Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

"Let's start practicing swordsmanship!" Gu Yanjun turned her back to Li Wujiu and did not answer the question.

Li Wujiu wrapped the pancake with a handkerchief and carefully placed it on the stone platform surrounded by the willow tree. He then took off the short knife from his waist and said:

"Okay, let's continue practicing swords!"

Throughout the evening, Gu Yanjun spoke very little and spent most of her time practicing sword skills.

Li Wujiu tried to find topics to talk about, but they were always ended by the other party's responses of "hmm" and "okay". However, even so, Li Wujiu was still tireless and seemed to be full of energy all night.

Seeing the sun completely disappear, Gu Yanjun put away the knife and said:

"That's all for today! You should go back early too."

"Okay, then tomorrow..."

"As usual." Gu Yanjun handed the knife back to the other party, turned around and left.

Hearing the word "as usual", Li Wujiu was extremely happy. He could naturally see that Gu Yanjun was still a little angry, but as long as he could see her again, everything would be fine.

Li Wujiu retracted his gaze only after Gu Yanjun's figure completely disappeared in the night. He walked under the willow tree, picked up the sesame cake, and walked towards home humming a little tune.

The moonlight is like water, casting a hazy shadow over the cold night.

Yun Haiying stood in the middle of his yard, waiting quietly. He had something to say, because some people couldn't just die in vain.

Soon, he heard a cheerful tune outside the courtyard wall, followed by a surprised voice:

"Mom, why are you in the yard?"

Yun Haiying turned around and was about to speak when she suddenly saw Li Wujiu, who was as tall as her, running towards her.

After a big hug, Li Wujiu said:

"Mom, I was wrong during the day. I will go cut grass for the pigs tomorrow morning. Please don't be angry."

In the past few years since the snake disaster, Yun Haiying had never seen Li Wujiu so happy. He could no longer say what he wanted to say, so he could only say:

"I'm mad at you. I'm afraid your mother would have died of anger at you, a little bastard!"

"I know that mother is never angry with me."

Yun Haiying rolled her eyes, turned around and walked towards her room, and said:

"Go to bed early and come back early next time. Boys, be careful when you go out!"

Li Wujiu was stunned and felt guilty. He didn't know whether his mother had discovered something or was just giving him instructions casually.

"I'm just teaching others swordsmanship. My mother won't blame me." Li Wujiu made an excuse for himself and walked towards his room with peace of mind.

That night, Li Wujiu was so excited that he fell asleep at midnight. In a daze, he had a beautiful yet strange dream.

He dreamed that the snake plague had come again. A king cobra, as thick as several men could hold together, was spitting out its tongue and commanding countless large snakes to rush towards the village.

Everyone was extremely scared, but Li Wujiu in the dream was not afraid at all. He drew out the golden knife from his waist, gathered all his strength into one point, and chopped out.

In the hot summer, snowflakes suddenly floated in the sky. The snowflakes fell on the snakes, and no matter how thick the snakes were, they were chopped into countless pieces in an instant.

At the same time, a sharp knife light flew straight towards the king snake. Before the opponent could react, it was cut in half by the knife light.

After killing the king snake, the sword continued to kill forward, plowing furrows on the ground, and finally struck the Ten Thousand Snakes Mountain.

The earth shook, and rumbling sounds were endless. The towering Wanshe Mountain was cut into two parts by a single knife and collapsed with a loud bang.

In the dream, Li Wujiu became a great hero, even more powerful than Yun Tian, ​​whom he admired in his heart. All the women in the village went crazy and asked their parents to go to Yun's house to propose marriage.

Among them, although the Gu family did not propose marriage, Gu Yanjun pestered him to learn swordsmanship every day:

"Brother Wujiu, you must teach me swordsmanship every day in the future."

"Well, are you busy in the morning? I want to learn sword skills as soon as I get up. We must practice in the morning every day so that we can improve rapidly."

"Well... I think the afternoon training needs to be strengthened. Can we start sword training after lunch?"

Li Wujiu in the dream naturally agreed readily, and he wished to be with the other person all the time.

It was a bright spring day, and under the willow tree with swaying tender branches, the two of them greeted each other and seemed to have forgotten the time.

I don’t know how long it took, the sun set, and the bright moonlight sprinkled in the sky, covering the whole world with a veil.

Li Wujiu swung out with his sword, but was met with the opponent's attack with the same move. The two men smiled knowingly and let the two swords collide.

They looked at each other, neither of them giving in, and they were frozen on the spot for a moment.

"Brother Wujiu, please let me go!"

The two were very close to each other. Li Wujiu could see the small hairs on the other's face in his eyes and hear the rapid breathing in his ears.

Li Wujiu's heartbeat quickened unconsciously, and his cheeks seemed to be covered with a layer of sunset glow. He thought of the scene in "Illustrated Guide for Catching Chickens". Didn't the two of them look exactly the same as what was depicted in the painting?

Li Wujiu closed his eyes, waiting for something soft, but he waited for a long time and the other party didn't move.

"Forget it, shameless!" He took the initiative to greet her, but there seemed to be mountains and rivers between the two of them, and they couldn't get along no matter how hard they tried.

After a while, even Gu Yanjun seemed to be anxious, and he suddenly kicked out.

At this moment, the knife that had disappeared suddenly appeared in front of the two of them. Li Wujiu was helpless and had to clamp his legs together to defend himself.

He clamped his legs tightly together, but Gu Yanjun's legs were very slippery and they squeezed between Li Wujiu's legs.

At first, Li Wujiu felt cold, but after a while, the warm body temperature came through the thin cloth, making people feel like they were on fire.

"Just admit defeat!"

"How is that possible!"

The two men had strange postures, but still refused to give in to each other.

It was unknown how long the strange posture lasted, until Li Wujiu shuddered all over and woke up from his dream.

"Oh no!" He jumped up hastily and ran to the urine bucket.

He pulled down his pants, thinking he had wet them, only to find they were sticky.

In an instant, Li Wujiu's heart began to beat wildly, his legs became as soft as noodles, and he was filled with fear:

"What disease do I have?"

Li Wujiu changed his pants and went back to bed, but he couldn't fall asleep. He thought that he would not live long and would die at dawn.

As it was almost dawn, Li Wujiu began to feel sleepy. He frowned and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, when the sun shone through the window, Yun Haiying just got up. She walked into the yard with great anticipation, thinking she would see a cart of pig feed, but she found that the cart was still parked in the same place as yesterday, with nothing on it.

Yun Haiying frowned slightly, stretched and walked towards the kitchen, thinking to herself:

"The pig grass hasn't been cut yet, but we have to cook the meal!"

However, in the empty kitchen, there was no smell of human life at all with cold pots and cold stoves.

Instantly, a surge of anger rose in Yun Haiying's heart. He angrily walked to Li Wujiu's door, knocked on it and said:

"Li Wujiu, the sun is shining on your butt, where is the pig grass you mentioned?"

Li Wujiu, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the sound of knocking on the door. He suddenly opened his eyes and thought:

"I'm not dead yet!"

A glimmer of hope rose in his heart, but when he saw the changed pants in the corner, his mood fell again and he responded:

"Mom, I'm sick!"

"Are you sick? Weren't you fine yesterday? What's wrong with you?"

"It's just..." Li Wujiu wanted to say it, but found it difficult to say, so he said: "Anyway, I'm sick!"

When Yun Haiying heard this, he almost laughed out of anger. He just thought that Li Wujiu was lazy today, so he left a harsh message:

"I think you are itching for trouble. Hurry up and get up. I want to see the pig grass before noon."

Li Wujiu took a long time to get up. When he got dressed and came out, Yun Haiying had already prepared breakfast. She rolled her eyes at him and said,

"Go, help your brother up for breakfast."

"Oh!" Li Wujiu looked listless. When he arrived at Yuntian's room, Yuntian had already put on his clothes, but there was a little sweat on his forehead.

In the past, Li Wujiu would definitely blame Yuntian, but today, he just sighed.

"What's wrong with you!" asked Yun Tianda.

"Ah!" Li Wujiu sighed again and said, "Brother Tian, ​​I'm poisoned too!"

Yuntian frowned deeply, pulled Li Wujiu to examine him carefully, and asked:

"There's nothing wrong with you! Did you go to the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain? What kind of snake bit you? Where is the wound?"

"I'm afraid I was poisoned a long time ago, and I'm just releasing it now."

Yuntian looked serious, patted the other person on the shoulder and said:

"It's okay, tell me about your symptoms, they may not be the same as mine, maybe there is an antidote."

"I was there...last night..."

Yuntian almost pricked up his ears and approached twice, but only heard a "there". He comforted him:

"You can speak louder. Don't be afraid. There's no one else here."

"I was sleeping last night..." Li Wujiu blushed and bit his lips for a long time before he told the story in detail about what happened last night.

At first, Yuntian listened attentively, but soon he started laughing in his heart. When Li Wujiu finished speaking, he could no longer hold back and laughed out loud.

At this moment, Li Wujiu's face was as red as a monkey's butt. He was embarrassed and angry when he saw Yun Tian laughing. He asked:

"Brother, I'm almost dying, how can you still laugh?"

Yuntian tried hard to hold back his laughter, patted Li Wujiu on the shoulder and said:

"You're fine. You're fine. You're just growing up."

"I'm fine? Then what happened last night? That was definitely not urine. It was exactly the same as when I was poisoned by a snake." Li Wujiu looked at Yuntian and said, "Brother, you don't have to comfort me. I just hope I die quickly and don't implicate you and mother."

Yuntian's stomach ached from laughing so hard, and he asked:

"Before you left the academy, didn't you read the book 'Illustrated Guide to Catching Chickens' in the library?"

Li Wujiu rolled his eyes and said with a red face:

"Isn't that an ancient book? Granny Cai said it's outdated and children can't read it."

Yuntian raised the corner of his mouth and cursed:

"What ancient book? This damn old woman is ruining people's happiness. Don't listen to her. I will teach you a good lesson today."