If Miss Ye writes a letter, the court might misunderstand that we're trying to stockpile food."
Jing Ke touched his chin and asked, "Are you planning to conceal your identity and purchase food as an ordinary merchant?"
Luo Yuezhu nodded. "Well, it's not just Feng'an City that's seeing food prices rising. The same is true in the surrounding areas, so there are a lot of merchants trying to take advantage of the price difference. If I blend in with them, I won't be too conspicuous."
"Okay, then let's do as you say. Shall we leave today or tomorrow? Let's pack our luggage in advance." Jing Ke did not object.
Since the young disciple is willing to go there in person, then I will just go with him. On the way, we can also see what the Jiangnan region looks like in winter.
"Master, I want to go alone." Luo Yuezhu said with a firm look in his eyes, "Master, I can go quickly and will be back in 20 days at most."
"Are you going alone?" Jing Ke frowned subconsciously. Reason told her that her little disciple was already very capable, and it wouldn't be a big problem if he just went to Jiangnan to buy some food.
But emotionally, Jing Ke was still worried. She had already engraved the habit of guarding her little apprentice into her bones. She always felt that the little apprentice would face various dangers after leaving her.
"Master, don't forget that I am the champion of the martial arts conference and your only disciple. Even if I am recognized, no one will want to go against me." Luo Yuezhu said with a very confident tone.
Although she would soon be sixteen, she still had two years to go before turning eighteen. If possible, she wanted to grow up in her master's eyes as quickly as possible so that she could make up for the last step.
That's right, after studying secretly for several months, Luo Yuezhu finally got the "true scriptures". She already knew how women have sex with each other.
But it is useless to be overly enthusiastic about this kind of thing. The master must also be willing and proactive in order to accomplish it thoroughly!
After meeting the determined gaze of his young disciple, Jing Ke was the first to surrender.
"Okay, then you must take all the weapons and elixirs I bought for you, and don't forget the silver. Also, take the token of the Left Protector of the Demon Cult. You never know when it might come in handy." Jing Ke reminded him, becoming a little nagging.
"Master, don't worry. I've made all the preparations. I've also confirmed the route with the owner of the rice shop. There's no problem." Luo Yuezhu said, a hint of desire in his eyes.
Luo Yuezhu wanted her master to more clearly understand that she was already an independent adult. She also wanted to know what she could achieve after leaving her master's care.
"Okay, then when are you planning to leave?" Jing Ke asked.
"Tomorrow, I will set off with the gifts. If the purchase is completed, I will send someone to send a letter first, asking the rice shop owner to bring people to pick us up in advance." Luo Yuezhu said.
Luo Yuezhu didn't want to do this on a whim. She had been preparing for it for several days. She only brought it up to Jing Ke after she had no problems with the plan.
Jing Ke nodded gently, "Okay, tomorrow is the third day of the Lunar New Year. If you don't come back before the twenty-third, I will go back to find you."
"Master, don't worry. I will definitely come back with food in twenty days!" Luo Yuezhu promised with a smile.
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Many people noticed that Feng'an City might suffer a snowstorm, and the government office did not sit idly by. It began to send people to monitor the prices of grain shops in the city.
It's okay to raise prices appropriately, but if the grain shop doubles or triples the price, don't blame them for being rude and ask the shop owner to stay in jail for a few days.
The yamen runners could not defeat the martial arts masters, but they had no problem taking care of some merchants.
After watching the little disciple leave Feng'an City on a white horse, Jing Ke began to worry about his safety. If Yin Honglian hadn't come to her house to play chess with her, Jing Ke would probably have been thinking about whether to follow the little disciple secretly.
"Alright, your little disciple isn't that young anymore. He'll be sixteen after the Chinese New Year." Yin Honglian couldn't help but say, "Think about what you were doing when you were sixteen. Your little disciple is very capable."
From Yin Honglian's perspective, she felt that Jing Ke was doting on his disciple too much.
It was fine for her to let her apprentice be with her as a master, but now she was just going to Jiangnan to buy some things. Was it necessary to worry about her apprentice as soon as he left the house? Her apprentice was not going to kill anyone.
You should know that Yin Honglian was forced to learn how to kill when she was six years old. When those traitors were punished, she was always taken by her leader to watch.
As for the sixteen-year-old Yin Honglian, she was able to go to the Central Plains martial arts world alone to stir up trouble. She was injured and put in danger countless times, and most of them she got through by herself.
"This is her first time traveling far away alone." Jing Ke picked up a chess piece and put it down after thinking for a moment.
"Get used to it slowly. After the first time, there will be a second time. It's not like your little disciple has never seen blood before, so don't worry too much." Yin Honglian stared at the chessboard for a while and couldn't help but click her tongue.
"I lost." Yin Honglian threw the chess piece back. "If you're really worried, you can use one condition. How about I secretly follow you and help you watch over your precious apprentice?"
"I'm asking you to follow?" Jing Ke's eyes were filled with obvious doubt. "Your internal strength isn't even comparable to Ye Wenxin's."
The implication is obvious. How can a person with low martial arts skills take care of someone with high martial arts skills?
"But I have a lot of experience. I am very familiar with the Jiangnan area and I am very clear about the complicated forces there." Yin Honglian said with a little dissatisfaction. After all, she was thirteen years older than Luo Yuezhu, and her experience in the martial arts world was at least twice that of the other party.
"Alright, if you follow me, you'll be causing trouble for my apprentice. It's only twenty days, I can wait." Jing Ke said, "Want another round? If you can beat me once, I can reduce one of the conditions."
"Come again, maybe I will win this time." Yin Honglian said unyieldingly.
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Twenty days was neither long nor short. As Jing Ke counted on her fingers, it finally passed.
On the thirteenth day after Luo Yuezhu set out, she actually received a reply letter.
Luo Yuezhu wrote the letter when she was setting off after purchasing food. Including the time spent on delivering the letter on the road, she should have finished purchasing food and started her way back on the seventh day.
The letter first reported safety to Jing Ke, then explained why the shopping took two days longer than expected, and then said that the return journey would be slower, and should be able to return to Feng'an City on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.
Finally, he asked the rice shop owner to take his men out one day in advance and pick him up in the next town.
Jing Ke originally wanted to go with the rice shop owner, but when he thought that his apprentice was doing this just to prove himself, he silently suppressed the idea and just waited for his apprentice to come back at home.
It was not until the afternoon of the 23rd that the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the Luo Mansion.
Luo Yuezhu was wearing clothes that were obviously produced by Jiangnan Embroidery Workshop and walked in happily with a bag on her back.
"Master, I'm back after finishing my work." Luo Yuezhu gave her master a big hug, and then handed the tightly wrapped bag to Jing Ke as if presenting a treasure.
"Master, this is a gift I prepared for you. See if you like it." Luo Yuezhu grinned.
Jing Ke took it and squeezed it. It felt soft, so it must be clothing. "New clothes did you prepare for me?"
"Master, you'll know once you open it." Luo Yuezhu neither admitted nor denied it, but urged her master to open the gift quickly.
Jing Ke opened the bag and found a red lotus-shaped robe inside, with the collar made of fine white fox fur.
"Did you buy this in Jiangnan?" Jing Ke asked.
"Half and half, I met a hunter selling fox skin on the road, so I bought it. Then, while I was buying rice, I asked a skilled embroiderer to help me sew it." Luo Yuezhu said, her eyes clear and bright.
"Master, your clothes are either green or black. You should try other colors occasionally," Luo Yuezhu said, and simply shook out the lotus robe and draped it on her master.
"Master, do you like it?" Luo Yuezhu asked expectantly.
Jing Ke reached out and touched the fox fur on her collar, a smile couldn't help but overflow from her dark eyes, "Yeah, I like it, I like it very much."
"Hehe, then Master, are you going to give me some reward?" A sly smile appeared in Luo Yuezhu's eyes. She did not hide it and looked at her master with straightforward and ardent expectation.
"I accepted the gift, so I should give you some thank you." Jing Ke said softly.
The little apprentice has grown to the height of his eyebrows and is taller than some men. He doesn't look like a child at all.
"Whatever reward you want, as long as it is something I can do, I can satisfy you." Jing Ke said, his firm principles and bottom line couldn't help but shake.
If the young disciple took the opportunity to make that request, I would just agree reluctantly.
At worst, she would just not take the initiative, letting her little disciple do whatever he wanted for a while, and then slowly take it back after she turned eighteen.
"Master, can you give me a kiss?" Luo Yuezhu said without hesitation. This was the reward she had thought of early on.
Luo Yuezhu didn't ask for too much. She just wanted her master to kiss her. That was all she needed.
Jing Ke didn't say anything, but stretched out her hands to the little disciple, covered her eyes with one hand, supported the back of her head with the other hand, and then kissed her.
It wasn't a superficial kiss, but a deep one that pried open the teeth and skimmed through the air.
The young apprentice had only had superficial kissing, and although he had made up for a lot of relevant knowledge later, this was the first time he had been kissed to the point of being out of breath.
After the kiss, the little disciple's face turned red, his tongue seemed to be tied, and he stammered and couldn't speak.
"The hot water is ready. You've just returned from a long journey, so take a bath to relieve your fatigue." Jing Ke said, touching his little apprentice's head.
"Okay, okay Master, I'll go take a shower right away!" After reacting, Luo Yuezhu's mouth was almost grinning to the back of his ears. He couldn't help but jump on the spot for a while before rushing to his yard in a hurry.
Jing Ke watched his little apprentice leave and sighed with a smile. After reaching out and touching the furry collar, the existence called the bottom line was kicked hard again and began to crumble.
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It is said that a short separation is better than a new marriage. Even though Jing Ke and Luo Yuezhu have not yet gotten married, this saying still applies to them.
After taking a quick shower, Luo Yuezhu, feeling fragrant again, started to get close to her master, and she crawled into bed very skillfully.
However, Luo Yuezhu was not in a hurry to do anything with her master, but instead shared her experiences that were not written in the letter.
Luo Yuezhu: "Master, the Wulin Alliance and Sihai Pavilion are really going to war this time. When I went to Jiangnan, I hardly saw martial artists fighting in restaurants. Even if there were verbal disputes, they didn't draw their swords and turn hostile."
Jing Ke: "Really? Then the situation of ordinary people has improved?"
Luo Yuezhu nudged her master with her chin and said, "I think it's much better than before. If those people with swords don't pay for the wine, the waiter will have the courage to ask for it."
"However, there are many more arenas in the city and the suburbs. I heard that this is a new rule. Life and death in the arena are determined by fate. No matter who kills whom, the Wulin Alliance and the court will not intervene. But if someone kills someone at will outside the arena, whether it is revenge or simply to vent their anger, they will be arrested and interrogated in the prison." Luo Yuezhu added.
"How's the enforcement?" Jing Ke asked, reaching out to pinch a strand of his little disciple's unruly hair, twisting it around with his fingertips twice before tucked the hair behind his little disciple's ear.
Luo Yuezhu recalled, "It's not bad. Although we can't catch particularly powerful people, most martial artists don't take the initiative to commit crimes. I've seen the Wulin Alliance and government officials arresting people together, and they work together quite well. The Wulin Alliance is responsible for seriously injuring the target, while the government officials are responsible for giving medicine and carrying him away."
To put it simply, such a change is not a good one for people who practice martial arts. They will find those regulations hindrances in everything they do.
But for the ordinary people who are more numerous and have no power to fight against the martial artists, the cooperation between the court and the martial arts alliance is great news, which makes them feel much more at ease when they sleep at night.
You don’t have to worry about a master blowing off the roof of your house while you’re sleeping, nor do you have to worry about being suddenly involved in a duel between masters while walking on the street and becoming an innocent cannon fodder.
"It seems to be a good change. The court's measures are not as harsh as expected." Jing Ke commented.
Although we don't know who is behind this, judging from the current implementation, it will bring many benefits to both the martial arts world and the imperial court.
The imperial court did not have to worry about those martial arts masters having no taboos suddenly rushing into their homes, accusing them of corruption and then slitting their throats with a sword.
The Wulin Alliance also doesn't have to worry that the imperial court will really send a large army to launch a large-scale purge with iron-blooded means.
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