Chapter 133 Chapter 133 As soon as I opened my eyes...
As soon as he opened his eyes, the enlarged version of Li Daoxuan's face was right in front of him.
She wondered why she felt so stuffy. It turned out that this guy had been holding her the whole time. The two of them were soaking in the pool together. The hot water around them had already covered her collarbone. Every time Chen Qing took a breath, the water around her rushed towards her heart like a tidal wave, making it hard to breathe.
Shen Qing pushed him.
Li Daoxuan said without opening his eyes: "Awake."
As she moved, the water surface surged, and the porcelain-white skin so close to her almost dazzled her eyes. Only then did Chen Qing realize that he was not wearing any clothes on his upper body.
Li Daoxuan's delicate collarbone was red from being blistered by water, the corners of his eyes were full of satisfaction, and even the tips of his eyebrows were filled with an indelible spring color. When he glanced at her, the charm in his eyes made people blush.
She was wearing a light yellow underdress and was sitting on Li Daoxuan's lap.
Chen Qing pushed him and said, "I want to get up. It's too stuffy."
Upon hearing this, the corners of Li Daoxuan's lips, which had been nonchalant, suddenly tightened. He picked her up and walked up.
Chen Qing was picked up by him with one arm, and her vision suddenly became much higher. She hugged his head to prevent him from falling. Only then did she have time to carefully scan the surroundings.
Except for this open space and a wooden house, the surrounding area is surrounded by white trees. Fortunately, the light here is bright and the view is wide, so people don't feel scared.
"There really is a hot spring." Chen Qing said.
Li Daoxuan led her towards the wooden house and said, "Of course, this is a wild spring I discovered when I was a child. It can be used after some tidying up. I've set up a formation here, so no outsider has ever entered."
Chen Qing pointed to the half-sized wooden house, or bamboo house in front of him, "Did you build this too?"
Li Daoxuan snorted lightly, his eyes tinged with arrogance: "Of course, I did all this."
Chen Qing pinched his earlobe and said, "I never knew that our Fourth Prince had such a hobby."
Li Daoxuan shook the person up and said, "There are many things that Madam Shen can't see."
Coincidentally, just after the two of them finished taking a hot spring bath, it started snowing outside. No one knew what tricks Li Daoxuan used, but the snow seemed to have some spirituality that avoided the hot spring pool and floated away.
Pink clothes had been prepared in the bamboo house. Li Daoxuan was still channeling his inner energy into her, but after a moment, her entire body was dry and warm, feeling incredibly comfortable.
Seeing that the two were almost done, Li Daoxuan put the man on the bed. Shen Qing closed her eyes comfortably and let him help her change clothes.
After putting on the beautiful skirt, Chen Qing kicked her feet and shrank onto the only bed in the bamboo house.
Li Daoxuan pulled one of her feet and pulled her towards him.
A sudden heat on her feet reminded Chen Qing of some bad memories. She sat up with a sudden jerk, retracted her feet, and stared at him warily: "What do you want to do?"
Li Daoxuan smiled and simply climbed onto the couch and approached her.
"What do you think I want to do?"
Being stared at like this by him, Chen Qing felt that her waist began to ache again.
Looking at Li Daoxuan's face that was getting closer and closer, she thought deeply. Although it was comfortable, her waist would ache after doing it too much. When she was hesitating whether to kick him away, Li Daoxuan pulled a black gown from behind her and put it on himself.
Chen Qing had no expression on his face and silently retracted his outstretched foot.
Li Daoxuan caught her off guard and picked her up, holding her in his arms. He whispered in her ear, "Nothing, just drying your hair."
He raised his palm and placed it on the top of Chen Qing's head. The internal force in his palm was continuously transmitted, and it was warm, more comfortable than soaking in a hot spring. So Chen Qing's eyelids began to twitch again. After a while, her head tilted and her body completely softened.
Li Daoxuan bent one leg and brought her whole body into his territory, holding her in a very possessive posture.
His black eyes were half-closed, and his palm gently stroked the girl's head, as if he was caressing a young child, with a sense of comfort.
But looking at it this way, it's clear that he is the one who needs comforting.
Li Daoxuan held her in this position all night long, until the next morning.
Chen Qing was dragged by him to meet his master, You Daozi.
As for You Daozi, Chen Qing always heard about him from other people.
For example, Mr. You Daozi traveled to a certain place and eliminated a big monster. Mr. You Daozi returned to Dongshan Temple, did something, and then continued to travel.
Because You Daozi loved to travel around, even though he was a close friend of his master, Chen Qing had never met him.
So much so that when he met this elder whom he had admired for a long time, Shen Qing was nervous.
Inside the hall, the Buddha statue was making a meditation seal with his hands, and a pair of compassionate eyes swept across the hall. You Daozi stood in the center of the hall, slowly turned his head, and his eyes were surprisingly peaceful.
Looking into his eyes can calm one's restlessness.
Chen Qing was a little surprised. According to her inference, Mr. You Daozi and her master were of the same generation, and should be in his fifties or sixties at this time. However, judging from You Daozi's appearance, he was no more than forty, with a smooth and shiny face and long black hair.
The person in front of him didn't look like a powerful and famous person, but more like a peaceful elder in the family.
You Daozi looked at him in deep emotion for a long time.
It lasted so long that even the usually bold Chen Qing felt a little uncomfortable, and You Daozi finally said, "I'm sorry, I was rude."
"You are Qianji's apprentice, right?"
Facing the elder in front of him, Chen Qing rarely retracted the long thorns on his body and said politely: "Junior Youan, greetings to the senior."
You Daozi: "You're welcome. Since you're Qianji's disciple, just call me Master."
"This kid has always been wild. Have you ever been wronged when you are with him?" You Daozi asked like an ordinary elder.
Hearing this, Shen Qing blinked, his eyes shot straight at Li Daoxuan, and he curled his lips.
How can I put it——
Looking at her like this, Li Daoxuan knew that she was up to no good again. He hummed softly, put his arms around her and pulled her into his arms, saying word by word, "With me protecting her, how can she suffer any grievance?" He leaned over and looked her in the eye, "Don't you agree?" Li Daoxuan grinned, and his exposed fangs made him look particularly evil.
These words blocked all her evil thoughts.
Chen Qing rolled his eyes and said with a forced smile, "Of course, good Ah Man can't bear to see me suffer any injustice."
You Daozi seemed to have not tasted the tension between the two of them at all, and smiled lightly: "Ah, that's good."
"Stinky boy, I heard you're going to Sneaky Hill?"
Li Daoxuan straightened his expression, took Shen Qing’s hand and said, “Yes.”
"One is to bring my wife to be seen by my mother."
"Second, to liberate the souls of 30,000 Gao family soldiers to appease their resentment."
You Daozi seemed to have heard something extraordinary, and raised his eyebrows. "Only you?"
You must know that Guisou Hill is the burial place of 30,000 soldiers. It is filled with resentment and evil spirits. Over the past ten years, countless ghosts and evil spirits have been bred here, and no one knows how strong and how many there are.
Just the mention of 30,000 wronged souls alone was not enough to make even You Daozi absolutely sure that he could resolve this surge of resentment by himself, let alone save these resentful spirits.
However, Li Daoxuan's eyes were firm and he said confidently, "I can do it alone."
Chen Qing was secretly shocked. This guy was boasting too much. Thirty thousand wronged souls plus countless evil spirits, he was afraid that he would be torn to pieces by these things as soon as he stepped into the Ghost Hill. He didn't know where he got the belief that made him so confident.
Chen Qing thought, that’s good, if this guy dies on the way, it will save her from doing it herself, and then his master won’t be able to trace it back to her.
Thinking this way, You Daozi asked again: "When will we set off?"
"immediately."
Chen Qing suddenly glared at him. Why was he walking so fast? Was there a ghost chasing him?
You Daozi seemed to have been used to it for a long time: "Go early and come back early." As he said that, he took out a palm-sized silver bowl from his sleeve and handed it to Li Daoxuan.
"I don't have anything good to give you. After traveling for so many years, I am tired and can't run anymore. I don't have the energy to keep up with you youngsters, so I'll give it to you."
Li Daoxuan took the miniature silver bowl and said, "Nine-turn Samsara Bowl? You refused to lend it to me before, but now you are not stingy at all."
He shook the silver bowl in his hand and said, "Thanks, old man."
You Daozi added: "I'm not giving it to you, I'm just borrowing it. Remember to return it to me."
The slightest bit of barely perceptible emotion that had just risen in Li Daoxuan's heart dissipated in an instant.
"……oh."
You Daozi turned around and took out a sack and handed it to Chen Qing.
That’s right, a sack, half a person’s height, taken out from somewhere.
Shen Qing was at a loss for words by You Daozi's strange actions. She took the sack and said, "Thank you, sir?"
When You Daozi heard her call him "Sir", his eyebrows seemed to be twisted into a ball.
"Forget it, forget it. I'm almost sixty years old, so calling you sir isn't appropriate. I'm a generation older than your mother, and you're my disciple's Taoist partner. You have a master, so it's not appropriate for you to follow that brat and call me master."
He thought about it for a long time and finally seemed to have come up with a good idea. Even his frown relaxed. "How about this? You can just call me 'Aung'. I think that's a good idea."
"Aung?" Chen Qing was shocked by You Daozi's overly enthusiastic attitude.
Aweng... In this way, wouldn't the generation relationship between her and Li Daoxuan be messed up? Li Daoxuan would directly become a person of her Aye generation...
You Daozi responded to the greeting with a smile, "Yeah, not bad."
"Come, meet my wife. If she were still alive, according to her age, should you call her Grandma?"
Li Daoxuan could no longer suppress the restlessness in his eyes, "Old man, did you do this on purpose?"
You Daozi smiled faintly at him with a puzzled expression, "Ah, how could that be? According to seniority, Madam Shen should call me Aweng, what's wrong with that?"
There was nothing wrong with what he said, but Li Daoxuan, who had inexplicably become of the same generation as Chen Qing Ye Niang, was very unhappy, but he couldn't find any fault with it.
The deceased wife that You Daozi mentioned was the deity enshrined under the Buddha statue. Li Daoxuan suppressed his impatience and earnestly paid tribute to his master's wife with Chen Qing.
Chen Qing lifted her skirt and knelt down, glancing at the ancestral tablet placed on the table. There were very few words on the tablet. Because she was glancing at it secretly, Chen Qing only saw "Wife of You Daozi", "Mr. So-and-so Shui", and nothing else.
After all, it’s not good to keep staring at other people’s gods, so Chen Qing shifted his gaze before he could see the words clearly.
After paying respects to the deceased and bidding farewell to You Daozi, Li Daoxuan held Chen Qing in one hand and carried the sack given by You Daozi in the other, and walked out of the hall.
Perhaps out of curiosity, or something else, Chen Qing turned around and glanced into the hall.
You Daozi was holding the spirit tablet of his deceased wife, standing in a place in the hall where the light source could not reach. His figure was blurry, as if he would disappear at any moment.
Chen Qing could feel that You Daozi's gaze in the dark was falling on her, or him, or both of them, with a hint of melancholy.
The gradually falling fluffy snow blurred her vision.
Chen Qing retracted his gaze and couldn't help asking, "I've never heard that your master has a lover."
Li Daoxuan: "I've never heard of it either. It was my master who told me before we got married."
"Then do you know who your master's wife is?" Chen Qing asked curiously.
Li Daoxuan shook his head. "I don't know. I only know that Master's Wife must have died very early. Anyway, I haven't seen her since I entered Dongshan Temple."
"Oh." Chen Qing couldn't help but think of a tragic and heroic story.
A noblewoman from a clean family, whose mother holds a high position, and a Taoist disciple with a simple background, who is reserved and reserved, fall in love by chance. However, due to their different family backgrounds, their parents forbid them from marrying. The noblewoman refuses to follow her mother's arrangement and instead commits suicide by drowning in the Qingchi Lake, leaving her mother with regret and the Taoist disciple heartbroken...
How tragic...
Her face was pulled back by a big hand, and Chen Qing uttered an unhappy "hmm," "What?"
"What are you thinking about?" The boy shook the sack on his shoulder. "Did you hear what I said?"
I really didn't hear it.
Shen Qing raised her chin unconsciously and ordered: “I didn’t hear you clearly, please say it again.”
"Oh, I didn't hear clearly. Never mind. I won't say anymore." Li Daoxuan let go of her face and walked straight forward.
Shen Qing was stunned by his sudden neglect, and then a sense of loss and indescribable bitterness spread in her heart. This was the first time he left her like this.
An inexplicable anger surged in his heart. Chen Qing bit his lip angrily, stomped his foot, and stood still without moving.
But the person in front seemed to be unaware and walked farther and farther away until his figure disappeared in the vast snow fog.
He's gone? Is he really gone?
He just left her like that!
What to do if I get even more angry!
Chen Qing wanted to vent her anger when she was angry, so she took off the cloak she was wearing. She threw the warm cloak that he had put on her with his own hands to the ground in frustration.
He was also the one who tied the small bun on her head. Chen Qing pulled out the jade hairpin, and the bell at the end of the hairpin rang crisply. Half of the hairpin was buried in the snow, and the sound of the bell seemed to melt along with the snow, and no sound could be heard.
Without support, her silky black hair cascaded down and scattered behind her head. The coldness quickly swept over her, making Shen Qing shiver.
Her cheeks were flushed pink, whether from the cold or from anger.
In short, even she didn't realize that she was angry with him over a trivial matter.
She could have just followed him, but she didn't want to.
Why? Because in the past, at this time, he would always stop, coax her in every way, and then hug her back, or carry her back.
She was so angry, yet unwilling to take a step forward, as if she was waiting for the young man to turn back with a helpless look on his face, then turn his back and squat, motioning for her to come up.
The wind blew harder and the snow fell heavier, so much so that Chen Qing shuddered and woke up suddenly.
What is she doing?
Chen Qing stroked the small silver bracelet on his wrist with a complicated expression.
She squinted at the jade hairpin and cloak on the ground, frowning. That fellow, Li Daoxuan, must have made her so lazy. It was just a short walk, wasn't it? Was her arm broken or her leg lame? Could it be that without him, she wouldn't be able to walk anymore?
Shen Qing's expression was somewhat unpleasant, not just because of his subconscious reaction just now...
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Chen Qing always felt that there was a sound of silver bells in her ears again. She lowered her eyes and saw that the jade hairpin she had abandoned before had been completely buried in the snow, with only the tip of the tail left in the air.
The sound of the silver bells became clearer and closer.
Her black hair was gathered together with two fingers, and a pink silk ribbon naturally tied up her disobedient hair.
Li Daoxuan considerately braided her hair into two small braids, one with a silk ribbon on each side. The small bells hanging from the ends of her hair jingled with her movements.
Chen Qing loves all kinds of brightly colored dresses. Today she is wearing pink and standing in this snowy world. At first glance, she looks like a pink butterfly that has broken in, which is very novel.
Li Daoxuan simply went back and put down a sack to make it easier for her to carry him. He returned and looked at his "masterpiece" lying on the ground. He raised an eyebrow and said, "I've only been away for a short while, and you're already angry?"
Shen Qing said nothing.
Li Daoxuan said, "You're still sulking. Okay, I was wrong." He turned his back and squatted down. "Get up, I'll carry you back."
Under normal circumstances, the girl would have jumped onto his back and strangled his neck with her arms.
But after waiting for a long time, she still didn't come up. Li Daoxuan felt touched and looked back.
The girl just looked at her calmly, without any anger in her eyes, nor any other emotion.
She said calmly, "No need, I can go by myself." At first it sounded like she was saying something in anger, but after seeing the emotions in her eyes, Li Daoxuan knew that it was not something she said in anger.
She was just expressing her opinion.
This was what Li Daoxuan didn't want to see the most. She was rational and without any emotion. His heart tightened, as if being grasped by a big hand.
Li Daoxuan stood up and walked in front of her with his back on his back, but one hand held her hand tightly, palm to palm, and slowly channeled his internal energy to dispel the cold for her.
Sensing his intention, the other party stopped struggling and let him lead him away.
Li Daoxuan closed his eyes. This was fine. As long as he was still needed...
After calming down for a while, he spoke slowly, his tone clear of any abnormality, "As I said earlier, the journey is long, and I can't take everything Master gave me. Just pick a few useful things that can protect me."
Chen Qing raised his eyes, feeling a bit badly, "Can't you just ask the servants to take it?"
Li Daoxuan turned his head and said word by word: "No servants, just the two of us."
The bad premonition came true.
Chen Qing's eyelids twitched, "How do we get there?"
"Go over there."
"How do I get there?"
"Walk on your feet."
Chen Qing stopped walking and said, "Are you crazy? It would take more than a year to walk from Chang'an to Guisoupo."
Li Daoxuan said, "With me, we can finish the journey in less than a year."
Chen Qing still couldn't understand, "Can't ride in a carriage? Can't even ride a horse?"
Li Daoxuan: "Yes."
Shen Qing was angry. He did it on purpose. He definitely came to torment her on purpose!
She couldn't help but suspect that this guy's usual love was all fake. She even wondered if he knew that she wanted to kill him, so he deliberately wanted to keep her for a year or two, and then take her to a remote place like Sneaky Hill and secretly get rid of her.
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